State Bank of India Clerk Exam, 2008 General Awareness : Solved Paper 4

31. Hem Dutta who was honoured by the presti-gious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana
Award 2007 is a famous—
(A) Author
(B) Social activist
(C) Player
(D) Film producer
(E) Scientist
32. Who amongst the following is selected for Basava Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka
Government ?
(A) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(C) Sonia Gandhi
(D) Pratibha Patil
(E) None of these
33. Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Business Meet was organized in September 2007 in—
(A) New Delhi
(B) Beijing
(C) Tokyo
(D) London
(E) Sydney
34. The World Athletics Championship 2007 was organized in—
(A) Beijing
(B) New Delhi
(C) Osaka
(D) Dhaka
(E) London

35. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian Hockey team who won Asia Cup

2007 held in Chennai ?

(A) Baichung Bhutia

(B) Dilip Tirkey

(C) Pankaj Adwani

(D) Manavjit Singh Sandhu

(E) None of these

36. Which of the following is a public sector unit ?

(A) TCS

(B) ICICI Bank

(C) TESCO

(D) BHEL

(E) All of these

37. India's Foreign Exchange Reserve declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason

for the same ?

(A) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists

(B) Import of wheat from Pakistan and S. Korea

(C) Appreciation of Rupee Value

(D) Instability in Coalition Govt. in Centre

(E) None of these

38. Shinzo Abe who was on a visit to India in recent past is the—

(A) Prime Minister of South Korea

(B) Prime Minister of North Korea

(C) Prime Minister of Japan

(D) President of South Korea

(E) None of these

39. Asafa Powell who created a new World Record in 100 metres race is a citizen of—

(A) Jamaica

(B) South Africa

(C) India

(D) USA

(E) South Korea

40. Who amongst the following got third position in long jump event of the Bayer International

Athletics meet held in Germany in 2007 ?

(A) Shiny Wilson

(B) Anju Bobby George

(C) Neha Sanwal

Answer & Hints:

31. (B) Hem Dutta, the 63–year old activist from Assam, was honoured with the prestigious

Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award–2006. Committed to the cause of peace and Nonviolence

in Assam, Mr. Dutta has been involved with grassroots work in building communal

harmony among people living in Assam.

32. (B) 33. (E) 34. (C) 35. (E)

36. (D) BHEL or Bharat Heavy Electricals Limi-ted is a gas and steam turbine manufacturer in

India. It is one of India's largest Public Sector Undertaking or PSUs, known as the Navratnas or

‘The nine Jewels’.

37. (C)

38. (C) Shinzo Abe was the 90th Prime Minister of Japan, elected by a special session of the

National Diet on 26 September, 2006. He was Japan's youngest Post-World War II Prime

Minister and the first born after the war. He resigned abruptly on 12 September, 2007 after

months of Mounting political pressure. He was replaced by Yasuo Fukuda, now the 91st Prime

Minister of Japan.

39. (A) Asafa Powell is a Jumaican sprinter who currently holds the 100 M world record with a

time of 9•74 seconds.

40. (B) Anju Bobby George got third position in long jump event of the Bayer International

Athletics meet at Lever Kusen, Germany. Anju jumped 6•51 m on her third attempt to take the

third place behind Portuguese Naide Gomes (6•83 m) and German Bianca Kapler (6•37 m).

Anju also had two jumps of 6•48 and one of 6•39 apart from two fouls.