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

junoonmba

The participation on this thread is Rising fast Than SENSEX

Some Genuine requests:----
@Abhay bhai u r the old member of this thread Please go easy on Fonts..........

@diablorulez ,Bhai I appreciate ur contribution on the thread and I know that mistakes are bound to happen when we post a large number of questions However if u are posting some solutions please crosscheck it with some other person's post so that unmatched answers can be googled and the RIGHT answer is posted in the final post.....I am saying so because he two answers (Prima facie)are not right in ur solutions LML and IDBI ,I dont know about other questions.......

Please consider the above requests in Healthy spirits

amd let the good work (n questions) pouring...............

junoonmba

NEXT set: -
1. The Dabhol Project is in
1. Orissa 2. Maharashtra 3. Gujarat 4. Andhra Pradesh

2. The late Kaka Hathrasi was a famous
1. diplomat 2. astrologer 3. poet 4. film-star

3. This is touted as the Nobel equivalent for environmental movies. Can you name this prize?
1. Golden Oscar 2. Greepaece Prize 3. Golden Panda Award 4. Golden Bear Prize

4. Microwave ovens cook dishes by means of
1. Ultraviolet rays 2. Infra-red rays 3. Convection 4. Conduction

5. Most of the phenomena related to weather take place in
1. stratosphere 2. ionosphere 3. mesosphere 4. troposphere

6. The current President of the World Bank is
1. Robert MaCnamara 2. James D. Wolfansen 3. Barbara Cartland 4. None of these

7. Amartya Sen, the NRI Nobel laureate got the honour for his work on
1. Game theory 2. Securities analysis 3. Poverty and famines 4.Impact of Industrialization

8. The Quit India resolution was passed at the
1. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1940 2. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1941
3. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1942 4. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1945.

9. Who among the following is not a ghazal singer?
1. Talat Aziz 2. Chandan Dass 3. Peenaz Masani 4. Jagdev Singh

10. Art. 352 deals with the
1. imposition of President’s rule 2. imposition of emergency
3. imposition of censorship 4. imposition of financial emergency

11. Meteorites are the heavenly bodies
1. between the Mars and the Jupiter 2. between the Saturn and the Neptune
3. between the Mars and the Venus 4. that burn brightly on entering the Earth’s atmosphere

12. P-5 is a group of
1. highly developed countries 2. Highly populous countries
3. Permanent members of the Security Council 4. Established nuclear powers

13. Arrange the following in chronological order:
a. Dandi March b. McDonald Award c. Hanging of Bhagat Singh d. Meerut conspiracy case
1. a, b, c, d 2. b, a, c, d 3. d, c, a, b, 4. d, a, c, b

14. Which of the following is a land-locked state?
1. Gujarat 2. Andhra Pradesh 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Tamil Nadu

15. Which of the following is not an official language as per the 8th schedule?
1. Konkani 2. Sindhi 3. Manipuri 4. English

16. Which of the following used in making computer chips ?
1. Carbon 2. Uranium 3. Silicon 4. Rubidium

17. In order to see an undersea object while in a ship, you would make use of a
1. telescope 2. periscope 3. marinoscope 4. None of these

18. Kofi Annan, the UNO Secretary-General belong to
1. Saudi Arab 2. Egypt 3. Ghana 4. Brazil

19. The deepest ocean in the world is
1. The Indian ocean 2. The Atlantic ocean 3. The Pacific ocean 4. None of these

20. The oldest mutual fund in India is the
1. SBI Mutual Fund 2. BOB Mutual Fund 3. PNB Mutual Fund 4. Unit Trust of India

21. A candidate for elections to the Lok Sabha stands to lose his Deposit Money if he fails to get
1. 1/5 of the total valid votes 2. 1/8 of the valid votes 3. 1/6 of the valid votes polled 4. none of these

22. The Varanasi–Kanyakumari National Highway is called
1. N.H. – 8 2. N. H. – 7 3. N.H. – 12 4. N.H. – 9

23. Which of the following areas of output is witnessing a new revolution?
1. oilseeds 2. fisheries 3. fruits 4. cereals

24. The W.T.O. came into being on
1. 1st April, 1995 2. 1st April, 1994 3. 1st Jan., 1995 4. 1st Jan., 1996
25. Bangal was partitioned during the viceroyalty of
1. Lord Rippon 2. Lord Curzon 3. Lord Hardinge 4. Lord Minto

junoonmba

@Shruti All answer right apart from
35. The first private-sector university in India is located at
1. Ghaziabad 2. Ahmedabad 3. Anand 4. Hyderabad
Answer given...... Googled but all in vain

42. India’s latest space achievement is the launch of
1. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 2. Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
3. Reusable space-shuttle 4. Manned space flight

49. Which Buddhist book contains folk stories regarding the previous life of Guatam Buddha?
1. Mahavastu 2. Vinaya 3. Jataka 4. Suttapitaka
Buddhist Tales - Jataka Stories - Volume 2

Carpe diem

shruti08sept

Quote:

Originally Posted by junoonmba

@Shruti All answer right apart from
35. The first private-sector university in India is located at
1. Ghaziabad 2. Ahmedabad 3. Anand 4. Hyderabad
Answer given...... Googled but all in vain

42. India’s latest space achievement is the launch of
1. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 2. Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
3. Reusable space-shuttle 4. Manned space flight

49. Which Buddhist book contains folk stories regarding the previous life of Guatam Buddha?
1. Mahavastu 2. Vinaya 3. Jataka 4. Suttapitaka
Buddhist Tales - Jataka Stories - Volume 2

Carpe diem

oh.....i googled....and i found out that even mahavastu has stories regarding the previous life of gautam budda!

guess i need to do it again...

and yes....no clue about the private sector university.....its in hyderabaD???

shruti08sept

1. The Dabhol Project is in
2. Maharashtra

2. The late Kaka Hathrasi was a famous
3. poet

3. This is touted as the Nobel equivalent for environmental movies. Can you name this prize?
2. Greepaece Prize

4. Microwave ovens cook dishes by means of
4. Conduction

5. Most of the phenomena related to weather take place in
4. troposphere

6. The current President of the World Bank is
4. None of these

7. Amartya Sen, the NRI Nobel laureate got the honour for his work on
3. Poverty and famines

8. The Quit India resolution was passed at the
3. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1942

9. Who among the following is not a ghazal singer?
4. Jagdev Singh

10. Art. 352 deals with the
1. imposition of President’s rule 2. imposition of emergency
3. imposition of censorship 4. imposition of financial emergency

11. Meteorites are the heavenly bodies
4. that burn brightly on entering the Earth’s atmosphere

12. P-5 is a group of
3. Permanent members of the Security Council

13. Arrange the following in chronological order:
a. Dandi March b. McDonald Award c. Hanging of Bhagat Singh d. Meerut conspiracy case
1. a, b, c, d 2. b, a, c, d 3. d, c, a, b, 4. d, a, c, b

14. Which of the following is a land-locked state?
3. Madhya Pradesh

15. Which of the following is not an official language as per the 8th schedule?
4. English

16. Which of the following used in making computer chips ?
3. Silicon

17. In order to see an undersea object while in a ship, you would make use of a
2. periscope

18. Kofi Annan, the UNO Secretary-General belong to
3. Ghana

19. The deepest ocean in the world is
3. The Pacific ocean

20. The oldest mutual fund in India is the
4. Unit Trust of India

21. A candidate for elections to the Lok Sabha stands to lose his Deposit Money if he fails to get
1. 1/5 of the total valid votes 2. 1/8 of the valid votes 3. 1/6 of the valid votes polled 4. none of these

22. The Varanasi–Kanyakumari National Highway is called
2. N. H. – 7

23. Which of the following areas of output is witnessing a new revolution?
1. oilseeds 2. fisheries 3. fruits 4. cereals

24. The W.T.O. came into being on
3. 1st Jan., 1995

25. Bangal was partitioned during the viceroyalty of
2. Lord Curzon

shruti08sept

@diablorulez ....Yesterday's Gyan dhara solutions...
i think....a few answers are wrong...

Objective test for "Business Awareness"
1) ‘Clipper’ and ‘Terminator’, are the names of the scooter and bike models, respectively from the stable of
TVS Motors Ltd.
LML Ltd.
Bajaj Auto Ltd.
Kinetic Engineering Ltd.

(it is LML without any doubt!)

3) The name of India’s first and only 91-octane petrol from Indian Oil Corporation is
Smart
Turbojet
Premium
Speed
(i think you forgot to answetr this...according to me its premium)

4) ‘Suvidha’ fixed deposits are from
ICICI
UTI
IDBI
SBI

(IDBI is the correct answer)

10) In a recent decision, the government has allowed the banks to enter into compromise settlement of Non-Performing Assets (NPA) of upto Rs. …
1 cr
5 cr
20 cr
25 cr

(not sure about this one....)

getintoiimb · 08:23 AM

Some cricket trivia

1.This is a half volley to start with – X has won man of the match in all those matches when his team has scored the highest innings total (Highest Totals in all formats of International Cricket).Who is X?

2.What is the unique, rare connection in the given events :- ‘Wasim Akram bowling to Sachin Tendulkar in WC 2003 at centurion’ & ‘Shane Warne bowling to Brain Lara in Adelaide Test 2005/06’
(Think something special which happened for the last time in these two events and might take some more time to happen again J)

3.This is an elite list. Not many players were part of this list.X of Quest 1 was the lone member of this list at one time. He was joined by Gary Kirsten for some time. Then Gary Kirsten got removed from the list. Sometime back X also got removed from this list as well. Now only Mathew Hayden remains the lone member of this list. Which list am I talking about?

4.Y is a famous name in his country’s cricketing lore. He was a frail looking, pale-faced player who was not seriously taken after he got a duck on debut. But with his tenacity he became one of the most professional cricketers of his era. Credited with the first ‘Massive’ ODI innings this cricketer once hit 2 double tons against the mighty West Indian team of 70’s that too in their own backyards. One of the few non-English, non-Aussie players to hit ‘Century of Centuries’ in First Class cricket, Y also has an Indian connection. Who’s Y and what’s that Indian Connection?

5.Find the connection in following w.r.t their Test careers – Billy Ponsford, Greg Chappell and Mohd Azharuddin? (There is one obvious answer which comes to mind immediately but I want some more connection. Full marks only for that whole connection)

6.A’s name is revered in cricket as probably second to the Don in his cricketing days. He was the lucky one to hit the 100th century from England against the Aussies.This innings of his is still remembered as one of greatest innings cricket had seen because it was implemented to hurt the ego of the Aussies and Don particularly. The Don had injured himself in that match while bowling and never batted in the test. Who is A and what’s special significance of this innings (A record both for him and his team)?

7.This should be a full toss!!
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. has kept its POST BOX number as XXXY.What is XXXY and what is the reason behind this (XXXY is a 4 digit number)?

8.This is one of my favorite questions as it includes two of my favorite sports and believe all should crack this one. (Just read carefully.)M with his brother N is the only pair of brothers to have been part of winning teams of English County (Cricket) championship and FA (Football) Cup in same year. They share the second name with a famous scientist (Recall Physics lecturesJ) .While M was better in Cricket field, N was better with Football. Who are M & N and what teams they played for in Cricket and Football respectively? (Ok. Finding it difficult!! … ….. Final Clue – M shares his first name with the famous creation of Hank Ketcham )

9.Again a connection question. What connects Clive Lloyd, Wavell Hinds and Fidel Edwards’s w.r.t. a unique feat in ODIs? (Clue – S.Ramesh also achieved same feat in same match in which Hinds did this.)

10 This player played for two different countries in Tests hitting century on debut for former country. For the later country he played as a captain and was quite succesfull.This player holds a unique record of not getting out for a duck in his entire ODI career (Only player with more than 100 matches to do so).Who was this player later turned captain?

utsavmamoria

Quote:

Originally Posted by junoonmba

@Shruti All answer right apart from
35. The first private-sector university in India is located at
1. Ghaziabad 2. Ahmedabad 3. Anand 4. Hyderabad
Answer given...... Googled but all in vain

I googled a little and found out this
Private university - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It seems we need better googlers

we all have failed to find the answer

utsavmamoria

Maaru take on questions missed

10. Art. 352 deals with the
1. imposition of President’s rule 2. imposition of emergency
3. imposition of censorship 4. imposition of financial emergency

13. Arrange the following in chronological order:
a. Dandi March b. McDonald Award c. Hanging of Bhagat Singh d. Meerut conspiracy case
1. a, b, c, d 2. b, a, c, d 3. d, c, a, b, 4. d, a, c, b

21. A candidate for elections to the Lok Sabha stands to lose his Deposit Money if he fails to get
1. 1/5 of the total valid votes 2. 1/8 of the valid votes 3. 1/6 of the valid votes polled 4. none of these

23. Which of the following areas of output is witnessing a new revolution?
1. oilseeds 2. fisheries 3. fruits 4. cereals
not sure of this one

getintoiimb

Come on puys..answer the previous set and this one..

1.The first product made by this company was a car record player.they gave themselves a name similar to the name of the market leader in recors players in those days.todat this company has a worldwide presence and is known as a premier communications company.which company am i talking about?

2.an american inventor herman hollerith devised an electromechanical counting machine that used punched cards to tabulate the results of the 1890 US census.the firm grew out of business eventually became which familiar company?

3.Nolan bushnell launched the video game industry with the founding of a company that took its name from the japanese game of "Go" where the word is used to warn an opponent that he is danger of losing.name the company?

4.it is not something that you wud like to eat even if you were stranded in an island with adequate supplies of it.however which unpopular food item is also the term used to describe unwanted mail sent to a mass of e-mail addresses to advertise prodcuts ot 12 services?

5.before the world wide web what was the syste, for finding and displaying document files stored on the internet.it was named for the mascot of the college where it was developed ,the university of minnesota?

6.what does DVD which looks like the CD rom but can hold the data more that 4.7 GB stand for?

7.Bill gates and this team at microsoft took a team of reporters into a submarine during a product launch.why did gates do this?

8.which major japanese company started in 1915 with the manufacture of pencils and only later on moved on to the products that they are today famous for,also retaining the brandname of the pencils for all their products?

9.according to the business week,when the new york trade center was bombed in 1993,a man by name jim mcintyre led a group of people across 34 floors in total darkness to safety.what did he use for light?

10.the 1900 corporation,USA introduced a product under a brand name which became a huge success.the company soon adopted the brand name of the company.which company?