General Knowledge GK Question and Answers for Interview Preparation 2014

Important GK Questions with Answers for Entrance Examination 2014

Ar you looking for some important GK questions for your upcoming entrance exam? D you want to know which were the questions that came in the previous year MBA and other entrance exams?

Candidates please note that these questions that follow are the few actual questions that have appeared in the last year's papers. Some modifications have been done to make them meaningful.

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SNAP 2005

Westside is the name of the retail store of Ans: Tatas The map that appears on the Mobile phones now a days is a very good example of Ans: GIS Bangalore airport is an example of Ans: Joint venture of the government and the foreign investment What exactly are yellow pages? Ans: They are all product. Brand, papers an d all Spectramind is the BPO of Ans: Wipro What is LIBOR Ans: Interest rate What is the primary function of SEBI? Ans: To regulate the stock market Which of the following is a tata group companies' correct combination Ans: Tata Elexi, CMC, Nelco and Voltas was the correct option Ficci chairman for 2005 -06 Ans: O.S. Kanwar Parachute is the name of the brand of Ans: Marico Industries Which of the following statement is correct regarding the VAT that was implemented in April 2005 India? Ans: It replaced the sales tax According to FORTUNE which of the following was ranked as number 1 company in 2005 in the world? Ans: Wal Mart Who is the governor of RBI? Ans: Y.V. Reddy Whistle blowers award was constituted after the murder of Ans: Satyadev Dubey What is the reason that determines the international rate of the currency? Ans: The stability of the Economy The sponsorer of the England cricket team Ans: Vodafone Kyoto Protocol relates to Ans: Cutting the emission of the green house gases was asked 17th parallel separates which countries Ans: S& North Korea The topmost competitive economy of the world according to the WEF 's Competitiveness Index for 2005-2006 Ans: Finland The CDMA Service of BSNL was asked Ans: Tarang The place nearest to the epicenter of the recent Pakistan earthquake was asked Ans: Mujaffarabad (the capital of POK) The name of the medium range surface to surface missile that was test fired successfully in Oct. 2005 was asked Ans: Akash Which is the biggest source of revenue to the Govt. of India? Ans: Central Excise duty Which of the following is incorrect about Tsunami was asked? Ans: The height of the waves near to the offshore was the incorrect statement Internet is controlled by Ans: None Who authored Straight from the Gut Ans: Jach F. Welch Magsaysay award is given after the President of Ans: Philippines In Nov 2005 the corruption scam worth $64billions and its relation was asked Ans: Food for oil What is Tamiflu was asked Ans: A drug to prevent bird flu "One by sixth of Income Tax" which of the following's possession makes you liable for being taxed Ans: Credit Card

NMAT 2005

The Ken-Betwa Project links the rivers of which states? Ans: UP and MP Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 2004 was given to: Ans: A door Gopalakrishnan (Malayalam) On 24 January, Burmah Sheel Company was taken over by the Government and as a result was formed Ans: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. Who is the Chairman of the Planning Commission of India? Ans: The correct answer was the PM of India, which was not given "Total Control" is the tagline of which company? Ans: JK Tyre Which state is not a neighbour of Chhattisgarh? Bihar Ans: From the given options Co-founder and CEO of Apple Ans: Steve Jobs Who has acquired VSNL? Ans: Tata Which Bank doesn't sponsor Unit Trust of India? Ans: SBI, PNB, and BOB sponsor It. - the 4th one was to be the answer Who had lost the final of US Tennis Open in 2005? Ans: Mary Pierce Who is Kiren Kher? Ans: An Actress Hargobind Khorana won Nobel Prize in the field of: Ans: Medicine and Physiology in 1968 Which instrument does Amjad Ali Khan play? Ans: Sarod The capital of Senegal? Ans: Dakar Where is National Chemical Laboratory situated? Ans: Pune Victor is a brand of Ans: TVS Jeev Milkha Singh is associated with. Ans: Golf "Empowering people" is the punch line of- Ans: Acer Javed Ali is a. Ans: Singer Which of these is not an international neighbor of Sikkim Ans: All of above (the options given were Nepal, China and Bhutan) First Indian private company listed amongst the Fortune 500 companies is- Ans: Reliance (First and the only private sector company of India) Youngest MP in 14th Lok Sabha election is- Ans: Sachin Pilot (27 years; Congress) Smallest state in terms of area (India) is- Ans: Goa; (Sikkim is the smallest in terms of population) Which year did India become the member of UN? Ans: 1945 (India was one of the original members) Which country has won the World Cup (Football) the maximum number of time? Ans: Brazil (5 titles) First Indian playing 100 Test matches- Ans: Sunil Gavaskar Madhubani painting is original of which state? Ans: Bihar First person of Indian origin to win the Booker's Prize Ans: V.S.Naipaul got in 1971 UN day is observed on Ans: 24th October When was Mahatma Gandhi awarded Bharat Ratna? Ans: "All answers are incorrect" is correct; Gandhi never received it. Which country is not a member of G-8? [Acc to options it was China Ans: Canada, Russia and Japan are member) Where is the National Institute of Oceanography? Ans: Goa Which of the Dabur products does Amitabh Bachchan not advertise? Ans: From options Dabur Amla hair oil Highest Peacetime Gallantry Award in India. Ans: Ashok Chakra

IRMA 2005

Kharif is sown in which season: Ans: June-July Which country was the first producer of the GM food-variety? Ans: USA Who is the Chairman of National Farmer Commission ? Ans: M.S. Swaminathan Which of these is a communicable disease: (a) asthma, (b) cancer, (c) TB (d) diabetes (e) none of these Ans: T.B. 2004 was acclaimed internationally as the Year of … Ans: Rice The World Consumers' Day falls on- Ans: March 15 Pascal Lamy has recently joined as- Ans: Director General of World Trade Organization "The Argumentative Indian" is authored by- Ans: Amartya Sen