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Re: The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09 - 14-12-2008, 01:31 AM

guess everyone's on a much deserved break?

well....my set of questions...an eclectic mixture...

1) What r the real and pen names of Raja Birbal?
2) who is the head of UN environment programme?
3) who is the founder of wikipedia?
4) who is heir to the french throne who is an indian!!!?
5) where was india's 1st potato convention held?

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Re: The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09 - 14-12-2008, 10:04 AM

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guess everyone's on a much deserved break?

well....my set of questions...an eclectic mixture...

1) What r the real and pen names of Raja Birbal?
2) who is the head of UN environment programme?
3) who is the founder of wikipedia?
4) who is heir to the french throne who is an indian!!!?
5) where was india's 1st potato convention held?

cheers!:angel:
set totally tough

1) What r the real and pen names of Raja Birbal?Maheshdas Bhatt & Brahma respectively not sure for ans
2) who is the head of UN environment programme?Achim Steiner
3) who is the founder of wikipedia?jimmy wales
4) who is heir to the french throne who is an indian!!!?
5) where was india's 1st potato convention held?


Confusion is the part of solution but Remember that Solution comes outof that confusion----Jigar.A.Patel

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Re: The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09 - 14-12-2008, 01:08 PM

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set totally tough

1) What r the real and pen names of Raja Birbal?Maheshdas Bhatt & Brahma respectively not sure for ans - Correct
2) who is the head of UN environment programme?Achim Steiner - Correct
3) who is the founder of wikipedia?jimmy wales - Correct
4) who is heir to the french throne who is an indian!!!? - Mr.Balthazar napolean de bourborn who is a lawyer, staying in Bhopal.
5) where was india's 1st potato convention held?
- Kolkota, 2008.
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Re: The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09 - 15-12-2008, 01:34 AM

1) which country is the source of highest FDI inflows to india?
2) who came first to india - megasthenes, fahien, hieun tsang, ibn butata?
3) in which year did india qualify for the world cup football?
4) e-choupal:ITC::haryali stores:........ ?
5) what is the name of the virus which causes bird flu?

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Re: The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09 - 15-12-2008, 01:42 AM

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1) which country is the source of highest FDI inflows to india? MAURATIUS
2) who came first to india - megasthenes, fahien, hieun tsang, ibn butata?
3) in which year did india qualify for the world cup football?1985
4) e-choupal:ITC::haryali stores:........ ?ONE STOP SHOP NOT SURE
5) what is the name of the virus which causes bird flu?H5N1

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which country is the source of highest FDI inflows to india? MAURATIUS
2) who came first to india - megasthenes, fahien, hieun tsang, ibn butata?
3) in which year did india qualify for the world cup football?1985
4) e-choupal:ITC::haryali stores:........ ?ONE STOP SHOP NOT SURE
5) what is the name of the virus which causes bird flu?H5N1


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Re: The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09 - 15-12-2008, 11:39 AM

[quote=jigar_p_civil;1299465]which country is the source of highest FDI inflows to india? MAURATIUS - correct
2) who came first to india - megasthenes, fahien, hieun tsang, ibn butata? - Megasthenes
3) in which year did india qualify for the world cup football?1950 is the right answer. It was by default.
4) e-choupal:ITC::haryali stores:........ ?DCM Shriram Consolidated
5) what is the name of the virus which causes bird flu?H5N1- correct
next set coming up in next post.
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Re: The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09 - 15-12-2008, 11:45 AM

1) WHich company recently succeded in cloning the human embryo?
2) what is TAMIFLU?
3) Which is the first asian commodity exchange to allow carbon credit trading?
4) Where was world Spice congress held?
5) Name of the defrauder at Societe general who caused losses of 73 billion dollars recently.?
- name of a similar fraudster who did the same to another bank. Which bank was it? how much was the loss and when did this happen in the past?

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Re: The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09 - 15-12-2008, 03:25 PM

Why does VAIO stand for in popular SONY VAIO?
Video Audio Integrated Operation
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Re: The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09 - 15-12-2008, 05:15 PM

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3) in which year did india qualify for the world cup football?1950 is the right answer. It was by default.
I think it's 1985.
In which year did India qualify for the soccer world cup? | Sankalp India Foundation
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Re: The Official GK Thread for B School Entrance Exams 2008-09 - 15-12-2008, 05:54 PM

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This link also says india qualified for the first time in 1950!! whats ur point?
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