Q1. Nehrus birthday on 14th Nov is celebrated as Childrens day and also as National ________ day.

Fill in the blank. Ans: Metallurgists. Q2. In which Indian cos mine have they found Indias biggest diamond weighing 37.68 carat ? Ans: NMDC, Panna Mines. Q3.______ is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. said J Paul Getty. Fill in the blank. Ans: Money. Q4. Which investment guru says risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings ? Ans: Warren Buffett. Q5. Web sites like Huffingtonpost and Firstpost do curation ? What is it ? Ans: Selecting news from various sources and presenting it. Q6. What is the new interest rate and new limit on PPF announced by govt yesterday ? Ans. From 8.0 to 8.6% and Rs 70,000 to Rs 1,00,000. Q7. The paints industry brings creative people in Paris to forecast colour trends. For 2011 it was Lime Twist. What is it for 2012 ? Ans. Tea Dance ( a shade of red). Q8. Name the Bollywood star who has been signed up by West Bengal state as its brand ambassador. Ans. Shahrukh Khan. Q9. Which silicon valley hot start up has asked its under performing employees to surrender the shares given or get fired ? Ans. Zynga. Q10. Which co has now got the dubious distinction of posting the highest ever loss in a quarter by a listed co ? (Rs 7845 cr only) Ans. Indianoil. Q11. Name this Indias largest herbal drugs co that wants to remain unlisted to focus on the long term. Ans. Himalaya drugs Q12. Name the insurance co with whom TCS has signed the biggest IT deal by an indian co. Ans. Friendslife

Q13. Of the 175 routes in which our flag carrier Air India flies which are the only 2 routes it makes money ? Ans. Delhi-tokyo and Tokyo-Delhi Q14. Why does Narendra Modi agree to the govt theory that high inflation is being caused by higher GDP. As per NaMo what is GDP ? Ans. Gas, diesel, petrol 1).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 2).Who won the men's marathon at the world championships in Kenya? a. Benson Barus b. Abel Kirui c. Jonathan Cheruiyot d. William Chebor 3).Who won the men's marathon at the world championships in Kenya? a. Benson Barus b. Abel Kirui c. Jonathan Cheruiyot d. William Chebor 4).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 5).Who is the new director of Air India? a. S Chandrasekhar b. Rohit Nandan c. S Venkat d. K M Unni 6).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

7).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 options are reaaly really funny. (a) is a scientist. While (b) n (d) are senior executive of Tata Motors. (c) does not sound Indian. Just for info. - Praksh Telang is MD of Tata Motors who took over charge from it's iconic leader Ravi kant. while Carl-peter Foster is CEO. 9).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. Nestl 10).Who is the new industry minister of Japan? a. Yukio Edano b. Yoshihiko Noda c. Naoto Kan d. Yasuo Fukuda 11).In which did Germany attack France during World War II? a. 1936 b. 1939 c. 1935 d. 1940 12).Which cup is associated with Football? a. Durand Cup b. Corbitton Cup c. Davis Cup d. Thomas Cup 13).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 14).In which year was the International Monetary Fund (IMF) established? a. 1930 b. 1945 c. 1947 d. 1950 15).__________ is the highest literary award of the world? a. Booker Prize b. Pulitzer Prize c. Nobel Prize d. Magsaysay Award 1.which cup is associated with football? A. Durand cup b. Corbitton cup c. Davis cup d. Thomas cup 2.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 3.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

4.the currency of romania is _______ A. Leu b. Dobra c. Tala d. Koruna 5.which of the following countries is also known as nippon? A. China b. Japan c. Germany d. Russia

6.which of the following indian states is the largest producer of tobacco? A. andhra pradesh b. Uttar pradesh c. Himachal pradesh d. Bihar 7.who is the author of the immortals of meluah? A. Vikram seth b. Kiran desai c. Arvind adiga d. amish tripathi 8.who is the new ceo of apple a. tim cook b. Eric schmidt c. Larry page d. Apacer 9.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 10.which of the following states has a new lokayukta? A. karnataka b. Kerala c. Gujarat d. Tamilnadu 11.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. 12.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 13.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 14.who is the new prime minister of nepal? A. Puspa kamal dahal b. dr baburam bhattarai c. Madhav kumar nepal d. Jhala nath khanal 15.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 16.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 17.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 18.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

19.what is the old name of taiwan? A. Batavia b. Sam c. Basutoland d. Formosa 20.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 21.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 22.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 23.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 24.who authored the fourth estate? A. Vikram seth b. Paulo coelho c. Jeffrey archer d. Sidney sheldon 25.which of the following indian companies has topped eight indian firms in the list of worlds 500 largest companies compiled by fortune magazine? A. ioc b. Tata c. Reliance d. sbi 26.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

27.who is the winner of the 2011 british open? A. Darren clarke b. Louis oosthuizen c. Tom watson d. Pdraig harrington 28.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 29.who is the new central vigilance commissioner (cvc)? A. P j thomas b. Pradeep kumar c. g k pillai d. P mishra 30.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 31.which place is known as the roof of the world? A. Laos b. Lesotho c. tibet d. Latvia 32.in which state is the sariska tiger reserve, infamous for poaching of tigers, located? A. Gujarat b. Uttar pradesh c. andhra pradesh d. Rajasthan 33.how many countries are members of the world health organisation (wto)? A. 110

b. 120 c. 154 d. 153 34.which of the following indian cities is known as the manchester of south india? A. Kovalam b. Trivandrum c. Chennai d. coimbatore 35.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 36.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

37.the currency of botswana is A. Pula b. Lev c. Riel d. Peso 38.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 39.the oxford university stands on the banks of the river ____________. A. Thames b. seinetukka c. Rhine d. Severn 40.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 41.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 42.asias biggest sports content provider, announced 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) 43.who won spain's prestigious prince of asturias literature award for a body of work of "immutable merit,"? A. Carlos ruz zafn b. Javier marias franco c. Leonard cohen d. Mario vargas llosa 44.what is the capital of chile? A. Libreville b. Helsinki c. Addis ababa d. santiago 45.who is the chairman and ceo of ge(general electic)? By option a. jeff immelt b. Eric schmidt c. S. Gopalakrishnan d. Kv kamath

1. According to a UN study what is Indias rank among a total of 187 countries in terms of Human Development Index? a.95 b.134 c.119 2. Goa State Assembly Unanimously Passed Goa Lokayukta Bill 2011. The bill is a modified version of Goa Lakayukta Bill 2003. a.2002 b.2004 c.2003

3. Which one of the following launched the social auditing programme of gram Panchayats? a.Goa b.Assam c.Uttar pradesh 4. The largest ever water supply scheme in Himachal Pradesh was inaugurated in __ district. a. Kangra MY HOME b. Kullu c.Kinnaur 5. Name the legendary Bollywood playback singer who entered the Guinness World Records for the most number of single studio recordings. a.Suchitra Krisnamurthy b.Lata Mangeshkar c.Asha Bhosle 6. Rajasthan government on 19 October 2011 launched a web based Social Security Pension system. At which one of the following places the system was launched? a.Jaipur b.Jodhpur c.Bikaner 7. UP state government increased the age limit for recruitment of Primary school teachers from 35 to __ years. a.40 b[B].38 c.45 8. Nabum Tuki was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on 1 November 2011. He is the__ Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh? a.Seventh b.Sixth c.Fifth 9. The Save Sharmila Campaign was flagged off by Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pandey on 16 October 2011. In which of the following Indian cities was the campaign launched? a.Imphal b.Guwahati c.Srinagar 10. Who was honoured with the Swiss Ambassador's award for exceptional leadership and his contribution to strengthening bilateral ties between India and Switzerland on 16 October 2011? a.Anil Ambani

b.Narayan Murthy c.Ratan Tata

1.Which cup is associated with Football? a. Durand Cup b. Corbitton Cup c. Davis Cup d. Thomas Cup 2.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 3.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

4.The currency of Romania is _______ a. Leu b. Dobra c. Tala d. Koruna 5.Which of the following countries is also known as Nippon? a. China b. Japan c. Germany d. Russia 6.Which of the following Indian states is the largest producer of Tobacco? a. Andhra Pradesh b. Uttar Pradesh c. Himachal Pradesh d. Bihar 7.Who is the author of The Immortals of Meluah? a. Vikram Seth b. Kiran Desai c. Arvind Adiga d. Amish tripathi

8.Who is the new CEO of Apple a. Tim Cook b. Eric Schmidt c. Larry Page d. Apacer 9.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 10.Which of the following states has a new Lokayukta? a. Karnataka b. Kerala c. Gujarat d. Tamilnadu 11.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. 12.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 13.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 14.Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal? a. Puspa Kamal Dahal b. Dr Baburam Bhattarai

c. Madhav Kumar Nepal d. Jhala Nath Khanal 15.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 16.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 17.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 18.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 19.What is the old name of Taiwan? a. Batavia b. Sam c. Basutoland d. Formosa 20.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

21.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 22.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 23.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 24.Who authored The Fourth Estate? a. Vikram Seth b. Paulo Coelho c. Jeffrey Archer d. Sidney Sheldon 25.Which of the following Indian companies has topped eight Indian firms in the list of worlds 500 largest companies compiled by Fortune magazine? a. IOC b. Tata c. Reliance d. SBI 26.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

27.Who is the winner of the 2011 British Open? a. Darren Clarke b. Louis Oosthuizen c. Tom Watson d. Pdraig Harrington

28.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 29.Who is the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)? a. P J Thomas b. Pradeep Kumar c. G K Pillai d. P Mishra 30.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 31.Which place is known as the roof of the world? a. Laos b. Lesotho c. Tibet d. Latvia 32.In which state is the Sariska Tiger Reserve, infamous for poaching of tigers, located? a. Gujarat b. Uttar Pradesh c. Andhra Pradesh d. Rajasthan 33.How many countries are members of the World health Organisation (WTO)? a. 110 b. 120 c. 154 d. 153 34.Which of the following Indian cities is known as the Manchester of South India? a. Kovalam b. Trivandrum c. Chennai d. Coimbatore 35.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 36.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

37.The currency of Botswana is a. Pula b. Lev c. Riel d. Peso 38.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 39.The Oxford University stands on the banks of the river ____________. a. Thames b. Seine c. Rhine d. Severn 40.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 41.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 42.Asias biggest sports content provider, announced 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) 43.Who won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias literature award for a body of work of "immutable merit,"? a. Carlos Ruz Zafn b. Javier Marias Franco c. Leonard Cohen d. Mario Vargas Llosa 44.What is the capital of Chile? a. Libreville b. Helsinki c. Addis Ababa d. Santiago 45.Who is the chairman and CEO of GE(general electic)? a. Jeff Immelt b. Eric Schmidt c. S. Gopalakrishnan d. KV Kamath

1. Which company owns India's leading sweetener brand sugar free? Cadilla 2. Which was India's first-ever free Internet service provider, which started operations in 1999? Caltiger.com 3. Big Blue is IBM, but who is Big Yellow? Kodak 4. What is the meaning of the word MOTOROLA? Motion of Sound 5. What was launched in 1929 by the London Rubber company and derived its name from the qualities of "durability, reliability and excellence . Durex Condoms 6. Avinash Bajaj & Suvir Sujan, 2 Harvard Busines School classmates started this hugely popular website. Which website is this? Bazee.com 7. What is common to the brands Rolex and Hallmark? Same logos 8. Which company has the patent for the CDMA technology? QualComm 9. Which company had insured the World Trade Centre (WTC)? GE

Test your General Knowledge - LXXXXXI

1. Who won the 2011 Man Booker Prize?

a. Damon Galgut b. Emma Donoghue c. Peter Carey d. Julian Barnes

2. 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

3. 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
4. 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
5. One of Indias 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
6. 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

7. 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 1 c. Jagjit Singh d. Shrinivas Khale
8. 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

9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh is famous for

a. Copper b. Zinc c. Mica d. Gold

13. The imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals are

a. Hachures b. Contours c. Spot-heights d. Isomers

14. What is place of India in the World in Tea production?

a. First b. Second c. Third d. Fourth

15. 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

1. Who is the new finance minister of Russia?

a. Mikhail Kasyanov b. Sergei Storchak c. Alexei Kudri d. Anton Siluanov

2. 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
3. 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
4. Which of Indias 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
5. 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

6. 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
7. 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

8. 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
9. 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
10. Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited (CIBIL) has appointed ________as

chairman. a. A Athinarayanan b. Raj Shankar c. R Srinivasan d. M V Nair

11. The Wailing Wall is in which of the following cities?

a. Hadera b. Holon c. Jerusalem d. Haifa

12. How Many planets are there in our Solar System?

a. 7 b. 13 c. 9 d. 8
13. 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
14. Of which Asian country is Phnom Penh the capital?

a. Thailand b. Vietnam c. Cambodia d. North Korea

15. 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

1. Who is the Business Leader of the Year 2011?

a. A M Naik b. Indra Nooyi c. Arun Shourie d. Chanda Kochhar

2. Who received the Entrepreneur of the Year award 2011?

a. Rahul Bhatia b. Dilip Sanghavi c. H K Mittal d. GVK Reddy

3. 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

4. Emerging Company of the Year went to

a. Cadila Healthcare b. Idea Cellular c. Shree Renuka Sugars d. Amtek Auto

5. Company of the Year?

a. Bajaj Auto b. Tata Steel c. Hero Honda d. Larsen & Toubro

6. Who received the Policy Change Agent award for the year 2011?

a. Arvind Kejriwal b. Nandan Nilekani c. Aruna Roy d. Jean Dreze

7. Who received the Lifetime Achievement Award?

a. Yaga Venugopal Reddy b. RC Bhargava c. Keshub Mahindra d. Joseph Henry

8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. G-15 is consists of ______

a. Developed countries b. Second World Nations c. Third World Nations d. Fourth World Nations
12. In which year did Hitler become the president of Germany?

a. 1935 b. 1938 c. 1934 d. 1930

13. 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
14. _________ is not the official language of the United Nations?

a. Portuguese b. Russian c. Spanish d. Chinese

15. 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

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1. 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

2. 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
3. Which of the following technological companies beat Microsoft in tech giants ranking?

a. HCL Technologies b. Wipro c. Infosys d. IBM

4. 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
5. 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
6. 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

7. 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 LemelsonMIT Prize. He passed away on September 27, 2011. Name him a. Wilson Greatbatch b. Casey Jones c. John Roebling d. Joseph Henry
8. 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

9. 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
10. Who is the author of Saraswati Park?

a. Manu Joseph b. Amish Tripathi c. Anjali Joseph d. Karan Bajaj

11. English is the official language of which one of the following Indian States

a. Nagaland b. Tripura c. Assam d. Manipur

12. The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was

a. Islamabad b. Karachi c. Lahore d. Hyderabad

13. Silicon Valley of India is located in

a. Dehradun b. Bangalore c. Hyderabad d. Srinagar

14. A judge of the Supreme Court retires at the age of___________.

a. 62 b. 65 c. 64 d. 58
15. 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

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1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. Who won the grand prix of Aragon a. James Toseland b. Casey Stoner c. Dani Pedrosa d. Alvaro Bautista 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. The science of the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code is called a. Cryptanalysis b. Cryptosystem c. Ciphertext d. Cryptology 11. Iron is a sports term associated with which of the following games? a. Baseball b. Tennis

c. Golf d. Volleyball 12. 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 13. The capital of Israel is ______________. a. Tel Aviv b. Bethlehem c. Jerusalem d. Nazareth 14. 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 15. 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

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1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. Who won the 2011 US Open? a. Jack Nicklaus b. Roger Federer c. Novak Djokovic d. Andy Roddick 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. Which of the following brands is ranked as the worlds most valuable brand with a brand value of $48.278 billion Brand Finance plc? a. Google b. Tata Group c. IBM d. Apple 9. 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 dOro 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 10. 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 11. 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. Jos Acasuso b. Rafael Nadal c. David Adams d. Andre Agassi 12. Vijay Singh is associated to which of the following sports? a. Tennis b. Golf c. Basketball d. Soccer 13. The study of birds is called a. Cynology b. Ecology c. Ornithology d. Felinology 14. 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 15. 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

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1. 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 2. Who is the new managing director of Bata India? a. P M Sinha b. Rajeev Gopalakrishnan c. U Khanna d. M Villagran 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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-thecounter (OTC) business in India? a. Rhne-Poulenc b. Sanofi-Aventis

c. Roussel Uclaf d. Ipsen 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. Which state in the US is also known as beehive state? a. Illinois b. Utah c. Ohio d. Idaho 11. Iron is a sports term associated with which of the following games? a. Baseball b. Tennis c. Golf d. Volleyball 12. _________ is the largest country with only one time zone. a. Canada b. Argentina c. Sudan d. China 13. Which is the union territory of India that has a legislature? a. Dadra and Nagar Haveli b. Daman and Diu c. Lakshadweep d. Pondicherry 14. 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 15. 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

1. 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 2. Who won the men's marathon at the world championships in Kenya? a. Benson Barus b. Abel Kirui c. Jonathan Cheruiyot d. William Chebor 3. Who won the men's marathon at the world championships in Kenya? a. Benson Barus b. Abel Kirui c. Jonathan Cheruiyot d. William Chebor 4. 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 5. Who is the new director of Air India? a. S Chandrasekhar b. Rohit Nandan c. S Venkat d. K M Unni

6. 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 7. Who is the interim CEO of Yahoo? a. Patti Hart b. Roy Bostok c. Carol Bartz d. Tim Morse 8. 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 9. 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. Nestl 10. Who is the new industry minister of Japan? a. Yukio Edano b. Yoshihiko Noda c. Naoto Kan d. Yasuo Fukuda 11. In which did Germany attack France during World War II? a. 1936 b. 1939 c. 1935 d. 1940 12. Which cup is associated with Football? a. Durand Cup b. Corbitton Cup c. Davis Cup d. Thomas Cup 13. 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

14. In which year was the International Monetary Fund (IMF) established? a. 1930 b. 1945 c. 1947 d. 1950 15. __________ 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

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1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 ` 7. 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% 8. Who won the 2011 Barcelona super cup? a. Cesc Fbregas b. Juan Mata c. Valon Behrami d. Marco Wlfli 9. 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 10. Who is the managing director of Bristol Myers? a. Anish Sarkar b. Alok Sonig c. Pheroze Khan d. Kiran Marthak 11. The currency of Romania is _______ a. Leu b. Dobra c. Tala d. Koruna 12. Which of the following countries is also known as Nippon? a. China b. Japan

c. Germany d. Russia 13. What does NAM stand for? a. Non-Aligned Members b. Non-Agreeable Movement c. Non-Aligned Movement d. Non- Assigned Movement 14. Which of the following Indian states is the largest producer of Tobacco? a. Andhra Pradesh b. Uttar Pradesh c. Himachal Pradesh d. Bihar 15. 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

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1. Who is the new CEO of Apple a. Tim Cook b. Eric Schmidt c. Larry Page d. Apacer 2. 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 3. 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

4. Which of the following states has a new Lokayukta? a. Karnataka b. Kerala c. Gujarat d. Tamilnadu 5. 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. 6. 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 ` 7. 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 8. Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal? a. Puspa Kamal Dahal b. Dr Baburam Bhattarai c. Madhav Kumar Nepal d. Jhala Nath Khanal 9. 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 10. 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 11. 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 12. The Grand Canyon is situated in which American state? a. Nevada b. Utah c. Colorado d. Arizona 13. 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 14. The book Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl was set in_____________. a. Amsterdam b. Berlin c. Prague d. Budapest 15. 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

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1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 ` 7. 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 8. 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
9. 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
10. 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 11. What is the old name of Taiwan? a. Batavia b. Sam c. Basutoland d. Formosa 12. 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 13. 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 14. 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 15. 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

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1. 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 2. 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 3. Chinas 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 4. Which of the following companys 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 5. 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 6. 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 ` 7. The worlds 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. 8. 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 9. Which of the following countrys 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 10. Which is the third most popular browser in the world a. Google Chrome b. Mozilla Firefox c. Flock d. Maxthon 11. Who authored The Fourth Estate? a. Vikram Seth b. Paulo Coelho c. Jeffrey Archer d. Sidney Sheldon 12. Which of the following cups is associated with the game of Football? a. Rothmans Cup b. Corbillion cup c. Davis Cup d. Durand Cup 13. ___________ is the economic grouping of Third World Nations a. G-7 b. G-9 c. G-8 d. G-15 14. _____________ is used to measure ocean depth a. Barometer b. Fathometer

c. Thermometer d. Altimeter 15. ___________ 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

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1. 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 2. Which of the following Indian companies has topped eight Indian firms in the list of worlds 500 largest companies compiled by Fortune magazine? a. IOC b. Tata c. Reliance d. SBI 3. 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 4. Who is the winner of the 2011 British Open? a. Darren Clarke b. Louis Oosthuizen c. Tom Watson d. Pdraig Harrington 5. 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

6. 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 7. Who is the new executive director of RBI? a. G Padmanabhan b. VK Sharma c. S Karuppasamy d. Chetan Ahya 8. 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 9. Who is the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)? a. P J Thomas b. Pradeep Kumar c. G K Pillai d. P Mishra 10. 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 11. Which is the longest canal in the world? a. Grand China canal b. Suez canal c. Beloye- More Baltic d. Volga Baltic 12. 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 13. The dance form that Sonal Mansingh is famous for is_________________. a. Kathak b. Odissi c. Bharatnatyam d. Kuchipudi

14. The Government levies this tax on goods and services. It is the _________ a. VAT b. Service Tax c. Octroi d. Securities Transaction Tax 15. 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

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1. 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 2. 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 3. Who won the Tour de France 2011? a. Cadel Evans b. Alberto Contador c. Carlos Sastre d. Oscar Pereiro 4. 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

5. 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
6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. 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 11. Vijay Singh is associated with which of the following sports a. Golf b. Badminton

c. Tennis d. Cricket 12. Which place is known as the roof of the world? a. Laos b. Lesotho c. Tibet d. Latvia 13. BC Roy award is given in the field of a. Music b. Journalism c. Medicine d. Environment 14. Entomology is the study of a. Bones b. Birds c. Fishes d. Insects 15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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

9. 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 10. Who has been crowned Miss India Universe 2011? a. Vasuki Sunkavalli b. Ekta Chaudhary c. Simran Kaur Mundi d. Tanushree Dutta 11. After a gigabyte comes a a. Terabyte b. Zedabyte c. Kilobyte d. Mezobyte 12. 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 13. Pablo Aimar is associated with which of the following sports? a. Soccer b. Football c. Basketball d. Badminton 14. In which state is the Sariska Tiger Reserve, infamous for poaching of tigers, located? a. Gujarat b. Uttar Pradesh c. Andhra Pradesh d. Rajasthan 15. 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

1. Who is the new railway minister? a. G.K. Vasan b. Dinesh Trivedi c. S.M. Krishna d. Sharad Pawar 2. Who is the new minister of Rural Development? a. Jairam Ramesh b. Vayalar Ravi c. Ghulam Nabi Azad d. A.K. Antony 3. Who is the minister of environment and forests? a. Subodh Kant Sahay b. Virbhadra Singh c. Jayanthi Natarajan d. Dr. Farooq Abdullah 4. Who is the new minister of steel? a. Shriprakash Jaiswal b. Mallikarjun Kharge c. Sushilkumar Shinde d. Beni Prasad Verma 5. 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 6. Who is the new minister of home affairs? a. Vilasrao Deshmukh b. Jitendra Singh c. Gurudas Kamat d. Sudip Bandopadhyaya 7. Who is the new minister of parliamentary affairs? a. M Veerappa Moily b. Anand Sharma c. Pawan Kumar Bansal d. Rajiv Shukla 8. Who is the minister of agriculture and food processing industries? a. Charan Das Mahant b. Salman Khursheed c. Harish Rawat d. Mukul Roy 9. 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 10. Who is the minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Prime Ministers Office? a. V Narayanasamy b. BK Handique c. Dr MS Gill d. Kanti Lal Bhuria 11. 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 12. How many countries are members of the World health Organisation (WTO)? a. 110 b. 120 c. 154 d. 153 13. Which of the following Indian cities is known as the Manchester of South India? a. Kovalam b. Trivandrum c. Chennai d. Coimbatore 14. The study of fishes is called a. Ichthyology b. Ophiology c. Philology d. Ornithology 15. 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

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1. Who is Indias new foreign secretary? a. Shyam Saran b. Nirupma Rao

c. Hardeep Singh Puri d. Ranjan Mathai 2. Who is the new Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) chief a. Shekhar Sinha b. Bharat Karnad c. DK Joshi d. Abibilla Kudayberdiev 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. Who is the new Chief financial officer CFO of SpiceJet? a. R Neelakanthan b. Gary Osborne c. Neil Mills d. Jatti Dhillon

9. 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 10. The currency of Botswana is a. Pula b. Lev c. Riel d. Peso 11. Which is the tallest mammal in the world? a. elephant b. monitor lizard c. blue whale d. giraffe 12. The capital of Israel is ______________. a. Tel Aviv b. Bethlehem c. Jerusalem d. Nazareth 13. 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 14. Which is the least populated country in the world? a. Luxemburg b. Zaire c. The Vatican d. Mongolia 15. 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

1. 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 2. Who has been re-elected president of the Music Academy a. N. Murali b. Shiv Kumar Sharma c. L. Subramaniam d. Annapurna Devi 3. 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 4. He is the founder-president of the Indian Wine Academy, was honoured with the prestigious Mrite 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 5. 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 6. Who has been named Unilever's first global (COO) chief operating officer? a. Deepak Parekh b. Zia Mody c. Nihal Kaviratne d. Harish Manwani 7. 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 DSouza d. Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai 8. 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 9. 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 Carr d. Upamanyu Chatterjee 10. 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 11. 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 12. The book Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl was set in_____________. a. Amsterdam b. Berlin c. Prague d. Budapest 13. The Oxford University stands on the banks of the river ____________. a. Thames b. Seine c. Rhine d. Severn 14. What is Absorbic acid better known as? a. Yeast b. Baking Soda c. Vitamin C d. Bleaching powder 15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. Asias 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) 9. 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 10. 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 11. In which state is the Sariska Tiger Reserve, infamous for poaching of tigers, located? a. Rajasthan b. Uttarakhand c. Tripura d. West Bengal 12. The currency of Greece is a. Euro b. Quetzal c. Gourde d. Lempira 13. Sunita Williams is associated with: a. Geophysics b. Space Sciences c. Water Conservation d. Nuclear Science 14. The largest river of Asia is a. Mekong b. Indus c. Yenisei d. Yangtze 15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. Who is the new chief minister of west Bengal? a. Siddhartha Shankar Ray b. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee c. Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy d. Mamata Banerjee 4. 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 5. 23. Who has been named England's cricketer of the year? a. Jonathan Trott b. Eoin Morgan c. James Tredwell d. Steven Finn 6. 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

7. Who won Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias literature award for a body of work of "immutable merit,"? a. Carlos Ruz Zafn b. Javier Marias Franco c. Leonard Cohen d. Mario Vargas Llosa 8. 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 9. 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 10. Which is the largest coffee growing country in the world? a. Bangladesh b. Bulgaria c. Belize d. Brazil 11. Which is the biggest desert in the world? a. Kalahari Desert b. Gobi Desert c. Sahara desert d. Patagonian Desert 12. Who authored The White Tiger a. Khushwant Singh b. Arvind Adiga c. Karan Bajaj d. Vikram Seth 13. The present Lok Sabha is the a. 20th Lok Sabha b. 10th Lok Sabha c. 15th Lok Sabha d. 14th Lok Sabha

14. The term of the Rajya Sabha members is a. Six b. Four c. Five d. Seven 15. 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

1. Global chemicals major DuPont has acquired Denmarks enzyme and specialty food ingredients maker for $ 5.8 billion. Name the food maker. a. KiMs b. Anthon Berg c. Danisco d. Kohberg 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. Who is the new chief minister of Kerala? a. V.S. Achuthanandan b. Oommen Chandy c. A. K. Antony d. E. K. Nayanar 7. 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 8. Who was appointed as Singapores new foreign affairs minister on May 18, 2011? a. Goh Chok Tong b. Lee Hsien Loong c. K. Shanmugam d. Lee Kuan Yew 9. 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 Khler d. Rodrigo de Rato 10. What is the capital of Chile? a. Libreville b. Helsinki c. Addis Ababa d. Santiago 11. Which is the largest oil producing nation in Africa? a. Mali b. Liberia c. Nigeria d. Togo 12. Who is the chairman and CEO of GE? a. Jeff Immelt b. Eric Schmidt c. S. Gopalakrishnan d. KV Kamath 13. What does WMO stand for? a. World Militia Operative b. World Meteorological Organisation

c. World Mobile Operator d. World Mobile Station Organisation 14. Who authored My Friend Sancho? a. Vikram Seth b. Arundhati Roy c. Amit Varma d. Amitav Ghosh 15. 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

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1. 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 2. Who is the new CEO of Patni? a. Jeya Kumar b. Phaneesh Murthy c. Jai Pathak d. Vineet Nayar 3. Who has been elected the new Trinamool Congress Legislature Party leader (TCLP)? a. Subhranshu Roy b. Natabari Ghosh c. Dinhata Goswami. d. Mamata Banerjee 4. Who has become the chief minister of Tamilnadu for the third time? a. J. Jayalalitha b. M. Karunanidhi c. O. Panneerselvam d. Tanguturi Prakasam 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. Who is the new Chief Minister of Puducherry? a. R. V. Janakiraman b. P. Shanmugam c. V. Vaithilingam d. N Rangasamy 11. Who is the founder of modern Germany? a. Bismark b. Mussolini c. Hitler d. Napolean 12. Which bird is the International symbol of happiness? a. Whooper Swan b. Ostrich c. Bluebird d. Canada Goose 13. Which of the following cities is known as the city of canals? a. Los Angeles b. Venice

c. Busan d. Durban 14. ___________ is the chairman of the planning commission? a. Prime Minister b. President c. Vice-President d. Finance Minister 15. _________ 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

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1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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

5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. Which Pharmaceutical company has signed an out-licensing deal with France's SanofiAventis 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 9. 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 10. Who is known as the father of history? a. Charles Babbage b. Norman Borlaug c. Herodotus d. Adam Smith 11. Ashoka became the emperor of India in a. 278 BC b. 370 BC c. 271 BC d. 264 BC

12. What state in India has the highest literacy rate? a. Andhra Pradesh b. Karnataka c. Tamilnadu d. Kerala 13. In which year did Hitler become the president of Germany? a. 1935 b. 1938 c. 1934 d. 1930 14. 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 15. 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

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1. 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 2. Which of the following companies has enforced a law to ban smoking in public? a. Germany b. China c. India d. Chile 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 3660-MW capacity thermal power plant at Lalitpur in UP. a. L& T b. BHEL c. Gammon India Ltd. d. Wintech Engineers 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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. Nol Coward 9. 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 10. 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 11. Taufik Hidayat is associated with which of the following sports? a. Basket Ball b. Badminton c. Cricket d. Table Tennis 12. 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 13. The currency of Italy is ? a. Kip b. Yen c. Shekel d. Euro 14. What does Mp3 stand for? a. Media Player 3 b. Nothing in particular, just Mp3 c. Microsoft Player 3 d. MPEG Audio layer 15. 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

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1. Who is the new mayor of Delhi? a. Gautam Talwar b. Nandu Nandkishore c. Paritosh Srivastava d. Rajni Abbi 2. 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 3. Who is the new CEO and MD of Renault-Nissan? a. Patrick Plata b. Carlos Ghosn c. Kou Kimura d. Thomas Weber 4. 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 5. Who is the new president of Haiti? a. Prosper Avril b. Jean-Bertrand Aristide c. Ren Garcia Prval d. Michel Martelly 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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

10. The Lok Pal bill is associated with a. Anti-dowry b. Anti-branding c. Anti-corruption d. Anti-money laundering 11. 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 12. Who is the president of the National Broadcasting Association (NBA)? a. Narayan Rao b. Dave Gavitt c. Jerry Buss d. Jerry Colangelo 13. Who authored The Silent House? a. Carmen Naranjo b. Fernando Contreras Castro c. Alfonso Chase d. Orhan Pamuk 14. Hopeman cup is associated with which of the following games? a. Badminton b. Hockey c. Tennis d. Cricket 15. 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

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1. Who is the new Chief Financial Officer of SBI? a. Diwakar Gupta b. Raj Nayak c. Nandu Nandkishore d. Anindya Banerjee 2. Who is the new head of Cubas ruling Communist Party? a. Jos Ramn Machado

b. Fidel Castro c. Raul Castro d. Jos Ramn Fernndez 3. 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 4. 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 5. Who is the winner of the Malaysian Open? a. David Duval b. Sergio Garcia c. Phil Mickelson d. Matteo Manassero 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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

9. Which of the following countries will host the 2014 commonwealth games? a. Denmark b. Scotland c. Taiwan d. Zambia 10. Which of the following Indian states is the largest producer of tobacco? a. Arunachal Pradesh b. Andhra Pradesh c. Gujarat d. Haryana 11. Which of the following Indian cities is known as the Cathedral city of India? a. Dalkhola b. Champawat c. Bhubaneswar d. Ernakulam 12. Ajay Jayram is associated with which of the following games? a. Golf b. Hockey c. Tennis d. Badminton 13. Who authored Brida? a. Paulo Coelho b. John Grisham c. Nikita Lalwani d. Nisha Minhas 14. Who is the president of Janata Party? a. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat b. J. Jaya Sankar c. Subramanian Swamy d. Nitin Gadkari 15. 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

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1. 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) 2. Who is the new chairman of the Indian School of Hyderabad (ISB)? a. Adi Godrej b. Ratan Tata c. Azim Premji d. Rahul Bajaj 3. 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 4. Who is the new chairman of Mind Tree IT firm? a. Mark Runacres b. David Yoffie c. Albert Hieronimus d. George Scalise 5. 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 6. 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 7. An award winning English singer, songwriter and actress, she was been awarded the Commandeur of LOrdre 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. Which city in the US is known as the city of Golden Gates? a. San Francisco b. Philadelphia c. San Antonio d. San Diego 11. The term 16 yards hit is associated with which of the following games? a. Basketball b. Hockey c. Baseball d. Golf 12. __________ is the National sport of India a. Badminton b. Cricket c. Hockey d. Tennis 13. 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 14. 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 15. 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

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1. Who won the Sicilian Open? a. Jean Van de Velde b. Grgory Havret c. Raphael Jacquelin d. Jack Nicklaus 2. Who is the non-executive director of DP world? a. Deepak Parekh b. Manasije Mishra c. Porus Vazifdar d. Hardeep Singh 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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. 6. 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 primetime 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 7. 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 8. Software giant Microsoft has appointed ________as chairman for its India operations. a. Latif Nathani b. Rajan Anandan c. Ravi Venkatesan d. Bhaskar Pramanik 9. 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 10. 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 11. Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ? a. Kolkata b. Bengaluru c. Ahmedabad d. Lucknow 12. Who is the president of the International Cricket Council? a. David Morgan b. John Howard c. Haroon Lorgat d. Ashoka De Silva 13. Which Portuguese footballer was referred to as the Black Panther? a. Cristiano Ronaldo b. Nuno Gomes c. Eusbio da Silva Ferreira d. Luis Figo 14. 'Ace', 'Double fault', 'Smash', Second service', and 'Game point' terms are related with which sport? a. Badminton b. Squash c. Table Tennis d. Tennis

15. 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

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1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. The European Union (EU) was earlier known as the ________________. a. The Economic Union b. The Economic Market c. European Market d. The Common Market 7. 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 Tibets freedom? a. 60 b. 40 c. 50 d. 70 8. 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 9. 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 Malaysias 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 10. 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 11. In which of the following sports is the Ryder Cup awarded? a. Hockey b. Basketball c. Polo d. Golf 12. 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

13. 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 14. The largest living reptiles are: a. Komodo dragon b. Crocodiles c. Giant anaconda d. Iguana 15. 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

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1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. Who is the new prime minister of Egypt? a. Essam Sharaf b. Atef Ebeid c. Kamal Ganzouri d. Atef Sedki 7. 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 8. 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 9. Which of the following instruments is used to measure humidity? a. Themometer b. Barometer c. Hygrometer d. Anemometer 10. Which city is called the silver platter of India? a. Bangalore b. Anantpur c. Anand d. Akola 11. Colombo Cup is associated with which of the following games? a. Golf b. Badminton c. Cricket d. Football

12. Which of the following continents is known as the "Dark Continent?" a. Africa b. South America c. Australia d. Asia 13. The silent valley is in which of the following states? a. Kerala b. Karnataka c. Madhya Pradesh d. Manipur 14. Who is the author of Macbeth? a. Henry Fielding b. William Shakespeare c. Samuel Richardson d. Laurence Sterne 15. 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

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1. Which of the following countries will have a forest satellite in 2015? a. India b. China c. Japan d. Russia 2. When did NASA launch the space shuttle Discovery? a. February 24, 2011 b. February 20, 2011 c. February 18, 2011 d. February 14, 2011 3. 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

4. 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 5. Who won the best actor award at the Oscars 2011? a. Jeff Bridges b. James Franco c. Collin Firth d. David Russell 6. Who is the new Mumbai Police Commissioner? a. Ajit Parasnis b. Sanjeev Dayal. c. Arup Patnaik d. B. Joshi 7. Gulam Rasool Sufi was elected the first Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of which state? a. Meghalaya b. Assam c. Jammu and Kashmir d. Orissa 8. Who is the new chairman of Indian oil? a. R S Butola b. Sarthak Behuria c. Jacques Rogge d. Sudhir Bhargava
9. 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
10. 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 11. Who is the founder of Facebook? a. Sergey Brin b. Jerry Yang

c. Jack Dorcey d. Mark Zuckerberg 12. UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Who has been named UNESCOs national ambassador for India? a. Priyanka Chopra b. Preity Zinta c. Shabana Azmi d. Aishwarya Rai 13. 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 14. Who authored the Satanic Verses? a. Vikram Seth b. Khushwant Singh c. Amitav Ghosh d. Salman Rushdie 15. 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

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1. 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 2. The Australian owner of English-language newspaper Myanmar Times has been arrested in Burma. He is also the papers 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

3. The worlds 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 4. Who has been re-elected as the president of Uganda? a. Samson Kisekka b. Specioza Kazibwe c. Gilbert Bukenya d. Yoweri Museveni 5. 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 6. 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 Broada 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 7. 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 8. 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

9. 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 10. 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 11. 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 12. Which of the following cities is known as the city of seven islands? a. Kolkatta b. Bangalore c. Mumbai d. Hyderabad 13. Which of the following Indian cities is known as the Manchester of South India? a. Kovalam b. Trivandrum c. Chennai d. Coimbatore 14. Which of the following Indian states is known as the land of five lakes? a. Arunachal Pradesh b. Andhra Pradesh c. Punjab d. Assam 15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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. Rhne-Poulenc c. Sanofi-aventis d. Roussel Uclaf

8. 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 9. Indian Premier League's Kochi franchise has named its team_________ a. Indi Commandos b. Kochi Commandos c. Kochi Rockers d. Kochi Champions 10. 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 11. Which of the US cities is known as the city of the Golden Gate? a. Houston b. Detroit c. San Francisco d. Columbus 12. The UNO was formed in which year? a. 1945 b. 1948 c. 1950 d. 1952 13. Who authored Black Swan? a. Kiran Desai b. Salman Rushdie c. Amitav Ghosh d. Nassim Nicholas Talab 14. Colonel is the nickname of which of the following Indian cricketers? a. Sachin Tendulkar b. Dilip Vengsarkar c. Ajit Agarkar d. Virender Sehwag 15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. _______________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 sexrelated 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 11. The Asian Games were held for the first time in Delhi in the year _________ a. 1962 b. 1972 c. 1976 d. 1982 12. 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 13. 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 14. Which is the sacred book of Parsis? a. Zend Avesta b. Torah c. Gita d. Bible

15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. Which of the following cricketers has won the prestigious ICC Cricketer of the Year award and LG Peoples choice award for the best cricketer this year? a. Sachin Tendulkar b. M S Dhoni c. Gundappa Viswanath d. Sourav Ganguly 5. Who is the new prime minister of Jordan? a. Adnan Badran b. Nader al-Dahabi c. Samir Rifai d. Marouf Bakhit 6. 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 7. Who is the new finance secretary? a. Ashok Chawla b. Sushma Nath c. Arun Ramanathan d. D Subbarao 8. 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 9. 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 10. Who authored A Bend in the River a. Vikram Seth b. Salman Rushdie c. Khushwant Singh d. V. S. Naipaul 11. How many countries are members of the World health Organisation (WTO)? a. 110 b. 120 c. 154 d. 153 12. 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 13. _________ is not the official language of the United Nations? a. Portuguese b. Russian c. Spanish d. Chinese

14. Which of the following countries is also known as the Rainbow nation? a. Egypt b. Greece c. Australia d. South Africa 15. 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

1. Who is the new minister of civil aviation? a. S.M.Krishna b. A.K. Antony c. Praful Patel d. Vayalkar Ravi 2. 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 3. How many schedules are there in the constitution of India? a. 12 b. 18 c. 24 d. 25 4. Who is the new minister of petroleum and natural gas? a. Jaipal Reddy b. Murli Deora c. Ghulam Nabi Azad d. Sushilkumar Shinde 5. Who is the new Prime minister of Ireland? a. Brian Cowen b. John Bruton c. Albert Reynolds d. Charles Haughey 6. 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 7. Who is the new Deputy Governor of RBI? a. Anand Sinha b. Alok Kumar Bhadra c. Deepak Chatterjee d. Prasad Menon 8. Who is the new CEO of Wipro? a. T.K. Kurien b. Deepak Chatterjee c. Prasanna Sankhe d. Vinod Kumar 9. Who is the new minister of statistics and programme implementation? a. Salman khursheed b. S Jaiswal c. MS Gill d. Anand Sharma 10. The commonwealth games are held at an interval of _______ years a. Three b. Two c. Five d. Four 11. 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 12. Who authored War and Peace? a. Leo Tolstoy b. Alexander Pushkin c. Fyodor Dostoyevsky d. Mikhail Sholokhov 13. The study of fishes is called a. Ichthyology b. Ophiology c. Philology d. Ornithology 14. Which of the following cricketers is also known as punter? a. Paul Reiffel b. Shane Warne c. Mark Waugh d. Ricky Ponting

15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. Who has been sworn in as the 39th governor of California? a. Jerry Brown b. Arnold Schwarzenegger c. Joseph Graham d. Pete Wilson 5. 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 6. Who is the new CFO of Virgin Blue a. Sankar Narayan

b. Suresh Balakrishna c. G V Babu d. Sudip Bandyopadhyay 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. The Tata group has bought yet another major company in the UK, the countrys largest manufacturer of salt, Cheshire Salt Holdings consolidating its position as UKs biggest manufacturing employer in a deal valued at _________ a. Rs 600 crore b. Rs 350 crore c. Rs 200 crore d. Rs 650 crore 11. Entomology is the study of a. Bones b. Birds c. Fishes d. Insects 12. Vijay Singh is associated with which of the following sports a. Golf b. Badminton c. Tennis d. Cricket 13. Which university topped the Forbes list of Billionaire Universities in 2010? a. Oxford University b. Harvard University c. New York University d. Stanford University

14. Which place is known as the roof of the world? a. Laos b. Lesotho c. Tibet d. Latvia 15. 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

1. Who is the new chairman of PwC India a. Sudip Bandyopadhyay b. Kaushik Chakravorty c. Deepak Kapoor d. G V Babu 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. Who is the new SBI chairman? a. Shuman Mukherjee b. Pratip Chaudhuri c. Sameer Pitalwalla d. U K Sinha 8. Who is the chairman of Federal Reserve? a. William Miller b. Paul A. Volcker c. Alan Greenspan d. Ben Bernanke 9. 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 10. __________ is the biggest desert in the world a. Karakum b. Kalahari Desert c. Sahara d. Chihuahuan 11. __________ are the fastest land animals a. Cheetah b. Wildebeest c. Lion d. Thomson's Gazelle 12. Which of the following countries is the largest producer of tin a. China b. Indonesia c. Belize d. Japan 13. Who authored Keep off the Grass? a. Salman Rushdie b. Vikram Seth c. Karan Bajaj d. Farookh Dhondy

14. How many states are there in the United States of America a. 49 b. 52 c. 50 d. 54 15. Francesca Schiavone won Womens 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 years 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 5. Which of the following banks has tied up with Diebold to upgrade ATMs for visually challenged

a. ICICI b. HDFC c. IDBI d. HSBC 6. 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 7. Who received the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2010? a. Martti Ahtisaari b. Barack Obama c. Liu Xiaobo d. Al Gore 8. 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 9. Who won the 2010 Hong Kong womens singles crown? a. Saina Nehwal b. Aparna Popat c. Jwala Gutta d. Lili 10. 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 11. Which is the smallest ocean in the world? a. Indian ocean b. Pacific ocean c. Artic ocean d. Atlantic ocean 12. _________ is the national game of India a. Hockey b. Cricket c. Basketball d. Tennis

13. __________is the smallest state in Australia a. Victoria b. Queensland c. Tasmania d. New South Wales 14. The science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and classification of organisms is known as a. Taxonomy b. Biology c. Zoology d. Ornithology 15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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

4. 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 5. Dr P Rameshan has been appointed as the new Director of which IIM centre? a. Ahmedabad b. Bangalore c. Lucknow d. Rothak 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 exchanges 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 9. 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 10. 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 11. Who authored Keep off the grass? a. R.K. Narayan b. Karan Bajaj

c. Chetan Bhagat d. Salman Rushdie 12. 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 13. Phil Mickelson is associated with which of the following sports a. golf b. Badminton c. Tennis d. Basketball 14. Which of the following cities in Scotland is known as the city of Granite a. Aberdeen b. Glasgow c. Dundee d. Edinburgh 15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. Who is the new brand ambassador of Himachal Pradesh a. Dalai Lama b. Deepika Padukone c. Kangana Ranaut d. Preity Zinta 6. 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 7. ___________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 8. 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 exchanges 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 9. Who is the new CEO of Lowe Lintas India? a. Joseph George b. Charles Cadell c. Naresh Gupta d. Vipul Mathur 10. 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 11. Who is known as the Father of English poetry? a. William Wordsworth b. William Blake c. Geoffrey Chaucer d. John Milton 12. 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 13. Evaporation is measured by which instrument? a. Barometer b. Psychrometer c. Lysimeter d. Hygrometer 14. The Second World War started in 1939 and ended in a. 1945 b. 1942 c. 1944 d. 1941 15. 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

1. Who was the Indian Flag bearer in Asian Games 2010? a. Saina Nehwal b. Abhinav Bindra c. Sushil Kumar d. Gagan Narang 2. Who is the winner of the 2010 Miss World contest a. Irina Zhuravska b. Ksenia Sukhinova

c. Alexandria Mills d. Tamara Almeida Silva 3. 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 4. Who is the new director of Crime Branch Investigation (CBI). a. A P Singh b. Ashwani Kumar c. Anand Kumar Das d. Brijlal Kshatriya 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. 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 11. 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 12. 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 13. Recently for which regional film actor Prakash Raj was honoured with the National Award? a. Kanchivaram b. Pokiri c. Brindavanam d. Kaleja 14. 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 15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. Which of the following countries has overtaken South Korea as worlds top shipbuilder? a. Russia b. China c. Germany d. Japan 5. Who is the MD and CEO of Mercedes-Benz India a. Peter Honegg b. Kamlakar Kaul c. Bhavdeep Singh d. Arup Gopikrishna 6. 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 7. Where are the 2016 Olympics going to be held a. Beijing b. Rio de Janeiro c. London d. Athens

8. Who is the new CEO of Zoom Entertainment Network a. Ajay Goel b. Vishal Bali c. Avinash Kaul d. Rakesh Mohan 9. Who is the new managing director (MD) Volkswagen India a. Dr John Chacko b. Niranjan Thirumale c. R Venkatasubramanian d. Vikaas M Sachdeva 10. Which fruit crop has the largest area in India? a. Banana b. Citrus c. Mango d. Guava 11. Which country is the Second highest producer of fruit and vegetables in the world? a. Brazil b. North America c. China d. India 12. Which crop is affected by Tobacco caterpillar? a. Jute b. Sugarcane c. Lucerne d. Sugarbeet 13. What optimum temperature is needed for the growth of Potato tuber? a. 17C to 19C b. 14C to 16C c. 10C to 12C d. 22C to 25C 14. Which variety of Groundnut is grown in summer? a. Avtar b. Chitra c. Chandra d. Amber 15. 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

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. Who is the new head of Boeing India a. Vikaas Sachdeva b. Rakesh Mohan c. Dr Dinesh Keskar d. Mandar Natekar 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. What is quorum required for convening the Lok Sabha? a. 1/6 b. 1/4 c. 1/8 d. 1/5 10. The implementation of Jawahar Rojgar Yojana rests with a. Gram Panchayats b. District Collectors c. State Governments d. Union Government 11. 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 12. 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 13. How much percentage of income comes from animals, out of India's total income? a. 20% b. 25% c. 15% d. 10% 14. Which is not a hybrid variety of Mango? a. Mallika b. Ratna c. Arka Puneet d. Dashehari 15. 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

1. 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 cowriting 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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
6. Who claimed the bronze in the women's individual chess at the Asian Games on

November 15, 2010 a. Monika Soko b. Tatiana Kosintseva c. Maia Chiburdanidze d. Harika Dronavalli
7. Which of the following countries recently beat Bangladesh in Hockey

a. India b. Germany c. South Korea d. Great Britian 8. English is the official language of which one of the following Indian States a. Nagaland b. Tripura c. Assam d. Manipur 9. The term PC means a. Private Computer b. Personal Computer c. Professional Computer d. Personal Calculator 10. 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 11. In India FERA has been replaced by a. FEMA b. FETA c. FENA d. FELA 12. The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was a. Islamabad b. Karachi c. Lahore d. Hyderabad 13. The author of the book "India Wins Freedom" is a. Kuldeep Nayyar b. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad c. Jawaharlal Nehru d. Indira Gandhi

14. Silicon Valley of India is located in a. Dehradun b. Bangalore c. Hyderabad d. Srinagar 15. 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

1. 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 2. Who is the new CEO of Reliance General? a. Ravi Kiran b. Sunil Sahjwani c. Ajay Chacko d. Vijay Pawar 3. 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 4. Who is the new director of SBI? a. Rakesh Misra b. Rajiv Ranjan c. Mandar Natekar d. G D Nadaf 5. 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 6. Who has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Land Rover as a nonexecutive director on the company's (Tata Motor) board? a. Ralf Speth b. Jerome Kerviel c. S K Chakrabarti d. Atul Sobti 7. 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 8. 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 9. Who has been appointed the chairman of advertising firms 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 10. 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 11. 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

12. 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 13. 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 14. 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 15. 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 -LIX

1. Who has been appointed the President of Network18-AETN JV a. Dinesh Chandra b. Nitin Vaidya c. Sunil Sahjwani d. Ajay Chacko 2. 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

3. 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 4. The 20th Commonwealth games will be held in which of the following cities in Scotland a. Aberdeen b. Dundee c. Glasgow d. Edinburgh 5. Which of the following countries will assume the rotating presidency of the 12member Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) next year after being unanimously elected to the post. a. Iran b. Qatar c. Indonesia d.Algeria 6. 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 7. Who is the winner of the Shanghai Masters 2010 a. Boris Becker b. Andre Agassi c. Andy Murray d. Jimmy Connors 8. 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 9. 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

10. Who won the Australian Grand Prix for the fourth consecutive year a. Casey Stoner b. Valentino Rossi c. Loris Capirossi d. Nicky Hayden 11. 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 12. 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 13. 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 14. 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 15. 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
1. Who is the Business leader of the year 2010 a. Aditya Puri

b. AM Naik c. Anand Mahindra d. Arun Shourie 2. Which is Company of the year a. Hero Honda b. Infosys c. Wipro d. Biotech 3. 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 4. Who is the Business Reformer of the year? a. Kamal Nath b. Indra Nooyi c. Nitish Kumar d. Naveen Patnaik 5. ___________ is the Corporate Citizen of the year a. SAIL b. TERI c. TCS d. Aditya Birla Group 6. 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: 7. Who has received the Lifetime Achievement Award of 2010a. Ratan Tata b. Keshub Mahindra c. Rahul Bajaj d. Vijay Mallya 8. Who received the Entrepreneur of the year 2010 a. Kumar Mangalam Birla b. John Bachmann c. GV Krishna Reddy d. Grandhi Mallikarjun Rao 9. Emerging Company of the year a. Idea Cellular

b. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals c. Flex Solutions d. Ranbaxy 10. Who is the Businesswoman of the Year 2010 a. Vinita Bali b. Chanda Kochhar c. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw d. Roshni Nadar 11. What is the period for 11th 5-year plan? a. 2005-10 b. 2006-11 c. 2007-12 d. 2008-13 12. _______ 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 13. FFC is an abbreviation for a. Film Finance Corporation b. Federation of Football Council c. Foreign Finance Corporation d. Federation of Funds and Commerce 14. G-15 is consists of ______ a. Developed countries b. Second World Nations c. Third World Nations d. Fourth World Nations 15. 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

1. Who is the chief of NATO? a. Anders Fogh Rasmussen b. Marshal Stirrup c. Philip Flood d. Alfred Parsons

2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. 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 7. Who is the new Australian high commissioner to India? a. Michael L'Estrange b. Robert Smith c. John Dauth d. Peter Varghese 8. Who is the Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WTO) a. Alejandro Jara b. Peter Sutherland c. Renato Ruggiero d. Mike Moore

9. 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 10. ________ 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 11. The Nagarjunasagar dam is constructed on the river a. Krishna b. Chambal c. Kosi d. Sutlej 12. The imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals are a. Hachures b. Contours c. Spot-heights d. Isomers 13. 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 14. 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 15. 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

1. 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 2. 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
3. Indias 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
4. 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 5. Who is the new Deputy Managing Director of Axis Bank? a. Vijay Darda b. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar c. S K Chakrabarti d. Lalit Mahapatra 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. 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 11. 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 12. The temperature which has the same reading on both Fahrenheit and Celsius scales is: a. 40 b. -40 c. -34 d. -140 13. Which of the following elements is not present in stainless steel? a. Iron b. Tungsten c. Chromium d. Nickel 14. Source of energy in ecosystem is: a. Sun b. Green plants c. Sugar produced in photosynthesis d. ATP 15. 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 1 5. c

Test your General Knowledge - LV

1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. With which one of the following rivers is the Omkareshwar Project associated? a. Chambal b. Narmada c. Tapi d. Bhima 7. 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 8. 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 9. On planet Earth, there is no centrifugal force at the a. Equator b. Tropic of Cancer c. Tropic of Capricorn d. Poles 10. Which among the following planets is smaller in size than the Earth? a. Neptune b. Venus c. Saturn d. Uranus 11. 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 12. 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 13. 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 14. "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 15. 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

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1. Which of the following Won Women's hockey Gold in Olympic Game 2008? a. Holland b. Australia c. Germany d. USA 2. 'Romancing with Life' is a book written by a. Dilip Kumar b. Debasheesh Dutta c. Dev Anand d. Hema Malini 3. Who among the following is the recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award? a. England b. Akkineni Nageshwar Rao c. Manoj Kumar d. Subhash Ghai 4. Who is known as the father of Sanskrit Grammar? a. Panini b. Patanjali c. Kalidas d. None of the above 5. Which of the following award is associated with Agriculture? a. Bourlog Award b. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar c. Arjun Award d. Vyasa Samman 6. 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 7. National Food for Work Programme was launched on a. November 20,2004 b. December 1, 2005 c. November 14, 2004 d. October 5,2007

8. 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 9. The Provision of Contingency Fund of India has been made under a. Article 266 b. Article 265 c. Article 267 d. Article 268 10. 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 11. Dakar is the capital of a. Romania b. Senegal c. Syprus d. Mozambique 12. Matatilla Multi-purpose Project is located on a. River Betwa b. River Rihand c. River Tapi d. River Mahi 13. Theorphrastus is called the father of a. Botany b. Zoology c. Anatomy d. Astrology 14. The Hockey World Player for 2009 is a. Rajpal Singh b. Jamie Dwyer c. Grant Shubert d. dhanraj pillay 15. 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

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1. Who won the Chinese Grand Prix recently? a. Jenson Button b. Sebastian Vettel c. Valentino Rossi d. Mark Webber 2. 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 3. Which of the European countries recently came into news for eruption of volcano? a. England b. Finland c. Iceland d. Denmark 4. The World's first Homeopathy University is being established ina. Karnataka b. Rajasthan c. Tamil Nadu d. Kerala 5. ......IBSA Summit 2010 was recently held in Brasilia. a. Third b. Fourth c. Fifth d. Sixth 6. 'United People's Freedom Alliance' recently won a majority in the parliamentary elections ina. Sri Lanka b. Nepal c. Maldives d. Vietnam 7. Where was the sixteenth ASEAN Summit held? a. Delhi b. Beijing c. Hanoi d. Kuala Lumpur 8. 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 9. The Central Asian country which recently came into news for political turmoil isa. Uzbekistan b. Kyrgyzstan c. Tajikistan d. Turkmenistan 10. The deal 'New START' has recently been signed betweena. Russia and USA b. UK and Japan c. India and China d. China and Russia 11. INS Kamorta is country,s firsta. Anti-submarine warfare corvette b. Nuclear Submarine c. First naval aircraft carrier d. None of the above 12. Which of the following states does not have legislative council? a. Andhra Pradesh b. Jammu & Kashmir c. Kerala d. Uttar Pradesh 13. India recently signed a major deal on education witha. Japan b. Australia c. Russia d. U.S.A 14. 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 15. 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

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1. Who is the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Studio18 a. Rajat Girdhar b. Kaushik Roy c. Sandeep Bhargava d. Vikram Malhotra 2. Which country was on the top in medal tally in South Asian Games 2010? a. Pakistan b. India c. Sri Lanka d. Afghanistan 3. Which south Asian country in April 2010 experienced heavy quake? a. Nepal b. China c. India d. Afghanistan 4. Who has been re-elected M&M chief despite Bhopal conviction a. Kishore Kamdar b. JN Mukund c. Vijay Gokhle d. Keshub Mahindra 5. 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 6. Who is the winner of the prestigious 2010 Edinburgh Comedy Awardsa. Russell Kane b. Russell Peters c. Russell Brand d. Russell Crowe 7. Asko Parpola recently baggeda. Classical Tamil Award b. Padma Vibhushan c. Jnanpeeth Award d. Padma Bhushan 8. Who is the winner of Indianapolis MotoGP a. Giacomo Agostini b. Dani Pedrosa c. Mike Hailwood d. John Surtees

9. Praduman Singh Jindrahia whose composition Geet Sarovar was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award 2009 is a noted and famous poet ofa. Assamese b. Dogri c. Gujarati d. Konkani 10. 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 11. The Best feature film chosen at the 56th National Film Award isa. Antaheen b. Jogva c. Rock on d. Fashion 12. How many teams participated in ICC World Twenty-20 Cup? a. Ten Teams b. Twelve Teams c. Eight Teams d. Seven Teams 13. India's 15th National Census Exercise began ona. April 10,2010 b. March 10,2010 c. April 1,2010 d. April 30,2010 14. The best batsman award of Indian Premier League-III was received bya. Suresh Raina b. M.S.Dhoni c. Sachin Tendulkar d. Pragyan Ojha 15. The Best Parliamentarian Award for 2009 has been conferred ona. 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 1 5. b

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1. 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 2. 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 3. In which year NSE launched Currency Derivatives? a. 2009 b. 2008 c. 2003 d. 2006 4. Which is the principal stock exchange of Switzerland? a. Swiss Exchange b. Stockholm Stock Exchange c. Electronic Share Information d. Santiago Stock Exchange 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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

9. Which was the first Indian company to list on NYSE? a. ICICI Bank b. Wipro c. Tata Motors d. Infosys 10. 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 11. CAC 40 is the prominent stock index of which country? a. Germany b. France c. US d. Japan 12. 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 13. What is full form of NEAT which is the online trading system of the National Stock Exchange? a. Nations Exchange for Automated Trading b. National Exchange for Automated Trading c. Nationwide Exchange for Automated Trading d. None of the Above 14. Which is the oldest exchange in Asia? a. National Stock Exchange b. Hong Kong Stock Exchange c. Bombay Stock Exchange d. Tokyo Stock Exchange 15. 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

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1. 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 2. 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 3. When was BSE Sensex index launched? a. 1986 b. 1980 c. 1978 d. 1989 4. S&P CNX Nifty is a well diversified 50 stock index accounting for how many sectors? a. 22 b. 5 c. 15 d. 10 5. Xetra is the electronic securities trading system based in a. India b. China c. Germany d. USA 6. 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) 7. Which will be the first foreign company to issue IDRs (Indian Depository Receipt)? a. Citibank b. Standard Chartered Bank c. Deutsche Bank d. HSBC 8. 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 9. How many stocks does Nifty Index comprise of? a. 30 b. 100

c. 500 d. 50 10. 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 11. Nifty Index is used in a. Derivatives b. Index Funds c. Exchange traded funds (ETFs) d. All the above 12. How many stocks does Hang Seng index comprise of? a. 35 b. 43 c. 30 d. 50 13. 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 14. How many stocks does DAX index comprise of? a. 100 b. 30 c. 50 d. 40 15. 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 1 5. c

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1. 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 2. 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 3. 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 4. 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 5. Natrajan Chandrasekaran has been ranked as Indias 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. Taufik Hidayat is associated with which of the following sports a. Billiards b. Badminton c. Basketball d. Snooker

9. Who authored Johnny gone Down a. Karan Bajaj b. Amitav Ghosh c. Kiran Desai d. Salman Rushdie 10. 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 11. Who is the President of International Federation of Company Secretaries (IFCS) a. G. Nizamuddin b. Keyoor Bakshi c. Zafar A. Khan d. Saquib Javed 12. Who is the governor of Maharashtra a. Kateekal Sankaranarayanan b. R.S Gavai c. S.C. Jamir d. S.M. Krishna 13. 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 14. Which of the following cities in Scotland is also known as the Granite City a. Aberdeen b. Dundee c. Edinburgh d. Glasgow 15. 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 1 5. c
1).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. c. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani 2).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 d. Roman Polanski 3).Which of the following bands has been voted the best festival headliner of 2011, in an online poll conducted by BBC 6 Music? d. Coldplay 4).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 ____________ c. $1.26 billion 5).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 6).Who won the grand prix of Aragon b. Casey Stoner 7).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 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 c. Apache Corp 9).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 d. Google 10).The science of the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code is called d. Cryptology 11).Iron is a sports term associated with which of the following games? c. Golf 12).The NSG (The Nuclear Suppliers Group) finally waived off the 16-year-old embargo on nuclear relations with India on the b. 6th of September 2008 13).The capital of Israel is ______________.

c. Jerusalem 14).What system of government does the Constitution of India provide? c. Cabinet System of Governmen 15).Which country is a member of the WTO despite the fact that it became a part of China? c. Hongkong 1).Who is the most powerful woman in U.S.business according to Forbes magazine? c. Irene Rosenfeld 2).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. b. Henry Winkler 3).Which of the following technological companies beat Microsoft in tech giants ranking? d. IBM 4).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? d. Future Group 5).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. b. $300 million 6).Which of the following technology companies has acquired the assets of retail consulting and software development firm Zaffera LLC for an "undisclosed amount? d. Cognizant 7).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 LemelsonMIT Prize. He passed away on September 27, 2011. Name him a. Wilson Greatbatch .Which is the most polluted city in India according to the latest report released by World Health Organization (WHO)? b. Ludhiana 9).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 fruitbased beverages? d. Dabur India Ltd 10).Who is the author of Saraswati Park?

c. Anjali Joseph 11).English is the official language of which one of the following Indian States a. Nagaland 12).The capital of Pakistan till 1959 was b. Karach 13).Silicon Valley of India is located in b. Bangalore 14).A judge of the Supreme Court retires at the age of___________. b. 65 15).What is the name for the kind of energy that is produced from coal? d. Thermal Energy Irene Rosenfeld -Kraft foods Carol bArtz -Yahoo (Pastr tense ) currently yahoo has an interim CEO (some guy Morse who happenms to be thwre CFO as well Ursula burns - Xerox Vineeta bali -Britaanina Indira Nooyi -Pepsi Co Chanda kochar -ICICI Naina lal Kidwai - HSBC Shikha Shrma - AXIs BAnk ellen kullman Dupont Maharatna CPSEs 1. Coal India Limited 2. Indian Oil Corporation Limited 3. NTPC Limited 4. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited 5. Steel Authority of India Limited Navratna CPSEs 1. Bharat Electronics Limited 2. Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited 3. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 4. GAIL (India) Limited 5. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 6. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited 7. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited 8. National Aluminium Company Limited 9. NMDC Limited

10. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited 11. Oil India Limited 12. Power Finance Corporation Limited 13. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 14. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited 15. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited 16. Shipping Corporation of India Limited Match List I (Committee) with List II (Subject) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists List*I (Committee) List II (Subject) 1. A . Tandon Committee 1 . Capital Financing B. Rakesh Mohan 2 . Infrastructure Development C . Narasimhan Committee 3 . Financial Sector Reforms D. Omkar Goswami 4 . Industrial Sickness Committee ABCD ABCD (1) 1 32 4 (2) 4 23 1 (3) 1 23 4 (4) 4 32 1 2.. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below. List I A . Fiscal deficit B. budget C . revenue D. primary deficit List II 1 . excess of total Expenditure over Total Receipts 2 . excess of Revenue Expenditure over Revenue Receipts 3 . excess of Total Expenditure over Total Receipts less borrowings 4 . excess of Total Expenditure less bor rowings and Interest Payments ABCD ABCD (1) 3 12 4 (2) 4 32 1 (3) 1 32 4 (4) 3 14 2 3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes*given below. List I A . WTO B. IDA C . IMF D. IBRD List II 1 . provides loans to address short term balance of payment problems 2 . multilateral trade negotiation body 3 . sanction of soft loans 4 . facilitating lending and*borrowing for reconstruction and development ABCD ABCD

(1) 2 34 1 (2) 2 31 4 (3) 3 24 1 (4) 3 21 4 4. How many timeshas the Indian currency been demonetized so far? (1) Once (2) Twice (3) Thrice (4) Neve 5. Name the*biggest Indian drug firm. (1) Ranbaxy (2) Pfizer (3) Cipla (4) Dr.Reddy's Laboratories CEO's --> Auto Sector

Maruti Suzuki India Limited --> Shinzo Nakanishi (MD and CEO) Mahindra & Mahindra Limited --> Keshub Mahindra (Chairman) Tata Motors Limited --> Carl Peter Forster (CEO) Bayerische Motoren Werke AG(BMW) --> Norbert Reithofer (CEO) FIAT --> Sergio Marchionne (CEO) Ford Motor Company --> Alan R. Mulally (President & CEO) Honda Motor Company Ltd --> Takanobu Ito (CEO) Hyundai Motor Company --> Chung Mong-koo (Chairman and CEO) Mercedes-Benz --> Dieter Zetsche Suzuki Motor Corporation --> Osamu Suzuki Toyota Motor Corporation --> Akio Toyoda Bajaj Auto --> Rahul Bajaj (Chairman) TVS Motor Company --> K N Radhakrishnan (President & CEO) In july'11 the supreme court imposed a ban on iron ore mining in Bellary district of karnataka.it refused permission for mining even to the public sector a.NALCO b.NMDC c.SAIL d.NLC

the land acquisition bill draft of the union Govt proposes an annuity based payment to landowners for a period of a.5 yrs b.life long c.10yrs d.20yrs

the new guidelines of nuclear supplier group published in july,restrict the transfer

of enrichment and reprocessing technology to countries that have signed the a.CTBT b.*NPT* c.Wassemar Agreement d.MTCR who was the first asian to be selected for guy medal in gold royal statistical society a.Amartya Sen b.Kaushik Basu c.Y.V.Reddy d.*C.R.Rao* Makhdoom Shah mehmood qureshi was dropped as the foreign minister of which country a.egypt b.pakistan c.afghanistan d.iran who is the chief of the investment firm Berkshire hathaway? a.larry page b.larry ellision c.warren buffett d.vikram pandit who replaced ashok chawla as the new fiannce sec in fen 2011? a.sushma nath b.nirupam rao c.k.m.chandrashakher d.g.k.pillai which city hosted 17th commonwealth law conference in feb 2011? a.mumbai b.*hyderabad* c.kolkata d.bangalore

which bank has opened its 5000th ural branch in feb 2011? a.icici bank b.bank of baroda c.punjab national bank d *sbi* which country will host the international congress of mathematicians in 2014? a.india b.USA c.*south korea* d.japan in july 2011 who among the following was appointed as the new chief of the national commission for women? a.Nirmala sitharaman b.jayanti natarajan c.teesta setalvad d.*mamta shama* the lok ayukta designate of karnataka is a.*shivraj patil* b.shanti bhusan c.am jethmalani d.rama jois
INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND THEIR HEADQUARTERS 1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) It is headquartered at Manila, Phillipines. 2. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) It is headquartered at Jakarta, Indonesia. 3. The European Union (EU) It is headquartered at Brussels, Belgium. 4. The INTERPOL It is headquartered at Lyon, France 5. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) It is headquartered at Brussels, Belgium. 6. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) It is headquartered at

Vienna, Austria. 7. The Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) It is headquartered at Kuwait. 8. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) It is headquartered at Kathmandu, Nepal. 9. The Red Cross It is headquartered at Geneva, Switzerland. 1).Who is the Business Leader of the Year 2011? d. Chanda Kochhar

2).Who received the Entrepreneur of the Year award 2011? a. Rahul Bhatia 3).Who received the Global Indian of the Year award 2011 at the ET Awards? b. Vikram Pandit 4).Emerging Company of the Year went to c. Shree Renuka Sugars 5).Company of the Year? a. Bajaj Auto 6).Who received the Policy Change Agent award for the year 2011? b. Nandan Nilekani 7).Who received the Lifetime Achievement Award? a. Yaga Venugopal Reddy .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 c. Steve Martin 9).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? d. E HealthPoint 10).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? b. Nadine Labaki

11).G-15 is consists of ______ c. Third World Nations 12).In which year did Hitler become the president of Germany? c. 1934 13.When was the meeting of the Agriculture Ministers of the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) held for the first time? b. December 2009 14)._________ is not the official language of the United Nations? a. Portuguese 15).Who was the 12th president of India? b. Pratibha Patil 1. Who is /are the founder/s of Microsoft? a. Bill Gates b. Paul Allen c. Bill Gates and Paul Allen d.Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie Ans. c 2. Hewlett Packard Co. in March 2011 announced to initially invest __ in support of a new education innovation challenge fund for India. a.$1million b. $1.5million c.$2million d. $2.5million Ans a 3. Who among the following in March 2011 is appointed as the managing director of HSBC India? a. Sandeep Uppal b.Ajay Duggal c. Anil Misra d.Atul Jain Ans. a 4. Name the founder of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. a. Rajendra Prasad Shukla b.Gurjar Sharan c. Bhai Mohan Singh d.Ramakrishna Gupta Ans. c 5 Which company in March 2011 won a multi-million dollar multi-year contract from Qatar Sports institute Aspire Zone Foundation? a. HCL Tech b.Mahindra Satyam c. Infosys Technology d.All of these Ans. b 6.ICICI Bank in March 2011 declared that it expects over _____ growth in loans in 2011-12? a.14 percent b.16 percent c.18 percent d.20 percent

Ans. d 7.What is 'Ira: one divine creation for another? a. Diamond jewellery b.Cosmetics c. Shoes d.Nailpolish Ans. a 8. Who among the following is appointed as executive director of the Reserve Bank of India in March 2011? a. P. Jain b. J. Gandhi c. R. Gandhi d. R. Goyal ans. C

The Nobel Prizes 2011 Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in 1)physics 2)chemistry 3) physiology or medicine 4) literature 5)peace. Seems easy rite..jus 5 subjects to remember The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics -one half to Saul Perlmutter and the other half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess. 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry -Dan Shechtman 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was divided, one half jointly to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann and the other half to Ralph M. Steinman for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity. Nobel Prize in Literature Tomas Transtrmer 2011 Nobel Peace Prize jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman
1).Who won the 2011 Man Booker Prize? d. Julian Barnes

2).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 3).Who has been honoured with the Swiss Ambassador's award for "exceptional leadership" and his contribution to strengthening bilateral ties between India and Switzerland? b. Ratan Tata

4).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? b. Brazil

5).One of Indias largest airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Vietnam Airlines. Name the airline. b. Jet Airways 6).Which of the following countries has set a target of achieving bilateral trade of $7 billion with Vietnam by 2015 a. India

7).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. c. Jagjit Singh

.General Electric, a multinational conglomerate is all set to build the largest solar plant at $ 300 million in which of the following countries? d. USA 9).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? b. Life Healthcarel

10).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 c. India

11).Bahadur Shah was the c. last Mughal rule

12).Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh is famous for d. Gold

13).The imaginary lines joining places of same height at equal intervals are b. Contours

14).What is place of India in the World in Tea production? a. First 15).Gandhiji's movement of boycotting the foreign goods aimed at a. full independence IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES Durand Line : Boundary between India & Afghanistan. Hindenburg Line : Boundary between Germany & Poland. McMohan Line : Boundary between China & India. Maginot Line : Boundary between France & Germany. Radcliffe Line : Boundary between India & Pakistan. 17th parallel : Defined the boundary between North Vietnam & South Vietnam before the two were united. 38th parallel : Boundary line between North Korea & South Korea. 49th parallel : Boundary line between USA & Canada. Siegfried Line : The line between Germany and France.