The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09

[sid_dharth]

My take on some questions

4.An indian IT company provides software Solutions to FIFA.Name the Company?

Satyam Computers

5.Yum Group consist of three food chain.Name them?

Pizza Hut, KFC & Tacho Bell

9.Which Indian company invest maximum on R&D?

Is it some Pharma company???

Cheers!!!
Siddharth

[rmbt]

Making this sticky and just closed the old thread.

All the best.

[betanumber1_2000]

Originally Posted by Internetia

2.Microsoft came up with the collaboration of a company to Buy out Yahoo!.Name the company?
10.Prasoon joshi a renowned name in the field of advertisement?Name the company for which he works?
11.There is a sharp decline in the STAR TV Viewership because it has not given Innovation.A master mind behind Star TV Who is behind "KAUN BANEGA CROREPAT","Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi" and so on Name the person?

Ans:
2. Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp
10. McCann Erikson
11. Sameer Nair, now heading NDTV Imagine...

puys correct me if i'm wrong...

[ravishah17]

Great to see new thread coming up and pretty active too

[diablorulez]

Originally Posted by ravishah17

Great to see new thread coming up and pretty active too

HI a REQUEST to all junta.. please REFRAIN from making any post other than related to GK.. This post shd serve only to give questions,answers or any material..
if u want to thank .. use the sweet lil cute THANKS button
else read n prepare.do understand the nature of spam.it kill the joy of learning

ALL THE BEST..

[zizou81]

IIFT 2006 Question Paper continuation.......

Mark all the options A....D of List 1 that have corresponding matches anywhere(not necessarily in the same row) in each of the other lists (List 2,List 3 and List 4)

18.

LIST 1 LIST 2 LIST 3 LIST 4
a. Kumar Steel Sahitya Sun Tv
Mangalam Parishad
Birla Award

b. I.G.Patel Voice Ernst and Bajaj Auto
and radio Young
products Entrepreneur
Award 2005

c. Pawan Aluminium NDTV Automobile RBI
Munjal & Copper Man of the Year
2005

d. K.Maran Policy CNBC Business Grasim
Formulation Excellence Award
2005


19.

a. Padmasree Integrated Chennai Maruti
Warrior Communications
Solutions

b. Rana IGNIS Faraday Medal Motorola
Kapoor

c. Jagdish Integrated Gurgaon Wipro
Khattar Business
Solutions

d. Azim Premji Rabobank Start-Up YES Bank
Entrepreneur
Award 2005


20.

a. Namibia Textiles Copenhagen Dollar

b. Norway Diamonds Abuja Dinar

c. New Zealand Oil Windhoek Naira

d. Nigeria Dairy products Melbourne Kroner


21.

a. Sir Walter Rip Wan The Life of Russia
Scott Winkle Napolean
Bonaparte

b. Cervantes Ivanhoe Novales Scotland
Ejemplares

c. Washington Dr Zhivago My sister-life New York
Irving

d. Boris Don Stratford-on-Avon Spain
Pasternak Quixote


22.

a. L.N.Mittal Berkshire Slovakia Steel industry
Hathaway
Inc.

b. Warren Microsoft Paris Bill & Melinda
Buffet Gates
Foundation

c. Bill Gates ISPAT Omaha Harvard
International University

d. JRD Tata Air India Gopalpur Severstal
SEZ


23.

a. Infosys Hyderabad Computer Nandan
software Nilekani

b. Tata Steel Kolkata Finished Sanjay.S.
steel Lalbhai

c. Escorts Ltd. Faridabad Tractors Rajan
Nanda

d. Arvind Mills Pune Textiles B.
Muthuraman


24.

a. Dr Reddy's Pfizer Generic Italy
drugs

b. Tata Eight O' Clock Razor Germany


c. Holcim L & T Textiles US


d. Johnson & Betapharm Cement India
Johnson



Each question contains two lists -List 1 and List 2.Mark all the options from a...d that correctly match list 1 items with list 2 items.



25.


List 1 List 2

a. B.V.Rao Automobiles Manufacture

b. C.K.Prahalad Fisheries Economy

c. John Kurien Information Technology
and Software

d. Kiran Karnik Poultry Farming

Management Science



26.


a. My Presidential Years S.Radhakrishnan

b. The Hindu View of Life V.V.Giri

c. Voice of Conscience N.Sanjiva Reddy

d. Without Fear or Favour R.Venkatraman

K.R.Narayanan




P.S-some of the questions might have lost relevance now but the point i want to drive home is that questions may be asked about anything under the sun

[zizou81]

it took me 2 hrs to type the above post...the spacing has gone awry and it's of no use... i am not able to fix it...can somebody help...

[neha thaker]

HELLO PUYS GET READY FOR SOME GK QUESTIONS

1. which company has launched "Penryn" chips?
2. which IT company has introduced its social networking site called "Mash"?
3. which of these has introduced its personalised e-mail service in india ?
4. which japanese company has introduced Robina, the 1.2 metre tall humanoid robot?
5. what is the new name of TV18 Group?
6. which Richard Branson company plans to launch tourists into space?
7. who is the CEO and Managing Director of ICICI Venture Funds?
8. which PC peripheral was introduced by Douglas Ingelbart?
9. which company owns the Bravia brand of LCD TVs?
10. who is Zahi Hawass?
11. Chandragiri is a new variety of which cash crop?
12. which institution publishes the World Investement Report every year?

answers in next post. thank you

[sid_dharth]

Originally Posted by neha thaker

HELLO PUYS GET READY FOR SOME GK QUESTIONS

Answers in blue

1. which company has launched "Penryn" chips? INTEL
2. which IT company has introduced its social networking site called "Mash"? YAHOO
3. which of these has introduced its personalised e-mail service in india ?
4. which japanese company has introduced Robina, the 1.2 metre tall humanoid robot?TOYOTA MOTOR CORP (TMC)
5. what is the new name of TV18 Group? NETWORK 18
6. which Richard Branson company plans to launch tourists into space? VIRGIN GALACTIC
7. who is the CEO and Managing Director of ICICI Venture Funds? Renuka Ramnath
8. which PC peripheral was introduced by Douglas Ingelbart? Computer Mouse
9. which company owns the Bravia brand of LCD TVs? SONY
10. who is Zahi Hawass? Current Sectrary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Anitquities
11. Chandragiri is a new variety of which cash crop? Coffee
12. which institution publishes the World Investement Report every year? UNCTAD - United Nations Council of Trade and Development

Cheers!!!
Siddharth

[zizou81]

here's my bit