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IIFT Questions – Paper 2 Directions for questions 1 to 50: Select the correct alternative from the given choices. 1. Who founded the Yoga School of philosophy? (1) Ualuka Kannada (2) Jaimine (3) Patanjali (4) Akshapada Gautama 2. Hieun Tsang, the famous Chinese traveller

visited India during the region of (1) Kanishka. (2) Chandragupta II. (3) Samudragupta. (4) Harshvardhana. 3. How many members make up the Business

Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha? (1) 15 (2) 22 (3) 30 (4) 35 4. Who among the following has the power to

prorogue the two Houses of the Parliament? (1) President (2) Vice-President (3) Prime Minister (4) Speaker of Lok Sabha 5. What is the name of India’s main battle tank

(MBT)? (1) Rajendra (2) Arjun (3) Agnivarsha (4) Pinaka 6. Which of the following monuments was built to

commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary in AD 1911?

(1) India Gate (2) Gateway of India (3) Victoria Memorial (4) Viceregal Lodge 7. Which among the following is the biggest Union

Territory by area? (1) Pondicherry (2) Dadra & Nagar Haveli (3) Daman & Diu (4) Andaman & Nicobar Islands 8. Which is the port town of the Indus Valley

Civilization? (1) Ropar (2) Harappa (3) Lothal (4) Rangpur 9. In which language was the Shrimad Bhagavad

Gita originally written? (1) Ardha-magadhi (2) Pali (3) Prakrit (4) Sanskrit 10. Lucerne is a (1) foliage crop. (2) root crop. (3) stem crop. (4) fungus. 11. The consumption of Kesari dal, a banned food

substance in many Indian states, causes (1) gradual loss of vision. (2) lathyrism.

(3) anaemica. (4) Alzheimer’s disease. 12. A person with which one of the following blood

group is considered a universal donor? (1) A (2) B (3) AB (4) O 13. The disease ‘Scurvy’ is caused due to the

deficiency of (1) Vitamin A. (2) Vitamin B. (3) Vitamin C. (4) Vitamin D. 14. Who advocated the Balkan Plan for the partition

of India? (1) Clement Attlee (2) Lord Mountbatten (3) Indian National Congress (4) Muslim League 15. Which organelle in the cell, other than nucleus,

contains DNA? (1) Centriole (2) Mitochondrian (3) Lysosome (4) Golgi Apparatus 16. Who is the author of the books, “Life and Times

of Michael K”, and “Disgrace”? (1) Pat Barker (2) Monica Ali (3) Amit Chaudhuri (4) J.M. Coetzee 17. What is the boundary line between North and

South Korea called? (1) 24th Parallel (2) 38th Parallel (3) 17th Parallel (4) 49th Parallel 18. Which soil is also called Regur? (1) Black Soil (2) Alluvial Soil (3) Laterite Soil (4) Peaty Soil 19. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through (1) Jharkhand. (2) Tripura. (3) Mizoram. (4) Nagaland. 20. Which of the following Indian states is not on an

international boundary? (1) Nagaland (2) Uttaranchal (3) Jharkhand (4) Meghalaya 21. Find the incorrect match. Country Capital 1. Malawi - Lilongwe 2. Rwanda - Kigali 3. Uganda - Entebbe 4. Liberia - Monrovia

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22. In which field was the Noble Prize for Medicine for 2003 awarded?

(1) Genetics (2) AIDS research (3) MRI (4) Tuberculosis 23. Match the following. Country Currency I. Malaysia - a. Euro II. Kuwait - b. Won III. South Korea - c. Dinar IV. Sweden - d. Krona - e. Ringgit (1) i – b ii – e iii – d iv – a (2) i – e ii – c iii – d iv – a (3) i – e ii – c iii – b iv – d (4) i – b ii – e iii – b iv – d 24. Which writ is called the bulwark of personal

freedom? (1) Certiorari (2) Mandamus (3) Quo Warranto (4) Habeas Corpus 25. Which of the following is India’s oldest

paramilitary force? (1) Assam Rifles (2) Border Security Force (3) Central Industrial Security Force (4) Central Reserve Police Force 26. When and where was the National Song of India,

Vande Mataram, first sung at a Indian National Congress session?

(1) 1885, Bombay (2) 1888, Allahabad (3) 1896, Calcutta (4) 1900, Lahore 27. Which Schedule is connected with the Anti –

defection Act? (1) Schedule VIII (2) Schedule IX (3) Schedule X (4) Schedule XI 28. Match the following. Tribal Group Country I. Vedas a. Algeria II. Bindibu b. India III. Berber c. Australia IV. Dafla d. Syria

e. Sri Lanka (1) I – e II – b III – a IV – d (2) I – e II – c III – a IV – b (3) I – b II – c III – d IV – e (4) I – b II – d III – e IV – a

29. According to Transparency International’s

Corruption Perception Index 2003, which is the world’s most corrupt country?

(1) Nigeria (2) Bangladesh (3) Congo (4) Paraguay 30. Vidya Chhabria has been included in Forbes

magazine’s list of 50 most powerful businesswomen for 2003. She is the Chairperson of

(1) Jumbo Group. (2) Escorts Group. (3) Baron International Group. (4) Landmark Group.

31. As per the Tenth Five Year Plan (2002 – 2007), what is the targeted GDP growth rate per annum?

(1) 7% (2) 8% (3) 9% (4) 10% 32. According to Fortune 500 for 2003, which is the

world’s largest petroleum company by sales revenue?

(1) ChevronTexaco (2) British Petroleum (3) Royal Shell (4) Exxon Mobil 33. Which of the following has become the first Indian

company to post a 5 figure net profit of Rs. 10,529 crore in 2002 – 03?

(1) ONGC (2) IOC (3) Reliance Industries (4) NTPC 34. Which Indian City has become the first to

implement the Conditional Access System (CAS)?

(1) New Delhi (2) Chennai (3) Mumbai (4) Kolkata 35. Who among the following has been awarded the

Economic Times Lifetime Achievement Award for 2003?

(1) Ratan Tata (2) P.R.S. Oberoi (3) B.K. Birla (4) Deepak Parekh 36. India has purchased the Phalcon radar system

from (1) Russia. (2) Ukraine. (3) Israel. (4) Italy. 37. What is the value of India’s total exports in

2002 – 03? (1) $ 52.2 billion (2) $ 46.8 billion (3) $ 44.6 billion (4) $ 57.4 billion 38. “One Billion Adolescents : The right to health,

information and services”, has the motto of which special occasion observed in 2003? (1) July 11, World Population Day (2) January 12, National Youth Day (3) April 7, World Health Day (4) May 15, International Day of the Family

39. Hun Sen is the Prime Minister of (1) Vietnam. (2) Thailand. (3) Cambodia. (4) Laos. 40. In which country is the Angkor Vat, world’s

largest temple complex, located? (1) Cambodia (2) Indonesia (3) Myanmar (4) Nepal 41. Where was the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the

World Trade Organisation held in September 2003?

(1) Geneva, Switzerland (2) Cancun, Mexico (3) Evian, France (4) Bander Seri Begawan, Brunei


42. In which country is ‘Oktoberfest’, the world’s biggest beer festival, held annually?

(1) Czech Republic (2) Germany (3) Denmark (4) Slovakia 43. Ramachandrapuram village has become India’s

e-panchayat. In which state is it located? (1) Karnataka (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Andhra Pradesh (3) Kerala 44. Who among the following composed the drama,

‘Ratnavali’? (1) Harshavardhana

(2) Bana Bhatt (3) Kalidasa (4) Mahendravarman Pallava 45. Sanjiv Gupta is the President of (1) PepsiCo India. (2) IBM India. (3) Microsoft India. (4) Coca-Cola India. 46. KOSPI is the stock exchange index of (1) Singapore Stock Exchange. (2) Scoul Stock Exchange. (3) Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. (4) Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

47. Which among the following states has a higher sex ratio than the national average of 933?

(1) Sikkim (2) Punjab (3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Uttaranchal 48. Which among the following is the biggest source

of revenue to the Indian Government? (1) Income tax (2) Corporation tax (3) Central excise (4) Customs duty 49. Find the incorrect match. 1. Bajaj - Pulsar 2. TVS - Fiero 3. Kinetic - Deo 4. Honda - Eterno 50. Match the following. Country - Area in lakh sq. km I. USA - a. 99.76

II. Brazil - b. 85.11 III. China - c. 76.82 IV. Australia - d. 95.61

e. 93.72 (1) I – a II – b III – e IV – c (2) I – e II – b III – d IV – c (3) I - d II – c III – e IV – b (4) I – e II – c III – d IV – b


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