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January 13, 2003
The General Awareness questions for the day are given below.

1. Who is India's ambassador to the US?
(1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(2) Lalit Mansingh
(3) Suraj Parekh
(4) Rajat Gupta
   
2. Novartis was born out of the merger of the following two companies
(1) Glaxo and Sandoz
(2) Ciba and Sandoz
(3) Ciba and Smithkline
(4) Smithkline and Glaxo
   
3. Who is the chairman of Procter and Gamble Hygiene and Healthcare India Ltd?
(1) Bob Williams
(2) B V Patel
(3) Rajesh Sinha
(4) Kevin Parker
   
4. Brent Index is associated with which commodity?
(1) Crude oil prices
(2) Copper futures price
(3) Gold futures price
(4) Shipping rate index
   
5. Justice and Development Party of Turkey won the recent elections held in November 2002. Who heads the party?
(1) Recep Tayyip Erdogan
(2) Bulent Ecevit
(3) Necdet Sezer
(4) Necdet Sezer
   
6. Approximately what was the quantum of the trade deficit of US for the financial year ending Dec 2001?
(1) USD 245 bn
(2) USD 720 bn
(3) USD 1.1 tn
(4) USD 412 bn
   
7. What is the currency of Argentina?
(1) Peso
(2) Dollar
(3) Dinar
(4) Koruny
   
8. Which country is the famous mobile phone manufacturer head quartered?
(1) Finland
(2) Switzerland
(3) Sweden
(4) Germany
   
9. Who won the Australian Open 2002 Women’s singles?
(1) Martina Hingis
(2) Jennifer Capriati
(3) Venus Williams
(4) Monica Seles
   
10. Which city is hosting the 14th Asian Games in 2004?
(1) Manila
(2) Busan
(3) Beijing
(4) Bangkok

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