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The changed management programme

ol which of the following
banks is named as "Parivartan" ?
(1) Reserve Bank of India
(2) Bank of India
(3) Union Bank of India
(4) BankofBaroda
(5) State Bank of India
The Government of India recently
increased its allocation of
funds of which of the following
schemes by 37% to make it Rs.
12,886 crores ?
(1) Midday Meal Scheme ,.
(2) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak
Yqjana
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru National
Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM)
(4) National Watershed Development
Programme
(5) None of these
Which of the following countries
has decided to give a 20% subsidy
to its farmers even though
they are rich ?
(1) France (2) England
(3) Italy (4) USA
(5j Germany
Which of the following
statcment(s) is/are true about the
Rail Budget 2009-10 presented
in July 2009 ?
(AJ A new scheme 'Izzat' was un*
veiled for the workers in unorganised
sector. In this
scheme, monthly season tickets
will be available at the rate
of Rs. 25 only.
(B) No charges will be levied for
"TatkalTickets" if booked 72
hours in advance.
(C) Now passengers can buy their
reserved tickets from 5000
post offices.
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) Both A and C
(5) All A, B and C
5. As per the report published recently,
Income Tax Department
has found about Rs. 1,200 crores
lying in Frozen Demat Accounts
in India. Why were these Demat
Accounts frozen ?
(A* Funds in these accounts were
coming from unknown foreign
sources.
(B) These account holders were
not able to produce their Permanent
Account Number,

which is mandatory for such

transactions.
(C) There are the accounts of
those who expired without
making a will or nominating
someone as their heir apparents.
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) All A, B and C
(5) None of these
6. As per the reports published in
various newspapers/magazines,
the Indo-US trade dropped by
25% in January to March 2009.
But there are certain items whose
exports were on increase. Which
of the following is/are these
items ?
(A) Sugar (B) Steel
(C) Apparels
(1) Only B and C
(2) Only B (3) Only C
(4) Only A (5) All A, B and C
7. Which of the following clearly
defines what corporate taxes
are?
(AJ It is a direct tax levied on the
income of a company or association.
(B) It is a tax which is levied to
the companies on their production
and commonly known
as Value Added Tax (VAT).
(C) This is the tax levied on the
income of the Directors, Promoters
of a company/association
on the profits earned by
them during the year.
(1) Only A (2) Only B
(3) Only C (4) All A, B and C
(5) None of these
8. The Government of India is planning
to infuse how much amount
in 12 public sector banks to make
their capital base strong ?
(1) Rs. 10,000' crores
(2) Rs. 12,000 crores
(3) Rs. 16,000 crores
(4) Rs. 22.000 crores
(5) Rs. 24,000 crores
9. How much amount did the Government
of India allocate the National
Housing Bank i.NHB) for
making up of the shortfall in priority
sector lending by commercial
banks? (Announcement was
made in Union Budget 2009-10).
(1) Rs. 1,000 crores
(2) Rs. 2,000 crores
(3) Rs. 2,500 crores
(4) Rs. 3,000 crores
(5) Rs. 5,000 crores

10. After J.L. Nehru, who amongst

the following was/is the other
Prime Minister-who completed
his/her first term and immediately
carne for the second term ?
(1) Iviisvlndira Gandhi
(2) Dr. Manmchan Singh
(3) Mr. Htal Bihari Vajpayee
(4) Mr. Rajiv Gandhi
(5) None of these
11. Which of the following teams won
the 'Asia Cup HockeyTournament'
held in May 2009 ?
(1) South Korea
(2) Iran
(3) India
(4) Pakistan
(5) China
12. Which of the following countries
recently conducted 2nd nuclear
test and also test fired some missiles
defying the condemnation of
various nations ?
(1) North Korea
(2) China
(3) South Korea
(4) Pakistan
(5) USA

State Bank Of India Clerk Exam 15-11-2009