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Please give me the details of general socio economic & and Banking awareness .

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Bank of Baroda BoB recruitment 2011 announced vacancies for 900 Probationary Officers (PO) in the rank of Junior Management Grade/Scale 1 and has called for applications from the public online.

Candidates are advised to apply only online and requested to carefully go through the detailed advertisement in Bank’s website www.bankofbaroda.com before applying online

Important dates

Website link open: From 05th January, 2011 to 25th January, 2011

Date of written test: 13th March, 2011

Payment of fees at BOB branches: From 05th January, 2011 to 25th January, 2011

Fees deposited after the last date i.e. 25th January, 2011 will not be entertained by the bank

Selection procedure

Selection procedure: Selection will be on the basis of performance in written test and interview. The details of written test and interview are as under

Written Test: Eligible candidates will be required to appear for written test comprising objective test on (i) reasoning (ii) quantitative aptitude (iii) general socio economic and banking awareness (iv) English language (v) marketing aptitude

There will be negative marking for wrong answers in the objective test. Further details regarding the written test i.e. number of questions, duration etc shall be advised along in the Acquaint Yourself Booklet sent with the call letter

The Bank reserves the right, if required to hold a second stage of written test on the basis of order of merit in the written examination of first stage, as referred above. If the second stage of written test is held, the subsequent process of interview and further process would be on the basis of order of merit of the second stage examination

The written test will be held at the following centres and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letters

hi i want to know that bank of baroda have any gk or not?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

hi i want to know that bank of baroda have any gk or not?

Bank PO - General Socio-Economic &
Banking Awareness
1. RBI's open market operation transactions are carried out with a view to regulate ____
(A) Liquidity in the economy
(B) Prices of essential commodities
(C) Inflation
(D) Borrowing power of the banks
(E) All the above
Ans (E)
2. Open market operations , one of the measures taken by RBI in order to control credit
expansion in the economy means ____
(A) Sale or purchase of Govt. securities
(B) Issuance of different types of bonds
(C) Auction of gold
(D) To make available direct finance to borrowers
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
3. The bank rate means ___
(A) Rate of interest charged by commercial banks from borrowers
(B) Rate of interest at which commercial banks discounted bills of their borrowers
(C) Rate of interest allowed by commercial banks on their deposits
(D) Rate at which RBI purchases or rediscounts bills of exchange of commercial banks
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
4. What is an Indian Depository Receipt?
(A) A deposit account with a Public Sector Bank
(B) A deposit account with any of depositories in India
(C) An instrument in the form of depository receipt created by an Indian depository
against
underlying equity shares of the issuing company
(D) An instrument in the form of deposit receipt issued by an Indian depositories
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
5. Fiscal deficit is ____
(A) total income less Govt. borrowing
(B) total payments less total receipts
(C) total payments less capital receipts
(D) total expenditure less total receipts excluding borrowing
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
6. In the capital market , the term arbitrage is used with reference to ____
(A) purchase of securities to cover the sale
(B) sale of securities to reduce the loss on purchase
(C) simultaneous purchase and sale of securities to make profits from price
(D) variation in different markets
(E) Any of the above
Ans (C)
7. The stance of RBI monetary policy is _____
(A) inflation control with adequate liquidity for growth
(B) improving credit quality of the Banks
(C) strengthening credit delivery mechanism
(D) supporting investment demand in the economy
(E) Any of the above
Ans (E)
8. Currency Swap is an instrument to manage ___
(A) currency risk
(B) interest rate risk
(C) currency and interest rate risk
(D) cash flows in different currency
(E) All of the above
Ans (D)
9. "Sub-prime" refers to_______
(A) lending done by banks at rates below PLR
(B) funds raised by the banks at sub - Libor Rates
(C) Group of banks which are not rate as prime banks as per Banker's Almanac
(D) lending done by financing institutions including banks to customers not not meeting
with normally required credit appraisal standards
(E) All of the above
Ans (D)
10. Euro Bond is an instrument _____
(A) issued in the European market
(B) issued in Euro currency
(C) issued in a country other than the country of the currency of the Bond
(D) All of the above
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
11. Money laundering normally involves _____
(A) placement of funds
(B) layering of funds
(C) integrating of funds
(D) All of (A), (B) & (C)
(E) None of (A), (B) & (C)
Ans (D)
12. The IMF and the World Bank were conceived as institutions to ____
(A) strengthening international economic co-operation and to help create a more stable
and prosperous global economy
(B) IMF promotes international monetary cooperation
(C) The World Bank promotes long term economic development and poverty reduction
(D) All of (A),(B) & (C)
(E) None of (A),(B) & (C)
Ans (D)
13. Capital Market Regulator is _____
(A) RBI
(B) IRDA
(C) NSE
(D) BSE
(E) SEBI
Ans (e)
14. In the term BRICS , R stands for ______
(A) Romania
(B) Rajithan
(C) Russia
(D) Regulation
(E) Npne of these
Ans (C)
15. FDI refers to _____
(A) Fixed Deposit Interest
(B) Fixed Deposit Investment
(C) Foreign Direct Investment
(D) Future Derivative Investment
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
16. Which is the fist Indian company to be listed in NASDAQ?
(A) Reliance
(B) TCS
(C) HCL
(D) Infosys
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
17. Which of the following is the Regulator of the credit rating agencies in India?
(A) RBI
(B) SBI
(C) SIDBI
(D) SEBI
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
18. Who is Brand Endorsing Personality of Bank of Baroda?
(A) Juhi Chawala
(B) Kiran Bedi
(C) Amitabh Bachchan
(D) Kapil Dev
(E) None of these
Ans (E)
19. The Branding Line of Bank of Baroda is ____
(A) International Bank of India
(B) India's International Bank
(C) India's Multinational Bank
(D) World's Local Bank
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
20. The logo of Bank of Baroda is known as ___
(A) Sun of Bank of Baroda
(B) Baroda Sun
(C) Bank of Baroda's Rays
(D) Sunlight of Bank of Baroda
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
21. One of the major challenges banking industries is facing these days is money
laundering. Which of the following acts/ norms are launched by the banks by the banks to
prevent money laundering in general ?
(A) Know your customer norms
(B) Banking Regulation Act
(C) Negotiable Instrument Act
(D) Narcotics and Psychotropic Substance Act
(E) None of these
Ans (E)
22. Lot of Banks in India these days are offering M-Banking Facility to their customers .
What is the full form of 'M' in 'M-Banking'?
(A) Money
(B) Marginal
(C) Message
(D) Mutual Fund
(E) Mobile Phone
Ans (E)
23. Which of the following is/are true about the "Sub-Prime Crisis" ? (The term was very
much in news recently.)
(1) It is a Mortage Crisis referring to Credit default by the borrowers
(2) Sub-Prime borrowers were those borrowers who were rated low and were high risk
borrowers
(3) This crisis originated of negligence in credit rating of the borrowers
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2 & 3
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
24. Which of the following is NOT the part of the structure of the financial System in
India ?
(A) Industrial Finance
(B) Agricultural Finance
(C) Government Finance
(D) Development Finance
(E) Personal Finance
Ans (E)
25. Which of the following is NOT the part of the Scheduled Banking structure in India ?
(A) Money Lenders
(B) Public Sector Banks
(C) Private Sector Banks
(D) Regional Rural Banks
(E) State Co-operative Banks
Ans (A)
26. As we all know Govt. of India collects tax revenue on various activities in the
country. Which of the following is a part of the tax revenue of the Govt. ?
(1) Tax on Income
(2) Tax on Expenditure
(3) Tax on property or Capital Asset
(4) Tax on Goods and Services
(A) Both 1 and 3 only
(B) Both 2 and 4 only
(C) All 1,2,3 & 4
(D) Only 2,3 and 4
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
27. We very frequently read about Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in newspapers. These
SEZs were established with which of the following objectives ?
(1) To attract foreign investment directly
(2) To protect domestic market from direct competition from multinationals
(3) To provide more capital to agriculture and allied activities
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2 & 3
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
28. Which of the following groups of the countries has almost 50% share in Global
emission of carbon every year ?
(A) US, China, India, South Africa
(B) India, china, Russia , Britain
(C) South Africa, Nepal , Myanmar
(D) US, Russia, China & India
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
29. Many times we read about Future Trading in newspapers. What is Future Trading ?
(1) It is nothing but a trade between any two stock exchanges where in it is decided to
purchase the stocks of each other on a fixed price throughout the year
(2) It is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell an underlying asset in the
future at a predetermined price
(3) It is agreement between Stock Exchanges that they will not trade the stocks of each
other under any circumstances in future or for a given period of time
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2 & 3
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
30. Hillary Clinton formally suspended her campaign to ensure election of who amongst
the following for the next President of USA?
(A) George Bush
(B) Barack Obama
(C) John McCain
(D) Boll Clinton
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
31. Hugo Chavez whose name was recently in news is the _____
(A) President of Cango
(B) Prime Minister of Uganda
(C) President of Venezuela
(D) Prime Minister of Brazil
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
32. The Govt. of India has raised the amount of the loan Waiver to the farmers by 20%.
Now the amount is nearly _____
(A) Rs. 60,000 crores
(B) Rs. 65,000 crores
(C) Rs. 72,000 crores
(D) Rs. 76,000 crores
(E) Rs. 80,000 crores
Ans (A)
33. Delimitation Commission has made a recommendation the next Census should be
Panchayat-wise. When is the next Census due ?
(A) 2010
(B) 2011
(C) 2012
(D) 2013
(E) 2015
Ans (B)
34. The world Health Organization has urged that advertisements of which of the
following should be banned to protect youth from bad effects of the same ?
(A) Tobacco
(B) Alcoholic drinks
(C) Junk Food
(D) Soft drinks with chemical preservatives
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
35. Which of the following countries has allocated a huge amount of US $ 10 billion to
provide relief to its earthquake victims ?
(A) Japan
(B) South Korea
(C) China
(D) South Africa
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
36. Which of the foloowing names is NOT closely associated with space Programme of
India or any other country ?
(A) CARTOSAT
(B) NLS-5
(C) RUBIN-8
(D) GSLV
(E) SCOPE
Ans (E)
37. Vijay Hazare Trophy is associated with game of _____
(A) Hockey
(B) Cricket
(C) Badminton
(D) Football
(E) Golf
Ans (B)
38. Which of the following was theme of the Olympic Torch ?
(A) Journey of Harmony
(B) Green World Clean World
(C) Journey of Peace
(D) Jouney of Hunger-free World
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
39. Which of the following schemes is NOT a social development Scheme ?
(A) Indira Awas Yojana
(B) Mid Day Meal
(C) Bharat Nirman Yojana
(D) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan
(E) All are Social Schemes
Ans (C)
40. Which of the following is NOT a member of ASEAN ?
(A) Maleysia
(B) Indonesia
(C) Vietnam
(D) Britain
(E) Singapore
Ans (D)
41. Which of the following awards are given for the excellence in the field of Sports ?
(A) Kalinga Prize
(B) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
(C) Arjun Award
(D) Pulitzer Award
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
42. Inflation in India is measured on which of the following indexes/indicators ?
(A) Cost of Living Index (COLI)
(B) Consumer Price Index (CPI)
(C) Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
(D) Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
(E) None of these
Ans (D)

I want to know what are the topics covered so far in general socio economic and banking awareness.is it belongs to current affairs or stock gk?is marketing aptitude is different from banking awareness?

what to prepare for socio-economic & banking awareness ?

how i can clear bank po exam

to prepare for socio economic & banking awarness you have to read newspaper daily specially those newspapers which is prefer to banking related news such that economic times business standards etc

Originally Posted by Unregistered

what to prepare for socio-economic & banking awareness ?

hello friend...

Attached previous year socio-economic & banking awareness question papers of various bank in this post... just go through the papers and find out the question pattern and prepare for the questions accordingly...

hope the info. helps.. All the Best..

thank u it will be really helpful for me

Originally Posted by Unregistered

how i can clear bank po exam

You can prepare for bank PO exam by following three important steps.. which as follows..

-> Practice : Try to find some time daily for solving the questions and preparing for exam where you wont be distracted with any other activities.

-> Refer Good Books : There are lot of books available in the market to prepare for bank PO exam, just buy those books and start working out daily. To know more about Bank PO exam books http://www.squidoo.com/bankexambooks"]CLICK HERE...!!!

-> Refer Previous year papers : Try to refer the previous year bank PO exam papers which helps you to learn the pattern of exam and the question asked, so that you can prepare the questions accordingly which helps you to save a lot of time.

I have attached some of the previous year Bank PO exam common model papers in this post.. kindly check it over.. hope it helps for your preparation..