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Sample Question Archives - CAT, XAT, TANCET, PGSEM Test
General Knowledge and Awareness 12

 

01. What is the marginal rate of tax for Indian corporates as proposed in the Union Budget 2002 (Inclusive of surcharge)?
(1) 34.5%
(2) 36.75%
(3) 42%
(4) 31.5%

02. Who is the Chairman and CEO of McCann-Erickson India?
(1) Sushil Khanna
(2) Ritujoy Chakraborty
(3) Sanjay Mukherjee
(4) Ritesh Singhal

03. Who is the Chairman of Hindustan Lever Limited?
(1) MSV Banga
(2) Keki B Dadisheth
(3) Arun Adhikari
(4) Harish Manwani

04. Who is the chairman of HDFC?
(1) Deepak Parekh
(2) Y M Deosthalee
(3) Janki Ballabh
(4) Samir Arora

05. Who is the chairman of State Bank of India?
(1) Janki Ballabh
(2) Deepak Parekh
(3) Rajendra Pawar
(4) None of these

06. Who is the chairman of NIIT?
(1) Jerry Rao
(2) John Reed
(3) Rajendra Pawar
(4) Harish Menon

07. What was Reckitt & Coleman renamed as?
(1) Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd
(2) Reckitt Switzer (India) Ltd
(3) Reckitt Bayer (India) Ltd
(4) It was not renamed

08. Who is the chairman of ICICI Bank Ltd?
(1) N Vaghul
(2) K V Kamath
(3) Y C Deveshwar
(4) Lalit Gupte

09. Who is the chairman of ITC Ltd?
(1) Y C Deveshwar
(2) Deosthalee
(3) Madhu Singhania
(4) Pratap C Reddy

10. Who is the US ambassador to India?
(1) Jack Straw
(2) Robert Blackwill
(3) John Ashcroft
(4) Peter Warburg

11. Who is India's ambassador to the US?
(1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(2) Lalit Mansingh
(3) Suraj Parekh
(4) Rajat Gupta

12. Novartis was born out of the merger of the following two companies
(1) Glaxo and Sandoz
(2) Ciba and Sandoz
(3) Ciba and Smithkline
(4) Smithkline and Glaxo

13. Who is the chairman of Procter and Gamble Hygiene and Healthcare India Ltd?
(1) Bob Williams
(2) B V Patel
(3) Rajesh Sinha
(4) Kevin Parker

14. Brent Index is associated with which commodity?
(1) Crude oil prices
(2) Copper futures price
(3) Gold futures price
(4) Shipping rate index

15. Justice and Development Party of Turkey won the recent elections held in November 2002. Who heads the party?
(1) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
(2) Bulent Ecevit
(3) Necdet Sezer
(4) Necdet Sezer

16. Approximately what was the quantum of the trade deficit of US for the financial year ending Dec 2001?
(1) USD 245 bn
(2) USD 720 bn
(3) USD 1.1 tn
(4) USD 412 bn

17. What is the currency of Argentina?
(1) Peso
(2) Dollar
(3) Dinar
(4) Koruny

18. Which country is the famous mobile phone manufacturer head quartered?
(1) Finland
(2) Switzerland
(3) Sweden
(4) Germany

19. Who won the Australian Open 2002 Women’s singles?
(1) Martina Hingis
(2) Jennifer Capriati
(3) Venus Williams
(4) Monica Seles

20. Which city is hosting the 14th Asian Games in 2004?
(1) Manila
(2) Busan
(3) Beijing
(4) Bangkok


Answer Key
(01) 2    (02) 2    (03) 1    (04) 1    (05) 1
(06) 3    (07) 1    (08) 2    (09) 1    (10) 2
(11) 2    (12) 2    (13) 2    (14) 1    (15) 1
(16) 4    (17) 1    (18) 1    (19) 2    (20) 2

 

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