(Paper) Test GK-43

Test GK-43

Instructions
1. The test comprises of 20 questions. You should complete the test within 15 minutes.
2. There is only one correct answer to each question.
3. All questions carry four marks each.
4. Each wrong answer will attract a penalty of one mark.

1. If the Penguin brand is named after the famous bird, which brand derives its name from a breed of dog?
a. Mills
b. corgi
c. Doubleday
d. None of the above
Ans: b

2. What was Bill Gates' subject at the Harvard University?
a. Law
b. Economics
c. Mathematics
d. Physics
Ans: a

3. US-64 Scheme claimed an unusual victim. Not only did this victim put in big sums into US-64, but it also ploughed back the dividends earned from it into the same scheme. Identify this victim.
a. CPI(m)
b. BJP
c. Congress
d. JP
Ans: a

4. The task force SMILE stands for
a. Securities Market Infrastructure Leveraging Expert
b. Simple Market Infrastructure Leveling Expert
c. Securities margin Infrastructure Leveraging Expert
d. None of the above
Ans: a

5. Which of the following is NOT a rabi crop?
a. Wheat
b. Barely
c. Rice
d. Grams
Ans: c

6. Sunsilk brand belongs to which of the following companies?
a. Johnson & Johnson
b. Colgate Palmolive
c. Hindustan Lever
d. Revlon
Ans: c

7. Which Nestle product borrowed its name from a Greek athlete?
a. Horlicks
b. Nesfeed
c. Munch
d. Milo
Ans: d

8. What is the Sonata Privilege Club for Hyundai members called as?
a. The Imperial Exclusives
b. The Sonata Exclusives
c. The Hyundai Exclusives
d. None of the above
Ans: a

9. ‘Tromm’ – washing machines is a product of which company?
a. LG
b. Samsung
c. Videocon
d. Onida
Ans: a

10. This ship became the first Indian ship to circumnavigate around 18 countries of the world in the year 2004. Identify the name of the ship from the given options.
a. INS Parikrama
b. INS Tarangini
c. INS Pragati
d. INS Lokayan
Ans: b

11. Ultra Doux shampoo brand belongs to which of the following companies?
a. Garnier
b. Revlon
c. Rexona
d. Hindustan Lever
Ans: a

12. Name the book that Gates wrote on computer technology.
a. Business @ the Speed of Thought
b. Business @ Lightning Speed
c. Business @ Click of the Mouse
d. Business @ WWWW
Ans: a

13. What was developed by four scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and is being marketed by Encore Software Technologies, Bangalore?
a. Simputer
b. Simple Computer
c. Complex Computer
d. Super Computer
Ans: a

14. Which of the following countries have not signed for the Asian highway Network?
a. Pakistan
b. China
c. India
d. None of the above
Ans: d

15. Monsanto is
a. a genetically modified variety of wheat
b. a genetically modified variety of rice
c. a US based agri- major
d. a genetically modified variety of maize
Ans: c

16. 'Bodywear for golfaholics' is the baseline of
a. Louise Phillipe
b. Raymond
c. Vimal
d. Peter England
Ans: a

17. Which Hollywood studio did Coca-Cola own?
a. Paramount
b. Warner Brothers
c. Columbia Pictures
d. None of the above
Ans: c

18. Which company carries the baseline ‘Your limousine in the sky’
a. Air Deccan
b. Spice Jet
c. Indian Airlines
d. Sahara
Ans: a

19. Haiti is a part of
a. New Zealand
b. West Indies
c. West Africa
d. France
Ans: b

20. The highest number of candidates that an Electronic Voting Machine can support is
a. 46
b. 54
c. 64
d. 72
Ans: c