GK Capsule 31

1. According to World Bank's latest report India is now the world's ___
_____wealthiest nation?
(A) Fourth
(B) Eighth
(C) Twelfth
(D) Sixteenth
2. Which among the following companies launched its super luxury
hot wheels: 'Gallardo' and 'Murcielago'in India?
(A) Audi
(B) Rolls Royce
(C) Lamborghini
(D) Porsche
3. Which among the following southern states is all set to launch
Tourism-on-Wheels project in collaboration with the Indian Railways?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Kerala
4. Isuzu Motors Ltd, Japan's largest maker of light trucks has decided
to start making buses in India in2007 in association with:
(A) TELCO
(B) Ashok Leyland
(C) Swaraj Mazda
(D) Mahindra and Mahindra
5. In an attempt to enhance the quality of customer service and
strengthen the grievance redressal mechanism, the Reserve Bank of

India has constituted a new department Customer Service

Department (CSD). Which of the following is not among the key
responsibilities of the department?
(A) Dissemination of instructions or information relating to customer
service.
(B) Grievance redressal by banks and the RBI.
(C) Administering the Banking Ombudsman (BO) scheme and act as
a nodal department for the Banking codes and Standards Board of
India (BCSBI).
(D) All of the above
6. The new ICC president David Morgan belongs to which among the
following countries?
(A) England
(B) South Africa
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand
7. Which among the following countries has the maximum amount of
external debt?
(A) USA
(B) Mexico
(C) Brazil
(D) Japan
8. Tata Sky is a satellite television company in India, formed through
a joint venture between the Tata Group and
(A) Star TV
(B) Eurospace
(C) Sky Italia
(D) ISRO
9. 'Eco Mark' is given to the Indian products that are:
(A) pure and unadulterated
(B) rich in protein
(C) economically viable
(D) environment-friendly
10. The indicator of economic prosperity is:

(A) increase in gross national product at current prices

(B) increase in net national product at current prices
(C) increase in gross national product at fixed prices
(D) increase in net national product at fixed prices
11. Cairn Energy, which is exploring oil in Rajasthan, belongs to
(A) Ireland
(B) Scotland
(C) Norway
(D) Sweden
12. The youngest ever Indian to achieve a Grandmaster norm in
Chess is:
(A) Sahaj Grover
(B) Saina Nehwal
(C) Parimarjan Negi
(D) D Harika
13. Which among the following is not a wholly owned subsidiary of
Reserve Bank of India?
(A) National Housing Bank
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
(C) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
(D) Exim Bank of India
14. The December 2006 Asian Games were held in
(A) Doha
(B) Abu Dhabi
(C) Riyadh
(D) Kyoto
15. The service tax umbrella does not cover
(A) Pathology labs
(B) Telecom services
(C) Coaching institutes
(D) Catering services
16. Which company launched a premium denim line in the Indian
fashion arena, co branding it with John Abraham?
(A) Killer

(B) Wrangler
(C) Lee Copper
(D) Milky Way
17. The National Stock Exchange incorporated in 1992, in terms of
transactions holds:
(A) fifth rank in the World.
(B) third rank in the World.
(C) seventh rank in the World.
(D) does not figure in the top 10.

18. Which country, of the following, is the biggest contributor for

Foreign Direct Investment in India between1991 and 2004?
(A) Mauritius
(B) USA
(C) Japan
(D) United Kingdom
19. SAFTA stands for
(A) South Asia Free Trade Agreement
(B) South African Federation for Tribal Advancement
(C) South Asian Forum for Tourism Agreements
(D) None of the above
20. Which company, out of the following, does not figure in the
Forbes Global 2000 year 2005 ranking?
(A) NTPC
(B) ONGC
(C) SBI
(D) EIL
21. Introduction of 3G services in telecommunication industry will
NOT include which of the following features?
(A) Video Streaming
(B) Stock Transactions

(C) E-learning
(D) E-Governance
22. Which Finance Minister resigned after a report on Haridas
Mundhra share imbroglio was published in1958?
(A) GK Iyengar
(B) Ramanand Shastri
(C) TT Krishnamachari
(D) V Padmanabhan
23. Which state tops the revenues collected under the implemented
VAT tax regime?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
(D) Karnataka
24. Which player won the country's highest ever professional Golf
Prize held at China?
(A) Shiv Kapur
(B) Jeev Milkha Singh
(C) Gaurav Ghei
(D) Jyoti Randhawa
25. Who is the current Union Minister for Commerce and Industry?
(A) PC Chidambaram
(B) MS Ahluwalia
(C) Praful Patel
(D) Kamalnath
26. Kevin Rollins is the CEO of which American Corporate giant
employing direct business model?
(A) Wall Mart
(B) Dell
(C) Microsoft
(D) Quark

27. According to the India-Pacific Wealth Report, the number of

millionaire investors in India has grown to
(A) 83,000
(B) 23,000
(C) 48,000
(D) 100,000
28. NIIT Technologies have established ties with a Singapore agency
to market GeBiz. What is GeBiz?
(A) Electronic business portal of Singapore Govt
(B) Portal of Income Tax department of Singapore
(C) GE's commercial arm based at Singapore
(D) None of the above
29. The investment giant set up by Warren Buffet is:
(A) DSP Merryl Lynch
(B) Berkshire Hathway
(C) GE Capital
(D) Citi Capital
30. Who has been awarded the Phalke Ratna Award in April 2008?
(A) Devanand
(B) Amitabh bachchan
(C) Ramanand Sagar
(D) B.R.Chopara
31. The first reasonably valid IQ test in the world was developed by
(A) Alfred Binet
(B) Lewis Terman
(C) David Wechsler
(D) William Stern
32. Which of the following is true of Binets approach?
(A) He interpreted scores on his test as a measure of innate
intelligence.
(B) He wanted to use test scores to identify children who needed
special help.
(C) He tied the development of his test to a fairly complex theory of
intelligence.

(D) He chose problems for the test that could only be scored
subjectively.
33. Most experts view intelligence as a persons
(A) General knowledge
(B) Ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and adapt to new
situations.
(C) Technical skills
(D) Ability to perform well on IQ tests
34. Spearmans g factor refers to
(A) An IQ tests validity and reliability
(B) A general intelligence that underlies success on a variety of tasks
(C) The environmental contribution to intelligence
(D) The standardization process of an IQ test
35. The first intelligence test was created for the purpose of
(A) Measuring academic ability, social cognition, and creativity
(B) Studying differences in cognitive ability among various human
races
(C) Identifying children who might have difficulty in school
(D) Assessing thinking, spatial skills, and insight
36. A child with an IQ of 110 should be
(A) Grounded and made to study harder
(B) Placed in a gifted class
(C) Placed in a class for the mentally retarded
(D) Placed in a regular class
37. The IQs of adopted children are better predicted from the IQs of
their
(A) Foster parents
(B) Natural parents
(C) Adoptive parents
(D) Grandparents
38. In considering the nature of intelligence, experts would be most
likely to agree that
Intelligence is
(A) Heredity is responsible for 90% of the variation in IQ
(B) Fixed at birth and cannot change

(C) The ability to learn from experience

(D) Composed of many different traits
39. Studies around the world consistently yield estimates that
(A) Heredity is responsible for 90% of the variation in IQ
(B) Environment is responsible for all of IQ
(C) About 50% of the variation in IQ is due to heredity
(D) There is very little interaction between heredity and environment
40. A child is considered gifted if his IQ is _____________
(A) 100
(B) 120
(C) 130
(D) 140

41. In which year was National rural health mission launched?

(A) 2009
(B) 2008
(C) 2005
(D) 2000

42. World health day is celebrated every year on?

(A) 7th April
(B) 13th April
(C) 13th March
(D) 7th March

43. Which is the first company to be listed in NASDAQ?

(A) Infy
(B) TCS
(C) HCL
(D) Reliance
44. Expand SIM
(A) Subscriber Ideal Module
(B) Subscriber In Module
(C) Subscriber Identity Module
(D) Subscriber Immediate Memory

45. In Feb. 2010, Indias Index of industrial production(IIP) had a

growth of
(A)16%
(B)15.1%
(C)17.6%
(D) 8%

46. Who is not the brand ambassador of Whirlpool in India?

(A) Kajol
(B) Ajay Devgan
(C) Amitabh Bachhan

(D) None of these

47. Love what u do. Do what u love is the punch line of
(A) Nokia
(B) Samsung
(C) Blackberry
(D) LG

48. As per the latest guideline of RBI, the banks have been mandated
to calculate interest paid on money kept in saving account on which
of the following basis
(A) Daily
(B) Weekly
(C) 10 days
(D) Monthly

49. The line Rishton ki jama punji is associated with

(A) Bank of India
(B) Corporation Bank
(C) Indian Bank
(D) HDFC

50. Arundhati won the booker prize for God of Small Things in which
year?
(A) 1996
(B) 1997
(C) 1998
(D) 1999

Answer Sheet
Qs
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

C
C
A
C
D
A
A
A
D
C

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11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
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20

B
C
D
A
A
B
B
A
A
D

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21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
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30

C
C
A
B
D
B
A
A
B
D

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31
32
33
34
35
36
37
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40

A
B
B
B
C
D
B
C
C
D

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41
42
43
44
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50

C
A
D
C
C
D
C
B
B
A