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General Awareness

  1. Algebra
  2. Progressions
  3. Averages
  4. Clocks and Calendars
  5. Data Sufficiency
  6. English Grammar
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  8. Geometry
  9. Coordinate Geometry
  10. Interest
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  12. Mixtures & Alligations
  13. Number System
  14. Percentages
  15. Permutation & Combination
  16. Pipes & Cisterns And Work & Time
  17. Probability
  18. Profit & Loss
  19. Races
  20. Ratio, Proportion
  21. Speed, Time & Distance
  22. Trigonometry
  23. Miscellaneous
  24. General Knowledge
December 16, 2002
The General Awareness questions for the day are given below.

1. Who led the "Ocean to Sky" expedition that travelled along the Ganga (Ganges) river to its source?
(1) Sir Edmund Hillary
(2) Tenzing Norgay
(3) Chris Bonington
(4) Doug Scott
   
2. Hero Global is a venture promoted by the Munjal group
(1) to market Hero Honda two wheelers in the overseas market.
(2) to sell Hero bicycles in the overseas market.
(3) to build a automobile design lab of international repute.
(4) to set up company owned dealer network in India.
   
3. J. D. Power is a name associated with
(1) an independent power producing company in New Delhi.
(2) a power plant equipment manufacturing company.
(3) a automotive battery manufacturing company.
(4) an automobile customer survey organization.
   
4. What does ICANN stand for?
(1) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers
(2) International Center for Agro Nutrients & Nourishment
(3) Indian Council for Algorithm, Numbers & Notions.
(4) International council for Approved Names & Numbers.
   
5. "Connecting People," is the by line of which company
(1) Philips
(2) Motorola
(3) Ericsson
(4) Nokia
   
6. Which founding father pioneered the idea of a national bank?
(1) Hamilton
(2) Jefferson
(3) Washington
(4) Adams
   
7. Who was Karl Marx's main collaborator on his famous works?
(1) V I Lenin
(2) Max Weber
(3) Fredrick Engles
(4) Joseph Stalin
   
8. Which of the following foreign partner / collaborator pair is not correct?
(1) HTA; J.Walter Thomson
(2) Chaitra; Leo Burnett
(3) O & M; WPP Group
(4) Mudra; DMB&B
   
9. Hewlett Packard, the famous Computer company is named after
(1) Its promoters, Hewlett and Packard
(2) The city in which they commenced their operation initially
(3) The street in which their first office was located.
(4) None of these
   
10. Who's 'curve' did President Reagan use as the basis for his 'Trickle Down' economic policy?
(1) Keynes
(2) Ricardo
(3) Laffer
(4) Smith

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