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General Awareness

  1. Algebra
  2. Progressions
  3. Averages
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  8. Geometry
  9. Interest
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  23. General Knowledge
December 30, 2002
The General Awareness questions for the day are given below.

1. The expansion for the BIS, in the context of the banking industry is:
(1) Bank for International Settlements
(2) Bank for Industrial Settlements
(3) Bank for Industrial Sectors
(4) Bank for International Services
   
2. The expansion for BIFR, in the context of the Indian Industry is:
(1) Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
(2) Bureau for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
(3) Board for Investment and Financial Reconstruction
(4) Bureau for Investment and Financial Reconstruction
   
3. MSNBC is a media channel owned by:
(1) The US government
(2) Microsoft
(3) Time Warner
(4) None of these
   
4. Chaebols are the industrial conglomerates of which of the following countries?
(1) China
(2) Vietnam
(3) South Korea
(4) Japan
   
5. Cartier, Piaget, Omega and Rado are all brands of:
(1) Cameras
(2) Suits
(3) Watches
(4) Pens
   
6. Augusto Pinochet was the dictator of which of the following countries?
(1) Argentina
(2) Chile
(3) Brazil
(4) Egypt
   
7. Prithvi is a:
(1) Surface-to-air missile
(2) Surface-to-surface missile
(3) Air-to-Surface missile
(4) Air-to-air missile
   
8. The first non-congress Prime Minister of India was:
(1) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(2) Morarji Desai
(3) Deve Gowda
(4) V.P.Singh
   
9. What is the Russian word that means “restructuring”?
(1) Glasnost
(2) Perestroika
(3) Mir
(4) None of these
   
10. Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is named after the Roman god of:
(1) Peace
(2) War
(3) Love
(4) Marriages

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