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

kondapalli

Quote:

Originally Posted by shruti08sept

12. Mahatma's First satyagraha was first launched in 1907 in south Africa at?
transvaal

Thanks for detailed ans...!!!!!

This is called near-perfection

Except 2.

Hey he started in Natal. Atleast according to My book ...and the author of the book Courage is Gordon Brown....I donno ...there might be two books then....jus verify...

Some more to quench all GK gods' thirst...

1. Stephen Green is the Chairman of ?

2. Largest private Bank in India?

3. Where Lal Masjid located and why was it in News recently?

4. Give the names of seven wonders of world with their locations and their significance....
(Plz

)

5. Ankara is the capital of?

6. Currency of Italy, Nepal, Srilanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, china and Russia?

7. 2007 is a year of Friendship Through Tourism between India and which other country?

8. According the world food organisation(WFO), The top 3 food donors in the world are?

9. The sea of showers is located on the planet?

10. The host 2014 winter olympics?

11. Who is the oracle of Omaha and why is he called so?

12. What is NATO? who are it's memebers?

13. What is meaning of Au fait, Ab initiio, savoir faire. (they 3 separate words)

14. Who is the chairperson for National Commision for Women?

15. Part-2 of the constitution deals with?

16. Name the states who have got the Nuclear plants in India?

17. The Bandipur National Park is located in?

18. The Palghat Gap is between which states?

19. Zimbabwe's old name?

20. Widal test is used for?

Some questions are lengthy but plz do give detailed ans only..

akipush

1. Stephen green is the chairman of ?
HSBC Holdings Plc
2.Largest private bank in india?
ICICI (induatrial credit and investment corporation of india)
3.Ankara is the capital of?
Turkey
4. Currency of Italy, Nepal, Srilanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, china and Russia? Italy – euro
Nepal – rupee
Srilanka- rupee and cents (100 cents = 1 rupee)
Bhutan- ngultrum
Bangladesh- taka
Pakistan- rupee
China-renminbi
Russia-roubles

5. 2007 is a year of Friendship Through Tourism between India and which other country?
china
6. According the world food organisation(WFO), The top 3 food donors in the world are?
7. The host 2014 winter olympics?
the russian resort of sochi

8. Who is the oracle of Omaha and why is he called so?
warren Edward buffet known as sage of Omaha or oracle of Omaha is an American investor , businessman and philantrophic.
He is called so because he was born in Omaha , nebraska on august 30 1930.
9. What is NATO? who are it's memebers?

North atlantic treaty organization is a military alliance established by the signing of the north atlantic treaty on april 04, 1949 With headquarters inbrussels , belgium the organization established a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
Members: Belgium , Canada , france , denmark , Iceland, italy, luxumbourg, Norway . Portugal, UK, usa . Greece, turkey, germany, Czech, hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, slovania

10. What is meaning of Au fait, Ab initiio, savoir faire. (they 3 separate words)
au fait:. 'to the fact'; having complete and up-to-date knowledge (French word)
ab initio: from the begning (latin)
savoir faire : literally "know how to do"; to respond appropriately to any situation
11. Who is the chairperson for National Commision for Women?
mrs. Jayanti patnaik

sorry could find answers to only these questions( have to leave so couldnt find the rest of them) !

junoonmba

Few questions
11. Who is the chairperson for National Commision for Women?
mrs. Jayanti patnaik
or
Dr Girija Vyaas???

12
I ngultram = How many rupees?

13
Indian State sharing border with the maximum no of countries??

14Tell different rays with their relative frequency or wavelength??i.e
Gamma/Electromagnetic/X...

15
Wettest place on earth ?

Prime mInister OF GB at the time of INdian independence??

akipush

11. Who is the chairperson for National Commision for Women?

Dr Girija Vyaas (sorry got it wrong last time)

12
I ngultram = How many rupees?

1 nugltram = 1 indian rupee

13
Indian State sharing border with the maximum no of countries??

14Tell different rays with their relative frequency or wavelength??i.e
Gamma/Electromagnetic/X...

15
Wettest place on earth ?
Mount Wai’ale’ale, Hawaii
Prime mInister OF GB at the time of INdian independence??
(what is GB?)

utsavmamoria

Back after a rocking Chennai PG Meet

Maaru take

1. Stephen Green is the Chairman of ? HSBC Holdings

2. Largest private Bank in India? ICICI Bank

3. Where Lal Masjid located and why was it in News recently? Pakistan, Violence marred the reopening of the Lal Masjid in Pakistan with a suicide bomber blowing himself among a group of policemen near the mosque, killing 12 people and hundreds of radical students briefly recapturing the complex, the scene of a recent bloody military swoop to flush out extremists.

Students take over Lal Masjid; blast kills 12

5. Ankara is the capital of? Turkey

6. Currency of Italy, Nepal, Srilanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, china and Russia?

Italy - Lira
Nepal - Rupee
Srilanka- Rupee
Bhutan - ngultrum
Bangladesh- taka
Pakistan - Rupee
china - yuan renminbi
Russia- Ruble

7. 2007 is a year of Friendship Through Tourism between India and which other country? China

8. According the world food organisation(WFO), The top 3 food donors in the world are? Japan, South Korea and the United States

9. The sea of showers is located on the planet? Moon

10. The host 2014 winter olympics? Sochi in Russia

11. Who is the oracle of Omaha and why is he called so? Warren Buffet, because he belongs to Omaha, Nebraska

12. What is NATO? who are it's memebers? North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, List of Members NATO - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

13. What is meaning of Au fait, Ab initiio, savoir faire. (they 3 separate words)

au fait. 'to the fact'; having complete and up-to-date knowledge; conversant

Ab Initio :from the beginning

Savior Faire : capacity for appropriate action

14. Who is the chairperson for National Commision for Women? Dr Girija Vyas

15. Part-2 of the constitution deals with? Citizenship

Attaching a doc about various parts of the constitution

16. Name the states who have got the Nuclear plants in India?

Attaching an Image for the same.

17. The Bandipur National Park is located in? Southern Karnataka

18. The Palghat Gap is between which states? Kerala - Tamil Nadu

19. Zimbabwe's old name? Southern Rhodesia

20. Widal test is used for? detecting Typhoid/ Enteric Fever

utsavmamoria

The Wonders of the World

Chichen Itza (from Yucatec Maya: "At the mouth of the well of the Itza") is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, present-day Mexico.

The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally the Flavian, is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering.

The Great Wall of Chinais a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties
The Great Wall is the world's longest human-made structure, stretching over approximately 6,400 km from Shanhai Pass in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia. It is also the largest human-made structure ever built in terms of surface area and mass.

Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian Inca city located at 2,430 m altitude on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km northwest of Cusco. Machu Picchu is probably the most familiar symbol of the Inca Empire. It is often referred to as "The Lost City of the Incas". The site was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1983 when it was described as "an absolute masterpiece of architecture and a unique testimony to the Inca civilization".

Petra is an archaeological site in southwestern Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Horin a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah (Wadi Araba), the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is famous for having many stone structures carved into the rock. The long-hidden site was revealed to the Western world by the Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812. It was famously described as "a rose-red city half as old as time" in a Newdigate prize-winning sonnet by John William Burgon. Burgon had not actually visited Petra, which remained accessible only to Europeans accompanied by local guides with armed escorts until after World War I. The site was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 when it was described as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage.

The Taj Mahal (also "the Taj") is considered as the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles. In 1983, Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage,

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt in Africa, and is the only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is believed to have been built as a tomb for Fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu and constructed over a 20 year period concluding around 2560 BC. .It is the tallest structure in the world for over 3,800 years

utsavmamoria

Quote:

Originally Posted by akipush

Prime mInister OF GB at the time of INdian independence??
(what is GB?)

GB means Great Britain
and the prime minister was Clement Atlee from the Labout Party

varun.jindal · 07:42 PM

Hello Friends,

I have posted a few questions on puchlines/taglines/catchlines of some IT/ITeS companies along with their answers. I hope you will find them useful. With some companies, more than a single phrase is associated.

INFOSYS - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values
- Win in the flat World

WIPRO - Applying Thought

ACCENTURE - High Performance. Delivered

SATYAM - What Business Demands

TCS - Experience Certainly
- Beyond the Obvious

IBM - On Demand

DELL - Consider the Possibilities

I'll be posting some more punchlines next week.

Regards,
Varun Jindal
http://er.varunjindal.googlepages.com/generalknowledge

kondapalli

Quote:

Originally Posted by junoonmba

13
Indian State sharing border with the maximum no of countries??

It's Sikkim. It shares its border with Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh...(Not 100% sure here )

But India as a whole shares its border with 5 countries.

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