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Q1.Which company has acquired

the appliances business of GE ?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Electrolux
Samsung Group
LG Electronics Inc.
Haier Group Corporation

Answer -Electrolux

Q2. Govt of India has announced that

new domain names can be registered
in Devanagari script in 8 languages.
This would be under what suffix ?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

.in
.hindi
.bharat
.hindustan

Answer-(3) .bharat

Q3. Which site is the worlds second

biggest professional social network
after LinkedIn that is popular in
France and China ?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Facebook
Viadeo
Fast Pitch
Twitter

Answer -(2) Viadeo

Q4.What does the letters XP stand

for in the product Microsoft XP?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Extended product
Extra Pampering
Experience
Entry level product

Answer (3) Experience

Q5. Approx what % of its 67 billion

$ revenue does Google earn from
advertising .
(1) 90%
(2) 80%
(3) 30%
(4) 25%

Answer (1) 90%

Q6. Vistara Airlines is going to be

flying in the Indian skies soon. Who
are the people behind it?

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Air India
Air Asia
Cathy pacific
Tata and Singapore Airlines

Answer
(4) Tata and Singapore Airlines

Q7. In which Indian City has Coca

Cola started free home deliveries
under its online Coke2home project ?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Ahmedabad
Surat
Patna
Alwar

(1) Ahmedabad

Q 8. Name this oldest paint co in

South East asia which supplied paints
for Rashtrapathi Bhavan and Howrah
Bridge. Its Howrah plant is closing.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Asian Paints
Shalimar Paints
Berger Paints
None of these

Shalimar Paints

Q9. What is the new name of ING

Vysya Life Insurance ?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

Munjal Life insurance

Exide Life Insurance
Firodia Life insurance
Hindu Life insurance

Answer (2) Exide Life Insurance

Q10. RBI has revised the ceiling for

the amount of Indian currency notes
which residents and NRIs can carry
abroad. What is the new limit ?
(1)50,000
(2)1,50,000
(3) 25,000
(4) 35,500

Answer- (3) 25,000

Q 11. What is unique about this

soon to be launched Harley
Davidson model ?

First electric bike from Harley

Q 12. What popular event these

days was pioneered in India by this
brand asasponsor way back in
1982 ?

India Open Marathon in Delhi

Q13. In the logo for Sony VAIO what

is the message in the lettering ?

VA stands for analog and IO for digital

Q14. In the Amazon logo, there are 2

subliminal messages being hinted
with the yellow arrow. What are they
?

A to Z everything is available
+ a smile for good service

Q15. Ever wondered what the three

stripes on the Adidas Logo mean?

They represent a mountain,

pointing out towards the
challenges than are seen ahead
and goals that can be achieved.

Q16 The apple in this logo is taken

from which story?

The apple in this logo is taken from

the Bible story of Adam and Eve,
where the apple represents the fruit
of Tree of Knowledge, with a pun on
byte/bite.

Q17 The star in the three corners on their

logo represents ???

land, sea and air.

Q18.Find out the hidden symbol in the

Federal Express logo.What does it
mean ??

Yeah, I am talking about the

'arrow' that you can see between
the E and the x in this logo. The
arrow was introduced to
underscore speed and precision,
which are part of the positioning
of the company.

Q19. In the baskin robbins, there

are subliminal messages being
hinted with the pink parts of the BR.
What are they??

The pink parts of the BR still form

the number 31, a reference to the
31 flavours.

What is the name of the

instrument used to measure
blood pressure?
(1) Barometer
(2) Hygrometer
(3) Hydrometer
(4) Sphygmomanometer

Royal Stag brand of Whisky is

owned by
(1) United Breweries
(2) Shaw Wallace & Co
(3) Seagram
(4) Mohan Meakin

Who invented Parachute?

(1) Leonardo da Vinci
(2) Scanderberg
(3) Sigismund
(4) Van Gogh

Which of the following

countries fought the first of
the opium wars?
(1) Russia - China
(2) Britain - Indonesia
(3) China - Britain
(4) Japan - China

Dr. Pepper is a famous brand

of:
(1) Iced tea
(2) Peppermint
(3) Soft Drinks
(4) None of these

Mr. Shiv Nadar is the Chairman

of which of the following
groups of companies?
(1) Wipro
(2) HCL
(3) Aptech
(4) None of these

Lloyds is a world leader in

which of the following
industries?
(1) Garment
(2) Insurance
(3) Commodity Trading
(4) Banking

Jeffrey Immelt took over as the

CEO from a legend of which US
corporate giant?
(1) Oracle
(2) Boeing
(3) General Electric
(4) Federal Express

The management strategy with

the acronym CRM can be
expanded as:
(1) Concrete Relationship
Management
(2) Customer Relationship
Management
(3) Correct Relationship Management
(4) Constructive Relationship
Management

Which group owns Crompton

Greaves?
(1) Mittals
(2) Ruias
(3) Thapars
(4) Ranas

Kenwood corporation is a(an)

____________ company
(1) Japanese
(2) American
(3) British
(4) German

Cartier, Piaget, Omega and

Rado are all brands of:
(1) Cameras
(2) Suits
(3) Watches
(4) Pens

Mars, the fourth planet from

the sun, is named after the
Roman god of:
(1) Peace
(2) War
(3) Love
(4) Marriages

When there is many buyer and

one sellers in a market what
is this situation called?
(1) Monopoly
(2) Monopsony
(3) Monotony
(4) Oligopoly

Name the worlds largest

television network that is
beamed to over 210 countries?
(1) MSNBC
(2) STAR
(3) CNN
(4) BBC

Which Indian business group

holds the maximum stake in
the mobile cellular service
provider Spice?
(1) Aditya Birla group
(2) Bharti group
(3) Essar group
(4) BK Modi group

The worlds local bank is the

tag line of which bank
(1) ABN Amro
(2) Standard Chartered Bank
(3) Hong Kong and Shangai
Banking Corporation
(4) Rabo Bank

Which country accounts for the

highest foreign direct
investments (inflows) into
India?
(1) US
(2) Japan
(3) Mauritius
(4) Channel Islands

Who was the first Indian

Governor-General of India?
(1) Lord Mountbatten
(2) Rajagopalachari
(3) Rajendra Prasad
(4) None of these

How long did the Kurushektra

war last?
(1) Fourteen years
(2) 27 days
(3) 13 months
(4) 18 days

One world. One family. One

festival' - is the slogan used in
advertising
Chinese New year
Hong Kong's annual shopping
festival
Dubai's shopping festival
None of these

Which insurance company, launched

recently in India, will be using Snoopy
from the cartoon series Peanuts in its
advertising?

Aviva
HDFC
Standard
MetLife
Sun Life

Which billionaire businessman

has been elected Mayor of New
York, replacing the popular
Rudy Giuliani?
William Clay Ford
Larry Ellison
James Walton
Michael Bloomberg

Who is the chairperson of

Bharti Group?
Raj Mittal
Alok Mittal
Sunil Mittal
Ramen Mittal

What is the brand name of the

range of shoes and apparel for
children under the age of five,
that Reebok plans to introduce
shortly?
Weebok
Kids
Kidsport
Tyke

With which brand would you

identify the famous
advertising slogan Think
Different?
Apple
IBM
Wipro
None of these

What is the sub brand of the

new car that Toyota is
launching in India?
Accord
Jupiter
C Planet
Camry

Name the brand that was

launched and promoted by a
famous father-son duo.

ICICI Credit cards

Parker Beta
Maruti Versa
All of these.

Consider the following statements in respect of the Michigan Studies on leadership:

1. Production-oriented leaders are associated with low group productivity.
2. The Research objective of these studies was to locate behavioural characteristics
of leaders.
3. Employee-oriented leaders are associated with higher job satisfaction.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1,2 and 3
2 and 3 only
1 and 3 only
3 only

Which of the following countries

has been elected as Vice-President
of UNCTAD?
a) China
b) India
c) Philipine
d) Indonesia
e) South Africa

Recently, the government has approved

the establishment of Indias first
National Centre for Molecular Materials
(NCMM) in which of following states?
a) Kerala
b) Gujarat
c) Rajasthan
d) Maharashtra
e) Andhra Pardesh

Who among the following has been

awarded for Global Vision Award
2010?
a) Ratan Tata
b) Anil Aggarwal
c) Mukesh Ambani
d) Pranab Mukherjee
e) None of these

Recently, which of the following

committees has submitted its report
on Telangana issue to Union Home
Minister P Chidambaram?
a) Kelkar Committee
b) Shunglu Committee
c) Achuthan Committee
d) Srikrishna Committee
e) None of above

Alexander Lukashenka is newly

elected president of _______.
a) Ghana
b) Brazil
c) Ukraine
d) Chechnya
e) Belarus

After Census 2011 India become

_____ most populous country in the
World?
(a) 7th
(b) 2nd
(c) 5th
(d) 4th

The employment rate in India is

estimated at?
(a) 11.24%
(b) 9.24%
(c) 10.11%
(d) None of the above

Marketing is best suited in .....

Buyers' market
Sellers' market
Internal marketing
Direct marketing