1. The NewYork Mayor Rudolph Guiliani rejected a $10 mn donation offered by this billionaire prince.
(1) Prince Awaleed Bin Talal of S.Arabia
(2) Prince Ahmed Bin Tariq of S.Arabia
(3) Prince Md. Shah of Iran
(4) Prince Khaleel Mohammed of Persia

2. Which antibiotic can cure Anthrax, if detected at an early stage?
(1) Amoxycillin
(2) Erythromycin
(3) Cephalospirin
(4) Ciprofloxacin

3. The farmers of _______________ were involved in violent protests against falling rice prices and US-led globalization as symbolized by WTO?
(1) France
(2) Indonesia
(3) Denmark
(4) S.Korea

4. Which of the following chemicals has been recently allowed by the Government of India to be mixed with petrol?
(1) Methanol
(2) Ethanol
(3) Kerosene
(4) Butanol

5. Who is the present men’s champion of US Open?
(1) Pete Sampras
(2) Lleyton Hewitt
(3) Andre Agassi
(4) Patrick Rafter

6. Which is the longest running stage play in the world?
(1) The Cats
(2) The Mouse Trap
(3) Three Blind Mice
(4) Romeo & Juliet

7. “Be the first to know” is the baseline of which company?
(1) BBC
(2) STAR News
(3) CNBC
(4) CNN

8. Which advertising agency took over the agency Saatchi & Saatchi last year to become one of the largest advertising firms in the world?
(1) Euro RSCG
(2) Publicis
(3) Young & Rubicam
(4) Havas

9. India’s first private FM radio station Radio City opened in Bangalore recently. Which company is the promoter behind this venture?
(1) The Times of India
(2) Mid-Day
(3) Star India
(4) Zee

10. Which bathing soap advertises with the baseline, ‘For total skincare since 1918’ in India?
(1) Camay
(2) Mysore Sandal
(3) Hamam
(4) Lux

11. Which one of the following partnership in the domestic insurance sector is incorrect?
(1) HDFC - Standard Life
(2) Birla - Sun Life
(3) Tata - Allianz
(4) Max - New York Life

12. As per the latest National Readership Survey 2001, which newspaper has become the most widely read daily in the country?
(1) Daily Thanti (Tamil)
(2) Malayala Manorama
(3) Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi)
(4) Dainik Jagran (Hindi)

13. “Everything from cancer to heart attacks. Covered for 70 paise a day,” is the baseline of an advertisement by
(1) Birla Sun Life
(2) Cancer Institute WIA
(3) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
(4) OM Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance

14. Which Indian woman was recently included in the Fortune magazine’s global list of 50 most powerful women in business?
(1) Lalita Gupte
(2) Meena Venkatesh
(3) Rama Bijapurkar
(4) Tina Ambani

15. As per the recent Global Competitiveness Report from the World Economic Forum, which country replaced US as the most competitive economy in the world?
(1) Canada
(2) Sweden
(3) Finland
(4) Singapore

16. What is common to Bethlehem Steel, Polaroid and Swissair?
(1) All companies owned by GE
(2) All recently applied for bankruptcy protection
(3) Their founders committed suicide
(4) All of these companies were recently targets of successful hostile takeover

17. What famous brand name is derived from a combination of two words, which mean ‘dead’ in French and ‘one’ in German?
(1) Dettol
(2) Mortein
(3) Martini
(4) Ritter

18. Which is the longest running TV cartoon in history, first launched by Warner Brothers in 1969 exclusively for television, and is now a popular fare on the Cartoon Network?
(1) Scooby Doo
(2) Tom and Jerry
(3) Popeye
(4) Johnny Bravo

19. Which company has recently launched a range of biscuits in India following its takeover of Nutrine confectionery?
(1) Hindustan Lever
(2) Marico
(3) Parke Davis
(4) Sara Lee

20. In the latest Forbes List of wealthiest Americans, 3 out of the top 4 richest men in USA have made their wealth from one company. Which one ?
(1) Standard Oil (Exxon)
(2) Microsoft
(3) De Beers
(4) Berkshire Hathaway


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

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