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Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXXI
- Who won the 2011 Man Booker Prize?
a. Damon Galgut
b. Emma Donoghue
c. Peter Carey
d. Julian Barnes
- Sahara Group has bought a _______ percent stake worth $100 million, in the Vijay Mallya owned Force India F1 team, which has been re-christened as Sahara Force India.
a. 42.5 percent
b. 50 percent
c. 41.2 percent
d. 43.9 percent
- Who has been honoured with the Swiss Ambassador's award for "exceptional leadership" and his contribution to strengthening bilateral ties between India and Switzerland?
a. Lakshmi Mittal
b. Ratan Tata
c. Anil Ambani
d. Mukesh Ambani
- In which of the following BRIC countries, Renault-Nissan announced a combined investment of $1.8 billion where the companies plan to introduce 23 new models?
a. Russia
b. Brazil
c. China
d. India
- One of India’s largest airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Vietnam Airlines. Name the airline.
a. Air India
b. Jet Airways
c. Kingfisher Airline
d. IndiGo Airline
- Which of the following countries has set a target of achieving bilateral trade of $7 billion with Vietnam by 2015
a. India
b. Switzerland
c. Sri Lanka
d. Jordan
- He was a prominent Indian Ghazal singer, composer, music director, activist and entrepreneur. He was known as "The Ghazal King. He has sung in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Sindhi and Nepali languages, and awarded India's third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, in 2003 for his contribution to the fields of music and culture. He passed away on October 10, 2011. Name him.
a. Ustad Rahim Fahimuddin
b. Bhimsen Joshi
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c. Jagjit Singh
d. Shrinivas Khale
- General Electric, a multinational conglomerate is all set to build the largest solar plant at $ 300 million in which of the following countries?
a. Indonesia
b. China
c. UK
d. USA
- Which of the following Healthcare companies in South Africa is all set to buy a 26 percent stake in Max Healthcare for Rs 516 crore, by making it one of the largest foreign investment deals in the Indian Healthcare sector?
a. Network Healthcare Holdings Ltd
b. Life Healthcare
c. CapeRay Medical
d. Mediclinic International
- Which of the following countries has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Switzerland on financial dialogue that will pave the way for greater cooperation between the two countries' tax authorities, a move that will allow unearthing black money stashed in Swiss banks?
a. Belize
b. Germany
c. India
d. Chile
- Bahadur Shah was the
a. last ruler of the Lodis
b. successor of Sher Shah Suri
c. last Mughal ruler
d. successor of the Maratha ruler Shivaji
- Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh is famous for
a. Copper
b. Zinc
c. Mica
d. Gold
- The imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals are
a. Hachures
b. Contours
c. Spot-heights
d. Isomers
- What is place of India in the World in Tea production?
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth
- Gandhiji's movement of boycotting the foreign goods aimed at
a. full independence
b. creating anti-British sentiment
c. promotion of welfare state
d. promotion of cottage industries
Answers
1.d 2.a 3. b 4.b 5.b 6.a 7.c 8.d 9.b 10.c 11.c 12.d 13.b 14.a 15.a
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXX
- Who is the new finance minister of Russia?
a. Mikhail Kasyanov
b. Sergei Storchak
c. Alexei Kudri
d. Anton Siluanov
- He is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He has won several awards and accolades. He has been described by the New York Times as "the greatest and perhaps best-known artist working in musical theatre.” He is set to receive New York City's highest honor for achievement in the arts.
a. Paul Anka
b. Jerry Herman
c. Stephen Schwartz
d. Stephen Sondheim
- The country's largest foreign lender Standard Chartered has appointed _____as the small and medium enterprises (SME) banking head in India and South Asia.
a. Rajeev Chalisgaonkar
b. Sandeep Das
c. Pavan Dhamija
d. Jaspal Bindra
- Which of India’s largest private sector enterprise is in talks to acquire national highway road projects in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka worth Rs 2,000 crore?
a. Infosys Technologies Ltd
b. Tata Consultancy Services
c. Reliance Infrastructure
d. Wipro Limited
- Which of the following companies has replaced Dell to become the world's second largest personal computer company?
a. Microsoft
b. Acer Inc
c. Apple
d. Lenovo
- Who took charge as Secretary of the Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises?
a. Anand Sharma
b. Vayalar Ravi
c. Dileep Raj S Chaudhary
d. Mukul Wasnik
- Three Indian-Americans Dr Srinivasa, SR Varadhan and_______ have been named by US President Barack Obama for the country's top awards in the field of scientific research and innovation.
a. Shuvo Roy
b. Raghuram Rajan
c. Dr Rakesh Agrawal
d. Dr Romesh Batra
- Name the Indian-origin tycoon who has been accused of one of Australia's biggest corporate frauds for siphoning an additional 113 million dollars out of his “Burrup Fertilisers.”
a. Pankaj Oswal
b. Chirag Patel
c. Micky Jagtiani
d. Kanwal Rekhi
- The World Steel Association (WSA), a premier global steel industry body, elected Arcelor Mittal Chairman _____________ and JSW Steel Vice-Chairman Sajjan Jindal to its 15-member Executive Committee.
a. Sunil Mittal
b. Lakshmi Mittal
c. Narayanan Vaghul
d. Bruno Lafont
- Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL) has appointed ________as chairman.
a. A Athinarayanan
b. Raj Shankar
c. R Srinivasan
d. M V Nair
- The Wailing Wall is in which of the following cities?
a. Hadera
b. Holon
c. Jerusalem
d. Haifa
- How Many planets are there in our Solar System?
a. 7
b. 13
c. 9
d. 8
- What is the full form of RAW?
a. Records and Analysis Wing
b. Research and Anti-terrorism Wing
c. Records Amalgamation Wing
d. Research and Analysis Wing
- Of which Asian country is Phnom Penh the capital?
a. Thailand
b. Vietnam
c. Cambodia
d. North Korea
- The omission of words from a sentence, indicated by a set of three dots is commonly known as
a. Guillemots
b. Ampersand
c. Interpunct
d. Elipsisis
Answers
1.d 2.d 3. a 4.c 5.d 6.c 7.a 8.a 9.b 10.d 11.c 12.d 13.d 14.c 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXIX
- Who is the Business Leader of the Year 2011?
a. A M Naik
b. Indra Nooyi
c. Arun Shourie
d. Chanda Kochhar
- Who received the Entrepreneur of the Year award 2011?
a. Rahul Bhatia
b. Dilip Sanghavi
c. H K Mittal
d. GVK Reddy
- Who received the Global Indian of the Year award 2011 at the ET Awards?
a. Arun Sarin
b. Vikram Pandit
c. Ram Charan
d. Nitin Nohria
- Emerging Company of the Year went to
a. Cadila Healthcare
b. Idea Cellular
c. Shree Renuka Sugars
d. Amtek Auto
- Company of the Year?
a. Bajaj Auto
b. Tata Steel
c. Hero Honda
d. Larsen & Toubro
- Who received the Policy Change Agent award for the year 2011?
a. Arvind Kejriwal
b. Nandan Nilekani
c. Aruna Roy
d. Jean Dreze
- Who received the Lifetime Achievement Award?
a. Yaga Venugopal Reddy
b. RC Bhargava
c. Keshub Mahindra
d. Joseph Henry
- An American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer, he won the top award at the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards in Nashville. He and his band ‘The Steep Canyon Rangers’ were named entertainers of the year. Name the actor
a. Johnny Depp
b. Tom Hanks
c. Steve Martin
d. Robin Williams
- Which of the following Indian healthcare providers has been named laureate of the Tech Awards 2011, a signature programme of the US-based Tech Museum for applying technology to benefit humanity and spark global change?
a. Cipla
b. Wipro GE Health Care
c. Apollo Life
d. E HealthPoint
- A Lebanese actress and director, her second directorial effort "Et maintenant on va ou?" ("Where Do We Go Now?") won the Toronto film festival's People's Choice Award for best picture. Name her?
a. Salma Hayek
b. Nadine Labaki
c. Kathy Najimy
d. Catherine Keener
- G-15 is consists of ______
a. Developed countries
b. Second World Nations
c. Third World Nations
d. Fourth World Nations
- In which year did Hitler become the president of Germany?
a. 1935
b. 1938
c. 1934
d. 1930
- When was the meeting of the Agriculture Ministers of the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) held for the first time?
a. March 2009
b. December 2009
c. February 2010
d. March 2010
- _________ is not the official language of the United Nations?
a. Portuguese
b. Russian
c. Spanish
d. Chinese
- Who was the 12th president of India?
a. Abdul Kalam
b. Pratibha Patil
c. K. R. Narayanan
d. Shankar Dayal Sharma
Answers
1.d 2.a 3. b 4.c 5.a 6.b 7.a 8.c 9.d 10.b 11.c 12.c 13.b 14.a 15.b
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXVIII
- Who is the most powerful woman in U.S.business according to Forbes magazine?
a. Patricia Woertz
b. Safra Catz
c. Irene Rosenfeld
d. Angela Braly
- An American actor, director, producer, and author, he is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days. He has been appointed an honorary (OBE) Order of the British Empire for his educational work on dyslexia in the UK. Name him.
a. Colin Firth
b. Henry Winkler
c. Will Smith
d. Sean Connery
- Which of the following technological companies beat Microsoft in tech giants ranking?
a. HCL Technologies
b. Wipro
c. Infosys
d. IBM
- One of India's top retailers is in talks to rope in Japanese convenience store chain Lawson Inc as a 49% partner in its foods sourcing and manufacturing operations. Name the retailer?
a. Piramal Group
b. Tata group
c. K Raheja Group
d. Future Group
- Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.3 PC brand, has entered into a _______million venture with contract laptop PC maker Compal Electronics Inc in eastern China, pushing their shares up sharply.
a. $ 500 million
b. $300 million
c. $ 150 million
d. $ 750 million
- Which of the following technology companies has acquired the assets of retail consulting and software development firm Zaffera LLC for an "undisclosed amount?
a. Gen-Probe
b. DRS Technologies
c. FARO Technologies
d. Cognizant
- He was an American engineer and inventor who is most widely known as the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker. He held more than 350 patents and was a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Lemelson–MIT Prize. He passed away on September 27, 2011. Name him
a. Wilson Greatbatch
b. Casey Jones
c. John Roebling
d. Joseph Henry
- Which is the most polluted city in India according to the latest report released by World Health Organization (WHO)?
a. Pune
b. Ludhiana
c. Hyderabad
d. Delhi
- Which of the following FMCG companies has plans to invest $15 million in Sri Lanka to set up a new export-oriented manufacturing facility for producing fruit-based beverages?
a. Britannia Industries Ltd
b. Nestle India
c. Hindustan Unilever Limited
d. Dabur India Ltd
- Who is the author of Saraswati Park?
a. Manu Joseph
b. Amish Tripathi
c. Anjali Joseph
d. Karan Bajaj
- English is the official language of which one of the following Indian States
a. Nagaland
b. Tripura
c. Assam
d. Manipur
- The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was
a. Islamabad
b. Karachi
c. Lahore
d. Hyderabad
- Silicon Valley of India is located in
a. Dehradun
b. Bangalore
c. Hyderabad
d. Srinagar
- A judge of the Supreme Court retires at the age of___________.
a. 62
b. 65
c. 64
d. 58
- What is the name for the kind of energy that is produced from coal?
a. Chemical Energy
b. Potential Energy
c. Kinetic Energy
d. Thermal Energy
Answers
1.c 2.b 3. d 4.d 5.b 6.d 7.a 8.b 9.d 10.c 11.a 12.b 13.b 14.b 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXVII
- Who has been conferred Spain's highest military honour, 'The Grand Cross of Military Merit' on behalf of the King of Spain. The award was recognition of Pakistan Army's contribution in the fight against terrorism.
a. General Jehangir Karamat
b. General Pervez Musharraf
c. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
d. General Ahsan Saleem Hyat
- A French-Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, America and France he is considered one of the few "truly international filmmakers." He is to collect a career honour at the Zurich Film Festival, two years after his arrest in the city on child sex charges. Name him
a. Peter Bogdanovich
b. Martin Brest
c. Robert Butler
d. Roman Polanski
- Which of the following bands has been voted the best festival headliner of 2011, in an online poll conducted by BBC 6 Music?
a. The Ramones
b. Red Hot Chilli Peppers
c. The Who
d. Coldplay
- In the second-largest Indian acquisition in Australia's mining sector after Adani Group's investment in a Queensland coal block, Hyderabad-based GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd, part of the GVK Group, acquired majority assets of Australia's heiress Gina Rinehart-owned Hancock Coal for ____________
a. $ 2.20 billion
b. $ 1.25 billion
c. $1.26 billion
d. $ 2.23 billion
- State-run India Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IIFCL) signed a memorandum of understanding with ___________ and Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited (IDFC) to share the cost of financing infrastructure projects. Name the company
a. Life Insurance Corporation of India
b. Tata AIG
c. Birla Sun Life
d. Bajaj Allianz
- Who won the grand prix of Aragon
a. James Toseland
b. Casey Stoner
c. Dani Pedrosa
d. Alvaro Bautista
- He was a former chief of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) and chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India's Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee (TRAC). He passed away September 19, 2011. Name him
a. Deepak Parekh
b. M M Kapoor
c. Madhukar Kashinath Pandhe
d. C. Achuthan
- The second-largest independent oil and gas company in the US after Anadarko Petroleum, is buying oil giant ExxonMobil's North Sea assets for about $1.75 billion in order to increase its North Sea production. Name the company
a. Chevron Corporation
b. Questar Corporation
c. Apache Corp
d. Marathon Oil Corporation
- Which of the following global Internet giants won a court case against Australia's competition regulator over claims that sponsored links at the top of its search results were misleading to consumers
a. Hotmail
b. Rediff
c. Yahoo
d. Google
- The science of the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code is called
a. Cryptanalysis
b. Cryptosystem
c. Ciphertext
d. Cryptology
- Iron is a sports term associated with which of the following games?
a. Baseball
b. Tennis
c. Golf
d. Volleyball
- The NSG (The Nuclear Suppliers Group) finally waived off the 16-year-old embargo on nuclear relations with India on the
a. 7th of August 2008
b. 6th of September 2008
c. 8th of October 2008
d. 9th of September 2008
- The capital of Israel is ______________.
a. Tel Aviv
b. Bethlehem
c. Jerusalem
d. Nazareth
- What system of government does the Constitution of India provide?
a. Bicameral System of Government
b. Parliamentary System
c. Cabinet System of Government
d. Presidential form of Government
- Which country is a member of the WTO despite the fact that it became a part of China?
a. Taiwan
b. Tibet
c. Hongkong
d. Thailand
Answers
1.c 2.d 3. d 4.c 5.a 6.b 7.d 8.c 9.d 10.d 11.c 12.b 13.c 14.c 15.c
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXVI
- Name the film that won the Venice Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival? The Golden Lion is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most distinguished prizes. In 1970, a second Golden Lion was introduced; this is an honorary award for people who have made an important contribution to cinema.
a. The Wrestler
b. Lebanon
c. Faust
d. Black Swan
- Toyota Motor Corp is all set to invest 2.9 trillion rupiah ($337 million) in which of the following countries, building a new factory and rolling out a new model, in its second move this year to expand in the fast-growing car market.
a. Indonesia
b. Italy
c. Ireland
d. France
- The two-year old alliance between Volkswagen AG (VW) and which of the following Japanese car makers has collapsed dissolving the partnership after the German firm accused it of violating their partnership contract by agreeing to buy diesel engines from Italy's Fiat S.p.A.
a. Nissan
b. Suzuki Motor Corporation
c. Toyota
d. Honda
- Who won the 2011 US Open?
a. Jack Nicklaus
b. Roger Federer
c. Novak Djokovic
d. Andy Roddick
- He is an English rock guitarist and has been honoured with a living legend award by Classic Rock magazine.
a. Richard Archer
b. Mick Abrahams
c. Paul Arthurs
d. Jeff Beck
- India's leading fashion photographers, he was one of India's best known celebrity portraitist, having photographed almost all the icons of the Indian Film industry. His portraits of musicians, writers, sportstars and industrialists have won him great critical acclaim and a permanent place in the history of post Independence Indian photography. He passed away on September 13, 2011. Name him
a. B S Ranga
b. Raghubir Singh
c. Gautam Rajadhyaksha
d. Bandi Rajan Babu
- Which of the following countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UAE on manpower which will facilitate the workers of that country who are headed to the Gulf country?
a. India
b. Indonesia
c. Bhutan
d. South Africa
- Which of the following brands is ranked as the world’s most valuable brand with a brand value of $48.278 billion Brand Finance plc?
a. Google
b. Tata Group
c. IBM
d. Apple
- He was a British painter and collage artist. The London-born artist's best known work was a 1956 collage featuring a body builder and a tin of ham earned him the title "Father of Pop.” He was awarded the William and Noma Copley Foundation Award, 1960; the John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize, 1960; the Talens Prize International, 1970; the Leone d’Oro for his exhibition in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 1993; the Arnold Bode Prize at Documenta X, Kassel, 1997; and the Max Beckmann Prize for painting, 2006. He was made a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000. He passed away on 13 September 2011. Name him
a. Lucian Freud
b. Jean-Michel Basquiat
c. Jacob Lawrence
d. Richard Hamilton
- India's second-largest software exporter is close to acquiring Thomson Reuters' healthcare business for $700-$750 million. Name the software exporter?
a. Infosys Technologies
b. Wipro
c. Tata Consultancy Services
d. HCL Technologies
- Who won the 2011 Davis cup? The 2011 Davis Cup (also known as the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) is the 100th edition of a tournament between national teams in men's tennis.
a. José Acasuso
b. Rafael Nadal
c. David Adams
d. Andre Agassi
- Vijay Singh is associated to which of the following sports?
a. Tennis
b. Golf
c. Basketball
d. Soccer
- The study of birds is called
a. Cynology
b. Ecology
c. Ornithology
d. Felinology
- Who is/are the presiding officer/s of the Lok Sabha?
a. Speaker
b. Deputy Speaker
c. Speaker and Deputy Speaker
d. The President and Vice President
- The President of India is elected by ______________.
a. the elected members of the Vidhan Sabhas, Lok Sabha, and Rajya Sabha.
b. the elected members of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
c. the elected members of the Rajya Sabha.
d. the elected members of the Vidhan Sabhas.
Answers
1.c 2.a 3. b 4.c 5.d 6.c 7.a 8.a 9.d 10.a 11.b 12.b 13.c 14.c 15.a
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXIV
- HSBC Holdings plc has agreed to sell its US credit card and retail services unit to Capital One Financial Corp for a premium of about _________ billion
a. $ 2.3 billion
b. $ 4 billion
c. $ 3.2 billion
d. $2.6 billion
- Who is the new managing director of Bata India?
a. P M Sinha
b. Rajeev Gopalakrishnan
c. U Khanna
d. M Villagran
- Skype, the Internet communications group which is set to be acquired by an American public multinational corporation has plans to buy the mobile messaging startup firm GroupMe for undisclosed terms. Name the American public multinational corporation
a. Yahoo! Inc
b. Intel Corporation
c. Google Inc.
d. Microsoft
- Tatas-owned Land Rover will roll out a new version of its sports utility vehicle, Defender, in ___________
a. 2013
b. 2015
c. 2012
d. 2016
- Chinese leaders have appointed a new Communist Party leader to govern the vast and sometimes restive region of Tibet, where economic development has been rapid but tensions between indigenous people and immigrants from China's Han majority have been high, and where human rights have been an abiding concern. Name the leader?
a. Yingluck Shinawatra
b. Jyrki Katainen
c. Wen Jiabao
d. Chen Quanguo
- Which of the following French pharmaceutical companies is in advanced talks for a strategic tie-up with nutraceuticals firm Universal Medicare, maker of popular codliver oil capsules brand Seacod, which will help the French drugmaker scale up its over-the-counter (OTC) business in India?
a. Rhône-Poulenc
b. Sanofi-Aventis
c. Roussel Uclaf
d. Ipsen
- Who took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of central transmission utility Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL)?
a. Rakesh Jain
b. Dr. M Ravi Kanth
c. V M Kaul
d. N Nayak
- An Indian filmmaker, he was best known for his early career as an American exploitation film writer-director. He made films like ''Bawandar'' and ''Provoked''. He passed away on September 4, 2011. Name him
a. Jagmohan Mundhra
b. Kamal Amrohi
c. Shomu Mukherji
d. Mani Kaul
- Pharmaceutical services provider Omnicare Inc went public with a bid to buy smaller rival PharMerica Corp for __________
a. $ 220 million
b. $441 million
c. $ 440 million
d. $ 220 million
- Which state in the US is also known as beehive state?
a. Illinois
b. Utah
c. Ohio
d. Idaho
- Iron is a sports term associated with which of the following games?
a. Baseball
b. Tennis
c. Golf
d. Volleyball
- _________ is the largest country with only one time zone.
a. Canada
b. Argentina
c. Sudan
d. China
- Which is the union territory of India that has a legislature?
a. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
b. Daman and Diu
c. Lakshadweep
d. Pondicherry
- Pokhran the test site for India's first underground nuclear weapon detonation is in the state of________________.
a. Gujarat
b. Orissa
c. Rajasthan
d. Punjab
- Which is the tallest mammal in the world?
a. elephant
b. monitor lizard
c. blue whale
d. giraffe
Answers
1.d 2.b 3. d 4.b 5.d 6.b 7.d 8.a 9.b 10.b 11.c 12.d 13.d 14.c 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXV
- The world's largest PC maker is all set to acquire UK-based software company Autonomy Corp for $11.7 billion. Name the PC maker?
a. Hewlett Packard
b. Dell
c. Apple
d. Samsung
- Who won the men's marathon at the world championships in Kenya?
a. Benson Barus
b. Abel Kirui
c. Jonathan Cheruiyot
d. William Chebor
- Who won the men's marathon at the world championships in Kenya?
a. Benson Barus
b. Abel Kirui
c. Jonathan Cheruiyot
d. William Chebor
- Which of the following Indian multinational conglomerates UK-based subsidiary has signed an agreement to acquire 30.6 per cent stake in Canadian potash miner EPM Mining Ventures?
a. Jindal Steel & Power India
b. Reliance Industries
c. Tata Group
d. Mahindra & Mahindra
- Who is the new director of Air India?
a. S Chandrasekhar
b. Rohit Nandan
c. S Venkat
d. K M Unni
- Who has taken over as director-refineries of state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC)?
a. Sudhir Bhargava
b. Gyan Chand Daga
c. Gautam Barua
d. Rajkumar Ghosh
- Who is the interim CEO of Yahoo?
a. Patti Hart
b. Roy Bostok
c. Carol Bartz
d. Tim Morse
- An Indian filmmaker, he was best known for his early career as an American exploitation film writer-director. He made films like ''Bawandar'' and ''Provoked''. He passed away on September 4, 2011. Name him
a. R A Mashelkar
b. Carl-Peter Forster
c. Dr Ralf Speth
d. Prakash Telang
- The world's largest food company is in talks to acquire Progress OAO, a Russian juice and baby food producer, to expand its presence in the baby foods market in Russia. Name the company.
a. Pinnacle Foods
b. Indofood
c. Hindustan Unilever
d. Nestlé
- Who is the new industry minister of Japan?
a. Yukio Edano
b. Yoshihiko Noda
c. Naoto Kan
d. Yasuo Fukuda
- In which did Germany attack France during World War II?
a. 1936
b. 1939
c. 1935
d. 1940
- Which cup is associated with Football?
a. Durand Cup
b. Corbitton Cup
c. Davis Cup
d. Thomas Cup
- What does ESCAP stand for?
a. Economic and Social Committee for Asia and Pacific
b. Economic and Social Commitment for Asia and Pacific
c. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific
d. Economist and Social Committee for Asia and Pacific
- In which year was the International Monetary Fund (IMF) established?
a. 1930
b. 1945
c. 1947
d. 1950
- __________ is the highest literary award of the world?
a. Booker Prize
b. Pulitzer Prize
c. Nobel Prize
d. Magsaysay Award
Answers
1.a 2.b 3. b 4.c 5.c 6.d 7.d 8.b 9.d 10.a 11.d 12.a 13.c 14.b 15.a
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXIV
- HSBC Holdings plc has agreed to sell its US credit card and retail services unit to Capital One Financial Corp for a premium of about _________ billion
a. $ 2.3 billion
b. $ 4 billion
c. $ 3.2 billion
d. $2.6 billion
- Who is the new managing director of Bata India?
a. P M Sinha
b. Rajeev Gopalakrishnan
c. U Khanna
d. M Villagran
- Skype, the Internet communications group which is set to be acquired by an American public multinational corporation has plans to buy the mobile messaging startup firm GroupMe for undisclosed terms. Name the American public multinational corporation
a. Yahoo! Inc
b. Intel Corporation
c. Google Inc.
d. Microsoft
- Tatas-owned Land Rover will roll out a new version of its sports utility vehicle, Defender, in ___________
a. 2013
b. 2015
c. 2012
d. 2016
- Chinese leaders have appointed a new Communist Party leader to govern the vast and sometimes restive region of Tibet, where economic development has been rapid but tensions between indigenous people and immigrants from China's Han majority have been high, and where human rights have been an abiding concern. Name the leader?
a. Yingluck Shinawatra
b. Jyrki Katainen
c. Wen Jiabao
d. Chen Quanguo
- Which of the following French pharmaceutical companies is in advanced talks for a strategic tie-up with nutraceuticals firm Universal Medicare, maker of popular codliver oil capsules brand Seacod, which will help the French drugmaker scale up its over-the-counter (OTC) business in India?
a. Rhône-Poulenc
b. Sanofi-Aventis
c. Roussel Uclaf
d. Ipsen
- Who took charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of central transmission utility Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL)?
a. Rakesh Jain
b. Dr. M Ravi Kanth
c. V M Kaul
d. N Nayak
- An Indian filmmaker, he was best known for his early career as an American exploitation film writer-director. He made films like ''Bawandar'' and ''Provoked''. He passed away on September 4, 2011. Name him
a. Jagmohan Mundhra
b. Kamal Amrohi
c. Shomu Mukherji
d. Mani Kaul
- Pharmaceutical services provider Omnicare Inc went public with a bid to buy smaller rival PharMerica Corp for __________
a. $ 220 million
b. $441 million
c. $ 440 million
d. $ 220 million
- Which state in the US is also known as beehive state?
a. Illinois
b. Utah
c. Ohio
d. Idaho
- Iron is a sports term associated with which of the following games?
a. Baseball
b. Tennis
c. Golf
d. Volleyball
- _________ is the largest country with only one time zone.
a. Canada
b. Argentina
c. Sudan
d. China
- Which is the union territory of India that has a legislature?
a. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
b. Daman and Diu
c. Lakshadweep
d. Pondicherry
- Pokhran the test site for India's first underground nuclear weapon detonation is in the state of________________.
a. Gujarat
b. Orissa
c. Rajasthan
d. Punjab
- Which is the tallest mammal in the world?
a. elephant
b. monitor lizard
c. blue whale
d. giraffe
Answers
1.d 2.b 3. d 4.b 5.d 6.b 7.d 8.a 9.b 10.b 11.c 12.d 13.d 14.c 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXIII
- Which of the following mobile service providers has walked out of the title sponsorship of Champions League Twenty20?
a. Loop
b. Idea
c. Bharti Airtel
d. Vodafone Essar
- Taiwan's MediaTek Inc, the world's second largest chip designer for mobile phones yesterday agreed to buy a 10-per cent stake in Spice Digtal Ltd for ___________
a. Rs 78.2 crore
b. Rs 88.4 crore
c. Rs 80.5 crore
d. Rs 52.5 crore
- Who is the new chairman of RINL Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd
a. K S Shankar
b. A P Choudhary
c. Umesh Chandhra
d. P Mohan Rao
- Who has been sworn in as the new U.S. ambassador to China, becoming the first Chinese American to hold the post?
a. Robert Blackwill
b. Gary Locke
c. Peter Burleigh
d. David Mulford
- General Motors India, the passenger car maker who plans to enter the utility vehicle segment next year, has roped in _________as its director, sales and marketing, commerical vehicles.
a. Ashutosh Khosla
b. A K Dhawan
c. Satish Bhushan
d. Sushil Kumar
- Which of the following internet search engines is all set to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings, the cellphone business that was split from Motorola, for $40 a share in cash, or $12.5 billion?
a. Google
b. Yahoo!
c. Rediff
d. Hotmail
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- Fortis Healthcare International, the privately- held firm is all set to buy ____stake in Vietnam- based Hoan My Medical Corporation (HMC) for $64 million or about Rs 285 crore.
a. 45 %
b. 65%
c. 80%
d. 55%
- Who won the 2011 Barcelona super cup?
a. Cesc Fàbregas
b. Juan Mata
c. Valon Behrami
d. Marco Wölfli
- A radical ethnomusicologist, musician and a mentor of Music scholar. He was the first director for the music department at Bombay University. He also worked for Development Project Theatre under the NCPA as a Chief Coordinator. He also authored many essays and Novels on music & theatre, including ‘Hindustani Music’, ‘Essays in Indian Ethnomusicology’ and ‘Sangeetache Saundaryashastra’. He passed away on July 31, 2011. Name him
a. Omkarnath Thakur
b. Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani
c. Bhimsen Joshi
d. Ashok Ranade
- Who is the managing director of Bristol Myers?
a. Anish Sarkar
b. Alok Sonig
c. Pheroze Khan
d. Kiran Marthak
- The currency of Romania is _______
a. Leu
b. Dobra
c. Tala
d. Koruna
- Which of the following countries is also known as Nippon?
a. China
b. Japan
c. Germany
d. Russia
- What does NAM stand for?
a. Non-Aligned Members
b. Non-Agreeable Movement
c. Non-Aligned Movement
d. Non- Assigned Movement
- Which of the following Indian states is the largest producer of Tobacco?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Bihar
- Who is the author of The Immortals of Meluah?
a. Vikram Seth
b. Kiran Desai
c. Arvind Adiga
d. Amish tripathi
Answers
1.c 2.b 3. b 4.b 5.a 6.a 7.b 8.a 9.d 10.c 11.a 12.b 13.c 14.a 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXII
- Who is the new CEO of Apple
a. Tim Cook
b. Eric Schmidt
c. Larry Page
d. Apacer
- According to Global business information provider Dun and Bradstreet 'India 2020'which of the following states is poised to emerge as a major economic force in the country due to sustained efforts being made by the state.
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Karnataka
- Who is all set to join Manipal Universal Learning (MUL) as the chief operating officer. MUL is the for-profit corporate arm of the Manipal group's education ventures. The not-for-profit Indian universities include Manipal University, Sikkim Manipal University, among others.
a. Narayana Murthy
b. K. V. Kamath
c. Mohandas Pai
d. Seetharaman Vaitheeswaran
- Which of the following states has a new Lokayukta?
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Gujarat
d. Tamilnadu
- Legendary investor Warren Buffett invested $5 billion in which of the largest banking and financial services corporation to bolster one of the largest banks in the US, after losses tied to sub prime mortgages depleted its capital and the slow growth in the world's largest economy dampened prospects.
a. Morgan Stanley
b. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
c. Bank of America
d. Citigroup Inc.
- Name the Japanese prime minister who recently announced his resignation amid widespread criticism of his handling of the aftermath of the 11 March tsunami and the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
a. Yukio Hatoyama
b. Naoto Kan
c. Taro Aso
d. Yasuo Fukuda
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- US financial news agency Bloomberg announced that it is acquiring specialty publisher BNA in a deal valued at nearly _________dollars.
a. $ 8 billion
b. $ 4 billion
c. $ 2 billion
d. $1 billion
- Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal?
a. Puspa Kamal Dahal
b. Dr Baburam Bhattarai
c. Madhav Kumar Nepal
d. Jhala Nath Khanal
- Who won the Indianapolis Grand Prix for the third time in a row?
a. Stoner blitzes
b. N. Hayden
c. J. Lorenzo
d. Juan Pablo Montoya
- Which of the following channels has been named terrestrial channel of the year for the first time at the Edinburgh International Television Festival?
a. STV
b. HiTV
c. C9TV
d. ITV1
- Potamology means:
a. The study of potted plants
b. The study of rivers
c. The study of fossils and ancient life forms
d. The study of organisms as affected by climate
- The Grand Canyon is situated in which American state?
a. Nevada
b. Utah
c. Colorado
d. Arizona
- Who among the following Presidents of India was the only one to be elected unopposed to the office?
a. Giani Zail Singh
b. Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
c. R.Venkataraman
d. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
- The book ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl’ was set in_____________.
a. Amsterdam
b. Berlin
c. Prague
d. Budapest
- Who founded the Indian Express group of newspapers in India?
a. Mr. Vivek Goenka
b. Mr. G. Subramanya Aiyer
c. Mr. Ramnath Goenka
d. Mr. N. Ram
Answers
1.a 2.b 3. d 4.c 5.c 6.b 7.d 8.b 9.a 10.d 11.b 12.d 13.d 14.a 15.c
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXI
- A multinational information technology and electronics corporation headquartered in Xizhi, New Taipei City, Taiwan is all set to buy US-based cloud computing firm iGware Inc for $320 million, the fifth-largest ever Taiwanese buyout of a US company, as it seeks to move beyond its core hardware manufacturing business . Name the Taiwanese company?
a. Acer Inc
b. Areca
c. AG Neovo
d. Apacer
- Randstad Holding N V, the world's second largest human resources (HR) services provider is all set to buy out its US rival SFN Group for about ________in cash
a. $ 45 million
b. $ 50 million
c. $ 65 million
d. $770 million
- Express Scripts is all set to acquire Medco Health Solutions for________creating the largest pharmacy benefits management (PBM) companies in the US health care industry.
a. $29.1 billion
b. $25 billion
c. $30 billion
d. $45 billion
- Agro-chemicals major United Phosphorus Ltd (UPL) has acquired 51 per cent stake in Brazilian firm DVA Agro Do Brasil (DVA Agro Brazil) for _________
a. $250 million
b. $200 million
c. $150 million-wbw
d. $100 million
- Who has been appointed to run Deutsche Bank, the most important bank in Europe's biggest economy, as operations both in Asia and Germany take on greater importance. He is the first a non-German speaker is to run Deutsche Bank.
a. C M Vasudev
b. Anshu Jain
c. Harish Engineer
d. S Rajgopal
- A multinational provider of custom information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services company has acquired CoreLogic Global Services' captive operations in India for USD 50 million. Name the company
a. Wipro
b. Cognizant
c. Accenture
d. Tata Consulting Services
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- Who is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Larsen and Toubro?
a. N Mohan Raj
b. K V Rangaswami
c. Bhagyam Ramani
d. R Shankar Raman
- She was an American actress and was best known for her role as Charlene "Cha Cha" DiGregorio in Grease. She made several appearances on television as well. She passed away on August 3, 2011.
a. Annette Charles
b. Helena Andreyko
c. Stockard Channing
d. Olivia Newton-John
- A financial institution of Dutch origin offering banking, insurance and asset management services is all set to sell its Latin American pensions, life insurance and investment management operations to Colombia's Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana (Gruposura) for approximately €2.7 billion ($3.74 billion). Name the financial institution.
a. ING Groep N V
b. VSB Bank
c. Kas-Associatie N.V.
d. Rabobank
- He is an Indian politician and was the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and represents Shikaripura in the Karnataka legislative assembly. He became the Chief Minister of Karnataka after the BJP's success in the 2008 Karnataka Assembly election. He was also briefly the Chief Minister in November 2007 before the coalition government with Janata Dal (Secular) collapsed. He was indicted in the Karnataka Lokayukta report on illegal mining and resigned on July 31, 2011.
a. Veerappa Moily
b. N Dharam Singh
c. H D Kumaraswamy
d. BS Yeddyurappa
- What is the old name of Taiwan?
a. Batavia
b. Sam
c. Basutoland
d. Formosa
- The juice brand Minute Maid is a product of which food and beverage major?
a. Coca Cola
b. Pepsico
c. Godrej Beverages and Foods
d. Dabur Foods
- The President of the United States of America is all of the following EXCEPT
a. the head of state
b. the chief justice of the Supreme Court
c. the leader of the executive branch of the federal government
d. the commander-in-chief of the armed forces
- Who succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister upon his death in May 1964, and is often referred to as the first acting Prime Minister of India?
a. Lal Bahadur Shastri
b. V V Giri
c. Gulzari Lal Nanda
d. Gopal Swarup Pathak
- The United Kingdom is
a. a Federal Republic
b. a constitutional monarchy
c. a totalitarian state
d. none of the above
Answers
1.a 2.d 3. a 4.c 5.b 6.b 7.d 8.a 9.a 10.d 11.d 12.a 13.b 14.c 15.b
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXX
- A unique mobile technology based concept to improve the yield, productivity, income and quality of living of illiterate farmers in rural India has scooped the Coffey International Award as part of Business in the Community's 2011 Award for their campaign, m-Powering Farmers to provide agricultural information to farmers via mobile phone using innovative voice based technology in their local language including a local support Help Line. Is it
a. Anushree Coronation
b. Advanta India Ltd
c. IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Ltd
d. Shona Agri. Solutions
- Which of the following Bollywood divas has been appointed brand ambassador for a fund-raising project for conservation of Asian elephants and tigers?
a. Madhuri Dixit
b. Priyanka Chopra
c. Kareena Kapoor
d. Soha Ali Khan
- China’s biggest offshore oil producer has agreed to acquire Opti Canada Inc. for ________in cash and debt to increase its oil-sands reserves, and pledged to buy more energy assets globally.
a. $ 2.3 billion
b. $ 1.5 billion
c. $ 2.5 billion
d. $2.1 billion
- Which of the following company’s power transmission and distribution division has been awarded a Rs1, 210-crore order for building sub-stations for the Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA).
a. Punjlloyd
b. Larsen and Toubro
c. Aker Solutions
d. Mthojgaard
- A state-owned telecommunications company has launched its VVOIP (voice and video over internet protocol) service in India.
a. SSTL
b. MTNL
c. BSNL
d. MTS
- A Rs 3,500 crore diversified business conglomerate has acquired developmental rights to set-up a 400-MW wind power project in Chile. Name the conglomerate?
a. NTPC
b. Tata Group
c. Reliance Group
d. NSL Group
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- The world’s third largest chemical company has bought solar technology start-up Innovalight Inc in a move to help double sales to the solar industry to $2 billion by 2014. Name the company.
a. DuPont
b. Bristol-Myers Squibb
c. Genentech. Inc.
d. Union Carbide.
- Who is the new chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF)?
a. Ashok Goel
b. Shashindra Pal Tyagi
c. PV Naik
d. Norman Anil Kumar Browne
- Which of the following country’s first voice-based social networking mobile platform has bagged the prestigious mBillionth 2011 award that felicitates mobile innovations, applications and content services delivery in South Asia.
a. Bhutan
b. Sri Lanka
c. Nepal
d. India
- Which is the third most popular browser in the world
a. Google Chrome
b. Mozilla Firefox
c. Flock
d. Maxthon
- Who authored The Fourth Estate?
a. Vikram Seth
b. Paulo Coelho
c. Jeffrey Archer
d. Sidney Sheldon
- Which of the following cups is associated with the game of Football?
a. Rothmans Cup
b. Corbillion cup
c. Davis Cup
d. Durand Cup
- ___________ is the economic grouping of Third World Nations
a. G-7
b. G-9
c. G-8
d. G-15
- _____________ is used to measure ocean depth
a. Barometer
b. Fathometer
c. Thermometer
d. Altimeter
- ___________ is used to purify water
a. Alum
b. Moronic acid
c. trees
d. Cubane
Answers
1.c 2.a 3. d 4.b 5.c 6.d 7.a 8.d 9.d 10.a 11.c 12.d 13.d 14.b 15.a
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXIX
- China signed deals worth more than $15 billion with which of the following countries to set a target of doubling their annual trade by 2015.
a. Denmark
b. Austria
c. Brazil
d. Germany
- Which of the following Indian companies has topped eight Indian firms in the list of world’s 500 largest companies compiled by Fortune magazine?
a. IOC
b. Tata
c. Reliance
d. SBI
- One of the largest cinema chains in India has bought out JP Morgan Mauritius Holdings and India Advantage Fund from a group firm for an undisclosed amount. Name it
a. BIG
b. PVR
c. Fun
d. Fame
- Who is the winner of the 2011 British Open?
a. Darren Clarke
b. Louis Oosthuizen
c. Tom Watson
d. Pádraig Harrington
- Who has been adjudged the best Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the year in the Best Treasurer category?
a. YM Deosthalee
b. Mohandas Pai
c. A.M Naik
d. Indrajit Banerjee
- Who has been honoured with the prestigious officer Dan Ordre Des Arts Et De Lettres by the French government to her contribution to the world of cinema?
a. Sharmila Tagore
b. Nandita Das
c. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
d. Shabana Azmi
- Who is the new executive director of RBI?
a. G Padmanabhan
b. VK Sharma
c. S Karuppasamy
d. Chetan Ahya
- World's fifth largest telecoms company, Bharti Airtel has inked a 10-year contract to which of the following tech giants for providing IT solutions to its employees in 16 countries in Africa.
a. Accenture
b. Wipro
c. TCS
d. IBM
- Who is the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)?
a. P J Thomas
b. Pradeep Kumar
c. G K Pillai
d. P Mishra
- Which of the following Indian IT companies NIIT Technologies signed a USD 85 million partnership agreement with Georgia-based media company Morris Communications to jointly offer IT and BPO services in North America?
a. Infosys Technologies Ltd.
b. IBM-Global Services India Pvt. Ltd.
c. Hewlett Packard India Ltd.
d. NIIT Technologies
- Which is the longest canal in the world?
a. Grand China canal
b. Suez canal
c. Beloye- More Baltic
d. Volga Baltic
- What does the third schedule in the Constitution of India list?
a. Emoluments for High-Level Officials
b. The oaths of offices for elected officials and judges
c. States and Union Territories
d. The Official Languages
- The dance form that Sonal Mansingh is famous for is_________________.
a. Kathak
b. Odissi
c. Bharatnatyam
d. Kuchipudi
- The Government levies this tax on goods and services. It is the _________
a. VAT
b. Service Tax
c. Octroi
d. Securities Transaction Tax
- The term Arboreals is used for animals that live in/on______________.
a. deserts
b. mountains
c. trees
d. river and creeks
Answers
1.d 2.a 3. b 4.a 5.d 6.c 7.a 8.d 9.b 10.d 11.c 12.b 13.b 14.a 15.c
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXVIII
- Which of the following social networking sites is set to raise up to $800 million in private placements that would push the market value of the site to a whopping $8 billion.
a. Orkut
b. Google plus
c. Twitter
d. Facebook
- Which of the following banks recently announced the appointment of C. Jayaram and Mr. Dipak Gupta, whole time directors of the Bank, as Joint Managing Directors with effect from July 21, 2011?
a. HDFC Bank
b. HSBC Bank
c. ICICI Bank
d. Kotak Mahindra Bank
- Who won the Tour de France 2011?
a. Cadel Evans
b. Alberto Contador
c. Carlos Sastre
d. Oscar Pereiro
- K V KamathNon-executive chairman of ICICI Bank and non-executive director of Infosys Technology, K V Kamath, and J P Morgan India CEO _________are among the largely non-government personalities on the new audit advisory board of the public expenditure watchdog, Comptroller & Auditor General. Name the JP Morgan CEO?
a. Neelam Dhawan
b. Ela Bhatt
c. Naina Lal Kidwai
d. Kalpana Morparia
- French construction material firm Saint-Gobain has agreed to buy two distribution units from UK-based plumbing and heating products distributor Wolseley Plc, for
a. € 250 million
b. €351 million
c. € 200 million
d. € 150 million
- Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry smartphone has acquired a Swedish online video editing company, for a undisclosed sum. Name the Swedish online video editing company?
a. Alby
b. Ahus
c. Alfta
d. JayCut
- Which of the following countries won the Copa America for a record 15th time after beating Paraguay on July 23, 2011?
a. Ukraine
b. Uruguay
c. Vanatu
d. Tonga
- Which of the following countries has signed a civil nuclear cooperation deal with South Korea, allowing a framework for Korean companies to participate in atomic power plant projects in the country?
a. India
b. France
c. Ukraine
d. Hungary
- He was the first military pilot to fly a helicopter in 1954. He retired from the Indian Air Force (IAF) in 1977 after 29 years of service, according to the Rotary Wing Society of India (RWSI), which had honoured him with the 'Sikorsky Pioneering Award' in 2004 for his work in the field of helicopter aviation in India. He passed away last week. Name him.
a. Hank Gathers
b. SK Majumdar
c. River Phoenix
d. Taki Rentaro
- Many instances of violations of Human Rights are being herd of worldwide. Every year world human rights day is observed in order to create awareness about it. Which date has been observed as World Human Rights Day?
a. November 30th
b. December 10th
c. December 20th
d. December 30th
- Vijay Singh is associated with which of the following sports
a. Golf
b. Badminton
c. Tennis
d. Cricket
- Which place is known as the roof of the world?
a. Laos
b. Lesotho
c. Tibet
d. Latvia
- BC Roy award is given in the field of
a. Music
b. Journalism
c. Medicine
d. Environment
- Entomology is the study of
a. Bones
b. Birds
c. Fishes
d. Insects
- The movie Slum Dog Millionaire is adopted from which of the following novels?
a. The Glass Palace
b. A passage to India
c. Johnny gone Down
d. Q&A
Answers
1.c 2.d 3. a 4.d 5.b 6.d 7.b 8.a 9.b 10.b 11.a 12.c 13.c 14.d 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXVII
- India's second largest Pharmaceutical Healthcare company which sold its generics unit to Abbott Laboratories for $3.8 billion (Rs 17,190 crore) last year, is taking its second step to transform into a financial services conglomerate as it negotiates to buy Enam Financial's stake in ING Life Insurance. Name the pharmaceutical company?
a. GlaxoSmithKline
b. Ranbaxy Laboratories
c. Cadila Pharmaceuticals
d. Piramal Healthcare
- Who is the new director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune?
a. Dharmendra Jai Narain
b. Sandeep Chatterjee
c. Ashwin Ramanathan
d. Indranil Bhattcharya
- A US-based IT company, Computer Science Corporation (CSC) has appointed ________as the head of a new business unit focused on Indian domestic customers. Name him
a. Ajay Chandra
b. Narendra Nayak
c. Minoti Bahri
d. Ravinder Singhania
- Which of the following banks has signed a service agreement with TimesofMoney, India's leading e-payments service provider to offer remittance solutions to NRIs in selected countries? This tie up would enable all NRIs across 22 countries, to remit funds online to any bank in India under the NEFT/RTGS network. Is it
a. HSBC
b. South Indian Bank
c. HDFC
d. ICICI
- Which of the following companies has bagged three ICWAI awards for excellence in cost management?
a. Tata
b. Reliance
c. BHEL
d. Larsen and Toubro
- A global hospitality company, which is owned by the Blackstone Group, a private equity firm has signed an agreement with Nehru Place Hotels Limited, an Eros Group company, to take over the management of its hotel located in Nehru Place in New Delhi. Name the company?
a. Hilton Worldwide
b. The Park Hotels
c. Ginger Hotels
d. WelcomeHeritage Hotels
- He is a Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana. He received his initial training from his father, who was the court musician of the former principality of Raigarh, situated in the modern state of Chattisgarh. Later he became a student of the Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Under the tutelage of both, he enriched his repertoire in both classical and semi-classical music and can sing khayal and thumri with equal command. He has also performed in all the major conferences held all over the country and has toured abroad in countries like USA, Canada, UK and several parts of Europe. He passed away on July 19, 2011.
a. Pandit Jagdish Prasad
b. Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi
c. Shivanand Patil
d. Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
- India has inked an agreement with which of the following countries to promote increased collaboration in cyber security.
a. Brazil
b. UK
c. Germany
d. USA
- An information technology firm providing business outcomes-based solutions, has signed a $30-million contract to provide managed IT infrastructure service operations to Weyerhaeuser NR Company, a leading forest products company. Name the IT firm
a. Accenture
b. iGATE
c. Wipro
d. IBM
- Who has been crowned Miss India Universe 2011?
a. Vasuki Sunkavalli
b. Ekta Chaudhary
c. Simran Kaur Mundi
d. Tanushree Dutta
- After a gigabyte comes a
a. Terabyte
b. Zedabyte
c. Kilobyte
d. Mezobyte
- Which is the largest pyramid in the world?
a. The Pyramid of Khafre
b. The Great Pyramid of Cholula, Mexico
c. The Bosnian Pyramid
d. The Great Pyramid of Giza
- Pablo Aimar is associated with which of the following sports?
a. Soccer
b. Football
c. Basketball
d. Badminton
- In which state is the Sariska Tiger Reserve, infamous for poaching of tigers, located?
a. Gujarat
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Rajasthan
- A TI-83 is a
a. Old Antique Computer
b. Scientific calculator
c. Intel processor
d. Slide Rule Model
Answers
1.d 2.a 3. b 4.b 5.c 6.a 7.a 8.d 9.b 10.a 11.a 12.b 13.b 14.d 15.b
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXVI
- Who is the new railway minister?
a. G.K. Vasan
b. Dinesh Trivedi
c. S.M. Krishna
d. Sharad Pawar
- Who is the new minister of Rural Development?
a. Jairam Ramesh
b. Vayalar Ravi
c. Ghulam Nabi Azad
d. A.K. Antony
- Who is the minister of environment and forests?
a. Subodh Kant Sahay
b. Virbhadra Singh
c. Jayanthi Natarajan
d. Dr. Farooq Abdullah
- Who is the new minister of steel?
a. Shriprakash Jaiswal
b. Mallikarjun Kharge
c. Sushilkumar Shinde
d. Beni Prasad Verma
- Who is the new minister of communications and information technology?
a. Milind Deora
b. Paban Singh Ghatowar
c. Srikant Jena
d. V Kishore Chandra Deo
- Who is the new minister of home affairs?
a. Vilasrao Deshmukh
b. Jitendra Singh
c. Gurudas Kamat
d. Sudip Bandopadhyaya
- Who is the new minister of parliamentary affairs?
a. M Veerappa Moily
b. Anand Sharma
c. Pawan Kumar Bansal
d. Rajiv Shukla
- Who is the minister of agriculture and food processing industries?
a. Charan Das Mahant
b. Salman Khursheed
c. Harish Rawat
d. Mukul Roy
- Who is the minister of external affairs and human resource development?
a. A Sai Prathap
b. E Ahamed
c. A Sai Prathap
d. Murli Deora
- Who is the minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Prime Minister’s Office?
a. V Narayanasamy
b. BK Handique
c. Dr MS Gill
d. Kanti Lal Bhuria
- In terms of military, what is Drone?
a. Unmanned Ariel Vehicle
b. Navy based Vehicle
c. Ariel Vehicle with the crew members
d. Cruise Missiles
- How many countries are members of the World health Organisation (WTO)?
a. 110
b. 120
c. 154
d. 153
- Which of the following Indian cities is known as the Manchester of South India?
a. Kovalam
b. Trivandrum
c. Chennai
d. Coimbatore
- The study of fishes is called
a. Ichthyology
b. Ophiology
c. Philology
d. Ornithology
- The deepest oceanic trench Mariana? Is located in
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Arctic Ocean
c. Pacific Ocean
d. Indian Ocean
Answers
1.b 2.a 3. c 4.d 5.a 6.b 7.d 8.a 9.b 10.a 11.a 12.d 13.d 14.a 15.c
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXV
- Who is India’s new foreign secretary?
a. Shyam Saran
b. Nirupma Rao
c. Hardeep Singh Puri
d. Ranjan Mathai
- Who is the new Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) chief
a. Shekhar Sinha
b. Bharat Karnad
c. DK Joshi
d. Abibilla Kudayberdiev
- Which of the following Bollywood stars has acquired 26% strategic stake in the Indian franchise of KidZania, an international chain of family entertainment centres?
a. Salman Khan
b. Aamir Khan
c. Shah Rukh Khan
d. Amitabh Bachchan
- He was an Indian film director of Hindi films. He started his career with Uski Roti (1969), which won him the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie, he went on to win four of them in all. He won the National Film Award for Best Direction in 1974 for Duvidha and later the National Film Award for his documentary film, Siddheshwari in 1989. He passed away on July 6, 2011. Name him
a. Tapan Sinha
b. Mani Kaul
c. Prakash Mehra
d. Shakti Samanta
- National Oilwell Varco Inc. plans to acquire Ameron International Corp. in an all-cash deal valued at __________
a. $ 225 million
b. $772 million
c. $ 520 million
d. $ 255 million
- Who is the new director finance of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)?
a. Saurabh Chandra
b. B.P. Rao
c. Rajiv Bansal
d. PK Bajpai
- IT training firm NIIT is all set to partner with which of the technology giants to offer experiential learning to its students.
a. Wipro
b. IBM
c. TCS
d. Accenture
- Who is the new Chief financial officer CFO of SpiceJet?
a. R Neelakanthan
b. Gary Osborne
c. Neil Mills
d. Jatti Dhillon
- Which of the following singers has been felicitated by the youth of the Rotaract Mumbai District 3140, at their annual district assembly in Mumbai. The felicitation was done as an appreciation and a token of thanks for him and his group Euphoria's support for "World Responsible Youth Day 2011."
a. Debajyoti Bhaduri
b. Hitesh Madan
c. Palash Sen
d. Benjamine Pinto
- The currency of Botswana is
a. Pula
b. Lev
c. Riel
d. Peso
- Which is the tallest mammal in the world?
a. elephant
b. monitor lizard
c. blue whale
d. giraffe
- The capital of Israel is ______________.
a. Tel Aviv
b. Bethlehem
c. Jerusalem
d. Nazareth
- Who appoints the judges of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of India?
a. The Prime Minister
b. The Vice President
c. The President
d. The members of the Rajya Sabha
- Which is the least populated country in the world?
a. Luxemburg
b. Zaire
c. The Vatican
d. Mongolia
- What is the full form of GDP?
a. Gross Domestic Product
b. General Domestic Product
c. Gross Domestic Process
d. General Domestic Process
Answers
1.d 2.a 3. c 4.b 5.b 6.d 7.b 8.a 9.c 10.a 11.d 12.c 13.c 14.c 15.a
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXIV
- An American R&B singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor; he was the big winner at Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards 2011?
a. Chaka Khan
b. John Legend
c. Chris Brown
d. Aliuane Badara Thiam
- Who has been re-elected president of the Music Academy
a. N. Murali
b. Shiv Kumar Sharma
c. L. Subramaniam
d. Annapurna Devi
- Which of the following Bollywood movies won three IIFA Awards?
a. My Name is Khan
b. Band Baaja Baaraat
c. Do Donni Chaar
d. No One Killed Jessica
- He is the founder-president of the Indian Wine Academy, was honoured with the prestigious Mérite de l'OIV by the International Organization of Vine and Wine at its 34th World Conference held in Porto, Portugal.
a. Vijay Mallya
b. Subhash Arora
c. Rajiv Samant
d. Deepak Roy
- PNC Financial Services Group Inc agreed to buy Royal Bank of Canada's U.S. retail bank operations for ______________, helping it expand in markets in the U.S. Southeast
a. Altadis
b. British American Tobacco
c. Rothmans Inc
d. Philip Morris
- Who has been named Unilever's first global (COO) chief operating officer?
a. Deepak Parekh
b. Zia Mody
c. Nihal Kaviratne
d. Harish Manwani
- Which Bollywood actor was named the best male and female actor at the IIFA Awards?
a. Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma
b. Aamir Khan and Tisca Chopra
c. Saif Ali Khan and Genelia D’Souza
d. Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai
- He was an Indian economist and former chief of National Statistical Commission. He was also a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) from 2004 to 2008 and as its Chairman from 2008 to 2009. He passed away on 21 June 2011. Name him
a. K. K. Subrahmanian
b. KN Raj
c. Suresh Tendulkar
d. Bellikoth Shenoy
- Who is set to receive Germany's Goethe Medal in honour of his life's work? The medal honours personalities "who have performed outstanding service for the German language and international cultural relations".
a. Shashi Tharoor
b. Salman Rushdie
c. John le Carré
d. Upamanyu Chatterjee
- What does GATT stand for?
a. General Agreement on Trading Technologies
b. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
c. General Agreement on Transportation Technologies
d. General Agreement on Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
- Which American President was involved in the Watergate scandal?
a. President Richard Nixon
b. President Gerald Ford
c. President Ronald Reagan
d. President Lyndon B. Johnson
- The book ‘Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl’ was set in_____________.
a. Amsterdam
b. Berlin
c. Prague
d. Budapest
- The Oxford University stands on the banks of the river ____________.
a. Thames
b. Seine
c. Rhine
d. Severn
- What is Absorbic acid better known as?
a. Yeast
b. Baking Soda
c. Vitamin C
d. Bleaching powder
- What does the third schedule in the Constitution of India list?
a. Emoluments for High-Level Officials
b. The oaths of offices for elected officials and judges
c. States and Union Territories
d. The Official Languages
Answers
1.c 2.a 3. b 4.b 5.d 6.d 7.a 8.c 9.c 10.b 11.a 12.a 13.a 14.c 15.b
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXIV
- Luxor Writing Instruments has signed which of the following Bollywood stars as the brand ambassador of 'Parker' pens in India again after a gap of two years.
a. Shahrukh Khan
b. Aamir Khan
c. Amitabh Bachchan
d. Abhishek Bachchan
- Which of the following countries is likely to be the largest economy by 2050 according to US Assistant Secretary of State (Bureau of South and central Asian affairs) Robert O Blake?
a. China
b. India
c. Japan
d. Germany
- Wipro has appointed________ to its Board of Directors. He will be the 12th board member and join as an independent director.
a. N. Vaghul
b. T. K. Kurien
c. P. M. Sinha
d. Mahendra Kumar Sharma
- British engine maker Rolls Royce has inked its first deal with Brazilian airline TAM to provide engines worth $2.2 billion for Airbus A350s. Name the Brazilian airline?
a. TAM
b. Varig
c. OceanAir
d. Gensa
- PNC Financial Services Group Inc agreed to buy Royal Bank of Canada's U.S. retail bank operations for ______________, helping it expand in markets in the U.S. Southeast
a. $ 4.12 billion
b. $3.45 billion
c. $ 3.25 billion
d. $ 2.5 billion
- Who has won the prestigious BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition?
a. Hye Jung Lee
b. Andrei Bondarenko
c. Olesysa Petrova
d. Valentina Nafornita
- Which of the following television soap operas has won the top Daytime Emmy award, clinching the prize for best drama series.
a. Santa Barbara
b. The Bold and the Beautiful
c. Ryan's Hope
d. The Young and the Restless
- Asia’s biggest sports content provider, announced today that it has secured live and exclusive rights to broadcast the Spanish La Liga for the 2012/13 to 2014/15 seasons, on multiple distribution platforms in 18 markets across Asia. Is it
a. Neo Sports
b. Ten Sports
c. Star Sports
d. ESPN STAR Sports (ESS)
- The world's largest two-wheeler company by volume got shareholders' approval to change its corporate name to Hero MotoCorp Ltd. Name the two-wheeler company.
a. Suzuki Motor
b. Hero Honda
c. TVS
d. Kinetic Motor
- On October 4th,1957 what satellite was launched , becoming the first satellite to officially orbit the earth?
a. Oscar 10
b. Vanguard 1
c. Sputnik 1
d. Explorer 1
- In which state is the Sariska Tiger Reserve, infamous for poaching of tigers, located?
a. Rajasthan
b. Uttarakhand
c. Tripura
d. West Bengal
- The currency of Greece is
a. Euro
b. Quetzal
c. Gourde
d. Lempira
- Sunita Williams is associated with:
a. Geophysics
b. Space Sciences
c. Water Conservation
d. Nuclear Science
- The largest river of Asia is
a. Mekong
b. Indus
c. Yenisei
d. Yangtze
- A leap year occurs once in
a. 3 years
b. 6 years
c. 5 years
d. 4 years
Answers
1.c 2.b 3. d 4.a 5.b 6.d 7.b 8.d 9.b 10.c 11.a 12.a 13.b 14.d 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXIII
- Lenovo, a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures and markets desktops and notebook personal computers, workstations, servers, storage drives, IT management software, and related services has claimed that one of its ThinkPad models has been awarded the 'Fastest Selling Laptop' at the first FIEO Telecom technology Awards 2011 organized by the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO). Name the model.
a. T400
b. T510
c. T410s
d. T43
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, Japan's largest drugmaker, has bought privately held Swiss rival Nycomed for ________as it seeks to expand in Europe and emerging markets.
a. 10.5 billion euros
b. 9.6 billion euros
c. 8.5 billion euros
d. 3.5 billion euros
- Who is the new chief minister of west Bengal?
a. Siddhartha Shankar Ray
b. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
c. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy
d. Mamata Banerjee
- Who has been elected the new chief of Air staff?
a. N A K Browne
b. SP Tyagi
c. A.Y. Tipnis
d. S.K. Sareen
- 23. Who has been named England's cricketer of the year?
a. Jonathan Trott
b. Eoin Morgan
c. James Tredwell
d. Steven Finn
- Who has become the chief minister of Karnataka for the fourth time?
a. S. M. Krishna
b. Dharam Singh
c. H. D. Kumaraswamy
d. B. S. Yeddyurappa
- Who won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias literature award for a body of work of "immutable merit,"?
a. Carlos Ruíz Zafón
b. Javier Marias Franco
c. Leonard Cohen
d. Mario Vargas Llosa
- Who was named the 2010 West Indies Players Association (WIPA) Cricketer of the Year?
a. Andre Russell
b. Chris Gayle
c. Daren Powell
d. Jermaine Lawson
- He was a dance guru from Andhra Pradesh, India and the chairman of Andhra Pradesh Sangeeta Nataka Academy. Over his long career, he trained many dancers and wrote and choreographed highly acclaimed dance dramas. As a research scholar sponsored by the Government of India, he worked in the then USSR (Russia) and France to propagate Indian dance art, making a comparative study of Indian and western Classical and folk dances. Among the awards bestowed upon him were the Padma Shri in 1992, a doctorate from the Andhra University and a ‘Bharata Kala Prapoorna,' apart from the NTR State Award. He is most known for reviving the 700-year-old dance form ‘Perini Shivatandavam. He passed awy on June 7, 2011. Name him
a. Nataraja Ramakrishna
b. Mani Madhava Chakyar
c. V. K. Narayana Menon
d. S. Kandappan
- Which is the largest coffee growing country in the world?
a. Bangladesh
b. Bulgaria
c. Belize
d. Brazil
- Which is the biggest desert in the world?
a. Kalahari Desert
b. Gobi Desert
c. Sahara desert
d. Patagonian Desert
- Who authored The White Tiger
a. Khushwant Singh
b. Arvind Adiga
c. Karan Bajaj
d. Vikram Seth
- The present Lok Sabha is the
a. 20th Lok Sabha
b. 10th Lok Sabha
c. 15th Lok Sabha
d. 14th Lok Sabha
- The term of the Rajya Sabha members is
a. Six
b. Four
c. Five
d. Seven
- What is the minimum age to become the prime minister of India?
a. 35 years
b. 28 years
c. 30 years
d. 25 years
Answers
1.c 2.b 3. d 4.a 5.a 6.d 7.c 8.b 9.a 10.d 11.c 12.b 13.c 14.a 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXII
- Global chemicals major DuPont has acquired Denmark’s enzyme and specialty food ingredients maker for $ 5.8 billion. Name the food maker.
a. KiMs
b. Anthon Berg
c. Danisco
d. Kohberg
- Which two companies have been named as India's two best managed companies in an annual poll conducted by Finance Asia magazine?
a. Infosys and IDBI
b. Accenture and ICICI
c. TCS and HDFC
d. IBM and HSBC
- Which of the following Indian conglomerates is all set to invest between $5 billion and $10 billion in mining infrastructure in Indonesia?
a. Reliance ADAG
b. Tata Group
c. Essar Group
d. Ruia Group
- Who has won the fourth Man Booker International Prize for the year 2011?
a. Aravind Adiga
b. Wolf Hall
c. Howard Jacobson
d. Philip Roth
- Aman ki Asha is a campaign which was started by the largest publishing house in India and the Jang group of Pakistan in January 2010 and won the coveted "best of show" award at the 81st annual INMA World Congress. Name the publishing house.
a. The Times of India
b. The Indian Express
c. The Hindu
d. The Asian Age
- Who is the new chief minister of Kerala?
a. V.S. Achuthanandan
b. Oommen Chandy
c. A. K. Antony
d. E. K. Nayanar
- Which of the following two countries have been placed at the first position, on the list of 59, in terms of world competitiveness by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD)?
a. Switzerland and Australia
b. Sweden and Singapore
c. Brazil and Russia
d. Hong Kong and the US
- Who was appointed as Singapore’s new foreign affairs minister on May 18, 2011?
a. Goh Chok Tong
b. Lee Hsien Loong
c. K. Shanmugam
d. Lee Kuan Yew
- Name the Chief of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a member of the Socialist Party of France (PS) who recently resigned following allegations that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid in New York.
a. Dominique Strauss-Kahn
b. Michel Camdessus
c. Horst Köhler
d. Rodrigo de Rato
- What is the capital of Chile?
a. Libreville
b. Helsinki
c. Addis Ababa
d. Santiago
- Which is the largest oil producing nation in Africa?
a. Mali
b. Liberia
c. Nigeria
d. Togo
- Who is the chairman and CEO of GE?
a. Jeff Immelt
b. Eric Schmidt
c. S. Gopalakrishnan
d. KV Kamath
- What does WMO stand for?
a. World Militia Operative
b. World Meteorological Organisation
c. World Mobile Operator
d. World Mobile Station Organisation
- Who authored My Friend Sancho?
a. Vikram Seth
b. Arundhati Roy
c. Amit Varma
d. Amitav Ghosh
- Ethiopia was formerly known as:
a. Abyssinia
b. Damaraland
c. Butare
d. Manzini
Answers
1.c 2.c 3. a 4.d 5.a 6.b 7.d 8.c 9.a 10.d 11.d 12.a 13.b 14.c 15.a
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXI
- Which of the following Indian software companies has been ranked among Britain's top five employers by the Corporate Research Foundation (CRF) institute?
a. Wipro
b. TCS
c. Accenture
d. Infosys
- Who is the new CEO of Patni?
a. Jeya Kumar
b. Phaneesh Murthy
c. Jai Pathak
d. Vineet Nayar
- Who has been elected the new Trinamool Congress Legislature Party leader (TCLP)?
a. Subhranshu Roy
b. Natabari Ghosh
c. Dinhata Goswami.
d. Mamata Banerjee
- Who has become the chief minister of Tamilnadu for the third time?
a. J. Jayalalitha
b. M. Karunanidhi
c. O. Panneerselvam
d. Tanguturi Prakasam
- Wipro's billionaire chairman Azim Premji has invested around ____in Vinod Khosla's clean-tech fund in the US
a. $50 million
b. $10 million
c. $ 20 million
d. $15 million
- Who has been appointed as new Chief Secretary of the Tamilnadu Government?
a. Naba Kumar Das
b. Tabom Bam
c. S.V. Prasad
d. Debendranath Sarangi
- Which Indian engineering and construction firm has got $780 million order for 1,080 megawatt power plant in Tamil Nadu?
a. Sealexcel
b. Beni Impex
c. Aarvi Encon
d. Larsen & Toubro
- Who has been awarded with honorary degree Doctor of Letters (D Litt) by the Lalit Narain Mithila University for his contributions in the fields of corporate and social missions?
a. Mukesh Ambani
b. Aditya Birla
c. Ratan Tata
d. Subrata Roy
- Who has been voted the "most inspirational and admired female role model" for businesswomen in Britain?
a. JK Rowling
b. Doris lessing
c. Anita Brookner
d. Alice Oswald
- Who is the new Chief Minister of Puducherry?
a. R. V. Janakiraman
b. P. Shanmugam
c. V. Vaithilingam
d. N Rangasamy
- Who is the founder of modern Germany?
a. Bismark
b. Mussolini
c. Hitler
d. Napolean
- Which bird is the International symbol of happiness?
a. Whooper Swan
b. Ostrich
c. Bluebird
d. Canada Goose
- Which of the following cities is known as the city of canals?
a. Los Angeles
b. Venice
c. Busan
d. Durban
- ___________ is the chairman of the planning commission?
a. Prime Minister
b. President
c. Vice-President
d. Finance Minister
- _________ is the highest civilian award in India?
a. Padma Bhushan
b. Bharat Ratna
c. Padma Shri
d. Padma Vibhushan
Answers
1.b 2.b 3. d 4.a 5.d 6.d 7.d 8.d 9.a 10.d 11.a 12.c 13.b 14.a 15.b
Test your General Knowledge - LXXXI
- Which of the auto companies sold 87,114 units globally in April 2011?
a. M&M
b. Hyundai Motors
c. Tata Motors
d. Maruti Suzuki
- Audi has just launched one of its fastest performance cars in India, which will provide all the practicality of a sedan with the performance almost akin to a super car Priced at Rs 76-lakh. Name the car model?
a. R8
b. A4
c. RS5
d. Q7
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd , the world's biggest generic-drug maker, agreed to buy 57% of Taiyo Pharmaceutical Industry Co Ltd. for _________and bid for the rest to take advantage of Japan's push to broaden the use of copycat medicines.
a. $ 180 million
b. $ 200 million
c. $ 550 million
d. $460 million
- Jyoti Laboratories has signed a definitive agreement to acquire _______per cent shares of detergent maker Henkel India Ltd for Rs118.7 crore, in an all-cash deal.
a. 50
b. 50.97
c. 45.5
d. Jyotiraditya Scindia
- He was an American playwright, stage director and screenwriter. During World War II, he turned to writing for Broadway, producing a body of work that includes West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Hallelujah, Baby! (1967) and La Cage Aux Folles (1983), and directing some of his own shows and other Broadway productions.
His early film scripts include Rope (1948) for Alfred Hitchcock, followed by Anastasia (1956), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), The Way We Were (1973) and The Tu rning Point ((1977). He passed away on May5, 2011. Name him
a. Garson Kanin
b. David Mamet
c. Martin Esslin
d. Arthur Laurents
- A fast emerging industrial conglomerate with interest in infrastructure & engineering, tyre & rubber products, sugar and electronics, has acquired a French auto firm, Sealynx for an undisclosed amount. Name the conglomerate?
a. Essar group
b. Ruia group
c. Tata group
d. Reliance group
- Who has become the chief minister of Assam for the third time?
a. Tarun Gogoi
b. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
c. Bhumidhar Barman
d. Hiteswar Saikia
- Which Pharmaceutical company has signed an out-licensing deal with France's Sanofi-Aventis to develop and market its molecule GBR500, a monoclonal antibody to treat Crohn's disease and other auto-immune disorders like multiple sclerosis?
a. Cipla
b. Glenmark
c. Sun Pharmaceuticals
d. GlaxoSmithKline
- Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust is a Mumbai-based NGO. The project Sankalp is related to which of the following diseases?
a. Pylonephritis
b. Tuberculosis
c. HIV/Aids
d. Cancer
- Who is known as the father of history?
a. Charles Babbage
b. Norman Borlaug
c. Herodotus
d. Adam Smith
- Ashoka became the emperor of India in
a. 278 BC
b. 370 BC
c. 271 BC
d. 264 BC
- What state in India has the highest literacy rate?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Karnataka
c. Tamilnadu
d. Kerala
- In which year did Hitler become the president of Germany?
a. 1935
b. 1938
c. 1934
d. 1930
- What does CIS stand for?
a. Commonwealth of Independent States
b. Commonwealth of Indian States
c. Commonwealth of International States
d. Commonwealth of Inter States
- The capital of Israel is
a. Reykjavik
b. Kingston
c. Dublin
d. Jerusalem
Answers
1.c 2.c 3. d 4.c 5.d 6.b 7.a 8.b 9.d 10.d 11.d 12.d 13.c 14.a 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXXIIII
- Which of the following Indian conglomerates has announced the acquisition of Abbot Point Port in Australia in an all-cash deal for A$1.8 billion (around $2 billion or Rs 9,000 crore approximately).
a. Jindal group of companies
b. Essar Group
c. Tata Group
d. Adani Group
- Which of the following companies has enforced a law to ban smoking in public?
a. Germany
b. China
c. India
d. Chile
- He was a litterateur and noted lyricist of Marathi cinema. He has written seven songs for V Shantaram's Marathi film Pinjra and was also felicitated the V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement. He had penned 2,500 songs for 325 films. He has worked for around 48 music directors in Marathi films. He was known for his spontaneous lyrics. He passed away on May4, 2011. Name him
a. Jagadish Khebudkar
b. Madhav Achawal
c. M. N. Advant
d. Ganesh Janardan Agashe
- Who has been re-elected as the Chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
a. Jagdish Tytler
b. Dr. Kirit Somaiya
c. Murli Manohar Joshi
d. Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Which of the following Engineering companies has bagged a prestigious order worth Rs 5,450 crore from Bajaj Hindustan Delhi for the supply, erection and commissioning of a 3×660-MW capacity thermal power plant at Lalitpur in UP.
a. L& T
b. BHEL
c. Gammon India Ltd.
d. Wintech Engineers
- Which of the following India's top mobile phone carrier is planning to raise $750 million to $1 billion through a global bond issue to retire its costly Africa debt and fund expansion there?
a. Idea
b. Vodafone
c. Bharti Airtel
d. Airtel
- Who authored Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits?
a. APJ Abdul Kalam
b. Khushwant Singh
c. Prahlad Kakkar
d. Kiran Desai
- Who has been honoured with a lifetime achievement from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in Los Angeles?
a. Billy Reid
b. Rod Srewart
c. Paul McCartney
d. Noël Coward
- French energy giant Total will acquire a 60 per cent stake in US renewable energy company SunPower for around
a. $ 1.2 billion
b. $1.37 billion
c. $2.5 billion
d. $3.5 billion
- Which of the following Indian Companies is known as the originator of the term 'the flat world'?
a. Wipro
b. TCS
c. Infosys
d. Accenture
- Taufik Hidayat is associated with which of the following sports?
a. Basket Ball
b. Badminton
c. Cricket
d. Table Tennis
- Who is known as the “Father of the Green Revolution in India?
a. Zoltan Bay
b. Toni Morrison
c. Dr Norman Borlaug
d. Robert Barany
- The currency of Italy is ?
a. Kip
b. Yen
c. Shekel
d. Euro
- What does Mp3 stand for?
a. Media Player 3
b. Nothing in particular, just Mp3
c. Microsoft Player 3
d. MPEG Audio layer
- A TI-83 is a
a. Old Antique Computer
b. Scientific calculator
c. Intel processor
d. Slide Rule Model
Answers
1.d 2.b 3. a 4.c 5.b 6.c 7.c 8.b 9.b 10.c 11.b 12.c 13.d 14.d 15.b
Test your General Knowledge - LXXIII
- Who is the new mayor of Delhi?
a. Gautam Talwar
b. Nandu Nandkishore
c. Paritosh Srivastava
d. Rajni Abbi
- Which of the following Indian software companies has been ranked second for its employee diversity by the US-based Association of Diversity Council?
a. Wipro Technologies
b. TCS Limited
c. Infosys Technologies Limited
d. I-Flex Solutions Limited
- Who is the new CEO and MD of Renault-Nissan?
a. Patrick Pélata
b. Carlos Ghosn
c. Kou Kimura
d. Thomas Weber
- Which of the following cars has been named the 2011 World Car of the Year at the New York International Auto Show?
a. Reva
b. Nissan Leaf
c. Phoenix SUT
d. Kurrent
- Who is the new president of Haiti?
a. Prosper Avril
b. Jean-Bertrand Aristide
c. René Garcia Préval
d. Michel Martelly
- Who was named England's Footballer of the Year on April 22, 2011 in one of the closest votes for years?
a. Peter Crouch
b. Martin Keown
c. Scott Parker
d. Shaun Wright-Phillips
- A global information technology services and business process outsourcer is in the process of acquiring a US company in the SAP domain in 12-18 months for a consideration of Rs 100 crore. Name the company?
a. Genpact
b. Zensar Technologies
c. WNS Global Services
d. BM Daksh
- He was the youngest Sherpa to reach 26,000 ft. In 1964, he became the first Indian & the third man in the world to summit Nanda Devi (24,645ft). In 1965, he became the first man in the world to have climbed Everest twice – a record that would remain unbroken for almost 20 years. He passed away on April 24, 2011. Name him?
a. Nawang Gombu
b. Appa Sherpa
c. Tenzing Norgay
d. Lhakpa Gelu
- Who won the Stuttgart (Women's Tennis Association) WTA clay court title on April 24, 2011?
a. Ana Ivanovic
b. Serena Williams
c. Maria Sharipova
d. Julia Goerges
- The Lok Pal bill is associated with
a. Anti-dowry
b. Anti-branding
c. Anti-corruption
d. Anti-money laundering
- Who is the Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)?
a. R. Ashok
b. Dr. J S Sarma
c. Prof. H.S. Jamadagni
d. Roopam Garg
- Who is the president of the National Broadcasting Association (NBA)?
a. Narayan Rao
b. Dave Gavitt
c. Jerry Buss
d. Jerry Colangelo
- Who authored The Silent House?
a. Carmen Naranjo
b. Fernando Contreras Castro
c. Alfonso Chase
d. Orhan Pamuk
- Hopeman cup is associated with which of the following games?
a. Badminton
b. Hockey
c. Tennis
d. Cricket
- Who was the first foreign recipient of Bharat Ratna?
a. Jacob Zuma
b. Thabo Mbeki
c. Nelson Mandela
d. Kgalema Motlanthe
Answers
1.d 2.a 3. c 4.b 5.d 6.c 7.b 8.a 9.d 10.c 11.b 12.a 13.d 14.c 15.c
Test your General Knowledge - LXXII
- Who is the new Chief Financial Officer of SBI?
a. Diwakar Gupta
b. Raj Nayak
c. Nandu Nandkishore
d. Anindya Banerjee
- Who is the new head of Cuba’s ruling Communist Party?
a. José Ramón Machado
b. Fidel Castro
c. Raul Castro
d. José Ramón Fernández
- Beryl Bainbridge was an English novelist who won the Whitbread Awards prize for best novel in 1977 and 1996; she was nominated five times for the Booker Prize and was described in 2007 as "a national treasure". In 2008, The Times newspaper named Bainbridge among their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Which of her following novels is the winner of The Man Booker Best of Beryl Prize?
a. The Birthday Boys
b. The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress
c. A Quiet Life
d. Master Georgie
- An American actor and playwright, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Clybourne Park? The Pulitzer Prize for drama is awarded "for a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life," according to the Pulitzer website. Name him
a. David Adjmi
b. Bruce Norris
c. Richard Aellen
d. Eric Bentley
- Who is the winner of the Malaysian Open?
a. David Duval
b. Sergio Garcia
c. Phil Mickelson
d. Matteo Manassero
- Which of the following British telecoms major Vodafone plans to come out with an initial public offer (IPO) of shares in India next year?
a. Verizon
b. Sprint
c. Vodafone
d. T-Mobile
- Fortis Healthcare (India) has approved acquisition of 86 per cent stake in Super Religare Laboratories (SRL) to be based on third party valuation by private equity fund Avigo Capital Partners for __________
a. Rs 500 crore
b. Rs 930 crore
c. Rs 280 crore
d. Rs 850 crore
- The world's largest retailer has acquired social media site Kosmix, a Silicon Valley firm founded by two IIT Chennai alumni, as the global retail giant aims to strengthen its position in social and mobile commerce offerings. Name the retailer
a. Walmart
b. Loblaws
c. Target
d. Costco
- Which of the following countries will host the 2014 commonwealth games?
a. Denmark
b. Scotland
c. Taiwan
d. Zambia
- Which of the following Indian states is the largest producer of tobacco?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Gujarat
d. Haryana
- Which of the following Indian cities is known as the Cathedral city of India?
a. Dalkhola
b. Champawat
c. Bhubaneswar
d. Ernakulam
- Ajay Jayram is associated with which of the following games?
a. Golf
b. Hockey
c. Tennis
d. Badminton
- Who authored Brida?
a. Paulo Coelho
b. John Grisham
c. Nikita Lalwani
d. Nisha Minhas
- Who is the president of Janata Party?
a. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
b. J. Jaya Sankar
c. Subramanian Swamy
d. Nitin Gadkari
- Who was the president of India during emergency?
a. Zakir Hussain
b. Dr Rajendra Prasad
c. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
d. Giani Zail Singh
Answers
1.a 2.c 3. d 4.b 5.d 6.c 7.b 8.a 9.b 10.b 11.c 12.d 13.a 14.c 15.c
Test your General Knowledge - LXXII
- Which airport has been awarded ‘Best Airport in India’?
a. Cochin International airport (Kochi)
b. Bengaluru International Airport (Bangalore)
c. Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (Mumbai)
d. Annadurai International Airport (Chennai)
- Who is the new chairman of the Indian School of Hyderabad (ISB)?
a. Adi Godrej
b. Ratan Tata
c. Azim Premji
d. Rahul Bajaj
- He is on the fast-unto-death on the Lokpal issue demanding for a joint committee of civil society members and government representatives to draft a strong anti-graft bill. Name him.
a. K.R. Ramaswamy
b. Swami Aginvesh
c. Arvind Kejriwal
d. Anna Hazare
- Who is the new chairman of Mind Tree IT firm?
a. Mark Runacres
b. David Yoffie
c. Albert Hieronimus
d. George Scalise
- Essar Energy Plc has acquired Shell's Stanlow Refinery for _________in cash. Stanlow Refinery is the second-largest refinery in the UK and will provide Essar a direct access in that market.
a. $ 450 million
b. $350 million
c. $ 200 millon
d. $ 150 million
- He was awarded the Padma Shri by India this year, and is one of the leading Singaporean businessmen, with a wide range of investments in the banking and hotel sectors, information technology companies and agri-businesses. The lawyer turned businessman has the legal know-how and corporate investment expertise and is today a global investor with specific focus on India. Name him.
a. Sat Pal Khattar
b. Dr Sudhir M Parikh
c. Gagan Narang
d. Sushil Kumar
- An award winning English singer, songwriter and actress, she was been awarded the Commandeur of L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres one of France's highest cultural honours on March 23rd 2011. Name her
a. Marianne Faithfull
b. Katy Perry
c. Amy Winehouse
d. Joan Armatrading
- Who has been appointed as chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification in an honorary capacity?
a. Pankaj Sharma
b. Subba Rao
c. Leela Samson
d. Sharmila Tagore
- Who has been elected as the President of Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association (CREDAI)?
a. Santosh Rungta
b. Lalitkumar Jain
c. Shekar Reddy
d. Irfan Razack
- Which city in the US is known as the city of Golden Gates?
a. San Francisco
b. Philadelphia
c. San Antonio
d. San Diego
- The term 16 yards hit is associated with which of the following games?
a. Basketball
b. Hockey
c. Baseball
d. Golf
- __________ is the National sport of India
a. Badminton
b. Cricket
c. Hockey
d. Tennis
- Which American President was involved in the Watergate scandal?
a. President Richard Nixon
b. President Gerald Ford
c. President Ronald Reagan
d. President Lyndon B. Johnson
- The European Union (EU) was earlier known as the ________________.
a. The Economic Union
b. The Economic Market
c. The European Market
d. The Common Market
- The largest river of Asia is____________
a. Mekong
b. Indus
c. Yenisei
d. Yangtze
Answers
1.b 2.a 3. d 4.c 5.b 6.a 7.a 8.c 9.b 10.a 11.b 12.c 13.a 14.d 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXXI
- Who won the Sicilian Open?
a. Jean Van de Velde
b. Grégory Havret
c. Raphael Jacquelin
d. Jack Nicklaus
- Who is the non-executive director of DP world?
a. Deepak Parekh
b. Manasije Mishra
c. Porus Vazifdar
d. Hardeep Singh
- AT&T agreed to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for _______in a deal that would create the largest wireless carrier in the nation and promised to reshape the industry.
a. $ 40 billion
b. $ 58 billion
c. $ 25 billion
d. $39 billion
- Which of the following banks has won the Asian Banker's 'Best Retail Bank in India' award this year?
a. ICICI
b. HDFC
c. IDBI
d. Wipro
- Who has been named as the new Additional Director-General of Police (Administration)?
a. T.K. Rajendran
b. M.S. Jaffer Sait
c. Sanjeev Kumar
d. C.K. Gandhirajan.
- An American television host and comedian, he is also a television and film producer. His company Worldwide Pants produces his show as well as its network follow-up The Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Worldwide Pants has also produced several prime-time comedies, the most successful of which was Everybody Loves Raymond. Recently he was presented with the Johnny Carson award for comedic excellence at the event in New York. Name him
a. Mark Lowry
b. Craig Ferguson
c. David Letterman
d. Daniel Tosh
- The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has chosen one of the living legends of mathematics ________ for the award of its prestigious Abel Prize for the year 2011. (The Prize is given in recognition of contributions of extraordinary depth and influence to mathematical sciences)
a. Andrew Wiles
b. John Willard Milnor
c. David George Kendall
d. Ruslan L. Stratonovich
- Software giant Microsoft has appointed ________as chairman for its India operations.
a. Latif Nathani
b. Rajan Anandan
c. Ravi Venkatesan
d. Bhaskar Pramanik
- Who has been chosen as the first recipient of The Hindu Saregama M.S. Subbulakshmi Award?
a. Balamurali Krishna
b. Pandit Jasraj
c. Girija Devi
d. Nisha Rajagopal
- Who has been nominated as member of National Council on the Arts by President Barack Obama?
a. Deepa Gupta
b. Sanjay Puri
c. Nishith Acharya
d. Preeta Bansal
- Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ?
a. Kolkata
b. Bengaluru
c. Ahmedabad
d. Lucknow
- Who is the president of the International Cricket Council?
a. David Morgan
b. John Howard
c. Haroon Lorgat
d. Ashoka De Silva
- Which Portuguese footballer was referred to as the Black Panther?
a. Cristiano Ronaldo
b. Nuno Gomes
c. Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
d. Luis Figo
- 'Ace', 'Double fault', 'Smash', Second service', and 'Game point' terms are related with which sport?
a. Badminton
b. Squash
c. Table Tennis
d. Tennis
- In which city would you come across 'Deeksha Bhoomi', where Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar had embraced Buddhism along with thousand of his Dalit followers on 14 October 1956?
a. Bodh Gaya (Bihar)
b. Sarnath (Uttar Pradesh)
c. Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh)
d. Nagpur (Maharashtra)
Answers
1.c 2.a 3. d 4.b 5.a 6.c 7.b 8.d 9.d 10.a 11.a 12.a 13.c 14.d 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXIXI
- Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates has acquired a 14.7 percent stake in the largest beverage company in Mexico. Name the company?
a. Snapple Beverage Corp
b. Diageo PLC
c. Cloud Peak Corp
d. Femsa
- Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the newly acquired Korean firm SsangYong Motor Co.?
a. Vijay Kumar
b. Ravinder Siwach
c. Deepak Singh
d. Pawan Goenka
- Who received the 'Entrepreneurial Banker of the Decade' award from the Bombay Management Association (BMA)?
a. Kapil Tammal
b. B L Bagra
c. Rajat Gupta
d. 44 percent
- Which of the following technology giants has bagged a 10-year outsourcing deal from Caparo India to provide enterprise resource planning and data centre infrastructure services?
a. HCL
b. IBM
c. TCS
d. Wipro
- Who has been presented with the 2011 David Cohen Prize for Literature? The David Cohen Prize for Literature is a bi-annual British literary award given to a writer, novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist or dramatist in recognition of an entire body of work, written in the English language.
a. Julian Barnes
b. V. S. Naipaul
c. Seamus Heaney
d. Derek Mahon
- The European Union (EU) was earlier known as the ________________.
a. The Economic Union
b. The Economic Market
c. European Market
d. The Common Market
- The Dalai Lama recently announced that he would step down, as the political head of the Tibetan government-in-exile but will remain its spiritual leader. How many years has he spent fighting for Tibet’s freedom?
a. 60
b. 40
c. 50
d. 70
- What is the name of the Pune businessman who was arrested in a money laundering case and later granted bail?
a. Nitin Surve
b. Hasan Ali
c. Ravindra Sankala
d. Chetan Shinde
- A Malaysian newspaper publicly apologized after it triggered uproar with a cartoon depicting the popular Japanese icon Ultraman running away from an oncoming tsunami. One of Malaysia’s main dailies drew heavy criticism, especially on social networking websites, after it published the cartoon on its comment page. Name the newspaper?
a. Harian Metro
b. Harakah
c. Sinar Harian
d. Berita Harian
- This animal is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature. Name the animal.
a. The Okapi
b. The Giant Panda
c. The Tiger
d. The One Horned Rhinoceros
- In which of the following sports is the Ryder Cup awarded?
a. Hockey
b. Basketball
c. Polo
d. Golf
- Who is/are the presiding officer/s of the Lok Sabha?
a. Speaker
b. Deputy Speaker
c. Speaker and Deputy Speaker
d. The President and Vice President
- Who among the following has been given the power to declare National Emergency?
a. The President
b. The Prime Minister
c. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
d. The Vice President
- The largest living reptiles are:
a. Komodo dragon
b. Crocodiles
c. Giant anaconda
d. Iguana
- Potamology means:
a. The study of potted plants
b. The study of rivers
c. The study of fossils and ancient life forms
d. The study of organisms as affected by climate
Answers
1.d 2.d 3. d 4.b 5.a 6.d 7.a 8.b 9.c 10.b 11.d 12.c 13.a 14.b 15.b
Test your General Knowledge - LXVIII
- Which of the following Hollywood movies has been named film of the decade at the First Light Awards?
a. Iron Man 2
b. Toy Story 3
c. Knight and Day
d. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- He is an Italian conductor and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and has been awarded the $1 million (£624,000) Birgit Nilsson Prize - the biggest prize in classical music for his extraordinary contributions in opera and concert. Name him.
a. Nicola Luisotti
b. Claudio Abbado
c. Ricardo Muti
d. Alberto Veronesi
- France Telecom-Orange and its partner Agility, a logistics company have signed a binding agreement with the shareholders of Korek Telecom to acquire a ___________stake in the Iraqi mobile operator.
a. 70 percent
b. 65 percent
c. 45 percent
d. 44 percent
- Which among the following countries is not a Nonpermanent member of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period of 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2012?
a. Nigeria
b. Germany
c. Portugal
d. Columbia
- Essar group has reached a deal to acquire majority stake in Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) and would invest an estimated USD for revival of the African nation's state-run steel maker.
a. 850 million
b. 550 million
c. 750 million
d. 650 million
- Who is the new prime minister of Egypt?
a. Essam Sharaf
b. Atef Ebeid
c. Kamal Ganzouri
d. Atef Sedki
- Big Bazaar, which started the concept of 'Sabse Sasta Din' a few years ago, is now selling the sabse sasta car for which of the following brands?
a. Maruti Suzuki Swift
b. Tata Nano
c. Hyundai i10
d. Hyundai Santro Xing
- The government of which of the following states has recently decided to open a medical college in the memory of late astronaut Kalpana Chawla at Karnal.
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Haryana
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
- Which of the following instruments is used to measure humidity?
a. Themometer
b. Barometer
c. Hygrometer
d. Anemometer
- Which city is called the silver platter of India?
a. Bangalore
b. Anantpur
c. Anand
d. Akola
- Colombo Cup is associated with which of the following games?
a. Golf
b. Badminton
c. Cricket
d. Football
- Which of the following continents is known as the "Dark Continent?"
a. Africa
b. South America
c. Australia
d. Asia
- The silent valley is in which of the following states?
a. Kerala
b. Karnataka
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Manipur
- Who is the author of Macbeth?
a. Henry Fielding
b. William Shakespeare
c. Samuel Richardson
d. Laurence Sterne
- In which year was the first Nobel Prize awarded?
a. 1905
b. 1901
c. 1904
d. 1910
Answers
1.d 2.c 3. 4.a 5.c 6.a 7.b 8.b 9.c 10.a 11.d 12.a 13.a 14.b 15.b
Test your General Knowledge - LXVII
- Which of the following countries will have a forest satellite in 2015?
a. India
b. China
c. Japan
d. Russia
- When did NASA launch the space shuttle Discovery?
a. February 24, 2011
b. February 20, 2011
c. February 18, 2011
d. February 14, 2011
- The next World Cup edition to be played in 2015 has been reduced to a top ________ contest unlike the present 14-team event.
a. Eight-team
b. Six-team
c. Ten-team
d. Five-team
- The private healthcare firm Fortis Global Healthcare has offered to buy majority stake in Australian dental chain Dental Corporation Holdings (DCH) by acquiring up to 25.6% for __________
a. Rs 250 crore
b. Rs 550crore
c. Rs 460 crore.
d. Rs 240 crore
- Who won the best actor award at the Oscars 2011?
a. Jeff Bridges
b. James Franco
c. Collin Firth
d. David Russell
- Who is the new Mumbai Police Commissioner?
a. Ajit Parasnis
b. Sanjeev Dayal.
c. Arup Patnaik
d. B. Joshi
- Gulam Rasool Sufi was elected the first Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of which state?
a. Meghalaya
b. Assam
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Orissa
- Who is the new chairman of Indian oil?
a. R S Butola
b. Sarthak Behuria
c. Jacques Rogge
d. Sudhir Bhargava
- German carmaker Volkswagen AG has acquired Porsche Holding Salzburg (PHS), the automobile trading business of the world's leading sports car maker for €3.3 billion ____
a. € 3.3 billion
b. € 2.2 billion
c. € 1.9 billion
d. € 2.5 billion
- Who has been named Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the alleged scam in the grant of 2G spectrum and telecom licences from 1998 to 2009?
a. Sriballav Panigrahi
b. P.C. Chacko
c. S. S. Ahluwalia
d. v
- Who is the founder of Facebook?
a. Sergey Brin
b. Jerry Yang
c. Jack Dorcey
d. Mark Zuckerberg
- UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Who has been named UNESCO’s national ambassador for India?
a. Priyanka Chopra
b. Preity Zinta
c. Shabana Azmi
d. Aishwarya Rai
- Saina Nehwal, currently ranked number 5 in the world by Badminton World Federation has been named the brand ambassador for which of the following states?
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Maharashtra
- Who authored the Satanic Verses?
a. Vikram Seth
b. Khushwant Singh
c. Amitav Ghosh
d. Salman Rushdie
- Which of the following countries is a part of BASIC group?
a. Croatia
b. Colombia
c. Cambodia
d. China
Answers
1.a 2.a 3.c 4.c 5.c 6.c 7.c 8.a 9.a 10.b 11.d 12.a 13.c 14.d 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - LXVI
- Castrol India has roped in Australian speedster _________ as its global brand ambassador for the next two years.
a. Ricky Ponting
b. Brett Lee
c. Ian Chappell
d. Michael Clarke
- The Australian owner of English-language newspaper Myanmar Times has been arrested in Burma. He is also the paper’s editor-in-chief, and is been detained under Burmese immigration law. The mainstream media is mainly state-controlled and privately owned publications are subject to strict censorship.
a. Ross Dunkley
b. Chris Mitchell
c. Paul Whittaker
d. Paul Kelly
- The world’s largest maker of motor cycles has sold its 17.6%stake in its unlisted auto component firm Munjal Kiriu industries (MKI) to its Japanese joint-venture partner Kiriu corporation. Name the company.
a. Yamaha Motors
b. TVS Suzuki
c. Bajaj
d. Hero Honda
- Who has been re-elected as the president of Uganda?
a. Samson Kisekka
b. Specioza Kazibwe
c. Gilbert Bukenya
d. Yoweri Museveni
- He is an Indian film composer, record producer, musician and singer. He has won fourteen Filmfare Awards, eleven Filmfare Awards South, four National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe. Recently he received two nominations for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards for the original score in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours as well as original song If I Rise for the same movie. Name him
a. A R Rahman
b. Javed Ali
c. Yuvraj Singh
d. Altaf Raja
- An Indian cricketer, he has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 (ODIs) and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008. At the 2007 World Twenty20 he hit six sixes in an over against England's Stuart Broad—a feat only performed three times previously in any form of senior cricket, and never previously in an international match between two Test cricket nations. Recently he said that he thought of quitting cricket last year?
a. V. B. Chandrasekhar
b. Rashid Patel
c. Robin Singh
d. Yuvraj Singh
- Name Libya's ambassador to India who recently resigned in protest at his government's violent crackdown on demonstrators calling for the ouster of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.
a. Abdulmoneim al-Honi
b. Ali al-Essawi
c. Musbah Allafi
d. AH Elimam
- A leading premium car manufacturer in India has launched an upgraded version of its Accord luxury sedan priced between Rs 19.60 lakh and Rs 25.41 lakh. Name it
a. Honda Siel India
b. Maruti Suzuki
c. Mahindra and Mahindra
d. Hindustan Motors
- Hardcastle Restaurants Private Ltd (HRPL), which runs McDonald's outlets in West and South India, is all set to invest _______ amount of rupees over the next three years to double the number of restaurants in operation.
a. Rs 200 crore
b. Rs. 100 crore
c. Rs. 500 crore
d. Rs. 400 crore
- Which of the following state-owned steel makers in India is all set to build four overseas steel plants with a total $12 billion investment?
a. Tisco
b. Uttam Steels Ltd
c. Sail
d. JISCO
- The movie Slum Dog Millionaire is adopted from which of the following novels?
a. The Glass Palace
b. A passage to India
c. Johnny gone Down
d. Q&A
- Which of the following cities is known as the city of seven islands?
a. Kolkatta
b. Bangalore
c. Mumbai
d. Hyderabad
- Which of the following Indian cities is known as the Manchester of South India?
a. Kovalam
b. Trivandrum
c. Chennai
d. Coimbatore
- Which of the following Indian states is known as the land of five lakes?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Punjab
d. Assam
- What does WEO stand for?
a. World Environment Outlook
b. Weighted Economic Outlook
c. World Economic Outlook
d. Weighted Environment Outlook
Answers
1.b 2.a 3.d 4.d 5.a 6.d 7.b 8.a 9.c 10.c 11.d 12.c 13.d 14.c 15.c
Test your General Knowledge - LXV
- An American television, film, and voice actor, he is best-remembered for his roles in several Mel Brooks films: the insane Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in 1968's The Producers, and the relentless Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Fredrich Kemp in 1974's Young Frankenstein. He passed away on February 12, 2011? Name him
a. Sonu Nigam
b. David Hasselhoff
c. Kenneth Mars
d. Jill Wagner
- An Indian refiner is all set to buy Royal Dutch Shell's Stanlow refinery in the United Kingdom for about $350 million to $400 million.
a. Kochi Refineries Ltd. (KRL)
b. Essar Oil
c. Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
d. HPCL
- Japan has signed a bilateral free trade agreement that would abolish duties on more than 90% of trade for 10 years with which of the following countries.
a. Japan
b. Russia
c. China
d. India
- Mercedes-Benz India has launched its premium and rugged off-roader _________ in Mumbai for a whooping Rs. 1.1 crore.
a. S- Class
b. E-Guard
c. G-Wagon
d. SL-500
- Who is the NDTV Indian of the year in the sports category?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. M S Dhoni
c. Yuvraj Singh
d. Mahindra Singh Dhoni
- The Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has detained Pakistani singer for possessing undeclared dollars worth over Rs. 60 lakh. Name the singer.
a. Atif Aslam
b. Mehdi Hasan
c. Abida Parveen
d. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
- Which of the following French Pharmaceutical companies has agreed to buy Genzyme for $20.1bn (£12.5bn), in one of the biggest global M&A deals since the financial crisis?
a. NicOx
b. Rhône-Poulenc
c. Sanofi-aventis
d. Roussel Uclaf
- Who will lead the Delhi Daredevils in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL)?
a. Virender Sehwag
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
d. Yuvraj Singh
- Indian Premier League's Kochi franchise has named its team_________
a. Indi Commandos
b. Kochi Commandos
c. Kochi Rockers
d. Kochi Champions
- APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India has awarded _________ of Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India its prestigious Golden Award for impressive performance in export of Processed Fruits and Vegetables area, for 2009-2010.
a. Drip Irrigation
b. Jain Irrigation
c. Netafim Irrigation
d. Analab
- Which of the US cities is known as the city of the Golden Gate?
a. Houston
b. Detroit
c. San Francisco
d. Columbus
- The UNO was formed in which year?
a. 1945
b. 1948
c. 1950
d. 1952
- Who authored Black Swan?
a. Kiran Desai
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Amitav Ghosh
d. Nassim Nicholas Talab
- Colonel is the nickname of which of the following Indian cricketers?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Dilip Vengsarkar
c. Ajit Agarkar
d. Virender Sehwag
- Mobile Number Portability was deployed first in which of the following states?
a. Maharashtra
b. Haryana
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Assam
Answers
1.c 2.b 3.d 4. 5.a 6.d 7.c 8.a 9.a 10.b 11.c 12.a 13. d 14.b 15. b
Test your General Knowledge - LXIV
- A famous singer has launched an online music academy to bring Indians living in the US a step closer to their roots. Name the singer
a. Sonu Nigam
b. Shankar Mahadevan
c. Shaan
d. Sadhana Sargam
- Google Inc and Facebook Inc, plus others, have held low level takeover talks with____________ for a value as high as $10 billion.
a. Twitter
b. Zynga
c. LinkedIn
d. Zorpia
- Force India presented their 2011 Formula One car, in a simple online launch on 8th Feb 2011. Name the car
a. VJM12
b. VJM04
c. VJ0007
d. VJ123T
- Microsoft plans to launch its Windows Phone 7 and a search engine in the Indian market this year, name the search engine.
a. Buzzer
b. Jest
c. Peer
d. Bing
- A famous pace bowler has replaced the injured Praveen Kumar in India's 15-man World Cup squad. Name the player.
a. Ishaan Sharma
b. Sreesanth
c. Irfan Pathan
d. Manoj Tiwari
- World cup cricket will be held in
a. India/Bangladesh/Sri Lanka
b. Sri Lanka/ Pakistan/ New Zealand
c. Australia/ New Zealand/ Canada
d. India/Pakistan/Bangladesh
- An international singing sensation will be in India from Feb 12-16 for a five-city concert beginning with Pune followed by Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad. Name the singer.
a. Tina Turner
b. Justin Beiber
c. Bryan Adams
d. Rihanna
- The Census-2011 is the 15th National Census of the country and is being conducted simultaneously all over the country from February 9 to 28. Who is the current Census Commissioner of India?
a. Dr. C. Chandramouli
b. Dr. M. Vijayanunni
c. Mr. Jayant Kumar Banthia
d. Mr. Devender Kumar Sikri
- Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two different countries?
a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Bankimchandra Chatterje
c. Iswarchandra Gupta
d. Ramanayan Pathak
- _______________has raised the spectre of a full-scale constitutional showdown after prosecutors in Milan asked for him to be put on trial immediately, charged with sex-related offences. Name the personlity who is in the news for the wrong reasons.
a. Umberto Bossi
b. Romano Prodi
c. Silvio Berlusconi
d. Giuliano Amato
- The Asian Games were held for the first time in Delhi in the year _________
a. 1962
b. 1972
c. 1976
d. 1982
- The President of India addresses both the Houses of Parliament assembled together
a. Any Session
b. Every Session
c. Emergency session
d. First session after general elections and first session of each year
- For over 500 years, paper was only available and sold as single sheets. In 1902, an inventive Australian used half size sheets of paper, a bit of glue and cardboard to create the what?
a. Calender
b. Diary
c. Notepad
d. Telephone Book
- Which is the sacred book of Parsis?
a. Zend Avesta
b. Torah
c. Gita
d. Bible
- Who is the flying Sikh of India?
a. Mohinder Singh
b. Vijender Singh
c. Ajith Singh
d. Milkha Singh
Answers
1.b 2.a 3.b 4.d 5.b 6.a 7.c 8.a 9.a 10.c 11.d 12.d 13. c 14.a 15. d
Test your General Knowledge - LXIII
- Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI)?
a. Dhirendra Swarup
b. G P Muniappan
c. G N Bajpai
d. U K Sinha
- Name the Indian American who figures among Forbes' 10 "Most Influential Celebrities" with famed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg narrowly edging out television show host Oprah Winfrey for the top spot?
a. Kavitark Ram Shriram
b. Vinod Khosla
c. Bharat Desai
d. Sanjay Gupta
- Who has been appointed as advisor to the Prime Minister for the National Skill Development Council?
a. S Ramadorai
b. C Rangarajan
c. C K Prahalad
d. Nandan Nilekani
- Which of the following cricketers has won the prestigious ICC Cricketer of the Year award and LG People’s choice award for the best cricketer this year?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. M S Dhoni
c. Gundappa Viswanath
d. Sourav Ganguly
- Who is the new prime minister of Jordan?
a. Adnan Badran
b. Nader al-Dahabi
c. Samir Rifai
d. Marouf Bakhit
- Name the US university that has been shut down on the grounds that it was running a massive immigration racket and serving as an illegal entry point for students.
a. Tri-Valley
b. Loyola Marymount
c. Pepperdine
d. Loma Linda
- Who is the new finance secretary?
a. Ashok Chawla
b. Sushma Nath
c. Arun Ramanathan
d. D Subbarao
- He was a prominent international strategic affairs analyst, journalist and former Indian civil servant. He has long been an influential voice in Indian security affairs and was most often referred to as the doyen of India's strategic affairs community. He was a key figure in framing and influencing Indian security and nuclear policy. He passed away on February 2, 2011. Name him
a. K. Subrahmanyam
b. C K Prahalad
c. Ram Charan
d. Bala Balachandran
- Who is the longest serving president of Egypt who is responsible for the current uprising in the country?
a. Gamal Abdel Nasser
b. Anwar El Sadat
c. Muhammad Naguib
d. Hosni Mubarak
- Who authored A Bend in the River
a. Vikram Seth
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Khushwant Singh
d. V. S. Naipaul
- How many countries are members of the World health Organisation (WTO)?
a. 110
b. 120
c. 154
d. 153
- Which of the following cities in the USA is known as the city of Motor Car?
a. Phoenix
b. San Jose
c. Detroit
d. Los Angeles
- _________ is not the official language of the United Nations?
a. Portuguese
b. Russian
c. Spanish
d. Chinese
- Which of the following countries is also known as the Rainbow nation?
a. Egypt
b. Greece
c. Australia
d. South Africa
- Which of the following cities is known as the orange city of Maharashtra?
a. Pune
b. Nagpur
c. Mumbai
d. Kolhapur
Answers
1.d 2.d 3.a 4.a 5.d 6.a 7.b 8.a 9.d 10.d 11.d 12.c 13. a 14.d 15. b
Test your General Knowledge - LXII
- Who is the new minister of civil aviation?
a. S.M.Krishna
b. A.K. Antony
c. Praful Patel
d. Vayalkar Ravi
- Who has been appointed the new CEO of Network18's News Media Network?
a. Vipul Thakkar
b. Gaurish Pathare
c. Alok Kumar Bhadra
d. Sanjay Dua
- How many schedules are there in the constitution of India?
a. 12
b. 18
c. 24
d. 25
- Who is the new minister of petroleum and natural gas?
a. Jaipal Reddy
b. Murli Deora
c. Ghulam Nabi Azad
d. Sushilkumar Shinde
- Who is the new Prime minister of Ireland?
a. Brian Cowen
b. John Bruton
c. Albert Reynolds
d. Charles Haughey
- The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is set to get its first woman secretary general. Name her
a. Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed
b. LC Dorji
c. John Holden
d. Chris Chandler
- Who is the new Deputy Governor of RBI?
a. Anand Sinha
b. Alok Kumar Bhadra
c. Deepak Chatterjee
d. Prasad Menon
- Who is the new CEO of Wipro?
a. T.K. Kurien
b. Deepak Chatterjee
c. Prasanna Sankhe
d. Vinod Kumar
- Who is the new minister of statistics and programme implementation?
a. Salman khursheed
b. S Jaiswal
c. MS Gill
d. Anand Sharma
- The commonwealth games are held at an interval of _______ years
a. Three
b. Two
c. Five
d. Four
- What does ESCAP stand for?
a. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
b. Economic and Social Committee for Asia and the Pacific
c. Economic and Social Community for Asia and the Pacific
d. Economical and Social Community for Asia and the Pacific
- Who authored War and Peace?
a. Leo Tolstoy
b. Alexander Pushkin
c. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
d. Mikhail Sholokhov
- The study of fishes is called
a. Ichthyology
b. Ophiology
c. Philology
d. Ornithology
- Which of the following cricketers is also known as punter?
a. Paul Reiffel
b. Shane Warne
c. Mark Waugh
d. Ricky Ponting
- The deepest oceanic trench Mariana? Is located in
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Arctic Ocean
c. Pacific Ocean
d. Indian Ocean
Answers
1.d 2.d 3.a 4.a 5.a 6.a 7.a 8.a 9.c 10.d 11.a 12.a 13. a 14.d 15. c
Test your General Knowledge - LXI
- Who was honoured by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his contribution to the development of science and technology in the country at the 98th Indian Science Congress session held at SRM University, Chennai?
a. Prof R C Sobti
b. G. Madhavan Nair
c. Dr.M.Ponnavaikko
d. Prof. S. P. Singh
- He was a prolific English children's author, best known for writing ‘The Sheep-Pig’, retitled in the United States as Babe the Gallant Pig, on which the movie Babe was based. He passed away on January 4, 2011. Name him.
a. David Almond
b. Dick King Smith
c. Douglas Adams
d. Tedd Arnold
- An Indian film actor, he has been appointed as brand ambassador of private insurer ICICI Prudential Life Insurance?
a. Aamir Khan
b. Shahrukh Khan
c. Akshay Kumar
d. Amitabh Bachchan
- Who has been sworn in as the 39th governor of California?
a. Jerry Brown
b. Arnold Schwarzenegger
c. Joseph Graham
d. Pete Wilson
- The country's top biscuit maker, Parle Products, the maker of Monaco, Parle-G and Hide & Seek biscuits has roped ___actors for endorsing Monaco salty biscuits.
a. Ravi Kishan and Rituparna Sengupta
b. Ranvir Shorey and konkona sen sharma
c. Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan
d. Sachin Tendulkar and Anjali Tendulkar
- Who is the new CFO of Virgin Blue
a. Sankar Narayan
b. Suresh Balakrishna
c. G V Babu
d. Sudip Bandyopadhyay
- Which of the following cars was selected the Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) 2011
a. Ford Figo
b. Tata Nano
c. Hyundai i10
d. Honda Civic
- A multinational communications corporation, engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries, with Apple, it has fired a fresh barrage of lawsuits at its smartphone rival Apple over alleged patent violations. Name the corporation
a. Sony Erricsson
b. Nokia
c. Motorola
d. T-Mobile
- Which of the following countries continued to dominate the ICC Test Championship table, holding on to the top spot in the latest rankings issued despite losing a rating point after the drawn three-match series against South Africa.
a. Australia
b. England
c. India
d. Netherlands
- The Tata group has bought yet another major company in the UK, the country’s largest manufacturer of salt, Cheshire Salt Holdings consolidating its position as UK’s biggest manufacturing employer in a deal valued at _________
a. Rs 600 crore
b. Rs 350 crore
c. Rs 200 crore
d. Rs 650 crore
- Entomology is the study of
a. Bones
b. Birds
c. Fishes
d. Insects
- Vijay Singh is associated with which of the following sports
a. Golf
b. Badminton
c. Tennis
d. Cricket
- Which university topped the Forbe’s list of “Billionaire Universities “ in 2010?
a. Oxford University
b. Harvard University
c. New York University
d. Stanford University
- Which place is known as the roof of the world?
a. Laos
b. Lesotho
c. Tibet
d. Latvia
- BC Roy award is given in the field of
a. Music
b. Journalism
c. Medicine
d. Environment
Answers
1. a 2. b 3. d 4. a 5. a 6.a 7. a 8. b 9. c 10. d 11. d 12. a 13. b 14. c 15. c
Test your General Knowledge - LX
- Who is the new chairman of PwC India
a. Sudip Bandyopadhyay
b. Kaushik Chakravorty
c. Deepak Kapoor
d. G V Babu
- General Electric has agreed to buy British oil drilling pipe-maker Wellstream Holdings for
a. £ 500 million
b. £ 250 million
c. £ 400 million
d. £800 million
- An American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker. He was the only person to have held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for two different regions of the world (Asia from 1977 to 1981 and Europe from 1994 to 1996). He was also the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan under the Obama administration. He passed away on December 13, 2010.
a. John Harvey
b. Richard Holbrooke
c. Jimmy Carter
d. Alexander Watson
- An English actress, she was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for playing the title character in ‘Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley’. She is to be honoured with a Shooting Star award at the Berlin Film Festival next year. Name her.
a. Gwyneth Paltrow
b. Andrea Riseborough
c. Kate Beckinsale
d. Catherine Bell
- JSW is all set to acquire 45.5 percent stake in Ispat industries for __________
a. Rs 2,157 crore
b. Rs 1,522 crore
c. Rs 1,500 crore
d. Rs 1, 2527 crore
- Who has been named the star of a `golden year` in Indian boxing?
a. Vijender Singh
b. Suranjoy Singh
c. Amandeep Singh
d. Dingko Singh
- Who is the new SBI chairman?
a. Shuman Mukherjee
b. Pratip Chaudhuri
c. Sameer Pitalwalla
d. U K Sinha
- Who is the chairman of Federal Reserve?
a. William Miller
b. Paul A. Volcker
c. Alan Greenspan
d. Ben Bernanke
- Which company has introduced Solar Power Keyboards (K750) that helps in computing for longer hours in the sunlight?
a. Logitec
b. Motorola
c. Sony
d. Philips
- __________ is the biggest desert in the world
a. Karakum
b. Kalahari Desert
c. Sahara
d. Chihuahuan
- __________ are the fastest land animals
a. Cheetah
b. Wildebeest
c. Lion
d. Thomson's Gazelle
- Which of the following countries is the largest producer of tin
a. China
b. Indonesia
c. Belize
d. Japan
- Who authored Keep off the Grass?
a. Salman Rushdie
b. Vikram Seth
c. Karan Bajaj
d. Farookh Dhondy
- How many states are there in the United States of America
a. 49
b. 52
c. 50
d. 54
- Francesca Schiavone won Women’s Singles title in French Open 2010. Which country is she from?
a. Italy
b. French
c. Germany
d. Russia
Answers
1. c 2. d 3. b 4. b 5. a 6.a 7. b 8. d 9. a 10. c 11. a 12. a 13. c 14. c 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - LIX
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Who has bagged the prestigious NTR National Award for the year 2009?
a. Waheeda Rehman
b. Gattamaneni Siva Ramakrishna
c. B Saroja Devi
d. Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
- An Indian American cancer specialist, his first book 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer' has been rated among 'The 10 Best Books of 2010' by the New York Times. Name the Indian American.
a. Tulasi Polavarapu
b. Siddhartha Mukherjee
c. Dinesh D'Souza
d. Ravi Batra
- Who has been awarded the Indira Super Achievers award for 2010-11, at a function held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre?
a. Debasis Chatterji
b. Naresh Gupta
c. Bhupesh Upadhye
d. Vipul Mathur
- Which of the following agencies bagged the Effie Agency of the Year? The agency bagged a total of 14 metals, totaling a tally of 145 points as compared to its last year’s tally of 13 metals and a score of 120 points. It also took home the Brand Equity Bravery Award for its work for Vodafone ZooZoos. Name the agency
a. Mudra
b. Ogilvy India
c. Lowe Lintas
d. JWT
- Which of the following banks has tied up with Diebold to upgrade ATMs for visually challenged
a. ICICI
b. HDFC
c. IDBI
d. HSBC
- First woman to be UP Chief Secretary has been sentenced to jail in Noida Land Scam case. She was facing 23 departmental inquiries pending against her, and also had been charge sheeted in five corruption cases during her appointment as chief Secretary. Name her
a. Madhuri Gupta
b. Abha R
c. Neera Yadav
d. Hema S
- Who received the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2010?
a. Martti Ahtisaari
b. Barack Obama
c. Liu Xiaobo
d. Al Gore
- AWho was presented with the Asian Television award for the Best Current Affairs presenter?
a. Shireen Bhan
b. Rajdeep Sardesai
c. Arnab Goswami
d. Karan Thapar
- Who won the 2010 Hong Kong women’s singles crown?
a. Saina Nehwal
b. Aparna Popat
c. Jwala Gutta
d. Lili
- Who was named the US PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year after bouncing back from the worst season of his career to make golf history?
a. Michael Clayton
b. Stuart Appleby
c. Peter Thomson
d. Adam Scott
- Which is the smallest ocean in the world?
a. Indian ocean
b. Pacific ocean
c. Artic ocean
d. Atlantic ocean
- _________ is the national game of India
a. Hockey
b. Cricket
c. Basketball
d. Tennis
- __________is the smallest state in Australia
a. Victoria
b. Queensland
c. Tasmania
d. New South Wales
- The science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms is known as
a. Taxonomy
b. Biology
c. Zoology
d. Ornithology
- Who was the 12th president of India?
a. Abdul Kalam
b. Pratibha Patil
c. K. R. Narayanan
d. Shankar Dayal Sharma
Answers
1. c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. c 7. c 8. d 9. a 10. b 11. c 12. a 13. c 14. a 15. b
Test your General Knowledge - LVIII
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Bengali filmmaker Gautam Ghosh's film ______, an Indo-Bangladesh joint production, bagged the coveted Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2010. Name the film.
a. Maa Amar Maa
b. Moner Manush(The Quest)
c. Pratidwandi (The Rivals)
d. Abar Brishti Elo
- Which of the following automobile companies has bagged the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award for 2009 in the "Best of All" category. The award is instituted by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). It recognises Indian manufacturing and service organisations that are at the forefront of the quality movement in the country.
a. Hero Group
b. Ford India
c. Tata Motors
d. Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
- Which of the following cricketers has just signed a three-year endorsement deal with the country's largest spirit maker, Vijay Mallya for Rs 25-26 crore?
a. Gautam Gambhir
b. Yuvraj Singh
c. M S Dhoni
d. Abhishek Nayar
- Recently the first 3D stereoscopy documentary about planets directed by Satish Gopal was released in Kerala. Name the documentary
a. The Planet
b. The World
c. The Universe
d. The Space
- Dr P Rameshan has been appointed as the new Director of which IIM centre?
a. Ahmedabad
b. Bangalore
c. Lucknow
d. Rothak
- Who has been appointed the new Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)?
a. E K Bharat Bhushan
b. Bhavdeep Singh
c. Vishal Bali
d. Rakesh Bali
- An internationally acclaimed Indian television and film actor, he is going to be knighted by the Italian government, bestowing on him the honor of Cavaliere (Knight) of the Order Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. Name him
a. Rajat Nayar
b. Ronit Roy
c. Kabir Bedi
d. Shahrukh Khan
- A bureaucrat- turned-entrepreneur, he has stepped down from the Board of the Bombay Stock Exchange, India's premier bourse, the Bombay Stock Exchange, citing corporate governance concerns and differences over the exchange’s proposal to acquire mutual funds registrar and transfer agent Computer Age Management Services for Rs 1,400 crore. Name him
a. Lakshmi Mittal
b. Sunil Mittal
c. Ratan Tata
d. Rahul Bajaj
- Who is set to get another term at Delhi Metro?
a. E Sreedharan
b. G L Java
c. M K Jadhav
d. K A Patel
- Who is the new President and CEO of Pfizer?
a. Robert N Burt
b. M Anthony Burns
c. Michael S Brown
d. Ian C Read
- Who authored Keep off the grass?
a. R.K. Narayan
b. Karan Bajaj
c. Chetan Bhagat
d. Salman Rushdie
- A new postal service has been recently launched by India post. Name the service
a. World Net Express
b. Network Express
c. World Express
d. World Network Express
- Phil Mickelson is associated with which of the following sports
a. golf
b. Badminton
c. Tennis
d. Basketball
- Which of the following cities in Scotland is known as the city of Granite
a. Aberdeen
b. Glasgow
c. Dundee
d. Edinburgh
- The First World War started in
a. 1920
b. 1918
c. 1914
d. 1925
Answers
1. b 2. c 3. c 4. c 5. d 6. a 7. c 8. a 9. a 10. d 11. b 12. a 13. a 14. a 15. c
Test your General Knowledge - LVII
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An Indian industrial conglomerate has acquired 70% stake in SsangYong Motor Company, the fourth largest South Korean automobile manufacturer. Name the conglomerate.
a. Hindustan Petroleum
b. Hindalco Industries
c. Jindal Steel and Power
d. Mahindra & Mahindra
- Enterprise Asia, a non government organisation for entrepreneurship, has named______ , chief executive officer, Colors and Group COO, Viacom18, as one of the 'Outstanding Entrepreneurs of Asia Pacific for 2010'.
a. Arnab Basu
b. Rajesh Kamat
c. Peter Mukherjee
d. Subroto Bhattacharya
- Who is the new chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
a. N Kiran Kumar Reddy
b. Konijeti Rosaiah
c. Nara Chandrababu Naidu
d. Nandamuri Taraka Rama
- Who has been named the winner of one of the UK's oldest literary prizes for her book, The Still Point?
a. Lesley Glaister
b. Amy Sackville
c. Phillip Reeve
d. Susan Elderkin
- Who is the new brand ambassador of Himachal Pradesh
a. Dalai Lama
b. Deepika Padukone
c. Kangana Ranaut
d. Preity Zinta
- Forbes Asia magazine has named chief executive officer of AirAsia Group_______, as its 2010 Businessman of the Year.
a. Peter Honegg
b. Peter Wong Tung Shun
c. Tony Fernandes
d. Mike Garber
- ___________got the David Dixon Award as the most outstanding athlete of the Commonwealth Games 2010. The award, named after former Commonwealth Games Federation Secretary, is given to the outstanding athlete for his or her performance, fairplay and contribution to the team. It was introduced in the 2002 Commonwealth Games at Manchester.
a. Trecia-Kaye Smith
b. Alicia Coutts
c. Gagan Narang
d. Natalie du Toit
- A bureaucrat- turned-entrepreneur, he has stepped down from the Board of the Bombay Stock Exchange, India's premier bourse, the Bombay Stock Exchange, citing corporate governance concerns and differences over the exchange’s proposal to acquire mutual funds registrar and transfer agent Computer Age Management Services for Rs 1,400 crore. Name him
a. Sudipto Sarkar
b. Keki Mistry
c. Vivek Kulkarni
d. Uttam Bagri
- Who is the new CEO of Lowe Lintas India?
a. Joseph George
b. Charles Cadell
c. Naresh Gupta
d. Vipul Mathur
- Can you identify the name of the phone model that Google is willing to sell in the coming year directly to the consumers?
a. Nexus One
b. Ojas One
c. Shine One
d. Genus One
- Who is known as the Father of English poetry?
a. William Wordsworth
b. William Blake
c. Geoffrey Chaucer
d. John Milton
- What is the full form of ESPN?
a. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
b. Education and Sports Programming Network
c. English Sports Programming Network
d. Entertainment and Sports Provision Network
- Evaporation is measured by which instrument?
a. Barometer
b. Psychrometer
c. Lysimeter
d. Hygrometer
- The Second World War started in 1939 and ended in
a. 1945
b. 1942
c. 1944
d. 1941
- Rene Frank Trophy is associated with which of the following sports?
a. Cricket
b. Hockey
c. Weight-lifting
d. Table Tennis
Answers
1. d 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. d 6. c 7. a 8. c 9. a 10. a 11. c 12. a 13. c 14. a 15. b
Test your General Knowledge - LVI
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Who was the Indian Flag bearer in Asian Games 2010?
a. Saina Nehwal
b. Abhinav Bindra
c. Sushil Kumar
d. Gagan Narang
- Who is the winner of the 2010 Miss World contest
a. Irina Zhuravska
b. Ksenia Sukhinova
c. Alexandria Mills
d. Tamara Almeida Silva
- LIC Housing Finance has appointed ________ as the new chief executive after RR Nair's arrest by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore housing loan fraud.
a. Aniruddha Banerjee
b. Vishal Bali
c. Bhavdeep Singh
d. V K Sharma
- Who is the new director of Crime Branch Investigation (CBI).
a. A P Singh
b. Ashwani Kumar
c. Anand Kumar Das
d. Brijlal Kshatriya
- An American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism. He is a two-time Academy Award winner for his roles in Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008), as well as the recipient of a Golden Globe Award for the former and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the latter. He is to receive a lifetime achievement prize at this year's Dubai Film Festival. Name him.
a. Sean Penn
b. Tom Cruise
c. Tom Hanks
d. Will Smith
- Which of the following countries is ranked second behind China in manufacturing competitiveness and will only narrow the gap over the next few years according to a study conducted by Deloitte and the US Council?
a. India
b. Russia
c. Japan
d. Indonesia
- A Mumbai-based filmmaker has outsmarted 117 contestants from across the globe to win the first prize for his short film created for multinational company PepsiCo. Name him
a. Joginder Tuteja
b. Jagmeet Singh Samundri
c. Shaikh Nasir
d. Rahil Patel
- Financial Services firm Religare Enterprises' arm has acquired 55% stake in US-based assets manager Landmark Partners for ______________
a. $ 200 million
b. $ 150 million
c. $ 145.2 million
d. $171.5 million
- LT Foods has appointed ________ as FMCG head for its domestic and international business
a. Avinash Kaul
b. Bhavdeep Singh
c. Vivek Chandra
d. Kamlakar Kaul
- Which country has taken up the position of head of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Spain?
a. Austria
b. Belgium
c. Bulgaria
d. Denmark
- In terms of military, what is Drone?
a. Unmanned Ariel Vehicle
b. Navy based Vehicle
c. Ariel Vehicle with the crew members
d. Cruise Missiles
- Youth Olympic Games feature athletes between 14-18 years. This sports event was played from August 14 to August 26th. Which country hosted Youth Olympic Games 2010?
a. India
b. Malasia
c. Thailand
d. Singapore
- Recently for which regional film actor Prakash Raj was honoured with the National Award?
a. Kanchivaram
b. Pokiri
c. Brindavanam
d. Kaleja
- Many instances of violations of Human Rights are being herd of worldwide. Every year world human rights day is observed in order to create awareness about it. Which date has been observed as World Human Rights Day?
a. November 30th
b. December 10th
c. December 20th
d. December 30th
- Prasar Bharathi is the autonomous corporation of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India. It consists of DD and All India Radio. Who is the current chairperson of the Prasar Bharathi?
a. Baljit Singh Lalli
b. Kuldeep Singh
c. Mrinal Pandey
d. Arun Bhatnagar
Answers
1. d 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. a 6. a 7. d 8. d 9. c 10. b 11. a 12. d 13. a 14. b 15. c
Test your General Knowledge - LV
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Who is the new king of Indian and Asian tennis
a. Somdev Kishore Devvarman
b. Paradorn Srichaphan
c. Hyung Taik Lee
d. Gursher Singh Harika
- Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd, the media services arm of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is in talks to acquire a private radio station from private equity fund India Value Fund Advisors Pvt Ltd.
a. Big 92.7
b. Radio Mirchi
c. Meow FM
d. Radio City
- Who is the first Indian golfer to have won a US PGA tour event
a. Arjun Atwal
b. Jeev Milkha Singh
c. Ajit Kumar Rawat
d. Khalin N.Joshi
- Which of the following countries has overtaken South Korea as world’s top shipbuilder?
a. Russia
b. China
c. Germany
d. Japan
- Who is the MD and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India
a. Peter Honegg
b. Kamlakar Kaul
c. Bhavdeep Singh
d. Arup Gopikrishna
- Del Monte Foods Company, the largest maker of branded food and pet products in the US, agreed to sell itself to a consortium of private equity firms led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR), for about _____ in cash.
a. $ 2.3 billion
b. $5.3 billion
c. $ 4 billion
d. $ 3.2 billion
- Where are the 2016 Olympics going to be held
a. Beijing
b. Rio de Janeiro
c. London
d. Athens
- Who is the new CEO of Zoom Entertainment Network
a. Ajay Goel
b. Vishal Bali
c. Avinash Kaul
d. Rakesh Mohan
- Who is the new managing director (MD) Volkswagen India
a. Dr John Chacko
b. Niranjan Thirumale
c. R Venkatasubramanian
d. Vikaas M Sachdeva
- Which fruit crop has the largest area in India?
a. Banana
b. Citrus
c. Mango
d. Guava
- Which country is the Second highest producer of fruit and vegetables in the world?
a. Brazil
b. North America
c. China
d. India
- Which crop is affected by Tobacco caterpillar?
a. Jute
b. Sugarcane
c. Lucerne
d. Sugarbeet
- What optimum temperature is needed for the growth of Potato tuber?
a. 17°C to 19°C
b. 14°C to 16°C
c. 10°C to 12°C
d. 22°C to 25°C
- Which variety of Groundnut is grown in summer?
a. Avtar
b. Chitra
c. Chandra
d. Amber
- Which is not fodder variety of Cowpea?
a. Russian Giant
b. K-585
c. Sirsa-10
d. Azad-1
Answers
1. a 2. d 3. a 4. b 5. a 6. b 7. b 8. c 9. a 10. c 11. d 12. a 13. a 14. a 15. d
Test your General Knowledge - LIV
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Who has been named as this year's winner of the Bilbao Prize- a UN award that recognizes 'outstanding individual contribution to promoting the culture of human rights around the world'.
a. Frank Gehry
b. Asma Jahangir
c. Kirmen Uribe
d. Cai Guo-Qiang
- FIFA executive committee members Amos Adamu and ______ were banned from all soccer activities and fined after an investigation into allegations that they had offered to sell their votes ahead of the decision for World Cup 2018 and 2022 hosting rights.
a. Reynald Temarii
b. David Gill
c. Geeth Sethi
d. Collin Fuller
- Who has been sworn in as president of Sri Lanka for the second time.
a. Mahinda Rajapakse
b. Chandrika Kumaratunga
c. Dingiri Banda Wijetunge
d. Ranasinghe Premadasa
- Who is the new head of Boeing India
a. Vikaas Sachdeva
b. Rakesh Mohan
c. Dr Dinesh Keskar
d. Mandar Natekar
- Who has been selected as the President of Arunachal Pradesh Football Association (APFA)
a. Subrata Dutta
b. Shivanand Salgaocar
c. Madhav Suvarna
d. Takam Sanjoy
- Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industries in India is expected to grow at an annual 12 per cent to become a Rs. 4, 00,000-crore industry by _____, according to a new report released by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
a. 2025
b. 2012
c. 2015
d. 2020
- He was a Gandhian activist and writer. In his youth, he participated briefly in the Indian freedom movement. Later, he served at various times as a member of the Planning Commission, as Indian High commissioner to South Africa, as a member of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) and as secretary of the Indian Cooperative Union and the All-India Handicrafts Board. He was awarded the 1989 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. He passed away on November 14, 2010. Name him.
a. A. K. Gopalan
b. Raja Kesavadas
c. L C Jain
d. K.P. Kesava Menon
- Taiwanese family drama __________has won best film at the Golden Horse awards - seen as the Chinese-language Oscars - in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan
a. Fated to love you
b. When Love Comes
c. Hana Kimi
d. Smiling Pasta
- What is quorum required for convening the Lok Sabha?
a. 1/6
b. 1/4
c. 1/8
d. 1/5
- The implementation of Jawahar Rojgar Yojana rests with
a. Gram Panchayats
b. District Collectors
c. State Governments
d. Union Government
- What is the maximum age limit prescribed for the post of the President of India?
a. 58 years
b. 60 years
c. 62 years
d. There is no maximum age limit
- Gandhiji's movement of boycotting the foreign goods aimed at
a. full independence
b. creating anti-British sentiment
c. promotion of welfare state
d. promotion of cottage industries
- How much percentage of income comes from animals, out of India's total income?
a. 20%
b. 25%
c. 15%
d. 10%
- Which is not a hybrid variety of Mango?
a. Mallika
b. Ratna
c. Arka Puneet
d. Dashehari
- What is place of India in the World in Tea production?
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth
Answers
1. b 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. d 6. d 7. d 8. b 9. c 10. a 11. d 12. a 13. c 14. d 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - LIII
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An American film director, producer and screenwriter, he is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most influential film directors. One of America's most celebrated filmmakers; he first came into limelight when he won an Academy Award for co-writing the script for Patton in 1970. His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather in 1972. The film revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, garnering universal laurels from critics and public alike. It went on to win three Academy Awards, including his second, which he won for Best Adapted Screenplay, and it was instrumental in cementing his position as one of the prominent American film directors. Recently he won a lifetime achievement Oscar. Name him.
a. Woody Allen
b. Robert Altman
c. Francis Ford Coppola
d. George Lucas
- Who won the first gold for India in the 16th Asian Games by clinching the title in billiards singles?
a. Pankaj Advani
b. Ashok Shandilya
c. Geeth Sethi
d. Michael Ferreira
- Who was awarded the '2010 Corporate Hotelier of the World' award by HOTELS magazine in New York on November 15, 2010.
a. Conrad Hilton
b. Cesar Ritz
c. P R S Oberoi
d. Ajoy K. Misra
- Rafael Nadal of Spain entered in the club of professionals, who has won all four Grand Slams. Who did he defeat in the final of the US Open 2010?
a. Andy Murray
b. Robin Soderling
c. Novak Djokovic
d. Nikolay Devydenko
- According to a recent survey conducted by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) India replaced which of the following country from the second most desired place of FDIs for Transnational Corporations (TNCs).
a. China
b. Brazil
c. USA
d. Singapore
- Who claimed the bronze in the women's individual chess at the Asian Games on November 15, 2010
a. Monika Soćko
b. Tatiana Kosintseva
c. Maia Chiburdanidze
d. Harika Dronavalli
- Which of the following countries recently beat Bangladesh in Hockey
a. India
b. Germany
c. South Korea
d. Great Britian
- English is the official language of which one of the following Indian States
a. Nagaland
b. Tripura
c. Assam
d. Manipur
- The term PC means
a. Private Computer
b. Personal Computer
c. Professional Computer
d. Personal Calculator
- The 'Emerging Player of the Year 2008' Award was given by ICC to which Sri Lankan cricketer?
a. Ajantha Mendis
b. Muttiah Murlitharan
c. Kapugedera
d. M. Mahroof
- In India FERA has been replaced by
a. FEMA
b. FETA
c. FENA
d. FELA
- The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was
a. Islamabad
b. Karachi
c. Lahore
d. Hyderabad
- The author of the book "India Wins Freedom" is
a. Kuldeep Nayyar
b. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. Indira Gandhi
- Silicon Valley of India is located in
a. Dehradun
b. Bangalore
c. Hyderabad
d. Srinagar
- In the Parliamentary form of Government "He is the first among equals". Who is he?
a. President
b. Prime Minister
c. Leader of Opposition
d. Speaker of Lower House
Answers
1. c 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. c 6. d 7. a 8. a 9. b 10. a 11. a 12. b 13. b 14. b 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - LII
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Lal dant manjan or ‘red herbal dentifrice’ has been patented recently by one of the US based company. The Indian Ayurvedic companies have government intervention to cancel it. Which company has patented lal dant manjan?
a. Colgate Palmolive
b. Pepsodent
c. Close up
d. Sensodent
- Who is the new CEO of Reliance General?
a. Ravi Kiran
b. Sunil Sahjwani
c. Ajay Chacko
d. Vijay Pawar
- The largest banking and financial services company in India are looking to acquire a bank in Indonesia and has set aside more than $100 million for the purchase. Name the bank
a. IDBI
b. ICICI
c. SBI
d. HDFC
- Who is the new director of SBI?
a. Rakesh Misra
b. Rajiv Ranjan
c. Mandar Natekar
d. G D Nadaf
- The 2011 Cricket World Cup shall be co-hosted by
a. India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh
b. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
c. Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
d. Bangladesh, Pakistan and India
- Who has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Land Rover as a non-executive director on the company's (Tata Motor) board?
a. Ralf Speth
b. Jerome Kerviel
c. S K Chakrabarti
d. Atul Sobti
- An American actress, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for 1978's An Unmarried Woman, for which she won the "Best Actress Award" at the Cannes Film Festival, and for 1979's Starting Over, a comedy with Burt Reynolds. She also received strong notices for a dramatic performance in I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can. She passed away on November 5, 2010. Name her
a. Tammy Blanchard
b. Brittany Murphy
c. Jill Clayburgh
d. Sally Field
- Which of the following companies has improved its global ranking among energy companies to the 13th, rising from 25th last year and substantially increasing its asset base from $37.19 billion to $55.94 billion last year with a near 50 per cent increase in revenues.
a. Reliance Industries Ltd
b. ONGC
c. Tata Power
d. NTPC
- Who has been appointed the chairman of advertising firm’s worldwide creative leadership council, making him the highest-ranked creative professional in the New York-headquartered agency?
a. Prasoon Joshi
b. Prasoon Pandey
c. Arnab Banerjee
d. Santosh Desai
- In the 'Individual Satyagraha', Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the second?
a. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
c. C. Rajagopalachari
d. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- In March 2010, the World Bank approved two education projects for India, which are worth
a. $95 million
b. $98 million
c. $1.05 million
d. $1.08 million
- In the Global Information Technology Repoqrt 2009-2010 published by the World Economic Forum, India stood at
a. 42nd place
b. 43rd place
c. 45th place
d. 44th place
- When was the meeting of the Agriculture Ministers of the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) held for the first time?
a. March 2009
b. December 2009
c. February 2010
d. March 2010
- As per the Census 2001 data released in March 2010, how many Indians speak at least two languages?
a. 255 million
b. 260 million
c. Sepal
d. 265 million
- A famous bollywood studio where films like Razia Sultan, Amar Akbar Anthony and Kaalia were shot has been acquired by three developers Avinash Bhosale, DB Realtias and Luthrias for Rs 200 Crore. Name the studio.
a. Kamalistan studio
b. RK Studio
c. Big ND Studio
d. Filmcity
Answers
1. a 2. d 3. c 4. d 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. a 9. a 10. b 11. c 12. b 13. d 14. a 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - LI
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Who is the new president of Brazil
a. Ernesto Geisel
b. Aureliano Chaves
c. Dilma Rousseff
d. Emilio Medici
- Who has been appointed as the legal advisor for the first phase of SAIL's follow-on public offer (FPO), which is likely to raise Rs 8,000 crore
a. Crawford Bayley
b. B B Singh
c. Dr.Jagdish Khattar
d. G Elias
- When did Euro; the European single currency came into effect?
a. 1995
b. 1997
c. 1999
d. 2001
- A former South African cricketer who was the first ethnically black player to play for the South African team. He has survived legal controversy early on in his career to become only the third South African to take 300 Test wickets after Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald, and to reach second place in the ICC test match bowling ratings. He plays domestic cricket for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Recently he announced his retirement from International cricket. Name him
a. Makhaya Ntini
b. Jacques Kallis
c. Kepler Wessels
d. Michael Seymour
- Who is the new mayor of Ahmedabad
a. Kanaji Thakor
b. Asit Vora
c. Amit Shah
d. Laljibhai Parmar
- Who received the Sportswoman of the year awards at the Sahara Indian sports awards 2010
a. MC Mary Kom
b. Sania Mirza
c. Saina Nehwal
d. Asha Agarwal
- An American film director and screenwriter, he came to prominence in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, in which he had participated as an American infantry soldier. His work has earned him three Academy Awards, and continues to focus frequently on contemporary political and cultural issues, often controversially. Recently he received a lifetime achievement award at the Mumbai film festival. Name him
a. Sylvester Stallone
b. Martin Scorsese
c. Oliver Stone
d. Don Mancini
- Who is the new governor of South Carolina?
a. David Muldrow Beasley
b. Mark Sanford
c. James Hovis Hodges
d. Nikki Haley
- Who has bagged The Hindu Best Fiction Award 2010 for his debut novel Serious Men?
a. Indrajit Hazra
b. Manu Joseph
c. Dhiman Chattopadhyay
d. Neville Bastawalla
- Who among the following is the author of a collection of poems called Golden Threshold?
a. Aruna Asaf Ali
b. Annie Besant
c. Sarojini Naidu
d. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
- Who among the following Prime Minsters sent Cripps Mission to India?
a. James RAmsay McDonald
b. Stanley Baldwin
c. Neville Chamberlain
d. Winston Churchill
- In the structure of planet Earth, below the mantle, the core is mainly made up of which one of the following?
a. Aluminium
b. Chromium
c. Iron
d. Silicon
- In which State is the Buddhist site Tabo Monastery located?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Sikkim
d. Uttarakhand
- In making the saffron spice, which one of the following parts of the plant is used?
a. Leaf
b. Petal
c. Sepal
d. Stigma
- Which one of the following planets has largest number of natural satellites or moons?
a. Jupiter
b. Mars
c. Saturn
d. Venus
Answers
1. c 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. d 9. b 10. c 11. d 12. c 13. b 14. d 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - L
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An American novelist, screenwriter, and non-fiction author, he was best known for his reconstruction of an infamous Nazi massacre in Rome. He wrote extensively on 20th-century Italian history. He adapted some of his books for cinema, including "The Cassandra Crossing," a feature film starring Sophia Loren, Burt Lancaster and Richard Harris. He died on October 20, 2010.Identify him.
a. Robert Katz
b. Mark Twain
c. James Baldwin
d. Peter Abrahams
- Hindustan Construction Company’s subsidiary Lavasa Corp has signed a franchisee agreement with a US based major entertainment company. This deal is worth Rs 450 Crore. The US company will set up India’s first Hollywood theme park in Lavasa near Pune. Name the US based company.
a. MGM Studios
b. Universal Pictures
c. 21st Century Film Corporation
d. 20th Century Fox
- Who has been appointed as the engineering and construction major Larsen and Turbo company’s director?
a. Hindustan Times
b. RN Mukhijia
c. YM Deosthalee
d. Ravi Uppal
- A pharmaceutical company has bought a 40% stake in Brazilian generics firm Teuto for $240 million. Name the company.
a. Novartis
b. GlaxoSmithKline
c. Pfizer
d. Bayer Pharmaceutical
- S68 (SGX), an investment holding company located in Singapore and providing different services related to securities and derivatives trading and others has bought another stock exchange company for $ 8.3 billion.
a. Tokyo Stock Exchange
b. London Stock Exchange (LSE)
c. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
d. Australia’s ASX
- Who has received the "2010 Courage in Journalism" award from the International Women's Media Foundation for her fearless efforts to report on human rights abuses in Chinese-occupied Tibet?
a. Ani Pachen
b. Tsering Woeser
c. Sheng Xue
d. Guerguina Dvoretzka
- Britain's largest pharmaceutical firm has agreed to pay $750 million to settle a US government lawsuit over manufacturing and distributing of certain adulterated drugs made at its now-closed facility at Puerto Rico. Name the pharmaceutical firm.
a. Roche
b. Sanofi-Aventis
c. GlaxoSmothKline
d. Wyeth
- Which of the following countries Pakistan became the new chair of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing body.
a. Kyrgyzstan
b. Nepal
c. Pakistan
d. Bahrain
- Sixteenth SAARC Summit recently was held in
a. Thimphu
b. Kathmandu
c. Colombo
d. Dhaka
- Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?
a. A.N. Sinha
b. Braj Kishore Prasad
c. J.B. Kriplani
d. Rajendra Prasad
- From which one of the following did Kosovo declare its independence?
a. Bulgaria
b. Croatia
c. Macedonia
d. Serbia
- In India, the first Municipal Corporation was set up in which one among the following cities?
a. Calcutta
b. Madras
c. Bombay
d. Delhi
- In which one the following places is the Shompen tribe found?
a. Nilgiri Hills
b. Nicobar Islands
c. Spiti Valley
d. Lakshadweep Islands
- Who among the following founded the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association?
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c. N.M. Joshi
d. Morarji Desai
- Anekantavada is a core theory and philosophy of which one of the following?
a. Buddhism
b. Jainism
c. Sikhism
d. Vaishnavism
Answers
1. a 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. d 6. b 7. c 8. c 9. a 10. a 11. d 12. a 13. b 14. a 15. b
Test your General Knowledge -LIX
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Who has been appointed the President of Network18-AETN JV
a. Dinesh Chandra
b. Nitin Vaidya
c. Sunil Sahjwani
d. Ajay Chacko
- Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, the most commercially successful independent film and television distribution company in the US, has proposed acquiring one of Hollywood's oldest movie studios in a deal reportedly valued at around $1.8 billion. Name it
a. Time Warner
b. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
c. Media Works
d. Issue Media group
- Which of the following newspapers was awarded membership of the International Newspaper Color Quality Club (INCQC) for 2010 through 2012, a prestigious award for newsprint quality globally.
a. Hindustan Times
b. The Times of India
c. The Hindu
d. DNA
- The 20th Commonwealth games will be held in which of the following cities in Scotland
a. Aberdeen
b. Dundee
c. Glasgow
d. Edinburgh
- Which of the following countries will assume the rotating presidency of the 12-member Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) next year after being unanimously elected to the post.
a. Iran
b. Qatar
c. Indonesia
d.Algeria
- A multinational conglomerate has given $50m (£31.38m) to the Harvard Business School, the biggest foreign donation in the US school's 102-year history. Name the multinational conglomerate
a. RIL
b. Essar group
c. Tata group
d. L&T
- Who is the winner of the Shanghai Masters 2010
a. Boris Becker
b. Andre Agassi
c. Andy Murray
d. Jimmy Connors
- A Franco-American mathematician, he worked on a wide range of mathematical problems, including mathematical physics and quantitative finance, and is best known as the father of fractal geometry. He passed away on October 14, 2010. Name him.
a. Richard Courant
b. George Dantzig
c. Nicolas Bourbaki
d. Benoit Mandelbrot
- Who has been ranked 6th on Fortunes 40 under 40, a list of top young biz leaders who are innovating and expanding.
a. K. Dinesh
b. Rahul Bajaj
c. Aditya Mittal
d. Ashok Arora
- Who won the Australian Grand Prix for the fourth consecutive year
a. Casey Stoner
b. Valentino Rossi
c. Loris Capirossi
d. Nicky Hayden
- Which one of the following books had been named as winner of the Best of the Booker Award in 2008?
a. The Enchantress of Florence
b. Disgrace
c. Midnight's Children
d. The Siege of Krishnapur
- Which one of the following Committees / Commissions was formed to study and suggest pricing pattern for oil and natural gas sectors in India?
a. 2B.K. Chaturvedi Committee
b. Sachar Commitee
c. B.N. Srikrishna Commission
d. 2Shah Commission
- The Veerapa Moily Commission in its report on Administrative Reforms among other aspects has suggested doing away with which one of the following pairs of Articles of the Constitution of India?
a. Articles 305 and 306
b. Articles 307 and 308
c. Articles 308 and 309
d. Articles 310 and 311
- Which one of the following longitudes determines the Indian Standard Time?
a.85.5° E
b.86.5° E
c.84.5° E
d.82.5° E
- Which one of the following slogans is attributed to Subhash Chandra Bose?
a.Jai Jawan Jai Kisan
b.Bande Mataram
c.Jai Hind
d.Inquilab Zindabad
Answers
1. d 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. a 6. c 7. c 8. d 9. c 10. a 11. c 12. a 13. d 14. d 15. c
Find out how much you know about the ET AWARDS 2010 (first 10 questions) - LVIII
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Who is the Business leader of the year 2010
a. Aditya Puri
b. AM Naik
c. Anand Mahindra
d. Arun Shourie
- Which is Company of the year
a. Hero Honda
b. Infosys
c. Wipro
d. Biotech
- Who received the Global Indian of the year award 2010 at the ET Awards
a. H. K. Mittal
b. Shikha Sharma
c. Dilip Sanghai
d. Ram Charan
- Who is the Business Reformer of the year?
a. Kamal Nath
b. Indra Nooyi
c. Nitish Kumar
d. Naveen Patnaik
- ___________ is the Corporate Citizen of the year –
a. SAIL
b. TERI
c. TCS
d. Aditya Birla Group
- A development economist, he has taken his academic persuasions to the real world - he not only played a major role in designing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), but also got beaten up by vested interests for trying, in the guise of an activist, to get the scheme implemented as intended. He is the policy change agent of the year. Name him
a. Jean Dreze
b. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
c. P Chindambaram
d. M Damodaran:
- Who has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of 2010-
a. Ratan Tata
b. Keshub Mahindra
c. Rahul Bajaj
d. Vijay Mallya
- Who received the Entrepreneur of the year 2010
a. Kumar Mangalam Birla
b. John Bachmann
c. GV Krishna Reddy
d. Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao
- Emerging Company of the year
a. Idea Cellular
b. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
c. Flex Solutions
d. Ranbaxy
- Who is the Businesswoman of the Year 2010
a. Vinita Bali
b. Chanda Kochhar
c. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
d. Roshni Nadar
- What is the period for 11th 5-year plan?
a. 2005-10
b. 2006-11
c. 2007-12
d. 2008-13
- _______ is considered as Fourth largest Railway system in the world
a. Chinese Railway System
b. Japanese railway system
c. Indian Railway System
d. Russian Railway System
- FFC is an abbreviation for
a. Film Finance Corporation
b. Federation of Football Council
c. Foreign Finance Corporation
d. Federation of Funds and Commerce
- G-15 is consists of ______
a. Developed countries
b. Second World Nations
c. Third World Nations
d. Fourth World Nations
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Talcher Heavy Water Project is situated in
a. Karnataka
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Orissa
Answers
1. a 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. b 8. c 9. a 10. a 11. c 12. b 13. b 14. c 15. d
Test your General Knowledge - LVII
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Who is the chief of NATO?
a. Anders Fogh Rasmussen
b. Marshal Stirrup
c. Philip Flood
d. Alfred Parsons
- British scientist Robert Edwards has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize for medicine. He was awarded the same for
a. How chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase
b. retroviral oncogenes
c. Fertility treatment IVF
d. Nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system
- The former Indian born Prime Minister of Fiji has been arrested for allegedly breaching the military government's emergency regulations. Name the prime minister
a. Abdul Rahman
b. Anand Satyanand
c. Mahendra Chaudhry
d. Najib Razak
- Who has topped India's richest list with a net worth of $27 billion according to Forbes Magazine?
a. Lakshmi Mittal
b. Mukesh Ambani
c. Ratan Tata
d. Anil Ambani
- Which of the following global investment banking and securities firm sold part of its stake worth around $2.25 billion in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank by market value.
a. Morgan Stanley
b. JPMC
c. Goldman Sachs
d. Wells Fargo
- Food prices inflation based on the wholesale price index of food articles rose to _____________ per cent (provisional) during the week ended 18 September 2010 from 15.46 per cent (provisional) in the previous week as prices of essential items continued to raise.
a. 17.34
b. 16.44
c. 16.54
d. 18.45
- Who is the new Australian high commissioner to India?
a. Michael L'Estrange
b. Robert Smith
c. John Dauth
d. Peter Varghese
- Who is the Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WTO)
a. Alejandro Jara
b. Peter Sutherland
c. Renato Ruggiero
d. Mike Moore
- Who is the new chief economic advisor to finance ministry
a. Ashok Mitra
b. Amiya Kumar Bagchi
c. Kaushik Basu
d. A. K. Shiva Kumar
- ________ has retained the top spot at Interbrand's annual ranking of the 100 'Best Global Brands' for the 11th consecutive year.
a. Coca-Cola
b. IBM
c. Microsoft
d. Google
- The Nagarjunasagar dam is constructed on the river
a. Krishna
b. Chambal
c. Kosi
d. Sutlej
- The imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals are
a. Hachures
b. Contours
c. Spot-heights
d. Isomers
- In an economy, the sectors are classified into public and private on the basis of
a. employment conditions
b. nature of economic activities
c. ownership of enterprises
d. use of raw materials
- Bahadur Shah was the
a. last ruler of the Lodis
b. successor of Sher Shah Suri
c. last Mughal ruler
d. successor of the Maratha ruler Shivaji
-
Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh is famous for
a. Copper
b. Zinc
c. Mica
d. Gold
Answers
1. a 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. c 6. b 7. d 8. a 9. c 10. a 11. a 12. b 13. c 14. c 15. d
Test your General Knowledge - LVI
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Name the fourth largest wireless operator in the country that has crossed the 77 million wireless mark by adding 2.1 mn new subscribers in August.
a. Reliance
b. BSNL
c. Bharti Airtel
d. Tata Tele Services
- Who became the first Indian wrestler to win gold at a senior world championship in Moscow?
a. Sushil Kumar
b. Rajiv Tomar
c. Anil Mann
d. Narsingh Pancham Yadav
- India’s largest private sector conglomerate company has acquired a majority stake in Carrizo Oil & Gas shale. Name the conglomerate.
a. ONGC
b. Reliance
c. NTPC
d. SAIL
- Europe's largest multimedia company is all set to launch a $629 million (€566 million) public offer to buy all the shares of SeLoger.com SA, an operator of property classifieds portals in France. Name the company.
a. Aixam
b. Axel Springer AG
c. Alstom
d. Altana
- Who is the new Deputy Managing Director of Axis Bank?
a. Vijay Darda
b. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
c. S K Chakrabarti
d. Lalit Mahapatra
- French oil and gas giant Total SA agreed to buy a 20-per cent stake in Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project in Queensland from Australian oil and gas major Santos and Malaysia's national oil and gas company Petronas for a total consideration of approximately $800 million
a. API
b. Total S.A
c. Agapet
d. Merchant oil
- Who has been chosen the new brand ambassador of ICC for the year 2010-11?
a. Rahul Dravid
b. Virender Sehwag
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. Ajit Agarkar
- US drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb, revealed plans to pay a whopping premium of 84 per cent to acquire biotechnology company ZymoGenetics Inc for:
a. $885 million
b. $789 million
c. $ 480 million
d. $ 500 million
- A former cricketer and one of the greatest opening batsmen in test match history has been dropped from the governing council of the Indian Premier League. Name him.
a. Ravi Shastri
b. Sunil Gavaskar
c. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
d. Mohamed Azruddin
- India has signed a memorandum of understanding with which of the following countries to work together in areas of road transport, highways and related services.
a. UK
b. Germany
c. China
d. Japan
- Which of the following companies has bagged a five-year IT infrastructure management services contract, worth more than 50 million AUD (about Rs 218 crore), from Australian renewable energy company AGL Energy?
a. Accenture
b. Wipro
c. TCS
d. IBM
- The temperature which has the same reading on both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales is:
a. 40°
b. -40°
c. -34°
d. -140°
- Which of the following elements is not present in stainless steel?
a. Iron
b. Tungsten
c. Chromium
d. Nickel
- Source of energy in ecosystem is:
a. Sun
b. Green plants
c. Sugar produced in photosynthesis
d. ATP
-
What is recorded with the help of a hydrograph?
a. Wind velocity
b. Vapour retention
c. Relative humidity
d. Water discharge
Answers
1. d 2. a 3. b 4. b 5. c 6. b 7. b 8. a 9. b 10. a 11. c 12. a 13. b 14. b 15. c
Test your General Knowledge - LV
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Who said that Directive Principles are "aimed at furthering the goals of the social revolution or to foster this revolution by establishing the conditions necessary for its achievement"?
a. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
b. B. N. Rau
c. Granville Austin
d. M. C. Chagla
- Which of the following Articles provides for securing for all citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India?
a. Article 44
b. Article 45
c. Article 46
d. Article 47
- Which of the following words was not added to the Preamble of the Constitution of India by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976?
a. Sovereign
b. Socialist
c. Secular
d. Integrity
- Which British Prime Minister announced a scheme of representation of the minorities, which came to be known as Communal Award in 1932?
a. Ramsay Mac Donald
b. Clement Atlee
c. Winston Churchill
d. None of the Above
- Which of the following is known as the Act for the Good Government of India?
a. Indian Council Act 1861
b. Government of India Act 1885
c. Pitts India Act of 1784
d. Government of India Act 1919
- With which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar Project associated?
a. Chambal
b. Narmada
c. Tapi
d. Bhima
- Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?
a. Al-Hilal
b. Comrade
c. The Indian Sociologist
d. Zamindar
- Who among the following translated the Autobiography of Madam Curie in Hindi?
a. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b. Lal Bahadur Shastri
c. Choudhary Charan Singh
d. Gobind Ballabh Pant
- On planet Earth, there is no centrifugal force at the
a. Equator
b. Tropic of Cancer
c. Tropic of Capricorn
d. Poles
- Which among the following planets is smaller in size than the Earth?
a. Neptune
b. Venus
c. Saturn
d. Uranus
- Which of the following committees is associated with reforms in small industries?
a. K.L.Rekhi Committee
b. R.Chelliah Committee
c. Abid Hussain Committee
d. None of the above
- Who among the following was the advisor to the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly?
a. B. Shiva Rao
b. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
c. Sachidananda Sinha
d. B. N. Rau
- Who among the following was the author of Tarikh-i-Alai,which contains the details of the first few years of Sultan Alauddin Khilji?
a. Ziauddin Barani
b. Shams Siraj Afif
c. Amir Khusrau
d. Yahiya bin Ahmad
- "Let a hundred flowers bloom and let a thousand schools of thought contend" was said by
a. Lenin
b. Karl Marx
c. Tolstoy
d. Mao Tse-tung
-
The Magsaysay Award is given for proficiency in which of the following?
a. Literature
b. Mountaineering
c. Science
d. Social Science
Answers
1. c 2. a 3. a 4. a 5. b 6. b 7. a 8. b 9. d 10. b 11. c 12. d 13. c 14. d 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - LIV
- Which of the following Won Women's hockey Gold in Olympic Game 2008?
a. Holland
b. Australia
c. Germany
d. USA
- 'Romancing with Life' is a book written by
a. Dilip Kumar
b. Debasheesh Dutta
c. Dev Anand
d. Hema Malini
- Who among the following is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award?
a. England
b. Akkineni Nageshwar Rao
c. Manoj Kumar
d. Subhash Ghai
- Who is known as the father of Sanskrit Grammar?
a. Panini
b. Patanjali
c. Kalidas
d. None of the above
- Which of the following award is associated with Agriculture?
a. Bourlog Award
b. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
c. Arjun Award
d. Vyasa Samman
- The recommendations of the 11th Finance Commission covered the period
a. April 1,2002 to March 31,2007
b. April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2005
c. April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2012
d. April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2006
- National Food for Work Programme was launched on -
a. November 20,2004
b. December 1, 2005
c. November 14, 2004
d. October 5,2007
- Who was the first scholar to use the term "Indus Civilization"?
a. Rakhal Das Bannerji
b. John Marshall
c. Dayaram Sahani
d. R. S. Bist
- The Provision of Contingency Fund of India has been made under -
a. Article 266
b. Article 265
c. Article 267
d. Article 268
- By which Constitutional Amendment Acts, was it provide that Parliament has the power to abridge or take away any of the enactment of Constitutional Amendment Act?
a. The 25th Constitutional Amendment Act 1971
b. The 24th Constitutional Amendment Act 1971
c. The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act 1976
d. None of the above
- Dakar is the capital of
a. Romania
b. Senegal
c. Syprus
d. Mozambique
- Matatilla Multi-purpose Project is located on
a. River Betwa
b. River Rihand
c. River Tapi
d. River Mahi
- Theorphrastus is called the father of
a. Botany
b. Zoology
c. Anatomy
d. Astrology
- The Hockey World Player for 2009 is
a. Rajpal Singh
b. Jamie Dwyer
c. Grant Shubert
d. dhanraj pillay
-
National Youth Day is observed on
a. January 15
b. January 12
c. January 20
d. January 28
Answers
1. c 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. b 7. c 8. b 9. c 10. b 11. b 12. a 13. a 14. b 15. b
Test your General Knowledge - LIII
- Who won the Chinese Grand Prix recently?
a. Jenson Button
b. Sebastian Vettel
c. Valentino Rossi
d. Mark Webber
- Which of the following won the Sony Ericsson Tennis Championship men's title?
a. Lucky Dlouhy
b. Mahesh Bhupati
c. Leander Peas
d. Andy Roddick
- Which of the European countries recently came into news for eruption of volcano?
a. England
b. Finland
c. Iceland
d. Denmark
- The World's first Homeopathy University is being established in-
a. Karnataka
b. Rajasthan
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Kerala
- ......IBSA Summit 2010 was recently held in Brasilia.
a. Third
b. Fourth
c. Fifth
d. Sixth
- 'United People's Freedom Alliance' recently won a majority in the parliamentary elections in-
a. Sri Lanka
b. Nepal
c. Maldives
d. Vietnam
- Where was the sixteenth ASEAN Summit held?
a. Delhi
b. Beijing
c. Hanoi
d. Kuala Lumpur
- Which of the following Constitutional Amendment Bills in Pakistan aimed at stripping the president of key powers?
a. 15th constitution Amendment Bill
b. 18th constitution Amendment Bill
c. 20th constitution Amendment Bill
d. 22nd constitution Amendment Bill
- The Central Asian country which recently came into news for political turmoil is-
a. Uzbekistan
b. Kyrgyzstan
c. Tajikistan
d. Turkmenistan
- The deal 'New START' has recently been signed between-
a. Russia and USA
b. UK and Japan
c. India and China
d. China and Russia
- INS Kamorta is country,s first-
a. Anti-submarine warfare corvette
b. Nuclear Submarine
c. First naval aircraft carrier
d. None of the above
- Which of the following states does not have legislative council?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Jammu & Kashmir
c. Kerala
d. Uttar Pradesh
- India recently signed a major deal on education with-
a. Japan
b. Australia
c. Russia
d. U.S.A
- Which of the following organisations has its headquarters in Rome?
a. World Food Programme
b. Food and Agriculture Organisation
c. International Labour Organisation
d. European Free Trade Association
-
Which of the following is known as 'Queen of the Adriatic'?
a. Stockholm
b. Chicago
c. Venice
d. Strait of Gibraltar
Answers
1. a 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. b 9. b 10. a 11. a 12. c 13. b 14. b 15. c
Test your General Knowledge - LII
- Who is the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Studio18
a. Rajat Girdhar
b. Kaushik Roy
c. Sandeep Bhargava
d. Vikram Malhotra
- Which country was on the top in medal tally in South Asian Games 2010?
a. Pakistan
b. India
c. Sri Lanka
d. Afghanistan
- Which south Asian country in April 2010 experienced heavy quake?
a. Nepal
b. China
c. India
d. Afghanistan
- Who has been re-elected M&M chief despite Bhopal conviction
a. Kishore Kamdar
b. JN Mukund
c. Vijay Gokhle
d. Keshub Mahindra
- Euromoney, one of Europe's largest business and financial magazine publishers which has interests in financial publishing and event organization has named Citigroup CEO as banker of the year, in addition to bestowing 13 major product and regional awards to the US banking giant, in its annual Euromoney awards for excellence. Name the CEO of Citigroup
a. Dr. KC Chakraborthy
b. Vikram Pandit
c. T.M. Bhasin
d. Dr.V A Joseph
- Who is the winner of the prestigious 2010 Edinburgh Comedy Awards-
a. Russell Kane
b. Russell Peters
c. Russell Brand
d. Russell Crowe
- Asko Parpola recently bagged-
a. Classical Tamil Award
b. Padma Vibhushan
c. Jnanpeeth Award
d. Padma Bhushan
- Who is the winner of Indianapolis MotoGP
a. Giacomo Agostini
b. Dani Pedrosa
c. Mike Hailwood
d. John Surtees
- Praduman Singh Jindrahia whose composition Geet Sarovar was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award 2009 is a noted and famous poet of-
a. Assamese
b. Dogri
c. Gujarati
d. Konkani
- Who among the following personalities awarded Padam Vibhushan is percussionist and Mrudangam Vidwan?
a. Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman
b. Zohra Segal
c. Bipin Chandra
d. Prathap C.Reddy
- The Best feature film chosen at the 56th National Film Award is-
a. Antaheen
b. Jogva
c. Rock on
d. Fashion
- How many teams participated in ICC World Twenty-20 Cup?
a. Ten Teams
b. Twelve Teams
c. Eight Teams
d. Seven Teams
- India's 15th National Census Exercise began on-
a. April 10,2010
b. March 10,2010
c. April 1,2010
d. April 30,2010
- The best batsman award of Indian Premier League-III was received by-
a. Suresh Raina
b. M.S.Dhoni
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. Pragyan Ojha
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The Best Parliamentarian Award for 2009 has been conferred on-
a. Jaipal Reddy
b. Murli Manohar Joshi
c. Mohan Singh
d. Hamid Ansari
Answers
1. d 2. b 3. b 4. d 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. b 9. b 10. a 11. a 12. b 13. c 14. c 15. b
Global Indices - Test your General Knowledge - LI
- Which clearing house is the wholly owned subsidiary of NSE?
a. National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd. (NSCCL)
b. India Index Services & Products Ltd. (IISL)
c. Clearing Corporation of India Ltd. (CCIL)
d. None of the above
- Bombay Stock Exchange has SENSEX as its one of the major indices. What does SENSEX stands for?
a. SENSor IndEX
b. SENSitive indEX
c. SENSitive EXchange
d. Sensitive Stocks
- In which year NSE launched Currency Derivatives?
a. 2009
b. 2008
c. 2003
d. 2006
- Which is the principal stock exchange of Switzerland?
a. Swiss Exchange
b. Stockholm Stock Exchange
c. Electronic Share Information
d. Santiago Stock Exchange
- There are three exchanges in China among them are Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange. Which is the third one?
a. Hong Kong Futures Exchange
b. Tokyo Stock Exchange
c. Shenzhen Stock Exchange
d. Osaka Securities Exchange
- Which is the largest Stock exchange in the world in terms of dollar value of its listed companies’ stocks?
a. NYSE
b. Chicago Stock Exchange
c. Ftse
d. Stockholm Stock Exchange
- How many indices exist in the ‘Sector Series’ (indices representing several sectors such as FMCG, capital goods) of Bombay Stock Exchange?
a. 10
b. 11
c. 13
d. 9
- Recently Dow Jones crashed 1000 points on an intraday trade what was this crash called?
a. Flash Crash
b. Black Tuesday
c. Black Monday
d. Mini Crash
- Which was the first Indian company to list on NYSE?
a. ICICI Bank
b. Wipro
c. Tata Motors
d. Infosys
- What is the full form of SEBI?
a. Stock Exchange Bureau of India
b. Stock Exchange Board of India
c. Securities Exchange Bureau of India
d. Securities and Exchange Board of India
- CAC 40 is the prominent stock index of which country?
a. Germany
b. France
c. US
d. Japan
- What is Dollex-30?
a. Dollar Version of Nifty
b. Dollar Version of BSE-200
c. Dollar Version of BSE Sensex
d. Dollar Version of BSE-100
- What is full form of NEAT which is the online trading system of the National Stock Exchange?
a. Nation’s Exchange for Automated Trading
b. National Exchange for Automated Trading
c. Nationwide Exchange for Automated Trading
d. None of the Above
- Which is the oldest exchange in Asia?
a. National Stock Exchange
b. Hong Kong Stock Exchange
c. Bombay Stock Exchange
d. Tokyo Stock Exchange
-
On which date did the Sensex surge by a record 2110.79 points in a day?
a. May 18, 2009
b. January 8, 2008
c. October 30, 2006
d. March 30, 1992
Answers
1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. c 6. a 7. b 8. a 9. a 10. d 11. b 12. c 13. b 14. c 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - L
- NASDAQ stands for…
a. National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
b. National Stocks Data and Automated Quotes
c. North American Securities Data and Automated Quotations
d. Nation Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
- What does NYSE stands for?
a. New York Shares Exchange
b. New York Stock Exchange
c. New York Sugar Exchange
d. New York Securities Exchange
- When was BSE Sensex index launched?
a. 1986
b. 1980
c. 1978
d. 1989
- S&P CNX Nifty is a well diversified 50 stock index accounting for how many sectors?
a. 22
b. 5
c. 15
d. 10
- Xetra is the electronic securities trading system based in
a. India
b. China
c. Germany
d. USA
- Who is the regulator of financial services industry in UK?
a. Bank of England
b. Securities Exchange Commission
c. Federal Reserve System
d. Financial Services Authority (FSA)
- Which will be the first foreign company to issue IDR’s (Indian Depository Receipt)?
a. Citibank
b. Standard Chartered Bank
c. Deutsche Bank
d. HSBC
- What is market capitalization?
a. Share Price multiplied by number of shares outstanding
b. Value of shares of the company held by Foreign investors
c. Value of shares held by the promoters of the company
d. Value of shares in the company held by the public
- How many stocks does Nifty Index comprise of?
a. 30
b. 100
c. 500
d. 50
- Funds which invest only in stocks comprising an index and gives returns commensurate with the index return are called
a. Index Funds
b. Active Funds
c. Dormant Funds
d. None of the above
- Nifty Index is used in
a. Derivatives
b. Index Funds
c. Exchange traded funds (ETFs)
d. All the above
- How many stocks does Hang Seng index comprise of?
a. 35
b. 43
c. 30
d. 50
- National Commodity Clearing Limited (NCCL) is the joint venture between which companies?
a. NSE and MCX
b. MCX and NCDEX
c. NSE and NCDEX
d. BSE and NCDEX
- How many stocks does DAX index comprise of?
a. 100
b. 30
c. 50
d. 40
-
Which was the first company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange?
a. Citigroup
b. Ford Motor
c. Bank of New York
d. General Electric
Answers
1. a 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. c 6. d 7. b 8. a 9. d 10. a 11. d 12. b 13. c 14. b 15. c
Test your General Knowledge - XXXIX
- Name the company in the news, which formed a search committee to select the successor to the current chairman.
a. TATA Group
b. Infosys
c. Wipro
d. Ruia Group
- Who is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bharti Infratel
a. Mr.L.N.Gupta
b. Dr. Gitesh K Shah
c. Devender Singh Rawat
d. V Narayanan
- Who has been named brand ambassador of the upcoming Airtel Champions League Twenty20 by the tournament's official broadcaster and commercial partner ESPN Star Sports.
a. Salil Ankola
b. Bobby Deol
c. Shahrukh Khan
d. Amitabh Bachchan
- Who has received the Voice and Data Telecom Person of the Year 2010 award.
a. Anil Sardana
b. Anil Sharma
c. Jayant Dua
d. Gopal D
- Natrajan Chandrasekaran has been ranked as India’s best CEO according to FinanceAsia magazine. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of which of the following companies
a. Infosys
b. Wipro
c. Arcelor Mittal
d. TCS
- Which of the following business tycoons has been selected for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellowship
a. Ratan Tata
b. Sunil Mittal
c. Lakshmi Mittal
d. Rahul Bajaj
- The new police commissioner of Pune has said she will place special emphasis on the "fitness and preparedness" of staff deployed to respond to terrorist threats in the city, which was rocked by the February 13 blast at the German Bakery, claiming 17 lives. Who is she.
a. Meeran Borwankar
b. Malini Shinde
c. Letika Saran
d. Kiran Bedi
- Taufik Hidayat is associated with which of the following sports
a. Billiards
b. Badminton
c. Basketball
d. Snooker
- Who authored Johnny gone Down
a. Karan Bajaj
b. Amitav Ghosh
c. Kiran Desai
d. Salman Rushdie
- What does CBDT stand for
a. Cabinet Board of Direct Taxes
b. Central Board of Direct Taxes
c. Center Board of Direct Taxes
d. Consulting Board of Direct Taxes
- Who is the President of International Federation of Company Secretaries (IFCS)
a. G. Nizamuddin
b. Keyoor Bakshi
c. Zafar A. Khan
d. Saquib Javed
- Who is the governor of Maharashtra
a. Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
b. R.S Gavai
c. S.C. Jamir
d. S.M. Krishna
- We make the things that make India proud is the punchline of which of the following companies
a. Philips
b. Voltas
c. LG
d. L&T
- Which of the following cities in Scotland is also known as the Granite City
a. Aberdeen
b. Dundee
c. Edinburgh
d. Glasgow
-
Which of the following actresses has agreed to be India's national green ambassador to initiate eco-friendly campaigns in India
a. Deepika Padukone
b. Preity Zinta
c. Priyanka Chopra
d. Sushmita Sen
Answers
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. d 6. a 7. a 8. b 9. a 10. b 11. b 12. a 13. d 14. a 15. c
Test your General Knowledge - XXXVIII
- Who is the winner of the Hungarian Grand Prix
a. Michael Schumacher
b. Mark Webber
c. Nicolas Prost
d. Adrien Tambay
- Who was presented the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2006. The Jnanpith Award is the highest literary award in India.
a. Ravindra Kelekar
b. Umashankar Joshi
c. U. R. Ananthamurthy
d. C. Narayanareddy
- Who is the new Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prudential Life Insurance
a. Rajesh Menon
b. Nagesh Alai
c. S Bakshi
d. D. A. Prasanna
- He was a former Editor in Chief of leading Malayalam daily Malayala Manorama. He launched many publications such as the women’s magazine Vanitha in Malayalam and Hindi, the English magazine The Week, the farmer’s magazine Karshakasree, children’s magazines Balarama, Amar Chitra Katha and Kalikudukka in Malayalam and Magic Pot in English and encyclopedic Manorama Yearbook in Malayalam, English, Hindi, Tamil and Bengali. He passed away on August 1st 2010. Name him.
a. K. M. Oommen
b. Cash Reverse Ratio
c. Basava Premanand
d. K M Mathew
- Who is the new Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)
a. Gopal Das
b. Kuldeep Goyal
c. Amit Shankar
d. B S Nagesh
- An American stand-up comedian, television host and actress, she has been a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season. Recently she quit the show. Name her.
a. Jennifer Lopez
b. Kara DioGuardi
c. Ellen DeGeneres
d. Paula Abdul
- Well-known International Newsweek magazine, owned by The Washington Post Co., has been sold to an American businessman who has been active in education, government, industry, and publishing. Name him
a. Rupert Murdoch
b. Sidney Harman
c. Brian Gruseke
d. Bill Lane
- Who is the 12th President of India
a. Pratibha Patil
b. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
c. K. R. Narayanan
d. Hamid Ansari
- Who authored Around the World in Eighty Days
a. DBC Pierre
b. Charles Dickens
c. Jules Verne
d. Michael Palin
- Which is the smallest union territory of India
a. Daman and Diu
b. Lakshadweep
c. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
d. Andaman and Nicobar
- Who owns the Dainik Bhaskar group of newspapers
a. Raghav Bahl
b. Samir Jain
c. Jagran Prakashan
d. Ramesh Chandra Agarwal
- _________ is the national sport of India
a. Hockey
b. Cricket
c. Volleyball
d. Baseball
- Which of the following cities in the US is popularly known as the city of skyscrapers
a. Los Angeles
b. New York
c. Philadelphia
d. Dallas
- What does AAFI stand for
a. Amateur Athletics Federation of India
b. All Athletics Federation of India
c. All Football Federation of India
d. Associated Athletics Federation of India
-
The Commonwealth games 2010 will be held in
a. Toronto
b. Melbourne
c. Manchester
d. N.Delhi
Answers
1. b 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. a 6. c 7. b 8. a 9. c 10. b 11. d 12. a 13. b 14. a 15. d
Test your General Knowledge - XXXVII
- Who has been ranked the most trusted name in India in a list compiled by popular magazine Reader's Digest.
a. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
b. Ratan Tata
c. Lakshmi Mittal
d. Narayan Murthy
- Who is the Chairman of the Expert Committee on National Film Awards
a. Dilip Kumar
b. Shyam Benegal
c. Amitabh Bachchan
d. Anupam Kher
- Who has been reappointed as Prime Minister of Mauritius
a. Angidi Chettiarb
b. Raouf Bundhun
c. Paul Berenger
d. Navinchandra Ramgoolam
- What does CRR stand for
a. Cyclic Reserve Ratio
b. Cash Reverse Ratio
c. Cash Reserve Ratio
d. Cyclic Reverse Ratio
- Who authored Catch 22
a. Ernest Hemmingway
b. James Baldwin
c. Joseph Heller
d. Jack London
- Which of the following politicians has been arrested by CBI in Shorabuddin Case
a. Suresh Mehta
b. Amit Shah
c. Narendra Modi
d. Keshubhai Patel
- Who is India’s new home secretary
a. Dhirendra Singh
b. G K Pillai
c. SM Krishna
d. Anand Sharma
- Lee Trevino is associated with which of the following sports
a. Basketball
b. Football
c. Golf
d. Billiards
- Who was known as the Morning Star of Indian Renaissance
a. Bipin Chandra Pal
b. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
c. Rabindranath Tagore
d. Ram Mohan Roy
- Which was the first country to issue stamps
a. Great Britain
b. Greece
c. Germany
d. Guyana
- Right to Information (RTI) was passed in the year
a. 2001
b. 2005
c. 2003
d. 2006
- Federation cup is associated with which of the following games
a. Archery
b. Badminton
c. Chess
d. Golf
- _______ is the largest fresh water lake in India
a. Dal Lake
b. Wular Lake
c. Surinsar Lake
d. Mansar Lake
- Who is the founder of Nirma group
a. Jagdish Khattar
b. Jyoti Naik
c. Karsanbhai Patel
d. Brijmohan Lall Munjal
-
Who founded the Indian Express in 1936
a. Ramnath Goenka
b. Ramesh Gelli
c. Ramesh Chandra Agarwal
d. M.S.Banga
Answers
1. a 2. b 3. d 4. c 5. c 6. b 7. b 8. c 9. d 10. a 11. b 12. a 13. b 14. c 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - XXXVI
- The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by the
a. Elected members of the legislative assembly
b. Prime Minister
c. President
d. Elected members of the legislative council
- An American actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter, he has been chosen to receive an Emmy award for his humanitarian efforts. Name him.
a. Tom Hanks
b. George Clooney
c. Denzel Washington
d. Melvin Kaminsky.
- A French film actress, author, television screenwriter and director, she starred in many films and won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film festival and was especially famous in France for her TV series for children, Poly (a boy and a horse) and Belle et Sébastien, adapted for television from her books. She passed away on July 19, 2010. Name her.
a. Marion Cotillard
b. Ginette Garcin
c. Cécile Aubry
d. Juliette Binoche
- Who has been elected as the President of the Delhi Archery Association (DAA)
a. Sanjay Gupta
b. RC Venkateish
c. Nikhil Kilpady
d. Virender Sachdeva
- Dabur India is talks to buy Turkish personal care products maker. Name the personal care products maker.
a. Hunca Cosmetics
b. Hobi Kozmetik
c. Arçelik
d. Poliya
- Dhyan Chand is associated with which of the following sports
a. Hockey
b. Cricket
c. Golf
d. Billliards
- Which of the following countries has taken its anti-smoking crusade one step further by now banning smokers from applying for high-ranking executive jobs in the government.
a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. Israel
d. Ireland
- Which of the following cities in India is known as the Sun City
a. Jamnagar
b. Jodhpur
c. Jabalpur
d. Jagdalpur
- Which of the following Indian states is also known as the ‘Abode of Clouds’
a. Nagaland
b. Manipur
c. Meghalaya
d. Uttarakhand
- Who is the minister of Environment and forests?
a. Dinsha J. Patel
b. Srikant Jena
c. Jairam Ramesh
d. E. Ahamed
- An English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, audio theatre, and films, he won the prestigious children's fiction prize - the Cilip Carnegie Medal - for his fantasy tale The Graveyard Book. Name him
a. Neil Gaiman
b. Mark Adlard
c. Brian Aldiss
d. Nick Harkaway
- Who is the new Chief Vigilant Officer (CVO) of Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
a. C S Verma
b. SK Roongta
c. Chandra Bhushan Paliwal
d. G Elias
- Who has been appointed the new deputy chief financial officer of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
a. Pankaj Vaish
b. V. Srikanth
c. Aloke Ghosh
d. Amrita Bhalla
- Which of the following countries is not a member of Gulf Cooperation Council
a. Yemen
b. Oman
c. Bahrain
d. Kuwait
-
What does NSDL stand for?
a. National Stock Depository Limited
b. National Securities Depository Limited
c. Nascent Securities Depository Limited
d. Nascent Stock Depository Limited
Answers
1. a 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. b 6. a 7. a 8. b 9. c 10. c 11. a 12. c 13. b 14. a 15. b
Test your General Knowledge - XXXV
- An American underground comic book writer, he was best known for his autobiographical American Splendor series. In 2003, the series inspired a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same. He passed away on July 12, 2010. Name him
a. Harvey Pekar
b. Brian Michael Bendis
c. Peter David
d. Clifford Meth
- Which of the following cricketers has snapped a 3- year deal with sports and talent management firms Rhiti sports management and mindscapes one
a. Sourav Ganguly
b. Virender Sehwag
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. M.S. Dhoni
- Insurance broker Aon corp has agreed to buy a Human resources company for $ 4.9 billion in cash and stock to expand its consulting operations. Name the Human Resources company.
a. Ma Foi Management Consultants Limited
b. Ernest & Young Private Limited
c. Global Hunt
d. Hewitt Associates
- Who is the new Managing Director (MD) of Zee news
a. Punit Goenka
b. Laxmi Goel
c. Vineet Jain
d. Sunil Lulla
- Who won the main prize at the Karlovy Vary film festival in the Czech republic for his film ‘The Mosquito Net’ beating 11 other contenders.
a. Pedro Almodóvar
b. Agusti Vila
c. Alejandro Amenábar
d. Juanma Bajo Ulloa
- Who won a gold medal in the 48-kg gold in the International Wrestling tournament “Gran Premio de Espana “that was held from July 10-11 at Madrid, Spain
a. Geetika Jakhar
b. Nirmal Devi
c. Sumit Morya
d. Prakash Kumar
- Who has won the Golden Boot award for top scorer at the World Cup and was also named best young player of the tournament
a. Manuel Neuer
b. Mesut Oezil
c. Thomas Mueller
d. Jerome Boateng
- Which of the following counties has been in news for armed conflict taking place between rival drug cartels and government forces
a. Mexico
b. South Africa
c. Turkey
d. Thailand
- What does GPI stand for?
a. Global Price Index
b. Global Peace Index
c. Genuine Price Index
d. Genuine Progress Index
- Which of the following countries has recently announced a permanent suspension of Google’s Mail service claiming that it will be replaced by a new National service
a. Afghanistan
b. Iraq
c. Iran
d. Pakistan
- Who is the author of ‘Lajja’
a. Arundhati Roy
b. Shobha De
c. Taslima Nasreen
d. Anita Desai
- Who was the first Indian to win the World Amateur Billiards title?
a. Geet Sethi
b. Ashok Shandilya
c. Wilson Jones
d. Michael Ferreira
- __________ is the largest carnivore on land
a. Tiger
b. Polar bear
c. Lion
d. Leopard
- ________ is the National animal of India
a. Bald Eagle
b. Leopard
c. Tiger
d. Gallic rooster
- Snooker originated in which of the following countries
a. India
b. Belgium
c. Canada
d. Gabon
Answers
1. a 2. d 3. d 4. a 5. b 6. b 7. c 8. a 9. b 10. c 11. c 12. c 13. b 14. c 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - XXXIV
- _____________notched up his 12th Grand Slam title after he and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black clinched the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship with a straight set victory on Sunday.
a. Mahesh Bhupathi.
b. Leander Paes
c. Somdev Devvarman
d. Prakash Amritraj.
- Who authored the Voyage of the Beagle
a. Charles Darwin
b. Charles Dickens
c. David Almond
d. David Attenborough
- __________ is the only internal organ that can regenerate itself
a. Gall Bladder
b. Pancreas
c. Liver
d. Spleen
- Who has been honoured with the 2010 national award by the technology Development Board of the Ministry of Science and Technology?
a. A.R. Sharma
b. Dr. O.P. Katare
c. Martti Ahtisaari
d. Volodymyr Semynozhenko
- The Reserve Bank of India has decided to increase the cash withdrawal limit for ATMs to Rs _____________ in a single day
a. 75,5000
b. 50,000
c. 1 lakh
d. 1,25000
- Who is the governor of Maharashtra
a. Nikhil Kumar
b. Hans Raj Bhardwaj
c. Rameshwar Thakur
d. K. Sankaranarayanan
- Which of the following Bollywood actresses has been banned by the South Indian Film Artistes Association (SIFAA) for offending them by shooting for the movie ‘Ready’ in Sri Lanka
a. Asin Thottumkal
b. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
c. Rekha Ganesan
d. Trisha Krishnamurthy
- Pankaj Advani is associated with which of the following sports
a. Badminton
b. Tennis
c. Billiards
d. Hockey
- An Indian weightlifter, she has joined training for the Commonwealth games to be held in Delhi in October after serving a two-year ban for a dope in flunk in 2008 after clearing a confirmatory test
a. Nandini Devi
b. Pratima Kumari
c. Kunjarani Devi
d. Monika Devi
- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has conferred the chairman and managing director of Suzlon Energy with the title of `Wind Visionary of Asia'. The award is in recognition of Suzlon's commitment to building the case for wind across the world and highlights a decade of tremendous work in key markets of Asia. Who is the managing director and chairman of Suzlon
a. Tulsi R Tanti
b. Kushal Pal Singh
c. Pallonji Mistry
d. Anurag Dikshit
- ________ is the world’s largest diamond producing country
a. South Africa
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Zambia
d. Zaire
- Who is the founder of Business India group of publications
a. Jai Prakash Gaur
b. Khalid Ansari
c. Ashok Advani
d. KV Mathew
- The South Asian Association for regional cooperation (SAARC) is an economic and political organization of eight countries in Southern Asia. When was it formed
a. September 2, 1987
b. December 8, 1985
c. August 8, 1989
d. December 5, 1986
- The constitution of India is divided in how many parts
a. 22
b. 25
c. 21
d. 23
- Who is known as the father of computers
a. James Gosling
b. Don Bissell
c. Alan Turing
d. Charles Babbage
Answers
1. b 2. a 3. c 4. a 5. c 6. d 7. a 8. c 9. d 10. a 11. a 12. c 13. b 14. a 15. d
Test your General Knowledge - XXXIII
- An Indian politician and Member of Parliament, he has rejoined BJP after he was unceremoniously thrown out for writing a controversial book on Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah in 2009. Name him
a. Jaswant Singh
b. Jagdish Mukhi
c. Y.G.Mahajan
d. Ramswaroop Koli
- Which of the following country has been knocked out of the world cup 2010.
a. Nigeria
b. Germany
c. Argentina
d. Brazil
- Who is the new ICC president?
a. Ray Mali
b. Sharad Pawar
c. David Morgan
d. Ehsan Mani
- Which of the following countries has ruled out that it is not a criminal offence to cut off the life support of a dying person if that person has given consent.
a. Philippines
b. Germany
c. France
d. Austria
- Who is the new President of Germany
a. Christian Wulff
b. Horst Köhler
c. Johannes Rau
d. Roman Herzog
- An industrialist and philanthropist, he was one of the first to enter into the television business. He was the proprietor of the firm that sold the popular Dyanora TV sets and was also the former managing director and founder of Nippo batteries. He passed away on June 30, 2010. Identify him.
a. Armand Hammer
b. P. Obul Reddy
c. Tony Toldo
d. Dr. S. K. Somaiya
- In which year did India became a member of The United Nations Organisation (UNO)
a. 26th January, 1950
b. 15th August, 1947
c. 27th September, 1945
d. 30th October, 1945
- The first five-year plan came into existence in which year
a. 1949
b. 1950
c. 1951
d. 1952
- Swaythling cup is associated with which of the following games
a. Table Tennis
b. Badminton
c. Basketball
d. Hockey
- ________ is the largest island in the Mediterranean
a. Corsica
b. Sicily
c. Sardinia
d. Cyprus
- Arachnophobia is
a. fear of spiders
b. fear of lightning and thunderstorms
c. fear of the number 13
d. fear of birds
- What does FIEO stand for
a. Forum of Indian Export Organization
b. Federation of Indian Export Organization
c. Foundation of Indian Export Organization
d. Foreign Indian Economic Organisation
- Who authored The Binding Vine
a. Salman Rushdie
b. Shashi Tharoor
c. Shashi Deshpande
d. Anita Desai
- An Indian film director and producer, she has won a number of awards, including a National Film Award and various international film festival awards, and was a nominee at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards and Filmfare Awards. She was also awarded the India Abroad Person of the Year-2007, which was presented by Indra Nooyi, Chairperson and CEO, PepsiCo, Inc, and India Abroad Person of the Year-2006. Name her
a. Deepa Mehta
b. Aparna Sen
c. Gurinder Chadha
d. Mira Nair
- Who is the minister of youth affairs and sports
a. GK Vasan
b. CP Joshi
c. Dr. MS Gill
d. MK Alagiri
Answers
1. a 2. c 3. b 4. b 5. a 6. b 7. d 8. c 9. a 10. b 11. a 12. b 13. c 14. d 15. c
World Cup Fever: Test your General Knowledge -XXXII
- Who is the president of FIFA
a. Jack Warner
b. Geoff Thompson
c. Sepp Blatter
d. João Havelange
- What was the World Cup known as before 1970
a. Henri Delaunay Trophy
b. Silvio Gazzanigi
c. Kamari Stu Cup
d. Jules Rimet Trophy
- Which of the following countries is hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup
a. South Africa
b. Germany
c. Italy
d. France
- What is the 2010 FIFA World Cup mascot
a. Footix
b. Zakumi
c. Juanito
d. Tip and Tap
- What is the 2010 FIFA World Cup theme song
a. The Cup of Life
b.We are the champions
c. Waka Waka
d. The Time of our Lives
- Lionel Messi plays for which of the following countries
a. England
b. Italy
c. Germany
d. Argentina
- Which is the only country to have played in every tournament of World Cup football
a. Brazil
b. France
c. Italy
d. Germany
- Which of the following countries has never made it to a World Cup final game
a. France
b. Spain
c. Argentina
d. England
- The 2014 World Cup will be held in which of the following countries
a. Japan
b. South Korea
c. Germany
d. Brazil
- ________ was the first country to win a World Cup in 1930
a. USA
b. Yugoslavia
c. Uruguay
d. Argentina
- How many countries have qualified for the 2010 World Cup
a. 208
b. 200
c. 204
d. 202
- Who is the overall top goal scorer in all the World Cup tournaments
a. Cristiano Ronaldo
b. Wayne Rooney
c.Lionel Messi
d. Pele
- Chritiano Renaldo plays for which of the following teams
a. Bayern Munich
b. Real Madrid
c. Manchester United
d. Bordeaux
- FIFA means
a. Federation Internationale de Framebox Association
b. Federation Internationale de Football Association
c. Federation Internationale de Frameball Association
d. Federation Internationale de Foot Association
- FIFA was formed in
a. 1901
b. 1908
c. 1904
d. 1907
Answers
1. c 2. d 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. d 7. a 8. b 9. d 10. c 11. c 12. a 13. c 14. b 15. c
Test your General Knowledge - XXXI
- A US-based investment banking giant has been fined a record £33.32 million by the UK regulator for failing to keep billions of dollars of client money separate from the firm's money in segregated accounts. Name the US-based investment giant.
a. Wells Fargo
b. Morgan Stanley
c. JP Morgan
d. Goldman Sachs
- An Indian multi-business conglomerate with diversified business interests that include finance, insurance, real estate, media & entertainment, tourism & hospitality, and services & trading has retained the sponsorship rights of the Indian cricket team for a whopping Rupees 30.34 million (653,000 dollars) per match till December 2013. Name the conglomerate.
a. Yahoo! India
b. Sahara India
c. Reliance
d. Star India
- Who is the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?
a. Mahinda Rajapaksa
b. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
c. D.M Jayaratne
d. Ranil Wickremesinghe
- The 2010 International Indian Film Academy Awards is going to be held in which of the following countries:
a. Singapore
b. Malaysia
c. Mauritius
d. Srilanka
- A UAE-based telecommunications service provider, Etisalat is in talks to buy a quarter of an Indian mobile carrier for $ 180 billion rupees. Name the service provider.
a. Reliance
b. Tata
c. Airtel
d. Idea
- Which Indian pharmaceutical company has received an approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to market its H1N1 vaccine in the country?
a. Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
b. Ranbaxy Laboratories
c. GlaxoSmithKline
d. Cadila Healthcare Ltd
- Who was crowned with the coveted Miss India World beauty pageant for the year 2010?
a. Pooja Chopra
b. Ekta Choudhary
c. Manasvi Mamgai
d. Shriya Kishore
- Who is known as the father of western political thought?
a. Socrates
b. Plato
c. Archimedes
d. Robert E. Goodin
- How many countries are part of the European Union?
a. 18
b. 15
c. 27
d. 20
- Which of the following places in India is known as Emerald islands?
a. Caculo
b. Daman & Diu
c. Lakshadweep
d. Andaman and Nicobar
- Limba Ram is associated with which of the following sports:
a. Archery
b. Table Tennis
c. Shooting
d. Golf
- Who authored The Inheritance of Loss?
a. Amit Verma
b. Kiran Desai
c. Arvind Adiga
d. Amit Chaudhuri
- Which company launched the first mobile phone operation in India?
a. Bharti
b. Modi Telstra
c. Loop
d. Essar
- What does APEC stand for?
a. Asia Pacific Election Commission
b. Asia Pacific European Commission
c. All India Election Commission
d. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
- A novelist and essayist, he achieved notability with his second novel, Midnight's Children (1981), which won the Booker Prize in 1981. Much of his fiction is set on the Indian subcontinent. His fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988), was the centre of a major controversy, drawing protests from Muslims in several countries. Name him.
a. Salman Rushdie
b. Amitav Ghosh
c. Vikram Seth
d. Khushwant Singh
Answers
1.c2.b3.c4.d5.a6.d7.c8.b9.c10.d11.a12.b13.b14.d15. a
Test your General Knowledge - XXX
- Recently a ship laden with medical equipment, books and building materials, as well as a number of dignitaries including members of various parliaments, a Holocaust survivor and a Nobel peace prize laureate was attacked in international waters; under international law. Name the country that undertook such a drastic action.
a. Turkey
b. Israel
c. USA
d. China
- An Italian carmaker recently launched the limited edition of its fastest sports car Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce in India. Name the Italian carmaker.
a. Alfa Romeo
b. Maseratti
c. Lamborghini
d. Edonis
- Which of the following radio channels has just launched the first of its kind SMS services under the SMS VAS umbrella brand of 'ANY TIME MUSIC - ATM'
a. 98.3 Radio Mirchi
b. 94.3 Radio One
c. 107.1 Rainbow
d. 104.8 Meow
- Who is the new commissioner police of Mumbai
a. Sanjeev Dayal
b. Hasan Gafoor
c. D Sivanandan
d. A N Roy
- Who is the new mayor of Mumbai
a. Murli Deora
b. Mahadeo Deole
c. Dr. Shubha U. Raul.
d. Shraddha Jadhav
- Name the country that has recently developed a super computer that runs at more than one quadrillion (one thousand million) calculations per second
a. China
b. Japan
c. India
d. Germany
- ________ has become the first country to initiate a new law proposing strict packaging rules for tobacco companies to sell their cigarette packs 'plain' without display of logo or imagery on the cover by January 1, 2012.
a. Germany
b. India
c. Austria
d. Australia
- The G-20 summit was held in which of the following countries
a. Spain
b. Washington
c. Germany
d. France
- Deodhar trophy is associated with which of the following games
a. Badminton
b. Basketball
c. Cricket
d. Tennis
- Who authored The Jungle Book
a. Timothy Ash
b. Rudyard Kipling
c. John Arden
d. John Ash
- What is the retirement age of a Supreme Court judge
a. 55
b. 60
c. 65
d. 68
- The organization for Economic Co-operation and Development is an international economic organization. How many countries are a member of this organization
a. 31
b. 35
c. 48
d. 29
- Who is the minister of corporate affairs?
a. M. S. Gill
b. Oscar Fernandes
c. Vilas Muttemwar
d. Prem Chand Gupta
- Name the place in Mangalore, which saw an air disaster of such magnitude in which 158 lives perished.
a. Bajpe
b. Kavoor
c. Udipi
d. Kadri
- What does ILO stand for?
a. Indian Labour Organisation
b. Indian Law Organisation
c. International Law Organisation
d. International Labour Organisation
Answers
1.b 2.c 3.b 4.a 5.d 6.a 7.d 8.b 9.a 10.b 11.d 12.a 13.d 14.a 15.d
Test your General Knowledge - XXIX
- Which Thai film has won the Palme d'Or top prize at the 2010 Cannes film festival??
a. Pleasure Factory
b. Ploy
c. The Love of Siam
d. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
- The American drug-maker Abott is all set to acquire India's second largest pharmaceutical healthcare company for USD 3.72 billion. Name the healthcare company.
a. Cipla
b. GlaxoSmithKline
c. Piramal Healthcare
d. Ranbaxy
- He was an Indian born Scottish inventor, who pioneered the development of the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). He passed away in May 2010. Name him
a. Luther George Simjian
b. John Shepherd-Barron
c. James Goodfellow
d. Don Wetzel
- An Indian FMCG major is all set to acquire 100 percent stake in Latin American Issue group for an undisclosed amount. Name the FMCG major.
a. Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited
b. Hindustan Unilever Limited
c. Godrej Consumer Products Limited
d. Britannia Industries Ltd
- Who is the new prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago?
a. Kamla Persad-Bissessar
b. Patrick Manning
c. Basdeo Panday
d. A. N. R. Robinson
- Who is the current chief justice of the United States of America?
a. John G. Roberts Jr.
b. Anthony Kennedy
c. John Paul Stevens
d. Stephen Breyer
- India has created a joint river commission with which of the following countries?
a. Bangladesh
b. Bahrain
c. Bhutan
d. Myanmar
- Which island is known as the land of cloves?
a. Trinidad and Tobago
b. Zanzibar
c. Spaatz
d. Oahu
- Baichang Bhutia is associated with which of the following sports?
a. Cricket
b. Hockey
c. Football
d. Boxing
- He is a versatile writer and his novels have won many literary awards. His first novel, 'The Circle of Reasons' won the Prix Medicis Etrangere, one of the top literary awards of France. His second novel, 'Shadow Lines' won the famous Sahitya Akademi award of 1990, India's most prestigious literary prize. Name him.
a. Amitav Ghosh
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Vikram Seth
d. Khushwant Singh
- Who is the chairman and managing director of Biocon Ltd?
a. M.B. Chinappa
b. Arun Chandavarkar
c. John Shaw
d. Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
- Who is the Minister of Communications and Information Technology?
a. Kumari Selja
b. CP Joshi
c. A Raja
d. Anand Sharma
- "Powered by Intellect; Driven by Values" is the punchline of which of the following companies?
a. Tata
b. Wipro
c. Infosys
d. Accenture
- What does WIPO stand for?
a. World Internet Project Organisation
b. Warner Independent Pictures Organisation
c. Wireless Industry Partnership Organisation
d. World Intellectual Property Organisation
- Who is the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
a. P G Wodehouse
b. Norman Mailer
c. Mark Twain
d. Badminton
Answers
1. d 2.c 3. b 4. c 5. a 6. a 7.a 8. b 9. c 10. a 11. d 12.c 13. c14. d 15. c
Test your General Knowledge - XXVIII
- Who has been appointed as the President of BJP in New Delhi?
a. Vijendra Gupta
b. O P Kohli
c. Nitin Gadkari
d. Gopal Shetty
- Which company recently made an open offer to its Indian subsidiary at Rs.900/- per share?
a. ABB
b.Pfizer
c.Novartis
d.Fresenius Kabi
- He was the 11th Vice-President of India. He served in that position from August 2002- July 21, 2007, after losing the presidential election to Pratibha Patil. He also served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan state three times, from 1977 to 1980, 1990 to 1992, and 1993 to 1998. He passed away on May 15, 2010. Name him
a. K. R. Narayanan
b. Krishna Kant
c. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
d. Shankar Dayal Sharma
- A NRI entrepreneur, he has been awarded the prestigious Global Green Award in recognition of his leadership and success in promoting renewable energy solutions in emerging markets such as India. He was presented the award at World Trade Week in New York. Name him
a. Amar Bose
b. Sourabh Sen
c. Swaraj Paul
d. Vinod Khosla
- Who is the new Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Mudra MAX?
a. Vikas Bhambri
b. Madhur Kamat
c. Pratap Bose
d. Anurag Gupta
- Amazon.com Inc. uses an e-reader for the rendering and displaying of e-books and other digital media. Name the software and hardware platform.
a. Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad
b.Barnes and Noble’s Nook
c. Kindle
d. Sony Reader
- Popular social networking site Facebook can now be accessed through mobile devices for free or without any data charges in 45 countries, including India, on select mobile networks. Name the network in India.
a.Vodafone
b.Idea
c.Airtel
d. Reliance Communications and Videocon
- The Deepwater Horizon Oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico is being described as the worst oil leak disaster in decades, and has reached marshlands along the southeastern coast of Louisiana and threatened three other US states. The company undertaking the offshore oil drilling operations in this location was
a. BP
b. Australian Oil and Gas Corporation
c. Royal Dutch Shell
d. Petronas
- Who authored The Godfather?
a. Wayne Dyer
b. Mario Puzo
c. Anthony Robbins
d. J.D.Salinger
- Who is the minister of steel of the Republic of India?
a. Anand Sharma
b. Mallikarjun Kharge
c. S M Krishna
d. Virbhadra Singh
- What was the former name of Sri Lanka?
a. Dahomey
b. Gandhara
c. Ceylon
d. Mesopotamia
- ‘Making the Sky the best place on Earth’ is the punchline of which of the following airlines
a. IndiGO
b. Kingfisher Airlines
c. Air India
d. Air France
- India's largest private sector bank ICICI Bank is set to buy_____________, one of the country's oldest private lenders in a share swap worth about $650 million. Name the bank
a. Bank of Travencore
b. Bank of Maharshtra
c. Bank of Rajasthan
d. Dhanalakshmi Bank
- Who is the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Bharti Retail?
a. Vinod Sawhny
b. Andrew Levermore
c. Ajjay Bijli
d. Sunil Tandon
- Pablo Aimar is associated with which of the following sports?
a. Soccer
b. Football
c. Basketball
d. Badminton
Answers
1. a 2.a 3. c 4. b 5. d 6. c 7.d 8. a 9. b 10. d 11. c 12.d 13. c14. a 15. b
Test your General Knowledge - XXVII
- Who has President Barack Obama nominated as Solicitor for the US Supreme Court?
a. Robert Gates,
b. Elena Kagan
c. Janet Napolitano
d. Lawrence Summers
- Who has been awarded the prestigious Sydney Peace Prize this year in recognition of her works in social justice?
a. Vandana Shiva
b. Pat Dodson
c. Irene Khan
d. Muhammad Yunus
- A global diversified and integrated metals and mining group has acquired Anglo American's entire zinc business in Ireland and Africa for USD1.34 billion. Name it.
a. Sagar
b. Baldota
c. Kudremukh
d. Vedanta
- A Bollywood actor, he started his Hindi film career with Chetan Anand's Haqeeqat in 1964. He had acted in more than 190 films. He was mostly known for his role in Ramesh Sippy's popular film Sholay in 1975. He passed away on May 10, 2010. Name him.
a. A.K. Hangal
b. Satyendra Kapoor
c. Mac Mohan
d. Vikas Anand
- Gemini Communication Ltd, a Chennai-based communication and network solution provider, has acquired a telecom and Internet service provider in Africa, for an undisclosed sum. Name the company
a. Zain
b. VSAT
c. MegaTech
d. Rosy Blue Wireless
- Which bank has won the prestigious Asian Banker Achievement Award for being the strongest bank in Asia Pacific region, instituted by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority and the Asian Banker magazine?
a. State Bank of India
b Oriental Bank of Commerce
c. Union Bank of India
d. United Bank of India
- Who is the vice-president of India?
a. Mohammad Qasim Fahim
b. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
c. Hamid Ansari
d. Karim Khalili
- A cricketer, commentator and politician, he made his international debut against the West Indies in 1983, but could not fare well. He played in the 1987 cricket World Cup for India. His highest ODI score was 134 against England at Gwalior in 1993. One of his best performances was his score of 201 against the West Indies in 1996-97. He retired from cricket in December 1999. Identify him.
a. Mohammed Azharuddin
b. Sunil Gavaskar
c. Ravi Shastri
d. Navjot Singh Sidhu
- An Indian economist, he currently serves on the Academic Advisory Board of Human Rights Watch (Asia) and is a Senior Fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations. His book, In Defense of Globalization, published in May 2004 received widespread acclaim. He received the Padma Vibhushan award in 2000 and the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Chamber of Commerce in 2004. Name him.
a. Jagdish Bhagwati
b. Amartya Sen
c. Dr Y K Alagh
d. Rahul Arora
- Who is considered to be the father of the Indian space programme?
a. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
b. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
c. Dr. Anil Kakodkar
d. Arun N. Netravali
- Anup Sridhar is associated with which of the following games?
a. Basketball
b. Tennis
c. Badminton
d. Golf
- BRIC stands for
a. Brazil, Russia, India and China
b. Bahrain, Russia, India and Chile
c. Bangladesh, Russia, Indonesia and China
d. Brazil, Russia, India and Cambodia
- An Indian social activist, she is known for her role in Narmada Bachao Andolan. Name her.
a.Maneka Gandhi
b. Shanta Sinha
c. Kiran Bedi
d. Medha Patkar
- Who is the founder and the Executive Chairperson of New Delhi Television (NDTV)?
a. RP Goenka
b. Pranav Mistry
c. Prannoy Roy
d. Prasoon joshi
- Who is the author of the White Mughals?
a. Romila Thapar
b. William Dalrymple
c. Jeanne DuPrau
d. Cassandra Clare
Answers
1. b 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. d 6. a 7. c 8. d 9. a 10. b 11. c 12. a 13. d. 14. c 15. b
Test your General Knowledge - XXVI
- The world’s biggest payments network, Visa has agreed to buy a provider of electronic payment and risk management services for $ 2 billion. Name it.
a. Cyber source
b. Modulesoft
c. VeriSign
d. Paypal
- Who bagged the best bowler honour at the glitzy IPL Awards 2010?
a. A Agarkar
b. RP Singh
c. S Sreesanth
d. Pragyan Ojha
- A Nottingham-born novelist, he emerged in the 1950s as one of the "Angry Young Men" of British fiction. His novels included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, both of which were made into films. He passed away on April 25, 2010. Name him.
a. Ian Carmichael
b. Robert Jordan
c. Alan Sillitoe
d. Harry Carpenter
- An Indian author, has won the Dan David prize for his depictions of 20th century life and will share the million dollar prize with Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. Name him.
a. Vikram Seth
b. Amitav Ghosh
c. Salman Rushdie
d. Upamanyu Chatterjee
- An inventor, entrepreneur and policymaker, he is also the advisor to Prime Minister on infrastructure and innovation and has been selected for a honorary doctorate in Human Letters by the University of Illinois. Name him.
a. Sam Pitroda
b. Lalit Modi
c. Raunaq Singh
d. K.P. Singh
- An English actress, she appeared in several films, including Tom Jones (1963), and Georgy Girl (1966) which won her a New York Film Critics Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She passed away on May 2, 2010. Name her.
a. Natasha Richardson
b. Lynn Redgrave
c. Audrey Hepburn
d. Carrie Hamilton
- The Union Government's ambitious unique identity project which aims at giving a 16-digit number to all citizens of the country has been renamed
a. Aadhaar
b. Umeed
c. Shakthi
d. Neev
- Who authored Carrie?
a. Alberto Moravia
b. Alan Smithee
c. Stephen King
d. Al Trace
- Magyar Nemzeti is the Central Bank of
a. Hungary
b. Greece
c. Croatia
d. Serbia
- Which businessman has a joint venture with Walt Disney called MEN?
a. Anil Ambani
b. Mukesh Ambani
c. Ratan Tata
d. Lalit Modi
- Gagan Ajit Singh is associated with which of the following games/sports?
a. Basketball
b. Badminton
c. Hockey
d. Volleyball
- Who is the minister of Overseas Indian affairs and Minister of Parliamentary affairs?
a. Shri Shankersinh Vaghela
b. Shri Vayalar Ravi
c. Shri P.R. Kyndiah
d. Shri Mahavir Prasad
- The Wailing Wall is in which of the following cities?
a. Hadera
b. Holon
c. Jerusalem
d. Haifa
- The Times of India Group and the Jang Group came together to energize a peace process between India and Pakistan, christened ___
a. Only Hearts
b. StarPeace Project
c. Peace Corridor
d. Aman ki Asha
- Who recently launched a low-priced handset X2 in the Indian market?
a. Nokia
b. Maxx
c. Samsung
d. Carbon
Answers
1. a 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. b 7. a 8.c 9. a 10. d 11. c 12. b 13. c 14. d 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - XXV
- A famous film personality, he was awarded the Raj Kapoor Special Contribution State Award by the Maharashtra State government. Name him.
a. Sachin Pilgaonkar
b. Manoj Kumar
c. Ashutosh Gowariker
d. Dilip Kumar
- Who won the 2010 Volvo China Open in Golf?
a. Lee Chong Wei
b. Wong Mew Choo
c. Peter Ebdon
d. Y E Yang
- Who is the new chairman of the Fiat group?
a. Giovanni Agnelli
b. Sergio Marchionne
c. Luca di Montezemolo
d. John Elkann
- Who won the women’s title at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, USA in March 2010?
a. Jelena Jankovic
b. Caroline Wozniacki,
c. Dinara Safina
d. Serena Williams
- A former professional footballer, he wrote and staged a number of plays himself, and was the founder of the Mandeko Theatre in the Malian capital Bamako. He was also the “Best Actor” at the Berlin Film Festival last year, winning an award for playing a French Muslim waiting for news of his son in the wake of the 7/7 bombings in the film London River. He passed away on April 17, 2010. Name him.
a. Dennis Weaver
b. Don Knotts
c. Sotigui Kouyate
d. Steve Irwin
- A leading export company set up by an NRI entrepreneur has won the Queens Award for Enterprise 2010 for the second consecutive year. Name the firm.
a. Panoramic
b. Sun Mark Ltd
c. O'Keefe
d. Gopio
- An Indian American, he has topped the list of the 10 greenest billionaires chosen by Forbes as those "who are most active in green, sustainable causes and who are working to have the greatest impact." Name him.
a. Neal Kumar
b. Raju Kucherlapati
c. Rashad Hussain
d. Vinod Khosla
- Who has been appointed interim chief of IPL in the wake of the scam affecting the tornament?
a. Ravi Shastri
b. Chirayu Amin
c. Shashank Manohar
d. Sundar Raman
- The Toronto-based Schulich School of business is to set up its campus in which of the following locations?
a. Bangalore
b. Mumbai
c. Hyderabad
d. Haryana
- The 16th SAARC summit 2010 is to be hosted by
a. Bhutan
b. Sri Lanka
c. Nepal
d. Maldives
- Who is the author of A Wounded Civilization?
a. Shashi Tharoor
b. Amitav Ghosh
c. V.S. Naipaul
d. Upamanyu Chatterjee
- Which of the following Indian actors was named at birth as Yusuf Khan?
a. Naseeruddin Shah
b. Raaj Kumar
c. Dev Anand
d. Dilip Kumar
- __________ is the chairman of the UNO Human Rights commission
a. N.A. Hajjaji
b. Omar Khabaj
c. Domingo Siazan
d. Kiarn Bedi
- Which of the following is not a member of the G-20?
a. Brazil
b. China
c. Pakistan
d. Japan
- Which of the following global automotive majors announced its decision to divest 30% stake in an engine company in Iran, in order to avoid links to the country facing tougher sanctions over its nuclear plans?
a. General Motors
b. Daimler
c. Toyota
d. Ford
Answer
1. c. 2. d. 3. d 4. a 5. c 6. b 7. d 8. b 9. c 10. a 11. c 12. d 13. a 14. d 15. b
Test your General Knowledge - XXIV
- What is the theme of World Health Day for the year 2010?
a. To protect Health from Climate Change
b. Save lives, Make Hospitals Safe in Emergencies
c. Urbanisation and Health
d. Working together for health
- Who has been conferred the 'entrepreneur of the year' award by the All India Management Association, at its Managing India Awards 2010?
a. Rajiv Kaul
b. Roopen Roy
c. Sanjiv Goenka
d. Chaitan Maini
- Who is the winner of Monte Carlo Rolex Masters 2010?
a. Rafael Nadal
b. Roger Federer
c. Novak Djokovic
d. Mikhail Youzhny
- A globally known figure, he has authored several International best sellers, including ‘Competing for the Future’ with Gary Hamel (1994), ‘The Future of Competition’ with Venkat Ramaswamy (2004) and ‘The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits', Wharton School Publishing, 2004. He passed away on April 16, 2010. Name him
a. Rakesh Khurana
b. Ram Charan
c. C.K. Prahalad
d. Vijay Govindrajan
- Who won the Pulitzer Prize for the year 2010 for feature writing?
a. Gene Weingarten
b. Kathleen Parker
c. Tod Robberson
d. Kathleen Parker
- Which of the following development programmes has recently been launched by the government of India Government of India to achieve the goal of universalisation of secondary education (USE)?
a. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)
b. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna
c. Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY)
d. Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)
- Which of the following international organizations has appointed a three-member independent panel to probe the assassination of Pakistan's Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto?
a. United Nations
b. Interpol
c. Red Cross
d. Scotland Yard
- Who was the winner of IPL 2009?
a. Mumbai Indians
b. Deccan Chargers
c. Kolkatta Knight Riders
d. Kings XI Punjab
- James Fenimore Cooper is the author of which of the following books?
a. Around the World in Eighty Days
b. Uncle Tom's Cabin
c. The Grapes of Wrath
d. The Last of the Mohicans
- In which year was India’s first paperless newspaper ‘The News Today’ launched?
a. 2001
b. 1999
c. 2005
d. 2000
- Which country is slated for general elections on May 6 2010?
a. Australia
b. United Kingdom
c. France
d. Sweden
- William Jones cup is associated with which of the following games?
a. Baseball
b. Volleyball
c. Tennis
d. Basketball
- Costantino Rocca is associated with which of the following sports?
a. Golf
b. Tennis
c.Volleyball
d. Basketball
- Which was the first Indian newspaper?
a. The Times of India
b. The Bengal Gazette
c. NavBharat Times
d. The Telegraph
- China is building a hydropower project on the river
a. Brahmaputra
b. Tapi
c. Beas
d. Ravi
Answers
1. c 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. a 6. d 7. a 8. b 9. d 10. a 11. b 12. d 13. a 14. b 15. a
Test your General Knowledge - XXIII
- Who is the new Maharashtra BJP President?
a. Yashwant Sinha
b. Syama Prasad Mookerjee
c. Sudhir Mungantiwar
d. Nitin Gadkari
- Who was named ‘Wisden Cricketer of the Year’ for the second time in a row on April 14, 2010?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Virender Sehwag
c. Ricky Ponting
d. Adam Gilchrist
- Who has been appointed the Chairman and Managing Director of Religare Enterprise?
a. Aditya Mishra
b. Steven Kalczynski
c. Malvinder Mohan Singh
d. Sunil Godhwani
- Citi has appointed __________ as the head of its global banking in India
a. Ravi Kapoor
b. Mark Khambatta
c. Vivek Mohan
d. Vindi Banga
- Who has been named the richest Asian in Britain for the year 2010?
a. Anil Ambani
b. Lakshmi Mittal
c. Mukesh Ambani
d. Vijay Mallya
- Who is referred to as the “gentleman of Indian politics?”
a. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
b. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. Mahatma Gandhi
- Who has been appointed the new chairman of the National Commission for Farmers?
a. Ms Sushma Swaraj
b. Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
c. K. C. Pant
d. Sharad Pawar
- The Olympic Games are held at an interval of ___________ years
a. 7 years
b. 3 years
c. 4 years
d. 5 years
- ______________ is the old name for Indonesia
a. Batavia
b. Dutch Guiana
c. Dutch East Indies
d. Loro See
- What frequency range is the High Frequency Band?
a. 100 kHz
b. 1 GHz
c. 30 to 300 MHz
d. 3 to 30 MHz
- How many stock exchanges are there in India?
a. 19
b. 22
c. 23
d. 24
- Who became the first Asian to win the Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2000 for her book "Interpreter Of Maladies?"
a. Kiran Desai
b. Arvind Adiga
c. Arundhati Roy
d. Jhumpa Lahiri
- What is the study of fingerprints called?
a. Graphology
b. Botany
c. Dactyloscopy
d. Biology
- __________ is the national flower of China
a. Tree Peony
b. Rose
c. Lily
d. Daffodil
- What does APEC stand for?
a. Asia-Pacific Economic Consulate
b. Asia-Pacific Economic Climate
c. Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation
d. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Answers
1.c
2.b
3.d
4.a.
5.b
6.a
7.b
8.c
9.c
10.d
11.c
12.d
13.c
14.a
15.d
Test your General Knowledge - XXII
- Which cellular service provider in India is all set to acquire the African assets of Kuwaiti telecom company Zain for $ 10.7 billion?
a. Idea
b. Reliance
c. Vodafone
d. Bharti Airtel
- Which country does not have the rupee as its currency?
a. Indonesia
b. Bangladesh
c. India
d. Sri Lanka
- Which airline is the official umpire partner of the IPL tournament 2010 being held now?
a. Kingfisher Airlines
b. Indigo
c. Spicejet
d. None of the above
- Who is the current US Treasury Secretary?
a. Timothy Geithner
b. Paul Krugman
c. Nancy Pelosi
d. Alan Greenspan
- Who is the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Air India?
a. M M Nambiar
b. Brock Friesen
c. Venkatesh Valluri
d. Gustav Baldauf
- What is the scientific name for fingers and toes?
a. Lenolanges
b. Phalanges
c. Philolanges
d. Panalanges
- A professional American tennis player faces a two-year ban from tennis after eight vials, each containing six milligrams of a performance-enhancing substance, were found in his luggage by Australian Customs officers, ahead of a tournament leading up to the Australian Open. Name him.
a. Jose Acasuso
b. Wayne Odesnik
c. David Adams
d. Ronald Agenor
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