PO's Solved Papers General Awareness Questions

PO's Solved Papers General Awareness Questions :

01. NIIT Technologies have established ties with a Singapore agency to market GeBiz. What is GeBiz?
(A) Electronic business portal of Singapore Govt
(B) Portal of Income Tax department of Singapore
(C) GE's commercial arm based at Singapore
(D) None of the above

Ans : (A)

02. The investment giant set up by Warren Buffet is:
(A) DSP Merryl Lynch
(B) Berkshire Hathway
(C) GE Capital
(D) Citi Capital

Ans : (B)

03. Who has been awarded the Phalke Ratna Award in April 2008?
(A) Devanand
(B) Amitabh bachchan
(C) Ramanand Sagar
(D) B.R.Chopara

Ans : (D)

04. Which company, out of the following, does not figure in the Forbes Global 2000 year 2005 ranking?
(A) NTPC
(B) ONGC
(C) SBI
(D) EIL

Ans : (D)

05. Introduction of 3G services in telecommunication industry will NOT include which of the following features?
(A) Video Streaming
(B) Stock Transactions
(C) E-learning
(D) E-Governance

Ans : (C)

06. Which Finance Minister resigned after a report on Haridas Mundhra share imbroglio was published in1958?
(A) GK Iyengar
(B) Ramanand Shastri
(C) TT Krishnamachari
(D) V Padmanabhan

Ans : (C)

07. Which among the following is not a wholly owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India?
(A) National Housing Bank
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
(C) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
(D) Exim Bank of India

Ans : (D)

08. The December 2006 Asian Games were held in
(A) Doha
(B) Abu Dhabi
(C) Riyadh
(D) Kyoto

Ans : (A)

09. The service tax umbrella does not cover
(A) Pathology labs
(B) Telecom services
(C) Coaching institutes
(D) Catering services

Ans : (A)

10. The indicator of economic prosperity is:
(A) increase in gross national product at current prices
(B) increase in net national product at current prices
(C) increase in gross national product at fixed prices
(D) increase in net national product at fixed prices

Ans : (C)