Globescan - Compiled by Reshma Majithia

1. Which of the following countries witnessed a terrible and rare tragedy when it lost several of its key public figures, including the President and heads of all three national armed forces, in a recent air crash?
   a. Finland
   b. Norway
   c. Ukraine
   d. Poland
   
   
2. Who has been awarded the prestigious Abel Prize in Mathematics for 2010 for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers?
   a. John Torrence Tate
   b. Mikhail Gromov
   c. William Beckner
   d. John G. Thompson
   
   
3. An Indian-born American physicist and widely acknowledged as the father of optical fiber, he was named as one of the seven 'Unsung Heroes' by Fortune magazine in their 'Businessmen of the Century' issue (1999-11-22). He has received many awards including 'The Excellence 2000 Award' from the USA Pan-Asian American Chamber of Commerce in 1998. Identify him.
   a. Narinder Singh Kapany
   b. Vinod Khosla
   c. Ajay Bhatt
   d. Pramod Khargonekar
   
   
4. He was an American stage, television and film actor. He featured in three legendary television series, spanning four decades and three genres: as single playboy father Bentley Gregg in the 1950s sitcom Bachelor Father (1957-1962), as a scheming oil tycoon Blake Carrington in the hugely popular soap Dynasty, and as voice of Charlie in the Charlie's Angels TV series and films. He passed away on April1, 2010. Identify him.
   a. Meinhardt Raabe
   b. John Forsythe
   c. Johnny Maestro
   d. Robert Culp
   
   
5. Thousands of air travelers were stranded in remote locations and all flights over Europe grounded when ash from a recent volcanic eruption spread a plume over Northern Europe causing serious air traffic disruption. The incident has been estimated to cause the aviation industry billions of dollars in losses and a total logistical collapse. Where did the eruption take place?
   a. Russia
   b. Norway
   c. Iceland
   d. Sweden
   
   
6. An Indian-American, his research has contributed to a new way of detecting toxic lead and copper in water and he has been chosen to receive one of the highest research honours bestowed on graduate students in the field of environmental chemistry. Name him.
   a. Kiran Ahluwalia
   b. Gautam Vemuri
   c. Meyya Meyyappan
   d. Prasun Chatterjee
   
   
7. President Barack Obama has appointed one of the three co-founders of Yahoo! as a member of the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. Name the person.
   a. Paul Allen
   b. Jerry Yang
   c. Srinija Srinivasan
   d. Sergey Brin
   
   
8. Which mobile service provider in India launched the 'Save our Tigers' campaign?
   a. Loop
   b. Airtel
   c. Aircel
   d. Idea
   
   
9. ___ is the new energy drink launched in India launched by Coca Cola.
   a. Cloud 9
   b. Burn
   c. Red Bull
   d. Shark
   
   
10. __________ is the mascot for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
    a. Zakumi
    b. Jumbo
    c. Gauchito
    d. TBA
    
    
11. Who has been elected as the President of the Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU)?
    a. Mohammed Amin
    b. Chittabrata Majumdar
    c. A K Padmanabhan
    d. M.K Pandhe
    
    
12. Which author won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Best Book Prize announced in April for the novel Solo?
    a. Daniyal Mueenuddin
    b. Glenda Guest
    c. Hamid Mir
    d. Rana Dasgupta
    
    
13. What media product did David Paul Gregg invent?
    a. Optical/Video disk.
    b. CHAT
    c. Linux GNU
    d. Fiber optics
    
    
14. Who has been appointed by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group as Market Head, Western Region, for its private banking business in India?
    a. Naina Lal Kidwai
    b. Manisha Girotra
    c. Shikha Sharma
    d. Leena Gidwani
    
    
15. Name the legendary Indian-origin banker who has come under the scanner for his role in the huge insider-trading scam within the Galleon Hedge Fund in the USA.
    a. Vikram Pandit
    b. Rana Talwar
    c. Victor Menezes
    d. Rajat Gupta
    
    
16. Which of the following countries has won a maximum of Gold medals in the 2010 Winter Olympics?
    a. Belgium
    b. Canada
    c. Denmark
    d. Finland
    
    
17. Who has been presented the 2010 'Chanchlani Global Indian Award' conferred by the Canada India Foundation, for his outstanding global leadership, vision and professional excellence?
    a. Ratan Tata
    b. Lakshmi Mittal
    c. Mukesh Ambani
    d. Vijay Mallya
    
    
18. Who has been elected President of the Governing Council of the Aeronautical Society of India?
    a. Chandresh Nigam
    b. G M Rao
    c. Vijay Mallya
    d. Lalit Gupta
    
    
19. Who is the new director general of the Cellular Operators Association of India?
    a. Sunil Mittal
    b. Sanjeev Aga
    c. Rajan S. Mathews
    d. Mukesh Batra
    
    
20. Global Accounting Firm Arthur Andersen was dissolved following their involvement in which of these scandals?
    a. Enron Scandal
    b. WorldCom Scandal
    c. Borfors Scandal
    d. Satyam Scandal
    
    
21. Who has been named the new executive director of UNICEF, to assume office from May 1?
    a. Mia Farrow
    b. Ann M. Veneman
    c. Carol Bellamy
    d. Anthony Lake
    
    
22. An Indian theater personality and ad filmmaker, he is probably best known in the English-speaking world for playing Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the film 'Gandhi'. Besides being involved in Indian theatre as an actor and producer, he is well known as an advertising professional who headed the advertising company Lintas. Name him.
    a. Sailesh Patil
    b. Prahlad Kakkar
    c. Alyque Padamsee
    d. Prasoon joshi
    
    
23. Who is the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)?
    a. Ganesh Natarajan
    b. Rajan Bharti Mittal
    c. Rajeev Chandrasekhar
    d. Som Mittal
    
    
24. Which country is all set to launch its unmanned space mode Tiangong I' for its future space laboratory?
    a. Japan
    b. Germany
    c. Japan
    d. China
    
    
25. Which of the following countries has abolished two of its eleven time Zones?
    a. USA
    b. Russia
    c. China
    d. Japan
    
    
26. _________ became the first country in the world to have a 'manoeuvrable' supersonic cruise missile when it successfully test fired the 290 km range Brahmos missile
    a. India
    b. China
    c. Japan
    d. Russia
    
    
27. Who is the winner of the Asian Tour International Trophy in Golf for 2010?
    a. James Kamte
    b. Gaganjeet Bhullar
    c. Anthony Kang
    d. Danny Lee
    
    
28. Who is the current President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?
    a. Avery Brundage
    b. Michael Morris
    c. Juan Antonio Samaranch
    d. Jacques Rogge
    
    
29. The entire global business community was shocked by the sudden demise of renowned global management guru C K Prahalad on April 16, following a brief ailment. Hailed as one of the landmark figures in corporate strategy, Dr. Prahalad has several path-breaking business titles to his credit. Which of the following books published recently did he author?
    a. Outliers
    b. In Search of Excellence
    c. The New Age of Innovation
    d. Too Big To Fail
    
    
30. Who is the new chairman of The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)?
    a. L K Gupta
    b. S K Misra
    c. Neelam Rawat
    d. Asha Sheth
    
    
31. The world changed 55 years ago when Frank McNamara created the first multi-use charge card, a world without cash, Name the card
    a. Citibank card
    b. Diners Club Card
    c. Chase Sapphire
    d. BankAmericard
    
    
32. Which is a type of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?
    a. Flash
    b. Flange
    c. Fury
    d. FRAM
    
    
33. Which of the following countries is looking to join World Trade Organisation (WTO) by 2010?
    a. Ireland
    b. Russia
    c. Myanmar
    d. Romania
    
    
34. Which state in India is rated by The National Geographic Traveller as one of the top 50 "must-see" places in the world?
    a. Uttaranchal
    b. Kerala
    c. Madhya Pradesh
    d. Jammu & Kashmir
    
    
35. The Hollerith Corporation changed its name to something iconic. What is it?
    a. IBM
    b. Google
    c. Etisalat
    d. Prudential
    
    
36. Mitsubishi UFJ owns 21% which famous financial services firm? (Hint: It changed its status from investment bank to bank holding company in 2008)
    a. GE Money
    b. Morgan Stanley
    c. Citi Financial Services
    d. DSP Merrill Lynch

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