Quiz

1. iPod is a patented product of …

(a) Philips

(b) Sony

(c) Apple

(d) Aiwa

2. The Years of Extermination is an award winning work of…

(a) John Matteson

(b) Robert Hass

(c) Tracy Letts

(d) Saul Friedlander

3. The first cloned animal was…

(a) Dog

(b) Sheep

(c) Horse

(d) Cat

4. Who is the present Commerce minister of India?

(a) A. Raja

(b) Kamal Nath

(c) Sharad Pawar

(d) A. Ramadoss

5. The journalism of courage is the slogan that you would associate with…

(a) Times of India Group

(b) India Today Group

(c) Hindu Group

(d) Indian Express Group

6. Where would you find the headquarters of International Criminal Court(ICC)?

(a) London

(b) Durban

(c) Geneva

(d) The Hague

7. Tivoli Systems, Telelogic and FileNet are the subsidiaries of …

(a) HP

(b) Sony

(c) IBM

(d) HCL

8. Shikha Shrma is the new CEO of …

(a) Canara Bank

(b) State Bank of India

(c) Axis Bank

(d) Bank of Baroda

9. Connecting India is the punch line of …

(a) BSNL

(b) Bharti Enterprises

(c) Reliance Communications

(d) None of these

10. Which of the following is the Director General of World Trade Organization ?

(a) Susan Schwab

(b) Pascal Lamy

(c) Supachai Panitchpakdi

(d) None of these

11. The first country to legalize Euthanasia was ...

(a) Belgium

(b) Sweden

(c) The Netherlands

(d) Italy

12. ‘Swoosh’, is the logo of

(a) Adidas

(b) Reebok

(c) Nike

(d) Lacoste

13. Who founded the Reader’s Digest?

(a) De Witt Wallace & Lila Bell Wallace

(b) Hanry R. Luce

(c) Ted Turner

(d) Walter H. Annenberg

14. This personality is being hailed as the future Sam Walton of retail industry in India. Can you identify him from the given options?

(a) Raghu Pillai

(b) Noel Tata

(c) Kishore Biyani

(d) B. S. Nagesh

15. Where would you find Norkek Biosphere reserve in India?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Meghalaya

16. Tropic of Capricorn does not pass through …

(a) South America

(b) Australia

(c) Asia

(d) Africa

17. Hindalco is the name of the company that belongs to the stable of …

(a) Tata group

(b) A.V. Birla group

(c) Essar group

 (d) RPG Enterprises

18. ‘Let’s go’, is the tag line that you would associate with …

(a) Zen Estilo

(b) Spark

(c) Alto

(d) None of these

19. He is known as the father of cell phone. Can you name him from the given options?

(a) Irwin Marc Jacob

(b) Martin Cooper

(c) Mark Hurd

(d) Tim Berners Lee

20. Which of the following is NOT an example of metamorphic rock?

(a) schist

(b) marble

(c) gneiss

(d) basalt

21. Who is the author of the book Ashtadhyayi?

(a) Madhavacharya

(b) Kalidasa

(c) Panini

(d) None of these

22. The only cricketer to have scored six sixes in an over in a world cup cricket match is...

(a) Garry Sobers

(b) Herschel Gibbs

(c) Adam Gilchrist

(d) Vivian Richards

23. Alberto Fujimori who was sentenced to prison in 2009 was the President of …

(a) Liberia

(b) Israel

(c) Peru

(d) Nicaragua

24. Which of the following personalities is the Chief of IRDA?

(a) Anil Aggarwa

(b) Ashok Lahiri

(c) Y.S.P. Thorat

(d) J. Harinarayana

25. This personality is the chairperson of the National Commission of Investment. Identify the personality from the given options.

(a) Mukesh Ambani

(b) Ratan Tata

(c) Vijay Mallaya

(d) Kumaramangalam Birla

26. This personality is the winner of the Best Actor award in the 81st Annual Academy awards concluded in February 2009. Identify him from the given options.

(a) Alan Arkin

(b) Brad Pitt

(c) Ennio Morricore

(d) Sean Penn

27. The name of the mascot of Beijing Olympics 2008 was…

(a) Karak

(b) Fuwa

(c) Rongmon

(d) Mellow

28. Ravindra Kalekar and Satyavrat Shastri are the latest recipients of…

(a) Vyas Samman

(b) Kabir Samman

(c) Saraswati Samman

(d) Jananpith Award

29. Which of the following personalities was the first chairman of SEBI?

(a) D. R. Mehta

(b) G.V. Ramakrishna

(c) Tarun Das

(d) N. K. Singh

30. Mark Zukerberg and Dustin Moskovitz are the founders of …

(a) Wall Street Journal
(b) Facebook
(c) Smart Money
(d) Orkut

ANSWERS:

1. c 2. d 3. b 4. b 5. d 6. dQuia

7. c 8. c 9. a 10. b 11. c 12. c

13. a 14. c 15. d 16. c 17. b 18. c

19. b 20. d 21. c 22. b 23. c 24. d

25. b 26. d 27. b 28. d 29. b 30. b