General Awareness Questions for Competitive Exams - Part 2
This is the second part of the series of 40 general awareness questions and answers. Please feel free to
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41. When was the generic domain name (Top Level Domain - TLD) .com introduced?
(a) 1989
(b) 1985
(c) 1994
(d) 1991
Answer: (b)
42. Who is the prime minister of Israel?
(a) Benajamin Netanyahu
(b) Ariel Sharon
(c) Shaul Mofaz
(d) Goldamyer
Answer: (b)
43. What was the significant about the purchase of a kilo of lychees on the French island of Reunion, located
in the Indian Ocean?
(a) They were the first lot of lychees exported from India.
(b) It was the first official purchase using the new currency Euro.
(c) It was done by to commemorate the release of the new France with Princess Diana's image on it.
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
44. Which brand had the highest number of Web searches in 2001?
(a) Google
(b) Marlboro
(c) Intel
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(d) Play Station
Answer: (d)
45. What is common to all of the following names - Eduardo Camano, Adolfo Rodriguez Saa, Ramon Puerta
and Fernando de la Rua?
(a) They were all former Presidents of Argentina.
(b) They are the dreaded drug lords of South America
(c) They own together 70% of the world's Silver mines.
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
46. The video game system 'Xbox' is a product of
(a) Sega
(b) Sony
(c) Intel
(d) Microsoft
Answer: (d)
47. It was acknowledged as the second-most dangerous computer virus in history, after the Love Bug virus.
What is the name this virus that struck in 2001?
(a) Melissa
(b) Code Red
(c) C-Brain
(d) Major Domo
Answer: (b)
48. What does the letters XP stand for in the product Microsoft XP?
(a) Extended product
(b) Extra Pampering
(c) Experience
(d) Entry level product
Answer: (c)
49. Which business and media tycoon won the elections to become 'Head of State' in Italy amidst widespread
clouds of scandal?
(a) Guillani Giovanni
(b) Joe Pacci
(c) Antonio Machiaveli
(d) Silvio Berusconi
Answer: (d)
50. Which city is hosting the 14th Asian Games in 2004?
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(a) Manila
(b) Busan
(c) Beijing
(d) Bangkok
Answer: (b)
51. Under what name is MTNL marketing its GSM based mobile telephony?
(a) Swarna
(b) Dolphin
(c) Speed
(d) Vayu
Answer: (b)
52. What is the name of the branded petrol with cleansing additives that is being marketed by HPCL?
(a) Power
(b) Premium
(c) Speed
(d) Clean X
Answer: (a)
53. Under what name is MTNL marketing its CDMA based WiLL service in Mumbai and Delhi?
(a) Dolphin
(b) Swarna
(c) Garuda
(d) Seema
Answer: (c)
54. To which business group did the Ambanis (Reliance Group) sell their holding in L&T (Larsen and
Toubro)?
(a) RP Goenkas
(b) A V Birla
(c) Kanorias
(d) Mittals
Answer: (b)
55. Name the brand that was launched and promoted by a famous father-son duo.
(a) ICICI Credit cards
(b) Parket Beta
(c) Maruti Versa
(d) All of these.
Answer: (c)
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56. What is the sub brand of the new car that Toyota is launching in India?
(a) Accord
(b) Jupiter
(c) C Planet
(d) Camry
Answer: (d)
57. With which brand would you identify the famous advertising slogan 'Think Different'?
(a) Apple
(b) IBM
(c) Wipro
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
58. Which country is the company Nestle head quartered?
(a) Sweden
(b) Switzerland
(c) The Netherlands
(d) Luxemburg
Answer: (b)
59. What is the brand name of the range of shoes and apparel for children under the age of five, that Reebok
plans to introduce shortly?
(a) Weebok
(b) Kids
(c) Kidsport
(d) Tyke
Answer: (a)
60. Which multinational packaged food company has an equity stake in Britannia?
(a) Danone
(b) Heinz
(c) Frito Lays
(d) Schweppes
Answer: (a)
61. Who is the chairperson of Bharti Group?
(a) Raj Mittal
(b) Alok Mittal
(c) Sunil Mittal
(d) Raman Mittal
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Answer: (c)
62. Which billionaire businessman has been elected Mayor of New York, replacing the popular Rudy
Giuliani?
(a) William Clay Ford
(b) Larry Ellison
(c) James Walton
(d) Michael Bloomberg
Answer: (d)
63. Which insurance company, launched recently in India, will be using cartoon character 'Snoopy' in its
advertising?
(a) Aviva
(b) HDFC Standard
(c) MetLife
(d) Sun Life
Answer: (c)
64. Which is the home country of the famous design firm IKEA?
(a) Finland
(b) Sweden
(c) Switzerland
(d) Denmark
Answer: (b)
65. "One world. One family. One festival" is the slogan used in advertising of ______?
(a) Chinese New year
(b) Hong Kong's annual shopping festival
(c) Dubai's shopping festival
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
66. Which companies' chips power more than 60% of the world's cell phones?
(a) Nokia
(b) Intel
(c) Motorola
(d) Texas Instruments
Answer: (d)
67. Who is the famous author of the book What they don't teach you at Harvard Business School?
(a) Stephen R Covey
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(b) Mack McCormak
(c) John Love
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
68. Who is the RBI governor?
(a) Venkatraman
(b) Brijesh Mishra
(c) Ranjith Sau
(d) Bimal Jalan
Answer: (d)
69. Who is the Vice President of United States?
(a) Al Gore
(b) Rumsfeld
(c) Powell
(d) Cheney
Answer: (d)
70. Which is the leading international audit firm that is facing serious charges on account of lapse in
accounting practices?
(a) Ferguson
(b) PWH
(c) Arthur Andersen
(d) KPMG
Answer: (c)
71. Which family owns the Hero group of companies?
(a) Munjals
(b) Mansingh
(c) Firodias
(d) Hindujas
Answer: (a)
72. Who led the "Ocean to Sky" expedition that travelled along the Ganga (Ganges) river to its source?
(a) Sir Edmund Hillary
(b) Tenzing Norgay
(c) Chris Bonington
(d) Doug Scott
Answer: (a)
73. Hero Global is a venture promoted by the Munjal group for what purpose?
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(a) to market Hero Honda two wheelers in the overseas market.
(b) to sell Hero bicycles in the overseas market.
(c) to build a automobile design lab of international repute.
(d) to set up company owned dealer network in India.
Answer: (c)
74. J.D. Power is a name associated with ______
(a) an independent power producing company in New Delhi.
(b) a power plant equipment manufacturing company.
(c) a automotive battery manufacturing company.
(d) an automobile customer survey organization.
Answer: (d)
75. What does ICANN stand for?
(a) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(b) International Center for Agro Nutrients and Nourishment
(c) Indian Council for Algorithm, Numbers and Notions.
(d) International council for Approved Names and Numbers.
Answer: (a)
76. "Connecting People," is the by line of which company
(a) Philips
(b) Motorola
(c) Ericsson
(d) Nokia
Answer: (d)
77. Which founding father pioneered the idea of a national bank?
(a) Hamilton
(b) Jefferson
(c) Washington
(d) Adams
Answer: (a)
78. Who was Karl Marx's main collaborator on his famous works?
(a) V I Lenin
(b) Max Weber
(c) Fredrick Engles
(d) Joseph Stalin
Answer: (c)
79. Which of the following foreign partner / collaborator pair is not Correct?
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(a) HTA; J.Walter Thomson
(b) Chaitra; Leo Burnett
(c) O and M; WPP Group
(d) Mudra; DMB&B
Answer: (d)
80. Hewlett Packard, the famous Computer company is named after
(a) Its promoters, Hewlett and Packard
(b) The city in which they commenced their operation initially
(c) The street in which their first office was located.
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)