Miscellaneous paper TANCET
In nearly all human populations a majority of individuals can taste the artificially synthesized chemical phenylthiocarbonide (PTC). However, the percentage varies dramatically--from as low as 60% in India to as high as 95% in Africa. That this polymorphism is observed in non-human primates as well indicates a long evolutionary history which, although obviously not acting on PTC, might reflect evolutionary selection for taste discrimination of other, more significant bitter substances, such as certain toxic plants.
A somewhat more puzzling human polymorphism is the genetic variability in earwax, or cerumen, which is observed in two varieties. Among European populations 90% of individuals have a sticky yellow variety rather than a dry, gray one, whereas in northern China these numbers are approximately the reverse. Perhaps like PTC variability, cerumen variability is an incidental expression of something more adaptively significant. Indeed, the observed relationship between cerumen and odorous bodily secretions, to which non-human primates and, to a lesser extent humans, pay attention suggests that during the course of human evolution genes affecting body secretions, including cerumen, came under selective influence.
Questions It can be inferred from the passage that human populations vary considerably in their
(1) sensitivity to certain bodily odors
(2)ability to assimilate artificial chemicals
(3)vulnerability to certain toxins found in plants
(4)ability to discern bitterness in taste
Which of the following provides the most reasonable explanation for the assertion in the first paragraph that evolutionary history "obviously" did not act on PTC?
(1)PTC is not a naturally occurring chemical but rather has been produced only recently by scientists.
(2)Most humans lack sufficient taste sensitivity to discriminate between PTC and bitter chemicals occurring naturally.
(3)Variability among humans respecting PTC discrimination, like variability respecting earwax, cannot be explained in terms of evolutionary adaptivity.
(4)Unlike non-human primates, humans can discriminate intellectually between toxic and non-toxic bitter substances.
Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?
(1)Artificially synthesized chemicals might eventually serve to alter the course of evolution by desensitizing humans to certain tastes and odors.
(2)Some human polymorphisms might be explained as vestigial evidence of evolutionary adaptations that still serve vital purposes in other primates.
(3)Sensitivity to taste and to odors have been subject to far greater natural selectivity during the evolution of primates than previously thought.
(4)Polymorphism among human populations varies considerably from region to region throughout the world.
It can be inferred from the passage that
(1)The amount of bodily odours and secretion that take place reduce at each stage of evolution.
(2)The extent of attention paid by non-human primates to body secretions is much higher than that of the more evolved human species.
(3)Artificially sythesized chemicals have impaired the extent of sensitivity that human beings have to body secretions.
(4)All of these
Correct Answers 1. (4) 2. (1) 3. (2) 4. (2)
Explanations
1. The doubt would have been between Answer choice (1) and (4). While the passage states about the amount of odorous bodily secretion the Answer choice (1) talks about the sensitivity to such secretions.
3. Choice (3) talks about sensitivity to odors, while the passage talks about the secretions and not the sensitivity to them. Choice (4) talks about regional variation to polymorphism as the central idea of the passage, while the central idea is about polymorphism in general and how it has changed with evolution.
There are five words which are capitalized in the following five questions. From amongst the four alternatives, choose the best answer whose meaning is closest to the meaning of the word in question.
Questions
RHINOPHYTONECROPHILIA
(1) Romancing the dead (2) One who is love with the undertaker (3) One who likes smelling dead plants and flowers (4) One who summons ghosts
PLEONASM (1) Tautological (2) Chimerical (3) Episodic (4) Prismatic
APOTHECARY (1) Planet close to the Sun (2) Star closest to Earth (3) Coat hanger (4) Pharmacy
NOSEGAY (1) Olfactory sensation (2) A bouquet of flowers (3) Obnoxious person (4) Pungent smelling
UNGUENT (1) An ointment or medicinal application (2) Uncle like (3) Soporific (4) Sophomoric
Correct Answers 1. (3) 2. (1) 3. (4) 4. (2) 5. (1)
MBA TANCET GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS SAMPLE PAPERS
General Knowledge and Awareness 1
1. In the case of a test tube baby
(1) Fertilization takes place inside the test tube
(2) Development of the baby takes place inside the test tube
(3) Fertilization takes place outside the mother's body
(4) Unfertilized egg develops inside the test tube
2. Who elects the President of India?
(1) Lok Sabha
(2) Rajya Sabha
(3) People of India
(4) Parliament and State Assemblies
3. The Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Constitution of India by the
(1) First Amendment
(2) Tenth Amendment
(3) Thirty-second Amendment
(4) Forty-second Amendment
4. The speed of light will be minimum while passing through
(1) glass
(2) vacuum
(3) air
(4) water
5. The time taken by the Sun to revolve around the center of our galaxy is
(1) 50 mn years
(2) 100 mn years
(3) 250 mn years
(4) 365 mn years
6. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of
(1) Nepal
(2) U K
(3) Spain
(4) Japan
7. The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college consisting of
(1) only elected members of both Housed of Parliament
(2) only Rajya Sabha members
(3) all members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies
(4) all members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
8. In which one of the following states of India is it legal for a Hindu male and illegal for a Muslim male to have more than one living wife?
(1) Nagaland
(2) Goa
(3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
9. Where did Buddha die?
(1) Lumbini
(2) Kusinagara
(3) Pavapuri
(4) Magadha
10. What was the main difference between the Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic Civilization?
(1) Indus Valley Civilization was urban, while the Vedic Civilization was rural.
(2) "Pipal" tree was worshiped in Indus Valley Civilization, while "Burgad" tree was worshiped in Vedic Civilization.
(3) The main emphasis in Indus Valley Civilization was on trade while in the Vedic Age was on religion.
(4) Indus Valley Civilization believed in non-violence while Vedic Civilization had no hard and fast rules about violence.
11. All of the following are constituents of RNA molecule except
(1) Adenine
(2) Guanine
(3) Thymine
(4) Uracil
12. The father of modern biology is
(1) Aristotle
(2) Darwin
(3) Mendel
(4) Vesalius
13. Which of the following seeds will normalize blood sugar level?
(1) Coriander
(2) Mustard
(3) Cumin
(4) Fenugreek
14. The point at which solid, liquid and gaseous forms of a substance co-exist is called
(1) sublimation point
(2) distillation point
(3) triple point
(4) melting point
15. Which among the following substances is used as a lubricant?
(1) Quartz
(2) Silica
(3) Graphite
(4) Nickel
16. The weight of an object will be minimum when it is placed at
(1) The North Pole
(2) The South Pole
(3) The Equator
(4) The center of the Earth
17. Earth quake waves travel fastest in
(1) Soil
(2) Molten rock
(3) Water
(4) Flexible rock
18. The angle between the geographical meridian and magnetic meridian is called
(1) Angle of dip
(2) Angle of declination
(3) Angle of inclination
(4) None of the above
19. What is the currency of Mexico?
(1) Lira
(2) Peso
(3) Mexican dollars
(4) Krones
20. The Essar group of companies has been promoted by
(1) Ruias
(2) Ambanis
(3) Goenkas
(4) Kanorias
Answer Key
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 4 (4) 1 (5) 3
(6) 4 (7) 4 (8) 2 (9) 2 (10) 1
(11) 3 (12) 1 (13) 4 (14) 3 (15) 3
(16) 4 (17) 3 (18) 2 (19) 2 (20) 1
General Knowledge and Awareness 2
1. In the case of a test tube baby
(1) Fertilization takes place inside the test tube
(2) Development of the baby takes place inside the test tube
(3) Fertilization takes place outside the mother's body
(4) Unfertilized egg develops inside the test tube
2. Who elects the President of India?
(1) Lok Sabha
(2) Rajya Sabha
(3) People of India
(4) Parliament and State Assemblies
3. The Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Constitution of India by the
(1) First Amendment
(2) Tenth Amendment
(3) Thirty-second Amendment
(4) Forty-second Amendment
4. The speed of light will be minimum while passing through
(1) glass
(2) vacuum
(3) air
(4) water
5. The time taken by the Sun to revolve around the center of our galaxy is
(1) 50 mn years
(2) 100 mn years
(3) 250 mn years
(4) 365 mn years
6. The oldest monarchy in the world is that of
(1) Nepal
(2) U K
(3) Spain
(4) Japan
7. The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college consisting of
(1) only elected members of both Housed of Parliament
(2) only Rajya Sabha members
(3) all members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies
(4) all members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
8. In which one of the following states of India is it legal for a Hindu male and illegal for a Muslim male to have more than one living wife?
(1) Nagaland
(2) Goa
(3) Himachal Pradesh
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
9. Where did Buddha die?
(1) Lumbini
(2) Kusinagara
(3) Pavapuri
(4) Magadha
10. What was the main difference between the Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic Civilization?
(1) Indus Valley Civilization was urban, while the Vedic Civilization was rural.
(2) "Pipal" tree was worshiped in Indus Valley Civilization, while "Burgad" tree was worshiped in Vedic Civilization.
(3) The main emphasis in Indus Valley Civilization was on trade while in the Vedic Age was on religion.
(4) Indus Valley Civilization believed in non-violence while Vedic Civilization had no hard and fast rules about violence.
11. All of the following are constituents of RNA molecule except
(1) Adenine
(2) Guanine
(3) Thymine
(4) Uracil
12. The father of modern biology is
(1) Aristotle
(2) Darwin
(3) Mendel
(4) Vesalius
13. Which of the following seeds will normalize blood sugar level?
(1) Coriander
(2) Mustard
(3) Cumin
(4) Fenugreek
14. The point at which solid, liquid and gaseous forms of a substance co-exist is called
(1) sublimation point
(2) distillation point
(3) triple point
(4) melting point
15. Which among the following substances is used as a lubricant?
(1) Quartz
(2) Silica
(3) Graphite
(4) Nickel
16. The weight of an object will be minimum when it is placed at
(1) The North Pole
(2) The South Pole
(3) The Equator
(4) The center of the Earth
17. Earth quake waves travel fastest in
(1) Soil
(2) Molten rock
(3) Water
(4) Flexible rock
18. The angle between the geographical meridian and magnetic meridian is called
(1) Angle of dip
(2) Angle of declination
(3) Angle of inclination
(4) None of the above
19. What is the currency of Mexico?
(1) Lira
(2) Peso
(3) Mexican dollars
(4) Krones
20. The Essar group of companies has been promoted by
(1) Ruias
(2) Ambanis
(3) Goenkas
(4) Kanorias
Answer Key
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 4 (4) 1 (5) 3
(6) 4 (7) 4 (8) 2 (9) 2 (10) 1
(11) 3 (12) 1 (13) 4 (14) 3 (15) 3
(16) 4 (17) 3 (18) 2 (19) 2 (20) 1
General Knowledge and Awareness 3
1. What is the name of the branded petrol with cleansing additives that is being marketed by HPCL?
(1) Power
(2) Premium
(3) Speed
(4) Clean X
2. Under what name is MTNL marketing its CDMA based WiLL service in Mumbai and Delhi?
(1) Dolphin
(2) Swarna
(3) Garuda
(4) Seema
3. To which business group did the Ambanis of Reliance Group sell their holding in Larsen & Toubro?
(1) RP Goenkas
(2) A V Birla
(3) Kanorias
(4) Mittals
4. Name the brand that was launched and promoted by a famous father-son duo.
(1) ICICI Credit cards
(2) Parket Beta
(3) Maruti Versa
(4) All of these.
5. What is the sub brand of the new car that Toyota is launching in India?
(1) Accord
(2) Jupiter
(3) C Planet
(4) Camry
6. With which brand would you identify the famous advertising slogan ‘Think Different’?
(1) Apple
(2) IBM
(3) Wipro
(4) None of these
7. Which country is the company Nestle head quartered?
(1) Sweden
(2) Switzerland
(3) The Netherlands
(4) Luxemburg
8. What is the brand name of the range of shoes and apparel for children under the age of five, that Reebok plans to introduce shortly?
(1) Weebok
(2) Kids
(3) Kidsport
(4) Tyke
9. Which multinational packaged food company has an equity stake in Britannia?
(1) Danone
(2) Heinz
(3) Frito Lays
(4) Schweppes
10. Who is the chairperson of Bharti Group?
(1) Raj Mittal
(2) Alok Mittal
(3) Sunil Mittal
(4) Ramen Mittal
11. Which billionaire businessman has been elected Mayor of New York, replacing the popular Rudy Giuliani?
(1) William Clay Ford
(2) Larry Ellison
(3) James Walton
(4) Michael Bloomberg
12. Which insurance company, launched recently in India, will be using Snoopy from the cartoon series Peanuts in its advertising?
(1) Aviva
(2) HDFC Standard
(3) MetLife
(4) Sun Life
13. Which is the home country of the famous design firm Ikea?
(1) Finland
(2) Sweden
(3) Switzerland
(4) Denmark
14. 'One world. One family. One festival' - is the slogan used in advertising
(1) Chinese New year
(2) Hong Kong's annual shopping festival
(3) Dubai's shopping festival
(4) None of these
15. Which companies chips power more than 60% of the world's cell phones?
(1) Nokia
(2) Intel
(3) Motorola
(4) Texas Instruments
16. Who is the famous author of the book What they don't teach you at Harvard Business School?
(1) Stephen R Covey
(2) Mack McCormak
(3) John Love
(4) None of these
17. Who is the RBI governor?
(1) Venkatraman
(2) Brijesh Mishra
(3) Ranjith Sau
(4) Bimal Jalan
18. Who is the Vice President of United States?
(1) Al Gore
(2) Rumsfeld
(3) Powell
(4) Cheney
19. Which is the leading international audit firm that is facing serious charges on account of lapse in accounting practices?
(1) Ferguson
(2) PWH
(3) Arthur Andersen
(4) KPMG
20. Which family owns the Hero group of companies?
(1) Munjals
(2) Mansingh
(3) Firodias
(4) Hindujas
Answer Key
(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 3 (5) 4
(6) 1 (7) 2 (8) 1 (9) 1 (10) 3
(11) 4 (12) 3 (13) 2 (14) 3 (15) 4
(16) 2 (17) 4 (18) 4 (19) 3 (20) 1
General Knowledge and Awareness 4
1. Who led the "Ocean to Sky" expedition that travelled along the Ganga (Ganges) river to its source?
(1) Sir Edmund Hillary
(2) Tenzing Norgay
(3) Chris Bonington
(4) Doug Scott
2. Hero Global is a venture promoted by the Munjal group
(1) to market Hero Honda two wheelers in the overseas market.
(2) to sell Hero bicycles in the overseas market.
(3) to build a automobile design lab of international repute.
(4) to set up company owned dealer network in India.
3. J. D. Power is a name associated with
(1) an independent power producing company in New Delhi.
(2) a power plant equipment manufacturing company.
(3) a automotive battery manufacturing company.
(4) an automobile customer survey organization.
4. What does ICANN stand for?
(1) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers
(2) International Center for Agro Nutrients & Nourishment
(3) Indian Council for Algorithm, Numbers & Notions.
(4) International council for Approved Names & Numbers.
5. "Connecting People," is the by line of which company
(1) Philips
(2) Motorola
(3) Ericsson
(4) Nokia
6. Which founding father pioneered the idea of a national bank?
(1) Hamilton
(2) Jefferson
(3) Washington
(4) Adams
7. Who was Karl Marx's main collaborator on his famous works?
(1) V I Lenin
(2) Max Weber
(3) Fredrick Engles
(4) Joseph Stalin
8. Which of the following foreign partner / collaborator pair is not correct?
(1) HTA; J.Walter Thomson
(2) Chaitra; Leo Burnett
(3) O & M; WPP Group
(4) Mudra; DMB&B
9. Hewlett Packard, the famous Computer company is named after
(1) Its promoters, Hewlett and Packard
(2) The city in which they commenced their operation initially
(3) The street in which their first office was located.
(4) None of these
10. Who's 'curve' did President Reagan use as the basis for his 'Trickle Down' economic policy?
(1) Keynes
(2) Ricardo
(3) Laffer
(4) Smith
11. Which was the bank that recently acquired 13.20% equity stake in Ketan Parekh’s firm Triumph International Finance?
(1) UTI Bank
(2) GTB
(3) Indian Bank
(4) Madhavpura Coop Bank
12. Which group of people have been involved in the terrorist activities and rampant killing spree after the death of King Birendra in Nepal?
(1) The Gurkhas
(2) The Maoists
(3) The Khukris
(4) The Awomi clan
13. This company is the first to develop a new handheld computer series featuring a combination of Intel components and Microsoft software?
(1) HP
(2) Sony
(3) Compaq
(4) Acer
14. Which of the following companies was forced to shutdown its digital music service because of music industry lawsuits for piracy?
(1) Musiccity
(2) Morpheus
(3) Livewire
(4) Napster
15. Who was sued recently by BIAX for infringement of computer patents?
(1) HP
(2) Compaq
(3) Microsoft
(4) Apple
16. Which country is the largest producer of natural rubber in the world?
(1) Malaysia
(2) Indonesia
(3) Thailand
(4) Burma
17. With which of the following companies has the Department of Posts and Telegraph of India tied up to provide a comprehensive range of financial services?
(1) LIC of India
(2) Corporation Bank
(3) Master Card International
(4) Visa International
18. Which cable network is to be the sole provider of sports information to MSN?
(1) STAR Sports
(2) ESPN
(3) Sportstock.com
(4) Channel 9
19. Who is the current Defense Secretary of the United States of America?
(1) Donald Rumsfeld
(2) Colin Powell
(3) Mr. Ashcroft
(4) Dick Cheney
20. Which are the countries that are slated to host the 2002 Soccer World Cup?
(1) Japan and Thailand
(2) Mexico and Brazil
(3) Germany and Poland
(4) Japan and S.Korea
Answer Key
(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 1 (5) 4
(6) 1 (7) 3 (8) 4 (9) 1 (10) 3
(11) 2 (12) 2 (13) 1 (14) 4 (15) 4
(16) 3 (17) 3 (18) 2 (19) 1 (20) 4
General Knowledge and Awareness 5
1. The NewYork Mayor Rudolph Guiliani rejected a $10 mn donation offered by this billionaire prince.
(1) Prince Awaleed Bin Talal of S.Arabia
(2) Prince Ahmed Bin Tariq of S.Arabia
(3) Prince Md. Shah of Iran
(4) Prince Khaleel Mohammed of Persia
2. Which antibiotic can cure Anthrax, if detected at an early stage?
(1) Amoxycillin
(2) Erythromycin
(3) Cephalospirin
(4) Ciprofloxacin
3. The farmers of _______________ were involved in violent protests against falling rice prices and US-led globalization as symbolized by WTO?
(1) France
(2) Indonesia
(3) Denmark
(4) S.Korea
4. Which of the following chemicals has been recently allowed by the Government of India to be mixed with petrol?
(1) Methanol
(2) Ethanol
(3) Kerosene
(4) Butanol
5. Who is the present men’s champion of US Open?
(1) Pete Sampras
(2) Lleyton Hewitt
(3) Andre Agassi
(4) Patrick Rafter
6. Which is the longest running stage play in the world?
(1) The Cats
(2) The Mouse Trap
(3) Three Blind Mice
(4) Romeo & Juliet
7. “Be the first to know” is the baseline of which company?
(1) BBC
(2) STAR News
(3) CNBC
(4) CNN
8. Which advertising agency took over the agency Saatchi & Saatchi last year to become one of the largest advertising firms in the world?
(1) Euro RSCG
(2) Publicis
(3) Young & Rubicam
(4) Havas
9. India’s first private FM radio station Radio City opened in Bangalore recently. Which company is the promoter behind this venture?
(1) The Times of India
(2) Mid-Day
(3) Star India
(4) Zee
10. Which bathing soap advertises with the baseline, ‘For total skincare since 1918’ in India?
(1) Camay
(2) Mysore Sandal
(3) Hamam
(4) Lux
11. Which one of the following partnership in the domestic insurance sector is incorrect?
(1) HDFC - Standard Life
(2) Birla - Sun Life
(3) Tata - Allianz
(4) Max - New York Life
12. As per the latest National Readership Survey 2001, which newspaper has become the most widely read daily in the country?
(1) Daily Thanti (Tamil)
(2) Malayala Manorama
(3) Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi)
(4) Dainik Jagran (Hindi)
13. “Everything from cancer to heart attacks. Covered for 70 paise a day,” is the baseline of an advertisement by
(1) Birla Sun Life
(2) Cancer Institute WIA
(3) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
(4) OM Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance
14. Which Indian woman was recently included in the Fortune magazine’s global list of 50 most powerful women in business?
(1) Lalita Gupte
(2) Meena Venkatesh
(3) Rama Bijapurkar
(4) Tina Ambani
15. As per the recent Global Competitiveness Report from the World Economic Forum, which country replaced US as the most competitive economy in the world?
(1) Canada
(2) Sweden
(3) Finland
(4) Singapore
16. What is common to Bethlehem Steel, Polaroid and Swissair?
(1) All companies owned by GE
(2) All recently applied for bankruptcy protection
(3) Their founders committed suicide
(4) All of these companies were recently targets of successful hostile takeover
17. What famous brand name is derived from a combination of two words, which mean ‘dead’ in French and ‘one’ in German?
(1) Dettol
(2) Mortein
(3) Martini
(4) Ritter
18. Which is the longest running TV cartoon in history, first launched by Warner Brothers in 1969 exclusively for television, and is now a popular fare on the Cartoon Network?
(1) Scooby Doo
(2) Tom and Jerry
(3) Popeye
(4) Johnny Bravo
19. Which company has recently launched a range of biscuits in India following its takeover of Nutrine confectionery?
(1) Hindustan Lever
(2) Marico
(3) Parke Davis
(4) Sara Lee
20. In the latest Forbes List of wealthiest Americans, 3 out of the top 4 richest men in USA have made their wealth from one company. Which one ?
(1) Standard Oil (Exxon)
(2) Microsoft
(3) De Beers
(4) Berkshire Hathaway
Answer Key
(1) 1 (2) 4 (3) 4 (4) 2 (5) 2
(6) 2 (7) 4 (8) 2 (9) 3 (10) 2
(11) 3 (12) 3 (13) 3 (14) 1 (15) 3
(16) 2 (17) 2 (18) 1 (19) 4 (20) 2
General Knowledge and Awareness 6
01. Which is the third highest peak in India?
(1) Kanchenjunga
(2) Nanga Parbat
(3) Gasher Brum
(4) Dunagiri
02. Which is the largest airport in the world?
(1) Singapore airport
(2) International airport at Kaula Lumpur
(3) Heathrow at London
(4) King Khalid at Saudi Arabia
03. In which year did Alexander the great die?
(1) 332 B.C
(2) 328 B.C
(3) 323 B.C
(4) 356 B.C
04. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi launch The Dandi March?
(1) 1924
(2) 1930
(3) 1941
(4) 1942
05. Eugenics is the study of
(1) the development of embryos
(2) the merits of legalizing mercy killing
(3) the production of better offspring by careful selection of parents
(4) genetical composition of plant population in relation to their habitats
06. In which year did Thomas Alva Edison invent the electric lamp?
(1) 1854
(2) 1879
(3) 1904
(4) 1888
07. What is the measure of the length of a standard tennis court?
(1) 54 ft
(2) 28 ft
(3) 84 ft
(4) 78 ft
08. Which is the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth Games?
(1) S.Korea
(2) Japan
(3) Malaysia
(4) China
09. Who is the president of the World Bank?
(1) Michel Camdessus
(2) John Wolfensohn
(3) Emeka Anyaoku
(4) Jose Maria Ruda
10. Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?
(1) Richard Travithick
(2) Robert Walpole
(3) Sir George Cayley
(4) Robert Peary
11. Which advertising agency is behind the setting-up, in 1991, of MICA, India’s first college focussed on advertising and communications?
(1) Ogilvy and Mather
(2) Saatchi & Saatchi
(3) Mudra
(4) Hindustan Thomson Associates
12. What famous car brand, originally from the former Czechoslovakia, was taken over by Volkswagen in the 1990s?
(1) Skoda
(2) Saab
(3) Piaggio
(4) Volvo
13. What is the title of the original BBC TV series on which the Hindi TV series, Kamzor Kadi Kaun, based?
(1) Who wants to be a millionaire?
(2) Treasure mine
(3) Mastermind
(4) The weakest link
14. The loyalty program of which company is known as “First Citizen’s Club”?
(1) Shopper’s Stop
(2) ABN Amro Bank
(3) Taj group of Hotels
(4) Air India
15. The following is the baseline found in the ad of which product “The man with the smooth edge”
(1) Four Square cigarettes
(2) Gillette Mach 3 shaving system
(3) Palmolive shaving cream
(4) None of these
16. Which company has been ranked the ‘World’s Most Admired Company’ in the rankings by Fortune magazine in 2002?
(1) Microsoft
(2) General Electric
(3) IBM
(4) Fedex
17. McDonald’s, in an unrelated diversification, is planning to set up a chain of hotels. Name the new brand.
(1) Pleasant stay
(2) Golden Arches
(3) McStay
(4) Holidayz
18. Which company unsuccessfully launched a soap under the brand Protex in India?
(1) SmithKline Beecham
(2) Hindustan Lever
(3) Reckitt & Colman
(4) Colgate Palmolive
19. Calloway, is a leading international brand of
(1) Condoms
(2) Guns
(3) Binoculars
(4) Golf equipment
20. Which famous CEO was featured in the endorsement ad for Microsoft XP with the quote, “When I saw Windows XP in action, I was amazed. How did Microsoft get hold of my wishlist?”?
(1) Ratan Tata
(2) Azim Premji
(3) N R Narayana Murthy
(4) Arun Jain
Answer Key
(01) 2 (02) 4 (03) 3 (04) 2 (05) 3
(06) 2 (07) 4 (08) 3 (09) 2 (10) 2
(11) 3 (12) 1 (13) 4 (14) 1 (15) 1
(16) 2 (17) 2 (18) 4 (19) 4 (20) 3
General Knowledge and Awareness 7 window.google_render_ad();
01. Which automobile major has made a debut in the Formula One racing circuit in 2002 with its team led by the drivers Allan McNish and Mike Salo?
(1) Honda
(2) Jaguar
(3) Saab
(4) Toyota
02. Which famous company started as Asahi Optical in 1919 - before adopting its current name in 1957?
(1) Yashica
(2) Asahi Glasses
(3) Pentax
(4) Nikon
03. What brand name was given , in 1924, by the Mayor of Tokyo when he released the first watch produced by Shokosha Watch Company?
(1) Seiko
(2) Citizen
(3) Tissot
(4) None of these
04. The advertisement of which product carried the baseline ‘Mom said, “Always boil the water”. Moms are seldom wrong’
(1) Ion Exchange
(2) Zero B
(3) Ford Ikon
(4) KLM Airline
05. Who has authored the latest business best-seller *Big Brands, Big Trouble?
(1) Al Ries
(2) Laura Ries
(3) Naomi
(4) Jack Trout
06. Which company owns the famous cigarette brands Charminar and Charms?
(1) Godfrey Philips
(2) Philip Morris
(3) ITC
(4) VST Industries
07. What is the name of the instrument used to measure blood pressure?
(1) Barometer
(2) Hygrometer
(3) Hydrometer
(4) Sphygmomanometer
08. At what price is the initial public offering of Canara Bank being issued at?
(1) Rs.15
(2) Rs.35
(3) Rs.60
(4) None of these
09. Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot, the noted French physicist is associated with what branch of study?
(1) Thermodynamics
(2) Sub atomic particle theory
(3) Superconductivity
(4) None of these
10. Identify the odd man out
(1) Standard & Poor
(2) Moody’s
(3) Forrester
(4) ICRA
11. Royal Stag brand of Whisky is owned by
(1) United Breweries
(2) Shaw Wallace & Co
(3) Seagram
(4) Mohan Meakin
12. Iodex brand of pain balm is owned by
(1) Smithkline Beecham
(2) Wyeth Laboratories
(3) Glaxo
(4) Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
13. Who is the author who created the character Dilbert?
(1) David Scott
(2) Scott Robert
(3) Robert Williams
(4) Scott Adams
14. Which of the year in which Md. Ghazni first invaded India?
(1) 1220 A.D
(2) 1001 A.D
(3) 1348 A.D
(4) 1196 A.D
15. Who invented Parachute?
(1) Leonardo da Vinci
(2) Scanderberg
(3) Sigismund
(4) Van Gogh
16. Which of the following countries fought the first of the opium wars?
(1) Russia - China
(2) Britain - Indonesia
(3) China - Britain
(4) Japan - China
17. Beech King and Cessna are popular models of:
(1) Cars
(2) Aircraft
(3) Ships
(4) Transport vans
18. Cash Reserve Ratio ( CRR) and Stautory Liquidity Ratio (SLR ) are terms most closely related to which of the following industries/markets:
(1) Stock Exchange
(2) Banking
(3) Mutual Fund
(4) Income Tax
19. Dr. Pepper is a famous brand of:
(1) Iced tea
(2) Peppermint
(3) Soft Drinks
(4) None of these
20. Mr. Shiv Nadar is the Chairman of which of the following groups of companies?
(1) Wipro
(2) HCL
(3) Aptech
(4) None of these
Answer Key
(01) 4 (02) 3 (03) 2 (04) 3 (05) 4
(06) 4 (07) 4 (08) 2 (09) 1 (10) 3
(11) 3 (12) 1 (13) 4 (14) 2 (15) 1
(16) 3 (17) 2 (18) 2 (19) 3 (20) 2
General Knowledge and Awareness 8
01. Lloyd’s is a world leader in which of the following industries?
(1) Garment
(2) Insurance
(3) Commodity Trading
(4) Banking
02. Jeffrey Immelt took over as the CEO from a legend of which US corporate giant?
(1) Oracle
(2) Boeing
(3) General Electric
(4) Federal Express
03. The management strategy with the acronym CRM can be expanded as:
(1) Concrete Relationship Management
(2) Customer Relationship Management
(3) Correct Relationship Management
(4) Constructive Relationship Management
04. Sudha, Akshata and Rohan are the wife, daughter and son respectively of:
(1) Nandan Nilekani
(2) Swraj Paul
(3) Narayana Murthy
(4) Azim Premji
05. Which group owns Crompton Greaves?
(1) Mittals
(2) Ruias
(3) Thapars
(4) Ranas
06. Kenwood corporation is a(an) ____________ company
(1) Japanese
(2) American
(3) British
(4) German
07. The following brands can be associated with which of the following products?
Montecristo, Ramon Allones, Romeo Y Julieta.
(1) Cigarettes
(2) Cigars
(3) Condoms
(4) Liquour
08. In 1974, this US president resigned to avoind impeachmennt. Who?
(1) Jimmy Carter
(2) John F. Kennedy
(3) Richard Nixon
(4) Ronald Reagan
09. Esperanto, invented by the Russian scholar Zamenhof, is an artificial:
(1) Lung
(2) Language
(3) Microscope
(4) Car
10. King Hussein was the king of:
(1) Egypt
(2) Poland
(3) Iraq
(4) Jordan
11. The expansion for the BIS, in the context of the banking industry is:
(1) Bank for International Settlements
(2) Bank for Industrial Settlements
(3) Bank for Industrial Sectors
(4) Bank for International Services
12. The expansion for BIFR, in the context of the Indian Industry is:
(1) Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
(2) Bureau for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
(3) Board for Investment and Financial Reconstruction
(4) Bureau for Investment and Financial Reconstruction
13. MSNBC is a media channel owned by:
(1) The US government
(2) Microsoft
(3) Time Warner
(4) None of these
14. Chaebols are the industrial conglomerates of which of the following countries?
(1) China
(2) Vietnam
(3) South Korea
(4) Japan
15. Cartier, Piaget, Omega and Rado are all brands of:
(1) Cameras
(2) Suits
(3) Watches
(4) Pens
16. Augusto Pinochet was the dictator of which of the following countries?
(1) Argentina
(2) Chile
(3) Brazil
(4) Egypt
17. Prithvi is a:
(1) Surface-to-air missile
(2) Surface-to-surface missile
(3) Air-to-Surface missile
(4) Air-to-air missile
18. The first non-congress Prime Minister of India was:
(1) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(2) Morarji Desai
(3) Deve Gowda
(4) V.P.Singh
19. What is the Russian word that means “restructuring”?
(1) Glasnost
(2) Perestroika
(3) Mir
(4) None of these
20. Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is named after the Roman god of:
(1) Peace
(2) War
(3) Love
(4) Marriages
Answer Key
(01) 2 (02) 3 (03) 2 (04) 3 (05) 3
(06) 1 (07) 2 (08) 3 (09) 2 (10) 4
(11) 1 (12) 1 (13) 2 (14) 3 (15) 3
(16) 2 (17) 2 (18) 2 (19) 2 (20) 2
General Knowledge and Awareness 9
01. During the reign of which king did Mahayanism formally come into existence?
(1) Ashoka
(2) Kanishka
(3) Chandra Gupta
(4) Ajatashatru
02. Who was the founder of Sunga Dynasty?
(1) Pushyamitra
(2) Agnimitra
(3) Devabuthi
(4) Kirtivarman
03. Who was the first Muslim ruler of Delhi?
(1) Iltumish
(2) Allauddin Khalji
(3) Mahmud of Ghazni
(4) Qutbuddin Aibak
04. Lord Dalhousie introduced the first telegraph line in 1853, which ran between
(1) Mumbai and Calcutta
(2) Calcutta and Agra
(3) Mumbai and Thana
(4) Mumbai and Chennai
05. What is the new economy term that is used to describe a new product or service that uses new technology, which can destroy competitors and or sometime even the entire industry?
(1) Melissa
(2) Virus
(3) Killer App
(4) Widget
06. When there is one buyer and many sellers in a market – what is this situation called?
(1) Monopoly
(2) Monopsony
(3) Monotony
(4) Oligopoly
07. Which credit card company has recently issued an affinity card targeted at workingwomen under the sub-brand Diva?
(1) Standard Chartered
(2) Citibank
(3) HSBC
(4) ICICI
08. Whats common to: Devil Dx, Target, Neon, Queen, Miss India?
(1) Original names suggested for Femina magazine brand name
(2) All names of successful knap sack brands
(3) All bicycles models of Hero Cycles
(4) All sub-brands of Bombay Dyeing’s range of clothing.
09. By taking over which mutual fund company has Franklin Templeton Investments become the largest private sector mutual fund company in India?
(1) Pioneer ITI
(2) SBI Mutual Fund
(3) Sundaram Newton
(4) IDBI Principal
10. Which famous CEO, currently applauded for turning around the fortunes of a famous computer company, reportedly takes home a salary of $1 per year?
(1) Steve Case
(2) Steve Jobs
(3) Larry Ellison
(4) Jim Clark
11. What was unique about the purchase of a Gulfstream V business jet by American Internet tycoon Mark Cuban in 1999 for $40 million?
(1) It was the first sale of this model of Jet by Gulf Stream
(2) It was the first sale of aircraft by payment made in terms of Euros
(3) It was the first Euro payment to be made by an individual
(4) It was the first sale of an aircraft through the Internet
12. Name the world’s largest television network that is beamed to over 210 countries?
(1) MSNBC
(2) STAR
(3) CNN
(4) BBC
13. ‘What makes ___ such an efficient air conditioner. Well, let’s begin by staying silent’. Which air conditioner advertisement carries this tag line?
(1) Amtrex
(2) Daikin
(3) Voltas
(4) Carrier Aircon
14. Which TV channel has bagged the exclusive cable & satellite TV rights for live telecast in India of the 2003 Cricket World Cup?
(1) Sony
(2) STAR Sports
(3) STAR ESPN
(4) Channel Nine
15. The Indian Government has approved in the end of 2001 the cultivation of genetically modified cotton called ‘BT Cotton’. Which multinational company is the major beneficiary of this decision?
(1) Cargill
(2) BASF
(3) Monsanto
(4) All of these
16. Which Indian business group holds the maximum stake in the mobile cellular service provider Spice?
(1) Aditya Birla group
(2) Bharti group
(3) Essar group
(4) BK Modi group
17. Name the Greek Goddess of Victory - better known to us as a famous brand name?
(1) Puma
(2) Mars
(3) Nike
(4) Casablanca
18. In the late 1860s, there was a shortage of ivory - commonly used for making billiard balls. The search for a substitute led to the growth of a modern industry. What was it ?
(1) Fibre glass
(2) Plastics
(3) Vulcanized rubber
(4) Glass wool
19. ‘The world’s local bank’ – is the tag line of which bank
(1) ABN Amro
(2) Standard Chartered Bank
(3) Hong Kong and Shangai Banking Corporation
(4) Rabo Bank
20. Which country accounts for the highest foreign direct investments (inflows) into India?
(1) US
(2) Japan
(3) Mauritius
(4) Channel Islands
Answer Key
(01) 2 (02) 1 (03) 4 (04) 2 (05) 3
(06) 2 (07) 1 (08) 3 (09) 1 (10) 2
(11) 4 (12) 3 (13) 2 (14) 1 (15) 3
(16) 2 (17) 3 (18) 2 (19) 3 (20) 3
General Knowledge and Awareness 10
01. The current US Secretary of Defense is:
(1) Jack Skraw
(2) John Ashcroft
(3) Colin Powell
(4) Donald Rumsfeld
02. In the context of Arms and Treaties, ABM Stands for:
(1) Anti Ballistic Missile
(2) American Ballistic Missile
(3) Anti Ballistic Menace
(4) American Ballistic Menace
03. This 800 - year old tower was shut for the last one decade for renovation and repair. Which?
(1) Eiffel Tower
(2) CNN
(3) Leaning tower of Pisa
(4) Empire State Building
04. The city of Frankfurt is in:
(1) France
(2) Germany
(3) Switzerland
(4) Sweden
05. Baramullah district is in which Indian state?
(1) Punjab
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Jammu & Kashmir
(4) None of these
06. Which of the following music groups is/was popularly called the ‘The Fab Four’?
(1) Grateful Dead
(2) The Beatles
(3) The Spice Girls
(4) None of these
07. What is the art of preserving, stuffing and mounting animals in lifelike forms called?
(1) Taxonomy
(2) Taxidermy
(3) Ikebana
(4) Haiku
08. What physical phenomenon causes the spherical shape of raindrops?
(1) Gravity
(2) Friction
(3) Surface Tension
(4) Evaporation
09. Adi Sankara set up four Mutts in the four corners of the country. Two are at Badrinath & Puri. Where are the other two located?
(1) Dwaraka and Kancheepuram
(2) Dwaraka and Rishikesh
(3) Dwaraka and Sringeri
(4) Sringeri and Rishikesh
10. This much-talked about disease gets its name from the Greek word for coal. Which word?
(1) Cancer
(2) Alzheimer’s
(3) Parkinson’s
(4) Anthrax
11. Loggerhead, Atlantic Ridley, Painted and Green are four different species of:
(1) Dogs
(2) Snakes
(3) Turtles
(4) Dinosaurs
12. Benito Mussolini was a dictator of which country?
(1) Germany
(2) Poland
(3) Italy
(4) USSR
13. Which country joined the World Trade Organization(WTO) on Dec. 11, 2001?
(1) South Korea
(2) China
(3) Russia
(4) Brazil
14. Slobodan miloseivc is a former president of which country?
(1) Belgium
(2) Yugoslavia
(3) Poland
(4) Albania
15. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India?
(1) Lord Mountbatten
(2) Rajagopalachari
(3) Rajendra Prasad
(4) None of these
16. Who wrote the famous poetic drama ‘Faust’?
(1) Leonardo da Vinci
(2) Wolfgang Von Goethe
(3) Anton Chekov
(4) Voltaire
17. Who was the last Guru of the Sikhs?
(1) Guru Govind Singh
(2) Guru Tek Bahadur Singh
(3) Guru Nanak
(4) None of these
18. Which of the following terms denote the superstitious fear of the number thirteen?
(1) Thirteephobia
(2) Triskadekahobia
(3) Tridecaphobia
(4) None of these
19. How long did the Kurushektra war last?
(1) Fourteen years
(2) 27 days
(3) 13 months
(4) 18 days
20. What does a Phillumenist collect?
(1) Old coins
(2) Flags of various nations
(3) Match box labels
(4) Empty cigarette boxes
Answer Key
(11) 3 (12) 3 (13) 2 (14) 2 (15) 2
(16) 2 (17) 1 (18) 2 (19) 4 (20) 3
General Knowledge and Awareness 11
01. Who was the author of ‘Raghuvamsa’?
(1) Kannadasan
(2) Kalidasa
(3) Sivadas
(4) Shankaracharya
02. Who said “Some books are to be tasted others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested”?
(1) Francis Bacon
(2) H G Wells
(3) John Steinbeck
(4) Isaac Asimov
03. How many moons (satellites) does the planet Saturn have?
(1) Twelve
(2) Ten
(3) Eight
(4) Twenty one
04. Which country is called the ‘Land of cakes’?
(1) Britain
(2) Spain
(3) France
(4) Scotland
05. Which is the birth place of Hitler?
(1) Prussia
(2) Hungary
(3) Austria
(4) France
06. One of the following countries has compulsory military service for women?
(1) Phillippines
(2) Israel
(3) Finland
(4) New Zealand
07. Which is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
(1) Omega
(2) Sigma
(3) Zeta
(4) Chi
08. What is the other name for River Ganges?
(1) Sapthanadhi
(2) Bhageerathi
(3) Savithri
(4) Bhadravathi
09. In which year did Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany?
(1) 1919
(2) 1929
(3) 1933
(4) 1939
10. Which is the largest flightless bird?
(1) Ostrich
(2) Dodo
(3) Albatross
(4) Peahen
11. Who is the Indian CEO of Cadila?
(1) Pankaj R Patel
(2) Mukesh K Khanna
(3) Dheeraj Patel
(4) None of these
12. Who is the founder of Dr.Reddy's Laboratory?
(1) Dr. Vinay Reddy
(2) Dr. Anji Reddy
(3) Dr. Srikumar Reddy
(4) Dr. Rama Rao
13. Who is the founder chairman of Apollo Hospitals?
(1) Dr. Anji Reddy
(2) Dr. Pratap C Reddy
(3) Dr. Vinay Reddy
(4) Dr. Anju Reddy
14. Who is the CEO of Euro RSCG?
(1) Shiv Ram
(2) Ishwar Judge
(3) Ishan Raina
(4) Suresh Palkiwala
15. Who is the CEO of SET - Sony Entertainment Television?
(1) Ravi Sharma
(2) Kunal Dasgupta
(3) Peter Mukerjea
(4) Alan Durante
16. Who is the CEO of STAR India
(1) Ravi Sharma
(2) Kunal Dasgupta
(3) Peter Mukerjea
(4) Alan Durante
17. Who is the Managing Director of Cadburys India Ltd?
(1) Matthew Cadbury
(2) John Schweppes
(3) Steve Jobs
(4) William Cadbury
18. What was India's Fiscal Deficit for the year 2001-2002?
(1) Rs. 187524 crores
(2) Rs.101741 crores
(3) Rs.131721 crores
(4) Rs.165874 crores
19. Approximately what % of the Union Government's revenue for the year 2001-2002 came from excise duty
(1) 32%
(2) 12%
(3) 45%
(4) 19%
20. Approximately what % of the Union Government's expenditure was spent on Defense in the year 2001-2002?
(1) 25%
(2) 40%
(3) 33%
(4) 20%
Answer Key
(01) 2 (02) 1 (03) 2 (04) 4 (05) 3
(06) 2 (07) 1 (08) 2 (09) 3 (10) 2
(11) 1 (12) 2 (13) 2 (14) 3 (15) 2
(16) 3 (17) 1 (18) 3 (19) 4 (20) 1
General Knowledge and Awareness 12
01. What is the marginal rate of tax for Indian corporates as proposed in the Union Budget 2002 (Inclusive of surcharge)?
(1) 34.5%
(2) 36.75%
(3) 42%
(4) 31.5%
02. Who is the Chairman and CEO of McCann-Erickson India?
(1) Sushil Khanna
(2) Ritujoy Chakraborty
(3) Sanjay Mukherjee
(4) Ritesh Singhal
03. Who is the Chairman of Hindustan Lever Limited?
(1) MSV Banga
(2) Keki B Dadisheth
(3) Arun Adhikari
(4) Harish Manwani
04. Who is the chairman of HDFC?
(1) Deepak Parekh
(2) Y M Deosthalee
(3) Janki Ballabh
(4) Samir Arora
05. Who is the chairman of State Bank of India?
(1) Janki Ballabh
(2) Deepak Parekh
(3) Rajendra Pawar
(4) None of these
06. Who is the chairman of NIIT?
(1) Jerry Rao
(2) John Reed
(3) Rajendra Pawar
(4) Harish Menon
07. What was Reckitt & Coleman renamed as?
(1) Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd
(2) Reckitt Switzer (India) Ltd
(3) Reckitt Bayer (India) Ltd
(4) It was not renamed
08. Who is the chairman of ICICI Bank Ltd?
(1) N Vaghul
(2) K V Kamath
(3) Y C Deveshwar
(4) Lalit Gupte
09. Who is the chairman of ITC Ltd?
(1) Y C Deveshwar
(2) Deosthalee
(3) Madhu Singhania
(4) Pratap C Reddy
10. Who is the US ambassador to India?
(1) Jack Straw
(2) Robert Blackwill
(3) John Ashcroft
(4) Peter Warburg
11. Who is India's ambassador to the US?
(1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(2) Lalit Mansingh
(3) Suraj Parekh
(4) Rajat Gupta
12. Novartis was born out of the merger of the following two companies
(1) Glaxo and Sandoz
(2) Ciba and Sandoz
(3) Ciba and Smithkline
(4) Smithkline and Glaxo
13. Who is the chairman of Procter and Gamble Hygiene and Healthcare India Ltd?
(1) Bob Williams
(2) B V Patel
(3) Rajesh Sinha
(4) Kevin Parker
14. Brent Index is associated with which commodity?
(1) Crude oil prices
(2) Copper futures price
(3) Gold futures price
(4) Shipping rate index
15. Justice and Development Party of Turkey won the recent elections held in November 2002. Who heads the party?
(1) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
(2) Bulent Ecevit
(3) Necdet Sezer
(4) Necdet Sezer
16. Approximately what was the quantum of the trade deficit of US for the financial year ending Dec 2001?
(1) USD 245 bn
(2) USD 720 bn
(3) USD 1.1 tn
(4) USD 412 bn
17. What is the currency of Argentina?
(1) Peso
(2) Dollar
(3) Dinar
(4) Koruny
18. Which country is the famous mobile phone manufacturer head quartered?
(1) Finland
(2) Switzerland
(3) Sweden
(4) Germany
19. Who won the Australian Open 2002 Women’s singles?
(1) Martina Hingis
(2) Jennifer Capriati
(3) Venus Williams
(4) Monica Seles
20. Which city is hosting the 14th Asian Games in 2004?
(1) Manila
(2) Busan
(3) Beijing
(4) Bangkok
Answer Key
(01) 2 (02) 2 (03) 1 (04) 1 (05) 1
(06) 3 (07) 1 (08) 2 (09) 1 (10) 2
(11) 2 (12) 2 (13) 2 (14) 1 (15) 1
(16) 4 (17) 1 (18) 1 (19) 2 (20) 2
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