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December 11, 2002
The General Awareness questions for the day are given below.

1. Which billionaire businessman has been elected Mayor of New York, replacing the popular Rudy Giuliani?
(1) William Clay Ford
(2) Larry Ellison
(3) James Walton
(4) Michael Bloomberg
   
2. Which insurance company, launched recently in India, will be using Snoopy from the cartoon series Peanuts in its advertising?
(1) Aviva
(2) HDFC Standard
(3) MetLife
(4) Sun Life
   
3. Which is the home country of the famous design firm Ikea?
(1) Finland
(2) Sweden
(3) Switzerland
(4) Denmark
   
4. 'One world. One family. One festival' - is the slogan used in advertising
(1) Chinese New year
(2) Hong Kong's annual shopping festival
(3) Dubai's shopping festival
(4) None of these
   
5. Which companies chips power more than 60% of the world's cell phones?
(1) Nokia
(2) Intel
(3) Motorola
(4) Texas Instruments
   
6. Who is the famous author of the book What they don't teach you at Harvard Business School?
(1) Stephen R Covey
(2) Mack McCormak
(3) John Love
(4) None of these
   
7. Who is the RBI governor?
(1) Venkatraman
(2) Brijesh Mishra
(3) Ranjith Sau
(4) Bimal Jalan
   
8. Who is the Vice President of United States?
(1) Al Gore
(2) Rumsfeld
(3) Powell
(4) Cheney
   
9. Which is the leading international audit firm that is facing serious charges on account of lapse in accounting practices?
(1) Ferguson
(2) PWH
(3) Arthur Andersen
(4) KPMG
   
10. Which family owns the Hero group of companies?
(1) Munjals
(2) Mansingh
(3) Firodias
(4) Hindujas

Answer Key
(1) 4  (6) 2
(2) 3  (7) 4
(3) 2  (8) 4
(4) 3  (9) 3
(5) 4  (10) 1
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