Canara Bank solved question paper 2012?

Canara Bank previous year solved question 2012?

1. Which of the following statements about the ‘exports’ from India is true ? 

1. Exports are showing good rate of growth. 

2. Exports are growing in volume but still they are poorer than imports in terms of value. 

3. Exports are not improving the way they were growing two years back. 

(A) Only 1 

(B) Only 2 

(C) Only 3 

(D) Both 1 and 3 are correct 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(C) Only 3

2. Which of the following countries for the first time elected a lady as its President recently ? 

(A) Argentina 

(B) China 

(C) New Zealand 

(D) Russia 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(A) Argentina

3. The Govt. of India keeps on clearing the proposal of setting up new SEZs at several places. What does the letter ‘S’ represent in the ‘SEZ’ ? 

(A) Soft 

(B) Small 

(C) Special 

(D) Supportive 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(C) Special

4. Which of the following is not a foodgrain ? 

(A) Wheat 

(B) Rice 

(C) Maize 

(D) Jowar 

(E) Cotton 

ANSWER

(E) Cotton

5. Who amongst the following was made the Chairman of the National Land Reforms Council ?

(A) Smt. Sonia Gandhi 

(B) Arjun Singh 

(C) Pranav Mukherjee 

(D) Kamal Nath 

(E) Manmohan Singh 

ANSWER

(E) Manmohan Singh

6. Various Govt. agencies/organizations are given responsibilities for implementing various policies/decisions of the Govt. of India. Policies about credit flow to the agricultural/priority sector are framed/implemented through which of the following apex bodies ? 

(A) ECGC 

(B) NABARD 

(C) UTI 

(D) IDBI Bank 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(B) NABARD

7. As we read every then and now the Monetary and Credit Policy is reviewed and changes/corrections are made frequently. Who amongst the following exactly takes this decision in India ? 

(A) Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission 

(B) Prime Minister 

(C) Finance Minister 

(D) Chairman Finance Commission 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(E) None of these

8. The World Bank sanctioned Rs. 18,000 crores to which of the following states for its Poverty Alleviation Programme ? 

(A) Karnataka 

(B) Gujarat 

(C) Maharashtra 

(D) Uttar Pradesh 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(D) Uttar Pradesh

9. The UNO has declared year 2008 as the year of…… 

(A) AIDS Prevention 

(B) Potato 

(C) Water Harvesting 

(D) Social Justice to Children 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(B) Potato

10. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Pakistan– The Gathering Storms’ ? 

(A) Benazir Bhutto 

(B) Parvez Musharraf 

(C) Arun Shourie 

(D) Arun Gandhi 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(A) Benazir Bhutto

41. Which of the following is not a gallantry Award ? 

(A) Vir Chakra 

(B) Jeevan Raksha Padak 

(C) Ashok Chakra 

(D) Mahavir Chakra 

(E) Saraswati Samman 

ANSWER

(E) Saraswati Samman

12. Which of the following states has approved sharing Neyyar Irrigation Project water with Tamil Nadu ? 

(A) Karnataka 

(B) Andhra Pradesh 

(C) Kerala 

(D) Maharashtra and Karnataka 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(C) Kerala

13. Which of the following is not a foreign bank working in India ? 

(A) HSBC 

(B) Barclays 

(C) Standard Chartered 

(D) Yes Bank 

(E) All are foreign banks 

ANSWER

(D) Yes Bank

14. Who amongst the following is the Chairman of the 13th Finance Commission ? 

(A) Bimal Jalan 

(B) Y. V. Reddy 

(C) C. Rangarajan 

(D) Vijay Kelkar 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(D) Vijay Kelkar

15. India has the least or negligible trade relations with ………… 

(A) Japan 

(B) Britain 

(C) South Africa 

(D) Uganda 

(E) Iran 

ANSWER

(D) Uganda

16. Your friend has received a sum of Rs. 10000 from his grandparents. He wants to deposit this sum in a bank under a condition of not to withdraw fully or partially for at least two years. He will be needed to open which type of account in the bank ? 

(A) Small savings account 

(B) Current account 

(C) Fixed deposit account 

(D) Demat account 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(C) Fixed deposit account

17. Recently, this was in news that ASEAN is an association of …… 

(A) Commonwealth nations 

(B) SAARC nations 

(C) South-Eastern Asian nations 

(D) Oil-exporting nations 

(E) African nations 

ANSWER

(C) South-Eastern Asian nations

18. Names of two important persons are often visible in newspapers/magazines/electronic media. These names are Dr. C. Rangarajan and Dr. Bimal Jalan. Which of the following facts are identical in the life of both these two persons ? 

(A) Both are principal economic advisors to the Prime Minister 

(B) Both are the Members of the Lok Sabha 

(C) Both are the former Governors of RBI 

(D) Both were the Finance Ministers of India 

(E) There is nothing similar in both 

ANSWER

(C) Both are the former Governors of RBI

19. Which of the following places of West Bengal was in news recently, since some violent incidences took place due to an attempt of agricultural land aquisition for industrial purposes ? 

(A) Khadakpur 

(B) Nandigram 

(C) Howrah 

(D) Bolepur 

(E) None of these 

ANSWER

(B) Nandigram

20. In accordance with the reports published in the papers/magazines, the Government of India and some NGOs have declared/started some projects to help/ to provide relief to the farmers in general and specially to perplexed farmers. Which of the following is not such a plan ? 

(A) Crop insurance plan 

(B) E-Chaupal 

(C) Subsidy for chemical fertilizers 

(D) Reconstruction of watershade/water-bodies 

(E) Mid-day meal 

ANSWER

(E) Mid-day meal