Globescan - Compiled by Reshma Majithia

1. Name the French apparel company that sells clothing, footwear, perfume, leather goods, watches, eyewear, and most famously, tennis shirts.
   a. Moritz
   b. Lacoste
   c. Quechua
   d. Gucci
   
   
2. An Indian politician, he served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from January 2003 to November 2004. He is currently the Cabinet Minister for power in the Manmohan Singh government. Identify him.
   a. Anand Sharma
   b. Sharad Pawar
   c. Vilasrao Deshmukh
   d. SushilKumar Shinde
   
   
3. The William Cup is associated with which game?
   a. Lawn Tennis
   b. Basketball
   c. Football
   d. Baseball
   
   
4. US retail giant Walmart took its first step into India in the last weekend of May as it opened its first wholesale (cash and carry) store in the country under the name BestPrice Modern Wholesale. BestPrice opened in the city of
   a. Mumbai
   b. Chennai
   c. Amritsar
   d. Nagpur
   
   
5. Who is the new IAF chief?
   a. Shashindra Pal Tyagi
   b. Arjan Singh
   c. F H Major
   d. P V Naik
   
   
6. A Malayalam writer, poetess, an iconoclast of her generation who unabashedly spoke about the Indian woman’s sexual desires and a winner of many national and international awards passed away on May 31, 2009. Identify her.
   a. Kamala Markandaya
   b. Sanju Ramachandran
   c. Kamala Das 'Suraiya'
   d. Jyotsna Sreenivasan
   
   
7. Internet giant __________ has been named at the top in the annual BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Brands (in terms of dollar value) report released by marketing research firm Millward Brown Optimor
   a. Google
   b. Yahoo
   c. Live Search
   d. Bing
   
   
8. India signed 3 pacts with _________ on April 7, 2009 for strengthening cooperation in science, technology, education and culture.
   a. Germany
   b. France
   c. Kenya
   d. Kuwait
   
   
9. __________ is India’s first private port
   a. Nhava Sheva
   b. Kandla
   c. Pipavav
   d. Paradip
   
   
10. An American tennis player, she has been voted the WTA tour player of the world for the second time. (The Women’s Tennis Association is the principal organising body of women’s professional tennis.) Name her.
    a. Martina Navratilova
    b. Serena Williams
    c. Helen Wills Moody
    d. Monica Seles
    
    
11. Who is the new MD and CEO of the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited?
    a. Mr. Joseph Massey
    b. Mr. Jignesh Shah
    c. Mr Anjani Sinha
    d. Mr. Nayan Mehta
    
    
12. Who has been elected Chairman of the Indian Bank’s Association (IBA) for the year 2009-10?
    a. Mr P.S. Shenoy
    b. V. P. Shetty
    c. M. B. N. Rao
    d. K. C. Chakrabarty
    
    
13. An Indian businessman and chairman of one of India’s largest software companies, he has been conferred the Doctor of Humane Letters by Wesleyan University, Connecticut, U.S. for his achievements as a “renowned entrepreneur, global business leader and extraordinary humanitarian who has demonstrated a commitment to education and the well being of fellow citizens”. Name him.
    a. N. R. Narayana Murthy
    b. Nandan Nilekani
    c. Azim Premji
    d. Shiv Nadar
    
    
14. A former tennis player from India, he played on the Indian Davis Cup team from 1959 to 1973 and was given India’s top sports honour, the Arjuna Award in 1967. He passed away on December 31, 2008 after a prolonged illness. Identify him
    a. Ramesh Krishnan
    b. Jaidip Mukherjea
    c. S. P. Misra
    d. Premjit Lall
    
    
15. With which state government has auto-major Ford recently linked an MoU under which it will invest $400 million to start a new plant, doubling its existing capacity in the state?
    a. Punjab
    b. Uttar Pradesh
    c. Tamil Nadu
    d. West Bengal
    
    
16. Air France Flight 447 met a tragic end when it crashed on the Atlantic en route to Paris with 228 people on board, making this one of the worst disasters ever in the history of aviation. The flight had originated in
    a. Rio de Janeiro
    b. Caracas
    c. Madrid
    d. Denver
    
    
17. Who is the chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
    a. P. K. Misra
    b. N.B. Singh
    c. S.S.N. Moorthy
    d. M. S. Darda
    
    
18. Who has been conferred the award of the ‘Best Executive 2008’ under the category of Asia’s Best Companies and Executives by Asiamoney, Asia’s leading financial magazine?
    a. Deepak Parekh (HDFC)
    b. O.P. Bhatt (SBI)
    c. Yogesh Agarwal (IDBI)
    d. Chanda Kocchar (ICICI Bank)
    
    
19. Who won the Asian chess championship against China’s Zhou Jianchao in the 11th and final round at Subic, Olongapo City in the Philippines, on May 30, 2009?
    a. Surya Shekhar Ganguly
    b. Vishwanathan Anand
    c. Dibyendu Barua
    d. Krishnan Sasikiran
    
    
20. An Indian politician and a Member of Parliament, she was elected as the first woman speaker of Lok Sabha on June 3, 2009. Name her
    a. Sumitra Mahajan
    b. Sushma Swaraj
    c. Meira Kumar
    d. Kiran Maheshwari
    
    
21. A British economist, he was awarded the Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with his colleague Robert Engle in 2003 for their work in financial statistics, which revolutionised the way economists analyse data by showing that relationships between factors such as money supply and national income change over time. He passed away on May 27, 2009. Name him.
    a. Clive Granger
    b. George Wald
    c. Joseph Stigler
    d. Milton Friedman
    
    
22. What does WPI stand for in Economic and Statistical Theory?
    a. World Price Index
    b. World Productivity Index
    c. World Patent index
    d. Wholesale Price Index
    
    
23. Who is the chairman of the thirteenth Finance Commission of India?
    a. C.Rangarajan
    b. Vijay Kelkar
    c. A.M.Khusro
    d. K.C Pant
    
    
24. What is the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)?
    a. The proportion of reserves that banks have to keep with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
    b. The rate at which banks lend to RBI
    c. The rate at which RBI lends money to banks
    d. The proportion of funds a commercial bank needs to maintain in the form of cash
    
    
25. Who recently signed a contract with the Sports Authority of India as chief hockey coach of the nation?
    a. James Dwyer
    b. Ric Charlesworth
    c. Jose Manuel Brasa
    d. Steve Yzerman
    
    
26. Name the company that won three awards at the ‘Goafest 2009’ advertising festival held on April 12, 2009.
    a. O&M
    b. Himani
    c. Tribal fusion
    d. Leo Burnett
    
    
27. Who is the author of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard”?
    a. J. K. Rowling
    b. Anita Desai
    c. Erica Wagner
    d. JRR Tolkien
    
    
28. Who is the new chief minister of Meghalaya?
    a. J. D. Rymbai
    b. R S Mooshahary
    c. Donwa Dethwelson Lapang
    d. P. A. Sangma
    
    
29. Rabobank, the Dutch financial services group, has been a key stakeholder in which of the following?
    a. Axis Bank
    b. Karur Vysya Bank
    c. HDFC Bank
    d. Yes Bank
    
    
30. The EFFIE Awards are advertising awards given yearly by the New York American Marketing Association. Name the international advertising, marketing and public relations agency that recently won five awards at the US Effies Awards for the creation of Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty.
    a. Element 79 Partners
    b. Merkley & Partners
    c. JWT
    d. Ogilvy & Mather
    
    
31. Match the following:
    1. Vilasrao Deshmukh a. Finance minister
    2. Pranab Mukherjee b. Minister in charge of Information Technology
    3. Ambika Soni c. Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
    4. Murli Deora d. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
    
    
32. Who is the new President of the UN General Assembly?
    a. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa
    b. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
    c. Ali Abdessalam Treki
    d. Srgjan Kerim
    
    
33. Name the New York Yankees pitcher who was recently suspended for six games for throwing high and tight to an opposing player.
    a. A.J. Burnett
    b. Joba Chamberlain
    c. Alex Rodriguez
    d. Joe Girardi
    
    
34. Who is the new ATS (Anti-terrorism Squad) chief of Maharashtra?
    a. S.V. Gupta
    b. KP Raghuvanshi
    c. Milon K. Banerjee
    d. Dipankar P. Gupta
    
    
35. A Japanese politician who served as minister of Internal Affairs and communications under Prime Minister Taro Aso has stepped down in a row related to the privatisation of the country's huge postal service. Identify him
    a. Mitsuo Horiuchi
    b. Yukio Hatoyama,
    c. Kunio Hatoyama
    d. Satsuki Eda
    
    
36. Who has been appointed as the solicitor general of India?
    a. T.R. Andhiyarujina
    b. Santosh Hedge
    c. G. E. Vahanvati
    d. Gopal Subramanian
    
    
37. Name the country that recently won the Globe Sustainability Research Award for 2009. The goal of the Globe Sustainability Research Award, this year presented for the third time, is to discover and encourage researchers and research institutes prominent in sustainability research.
    a. Russia
    b. USA
    c. India
    d. Germany
    
    
38. He is an Indian film-maker. Recently his film Oru Pennum Randanum has bagged five of the State film awards for 2008.
    a. Adoor Gopalakrishnan
    b. R.Nataraja Mudaliar
    c. T.V. Chandran
    d. Sathyan Anthikkad
    
    
39. What does SLR stand for in banking parlance?
    a. Safe Locker Route
    b. Simple Liquidity Rate
    c. Standard Liquid Reserves
    d. Statutory Liquidity Ratio
    
    
40. The current chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and secretary to the Department of Space, he was given the CNN- IBN Best Indian Award for the year 2008 on February 2, 2009.
    a. Prof. Satish Dhawan
    b. Dr K Kasturirangan
    c. G. Madhvan Nair
    d. Ram Guha
    

Globescan Answers

1. b 2. d 3. b 4. c 5. d
6. c 7. a 8. d 9. c 10. b
11. a 12. d 13. c 14. d 15. c
16. a 17. c 18. b 19. a 20. c
21. a 22. d 23. b 24. a 25. c
26. b 27. a 28. c 29. d 30. d
31. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d
32. c 33. a 34. b 35. c 36. d 37. c 38. a 39. d 40. c