SBI PO 2013 Descriptive Paper Questions asked on 28.04.2013

State Bank of India (SBI) has just issued an official notification for the recruitment of Probationary Officers (PO). In written exam, there is a descriptive test along with objective test. The descriptive test consists of total 50 marks. If you don't have any idea about the pattern of exam, check the syllabus, exam pattern of SBI PO recruitment. Today we are going to share here questions of descriptive test asked in SBI PO 2013 exam which was held on 28th April, 2013.

Questions of Descriptive Paper asked in SBI PO 2013 Exam

Letter Writing : (10 Marks)

(1) Letter to your Siblings mentioning the way to prepare for Competitive Exams.

(2) Letter to the company for accepting the job offer of an assistant manager in the company

(3) Letter on behalf of your department to the CEO of your company for working in late hours and not appreciated by management members.

Essay Writing: (12 Marks)

(1) Women entrepreneurs in India.

(2) Role of bank in daily life.

Paragraph writing on the following topics : (8 Marks)

(1) Importance of investment

(2) Importance of saving energy

(3) The role of small scale industries in economy.

Precise Writing : (10 Marks)

(1) Electronic payment system

(2) Comprehension on inflation

Comprehension (Passage) : (10 Marks)

In this comprehension section, there was a passage of 5 questions. Each question contains 2 marks.

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1) What is the meaning of Market Information?

A. knowledge of shops and bazaars
B. knowledge of shopping malls
C. knowledge of customer profile and product mix
D. none of these

2) What do you mean by a Call? Calling on____.

A. Prospective customers
B. Bank employees
C. Friends
D. relatives

3) What is a Target Market?

A. entire globe
B. entire country
C. entire city
D. consists of customers who need the identical product

4) The meaning of Marketing Plan is-

A. Documented marketing strategies
B. Business targets
C. Company prospectus
D. None of these

5) What do you mean by Marketing Channels?

A. sales targets
B. delivery outlets
C. delivery boys
D. delivery objects

6) Service marketing is equivalent to ____.

A. Internet marketing
B. Telemarketing
C. Internal marketing
D. Relationship marketing

7) On which of the following effective Selling depends?

A. peer strength
B. size of sales team
C. age of sales team
D. none of these

8) What is the necessity of Market Research? For____.

A. effecting selling
B. levy of VAT
C. extra service charges
D. good customer service

9) What is the meaning of 'USP' in Marketing?

A. Usefull Sales Procedures
B. Useful Selling Proposition
C. Unique Selling Propositions
D. Used Sales Plans

10) 'ATM' is____.

A. Any Time Money
B. Any Time Marketing
C. Automated Teller Machine
D. Automated Timely Machine

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11) What is marketing segmentation?

A. divides market into various groups
B. segmenting by age
C. segmenting geographically
D. all of the above

12) What do you mean by a 'Lead'?

A. a buyer
B. a seller
C. an employer
D. none of these

13) Sales forecasting involves-

A. Sales planning
B. Sales pricing
C. Distribution channel
D. All of the above

14) A key challage to market-driven strategy is -

A. Delivering superior value to the customers
B. Selling maximum products
C. Employing maximum DSAs
D. Adopting short term vision

15) Selling skills are judged by -

A. Number of goods sold
B. Amount of profit earned
C. All of the above
D. None of these

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1) Hard disk drives are considered as which storage?

A. nonvolatile
B. flash
C. temporary
D. none of these

2) Which of the following are the most common input devices?

A. digital camera, speakers
B. keyboard, mouse
C. microphone, printer
D. scanner, monitor

3) Which of the following term is not associated with spreadsheet software?

A. cell
B. formula
C. worksheet
D. virus detection

4) Which of the following devices is used to transmit data over telecommunications lines?

A. Platform
B. Modem
C. Drives
D. None of these

5) One billion bytes are equivalent to one ____.

A. bit
B. gigabyte
C. kilobyte
D. megabyte

6) Which of the following is the connection to the internet using a phone and a modem?

A. digital
B. broadband
C. dial up
D. dish

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A. BUS
B. DIMM
C. Register
D. ALU

8) Which of the following is the reusable optical storage?

A. RW
B. CD
C. DVD
D. ROM

9) The computer processes ____ into information?

A. data
B. processor
C. input
D. numbers

10) If we connect personal computers together, we can form a ___.

A. network
B. supercomputer
C. server
D. none of these

11) If we want to reload a webpage which button do we use?

A. F2
B. F5
C. F10
D. F12

12) The fastest, biggest and most expensive computers are-

A. Laptops
B. Personal Computers
C. Super Computers
D. Notebooks

13) What is the name of a website's main page?

A. Browser page
B. Home page
C. Bookmark page
D. Search page

14) If you want to enter the current date in a cell, which button do you use?

A. CTRL + F10
B. CTRL + F11
C. CTRL + ;(semicolon)
D. CTRL + : (colon)

15) Find out the odd one from the following.

A. Operating System
B. Assembler
C. Interpreter
D. Compiler

16) What is the function of output devices?

A. Store data
B. View or print data
C. scan data
D. input data

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A. ctrl + v
B. vtrl + u
C. ctrl + z
D. ctrl + d

18) Which computer language is used on internet?

A. COBOL
B. Java
C. BASIC
D. None of these

19) Where you will find the HELP menu?

A. Start
B. End
C. Turnoff
D. Restart

20) If you want to change the selected text to all capital letters, which key(s) will you press?

A. Caps Lock
B. ctrl + shift + A
C. ctrl + alt + C
D. none of these

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1) Who is the author of the book 'The Exile'?

a) Philip Roth
b) Navtej Saran
c) Aravind Adiga
d) none of this

2) The political party of Barack Obama is-

a) Labour
b) Republican
c) Democratic
d) American national Congress

3) Name the award that was given to Pt. Bhimsen Joshi in 2008.

a) Padma Bhushan
b) Bharat Ratna
c) Maharastra Bhushan
d) Sangit Natak Academy award

4) Mohammed Waheed Hassan is the President of which of the following country?

a) Maldives
b) Fiji
c) Iraq
d) Iran

5) In which of the following cities the third IBSA Summit took place?

a) Durban
b) Sao Paolo
c) New Delhi
d) Suncity

6) Which of the following is the India's Space Rocket Launching Centre?

a) Kochi
b) Sriharikota
c) Tirupati
d) Hassan

7) Which is not a part of India's Money Market?

a) Mutual Funds
b) Banks
c) Bill Markets
d) Indian Gold Council

8) For which field Dronacharya Award is given?

a) Social Work
b) Coaching in Sports
c) Literary work
d) none of this

9) In which game 'Merdeka Cup' is associated?

a) Football
b) Hockey
c) Golf
d) Tennis

10) Name the country which is not a member of IBSA.

a) Brazil
b) India
c) Bangladesh
d) South Africa

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11) Which is not a Government-sponsored organization?

a) National Housing Bank
b) NABARD
c) ICICI Bank
d) All are government-sponsored

12) Who is the present Governer of RBI?

a) Y.V reddy
b) C. Rangarajan
c) Rakesh Mohan
d) D. Subbarao

13) Which country is not a member of Nuclear Suppiers Group (NSG)?

a) USA
b) Iran
c) Russia
d) Italy

14) Which country secured the top possition in medal tally in Beijing Olympics 2008?

a) Germany
b) USA
c) China
d) UK

15) Who is the author of the book 'The White Tiger'?

a) Jhumpa Lahiri
b) Aravind Adiga
c) Steve Waugh
d) Chetan Bhagat

16) How many medals did Micheal Phelps win in his Olympics carrier?

a) 18
b) 21
c) 20
d) 22

17) Name the present Minister of Home Affairs in Union Cabinet of India.

a) P Chidambaram
b) Sushil Kumar Shinde
c) Shivraj Patil
d) none of this

18) Where is the headquarter of World Bank located?

a) Geneva
b) New York
c) Manila
d) Washington D.C.

19) Which country is not a member of OPEC?

a) Algeria
b) Iraq
c) Iran
d) Kuwait

20) Which of the following rays has the highest energy?

a) X-rays
b) Bita-rays
c) Gama-rays
d) Alfa-rays

21) In which year the U.N.O. was founded?

a) 1930
b) 1920
b) 1949
d) 1945

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A. Sonia Gandhi
B. Amartya Sen
C. Manmohan Singh
D. MS Swaminathan

2) What is the minimum age to become the President Of India?

A. 40 years
B. 35 years
C. 25 years
D. 30 years

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B. Lawn Tennis
C. Chess
D. Hockey

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4) In which year the first Five-Years plan was launched in India?

A. 1948
B. 1947
C. 1950
D. 1951

5) Where is the India's first Defence University set up?

A. Haryana
B. Delhi
C. West Bengal
D. Madhya Pradesh

6) The purpose of 'Swayamsidha' scheme which is launched by The Indian Goverment is to help-

A. Health workers
B. School children
C. Women
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B. Ingram Smith
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A. F1 Racer
B. Air Rifle Shooter
C. Footballer
D. Badminton Player

10) By whome the award 'Vachaspati Puraskars' is given?

A. Birla Foundation
B. Gujrat Government
C. Uttar Pradesh Hindi Academy
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11) In which game 'Subroto Cup' is associated?

A. Cricket
B. Hockey
C. Football
D. Polo

12) Which rever is known as the 'Sorrow of Bengal'?

A. Ganga
B. Tista
C. Kaberi
D. Damodar

13) Who is the author of the book 'Sandy Storms'?

A. Sandeep Patil
B. Rahul Dravid
C. Kapil Dev
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A. Sri Lanka
B. England
C. Pakistan
D. Australia

15) Name the country which has the largest cheques truncation facility in Asia.

A. Japan
B. India
C. China
D. Mayanmar

16) Who is the director of the award-winning movie 'Taare Zameen Par'?

A. Sanjay Leela Banshali
B. Mahesh Bhatt
C. Ajay Devgan
D. Aamir Khan

17) The normal period of Kharif Crop is -

A. July to October
B. March to June
C. May to October
D. July to December

18) In which country India does not have any of its banks' branch or office?

A. USA
B. Switzerland
C. Nepal
D. Russia

19) In which year SAARC was formed?

A. 1972
B. 1971
C. 1985
D. 1965

20) Hamilton is the capital of-

A. Barmuda
B. Handuras
C. Jamaica
D. Granada

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A. digital camera, speaker
B. microphone, printer
C. keyboard, mouse
D. scanner, monitor

2) If you want to save an existing document with a new name/ to a new location, then which command do you use?

A. save
B. new file
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D. save as

3) What is the full form of DDR?

A. Dual divide rate
B. Divide data ratio
C. Dual data rate
D. Data divide rate

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A. keyboard
B. monitor
C. mouse
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B. hyper text mark up language
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7) The brain of a computer is -

A. RAM
B. ROM
C. CPU
D. Keyboard

8) If you want to close a document from computer screen without mouse what keys do you use?

A. alt + F4
B. ctrl + F2
C. alt + F3
D. ctrl + F5

9) To save contents of a document without mouse what keys are used?

A. ctrl + p
B. alt + c
C. ctrl + s
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10) If you want to get 'Help' menu from where you will find it?

A. Restart
B. Turnoff
C. Start
D. None of these

11) .bas, .html, .doc are examples of -

A. domains
B. protocols
C. extensions
D. database

12) Which of following is not a internet browser?

A. Firefox
B. Google crome
C. IE 8
D. MS Office

13) What is the other name of junk emails?

A. spoof
B. spam
C. spool
D. none of these

14) The file extension of all Word documents is-

A. .txt
B. .doc
C. .fil
D. .wrd

15) To correct errors in a program is known as -

A. Bugging
B. Compiling
C. Debugging
D. none of these

16) The full form of CPU is-

A. computer protection unit
B. central processing unit
C. central processing upload
D. none of this

17) Find out from the following that is not a computer programming language.

A. C++
B. C
C. Microsoft
D. Cobol

18) What can be seen in Page Preview mode?

A. only the page you are currently working
B. all pages on your documents
C. only the title page of your document
D. none of these

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1) Name the India's Nuclear capable surface-to-surface missiles_______________

A. Agni-I

B. Arjun-II

C. Dronacharya-II

D. Edusat-IV

2) The book written by Chetan Bhagat is________________

A. Purpose of LIfe

B. My Life

C. Three Mistakes of My Life

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B. Sri Lanka

C. Nepal

D. Bangladesh

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A. Cricket

B. Football

C. Badminton

D. Chess

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6) With which of the following country India has done 123 Agreement?

A. England

B. France

C. Russia

D. USA

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A. Foreign Institutional Investment

B. Formal Investment in India

C. Final Investment in India

D. Fair Institutional Investment

8) Name the public sector unit from the following options.________________

A. ICICI Bank

B. TCS

C. BHEL

D. TESCO

9) In which country Federal Reserve organization is present?

A. France

B. Canada

C. USA

D. Japan

10) "Nation Banks on us" is a punch line of which of the following banks?

A. IDBI Bank

B. Corporation Bank

C. Bank of India

D. UCO Bank

11) Usain Bolt, a world famous sprinter is a citizen of which of the following countries?

A. USA

B. South Africa

C. West Indies

D. Jamaica

12) The political party of late Benazir Bhutto is________________

A. Pakistan's People's Party

B. Muslim League

C. Pakistan National Congress

D. None of this

13) World's biggest consumer of gold is________________

A. Japan

B. India

C. USA

D. Russia

14) The author of the book 'Namesake' is________________

A. Shobha De

B. Vikram Seth

C. Jhumpa Lahiri

D. Kiran Desai

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1)   Who designed the symbol of Indian Rupee?

A. D Uday Reddy

B. D Kumar Raju

C. D Udai Kumar

D. D Udit Kumar

2 )  Who wrote the book 'The Masque of Africa'?

A. Tony Blair

B. V S Naipal

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B. Sudan

C. Tunisia

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4) Who announced the first Industrial policy in India in 1948?

A. J L Nehru

B. Sardar Patel

C. S P Mukhejee

D. S Chetty

5)   Which team has won the first Indian Premier League (IPL)?

A. KKR

B. Mumbai Indians

C. Chennai Super kings

D. Rajasthan royals

6) The amount of food grain under the Annapurna Scheme is provided to an eligible person every month is ________________

A. 10 kg

B. 5 kg

C. 7 kg

D. 15 kg

7) Which of the following is a zero based budget?

A. Balance budget

B. Deficit budget

C. Surplus budget

D. All of the above

8)   Whose signature is present in Ten Rupee notes?________________

A. Governor of RBI

B. Chaiman of SBI

C. Finance Secretary

D. Finance Minister

9)   The maximum share in National Income of India constitutes
in __________

A. Primary sector

B. Secondary sector

C. Tertiary sector

D. All of the above

10)   Who had scored first 10,000 runs in International Test cricket?

A. Sunil Gavaskar

B. Sachin Tendulkar

C. Ricky Ponting

D. Brain Lara

11)   Pankaj Advani is associated with________________

A. Shooting

B. Badminton

C. Boxing

D. Billiards

12)   UNESCO gives the award_______________

A. Pulitzer prize

B. Kalinga prize

C. Man Booker prize

D. None of this

13)   Open Market Operation (OMO) is carried out by________________

A. RBI

B. Finance Ministry

C. Ministry of Commerce

D. Planning Commission

14)   Who is known as the 'Father of Modern India' ?

A. Mahatma Gandhi

B. Subhash Chandra Bose

C. M G Ranade

D. Ram Mohon Roy

15) The book 'The God of Small Things' is written by _______

A. V S Naipal

B. Chetan Bhagat

C. Anita Desai

D. Arundhati roy

16)   Who is the national ambassador of the UNICEF at present?

A. Amitav Bachchan

B. Sharukh Khan

C. Salman Khan

D. Amir Khan

17) From which country US President Barack Obama decided to withdraw 10000 troops at the end of 2011?

A. Iraq

B. Pakisthan

C. Iran

D. Afganisthan

18)   Rauf is a tribal/folk dance of ________________

A. UP

B. Bihar

C. Jammu & Kashmir

D. Rajasthan

19)   Which of the following country has decided to increase bilateral trade to $200 billion by 2020 with Russia?

A. India

B. China

C. Japan

D. USA

20) The minimum age to be nominated as a member of Lok Shabha is

A. 30

B. 25

C. 35

D. 21