General Awareness Questions & Answers (Part 4)
This is part 4 in the series of General Awareness questions and answers for various competitive exams such as CAT & Bank PO exams. We have divided this collection of general awareness questions in a series of 5 articles. Each article has a list of 40 general awareness questions along with their answers. This is the 4th part of the series. You can refer to the links of other parts at the end of this article.
General Awareness Questions for Competitive Exams (Part 4)
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121. Which advertising agency is behind the setting-up, in 1991, of MICA, India's first college focussed on advertising and communications?
(a) Ogilvy and Mather
(b) Saatchi and Saatchi
(c) Mudra
(d) Hindustan Thomson Associates
Answer: (c)
122. What famous car brand, originally from the former Czechoslovakia, was taken over by Volkswagen in the 1990s?
(a) Skoda
(b) Saab
(c) Piaggio
(d) Volvo
Answer: (a)
123. What is the title of the original BBC TV series on which the Hindi TV series, Kamzor Kadi Kaun, based?
(a) Who wants to be a millionaire?
(b) Treasure mine
(c) Mastermind
(d) The weakest link
Answer: (d)
124. The loyalty program of which company is known as "First Citizens Club"?
(a) Shoppers Stop
(b) ABN Amro Bank
(c) Taj group of Hotels
(d) Air India
Answer: (a)
125. The tagline "The man with the smooth edge" is found in the ad of which product?
(a) Four Square cigarettes
(b) Gillette Mach 3 shaving system
(c) Palmolive shaving cream
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
126. Which company has been ranked the 'World's Most Admired Company' in the rankings by Fortune magazine in 2002?
(a) Microsoft
(b) General Electric
(c) IBM
(d) Fedex
Answer: (b)
127. McDonald's, in an unrelated diversification, is planning to set up a chain of hotels. Name the new brand.
(a) Pleasant stay
(b) Golden Arches
(c) McStay
(d) Holidayz
Answer: (b)
128. Which company unsuccessfully launched a soap under the brand Protex in India?
(a) SmithKline Beecham
(b) Hindustan Lever
(c) Reckitt and Colman
(d) Colgate Palmolive
Answer: (d)
129. Calloway, is a leading international brand of
(a) Condoms
(b) Guns
(c) Binoculars
(d) Golf equipment
Answer: (d)
130. Which famous CEO was featured in the endorsement ad for Microsoft XP with the quote, "When I saw Windows XP in action, I was amazed. How did Microsoft get hold of my wishlist?"?
(a) Ratan Tata
(b) Azim Premji
(c) N R Narayana Murthy
(d) Arun Jain
Answer: (c)
131. Which automobile major has made a debut in the Formula One racing circuit in 2002 with its team led by the drivers Allan McNish and Mike Salo?
(a) Honda
(b) Jaguar
(c) Saab
(d) Toyota
Answer: (d)
132. Which famous company started as Asahi Optical in 1919 - before adopting its current name in 1957?
(a) Yashica
(b) Asahi Glasses
(c) Pentax
(d) Nikon
Answer: (c)
133. What brand name was given , in 1924, by the Mayor of Tokyo when he released the first watch produced by Shokosha Watch Company?
(a) Seiko
(b) Citizen
(c) Tissot
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
134. The advertisement of which product carried the baseline 'Mom said, "Always boil the water". Moms are seldom wrong'
(a) Ion Exchange
(b) Zero B
(c) Ford Ikon
(d) KLM Airline
Answer: (c)
135. Who has authored the latest business best-seller *Big Brands, Big Trouble?
(a) Al Ries
(b) Laura Ries
(c) Naomi
(d) Jack Trout
Answer: (d)
136. Which company owns the famous cigarette brands Charminar and Charms?
(a) Godfrey Phillips
(b) Philip Morris
(c) ITC
(d) VST Industries
Answer: (d)
137. What is the name of the instrument used to measure blood pressure?
(a) Barometer
(b) Hygrometer
(c) Hydrometer
(d) Sphygmomanometer
Answer: (d)
138. At what price is the initial public offering of Canara Bank being issued at?
(a) Rs. 15
(b) Rs. 35
(c) Rs. 60
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
139. Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot, the noted French physicist is associated with what branch of study?
(a) Thermodynamics
(b) Sub atomic particle theory
(c) Superconductivity
(d) None of these
Answer: (a)
140. Identify the odd man out
(a) Standard and Poor
(b) Moody's
(c) Forrester
(d) ICRA
Answer: (d)
141. Royal Stag brand of Whisky is owned by
(a) United Breweries
(b) Shaw Wallace and Co
(c) Seagram
(d) Mohan Meakin
Answer: (c)
142. Iodex brand of pain balm is owned by
(a) Smithkline Beecham
(b) Wyeth Laboratories
(c) Glaxo
(d) Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Answer: (a)
143. Who is the author who created the character Dilbert?
(a) David Scott
(b) Scott Robert
(c) Robert Williams
(d) Scott Adams
Answer: (d)
144. In which year did Mahmud Ghazni first invaded India?
(a) 1220 A.D
(b) 1001 A.D
(c) 1348 A.D
(d) 1196 A.D
Answer: (b)
145. Who invented Parachute?
(a) Leonardo da Vinci
(b) Scanderbeg
(c) Sigismund
(d) Van Gogh
Answer: (a)
146. Which of the following countries fought the first of the opium wars?
(a) Russia - China
(b) Britain - Indonesia
(c) China - Britain
(d) Japan - China
Answer: (c)
147. Beech King and Cessna are popular models of:
(a) Cars
(b) Aircrafts
(c) Ships
(d) Transport Vans
Answer: (b)
148. Cash Reserve Ratio ( CRR) and Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR ) are terms most closely related to which of the following industries/markets:
(a) Stock Exchange
(b) Banking
(c) Mutual Fund
(d) Income Tax
Answer: (b)
149. Dr. Pepper is a famous brand of:
(a) Iced tea
(b) Peppermint
(c) Soft Drinks
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
150. Mr. Shiv Nadar is the Chairman of which of the following groups of companies?
(a) Wipro
(b) HCL
(c) Aptech
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
151. Lloyd's is a world leader in which of the following industries?
(a) Garment
(b) Insurance
(c) Commodity Trading
(d) Banking
Answer: (b)
152. Jeffrey Immelt took over as the CEO from a legend of which US corporate giant?
(a) Oracle
(b) Boeing
(c) General Electric
(d) Federal Express
Answer: (c)
153. The management strategy with the acronym CRM can be expanded as:
(a) Concrete Relationship Management
(b) Customer Relationship Management
(c) Correct Relationship Management
(d) Constructive Relationship Management
Answer: (b)
154. Sudha, Akshata and Rohan are the wife, daughter and son respectively of:
(a) Nandan Nilekani
(b) Swraj Paul
(c) Narayana Murthy
(d) Azim Premji
Answer: (c)
155. Which group owns Crompton Greaves?
(a) Mittals
(b) Ruias
(c) Thapars
(d) Ranas
Answer: (c)
156. Kenwood corporation is a __________ company.
(a) Japanese
(b) American
(c) British
(d) German
Answer: (a)
157. The following brands can be associated with which of the following products? Montecristo, Ramon Allones, Romeo Y Julieta.
(a) Cigarettes
(b) Cigars
(c) Condoms
(d) Liqueur
Answer: (b)
158. In 1974, Which US president resigned to avoid impeachment?
(a) Jimmy Carter
(b) John F. Kennedy
(c) Richard Nixon
(d) Ronald Reagan
Answer: (c)
159. Esperanto, invented by the Russian scholar Zamenhof, is an artificial:
(a) Lung
(b) Language
(c) Microscope
(d) Car
Answer: (b)
160. King Hussein was the king of which country?
(a) Egypt
(b) Poland
(c) Iraq
(d) Jordan
Answer: (d)