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G.K. QUIZ – 18

1. Tata Motors and Fiat Group have announced a joint venture with an investment of Rs. 9000 crore for

the establishment of their new plant at

(A) Pune (B) Rajangaon (C) Banmore (D) Kandla

2. The target for agriculture lending by the banks for the year 2007-08 is

(A) 2.25 lakh crore (B) 2 lakh crore (C) 2.50 lakh crore (D) 3 lakh crore

3. Which airline has started its direct flight from Ahemdabad to Sharjah?

(A) Virgin Atlantic (B) Air Arabia (C) Royal Jordanian (D) Cathy Pacific

4. Tata has recently launched its eyewear store under the title

(A) Tata eye (B) Tata eye + (C) Tata eye care (D) Tata vision

5. Angostura makers of Rum and Bitters is a brand that is

(A) Australian (B) French (C) Caribbean (D) German

6. Hindustan Semi Conductor Manufacturing Corp has announced to invest $4 billion in chip foundries in

collaboration which INFINEON. The said partner hails from which country?

(A) Germany (B) Mexico (C) Japan (D) Thailand

7. What are the four issues on which the SAARC nations agreed upon to make progress in the next six

months?

(A) Water, Food, Auto Industry, Shelter (B) Energy, Food, Water, Environment

(C) Mining, Visa, Education, Electricity (D) Free trade, Water, Food, Energy

8. Bank of Baroda has finalized its business partner for the launch of its insurance business, identify from

the given options.

(A) IngVysa (B) ERGO (C) Tata Aig (D) Cholamandlam

9. Makers of brands like “Odomos” and “Odonil” Balsara is acquired by which company.

(A) GSK (B) Ranbaxy (C) Dabur (D) Paras Laboratories

10. Expand IATA.

(A) International Air Transport Association (B) Indian Air Transport Agency

(C) Indian Airlines Travel Association (D) International Association of Travel Agents

11. Which company has asked a compensation of Rs. 25 lakh from Amul, claiming that Amul has damaged

its reputation while using the brand name sugar free?

(A) Raptakos Berrit (B) Reckit Benckiser

(C) Cadilla (D) Neoli Sugars

12. “Edmund Daukaru”, the president of OPEC, is from which country?

(A) South Africa (B) Iran (C) Niageria (D) Russia

13. The name Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with

(A) Boxing (B) 1500 meters race (C) Archer (D) Golf

14. “Trinethra”, a retail chain in south, is acquired by

(A) Tata Retail (B) Aditya Birla Retail (C) Magnet (D) Dabur

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®Top Careers & You 15. Rallis India is a group company of

(A) Aditya Birla Group (B) Godrej (C) United Breweries (D) Tata

16. Match the following:

1. Tulsi Tanti (A) Hutchison

2. Qimat Rai Gupta (B) Suzlon Energy

3. Lee Ka Sing (C) Havells

4. Jimmy Wales (D) Wikipedia

17. And the first “Dhirubhai Ambani Life Time Achievement” award goes to ______.

(A) Jigmey Singhie Wangchuck (B) George whitesides

(C) Mohd Yanis (D) Medha Patkar

18. `The US India businessman of the year award’ was given away to

(A) Malvinder Singh (B) Jignesh Shah (C) Kishore Biyani (D) Bharat Goenka

19. Travel Corporation of India (TCI) is now owned by

(A) Mercury Travels (B) Max Muller

(C) Thomas Cook India (D) Hind Musafir Agency

20. Spark, Dare, Urge and Provoke deodorants are the arms of which famous brand

(A) Kamasutra (B) Moods (C) AXE (D) Cinthol

21. The first of the kind public private partnership for producing cement is between

(A) SAIL + Jaiprakash Associates (B) GAIL + Jaiprakash Associates

(C) ACC + IEFCO (D) IFFCO + Gujrat Ambuja

22. Which Indian company is investing $2.1 billion to set up a steel plant in Bolivia

(A) Tata Steel (B) Jindal Steel and Power

(C) Stainless Steel India (D) None of these

23. Expand VOIP

(A) Valid Output Input Procedure (B) Voice Over International Protocol

(C) Voice of Indian people (D) Voice Over Internet Protocol

24. From the given options, identify India’s software exporter that opened a development centre in Sao

Paulo in Brazil.

(A) TCS (B) Wipro (C) Satyam (D) None of these

25. Match the following:

1. Corporation Bank (A) T.S. Narayana Sami

2. Allahabad Bank (B) Amitabh Guha

3. Indian Overseas Bank (C) A.C. Mahajan

4. State Bank of Hyderabad (D) B. Sambha Murthy

26. With an aim to expand its battery business, G.S. Yuasa has entered into a 50-50 joint venture

agreement with

(A) Exide India (B) Tata Auto Comp System

(C) Amron India (D) Bajaj Hindustan

27. Bharat Cooking Coal Ltd. and Steel Authority of India Ltd are ready to launch their new joint venture for

(A) Locomotives (B) Oil Exploration

(C) Publishing a newspaper (D) Mining

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®Top Careers & You 28. Apurva Purohit is the CEO of

(A) Radio City (B) ETV (C) Red FM (D) S.TV

29. The first sugar-free ice-cream for diabetes is produced by

(A) Kwality Walls (B) Cream Bell (C) Diary Fun (D) Amul

30. A TV commercial in which a group of children comes shouting “Mummy ek Buri Khabar hai aur ek

achhi” is related with which of the following brand?

(A) Wheel Detergent (B) Tide (C) Surfexcel (D) Nirma

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ANSWER KEY

1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (B)

9. (C) 10. (A) 11. (C) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (B) 15. (D)

16.1-(B), 2-(C), 3-(A), 4-(D) 17. (B) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20. (A) 21. (A) 22. (B)

23. (B) 24. (B) 25. 1-(D),2-(C),3-(A),4-(B) 26. (B) 27. (D) 28. (A)

29. (D) 30. (C)