IIFT Special GK Session on 18th Nov 2012 by Genesis Mentors

8/10/2019 IIFT Special GK Session on 18th Nov 2012 by Genesis Mentors

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IIFT/SNAP/XAT/CMAT Special G KSession


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Who was the Prime Minister of

Great Britain at the start of theWorld War II?

A. Clement Attlee

B. Winston Churchill

C. Neville Chamberlain

D. Ramsay MacDonald

TriviaClement Attlee was also the frst person tohold the oce o Deputy Prime Minister,under Winston Churchill in the wartimecoalition government, eore leading the !aorParty to a landslide election victory overChurchill"s Conservative Party in #$%&'Winston Churchill( Ater the Conservative Partylost the #$%& election) he ecame !eader othe *pposition' +n #$, he again ecame

Prime Minister, eore retiring in #$&&' ponhis death, -li.aeth ++ granted him the honor oa state uneral, which saw one o the largestassemlies o world statesmen in history'/amed the 0reatest 1riton o all time in a2332 poll, Churchill is widely regarded as eingamong the most in4uential people in 1ritishhistory'


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Which of the following is believed

to be the oldest continuouslyinhabited city in the world?

A.Varanasi

B.Damascus

C.Beirut

D.Jerusalem


4/71

List the following universities in

the ascending order of their year ofestablishment.I. University of OxfordII. University of Cambridge

III. University of ParisIV. University of Salamanca

A' +++, +, ++, +5

1' ++, +, +++, +5C' +, ++, +++, +5

D' +v, +++,++, +

Trivianiversity o *6ord was estalishedin ##78, niversity o Camridge wasestalished in #23$, niversity o

Paris was estalished in ##&3,niversity o 9alamanca wasestalished in #2#:'


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During the British Raj, State Bank

of India was known as:

A.The Bank of CalcuttaB.The Sovereign bank of India

C.The Imperial bank of India

D.The Reserve bank of India

Trivia;he


6/71

Who is hailed as the father of the

Green Revolution?

A' /orman 1orlaug1'


7/71

Largest Media Conglomerate in the

world, in terms of Revenue?

A.BBCB.CNN

C.Walt Disney

D.Time Warner

TriviaWalt Disney is the

largest studio inollywood' An early andwell=nown cartooncreation o thecompany, Mic=eyMouse, is the ocialmascot o ;he WaltDisney Company'


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Who is the eldest person overall

(dead or alive) to receive BharatRatna?

A.Gulzarilal NandaB.Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

C.Mahatma Gandhi

D.Sardar Vallabhai Patel

Trivia

9ardar Patel receivedthe award in #$$#,posthumously at theage o ##7'C


9/71

Arrange the following civilian

honors in their descending order ofimportance.I. Padma ShriII. Bharat Ratna

III. Padma VibhushanIV. Padma Bhushan

A.I, III, IV, II

B.II, III, IV, I

C.IV, III, II, I

D.III, IV, I, II


10/71

Which of the following places in

India is not a UNESCO worldheritage site?

A' Aant and -llora Caves1' A=shardham temple, DelhiC' Chatrapati 9hivai ;erminus, MumaiD' Mahaodhi temple, 1odh 0aya, 1ihar'

Trivia ;he World eritage9ites in +ndia arerecogni.ed y /-9C*are 2$, as o 23#2'


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Gautama Siddharth passed away in

which of the following city?

A' 9arnath

1'


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Who is the first Tirthankar of the

Jain Religion?

A.Adinatha

B.BahubaliC.MahaviraD.Chandraprabha


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The Nobel Peace prize is awarded

in which of the following city?

A.Oslo, Norway

B. Stockholm, SwedenC.Copenhagen, DenmarkD.Helsinki, Finland.

Trivia;he Nobel Prizeis a set o annual international awards estowed in a

numer o categories y 9candinavian committees in recognition ocultural andFor scientifc advances' ;he will o the 9wedish philanthropistinventor Alred /oel estalished the pri.es in #:$&' ;he pri.esin Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, !iterature, and Peace werefrst awarded in #$3#'

;he Peace Pri.e is awarded in *slo, /orway, while the other pri.es areawarded in 9toc=holm, 9weden' ;he /oel Pri.e is widely regarded as themost prestigious award availale in the felds o literature, medicine,physics, chemistry, peace, and economics'


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Who among the following received

the Noble prize in Literatureposthumously?

A.Leo Tolstoy

B.Anton ChekovC.Henry JamesD.None of these

Trivia;he /oel Pri.e is not awarded

posthumously) however, i a person isawarded a pri.e and dies eore receivingit, the pri.e may still e presented'

;hough the average numer o laureatesper pri.e increased sustantially duringthe 23th century, a pri.e may not eshared among more than three people'


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The first person to receive Noble

Prize in literature was:

A' 0eorge 1ernard 9haw

1'


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Who is the founder of Wikileaks?

A.Jimmy Wales

B.Julian AssangeC.Steve BallmerD.Daniel Domscheit-Berg

TriviaWi=i!ea=s is an international, online, sel

descried notorproft organisationpulishing sumissions o secretinormation, news lea=s, and classifedmedia rom anonymous news sources andwhistlelowers' +t was launched on %*ctoer 2337'


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The head quarter of World bank is

at:

A' 0eneva

1' Washington DC

C' /ew Gor=D' 9ingapore-' !ondon

Jim Yong Kim(PRESIDENT)

TriviaAlthough oth the +MI and the World 1an= are+nternational fnancial are ased in Washington, D'C', theWorld 1an= is traditionally headed y a citi.en o thenited 9tates while the +MI is led y a -uropean citi.en'

;he World 1an= is an international fnancial institution thatprovides loansK@L to developing countries or capitalprograms'

;he World 1an="s ocial goal is the reduction o poverty'


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Who was the

founding father ofthe All IndiaMuslim League?

A.Mohammad AliJinnahB.Sir Sayyad AhmadKhan

C.Mohammad IqbalD.Khan Abdul GhaffarKhan

Who was the

founder of theIndian NationalCongress?

A.A.O HumeB.Pandit MotilalNehru

C.Bal GangadharTilakD.Gopal KrishnaGokhale


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Trivia;he All +ndia Muslim !eague was ounded in #$37, in the

midst o the protests over the partition o 1engal in #$3&' +tsheaduarters was !uc=now and the party was dissolved aterthe partition'Politically there was a degree o unity etween Muslim andindu leaders ater the frst world war' ;he relationshipscooled sharply ater #$22, as communalism grew rapidly

orcing the two groups o leaders apart' Muhammad Ali Ninnahecame disillusioned with politics ater the ailure o hisattempt to orm a induMuslim alliance, and he spent mosto the #$23s in 1ritain' ;he leadership o the !eague wasta=en over y 9ir Muhammad +al, who in #$@3 frst putorward the demand or a separate Muslim state in +ndia'

Khan Abdul Ghafar Khanwas a close riend o Mohandas0andhi' 0haOar Ehan strongly opposed the Muslim !eague"sdemand or the partition o +ndia' When the +ndian /ationalCongress accepted the partition plan, he told them BGou havethrown us to the wolves'B


21/71

In which of the following city is theheadquarter of Proctor and Gamblelocated?

A' Cincinnati, *hio1' 1oston,

MassachusettsC' ouston, ;e6asD' Chicago, +llinois


22/71

Which of the following cricketer has

not been knighted?

A.Jack HobbsB.Len HuttonC.Clyde WalcottD.Geoffrey Boycott

TriviaNac= os -ngland, =nighted in #$&@

!en utton -ngland , =nighted in #$&7Clyde WalcottWest +ndies, =nighted in #$$@9ir Don 1radman is the only cric=eter rom Australiato have een =nighted': cric=eters rom West +ndies have een =nighted, #3rom -ngland'


23/71

The quote , Religionis the opium of the

people is attributedto:

A' Earl Mar61' Adam 9mith

C' Nohn Maynard EeynesD' Iriedrich /iet.sche

Who is the author ofWealth of Nations

A.Adam SmithB.Karl MarxC.John Maynard KeynesD.David Ricardo


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Who was the first Indian to win an

Oscar?

A' 9atyait


25/71

The G in 2G,3G and 4Gstands for:

A.Generation

B.GenealogyC.Gerrymander

D.Genius

CAG stands for:

A.Controller and AuditorGeneral

B.Comptroller andAuditor General

C.Comptroller andAccounting GeneralD.Controller andAccounting General


26/71

Correctly match the following pairs.

A' A, 1-, CI, D01' AI, 1, C0, D-C' AI, 10, C, A-D' AI, 1-, C0, D

A. Vatsyayan .

Kumarsambhav!. Kalidas ". Kamsutra#. Kautilya G. Arthshastra$. Asva%hosh &.

!uddha'haritaTriviaChana=ya, also =nown y the name Eautilya or5ishnugupt, was originally a proessor oeconomics and political science at the ancient

;a=shashila niversity'

!ittle is =nown aout 5atsyayan, e6cept that hewas student at 5aranasi' +t is elieved that hemust have lived etween the #st and 7th

century AD'


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Who is thearchitect of TheRashtrapatiBhavan?

A' 9ir -dwin

!andseer!utyens

1' 9hah NahanC' 1ahadur 9hah

RaarD' erert 1a=er

New Delhi is alsoknown as:

A' /ehrus Delhi1' 1ahadur 9hah

Raars Delhi

C' Mount 1attensDelhi

D' !uytens Delhi

Triviae has een reerred to as Bthe greatest 1ritisharchitectB and is =nown est or having an instrumentalrole in designing and uilding a section o the metropoliso Delhi, =nown as /ew Delhi, which would later on serveas the seat o the 0overnment o +ndia' e was also themain architect o several monuments in /ew Delhi suchas the +ndia 0ate) he also designed the 5iceroy"s ouse

now =nown as the


28/71

Which of thefollowing is not afundamental right?

A.Right to freedom

B.Right againstexploitation

C.Right to propertyD.Cultural and

educational rights

Who is thecommander in chiefof the ArmedForces?

A.A.K. Antony

B.Pranab MukherjeeC.General BikramSingh

D.Nirmal Kumar

VermaTrivia

;here are si6 undamental rights recogni.ed y the constitution o +ndia'


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Which of thefollowing is theworlds largest armsimporter?

A.India

B.PakistanC.South KoreaD.USA

Which of thefollowing is theworlds largest armsexporter?

A.USA

B.RussiaC.GermanyD.France


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Which of thefollowing stockexchange has thelargest no of listedcompanies?

A.NYSEB.NASDAQC.BSED.Shanghai stockexchange

Alexander, TheGreat entered Indiathrough which ofthe following pass?

A.Shiachen Pass

B.Khyber PassC.Bolan PassD.Shandur Pass


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With which of thefollowing countryIndia has positivebalance of trade?

A.ChinaB.Saudi ArabiaC.SingaporeD.Switzerland

National aquaticanimal of India?

A.River DolphinB.Mahseer FishC.Cat Fish

D.Tiger Shark


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A' A, 1-, CI, D01' AI, 1, C0, D-C' A0, 1-, CI, AD' AI, 1-, C0, D

A. Outlook Magazine E. Tarun Tejpal

B. Tahelka F. Chaitanya KalbagC. Business Today G. Vinod Mehta

D. Readers Digest H. Mohan Sivanand


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A' Ai , 1ii, Ciii, Div1' Aii, 1i, Civ, DiiiC' Aiv, 1i, Cii, Diii

D' /one o these

IRDA Mr. Rahul KhullarTRAI Upendra Kumar Sinha

SEBI Shri S. Krishnan

PNGRB Hari Narayan J


35/71

The author of thebook Everybody Loves A

Good Drought isA.Raghunandan Das

B.P SainathC.Dr. A P J AbdulKalam

D.Amartya sen

Development asFreedom is writtenby:

A.Amartya SenB.Dr. A P J Abdul

KalamC.Jawahar lal NehruD.Moti lal Nehru
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_A_Good_Droughthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_A_Good_Droughthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_A_Good_Droughthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_A_Good_Droughthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_A_Good_Droughthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_A_Good_Drought


36/71

What is the logo ofDemocratic Partyof US?

A.DonkeyB.Eagle

C.ElephantD.Star

Who is the first Indianto receive Order ofAustralia honour?

A.Sachin TendulkarB.Robyn Williams

C.Morarji DesaiD.Soli Sorabjee


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Which of the following is false aboutAttorney General of India?

A.He / She is the Indian government's chieflegal advisor

B.Goolam Essaji Vahanvati is the current

Attorney General of IndiaC.He must be a person qualified to beappointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court

D. He is appointed by the Prime minister ofIndia


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A' A-, 1I, C, D01' AI, 1-, C, D0C' AI, 10, C, D-

D' AI, 10, C-, D

A. Jabalpur E. KshipraB. Cuttack F. Narmada

C. Ujjain G. Mahanadi

D. Kannauj H. Ganges


39/71

Which of thefollowing is not themember of G4nations?

A.Germany

B.IndiaC.BrazilD.South Africa

The power ofknowledge is thepunch line of whichnews paper?

A.The Economic Times

B.Hindustan TimesC.The Times Of IndiaD.The hindu

Trivia;he 0% is a groupamong 1ra.il, 0ermany, +ndia, and(a)anor thepurpose o supporting eachothers ids or permanentseats on the nited

/ations 9ecurity Council'

Trivia;he -conomic pulished y

the 1ennett, Coleman SCo' !td'' +t is the world"sse'ondmost widely read-nglishlanguage usinessnewspaper, ater the Wall9treet Nournal'


40/71

Euro is thecurrency of whichof the followingcountries?

A.Monaco

B.MaltaC.LuxembourgD.All of the above

How many memberstates are there inEuropean union?

A.26

B.27C.28D.33

Trivia

;he euro is the currency used y the +nstitutions o the-uropean nion and is the ocial currency o theeuro.one' ;he euro is the second largest reservecurrency as well as the second most traded currency inthe world ater the nited 9tates dollar


41/71

Which of the following movie by ShyamBenegal is based on the WhiteRevolution in India?

A.ManthanB.Ankur

C.NishantD.Bhoomika

Trivia;he story o the flm Manthan was

ointly written y director 9hyam1enegal and Dr' 5erghese Eurien'

;he Iilm went on to win thenational award or est eatureflm'


42/71

Which of thefollowing states ofIndia has thelargest area underforest cover?

A.MaharashtraB.ChhattisgarhC.Uttaranchal

D.Madhya Pradesh

Chipko movementwas an attempt tosave:

A.BirdsB.Forests

C.CattleD.Endangered wildlife

Sundarlal Bahuguna

Trivia +n +ndia Madhya Pradesh is thestate with the largest orest cover'+n the World


43/71

Among the followingwho was awarded

Bharat Ratnaposthumously, butthe award was laterwithdrawn?

A. Abul Kalam AzadB.Subhash Chandra BoseC.Khan Abdul Ghaffar KhanD.Vinoba Bhave

Who among thefollowing has never

been the President ofthe Indian NationalCongress?

A. Netaji Subhash ChandraBoseB.Pandit Jawaharlal NehruC. Mahatma GandhiD.Raja Ram Mohan Roy

Trivia+ndian reedom fghter /etai 9uhas Chandra 1ose was awarded 1harat


44/71

Who was the firstrecipient of Nationalaward for Best actor?

A.Uttam Kumar

B.Ashok KumarC.Sanjeev KumarD.Utpal Dutt

Amitabh Bachan haswon the nationalaward for best actorfor which of thefollowing movie?

A.AgneepathB.DeewarC.SholayD.Silsila

TriviaAmitah has won the national award or est actor orAgneepath, 1lac= and Paa' Along with Amitah1acchan, Eamal assan and Mammooty are the onlythree actors who have won national award or estactor three times'


45/71

Who was the first non-citizen of India toreceive the Bharat Ratna?

A' /elson Mandela1' Ehan Adul 0haOar

EhanC' Mother ;eresaD' Ra=ir ussain


46/71

Who is the CEO ofVodafone ?

A.Vittorio ColaoB.Arun Sarin

C.Martin PetersD.Gerard keisterlee

Accenture isheadquartered in which

of the following city?

A.New York, USA.B.London, UK.

C.Dublin, IrelandD.Texas, USA


47/71

The total no ofstates in India with

bicamerallegislatures is:

A.7B.8C.6D.9

Which of the followingstates has the highest

autonomy?

A.KarnatakaB.Uttar Pradesh

C.AssamD.Jammu and Kashmir

TriviaP, 1ihar, Maharashtra, Earnata=a, NSE andAndhra Pradesh are the states withicameral legislatures'+n a state with a icameral legislature, thelower house is called the !egislativeAssemly or 5idhan 9aha and the upperhouse is called the !egislative Council or5idhan Parishad'

TriviaNammu and Eashmir is the only state in +ndia whichenoys special autonomy under Article @83 o theConstitution o +ndia, according to which no lawenacted y the Parliament o +ndia, e6cept or those in

the feld o deence, communication and oreignpolicy, will e e6tendale in Nammu and Eashmirunless it is ratifed y the state legislature o Nammuand Eashmir' 9useuently, urisdiction othe 9upreme Court o +ndia over Nammu and Eashmirhas een e6tended'

Nammu and Eashmir is also the only +ndian state thathas its own 4ag and constitution, and +ndians romother states cannot purchase land or property in the

state'


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Who among thefollowing refused

to accept the NoblePrize in literature?

A.Jean Paul SartreB.Winston ChurchillC.Hermann HesseD.Bertrand Russell

Who is the author ofthe book A bend in the

River?

A.Vikram SethB.Sir V. S. Naipaul

C.Doris LessingD.Vladmir Nabokov

Trivia+n #$7% NeanPaul 9artre was awarded the/oel Pri.e in !iterature, ut he declined it,stating that B+t is not the same thing i + sign

NeanPaul 9artre or i + sign NeanPaul 9artre,/oel Pri.e winner' A writer must reuse toallow himsel to e transormed into aninstitution, even i it ta=es place in the mosthonorale orm'

Trivia9ir 5idiadhar 9uraprasad B5' 9'B /aipaul,isa ;rinidadian1ritish writer o +ndo;rinidadian heritage

o Eanya=ua 1rahmin =nown or his novels ocusingon the legacy o the 1ritish empire"s colonialism' ehas also written wor=s o nonfction, such as travelwriting and essays' +n 233#, /aipaul was awardedthe /oel Pri.e in !iterature'


49/71

What is the full form of NABARD?

A.National Bank of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment

B.National Bank of Agriculture and RegionalDevelopment

C.National Bank of Agro and RegionalDevelopment

D.National Bank of Agriculture and Region

Development


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51/71

Which of the followingIndian states attracts

maximum domestictourists?

A' 0oa1'


52/71

Which is the largestwaterfall in the world?

A.Niagra fallsB.Victoria fallsC.Angel falls

D.Cumberland falls

Who was the firstauthor to translate

The Kamasutrainto English?

A.Sir Richard Burton

B.Max MullerC.Sir Francis BaconD.Sir William Jones

Trivia;he 5ictoria Ialls is a wateralllocated in southern Arica on the

Rame.i &,73% t?'Angels is the highest waterall in theworld'


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Which is the secondhighest mountain in

the world?

A.KanchenjungaB.Dhaulagiri

C.AnnapurnaD.K2

The atomic bombs ofHiroshima and

Nagasaki were droppedunder the leadership of

which AmericanPresident

A. Dwight EisenhowerB.Franklin RooseveltC.Woodrow WilsonD.Harry S Truman

TriviaEanchenunga is the third highest mountain in theworld' Moun -verest the highest mountain in theworld with an elevation o :,:%: metres' -dmundillary was the frst person to scale mount -verest'

E2 is =nown as the Sava%e Mountaindue to thediculty o ascent' Ior every our people who havereached the summit, one has died trying'All the aove our pea=s are the part o theimalayas, which is the youngest mountain chain inthe world'

Triviaarry 9' ;ruman was the @@rd President o the nited

9tates?' nder ;ruman, the '9' successullyconcluded World War ++) in the atermath o thecon4ict, tensions with the 9oviet nion increased,mar=ing the start o the Cold War' While 0ermanysurrendered a ew wee=s ater ;ruman assumed thePresidency, the war with Napan was e6pected to lastanother year or more' ;ruman"s decision to usenuclear weapons against Napan led to a speedy end othe war ut remains controversial'


54/71

Which of the followingstates has the highest

autonomy?

A.KarnatakaB.Uttar Pradesh

C.AssamD.Jammu and Kashmir

Accenture isheadquartered in

which of thefollowing city?

A.New York, USA.

B.London, UK.C.Dublin, IrelandD.Texas, USA


55/71

The atomic bombdropped on Hirsohima

was code named:

A.Little BoyB.Fat Man

C.Fat BoyD.Thin Man

Who is known asthe father of the

atomic bomb?

A.Albert EinsteinB.J. Robert

OppeheimerC.Robert ChirstyD.Phillip MorissionTrivia

B!ittle 1oyB was the codename orthe atomic om dropped on

iroshima on August 7, #$%& y the1oeing 12$' +t was the frst atomicom to e used as a weapon' ;hesecond, the BIat ManB, was droppedthree days later on /agasa=i'

Trivia-instein is not regarded as father of the atomic bombHereceived the #$2# /oel Pri.e in Physics Bor his services totheoretical physics, and especially or his discovery o the lawo the photoelectric eOectB' e settled in the '9', ecoming aciti.en in #$%3' *n the eve o World War ++, he helped alertPresident Iran=lin D'


56/71

Who is the currentleader of the

opposition party?

A.Lal Krishna AdvaniB.Nitin Gadkari

C.Sushma SwarajD.Sushil LumarShinde

Who is the CEO ofCisco Systems?

A.John ChambersB.Leonard Bosack

C.Sandy LearnerD.Larry Page

Trivia;he name BCiscoB was derived rom the city name,9an Irancisco, which is why the company"s

engineers insisted on using the lower case BciscoBin the early days' Iounded in #$:%, the company isheaduartered in 9an Nose, Caliornia, nited9tates'


57/71

Which of the followingis the birth place of

the great BritishAuthor, GeorgeOrwell?

A.Motihari, BiharB.Patna, BiharC.Chapra, BiharD.Begusarai, Bihar

Who is thechairman of

NABARD?

A.Dr. PrakashBakshi

B.Shri B. SivramanC.D SubbaraoD.The FinanceMinister

Trivia-ric Arthur 1lair , =nown y his pen name 0eorge*rwell, was orn on 2& Nune #$3@, in Motihari,1ihar, in +ndia' is ather wor=ed in the *piumDepartment o the +ndian Civil 9ervice'Animal Iarm and #$:% are two o his maor literarywor=s'


58/71

Who among thefollowing is the great

Sanskrit Grammarian?

A.PaniniB.Patanjali

C.VatsyayanD.Ved Vyas

The line thatdivides India-

Pakistan is alsopopularly known as:

A.The Mountbatten

lineB.The Wavell lineC.The Radcliffe lineD.The Durand line

Trivia;he


59/71

The Essar group ofcompanies has been

promoted by:

A.AmbanisB.Ruias

C.GoenkasD.Kanorias

Your partner forlife is the tagline of

which company?

A.Bank of Baroda

B.Max New York LifeInsurance

C.ICICI PrudentialD.HDFC Standard Life

Trivia-ssar 0roup is an +ndian multinationalconglomerate corporation headuartered atMumai, Maharashtra, +ndia' ;he company haspresence in sectors li=e steel, energy, power,communications, shipping ports, logistics andconstruction'As o 23#2 the company has revenue o 9T 28

illion'

Trivia1an= o 1arodas tagline Q+ndias international an=+C+C+ Prudentials tagline QWe cover you at everystep in lieDIC 9tandard lies tagline Qsar utha =e iyo


60/71

Which of the followingstates in India has the

longest coastline?

A.Andhra PradeshB.Gujarat

C.MaharashtraD.Karnataka

Which of thefollowing states in

India has thehighest productionof sugar cane?

A.Tamil NaduB.MaharashtraC.Uttar PradeshD.Karnataka


61/71

Firaq Gorakhpuri wasthe pen name of:

Ramdhari SinghDinkarMaithili Sharan GuptDhanpat RaiRaghupati Sahai

Mahadevi Vermawas awarded the

Jnanpith award forher work:

A' /eehar1' Deepshi=haC'


62/71

Who was the poet whowon the Jnanpith

award for hiscollection of Poems,Chidambara?

A.Ram Dhari SinghDinkar

B.Amrit PritamC.Sumitra Nandan

PantD.Suryakant TrpathiNirala

Writers of whichlanguage have

received the mostnumber of Jnanpithawards?

HindiKannadaMalyalamEnglish


63/71

In Hindu theologythere are seven

chiranjeevis, which ofthe following is notone of them?

A.ParshuramB.VibhishanC.HanumanD.Ved Vyasa

Which of thefollowing country is

not a part of OPEC

A.Saudi ArabiaB.EgyptC.LibyaD.Venezuela


64/71

Which of the followingis the highest possible

rank in the IndianArmy?

A.GeneralB.Major GeneralC.Field MarshallD.Lieutenant MajorGeneral

The first Indian towin the Victoria

Cross:

A.Darwan SinghNegi

B.Chatta SinghC.Badlu SinghD.Bhandari Ram

Trivia*nly two Army chie in +ndia has een ran=edIield Marshal#' Eodandera Madappa Cariappa'2' 9am Mane=shaw U +nstrumental in #$8# war


65/71

Who was the firstserving minister to be

jailed for contempt ofcourt?

A.Lalloo Prasad YadavB.Sharad YadavC.Swaroop SinghNayak

D.Ram Vilas Paswan

Industry,Impartiality,

Integrity is themotto of:

A.Narcotics Control

BureauB.Research andAnalysis WingC.Intelligence Bureau

D.Central Board ofInvestigation


66/71

Who declared the1977 state of

emergency in India ?

A.Indira GandhiB.Fakhruddin AliAhmadC.George FernandesD.Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The no ofcompanies having

navratna status is :

A.9B.8

C.7D.16


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How many gold medalshas India won in Field

hockey?

A.8B.9C.10D.7

Chess is believed tohave originated in:

A.RussiaB.Germany

C.PersiaD.India

C tl thth fll i i


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A.A-H, B-G, C-F, D-EB.A-H, B-F, C-E, D-GC.A-H, B-E, C-G, D-F

D.A-H, B-F, C-E, D-G

A. Shipping Corporation of India E. Gurgaon

B. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited F. New Delhi

C. Gas Authority India Limited G. Bangalore

D. Power Grid Corporation India

Limited

H. Mumbai

Whih fth fll i it itd


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Which of the following painter paintedthe walls of the Sistine Chapel?

A.Leonardo da VinciB.MichelangeloC.RaphaelD.Caravaggio

Trivia!eonardo da vinci and Michelangelo werecontemporaries' 1oth are regarded as


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Genesis Mentors announces the

opening of its second classroom on SBRoad in Pune.

This is to enable the college students to take a classroom closer tothem. Classes would happen only on weekdays in the new

classroom. For weekends, we remain committed to Aundh.

Batch kickstarts on 26thNov 2012.

For Details please call @ 020-41314484 / 9096273453 /9637164263.

P.S: Only weekday batch for freshers, 2-4 pm. Mon-Wed-Fridays


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Second GK Session

on9thDec 2012

$is'laimer;hese uestions are ased on current awareness, S the data and inormation are suect to change incoming times' While totally relevant and current today, some o these may not e so with the passage o time'

IIFT Special GK Session on 18th Nov 2012 by Genesis Mentors

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