SBIPO2003 Related Question Answers
76. Which of the following is the big ambitious scheme aimed to provide drinking water to all villages in India by 2004 recently launched by the Prime Minister ?
77. To climinate exploitation of child labour in carpet industry in India some social labelling programmes are being conducted. Which of the following is NOT the name of one such programme ?
78. Arjun Atwal won the prestigious Carlsberg Malayasia Open Tournament held recently. The tournament is organised for--
79. Brushing aside official estimates of 4.4 per cent GDP growth during 2002-03 the ICRA estimates that the growth will be--
80. As reported in a section of the press a deadly strain of which of the following diseases is spreading very fast these days in some parts of the western countries, and is considered to have originated from Asian country ?
81. ‘Where satellites aren’t used to predict the weather, study earthquake, broadcast news or entertain the world, they are used to take care of your investments. Welcome to the new….’’ Which of the following organisations uses the above caption for its media campaigning ?
82. In which of the following films made in Chhattisgarhi dialect did the Chief Minister of the state Ajit Jogi also make a brief appearance ?
83. Which of the following organisations/institutes got the ‘’Gandhi Peace Prize for 2002’’, given for spreading the message of the Mahatma throughout the world ?
84. Which of the following statements about the recent elections of the ‘’Sahitya Akademi’ is True ? I. Dr. Gopichand Narang got elected as the President of the Akademi. II. Mahashweta Devi is the new Vice-President of the Akademi. III. This is for the first time in the history of the Akademi that an election is fought for the presidentship of the Akademi.
85. Which of the following organisations earlier working under the administrative control of the ‘Department of personnel of the Central Government’ will now be under the direct control of the Prime Minister’s office ?
87. As per the guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India now the holders of the International Credit Cards (ICCs) are not required to take prior permission of the RBI to avail foreign exchange for business travel, thought ICCs even though the amount is as high as--
89. Which of the following statement (s) best define the French View point on its support to coalition forces on war with USA--Iraq ? A. French was not at all in the favour of any attack on Iraq as Iraq and France had very friendly relations. B. France was partially supporting America and was willing to join hands with it incase Iraq uses biological or chemical weapons. C. Iraq and France are not friends still France had given an assurance to UNO that it will neither participate in war nor will allow anybody to use its land for such purposes.
90. ‘Indo-Pak ties hit all time low’ was the headline in some national dailies some times back. Which of the following incidences/events exactly prompted media to float this headline ?
91. Mr. R.A. Mashelkar who is the recipient of the ‘Dadabhai Naoroji Memorial Award for 2002’ is an eminent scientist and---
92. The Reliance Communication a communication company of Indian origin has obtained a licence for setting up Telecom Networks in---
93. Which of the following statements about the India’s tax-GDP ratio is True ? A. India’s tax-GDP ratio is highest in the world. B. India’s tax-GDP ratio is 56%, which is the lowest in the world. C. India’s tax-GDP ratio is lowest in the World and as a result very less of the value added to the economy goes in the hands of the Government.
94. Which of the following statements correctly reflects the Government of India’s decision taken recently about the prepayment of the ‘foreign currency convertible bonds’ owned by the Indian companies ? A. Companies are asked to renegotiate the payment terms of their foreign currency convertible bonds as government wants the payment period to be a longer one. B. Companies allowed to make a prepayment under certain conditions as the foreign currency stock is in very comfortable position these days. C. Companies will have now option to approach bond holders for prepayment of loans rather than offering equity to them on maturity.
95. The residues of extremely harmful pesticides were detected recently in some parts of the country in the samples of which of the following ?
96. Which of the following is the reason (as reported in the media) owing to which USA wants all its food and eatable importers to take a prior permission of the Government for such importers ? A: USA feels that terrorists may create a havoc by contaminating their food supplies. B: Since country is under threat of terrorist attacks, food industry is losing its business tremendously. Hence such importers are allowed only for few selective items. C:As per the provision of the WTO agreements no country is allowed to import ‘ready to eat food’ unless their is an emergency situation. USA wishes to implement the provisions for which modifications in certain existing rules are necessary. No imports till then.
97. Who are three scientist who got Nobel Prize 2002 in Physics for proving why the sun shines and how the discovery of far away stars is possible ? (prizes announced in October 2002)
98. Which of the following statements on Saudi Arabia’s recent decision about the foreign workers on its soil is/are True’’ A. Saudi Arabia has decided to set a limit for the number of the foreign workers present in the country. B. Saudi Arabia will have to reduce the number of foreigners working there by 10% as it intends to bring their population to 20% of its population. C. Saudi Arabia wants to bring the number of foreign workers to a mere 30% of its total population in next 10 years time.
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