Dec 12, 2006

QUIZ III

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Thnx for the Enthu guys.. A special mention to Errol for getting all 42 questions right.. Kudos!!

Answers to yesterdays Questions!!

01. 1
02. 4
03. 3
04. 3
05. 4
06. 2
07. 2
08. 2
09. 1
10. 4
11. 1
12. 3
13. 4
14. 2
15. 2
16. 1
17. 3
18. 1
19. 1
20. 2
21. 3
22. 1
23. 4
24. 2
25. 2
26. 2
27. 4
28. 2
29. 2
30. 1
31. 2
32. 4
33. 2
34. 3
35. 3
36. 4
37. 2
38. 2
39. 4
40. 2
41. 1
42. 2

Todays QUIZ (Just 26 questions for Today)

1. Match the following and select the right combination.
a. Lawrence Olivier
1. Scientist
b. Helen Keller
2. Blind Author
c. Homi Bhabha
3. Actor
d. DK Karve
4. Social Reformer

1. 1234
2. 2431
3. 4123
4. 3214

2. The biggest mutual fund in India is the
1. SBI Mutual Fund
2. PNB Mutual Fund
3. U.T.I
4. CANBANK Mutual Fund

3. The Jet Lag is caused due to
1. The movement of the aircraft
2. Changes in atm. pressure
3. The crossing of the International Date Line
4. None of these

4. Philip Crosby, is an international celebrity famous in the field of
1. Corporate restructuring
2. Information technology
3. Improvement of Quality Systems
4. The field of game theory in economics.

5. The Committee on Industrial Sickness and Corporate Restructuring was chaired by
1. Dinesh Goswami
2. Onkar Goswami
3. Chander Goswami
4. Arun Ghosh

6. Nikkei is the share index of which stock exchange?
1. Tokyo
2. Singapore
3. New York
4. Frankfurt

7. The largest industry in terms of employment potential in India is
1. The mining sector
2. The Railways
3. The textiles sector
4. Small-scale and cottage industries

8. “Ray-Ban” is a brand name of sunglasses marketed by
1. Max India
2. Ranbaxy
3. Bausch and Lomb
4. OPTEL India Ltd.

9. The first-even university in India was set up in 1857 in
1. Bombay
2. Calcutta
3. Chennai
4. New Delhi

10. The “White Goods” industry refers to
1. Consumer durables
2. Building hardware
3. Milk and allied products
4. Computer consumables

11. The maximum share of the Gross Domestic Product now comes from
1. Agriculture
2. Manufacturing
3. Services
4. Livestock

12. A rise in inflation generally favours the
1. Debtors
2. Creditors
3. Banks
4. Stock-brokers

13. “Beyond the Last Blue Mountain” is the biography of
1. G.D. Birla
2. J.R.D Tata
3. MS Oberoi
4. HP Nanda

14. The title Clove Islands is applied to
1. Mauritius
2. Andaman-Nicobar
3. Lakshdweep
4. Zanzibar

15. The Fundamental Right To Property was abolished by the
1. 42nd Amendment
2. 44th Amendment
3. 61st Amendment
4. 73rd Amendment

16. The system of competitive examinations for appointment to different posts was started in
1. The USA
2. The UK
3. China
4. Israel

17. Who among the following was regarded as the Lokmanya?
1. BG Tilak
2. Lala Lajpat Rai
3. Bipin Chandar Pal
4. Aurbindo Ghosh

18. The Chittagong Armoury Raid was conducted by
1. Veer Damodar Savarakar
2. Master Surya Sen
3. Bhagat Singh
4. Chandershekhar Azad

19. The RBI was established in the year
1. 1935
2. 1934
3. 1947
4. 1950

20. The Videocon Inds. is owned by the
1. Hindujas
2. Wadias
3. Ambanis
4. Dhoots

21. Which among the following is a direct tax?
1. Excise
2. Sales Tax
3. Income Tax
4. Customs

22. Who was a prominent exponent of the “Bhakti” movement in Maharashtra?
1. Ramanand
2. Gyaneshwar
3. Namdeva
4. Ekarat

23. The Administrative Staff College of India is located at
1. Bombay
2. Wellington
3. New Delhi
4. Hyderabad

24. A patient is put on dialysis if he suffers from a
1. Liver problem
2. Kidney problem
3. Heart problem
4. None of these

25. Identify the incorrect pair :-
1. Nonita Lal Quraishi : Badminton
2. Vijay Amrit Raj : Tennis
3. Limba Ram : Archery
4. Bahadur Prasad : Athletics

26. A narrow strip of land bordered on both sides by water and connecting two large bodies of land is called.
1. An Isthmus
2. A lagoon
3. A peninsula
4. A strait