State Bank of India Clerk Exam, 2008 General Awareness : Solved Paper 7

21. Dr. Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing
agreements related with which of the following with USA ?
(A) Supply of Sugar
(B) Civilian Nuclear Co-operation
(C) Purchase of Fighter Planes
(D) Purchase of Gas/petroleum
(E) None of these
22. Which of the following countries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the
transport, electricity and gas companies as the present Govt. of the country has decided to end
the pension to these workers ?
(A) USA
(B) France
(C) China
(D) Nepal
(E) None of these
23. Who amongst the following is the Secretary general of UNO ?
(A) Al Gore
(B) Shashi Tharoor
(C) Gordon Brown
(D) Hugo Chavez
(E) None of these
24. The ‘Orange Coalition Govt.’ was formed once again in which of the following countries ?
(A) Russia
(B) Ukraine
(C) France
(D) Germany
(E) None of these
25. Which of the following countries is NOT elected by the UN General assembly on the nonpermanent
seats of the UN Security Council w.e.f. January 2008 ?
(A) Libya
(B) Vietnam
(C) Croatia
(D) Costa Rica
(E) Pakistan
26. The Govt. of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price
below the price of the same in domestic market ?
(A) Steel
(B) Chemical Fertilizer
(C) Pharma products
(D) Electronic Goods
(E) None of these
27. India launched which of the following Satellites in September 2007 ?
(A) EDUSAT
(B) MATSAT
(C) CROSAT-IIB
(D) INSAT-4CR
(E) None of these
28. As per the recent agreement between India and one other country the Indian Rupee can be
easily swapped with—
(A) Taka
(B) Riel
(C) Kyat
(D) Yen
(E) Rubbel
29. India won the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournament 2007 by beating—
(A) Syria
(B) Pakistan
(C) Britain
(D) France
(E) None of these
30. Abdullah Gul's name was in news recently as he has taken over as the President of—
(A) Turkey
(B) Sudan
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Pakistan
(E) None of these

Answer & Hints:

21. (B) 22. (B) 23. (E) 24. (B)
25. (E) The UN General Assembly elected Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Libya and Vietnam
to serve as Non-permanent Members of the security council for two-years, terms starting 1
January, 2008.
26. (E)
27. (D) India launched its largest rocket Geosyn-chronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F04,
carrying communication satellite INSA T-4CR. 18th satellite in the INSAT series, from the Satish
Dahwan space centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on September 2, 2007. The INSAT-4CR,
weighing 2,130 kg, is the heaviest satellite launched by the ISRO. It has 12 high power ku-band
Transponders, which would be used for Direct-to-home (DTH) Telecast, Video-Picture
Transmission, Telecasting News live using a satellite and business communications. It has a
mission life of 10 years.
28. (E) 29. (A)
30. (A) Abdulla Gul is the 11th President of Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since 28
August, 2007. He previously served for five months as Prime Minister (2002-03), and as Foreign
Minister from 2003 to 2007.