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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

Answer : C
# 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)

Answer : C
# “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

Answer : C
# 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

Answer : A
# 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
5.

Answer : C
6. 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

Answer : B
7. 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

Answer : B
8. 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

Answer : A
9. 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

Answer : D
10. 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 : B

1. Which is the third highest peak in India?
1. Kanchenjunga
2. Nanga Parbat
3. Gasher Brum
4. Dunagiri

Answer : B
2. 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

Answer : D
3. In which year did Alexander the great die?
1. 332 B.C
2. 328 B.C
3. 323 B.C
4. 356 B.C

Answer : C
4. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi launch The Dandi March?
1. 1924
2. 1930
3. 1941
4. 1942

Answer : B
5. 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

Answer : C
6. In which year did Thomas Alva Edison invent the electric lamp?
1. 1854
2. 1879
3. 1904
4. 1888

Answer : B
7. What is the measure of the length of a standard tennis court?
1. 54 ft
2. 28 ft
3. 84 ft
4. 78 ft

Answer : D
8. Which is the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth Games?
1. S. Korea
2. Japan
3. Malaysia
4. China

Answer : C
9. Who is the president of the World Bank?
1. Michel Camdessus
2. John Wolfensohn
3. Emeka Anyaoku
4. Jose Maria Ruda

Answer : B
10. Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?
1. Richard Travithick
2. Robert Walpole
3. Sir George Cayley
4. Robert Peary

Answer : B

1. 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 and Saatchi
3. Mudra
4. Hindustan Thomson Associates

Answer : C
2. 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

Answer : A
3. 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

Answer : D
4. 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

Answer : A
5. 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

Answer : A
6. 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

Answer : B
7. 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

Answer : B
8. Which company unsuccessfully launched a soap under the brand Protex in India?
1. SmithKline Beecham
2. Hindustan Lever
3. Reckitt and Colman
4. Colgate Palmolive

Answer : D
9. Calloway, is a leading international brand of
1. Condoms
2. Guns
3. Binoculars
4. Golf equipment

Answer : D
10. 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 : C

* 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

Answer : D
* 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

Answer : C
* 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

Answer : B
* 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

Answer : C
* Who has authored the latest business best-seller *Big Brands, Big Trouble?
1. Al Ries
2. Laura Ries
3. Naomi
4. Jack Trout

Answer : D
* Which company owns the famous cigarette brands Charminar and Charms?
1. Godfrey Philips
2. Philip Morris
3. ITC
4. VST Industries

Answer : D
* What is the name of the instrument used to measure blood pressure?
1. Barometer
2. Hygrometer
3. Hydrometer
4. Sphygmomanometer

Answer : D
* 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

Answer : B
* 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

Answer : A
* Identify the odd man out
1. Standard and Poor
2. Moody’s
3. Forrester
4. ICRA

Answer : D

1. Royal Stag brand of Whisky is owned by
1. United Breweries
2. Shaw Wallace and Co
3. Seagram
4. Mohan Meakin

Answer : C
2. Iodex brand of pain balm is owned by
1. Smithkline Beecham
2. Wyeth Laboratories
3. Glaxo
4. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

Answer : A
3. Who is the author who created the character Dilbert?
1. David Scott
2. Scott Robert
3. Robert Williams
4. Scott Adams

Answer : D
4. 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

Answer : B
5. Who invented Parachute?
1. Leonardo da Vinci
2. Scanderberg
3. Sigismund
4. Van Gogh

Answer : A
6. Which of the following countries fought the first of the opium wars?
1. Russia - China
2. Britain - Indonesia
3. China - Britain
4. Japan - China

Answer : C
7. Beech King and Cessna are popular models of:
1. Cars
2. Aircraft
3. Ships
4. Transport vans

Answer : B
8. 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

Answer : B
9. Dr. Pepper is a famous brand of:
1. Iced tea
2. Peppermint
3. Soft Drinks
4. None of these

Answer : C
10. 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 : B