1. Who led the "Ocean to Sky" expedition that travelled along the Ganga (Ganges) river to its source?
(1) Sir Edmund Hillary
(2) Tenzing Norgay
(3) Chris Bonington
(4) Doug Scott

2. Hero Global is a venture promoted by the Munjal group
(1) to market Hero Honda two wheelers in the overseas market.
(2) to sell Hero bicycles in the overseas market.
(3) to build a automobile design lab of international repute.
(4) to set up company owned dealer network in India.

3. J. D. Power is a name associated with
(1) an independent power producing company in New Delhi.
(2) a power plant equipment manufacturing company.
(3) a automotive battery manufacturing company.
(4) an automobile customer survey organization.

4. What does ICANN stand for?
(1) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers
(2) International Center for Agro Nutrients & Nourishment
(3) Indian Council for Algorithm, Numbers & Notions.
(4) International council for Approved Names & Numbers.

5. "Connecting People," is the by line of which company
(1) Philips
(2) Motorola
(3) Ericsson
(4) Nokia

6. Which founding father pioneered the idea of a national bank?
(1) Hamilton
(2) Jefferson
(3) Washington
(4) Adams

7. Who was Karl Marx's main collaborator on his famous works?
(1) V I Lenin
(2) Max Weber
(3) Fredrick Engles
(4) Joseph Stalin

8. Which of the following foreign partner / collaborator pair is not correct?
(1) HTA; J.Walter Thomson
(2) Chaitra; Leo Burnett
(3) O & M; WPP Group
(4) Mudra; DMB&B

9. Hewlett Packard, the famous Computer company is named after
(1) Its promoters, Hewlett and Packard
(2) The city in which they commenced their operation initially
(3) The street in which their first office was located.
(4) None of these

10. Who's 'curve' did President Reagan use as the basis for his 'Trickle Down' economic policy?
(1) Keynes
(2) Ricardo
(3) Laffer
(4) Smith

11. Which was the bank that recently acquired 13.20% equity stake in Ketan Parekh’s firm Triumph International Finance?
(1) UTI Bank
(2) GTB
(3) Indian Bank
(4) Madhavpura Coop Bank

12. Which group of people have been involved in the terrorist activities and rampant killing spree after the death of King Birendra in Nepal?
(1) The Gurkhas
(2) The Maoists
(3) The Khukris
(4) The Awomi clan

13. This company is the first to develop a new handheld computer series featuring a combination of Intel components and Microsoft software?
(1) HP
(2) Sony
(3) Compaq
(4) Acer

14. Which of the following companies was forced to shutdown its digital music service because of music industry lawsuits for piracy?
(1) Musiccity
(2) Morpheus
(3) Livewire
(4) Napster

15. Who was sued recently by BIAX for infringement of computer patents?
(1) HP
(2) Compaq
(3) Microsoft
(4) Apple

16. Which country is the largest producer of natural rubber in the world?
(1) Malaysia
(2) Indonesia
(3) Thailand
(4) Burma

17. With which of the following companies has the Department of Posts and Telegraph of India tied up to provide a comprehensive range of financial services?
(1) LIC of India
(2) Corporation Bank
(3) Master Card International
(4) Visa International

18. Which cable network is to be the sole provider of sports information to MSN?
(1) STAR Sports
(2) ESPN
(3) Sportstock.com
(4) Channel 9

19. Who is the current Defense Secretary of the United States of America?
(1) Donald Rumsfeld
(2) Colin Powell
(3) Mr. Ashcroft
(4) Dick Cheney

20. Which are the countries that are slated to host the 2002 Soccer World Cup?
(1) Japan and Thailand
(2) Mexico and Brazil
(3) Germany and Poland
(4) Japan and S.Korea

Answer Key
(1) 1       (2) 3       (3) 4       (4) 1       (5) 4
(6) 1       (7) 3       (8) 4       (9) 1       (10) 3
(11) 2    (12) 2    (13) 1      (14) 4     (15) 4
(16) 3    (17) 3    (18) 2      (19) 1     (20) 4

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