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Symbiosis Institute of

International Business(SIIB)

G.K. Material Grand Final

This document is a support material for the preparation of General Knowledge questions and the

document in no way guarantees the reflection of any examination pattern.


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CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Classical Singer, Bharat Ratna awardee, who died recently at the age of 88 ?

a) Pandit Bhinsen Joshi b) Pandit Chaurisya Prasad

c) Pandit Badruddin d) None of these

2. Name the National Communal Harmony Award winner-

a) Ravi Kumar Yadav b) Acharya Lokesh Muni

c) Acharya Vinod Muni d) None of these

3. 26th sub-junior and junior National athletics championships held at-

a) Delhi b) Mumbai

c) Chennai d) Bangalore

4. Name the SEBIs next Chairman -

a) D Subbarao b) Vishwant Sinha

c) UK Sinha d) PK Sinha

5. The new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation succeeding AshwaniKumar?

a) Amar Pratap Singh b) Prashant Singh

c) Kumar Ramesh d) None of these

6. The 290-km range supersonic cruise missile test-fired by India -

a) BrahMos b) Prithvi

c) Agni d) None of these

7. Name the womens tennis Player of the Year -2010-a) Kim Clijsters b) Venus Williams

c) Serena Williams d) None of these


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8. January 25 is celebrated as which day?a) National Voters Day b) National Plantation Day

c) National Labours day d) None of these

9. Seven agreements including five in the area of nuclear energy, to pave the wayfor more intensive cooperation in this sector on 6th December, 2010 was signed

between-

a) India and Japan b) India and Russia

c) India and France d) Japan and France

10.Name the gold winner in the over 81kg weight category of the Monnet 11thsenior womens boxing championship at the Lulu International Convention

Centre-

a) J.C Gupta b) P.L Narain

c) K.C. Lekha d) Vinod Gupta

11.The country which has been awarded the rights to host the 2012 Asia CupCricket?

a) Pakistan b) Australia

c) Sri Lanka d) Bangladesh.

12.The head of the planning for military operations of Al-Qaeda against the West?a) Ilhas Tayyab b) Mohd Yunus

c) Ilyas Kashmiri d) None of these

13.Indias most popular bank for 2010-a) HDFC Bank b) ICICI Bank

c) SBI d) RBS


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14.The countries which signed 30 agreements on December 21, 2010, including onoil and gas sector and pacts on nuclear energy, defence and space cooperation-

a) India and Russia b) India and Japan

c) Russia and Australia d) France and US

15.The first animal tamed by human being-

a) Dog b) Horse

c) Cat d) Bull

16.FERA replaced by

a) FEMA b) FECA

c) FEDA d) None of these

17.The country which recently banned newspapers, publishers and website-ownersfrom using foreign words

a) China b) Pakistan

c)Afghanistan d)None of these

18.The country which conducted successful experiments of fastest Train of Worldon 4 December, 2010-

a) USA b)UK

c) China d)France

19.The country which trained an elite police force in Bangladesh, accused of extra-judicial killings and human rights violations, according to WikiLeaks?a) Britain b) USA

c) Canada d) None of these


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20.Who has been awarded the prestigious Bharat Jyoti Award?a) K.V. Raman b) C V Raghuc) T L Sharma d) None of these

21.The Player of the series award for the ODI cricket series between India and NewZealand held in 2010-

a) Gautam Gambhir b) MS Dhoni

c) V Sehwag d) None of these

22.Former President of which Asian country was denied a visa on December 2,2010-

a) Pakistan b) India

c)Afghanistan d)Sri Lanka

23.Name the Indian Sportsperson who signed a 26-crore deal with worlds 3rdlargest spirit maker UB group?

a) Sachin Tendulkar b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

c) Gautam Gambhir d) None of these

24.The country which won the Davis Cup tennis for the first time in its historybeating France in the final -

a) Serbia b) Germany

c) Japan d) Mexico

25.France will be constructing two 1650 MW nuclear power reactors in India. Thenuclear reactors are to be constructed in which Indian state?

a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra

c) Tamil Nadu d)Karnataka


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26.The worlds most expensive illustrated book, which has been sold for a recordprice of 7.3 million pounds ($11.5 million)

a) 1000 chickens and an Egg b) Birds of Americac) Kill Bill d) None of these

27.Corporate lobbyist who was questioned by Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) for her firms alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation case?

a) Nira Radia b) Fazia Nadia

c) Tabussam d) None of these

28.The film which won the Golden Peacock award for the best film in the 41stInternational film festival (IFFI) in Goa?

a) Moner Manush b) Galib Jabo

c) Koshto Fani d) None of these

29.Iranian filmmaker ,sentenced for six years in jail and barred from directing andproducing movies for the next 20-years-

a) Musaed Kampni b) Jafar Panahic) Valin Pusati d) None of these

30.New party leader of Vietnam-a) Nguyen Phu Trong b) Syuyen Phuc) Kolki Tong d) None of these


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Answer Key

QuestionNumber

Answer

1 A

2 B

3 D4 C

5 A

6 A

7 A

8 A

9 C

10 C

11 D

12 C

13 A

14 B15 A

16 A

17 A

18 C

19 A

20 A

21 A

22 A

23 B

24 A

25 B

26 B

27 A

28 A

29 A

30 A


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GENERAL AWARENESS

1.Who was first to reach the South Pole?

A. Rear Admiral

B. Capt. Amundsen

C. Capt. R. E. Scett

D.Sir Edmund Hillary

2. Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel Prizes individuallyfor:

A. Chemistry in 1954, peace prize in 1962

B. Peace prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962

C. Physics in 154, Medicine in 1962

D. Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962

3. Arcelor, a company acquired by Mittal steel, was formed by merger of which of thefollowing three steel companies?

A. Arcel, Arecalia and Usinor

B. Arbed, Aceralia and Usinor

C. Arcel, Acer and Lucinor

D. None of the above

4. Negative inflation is also called:

A. Deflation

B. Disinflation

C. Both



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5. The co-founders of Googleare:

A. Sergey Brin & Eric Schmidt

B. Larry Page & Eric Schmidt

C. Sergey Brin & Larry Page

D. Shirley M tilghman & Eric Schmidt

6. Which country is popularly called The Land of the MapleLeaf?

A. Canada

B. Ireland

C. England

D. France

7. Which of the treaty was signed amongst the European nations for entering into themonetary union?

A. Treaty of Nice

B. Treaty of Versailles

C. Maastricht Treaty

D. Treaty of Paris.

8. Which of the following Indian ports is a private port?

A. Bedi Bunder

B. Navlakhi

C. Ratnagiri

D. Pipavav


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9. Which is the longest running English language TV cartoon in history, first launchedby Warner Brothers in 1969 exclusively for television, and is now popular fare on theCartoon Network?

A. Scooby Doo

B. Tom and Jerry

C. Popeye

D. Johnny Bravo

10. Bio-diesel is extracted from the following plant:

A. Hibiscus

B. Aloe Vera

C. Jatropha

D. Chamomile

11. What is Ekistics?

A. The water sports related study

B. The science of Body Mass

C. The art of card tricks

D. The science of human settlements

12. What is Red Herring in an IPO?

A. Prospectus

B. Submission of Form

C. Funds Generated during IPO

D. Minimum Offer per Share


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13. Who declares the "Credit Policy" of India?

A. The Finance Ministry

B. Reserve Bank of India

C. The Commerce Ministry

D. The Indian Bank's Association

14. As a practice, all major states capitals have offices of Reserve Bank of India withonly one exception. Which city of India has an office of RBI without being a statecapital?

A. Pune

B. Allahabad

C. Baroda

D. Nagpur

15. Which is the largest landlocked country in the world?

A. Switzerland

B. China

C. Kazakhstan

D. Mongolia

16. The Black Box of an aircraft is an important part as all the conversations and dataare recorded therein. Although it is named black box, but its color is not black. What isthe color of the black box in a commercial airplane?

A. Brown

B. Yellow

B. Red

D. Orange


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17. At what frequency SENSEX calculation is carried out?A. Every half an hour

B. Every hour

C. Real time

D. Six times a day.

18. Who killed US President Abraham Lincoln?

A. Lee Harvey Oswald

B. John Hinckley

C. John Wilkes Booth

D. Michael Schiavo

19. What is the height of the proposed Burj Tower in Dubai?

A. 400 metres

B.520 metres

C.600 metres

D. 800 metres

20. Which Apollo mission landed the first humans on the Moon?

A. Apollo 7

B. Apollo 9

C. Apollo 11

D. Apollo 13

21. What is the International Air Transport Association airport code for Heathrow

Airport?

A. HRW

B. HTR

C. LHR

D. LHW


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22. Which event from the 2012 Summer Olympics will be held at Lord's Cricket

Ground?

A. Archery

B. Fencing

C. Handball

D. Shooting

23. Who is the only British Prime Minister to have received the Nobel Prize in

Literature?

A. Anthony Eden

B. Clement Attlee

C. Harold Macmillan

D. Sir Winston Churchill

24. Aerolite is another name for what?

A. Coal

B. Coke

C. Lava

D. Meteorite

25. The term Uruguay Round is associated with an important world organization.Which one?

A. UNDP

B. GATT

C. WTO

D. World Bank


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26. El Nino is

A. A Sea storm

B. A warm ocean current

C. A tropical disturbance

D. Another name of typhoon

27. Garampani sanctuary is located at

A. Junagarh, Gujarat

B. Diphu, Assam

C.

Kohima, Nagaland

D. Gangtok, Sikkim

28. Friction can be reduced by changing from

A. sliding to rolling

B. rolling to sliding

C. potential energy to kinetic energy

D. dynamic to static

29. Fire temple is the place of worship of which of the following regions?

A. Taoism

B. Judaism

C. Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion)

D. Shintoism


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30. The propagation of radio signals is greatly influenced by

A. Troposphere

B. Ionosphere

C. Exosphere

D. Thermosphere

31. Starbucks, the coffee chain retailers name is inspired from which book?

A. The Scarlet Letter

B. Mobydick

C. Uncle Toms Cabin


32. Zapak Digital Entertainment (a gaming venture) belongs to which business group?

A. UTV

B. Balaji Telefilm

C. Zee TV

D. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises

33. Eugenics is the study of

A. altering human beings by changing their genetic components

B. people of European origin

C. different races of mankind

D. genetic of plants

34. Fathometer is used to measure

A. Earthquakes B.Rainfall

C. Ocean depth D.Sound intensity


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35. Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in

A. Increased height

B. Retarded growth

C. Weakening of bones



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Answers

QuestionNumber

Answer

1 B

2 A

3 B

4 A

5 C

6 A

7 C

8 D

9 A

10 C11 D

12 A

13 B

14 D

15 C

16 D

17 C

18 C

19 D

20 C

21 C

22 A

23 D

24 D

25 B

26 B

27 B

28 A

29 C

30 B

31 B

32 D

33 A34 C

35 A

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