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G.K. QUIZ – 16

1. The projected world population in 2050 is

(A) 9.2 billion (B) 8.2 billion (C) 8.5 billion (D) 10.10 billion
2. The punchline of JK tyres is
(A) Never tires (B) Total control (C) Born Tuff (D) Grip the road
3. The adline “Flying the kids on a vacation to Goa Rs. 38,000 ________ an album full of memories:
priceless. Fill in the blank from the given credit card options.
(A) Visa Credit Card (B) Master Card (C) American Express (D) Citibank Card
4. Fortune, Warrior, Windsor, Perfect, are famous brands from
(A) Grasim (B) Raymonds (C) Liberty (D) action
5. “Nobody delivers Kerala Better” is a catchline of
(A) Kerela Tourism (B) Malyala Manorma (C) Sagar Ratna (D) Dasaprakash
6. IPTV is
(A) Indo-Pak Television (B) Internet Producer Television
(C) Interent Protocol Television (D) Internet Pad for Transmission Variables
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7. Which Fortnightly magazine is celebrating its 15 year?
(A) India Today (B) Business World (C) Business Today (D) Fortune
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8. When claimed his 700 wicket, Shane Warne dismissed
(A) Yuvraj Singh (B) Inzman-ul-Haq (C) Shaun Pollock (D) Andrew Strauss
9. Joseph Barbara, the creater of cartoons, passed away on Dec. 18-2006. He was well known for his
creation of
(A) Micky Mouse (B) Tom & Jerry (C) Pluto (D) Popayee
10. After the Ambanis which another business group is now heading for a split
(A) Birlas (B) Modi (C) Bajaj (D) Tata
11. “Success keeps you away from home” is an adline of a product from the UB group, identify
(A) Kingfisher (B) Kalyani Black Label
(C) McDowell No. 1 (D) Signature
12. Which Indian automobile company is planning to equip its cars with “immobilizing chip” (to prevent
theft) before they roll out for sales
(A) Maruti (B) Ford (C) Mahindra & Mahindra (D) Tata
13. Renowned B-School IIM has recently started a program PMP i.e. Public Management and Policy, we
are talking of
(A) IIM-A (B) IIM-B (C) IIM-C (D) IIM-K
14. Fill the correct option:
She is a Sikh religious leader and now ________ Ambassador to India.
(A) Philippines’ (B) Canada’s (C) New Mexico’s (D) Tanzania’s

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15. From the given options, identify the bank which is seeking qualified full banking status in Singapore.
This is for mobilising retail deposits and setting up ATMs.
(A) Bank of Baroda (B) Canara Bank
(C) Syndicate Bank (D) State Bank of India
16. Which Australian bowler surpassed Wasim Akram’s record of 55 wickets in the 2007 World Cup?
(A) Glen McGrath (B) Jenson Gillispie (C) Bret Lee (D) Bracken
17. How many runs did Jaysurya make in the first match that Lanka played against the Aussies in 2007
the World?
(A) 116 (B) 115 (C) 117 (D) 114
18. In Nepal, who is the chairman of Nepalese Maoist?
(A) Madhav Kumar (B) Prachanda (C) G.P. Koirala (D) None of these
19. Find the odd one out
(A) Saab (B) Elentra (C) Pontiac (D) Tavera
20. A foreign travel card, “Vishwa Yatra” was launched by
(A) SBI (B) Bank of Baroda
(C) ICICI Bank (D) Kotak Mahindra Bank
21. Famous personality, Amulya Reddy passed away in 2006. He was a
(A) Film Actor (B) Dress Designer (C) Scientist (D) CEO of a Bank
22. The name Adlabs is associated with
(A) Lintas (B) O&M (C) Reliance Industries (D) Nexus
23. Al-Naay a vertical flute is employed in
(A) Western music (B) Indian Classical Music
(C) Arabian music (D) Chinese music
24. Kushagra Bajaj is the CEO of
(A) Bajaj Auto Finance Ltd (B) Bajaj Hindustan
(C) Fortune Hotels (D) Bharat Hotels
25. The Birla group was initially formed by
(A) Ghanshyam Das Birla (B) Aditya Birla
(C) Kumarmanglam Birla (D) Shiv Narain Birla
26. Spice Systems Ltd has decided to sell its 48.28 per cent stake to which of the following company.
(A) IBM (B) HCL (C) Mcorp global (D) Hewlett Packard
27. Recently, the Bombay High Court has ruled an important judgement regarding insurance policies. From
the given options, find the correct statement
(A) Insurance policies cannot be traded
(B) Insurance polices can be traded and assigned
(C) Insurance policies can be discontinued only with the permission of High Court.
(D) Insurance policy cannot be discontinued once you buy them.
28. Recently, a country has decided to launch a private bank exclusively for millionaires, which
country it is

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(A) United States of America (B) Italy

(C) UAE (C) China
29. ‘Thinking Ahead” is a punchline of
(A) ICICI Securities (B) ICICI Discover
(C) HDFC Children’s Plan (D) LIC Gold
30. Who’s quote is this,
“The apex court’s stay on OBC quota is a legal matter which would be decided by experts. HRD
Ministry does not have any opinion different from the quota law passed by the parliament”
(A) Arjun Singh (B) Ram Vilas Paswan
(C) L.K. Advani (D) Prakash Karat

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ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (C) 8. (D)

9. (B) 10. (C) 11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (A)

17. (B) 18. (B) 19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (C) 22. (C) 23. (C) 24. (B)

25. (D) 26. (C) 27. (B) 28. (D) 29. (A) 30. (A)

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