Model Test Paper for BPO - 1

Model Test Paper for Bank PO Set-1

Choose the correct answer:

1.     The largest desert in the world is in

        (1)  Asia                        (2)  Africa

        (3)  Europe                    (4)  North America

2.     Maoris are the original inhabitants of

        (1)  Australia                 (2)  China

        (3)  New Zealand          (4)  Indonesia

3.     ‘The Discovery of India’ was written by

        (1)  E.M. Forster           (2)  Jawahar Lal Nehru

        (3)  Sardar Patel            (4)  Lala Lajpat Rai

4.     Which is the largest State in India in area?

        (1)  Uttar Pradesh         (2)  Maharashtra

        (3)  Madhya Pradesh     (4)  None of these

5.     The author of the song “Sare Jahan Se Achha” is

        (1)  Mohammad Iqbal   (2)  Maulana Azad

        (3)  Sarojini Naidu        (4)  Amrita Pritam

6.     ‘Sunny Days’ is written by

        (1)  Kapil Dev               (2)  Vijay Merchant

        (3)  Sunil Gavaskar       (4)  B.M. Kaul

7.     Who called the English ‘a nation of shopkeepers’?

        (1)  Hitler                      (2)  Napoleon

        (3)  Mussolini                (4)  Gandhiji

8.     Who said, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”?

        (1)  Byron                      (2)  Tennyson

        (3)  Shelley                    (4)  Keats

9.     When the amount of clay in a soil increases, its water-retaining capacity

        (1)  Increases                 (2)  Decreases

        (3)  Remains the same   (4)  None of these

10.   Al Ahram, a famous and widely-circulated newspaper of Arabic language, is published from

        (1)  Kuwait                    (2)  Riyadh

        (3)  Cairo                       (4)  Dubai

11.   ICC Champions Trophy was won by which country in 2012?

        (1)  West Indies            (2)  Australia

        (3)  England                  (4)  South Africa

12.   Who led India in its World Cup triumph in 1983?

        (1)  Sunil Gavaskar       (2)  Bishan Singh Bedi

        (3)  Mohd. Azhruddin  (4)  Kapil Dev

13.   Who was the first Indian Miss World?

        (1)  Sushmita Sen          (2)  Aishwarya Rai

        (3)  Reita Faria              (4)  Diana Hayden

14.   Where is Pichola Lake?

        (1)  Udaipur                  (2)  Chandigarh

        (3)  Jaipur                      (4)  Lucknow

15.   Lingaraj Temple is at

        (1)  Ujjain                      (2)  Bhubaneswar

        (3)  Madurai                  (4)  Varanasi

16.   Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003?

        (1)  Jimy Carter             (2)  Tony Blair

        (3)  Shirin Ebadi            (4)  Kofi Annan

17.   Which State in India has the least population?

        (1)  Goa                         (2)  Mizoram

        (3)  Sikkim                    (4)  Manipur

18.   Khetri is famous for

        (1)  Zinc                        (2)  Silver

        (3)  Lead                       (4)  Copper

19.   Asiatic Society was founded in

        (1)  1773                        (2)  1782

        (3)  1784                        (4)  1790

20.   Which State in India has the highest percentage of Scheduled Caste population in India according to 2011 census?

        (1)  Andhra Pradesh      (2)  Bihar

        (3)  Punjab                     (4)  Uttar Pradesh

ANSWER: Model Test Paper for Bank PO Set-1

1.         (2)        2.         (3)        3.         (2)        4.         (4)        5.         (1)

6.         (3)        7.         (2)        8.         (4)        9.         (1)        10.       (3)

11.       (1)        12.       (4)        13.       (3)        14.       (1)        15.       (2)

16.       (3)        17.       (3)        18.       (4)        19.       (3)        20.       (3)

HINTS: Model Test Paper for Bank PO Set-1

·         3. Hint: E.M. Forster is the author of ‘A Passage to India’; Sardar Patel was the first Deputy    Prime Minister and Home Minister of India and Lala Lajpat Rai was the leader of the extremist wing of the Indian National Congress and author of the book ‘Unhappy India’.

·         4. Hint: Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state of India.

·         5. Hint: Mohd. Iqbal was a great scholar and poet of Persian and Urdu literature. At first he was a staunch nationalist but later on he became a votary of a separate homeland for Muslims of India. He is regarded as the real architect of Pakistan. Maulana Azad was the first Education Minister of Independent India. A staunch nationalist Muslim leader, he was against the partition of India and creation of Pakistan. A great scholar of Islam, he is the author of the famous book ‘India Wins Freedom’. Sarojini Naidu is called the Nightingale of India. She was the first woman Governor of Independent India– the Governor of U.P. She was also a famous poetess of English– her work ‘Broken Wings’ is very famous. Amrita Pritam is the famous Punjabi writer and poetess. She is the author of such famous books like ‘Kagaz Te Kanvas’, ‘Revenue Stamp’, (Rasidi Ticket), ‘Pinjar’.

·         6. Hint: Sunil Gavaskar is also the author of the book ‘Idols’. B.M. Kaul is the author of ‘Untold Story’. Vijay Merchant was a very fine opening batsman of India and also remained Captain of Indian cricket team. Kapil Dev is one of the greatest all-rounders in the world of cricket.

·         7. Hint: Napoleon was one of the greatest conquerors of the world and a great leader of France. He had a very poor image of the English. Hitler and Mussolini were the dictators of Germany and Italy respectively.

·         8. Hint: John Keats is one of the most outstanding romantic poets of England. Byron, Tennyson   and Shelley are all great poets of English literature.

·         10. Hint: Cairo is the capital of Egypt and Riyadh the capital of Saudi Arabia.

·         11. Hint: ICC Champions Trophy tournament was held in Sri Lanka in September-October, 2012. This tournament was held in 2011 in India and India won this coveted trophy. West Indies defeated hosts Sri Lanka in the final and won the trophy for the first time.

·         12. Hint: Kapil Dev, nick-named as Haryana Hurricane, is one of the most renowned cricketers of India. He held the then world record for taking maximum wickets (434) in Test matches. Now, Muttiah Murlitharan, the spin wizard of Sri Lanka, has become the highest wicket taker in Test Matches surpassing the record of Shane Warne (708 wickets) with 800 wickets. Both are spectacular exponents of spin bowling and vied with each other to win the final race. The World Cup Cricket Tournament was held in England in 1983. India won the World Cup again in 2011 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of the most popular and successful captains of the world. The next cricket world cup will be held in Australia.

·         13. Hint : Reita Faria was crowned Miss World in 1966, Sushmita Sen wore the crown of Miss Universe in 1994, Aishwarya Rai won the title of Miss World in 1994 and Diana Hayden entered in this Hall of Fame as Miss World in 1997. Yukta Mookhey won the Miss World Contest of the Millennium on December 4, 1999 in London. Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World title in 2000.

·         16. Hint: Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the UNO along with the United Nations shared the centenary Noble Peace Prize (2001) in recognition of their contribution for ‘a better organised and more peaceful world’. Jimmy Carter was awarded Noble Prize for Peace in 2002. Tony Blair was the Prime Minister of Britain. Shirin Ebadi is the first and only Muslim lady to win the Noble Prize. She belongs to Iran. A lawyer and judge by profession, she won the Noble Prize for Peace for her relentless fight for human rights particularly the rights of women in her country against heavy odds in a society dominated by Islamic oxthodox fundamentalism.

·         17. Hint: The most populous State of India is Uttar Pradesh.

·         18. Hint: Khetri is in Rajasthan.

·         19. Hint: Asiatic Society in Calcultta (Kolkata) was founded by Sir William Jones, eminent Indologist, with the objective of inquiring into the history, science, art and literature of Asia.

·         20. Hint: According to 1991 census, Punjab had 28.31% percent SC population of its total population.