|
Q1. |
‘Swiss made since 1848’ is the tagline of |
|
1. |
|
Omega
|
2. |
|
Citizen
|
|
3. |
|
Casio
|
4. |
|
Bulova
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q2. |
Milan city is famous for |
|
1. |
|
Jewellery Fair
|
2. |
|
Fashion shows
|
|
3. |
|
Trade Fair
|
4. |
|
Diamond Fair
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q3. |
What is New York stock exchange better known as ? |
|
1. |
|
Wall street
|
2. |
|
Baker Street
|
|
3. |
|
Fleet Street
|
4. |
|
Writers’ Street
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q4. |
Parliament has passed the SBI (Amendment) Bill-2010 which Changes the minimum level of share of the government in SBI’s equity ………… |
|
1. |
|
From 51% to 55%
|
2. |
|
From 65% to 67%
|
|
3. |
|
From 70% to 75%
|
4. |
|
From 74% to 78%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q5. |
Government is going to divest 5% of its stake in ONGC which will reduce government’s share holding in ONGC to………….. |
|
1. |
|
69.14%
|
2. |
|
65.14%
|
|
3. |
|
79.14%
|
4. |
|
55.14%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q6. |
Which company in September 2010 announced to buy stakes in Australian shale gas assets from Norwest Energy NL? |
|
1. |
|
BPCL
|
2. |
|
NTPC
|
|
3. |
|
BHEL
|
4. |
|
SAIL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q7. |
Name the country with which India has signed a protocol to the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement that would enable the government get information about some of the wealth illegally stashed away in banks. |
|
1. |
|
Britain
|
2. |
|
US
|
|
3. |
|
Switzerland
|
4. |
|
France
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q8. |
The first headquarters of Microsoft was established in 1975 was |
|
1. |
|
New York
|
2. |
|
Washington D.C.
|
|
3. |
|
Albuquerque, New Mexico
|
4. |
|
Dallas, Texas
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q9. |
Which Hollywood actress is seen in the latest print advertisements of Omega watches |
|
1. |
|
Julia Roberts
|
2. |
|
Anne Hathaway
|
|
3. |
|
Nicole Kidman
|
4. |
|
Sarah Jessica Parker
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q10. |
Paul Allen has announced that he has launched a raft of patent infringement lawsuits against some of the giants of the Internet search space, including Google, Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, YouTube and AOL. He is the co-founder of |
|
1. |
|
Microsoft
|
2. |
|
Intel
|
|
3. |
|
HP
|
4. |
|
HCL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q11. |
Indian Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) Lifetime Achievement Award has been bestowed on………. |
|
1. |
|
Ratan Tata
|
2. |
|
R. P. Goenka
|
|
3. |
|
Indira Nooyi
|
4. |
|
Arundhati Roy
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q12. |
Which TV brand claims to have a ‘monolithic design’? |
|
1. |
|
Videocon d2h LCD
|
2. |
|
LG Infinia
|
|
3. |
|
Panasonic Plasma
|
4. |
|
Sony Bravia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q13. |
Turanor, a giant catamaran launched by the __________ Company Planet Solar, is planning to circumnavigate the globe simply by harnessing the power of the sun. |
|
1. |
|
German
|
2. |
|
French
|
|
3. |
|
Russian
|
4. |
|
Swiss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q14. |
In a surprise move and to the disappointment of taxpayers, the government recently deferred the
implementation of the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) by a year to _________ 2012, and sought to waive the preferential treatment to women in tax payment in the name of gender equity. |
|
1. |
|
Jan 1
|
2. |
|
Mar31
|
|
3. |
|
Apr 1
|
4. |
|
Dec31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q15. |
Indo-Israel chamber of commerce has honored an Indian industrialist as ‘Businessman of the Decade’. The honoured person is ………… |
|
1. |
|
Anil Ambani
|
2. |
|
Azim Premji
|
|
3. |
|
Ratan Tata
|
4. |
|
Laxmi Mittal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q16. |
What percentage of government’s stake in domestic Shipping Company, Shipping Corporation of India has been planned to get divested? |
|
1. |
|
10%
|
2. |
|
20%
|
|
3. |
|
30%
|
4. |
|
40%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q17. |
Nutri Choice brand of are fibre biscuits belongs to which of the following companies? |
|
1. |
|
Britannia
|
2. |
|
ITC
|
|
3. |
|
Parle
|
4. |
|
Priya Gold
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q18. |
India has launched satellite-based navigation system________. |
|
1. |
|
Gagan
|
2. |
|
Gomon
|
|
3. |
|
Akash
|
4. |
|
Star
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q19. |
PMEAC’s Economic outlook 2010-11 forecasts 9% growth rate for Indian economy for the year……… |
|
1. |
|
2010-11
|
2. |
|
2011-12
|
|
3. |
|
2012-13
|
4. |
|
2013-14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q20. |
India has signed an agreement on the nuclear fuel reprocessing arrangements with ………. |
|
1. |
|
USA
|
2. |
|
UK
|
|
3. |
|
Brazil
|
4. |
|
France
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q21. |
State run NMDC Ltd. in September 2010 signed a shareholder’s agreement with Kopano Logistics Services to form a joint venture company in ……………. |
|
1. |
|
America
|
2. |
|
South Africa
|
|
3. |
|
Japan
|
4. |
|
Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q22. |
Giving a clean chit to Sharad Pawar, the Bombay High Court said there was "nothing on record" to show that the Union minister had influenced the Maharashtra government's decision to exempt IPL matches from __________ . |
|
1. |
|
VAT
|
2. |
|
Entertainment Tax
|
|
3. |
|
GST
|
4. |
|
DTC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q23. |
Adani group has acquired an Australian Coal Asset in a cash and royalty deal worth………… |
|
1. |
|
2.7 billion dollar
|
2. |
|
3.7 billion dollar
|
|
3. |
|
4.7 billion dollar
|
4. |
|
5.7 billion dollar
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q24. |
Tata Power Co. Ltd. in September 2010 bagged its fourth overseas power generation project, a 240 MW geothermal plant in …………. |
|
1. |
|
Indonesia
|
2. |
|
Malaysia
|
|
3. |
|
China
|
4. |
|
Denmark
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q25. |
JK Tyre and Industries Ltd. took up an aggressive expansion plan to add 5 million car tyres from its new facility in ……….. to meet the growing demand from the automobile industry. |
|
1. |
|
Chennai
|
2. |
|
Hyderabad
|
|
3. |
|
Ahmedabad
|
4. |
|
Jaipur
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q26. |
Which British Company made the UK’s first mobile call at a few minutes past midnight, on the 1st of January 1985? |
|
1. |
|
Seimens
|
2. |
|
Nokia
|
|
3. |
|
Vodafone
|
4. |
|
Sony
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q27. |
Name the billionaire who has announced a $ 100-million grant to Human Rights Watch in a bid to transform it into a global organization. |
|
1. |
|
George Soros
|
2. |
|
Bill Gates
|
|
3. |
|
Carlos Slim
|
4. |
|
Paul Allen
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q28. |
RBI has decided to release ‘Plastic Notes’ in circulation. The first such series to be circulated will be of ………. |
|
1. |
|
Rs. 2 notes
|
2. |
|
Rs. 5 notes
|
|
3. |
|
Rs. 10 notes
|
4. |
|
Rs. 20 notes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q29. |
Intel was founded in |
|
1. |
|
1868
|
2. |
|
1982
|
|
3. |
|
1968
|
4. |
|
1992
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q30. |
Which country is the world's largest producer of hydroelectric power? |
|
1. |
|
China
|
2. |
|
US
|
|
3. |
|
Japan
|
4. |
|
Korea
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q31. |
Apollo Tyres Ltd. has its headquarters in |
|
1. |
|
New Delhi
|
2. |
|
Amritsar
|
|
3. |
|
Kolkata
|
4. |
|
Kochi
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q32. |
The government in September 2010 decided to limit the number of national commodity exchanges at …………… in order to foster sustained growth of the commodity futures market? |
|
1. |
|
4
|
2. |
|
6
|
|
3. |
|
7
|
4. |
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q33. |
According to UNCTAD India would emerge as the third largest recipient of foreign direct investment for the three year period ending ________. |
|
1. |
|
2011
|
2. |
|
2012
|
|
3. |
|
2013
|
4. |
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q34. |
In a big boost to the disinvestment programme of the UPA-II Government, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry gave its green signal to the sale of government's stake in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), a move aimed at raising around __________ this fiscal. |
|
1. |
|
Rs 14,000 cr.
|
2. |
|
Rs 18,000 cr.
|
|
3. |
|
Rs 24,000 cr.
|
4. |
|
Rs 30,000 cr.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q35. |
The Reserve Bank of India in September 2010 gave its go ahead to ……………. to restructure the ballooning debt of the airline industry. |
|
1. |
|
State Bank of India
|
2. |
|
ICICI Bank
|
|
3. |
|
Punjab National Bank
|
4. |
|
All of these
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q36. |
Which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ? |
|
1. |
|
USA
|
2. |
|
Bangladesh
|
|
3. |
|
Russia
|
4. |
|
India
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q37. |
Which of the following companies became India’s first listed IT firm to have crossed $1 billion turnover? |
|
1. |
|
Satyam
|
2. |
|
HCL
|
|
3. |
|
Wipro
|
4. |
|
Infosys Technologies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q38. |
Which company has taken over the beleaguered Satyam Computers? |
|
1. |
|
Tech Mahindra
|
2. |
|
Infosys
|
|
3. |
|
Wipro
|
4. |
|
L&T
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q39. |
The Govt. of India has 2 budgets. One is the Union budget. The other is |
|
1. |
|
Defence Budget
|
2. |
|
Space Budget
|
|
3. |
|
Railway Budget
|
4. |
|
Health Budget
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q40. |
Which oil company’s foundation was laid by selling sea shells to Victorian natural history enthusiasts, from a small shop in London in 1833? |
|
1. |
|
Gazprom
|
2. |
|
IOC
|
|
3. |
|
Royal Dutch/Shell group
|
4. |
|
ONGC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|