CURRENT NEWS AWARENESS NO: 3

1. Which mobile phone manufacturer is popularizing mobile-telephone etiquette with its 'mobile manners' campaign? a) Nokia b) Black berry c) Sony Ericson d) Apple

2. South Africa is the worlds largest producer of three metals--Platinum, Gold. Which is the third? a) Cobalt b) Copper c) Chromite d) Antimony

3. What does the letters XP stands for in Microsoft XP ? a)Extended product product b) Extra pampering c)Experience d)Entry level

4. Be the first to know is the base line of which company? a)BBC b) Star News c) CNBC d)CNN

5. Mr Shiv Nadar is the chairman of which of the following groups of companies? a)Wipro b)HCL c) IBM d) Aptech

6. Dr Pepper is a famous brand of: a) Iced tea b) Peppermint

c) Soft drinks

d) None of these

7. Which product has a cricket inspired slogan When the match ends, your game begins a) Goderge b) Axe Googly c) Loreal d) Kent wood

8 ) Which company owns 'Hotmail', the Internet based e-mail system? a) Microsoft b) Google c) Amazon d) Atlavista

9. Index Residex is associated with: a)Land prices inflation index b) Share prices c) Mutual fund prices d) Price

10. Falcon, Xenon, Xenos and Zephyr have all been project codenames for the development of what variants? a) Omega Watches b) Xbox 360 c) Gillette Max Razors d) Reynolds Pen

11. Everyone has heard of the catchphrase "Intel Inside". But who authored a book entitled "Inside Intel"? a)Tim Jackson b) Arindham Chaudari c) Tom Peters d) Fred Wilson

12. Nano knowledge city has been established at: a) Jaipur b) Chandigarh c) Bangalore d) Hyderabad

13. Which of the following owns the 'Easy Day' retail stores? a) Reliance Retail b) Birla Retail c) DLF d) Bharti Retail

14.IIT KGP, HBS, IBM, McKinsey and now President of Berkshire Hathaway. Potential successor of Warren Buffett. Name him. a)Mark Hurd b) Tim cook c) Ajit Jain d) Wyatt Davis

15. Which indian singer composer has started an online music academy in US? a)Shankar Mahadevan b) Asha Bonsole c) Sonu Nigam d) Hariharan

16. K.I.S.S is a management principle. This principle with a slight modification has become the tagline for which mobile operator? a)Aircel b) Airtel c) MTS d) Tata Docomo

17. Which car is normally associated with the British royal family? It was used during the Will Kate wedding also. a)Bugatti Veyron b) Bentley c) Ferrari Enzo d) Lamborghini Reventon

18. Thorns to competition- who is the author of this book a)Arindham Chaudari b) Chandrasekhar reddy c) John peterson d) John cotton 19.Who is the CEO of walmart, the largest retailer in the world a)Vinod khosla b) Lee scot c) Mike Duke d) Larry Fink

20. With which Management Guru of Indian Origin would you most associate the phrase "Core Competence"? a) Theodore levitt, b) Philip Kotler c) Stephen P Robbins d) C. K. Prahalad

21. Who is the CEO of Britannia Industries? a)Falguni Nayar b) Shikha Sharma c) Vinita Bali d) Lalita Gupte

22. With whom would you associate Ranka Ramanath? a)ICICI Ventare Prudential b) HSBC c) ICICI Bank d) ICICI

23. With whom would you associate the NGO Institution SEWA? a)Amrita Patel b) Elaben Bhatt c) Falguni Parikh d) None

24. Who is the head of Star News? a) Preethivyas Kohli b) Vidya Chababria c) Lalita Gupte d) Raina Raj

25. Name the women who recently resigned from Nestle & now the MD of HSBC? a)Rupa Matur b)Sonia Saxsena c) Naina Lal Kidwai d)Maria Dutta

26. Who is the Executive Director of HDFC? a) Renu Karnad Kidwai b) Swati Singh c)Renu Roy d) Naina Lal

27. Who is the MD of APPOLLO Hospital? a)Renuka Ramanath b) Bala Deshpande c)Preetha Reddy d) None

28. Who is the MD of ING VYSY mutual Fund? a) Shobana Maitra b) Neelam Dhawan c) Zia Mody d) Kavita Hurry

29. Who is the head of cosmetic brand LAKME in to India? a) Rohini Nilekini b) Simon Tata c) Sudrashini Roy d) Ramona Singh

30. Who is the head of HR department in INFOSYS? a) Hema Ravi Chandra b) Kalpana Morparia c) Renu .S.Karnad d) Shikha Sharma

31. Which edition of IT.biz opened in Bangalore on 18th October 2011? a) 12th edition b) 15th edition, c) 16th edition d) 14th edition

32. Which commercial vehicle of Tata Motors celebrated silver jubilee with over 5 lakh units sold since its launch? a) Tata 704 b) Tata740 c) Tata 407 d) Tata 470

33. Which card has HDFC Bank set to bring back? a) Platinum Card b) Diners Card c) Flipco card d) Petrolcard

34. Which tennis player is out of top three ranks for the first time since 2003? a) Roger Federer b) Jos Acasuso c) Andre Agassi d) Andy Roddick

35. Name the first motorcycle launched by Hero MotoCorp under the Hero brand a) Impluse b) Splendor c) Passion d) Dawn

36. Which software's updated version has been launched by Infosys? a) Customer e-banking solution b) System e-banking solution c) Pinnacle e-banking solution d) Finacle e-Banking solution

37. Which day has been declared as 'Steve Jobs Day'? a) 17th October b) 15th October c) 16th October d) 18th October

38. Which country is backing to rebuild Nalanda University in India? a) China b) Thailand c) Nepal d) Cuba

39. Google released a new programming language. a)Symbian b) Unix c) Dart d)Solaris

40. Who is the father of C programming language? a) Bjarne Stroustrup b) Dennis Ritchie c) Vinton Cerf d) James A. Gosling