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Rahul Parab
i think it's 1998....................when BJP won Elections for first time n non-congress government comes in India............................. is it rite?
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i think it's 1998....................when BJP won Elections for first time n non-congress government comes in India............................. is it rite?
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ross18 said:
is it 1994 ? then? now plz tell d answer...dude !!!
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Okay.. my G.K. question......
Who is the Founder of ManagementParadise??
Who is the Founder of ManagementParadise??
rahul_parab2006
Rahul Parab
click4tina said:
It's d gr8 Kartik Raichura !!!
It's well-known to all mp members, tina !!!
P.S. - Don't post questions for just some timepass. Let it be G.K. Quiz (General Knowledge)................
click4tina
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I know rahul...................... it was just for fun!!!!!!
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post in some questions for us. ...........................
HI, I am a new member in this group.
here is a collection of gk questionnaire from various websites. Hope u like it.
Q 1. During his second title at Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal broke the ATP record of 53 matches
winning streak on clay. Who held the record before him ?
Guillermo Vilas
Q 2. Which business house got the contract for Mumbai's metro rail project?
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
Q 3. Logo of the Doha Asian Games 2006 was once an endangered species. What’s the name of the
animal?
Orry, A Qatari Oryx
Q 4. What does ‘R’ in Maruti Suzuki's small car Wagon R stand for?
Options: (A) Reliable (B) Rally (C) Recreation (D) Remarkable
(C)Recreation
Q 5. Which was the first card to be launched in India in 1960?
Options: (A) MasterCard (B) Bob Card (C) Diners Club Card (D) Visa Card
(C) Diners Club Card
Q 6. What is Webjacking?
Webjacking is the term for Hacking a Website.
Q 7. Dr. S. K. Burman is the founder of a famous Indian brand, which is more than a century old.
Name?
DABUR [DActar BURman]
Q 8. If Big Blue: IBM; Big Red: Coke; then what is Big Yellow?
Big Yellow: Kodak
Q 9. What is Vexillology the study of?
Options: (A) Flags (B) Anger (C) Earthworms (D) Ants
(A) Flags
Q 10. Name the book that Bill Gates wrote on computer technology.
a) Business @ the Speed of Thought
b) Business @ Lightning Speed
c) Business @ Click of the Mouse
d) Business @ Speed of loading of Windows
a)Business @ the Speed of Thought
Q 11. Euro is the currency of how many countries in Europe:
a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 8
b) 12 ; Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland.
Q 12. What is Alan Donald fondly called by his South African fans?
White Lightening
Q 13. With which Indian dance forms would you associate Kelucharan Mahapatra?
Odissi
Q 14. Elantra is the name of a car model from which company?
Hyundai Motors
Q 15. company was the first to distribute mouse as a standard component with personal computers?
Options: (A) Apple Computer (B) IBM (C) HP (D) Compaq
(A) Apple Computer
Q 16. Which organization was the first to start the policy of Employee Provident Fund in India?
Options: (A) TELCO (B) The East India Company (C) TAJ Hotels (D) TISCO
(D) TISCO
Q 17. ABN Bank and Amro Bank merged in 1991. ABN stands for Algemene Bank Nederland. Amro Bank
was created in 1964 by the merger of two banks,
which were named after cities. Could you work out the names?
Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Q 18. Which product was first certified by ISI and thus got the ISI Mark?
Indian National Flag, Tiranga.
Q 19. Name the first Indian actress who featured on TIME magazine's cover.
Parveen Babi
Q 20. “The Making of Champions” is authored by which famous cricketer?
Greg Chappel
Bonus Question: Which Tata groups boss was shown hitting a Six of Shoaib Akhtar in a
motivational video for its employees?
TATA Steel: B Muthuraman
Q 1. Which Indian product is branded as “TOEHOLD” in EUROPE?
Kolahpuri Chappals
Q 2. ´Bolero´ the dance form originates from which country?
(A) Spain. (B) France (C) Italy (D) Germany
Spain
Q 3. Which water body separates Australia from New Zealand?
(A) Cook Straits (B) Tasman Sea (C) McMunro Sound (D) Great Barrier Reef
Tasman Sea
Q 4. The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 is related to
(1) Asian Trade Development
(2) International Cyber Crime
(3) International Drug Trafficking
(4) Global Climate Change
Global Climate Change
Q 5. Procter and Gamble took over which famous brand?
(1) Revlon (2) Vicks (3) Gillette (4) None
Gillette
Q 6. Which city hosted the First Afro-Asian Games?
(A) Hyderabad (B) Harare (C) Beijing (D) Johannesburg
Hyderabad
Q 7. If IC = Indian Airlines, IT = ?
(A) Kingfisher Airlines (B) Air Deccan (C) Spice Jet (D) Indigo Airlines
Kingfisher Airlines
Q 8. X-tra Mile Super Diesel has been launched by
(1) Indian Oil
(2) Bharat Petroleum
(3) Hindustan Petroleum
(4) IBP
Indian Oil
Q 9. Formerly known as the Republic of Rhodesia, this country’s President is Robert Mugabe.
Which African country?
(A) Zambia (B) Congo (C) Zimbabwe (D) Namibia
Zimbabwe
Q 10. What’s the full form of FICCI?
(A) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commercial Institutions
(B) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and IT
(C) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(D) Federation of Indian Confederation of Commerce and Industry
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Q 11. What is the official designation of the mascot of McDonalds – Ronald McDonald?
(A) CHO - Chief Health Officer
(B) CEO - Chief Entertainment Officer
(C) CIO - Chief In-service Officer
(D) CHO - Chief Happiness Officer
CHO - Chief Happiness Officer
Q 12. This cartoon character by Hank Ketcham was inspired by his son. Name him.
Deniss
Q 13. Tata Sons launched India's first national, large-format, specialist retail chain for
consumer electronics and durables, in technical alliance with Australian retail major,
Woolworths. What’s the name?
Croma
Q 14. The present Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir belongs to
(1) National Conference
(2) People’s Democratic Party
(3) Indian National Congress
(4) None of these
Indian National Congress - Gulam Nabi Azad
Q 15. Which news channel is owned by Sri Adhikari Brothers TV Network?
Janmat [SAB TV is now owned by SONY Entertainment Network]
Q 16. The saltiest sea in the world is, in fact a lake and is about five times as salty
as the ocean water. What is the name of this lake?
A) Red Sea B) Dead Sea C) Caspian Sea D) Chilka Lake
Dead Sea
Q 17. What is the name of the new party floated by Raj Thakrey?
A) Maharashtra Krantikari Sena
B) Maharashtra Navyuvak Sena
C) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
D) Maharashtra Shiv Sena
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
Q 18. The number 4810 is inscribed on the platinum nib of every pen of this brand celebrating
its 100th year in 2006. Which brand of pen?
Mont Blanc - The height of Mount Blanc in the Alps in Europe is 4810 metres above sea level
Q 19. I travelled across the Atlantic in 1880's in the form of 350 separate pieces broken from
214 crates and have been standing tall since 1886. Who am I?
Statue of Liberty - It was a gift from France to USA.
Q 20. "Industry, Impartiality & Integrity" in the motto of which famous Indian Organization.
CBI
Bonus Question:
Since Feb 2003, fast food restaurants across America had something "creative" in their menucard
called "Freedom Fries". What was the significance of this new item in the menucard? Give
reasons!
France opposed USA's "Operation Iraqi Freedom" and refused to send its forces to Iraq. As a mark
of protest, majority of the restaurants in America changed the name of "French Fries" to
"Freedom Fries"
Q 1. 2006 is the :
(A) International Year of Oceans.
(B) International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
(C) International Year of Science.
(D) International Year of Pollution Control.
(B) International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Q 2. Which of the following personality has not announced his/her retirement from professional
sports in 2006?
(A) Michael Schumacher
(B) Andre Agassi
(C) Ian Thorpe
(D) Marcus Trescothick
(D) Marcus Trescothick
Q 3. The highest prize given to a film at the Cannes Film Festival is called:
(A) Palme d'Or
(B) Grand Prix
(C) Prix du Jury
(D) Prix de la mise en scène
(A) Palme d'Or [The Golden Palm]
Q 4. In the 2006 United States midterm elections was won by:
(A) Democratic Party
(B) Republican Party
(C) Third parties
(D) No elections were held this year
(A) Democratic Party
Q 5. The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of how many bomb blasts?
(A) Five
(B) Six
(C) Seven
(D) Eight
(C) Seven
Q 6. Which of these nations qualified for the finals of The 2006 FIFA World Cup for the first
time?
(A) Angola
(B) Côte d'Ivoire
(C) Ghana
(D) All of the above
(D) All of the above
Q 7. Which of the following is correct w.r.t. declared nuclear weapons states?
1. UK, Russia, France, China and Pakistan are declared nuclear weapons states.
2. India’s nuke tests were secretly called "Trinity".
3. N. Korea became the 8th nation to join this club.
(A) 1, 2
(B) 1, 3
(C) 1 only
(D) 3 only
(B) 1, 3
Q 8. Pluto is now called a:
(A) Moon
(B) Dwarf Planet
(C) Star
(D) Black Hole
(B) Dwarf Planet
Q 9. The 2006 Winter Olympics were held at:
(A) Milan, Italy
(B) Turin, Italy
(C) Rome, Italy
(D) Naples, Italy
(B) Turin, Italy
Q 10. NABARD stands for
(A) National Bank of Agriculture and Regional Development
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
(C) National Rural Aeronautical Research and Development
(D) National Bank of Agriculture and Roads Development
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
Q 11. 78th Academy Awards, - Best Picture?
(A) Crash
(B) Walk the Line
(C) Capote
(D) Brokeback Mountain
(A) Crash
Q 12. Brangelina were in Pune for a shooting of a movie called “A Mighty Heart”, a film based on
the life of Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan. Pearl was a reporter for?
(A) The Wall Street Journal
(B) Financial Times
(C) CNN
(D) The Economist
(A) The Wall Street Journal
Q 13. Andriy Shevchenko moved to Chelsea from which club?
(A) FC Barcelona
(B) Real Madrid
(C) AC Milan
(D) Dynamo Kyiv
(C) AC Milan
Q 14. Fill in the blanks:
Mandira Bedi: ICC Champions Trophy 2006:: ____________: FIFA World Cup 2006
(A) Baichung Bhutia
(B) Harsha Bhogle
(C) Charu Sharma
(D) Shekhar Suman
(B) Harsha Bhogle
Q 15. Saddam Hussain was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraq Special Tribunal and
was sentenced to
(A) Death by hanging
(B) Life imprisonment
(C) Fine of $ 1 billion
(D) Both A and C
(A) Death by hanging[/I][/I]
here is a collection of gk questionnaire from various websites. Hope u like it.
Q 1. During his second title at Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal broke the ATP record of 53 matches
winning streak on clay. Who held the record before him ?
Guillermo Vilas
Q 2. Which business house got the contract for Mumbai's metro rail project?
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
Q 3. Logo of the Doha Asian Games 2006 was once an endangered species. What’s the name of the
animal?
Orry, A Qatari Oryx
Q 4. What does ‘R’ in Maruti Suzuki's small car Wagon R stand for?
Options: (A) Reliable (B) Rally (C) Recreation (D) Remarkable
(C)Recreation
Q 5. Which was the first card to be launched in India in 1960?
Options: (A) MasterCard (B) Bob Card (C) Diners Club Card (D) Visa Card
(C) Diners Club Card
Q 6. What is Webjacking?
Webjacking is the term for Hacking a Website.
Q 7. Dr. S. K. Burman is the founder of a famous Indian brand, which is more than a century old.
Name?
DABUR [DActar BURman]
Q 8. If Big Blue: IBM; Big Red: Coke; then what is Big Yellow?
Big Yellow: Kodak
Q 9. What is Vexillology the study of?
Options: (A) Flags (B) Anger (C) Earthworms (D) Ants
(A) Flags
Q 10. Name the book that Bill Gates wrote on computer technology.
a) Business @ the Speed of Thought
b) Business @ Lightning Speed
c) Business @ Click of the Mouse
d) Business @ Speed of loading of Windows
a)Business @ the Speed of Thought
Q 11. Euro is the currency of how many countries in Europe:
a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 8
b) 12 ; Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland.
Q 12. What is Alan Donald fondly called by his South African fans?
White Lightening
Q 13. With which Indian dance forms would you associate Kelucharan Mahapatra?
Odissi
Q 14. Elantra is the name of a car model from which company?
Hyundai Motors
Q 15. company was the first to distribute mouse as a standard component with personal computers?
Options: (A) Apple Computer (B) IBM (C) HP (D) Compaq
(A) Apple Computer
Q 16. Which organization was the first to start the policy of Employee Provident Fund in India?
Options: (A) TELCO (B) The East India Company (C) TAJ Hotels (D) TISCO
(D) TISCO
Q 17. ABN Bank and Amro Bank merged in 1991. ABN stands for Algemene Bank Nederland. Amro Bank
was created in 1964 by the merger of two banks,
which were named after cities. Could you work out the names?
Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Q 18. Which product was first certified by ISI and thus got the ISI Mark?
Indian National Flag, Tiranga.
Q 19. Name the first Indian actress who featured on TIME magazine's cover.
Parveen Babi
Q 20. “The Making of Champions” is authored by which famous cricketer?
Greg Chappel
Bonus Question: Which Tata groups boss was shown hitting a Six of Shoaib Akhtar in a
motivational video for its employees?
TATA Steel: B Muthuraman
Q 1. Which Indian product is branded as “TOEHOLD” in EUROPE?
Kolahpuri Chappals
Q 2. ´Bolero´ the dance form originates from which country?
(A) Spain. (B) France (C) Italy (D) Germany
Spain
Q 3. Which water body separates Australia from New Zealand?
(A) Cook Straits (B) Tasman Sea (C) McMunro Sound (D) Great Barrier Reef
Tasman Sea
Q 4. The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 is related to
(1) Asian Trade Development
(2) International Cyber Crime
(3) International Drug Trafficking
(4) Global Climate Change
Global Climate Change
Q 5. Procter and Gamble took over which famous brand?
(1) Revlon (2) Vicks (3) Gillette (4) None
Gillette
Q 6. Which city hosted the First Afro-Asian Games?
(A) Hyderabad (B) Harare (C) Beijing (D) Johannesburg
Hyderabad
Q 7. If IC = Indian Airlines, IT = ?
(A) Kingfisher Airlines (B) Air Deccan (C) Spice Jet (D) Indigo Airlines
Kingfisher Airlines
Q 8. X-tra Mile Super Diesel has been launched by
(1) Indian Oil
(2) Bharat Petroleum
(3) Hindustan Petroleum
(4) IBP
Indian Oil
Q 9. Formerly known as the Republic of Rhodesia, this country’s President is Robert Mugabe.
Which African country?
(A) Zambia (B) Congo (C) Zimbabwe (D) Namibia
Zimbabwe
Q 10. What’s the full form of FICCI?
(A) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commercial Institutions
(B) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and IT
(C) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(D) Federation of Indian Confederation of Commerce and Industry
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Q 11. What is the official designation of the mascot of McDonalds – Ronald McDonald?
(A) CHO - Chief Health Officer
(B) CEO - Chief Entertainment Officer
(C) CIO - Chief In-service Officer
(D) CHO - Chief Happiness Officer
CHO - Chief Happiness Officer
Q 12. This cartoon character by Hank Ketcham was inspired by his son. Name him.
Deniss
Q 13. Tata Sons launched India's first national, large-format, specialist retail chain for
consumer electronics and durables, in technical alliance with Australian retail major,
Woolworths. What’s the name?
Croma
Q 14. The present Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir belongs to
(1) National Conference
(2) People’s Democratic Party
(3) Indian National Congress
(4) None of these
Indian National Congress - Gulam Nabi Azad
Q 15. Which news channel is owned by Sri Adhikari Brothers TV Network?
Janmat [SAB TV is now owned by SONY Entertainment Network]
Q 16. The saltiest sea in the world is, in fact a lake and is about five times as salty
as the ocean water. What is the name of this lake?
A) Red Sea B) Dead Sea C) Caspian Sea D) Chilka Lake
Dead Sea
Q 17. What is the name of the new party floated by Raj Thakrey?
A) Maharashtra Krantikari Sena
B) Maharashtra Navyuvak Sena
C) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
D) Maharashtra Shiv Sena
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
Q 18. The number 4810 is inscribed on the platinum nib of every pen of this brand celebrating
its 100th year in 2006. Which brand of pen?
Mont Blanc - The height of Mount Blanc in the Alps in Europe is 4810 metres above sea level
Q 19. I travelled across the Atlantic in 1880's in the form of 350 separate pieces broken from
214 crates and have been standing tall since 1886. Who am I?
Statue of Liberty - It was a gift from France to USA.
Q 20. "Industry, Impartiality & Integrity" in the motto of which famous Indian Organization.
CBI
Bonus Question:
Since Feb 2003, fast food restaurants across America had something "creative" in their menucard
called "Freedom Fries". What was the significance of this new item in the menucard? Give
reasons!
France opposed USA's "Operation Iraqi Freedom" and refused to send its forces to Iraq. As a mark
of protest, majority of the restaurants in America changed the name of "French Fries" to
"Freedom Fries"
Q 1. 2006 is the :
(A) International Year of Oceans.
(B) International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
(C) International Year of Science.
(D) International Year of Pollution Control.
(B) International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Q 2. Which of the following personality has not announced his/her retirement from professional
sports in 2006?
(A) Michael Schumacher
(B) Andre Agassi
(C) Ian Thorpe
(D) Marcus Trescothick
(D) Marcus Trescothick
Q 3. The highest prize given to a film at the Cannes Film Festival is called:
(A) Palme d'Or
(B) Grand Prix
(C) Prix du Jury
(D) Prix de la mise en scène
(A) Palme d'Or [The Golden Palm]
Q 4. In the 2006 United States midterm elections was won by:
(A) Democratic Party
(B) Republican Party
(C) Third parties
(D) No elections were held this year
(A) Democratic Party
Q 5. The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of how many bomb blasts?
(A) Five
(B) Six
(C) Seven
(D) Eight
(C) Seven
Q 6. Which of these nations qualified for the finals of The 2006 FIFA World Cup for the first
time?
(A) Angola
(B) Côte d'Ivoire
(C) Ghana
(D) All of the above
(D) All of the above
Q 7. Which of the following is correct w.r.t. declared nuclear weapons states?
1. UK, Russia, France, China and Pakistan are declared nuclear weapons states.
2. India’s nuke tests were secretly called "Trinity".
3. N. Korea became the 8th nation to join this club.
(A) 1, 2
(B) 1, 3
(C) 1 only
(D) 3 only
(B) 1, 3
Q 8. Pluto is now called a:
(A) Moon
(B) Dwarf Planet
(C) Star
(D) Black Hole
(B) Dwarf Planet
Q 9. The 2006 Winter Olympics were held at:
(A) Milan, Italy
(B) Turin, Italy
(C) Rome, Italy
(D) Naples, Italy
(B) Turin, Italy
Q 10. NABARD stands for
(A) National Bank of Agriculture and Regional Development
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
(C) National Rural Aeronautical Research and Development
(D) National Bank of Agriculture and Roads Development
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
Q 11. 78th Academy Awards, - Best Picture?
(A) Crash
(B) Walk the Line
(C) Capote
(D) Brokeback Mountain
(A) Crash
Q 12. Brangelina were in Pune for a shooting of a movie called “A Mighty Heart”, a film based on
the life of Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan. Pearl was a reporter for?
(A) The Wall Street Journal
(B) Financial Times
(C) CNN
(D) The Economist
(A) The Wall Street Journal
Q 13. Andriy Shevchenko moved to Chelsea from which club?
(A) FC Barcelona
(B) Real Madrid
(C) AC Milan
(D) Dynamo Kyiv
(C) AC Milan
Q 14. Fill in the blanks:
Mandira Bedi: ICC Champions Trophy 2006:: ____________: FIFA World Cup 2006
(A) Baichung Bhutia
(B) Harsha Bhogle
(C) Charu Sharma
(D) Shekhar Suman
(B) Harsha Bhogle
Q 15. Saddam Hussain was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraq Special Tribunal and
was sentenced to
(A) Death by hanging
(B) Life imprisonment
(C) Fine of $ 1 billion
(D) Both A and C
(A) Death by hanging[/I][/I]
Hi ,
I am new in this grp. I am sending a collection of gk questions with answers.
Q 1. During his second title at Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal broke the ATP record of 53 matches
winning streak on clay. Who held the record before him ?
Guillermo Vilas
Q 2. Which business house got the contract for Mumbai's metro rail project?
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
Q 3. Logo of the Doha Asian Games 2006 was once an endangered species. What’s the name of the
animal?
Orry, A Qatari Oryx
Q 4. What does ‘R’ in Maruti Suzuki's small car Wagon R stand for?
Options: (A) Reliable (B) Rally (C) Recreation (D) Remarkable
(C)Recreation
Q 5. Which was the first card to be launched in India in 1960?
Options: (A) MasterCard (B) Bob Card (C) Diners Club Card (D) Visa Card
(C) Diners Club Card
Q 6. What is Webjacking?
Webjacking is the term for Hacking a Website.
Q 7. Dr. S. K. Burman is the founder of a famous Indian brand, which is more than a century old.
Name?
DABUR [DActar BURman]
Q 8. If Big Blue: IBM; Big Red: Coke; then what is Big Yellow?
Big Yellow: Kodak
Q 9. What is Vexillology the study of?
Options: (A) Flags (B) Anger (C) Earthworms (D) Ants
(A) Flags
Q 10. Name the book that Bill Gates wrote on computer technology.
a) Business @ the Speed of Thought
b) Business @ Lightning Speed
c) Business @ Click of the Mouse
d) Business @ Speed of loading of Windows
a)Business @ the Speed of Thought
Q 11. Euro is the currency of how many countries in Europe:
a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 8
b) 12 ; Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland.
Q 12. What is Alan Donald fondly called by his South African fans?
White Lightening
Q 13. With which Indian dance forms would you associate Kelucharan Mahapatra?
Odissi
Q 14. Elantra is the name of a car model from which company?
Hyundai Motors
Q 15. company was the first to distribute mouse as a standard component with personal computers?
Options: (A) Apple Computer (B) IBM (C) HP (D) Compaq
(A) Apple Computer
Q 16. Which organization was the first to start the policy of Employee Provident Fund in India?
Options: (A) TELCO (B) The East India Company (C) TAJ Hotels (D) TISCO
(D) TISCO
Q 17. ABN Bank and Amro Bank merged in 1991. ABN stands for Algemene Bank Nederland. Amro Bank
was created in 1964 by the merger of two banks,
which were named after cities. Could you work out the names?
Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Q 18. Which product was first certified by ISI and thus got the ISI Mark?
Indian National Flag, Tiranga.
Q 19. Name the first Indian actress who featured on TIME magazine's cover.
Parveen Babi
Q 20. “The Making of Champions” is authored by which famous cricketer?
Greg Chappel
Bonus Question: Which Tata groups boss was shown hitting a Six of Shoaib Akhtar in a
motivational video for its employees?
TATA Steel: B Muthuraman
Q 1. Which Indian product is branded as “TOEHOLD” in EUROPE?
Kolahpuri Chappals
Q 2. ´Bolero´ the dance form originates from which country?
(A) Spain. (B) France (C) Italy (D) Germany
Spain
Q 3. Which water body separates Australia from New Zealand?
(A) Cook Straits (B) Tasman Sea (C) McMunro Sound (D) Great Barrier Reef
Tasman Sea
Q 4. The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 is related to
(1) Asian Trade Development
(2) International Cyber Crime
(3) International Drug Trafficking
(4) Global Climate Change
Global Climate Change
Q 5. Procter and Gamble took over which famous brand?
(1) Revlon (2) Vicks (3) Gillette (4) None
Gillette
Q 6. Which city hosted the First Afro-Asian Games?
(A) Hyderabad (B) Harare (C) Beijing (D) Johannesburg
Hyderabad
Q 7. If IC = Indian Airlines, IT = ?
(A) Kingfisher Airlines (B) Air Deccan (C) Spice Jet (D) Indigo Airlines
Kingfisher Airlines
Q 8. X-tra Mile Super Diesel has been launched by
(1) Indian Oil
(2) Bharat Petroleum
(3) Hindustan Petroleum
(4) IBP
Indian Oil
Q 9. Formerly known as the Republic of Rhodesia, this country’s President is Robert Mugabe.
Which African country?
(A) Zambia (B) Congo (C) Zimbabwe (D) Namibia
Zimbabwe
Q 10. What’s the full form of FICCI?
(A) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commercial Institutions
(B) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and IT
(C) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(D) Federation of Indian Confederation of Commerce and Industry
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Q 11. What is the official designation of the mascot of McDonalds – Ronald McDonald?
(A) CHO - Chief Health Officer
(B) CEO - Chief Entertainment Officer
(C) CIO - Chief In-service Officer
(D) CHO - Chief Happiness Officer
CHO - Chief Happiness Officer
Q 12. This cartoon character by Hank Ketcham was inspired by his son. Name him.
Deniss
Q 13. Tata Sons launched India's first national, large-format, specialist retail chain for
consumer electronics and durables, in technical alliance with Australian retail major,
Woolworths. What’s the name?
Croma
Q 14. The present Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir belongs to
(1) National Conference
(2) People’s Democratic Party
(3) Indian National Congress
(4) None of these
Indian National Congress - Gulam Nabi Azad
Q 15. Which news channel is owned by Sri Adhikari Brothers TV Network?
Janmat [SAB TV is now owned by SONY Entertainment Network]
Q 16. The saltiest sea in the world is, in fact a lake and is about five times as salty
as the ocean water. What is the name of this lake?
A) Red Sea B) Dead Sea C) Caspian Sea D) Chilka Lake
Dead Sea
Q 17. What is the name of the new party floated by Raj Thakrey?
A) Maharashtra Krantikari Sena
B) Maharashtra Navyuvak Sena
C) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
D) Maharashtra Shiv Sena
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
Q 18. The number 4810 is inscribed on the platinum nib of every pen of this brand celebrating
its 100th year in 2006. Which brand of pen?
Mont Blanc - The height of Mount Blanc in the Alps in Europe is 4810 metres above sea level
Q 19. I travelled across the Atlantic in 1880's in the form of 350 separate pieces broken from
214 crates and have been standing tall since 1886. Who am I?
Statue of Liberty - It was a gift from France to USA.
Q 20. "Industry, Impartiality & Integrity" in the motto of which famous Indian Organization.
CBI
Bonus Question:
Since Feb 2003, fast food restaurants across America had something "creative" in their menucard
called "Freedom Fries". What was the significance of this new item in the menucard? Give
reasons!
France opposed USA's "Operation Iraqi Freedom" and refused to send its forces to Iraq. As a mark
of protest, majority of the restaurants in America changed the name of "French Fries" to
"Freedom Fries"
Q 1. 2006 is the :
(A) International Year of Oceans.
(B) International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
(C) International Year of Science.
(D) International Year of Pollution Control.
(B) International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Q 2. Which of the following personality has not announced his/her retirement from professional
sports in 2006?
(A) Michael Schumacher
(B) Andre Agassi
(C) Ian Thorpe
(D) Marcus Trescothick
(D) Marcus Trescothick
Q 3. The highest prize given to a film at the Cannes Film Festival is called:
(A) Palme d'Or
(B) Grand Prix
(C) Prix du Jury
(D) Prix de la mise en scène
(A) Palme d'Or [The Golden Palm]
Q 4. In the 2006 United States midterm elections was won by:
(A) Democratic Party
(B) Republican Party
(C) Third parties
(D) No elections were held this year
(A) Democratic Party
Q 5. The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of how many bomb blasts?
(A) Five
(B) Six
(C) Seven
(D) Eight
(C) Seven
Q 6. Which of these nations qualified for the finals of The 2006 FIFA World Cup for the first
time?
(A) Angola
(B) Côte d'Ivoire
(C) Ghana
(D) All of the above
(D) All of the above
Q 7. Which of the following is correct w.r.t. declared nuclear weapons states?
1. UK, Russia, France, China and Pakistan are declared nuclear weapons states.
2. India’s nuke tests were secretly called "Trinity".
3. N. Korea became the 8th nation to join this club.
(A) 1, 2
(B) 1, 3
(C) 1 only
(D) 3 only
(B) 1, 3
Q 8. Pluto is now called a:
(A) Moon
(B) Dwarf Planet
(C) Star
(D) Black Hole
(B) Dwarf Planet
Q 9. The 2006 Winter Olympics were held at:
(A) Milan, Italy
(B) Turin, Italy
(C) Rome, Italy
(D) Naples, Italy
(B) Turin, Italy
Q 10. NABARD stands for
(A) National Bank of Agriculture and Regional Development
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
(C) National Rural Aeronautical Research and Development
(D) National Bank of Agriculture and Roads Development
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
Q 11. 78th Academy Awards, - Best Picture?
(A) Crash
(B) Walk the Line
(C) Capote
(D) Brokeback Mountain
(A) Crash
Q 12. Brangelina were in Pune for a shooting of a movie called “A Mighty Heart”, a film based on
the life of Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan. Pearl was a reporter for?
(A) The Wall Street Journal
(B) Financial Times
(C) CNN
(D) The Economist
(A) The Wall Street Journal
Q 13. Andriy Shevchenko moved to Chelsea from which club?
(A) FC Barcelona
(B) Real Madrid
(C) AC Milan
(D) Dynamo Kyiv
(C) AC Milan
Q 14. Fill in the blanks:
Mandira Bedi: ICC Champions Trophy 2006:: ____________: FIFA World Cup 2006
(A) Baichung Bhutia
(B) Harsha Bhogle
(C) Charu Sharma
(D) Shekhar Suman
(B) Harsha Bhogle
Q 15. Saddam Hussain was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraq Special Tribunal and
was sentenced to
(A) Death by hanging
(B) Life imprisonment
(C) Fine of $ 1 billion
(D) Both A and C
(A) Death by hanging
I am new in this grp. I am sending a collection of gk questions with answers.
Q 1. During his second title at Roland Garros, Rafael Nadal broke the ATP record of 53 matches
winning streak on clay. Who held the record before him ?
Guillermo Vilas
Q 2. Which business house got the contract for Mumbai's metro rail project?
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
Q 3. Logo of the Doha Asian Games 2006 was once an endangered species. What’s the name of the
animal?
Orry, A Qatari Oryx
Q 4. What does ‘R’ in Maruti Suzuki's small car Wagon R stand for?
Options: (A) Reliable (B) Rally (C) Recreation (D) Remarkable
(C)Recreation
Q 5. Which was the first card to be launched in India in 1960?
Options: (A) MasterCard (B) Bob Card (C) Diners Club Card (D) Visa Card
(C) Diners Club Card
Q 6. What is Webjacking?
Webjacking is the term for Hacking a Website.
Q 7. Dr. S. K. Burman is the founder of a famous Indian brand, which is more than a century old.
Name?
DABUR [DActar BURman]
Q 8. If Big Blue: IBM; Big Red: Coke; then what is Big Yellow?
Big Yellow: Kodak
Q 9. What is Vexillology the study of?
Options: (A) Flags (B) Anger (C) Earthworms (D) Ants
(A) Flags
Q 10. Name the book that Bill Gates wrote on computer technology.
a) Business @ the Speed of Thought
b) Business @ Lightning Speed
c) Business @ Click of the Mouse
d) Business @ Speed of loading of Windows
a)Business @ the Speed of Thought
Q 11. Euro is the currency of how many countries in Europe:
a) 10 b) 12 c) 14 d) 8
b) 12 ; Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland.
Q 12. What is Alan Donald fondly called by his South African fans?
White Lightening
Q 13. With which Indian dance forms would you associate Kelucharan Mahapatra?
Odissi
Q 14. Elantra is the name of a car model from which company?
Hyundai Motors
Q 15. company was the first to distribute mouse as a standard component with personal computers?
Options: (A) Apple Computer (B) IBM (C) HP (D) Compaq
(A) Apple Computer
Q 16. Which organization was the first to start the policy of Employee Provident Fund in India?
Options: (A) TELCO (B) The East India Company (C) TAJ Hotels (D) TISCO
(D) TISCO
Q 17. ABN Bank and Amro Bank merged in 1991. ABN stands for Algemene Bank Nederland. Amro Bank
was created in 1964 by the merger of two banks,
which were named after cities. Could you work out the names?
Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Q 18. Which product was first certified by ISI and thus got the ISI Mark?
Indian National Flag, Tiranga.
Q 19. Name the first Indian actress who featured on TIME magazine's cover.
Parveen Babi
Q 20. “The Making of Champions” is authored by which famous cricketer?
Greg Chappel
Bonus Question: Which Tata groups boss was shown hitting a Six of Shoaib Akhtar in a
motivational video for its employees?
TATA Steel: B Muthuraman
Q 1. Which Indian product is branded as “TOEHOLD” in EUROPE?
Kolahpuri Chappals
Q 2. ´Bolero´ the dance form originates from which country?
(A) Spain. (B) France (C) Italy (D) Germany
Spain
Q 3. Which water body separates Australia from New Zealand?
(A) Cook Straits (B) Tasman Sea (C) McMunro Sound (D) Great Barrier Reef
Tasman Sea
Q 4. The Kyoto Protocol of 1997 is related to
(1) Asian Trade Development
(2) International Cyber Crime
(3) International Drug Trafficking
(4) Global Climate Change
Global Climate Change
Q 5. Procter and Gamble took over which famous brand?
(1) Revlon (2) Vicks (3) Gillette (4) None
Gillette
Q 6. Which city hosted the First Afro-Asian Games?
(A) Hyderabad (B) Harare (C) Beijing (D) Johannesburg
Hyderabad
Q 7. If IC = Indian Airlines, IT = ?
(A) Kingfisher Airlines (B) Air Deccan (C) Spice Jet (D) Indigo Airlines
Kingfisher Airlines
Q 8. X-tra Mile Super Diesel has been launched by
(1) Indian Oil
(2) Bharat Petroleum
(3) Hindustan Petroleum
(4) IBP
Indian Oil
Q 9. Formerly known as the Republic of Rhodesia, this country’s President is Robert Mugabe.
Which African country?
(A) Zambia (B) Congo (C) Zimbabwe (D) Namibia
Zimbabwe
Q 10. What’s the full form of FICCI?
(A) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commercial Institutions
(B) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and IT
(C) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(D) Federation of Indian Confederation of Commerce and Industry
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Q 11. What is the official designation of the mascot of McDonalds – Ronald McDonald?
(A) CHO - Chief Health Officer
(B) CEO - Chief Entertainment Officer
(C) CIO - Chief In-service Officer
(D) CHO - Chief Happiness Officer
CHO - Chief Happiness Officer
Q 12. This cartoon character by Hank Ketcham was inspired by his son. Name him.
Deniss
Q 13. Tata Sons launched India's first national, large-format, specialist retail chain for
consumer electronics and durables, in technical alliance with Australian retail major,
Woolworths. What’s the name?
Croma
Q 14. The present Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir belongs to
(1) National Conference
(2) People’s Democratic Party
(3) Indian National Congress
(4) None of these
Indian National Congress - Gulam Nabi Azad
Q 15. Which news channel is owned by Sri Adhikari Brothers TV Network?
Janmat [SAB TV is now owned by SONY Entertainment Network]
Q 16. The saltiest sea in the world is, in fact a lake and is about five times as salty
as the ocean water. What is the name of this lake?
A) Red Sea B) Dead Sea C) Caspian Sea D) Chilka Lake
Dead Sea
Q 17. What is the name of the new party floated by Raj Thakrey?
A) Maharashtra Krantikari Sena
B) Maharashtra Navyuvak Sena
C) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
D) Maharashtra Shiv Sena
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
Q 18. The number 4810 is inscribed on the platinum nib of every pen of this brand celebrating
its 100th year in 2006. Which brand of pen?
Mont Blanc - The height of Mount Blanc in the Alps in Europe is 4810 metres above sea level
Q 19. I travelled across the Atlantic in 1880's in the form of 350 separate pieces broken from
214 crates and have been standing tall since 1886. Who am I?
Statue of Liberty - It was a gift from France to USA.
Q 20. "Industry, Impartiality & Integrity" in the motto of which famous Indian Organization.
CBI
Bonus Question:
Since Feb 2003, fast food restaurants across America had something "creative" in their menucard
called "Freedom Fries". What was the significance of this new item in the menucard? Give
reasons!
France opposed USA's "Operation Iraqi Freedom" and refused to send its forces to Iraq. As a mark
of protest, majority of the restaurants in America changed the name of "French Fries" to
"Freedom Fries"
Q 1. 2006 is the :
(A) International Year of Oceans.
(B) International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
(C) International Year of Science.
(D) International Year of Pollution Control.
(B) International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Q 2. Which of the following personality has not announced his/her retirement from professional
sports in 2006?
(A) Michael Schumacher
(B) Andre Agassi
(C) Ian Thorpe
(D) Marcus Trescothick
(D) Marcus Trescothick
Q 3. The highest prize given to a film at the Cannes Film Festival is called:
(A) Palme d'Or
(B) Grand Prix
(C) Prix du Jury
(D) Prix de la mise en scène
(A) Palme d'Or [The Golden Palm]
Q 4. In the 2006 United States midterm elections was won by:
(A) Democratic Party
(B) Republican Party
(C) Third parties
(D) No elections were held this year
(A) Democratic Party
Q 5. The 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings were a series of how many bomb blasts?
(A) Five
(B) Six
(C) Seven
(D) Eight
(C) Seven
Q 6. Which of these nations qualified for the finals of The 2006 FIFA World Cup for the first
time?
(A) Angola
(B) Côte d'Ivoire
(C) Ghana
(D) All of the above
(D) All of the above
Q 7. Which of the following is correct w.r.t. declared nuclear weapons states?
1. UK, Russia, France, China and Pakistan are declared nuclear weapons states.
2. India’s nuke tests were secretly called "Trinity".
3. N. Korea became the 8th nation to join this club.
(A) 1, 2
(B) 1, 3
(C) 1 only
(D) 3 only
(B) 1, 3
Q 8. Pluto is now called a:
(A) Moon
(B) Dwarf Planet
(C) Star
(D) Black Hole
(B) Dwarf Planet
Q 9. The 2006 Winter Olympics were held at:
(A) Milan, Italy
(B) Turin, Italy
(C) Rome, Italy
(D) Naples, Italy
(B) Turin, Italy
Q 10. NABARD stands for
(A) National Bank of Agriculture and Regional Development
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
(C) National Rural Aeronautical Research and Development
(D) National Bank of Agriculture and Roads Development
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
Q 11. 78th Academy Awards, - Best Picture?
(A) Crash
(B) Walk the Line
(C) Capote
(D) Brokeback Mountain
(A) Crash
Q 12. Brangelina were in Pune for a shooting of a movie called “A Mighty Heart”, a film based on
the life of Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan. Pearl was a reporter for?
(A) The Wall Street Journal
(B) Financial Times
(C) CNN
(D) The Economist
(A) The Wall Street Journal
Q 13. Andriy Shevchenko moved to Chelsea from which club?
(A) FC Barcelona
(B) Real Madrid
(C) AC Milan
(D) Dynamo Kyiv
(C) AC Milan
Q 14. Fill in the blanks:
Mandira Bedi: ICC Champions Trophy 2006:: ____________: FIFA World Cup 2006
(A) Baichung Bhutia
(B) Harsha Bhogle
(C) Charu Sharma
(D) Shekhar Suman
(B) Harsha Bhogle
Q 15. Saddam Hussain was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraq Special Tribunal and
was sentenced to
(A) Death by hanging
(B) Life imprisonment
(C) Fine of $ 1 billion
(D) Both A and C
(A) Death by hanging
gaurav200x
Gaurav Mittal
Thanks Mr. Sdatta, but it would be more fun if u put questions first and let the members answer them, rather than putting both questions and answers.
rahul_parab2006
Rahul Parab
So many days..............no question here.........
this one for u guyz..............
Which of Rajasthan's cities founded in 1727, by the Rajput Maharaja Jai Singh II ?
:SugarwareZ-064:
this one for u guyz..............
Which of Rajasthan's cities founded in 1727, by the Rajput Maharaja Jai Singh II ?
:SugarwareZ-064:
themaharana
Par 100 posts (V.I.P)
JAISINGH 2 FOUNDED JAIPUR. .....................
rahul_parab2006
Rahul Parab
themaharana said:
YA.............PRAMOD............IT'S CORRECT............
CONTINUE..............
click4tina
Par 100 posts (V.I.P)
sdatta said:
Answer 1: Minesota Mining & Manufacturing (I am not sure)
Answer 3: United Parcel Service!!!!!
Hey pls give answers to all ur questions.......
Here is the ans of my qns
1. Which organization is the largest employer in the world?
2. Who was Mahesh BHupathi's mixed doubles partner when he won his maiden grand slam title?
3. If IBM is big blue, cocacola is big red, who is big black?
Answer 1. Indian Railway
Answer 2.Rika Hiraki
She has won 1 Grand Slam mixed doubles title, the 1997 French Open (with Mahesh Bhupathi). By winning she became the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam title.
Answer 3: United Parcel Service
1. Which organization is the largest employer in the world?
2. Who was Mahesh BHupathi's mixed doubles partner when he won his maiden grand slam title?
3. If IBM is big blue, cocacola is big red, who is big black?
Answer 1. Indian Railway
Answer 2.Rika Hiraki
She has won 1 Grand Slam mixed doubles title, the 1997 French Open (with Mahesh Bhupathi). By winning she became the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam title.
Answer 3: United Parcel Service
rahul_parab2006
Rahul Parab
Which is the first Indian agency to have won the much coveted Euro Effie Award?
:SugarwareZ-064:
:SugarwareZ-064:
rahul_parab2006
Rahul Parab
ross18 said:
no dude................u r wrong here !
It's WAL-MART...
next question from ur side plz......................