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MAT Entrance Test (MAT)

Special GK inputs Dear Students,

The next MAT is going to conduct on 02nd December; 2007. The last MAT (September 2007), had 40 questions in the GK section. The section of General Awareness in MAT primarily focuses on the topics as given in the following table. From last 4-5 years exactly 40 questions have been asked in this section. It covers almost all areas of general knowledge with varying difficulty levels. The table below gives an idea about the various topics on which questions have been asked over the past 5 years.

To walk on the ladder of corporate world do some basic work: 1. Read up newspapers like The Economic Times, and business magazines like Business India,

Business Today and Business World. 2. Remember to place special emphasis on facts and figures related to India. 3. Go through History and Geography books. 4. Keep up with the national dailies. 5. Read PrepTalk – your monthly GK magazine. This would be of immense help if you do not read

newspapers. You can also surf the net for web sites which offer quizzes on these topics.

Areas Percentage

Trade awareness and Advertisement campaigns 37.50%

Sports and games 12.50%

History, Art, Culture and Geography 17.50%

Indian politics, Economics, Awards and Honours 25%

National & International organization, Abbreviations 7.50%

Note : You might be asked about important days and dates alsoAlso, the above given is a compilation of topics over which questions have been asked in the past few years. The topics may / may not differ in the test to be conducted this year.

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For a detailed analysis of Dec. 2006 MAT visit: http://www.ptindia.com/test_analysis/mba/analysis_2005_2006/MAT/MAT_Analysis.PDF For a detailed analysis of Dec. 2005 MAT visit: http://www.ptindia.com/test_analysis/mba/analysis_2004_2005/mat2005/mat_analysis_dec2005.pdf For a detailed analysis of Sept. 2004 MAT visit: http://www.ptindia.com/test_analysis/mba/analysis_2004_2005/mat2005/mat_analysis_sep2005.pdf

Best of Luck !

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Sample questions for your reference

1. The second largest continent in the world (in terms of area) is

(1) Asia (2) South America (3) North America (4) Africa 2. Gang Plank refers to (1) The bridge over the Mississippi (2) Bridging the gap of management education (3) Permitting horizontal communication at the

work place. (4) None of these. 3. Where is monozite found in India on a large

scale? (1) Bihar (2) Salem (3) Kerala (4) None of the above 4. On which day does Vemal Equinox occur? (1) 21/3 (2) 21/9 (3) 21/10 (4) 21/12 5. Green Revolution in India has so far been most

successful in case of (1) Rice (2) Sugarcane (3) Coarse grains (4) Wheat 6. Which city is referred to as the ‘Silicon Valley of

India’? (1) Mumbai (2) Chennai (3) Bangalore (4) Hyderabad 7. Which of the following is India’s largest agro-

industry? (1) Textiles (2) Sugar (3) Coir (4) Jute 8. Kaziranga is known for (1) Project Tiger (2) The great Indian two homed Rhino (3) The great Indian one horned Rhino (4) Operation Flood 9. How many National Water-ways are there in

India? (1) 3 (2) 5 (3) 7 (4) 9 10. The maximum production of zinc in India comes

from the State of (1) Bihar (2) Orissa (3) Rajasthan (4) Karnataka 11. The world’s largest producer of mica is (1) Russia (2) USA (3) India (4) France

12. Which is the period of South-west Monsoon in India?

(1) January to May (2) June to September (3) July to December (4) August to November 13. The length of the Indian coast-line is (1) 5000 km (2) 5500 km (3) 7516-6km (4) 5800 km 14. Which of the following countries is the biggest

producer of cotton in the world? (1) Russia (2) USA (3) Egypt (4) China 15. Which of the following States has the highest

production of coffee in India? (1) Karnataka (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Kerala (4) Andhra Pradesh 16. Ferozabad in U.P. is famous for its (1) Leather industry (2) Glass industry (3) Rubber industry (4) Cotton industry 17. The soil best suited for cotton cultivation is (1) Red Soil (2) Laterite Soil (3) Black Soil (4) Desert Soil 18. The number of countries which have a common

border with India is (1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 7 19. Where is the Doldrums Belt located? (1) Near the Equator (2) Near the Poles (3) Near the Tropic of Cancer (4) Near the Tropic of Capricorn 20. To which country India exports the largest

quantity of iron ore? (1) China (2) U.S.A (3) Egypt (4) Germany 21. In which State are the Aravalli ranges located? (1) Rajasthan (2) Himachal Pradesh (3) Orissa (4) Andhra Pradesh 22. Which river forms its delta in Orissa? (1) Mahanadi (2) Godavari (3) Narmada (4) Tapti

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23. When the sun is nearest to Earth, Earth is said to be in

(1) Aphelion (2) Perihelion (3) Apogee (4) Perigee 24. What is the International Date Line? (1) The Equator (2) Zero degrees longitude (3) 90° E longitude (4) 180 degrees longitude 25. Gir Wildlife Sanctuary is known for (1) Lions (2) Two-horned Rhino (3) One-horned Rhino (4) Operation Flood 26. The most important activity of the Tundra region

is (1) Fish farming (2) Cattle rearing (3) Hunting (4) Cropping 27. Which is the world’s largest lake? (1) Caspian Sea (2) Lake Superior (3) Lake Victoria (4) Lake Aral 28. The Durgapur Steel Plant was set up in

association with (1) Germany (2) Britain (3) France (4) Russia 29. The Durand Line Separates (1) India-Bangladesh (2) Pakistan-India (3) Afghanistan-Pakistan (4) China-Nepal 30. The largest natural satellite, Titan, is around

which planet? (1) Jupiter (2) Saturn (3) Uranus (4) Venus 31. The theory that refers to an explosion about 10 to

15 billion years ago, which most astronomers believe to be the origin of the Universe, is called

(1) The Red Shift Theory (2) Relativity Theory (3) Big Bang Theory (4) Titanic Theory 32. ‘Quetzal’ is the currency of (1) French Guyana (2) West Indies (3) Guatemala (4) Luxemburg 33. Which place is known as Queen of the Arabian

Sea? (1) Kochi (2) Alappuzha (3) Punjab (4) Mumbai

34. Betwa river joins the (1) Ganga (2) Yamuna (3) Brahmputra (4) Sone 35. What is the currency of El Salvador? (1) Peso (2) Colon (3) Forint (4) Vatu 36. Which South American city’s name literally

means River of January in Spanish? (1) Rio de Jeneiro (2) Buenos Aires (3) Acapulco (4) Reinda Janericho 37. On which of the following planets would you find

the ‘Sea of Tranquillity1 (1) Earth (2) Venus (3) Mars (4) Moon 38. What are the temperate grasslands of Australia

called? (1) The Pampas (2) The Downs (3) The Prairies (4) The Aborigine Land 39. How many cities (historical) make Delhi? (1) 7 (2) 2 (3) 5 (4) 4 40. The place which witnessed the first rays of the

New Millennium was situated in (1) India (2) Australia (3) New Zealand (4) Indonesia 41. A killer super cyclone destroyed large parts of

which eastern State of India in the year 1999? (1) Assam (2) West Bengal (3) Orissa (4) Tamil Nadu 42. Which is the National Apex Body for assessment,

monitoring and control of water and air pollution? (1) Ministry of Environment and Forests (2) Ministry of Science and Technology (3) Central Pollution Control Board (4) Supreme Court 43. Which is the land of Morning Calm? (1) Finland (2) Korea (3) Japan (4) Thailand 44. The Indian Railways consist of an extensive

network of about (1) 40,000 km (2) 50,000 km (3) 60,000 km (4) 70,000 km 45. Which gauge out of the following is not an

integral part of Indian Railways? (1) Narrow gauge (2) Meter gauge (3) Broad gauge (4) Standard gauge

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46. The capital of Hungary is (1) Sanna (2) Budapest (3) Vienna (4) Warsaw 47. Palk Strait intervenes India and (1) Pakistan (2) Myanmar (3) Sri Lanka (4) Bangladesh 48. Which is the poorest country among the

following? (1) Sierra Leone (2) Uganda (3) Bangladesh (4) Somalia 49. What is the capital of the newly-created state of

Chhattisgarh? (1) Ranchi (2) Raigarh (3) Raipur (4) Jabalpur 50. Maximum rainfall in India is during the months of (1) January-April (2) June-September (3) September-December (4) February-March 51. India owns one of the largest livestock population

in the world. It accounts for nearly 57% of the world’s buffalo population and 16% of the cattle population. India’s position is.........as a producer of milk in the world.

(1) First (2) Second (3) Fifth (4) Tenth 52. Sariska and Ranthambore are reserves for a

particular animal. Which is this animal? (1) Lion (2) Deer (3) Tiger (4) Bear 53. Which port-city in Orissa was damaged during the

1999 super cyclone? (1) Vishakapatnam (2) Paradip (3) Mandvi (4) Kandla 54. Which of the following countries has the second

largest rail network in the world? (1) India (2) U.S.A. (3) Russia (4) China 55. Which river is mainly associated with the Sardar

Sarovar Project? (1) Ganga (2) Brahmaputra (3) Krishna (4) Narmada 56. Which city is known for its chicken embroidery? (1) Ujjain (2) Lucknow (3) Pune (4) Surat 57. Which country is geographically in North

America but politically a part of Europe? (1) Iceland (2) Greenland (3) Canary Island (4) Cuba

58. Tamil Nadu coast receives rains both in summer and winter due to the influence of

(1) Land and sea breezes (2) Frequent cyclones from the Bay of Bengal (3) S.W. monsoon in summer and N.E. trade

winds in winter (4) Nearness to equator 59. Which of the following countries is not adjacent

to Afghanistan? (1) Uzbekistan (2) Turkmenistan (3) Tajikistan (4) Russia 60. Which one of the following shipyards builds

warships for Indian Navy? (1) Mazgaon Docks, Mumbai (2) Cochin Shipyard, Kochi (3) Hindustan Shipyard, Vishakapatnam (4) Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata 61. HBJ pipelines carry natural gas from (1) Hathras to Bhatinda and Jhansi (2) Hoshangabad to Bilaspur and Jabalpur (3) Hazira to Bijapur and Jagdishpur (4) Hissar to Banner and Jaisalmer 62. What is Zero Coupon Bond? (1) Bond sold at the fraction of its face value (2) Bond sold at the fraction of its cost price (3) Bond issued for industrialists only (4) None of the above 63. According to the census 2001, the density of

population in India (per sq km) is (1) 304 (2) 324 (3) 344 (4) 364 64. What is the percentage of growth projected by the

International Monetary Fund (IMF) for India during the current financial year?

(1) 7.5 percent (2) 6.2 percent (3) 9.5 percent (4) 5.2 percent 65. Commercial banks finance rural credit directly

and through (1) NABARD (2) Rural Banks (3) Co-operative Societies (4) State Government 66. Who is the present chairman of SEBI? (1) Jairam Prakash (2) Jana Krishnamurty (3) M. Damodaran (4) None of the above 67. Which of the following schemes has NOT been

merged with the Swarna Jayanti Gram Sewa-Rozgar Yojana?

(1) IRDP (2) DWCRA (3) NRY (4) TRYSEM

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68. Which of the following is not a Central Government Tax?

(1) Income tax (2) Customs (3) Land tax (4) Corporation tax 69. Jaswant Singh’s budget brought about some

changes in the individual tax policy. Which of the following is taxable under the Indian tax laws for the year 2003-2004?

(1) Long Term Capital Gains (2) Interest on Housing Loan (3) Dividends (4) Banks and Small Savings Interests 70. On which of the following revenue taxes are

levied (1) Individual Income (2) Wind Energy Production (3) Corporate Franchise (4) All the above 71. Which public sector telecom company

undertaking was bought by the TATA group during the recent disinvestment process?

(1) BSNL (2) MTNL (3) VSNL (4) Punjab Telecom 72. Which is India’s largest Mutual Fund

Organisation? (1) GIS (2) SBI (3) Unit Trust of India (4) ICICI 73. To permit operations of private life insurance

companies in India, Government of India revised the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Act in the Year

(1) 1999 (2) 1998 (3) 2000 (4) 2001 74. Recession in the market implies (1) Slump in trade & industry due to fall in

demand (2) Increase in trade and industry due to rise in

demand (3) No change in trade and industry due to

stability in demand (4) None of these 75. In the last decade, population growth rate of which State has been the lowest in the country? (1) Kerala (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Andhra Pradesh (4) Orissa 76. Tenth Five-Year Plan covers the period (1) 2001-2006 (2) 2002-2007 (3) 2003-2008 (4) 2000-2005

77. ‘Bottle neck inflation’ means (1) No rise in prices despite increase in aggregate

demand (2) Rise in prices without increase in aggregate

demand (3) Decline in prices due to increase in aggregate

demand (4) None of these 78. NABARD stands for (1) National Bank of Agriculture and Regional

Development (2) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural

Development (3) National Rural Aeronautical Research and

Development (4) None of these 79. Suvidha Fixed Deposit scheme was launched by

which bank? (1) IDBI (2) ICICI (3) SBI (4) City Bank 80. Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana has been

launched by (1) National Insurance Co. (2) United India Insurance Co. (3) LIC of India (4) Oriental Insurance Co. 81. The part of profit or other surpluses of a company

distributed proportionately among shareholders is called

(1) Preference Share (2) Equity Share (3) Face Value (4) None of these 82. What does the term ‘Overgeared Company’

mean? (1) Company doing extremely well (2) Company deeply in debt (3) Company running satisfactorily (4) None of these is true 83. What was 45th amendment 1985 about? (1) Made Sikkim a state (2) Extended Reservation for SC/ST by another

10 years. (till 1990) (3) Mizoram was made as state (4) Included Sindhi as 15th regional language 84. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)

was launched in the year (1) 2001 (2) 2000 (3) 1999 (4) 1998 85. Naresh Chandra Committee is concerned with (1) Taxation policy (2) Rural development (3) Aviation sector (4) Defence procurements

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86. ‘Suvidha’ fixed deposits scheme has been

launched by (1) ICICI Bank (2) City Bank (3) State Bank of India (4) IDBI 87. Ad Asia 2003, which was attended by 1,400

delegates of 20 countries, was recently held at (1) Jaipur (2) Delhi (3) Mumbai (4) Ranchi 88. Which of the following is the oldest public sector

bank in India? (1) Canara Bank (2) SBI (3) Allahabad Bank (4) Punjab National Bank

89. In 1955, Imperial Bank of India, a leading

commercial bank of that time, was nationalised and renamed as

(1) Central Bank of India (2) Bank of India (3) Indian Bank (4) State Bank of India 90. Which is not declared as a ‘Navratan’? (1) ONGC (2) MMTC (3) Indian Oil Corporation (4) BHEL 91. A sustained and appreciable increase in the price

level over a considerable period of time is known as

(1) Devaluation (2) Depreciation (3) Inflation (4) Depression 92. Budget is the (1) Proposal of taxation (2) Annual financial statement (3) Appropriation Bill (4) None of these 93. BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) is gaining

ground due to (1) Factor cost advantage (2) Economy of scale (3) Business risk mitigation (4) All of these 94. Who has been recently appointed as the Deputy

Chairman of the Planning Commission? (1) Shyam Saran (2) Navin Chawla (3) J.N. Dixit (4) None of these 95. The Eleventh Five-year Plan covered the period (1) 2007-2012 (2) 1998-2003 (3) 2002-2007 (4) 1999-2004

96. During 2003-04, which one of the following

companies was declared the top grosser among IT software and service exporters?

(1) Patni Computer System (2) Infosys Technologies (3) TCS (4) Wipro Technologies 97. Which Indian Company figures in the top ten of

the list of fortune 500 companies? (1) Indian Oil Corporation (2) Bharat Petroleum (3) Reliance Industries (4) None of these 98. Tatas have planned $2 billion investment in the

near future in (1) Pakistan (2) Sri Lanka (3) Nepal (4) Bangladesh 99. Which bank is celebrating 150 years of its

existence in 2004? (1) Standard Chartered Bank (2) State Bank of India (3) Canara Bank (4) Federal Bank of India 100. Central Government undertaking ‘Modern Foods’

has been purchased by (1) Parle (2) Amrit Banaspati (3) Nestle (4) Hindustan Lever 101. Name India’s first listed IT firm to have crossed

$I billion turnover (1) Infosys (2) Satyam (3) Polaris (4) Wipro 102. The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry is (1) P. Chidambaram (2) Kamal Nath (3) Sharad Pawar (4) None of these 103. TRAI is concerned with (1) Fine arts (2) Telecommunication (3) Sports (4) Medicine 104. Computer major IBM has entered into a strategic

alliance with which state for impetus to e-governance and training people?

(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Uttranchal (3) Rajasthan (4) Tamil Nadu 105. Kelkar Committee dealt with (1) Industrial pollution (2) Tax reforms (3) Babri Masjid issue (4) Railway accidents

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106. The company ‘Easy Bill’ has been launched by (1) Hero Group (2) Modi Group (3) Lalbhai Group (4) Aditya Birla Group 107. Which of the following is the most densely-

populated state of India? (1) West Bangal (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Maharashtra (4) Kerala 108. Which organisation manages the largest mutual

fund in India? (1) Franklin Templeton (2) HDFC (3) SBI (4) UTI 109. Tata Consultancy Services offered 55 million

equity shares through its initial public offering in 2004. On which of the following stock exchange did the company list?

(1) BSE & NSE (2) BSE, NSE & CSE (3) BSE & NYSE (4) BSE & Nasdaq 110. Which company has become the first Indian

company in the automobile and engineering sector to be listed on the New Yord Stock Exchange (NYSE)?

(1) Maruti Udyog Ltd. (2) Mahindra and Mahindra (3) Hindustan Motors (4) Tata Motors 111. For 2007-08, GDP projection of Reserve Bank of

India is (1) 6-6.5 percent (2) 10-5-11 percent (3) 3-5-4 percent (4) 8-9 percent 112. Which group is planning $2 Billion investment in

Bangladesh in the near future? (1) Tatas (2) Reliance (3) Bajaj (4) Larsen and Toubro 113. Service Tax, introduced by the government on

services, levies tax at the rate of (1) 8% (2) 12% (3) 10% (4) 5% 114. Who is designated as the next President of the

World Bank with effect from 13th Sep. 2007? (1) David C. Mulford (2) Warren Buffett (3) Robert B.Zoellick (4) Phillip Purcel

115. The headquarters of Securities and Exchange

Board of India (SEBI) are located in Mumbai. Its regional office is not located at

(1) New Delhi (2) Bangalore (3) Kolkata (4) Chennai 116. Which FMCG major has recently acquired

Balsara for Rs.143 crore in an all-cash deal? (1) HLL (2) Godrej (3) Dabur (4) None of these 117. Which Indian business group acquired Videsh

Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL) in 2002? (1) Birla Group (2) Tata Group (3) Reliance Group(4) Godrej Group 118. Which city has emerged as the biggest IT job

provider? (1) Bangalore (2) Chennai (3) Hyderabad (4) Mumbai 119. Sellers market denotes a situation where (1) demand exceeds supply (2) supply exceeds demand (3) demand and supply are evenly balanced (4) none of these 120. Which country is the largest importer of gold? (1) China (2) U.S.A. (3) Canada (4) None of these 121. Which is the first public sector unit in India to be

disinvested? (1) CMC Ltd. (2) Modern Food Industries (3) BALCO (4) Hindustan Zinc Ltd. 122. Which is not a private Indian Bank? (1) UCO Bank (2) ICICI (3) HDFC (4) IDBI 123. City which was once call the forbidden city? (1) Peking (2) Angola (3) Niger (4) Egypt 124. As per the newspaper report, private equity

investor Act is likely to pick up stakes in which of the following automobile companies?

(1) Maruti (2) Hyundai Motor India (3) Hindustan Motors (4) Mahindra & Mahindra 125. Mr M. Damodaran is the new chairman of Sebi.

He has succeeded (1) S. B. Mathur (2) G. N. Bajpai (3) Rajendra Pawar (4) S. S. Kohli

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126. Who among the following is the new chairman and managing director of IDBI?

(1) J. N. Godbole (2) Rajat Kapoor (3) Malvinder Singh (4) None of these 127. Which of the following statements is/are true

about Shaw Wallace & Co Ltds? A. It is a Chhabria-controlled company and its

mainstay business is liquor and beer B. It has a 50:50 beer joint venture with

SABMiller C. Last year, Jumbo group, the parent company

of Shaw Wallace, had called for bids to sell its liquor arm

D. UB group has acquired Shaw Wallace’s entire business

Choose the answer from the choices given below (1) A and B (2) B and C (3) All of these (4) A, B and C 128. Delphi, the world’s largest auto component

manufacturer, has the joint venture agreement with which Indian, company?

(1) TVS (2) Bajaj Auto (3) Hero Motors (4) Bharat Forge 129. Name the company which has appointed celebrity

couple Kajol and Ajay Devgan as its new brand ambassadors?

(1) Godrej (2) Rasna (3) Santro (4) Whirlpool 130. Brand promotion campaign ‘Home-maker se

newsmakers’ is associated with which of the following brands?

(1) Whirlpool (2) Electrolux (3) Samsung (4) LG 131. CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) has

conferred ‘Brand of the Year’ award on which of the following brands?

(1) Titan (2) Nokia (3) Fair & Lovely (4) Dabur Chyawanprash 132. Italian company Cotonificio Honegger S.p A. has

entered into a joint venture with which Indian company for manufacturing and marketing of premium cotton shirts?

(1) Grasim (2) Madura Garments (3) Raymonds (4) Vimal 133. Mr Gautam S. Singhania is the chairman and the

managing director of which of the following companies?

(1) Grasim (2) Dabur (3) Raymonds (4) TVS

134. Recently, the Bombay High Court formally approved the merger of Pharmacia Healthcare with which company?

(1) Ranbaxy (2) Abbot (3) Nicolas Piramal (4) Pfizer 135. ‘Trie is good’ baseline is associated with which of

the following brands? (1) LG (2) Samsung (3) Nestle (4) Britannia 136. Which is the home country of luxury car maker

BMW? (1) US (2) Japan (3) Luxemburg (4) Germany 137. Luxury car brand Rolls Royce is owned by which

company? (1) Daimler Chrysler (2) Audi (3) BMW (4) GM 138. Mr Vikas Gupta has been appointed as the new

marketing chief of which beverage and food company?

(1) PepsiCo (2) Coca Cola (3) Dabur (4) Godrej Foods 139. Who of the following is the brand ambassador of

Tetra Pak India? (1) Susmita Sen (2) Tabu (3) Sabana Azmi (4) Diya Mirza 140. Which of the following statements is true about

the US-based company Qualcomm? (1) The company has developed CDMA

technology for cellular service (2) It is the world’s No. I business software

company (3) It is the pioneer of GSM technology

(5) None of these 141. Longest highway in the world has a length of

about (1) 7000 km (2) 8000 km (3) 9000 km (4) 10000 km 142. UK-based energy company Burren Energy has

acquired 26 per cent stake in Hindustan Oil Exploration Co for $26.01 million. Earlier the stake was held by which company?

(1) Unocal (2) Shell (3) Reliance Energy (4) British Petroleum

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143. Which of the following companies does not have interest in tobacco business?

(1) Phillip Morris (2) RJ Reynolds (3) BAT (4) GAP 144. Who is the global head of Coca Cola Company? (1) Douglas Lane (2) Warren Buffet (3) E. Neville Isdell (4) Allen F. Judd 145. “Let your heart fly” baseline is associated with

which airlines company? (1) Lufthansa (2) Jet Airways (3) Virgin Atlantic (4) Indian Airlines 146. The Quit India Resolution was passed on (1) Aug. 7, 1942 (2) Aug. 8, 1942 (3) Oct. 8, 1942 (4) Oct. 7, 1942 147. The temples at Khajuraho were built by (1) Chandelas (2) Pallavas (3) Chalukyas (4) Qutubuddin 148. Kuchipudi dance originated in (1) Orissa (2) Karnataka (3) Kerala (4) Andhra Pradesh 149. Kuki tribes are mainly inhabited in which of the

following States? (1) Manipur (2) Arunachal Pradesh (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Nagaland 150. The Sarvodaya Movement was started by (1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Jayprakash Narayan (3) Vinoba Bhave (4) Dada Dharmadhikari 151. Lord Buddha preached his first sermon at (1) Lumbini (2) Samath (3) Sanchi (4) Gaya 152. In the October 1917 revolution, the Bolsheviks

were led by V.I. Lenin to stage an armed coup against the anti-communist “Whites”. Who among the following was one of the other leaders with Lenin?

(1) Joseph Stalin (2) A.I. Denikin (3) A.V. Kolchak (4) P. N. Wrangel 153. With which King’s reign would you associate the

‘Navratanas’? (1) Akbar (2) Krishandevraya (3) Sher Shah Suri (4) Raj Raja Chola

154. Kuchipudi is a dance drama of which of the following States?

(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Kerala (3) Karnataka (4) Tamil Nadu 155. There is a traditional flower arrangement called

Athapoo. In which festival is this used? (1) Onam (2) Rath Yatra (3) Teej (4) Pongal 156. What is the famous folk dance of Meghalaya? (1) Nati (2) Nongkrem (3) Bamboo Dance (4) Khantum 157. Who gave the Camatic music its present form? (1) Shyama Shastri (2) Thyagaraja (3) Purandaradasa (4) Amjad Ali Khan 158. In which country did Subhash Chandra Bose’s

plane crash in 1945? (1) Thailand (2) Japan (3) Burma (4) Erstwhile USSR

159. Harihara and Bukka founded which Indian kingdom/dynasty?

(1) Vijayangar (2) Bahamani (3) The Marathas (4) The Tughlaq

160. Article 17 of the Indian Constitution (1) Protects individual freedom (2) Grants Right to Equality (3) Abolishes untouchability (4) Grants Right to Constitutional Remedies

161. The Chairman of National Human Rights Commission is

(1) Justice Ranganath Mishra (2) Justice Venkatachalaiah (3) Justice A.M. Ahmadi

(4) Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer

162. Which one of the following is not a basic feature of the Indian Constitution?

(1) Presidential government (2) Federal government (3) Parliamentary government (4) Independence of the judiciary 163. Which one among the following is enforceable in

a Court of Law? (1) Writ Jurisdiction (2) Fundamental Rights (3) Preamble (4) Fundamental Duties 164. The U.N. Conference on Women was held at (1) Beijing (2) Bangkok (3) Tokyo (4) Hanoi

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165. The Planning Commission was set up by the (1) Parliament (2) Joint decision of the Union Government and

the States (3) Government of India (4) President 166. Who presides over the meeting of Lok Sabha? (1) Speaker (2) Vice-President (3) Prime Minister (4) President 167. The Planning Commission was set up in (1) 1947 (2) 1950 (3) 1956 (4) 1971 168. Which of the following is covered under the

original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court (1) Dispute relating to civil matters (2) Dispute relating to criminal cases involving

murder (3) Disputes between two states of the Indian

Union (4) Disputes between two citizens from two

different states 169. Which of the following is not a Fundamental

Right guaranteed by our Constitution? (1) Right against exploitation (2) Right to freedom of religion (3) Right to work (4) Right to equality 170. The President of India is elected by (1) The Parliament of India (2) By an electoral college consisting of the

members of the Parliament and the members of die State assemblies

(3) By an electoral college consisting of the elected members of the Parliament and the elected members of the State assemblies

(4) By an electoral college elected directly by the people

171. The Attorney-General holds office (1) For life (2) For 6 years (3) During the pleasure of the President (4) As long as he enjoys the confidence of the

Parliament 172. A Governor can be removed from his office by (1) The State Assembly (2) The President (3) The Parliament (4) The Prime Minister

173. Can there be a common High Court for two or more States?

(1) Yes (2) No (3) Only in a financial emergency (4) Only in a national emergency 174. Which of the following is the 25th State of India? (1) Arunachal Pradesh (2) Nagaland (3) Goa (4) Manipur 175. The right to vote in the national elections in India

is based on the principle of (1) Restricted franchise (2) Hereditary privileges (3) Property qualifications (4) Universal adult suffrage 176. Which of the following is not included in Article

19 of the Constitution? (1) Freedom of speech and expression (2) Freedom of entertainment, amusement and

fun (3) Freedom of assembly, association and unions (4) Freedom of movement, residence, settlement,

profession and trade 177. Apart from India, which one of the following

countries celebrates its Independence Day on the same day, August 15?

(1) South Korea (2) Japan (3) Kenya (4) Congo 178. Who was Mr. Vajpayee’s principal opponent

(Congress) from Lucknow? (1) Mulayam Singh (2) Karan Singh (3) Bhavana Balsaver (4) Madhavrao Scindia 179. How many official languages does the Indian

Constitution recognise? (1) 13 (2) 15 (3) 18 (4) 16 180. Who is the leader of the opposition in the 13th

Lok Sabha? (1) Pranab Mukherjee (2) L.K. Advani (3) Manmohan Singh (4) Sharad Pawar 181. Who became the Prime Minister of Bangladesh 3

times? (1) Khaleda Zia (2) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman (3) Sheikh Hasina (4) Muhammad Mansoor Ali

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182. The capital of Portugal is (1) Lisbon (2) Addis Ababa (3) Honolulu (4) None of these 183. How many times has Atal Bihari Vajpayee been

sworn in as the Prime Minister of India? (1) One (2) Two (3) Three (4) Four 184. Name the State carved out of Madhya Pradesh

after the Parliament passed the legislation earlier in the year 2000.

(1) Uttranchal (2) Vananchal (3) Vidarbha (4) Chattisgarh 185. Who became Chief Minister of Haryana 4 times? (1) Choudhary Bansilal (2) Om Prakash Chautala (3) Bhupinder Singh Hooda (4) Amrinder Singh 186. The currency of Thailand is (1) Cent (2) Thailand Rupee (3) Baht (4) Krona 187. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India

at present? (1) N. Vittal (2) B.B. Tandon (3) Arun Jaitley (4) T.N.Seshan 188. Which is the newly-formed ministry of the

Government of India? (1) Ministry of IT (2) Ministry of I & B (3) Ministry of S & T (4) Ministry of Environment 189. The Upper House of Parliament is known as (1) Parliament House (2) Rashtrapati Bhawan (3) Rajay Sabha (4) Lok Sabha 190. The Indian National Song was composed by (1) Rabindranath Tagore (2) Bankim Chandra Chatterji (3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (4) Sarojini Naidu 191. The Right to Private Property in India today is (1) A legal right (2) A political right (3) A constitutional right (4) A fundamental right 192. India is a Union of States. Executive power of the

Union is vested in the (1) President (2) Prime Minister (3) Chief Justice (4) Home Minister

193. As per the Constitution of India, a citizen of India should not be less than.......of age to become the President of India.

(1) 30 years (2) 35 years (3) 40 years (4) 50 years 194. Comptroller and Auditor-General is appointed by

the (1) President (2) Union Public Service Commission (3) Prime Minister (4) Finance Commission 195. The official language as per the Constitution is (1) Sanskrit (2) Hindi (3) English (4) None of these 196. OTIS is a brand name for (1) Babyfood (2) Race cars (3) Cellular phones (4) Lifts and elevators 197. Centralisation is said to exist if (1) Top management retains most of the decision

making authority. (2) Authority is shared with managers at lower

levels. (3) Employees at all levels are allowed to take

initiative in work related matters. (4) None of the above. 198. Bill Gates is more well known as (1) The CEO of Apple Macintosh. (2) The CEO of IBM. (3) The CEO of Microsoft Corporation. (4) The inventor of the personal computer. 199. The minimum number of directors in a private

limited company is (1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 7 200. Which of the following is a private sector oil

Refinery? (1) Digboi Oil Refinery (2) Barauni Oil Refinery (3) Nunmati Oil Refinery (4) Mathura Oil Refinery 201. What is the exact name of the famous Chairman

of Daewoo in South Korea? (1) Kim-Cheng Woo (2) Kim-Chang Wong (3) Kim-Woo-Choong (4) Kim-Chang-Woo

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202. The famous International Company ‘De Beers’ is engaged in the business of

(1) Lager beer (2) Animal skins (3) Shares & stocks (4) Diamonds 203. Which of the following forms of intellectual

property can provide the longest protection? (1) Copy right (2) Patent (3) Trademark (4) Industrial designs 204. Which of the following is a Navratna PSU? (1) ET & T (2) CMC (3) ONGC (4) MMTC 205. Name the best-selling British car of all times. (1) Rolls-Royce (2) Ford (3) Bentley (4) The Mini 206. Which industrialist has been summoned by a

Lucknow bench as an accused in a case of indecent exposure?

(1) Amitabh Bachchan (2) Rupert Murdoch (3) Romesh Sharma (4) Subhash Chandra 207. Which brand of watches is endorsed by the sports

star Martina Hingis? (1) Roles (2) Omega (3) Tag-Heur (4) Westar 208. What is the logo of Reebok called? (1) The Sign (2) The 4-Dash (3) The Spin Vector (4) France 209. Who owns the company ‘Virgin’? (1) Richard Branson (2) Madonna (3) Ted Turner (4) Videocon 210. Which two companies recently agreed to a $ 10

bn swap venture between each other? (1) Samsung-Daewoo (2) Samsung-Sansui (3) Kenstar-Samsung (4) Sansui-Aiwa 211. What is the logo of the Reader’s digest? (1) Pegasus (2) Unicorn (3) The White House (4) Deacon

212. What was the company that owned the Titanic? (1) The White Star Line (2) The Heart of the Ocean (3) The Five Star Line (4) The J.J. Astor Shipping 213. Which car company was acquired by Volkswagen

last year? (1) Fiat (2) GM (3) Symphony (4) None of these 214. Which company’s name in Italian means ‘to roll’? (1) Vauxhall (2) Honda (3) Volvo (4) Michelin 215. What is the name of the computer company which

made the computer games, Cricket-97 and FIFA-98?

(1) Lucas Arts (2) Sierra Online (3) EA sports (4) Broderbund Software 216. Which of the following car names in Spanish

stands for nuances/shades? (1) Santro (2) Matiz (3) Mercedes (4) Palio 217. Which two mega computer companies have

announced a merger? (1) Netscape-Oracle (2) Netscape-AOL (3) Netscape-Apple (4) Netscape-Sun 218. The Global Management Services launched which

of the following magazines in India recently? (1) Playgirl (2) MAC III (3) ASIA (4) None of these 219. What is the Coca Cola’s newly introduced soda

called? (1) Parrier (2) Kinley (3) Bubbly (4) Zing 220. Name the 1997 TIME Man of the Year. (1) Bill Clinton (2) Dr. John Yo (3) Andrew Grove (4) Newt Ginarick 221. Mike McNamara is the founder of (1) American Express (2) Citibank (3) Pepsico (4) Standard Chartered 222. Which of the following is the most industrialised

economy? (1) Bangladesh (2) Malaysia (3) Nepal (4) Singapore 223. What make of car is a Can-era? (1) Porsche (2) Ford (3) Ferrari (4) Aston Martin

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224. VIP suitcases are being manufactured by (1) Tata Plastic Products (2) Blow Plast (India) Ltd. (3) Asian Plastics Pvt. Ltd. (4) None of these 225. ‘Peter England’ is the brand name of (1) Shirts (2) Cigarettes (3) Shoes (4) Carpets 226. What does ‘Super 301’ agreement of U.S.A. deal

with? (1) The trade relations between the interested

countries (2) Alleviation of poverty from the Third World (3) Foreign exchange crisis of the developing

countries (4) None of these 227. De Beer’s has the world monopoly in diamonds.

Recently, another diamond company tried to challenge its monopoly but was crushed. Name it.

(1) GUi Diamonds, Hungary (2) Agile Diamonds, U.S.A (3) Hiffy Diamonds, Germany (4) Argyle Diamonds, Australia 228. ‘Oral-B’ is the brand name of which of the

following products? (1) Contraceptive pills (2) Software (3) Mouth freshener (4) Tooth brush 229. Actors get Oscars, Advertising Compaigns get

Clios, what do Best Direct Marketing Compaigns get?

(1) The Dimark (2) The Assets (3) The Best-effort (4) The Echoes 230. Brand name ‘YKK’ is related to (1) Cars (2) Cellular phones (3) Zip (4) Shoe Polish 231. 7 O’ clock safety razor blade is being

manufactured by (1) Gillette (2) Poddar Group (3) Indian Shaving Products Ltd. (4) Sensor Excel Shaving Products Ltd. 232. The M.D. of lridium India recently quit. Name

him. (1) Carly Fiorina (2) George Zacharias (3) Ajit Balakrishnan (4) None of these

233. What is the name of Kellogg’s mascot for Frosties?

(1) Tony (2) Tiger (3) Bangeera (4) Jimmy 234. Baron International now represents which

electronics giant after breaking up with AKAI? (1) AIWA (2) Thomson (3) Samsung (4) Daewoo 235. Which company owns the web page making

software Dreamweaver? (1) Macromedia (2) Micromedia (3) Microsoft (4) Web Fusion 236. Who is the CEO of Enron International? (1) Rebecca Mark (2) Joseph Sutton (3) Sanjay Bhatnagar (4) Kenneth Lay 237. What is the name of Vinod Dham’s new

company? (1) Wintel (2) Silicon Spice (3) The Indus Group (4) Bits and Pieces 238. Which of the following was voted as the Car of

the Year in Europe in 1998? (1) Ford Focus (2) Opel Astra (3) Fiat Uno (4) Symphony 239. The original software certificate of Microsoft has

the photograph of which lady? (1) Ada Pascal (2) Melinda Byron (3) Belinda Gates (4) None of these 240. Who invented Lego? (1) Kirk Chirstianson (2) Edward Lego (3) Kurt Arnold (4) None of these 241. Fuji Film is suing which of the following three

companies for Patent Infringement? (1) Kodak, Sotec Co., Custom Camera Design (2) Bayer Inc., Jazz Photo Corp. Symntec Co. (3) Charles Randolph Co. Jazz Photo Corp.

Sony. (4) None of these 242. Which of the following Indian companies recently

went global with its voice mail system? (1) Navin.com (2) Infosys (3) Insight Communications (4) Speak Easy

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243. Which of the following companies is being sued by Apple because of allegedly copying the I-Mac design?

(1) Picture Perfect Inc. (2) Sybersotec Co. (3) Cheyyenetics Systems (4) None of these 244. To which of the following U.S partners,

Mahindras recently sold out one of their companies?

(1) Jeep (2) Otis Elevator Co. (3) Adani Wilmar Ltd. (4) Matador 245. Which of the following Indian business houses is

tying up with Toyota? (1) The Tata Group (2) The Nanda Group (3) The Kirloskar Group (4) The Hero Group 246. What is the name of VC. Burman’s company? (1) Wintel (2) Dabur (3) Procter & Gamble (4) Bits and Pieces 247. The Road Ahead is a book written by which

business tycoon? (1) Bill Gates (2) L.N. Mittal (3) Rupert Murdoch (4) Scott Adams 248. Who is the President of the CII? (1) Bimal Jalan (2) Sunil Bharti Mittal (3) Tarun Das (4) G.P. Muniappan 249. The U.S.broker who conned small insurance

companies recently and made away with 3 billion dollars is

(1) Nick Franknel (2) Martin Lesson (3) David Strutton (4) None of these 250. Lego has tied up with which of the following two

companies as co-marketing partners? (1) McDonalds and Coke (2) McDonalds and Pepsi (3) McDonalds and Shell (4) McDonalds and Baskin Robbins 251. With which of the following companies has GAIL

tied up to form Indraprastha Gas Limited? (1) BPCL (2) Indian Oil (3) Castrol Chemicals Ltd. (4) IPCL

252. The Chief Executive of Hindustan Liver is (1) James Heekin (2) John Dooner (3) Rajan Nanda (4) Douglas Baillie 253. AJT stands for (1) Advanced Japanese Technology (2) Asean-Japan Treaty (3) Advanced Jet Trainer (4) Association of Japanese Technology 254. Intel recently bought a 55% stake in which small

Indian company? (1) Eastern Networks (2) Navin Communications (3) Naresh Software (4) None of these 255. Recently Microsoft tied up with which of the

following Indian companies to work towards the next generation software packages?

(1) Infosys (2) Wipro (3) Pentasoft (4) Mind Tree 256. Name the small car launched by Maruti in

September 2000. (1) Alfa (2) Alto (3) Matiz (4) Golf 257. Which multi-purpose vehicle was launched by

Toyota this year in India? (1) Qualis (2) Land Cruiser (3) Wagon R (4) Land Rover 258. The satellite-based personal communications

company Iridium, which had to shut down its services, is a subsidiary company of which US giant?

(1) General Electric (2) US Robotics (3) Motorola (4) AT & T 259. With which airlines does Virgin Atlantic have a

strategic tie-up? (1) United Airlines (2) British Airways (3) Singapore Airlines (4) Lufthansa 260. Bill Gates recently stepped down as the CEO of

Microsoft but announced that he will take a new post to “focus on technologies of the future”. What is this post?

(1) Chairman & Chief Software Architect (2) Managing Director (3) President (4) All of the above

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261. Recently Bill Gates became the first man to cross the 100 billion dollars mark. According to economists this means that only.........nations have an economic output higher than that of Bill Gates.

(1) More than 50 (2) Less than 42 (3) 60 (4) 80 262. The largest contributor to the software exports

from India during the year 2006-2007 has been (1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Pune (3) Delhi (4) Maharashtra 263. 'Ratti' used by jewellers is obtained from seed of a (1) Gymnospermous plant (2) Angiospermous plant (3) Algae (4) Fungi 264. Arun Bajoria, a Calcutta-based businessman, tried

to take over which high profile company in the year 2000?

(1) Bombay Dyeing (2) Telco (3) Infosys (4) Wipro 265. What is the name of MTNL’s recently launched

cellular service? (1) Connect Next (2) Dolphin (3) Tnex (4) BSNL 266. Which of the following is the largest non-banking

company in India? (1) Peerless (2) Tata Finance (3) Reliance Finance Capital Ltd. (4) ICICI 267. Technoaid is the 1st brand in India of sale, service

and repair. It was launched by (1) Tata Engineering (2) General Motor (3) Maruti Udyog (4) Agrani Convergence Ltd. 268. Electrolux AB is a known appliance maker

company which belongs to (1) Japan (2) South Korea (3) U.S.A. (4) Sweden 269. Which one of the following agencies has the

power to declare any industrial unit as a potentially sick unit?

(1) BIFR (2) MRTPC (3) FICCI (4) IRBI

270. Which was the first Indian Company to be listed on NASDAQ?

(1) Infosys (2) Satyam (3) Reliance (4) TISCO 271. Name the first Indian businessman who found

place in the cover story of Forbes magazine. (1) Anil Ambani (2) Dr. Reddy (3) Azim Hasham Premji (4) Narayan Murthy 272. Which bank has introduced a wireless appliance

that uses SMS to authorised credit and transactions?

(1) UTI Bank (2) Citi Bank (3) ABN Amro (4) ICICI Bank 273. According to NASSCOM, during the fiscal 2002-

03, Indian software industry’s exports will achieve a revenue of

(1) $6. 9 billion (2) $8.5 billion (3) $10.1 billion (4) $12.5 billion 274. Which of the following is not among the nine

Indian companies listed on NYSE? (1) TCS (2) Wipro Ltd. (3) Dr. Reddy’s Lab (4) ICICI Bank 275. Name the country which is the second fastest

growing spender in the world on Information Technology.

(1) France (2) Switzerland (3) Japan (4) India 276. Which auto major launched the multi utility

vehicle-Scorpio? (1) TELCO (2) FIAT (3) Mahindra (4) Toyota 277. The organisation arranging the India International

Trade Fair (IITF) is (1) ITDC (2) ITPO (3) CII (4) FICCI 278. Who among the following is the only Indian

businessman to be listed in Fortune’s list of 40 billionaires under 40 years of age?

(1) Anil Ambani (2) Kumarmangalam Birla (3) Ratan Tata (4) Mukesh Ambani 279. Name India’s largest pharmaceutical company

with a turnover of Rs.1000 crore. (1) Glaxo Smith Kline (2) Cipla (3) Ranbaxy (4) None of these

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280. Which telecom group is providing India’s first private sector long distance service?

(1) Orange (2) Bharti (3) Airtel (4) Reliance Telecom 281. Which business group has bought VSNL? (1) Reliance (2) Tata (3) AT & T (4) Airtel 282. Who is known as the Father of India’s ‘White

Revolution’, a synonym for co-operative milk sector and the brain behind Operation Flood?

(1) J. B. Kripalani (2) Dr. Verghese Kurien (3) Baba Amte (4) Har Gobind Khorana 283. The gas leak at which company’s plant in Bhopal

had caused an environmental disaster? (1) Reliance Industries (2) Union Carbide (3) Enron (4) Indian Oil 284. Parx, an apparel brand, is from (1) Bombay Dyeing (2) Raymonds (3) Mafatlal (4) Reliance Group 285. The Indian Railways is one of the largest railway

systems with an extensive network of over 63,000 route kilometers has approximately ..... of the network is electrified.

(1) 50% (2) 25% (3) 45% (4) 60% 286. Which major US Retail Chain has filed for

bankruptcy? (1) Marks and Spencer (2) Wal Mart (3) K Mart (4) Shoppers Stop 287. Modern Foods was the first public sector

company to be disinvested by the Government of India. Which company acquired 74% equity stake in Modern Foods in 2000 for Rs.104 Crore?

(1) Hindustan Lever Ltd. (2) Nestle (3) Coca cola (4) Pepsi 288. The largest public undertaking in India is (1) The Indian Railways (2) ONGC (3) BHEL (4) MTNL 289. Which company’s ad line is ‘Better than the

Best’? (1) Aiwa (2) Sansui (3) Ted Turner (4) Rupert Murdoch

290. Who created the Asian Paints logo ‘Gattu’? (1) R. K. Laxman (2) R. K. Narayan (3) David Olivy (4) Alyque Padamsee 291. ‘Rules your senses rules your world’ is the adline

of which company? (1) Samsung (2) Kenstar (3) Aiwa (4) Sansui 292. Name the brand that advertises itself with the

slogan The Vision of Sound’. (1) Samsung TVs (2) Thomson TVs (3) Sansui TVs (4) BPL TVs 293. Which product’s ad line is ‘The Power to Excite’? (1) Omega (2) Rolls Royce (3) Mont Blanc (4) Accent 294. The Indica’s ad line is (1) More car per car (2) Our car (3) When in India do the Indian way (4) The Indian car 295. Which company has the ad line ‘You’ve risen in

life’? (1) BPL (2) United Airways (3) Fiat (4) None of these 296. ‘Collect all five’ is one of the catchlines of which

product? (1) Ruffle Lays-Tazzo (2) Doom-The Computer Game (3) I-Mac-The Computer (4) Maggi-The New Flavours 297. With which company would you associate the

catchphrase “The Father of The Modern Automobile”?

(1) Daimler-Benz (2) Ford (3) Daewoo (4) Aston Martin 298. ‘Expanding Possibilities’ is the adline of which

company? (1) Oracle (2) HP 1 (3) Aiwa (4) Zerox 299. ‘Applying Thought” is the ad-line of which of the

following companies? (1) Oracle (2) TCS (3) Pentasoft (4) Wipro 300. Salman Khan and Sunil Shetty have been

recruited as part of which campaign in the year 2000?

(1) Coke (2) Pepsi (3) Thumps Up (4) Kawasaki Bajaj

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301. Which company has been listed as the highest spender on advertisements?

(1) Reliance (2) Hindustan Lever (3) Dabur India (4) Nestle India 302. ‘Mobile Business’ is the catchline of (1) Nokia (2) Motorola (3) Siemens (4) Alcatel 303. ‘Leading the way’is an ad jingle of (1) Motorola (2) Hero Honda (3) Toyota (4) Indica V2 304. Which state tourism department’s motto is ‘God’s

own country’? (1) Tamil Nadu (2) Himachal Pradesh (3) Assam (4) Kerala 305. Tokyo Marine & Fire Insurance is offering

General Insurance in India using the ad tagline ‘The life you deserve’ in association with

(1) IDBI (2) HDFC (3) SIDBI (4) IFFCO 306. Under what brand name has MTNL started

internet telephony to 168 countries? (1) Bol-Anmol (2) Talk time (3) Baaten Anmol (4) Talky 307. Which state tourism department’s motto is ‘A

living heritage of heroism’? (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Gujarat (3) Rajasthan (4) Himachal Pradesh 308. Which car launched recently has the baseline

‘Spoil Yourself? (1) Palio Adventure (2) Opel Swing (3) Skoda (4) Indigo 309. Which company is associated with the compaign-

What’s your Motto? (1) Microsoft (2) Motorola (3) Leo Mattel (4) Nokia 310. The slogan “Everyone’s invited” is associated

with which Korean Company? (1) Samsung (2) LG (3) Hyundai (4) Daewoo 311. Aedes aegypti is (1) A species of mosquito (2) An Egyptian NGO (3) The organism which causes dengue fever (4) The organism which spreads AIDS.

312. The Green house effect is caused by an excess of (1) Carbon dioxide (2) Carbon mono oxide (3) Carbon tetrachloride (4) None of the above 313. Prithvi is (1) Indigenously developed nuclear reactor (2) Indigenously developed intermediate range

ballistic missile (IRBM) (3) Indigenously developed nuclear bomb (4) Indigenously developed Surface to Air

Missile (SAM) 314. The term ‘hydroponics’ is used to describe (1) Sound propagation under water (2) Cultivation of plants in water (3) A water-borne disease (4) Under-water electronic devices 315. In which atmospheric layer are the

communication satellites located? (1) Stratosphere (2) Ionosphere (3) Troposphere (4) Exosphere 316. The DNA is a double helix was proposed by (1) Griffith (2) Harvey (3) Lister (4) Watson and Crick 317. Who discovered the Law of Gravitation? (1) Pavlov (2) Einstein (3) Newton (4) Rutherford 318. Milk is an example of which of the following? (1) Suspension (2) Gel (3) Emulsion (4) Foam 319. What is the chemical name of Aspirin? (1) Acetylinic Acid (2) Acetylsalicylic Acid (3) Acetylprunic Cynate (4) Acetylsalicylic Acetate 320. The first computer vims in the world was created

in (1) Pakistan (2) USA (3) Japan (4) France 321. An ‘Applet’ is a kind of (1) Sweet dish made from apples (2) The new internet ready computer from Apple (3) Marketing Strategy (4) A Java Program 322. The Computer Virus which left a large number of

Internet and e-mail users reeling under its impact was called

(1) Friday the 13th (2) Y2K (3) Melissa (4) Hiawatha

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323. What is the chemical name of Viagra? (1) Sildenafil Citrate (2) Acetylsalicylic Acid (3) Valium Acetyl Cynate (4) Valiumsalisylic Citrate 324. The virus on the Internet which spread as a

harmless attachment in a word file was (1) Papa (2) 26th June (3) Melissa (4) Die Hard-7 325. The first balloon flight to go around the world

was (1) Solo Spirit 3 (2) Orbiter 3 (3) ICO Global (4) Cable and Wireless 326. Which of the following is not a search engine? (1) Yahoo ! (2) Lycos (3) Dogpile (4) Altavista 327. Who is credited with the idea of linking each page

of information on the net to another that went onto create the world wide web (www)?

(1) Tim Berners-Lee (2) Bill Gates (3) Al Gore (4) Steve Lobs 328. What key button is found on the top left corner of

a standard computer keyboard? (1) Tab (2) Caps Lock (3) Delete (4) Escape 329. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

(CDFD) is located at (1) Delhi (2) Kolkata (3) Hyderabad (4) Chennai 330. Under Indian space programme, the abbreviation

GSLV stands for (1) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (2) Global Satellite Link Vehicle (3) Geostationary Solar Light Vehicle (4) None of these 331. Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) manufactured by

HAL made its first public flight in (1) 1998 (2) 1999 (3) 2000 (4) 2001 332. The Green revolution in crops, Yellow revolution

in oil seeds and Golden revolution in has been an ample testimony to the contributions of agricultural research and development efforts undertaken in the country.

(1) Horticulture (2) Wheat (3) Petrol (4) None of these

333. Human Genome Project endeavours to (1) Decode DNA (2) Invent AIDS treatment (3) Study evolution of human (4) Study ringer prints 334. Disguised employment refers to (1) person with no jobs (2) unemployment amoung housewives (3) unemployment among people above60 years

of age (4) employment of more persons in a job which

lesser number of persons can accomplish 335. Who among the following represented India in the

G-15 Summit held in November 1996? (1) P. Chidambaram (2) K. R. Narayanan (3) H. D. Deve Gowda (4) India is not a member of G-15 336. The first Earth Summit was held at (1) Washington (2) Rio-de-Janeiro (3) Geneva (4) Buenos Aires 337. Where is the headquarters of the UNO? (1) Geneva (2) The Hague (3) New York (4) Paris 338. What is the term of the non-permanent members

of the Security Council? (1) One year (2) Two year (3) Three year (4) Six months 339. GATT headquarters are in (1) Geneva (2) New York (3) Paris (4) Washington 340. The Mossad is the intelligence agency of (1) Israel (2) United Kingdom (3) Iraq (4) Palestine 341. Henry Dunant is the founder of which

organisation? (1) The Red Cross (2) WWF (3) Amnesty International (4) Greenpeace 342. Which country joined the ASEAN on April 30

1999? (1) Vietnam (2) Cambodia (3) Philippines (4) Indonesia 343. Which of the following is NOT a member of

SAARC? (1) Pakistan (2) Nepal (3) Bangladesh (4) Afganistan

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344. How many member countries are there in OPEC? (1) 8 (2) 10 (3) 9 (4) 11 345. Which of the following did India NOT want to be

part of at the last WTO talks? (1) Labour standards (2) Environmental standards (3) Textile quotas (4) Labour and environmental standards 346 is not a member of ASEAN. (1) Pakistan (2) Singapore (3) Malaysia (4) Indonesia 347. Where was the last round of talks for the WTO

held in November-December 1999? (1) Sydney (2) London (3) Washington DC (4) Seattle 348. The theme of the World Development Report

2001 is (1) From Plan to Market (2) Knowledge for Development (3) Attacking Poverty (4) The State in the Changing World 349. The earlier name of WTO was (1) UNCTAD (2) GATT (3) UNESCO (4) FICCI 350. Which one of the following countries is NOT a

member of the G-8 group? (1) France (2) Italy (3) Spain (4) Germany 351. The Constitution of the U.N.O. is called (1) Magna Carta (2) Peace Agreement (3) Charter (4) Declaration 352. The World Bank’s headquarters are in (1) Geneva (2) New York (3) Paris (4) Washington DC 353. Where was the First Earth Summit held in 1992 to

address environmental issues of the world? (1) Johannesburg (2) Geneva (3) Seattle (4) Rio 354. Name the organisation which has launched the

Free Trade Area (FTA) in January 2002. (1) SAARC (2) WTO (3) ASEAN (4) UNCTAD 355. Headquarters of the South Asian Association for

Regional Co-operation (SAARC) are in (1) Colombo (2) Dhaka (3) Kathmandu (4) New Delhi

356. Which country is geographically in Asia but a part of NATO?

(1) Turkey (2) Greece (3) Iran (4) Egypt 357. Who was the founder of www? (1) Daimler Chrysler (2) Tim Bemers Lee (3) Warren Buffet (4) Joseph Stalin 358. Full form of ISP? (1) International Service Provider (2) Internet Service Provider (3) Internet Subject Provider (4) Intranet Service Provider 359. The fourth ministerial meeting of WTO was held

at (1) Geneva (2) Seattle (3) Doha (4) New York 360. Which of the following is true about the key

points agreed at the Earth Summit, 2002 in Johannesburg?

I. To halve proportion of people without access to proper sanitation by 2015.

II. To cut significantly the rate at which rare animals and plants are becoming extinct by 2010.

III. To initiate strategies to preserve resources for future generations by 2005.

IV. To increase the share of world energy produced from renewable ‘green’ sources such as solar or wind power.

(1) I and II (2) I, II and III (3) I, II and IV(4) I, III and IV 361. The last meeting of the foreign ministers of the

ASEAN stands for (1) Academy of South-East Asian Nations (2) Association of South-East African Nations (3) Association of South-East Asian Nations (4) None of the above 362. How many countries are the members of

SAARC? (1) Four (2) Five (3) Six (4) Eight 363. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

in the year 2006? (1) Anthony Burgess (2) Thomas E Maloy (3) Graham Swift (4) Orhan Pamuk

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364. Dronacharya Awards are given (1) To outstanding athletes (2) To outstanding coaches (3) For best performance in Archery (4) For invention in Science 365. The 2001 Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for

Excellence in Public Administration and Management Sciences has been conferred on

(1) Azim Hasham Premji (2) N. R. Narayana Murthy (3) Kumarmangalam Birla (4) Anil Ambani 366. Which of the following organisations gives the

Kalinga Prize? (1) UNESCO (2) CSIR (3) Ministry of Welfare (4) Department of Science and Technology 367. The movie directed by Anupam Kher that bagged

the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival was (1) Mississippi Masala (2) Kamasutra (3) Salaam Bombay (4) Monson Wedding 368. Who is associated with Narmada Bachao

Andolan? (1) A. B. Vajpayee (2) Medha Patkar (3) Mamata Banerjee (4) Sunder Lal Bahuguna 369. Name the film directed by Manoj Shyamalan that

was nominated for the Oscars in 2000. (1) Elizabeth (2) The Sixth Sense (3) Bombay Boys (4) The Cell 370. The agricultural scientist to get Nobel Peace Prize

in 1970 was (1) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan (2) Dr. Norman Earnest Borlaug (3) Dr. Kurt Waldheim (4) Dr. James Watson 371. ‘The Album of the Year’ category Grammy

Award in the 45th Annual Grammy Awards has been won by

(1) Anushka Shankar Pandit (2) Norah Jones (3) Bruce Springsteen (4) Britney Speares 372. Miss World 2006 title has been won by (1) Jemifer Hawkin (2) Sabrina (3) Tatana Kucharova (4) Maria Julia Mantilla

373. Name the renowned Indian space scientist who has been conferred the Officer of the Legion of Honour by the French Government

(1) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2) K. Subramaniyam (3) Dr. Seyed E. Hasnain (4) K. Kasturirangan 374. Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2006 was

awarded to the former President of South Africa along with

(1) C. Subramanium (2) Shabana Azmi (3) Satish Dhawan (4) World Health Organisation 375. The US actress recently named as Goodwill

Ambassador of the UN High Commission for Refugees is

(1) Julia Robert (2) Gwynith Paltrow (3) Angelina Jolie (4) Demi Moor 376. Who among the following is NOT a recipient of

the Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for International Understanding?

(1) Boutros-Boutros Ghali (2) Yasser Arafat (3) Nelson Mandela (4) Aung San Suu Kyi 377. World Environment Day is celebrated on (1) June 5 (2) September 7 (3) October 8 (4) February 10 378. September 8 is observed every year as (1) World Health Day (2) World Peace Day (3) World Literacy Day (4) Friendship Day 379. Which day is celebrated as the International

Labour Day? (1) 1st January (2) 21st July (3) 31st December (4) 1st May 380. On whose birthday is Teacher’s Day celebrated? (1) S. Radhakrishnan (2) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (3) Rajendra Prasad (4) Jawaharlal Nehru 381. The global community comes together to

celebrate World Environment Day on (1) June 5 (2) June 4 (3) July 6 (4) October 2 382. World Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on (1) December 2 (2) July 5 (3) November 14 (4) November 3

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383. Jaspal Rana is associated with (1) Cricket (2) Wrestling (3) Swimming (4) Shooting 384. In which sports is it illegal to play left-handed? (1) Discus Throw (2) Polo (3) Lacrosse (4) Chess 385. What was the Mascot of the recently concluded

Asian Games called? (1) Orry (2) Chi Rho (3) Chi To (4) Chi Kho 386. Who among the following has taken the highest

fifty wickets in the World Cup Records? (1) Wasim Akram (2) G Mc Grath (3) M. Murlitharan (4) J. Srinath 387. In which of the following cities, Kumble took 10

wickets in an innings? (1) Kolkata (2) Chennai (3) Nagpur (4) Delhi 388. In Wrestling (WWF), the Undertaker is known as

‘The Phenom’ Then who is known as ‘Stone Cold Steve Austin’?

(1) The Phenominum (2) The Rattle Snake (3) The Cooperator (4) Bad Boy 389. Who is the Indian cricketer to have scored 3

centuries in a row in his first 3 test matches? (1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Kapil Dev (3) Mohd. Azharuddin (4) Sunil Gavaskar 390. In 1999, Pete Sampras became No. 2 for a short

time only. Who became No. I during that period? (1) Chang (2) Moya (3) Krajicek (4) He never became No. 2

391. When Kumble took 10 wickets in an innings, who among the following took the catch to dismiss the last batsman?

(1) Rahul Dravid (2) V. V. S. Laxman (3) Mohd. Azharuddin (4) Nayan Mongia 392. The cricketer who acts in a TV serial is (1) Salil Ankola (2) Nilesh Kulkarni (3) Abhay Kurevilla (4) Nobody 393. What is the nickname of Kumble? (1) Jimmy (2) Jammy (3) Jumbo (4) Jet 394. Which athlete was known as the ‘Flying Finn’? (1) Paavo Nurmi (2) Diego Cervantes (3) Geramo Dunolta (4) Jesse Owens 395. The Crickets first one-day World Cup was held in (1) England (2) India (3) Africa (4) Sri Lanka 396. Fist Cricket World Cup was held in the year (1) 1980 (2) 1975 (3) 1970 (4) 1972 397. On which boxer was the Robert De Niro’s film

‘Raging Bull’ based? (1) Evander Hollyfield (2) Jack La Motta (3) Mohammed Ali (4) Alvin Styles Jr. 398. How many overs were allowed per side in the

inaugural 1975 Cricket World Cup? (1) 50 (2) 60 (3) 25 (4) 40 399. The recommendations of the Kelkar Task Force

related to (1) Trade (2) Banking (3) Foreign Investment (4) Taxes 400. First Indian women to win a medal in Olympic? (1) Karnam Malleshwari (2) Fathma Begum (3) Reita Faria (4) Arati Pradhan

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Answer Keys

1.(4) 2.(3) 3.(3) 4.(1) 5.(4) 6.(3) 7.(1) 8.(3) 9.(1) 10.(3) 11.(3) 12.(2) 13.(3) 14.(4) 15.(1) 16.(2) 17.(3) 18.(4) 19.(1) 20.(1) 21.(1) 22.(1) 23.(2) 24.(4) 25.(1) 26.(3) 27.(1) 28.(2) 29.(3) 30.(2) 31.(3) 32.(3) 33.(1) 34.(2) 35.(2) 36.(1) 37.(4) 38.(2) 39.(4) 40.(3)

41.(3) 42.(3) 43.(2) 44.(3) 45.(4) 46.(2) 47.(3) 48.(4) 49.(3) 50.(2) 51.(1) 52.(3) 53.(2) 54.(1) 55.(4) 56.(2) 57.(2) 58.(3) 59.(4) 60.(1)

61.(3) 62.(1) 63.(2) 64.(4) 65.(2) 66.(3) 67.(3) 68.(3) 69.(4) 70.(4) 71.(3) 72.(3) 73.(1) 74.(1) 75.(1) 76.(2) 77.(2) 78.(2) 79.(1) 80.(3)

81.(2) 82.(2) 83.(2) 84.(2) 85.(1) 86.(4) 87.(1) 88.(3) 89.(4) 90.(2) 91.(3) 92.(2) 93.(1) 94.(4) 95.(1) 96.(3) 97.(4) 98.(4) 99.(1) 100.(4)

101.(1) 102.(2) 103.(2) 104.(1) 105.(2) 106.(1) 107.(1) 108.(4) 109.(3) 110.(4) 111.(4) 112.(1) 113.(3) 114.(3) 115.(2) 116.(3) 117.(2) 118.(1) 119.(1) 120.(4)

121.(2) 122.(1) 123.(1) 124.(3) 125.(2) 126.(1) 127.(4) 128.(1) 129.(4) 130.(1) 131.(2) 132.(3) 133.(3) 134.(4) 135.(1) 136.(4) 137.(3) 138.(2) 139.(2) 140.(1) 141.(2) 142.(1) 143.(4) 144.(3) 145.(4) 146.(2) 147.(1) 148.(4) 149.(4) 150.(3) 151.(2) 152.(1) 153.(1) 154.(1) 155.(1) 156.(2) 157.(2) 158.(2) 159.(1) 160.(3) 161.(2) 162.(1) 163.(2) 164.(1) 165.(3) 166.(1) 167.(2) 168.(3) 169.(3) 170.(3) 171.(3) 172.(2) 173.(1) 174.(3) 175.(4) 176.(2) 177.(1) 178.(2) 179.(3) 180.(2) 181.(1) 182.(1) 183.(3) 184.(4) 185.(1) 186.(3) 187.(2) 188.(1) 189.(3) 190.(2) 191.(1) 192.(1) 193.(2) 194.(1) 195.(2) 196.(4) 197.(3) 198.(3) 199.(3) 200.(3) 201.(3) 202.(4) 203.(2) 204.(3) 205.(1) 206.(2) 207.(2) 208.(1) 209.(1) 210.(4) 211.(3) 212.(1) 213.(4) 214.(3) 215.(4) 216.(2) 217.(2) 218.(4) 219.(2) 220.(1) 221.(2) 222.(4) 223.(1) 224.(2) 225.(1) 226.(4) 227.(4) 228.(4) 229.(1) 230.(3) 231.(3) 232.(4) 233.(1) 234.(1) 235.(1) 236.(4) 237.(2) 238.(1) 239.(4) 240.(3) 241.(4) 242.(1) 243.(4) 244.(1) 245.(3) 246.(2) 247.(1) 248.(2) 249.(4) 250.(1) 251.(2) 252.(4) 253.(3) 254.(4) 255.(1) 256.(2) 257.(1) 258.(3) 259.(4) 260.(1) 261.(2) 262.(2) 263.(2) 264.(1) 265.(2) 266.(4) 267.(4) 268.(4) 269.(1) 270.(1) 271.(3) 272.(3) 273.(2) 274.(1) 275.(4) 276.(3) 277.(2) 278.(2) 279.(3) 280.(2) 281.(2) 282.(2) 283.(2) 284.(2) 285.(2) 286.(3) 287.(1) 288.(1) 289.(2) 290.(1) 291.(1) 292.(1) 293.(4) 294.(1) 295.(4) 296.(1) 297.(1) 298.(3) 299.(4) 300.(3) 301.(2) 302.(2) 303.(3) 304.(4) 305.(4) 306.(1) 307.(3) 308.(4) 309.(2) 310.(1) 311.(1) 312.(1) 313.(2) 314.(2) 315.(4) 316.(4) 317.(3) 318.(3) 319.(2) 320.(3) 321.(4) 322.(3) 323.(1) 324.(3) 325.(2) 326.(3) 327.(1) 328.(4) 329.(3) 330.(1) 331.(4) 332.(1) 333.(1) 334.(4) 335.(1) 336.(2) 337.(3) 338.(2) 339.(1) 340.(1) 341.(1) 342.(2) 343.(4) 344.(4) 345.(4) 346.(1) 347.(4) 348.(3) 349.(2) 350.(3) 351.(3) 352.(4) 353.(4) 354.(1) 355.(3) 356.(1) 357.(2) 358.(2) 359.(3) 360.(2) 361.(3) 362.(4) 363.(4) 364.(2) 365.(2) 366.(1) 367.(4) 368.(2) 369.(2) 370.(2) 371.(2) 372.(3) 373.(4) 374.(2) 375.(3) 376.(1) 377.(1) 378.(3) 379.(4) 380.(1) 381.(1) 382.(1) 383.(4) 384.(1) 385.(1) 386.(2) 387.(4) 388.(2) 389.(3) 390.(2) 391.(2) 392.(1) 393.(3) 394.(1) 395.(1) 396.(2) 397.(2) 398.(2) 399.(4) 400.(1)