GA QUIZ

1. What will be the main theme of Aero India show to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18thFeb’15 in Bengaluru?

A. Make in India

B. Unite India

C. Developed India

D. Extending Air Services in India

E. None of these

2. Name the title of first National Tribal Festival that will begin from 13th Feb’15?

A. Aadivaasi

B. Vanmaanas

C. VANAJ

D. TribeFest 

E. None of these

3. Which category of students in Delhi will get a hostel as announced by Minister of Development of North-Eastern Region Dr. Jitendra Singh on 11th Feb’15?

A. SC/ST

B. North-Eastern

C. Blind Challenged

D. LGBT

E. All of above

4. Name the former Defence Secretary whose plea for quashing appointment as Comptroller and Audit General of India is rejected by Supreme Court of India on 11th Feb’15?

A. V P Singh 

B. S K Sharma

C. H L Gupta

D. Mukul Rohtagi

E. None of these

5. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Limited?

A. C Rameshwaram

B. M Ravindran

C. K K Gupta

D. None of these

E. None of these

6. Who has acquired the Telugu television channel network Maa Television Network Ltd (MTNL) including its brand, assets and four channels for an undisclosed amount on 11th Feb’15?

A. Sony Entertainment Pvt. Ltd

B. Reliance Entertainment

C. Zee Entertainment 

D. Star India Pvt. Ltd.

E. Tata Entertainment ltd.

7. Which bank has launched India’s first digital bank ‘Pockets’ service to allow anyone to instantly make transactions on a mobile phone with or without a bank account?

A. HDFC Bank

B. ING Vysya Bank

C. Kotak Mahindra Bank

D. ICICI Bank

E. YES Bank

8. What is ‘Udyanotsav’?

A. Planting Sapling Mission

B. Agro Fest

C. Annual Festival at Rashtrapati Bhavan

D. Gardening Project.

E. None of these

9. In which state the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System Project has been launched?

A. Himachal Pradesh

B. Telangana

C. Manipur

D. West Bengal

E. Sikkim

10. In which country has United States closed its embassy on 10th Feb’15 due to the ongoing political instability?

A. Pakistan

B. Iraq

C. Nigeria

D. Yemen

E. Iran

11. Which country has set Guinness World Record for the world’s largest vertical maze of 55 stories?

A. United States

B. France

C. Dubai

D. India

E. Pakistan

12. Name the Saudi Arabia’s king who passed away on 23rd Jan’15?

A. Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

B. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz

C. Abdullah Abdullah

D. Salman Abdullah.

E. None of these

13. Which state in India will get first International Institute of Music?

A. Maharashtra

B. Gujarat

C. Bihar

D. Kerala 

E. Punjab

14. In which state, Syed Modi International Badminton Championships is being played from 21st Jan’15?

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Karnataka

C. Andhra Pradesh

D. Gujarat

E. Himachal pradesh

15. Which airline has been allowed by Director General of Civil Aviation, DGCA, to accept advance bookings beyond the 31st of March?

A. Kingfisher

B. Jet Airways

C. Indigo

D. Spice Jet Airlines 

E. Air India

Answers 
1.A
2.C
3.B
4.B
5.B
6.D
7.D
8.C
9.A
10.D
11.C
12.B
13.D
14.A
15. D

INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE-2 SBI ASSO PO

Name: Sachin Waghmare

Qualification - Pharmacy graduated and mba in phatma managemnt.

Panel - 2

Venue -  BKC Mumbai

Date - 18-02-2015

I was nt expectig this exam to clear, and i hav group discisn  phobia so was nt wiling to apear for this intervr (also i got 92 marks in ibps po sc category so m hoping for this and dint took sbi asso seriosly) bt i thaougt not to miss a chance since last night tried to generat positive energy for gd pi..

I reached centre at 11 am, they asked us to sit in confornce room n started for doc. Verification... They askd 5 copies of biodata which we can print from sbi site... Wil sugest please go through the call later for requiremnts, as some of candidates including me was not aware about the documnts n has to face a problm..

After doc. Verification they provided us a lunch.

After lunch candidates of panel 2 asked to sit in confrnce room.. There were 12 candidates in my panel and 5 panel member 4 men and 1 women..

About gd:

They gave us a topic i.e. shining india... After giving topic they gave 2 min to think and asked us to speak 1 by 1, each candidate alloted 2 min for first round and there is no sequence, anybody can start... (2-3 candidate took 2 min, others finisd wid their thoughts in 1 min).. After that open discustion went for 15 min,..

About interview:

I was first in panel, dint get chance to breath n after gd they send mi in interview rum,, panel member was same as there for gd.

I enterd in a rum and wish them, they askd me to sit.

M1 : so mr. Sachin bhimraoji waghmare

Me: yes sir :-)

M1: which is ur birth place?

me: told

m1: tell mi about urself?

me: told

m1: why dont u become a teacher as ur parents r teacher?

me: sir, i am not good at teaching

m1: why u left the pharma field?

me: told about job stability and security?

m1: what is security?

me: started to explain about the securities which bank held,

 

M1:  intrupted and said not that security, i mean what is job security and stability for u?

me: said somthing nonsense

m2: what is pharma management what u hav studied in it?

me: explained

m2: do u know about the patent, and what are the problems indian pharma industry facing regarding patent?

me: explaind about the patent bt i think i dint answerd what he was expecting

m3: u want to join sbi group right, so what do u knw about sbi?

me: started from history of sbi, bt he interupted and said dont tell about history, tell about the achievmnts.

I said it is largest public sector bank, govt has 60% of stake in sbi while in othe psb its 51%,  and sbi has has wide range of network as it has around 18000 branches, 54000 atms and also told about the variety of product, he was not looking convinced 

m3: how many sbi asso banks r there, and what r those?

me: told

f1: what is small and payment banks?

me: mam i hav read about it bt m not recalling it nw.

f1: do u knw about rrbs?

me: explained well

m4: what u have think while filling the preference of sbi asso banks/?

me: sir 1st is the no. of vacancies and another is the no. of branches of perticular bank.

m4: u dint thought about the merger of these banks with sbi?

me: i knw about some of these banks going to merge with sbi bt dont knw which exactly it is, so i dint thought abt tht.

m4: what is the birth place of gautam baudhha ( as my religion is baudhha)

me: sir its lumbini 

they said ok u may leave, i said thank u n left.

SBI ASSOCIATE PO INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE

Time - Morning 11 a.m.

Venue - Lucknow

They told us to arrange our documents in order. My document verification was done around 1 pm. In between they gave us a blank sheet and asked us to write at least half page in English on topic should nationalized banks be privatized?

After this we were taken to GD room.. We were 13 candidates in total.

After waiting another long one hour panelist came and started our GD. They gave us a topic... Is India's economy is developing at the cost of environment,.

In my 2min turn i starred well but 2mins was not ending and i was thinking when will buzzer ring,i stopped by myself. After GD we were taken to interview waiting room. And again waited till 05:30 Pm for my interview.

Me..may I come in please?

Wish them all, they were 4 members all were in our GD also.

lady: So mr. Vivek ur gd went good,

i thanked her.... She then passed to the next member who asked me..why bank... Told them about qualities nd qualifications nd how they will help in bank..

M2:tell me what is black money?

me:explained in brief,

M2: so tell me whay every1 Saying bring it back but it does not happend yet why?

me..told them some reasons nd he was quiet satisfied.

M3:ok. Could you please tell me some financial regulators in india..?

me:sir sebi,irda...

he stopped me and asked about functions of sebi and what it regulates....told him nd he was also satisfied.

L1: So ylu have written in ur biodata form you read hindi novels...and passed the baton to M1,

M1: Which novels you have read and which writter..?

me:sir Munshipremchand ki godaan..

panel:premchand ki aur koi...accha main hero kon tha godan me..?

me: Sir premchand ki ek hi novel padhi hai,nd told about the details,after that he smiled and asked another novels i hv read,nd he was happy with my answers..

M1: newspaper kon sa padhte ho?

me: Sir times of india,so he asked me about the foundation year,i told them never noticed it but told him that may be in 1935,,he quickly took out times of india which was below his desk nd said young man it is in 1938,,nd smiled and asked about the company which owns it nd group,told them

he then asked about hindustan times nd i said sorry sir i have no idea about it..

L1:you have told about proper wastemanagement in gd,what do you mean by it?

me:(though i hv no idea about it) Tried to explain

M3: Have you heard any news about subrat rao sahara.. I told then yes but not gone throug the news., he then asked kya unko bail mil gyi,i told them no sir,then they discussed with each other.

they asked if anyone have any questions..everyone said me thankyou thats all nd i replied back..

i stood up to go then the lady member stopped me and asked me that you have filled that you have qualified ibps,rrb po,and you still want to go with sbi associates..

i told her that i would definatly go for the best,as sbi is biggest psb in india,she intturupted me qnd said you are not here for sbi,you are here for associates, (oopsss..)

then i said but all comes under a name sbi... And she smiled and said me you can go now, i thanked them all and left the room...

so overall it was good.. And goodluck for every one going for interviews..

thank you !!!!

REASONING QUIZ

Directions (Q.1-5). In the following questions , the symbols #,$,%,* and @ are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
‘P#Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
‘P$Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller nor equal to Q’.
‘P%Q’ means ‘P is neither greater nor smaller than Q’.
‘P*Q’ means ‘P is neither greater nor equal to Q’.
‘P@Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.


Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

1. Statements: P # Q, P % R, R * S
Conclusions: I. R @ P
                      II. P # S.
A. If only conclusion I is true.
B. If only conclusion II is true.
C. If either conclusion I or II is true.
D. If neither conclusion I nor II is true.
E. Both follows

2. Statements: F $ G, G @ I, I % H 
Conclusions: I. F @ H
                      II. H $ G
A. If only conclusion I is true.
B. If only conclusion II is true.
C. If either conclusion I or II is true.
D. If neither conclusion I nor II is true.
E. Both follows

3. Statements: A * B, B# C, C $ D
Conclusions: I. A * D
                        II. A @ D
A. If only conclusion I is true.
B. If only conclusion II is true.
C. If either conclusion I or II is true.
D. If neither conclusion I nor II is true.
E. Both follows

 4. Statements: A @ B, B $ C, C % D
Conclusions: I. D * A
                        II. C * A
A. If only conclusion I is true.
B. If only conclusion II is true.
C. If both conclusion I and II are true.
D. If neither conclusion I nor II is true.
E. Both follows

5. Statements : Q @ W, W $ E , E # R
Conclusions: I. R # Q
                        II. E * Q
A. If only conclusion I is true.
B. If only conclusion II is true.
C. If either conclusion I or II is true.
D. If neither conclusion I nor II is true.
E. Bothy follows

Directions (Q. 6-10). In a certain code language some word are written in coded form which are given below:
‘What Were You Thinking’ is written as ‘ta ba la na’
‘Now Stop Thinking Read’ is written as ‘Pa ba ch da’
‘Write Stop listen speak’ is written as ‘yo ma Pa ta’
‘What listen Read speak’ is written as ‘ch yo la ma’

6. What is the code for ‘Read’?
A. Pa
B. da
C. ch
D. yo
E. None of these

7.What is the code for ‘thinking’?
A. yo
B. la
C. ma
D. None of these
E. ta

8. What is the code for ‘Stop’?
A. ba
B. pa
C. da
D. ch
E. na

9. What is the code for ‘Now’ ?
A. yo
B. ma
C. da
D. None of these
E. ch

10. What is the code for ‘What’ ?
A. la
B. ba
C. da
D. ta
E. ch

Directions (Q. 11-15) In each question given below four statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the all given statements to be true even if they seem to be a variance from the commonly known facts. Read the conclusion and decide which logically follows. 
Give Answer:
1. If only conclusion I follows.
2. If only conclusion II follows.
3. If either conclusion I or II follows.
4. If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
5. If both conclusions I and II follows.
11. Statements: 
Some trains are Buses. All Buses are Cars.
Some Cars are Motorbikes. Some Motorbikes are Cycles.
Conclusions:
I. Some Cycle being Train is a possibility.
II. Some Car being Boy is a possibility.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

12. Statements: 
Some Trains are Buses. All Buses are Cars.
Some Cars are Motorbike. Some Motorbikes are Cycle.
Conclusions: 
I. No Motorbike is a Car.
II. All Cars are Train.
A. 2
B. 5
C. 3
D. 4
E. 1

13. Statements: 
All Men are Male. Some Male are Female.
No Female is a Women. All Women are Human.
Conclusions:
I. Some Human being Men is a possibility.
II. Some Human being Female is a possibility.
A. 5
B. 3
C. 4
D. 1
E. 2

14. Statements:
All Men are Male. Some Male are Female.
No Female is a Women. All Women are Human.
Conclusions:
I. No Women is a Male.
II. Some Male are Women.
A. 1
B. 5
C. 4
D. 3
E. 2

15. Statements:
All Actors are Producer. Some Producers are Director.
All Directors are Writer. Some Writers are Actress.
Conclusions:
I. Some Actress being Producer is a possibility.
II. Some Writer are Producer.
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D.1
E. 3

Answers

1. D
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. C
7.D
8.B
9. C
10. A
11.A
12.D
13. A
14. D
15.C

GK QUESTIONS ASKED IN SBI ASSOCIATE EXAMS

Where is the head quarters of UNICEF? - New York 

When do we observe army day? - 15th January

Water week started from - 13th January in context with Ganga Rejuvination Plan

Who is the current Defence minister of India? - Manohar Parikar

Jim Corbett national park is situated in which state? - Uttarakhand  

Denmark capital - Copenhagen

Which is the Country having maximun gold mines - China

Which was the most warmest year ever? - 2014

Which were the two new earth like planets discovered? - Kepler 438-b and Kepler 442-b

What is the currency of China? - Yuan

Rbi cut in repo rate by how much? - 25 basis points

There were few questions related to Census 2011

Australia capital - Canberra

Afghanistan Currency - Afghan Afghani

National Youth Day - 12th January

2018 Commonwealth Game - Gold Coast, Australia 

PMJDY payment card - Rupay

Small and Payment bank need how much Capital for start up - 100 Crore

Recently people of 13 country make march and pray for world peace in which state- Bihar

In india recently Bio fuel Train started from - Rohtak to Rewari 

External Affair Minister - Smt.Sushma Swaraj

Recently Gyan Sangam Held in Pune For what Purpose - Banking Reform

APEC summit 2014 venue - Beijing

Chief Economic advisor to GOI - Arvind Subramanian

Switzerland beat whom to win Davis cup - France

Anaemia is caused by deficiency of which vitamin - Vitamin B12

Bihu dance is related to which state - Assam

International court of justice HQ - The Hague

Prize given to Raghuram Rajan recently - Governer of the Year in Central Banks awards

news paper name of recent france attack - Charlie Hebdo

highest mortality rate in infants state - Odisha

cbi new director - Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha

Chairman of Niti Ayog - PM Narendra Modi

Currency Philippines - Philippine peso 

Brazil capital - Brasilia

Sarita devi which sports - Boxing

Rbi doesn't control which one of them? ICICI Prudential

America Canada line - Parallel line 49

Who won Nobel prize in micro economics? - Amartya Sen

Fort aguada which state - Goa

IMF provides loan to whom? Only Member Countries

Next G 20 Summit - Istanbul, Turkey

New chief of IB - Dineshwar Sharma

Fresh water lake in U.S.A - Lake Superior

Purpose of monetary policy?

1 question on which of the following is not a Credit rating agency of india?

Which is regulator of commodity market - FMC

Cancer day - 4th February 

Internet users in india in dec 2014 - 300 Million

Founder of self help groups who won nobel prize for this? Mohammad Yunus

1 question on NPA

Casa related to?

Anirudh jagannath is the PM of which country? - Mauritius

Fao headquarters - Rome, Italy

Urban development union minister - Venkaiah Naidu

According to 2011 census female rato per 1000 males in haryana? - 879

Confucious prize was awarded to whom? - Fidel Castro

Dandi kutir is established in which place recently? - Gandhinagar

Wandering in many worlds is autobiography of whom? - V. R. Krishna Iyer