01. Which is the third highest peak in India?
(1) Kanchenjunga
(2) Nanga Parbat
(3) Gasher Brum
(4) Dunagiri

02. Which is the largest airport in the world?
(1) Singapore airport
(2) International airport at Kaula Lumpur
(3) Heathrow at London
(4) King Khalid at Saudi Arabia

03. In which year did Alexander the great die?
(1) 332 B.C
(2) 328 B.C
(3) 323 B.C
(4) 356 B.C

04. In which year did Mahatma Gandhi launch The Dandi March?
(1) 1924
(2) 1930
(3) 1941
(4) 1942

05. Eugenics is the study of
(1) the development of embryos
(2) the merits of legalizing mercy killing
(3) the production of better offspring by careful selection of parents
(4) genetical composition of plant population in relation to their habitats

06. In which year did Thomas Alva Edison invent the electric lamp?
(1) 1854
(2) 1879
(3) 1904
(4) 1888

07. What is the measure of the length of a standard tennis court?
(1) 54 ft
(2) 28 ft
(3) 84 ft
(4) 78 ft

08. Which is the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth Games?
(1) S.Korea
(2) Japan
(3) Malaysia
(4) China

09. Who is the president of the World Bank?
(1) Michel Camdessus
(2) John Wolfensohn
(3) Emeka Anyaoku
(4) Jose Maria Ruda

10. Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain?
(1) Richard Travithick
(2) Robert Walpole
(3) Sir George Cayley
(4) Robert Peary

11. Which advertising agency is behind the setting-up, in 1991, of MICA, India’s first college focussed on advertising and communications?
(1) Ogilvy and Mather
(2) Saatchi & Saatchi
(3) Mudra
(4) Hindustan Thomson Associates

12. What famous car brand, originally from the former Czechoslovakia, was taken over by Volkswagen in the 1990s?
(1) Skoda
(2) Saab
(3) Piaggio
(4) Volvo

13. What is the title of the original BBC TV series on which the Hindi TV series, Kamzor Kadi Kaun, based?
(1) Who wants to be a millionaire?
(2) Treasure mine
(3) Mastermind
(4) The weakest link

14. The loyalty program of which company is known as “First Citizen’s Club”?
(1) Shopper’s Stop
(2) ABN Amro Bank
(3) Taj group of Hotels
(4) Air India

15. The following is the baseline found in the ad of which product “The man with the smooth edge”
(1) Four Square cigarettes
(2) Gillette Mach 3 shaving system
(3) Palmolive shaving cream
(4) None of these

16. Which company has been ranked the ‘World’s Most Admired Company’ in the rankings by Fortune magazine in 2002?
(1) Microsoft
(2) General Electric
(3) IBM
(4) Fedex

17. McDonald’s, in an unrelated diversification, is planning to set up a chain of hotels. Name the new brand.
(1) Pleasant stay
(2) Golden Arches
(3) McStay
(4) Holidayz

18. Which company unsuccessfully launched a soap under the brand Protex in India?
(1) SmithKline Beecham
(2) Hindustan Lever
(3) Reckitt & Colman
(4) Colgate Palmolive

19. Calloway, is a leading international brand of
(1) Condoms
(2) Guns
(3) Binoculars
(4) Golf equipment

20. Which famous CEO was featured in the endorsement ad for Microsoft XP with the quote, “When I saw Windows XP in action, I was amazed. How did Microsoft get hold of my wishlist?”?
(1) Ratan Tata
(2) Azim Premji
(3) N R Narayana Murthy
(4) Arun Jain


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

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