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

[getintoiimb]

some easy ones

1.Which automobile giant's German Web site was recently blacklisted by Google for violating the search engine's guidelines?

2.He tried a variety of jobs before settling on being a milkshake-mixer salesman

3.n 1974, he took a job with Atari.founder of a huge company we all know and no clues cos its dam easy

4.At 27, he borrowed US$ 20,000 from his father-in-law and bought his first store in Newport, Arkansas.i dont want the person's name..give me the store name?

5.What did Meg Hourihan and Evan Williams found that has now been taken over by Google?

6.How many countries are members of IMF?

7.What is the anthem of the European Union?

8.What is the title of Marilyn Monroe’s last film?

9.In which city will the Winter Olympic Games of 2010 be held?

10.Which country topped the final medals tally at the Winter Olympic Games conducted in Turin, 2006?


will post answers tomorrow

[sumitrocks]

Saar....my answers saar.....

1.Which automobile giant's German Web site was recently blacklisted by Google for violating the search engine's guidelines? BMW

2.He tried a variety of jobs before settling on being a milkshake-mixer salesman Ray Kroc - McDonald's

3.n 1974, he took a job with Atari.founder of a huge company we all know and no clues cos its dam easy

4.At 27, he borrowed US$ 20,000 from his father-in-law and bought his first store in Newport, Arkansas.i dont want the person's name..give me the store name? WalMart

5.What did Meg Hourihan and Evan Williams found that has now been taken over by Google? Blogger.com (dunno the name of the company that they founded, though)

6.How many countries are members of IMF?

7.What is the anthem of the European Union? Ode an die Freude

8.What is the title of Marilyn Monroe’s last film? Something's Gotta Give

9.In which city will the Winter Olympic Games of 2010 be held? Vancouver

10.Which country topped the final medals tally at the Winter Olympic Games conducted in Turin, 2006? Germany??

[puruk_16c]

Business & Economy

• As per the survey done by Assocham and PricewaterhouseCoopers India’s telecom services will have revenue worth $ 35 billion by the year 2010.

• The Indian telecom sector had revenue worth $22 billion in 2007.

• India is the 2nd biggest wireless market of the world.

• Spice Communications is planning to invest around $200-$300 million in India.

• At present Spice Communications operate in two circles-Punjab and Karnataka- and expects to start its operation soon in Andhra Pradesh.

• Spice has got license to operate in six circles but due to unavailability of spectrum the company is facing difficulty in starting operations.

• Spice’s subscriber base on March 31st 2008 was 4.2 million.

• Telekom Malaysia has 39.2% stake in Spice Communications.

• Koita Manufacturing Co is in talks with Tata Motors to get contract for manufacturing the headlight of Nano, Tata’s 1 lakh rupee car.

• Koita is the biggest manufacturer of headlamps in the world.

• According to a report published by HSBC, rupee’s fall down against the dollar is due to increasing trade deficit which have occurred because of steep rise in the crude oil prices.

Purushottam Kumar
arth16c@gmail.com

[getintoiimb]

ok time for answers

1.Which automobile giant's German Web site was recently blacklisted by Google for violating the search engine's guidelines?

BMW

2.He tried a variety of jobs before settling on being a milkshake-mixer salesman.

Ray Kroc of McDonald’s


3.n 1974, he took a job with Atari.founder of a huge company we all know and no clues cos its dam easy

Steve Jobs

4.At 27, he borrowed US$ 20,000 from his father-in-law and bought his first store in Newport, Arkansas.i dont want the person's name..give me the store name?

wal-mart

5.What did Meg Hourihan and Evan Williams found that has now been taken over by Google?

Pyra Labs, creator of Blogger

6.How many countries are members of IMF?

184

7.What is the anthem of the European Union

Beethoven's "ode to joy"

8.What is the title of Marilyn Monroe’s last film

The Misfits

9.In which city will the Winter Olympic Games of 2010 be held

Vancouver in Canada

10.Which country topped the final medals tally at the Winter Olympic Games conducted in Turin, 2006?

Germany

well done sumit

[sastry]

thanx alot guy ......this will help me a lot

[neha thaker]

puys i'm going to appear for GCET next month. is there any book which contains all the current affairs n history. i hav read in many posts about CSR but it has many books on gk which one shall i buy pls help

[pradeep.mats]

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[mahi101987]

a newbie to this thread hope to indulge in discussion with u puys

[akshaysahai0102]

Originally Posted by Internetia

I will be giving 10 questions daily.In morning i will post question in evening i will post the answers.

1.Absolut vodka is bought in a mega deal by a french company?Name the company
2.Microsoft came up with the collaboration of a company to Buy out Yahoo!.Name the company?
3.Which company owns Reuters now?
4.An indian IT company provides software Solutions to FIFA.Name the Company?
5.Yum Group consist of three food chain.Name them?
6.Recently a company has attached a tag line "FEEL IT".Name the car?
7.Which coumtry is largest natural gas producer?
8.Which country is lagest Sugarcane producing country?
9.Which Indian company invest maximum on R&D?
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?

the answer to ques no 5
5.Yum Group consist of three food chain.Name them?
ans KFC, pizzahut and taco bell

[KIMSTER]

Originally Posted by Internetia
I will be giving 10 questions daily.In morning i will post question in evening i will post the answers.

1.Absolut vodka is bought in a mega deal by a french company?Name the company
2.Microsoft came up with the collaboration of a company to Buy out Yahoo!.Name the company?
3.Which company owns Reuters now?
4.An indian IT company provides software Solutions to FIFA.Name the Company?
5.Yum Group consist of three food chain.Name them?
6.Recently a company has attached a tag line "FEEL IT".Name the car?
7.Which coumtry is largest natural gas producer?
8.Which country is lagest Sugarcane producing country?
9.Which Indian company invest maximum on R&D?
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?

1) Pernod Ricard( puys are giving too much importance to vodka :P...and worse, i guess i know d answer).

4) Satyam

7)Brazil / India( don knw 4 sure )



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