IBPS SBI Clerk Sample Practice Papers


01). The 9th Annual Meeting of International Regulatory Cooperation for Herbal Medicines (IRCH) was inaugurated in which city of India?
a) Noida
b) New Delhi
c) Nagpur
d) Jaipur
e) Udaipur


02). A three-day Global Rajasthan Agri tech Meet GRAM has begun in which city, with a objective of the meet is to double the income of farmers through various technologies and agriculture activities?
a) Ajmer
b) Bikaner
c) Jaipur
d) Jodhpur
e) Udaipur


03). Which of the following has launched “Operation school chalo” in South Kashmir?
a) Indian Army
b) Indian Air Force
c) Indian Navy
d) Border Security Force (BSF)
e) All the above


04). Donald Trump won the 2016 US Presidential elections, he is ____th US Presidential?
a) 45
b) 46
c) 44
d) 43
e) 54


05). Name the journalist who has been awarded with ‘Reporters without Borders (RSF)-TV5 Monde prize.
a) Hadi Abdullah
b) Hossein Mousavi
c) Rasul Boqiev
d) Sharof Rashidov
e) Both a) and c)


06). The Defence Ministry cleared its new blacklisting policy for “suspending or banning” arms contractors for wrongdoings. For how long will the firm/s be barred from conducting business with the government?
a) 1 year
b) 2 years
c) 5 years
d) 10 years
e) 15 years


07). A five-member headed by Yashwant Sinha has submitted its report to the Union Home Ministry regarding problems in which state?
a) Himachal Pradesh
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Jharkhand
d) Manipur
e) Nagaland


08). India’s first liquefied natural gas(LNG) driven bus was launched in which state?
a) Rajasthan
b) Bihar
c) Gujarat
d) Maharashtra
e) Kerala


09). Name the sportsperson who has announced her retirement from rowing.
a) Elena Horvat
b) Georgeta Damian
c) Heather Stanning
d) Kathleen Heddle
e) Megan Still


10). Which bank has launched ‘Unified Payments Interface’(UPI) solution for its corporate and financial institutional, and commercial banking clients?
a) Axis
b) HDFC
c) ICICI
d) Standard Chartered
e) Yes


11). The RBI has made it mandatory for borrowers tapping External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) will be required to cover the principal as well as the coupon through ______.
a) Basis swap
b) Dealer equity option
c) Equity derivative
d) Hedging
e) STIRT


12). What is India's rank in the latest study on digital transformation conducted by CA Technologies and Coleman Parkes?
a) 78
b) 79
c) 81
d) 80
e) 87


13). The IRDA has approved which country's insurance agency's application to provide onshore reinsurance services in India?
a) Japan
b) USA
c) UK
d) China
e) Germany


14). Vinod Rai has been appointed as the Chairman of Fund Trustee and Advisory Commission of which state?
a) Telangana
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Karnataka
d) Kerala
e) Maharashtra


15). Who has been appointed as Executive Director(ED) of the RBI?
a) Abbas Musliyar
b) G Mahalingam
c) M Rajeshwar Rao
d) Medini Ray
e) Ram Vinay Shahi


16). Which bank has has signed a MoU with the Indian Army on defense salary package?
a) Bank of Baroda
b) Corporation Bank
c) Karnataka Bank
d) PNB
e) SBI


17). The RBI on November 8 unveiled new currency notes in the denomination of Rs.____ and Rs.____.
a) 500,2000
b) 50,100
c) 20,10
d) 10,50
e) 50,1000


18). How much loan amount has been sanctioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve to improve Assam’s power distribution system?
a) $42 million
b) $45 million
c) $48 million
d) $52 million
e) $64 million


19). Indian government has abolished currency notes in which denomination on November 8?
a) Rs. 10 and 50
b) Rs. 100 and 500
c) Rs. 500 and 1000
d) Rs. 50 and 100
e) Rs. 20 and 50


20). Who has been named for 2016 Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Indian literary space?
a) Amitav Ghosh
b) Banshi Kaul
c) Heisnam Kanhailal
d) Kalamandalam Gopi
e) Ram Vinay Shahi


21). The Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) is being held in which city?
a) Ajmer
b) Bikaner
c) Jaipur
d) Kota
e) Udaipur


22). Name the online travel agency which has signed an agreement with the Uttarakhand government to promote homestays.
a) Cleartrip
b) Expedia
c) SOTC
d) Thomas Cook
e) Yatra.com


23). What is the amount the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has given to the Pradhan Mantri Yuva Yojana?
a) Rs 288.08 crore
b) Rs 499.94 crore
c) Rs 503.12 crore
d) Rs 602.14 crore
e) Rs 715.23 crore


24). Who has been elected as President of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)?
a) Jurgen Stock
b) Meng Hongwei
c) Mireille Balestrazzi
d) Paul Dickopf
e) Ronald Noble


25). Direct tax collections in India have increased by ____% during the April-October period of 2016-17 of current financial year.
a) 10.2
b) 10.5
c) 10.6
d) 10.7
e) 10.9


26). The government has announced a ___% penalty for cash deposits above Rs.250000 in case of income mismatch.
a) 100
b) 155
c) 180
d) 190
e) 200


27). Name the Indian American who won the U.S. Senate seat from California.
a) Anvita Dutta
b) Beheruz Sethna
c) Kamala Harris
d) Mahvish Rukhsana Khan
e) Mireille Balestrazzi


28). Name the Indian-American who has been elected to the US House of Representative, winning the Washington State Senate seat.
a) Kamala Harris
b) Mani Lal Bhaumik
c) Nayomi Munaweera
d) Pramila Jayapal
e) Sal Khan


29). India will setup a joint working group(JWG) with which country to deal with the menace of fake Indian Currency Notes?
a) Burma
b) China
c) Nepal
d) Oman
e) Thailand


30). Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 10 has departed for a 3 day visit to which country?
a) Canada
b) Japan
c) Saudi Arabia
d) Thailand
e) Uganda


31). India has signed a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with Palestine to setup a techno park in ____.
a) Gaza City
b) Hebron
c) Jerusalem
d) Ramallah
e) Tel Aviv


32). Who has been appointed as Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT)?
a) Aman Singhvi
b) Hari Shivaram Rajguru
c) Haris Chandra
d) Rani Singh Nair
e) Sushil Chandra


33). Which state ranks 1st in the country in 2016 Agricultural Marketing and Farmer Friendly
Reforms Index?
a) Maharashtra
b) Odisha
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Telangana
e) West Bengal


34). India and Russia have agreed to double the range of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile to _____ kms.
a) 300
b) 400
c) 500
d) 600
e) 700


35). Who won men’s Erste Bank Open Title?
a) Andy Murray
b) Novak Djokovic
c) Stan Wawrinka
d) Rafel nadal
e) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga


36). Name the person who has becomes Canada's first Sikh Senator?
a) Sarabjit Singh Marwah
b) Sahara Singh Marwah
c) Saran Singh Marwah
d) Sabjit Singh Marwah
e) None of the above


37). Who has been appointed as CEO of IBRD & IDA of World Bank?
a) Saran Singh Marwah
b) Kristalina Georgieva
c) Jhumpa Lahiri
d) Sanjeev Sahota
e) Neel Mukherjee


38). Name the person who has been appointed as the brand ambassador of Equitas Small Finance Bank?
a) Padma Sachdev
b) Suman K Sharma
c) Bhagwat Prasad Sathe
d) Veena Gupta
e) R Ashwin


39). Sulabh founder Bindeshwar Pathak is the brand ambassador for which of the following Mission?
a) Swachh Rail Mission
b) Clean India Mission
c) Swachh ganga Mission
d) Digital India
e) Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana


40). Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Lebanon?
a) Irfan Habib
b) Mahashweta Devi
c) Nalini Malani
d) Ramachandra Guha
e) Sanjiv Arora


41). National Council of Applied Economic Research(NCAER) has forecast ____% GDP growth rate in financial year 2016-17.
a) 4.7
b) 6.5
c) 7.6
d) 8.9
e) 9.9


42). The government recently has cancelled the licenses of how many NGOs after they failed to apply for its renewal within the deadline?
a) 8000
b) 9000
c) 10000
d) 11000
e) 20000


43). India has signed an oil production deal with which country?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) UAE
c) Oman
d) China
e) Venezuela


44). India signed an agreement with which country to enhance collaboration in energy sector?
a) France
b) Germany
c) Japan
d) Sweden
e) USA


45). Construction major HCC’s Rs 5,000 cr debt recast has become the first case to get approval under the _____ scheme.
a) S4A
b) S5B
c) S6Z
d) SI8
e) S2H


46). Name the oil and gas company which has setup a Rs. 50 crore fund to encourage new ideas related to the oil and gas sector.
a) Aban Offshore
b) Bharat Petroleum
c) Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals
d) OIL
e) Ratnagiri Gas and Power


47). Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) signed a MoU with IIT___ to establish a Joint Advanced Technology
Centre’(JATC).
a) Bombay
b) Delhi
c) Madras
d) Kanpur
e) All the above


48). What is the new name of Google Capital, the search giant's venture arm that invests in growthstage companies?
a) CapitalG
b) GoogleG
c) GoogleC
d) GoogleCap
e) Google CG


49). Who won the men’s 2016 Paris Masters Title?
a) Novak Djokovic
b) Andy Murray
c) John Isner
d) Kei Nishikori
e) Milos Raonic


50). Who won the 2016 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold in Men's Singles category?
a) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
b) Hsu Jen-hao
c) Ihsan Maulana Mustofa
d) Rajiv Ouseph
e) Shi Yuqi




IBPS SBI Clerk Sample Practice Papers