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

[sid_dharth]

Originally Posted by apoorvkashyap

set 2
keep posting ur gud replies for many new sets

11. The Netherlands

12. Wills Lifestyle

13

14. AMD

15. Power

16. Hinduja Family

17. Hero Honda Pleasure

18. Jathropa

19.

20. Tata Motors


Cheers!!!
Siddharth

[fringant]

13.walmart

19.exide

i think sid has answered the rest right..am i right apoorv..both of these answers are some calculated guess work

[junoonmba]

Originally Posted by getintoiimb

My answers!!

SET--20

BG

Nortel President and Chief Executive Officer _______________is in india?
Mike Zafirovsky

___________, the former Federal Reserve chairman, has been hired to advise the securities unit of _____________, Germany’s biggest bank.
Alan Greenspan,Deutsche Bank

NIKE and ADIDAS CEO _____________?And punchline of Adidas______________?
PHILIP KNIGHT--nike,Herbert Hainer--adidas
punchline of adidas- forever sport

Anil Ambani is going to start power plant at Dadri in UP of _____________Megawatt power ?(give answer in Numbers...)
8000 MW

______________ acquired Glaxo smithkline Mundogen generic business in spain?
Ranbaxy



DG

Kalpana chawla 2006 award goes to ?
Joshua Stuart from University of Colorado

Vasantha Kandasamy, an Assistant Professor in IIT-Madras, has been chosen for the Kalpana Chawla Award for 2006. According to a press release, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has announced the candidateure

Highest gallantry award in India? recently given to...............
param vir chakra given to Riflemen Sanjay Kumar and Yogender Singh Yadav

Highest sports award in India? and recently given to...............
Arjuna award to Saurav Ghosal for squash

Indian Navy recently commissioned "INS jalashaw" which is _______________ and also known as___________ ?
an amphibious transport dock, USS Trenton

Which state govt started program SUJLAM SUFLAM costing Rs 6000 Cr. beneffiting water starved districts.................?
gujarat




SG

INDIAN Institute of Space and science technology is at ?
Trivandrum(think this is a repeated question)

INDIAN Institute of Spice Research is at ?
Calicut

INDIAN Institute of petroleum is at ?
Dehradun

"Garden City Of India"-----------
Bangalore(What a sitter )

Spherical shape of earth was suggested by ?
Pythagoras

Gautam buddha born on _________ died on ______________ ,he was prince of ______clan and the capital of his kingdom _______.Delivered first sermon at__________ ,last sermon at__________ died at________________ buried at____________.

563 B.C,483 BC,sakya, Shravasti the capital of Kosala Kingdom,sarnath,Kolhua,kushininagar,lumibni

Good questions mate..hope i got all right ..

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[junoonmba]

TO ADD SPICE and Lowering the burden, changing the format for few days.................

10 questions from all walks of life


JAPANESE stock market Name......?
JETLITE is new name of ?
Country with largeset Catholic Christian

AStronomical name of Constellation PEGASUS?
Mahabodi Temple is in ?
State with lower and Upper SEX ratio than national average ?


Boris Pasternake refuse Nobel Prize in year _____?Why ?
Global headquarters of NEWS CORP.?
A life in our TIme and the act of life are the Autobiographies of ?

EXTRA DOSE:=

PUNCHLINE-----TURN tO EXPERTS is of....................

[av_biswas]

Originally Posted by junoonmba

TO ADD SPICE and Lowering the burden, changing the format for few days.................

10 questions from all walks of life


JAPANESE stock market Name......?
JETLITE is new name of ?
Country with largeset Catholic Christian

AStronomical name of Constellation PEGASUS?
Mahabodi Temple is in ?
State with lower and Upper SEX ratio than national average ?


Boris Pasternake refuse Nobel Prize in year _____?Why ?
Global headquarters of NEWS CORP.?
A life in our TIme and the act of life are the Autobiographies of ?

EXTRA DOSE:=

PUNCHLINE-----TURN tO EXPERTS is of....................

1.Japanese stock market-Nikkei 225(this is the stock index of Japan)..

2.Sahara Airlines...-(after merger with Jet airways)

3.country with largest catholic christian--Brazil

4.not sure....."The Flying horse"

5.Mahabodhi temple-Bihar

6.lowest:-Haryana......highest:-Kerala

7.1958....he declined the award out of fear that he would be stripped of his citizenship were he to travel to stockholm to accept it.

8.News Corp Headquarter---Manhattan

9.not sure about.."a life in our time"...
"The act of life"---Amrish puri.

10.some jobsite...bt not sure....

correct me if m wrong anywhere..Thanks in advance.
Regards...

[sapnasingh]

hello siddharth!
u given d name of thread where junoonmba posts questions which would helps us to prepare for gk section for exams like nmat ,snap but i m new to this site &not getting how access dat thread plz help me out.

[fringant]

Originally Posted by sapnasingh

hello siddharth!
u given d name of thread where junoonmba posts questions which would helps us to prepare for gk section for exams like nmat ,snap but i m new to this site &not getting how access dat thread plz help me out.

hi sapna..pls visiting this thread and go through all the pages of this thread only for gk gyaan..

for all newcomers once again i'd say this is the official thread for GK preparation so keep visiting and contributing

[junoonmba]

SET--22
CAR compANy IDENTIFY:----
GRAND PUNTO
Q7
RIO

WHich Bank started Competetive Upcoming Business(CUB)?

CEO Of TATA SKY?

Year of Establishment Of EXIM Bank?

My 40 years with SBI is book By?

Founder of REDIFF.com?

CAPTAIN of INDIAN HOCKEY Team?

Who was Autralian Cricketer sacked By ten Sports On calling______________ as Terrorist on AIR?


WHAT is ARMOUR AND CHINAMN
WHAT IS ARMOUR AND CHINAMAN in the field of Sports?


WHO is Seymour CRAY?

Lightest Metal-------?

EXPAND FIDE?

DELAYED BLOOD CLOTTING is because of deficiency of?

Who was the famous personality called MAHANAMA?

[getintoiimb]

My Answers

CAR company IDENTIFY:----

GRAND PUNTO
Fiat

Q7
Audi

RIO
Kia

WHich Bank started Competetive Upcoming Business(CUB)?
ING vysya

CEO Of TATA SKY?
Vikram Kaushik

Year of Establishment Of EXIM Bank?
1934

My 40 years with SBI is book By?
Mr P.G. Kakodkar, former Chairman SBI

Founder of REDIFF.com?
Ajit Balakrishan

CAPTAIN of INDIAN HOCKEY Team?
Dilip tirkey

Who was Autralian Cricketer sacked By ten Sports On calling______________ as Terrorist on AIR?
Dean jones

WHAT IS ARMOUR AND CHINAMAN in the field of Sports?
In cricket,left-arm unorthodox spin is often known as slow left-arm chinaman
Under Armour is the originator of performance apparel, a line of moisture wicking microfibre clothing that pulls perspiration away

WHO is Seymour CRAY?
pioneer in supercomputing

Lightest Metal-------?
Titanium??

EXPAND FIDE?
Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation

DELAYED BLOOD CLOTTING is because of deficiency of?
Vitamin K

Who was the famous personality called MAHANAMA?
Madan Mohan Malviya

[sapnasingh]

thanks fringant for helping me.i wud like to know more about snap & nmat ,its difficulty level,gk section,specially d di section of nmat their cut offs. pls tell me wat should be my strategy for cracking these papers