THE EVER BEST GENERAL KNOWLEDGE STUFF
1) Slogans
HP -Technology you can trust
Phillips -Let's make things better
Microsoft -Your potential our passion
Intel -Sponsors of tomorrow
2) Place of origin
Toyota -Japan
Nokia -Finland
Volvo -Sweden
LG Electronics -South Korea
3)Olympic host cities
Tokyo -1964
Montreal -1976
Barcelona -1992
London -2012
4)IPL Franchise – Owner
Mumbai Indians -Reliance Industries
Royal Challengers -UB group
Chennai Super Kings -India Cements
Delhi Daredevils -GMR Holdings
5) Which of the following country is not a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group?
Ans:Albania
6)Inventions/Discoveries
Cassette(Audio) -Philips Co.
Super Computer -J. H. Van Tassel
7) Which of the following chess player became India‟s second Grandmaster in world chess after Viswanathan Anand?
Ans:Dibyendu Barua
8)Who won the “Asia Business Leader of the Year” award at the CNBC Asia Business Leaders Awards in 2006?
Ans:Anand Mahindra
9)Which of the following Indian ports is a private port?
Ans: Pipavav
10)Do u Know
S. Chandrashekar(India) was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics.
11)Which company launched the first mobile phone operation in India?
Ans:Modi Telstra
12) Which is the longest running English language TV cartoon in history, first launched by Warner Brothers in 1969 exclusively for television, and is now popular fare on the Cartoon Network?
Ans:Scooby Doo
13)The expansion for BIFR, in the context of the Indian Industry is:
Ans: Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
14)What is Ekistics?
Ans:The science of human settlements
15)Eight O'clock Coffee, a US based coffee marketer, is a group company of
Ans:Tata
16) Bio-diesel is extracted from the following plant:
Ans:Jatropha
17)What is the nickname of New York city?
Ans:Big Apple
18)Which was the first Indian company to be listed in NASDAQ?
Ans:Infosys
19) "TAREGNA" - a village in Bihar was in the news because of
Ans: Viewing of the solar eclipse
20)(MDRT) - Million Dollar Round Table consists of ?
Ans:Global Association of Life Insurance professionals
21)Who declares the "Credit Policy" of India?
Ans:Reserve Bank of India
22)Name of the body which regulates the stock Exchanges in India is
Ans:SEBI
23) Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for Nobel Peace prize for the first time in the year 1937 and last time in the year 1948. How many times in between these two years was he nominated?
Ans:) 3
24)Which organization instituted the Nobel Prize in Economics?
Ans:Sveriges Riksbank
25)As a practice, all major states capitals have offices of Reserve Bank of India with only one
exception. Which city of India has an office of RBI without being a state capital?
Ans:Nagpur
26)This distinguished Indian was born on 28th December 1937 in Surat. He has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, USA. He turned down a job offer from IBM to join his family business and today he is one the top business leaders of India. Name the tycoon.
Ans:Ratan Tata
27)The name of this Japanese company literally means "three diamonds". Which one?
Ans:Mitsubishi
28)Who were the first twins to play test cricket?
Ans:Steve and Mark Waugh
29) Which country has the largest rail network in the world?
Ans:U.S.A
30)Who invented the microchip?
Ans:Robert Noyce and Jack Kilby
31)Which one of the following planets lost its planet status recently?
Ans: Pluto
32)One barrel of oil is approximately equivalent to how many liters?
Ans:160
33)Five year plans in India are finally approved by the ?
Ans:Planning commission
34)Many a time we read in the newspapers about Southern Cone of South America which includes Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru. Which is the most spoken language of this geographical area?
Ans:Spanish
35)Which one of the following is not a member of the organization of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC)?
Ans:Brazil
36)Who invented 'computer laptop'?
Ans:
37) Which out of the following holds the highest number of shares of ICICI Bank?
Ans:FIIs
38)Indian Standard time is based on the longitude of 82.5 degrees passing through which of the following places?
Ans:Mirzapur, U.P.
39). The Black Box of an aircraft is an important part as all the conversations and data are recorded therein. Although it is named black box, but its color is not black. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Ans: Orange
40)Neil Armstrong brought back a rock from the moon. On earth then
Ans:The weight of the rock is change
41)Milk, Cheese and Eggs are the source of
Ans: Vitamin A & D
42) In August 2008, India‘s longest runway for the passenger aircraft was commissioned in
Ans: New Delhi
43) In the internet sphere, “Opera” is the name of a
Ans: Web browser
44) At what frequency SENSEX calculation is carried out?
Ans: Real time
45)The second largest manufacturer of CD‘s, DVD‘s and other optical media in the world is ?
Ans: Moser Baer
46)Which of the following is a legal right and not a fundamental right
Ans:Right to property
47)The rail-based mass rapid transit system in Mumbai has been awarded to a consortium of
companies led by
Ans: Reliance Infrastructure
48) The India-US Nuclear Deal is called 123 Agreement. What does 123 denote?
Ans: Section 123 of the US Atomic Energy Act.
49)In the United States of America, the President is elected
Ans: By the electoral college
50) Siebel is a software firm that is now taken over by
Ans: Oracle
51) WiMax stands for
Ans: Worldwide inter-operability for microwave access
52)The leading brand of artificial sweetener in India, ‘Sugar Free’ is owned by
Ans: Cadila
53)Monsoon is caused by
Ans: Seasonal reversal of winds
54)An Indian company manufacturing automobiles for Mitsubishi is
Ans: Hindustan Motors
55)One of the following allows an individual to start and continue to share regularly any of his/her own personal experience, knowledge, opinion or thought with the internet community
Ans: Blog
56) Phishing is
Ans: A fraudulent way of getting the PIN and bank passwords using emails
57)In banking terminology, CRR means
Ans: Cash Reserve Ratio
58)Some of the large deals entered into by IT majors in India (all are billion dollar deals) are listed here
Ans:TCS-Nielson , Tech Mahindra-BT , IBM-Bharti
59)Major oil finds in India have been reported in
Ans:Krishna Godavari Basin
60)The propagation of radio signals is greatly influenced by
Ans: ionosphere
61)which one of the following is the largest employer among Indian ITes and BPO companies?
Ans: Genpact
62)“In God we trust, the rest have to bring data on the table.” This statement was made by the famous industrialist.
Ans: Narayan Murthy
63)Which of the following is not provided in the constitution?
Ans:Planning Commission
64)The newspaper which was recently voted as the largest selling newspaper in the world is
Ans: The Times of India
65) The human cell contains
Ans: 46 chromosomes
66) In year 2006, the three largest economies in the world were
Ans: USA, Japan & Germany
67)Lakshmi Mittal, the famous NRI industrialist, is partnering with Govt. of India for which of the following big projects?
Ans: Oil Refinery
68)Zapak Digital Entertainment (a gaming venture) belongs to which business group?
Ans: Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises
69)The busiest port in the world today is
Ans: Port of Singapore
70)Indian Broadcasting Service was renamed in 1936 as
Ans: All India Radio
71)During the year 2006-07 Indian Railways earned a profit of approximately
Ans: Rs. 20,000 crores
72)Egg is a rich source of nutrients except
Ans: Vitamin C
73)National Farmer Commission is chaired by...Dr. MS Swaminathan
74) Which scheme was launched to cater to universal education for all?.....Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
75)Highest milk producing country in the world? ...India
76)Number of gram panchayts in India? ...265,000
77)Bill Gates, Winner of which award in 2009 for .... Most Innovative People Award for Technology Innovation
78)CEO of Google - Eric Schmidt
-CEO of Sun Microsystems - Jonathan Schwartz
-CEO of Microsoft - Steve Ballmer
-CEO of Apple - Steve Jobs
79)Full Form
PIN-Postal Index Number
RAM-Random Access Memory
PWD-Public Works Department;
R&D-Research and Development
VAT-Value Added Tax
80)In India
Hinduism 82%
Islam: 12%
Christianity: 2.5%
Sikhism: 2%
Buddhism: 0.7%
Jainism: 0.5%
Zoroastrianism: 0.01%
Judaism: 0.0005%
81)Symbian OS
Its an operating system for Smart phones
Developed by Symbian Ltd now its Nokia OS
Programmed in C++
Launch in June 2001
82)Do U know?
Until 1896,India was the only source of diamonds in the world
83)Do U Know?
Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.
84)Do U Know?
Why every clock or watch shows 10:10 in every advertisement?
Some say that first watch is made/completed at that time.
85)Do U Know?
StuxNet Is World's Most Dengrs Virus Made Evr
86)Do U Know?
Douglas Carl Engelbart is known as the inventor of the computer mouse(1968)
87)Do U Know?
Google began in January 1996 as a research by Larry Page, Ph.D.student at Stanford
88)Be Proud to be an Indian
-National animal: Tiger
-National bird: Peacock
-National flower: Lotus
-National tree: Banyan
-National fruit: Mango
89)Do U Know?
Full-ForM of YAHOO! -
Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle
&
-BING - But Its Not Google.!
90)Do U Know?
India is the 7th largest shareholder in World Bank.