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

[getintoiimb]

Can someone elaborate what the current myanmar crisis is about?
i didnt follow it from the beginning

[utsavmamoria]

Maaru take

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 record players in those days.today this company has a worldwide presence and is known as a premier communications company.which company am i talking about? Motorola (from Motorized Victrola, a Victrola being one of those gramophone types)

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? IBM

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? Atari

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 products of 12 services? Spam

Also refer, the history of spam http://www.spamhelp.org/articles/HowDoIStopSpam.pdf

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? Gopher

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

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?

To show what it was like, to live in a ‘windowless world’. The product of course was Windows 95.

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? Sharp

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?

A Times Indiglo watch.

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? Whirlpool

[getintoiimb]

@utsavmamoria
You got em all right mate

[diablorulez]

Originally Posted by 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...............

ohhh My mistake while enterng the solutions i highlighted the wrong answers...may b night was taking toll on me..
will take care..apologies !!

[kondapalli]

1. The 3 most corrupt and 3 least corrupt countries in the world as released by International Anit-bribery group are ? What is india's place in it?

2. Which point in india is exactly 5:30 hours ahead of GMT? which state is in it? what is the longitude of that point?

3. Name the countries which are experiencing -ve population growth?

4. What is balance of payments? What is india's balance of payments for the currect fiscal?

5. Who is india's biggest trading partner w.r.to Imports and Exports?

6. What is PPP? What is the rank of Indian economy in the world with PPP included and without?

7. Meaning of ineluctable?

8. Who is the richest Sportsperson in the world now?

9. What is the hightest inflation registered so far? and in which coutry?

10. India shares it's border with how many countries and what are they?



Myanmar crisis: The monks are fighting for elimination of junta's rule and return of Democracy in the wake of rampant human rights voilations.. prev it has happened in 1988 also. Any detailed ans from anybody?

I got this link for this..
Walker's World: Myanmar's Chinese crisis

[utsavmamoria]

Maaru take

Someone please post rest of the answers

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? Sanath Jayasuria


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) They made a century in their first and last test


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)? 9994, Lifetime test batting average of Sir Donald Bradman

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 ) Dennis Compton and Leslie Compton


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?[/quote] Kepler Wessels

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Originally Posted by diablorulez

My take

@kondapalli

1. What are enzymes and antibodies mainly made of?

a. proteins b.Vitamins c.Calcium d. Carbohydrates

2. What is Consualia?

a. A Greek God b. A Roman festival c. A Roman God d. A Greccian marriage ceremony

3. Which is hte most abundant element in the earth's lithoshere?

a. AL b.O2 c.Si d.Iron

4. The constituent assmbly of indian was formed under?

a. Cripps mission plan b.Cabinet mission plan c.Indian Independence act d.Credential committe plan

5. Who was the first Viceroy of india?
Charles John Canning

6.Which is the world's longest written constitution?

a. Indian b. American c. Russian d.Canadian


8.The Mongolians living in Assam region are known as

a. Bhils b. Garos c. Khasis d. Abhors

9. Where are the smallest bones in human body found?

a. Ears b. Nose c.Toes d. Eyes

10. A modulator-demodulator is better known as ?
MODEM



@junoonmba yeah mate its there i will be posting them slowly

I have a doubt in Q-8
Both garo's and khasis are inhabitants of Meghalaya allthough a very few of them also stay in Assam. Bhils are probably from andaman nicober.
And both Garo and khasis are mongoloids.
So the question is not correct.

[getintoiimb]

moi take

1. The 3 most corrupt and 3 least corrupt countries in the world as released by
International Anit-bribery group are ? What is india's place in it?
Least corrupt
1.Finland
2.Iceland
3.new zealand
Most corrupt
No clue
india in 83rd place

2. Which point in india is exactly 5:30 hours ahead of GMT? which state is in it? what is
the longitude of that point?
Sikkim,The 27° N latitude

3. Name the countries which are experiencing -ve population growth?
Belarus,botswana,bulgaria,croatia,estonia

4. What is balance of payments? What is india's balance of payments for the currect fiscal?
The balance of payments, (or BOP) measures the payments that flow between any individual country and all other countries. It is used to summarize all international economic transactions for that country during a specific time period, usually a year.

5. Who is india's biggest trading partner w.r.to Imports and Exports?
china

6. What is PPP? What is the rank of Indian economy in the world with PPP included and
without?
purchasing power parity
india is ranked 4th

7. Meaning of ineluctable?
inescapable or unavoidable

8. Who is the richest Sportsperson in the world now?
Tiger woods

[getintoiimb]

ok am posting the answers for the cricket trivia

1.Sanath Jayasuriya is the correct answer. He made 157 when SL made 443 in ODI, 340 when SL amassed 952 in Test and 88 when they made 260 in T20 and got MOM in all these matches.

2.The latest instances of the highest wicket taker bowling to the highest run getter in ODI and Tests respectively. (Cannot wait to see SRT break Lara’s record and face Murali.)
3.The elite list was – ‘The list of players having Highest Individual scores in an innings in both Test and ODI for his respective country’.Jayasuriya was the first in this list after his 340 and 189, then Gary Kirsten joined him with 275 and 188*.Gary was removed by Graeme Smith (Smith made 277).Then Jayasuriya was ousted by Jayewardene (374).Finally Hayden becomes the sole member of this club (380 and 181*).

4.Glen Turner is the player referred here. Indian connection is that his wife Sukhi Turner is Indian. She was born in Ludhiana and married Glen in 1973(Guess she was quite lucky for this chap who hit 171* and 114* in 1975 Prudential WCJ). Sukhi made a hat trick of becoming Mayor of Dunedin from 1995 to 2004.Many answered Zaheer Abbas (Kirmani) (the clue non-English, non-Aussie cricketer to hit 100 centuries might have caused this but he never hit a massive inning as Glen did. Good guess though)

5.Correct answers are (I have considered two answers here) –
I. These players made Century on First Test and Last Test of their careers. II. They made Century on Test debut against England.

6.The answer to the question is Sir Len Hutton who made 364* (Then Highest Score in Tests by a batsman which stood for some 20 years.) in England’s total of 903 (Then Highest Team Total in tests till SL broke the record after 60 odd years ) which helped England beat Aus by an innings and 579 runs (Still the record for highest victory margin in tests).Now many Quizzers pointed out that Hutton was not the second best after Sir Don and Wally Hammond (his captain in this historic match) would be the better No. 2 to Sir Don. All I would say is that I read this quote of Sir Wally Hammond himself who praised the then 21 year old Hutton for his grit, patience and determination and he himself compared Hutton to Don. There’s not much differentiating the two English stalwarts in respect to their Test careers. Hutton made 6971 runs at aver. 56.67 while Hammond made 7249 runs at aver. 58.45 though I myself have to admit that Hammond has many massive innings to his name and a far more glittering First Class career as compared to Hutton. My Apologies to all who had answered the question correctly but don’t score for this question.

7.The no. is 9994(not 9995, 9996, 9997 as many answered).So I have given no points to those answers in vicinity of 999_ (Don would have been very angry on me had I done thatJ) Reason we all know – The average at which Sir Don retired in test cricket.

8.Dennis Compton and Leslie Compton played for Middlesex and Arsenal (Full Marks only for full correct answer!). I was very delighted to find so many Quizzers cracking it. Can’t help myself from sharing this funny incident relating to Dennis Compton’s ‘famous’ absent mindedness (Which very often used to cost his partners their wickets in run outs. He even ran out his bro Les in Les’s charity match on duckJ). Peter Parfitt, the Middlesex and England batsman was a speaker at a major celebration in London for Compton's 70th birthday. He claims that the chief guest was called to the telephone by a lady who had heard about the dinner: eventually, he agreed to take the call. “Denis,” she said, “it's me, your mother. You're not 70, you're only 69.”
9.The answer is that all the mentioned players here took a wicket of their first balls in ODI. Inzy was another member of this club.

10.The player in quest was Kepler Wessels who played for Australia and South Africa(Captained S.A. in many matches)

[utsavmamoria]

Originally Posted by getintoiimb

moi take

1. The 3 most corrupt and 3 least corrupt countries in the world as released by
International Anit-bribery group are ? What is india's place in it?
Most corrupt
1.Finland
2.Iceland
3.new zealand
least corrupt
No clue
india in 83rd place

I think you mixed it up a little
Finland happens to be the least corrupt country in the world

Here's the link
Finland least-corrupt nation, India 83rd


Most corrupt
Haiti
Nigeria
Bangladesh