[gthm159]

This is an awesome thread.....thanks to both Neha and the RVCE guys

[nitin01_12]

damm good post ppl keep it up

[munna1981]

hey ppl

does anybody know some good book / magazine for GK.

i think we have to start from now for next yrs exam 2005 as to improve gk takes a lot of time.

i heard @ something Mahendra's book ( i done recolect it now )
the publisher is from delhi
but on bookstalls i cud not get it ( i chked at R'way stn bookstalls)

so ppl tell if anybody know anything

cheers

[rajsher]

There Is A Small Book Which Comes Monthly.

I Think It Is Frm Competition Sucess
It Has Got All The Months Happenings.
Tht Will Help, Reading It Till March 2k6

[MR. INDIA]

I feel dat whan it cumes to gk n current affairs, nothin jus beats......THE CSR
COMPETITION SUCCESS REFRESHER...

Follow it regulary n see for urself...

[EuPhOrIa]

frnz,

there are already two therads on this topic...let's not bring in one more. Let it be the oldest one but then newer ones are already happening.

So, my request to all...come n share the knowledge on these therads.

http://www.pagalguy.com/cat/showthre...037#post208037 Use this for Business quiz.

For general quiz its one more...really can't recollect the name but then its always in prime zone of PG.

chao...

[contact_himan]

Neha

Absolutely fabulous Quiz Qs. Thanks 4 sending them. If u have more, pl do send them

Thts grt

I am uploading some qs which i have

Whose counsel was requested by the parents of Helen Keller for her education?
Alexander Graham Bell

In 1871 who founded the German Empire and served as its chancellor for 19 years?
Otto von Bismarck

Who was the first actor to receive two consecutive Academy Awards in the Best Actor category?
Spencer Tracy

On which day was Abraham Lincoln shot?
Good Friday

On the flag of which country would you find the image of a dragon?
Bhutan

Which international tennis team tournament was started in 1900?
Davis Cup

Which film director is the niece of the producer-director Guru Dutt?
Kalpana Lajmi

What makes reindeer different from other species of deer?
Both the male and the female have antlers

Which was the world's first national park?
Yellowstone National Park

A program written in a high level language is translated into executable machine instructions by which of these?
Compiler

Q1 What is the Russian parliament known as?
A1 Duma

Q2 What is Quinine ?
A2 It is a medicine used to cure malaria.

Q3 What is the official Chinese newspaper known as?
A3 The Peoples Daily

Q4 Who was the first Indian to award an Oscar?
A4 Ms Persis Khambhatta

Q5 Which is the only movie to be officially blessed by the Pope?
A5 Benhur

Q6 How did the 3 stripes originate on the back of the squirrel?
A6 It is said to have occurred when Lord Shri Ram moved his hand over
the back of the squirrel.

Q7 Which director of Indian origin has directed Signs?
A7 Manoj Night Shyamalan.

Q8 Which is the coolest planet in the solar system?
A8 Pluto

Q9 What is the leader of opposition known in Britan?
A9 Shadow prime minister

Q10 What is the emblem of the United Nations ?
A10 The branch of an olive tree

Q11 Which organization is known as the organization of Brettenwood?
A11 World Bank and IMF

Q12 Name the US state made of 20 islands?
A12 Hawaii

Q13 Who is the author of James Bond ?
A13 Ian Fleming

Q14 Which community owns the lotus temple at Delhi?
A14 Bahaii

Q15 Which is the driest desert in the world?
A15 Atacama

Q16 What is the name of the operation that Indian army had undertaken
in Kargil in 1998?
A16 Operation Vijay

Q17 Who is known as the "little brown sage "
A17 M.K Gandhi

Q18 Which is the only country not to have its name on the stamps?
A18 U.K

Q19 Which is Asia's largest desert?
A19 Gobi

Q 20 Capital of Etophia?
A20 Addis Ababa
BUSINESS

Q1 In TVS what does VS stand for?
A1 Venu Srinivasan Iyengar

Q2 Whose signature do we find on a one rupee note?
A2 Secretary -Ministry of Finance

Q3 Who is the person accredited with the success of Harley Davidson?
A3 Lee Lynch of Carmichael Lynch

Q4 Which company has products that have "NOW" in their names ?
A4 Polaris Software (Network of the World)

Q5 Relate "Kwik –Fit " to Ford?
A5 Kwik-Fit is the Repair and Service chain run by Ford.
Q6 Kobetwo with 3d torrision system & lacing griddle is a range of
shoes from ?
A6 Adidas

Q7 Name the only other branded product at Barista coffee house ?
A7 Evian mineral water

Q8 Ten sports is owned by ?
A8 Taj Television (Abdul Reheman Bukhatir)

Q9 Which company has a vision 4*4 (its target for the year 2004)?
A9 Wipro

Q10 With which product did Shahrukh Khan start endorsing
(advertisements)?
A10 Bhrama Putra (Tea)

Q11 Name Israel's international airline ?
A11 EL AL

Q12 Devkaran Nanji was the founder of ?
A12 Dena Bank

Q13 Which two south based dailies which launched their publication in
Mumbai recently?
A13 Malayala Manorama , Mathrubhumi

Q14 What does "Shogososhas" mean in Japanese ?
A14 It means a conglomorate- a Japanese conglomorate.

Q15 What does a 2 sole 24 mean in Italy ?
A15 Italian financial newspaper

Q16 Which product did Earl E Dickson invent?
A16 Band aid

Q17 Oil king of America?
A17 John D Rockfeller

Q18 Name the packaged ready to eat food from the ITC stable?
A18 Kitchens of India

Q19 Who is known as the "Oracle of Omaha"?
A19 Warren Buffet

Q20 Who owns Berkshire Hathway?
A20 Warren Buffet

Q21 Which Co is listed as KO on the NYSE?
A21 Coke

Will send u more later

Thanks again

Himanshu

[umbilical]

boys gear up

1.SPECIFICALLY,WHICH INTERNATIONAL CRICKET TEAM WAS REFFERED TO AS "WHITE FERNS"

2.WHOSE BIOGRAPHY IS "SONGS MY MAMA TAUGHT ME" (GUESS THIS ONE AND I WILL BOW DOWN)

3.THIS PLACE IN NORTH AMERICA GETS ITS NAME CUS THE FRENCH SAILORS WHO SAW THE HIGH RISING ROCKS SHOUTED 'WHAT A BEAK'?

4.CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISION OF INDIA?

5.COMPLETE THE GROUP:RUMA GUHA THAKURTA,YOGITA BALI,LEENA CHANDAWARKAR......

6.WHOSE OSCAR SPEECH WAS VOTED AS THE MOST MEMORABLE SPEECH OF THE LAST 30 YEARS?

7.ORIGINALLY THE NAME OF THIS PARTY MEANT "REBIRTH" IN ARABIC.ORIGINALLY THERE WAS JUST ONE PARTY,THEN IT SPLIT INTO TWO,ONE EACH IN SYRIA AND IRAQ.NAME THIS.

8.A COLLECTIVE NOUN FOR APES??

9.WHO MADE THE LARGEST FOREIGN ACQUISTION BY AN INDIAN EVER?

10.MOON HAS THREE FLAGS ON IT.THE FLAG OF US,THE FLAG OF USSR,..................??

11.WHAT IS 'VENUSTROPHOBIA'?(NOW THATS AN EASY ONE)

12.WHICH COMPANY SHIFTED TO ITS ACRONYM BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS ATTACHED TO ITS MIDDLE NAME?

13.'GREASE' MADE JOHN TRAVOLTA A STAR.WHO WAS HE PAIRED AGAINST?

14.BEFORE BEAUTY CROWNS AND MOVIES LARA DUTTA FIRST FACED CAMERA IN AN OBSCURED VIDEO OF AN EVEN MORE OBSCURE SONG "TUU CHALU HAI RE"
WHO SUNG IT?

15.ZIZOU OR ZINEDINE ZIDANE IS THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS.FROM WHERE DID HIS PARNTS IMMIGRATE TO FRANCE?

16.HE WROTE A BOOK "A SALMON OF DOUBT" BEFORE HIS DEATH.HIS BOOK HAS VARIOUS MANIFESTATIONS LIKE TV,RADIO,COMP GAMES,BATH TOWELS.ITS BEING MADE INTO A MAJOR MOVIE.HIS NAME?

17.WHO FOUND GENERAL MOTORS?

18.ON DEC 21ST,1989 AT WANKHEDE STADIUM ACTIVISTS OF THE BOMBAY SARVODAYA MANDAL,STREE MUKTI SANGHATANA,JANMUKTI SANGHARSHA VAHINI AND OTHER SUCH GROUPS WERE PROTESTING AGAINST THE MILLION POURED INTO AN EXTRAVAGANT WEDDING OD RESHMA TO THE SON OF DIAMOND MERCHANT KISHORE MEHTA.WHO WAS THE FATHER?

19.IN DEC.1985,TWO TEENAGE BOYS,JAMES VANCE AND RAY BELKNAP ATTEMPTED SUICIDE ON A CEMETERY.BELKNAP DIED BUT VANCE SURVIVED ONLY TO DIE OF DRUG COMPLICATIONS THREE YEARS LATER.ON TRIAL IN 1990,THE BOY'S PARENTS ALLEGED THE SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR SUICIDAL IMPUSLSES.THOSE MESSAGES WERE BELIEVED TO BE HEARD IN SONGS "BETTER BY YOU BETTER THAN ME","BEYOND THE REALMS OF DEATH",BOTH ON A 1978 ALBUM "STAINED CLASS"
OF A BIRMINGHAM BASED BAND WITH ROB HALFORD AS LEAD SINGER:GLENN TIPTON AND K.K.DOWNING WERE ON THE GUITARS.THE NAME OF THE BAND????
(ROCK FANS COME ON!)

20.WHICH ARTIST IS CREDITED FOR SKETCHIN AND DESIGNING A HELICOPTER AS EARLY AS IN 1483?

[sumitkatlana]

1 New Zealand's women team
8 shrewdness of apes
13-Olivia Newton-John [Sandy Olsen]
15 Zinedine's father, Smaïl, left the family
village of Taguemoune in the remote hills of Algeria
16 douglas adams
17 Under Billy Durant's leadership, General Motors Company is organized in 1908 (Sept 16)
this is what i know....rest i will ans later.....

[shweta_b]

hey guys gr8 qizzing .......

here's some biz quiz from my side ...........

do check this out...........


1) with the presence in 27 countries ....which company is called "three oceans"
?

2)which is the only country in the world which has a convergence bill for telecom and media?


3) which was the first product manufactured by sony?

4)which popular car audio system company's name when translated to german means" blue point"?

5)the tata group consisits of how many companies?

6)the brilliant coco cola signs that dot lines the world over are known as what ?

7)which country is famous for lego?

which is the world's first mobile virus?

9)which auto major's hedq. is know as four cylinder tower?

10)"bata " shoes originated in which country




thats all i guess.............

Originally Posted by contact_himan

Neha

Absolutely fabulous Quiz Qs. Thanks 4 sending them. If u have more, pl do send them

Thts grt

I am uploading some qs which i have

Whose counsel was requested by the parents of Helen Keller for her education?
Alexander Graham Bell

In 1871 who founded the German Empire and served as its chancellor for 19 years?
Otto von Bismarck

Who was the first actor to receive two consecutive Academy Awards in the Best Actor category?
Spencer Tracy

On which day was Abraham Lincoln shot?
Good Friday

On the flag of which country would you find the image of a dragon?
Bhutan

Which international tennis team tournament was started in 1900?
Davis Cup

Which film director is the niece of the producer-director Guru Dutt?
Kalpana Lajmi

What makes reindeer different from other species of deer?
Both the male and the female have antlers

Which was the world's first national park?
Yellowstone National Park

A program written in a high level language is translated into executable machine instructions by which of these?
Compiler

Q1 What is the Russian parliament known as?
A1 Duma

Q2 What is Quinine ?
A2 It is a medicine used to cure malaria.

Q3 What is the official Chinese newspaper known as?
A3 The Peoples Daily

Q4 Who was the first Indian to award an Oscar?
A4 Ms Persis Khambhatta

Q5 Which is the only movie to be officially blessed by the Pope?
A5 Benhur

Q6 How did the 3 stripes originate on the back of the squirrel?
A6 It is said to have occurred when Lord Shri Ram moved his hand over
the back of the squirrel.

Q7 Which director of Indian origin has directed Signs?
A7 Manoj Night Shyamalan.

Q8 Which is the coolest planet in the solar system?
A8 Pluto

Q9 What is the leader of opposition known in Britan?
A9 Shadow prime minister

Q10 What is the emblem of the United Nations ?
A10 The branch of an olive tree

Q11 Which organization is known as the organization of Brettenwood?
A11 World Bank and IMF

Q12 Name the US state made of 20 islands?
A12 Hawaii

Q13 Who is the author of James Bond ?
A13 Ian Fleming

Q14 Which community owns the lotus temple at Delhi?
A14 Bahaii

Q15 Which is the driest desert in the world?
A15 Atacama

Q16 What is the name of the operation that Indian army had undertaken
in Kargil in 1998?
A16 Operation Vijay

Q17 Who is known as the "little brown sage "
A17 M.K Gandhi

Q18 Which is the only country not to have its name on the stamps?
A18 U.K

Q19 Which is Asia's largest desert?
A19 Gobi

Q 20 Capital of Etophia?
A20 Addis Ababa
BUSINESS

Q1 In TVS what does VS stand for?
A1 Venu Srinivasan Iyengar

Q2 Whose signature do we find on a one rupee note?
A2 Secretary -Ministry of Finance

Q3 Who is the person accredited with the success of Harley Davidson?
A3 Lee Lynch of Carmichael Lynch

Q4 Which company has products that have "NOW" in their names ?
A4 Polaris Software (Network of the World)

Q5 Relate "Kwik –Fit " to Ford?
A5 Kwik-Fit is the Repair and Service chain run by Ford.
Q6 Kobetwo with 3d torrision system & lacing griddle is a range of
shoes from ?
A6 Adidas

Q7 Name the only other branded product at Barista coffee house ?
A7 Evian mineral water

Q8 Ten sports is owned by ?
A8 Taj Television (Abdul Reheman Bukhatir)

Q9 Which company has a vision 4*4 (its target for the year 2004)?
A9 Wipro

Q10 With which product did Shahrukh Khan start endorsing
(advertisements)?
A10 Bhrama Putra (Tea)

Q11 Name Israel's international airline ?
A11 EL AL

Q12 Devkaran Nanji was the founder of ?
A12 Dena Bank

Q13 Which two south based dailies which launched their publication in
Mumbai recently?
A13 Malayala Manorama , Mathrubhumi

Q14 What does "Shogososhas" mean in Japanese ?
A14 It means a conglomorate- a Japanese conglomorate.

Q15 What does a 2 sole 24 mean in Italy ?
A15 Italian financial newspaper

Q16 Which product did Earl E Dickson invent?
A16 Band aid

Q17 Oil king of America?
A17 John D Rockfeller

Q18 Name the packaged ready to eat food from the ITC stable?
A18 Kitchens of India

Q19 Who is known as the "Oracle of Omaha"?
A19 Warren Buffet

Q20 Who owns Berkshire Hathway?
A20 Warren Buffet

Q21 Which Co is listed as KO on the NYSE?
A21 Coke

Will send u more later

Thanks again

Himanshu