GK - General

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GK General


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General Awareness Which NRI businessman owns the Caparo Group?

Lord Swaraj Paul

Cannaught Plaza Restaurants and Hardcastle Restaurants havehad the responsibility for the entry of Which MNC to India ?

McDonalds

N.Thanu got a double first class in BA from Loyola College,

Madras. He worked as an illustrator in Ananda Vikatan andlater with The Indian Express and Swarajya. Which famousorganisation was founded by him?

Brilliant tutorials

Which indian industrialist owned Tail Winds limited?

Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways

Name the inventor of world's first safety elevator, whosename is synonymous with that category?

Elisha Graves Otis


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General Awareness

This famous business personality earn money by repairing toy

trains when he was at 13. His father escaped from the British

Police in 1920 and landed in USA with $20 in his pocket and

later married an American school teacher and settled in

Philadelphia. His corporate headquarters is known as "The

Mountain". Identify him.

Dr. Amar Bose of Bose sound system What is the commercial Tradename of Monosodium

Glutamate?

Ajinomoto

Hindustan Motors' Ambassador adopted its model fromWhich British car model?

Morris Oxford


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General Awareness

With which brand of healthcare house would Dr.Mukesh Batra

associated?

Positive Health Foundation - First Corporate Homeopathic

Clinic in India and the First ISO 9002 certified homeopathic

clinic worldwide

Initially it was started as 'Brahmanara Coffee Club' in 1924 and

changed the name in 1951 to the present one. In 1976, duringemergency, it started instant foods business due to the price

controls imposed by the Indira Gandhi Government. Identify

this successful desi company/brand?

MTR - Mavalli Tiffin Rooms


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General Awareness Which Indian pharmaceutical giant owns the Fortis Healthcare

Limited?

Ranbaxy Ltd: Fortis Healthcare Limited is one of the leadingchain of Hospitals and a leader in healthcare consultancy inIndia another company that belongs to the group is SuperReligare Laboratories Limited (Formerly SRL Ranbaxy Ltd.) andReligare enterprises ltd , integrated financial services groups

of India. The company offers a diverse bouquet of servicesranging from equities, commodities , insurance broking towealth management.

Hotel Sixer is promoted by ..

Kapil Dev This famous Japanese corporation first started as a tiny cork

manufacturer in Hiroshima in 1920, and was known as TokyoCork Togyo Co Ltd. How it is known today?

Mazda


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General Awareness Six Sigma is .

Six Sigma seeks to improve quality of process outputs by identifying

and removing the causes of defects (errors) and variation inmanufacturing and business processes. It uses a set of qualitymanagement methods, including statistical methods, and creates aspecial infrastructure of people within the organization . Who areexperts in these methods. Each Six Sigma project carried out within

an organization follows a defined sequence of steps and hasquantified financial targets.Six Sigma was originally developed as a set of practices designed toimprove manufacturing processes and eliminate defects, but itsapplication was subsequently extended to other types of businessprocesses as well

The particulars of the methodology were first formulated by BillSmith at Motorola in 1986. Six Sigma was heavily inspired by sixpreceding decades of quality improvement methodologies such asquality control, TQM, and Zero Defects, based on the work ofpioneers such as Shewhart, Deming, Juran, Ishikawa, Taguchi andothers.


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General Awareness

Which is the world's First Patented product?

Epsom Salt Which company claims itself that the only company in the

world having the technology to produce the steel in-house for

manufacturing Razor Blades?

Vidyut Metallics Ltd, owner of Supermax brand

Name the oil major who first setup a refinery in India,

introduced LPG and Bitumen to the nation and first company

to introduced co-branded credit cards and rewards

programme in petroleum sector?

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

Which auto company plans to develop concept car 'Aria

Coupe' and luxury sedan 'Magna'?

TELCO


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General Awareness What are 'Ethical Drugs'?

Drugs available only for the prescriptions from Physicians

Who founded the Amul milk co-operative in Gujarat in theyear 1902?

Tribuvandas Patel

What was invented by Dr. Willis Haviland Carrier, an American

engineer, in 1902? Air Conditioner

Who is credited as the world's largest bicycle manufacturer?

Hero Cycles

Nowadays Coffee pubs and parlors are become popular,thanks to the retail revolution. You may tasted 'mocha','cappuccino', 'espresso' etc. But what is 'Napoletana' coffee?

Nothing but Filter Coffee (Method of letting the weight ofwater itself pull it through the coffee powder)


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General Awareness What does BSA stand for as seen in BSA SLR cycles?

Birmingham Small Arms

Guess, which is the worlds largest mobile service companyby turnover. a) AT&T b) Vodafone c) Virgin Mobile

b) Vodafone

There are over 900 of them in London by the name G-whiz.

What are we talking about? a)Indian lanterns at theBuckingham Palace b)Reva Cars c) Cycle Rickshaws

b)Reva Cars

Lata Mangeshkar, Britney Spears, Liz Taylor and Shilpa Shetty in a business sense what is their connection? a) Have

perfumes named after them b) Are ambassadors for the FordFoundation c) Have come together against piracy of music andmovies

a) Have perfumes named after them


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General Awareness For the coining of which term in Indian business in 1990s is

Deepak Mohani credited? a) Market Capitalisation b) Badla

Trading c) Sensex c) Sensex

Whose logo is that? a) Max New York Life b) Reliance Capitalc) Deutsche Bank

c) Deutsche Bank Who among these was instrumental in the formation of the

entertainment business company called Dreams Unlimited?a) Steven Spielberg b) Madonna c) Shahrukh Khan

c) Shahrukh Khan

It was originally called Pacific Aero Products Co when itstarted way back in 1916. Which company are we talkingabout? a) Boeing b) Pepsi c) Lockheed Martin

a) Boeing


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General Awareness Android is a recently launched operating system for mobile

phones. Which search engine major along with its alliances

is behind this? a) Yahoo b) Google c) MSN b) Google

A media baron in his own right. Who is this? a) Raghav Bahlof Network 18 b) Vineet Jain ofTimes Group c) KalanidhiMaran of Sun Network

c) Kalanidhi Maran of Sun Network

The largest employer in the world is an Indian - Who?a) Indian Army b) Indian Railways c) ONGC

b) Indian Railways

Narrow-minded approach to a marketing situation whereonly short-range goals are consideredwho wrote the classicpaper on Marketing Myopia?

a) Tom Peters b) Theodore Levitt c) Philip Kotler

b) Theodore Levitt


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General Awareness A brand named after the Greek goddess of victory. Which

one? a) Longines b) Nike c) Mazda

b) Nike

What on earth is a rolodex? a) A rotating file device used tostore business contact information b) The manufacturingcompany of Iodex c) Rotating racks at retail stores

a) A rotating file device used to store business contactinformation

This brand new mobile sporting Giorgio Armanis name isbrought to you by whom? a) Samsung b) Nokia c) LG

a) Samsung

Dabur is soon going to start a retail subsidiary called H&BStores. What is H&B here? a) Health and Bakes b) Homesand Brokerage c) Health and Beauty

c) Health and Beauty


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General Awareness

what is the terminology for the rate at which banks borrow

money from the central bank?

a) BBBR (Bank to Bank Borrower Rate) b) Prime Lending Rate

c) Repo Rate

c) Repo Rate

One of the two cars that Maruti is expected to launch in

2008 is the A-Star. Which is the other one?

Splash

Mascot of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi - Whats

his name? a) Tiger b) Shera c) Pappu

b) Shera

Who in India is the largest issuer of Credit Cards?

ICICI Bank


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General Awareness

Its a company that started way back in 1906, underwent

many name changes before settling to its current name in

1961. They have just gone in for a new logo, which looks like

a beach ball. Whose new logo is that? a) Victorinox b) Swiss

c) Xerox

c) Xerox

What has been happening at the Maratha Mandir inBombay, since 25th ofOctober 1995 at 11.15 am everyday?

b) Screening of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge

Who is this business personality?

Dilip Chhabria of DC Design

Better Sound through Research. In whose advertising

would you read this? a) Bose b) HMV c) Dolby Digital

a) Bose


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General Awareness You deserve a break today is the topper from the

Advertising Ages Top 10 Jingles of 20th century. For which

brand was this jingle? a) Coca-Cola b) KitKat c) McDonalds c) McDonalds

What is the contribution of Girish Wagh to the world ofautomobiles?

Headed the Tatas 1 lakh car Nano project While Nokia is the global leader in the mobile phone business,

it only No.3 in the US. Who leads the way in the US?

Motorola

What is the full form ofAIG as in Tata-AIG?

American International Group

Which fast food chain is a name/ character in the comic stripPopeye? a) Dominos b) Wendys c) Wimpys

c) Wimpys


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General Awareness

The Navratna Group of Companies is a reference to what?

a) Top performing 9 PSUs b) Private Companies licensed to

mine for diamonds c) Companies engaged in Ayurvedic

products

a) Top performing 9 PSUs

Jodhaa Akbar is more than just a movie. Which jewellery

brand has launched a Jodhaa-Akbar collection of its

offering? a) Asmi b) Tanishq c) Gitanjali

b) Tanishq

Red Chillies Entertainment is a production company owned

by whom? a) Mahesh Bhupathi b) Shahrukh Khan c) RaviShastri

b) Shahrukh Khan


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General Awareness Euro is the monetary unit of: a) Germany b) France

c) Italy d) Belgium e) All of these countries

e) All of these countries Q2 Which of the under-named countries is not a Democracy: a)

Saudi Arabia b) Brunei c) Jordan d) Monaco e) None ofthese are

e) None of these are

Wahabis are:a) A religious sect b) Natives of Wahab c) Members of aspecial Club d) Type of animal

a) A religious sect (Wahhabism is the dominant form of Islam inSaudi Arabia, is a conservative form of Sunni Islam)

Which US President said Ask not what the country can do for you,ask what you can do for your countryin his swearing-in speech:

a) Abraham Lincoln b) Ted Roosevelt c) John Kennedy d)Barak Obama e) Bill Clinton

c) John Kennedy


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General Awareness Which colour stands for cowardice:

a) Red b) White c) Green d) Yellow e) Blue

d) Yellow

A dollar is the Currency of which country:

a) Australia b) Singapore c) Canada d) Ecuador e) All of these

e) All of these ( and New Zealand, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda,

Fiji, Hongkong, Jamaica, Taiwan new dollars) Which celestial-body has been recently downgraded from its status

of a planet

a) Io b) Asteroids c) Phoebe d) Pluto e) Sagittarius

d) Pluto : The IAU in 2006 resolved that Pluto be classified in as a

dwarf planet as it fails to clear the neighborhood around its orbit

In which country would you find the Panda Bear in the wild:

a) Iceland b) N. America c) Australia d) China e) Japan

d) China


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Current Awareness Who are the Auditors involved in the Satyam Scam issue:

a) PriceWaterhouse Coopers b) KPMG c) Anderson d)

Lovelock Lewis e) Maytas a) PriceWaterhouse Coopers

Which nation(s) has introduced T.A.R.P to revitalize itseconomy:a) India b) USA c) Germany d) U.K. e) Thailand &Malaysia

b) USA : The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is aprogram of the United States government to purchase assetsand equity from financial institutions in order to strengthen itsfinancial sector.

H1B stands for: a) Hepatitis virus b) US visa class c) USimmigrants d) Help code for Terrorism

b) US visa class : Foreign born professional may temporarilywork in US for 6 years


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Current Awareness The projected growth of Indian GDP for 2008-09 is estimated

as: a) > 10 % b) around 9% c) about 7% d) < 5% e)

< 2.5% c) about 7%

The gross domestic product (GDP) or gross domestic income (GDI) isone of the measures of national income and output for a given

country's economy.It is the total value of all final goods and services produced in aparticular economy

GDP =C + I + G + (X M)

Where C (Consumption) : is private consumption in the economy. This

includes most personal expenditures of households such as food, rent,medical expenses and so on but does not include new housing.,

I (Investment) : I (Investment) is defined as investments by business orhouseholds in capital. Examples of investment by a business includeconstruction of a new mine, purchase of software, or purchase ofmachinery and equipment for a factory.


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Current Awareness G (Government spending) : is the sum of government expenditures on

final goods and services. It includes salaries of public servants,

purchase of weapons for the military, and any investment expenditureby a government.

and X ( Exports) ,

M (Imports) : Imports are subtracted since imported goods will be

included in the terms G, I, or C

For the corresponding period, the Worlds growth rate isexpected to be approximately: a) 0.5% b) 1% c) 2.5% d)

3.5% e) 5%

a) 0.5%

Somalia has gained notoriety for: a) Insurgency b) Civil warc) Religious fanaticism d) Sea Piracy e) all of these

d) Sea Piracy however rest are also present


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Belarus, now independent, was a constituent member of:a) USSR b) NATO c) Commonwealth of Nations d) Schengen States e)EU

a) USSR : known as Belorussia, Byelorussia, Belarus declared

independence on August 25, 1991. Which of the acronyms stands for a different event/activity:

a) SAFTA b) NAFTA c) SAARC d) BAFTA e) Nocommonality

d) BAFTA

SAFTA or South Asian Free Trade Area agreement was formulated on January 6th,2004 at the 12th SAARC summit held in Pakistan

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) : Implementation of the NAFTAbegan on January 1, 1994. This agreement will remove most barriers to trade andinvestment among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an economic andpolitical organization of eight countries in Southern Asia. I members : India,

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Maldives and Bhutan.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British charity that hostsannual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, videogames and forms of animation. They are often cited as a British equivalent to theOscars


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Which Indian Musician has won a Grammy this year:

a) Zakir Hussain b) Anoushka Shanker c) Rehman d) Bhimsen Joshi e)

Nobody

a) Zakir Hussain

SKU, in inventory management, stands for a) Stock Keeping Unit b) Stocks KnockedUnder c) Simple Known Use d) Semi-Knocked Use

a) Means Options : Stock Keeping Unit is a unique identifier for each distinct product

and service that can be ordered from a supplier. It is a code number, typically used as

a machine-readable bar code, assigned to a single item of inventory.

As part of a system for inventory control, the SKU represents the smallest unit of a

product that can be sold from inventory, purchased, or added to inventory. Applied to wholesale, retail, or production operations, the SKU can assist in

monitoring transactions, tracking customer spending patterns, controlling inventory

and purchasing, and providing information about pricing.

Often, SKUs are applied to intangible, but billable products. Extended warranties,

delivery fees, and installation fees are not physical, but have SKUs because they are

billable. For this reason, a SKU can be thought of as a code assigned to a supplier'sbillable entities.

For example, a tire with a model number of 45790 and a size of 32", may have a SKU

of 45790-32. Too Many Skus

If you have too many skus, then channel partners can be confused as to what to buy.

And for that matter, your staff can be confused about what they should be selling.


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Keystone: A markup of 100% or more.

Loss Leader: A high-demand product such as motor oil or

spark plugs, sold at cost or below to draw customers into a

store.

Velocity Price: Pricing system based on relative movement

within a product line (usually discounting faster moving items

more deeply than slower movers).

Ad Slicks: Black and white reproducible artwork used for

packaging and advertising.


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GK

Who is the Vice President of India? Mr. Hamid Ansari

Who is the Speaker of Rajya Sabha?

Mr. Hamid Ansari

What is the Punch Line of LG?

Digitally Yours

Which Country will host 2012 Olympic?

London


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Who is the CEO of Satyam? A.S. Murty

When polling for general election will start?

16 April to May 13

Who is the first President of India?

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Who directed the Movie Slum dog

Millionaire? Danny Boyle


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Who killed Mahatma Gandhi? Nathuram Godse

Punch line of Dell?

Easy to buy, Easy to own.

Full Form of CDMA?

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)

Who is the CEO of Sterlite Industries?

Anil Agarwal


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GK

Which company owns the Brand PeterEngland?

Aditya Birla Nuvo

What is the full Form of ADAG? Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group

CEO of India Today Group?

Arun Poorie

Full Form of NASA?

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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