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    GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS FOR IIFT 2011 (Paper-I)

    Directions for questions 1 to 30: Select the correct alternative from the given choices. 1. Green Square, a place, which is in the news is located in

    (1) Egypt. (2) Bahrain. (3) Libya. (4) Tunisia. 2. M.C. Joshi is the new chairman of (1) CBDT (2) PFRDA (3) PNGRB (4) IBA 3.

    Which of the following combinations will fit in the above mentioned figure starting from A and going in the clockwise direction? (1) INC, Shyam Prasad Mukherjee, Elephant, Manik Sarkar. (2) INC, A.B. Vajpayee, Bow and Arrow, Derek OBrien. (3) INC, Shyam Prasad Mukherjee, Elephant, Mamata BAnerjee. (4) INC, Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Elephant, Derek OBrien. 4. Which of the following combinations of Nobel Prize winners is correct? Year Name Contribution (a) 1902 (e) Linus Pauling (i) Photo electric effect (b) 1921 (f) C. V. Raman (j) Discovery of Plasmodium (c) 1930 (g) Albert Einstein (k) Chemical bonds and structure of molecules (d) 1962 (h) Ronald Ross (l) Structure and evolution of stars

    (1) b-f-k (2) b-g-i (3) d-e-k (4) a-h-j

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    5. Indias 42nd Tiger Sanctuary will be in corridor between (1) Kerala & Karnataka

    (2) Orissa & Andhra Pradesh (3) Karnataka & Tamil Nadu (4) Andhra Pradesh & Maharashtra

    6. Match the following.

    Season Saka Calendar Gregorian Calendar

    1. Vasanta A. Magha Phalguna (i) January-February

    2. Grishma B. Margashira-Pausa (ii) November-December

    3. Varsha C. Asvina-Kartika (iii) September-October

    4. Sharada D. Sravana-Bhadra (iv) July-August

    5. Hemanta E. Jyestha-Asadha (v) May-June

    6. Shishira F. Chaitra-Baisakha (vi) March-April

    (1) 1-A-i; 2-B-ii; 3-C-iii; 4-D-iv; 5-E-v; 6-F-vi (2) 1-A-vi; 2-B-v; 3-C-iv; 4-D-iii; 5-E-ii; 6-F-i (3) 1-F-i; 2-E-ii; 3-D-iii; 4-C-iv; 5-B-v; 6-A-vi (4) 1-F-vi; 2-E-v; 3-D-iv; 4-C-iii; 5-B-ii; 6-A-i

    7. Match the following.

    Description of the Project /Dam Project / Dam

    1. The dam which can be called the highest straightway gravity dam in the world with a reservoir named Gobind Sagar lake. A. Rihand

    2. The largest man made lake in India; reservoir known as Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar B. Bhakra - Nangal

    3. A joint venture of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh comprises three dams Gandhi Sagar dam (MP), Rana Pratap Sagar (Rajasthan), Jawahar Sagar (Rajasthan) C. Beas

    4. A joint venture of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan; a dam built at Pong D. Chambal (1) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-D; 4-C (3) 1-D; 2-C; 3-B; 4-A (4) 1-B; 2-A; 3-C; 4-D 8. The Lowering of Bank Rate by the Reserve Bank of India leads to.

    (1) less Liquidity in Market. (2) more Liquidity in Market. (3) no change in the Liquidity in the Market. (4) mobilization of more deposits by Commercial Banks.

    9. Miss Universe Pageant 2011 was held on 12th Sep 2011, at which of the following Cities? (1) New York, USA (2) Seoul, South Korea (3) Paris, France (4) Sao Paulo, Brazil 10. Match the following.

    Company/ product / organisation Punch-line

    1. Aaj Tak (i) Sabse Tej

    2. BBC World (ii) International News Television

    3. CNBC TV 18 (iii) First in Bussiness world wide. 4. HBO (iv) Simply the best

    5. NDTV 24 7 (v) Experience. Truth First (1) 1-E-i; 2-D-ii; 3-C-iii; 4-B-iv; 5-E-v (2) 1-A-i; 2-B-ii, 3-C-iii; 4-D-iv; 5-E-v (3) 1-E-v; 2-D-iv; 3-C-iii; 4-B-ii; 5-A-I (4) 1-A-ii; 2-B-I; 3-C-iii; 4-D-v; 5-E-iv.

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    11. The first BRIC summit was held in 2009 in. (1) Brazil. (2) India. (3) Russia. (4) China. 12. In June 2011 the prestigious National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) was launched by Sonia Gandhi in.. (1) Haryana. (2) Maharastra. (3) Tripura. (4) Rajasthan. 13. Match the following.

    Folk Dance States

    1. Nautanki, Ras Lila A. West Bengal

    2. Kathi, Chhau B. U.P

    3. Huttari, Yakshagana C. Karnataka

    4. Veedinatakam, Burrakatha D Punjab

    5. Giddha, Bhangra E. Andhra Pradesh (1) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D; 5-E (2) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-A (3) 1-B; 2-A; 3-C; 4-E; 5-D (4) 1-A; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-E 14. Which of the following statements is / are not true?

    A. The worlds second tallest mountain peak is Kanchenjunga. B. The worlds largest Island is New Guinea.

    C. The origin of the worlds longest river Nile is Lake Victoria. D. The worlds largest natural lake is Caspian sea. E. India is the worlds 5th largest country in terms of area. F. Vatican City is the worlds second smallest country in terms of area. G. Russia and China are the two countries which share international borders with 14 countries. (1) ABD (2) BDF (3) CDE (4) ABE

    15. Which combination is not correctly matched? Company Category Brand (1) Cargill Food Products Nature Fresh Wheat Flour (2) Proctor & Gamble Oral Care Pepsodent (3) Kunwar Ajay Industries Consumer Goods Dandi Salt (4) Mirc Electronics Electronic Goods Onida 16. Which of the following combinations relating to Indian Olympic Hockey team performance is correct? Venue, Year Honour Captain (1) Athens, 2004 Bronze Dilip Tirkey (2) Sydney, 2000 Silver R. S. Grewal (3) Atlanta, 1996 Bronze Pargat Singh (4) Moscow, 1980 Gold V. Bhaskaran 17. Which of the following sequence is correct regarding the length of land border with India in ascending order? (1) China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal. (2) Nepal, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh. (3) Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal. (4) Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Nepal. 18. Match the following X, Y, Z lists.

    X Y Z

    1. Homi J. Bhabha A. Made a special study of plant physiology. (i) Died in a plane crash in 1966.

    2. J.C. Bose B. The father of the Indian nuclear programme (ii)

    He is also credited with the invention of wireless transmission system that went unrecognized, much before

    Marconi.

    3. S. N Bose C. He was closely associated with

    the process of Indias first nuclear explosion at Pokhran.

    (iii) He was elected a FRS in 1958.

    4. Raja Ramanna D.

    Indian physicist who put forward a theory explaining the

    behaviour of subatomic particles.

    (iv) He was awarded Padmashri in 1968.

    5. Vikram Sarabhai E. He was the first Chairman of the ISRO. (v) He was responsible for the setting up of

    the Equatorial Rocket Launching Station at Thumba.

    (1) 1-B-i; 2-A-ii; 3-D-iii; 4-C-iv; 5-E-v (2) 1-E-v; 2-D-iv; 3-C-iii; 4-B-ii; 5-A-i

    (3) 1-B-ii, 2-C-ii; 3-D-iv; 4-E-v; 5-A-i (4) 1-B-i;2-A-ii;3-E-iii;4-D-iv;5-C-v

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    19. According to latest World Tourism Organization figures, which country is the most popular tourist destination with 78.95 million tourist arrivals?

    (1) USA (2) France (3) China (4) Spain 20. Who is the present President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)? (1) N. Chandrasekaran (2) B. Muthuraman

    (3) Kris Gopalakrishnan (4) N. R. Narayana Murty 21. Match the following.

    Name of the Monument Description of the Monument

    1. Agra Fort A. Established by Swami Vivekananda in January 1899, on the banks of Ganga.

    2. Belur Math B. Akbar had it rebuilt in red sand stone.

    3. Gol Gumbaz C. Eight temples belonging to the Northern Style, and one to the Southern Style. These structures appear to have been erected under the patronage of the early Chalukya rulers of Badami

    4. Nava-Brahma Temples D. It is the mausoleum of Muhemmad Adil Shah and is the largest domed structure in the world. It was completed in 1659, and has the famous whispering gallery.

    5. Qutub Minar E. Located in Garhwal on the banks of Alaknanda, and dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Two hot water springs are just below the temple.

    6. Badrinath temple F. The structure was started by Qutubuddin Aibak and completed by Iltutmish.

    (1) 1-F; 2-F; 3-D; 4-A; 5-D; 6-C (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-D; 4-C; 5-F; 6-E (3) 1-F; 2-A; 3-B; 4-E; 5-D; 6-C (4) 1-B; 2-C; 3-D; 4-E; 5-F; 6-A 22. April 24 is celebrated in India as (1) National Public Sector Day. (2) National Panchayat Raj Day. (3) National Statistics Day. (4) National Sports Day. 23. Match the following.

    Term Meaning 1. Absolute Zero A. Instrument for measuring the weight or density of air and gases.

    2. Accelerometer B. Study of air or gases in motion or the study of motion of aircraft, rockets, etc.,

    3. Actinometer C. Instrument (based on fluorescence) for measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation.

    4. Aerodynamics D. An instrument for measuring acceleration, especially of an aircraft or a rocket. 5. Aerometer E. The lowest theoretically possible temperature.

    (1) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D; 5-E (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-C; 4-E; 5-D (3) 1-A; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-E (4) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-A 24. Reebok, a sports goods brand, is owned by (1) Fila. (2) Nike. (3) Adidas. (4) Lotto. 25. The Manesar Plant of which automobile company witnessed a prolonged strike in September 2011? (1) Maruti Suzuki. (2) Tata Motors. (3) Hero Motors. (4) Hindustan Motors. 26. Match the following

    Country Region Capital Currency 1. Armenia A. West Africa F. Yerevan (i) Franc CFA

    2. Bhutan B. Caribbean G. Thimpu (ii) Gourde

    3. Cambodia C. South East Asia H. Phnom Penh (iii) Riel 4. Haiti D. South Central Asia I. Port-au-prince (iv) Ngultrum 5. Mali E. Eurasia J. Bamako (v) Dram

    (1) 1-E-F-v; 2-D-G-iv; 3-C-H-iii; 4-B-I-ii; 5-A-J-i (2) I-A-F-i; 2-B-G-ii; 3-C-H-iii; 4-D-I-iv; 5-E-I-v (3) 1-E-J-v; 2-D-I-iv; 3-C-H-iii; 4-B-G-ii; 5-A-F-i (4) I-E-F-i;2-D-G-ii;3-C-H-iii;4-B-I-iv;5-A-J-v

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    27. Who is the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Infrastructure, Innovation and Information? (1) M. S. Swaminathan (2) Sam Pitroda (3) C. Rangarajan (4) Kaushik Basu 28. Which of the following is an exclusive exchange for trading of shares of unlisted companies?

    (1) BDB (2) USE (3) OTCEI (4) BSE 29. Identify the wrongly matched pairs.

    Sector FDI Limit

    1. NBFCs 100%

    2. Telecommunications 51%

    3. Coal 74%

    4. Electricity 100%

    5. Tourism 49%

    6. Films 100%

    (1) 1, 2, 3 only (2) 3, 4, 6 only (3) 2 only (4) 2,5only 30. The CAG final audit report released in September 2011 was critical of the Hydrocarbon Production sharing

    contracts [HPSC] in exploring gas fields of the Krishna-Godavari basin. The CAG report indicted (1) ADAG (2) Cairn India (3) ONGC (4) RIL

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    GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS FOR IIFT 2011 (Paper-II)

    Directions for questions 1 to 30: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

    1. In September 2011, India abolished duty on 46 textile products imported from

    (1) Bangladesh (2) Pakistan (3) China (4) Sri Lanka

    2. Match the following.

    Mountain Location First to Summit (Nationality) 1 Mount Everest A India a Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing

    Norgay (Nepal) 2 K2 (Godwin Austin) B Nepal / India b A. Compagnoni & L. Lacedelli (Italian) 3 Kanchenjunga C India c G. Bank and J. Brown (UK) 4 Nanga Parbat D Nepal / Tibet d Herman Buhl (Australian)

    (1) 1-D-a; 2-A-b; 3-B-c; 4-C-d (2) 1-B-a; 2-A-b; 3-D-c; 4-C-d (3) 1-C-a; 2-B-b; 3-D-c; 4-A-d (4) 1-A-a; 2-B-b; 3-C-c; 4-D-d

    3. Which of the following statements are not true?

    A. The first ancient Olympic games were held in 776 AD. B. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. C. The Olympic flag and the Olympic oath were introduced in 1920. D. A black African won a gold for the first time in the Olympics at Rome in 1966. The games were covered by

    television worldwide. E. The games were held at the highest altitude ever 7, 349 feet in Sydney, Australia in 1968. F. Eleven Israeli athletes were killed when Palestinian militants stormed the team headquarters of Israel in

    Munich, in 1972.

    (1) A, B only (2) B, C, D only (3) E, F only (4) A, E only

    4. Match the following.

    List-X (Article) List-Y (Description) 1 Article 14 A The State shall not deny to any person equality before law or the equal protection of

    the laws within the territory of India. 2 Article 15 B The State shall not discriminate against a citizen on the grounds of race, caste, sex,

    religion or place of birth. 3 Article 21 C No one shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to the

    procedure established by law. 4 Article 17 D The enforcement of any disability arising out of untouchability shall be an offence

    punishable in accordance with law.

    (1) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 (2) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 (3) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 (4) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4

    5. Tony Tan was elected as president of _____ in September 2011.

    (1) Mauritius (2) Fiji (3) Singapore (4) East Timor

    6. Match the following.

    Term Coined by 1. Cyberspace A. William Gibson 2. Nano technology B. Norio Taniguchi 3. Cold war C. Raphael Lemkin 4. Robotics D. Isaac Asimov 5. Genocide E. Bernard Baruch

    (1) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D; 5-E (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-C; 4-E; 5-D (3) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-A (4) 1-A; 2-B; 3-E; 4-D; 5-C

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    7. Who is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Frame Work Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?

    (1) R. K. Pachauri (2) Al Gore (3) Laura Chinchilla (4) Christiana Figueres

    8. Match the Following

    Day Importance 1. September 5th A. International Literacy Day (UNESCO) 2. September 8th B. Sanskrit Day

    3. September 14th. C. World Ozone Day 4. September 16th D. Hindi Day 5. September 21st. E. Rose Day. (welfare of cancer patients) 6. September 22nd F. Day for Peace and Non-Violence (UN).

    (1) 1 - A; 2 - B; 3 - C; 4 - D; 5 - E: 6 - F. (2) 1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - D; 4 - C; 5 - F; 6 - E. (3) 1 - F; 2 - E; 3 - D; 4 - C; 5 - B; 6 - A. (4) 1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - C; 4 - D; 5 - F; 6 - E.

    9. The Benedict Cassen Prize is regarded the equivalent of Nobel Prize for contribution to (1) journalism. (2) social service. (3) nuclear medicine. (4) sustainable development.

    10. Match the following

    ListX (Institute / Organisation) ListY (Located at) 1. Central Fuel Research Institute A. Pune 2. Central Food and Technological Research Institute. B. Mysore 3. National Chemical Laboratory C. Dhanbad. 4. Central Building Research Institute. D. Jamshedpur 5. National Geophysical Research Institute. E. Hyderabad 6. National Metallurgical Laboratory F. Roorke

    (1) 1 - A; 2 - B; 3 - C; 4 - D; 5 - E; 6 - f. (2) 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - A; 4 - F; 5 - E; 6 - D. (3) 1 - F; 2 - E; 3 - D; 4 - C; 5 - B; 6 - A. (4) 1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - D; 4 - C; 5 - F; 6 - E.

    11. Who is the Vice Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) (1) Kapil Sibal (2) Shivraj Patil (3) M.Shashidhar Reddy (4) N.C.Vij

    12. Which of the following sectors has a foreign direct investment (FDI) limit of 100%? (1) Banking (2) Telecom (3) Tourism (4) Insurance

    13. Who among the following has won the Templeton Prize for 2011? (1) Joseph Lelyveld (2) Martin Rees (3) Warren Buffett (4) Francisco Jose Ayala

    14. Match the following list X with list Y

    List X List Y 1. Baikonur spacedrome A. European Space Agency (French Guiana) 2. Kourou B. Russia 3. Tanegashima C. Japan 4. San Marco launch platform D. China 5. Xi Chang satellite launch centre E. Kenya

    (1) 1 A; 2 B; 3 C 4 D; (2) 1 A; 2 E; 3 C 4 B; 5 D (3) 1 B; 2 A; 4 C; 5 E (4) 1 B; 2 A; 3 C; 4 E; 5 D

    15. India has become the fifth largest country in the world having more than 10 crores mobile phone connections. The first four leading countries are

    (1) USA, China, Japan, Russia (2) Russia, USA, Japan, China (3) China, USA, Russia, Japan (4) China, USA, Japan, Russia

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    16. Match the following.

    Author Country Book Year 1 V. S. Naipaul A India A The White Tiger e 1971 2 Arundhati Roy B India B The God of Small Things f 1997 3 Peter Carey C Australia C The True Story of the Kelly Gang g 2001 4 Aravind Adiga D UK D In a Free State h 2007

    (1) 1-A-a-e, 2-B-b-f, 3-C-c-g, 4-D-d-h (2) 1-D-d-e, 2-B-b-f, 3-C-c-g, 4-A-a-h (3) 1-B-a-f, 2-A-b-e, 3-D-c-h, 4-C-d-g (4) 1-B-b-f, 2-A-a-e, 3-D-d-h, 4-C-c-g

    17. Which of the following public sector undertakings was given Navaratna status in April 2011? (1) IOC (2) NTPC (3) NLC (4) ONGC

    18. Match the following List-X, with List-Y

    Person List X Chairman / Director / President of List Y 1. S.K. Sharma A. National Commission for Women. 2. J.S. Sharma B. CVC 3. Vineet Jain C. Border Roads Organisation. 4. M.C. Badhani D. Press Trust of India. 5. Pradeep Kumar E. TRAI 6. Mamata Sharma. F. Atomic Energy Regulatory Board 7. U.C. Sarangi G. NABARD 8. Ratan Tata H. Investment Commission

    (1) 1 C ; 2 B ; 3 C ;4 F ; 5 E ; 6 D ; 7 H ; 8 G (2) 1 F ; 2 E ; 3 C ;4 D ; 5 B ; 6 A ; 7 G ; 8 H (3) 1 F ; 2 E ; 3 D ;4 C ; 5 B ; 6 A ; 7 G ; 8 H (4) 1 E ; 2 F ; 3 D ;4 C ; 5 B ; 6 A ; 7 G ; 8 H

    19. Who is the chairman of the Federal Reserve, the apex bank of the United States of America? (1) Kamala Harris (2) Carol Bartz (3) Ben Bernanke (4) Sheila Bair

    20. Thomas Cup and Uber Cup are associated with which of the following sports? (1) Badminton (2) Tennis (3) Table Tennis (4) Golf

    21. Match the following.

    Name of the port Characteristic

    1. Kandla (Gujarat) A. First corporatised and new satellite port 2. Mumbai (Maharashtra) B. Artificial port; oldest port of East Coast 3. Nhavasheva (Maharashtra) C. Mechanised satellite port 4. Chennai (Tamil Nadu) D. Biggest port of India 5. Ennore (Tamil Nadu) E. Tidal port, Free port 6. Paradip (Orissa) F. Export oriented port 7. Haldia (West Bengal) G. Riverine port

    (1) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D; 5-E; 6-F; 7-G (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-D; 4-C; 5-F; 6-E; 7-G (3) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-A; 6-F; 7-G (4) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-F; 6-A; 7-G

    22. Which State hosted the 34th National Games recently? (1) Kerala (2) Maharashtra (3) Jharkhand (4) Andhra Pradesh

    23. In September 2011, the parliament accepted the three suggestions on Lokpal proposed by (1) NAC. (2) IAC. (3) Bharath Swabhiman. (4) YAC.

    24. Who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance? (1) P. Chidambaram (2) Jaswant Singh (3) Yashwant Sinha (4) Sitaram Yechury

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    25. Match the following.

    Invention Year Inventor 1 Air-conditioning A 1911 a Willis Carrier 2 Antibiotics B 1928 b Alexander Fleming 3 Atom theory C 1808 c John Dalton 4 Integrated Circuit D 1959 d Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce 5 Digital Compact Dist E 1968 e James Russel

    (1) 1-E-a, 2-D-b, 3-C-c, 4-B-d, 5-A-e (2) 1-B-a, 2-A-b, 3-D-c, 4-C-d, 5-E-e (3) 1-A-a, 2-B-b, 3-C-c, 4-D-d, 5-E-e (4) 1-A-e, 2-B-d, 3-C-c, 4-D-b, 5-E-a

    26. Which of the following prizes / awards was started by the Swedish German Philanthropist Jakob Von Uexkull in 1980?

    (1) Templeton Prize (2) Magsaysay Award (3) Right Livelihood Award (4) Abel Prize

    27. The term 'Special Drawing Rights' (SDR) is associated with (1) World Bank. (2) IMF. (3) WEF. (4) ADB.

    28. Match the following.

    Person Year (Miss World) Year

    (Miss Universe) 1. Sushmita Sen A. 2000 (a) 1994 2. Lara Dutta B. 1999 (b) 2000 3. Reita Faria C. 1997 4. Aishwarya Rai D. 1994 5. Diana Hayden E. 1966 6. Yukta Mookhey 7. Priyanka Chopra

    (1) 1-D; 2-C; 3-E; 4-a; 5-A; 6-B; 7-b (2) 1-a; 2-b; 3-E; 4-D; 5-C; 6-B; 7-A (3) 1-a; 2-A; 3-E; 4-D; 5-C; 6-B; 7-b (4) 1-A; 2-b; 3-E; 4-C; 5-D; 6-a; 7-B

    29. Arrange the following states in descending order by their population.

    (1) Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal (2) Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh (3) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal (4) Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh

    30. Who is the first non-American to join the board of the Bank of America (BOA)? (1) Sunil Mittal (2) Indra Nooyi (3) LN Mittal (4) Mukesh Ambani

  • Key for IIFT 2011 Paper-I

    1. 3 2. 1 3. 3 4. 4 5. 4

    6. 2 7. 2 8. 4 9. 4 10. 1

    11. 3 12. 4 13. 3 14. 4 15. 2

    16. 4 17. 2 18. 1 19. 2 20. 2

    21. 2 22. 2 23. 3 24. 3 25. 1

    26. 1 27. 2 28. 3 29. 4 30. 4

  • Key for IIFT 2011- Paper-II

    1. 1 2. 1 3. 4 4. 3 5. 3

    6. 4 7. 4 8. 2 9. 3 10. 2

    11. 4 12. 3 13. 2 14. 4 15. 4

    16. 2 17. 3 18. 3 19. 3 20. 1

    21. 3 22. 3 23. 2 24. 3 25. 3

    26. 3 27. 2 28. 2 29. 4 30. 4

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