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

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Answers
1. Prachanda - President of Nepal (Didn't expect many people would answer this, I must say prep is on track )
2. Volt
3. Nirupam Sen
4. 26%
5. This question was more about recollecting something we heard somewhere, in case we don't watch television, where they bark every 10 minutes on all channels...
ICICI - Lombard
DVK - Apollo
IDBI - Fortis
TATA - AIG
BAJAJ - Alliance
MAX - New York Life

Further if anyone wishes, they can Google, who head these companies, where are their HQ located specially the FID's like Alliance, AIG, NYL, Lombard


Scores
Shivam--- 2/10
nv_kkd---8/10
naresh007---6/10
ankit------8/10

PS: Question 5. was worth 6 marks Apologies for not informing before hand

Ready yourself for 10 more tomorrow

[nv_kkd]

Expand the following

a.TRAI

b.IRDA

c.STPI

[ComeWotMay]

Originally Posted by nv_kkd

Expand the following

a.TRAI

b.IRDA

c.STPI

1. Telecom Regulatory authority Of India
2. Insurance Regulatory and development authority
3. ?

[PAK]

hello........Is there any G.k part in NMAT? Please clarify.

[nishant_rungta]

Originally Posted by nv_kkd

Expand the following

a.TRAI

b.IRDA

c.STPI

STPI - Software Technology Parks of India

PS: You do not have GK section in NMAT anymore!! We use to have it earlier but not anymore!! Cheers!!

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10 on 8-10-08

1. Who is the chairman of the National Safety Council at present ?

2. Who is the newly appointed vice-chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce?

3. Scarlet is a name of the TV brand that belongs to which stable ?

4. "News you can use" is punchline of which B-news channel ?

5. Name the 2 Indian authors, who were shortlisted for Bookers this
year?

6. Ric Charlesworth is associated with which sport ?

7. According to Transparency International report, which 2 countries are most corrupt ?

8. Where was last G8 summit held ?

9. Who authored a book titled "Think Big and Kick Ass" ?

10. Which Indian Cellular services company launched its DTH service recently?

[rdcool]

3.LG
4.CNN-IBN
6.Cricket??
8.Japan
10.Bharti

Cheers,
RD.

Originally Posted by no signal

10 on 8-10-08

1. Who is the chairman of the National Safety Council at present ?

2. Who is the newly appointed vice-chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce?

3. Scarlet is a name of the TV brand that belongs to which stable ?

4. "News you can use" is punchline of which B-news channel ?

5. Name the 2 Indian authors, who were shortlisted for Bookers this
year?

6. Ric Charlesworth is associated with which sport ?

7. According to Transparency International report, which 2 countries are most corrupt ?

8. Where was last G8 summit held ?

9. Who authored a book titled "Think Big and Kick Ass" ?

10. Which Indian Cellular services company launched its DTH service recently?

[nv_kkd]

Originally Posted by no signal

10 on 8-10-08

1. Who is the chairman of the National Safety Council at present ?

2. Who is the newly appointed vice-chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce?

3. Scarlet is a name of the TV brand that belongs to which stable ?

4. "News you can use" is punchline of which B-news channel ?

5. Name the 2 Indian authors, who were shortlisted for Bookers this
year?

6. Ric Charlesworth is associated with which sport ?

7. According to Transparency International report, which 2 countries are most corrupt ?

8. Where was last G8 summit held ?

9. Who authored a book titled "Think Big and Kick Ass" ?

10. Which Indian Cellular services company launched its DTH service recently?

1.Anand Mahindra

3.LG

4.CNN-IBN

5.Amitav Ghosh,Arvind Adiga

6.Hockey

10.Airtel

[thenoblepassion]

Originally Posted by no signal

Answers
1. Prachanda - President of Nepal (Didn't expect many people would answer this, I must say prep is on track )

Correction: Dude, Prachanda is the PRIME MINISTER not the President of NEPAL.

[no signal]

Originally Posted by no signal

Answers

1. Anand Mahindra (M&M chief)

2. Rajat Gupta (Played instrumental role in establishing ISB-Hyd)

3. LG

4. NDTV Profit

5. Amitav Ghosh,Arvind Adiga ( 'For Sea of Poppies' and 'The White Tiger' respectively)

6. Hockey (anyone remembers it in someways prepared the ground for Gill's exit, he was consultant with Indian Hockey Federation, and also had captained Australian Hockey team)

7. Somalia and Myanmar

8. Japan

9. Donald Trumph (Ain't the title of book cool?)

10. AirTel and its called "Digital TV" (Gautam Gambhir, Zaheer Khan, Saif Ali Khan, AR Rahman, Madnavan, Vidya Balan and Kareena Kapoor feature in its campaign)

Scores

rdcool: 3/10
nv_kkd : 5/10
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@ thenoblepassion
While posting I was skeptic, if he was Prime Minister or President, then took a risk anyways thanks for pointing out.