The Official GK Thread for B-School Entrances 2007-2008

[sastry751]

hmm seems junoon makes sure that i can answer only 2 questions

i have read some time back that cuba is sugar bowl and generally it happens in india the state which conducts the national games makes sure by buying the athletes from other states to remain in top the same happened in guahawti.rest of the questions no clue

[MG_1806]

SET-10
BG

Etihad Airways is airline of which of the country and what's its punchline?
UAE

Flextronics International is based in which country??
Singapore

DG

_________Heads India's trade and ecomomic relation's committee(TERC)?
Prime Minister

Who was elected president FIFA third time?
Sepp Blatter

FIFA grants US $____________ to ___________ under its "Project Goal" aimed at developing soccer in INDIA?
Forgot the exact figure. Maybe in the range of 20-25 Million Dollars

Recent CITES meeting held at ______?****Conference on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
Nairobi,Kenya
______________,acting president of ICC after the death of previous president Percy Sonn?
Ray Mali


SG

Shankar-6 is variety of which Agri product?
Cotton


Match the following......
Hirakund Mahanadi
Nagarjun sagar Cauvery- (Krishna)
bHakra nangal Sutlej
Pochampad Godavari

[junoonmba]

Originally Posted by fringant

BG

Etihad Airways is airline of which of the country and what's its punchline?
united arab emirates
The National Airline of the United Arab Emirates

US -India business council recently appointed Joseph Gilmourt its board of director .Who is he?
fellow of the Society of Actuaries (F.S.A.) and a graduate of the University of Toronto, Ontario

Pyramid Megastore is retail Chainassociated with which Group?
nicholas piramal

Flextronics International is based in which country??
singapore

Eyeing diabetics and health conscious people, Taj Mahal Agro Industries Pvt Ltd recently launched a low glycemic rice brand _____________?
moolgiri

DG

_________Heads India's trade and ecomomic relation's committee(TERC)?
Dr. manmohan singh

Who was elected president FIFA third time?
sepp blatter

FIFA grants US $____________ to ___________ under its "Project Goal" aimed at developing soccer in INDIA?
20 million 400,000 to aiff Sikkim

Recent CITES meeting held at ______?****Conference on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
nairobi,kenya THE hAGUE
______________,acting president of ICC after the death of previous president Percy Sonn?
ray mali

SG

First governor of RBI?
Osborne Smith

Shankar-6 is variety of which Agri product?
cotton

Author of Book Speed Post?
shobha de

Match the following......
Hirakund Mahanadi
Nagarjun sagar Cauvery
bHakra nangal Sutlej
Pochampad Godavari

hirakud-mahanadi
bhakra nangal-sutlej
pochampad-godavari
nagarjun sagar-cauvery

Solar System was dicovered by ____and "euro" as common currencywas intorduced when?
Swedenborg, Emanuel.Nicolaus Copernicus Controversial till date.....
1999

@Fringant Bhai for ur assistance...........
CEO
randall stephenson--AT&T
Kenneth lewis--Bank of America
Dr. Eric Schmidt ---APna .....Google


Enjoy solving..........

awesome qns junoon bhai..will come up with a lits of 100-200 companies and ceo's soon..[/quote]

Gud work fringant bhai First post mein hi Chaakaaa

[junoonmba]

Gear up guys for the next Set---11

BG

Who heads 7 member committee on "Infrastructure Financing"?

Marine food business of Hindustan Lever has been acquired by ?

Professional Management group , a sports management company is controlled by ________ ,an ex crickter?

Tiger Airways low budget Airlines belongs to which country?

India's largest commodity exchange-the Multi commodity exchange(MCX) has emerged sa world's 3rd commodity exchange? largest commodity exchange of world is ?


DG

India has recently become largest producer of rubber replacing_____?

Sanjay behl ,an ex Indian official recently convicted in $100 mn fraud.he is working in which section of UN?

India has recently decided to field ________ for the post of Secretary General of Common wealth nations.He would replace __________?

__________,a cyclone that hit OMAN recently?

Why "spiki la" was in news recently? (Subjective question carry 10 marks )

SG

The late Palestinian leader Mr Yasser Arafat was buried in:
(1) Paris (2) Cairo
(3) Ramallah (4) Jerusalem

Naval Academy is located at:
(1) Cochin (2) Mumbai
(3) Chennai (4) Kolkata Also tell where is NDA located?

Who was the first Dalit elected president of India

a. K.R.Narayan
b. Gyani ZailSingh
c. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
d. None

When was the American Federal Reserve Bank started?

a. 1890
b. 1930
c. 1913
d. 1947

__________is the only woman recipient of the Sahitya Akademi’s award for literature died on 31st Oct 2005.

a. Amrita Pritam
b. Seshedesh Pande
c. Anita Desai
d. None
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Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[getintoiimb]

SET - 11

BG

Marine food business of Hindustan Lever has been acquired by ?
Temptation Foods

Professional Management group , a sports management company is controlled by ________ ,an ex crickter?
sunil gavaskar

Tiger Airways low budget Airlines belongs to which country?
singapore

India's largest commodity exchange-the Multi commodity exchange(MCX) has emerged the world's 3rd commodity exchange? largest commodity exchange of world is ?
silver,New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)


DG

India has recently become largest producer of rubber replacing_____?
indonesia

India has recently decided to field ________ for the post of Secretary General of Common wealth nations.He would replace __________?
kamlesh sharma replacing Don McKinnon

__________,a cyclone that hit OMAN recently?
Tropical cyclone gonu

SG

The late Palestinian leader Mr Yasser Arafat was buried in:
Cairo

Naval Academy is located at
Mumbai,NDA is located in pune

Who was the first Dalit elected president of India
K.R.Narayan

When was the American Federal Reserve Bank started?
1913

__________is the only woman recipient of the Sahitya Akademi’s award for literature died on 31st Oct 2005.
Amrita Pritam

Didnt know 3 answers ..have never heard of that spiki la..
whats it all about??

[sid_dharth]

My answers for the Set 11

Who heads 7 member committee on "Infrastructure Financing"?

Deepak Parekh, Chairman HDFC

Marine food business of Hindustan Lever has been acquired by ?

Temptation Foods

Professional Management group , a sports management company is controlled by ________ ,an ex crickter?

Sunil Gavaskar

Tiger Airways low budget Airlines belongs to which country?

Singapore

India's largest commodity exchange-the Multi commodity exchange(MCX) has emerged sa world's 3rd commodity exchange? largest commodity exchange of world is ?

New York Merchantile Exchange (NYMEX)

India has recently become largest producer of rubber replacing_____?

Thailand

Sanjay behl ,an ex Indian official recently convicted in $100 mn fraud.he is working in which section of UN?

UN's procurement division. he was suspended as he was found guilty for the Oil for Food Program

India has recently decided to field ________ for the post of Secretary General of Common wealth nations.He would replace __________?

Kamlesh Sharma & he will be replacing Don McKinnon

__________,a cyclone that hit OMAN recently?

Gonu

The late Palestinian leader Mr Yasser Arafat was buried in:

(3) Ramallah

Naval Academy is located at:

(2) Mumbai

Also tell where is NDA located?

Pune

Who was the first Dalit elected president of India

K R Narayan

When was the American Federal Reserve Bank started?

c. 1913

__________is the only woman recipient of the Sahitya Akademi’s award for literature died on 31st Oct 2005.

a. Amrita Pritam

I don't have any idea about "spiki la" have hear it for the first time!!!

Cheers!!!
Siddharth

[fringant]

BG

Who heads 7 member committee on "Infrastructure Financing"?
Deepak Parekh,Chairman,HDFC

Marine food business of Hindustan Lever has been acquired by ?
Temptation foods

Professional Management group , a sports management company is controlled by ________ ,an ex crickter?
sunil gavaskar

Tiger Airways low budget Airlines belongs to which country?
singapore

India's largest commodity exchange-the Multi commodity exchange(MCX) has emerged sa world's 3rd commodity exchange? largest commodity exchange of world is ?
silver,New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)


DG

India has recently become largest producer of rubber replacing_____?
Indonesia

Sanjay behl ,an ex Indian official recently convicted in $100 mn fraud.he is working in which section of UN?
UN's procurement division

India has recently decided to field ________ for the post of Secretary General of Common wealth nations.He would replace __________?
Kamlesh Sharma, Don McKinnon

__________,a cyclone that hit OMAN recently?
GONU

Why "spiki la" was in news recently? (Subjective question carry 10 marks )

SG

The late Palestinian leader Mr Yasser Arafat was buried in:
(1) Paris (2) Cairo
(3) Ramallah (4) Jerusalem
Ramallah

Naval Academy is located at:
(1) Cochin (2) Mumbai
(3) Chennai (4) KolkataAlso tell where is NDA located?

naval academy at mumbai
nda at pune

Who was the first Dalit elected president of India
a. K.R.Narayan
b. Gyani ZailSingh
c. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
d. None
K.R.Naraynan

When was the American Federal Reserve Bank started?

a. 1890
b. 1930
c. 1913
d. 1947
1913
__________is the only woman recipient of the Sahitya Akademi’s award for literature died on 31st Oct 2005.

a. Amrita Pritam
b. Seshedesh Pande
c. Anita Desai
d. None
Amrita pritam
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Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

tough questions yar

[MG_1806]

Gear up guys for the next Set---11

BG

Marine food business of Hindustan Lever has been acquired by ?
Temptation Food

Professional Management group , a sports management company is controlled by ________ ,an ex crickter?
Sunil Gavaskar

Tiger Airways low budget Airlines belongs to which country?
Singapore

DG

India has recently become largest producer of rubber replacing_____?
Indonesia

__________,a cyclone that hit OMAN recently?
Gonu


SG

The late Palestinian leader Mr Yasser Arafat was buried in:
(1) Paris (2) Cairo
(3) Ramallah (4) Jerusalem
Ramallah

Naval Academy is located at:
(1) Cochin (2) Mumbai
(3) Chennai (4) Kolkata Also tell where is NDA located?
Mumbai and Pune

Who was the first Dalit elected president of India

a. K.R.Narayan
b. Gyani ZailSingh
c. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
d. None


__________is the only woman recipient of the Sahitya Akademi’s award for literature died on 31st Oct 2005.

a. Amrita Pritam
b. Seshedesh Pande
c. Anita Desai
d. None

[junoonmba]

Originally Posted by sid_dharth

My answers for the Set 11

BG

Who heads 7 member committee on "Infrastructure Financing"?
Deepak Parekh,Chairman,HDFC

Marine food business of Hindustan Lever has been acquired by ?
Temptation foods

Professional Management group , a sports management company is controlled by ________ ,an ex crickter?
sunil gavaskar

Tiger Airways low budget Airlines belongs to which country?
singapore

India's largest commodity exchange-the Multi commodity exchange(MCX) has emerged sa world's 3rd commodity exchange?TYPO largest commodity exchange of world is ?
silver,New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)
What is this silver Guys Can anybody explain??????


DG

India has recently become largest producer of rubber replacing_____?
THailand

Sanjay behl ,an ex Indian official recently convicted in $100 mn fraud.he is working in which section of UN?
UN's procurement division

India has recently decided to field ________ for the post of Secretary General of Common wealth nations.He would replace __________?
Kamlesh Sharma, Don McKinnon

__________,a cyclone that hit OMAN recently?
GONU

Why "spiki la" was in news recently? (Subjective question carry 10 marks )

Easy one .......It is aroute in Himachal pradesh opened by India and China for trade purpose.......


SG

The late Palestinian leader Mr Yasser Arafat was buried in:
(1) Paris (2) Cairo
(3) Ramallah (4) Jerusalem
Ramallah

Naval Academy is located at:
(1) Cochin (2) Mumbai
(3) Chennai (4) KolkataAlso tell where is NDA located?

naval academy at mumbai

GOA not in the options Even i was confused when everybody gave the answer MUMBAI .Is it a wild guess or any credible source?My answer source is wikipedia.........
Military academies in India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
nda at pune(Right)


Who was the first Dalit elected president of India
a. K.R.Narayan
b. Gyani ZailSingh
c. Dr.Rajendra Prasad
d. None
K.R.Naraynan

When was the American Federal Reserve Bank started?

a. 1890
b. 1930
c. 1913
d. 1947
1913
__________is the only woman recipient of the Sahitya Akademi’s award for literature died on 31st Oct 2005.

a. Amrita Pritam
b. Seshedesh Pande
c. Anita Desai
d. None
Amrita pritam

Gud work guys ..............U all rock

[junoonmba]

SET--12

BG

Rupert Murdoch's Star Group owns which regional Channel?

World's largest travel company?

Singapore telecome ,Sing Tel owns ___stake in Bharti televentures?

Relate kareena kapoor and rahul dravid (he is married )?

____group is investing Rs 100 crore to start a 24*7 Real estate Channel?

DG

Which Nation recently hosted 33rd G-8 Nations Summit?

Who was recently awarded Highest award of international tennis federation's phillip Chartier's Award?

Which country recently won sudirman;s Cup ,a well known trophy for women's badminton?

Who among the India Borns recently appointed to Britain's Upper house?

Bidu satellite was sent by _____ for___?
SG

"No religion,No caste,and No god for Mankind " was said by who ?

Who gave title sardar to Vallabh bhai patel?

Water glass is?

Which metal is important component of transistores?

The Ocean of storms is the name given to ?

Mixed breed questions some are easy and some are
Njoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!