GK Questions (1-100)

1 What commonly used product was invented by Whitcomb Judson in 1893 but had no demand till the late 1910s when orders came for troop uniforms?
(1)Cigarette lighters
(2)Zippers
(3)Walkie Talkies
(4)Canned Soya


Ans: Zippers
2.Which famous inventor ranks second in the number of patents registered?
(1)Thomas Alva Edison
(2)James Watt
(3)Albert Einstein
(4)Edwin Land


Ans:Edwin Land
3.In terms of overall advertising spends, which country is the second largest in the world, with only the US ahead of it?
(1)UK
(2)China
(3)Japan
(4)France

Ans: Japan


4.Which organisation is the world’s largest employer?
(1)General Motors
(2)General Electric
(3)China Electric Company
(4)Indian Railways

Ans: Indian Railways
5.Which mobile phone service provider has taken over from JT Mobile and launched its services in Bangalore and Andhra Pradesh last year?
(1)BPL Mobile
(2)Orange
(3)AirTel
(4)Reliance Telecom


Ans: Airtel

6.Which air route has the highest level of international passenger traffic in the world?
(1)London-New York
(2)London-Paris
(3)NewYork-Singapore
(4)Dubai-London

Ans: London-Paris

7.This famous business personality became the youngest Vice- President at Bankers Trust company in 1990. He later went on to start a company in the emerging Internet space and was Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 1999. Who is he?
(1)Jeff Bezos
(2)Jerry Yang
(3)Kim Bessott
(4)Jim Clark

Ans:Jeff Bezos


8.Which leading Indian tyre company owns Vikrant Tyres after its takeover in the late 1990s?
(1)MRF
(2)Modi Stone
(3)Dunlop
(4)JK Tyres

Ans: JK Tyres


9.Which industrial family owns the majority stake in the successful Hero group, a leader in the motorcycle segment in the country in collaboration with Honda, Japan?
(1)Hinduja
(2)Munjal
(3)Firodia
(4)Singhania

Ans: Munjal


10.Which company launched the first mobile phone operation in India?
(1)Bharti Airtel
(2)Essar
(3)Max Touch
(4)Modi Telstra


Ans: Modi Telstra

11.Which company’s famously advertised vision statement is ‘The Network is the Computer’?
(1)Cisco Systems
(2)Lucent Technologies
(3)Sun Microsystems
(4)Nortel Networks

Ans: Sun


12.The software company I-flex Solutions was originally a division of which famous financial services company?
(1)Citicorp
(2)ICICI
(3)HSBC
(4)ABN Amro Bank


Ans:CitiCorp


13.Which former advertising personality has recently been named the Undersecretary of State for ‘public diplomacy and public affairs’ of the US in an exercise to rebrand the US following the September 11 terrorist strikes?
(1)Charlotte Beers
(2)Jay Chiat
(3)Martin Sorrell
(4)George Lois

Ans: Charlotte Beers


14.Which premium international range of luggage was recently launched in India by BlowPlast?
(1)Samsonite
(2)Strolley
(3)American Tourister
(4)Delsey

Ans:Delsey


15.This year saw the launch of Yahoo!, Amazon.com and the famous launch of the Orange mobile phone service in the UK. Which year was this?
(1)1992
(2)1994
(3)1995
(4)1993

Ans:1994


16.Henry Ford revolutionised the car market with the first mass- produced car, the Ford Model T. In which year was it launched?
(1)1924
(2)1912
(3)1908
(4)1897

Ans: 1908


17.Which company owns the beer brands Haywards 2000, Hi-Five and Lal Toofan?
(1)United Breweries
(2)Millennium Alcobev
(3)Shaw Wallace
(4)Mohan Meakins

Ans: Shaw Wallace


18.Which company owns the footwear brand - Stryde?
(1)Woodland
(2)Bata
(3)Tata International
(4)Hindustan Lever

Ans: Tata International


19.It was the brand that made David Ogilvy famous. Which shirt brand’s ads had the famous man with an eye patch in the 1950s, which catapulted David Ogilvy to fame?
(1)Van Heusen
(2)Arrow Shirts
(3)Hathaway
(4)Dockers

Ans: Hathaway


20.Which TV channel has been in the news for its coverage of the Bin Laden crisis, especially for having carried all broadcasts of Osama Bin Laden to audiences in West Asia?
(1)Star Asia
(2)BBC Asia
(3)Al Jazeera
(4)Khaleed Times


Ans: Al Jazeera



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

Ans: Lalit Mansingh

22.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

Ans: Ciba and Sandoz


23.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

Ans: BV Patel

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

Ans: Crude Oil Prices

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

Ans: Peso


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

Ans:Finland

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

Ans: Busan

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

Ans: Ritujoy Chakraborty


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

Ans: MSV Banga


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

Ans: Deepak Parekh


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

Ans: OP Bhatt


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

Ans: Rajendra Pawar


33.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

Ans: Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd

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

Ans: KV Kamath


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

Ans: Y C Deveshwar

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

Ans: Robert D. Blackwill



37.Who is the Indian CEO of Cadila?
(1)Pankaj R Patel
(2)Mukesh K Khanna
(3)Dheeraj Patel
(4)None of these

Ans: Pankaj R Patel

38.Who is the founder of Dr.Reddy's Laboratory?
(1)Dr. Vinay Reddy
(2)Dr. Anji Reddy
(3)Dr. Srikumar Reddy
(4)Dr. Rama Rao

Ans: Dr. Anji Reddy

39.Who is the founder chairman of Apollo Hospitals?
(1)Dr. Anji Reddy
(2)Dr. Pratap C Reddy
(3)Dr. Vinay Reddy
(4)Dr. Anju Reddy

Ans: Dr. Pratap C Reddy

40.Who is the CEO of Euro RSCG?
(1)Shiv Ram
(2)Ishwar Judge
(3)Ishan Raina
(4)Suresh Palkiwala

Ans: Ishan Raina

41.Who is the CEO of SET - Sony Entertainment Television?
(1)Ravi Sharma
(2)Kunal Dasgupta
(3)Peter Mukerjea
(4)Alan Durante

Ans: Kunal Dasgupta

42.Who is the CEO of STAR India
(1)Ravi Sharma
(2)Kunal Dasgupta
(3)Peter Mukerjea
(4)Alan Durante

Ans: Peter Mukerjea

43.Who is the Managing Director of Cadburys India Ltd?
(1)Matthew Cadbury
(2)John Schweppes
(3)Steve Jobs
(4)William Cadbury

Ans: Mathew Cadbury

44.Who was the author of ‘Raghuvamsa’?
(1)Kannadasan
(2)Kalidasa
(3)Sivadas
(4)Shankaracharya

Ans: Kalidasa


41.Who said “Some books are to be tasted others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested”?
(1)Francis Bacon
(2)H G Wells
(3)John Steinbeck
(4)Isaac Asimov

Ans: Francis Bacon


42.How many moons (satellites) does the planet Saturn have?
(1)Twelve
(2)Ten
(3)Eight
(4)Twenty one

Ans: 10


43.Which country is called the ‘Land of cakes’?
(1)Britain
(2)Spain
(3)France
(4)Scotland


Ans: Scotland


44.Which is the birth place of Hitler?
(1)Prussia
(2)Hungary
(3)Austria
(4)France

Ans: Austria


45.One of the following countries has compulsory military service for women?
(1)Phillippines
(2)Israel
(3)Finland
(4)New Zealand

Ans: Israel

46.Which is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
(1)Omega
(2)Sigma
(3)Zeta
(4)Chi

Ans: Omega


47.What is the other name for River Ganges?
(1)Sapthanadhi
(2)Bhageerathi
(3)Savithri
(4)Bhadravathi

Ans: Bhageerathi


48.In which year did Hitler become the Chancellor of Germany?
(1)1919
(2)1929
(3)1933
(4)1939

Ans: 1933
49.Which is the largest flightless bird?
(1)Ostrich
(2)Dodo
(3)Albatross
(4)Peahen


Ans: Dodo



50.Loggerhead, Atlantic Ridley, Painted and Green are four different species of:
(1)Dogs
(2)Snakes
(3)Turtles
(4)Dinosaurs


Ans:Tuturtles

51.Benito Mussolini was a dictator of which country?
(1)Germany
(2)Poland
(3)Italy
(4)USSR


Ans: Italy

52.Which country joined the World Trade Organization(WTO) on Dec. 11, 2001?
(1)South Korea
(2)China
(3)Russia
(4)Brazil


Ans: China

53.Slobodan miloseivc is a former president of which country?
(1)Belgium
(2)Yugoslavia
(3)Poland
(4)Albania


Ans:Yugosalavia

54.Who was the first Indian Governor-General of India?
(1)Lord Mountbatten
(2)Rajagopalachari
(3)Rajendra Prasad
(4)None of these


Ans:Rajagopalachari

55.Who wrote the famous poetic drama ‘Faust’?
(1)Leonardo da Vinci
(2)Wolfgang Von Goethe
(3)Anton Chekov
(4)Voltaire


Ans: Wolfgang Von Goethe

56.Who was the last Guru of the Sikhs?
(1)Guru Govind Singh
(2)Guru Tek Bahadur Singh
(3)Guru Nanak
(4)None of these


Ans: Guru Govind Singh

57.Which of the following terms denote the superstitious fear of the number thirteen?
(1)Thirteephobia
(2)Triskadekahobia
(3)Tridecaphobia
(4)None of these


Ans: Triskadekahobia

58.How long did the Kurushektra war last?
(1)Fourteen years
(2)27 days
(3)13 months
(4)18 days


Ans: 18 days

59.What does a Phillumenist collect?
(1)Old coins
(2)Flags of various nations
(3)Match box labels
(4)Empty cigarette boxes


Ans: Match box labels

60.The current US Secretary of Defense is:
(1)Jack Skraw
(2)John Ashcroft
(3)Colin Powell
(4)Donald Rumsfeld

Ans: Robert M Gates


61.In the context of Arms and Treaties, ABM Stands for:
(1)Anti Ballistic Missile
(2)American Ballistic Missile
(3)Anti Ballistic Menace
(4)American Ballistic Menace

Ans: Anti Ballastic Missile


62.This 800 - year old tower was shut for the last one decade for renovation and repair. Which?
(1)Eiffel Tower
(2)CNN
(3)Leaning tower of Pisa
(4)Empire State Building

Ans: Leaning tower of Pisa


63.The city of Frankfurt is in:
(1)France
(2)Germany
(3)Switzerland
(4)Sweden

Ans: Germany


64.Baramullah district is in which Indian state?
(1)Punjab
(2)Himachal Pradesh
(3)Jammu & Kashmir
(4)None of these

Ans: Jammu & Kashmir


65.Which of the following music groups is/was popularly called the ‘The Fab Four’?
(1)Grateful Dead
(2)The Beatles
(3)The Spice Girls
(4)None of these

Ans: The Beatles


66.What is the art of preserving, stuffing and mounting animals in lifelike forms called?
(1)Taxonomy
(2)Taxidermy
(3)Ikebana
(4)Haiku

Ans: Taxidermy


67.What physical phenomenon causes the spherical shape of raindrops?
(1)Gravity
(2)Friction
(3)Surface Tension
(4)Evaporation

Ans: Surface Tension


68.Adi Sankara set up four Mutts in the four corners of the country. Two are at Badrinath & Puri. Where are the other two located?
(1)Dwaraka and Kancheepuram
(2)Dwaraka and Rishikesh
(3)Dwaraka and Sringeri
(4)Sringeri and Rishikesh

Ans: Dwaraka and Kancheepuram


69.This much-talked about disease gets its name from the Greek word for coal. Which word?
(1)Cancer
(2)Alzheimer’s
(3)Parkinson’s
(4)Anthrax


Ans: Anthrax

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

Ans: Nanga Parbat

71.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

Ans: King Khalid at Saudi Arabia

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

Ans: 323 BC

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

Ans: 1932

74.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

Ans: the production of better offspring by careful selection of parents

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

Ans: 1879

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

Ans: 78 ft

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

Ans: Malaysia

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

Ans: Robert Julleck

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

Ans: Robert Walpole

80.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

Ans: Sir Edmund Hillary

81.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.

Ans: to build a automobile design lab of international repute

82.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.

Ans: an automobile customer survey organization

83.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.

Ans: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers

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

Ans: Nokia

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

Ans: Hamilton

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

Ans: Fredrick Engles

87.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

Ans: Mudra; DMB&B

88.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

Ans: Its promoters, Hewlett and Packard

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

Ans: Laffer

90.Free trade means
(1) a barter of goods without the use of hard cash.
(2)no official tariffs on trade between nations.
(3)a national policy of only trading with those nations which have ben given MFN status
(4)Using US Dollars to trade.

Ans:no official tariffs on trade between nations.

91.NAFTA is an acronym for the
(1) North American Free Trade Agreement.
(2)North American Frontier Trade Agreement.
(3) North African Free Trade Agreement.
(4)North Asian Free Trade Agreement

Ans: North American Free Trade Agreement.

92.E-commerce means
(1) European free commerce
(2) commercialization of electronics.
(3) buying, trading and/or selling goods via the internet.
(4) Buying and selling goods electronically.

Ans:buying, trading and/or selling goods via the internet.

93.The Pacific Rim countries are those which
(1) lie in Australia
(2) have climates similar to Papua New Guinea
(3) have Pacific natives.
(4)Are bordering the Pacific Ocean.

Ans:Are bordering the Pacific Ocean

94.The name of India's first electric car is
(1) Reva
(2) Kewa
(3) Shewa
(4) Lova

Ans:Reva

95.A coin with a minting error is called
(1) FIDO
(2) DIDO
(3) LIDO
(4) PIDO

Ans: FIDO

96.Power Compact” is from which company
(1) Ariel
(2) Nirma
(3) Surf
(4) Rin

Ans:Ariel

97.“Golden Eye TV is of which company ?
(1) BPL
(2) Thomson
(3) LG
(4) Onida

Ans:LG

98.Relate the following “The joy of flying” to an airline ?
(1)Sahara Airline
(2) Indian Airlines
(3) Jet Airways
(4) Kingfisher

Ans:Jet Airways

99.What does Nabisco stand for in RJR-Nabisco
(1) National Biscuit Corporation
(2) National Business Company
(3)National Biscuit Company
(4) National Business Corporation

Ans:National Biscuit Company

100.Who manufactures the ‘E-Class’ brand of cars?
(1) Mercedes
(2) Mistubishi
(3) Maruti
(4) Mahindra

Ans:Mercedes

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