General Knowledge Part One

1. Who is the composer of National Anthem of India?
(a) Bankim Chandra Chatterji (b) Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

2. The International Labour Organisation is headquartered at
(a) Washington. (b) Paris. (c) Geneva. (d) Rome.

3. To which field of literature is the ‘Booker Prize’ awarded every year?
(a) Philosophy (b) Autobiography (c) Religion (d) Fiction

4. SEZ in Indian EXIM policy expands to
(a) Special Export Zone. (b) Special Excise Zone.
(c) Special Economic Zone. (d) Special Ecological Zone.

5. In which of the following years was the Indian rupee devalued for the first time?
(a) 1949 (b) 1955 (c) 1966 (d) 1974

6. Bush at War is a book authored by
(a) Mary N. Weaver. (b) John Grisham. (c) Jeffrey Archer. (d) Bob Woodward.

7. Which of the following is a market research firm in India?
(a) SOTC (b) ORG.MARG (c) AT&T (d) CRY

8. ‘Grand Vitara’ is a SUV from which car major?
(a) General Motors (b) Hyundai Motors
(c) Maruti Udyog Ltd. (d) Mahindra and Mahindra

9. Which of the following cities has got ISO-14001 certification for environment maintenance?
(a) Surat (b) Pune (c) Indore (d) Jamshedpur

10. The marketing guru Shunu Sen, who died recently, was associated with
(a) Nestle. (b) Brittania Industries.
(c) Hindustan Lever Limited. (d) Marico Industries.

Answer:

1 c           2 c                3 d                   4 c                 5 a         6 d            7 b
8 c           9 d               10 c