Model Test Paper for BPO - 4

Model Test Paper for Bank PO Set-4

Choose the correct answer:

1.     Which country is the third most populous country in the world?

        (1) Indonesia                 (2)  Brazil

        (3) Russia                      (4)  USA

       

2.     Which is the smallest independent country in the world?

        (1) Palau                        (2)  Seychelles

        (3) Vatican                    (4)  Malta

       

3.     The Parliament of USA is known as

        (1) Federal Assembly    (2)  Diet

        (3) Knesset                    (4)  Congress

       

4.     The Land of Thousand Elephants is

        (1) Laos                         (2)  Myanmar

        (3) Thailand                  (4)  Malaysia

5.     When Quit India Movement was launched by Ghandhiji?

        (1) 1940                        (2)  1941

        (3) 1942                        (4)  1943

       

6.     Who said, “Our sweetest songs are those that tell the saddest thoughts”?

        (1) John Keats               (2)  P.B. Shelley

        (3) Byron                      (4)  T.S. Elliot

       

7.     ‘By God’s Decree’ is the autobiography of

        (1) Sunil Gavaskar        (2)  Arundhati Roy

        (3) U Thant                   (4)  Kapil Dev

       

8.     Who is the author of ‘Asian Drama’?

        (1) Chester Bowles       (2)  Jawahar Lal Nehru

        (3) Gunnar Myrdal        (4)  Clement Atlee

       

9.     Tulsidas flourished during the reign of

        (1) Babar                       (2)  Akbar

        (3) Shahjahan                (4)  Humayun

       

10.   Which country in the world is the largest producer of natural rubber?

        (1) Indonesia                 (2)  Thailand

        (3) Vietnam                   (4)  Malaysia

       

11.   Mount Abu is situated in which State of India?

        (1) Himachal Pradesh   (2)  Gujarat

        (3) Rajasthan                 (4)  Madhya Pradesh

       

12.   When the Battle of Plassey was fought?

        (1) 1752                        (2)  1753

        (3) 1755                        (4)  1757

       

13.   Who was the first recipient of Jnanpith Award?

        (1) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar

        (2) Raghupati Sahai ‘Firaq’ Gorakhpuri

        (3) Ashapoorna Devi

        (4) G. Shankara Kurup

       

14.   Who was Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)?

        (1) A painter                 (2)  A sculptor

        (3) A singer                   (4)  A writer

       

15.   ‘Rajtarangini’ is written by

        (1) Sushruta                  (2)  Kalhana

        (3) Panini                      (4)  Banabhatta

       

16.   Who designed the city of Chandigarh?

        (1) Epstein                    (2)  Beethoven

        (3) Le Corbusier            (4)  Lutyens

       

17.   Who was the First Field Marshal of Indian Army?

        (1) Gen. K.M. Cariappa

        (2) Gen. S.H.F.J. Manekshaw

        (3) Gen Thimayya

        (4) Gen. Jagjit Singh Arora

       

18.   “Let a hundred flowers bloom and let a thousand schools of thought contend” is the saying of

        (1) Lenin                       (2)  Gandhi

        (3) Nehru                      (4)  Mao

       

19.   Which of the following Indian States is broadly as large as the Europeon nation– Austria?

        (1) Kerala                     (2)  West Bengal

        (3) Orissa                      (4)  Karnataka

       

20.   The birthday of which of the following is observed as the Teacher’s Day?

        (1) Dr. Zakir Hussain

        (2) Aurobindo Ghosh

        (3) Swami Vivekanand

        (4) S. Radhakrishnan

       

ANSWER: Model Test Paper for Bank PO Set-4

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

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

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

16.       (3)        17.       (2)        18.       (4)        19.       (1)        20.       (4)

HINTS: Model Test Paper for Bank PO Set-4

1. Hint: The most populous country in the world is China followed by India. USA has a population of more than 30 crore people.

2. Hint: Vatican City is within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of 44 hectares and a population of about 1000. It is the seat of Pope– the Head of Roman Catholic Church in the world.

3. Hint: The American Congress has two houses– the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Parliament of Japan is called Diet while the Parliament of Israel is called Knesset.

4. Hint: Laos is located in South-East Asia. It’s capital is Vientiane. Myanmar is the new name of Burma. Thailand is called the Land of White Elephants. It’s former name was Siam.

5. Hint: The Quit India Movement was the last great mass movement launched by Gandhiji against the British colonial rulers. Immediately, the British Government arrested Gandhiji and other leaders of Congress. Thereupon, the movement took a violent turn and shook the foundations of British rule in India.

6. Hint: This saying occurs in Shelley’s famous poem ‘To a Skylark’.

7. Hint: Sunil Gavaskar, one of the greatest opening batsmen of the world, is the author of the book ‘Sunny Days’. Arundhati Roy, the Booker Prize winner, is the author of the novel ‘The God of Small Things’ and ‘The Greater Common Good’ U Thant was the Secretary-General of UNO– the first Asian to occupy this august post.

8. Hint: Gunnar Myrdal, a great friend of India and developing world, is a world famous Swedish economist. J.L. Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a prolific writer as well. His famous works are ‘Discovery of India’ and ‘Glimpses of World History’. And Clement Atlee, leader of the Labour Party in Britain, was the Prime Minister of Britain at the time of India’s independence.

9. Hint: Tulsidas is the greatest poet of Hindi literature. His great work is ‘Ramacharitamanas’. Akbar ruled India from 1556 A.D. to 1605 A.D. He was the greatest of the Moghul Emperors and an ardent advocate of communal harmony and Hindu-Muslim amity.

10. Hint: Malaysia and Thailand are also major producers of natural rubber in the world.

11. Hint: Mount Abu is a famous hill and tourist resort. It is famous for Dilwara temples– one of the best specimens of Jain architecture in India.

12. Hint: The Battle of Plassey is one of the most momentous battles of Indian history. In this battle, the British defeated the Nawab of Bengal by treachery. It laid the foundation of British rule in India. Plassey is in Bengal.

13. Hint: Firaq Gorakhpuri got this award in 1969 for his work in Urdu poetry ‘Gul-e-Naghma’. Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, an outstanding poet of modern Hindi literature, received it in 1972 for his work ‘Urvashi’. Ashapoorna Devi was the first woman to get this coveted award in 1976 for her novel ‘Prathama Pratishruti’ in Bengali language.

14. Hint: He belonged to Spain and is the founder of Cubism.

15. Hint: Kalhana was a famous poet-historian of Kashmir. Sushruta was a great ancient Indian surgeon. Panini was the founder of Sanskrit grammar and the author of ‘Asthadhyayi’. Banabhatta was the court poet of Harshvardhan and the author of the two famous books in Sanskrit–‘Kadambari’ and ‘Harshcharita’.

16. Hint: Epstein was a famous British sculptor. Beethoven was one of the most famous musicians and composers of world fame. He belonged to Germany. And Lutyens was the man who designed New Delhi– the City of Gardens as he conceived it.

17. Hint: F.M. Manekshaw, popularly known as ‘Sam’, was the architect of India’s victory over Pakistan in 1971 in Bangladesh war. Gen. K.M. Cariappa was the first Indian C-in-C of Indian Army and the second Field Marshal of India. Gen. Thimayya was a great general of Indian army and Gen. Jagjit Singh Arora was an outstanding strategist who was responsible for the ignominious defeat and surrender of Pak forces in Bangladesh and its ultimate liberation from the tyrannical rule of Pakistan.

18. Hint: Mao-tse-tung, the architect of the Communist Revolution in China, is associated with many sayings. Lenin was the founder of Soviet Union and the father of Bolshevik Revolution (Communist Revolution) in Russia.

19. Hint: The capital of Austria is Vienna.

20. Hint: S. Radhakrishnan was a great scholar-philosopher of India. He was Professor of Philosophy in Oxford University. He was also the first Vice-President of India and became the second President of the Republic of India. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was a prolific writer. One of his outstanding books is ‘The Hindu View of Life’. Dr. Zakir Hussain was a great educationist– he was the first President of India who died in office. Swami Vivekanand, one of the greatest sons of India, was the great exponent of Vedantic philosophy and founder of Ramkrishna Mission.  Aurobindo Ghosh was the famous philosopher–revolutionary of India. He arrived in Pondicherry in 1910 and set up an Ashram there which later on developed a township known as Auroville. He is the author of many books such as ‘Life Divine’, ‘Essays on Gita’, ‘Savitri’.