General Science Capsule 2

General Science Capsule 2

1. “Fresh” and “Select” are the names of the brands that have been launched as entry of the
company into the retail sector. Identify the company
(A) Tata Group
(B) Bharati Enterprises
(C) Reliance Industries Ltd.
(D) AV Birla Group
2. Which of the following personalities is the present brand ambassdor of Siyaram suiting
shirtings?
(A) Saif Ali Khan
(B) M S Dhoni
(C) Ranbir Kapoor
(D) Jeev Milkha Singh
3. With which of the following giants would you associate ‘One India’ tariff plan?
(A) MTNL
(B) VSNL
(C) BSNL
(D) Reliance Infocomm
4. The Car-Maker Renault belongs to….
(A) England
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) USA
5. Which of the following companies has the tagline “Be more ambitious”?
(A) Raymonds
(B) NIIT
(C) Bombay Dyeing
(D) Zodiac
6. What is the rank of India in tea production throughout the world?
(A) fourth
(B) second
(C) first
(D) tenth
7. Which of the following companies would you associate with the gizmo X-Box 360?
(A) Sony
(B) Microsoft
(C) Apple
(D) Nintendo
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8. The present chairperson of Institute of Rural Management, Anand is

(A) V. Kurien
(B) Yoginder Alagh
(C) T Nanda kumar
(D) Parthi Bhatol
9. Which of the following personalities is the latest brand ambassdor of the Deutsche Bank?
(A) Sania Mirza
(B) Baichung Bhutia
(C) Sunil Gavaskar
(D) Mahesh Bhupathi

10. The Hospitality group Hilton hails from

(A) UK
(B) USA
(C) France
(D) Australia
11. Which of the following companies has recently tied up with Google to offer search services for
the mobile customer?
(A) BSNL
(B) Airtel
(C) Hutch
(D) Idea
12. Starbucks is a World leader in the
(A) Tea business
(B) Food Business
(C) Coffee Business
(D) Print Business
13. Which of the following personalities is the present European Union’s Trade Commissioner?
(A) Karel De Gucht
(B) Cecilia Malmström
(C) Peter Mandelson
(D) Jose Mannual Barrosso
14. “Forever New Frontiers” is the punchline of
(A) Cisco System
(B) Airbus
(C) Boeing
(D) AT & T
15. Which of the following banks was in the news for merging the Sangli Bank with itself?
(A) State Bank of India
(B) HDFC Bank
(C) ICICI Bank
(D) UTI Bank
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16. Can you identify the name of this Indian Company that became the first ever Indian company
to enter the elite NASDAQ-100 Club?
(A) ICS
(B) Infosys Technologies
(C) Wipro Technologies
(D) HCL Technologies
17. The first ever Indian company to be listed on NASDAQ was . ..
(A) WIPRO
(B) HCL
(C) INFOSYS
(D) SATYAM
18. The number of Indian companies that are on the list of the Forbes most reputed companies
are..
(A) 4
(B) 8
(C) 6
(D) 10
19. “Simply Priceless” is the punchline of
(A) Air India Express
(B) Indigo Airlines
(C) Kingfisher Airlines
(D) Paramount Airways
20. Who among the following is the MD & CEO of ICICI Bank?
(A) Chanda Kochar
(B) Jaspal Singh
(C) K.V. Kamath
(D) Nakul Arula
21. Vogue is the name of
(A) cosmetics brand
(B) jewellery brand
(C) clothing giant
(D) magazine
22. In which state is the Volkswagen AG planning to set up its manufacturing facility in India ?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Karnataka
23. “Passat” is the name of the car model that belongs to the stable of. ..
(A) General Motors
(B) Volkswagen
(C) Honda Motors
(D) Hyundai Motors
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24. Four interwoven rings represent the logo of
(A) Olympics
(B) Audi
(C) Mercedes Benz
(D) Octavia
25. “Truly Japanese Truly Advanced” is the punchline of
(A) Sony
(B) Sharp
(C) Akai
(D) Aiwa
26. Which group has recently bought less than 10% stake in Spice Jet for rupees 100 Cr?
(A) Tatas
(B) A.V. Birla Group
(C) Wadias
(D) Ruias
27. “Engineering your tomorrows” is the punchline of
(A) Volvo
(B) Mahindra & Mahindra
(C) Tata Motors
(D) Ashok Leyland
28. “Consider the possibilities” is the tagline that you would associate with.
(A) CISCO System
(B) Dell Computers
(C) Nortel
(D) UNIX
29. Which of the following personalities is the present president of NASSCOM?
(A) Kiran Karnik
(B) Som Mittal
(C) R. Chandrashekhar
(D) V. Damodaran
30. “Lotto” is the name of Sports company that belongs to
(A) Germany
(B) Italy
(C) U.K.
(D) France
31. What is the rank of India in terms of absolute GDP throughout the World?
(A) 6th
(B) 8th
(C) 12th
(D) 10th
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32. “Diamond Trading Company”, the largest diamond trading company hails from…
(A) Australia
(B) S. Africa
(C) India
(D) New Zealand
33. “Imagination at work” is the punchline of
(A) Dell Computer
(B) Microsoft
(C) GE
(D) IBM
34. “Business @ speed of thought” is the name of a bestseller by
(A) Larry Ellison
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Jack Welsch
(D) Steve Jobs
35. “Putting news first” is the punchline of
(A) CNN
(B) CNBC
(C) Fox News
(D) BBC
36. Which of the following personalities would you associate with the Cable News Network
Channel?
(A) Rupert Murdoch
(B) Ted Turner
(C) Warren Buffett
(D) Tom Glocer
37. Which Indian state promotes itself by using the tagline “The heart of incredible India”?
(A) Orissa
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Kerela
(D) Rajasthan
38. Find the odd one out
(A) Karizma
(B) Glamour
(C) Avenger
(D) Passion
39. Who among the following personalities is known as the “Oracle of Omaha”?
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Larry Ellison
(C) Warren Buffett
(D) Steve Jobs
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40. Which of the following personalities is the CEO of the World’s largest retail chain, Wal-Mart?
(A) Sam Watton
(B) Robert Walton
(C) H Lee Scott Junior
(D) John Davison
41. “Believe in Yourself” is the ad campaign that you would associate with…
(A) Lotto
(B) Adidas
(C) Nike
(D) Reebok
42. NASDAQ, the first electronic stock exchange of the world, came into existence in …
(A) 1967
(B) 1969
(C) 1971
(D) 1973
43. Hutchinson is the name of the telecom giant that belongs to
(A) Hong Kong
(B) Taiwan
(C) Thailand
(D) S. Korea
44. Which airlines displays the tag line, “There is no better way to fly”?
(A) Singapore Airlines
(B) Lufthansa
(C) Emirates
(D) Air India
45. “Fair & Lovely” was launched by
(A) P & G
(B) Lakme
(C) Hindustan Lever
(D) Godrej
46. The adline “Good People to Bank With” is associated with
(A) Punjab National Bank
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Union Bank of India
(D) Citi Bank
47. The slogan “Live Your Dreams” is associated with which company?
(A) Liberty
(B) Bata
(C) Woodland
(D) Reebok
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48. Where are the headquarters of Asian Development Bank located?

(A) New Delhi
(B) Manila
(C) Singapore
(D) Mumbai
49. “Your World Delivered” is the punchline of
(A) Accenture
(B) AT & T
(C) DHL
(D) Chevron Texaco
50. The number of nationalised bank & in India are ….
(A) 15
(B) 17
(C) 19
(D) 21

Answers:

1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (B)

11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (A)

21. (D) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (A) 27. (B) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (B)

31. (D) 32. (B) 33. (C) 34. (B) 35. (D) 36. (B) 37. (B) 38. (C) 39. (C) 40. (C)

41. (A) 42. (C) 43. (A) 44. (B) 45. (C) 46. (C) 47. (A) 48. (B) 49. (B) 50. (C)