| 1. |
What commonly used product was invented by Whitcomb
Judson in 1893 but had no demand till the late 1910s
when orders came for troop uniforms? |
| (1) |
Cigarette lighters |
| (2) |
Zippers |
| (3) |
Walkie Talkies |
| (4) |
Canned Soya |
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| 2. |
Which famous inventor ranks second in the number
of patents registered? |
| (1) |
Thomas Alva Edison |
| (2) |
James Watt |
| (3) |
Albert Einstein |
| (4) |
Edwin Land |
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| 3. |
In terms of overall advertising spends, which
country is the second largest in the world, with
only the US ahead of it? |
| (1) |
UK |
| (2) |
China |
| (3) |
Japan |
| (4) |
France |
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| 4. |
Which organisation is the world’s largest
employer? |
| (1) |
General Motors |
| (2) |
General Electric |
| (3) |
China Electric Company |
| (4) |
Indian Railways |
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| 5. |
Which mobile phone service provider has taken
over from JT Mobile and launched its services in
Bangalore and Andhra Pradesh last year? |
| (1) |
BPL Mobile |
| (2) |
Orange |
| (3) |
AirTel |
| (4) |
Reliance Telecom |
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| 6. |
Which air route has the highest level of international
passenger traffic in the world? |
| (1) |
London-New York |
| (2) |
London-Paris |
| (3) |
NewYork-Singapore |
| (4) |
Dubai-London |
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| 7. |
This famous business personality became the youngest
Vice- President at Bankers Trust company in 1990.
He later went on to start a company in the emerging
Internet space and was Time magazine’s Man
of the Year in 1999. Who is he? |
| (1) |
Jeff Bezos |
| (2) |
Jerry Yang |
| (3) |
Kim Bessott |
| (4) |
Jim Clark |
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| 8. |
Which leading Indian tyre company owns Vikrant
Tyres after its takeover in the late 1990s? |
| (1) |
MRF |
| (2) |
Modi Stone |
| (3) |
Dunlop |
| (4) |
JK Tyres |
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| 9. |
Which industrial family owns the majority stake
in the successful Hero group, a leader in the motorcycle
segment in the country in collaboration with Honda,
Japan? |
| (1) |
Hinduja |
| (2) |
Munjal |
| (3) |
Firodia |
| (4) |
Singhania |
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| 10. |
Which company launched the first mobile phone
operation in India? |
| (1) |
Bharti Airtel |
| (2) |
Essar |
| (3) |
Max Touch |
| (4) |
Modi Telstra |
