BUSINESS AFFAIRS

1. The new chief executive officer of Citibank (India) is

a. Nanoo Pamnani
b. Dalbir Singh
c. Sanjay Nayar
d. P.V. Narasimhan

2. Camry the best selling car in the US for the last four years is a car model that
has been launched in India recently. This model belongs to the house of
a. Honda
b. Nissan
c. General Motors
d. Toyota

3. BPO expands to
a. Business Process Outsourcing
b. Business Promotion Outsourcing
c. Business Problems Outrearch
d. Bullion Processing Order

4. Boss is the name of the latest bike model from

a. Hero Honda
b. TVS
c. Kinetic Engineering
d. Kawasaki Bajaj

5. Drive smart is the name of a chip-based fleet credit card, targeted at the commercial
fleet owners. This has been launched recently by
a. HDFC Bank
b. IDBI Bank
c. ICICI Bank
d. Global Trust Bank

6. Which of the following is the worlds largest express transportation company?

a. DHL
b. Elbee
c. FedEx
d. Blue Dart

7. The new revenue secretary is

a. Ajai Vikram Singh
b. S. Narayan
c. C. S. Rao

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d. D. C. Gupta

8. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is

headquartered at
a. New Delhi
b. Kolkata
c. Mumbai
d. Chennai

9. What percentage of the Indian population uses the Internet?

a. 0.8%
b. 1.6%
c. 3.1%
d. 5.7%

10. The President-elect of FICCI is

a. Tarun Dass
b. Arun Kumar
c. A. C. Muthiah
d. R. S. Lodha

11. Which of the following is a brand of matches?

a. Mahila
b. Lijjat
c. Wimco
d. Harpic

12. Which of the following cellular giants is the market leader in India in terms of
handsets?
a. Samsung
b. Siemens
c. Motorola
d. Nokia

13. Blue-i and True-i are the names of mobile handsets from
a. Panasonic
b. Siemens
c. Motorola
d. Samsung

14. Which of the following is true about the targets of the Tenth Five-Year Plan?
a. Disinvestments target for the next five years is Rs. 78,000 cr.
b. Targeted GDP growth at 8% per annum.
c. To provide 50 million jobs per year.
d. All of the above are true

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15. Thriving on Chaos is a book by one of the following management
gurus:
a. Peter Drucker
b. Tom Peters
c. C. K. Prahalad
d. Philip Kotler

16. Which of the following Indian cricketers is the brand ambassador of Standard
Chartered, Kinetic Boss and SET MAX?
a. Rahul Dravid
b. Kapil Dev
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. Saurav Ganguly

17. Which of the following is Indias largest foreign bank?

a. ABN Amro Bank Ltd.
b. Standard Chartered
c. Citibank
d. HSBC

18. The chief executive officer of Standard Chartered bank (India

region) is
a. Anoop Tony Singh
b. Dalbir Singh
c. Naresh Gupta
d. Jaspal Bindra

19. Which of the following stores claims itself to be the mans store with a British
accent?
a. Shoppers Stop
b. Ebony
c. Pall Mall
d. K-Mart

20. Delhi Metro Rail Corporations Managing Director is

a. K. Shridhar
b. E. Sreedharan
c. N. Murugappa
d. Sanjay V. Nair

21. Winner of the 2001 Nobel prize for Economics, Joseph Stiglitz is the author of
a. Globalization and its Discontents
b. The Innovaters Dilemma
c. Leading Change
d. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make The Leap and Others Dont

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22. This electronics player has entered the Indian market and has the punch line
imaginative sight & sound. Identify it from the given options.
a. Bose
b. Onkyo
c. Altec Lansing
d. Kobin Mercury

23. Which of the following publication groups owns the relaunched version of Computer
Today Smart Inc.?
a. The Hindu
b. Living Media Group
c. Rheja Group of Companies
d. Media Transasia

24. Apurva Purohit is the president of which of the following satellite

channels?
a. Star
b. Zee TV
c. Discovery
d. SET MAX

25. Vikrant Tyres belongs to

a. J. K. Industries
b. Apollo Tyres
c. MRF Tyres
d. RPG Enterprises

26. What is the rank of the State Bank of India in the list of the 100 big Asian banks
published by the Asian Banker Journal recently?
a. 14th
b. 20th
c. 26th
d. 32nd

27. The Jumbo Group of Companies is owned by

a. Naina Lal Kidwai
b. Shikha Sharma
c. Vidya Chhabaria
d. Indira Nooyi

28. Which of the following represents the present bank rate?

a. 5%
b. 5.50%
c. 6%
d. 6.25%

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29. At present the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) is
a. 4%
b. 4.75%
c. 5.50%
d. 5.75%

30. This company was in the news recently for being asked to pay 28 billion dollars in
compensation to Betty Bullock who was on the verge of dying because she smoked its
cigarettes since the age of 17. The company in question is
a. Rothmans
b. Phillip Morris
c. Benson & Hedges
d. Wills

31. The hallmark sign is given to

a. Cosmetic products
b. Eatables
c. Gold jewellery
d. Dairy products

32. The first Indian refinery to have successfully completed 100 years of its existence
recently is
a. Hazira
b. Mathura
c. Digboi
d. Barauni

33. According to the Monetary and Credit Policy 2002-2003 released recently by RBI the
GDP growth estimate has been scaled down to
a. 6%-6.5%
b. 6.5%-7.0%
c. 5.0%-5.5%
d. 4.5%-5%

34. The latest UNCTAD report has predicted a ___% drop in world Foreign Direct
investment.
a. 15%
b. 21%
c. 26%
d. 29%

35. India launched the family

planning programme in which of the
following years?
a. 1948
b. 1952

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c. 1956
d. 1960

36. The European Commission has recently allowed the entry of ___
nations in the year 2004.
a. 6
b. 8
c. 10
d. 11

37. The MacArthur Fellowhip for this year has been won by
a. Daniel Kahnman
b. Vernon L. Smith
c. Sendhil Mullianathan
d. Joseph Stiglitz

38. The Prime Minister of India recently inaugurated the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Centre for
Excellence in Information and Communication Technology at which of the following
places?
a. Rabat
b. Ulan Bator
c. Kuala Lumpur
d. Singapore

39. Which National Savings Scheme did the Government, with effect November 1, 2002,
discontinue?
a. NSS 1990
b. NSS 1992
c. NSS 1994
d. NSS 1996

40. Which of the following personalities is the chairman of Asian paints?

a. M. M. Sharma
b. Nikhil Meswani
c. Ashwin Dani
d. Pradeep Mallick

41. Who has been appointed as the next chairman of the twelfth Finance Commission?
a. Dr. C. Rangarajan
b. Dr. Rakesh Mohan
c. Vijay L. Kelkar
d. N. K. Singh

42. The Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) is now chaired by

a. M. A. Pathan
b. M. S. Ramachandran

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c. Subir Raha
d. Y. H. Malegam

43. Which of the following Public Sector Enterprise (PSE) was in the news recently as its
disinvestments was deferred till mid-January 2003?
a. SAIL
b. NALCO
c. NTPC
d. VSNL

44. Whisen is the name of a floor standing refrigerator that was launched recently by
a. Hitachi
b. LG
c. Daikin
d. Voltas

45. Kaizen is a Japanese term used in management. This word means

a. Error-free production
b. Restructuring the processes
c. Continuous improvement in work process
d. Weakening the weaknesses by strengthening the strengths

46. Which of the following countries is the largest tea producer in the world?
a. Sri Lanka
b. India
c. Brazil
d. China

47. This Swedish-Swiss conglomerate was in the news recently as there were rumours of
it reaching the verge of bankruptcy and people had even started to call it the Enron of
Europe. Identify the company from the given options.
a. Siemens
b. Vivendi
c. ABB
d. Daimler Chrysler

48. The present chief executive

officer of Idea Cellular is sunil alagh
a. Anu Aga
b. T.V. Graham
c. Graham Burke
d. Naresh Gupta

49. Just relax is the punch line associated with which of the following garment brands?
a. Peter England
b. Classic Polo

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c. Byford
d. Park Avenue

50. According to Business Todays latest survey, which of the following is Indias most
valuable private company, ranked on average market
capitalisation?
a. Wipro
b. Reliance Industries
c. Infosys
d. Hindustan Lever Ltd.

51. The top ranking Public Sector Undertaking, according to the Business Todays latest
survey is
a. Indian Oil Corporation
b. Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
c. State Bank of India
d. National Aluminum Company Ltd.

52. According to Business Todays latest survey, the top ranking IT company on the basis
of average market capitalisation is.
a. Wipro Technologies
b. Infosys Technologies
c. HCL Technologies
d. Polaris Software Lab Ltd.

53. According to the Business Todays latest survey the top ranking pharmaceutical
company is
a. Ranbaxy Laboratories
b. Cipla Healthcare Ltd.
c. Dr. Reddys Laboratories
d. GlaxoSmithKline Ltd.

54. According to Business Todays latest survey, the top ranking automobile company is
a. Bajaj Auto Ltd.
b. TVS Motors Ltd.
c. Hero Honda Motors Ltd.
d. Telco

55. Which of the following personalities has recently been appointed as the chief
executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
(ICRIER)?
a. Omkar Goswami
b. Arvind Virmani
c. S. P. Gupta
d. Kishwar Ahluwalia

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56. For the first time since 1994-95, the country has witnessed a decline in edible oil
imports. What is that
decline in terms of percentages?
a. 5%
b. 8%
c. 10%
d. 12%

57. The amount donated by Mr. Bill Gates to India for AIDS Prevention in India on his
recent trip to the country is
a. $50 million
b. $100 million
c. $200 million
d. $400 million

58. Who is the vice-president of NASSCOM?

a. Arun Jain
b. Sunil Mehta
c. Jerry Rao
d. N. Chandrasekharan

59. The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission is chaired by

a. A. K. Basu
b. S. D. Tendulker
c. K. L. Verma
d. N. K. Singh

60. Uptron, a leader in the electronics industry, in the pre-liberalisation era was a flagship
brand of one of the following state governments:
a. Karnataka
b. Maharashtra
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Kerala

61. As we associate Bombay House with the Tatas, with what would you associate
Reliance Industries?
a. Power Chambers
b. Maker Chambers
c. Green Chambers
d. King Chambers

62. The prestigious National Institute of Design is based in

a. Hyderabad
b. Bangalore
c. Ahmedabad
d. New Delhi

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63. The Global Competitiveness Report is published by the
a. IMF
b. World Bank
c. World Economic Forum
d. UNCTAD

64. Which of the following represents Indias position in the growth competitiveness
rankings in the recently released Global Competitiveness Report 2002-2003?
a. 57
b. 48
c. 41
d. 33

65. Identify the first domestic two-wheeler company in the world to receive the Deming
Award for achieving performance improvement through the application of Total Quality
Management, from among the following:
a. Hero Honda Motors Ltd.
b. Bajaj Auto Ltd.
c. Kinetic Engineering Ltd.
d. TVS Motors Ltd.

66. According to the Global Competitive Report 2002-2003, the most competitive
economy of the world is that of
a. Singapore
b. S. Korea
c. USA
d. Finland

67. The 50:50 joint venture between ___ and ___ was recently in the news for being
called off. Fill in the blanks from the following:
a. Britannia & Danone Food
b. Wadia & Danone Food
c. Parle Agro Group & Wadia Group
d. Parle Agro Group & Britannia

68. An Indian Company has recently won the Deming Prize. What is the total number of
Indian companies to receive this honour?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

69. The TVS Motor Company incorporates one of the following animals in its logo:
a. Cheetah
b. Horse

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c. Bull
d. Fox

70. Who Says Elephants Cant Dance? is a book written by the chief of an IT Blue-chip
Company. Identify the
author from the given options.
a. Larry J. Ellison
b. Louis Gerstner
c. Steve Ballmer
d. John T. Chambers

71. The countrys first-of-its-kind health insurance scheme for farmers scheduled
launched on November 14
this year by Karnataka Government is called
a. Suraksha
b. Yashaswini
c. Sahayini
d. Kalyani

72. Which of the following Indian states was in the news recently as its first Venture
Capital Fund was launched recently in the middle of November?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Madhya Pradesh

73. Which two banks were in the news recently having signed an agreement to share their
Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)?
a. UTI & BNP
b. Corporation Bank & Oriental Bank of Commerce
c. HDFC Bank & ICICI Bank
d. Corporation Bank & UTI Bank

74. He is set to head the Security and Exchange Board of Indias (SEBIs) Committee on
corporate governance. He was also in the news recently. Identify the personality from
among the following:
a. N. R. Narayanamurthy
b. A. H. Premji
c. S. Ramadorai
d. Arun Kumar

75. One of the following is the chairman and managing director of the movie production
company
Mukta Arts:
a. Shahrukh Khan
b. Subhash Ghai

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c. Yash Chopra
d. Jitendra

76. World Money Card is the name of a pre-paid dollar card launched
by which of the following banks?
a. HSBC
b. Standard Chartered
c. Citibank
d. HDFC Bank
77. HCL has recently begged the British Telecoms ITES related deal. Which of the
following represents the worth of that deal?
a. $25 million
b. $50 million
c. $75 million
d. $100 million

78. You would associate Neville House with which of the following business groups in
India?
a. Goenka
b. Wadia
c. Bajaj
d. Ambani

79. Which of the following represents the US based Indian/Indians who has/have been
chosen in the list of 40 technology pioneers announced by the World Economic Forum
recently?
a. Dev Gupta
b. Amish Mehta
c. Sanjay Parekh
d. All of them

80. The largest economy of the European Union is

a. Italy
b. France
c. Germany
d. U.K.

81. Which is the largest carbonated soft drink market in the world?
a. USA
b. Mexico
c. Brazil
d. France

82. Who is the chairman and chief

executive officer of Star Group one of the worlds largest media

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companies?
a. Rupert Murdoch
b. John Murdoch
c. James Murdoch
d. Robin Murdoch

83. Stars ki pasand is a tagline that you would associate with

a. Vimal Suitings
b. Mayur Suitings
c. Raymond Suitings
d. S.Kumars Suitings
84. With you, all the time claims one of the following mutual funds. Identify it from the
given options.
a. SBI mutual fund
b. LIC mutual fund
c. UTI mutual fund
d. Standard Chartered mutual
fund

85. The total outlay for the Tenth Plan period (2002-2007) is ___.
a. 1015843 crore
b. 1294549 crore
c. 1592300 crore
d. 1948512 crore

86. According to the Credit and Monetary Policy released by the RBI recently, the
inflation rate will
remain at
a. 3%
b. 3.5%
c. 4%
d. 4.5%

87. Vindhya is the name of the first rural agri-brand launched recently by which of the
following state
governments?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Gujarat
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Maharashtra

88. Which of the following represents the recent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) that
was also
approved by the Union cabinet?
a. 1%
b. 2%

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c. 3%
d. 4%

89. Which of the following countries is the biggest producer of opium?

a. Syria
b. Afghanistan
c. Brazil
d. Portugal

90. Frank Morich, who was in the news recently as he is to be replaced by Rolf Classon,
was the healthcare division chief of one of the following pharmaceutical giants:
a. Glaxo
b. Bayer
c. Pfizer
d. Novartis

91. Indias first paid news portal was in the news recently as it was about to shut down.
Identify the portal from the given options.
a. indiatoday.com
b. newstoday.com
c. newspropertoday.com
d. indiainfoline.com

92. Recently RBI gave its nod to raise FII limit in Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HLL) to 49%
from its present
limit of
a. 15%
b. 24%
c. 33%
d. 40%

93. Which of the following personalities is NOT a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank
of India?
a. Vepa Kamesam
b. G. P. Muniappan
c. Rakesh Mohan
d. Y. V. Reddy
94. The latest annual meeting of the Asian Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) took
place at the end of October 2002. Name its venue.
a. Mexico
b. Austria
c. Germany
d. Japan

95. Making Global Telecom Affordable in the punch line you would associate with
a. Satyam Infoway

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b. Caltiger
c. NOW
d. Dishnet

96. First Break All the Rules is the

bestseller written by
a. Peter A. Topping
b. Macus Buckingham & Curt Coffman
c. Daryl Travis
d. Dr. Brian Weiss

97. Intelligent Investor is the name of a financial news magazine which was from the
Rahejas-promoted Outlook stable. This magazine is
being rebranded as
a. Outlook Investor
b. Outlook Money
c. Outlook Investment
d. Smart Investment.

98. Buildurpc is the name of the latest pc model launched by ___.

a. Dell Computers
b. Microtek
c. Satyam Computers
d. Samsung

99. This Indian state was in the news recently as it has decided to open up its irrigation
sector to private players due to an unprecedented financial crisis. Identify the state.
a. Maharashtra
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Orissa

100. A newspaper is only as interesting as its readers is an ad line associated with which
of the following newspapers?
a. The Economic Times
b. The Times of India
c. The Hindu
d. Hindustan Times

current AFFAIRS

1. Which celebrity has been named the sexist man alive in 2002 by People magazine?
a. Ben Affleck
b. Pierce Brosnan
c. Brad Pitt

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d. Van Kinmer

2. Which member of the British royal family was convicted by the British jury and fined
500 for violating the Dangerous Dogs Act. The person is now the only member of
British royalty to be convicted in modern times.
a. Prince Andrews
b. Prince Philips
c. Princess Anne
d. Prince Edward

3. How many countries of the ex-communist block joined NATO in late November this
year?
a. Four
b. Five
c. Six
d. Seven

4. Haren Pandya who fell out with Narendra Modi and who withdrew from the race
for assembly elections - was, prior to his resignation, the
a. State industries minister
b. State home minister
c. State education minister
d. State rural affairs minister

5. In which city did the Dalai Lama recently inaugurate the worlds
highest Stupa?
a. Sarnath
b. Sanchi
c. Gaya
d. Dehra Dun

6 The Delhi Climate Declaration, adopted by 170 countries, is a ------ agenda.

a. 10-point
b. 14-point
c. 12-point
d. 13-point

7. Name the scientist who has won the prestigious Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement
Award of the Indian Nuclear Society.
a. M.R. Srinivasan, former chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
b. S.C. Hiremath, chairman, Heavy Water Board
c. Dr C. Ganguly, chairman, Nuclear Fuel Complex
d. R.K. Sinha, associate director, BARC

8. Indian scientists have patented the medicinal properties of a certain fruit used by
Indians traditionally to lower sugar levels. Name the fruit.

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a. Guava
b. Mango
c. Indian blackberry
d. Grapes

9. Which team won the Irani Trophy with a five-wicket victory in November this year?
a. Indian Airlines
b. Railways
c. Air India
d. State Bank of India

10. In the recent rankings released by the International Cricket Council, India secured
106 points and was ranked ------.
a. Third
b. Fourth
c. Fifth
d. Sixth

11. Who has been sworn in as the deputy chief minister of J&K?
a. Ghulam Nabi Azad
b. Mangat Ram Sharma
c. Muzzafar H. Beig
d. Ghulam Hassan Mir

12. Name the actor-turned-politician from Mandya, Karnataka, who resigned as Lok
Sabha MP over the Cauvery issue.
a. Ambareesh
b. Jaya Prada
c. Venkatesh
d. None of these

13. Name the actor who was awarded the Kishore Kumar Award of the Madhya Pradesh
Government for the year 2002-03 for excellence in acting and significant contribution to
the film industry.
a. Amitabh Bachchan
b. Aamir Khan
c. Shahrukh Khan
d. Salman khan

14. Name the Indian-born author who has won the Kiriyama Prize, an award that is
conferred for promoting an understanding of the Pacific Rim.
a. Shashi Tharoor
b. Rohinton Mistry
c. Salman Rushdie
d. Pankaj Mishra

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14. Which slain person are the Hinduja brothers pointing fingers at for being an agent in
the
Bofors deals?
a. Rajiv Gandhi
b. Olof Palme
c. Gen. K. Sundarji
d. None of these

16. Max Mirnyi, Mahesh Bhupathis doubles partner in the ATP Tennis Masters Series
Final a match that the duo lost hails from
a. Poland
b. Romania
c. Belarus
d. Ukraine

17. The Sethusamundram Project aims to connect

a. India with Sri Lanka
b. Mainland India with Lakshadweep
c. The islands of Andaman and Nicobar
d. Mumbai with Karachi

18. Name the author who has won the Booker Prize this year for Life of Pi.
a. Yann Martel
b. Tom Robbins
c. Rohinton Mistry
d. None of these

19. Name the public figure selected for this years Sat Paul Mittal Award for outstanding
services to humanity.
a. Amod Kanth
b. Kiran Bedi
c. Medha Patekar
d. Sunil Dutt

20. In which country did a newspaper comment that Prophet Mohammed would have
liked to marry a Miss World Beauty Queen spark off riots, resulting in the death of 100
people?
a. Uganda
b. Nicaragua
c. Nigeria
d. Namibia

21. Which newspaper has been barred from advertising itself

as Delhis No 1?
a. Hindustan Times
b. The Times of India

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c. The Indian Express
d. The Asian Age

22. C.S. Nayudu brother of

legendary cricketer C.K. Nayudu who died on November 23 was a cricket player of
the erstwhile
a. Holkar Team
b. Gaekwad Team
c. Nizams Team
d. None of these

23. Name the cricketer who will

auction his cricket bats to help two cancer patients.
a. Sunil Gavaskar
b. Ravi Shastri
c. Saurav Ganguly
d. Sachin Tendulkar

24. Which pop star invited the ire of German authorities recently for
dangling his/her baby from the
fourth floor of a hotel in front of
hundreds of fans?
a. Madonna
b. Michael Jackson
c. Eric Clapton
d. None of these

25. Motir Moina (The Clay Bird), the once-banned film nominated for the Oscar is a film
from
a. India
b. Bangladesh
c. Myanmar
d. Sri Lanka

26. Who has won the Demiurgus International Peace Prize awarded by the World Council
of Foreign Ministers in Switzerland?
a. Jayaram Ramesh
b. Rudy Guiliani
c. Atal Behari Vajpayee
d. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

27. Name the actor who plays Mangal Pandey in Ketan Mehtas 1857-The Uprising.
a. Sunny Deol
b. Bobby Deol
c. Salman Khan
d. Aamir Khan

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28. Name this years winner of the Grasim Mr International competition.
a. Anand Saluja
b. Rajat Raina
c. Jimmy Shergill
d. Raghu Mukherjee

29. In the terrorist attack on Jammu temples, which was the temple other than the
Raghunath Temple that
was attacked?
a. Shivanand Temple
b. Rupiyowala Temple
c. Adinath Temple
d. None of these

30. From which constituency will Narendra Modi contest the assembly elections in
Gujarat?
a. Ellisbridge
b. Viramgam
c. Maninagar
d. Bhiloda

31. Which country has banned the Barbie Doll?

a. Indonesia
b. Bangladesh
c. Egypt
d. Russia

32. Name the educational institution of the Capital that saw student protests following a
daytime rape
a. Lady Hardinge Medical College
b. St Stephens College
c. Dayal Singh College
d. Maulana Azad Medical
College

33. In which district did Priyanka Gandhi take up the cause of Dalits, by calling for
Shramdan?
a. Meerut
b. Amethi
c. Etawa
d. Kanpur

34. Name the artist who has been awarded the Kalashikhar Award for life-time
achievement at the Aditya Vikram Birla Awards 2002 Ceremony in Mumbai.
a. Sankho Chaudhary

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b. Jatin Das
c. Arzan Khambatta
d. None of these

35. Padma Shree Laloo Prasad Yadav is a movie being made by Mahesh Manjarekar, the
director of
a. Lagaan
b. Tum Bin
c. Vaastav
d. None of these

36. Name the member of the British Royal family now facing criticism for allegedly
calling Princess Diana a trollop and a harlot.
a. Queen Elizabeth II
b. Prince Charles
c. Phillips, Duke of Edinburgh
d. Prince Edward

37. In which city was the One-Day International between India and West Indies
abandoned because of crowd disturbances in November?
a. Hyderabad
b. Vijaywada
c. Rajkot
d. Ahmedabad

38. Shweta Jaishankar, whom tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi married on November 24, is a
a. cricket player
b. theatre actress
c. student of management
d. model

39. Who has floated the new Justice Party?

a. Sharad Yadav
b. Sharad Pawar
c. Ram Vilas Paswan
d. Udit Raj

40. Which Indian film has bagged the best film award in the New Currents section at the
Seventh Pusan International Film Festival?
a. Tiladaanam
b. Devdas
c. Mitr
d. Leela

41. Name the country that is going to the polls to elect its sixth president in six years.
a. Nicaragua

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b. Bali
c. Ecuador
d. Fiji

42. Which city will now hold the Miss World Beauty pageant after the
original venue of Abuja city
was witness to riots?
a. Berlin
b. Bonn
c. Vienna
d. London
43. Name the leader who has
equated Pakistan and Saudi Arabia with Iraq.
a. Yasser Arafat
b. Atal Behari Vajpayee
c. Vladimir Putin
d. None of these

44. Eight obese children have sued a certain fast-food outlet for not issuing warnings of
health risk. Name the fast-food outlet?
a. McDonalds
b. Nirulas
c. Pizza Hut
d. Wimpys

45. What cause did Bill Gates take up on his recent visit to India?
a. Education
b. Poverty eradication
c. Minority rights
d. AIDS awareness

46. Name the personality who has joined the Austrian election campaign, backing
conservative chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel.
a. Madonna
b. Arnold Schwarzenegger
c. Halle Berry
d. Boris Becker

47. Name the longest serving senator in the US who retires on January 3 at the age of
100.
a. Strom Thurmond
b. Ernest Hollings
c. Jamie Morrings
d. Ted Gilbert

48. Which country has banned

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knitting in the Parliament House after a minister was caught knitting during a debate?
a. India
b. Britain
c. Thailand
d. New Zealand

49. On November 25, in London, which theatre production completed 50 years of non-
stop staging?
a. King Lear
b. The Mousetrap
c. Ten Little Niggers
d. Arms and the Man

50. Overlooking Lake Geneva in Switzerland, the residence of an

actor is being opened to the public as a museum. Whose house was it?
a. Clark Gable
b. Vivian Leigh
c. Charlie Chaplin
d. None of these

general knowledge

1. Which is the smallest planet of

our solar system?
a. Mercury
b. Venus
c. Pluto
d. Neptune

2. Granite, Basalt and Volcanic are the various types of ____ rocks.
a. Sedimentary
b. Metamorphic
c. Igneous
d. None of these

3. Rome is situated on the banks of the river

a. Seine
b. Danube
c. Tiber
d. Tyne

4. Identify the correct match.

Important Line Demarcating
a. Durand Line India &
Pakistan

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b. McMahon Line India &
Afghanistan
c. Radcliffe Line India & Sri
Lanka
d. Siegfried Line Germany &
France

5. The Diego Garcia island is situated in the

a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Arctic Ocean
c. Indian Ocean
d. Pacific Ocean

6. The Russian Revolution took

place in
a. 1789
b. 1847
c. 1903
d. 1917

7. Member countries observe Commonwealth Day on

a. June, 5
b. May, 24
c. August, 7
d. October, 21

8. The Republic is a famous work by

a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Karl Marx
d. Otto Von Bismarck

9. Little Slam is a term associated with one of the following sport

disciplines:
a. Billiards
b. Bridge
c. Polo
d. Lawn Tennis

10. The study that deals with the process of fermentation is

a. Phenology
b. Zymology
c. Etymology
d. Phychology

11. The S.I. unit of temperature is

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a. Celsius
b. Fahrenheit
c. Centigrade
d. Kelvin

12. When a ball bounces upon falling, which of the following principles is in action?
a. Newtons Third Law of Motion
b. Newtons Second Law of Motion
c. Newtons First Law Of Motion
d. Hooks Law

13. When ice melts in a container of water what happens to the level of water in the
container?
a. It decreases
b. It increases
c. It first decreases then increases
d. It remains unaffected

14. Sodium metal is prepared by the electrolysis of sodium chloride by

using
a. Boschs Process
b. Fraschs Process
c. Downs process
d. Bayers process

15. How many bones are there in the skeletal system of an adult?
a. 109
b. 137
c. 188
d. 206

16. Which Veda consists of 1,028 hymns?

a. Atharva Veda
b. Sama Veda
c. Rig Veda
d. Yajur Veda

17. The first Battle of Panipat was fought between

a. Ibrahim Lodhi and Akbar
b. Akbar and Hemu
c. Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur
d. Akbar and Mohammad Ghori

18. Gandhijis famous Quit India call was given to the British Empire in
a. 1939
b. 1941

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c. 1942
d. 1945

19. How many judges are there in the Supreme Court of India besides the Chief Justice of
India?
a. 20
b. 22
c. 25
d. 28

20. Which of the following Amendments made Sikkim part of the Indian Union?
a. 23rd Amendment, 1969
b. 28th Amendment, 1971
c. 36th Amendment, 1975
d. 42nd Amendment, 1976

21. The literary meaning of this writ issued by the court is to command. Which writ are
we concerned with here?
a. Habeas Corpus
b. Mandamus
c. Certiorari
d. Quo Warranto

22. Ottum Thullal is a solo dance from one of the following states
of India:
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Kerala
d. Karnataka

23. The Ukai project is based on one of the following rivers:

a. Mahi
b. Krishna
c. Godavari
d. Tapti

24. The Sariska sanctuary is located in

a. Gujarat
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Rajasthan

25. Indian Railways makes use of one of the following types of rail tracks:
a. Narrow Gauge
b. Broad Guage
c. Meter Guage

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d. All of them

26. Young India is the newspaper first published and edited by

a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Lala Lajpat Rai
c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
d. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

27. The Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) is located at

a. Roorkee
b. Bangalore
c. New Delhi
d. Lucknow

28. Which of the following is the first month of our national calendar?
a. Vaishakh
b. Phalguna
c. Chaitra
d. Pausa

29. The Sepoy Mutiny or the Great Revolt of 1857 took place during the governor-
generalship of
a. Lord Ripon
b. Lord Curzon
c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Minto

30. Unhappy India is written by

a. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
b. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
c. Lala Lajpat Rai
d. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

31. The capital of Chhattisgarh is

a. Raipur
b. Durg
c. Jabalpur
d. Indore

32. Which of the following is also known as the Venice of the East?
a. Manila
b. Tokyo
c. Bangkok
d. Singapore

33. Which of the following is the

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highest capital city of the world?
a. Lhasa
b. La Paz
c. Thimphu
d. Beijing

34. World Human Rights Day is

observed on
a. November 21
b. December 1
c. December 4
d. December 10

35. Which of the following represents the permanent members of the Security Council of
the U.N.?
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 10

36. Gambit is a term you would associate with one of the following sports disciplines?
a. Hockey
b. Badminton
c. Chess
d. Lawn Tennis
37. You would associate Dr. Ian Wilmut with the
a. discovery of the DNA structure
b. first kidney transplant
c. creation of the worlds first cloned
sheep
d. discovery of genes

38. The secretariat of SAARC is based in

a. Dhaka
b. New Delhi
c. Kuala Lumpur
d. Kathmandu

39. If the weight of a man is 120 kg on earth, how much will he weigh on the moon?
a. 10 kg
b. 20 kg
c. 40 kg
d. 60 kg

40. Europa is a satellite of one of the following planets:

a. Saturn

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b. Earth
c. Venus
d. Jupiter

41. A money bill can originate

a. only in the Rajya Sabha
b. at the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha
c. only in the Lok Sabha
d. None of these

42. Directive Principles of state policy have been taken from the Constitution of one of
the following countries:
a. U.K.
b. U.S.A.
c. France
d. Ireland

43. Which of the following is also known as the coffee port of the world?
a. Rio de Janeiro
b. Sao Paulo
c. Colombo
d. Brasilia

44. According to the latest Census 2001, which state has the highest
population growth?
a. Sikkim
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Nagaland
d. Manipur

45. The University Grants Commission was set up in

a. 1952
b. 1959
c. 1956
d. 1958

46. The Noble prize for one of the following fields was introduced in 1969:
a. Medicine
b. Physics
c. Chemistry
d. Economics

47. The World Trade Organization came into existence on

a. April 1, 1948
b. May 1, 1975

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c. August 1, 1988
d. January 1, 1995

48. Amartya Sen won the Noble prize for Economics in

a. 1995
b. 1998
c. 1999
d. 2000

49. Flemish is a term used for the

inhabitants of
a. Hungary
b. Poland
c. Belgium
d. Austria

50. Who is the founder of the Slave Dynasty of India?

a. Iltutmish
b. Ibn-batuta
c. Qutub-ud-din Aibak
d. Mohammed Bin Qasim

BUSINESS AFFAIRS

1.c 2.d 3.a 4.c 5.c 6.c 7.c 8.c 9.b 10.c 11.c 12.d
13.d 14.d 15.b 16.b 17.b 18.d 19.c 20.b 21.a 22.b 23.b
24.b 25.a 26.c 27.c 28.a 29.b 30.b 31.c 32.c 33.c 34.c
35.b 36.c 37.c 38.b 39.b 40.c 41.a 42.c 43.b 44.b 45.c
46.b 47.c 48.c 49.b 50.d 51.b 52.b 53.a 54.c 55.b 56.b
57.b 58.b 59.a 60.c 61.b 62.c 63.c 64.b 65.d 66.c 67.b
68.a 69.b 70.b 71.b 72.c 73.b 74.a 75.b 76.c 77.c 78.b
79.d 80.c 81.a 82.c 83.b 84.b 85.c 86.c 87.c 88.c 89.b
90.b 91.c 92.b 93.d 94.a 95.c 96.b 97.b 98.d 99.a 100.b

CURRENT AFFAIRS

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

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1.c 2.c 3.c 4.d 5.c 6.d 7.b 8.b 9.b 10.b 11.d 12.a
13.d 14.c 15.d 16.c 17.c 18.c 19.c 20.c 21.b 22.c 23.d

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24.d 25.d 26.b 27.c 28.c 29.c 30.c 31.a 32.c 33.b 34.d
35.b 36.c 37.c 38.d 39.b 40.d 41.c 42.d 43.b 44.c 45.c
46.d 47.d 48.b 49.c 50.c

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