Thursday, October 20, 2011

SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. Nano knowledge city has been established at which Indian city?
a. Ahmedabad
b. Tiruchi
c. Chandigarh
d. Lucknow

2. Which finance company will soon offer loans again gold ETF units?
a. Muthoot Finance
b. ICICI Loans
c. Bajaj Capital
d. Birla Global Finance  Limited

3. Infosys’ Executive Council will now have how many members?
a. 12
b.  13
c. 14
d. 15

4. Which company bought the .CO domain just before the completion of one year of its public
launch?
a. Yahoo
b. Hotmail
c. Google
d. Rediff

5. Who is the newly appointed CEO of Sun TV Network?
a. Rakesh Singh
b. K.Vijay Kumar
c. Dinesh Trivedi
d. Kishore Chandra Rao

6. Which of the following brands is NOT a part of Sony Corporation?
a. VIAO
b. Bravia
c. Xbox
d. Play stations

7. Which of the brands follow a ‘fast fashion’ trend?
a. Lee
b. Adidas
c. Levis
d. Zara

8. June 2011 infl ation closed at what rate?
a. 8.44%
b. 9.44%
c. 10.44%
d. 11.44%


9. French tyre maker Michilen is going to start its Indian operations from which city?
a. New Delhi
b. Chennai
c. Mumbai
d. Kolkatta

10. Which country is set to roll out its first phase of National internet for home users in August with a speed of 8MB?
a. Iraq
b. Iran
c. Afganistan
d. Saudi Arabia

11. According to March 2010 estimation, how much land is under  organic certifi cation?
a. 4.4 million hectares
b. 4.6 million hectares
c. 6.4 million hectares
d. 6.6 million hectares

12. Where has Posco planned its latest project costing more than `50,000 Crores in India?
a. Rajasthan
b. West Bengal
c. Orissa
d. Gujarat

13. Who is the newly appointed CEO of Fortis Healthcare?
a. Bhavdeep Singh
b. Aditya Vij
c. Suneeta Reddy
d. Shivinder Singh

14. Which Indian city is hosting the 3 day International Leather Fair from 28th July 2011?
a. New Delhi
b. Chennai
c. Mumbai
d. Kolkata

15. Which of these brands DO NOT belong to Hindustan Uni Lever?
a. Bru
b. Taj Mahal
c. Ashirwad
d. Annapurna

16. Who is the new RBI Deputy Governor?
a. Shyamala Gopinath
b. Y. Vnugopal Reddy
c. Harun Rashid Khan
d. D. Subbarao

17. What is the public offer made by Zyanga Inc.?
a. $2 billion
b. $1 billion
c. $1.5 billion
d. $3 billion

18. Which website is used most popularly in Brazil?
a. Facebook
b. LinkedIn
c. Orkut
d. MySpace

19. Keki Mistry is CEO of which bank?
a. HDFC
b. ICICI
c. Standard Chartered
d. Deutsche Bank

20. Which Indian City will be home for Nano Science and Technology?
a. Hyderabad
b. Bangalore
c. Ahmedabad
d. Bhubaneshwar

21. Which Indian state suffers most from lack of opportunity of Jobs?
a. Uttarakhand
b. Goa
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Chattisgarh

22. To which country does the new Director General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
belong?
a. India
b. United States of America
c. Brazil
d. China

23. Which Indian city will host the 11th conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2012?
a. New Delhi
b. Chennai
c. Bangalore
d. Hyderabad

24. How many FDI proposals did Indian Govt approve in June 2011?
a. 16
b. 17
c. 18
d. 19

25. ‘Beta’ range of pens belong to which brand?
a. Parker
b. Emonte
c. Luxor
d. Pilot

26. Brands like Parachute, Saffola, Sweekar, Medikar, Top Ramen etc., are owned by which Indian
giant?
a. HUL
b. P&G
c. Marico Industries
d. Nestle

27. what is India’s position among  the top 20 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) recipients, according
to World investment report released by UNCTAD?
a. 12th
b. 14th
c. 16th
d. 18th

28. General Motors launched the diesel version of which car?
a. Chevrolet Beat
b. Chevrolet Optra
c. Chevrolet Cruze
d. Spark

29. Which Public sector bank selected Metlife as its partner in the life insurance segment?
a. Syndicate Bank
b. Corporation Bank
c. United Bank of India
d. Punjab National Bank

30. Which telecom announced its decision to merge its divisions providing GSM and CDMA?
a. Tata
b. Bharti Airtel
c. Aircel
d. Vodafone

31. Maharashtra Electrosmelt is merging which PSU?
a. IOC
b. SAIL
c. BHEL
d. HPCL

32. What does ‘M’ in IMFA stand for?
a. Metal
b. Mineral
c. Micro
d. Money

33. Usha  Ananathsubramanian is the Executive Director of which Pubic sector bank?
a. Gramin Bank
b. Punjab National Bank
c. United Bank of India
d. Central Bank of India

34. Who amongst the following is the recipient of best CFO in public sector?
a. R.K. Aggarwal
b. P.K.Bajpai
c. A.K.Singhal
d. D.K. Sarraf

35. Which of the following Indian states will host the limestone mining operations of Lafarge India?
a. West Bengal
b. Chattisgarh
c. Meghalaya
d. Maharashtra

36. How many Indian companies featured in the list of 500 companies released by Fortune magazine in July 2011?
a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 9

37. P.K. Bajpai is the Director of which Navratna company?
a. BHEL
b. SAIL
c. IOC
d. HAL

38. According to the report compiled by Swiss Re named World Insurance in 2010, India stands
at what position as an insurance market in the world?
a. 8th
b. 10th
c. 11th
d. 13th

39. What does ‘F’ in IRFC stand for?
a. Force
b. Finance
c. Facilitating
d. None of the above

40. Jeevan Arogya, is a health insurance plan of which Indian insurance company?
a. LIC
b. HDFC
c. SBI Life insurance
d. IDBI Fortis life insurance

41. Who is India’s largest Liquefi ed natural gas (LNG) exporter?
a. GAIL
b. PFC
c. RasGas
d. Petronet
 
ANSWERS:
 
1. C. Chandigarh
2. A. Muthoot Finance
3. B. 13
4. C. Google
5. B. K. Vijay Kumar
6. C. Xbox
7. D. Zara
8. B. 9.44%
9. B.  Chennai
10. B. Iran
11. A. 4.4 million hectares
12. C. Orissa
13. B. Aditya Vij
14. A. New Delhi
15. C. Ashirwad
16. C. Harun Rashid Khan
17. B. $1 billion
18. C. Orkut
19. A. HDFC
20. B. Bangalore
21. C. Jammu & Kashmir
22. C. Brazil
23. D. Hyderabad
24. A. 16
25. A. Parker
26. C. Marico Industries
27. B. 14th
28. A. Chevrolet Beat
29. D. Punjab National Bank
30. A. Tata
31. C. BHEL
32. A. Metal
33. B. Punjab National Bank
34. D. D.K. Sarraf
35. C. Meghalaya
36. C.– 8
37. A. BHEL
38. C. 11th
39. C. Facilitating
40. A. LIC
41. D. Petronet

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