Globescan - Compiled by Reshma Majithia

1. Japan’s second largest beer maker, Asahi breweries is all set to acquire Australian soft drink in an all cash deal for $ 323 million. Name the Australian soft drink maker.
a. Greenhealthy Australia Pty ltd
b. P& N Beverages
c. Excite Beverages
d. Ace Beverage

2. India’s largest private sector power utility is reportedly in talks to buy GMR Infrastructure’s 50-per cent stake in the US-based global power generation company InterGen N V for $1.2 billion. Name this private sector utility.
a. Adani power
b. Jai Prakash power ventures
c. Reliance power
d. Tata power

3. Which of the following countries has overtaken economic powerhouse Japan in demand for oil among Asian nations in the second quarter of 2010, second only to China?
a. India
b. Indonesia
c. Japan
d. Israel

4. An Indian businesswoman, she is currently the Group General Manager and Country Head of the HSBC Group in India, and has been inducted into the Asia-Pacific board of the global banking major. Name her.
a. Shikha Sharma
b. Chanda Kochhar
c. Naina Lal Kidwai
d. Kalpana Morparia

5. Paul Allen, the co-founder of a public multinational corporation has filed cases against nearly a dozen companies, most of which are Silicon Valley giants. All the companies have been sued on the grounds of patent infringement. Name the company.
a. Google
b. Apple computers
c. General Electric
d. Microsoft Corporation

6. Who has won the 2010 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Eureka Prize of Leadership in Science?
a. Dr Martin Green
b. Dr Amanda Barnard
c. Barnaby Norris
d. Terry Hughes

7. A Former IIM-A dean, she is the winner of ‘Lifetime achievement’ and ‘Best teacher of the decade’ awards at Asia’s best B-School awards. Name her.
a. Asha Kaul
b. Parvinder Gupta
c. Deepti Bhatnagar
d. Indira Parikh

8. The theme song for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) is penned by:
a. A R Rahman
b. Prasoon Joshi
c. Mehboob Kotwal
d. Ilayaraja

9. A multinational public cloud computing, Internet search, and advertising Technologies Corporation has acquired Angstro, a startup that sorts news and information across social networking hubs to compete against Facebook. Name the company.
a. Hotmail
b. Yahoo
c. Google
d. Rediff

10. He was a noted Indian writer, in Konkani, though he has also written in Marathi and Hindi. A Gandhian activist, freedom fighter and a pioneer in modern Konkani movement, he is a well-known Konkani scholar, linguist, and creative thinker. He also participated in the Indian freedom movement and Goa’s struggle for liberation; and later in the anti-merger campaign of the newly formed Goa with Maharashtra. He played a key role in the founding of the Konkani Bhasha Mandal, which led the literary campaign for the recognition for Konkani as a full-fledged language, and its reinstatement the state language of Goa. He passed away on August 27, 2010. Name him.
a. Balakrishna Borkar
b. Ravindra Kelekar
c. Ajit Barua
d. Dinesh Goswami

11. Who became the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championships with a world-record equaling score in the 50m Rifle Prone event in Munich, Germany?
a. Tejaswini Sawant
b. Anjali Bhagwat
c. Samresh Jung
d. Randhir Singh

12. Who is the winner of the 2010 Miss Universe contest?
a. Kseniya Sukhinova
b. Stefania Fernandez
c. Ximena Navarrete
d. Dayana Mendoza

13. German chipmaker Infineon has agreed to sell its wireless unit to Intel for_______ amount, enabling the U.S chipmaker to boost its presence in the smart phone market.
a. $1.4 billion
b. $ 1.5 billion
c. $ 1.3 billion
d. $ 2 billion

14. The homeland security secretary in the Obama administration recently said the Border Security Act, which proposes a steep hike in some categories of H-1B and L-1 visa fees, “makes sense” and would in no way undermine “robust and vital” ties with India. Can you name the official?
a. Janet Napolitano
b. Sami Mills
c. Karen Bell
d. Ron Kirk

15. Who has been elected as the new chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI)?
a. Vineet Jain
b. Vijay Kumar Chopra
c. N. Ravi
d. Aveek Kumar Sarkar

16. India’s largest private sector conglomerate company has bought a 14.12 percent stake in East India Hotels (EIH) for Rs 1, 021 crore.
a. ITC Limited
b. TCS
c. Reliance Industries
d. Grasim Industries

17. Indian documentary filmmaker___________, was arrested in the US recently after brass knuckles and ‘jihadi literature’ were found in his baggage. Name the director.
a. Anant H. Mahadevan
b. M.L.Goswami
c. Vijay Kumar
d. G.S. Channi

18. A largest cellular service provider in India has won the sponsorship rights of all international cricket matches (barring the world cup tournament) to be played in India for the next three years. Name the cellular company.
a. Aircel
b. Loop
c. Vodafone Essar
d. Bharti Airtel

19. As per the schedule, the Census 2011 Exercise work will be completed by:
a. February 28, 2011
b. March 1, 2011
c. March 5, 2011
d. March 31, 2011

20. The government has decided to declare the World’s largest river island Majuli:
a. A protective zone
b. An eco-sensitive zone
c. A national heritage
d. A special economic zone

21. SIMBEX-10 was a recently held maritime exercise between India and:
a. USA
b. China
c. Malaysia
d. Singapore

22. Who has won the American Geophysical Union (AGU) David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for his articles on the impact of climate change on Himalayan glaciers?
a. Pallava Bagla
b. Dan Vergano
c. Richard Hill
d. Kevin Krajick

23. Who is the chief strategy officer (CSO) of Wipro?
a. Sridhar Srinivasan
b. Rishad Premji
c. Azim Premji
d. K.R. Lakshminarayana

24. It is India’s largest airline and has been ranked the “most trusted brand” in aviation for the fifth consecutive year by the Economic Times Brand Equity Survey 2010. Name the airline.
a. Kingfisher
b. Indigo
c. Air India
d. SpiceJet

25. ______was declared the ‘Agency of the Year’ at the Mirchi Kaan Awards held on 3 September in Mumbai.
a. Fountainhead
Communications
b. Euro RSCG Advertising
Pvt Ltd
c. Leo Burnett
d. Mudra Communications

26. The Indian Broadcasting Foundation, the apex body of television channels, has appointed ___________as its President for the year 2010-11.
a. Steve Correa
b. Sunil Sanghai
c. Uday Shankar
d. Rajesh Kaul

27. Who has been conferred with the degree of Honorary Doctor of Laws by the President and Board of Regents of Pepperdine University at a formal ceremony in Mumbai?
a. Ratan Tata
b. Rahul Bajaj
c. Lakshmi Mittal
d. Anil Ambani

28. Name Jammu & Kashmir’s PWD minister who was sacked on August 26 in the wake of a row over the alleged use of an impersonator for his daughter during a medical entrance examination.
a. G M Saroori
b. L M Khan
c. Ram Pal
d. S K Pilot

29. Which of the following countries is all set to spend around seven billion dollars ($219.3 million) over the next four years to boost the development of cutting-edge telecom technologies?
a. Denmark
b. Turkey
c. Tanzania
d. Taiwan

30. Who is the current Chief Minister of Jharkhand?
a. Babulal Marandi
b. Shibu Soren
c. Arjun Munda
d. Madhu Koda

31. Name the first British University to admit women for degree courses.
a. University of Edinburgh
b. Bradford University
c. University of Liverpool
d. London University

32. Who has been honoured with the Dada Saheb Phalke award for the year 2009 for his outstanding contribution to the world of Indian cinema?
a. Allu Arjun
b. Mohan Babu
c. D Ramanaidu
d. Prabhu Ganesan

33. Which of the following Health care giants is donating about $200 million in cash and medicine to a sweeping United Nations programme created to improve the health and lives of people in poor countries?
a. Ambrx Inc.
b. Johnson & Johnson
c. Javelin Pharmaceuticals
d. Amunix

34. Name another country apart from India who got independence on Aug 15th.
a. South Korea
b. Russia
c. South Africa
d. Armenia

35. __________became the first Indian to win the World Championship after he defeated Russian Alan Gogaev in the final of the 66 kg freestyle wrestling in Moscow.
a. Ramesh Kumar
b. Sushil Kumar
c. Rajiv Tomar
d. Narsingh Pancham Yadav

36. Who is the new Australian Foreign Minister?
a. Paul Keating
b. Bob Hawke
c. John Howard
d. Kevin Rudd

37. Who is the chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)
a. Rajiv Dube
b. Gopal Vittal
c. G. Krishnan
d. Subhash Kamath

38. Recently a professor from ________whose hand was hacked allegedly by activists of radical outfit PFI was also dismissed from service by the college management for preparing a question paper that hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community.
a. Kerala
b. Punjab
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Assam

39. The French Revolution gave its modern meaning to the term...
a. Nation
b. Capitalism
c. Republic
d. Sovereignty

40. Which state grows nearly 30% of world opium?
a. M. P.
b. U. P.
c. Gujrat
d. West Bengal

41. The name of India’s first aircraft carrier is...
a. INS Himgiri
b. INS Virat
c. INS Vikrant
d. INS Nilgiri

42. Which of the following is the largest Committee of the Parliament?
a. The Public Accounts Committee
b. The Estimates Committee
c. The Committee on Public Undertakings
d. The Committee on Petitions

43. In which of the following years was General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) absorbed into the World Trade Organi zation(WTO)?
a. 1991
b. 2000
c. 1992
d. 1995

44. According to India Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd., India would complete building its first strategic crude oil storage by:
a. September 2010
b. January 2011
c. October 2011
d. December 2011

45. In the National Integration Council, reconstituted in April 2010, the number of members is:
a. 144
b. 145
c. 146
d. 147

46. As per Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) signed by the Russian and the US Presidents in April 2010, the two nations will reduce their nuclear weapons stockpile by:
a. one fourth
b. a third
c. half
d. two-thirds

47. What is Khetri in Rajasthan famous for?
a. Copper mines
b. Mica mines
c.Bauxite mines
d. Limestone mines

48. The book ‘COSMOS’ of Alexander Von Humboldt was based on his travel to one of the following continents:
a. Asia
b. North America
c. Europe
d. South America

49. Which one of the following is Taiga biome?
a. Sub-Arctic biome
b. Sub-Saharan biome
c. Savanna grass
d. None of the above

50. Soft drinks and snacks major Pepsico is understood to be looking at investing _________in India in the next two years to meet requirements for sustaining its high growth in the country.
a. $800 million
b. $300 million
c. $250 million
d. $500 million

51. Which of the following is a coral island?
a.Tasmania
b. Lakshadweep
c. Maldives
d. Rameswaram

52. Eustatic changes in the sea levels are caused by:
a. Ice ages
b. Epirogenic movements
c. Orogenic movements
d. Isostatic changes

53. Who had used the concept of evapo transpiration in climate classification?
a. Thornthwaite
b. Koppen
c. Kendrew
d.Austin Miller

ANSWER KEY
1.b 2.d 3.a 4.c 5.d
6.a 7.d 8.c 9.c 10.b
11.a 12.c 13.a 14.a 15.a
16.c 17.c 18.d 19.c 20.b
21.d 22.a 23.b 24.c 25.d
26.c 27.a 28.a 29.d 30.c
31.d 32.c 33.b 34.a 35.b
36.d 37.a 38.a 39.b 40.a
41.c 42.b 43.d 44.c 45.d
46.b 47.a 48.d 49.a 50.d
51.b 52.a 53.a