Globescan - Compiled by Reshma Majithia

1. The parliament of Myanmar is known as:
   Althing
   Tsongdu
   Knesset
   Pyithu Hluttaw
   
   
2. __________ is the national sport of Canada.
   Judo
   Football
   Lacrosse
   Tennis
   
   
3. A multinational pharma-ceutical company has bought 85% stake in a Chinese vaccine company Zhejiang Tianyuan for $125 million. Name the multinational company.
   GlaxoSmithKline
   Johnson and Johnson
   Pfizer
   Novartis
   
   
4. The second largest IT company in India has acquired some personal care businesses of Yardley, the famous British cosmetics brand. Name the company.
   IBM
   TCS
   Wipro
   Accenture
   
   
5. Who is the present minister of agriculture, consumer affairs, food and public distribution in the central government?
   A.R. Antulay
   A.K Antony
   Sharad Pawar
   Sushilkumar Shinde
   
   
6. A recent violent unrest in a certain state of India resulted in the central government agreeing to the demand for creation of a new state. Name the proposed state.
   Marathwada
   Telengana
   Vidarbha
   Hyderabad
   
   
7. An American actor, director, film producer and composer, he was inducted as commander in the French Legion of Honor on November 14, 2009. Name him.
   John Dickson
   Ron Howard
   Clint Eastwood
   David Bonner
   
   
8. A global financial services company has acquired Revolution Money, an internet-based payments company for $ 300 million to get a foothold in the online e-payment market. Name the company.
   Wells Fargo
   American Express
   JPMC
   Citibank
   
   
9. A nuclear facility of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) had reported sabotage recently. This had brought about a questioning of the internal security norms across nuclear plants in the country. Name the nuclear plant where sabotage took place.
   Kaiga Nuclear Plant
   Kakrapara Nulcear Plant
   Tarapur Nuclear Plant
   Kundankulam Nuclear Plant
   
   
10. The Indian cricket team was ranked number one in a recent ICC test cricket ranking. Which was the team that was defeated by India at the ICC Test Championship leading to India's numero uno status?
    Pakistan
    Australia
    England
    Sri Lanka
    
    
11. Who has been appointed as the new Vice-chairman of the National Commission for Minorities at the Center?
    H T Sangliana
    Sri Kuldeep Singh Rekhi
    Nafisa Ali
    George Fernandes
    
    
12. India’s largest private conglomerate has been awarded the 'Best Project of the Year Award 2009' by the Project Management Institute (PMI) for successfully implementing high technology in KG-D6 deep water gas field development project in Krishna-godavari basin. Which group are we talking of?
    Bharti Airtel
    NTPC
    RIL
    Tata group
    
    
13. Name the media group that is going to acquire NDTV network's 'NDTV Imagine'. This company has bought 92% stake in NDTV Imagine Ltd from NDTV Networks Plc., an indirect subsidiary of NDTV Ltd, the New Delhi-based news broadcaster.
    Warner Bros.
    Turner Asia Pacific Ventures
    Viacom
    IMG
    
    
14. Who was sworn in as the fifth chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Oct 25, 2009?
    Dorjee Khandu
    Gegong Apang
    Mukut Mithi
    Joginder Jaswant Singh
    
    
15. Who won an award for the best supporting actor at the 55th National Film Awards for the film Gandhi, My Father?
    Anil Kapoor
    Anupam Kher
    Akshaye Khanna
    Darshan Jariwala
    
    
16. Which of the following companies has acquired a 12 percent stake acquisition in the Bangalore International Airport Ltd?
    Wipro
    Tata AIG
    GVK Power Ltd..
    Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
    
    
17. Which country is set to become the largest economy globally by 2050 after China and the United States?
    Brazil
    India
    Russia
    Germany
    
    
18. An English actor and producer, he has been named the ‘Person of the Year’ by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in the UK for his campaign to ban the controversial French delicacy 'foie gras'. Identify him.
    Rowan Atkinson
    Daniel Craig
    Gerard Butler
    Roger Moore
    
    
19. An Indian film actor has been honoured with the highest Japanese honor ‘The Katana’ for karate. Name him.
    Arbaaz Khan
    John Abraham
    Akshay Kumar
    Sohail Khan
    
    
20. A Belgian politician, he has been the Prime Minister of Belgium since December 30, 2008. Recently he became the first permanent President of the European Union (EU). Name him.
    Herman Van Rompuy
    Yves Leterme
    Guy Verhofstadt
    Jean-Luc Dehaene
    
    
21. Who has been named as the new secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by its Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn?
    Giulio Tremonti
    Siddharth Tiwari
    Rafael Correa
    Timothy Geithner
    
    
22. Who won the Macau Grand Prix on November 22, 2009?
    Jean-Karl Vernay
    Michael Schumacher
    Ayrton Senna
    Edoardo Mortara
    
    
23. She was a Swedish soprano, renowned in opera and song. She made her debut at Stockholm's Drottningholm Palace Theatre in 1947 and continued to perform well and ended her 50-year career as a voice coach and artistic director of the Drottningholm Palace Theatre in 1996. She passed away on November 20, 2009. Name her.
    Sheryn Regis
    Sarah Geronimo
    Elisabeth Söderström
    Rachell Ann Go
    
    
24. Who is the new governor of Assam?
    Ajay Singh
    JB Patnaik
    Syed Sibtey Razi,
    K Sankaranarayanan
    
    
25. Who is the new director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)?
    Madhavan Nair
    B.N. Suresh
    P. S. Veeraraghavan
    M. S. Swaminathan
    
    
26. Who is the author of “The City of Joy”?
    Dominique Lapierre
    Roland Joffe
    Vikram Seth
    Khushwant Singh
    
    
27. Who was crowned Miss Earth 2009? 
    Stefania Fernandez 
    Kseniya Sukhinova 
    Larissa Ramos
    Karla Henry
    
    
28. Logan Tom is associated with which of the following sports?
    Volleyball 
    Baseball 
    Badminton 
    Hockey
    
    
29. The UN Climate summit held at Copenhagen between December 5-18, 2009 aims to bring a new world climate deal in place of an earlier climate agenda which had taken effect on the 5th of February, 2005 and is slated to expire in 2012. Name this deal.
    Tokyo Protocol 
    Kyoto Protocol
    Beijing Protocol
    Moscow Protocol
    
    
30. A consumer price index (CPI) is a measure estimating the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households. Amid the debate over rising prices when inflation is tending towards zero, the government has initiated action to introduce a new Consumer Price Index by 
    October 2010 
    August 2010
    August 2011
    September 2009
    
    
31. One of the largest financial services companies of the United States had to pay US regulators a fine of $33 millions for misleading its investors about billion of dollars in bonuses paid to Merrill Lynch executives when it acquired the bank in 2008. Name the company.
    Wells Fargo
    Bank of America
    Wachovia
    National city bank
    
    
32. Name the telecom service provider that won five awards at the Voice and Data Telecom Awards 2009 including awards for Top Telecom Services Provider of the Year 2009. 
    Tata Communications
    Bharti Airtel
    Reliance Communications 
    Spice Communications
    
    
33. Who is the new Prime Minister of Gabon? 
    Jean Eyeghe Ndong
    Paul Biyoghe Mba
    Jean-Francis Ntoutoume Emane
    Casimir Oye Mba
    
    
34. Name the well known Anglo-Marathi bilingual poet, literary critic and artist who passed away on December 11, after a long battle with cancer. He was an illustrious representative of modern poetry written after 1960 and has won critical acclaim for his poems in English.
    Vijay Tendulkar
    Arun Kolatkar
    Kiran Nagarkar
    Dilip Chitre
    
    
35. Who has been chosen for the 2009 Crystal Award constituted by the World Economic Forum, for her continuous efforts as an activist for societal education and women’s empowerment, and for raising awareness on cultural issues?
    Sushmita Sen
    Nandita Das
    Shabana Azmi
    Mallika Sarabhai