Globescan - Compiled by Reshma Majithia

1. Which country has topped the ‘The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-10’ released on September 8, 2009 by the World Economic Forum?
   Switzerland
   Bolivia
   Botswana
   Chile
   
   
2. ________ has been elected President of the Aeronautical Society of India.
   Vijay Mallya
   Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
   M Thiagarajan
   Naresh Goyal
   
   
3. India’s leading integrated Media and Entertainment Company is all set to get into a partnership with Bloomberg for content and co-branding. Name the media company.
   Network 18
   Percept
   UTV
   NDTV
   
   
4. Who is the current president of NASSCOM?
   Kiran Karnik
   Som Mittal
   Jerry Rao
   Pramod Bhasin
   
   
5. __________ is to be the new India CEO of Ranbaxy.
   Rajesh Shah
   Takashi Shoda
   Dipak Chattaraj
   Yugal Sikri
   
   
6. An Indian boxer, he became the first to win an Olympic medal when he won a bronze medal in the middleweight category at 2008. Recently he signed a multi-crore deal with Percept Sports Magazine Company. Name him.
   Dinesh Kumar
   Akhil Kumar
   Virendra Singh
   Vijender Singh
   
   
7. He was the Secretary General of Table Tennis Federation of India. He passed away on September 11, 2009. Name him.
   Prakash Tulpule
   Moolchand Chauhan
   A Kumar
   A Verma
   
   
8. Who is the chief executive officer and managing director of TCS?
   N. Chandrasekaran
   S. Ramadorai
   Surya Kant
   AS Lakshminarayanan
   
   
9. “The Magazine of the Corporate World” is the punch line of which of the following magazines?
   Business World
   India Today
   Business India
   Outlook
   
   
10. The 2012 NAM summit will be held in which of the following countries?
    Brazil
    South Africa
    The Philippines
    Iran
    
    
11. In which of the following countries does the multinational communications conglomerate Nokia Corporation have its origins?
    Japan
    Norway
    Finland
    Germany
    
    
12. Which of the following describes an initiative by various organizations of the United Nations, with an overall objective to initiate and facilitate approaches towards the sustainable handling of e-waste?
    StEP
    E-cycle
    E-clean
    UNEP
    
    
13. Name the recipient of the “Agriculture Development Leadership Award 2009” which has been awarded for its contribution to agriculture industry at the 2nd Agriculture Leadership Summit and Leadership Awards 2009.
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
    Plastindia Foundation
    Rackham Engineering Foundation
    Samarpan Foundation
    
    
14. Who has been appointed as the acting CM of Andhra Pradesh?
    Jagan Mohan Reddy
    N. Chandrababu Naidu
    K Rosaiah
    Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
    
    
15. A British theoretical physicist, he is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity, especially in the context of black holes. On August 12, 2009, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Name him.
    Robert Rathbun Wilson
    Sir J. J. Thomson
    Stephen Hawking
    Albert Fert
    
    
16. Who was appointed by US President Barack Obama as the new deputy assistant secretary of commerce for domestic operations on August 8, 2009?
    Ro Khanna
    Seema Hakhu
    Gary Locke
    Lisa Fernandez
    
    
17. Who has been appointed Head of BBC Hindi Services?
    Abhishek Kumar
    Amit Baruah
    Vinod Dua
    Nalini Singh
    
    
18. Group Editor at Amar Ujala Publications for over seven years, this journalist was appointed as the new editor of Hindustan Times on August 31, 2009. Identify him.
    Mrinal Pande
    Shashi Shekhar
    Rakesh Shah
    Vijay Chopra
    
    
19. An Iranian university professor and former parliamentarian, she is currently serving as Iran’s Minister of Health and Medical Education and is the first woman to be elected minister in the 30-year history of the Islamic republic. Name her.
    Christiane Amanpour
    Anousheh Ansari
    Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi
    Maryam Mirzakhani
    
    
20. Which pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay $2.3 billion to settle allegations that it illegally promoted 13 medicines, including the now-withdrawn Bextra pain medicine?
    Pfizer
    Lupin
    Glaxco Smith Cline
    Cipla
    
    
21. Who has been chosen The Asian Winner of the fDi Personality of the Year awards for 2009 by Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) Magazine, a Financial Times group publication in August 2009?
    Rahul Gandhi
    Narendra Modi
    Anil Ambani
    Mukesh Ambani
    
    
22. Which bank has been adjudged the ‘Best Bank of 2009’ by the leading fortnight magazine Business India in August 2009?
    IDBI
    ICICI
    SBI
    HSBC
    
    
23. Name the acclaimed Indian music composer who recently won the Grassroot Grammy for the soundtrack of the Tamil film Varalaru in the ‘Best Indian album’ category at the ‘2009 Just Plain Folks Music Award’ on August 29, 2009.
    Ilayaraja
    A.R. Rahman
    Dr.L.Subramaniam
    K. J. Yesudas
    
    
24. Which of the following is the motto of Deutsche Bank?
    Serving to Empower
    Experience Next Generation Banking
    Honoring Your Trust
    A Passion to Perform
    
    
25. The Heineken Cup is associated with which of the following games?
    Lawn Tennis
    Football
    Polo
    Tennis
    
    
26. Who has been awarded the ‘Energy Executive of the Year 2008’ award, instituted by the renowned London-based energy journal, Petroleum Economist.
    Tulsi Tanti
    Anil Ambani
    PMS Prasad
    Lakshmi Mittal
    
    
27. Who is the winner of the men’s title at the 2009 US Open?
    Juan Martindel Potro
    Roger Federer.
    Lucas Glover
    Phil Mickelson
    
    
28. Who is the new director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
    Yukiya Amano
    Rajendra Pachauri
    Hans Blix
    José Manuel Barroso
    
    
29. An American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter, he was best-known for his roles as romantic leading men in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost. He was suffering from pancreatic cancer and died on September 15, 2009. Identify him.
    Army Archerd
    Gary Cooper
    Patrick Swayze
    Adam Michael Goldstein
    
    
30. In which of the following cities did Infosys Technologies recently inaugurate its second Global Education Centre which is slated to become a hothouse for next-generation IT professionals?
    Chennai
    Kolkata
    Mysore
    Bangalore
    
    
31. Who is the current general secretary of the All India Congress Committee, widely referred to as AICC?
    Sonia Gandhi
    Rahul Gandhi
    Anand Mishra
    Dr. Manmohan Singh
    
    
32. Name the fast growing business software maker that Adobe Systems Inc, maker of Acrobat and Photoshop, has announced intentions of acquiring in a bid to gain access to additional revenue streams and offset declining sales.
    NCompass
    NEON
    SPSS Inc.
    Omniture Inc.
    
    
33. Who has been elected Prime Minister by the Parliament of Japan following the huge poll victory of the Democratic Party of Japan in August?
    Naoto Kan
    Yukio Hatoyama
    Hirohisa Fujii
    Taro Aso
    
    
34. A 62-year old British and global celebrity, known to be in a longstanding homosexual relationship with his Canadian partner, recently raised a storm by announcing his intentions of adopting a 14-month old Ukrainian orphan. Under adoption laws of Ukraine, a civil partnership is not recognized as marriage and the age difference between the adopting parent and the child cannot exceed 45 years. Identify the celebrity.
    Sir Elton John
    Nathan Lane
    George Michael
    Rupert Everett
    
    
35. Launched in October 22, 2008, India’s dream maiden moon mission Chandrayaan I had to be abruptly abandoned when the spacecraft lost contact with ISRO. Which of the following is being cited as the most likely cause behind the sudden “death” of the mission?
    Unanticipated heating problems owing to the miscalculation of temperature at a certain level above the moon’s surface
    Failure of its Star Sensor
    Collapse of its Bus Management Unit
    None of these