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All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission in writing from the publishers. Index S. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Actual IIFT GK Tests Actual SNAP GK Tests Actual XAT GK Tests Actual CMAT GK Tests Actual MAT GK Tests Answer Key 1 31 57 73 84 104 Topic Page No.
A) Kim Yoon-Ok B) Ban Ki- Moon C) Lee Myung – Bak D) Chung Mong Koo A) a, b & c B) b, c & d C) a, c & d D) a, b & d A) Canara Bank, HSBC, Oriental Bank of Commerce Limited B) Canara Bank, HDFC, Syndicate Bank C) HDFC, HSBC, Oriental Bank of Commerce Limited D) Canara Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC A) a-iii-2, b-iv-4, c-i-3, d-ii-1 B) a-iv-4, b-iii-2, c-ii,1, d-i-3 C) a-ii-4, b-iv-3,c-iii-1,d-i-2 D) a-i-4, b-iii-1, c-ii-3, d-iv-2 DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 Name the South Korean President who attended the Indian Republic Day Parade in 2010 as a chief guest. Question No. : 2 The Indian government auctioned the 3G spectrum in 22 telecom circles in 2010. Which three companies won the maximum number of circles in the auction?   A. R-Com                    B. Airtel                       C. Vodafone                D. Aircel Question No. : 3 Which one of the following group of banks formed a joint venture in Life Insurance Sector? Question No. : 4 Match the international Organization-Location-Country   International Organization Location Country a. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) i. Lyons 1. Austria b. World Wild Life fund (WWF) ii. Vienna 2. Switzerland c. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) iii. Gland 3. France d. International Police (INTERPOLE) iv. Brussels 4. Belgium     Actual IIFT 2010 GK 1
A) a-ii-4, b-iii-3, c-iv-1, d-i-2 2 1 A) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 3 4 A) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3 2 2 Question No. : 5 Match the Women CEOs and their respective Company and its Location. International Organization Location Country a. Carol Ann Bartz i. Dupont 1. Colorado b. Ellen J Kullman ii. Western Union 2. California c. Ursula Burns iii. Yahoo Inc 3. Connecticut d. Christina A Gold iv. Xerox Corporation 4. Delaware Question No. : 6 Match the Acquiring Company with its Target Company. Acquiring Company Target Company a. United Breweries Group 1. Schoneweiss b. Mahindra & Mahindra 2. RSM Ambit c. Price Water Cooper 3. Ambuja Cement d. Holcim 4. Shaw Wallace Question No. : 7 Match the Company and its Tagline Company Tagline a. Toyota 1. Express Yourself b. BSNL 2. The easy way to stay in touch c. Airtel 3. Connecting India d. Trump (MTNL) 4. Let's go places 2
A) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 2 4 A) i v i A) West Bengal a t Question No. : 8 Match the name of the Indian Banks with their Brand Ambassadors. Company Brand Ambassador a. Canara Bank 1. Rahul Dravid b. Dena Bank 2. Hema Malini c. Bank of Rajasthan 3. Shikhar Dhawan d. Bank of Baroda 4. Juhi Chawla Question No. : 9 Instruments Use of instrument a. Squid i. Heating of power radiation b. Actinometer c. Dilatometer iii. Boiling Temperature of a liquid d. Ebulliscope expansion e. Rheometer v. Magnetic Field Question No. : 10 Name the Indian state having maximum number of Major Seaports. 3
A) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3 1 1 A) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1 1 1 A) a-i-3, b-iv-1, c-iii-2, d-ii-4 2 3 Question No. : 11 Match the National Highway route number to States that it covers? National Highway, Route Number Name of the Indian States which the NH covers a. National Highway Number 6 1. Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat b. National Highway Number 7 2. Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra c. National Highway Number 8 3. Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Gujarat d. National Highway Number 15 4. Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Question No. : 12 Match the old name to the new name of the countries. Old Name New Name a. South West Africa 1. Ethiopia b. Rhodesia 2. Zambia c. Northern Rhodesia 3. Namibia d. Abyssinia 4. Zimbabwe Question No. : 13 Match the Country, City and River. Country City River a. Germany i. Lisbon 1. Vistula b. Poland ii. Chittagong 2. Karnafuli c. Portugal iii. Dreden 3. Tagus d. Bangladesh iv. Warsaw 4. Elbe 4
Actual IIFT 2010 GK A﴿  a‐1, b‐4, c‐3, d‐2 B﴿ a‐4, b‐3, c‐2, d‐1 C﴿ a‐3, b‐1, c‐4, d‐2 D﴿ a‐1, b‐2, c‐4, d‐3 A﴿ Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras B﴿ Bank of Bengal, Bank of Punjab and Bank of Mysore C﴿ Bank of Bombay, Syndicate Bank and Union Bank D﴿ Bank of Madras, Mercantile Bank, Bank of Travancore A﴿ Germany B﴿ Canada C﴿ USA D﴿ Britain A﴿ Madhav National Park, Madhya Pradesh B﴿ Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim C﴿ Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal D﴿ Tadoba National Park, Maharashtra A﴿ Magasasay Award B﴿ Kalinga Prize C﴿ The Right Livelihood Foundation Prize D﴿ Gandhi Peace Prize A﴿ Dadra and Nagar Haveli B﴿ Lakshadeep C﴿ Puducherry D﴿ Andaman and Nicobar Islands Question No. : 14 Match the Geographical Epither to Country/City.   Epithet Country /City a. Quaker city 1. Budapest b. Twin city 2. Chicago c. White city 3. Philadephia d. Widny 4.  Belgrade       Question No. : 15 The State Bank of India was known as Imperial Bank of India in 1921, which was an amalgamation of three banks namely Question No. : 16 The Constitution of which country has influenced the inclusion of the "Emergency Provision" in the Indian Constitution. Question No. : 17 Which one of the following national park established by government of India is the relatively the latest one?   Question No. : 18 Which honour is known as the Asian Nobel Prize? Question No. : 19 Which one of the following Indian Union Territories is having a legislative assembly? 5
Actual IIFT 2010 GK A﴿ a‐iii‐2, b‐i‐3, c‐iv‐1, d‐ii‐4 B﴿ a‐ii‐4, b‐iii‐2, c‐iv‐3, d‐i‐1 C﴿ a‐i‐3, b‐iv‐1, c‐ii‐4, d‐iii‐2 D﴿ a‐iv‐1, b‐i‐3, c‐ii‐4, d‐iii‐2 A﴿ Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus B﴿ Jantar Mantar C﴿ Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya D﴿ Red Fort Complex A﴿ a‐3, b‐4, c‐1, d‐2 B﴿ a‐4, b‐3, c‐2, d‐1 C﴿ a‐3, b‐2, c‐1, d‐4 D﴿ a‐1, b‐2, c‐4, d‐3 A﴿ Andhra Pradesh B﴿ Maharashtra C﴿ Tamil Nadu D﴿ Kamataka Question No. : 20 Match the Lt Governors‐Indian Union Territories – and the Capital.   Lt. Governors Union Territories Capital a. J.K. Dadoo i. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1. Kavaratti b. Satya Gopal ii. Puducherry 2. Port Blair c. Iqbal Singh iii. Andaman and Nicobar Island 3. Silvassa d. Lt. Gen. ﴾Retd﴿. Bhopinder Singh iv. Lakshadweep 4. Puducherry     Question No. : 21 Which one of the following structure has been included in UNESCO in 2010 as world cultural heritage list? Question No. : 22 Match the following Head of the Staff to the concerned Defense forces.   Head of the Staff Defense Force a. Pradeep Vasant Naik 1. Chief of Integrated Defense Staff b. Vijay Kumar Singh 2. Chief of Naval Staff c. Nirmal Verma 3. Chief of Army Staff d. Suresh Chand Mukul 4. Chief of Air Staff     Question No. : 23 Which one of the following state is having maximum number of special economic zone ﴾SEZ﴿ notified under the SEZ Act, 2005. 6
Actual IIFT 2010 GK A﴿ a‐4, b‐1, c‐2, d‐3 B﴿ a‐2, b‐3, c‐4, d‐1 C﴿ a‐3, b‐1, c‐4, d‐2 D﴿ a‐2, b‐4, c‐1, d‐3 A﴿ a‐iii‐2, b‐iv‐1, c‐i‐4, d‐ii‐3 B﴿ a‐ii‐3, b‐i‐1, c‐iv‐2, d‐iii‐4 C﴿ a‐iv‐2, b‐iii‐1, c‐ii‐4, d‐i‐3 D﴿ a‐ii‐3, b‐i‐1, c‐iii‐4, d‐iv‐2 A﴿ Samaranth Jung B﴿ Sushil Kumar C﴿ MC Mary Kom D﴿ Tejeswini Sawant Question No. : 24 Match the following Brand to the Company.   Brand Company a. Santoor 1. Hindustan Unilever Limited b. Margo 2. Wipro c. Camay 3. Henkel d. Hamam 4. Proctor and Gamble     Question No. : 25 Match the Countries – Name of the parliament – Currency   Country Name of the Parliament Currency a. Sweden i. Diet 1. Yen b. Japan ii. Riksdag 2. Zloty c. Poland iii. Knessat 3. Krona d. Israel iv. Sejm 4. New Shekkel     Question No. : 26 Name the sports personality who was not an ambassador for the Common Wealth Games 2010? 7
Actual IIFT 2010 GK A﴿ a‐3, b‐2, c‐4, d‐1 B﴿ a‐2, b‐4, c‐1, d‐3 C﴿ a‐2, b‐4, c‐3, d‐1 D﴿ a‐4, b‐2, c‐1, d‐3 A﴿ Germany B﴿ UAE C﴿ France D﴿ Netherland A﴿ Construction activities B﴿ Housing and real estate C﴿ Telecommunications D﴿ Power A﴿ a‐2, b‐4, c‐3, d‐1 B﴿ a‐2, b‐1, c‐4, d‐3 C﴿ a‐2, b‐3, c‐4, d‐1 D﴿ a‐3, b‐1, c‐4, d‐2 Question No. : 27 Match the Central Public Sector Enterprises in India and their position.   CPSE Position a. Steel Authority of India Limited 1.Mini Ratna Category‐I b. Gas Authority of India Limited 2. Maharatna c. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 3. Mini Ratna Category – II d. Hindustan Machines and Tools 4. Navratna     Question No. : 28 Select the country that has maximum share in FDI equity inflow in India as on June 2010. Question No. : 29 Which sector attracted minimum FDI equity Inflow in India in the year 2009‐2010? Question No. : 30 Match the Indian TV Channel to its Owners/Parent Company   TV Owner / Parent Company a. CNBC 1. Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. b. Times Now 2. Reliance Media c. Star News 3. India Today Group d. Aaj Tak 4. Anand Bazar Publication     8
A) Sweden n A A) a-ii; b-i; c-iii; d-iv i i A) SROSS-C2 t X A) d e o A) a-i; b-ii; c-iii; d-iv i v DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 Who won the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final? Question No. : 2 Match the correct Celebrity Endorser with the Brand of Vests: Celebrity Endorser Brand of Vests a. Hrithik Roshan i. Amul Macho b. SaifAli Khan ii. Dollar Club c. Neil Nitin Mukesh iii. MacroMan d. Akshay Kumar iv. GenX Question No. : 3 Which of the following is a space mission by ISRO? Question No. : 4 Elsie Crisler Segar is best known as the creator of the cartoon character of _____________. Question No. : 5 Identify the correct match for the Personality with what he /she is known for: Personality Known for a. Bhagwan Dass i. Bharat Ratna b. Annie Besant ii. Theosophical Society c. Bharat Muni iii. Natya Shastra d. Bhavabhuti iv. Malatimadhava Actual IIFT 2011 GK 9
Actual IIFT 2011 GK A﴿ Wings of Fire  B﴿ India in the New Millennium  C﴿ Imagining India  D﴿ India of My Dreams A﴿ a‐i‐4; b‐ii‐3; c‐iii‐2; d‐iv‐1 B﴿ a‐iii‐2; b‐i‐3; c‐iv‐1; d‐ii‐4 C﴿ a‐iii‐1; b‐i‐2; c‐iv‐3; d‐ii‐4 D﴿ a‐i‐4; b‐iv‐3; c‐iii‐2; d‐ii‐1 A﴿ British Commonwealth Games B﴿ British Empire and Commonwealth Games C﴿ British Empire Games D﴿ Queen's Empire Games A﴿ Gopalkrishna Gokhale B﴿ Bal Gangadhar Tilak C﴿ Mahatma Gandhi D﴿ Swami Vivekananda A﴿ Bhagirathi and Ganga  B﴿ Ramaganga and Yamuna C﴿ Gandak and Gomti D﴿ Tons and Kali A﴿ a‐i; b‐ii; c‐iv, d‐iii B﴿ a‐i; b‐iii; c‐iv; d‐ii C﴿ a‐iii; b‐i; c‐iv; d‐ii D﴿ a‐iii; b‐ii; c‐iv; d‐i Question No. : 6 Which book among the following is not written by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam? Question No. : 7 In the table below, match the correct Trade Name of medicine with its Generic Name and the name of the pharmaceutical company that manufactures it:   Trade Name Generic Name Manufacturer a. Viagra i. Acetaminophen 1. Roche b. Tylenol ii. Ibuprofen 2. Pfizer c. Tamiflu iii. Sildenafil Citrate 3. Johnson & Johnson d. Brufen iv. Oseltamivir 4. Abbott Laboratories     Question No. : 8 By what name were the Commonwealth Games known when they were first held in 1930 in Ontario, Canada? Question No. : 9 Who declared, "The only hope for India is from the masses. The tipper classes are physically and morally dead"? Question No. : 10 Which of the following rivers do not flow across Uttarakhand? Question No. : 11 Identify the correct match of the Folk Dances and States given below.   Folk Dances States a. Dhalo i. Goa b. Ghoomra ii. Kerala c. Gidda iii. Orissa d.Thullal iv. Punjab     10
Actual IIFT 2011 GK A﴿ Taiwan, Yemen, Tunisia B﴿ Tunisia, Vatican City, Turkish Cyprus C﴿ Tunisia, Turkish Cyprus, Vatican City D﴿ Vatican City, Turkish Cyprus, Taiwan A﴿ a‐iv‐2; b‐i‐3; c‐iii‐4; d‐ii‐1 B﴿ a‐ii‐2; b‐iii‐1; c‐iv‐4; d‐i‐3 C﴿ a‐ii‐3; b‐iii‐1; c‐i‐4; d‐iv‐2 D﴿ a‐ii‐2; b‐iii‐3; c‐i‐1; d‐iv‐4 A﴿ Devanagari and Palli B﴿ Sanskrit and Roman C﴿ Devanagari and Roman D﴿ None of the above A﴿ He was chosen for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948, but because of his unfortunate assassination, the Peace Prize was not awarded that year. B﴿ Time magazine named him the "Man of the Year' in 1930. C﴿ In 1999, he was declared the "Person of the Century" by the Time magazine, and the runner‐up was Albert Einstein. D﴿ He was shoved out a train in 1893 in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa, because he refused to move to a third class coach while holding a first class ticket A﴿ a‐i; b‐ii; c‐iii; d‐iv B﴿ a‐ii; b‐iv; c‐i; d‐iii C﴿ a‐i; b‐iv; c‐iii; d‐ii D﴿ a‐ii; b‐iii; c‐iv; d‐i Question No. : 12 Which of the following groups of countries is not a member of the United Nations? Question No. : 13 Match the correct Country with its Capital City and Currency:   Country Capital City Currency a. Argentina i. Ashgabat l. Birr b. Ethiopia ii. Buenos Aires 2. Rial c. Turkmenistan iii. Addis Ababa 3. Peso d. Yemen iv. Sana 4. Manat     Question No. : 14 Indian Rupee received a unique symbol which blends the scripts of       Question No. : 15 Which of the following facts is not true about Mahatma Gandhi? Question No. : 16 Mark the correct match of Public Programmes with the Ministry:   Public Programmes Ministry of a. MNREGS i. Rural Development b. JNNURM ii. Panchayati Raj C. RHM iii. Urban Development d. IAY iv. Health & Family Welfare 11
Actual IIFT 2011 GK A﴿ 1. ﴾1﴿ Hillary Clinton   ﴾2﴿ Angela Merkel        ﴾3﴿ Michelle Obama     ﴾4﴿ Oprah Winfrey B﴿ 2. ﴾1﴿ Michelle Obama ﴾2﴿ Irene Rosenfeld      ﴾3﴿ Oprah Winfrey       ﴾4﴿ Indira Nooyi C﴿ 3. ﴾1﴿ Angela Merkel    ﴾2﴿ Michelle Obama     ﴾3﴿ Hillary Clinton       ﴾4﴿ Dilma Rousseff D﴿ 4. ﴾1﴿ Angela Merkel    ﴾2﴿ Hillary Clinton       ﴾3﴿ Dilma Rousseff      ﴾4﴿ Indira Nooyi A﴿ New banks must have a minimum capital of Rs. 300 crores from the beginning. B﴿ Only credible groups with 10 years track record will be eligible to set up banks. C﴿ Foreign shareholding in the new bank shall not exceed 5% for the first 5 years. D﴿ Groups having 10% or more income or assets or both from real estate construction or broking business or both in last 3 years will not be eligible. A﴿ a‐iv; b‐iii; c‐ii; d‐i B﴿ a‐iii; b‐i; c‐iv; d‐ii C﴿ a‐iii; b‐iv; c‐i; d‐ii D﴿ a‐iv; b‐ii; c‐i; d‐iii A﴿ Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics, Chimei Innolux Corp. B﴿ Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp., Hitachi Ltd. C﴿ Samsung Electronics Co., LG Electronics Co., Hitachi Ltd. D﴿ Samsung Electronics Co, Toshiba Corp., Chimei Innolux Corp. Question No. : 17 Given below are names of select personalities who have been recently rated among the most powerful women of the world by Forbes. Identify the option that ranks them in the right order ﴾from 1 to 4﴿ as they are ranked in the Forbes" list of the world's 100 most powerful women in 2011:   Angela Merkel; Hillary Clinton; Michelle Obama; Oprah Winfrey; Indira Nooyi; Irene Rosenfeld; Dilma Rousseff   Question No. : 18 Which of the following is not an eligibility condition placed in the 'Draft Guidelines for Licensing of New Banks in the Private Sector' issued by the Reserve Bank of India on 29th August 2011? Question No. : 19 Match the name of the Regulator/Association with the name of its Chairman ﴾as on 31st August 2011﴿   Regulator/Association Chairman’s Name a. Securities and Exchange Board of India i. J. Hari Narayan b. Forward Markets Commission ii. Ramesh Abhishek c. Insurance and Regulatory Development Authority iii. Milind Barve d. Association of Mutual Funds of India iv. U.K. Sinha     Question No. : 20 Which of the following groups of companies agreed to merge their Liquid Crystal Display ﴾LCD﴿ businesses in 2011? 12
Actual IIFT 2011 GK A﴿ a‐iii‐2;b‐i‐3;c‐iv‐i;d‐ii‐4 B﴿ a‐ii;b‐i‐3;c‐iv‐l;d‐iii‐2 C﴿ a‐i‐2; b‐ii‐1; c‐iv‐3; d‐iii‐4 D﴿ a‐iii‐4;b‐iv‐2;c‐ii‐l;d‐i‐3 Question No. : 21 Match the correct name of the Film with its Lead Actor and Director:   Film Lead Actor Director a. The Aviator i. Russell Crowe 1. Richard Attenborough b. A Beautiful Mind ii. Colin Firth 2. Martin Scorsese c. Gandhi iii. Leonardo Di Caprio 3. Ron Howard d. The King's Speech iv. Ben Kingsley 4. Tom Hooper     13
A) The new Indian flag B) Ashoka Lion Capital C) A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi D) A Douglas DC-4 aircraft A) Athens B) Paris C) London D) Los Angeles A) 6000 kms. B) 7500 kms. C) 9000 kms. D) 11,000 kms. A) Maastricht Treaty B) Vienna Monetary Treaty C) Plaza Accord D) Bretton Woods Agreement A) Simpson Index B) Herfindahl-Hirschman Index C) Flintstone Index D) Bio-volatility Index A) 1. 1 –iv; 2-i; 3-iii; 4-ii B) 2. 1-i; 2-iv; 3-ii; 4-iii C) 3. 1-iii; 2-I; 3-iv; 4-ii D) 4. 1-iii; 2-ii; 3-iv; 4-i DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 What was the picture shown on the first stamp of independent India? Question No. : 2 Which of the following venues has hosted the Summer Olympic Games the maximum number of times? Question No. : 3 What is a good estimate for the length of the coastline of mainland India? Question No. : 4 Which treaty led to the creation of the single European Currency '"Euro"? Question No. : 5 In ecology, what name is given to the measure of diversity that is often used to quantify the biodiversity of a habitat, by taking into account the number of species present, as well as the abundance of each species? Question No. : 6 Match the Memoir/Autobiography in Column 1 with the person on whom it is based in Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 1. Open i. Hillary Rodham Clinton 2. Living History ii. Lance Armstrong 3. The Elephant to Hollywood iii. Andre Agassi 4. Every Second Counts iv. Michael Caine     Actual IIFT 2012 GK 14
Actual IIFT 2012 GK A﴿ 1&2 B﴿ 2&3 C﴿ Only 3 D﴿ Only 4 A﴿ 1‐d‐iv; 2‐a‐i; 3‐b‐ii; 4‐c‐iii B﴿ 1‐d‐iv; 2‐a‐ii; 3‐b‐i; 4‐c‐iii C﴿ 1‐b‐i; 2‐a‐iv; 3‐d‐ii; 4‐c‐iii D﴿ b‐i; 2‐a‐ii; 3‐d‐iii; 4‐c‐iv A﴿ Medha Patkar B﴿ Jeet Thayil C﴿ Kulandei Francis D﴿ Arvind Kejriwal A﴿ l‐iv; 2‐iii;3‐ii;4‐i B﴿ 1‐iii; 2‐iv; 3‐i; 4‐ii C﴿ l‐i; 2‐ii;3‐iii;4‐iv D﴿ 1‐ii; 2‐i; 3‐iv; 4‐iii A﴿ S. Radhakrishnan B﴿ R. Venkatraman C﴿ Shankar Dayal Sharaia D﴿ GianiZail Singh Question No. : 7 Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Millennium Development Goals ﴾MDGs﴿ of the United Nations ﴾UN﴿?   1. There are 8 MDGs that 193 UN Member states have agreed to achieve 2. The year set for achieving the MDGs is 2020 3. Ensuring environmental sustainability is not one of the MDGs 4. Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger is one of the prime MDGs Question No. : 8 Match the Country in Column 1 with its Capital city in Column 2 and its Currency in Column 3:   Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 1. Hungary a. Tehran i. Dirham 2. Iran b. Rabat ii. Rial 3. Morocco c. Bucharest iii. Leu 4. Romania d. Budapest iv. Forint   Question No. : 9 Who is the Indian to be named as one of the six winners of the prestigious Magsaysay award for 2012? Question No. : 10 Match the name of the automobile company Column 1 with the brand of cats owned by them in Column.   Column 1 Column 2 1. BMW i. Bentley 2. Fiat ii. Cadillac 3. General Motors iii. Chrysler 4. Volkswagen iv. Mini     Question No. : 11 Who, among the following, has not been a Vice President of India before becoming the President of India? 15
Actual IIFT 2012 GK A﴿ Global Accounting Alliance Regime B﴿ General Anti‐Avoidance Rules C﴿ Government Affairs Assessment Rules D﴿ Generally Accepted Accounting Rules A﴿ l‐d;2‐c;3‐a;4‐b B﴿ l‐b;2‐a;3‐d;4‐c C﴿ 1‐b; 2‐d; 3‐a; 4‐c D﴿ l‐d;2‐a;3‐c;4‐b A﴿ 1857 B﴿ 1947 C﴿ 1921 D﴿ 1951 A﴿ 1‐ii; 2‐iii; 3‐i; 4‐iv B﴿ 1‐iii; 2‐i; 3‐ii; 4‐iv C﴿ 1‐iii; 2‐i v; 3‐i; 4‐ii D﴿ 1‐i; 2‐iii; 3‐iv; 4‐ii A﴿ The Meson particle B﴿ The Higgs Boson Particle C﴿ The Proton Particle D﴿ None of the above Question No. : 12 GAAR has been in news recently. What does GAAR stand for? Question No. : 13 Match the description given in Column 1 with the name of the film in Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 1. First Hindi Film a. Mother India 2. First Hindi Colour Film b. Alam Ara 3. First Hindi film nominated for Oscars c. Kisan Kanya 4. First Hindi film with sound d. Raja Harishchandra   Question No. : 14 Which year is known as the year of the great divide in the demographic history of India? Question No. : 15 Match the position in Column 1 with the person who holds it ﴾as on 31s1 August 2012﴿ in Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 1. Chief Information Commissioner of India i. V.S.Sampath 2. Central Vigilance Commissioner of India ii. S.H. Kapadia 3. Chief Election Commissioner of India iii. Satyananda Mishra 4. Chief Justice of India iv. Pradeep Kumar     Question No. : 16 The ‘God Particle’ is the name given to 16
Actual IIFT 2012 GK A﴿ Brasiiina, Brazil B﴿ Sanya, China C﴿ New Delhi, India D﴿ None of the above A﴿ 04:45 hours B﴿ 05:45 hours C﴿ 17:45 hours D﴿ 16:45 hours A﴿ Karnataka ‐ Tamil Nadu B﴿ Kerala ‐Tamil Nadu C﴿ Kerala – Karnataka D﴿ Karnataka ‐ Andhra Pradesh A﴿ l‐ii;2‐iv;3‐iii; 4‐i B﴿ l‐iii;2‐ii;3‐iv;4‐i C﴿ 1‐i; 2‐iii;3‐iv; 4‐ii D﴿ l‐iv;2‐ii;3‐i;4‐iii A﴿ Brazil B﴿ Spain C﴿ Germany D﴿ Mexico A﴿ Aman B﴿ Mitra C﴿ Sahyog D﴿ Aadhar A﴿ England B﴿ South Africa C﴿ New Zealand D﴿ Zimbabwe Question No. : 17 Which among the following cities hosted the 4th BRICS Summit in 2012? Question No. : 18 When it is 11:15 hours as per Greenwich Mean Time, what will be the time in Delhi? Question No. : 19 Mullaperiyar Dam is a matter of controversy between which of the following states? Question No. : 20 Match the celebration days of Column 1 with the date of Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 1. World AIDS Day i. April 22 2. UN Day ii. October 24 3. Earth Day iii. March 8 4. International Women Day December 1     Question No. : 21 Which country has won the Gold Medal for Men's Football in the 2012 Olympic Games? Question No. : 22 What is the name given to the civil reformist movement for eradication of ragging in India? Question No. : 23 Which of the following teams have been in at least one of the ten final matches of the ICC Cricket World Cap played from 1975 through 2011, but have never been a winner? 17
Actual IIFT 2012 GK A﴿ The point beyond which things are too small to be seen B﴿ The point where the sky meets the ground C﴿ The point on the horizon where the parallel lines appear to meet.  D﴿ The point where an object disappears behind another.  A﴿ l‐iii;2‐ii;3‐i B﴿ 1‐ii; 2‐iii; 3‐i C﴿ 1‐iu; 2‐i; 3‐ii D﴿ l‐H;2‐i;3‐iii Question No. : 24 In a painting, what is the vanishing point? Question No. : 25 Match the Leader's name in Column 1 to the Party headed by them in Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 1.Hosni Mubarak i. National League for Democracy 2.Aung San Suu Kyi ii. Socialist Party 3. Francois Hollande iii. National Democratic Party     18
A) i-a; ii-b; iii-c; iv-d a b A) Hercule Poirot n n A) Germany n y A) Oman n a A) NYSE Euronext s n A) Nepal r n Question No. : 1 In Column 1 are the names of some great Indians, whose birthdays are celebrated as special days, which are given in Column 2. Match the birthday with the day of celebration Column 1: Birthday of Column 2: Celebrated in India as Question No. : 2 Question No. : 3 Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organise the Indian soldiers into Azad Hind Fauj? Question No. : 4 Bashar al-Assad is/was a leader of which of the following countries? Question No. : 5 Question No. : 6 Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC? Actual IIFT 2013 GK 19
Actual IIFT 2013 GK A﴿ i‐c; ii‐d; iii‐a; iv‐b B﴿ i‐b; ii‐a; iii‐c; iv‐d C﴿ i‐d; ii‐c; iii‐b; iv‐a D﴿ i‐a; ii‐b; iii‐d; iv‐c A﴿ Ghana Must Go B﴿ Savage Continent C﴿ The Cuckoo's Calling D﴿ Who says Elephants Can't Dance? A﴿ Warren Buffet B﴿ Jeff Bezos C﴿ Carlos Slim D﴿ Steven Spielberg A﴿ Pune Pistons B﴿ Banga Beats C﴿ Mumbai Masters D﴿ Hyderabad Hotshots A﴿ Mohammed al‐Magariaf B﴿ Adly Mansour C﴿ Mohammed Morsi D﴿ Hosni Mubarak A﴿ Padma Vibhushan B﴿ Patni Computers C﴿ Unique Identification Authority of India D﴿ Both A and C A﴿ Ban Ki‐ Moon B﴿ Boutrps Boutros‐ Ghali C﴿ Pascal Lamy D﴿ Kofi Annan A﴿ Abhinav Bindra B﴿ Sushil Kumar C﴿ Gagan Narang D﴿ Vijay Kumar Question No. : 7 Given in Column 1 are some Latin phrases commonly used in English. Their meanings are given in Column 2. Match the phrase in Column 1 with its correct meaning in Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 i.     Caveat Emptor a.   That is to say ii.     Quid Pro Quo b.  In the same place iii.     Videlicet c.   Let the buyer beware iv.     Ibidem d.   One thing for another Question No. : 8 What is the name of the novel that was published in April 2013 and authored under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith? Question No. : 9 Which of the following persons purchased the Washington Post in 2013? Question No. : 10 For which franchise did Parupalli Kashyap play in IBL 2013? Question No. : 11 Who amongst the following is not associated with Egypt? Question No. : 12 Which of the following is Narayan Murthy not associated with? Question No. : 13 Pick the odd one out. Question No. : 14 Pick the odd one out 20
Actual IIFT 2013 GK A﴿ Governor, RBI B﴿ Economic Counsellor, IMF C﴿ Chief Economist, World Bank D﴿ Chief Economic Advisor, GOI A﴿ Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India B﴿ Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Iran C﴿ Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran D﴿ Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India A﴿ iv‐i‐iii‐ii B﴿ ii‐iii‐i‐iv C﴿ iii‐ii‐iv‐i D﴿ i‐iv‐ii‐iii A﴿ Akbarnama B﴿ Ain‐i‐Akbari C﴿ Zij‐illkhani D﴿ Din‐e‐Ilahi A﴿ i‐b; ii‐a; iii‐c; iv‐d B﴿ i‐b; ii‐d; iii‐a; iv‐c C﴿ i‐b; ii‐a; iii‐d; iv‐c D﴿ i‐a; ii‐c; iii‐b; iv‐d A﴿ INR is likely to appreciate against other currencies B﴿ The supply of INR is likely to exceed the demand in the foreign exchange market, ceteris paribus C﴿ INR would be under pressure to depreciate against other currencies D﴿ Both B and C are correct A﴿ USA B﴿ Australia C﴿ India D﴿ Canada Question No. : 15 Dr. Raghuram Rajan has not served in which of the following positions Question No. : 16 In the Tapi gas pipeline, the word "Tapi" refers to which of the following? Question No. : 17 Mt. Everest is the highest mountain summit of the world. Rank the following summits in descending order of their heights?   i. Makalu;        ii. Kanchenjunga;         iii. Godwin Austen;      iv. Lhotse Question No. : 18 Which religion was propounded by Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1582 A.D., with the intention of merging the best elements of different religions? Question No. : 19 Match the names in column 1 with their organization in column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 i.    Christine Lagarde a. UNFCCC ii.   Roberto Azevedo b. IMF iii. Christiana Figueres c. World Bank iv. Jim Yong Kim d. WTO   Question No. : 20 If India exports more than it imports, which of the following is likely to happen? Question No. : 21 Which country has the longest coastline? 21
Actual IIFT 2013 GK A﴿ i‐b; ii‐c; iii‐a; iv‐d B﴿ i‐b; ii‐a; iii‐c: iv‐d C﴿ i‐c; ii‐b; iii‐a; iv‐d D﴿ i‐c; ii‐a; iii‐b; iv‐d A﴿ Rajiv Gram Samridhi Yojana B﴿ Jawahar Rozgar Yojana C﴿ Rajiv Awas Yojana D﴿ Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana A﴿ i‐ii‐iii‐iv B﴿ iv‐iii‐ii‐i C﴿ ii‐iv‐i‐iii D﴿ iii‐i‐iv‐ii A﴿ Delhi B﴿ Nagpur C﴿ Jhansi D﴿ Hyderabad A﴿ Russian Federation B﴿ Brazil C﴿ India D﴿ China A﴿ Hydrogen B﴿ Helium C﴿ Oxygen D﴿ Carbon A﴿ Wind deposits B﴿ Tidal deposits C﴿ Glacial deposits D﴿ None of these Question No. : 22 Match the Countries with Trade Agreements / Regional Blocs:   Country Trade Agreements / Regional Blocs i.     Brazil ‐      a.   ASEAN ii.     Indonesia b.  APTA iii.     Bangladesh c.   MERCOSUR iv.     Mexico d.  NAFTA   Question No. : 23 The nomenclature of which of the following schemes is incorrect? Question No. : 24 Arrange the following Indian port cities beginning from East to West,   i. Jamnagar      ii. Kochi           iii. Chennai      iv. Visakhapatnam Question No. : 25 Which of the following cities is at the junction of the highways known as North‐South and East‐West Corridors? Question No. : 26 According to the "Doing Business Report ﴾2013﴿" of the World Bank, which BRICS nation holds the best ranking? Question No. : 27 Which is the most abundant element in the universe? Question No. : 28 Moraines are the deposits of which of the following kinds   22
A) a-3, b-2.c-4, d-1 B) a-2, b-3,c-1, d-4 C) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-l D) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3 A) China B) Russia C) Thailand D) Philippines A) Brazil B) Germany C) Belgium D) Argentina A) ITC B) Procter & Gamble C) Godrej D) Unilever A) India, Afghanistan B) Maldives, Nepal C) Srilanka, Afghanistan D) India, Bangladesh A) Nitin Nohria B) Rakesh Khurana C) G Anandalingaro D) Ajit  Rangnekar DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 Match the Indian Gold Medal Winners al the 2014 Commonwealth Games held at Glasgow with the sports type in which the medal was awarded:   Name of the player Sports Type a. Joshana Chinappa 1. Weightlifting b. Vincsh Phogal 2. Squash c. Vikas Gowda 3. Discuss Throw d. Satish Sivalingnn 4. Wrestling     Question No. : 2 According to the Economic Survey for 2013-14, India had (he second fastest growing services sector over the 11-year period from 2001 to 2012. Which country had the fastest growing service sector, in the corresponding period? Question No. : 3 Which of the following countries did not qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi final? Question No. : 4 Lifebuoy is a brand of soap marketed by which of the following companies? Question No. : 5 According to the Human Development report published by UNDP in July 2014, which among the following South Asian countries have The highest and the least rank in Human Development Index (2013)? In each option first name is indicated for highest rank and second name for the least rank. Question No. : 6 Which of the fallowing Indian-origin academician became the Dean of the Harvard College with effect from July 2014? Actual IIFT 2014 GK 23
Actual IIFT 2014 GK A﴿ Tile Federal Republic of Nigeria B﴿ The Democratic Republic of the Congo C﴿ The Republic of Senegal D﴿ The Commonwealth of Virginia, US A﴿ Bengalum Bulls B﴿ Bengal Warriors C﴿ Dabang Delhi D﴿ Jaipur Pink Panthers A﴿ Goldman Sachs Group B﴿ Barclays C﴿ HSBC Holdings D﴿ Standard Chartered PLC A﴿ a‐3, b‐2, c‐4, d‐1 B﴿ a‐4, b‐3, c‐1,d‐2 C﴿ a‐4, b‐1, c‐3, d‐3 D﴿ a‐4, b‐2, c‐1, d‐3 A﴿ augmenting power supply to rural areas B﴿ encouraging rural youth to take up local entrepreneurship program C﴿ providing impetus to watershed development in the country D﴿ the welfare of the tribal A﴿ Shyam Senegal B﴿ Manna Dey C﴿ Gulzar D﴿ Adoor Gopalakrishnan A﴿ Sania Mirza B﴿ Saina Nehawal C﴿ V.V. S, Laxman D﴿ P.V. Sindhu Question No. : 7 The Ebola virus disease is named after the Ebola River. The river is located at; Question No. : 8 In the Pro‐Kabaddi league played in India in 20﴿4, the Future Group is the owner of which team? Question No. : 9 Which of the following is headquartered in USA? Question No. : 10 Match the following:   Name of the player Sports Type a. CICI Bank 1. India's International Bank b. Bank of Baroda 2. Jiyo sar uiha ke c. HDFC Std Life 3. Zindagi ke sath bhi Zindagi ke baad bhi d. LIC 4. Khayal Aap Ka Question No. : 11 In the Union Budget for 2014‐15, the Government proposed to keep aside Rs, 500crores for 'Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana" for: Question No. : 12 Who among the following legends has been the latest recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award? Question No. : 13 Who is the Brand Ambassador of Telangana Stale? 24
Actual IIFT 2014 GK A﴿ Yemen B﴿ Republic of Moldova C﴿ Vietnam D﴿ None of the above A﴿ 11th B﴿ 12th C﴿ 13th D﴿ 14th A﴿ Tata Steel B﴿ Tata Motors C﴿ Tata Tetley D﴿ Taj Hotels A﴿ Ms. Ranjana Kumar B﴿ Ms. Chanda Kochhar C﴿ Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya D﴿ Ms. Shubhalakshmi Panse A﴿ Chitra Banerjee Divakamni B﴿ Arundhati Roy C﴿ Kiran Desai D﴿ Arvind Adiga A﴿ a‐1, b‐2,c‐3, d‐4 B﴿ a‐3, b‐1, c‐2,d‐4 C﴿ a‐4, b‐3, c‐1, d‐2 D﴿ a‐3, b‐4, c‐1, d‐2 A﴿ Weibo B﴿ WeChat C﴿ Alibaba D﴿ Jabong A﴿ Mukund Rajan B﴿ Srinivas Kini C﴿ Y P Teik D﴿ Mittu Chandilya Question No. : 14 Which country has become the latest member of the World Trade Organization? Question No. : 15 Shri Pranab Mukherjee is the ________ President of the Republic of India. Question No. : 16 Which among the following options is the oldest surviving brand of Tata Group? Question No. : 17 Who among the following is the first woman to become MD / Chairman of a Bank in India? Question No. : 18 Who amongst the following has not won the Man Booker Prize? Question No. : 19 Match the Country with the Leader:   Country Leader a. Japan 1. Kim Jong‐un b. China 2. BenignoAquino c. North Korea 3. Shinzo Abe d. Philippines 4. Xi Jinping   Question No. : 20 Which of the following is not headquartered in China? Question No. : 21 Who is the first CEO of Air Asia India? 25
Actual IIFT 2014 GK A﴿ Justice Markandey Kalju B﴿ Justice RM Lodha C﴿ Justice H L Dattu D﴿ None of the Above A﴿ Roger Federer B﴿ Rafael Nadal C﴿ Andy Murray D﴿ Novak Djokovic A﴿ Gujarat B﴿ Bihar C﴿ Kerala D﴿ Goa A﴿ JNPT B﴿ Chennai port C﴿ Cochin Port D﴿ Mundra Port A﴿ 2011 B﴿ 2012 C﴿ 2013 D﴿ 2014 Question No. : 22 Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief Justice of India in September 2014? Question No. : 23 The winner of the Wimbledon Men's singles Final 2014 has been: Question No. : 24 According to the Primary Census Abstract 20M, which of the following stales in India has the highest population density? Question No. : 25 The Prime Minister of India has laid the foundation of which of the following port‐based Special Economic Zane ﴾SEZ﴿ in August 2014? Question No. : 26 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has been launched in which year? 26
A) The New Development Bank B) The Asian Development Bank C) The Bank for Emerging Nations D) The Economic Cooperation Bank A) I-d; II-b; III-a; IV-c B) I-b; II-d; III-c; IV-a C) I-a; II-c; III-b; IV-d D) I-c; II-a; III-d; IV-b A) Incas B) Aztecs C) Mayans D) Indians A) E. Sridharan B) Nek Chand Saini C) Charles Correa D) Geoffrey Bawa A) Portugal B) Italy C) Ireland D) Spain A) I-d; II-a; III-b; IV-c B) I-b; II-c; III-d; IV-a C) I-c; II-d; III-a; IV-b D) I-a; II-b; III-c; IV-d DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 Which multilateral development bank has been set up by BRICS as an alternative to t le World Bank and the International Monetary Fund? Question No. : 2 Given below are some popular stock indices of the world. Match the stock index with I   the country and stock market it represents   Stock Index                 Stock Market I. DAX                         a. Japan II. Nikkei                      b. Brazil III. KOSPI                   c. Germany V. Bovespa                  d. South Korea Question No. : 3 The remains of which ancient civilization can be seen at the site of Machu Pichu in Peru?      Question No. : 4 Who is acknowledged as the creator of Chandigarh's Rock Gardens? Question No. : 5 Which is the first Eurozone nation to exit its bailout package? Question No. : 6 Match the name of the city with the river on whose banks it is located   City                             River I. Budapest                  a. Tigris II. Baghdad                  b. Tiber III. Rome                     c. Han IV. Seoul                     d. Danube Actual IIFT 2015 GK 27
Actual IIFT 2015 GK A﴿ Live Your Passion B﴿ One World, One Dream C﴿ Friends Forever D﴿ Harmony and Progress A﴿ Song of the Sea B﴿ How to train your Dragon 2 C﴿ Big Hero 6 D﴿ The Boxtrolls A﴿ Serena Williams B﴿ Margaret Court C﴿ Steffi Graf D﴿ Martina Navratilova A﴿ I‐c; II‐d; III‐a; IV‐b B﴿ I‐b; II‐a; III‐c; IV‐d C﴿ I‐d; II‐c; III‐b; IV‐a D﴿ I‐a; II‐b; III‐d; IV‐c A﴿ Lack of antigens in the blood B﴿ Lack of antibodies in the blood C﴿ Lack of both antigens and antibodies in the blood D﴿ Presence of both antigens and antibodies in the blood A﴿ Arvind Panagariya B﴿ Arun Maira C﴿ Raghuram Rajan D﴿ Arvind Subramaniam A﴿ Singapore B﴿ Kandla C﴿ Shanghai D﴿ Dubai A﴿ Thomas Feeney B﴿ Thomas Friedman C﴿ Thomson Reuters D﴿ Thomas Edison Question No. : 7 What is the motto of the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro? Question No. : 8 Which film won the 2015 Oscar Award for the "Best Animated Feature Film"? Question No. : 9 Who among the following has won the maximum all time Grand Slam Women's Singles title? Question No. : 10 Match the name of the Multinational Firm with whom the following Indians are/ have been associated as CEO   Indian CEO                               Multinational Firm I. Anshu Jain                                a. MasterCard II. Shantanu Narayen                   b. Reckitt & Colman III. Ajaypal Singh Banga              c. Deutsche Bank IV. Rakesh Kapoor                      d. Adobe Question No. : 11 A person with 'AB' blood group is also called a universal recipient because of the Question No. : 12 Who is the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog? Question No. : 13 The first Export Processing Zone of Asia was set up in ________ Question No. : 14 Who launched a 'crowd funding' campaign to raise funds for bailing out Greece? 28
Actual IIFT 2015 GK A﴿ I‐a; II‐b; III‐d; IV‐c B﴿ I‐d; II‐a; III‐b; IV‐c C﴿ I‐d; II‐c; III‐a; IV‐b D﴿ I‐a; II‐d; III‐c; IV‐b A﴿ Face of a Lion B﴿ Face of an Elephant C﴿ Face of a Woman D﴿ Face of a Dragon A﴿ 32% to 42% B﴿ 22% to 32% C﴿ 42% to 52% D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Sweden B﴿ Finland C﴿ Norway D﴿ Denmark A﴿ 2% to 6% B﴿ 4% to 10% C﴿ 3% to 9% D﴿ 5% to 8% A﴿ Clyde Tombaugh B﴿ Albert Einstein C﴿ Carl Sagan D﴿ Jacques Cousteau A﴿ China B﴿ India C﴿ USA D﴿ Singapore A﴿ A currency issued by European Union B﴿ Special currency issued by the Federal Government of USA for Europe C﴿ US dollars held in Europe D﴿ European currencies exchanged for the US dollar in US Question No. : 15 Match the name of the book with its author.   Book                                                            Author I. To Kill a Mockingbird                                a. E.M. Forster II. A Passage to India                                    b. Joseph E. Stiglitz III. Globalization and its Discontents              c. Thomas L. Friedman IV. The World is Flat                                     d. Harper Lee Question No. : 16 The U.S. recently announced that its redesigned ten‐dollar bill, to be issued in 2020, will include the Question No. : 17 The new Centre‐State tax sharing model promised a 10% increase in the State's share. This 10% increase will result from increasing the share from Question No. : 18 Which of the following countries is not a member of European Union? Question No. : 19 As per the monetary policy agreement between RBI and the Finance Ministry, the RBI is required to maintain inflation in the range of: Question No. : 20 Who discovered 'Pluto' in the year 1930? Question No. : 21 According to the World Investment Report 2015 published by UNCTAD, which of the following countries was the largest recipient of FDI inflows in 2014? Question No. : 22 Euro dollars are ______ 29
Actual IIFT 2015 GK A﴿ I‐a; II‐b; III‐c; IV‐d B﴿ I‐b; II‐a; III‐d; IV‐c C﴿ I‐a; II‐c; III‐b; IV‐d D﴿ I‐b; II‐d; III‐a; IV‐c A﴿ James Watt: Steam Engine B﴿ A.G. Bell: Telephone C﴿ J.L. Baird: Television   D﴿ J. Perkins: Penicillin A﴿ Switzerland B﴿ India C﴿ Germany D﴿ Macedonia A﴿ Glasnost B﴿ Gosplans C﴿ Irredentism D﴿ Oligarchs A﴿ The Breakthrough Listen Project B﴿ The Cosmic Breakthrough Project C﴿ The Extra Terrestrial Project D﴿ The Edge of the Universe Project A﴿ I‐d; II‐c; III‐a; IV‐b B﴿ I‐a; II‐b; III‐d; IV‐c C﴿ I‐c; II‐a; III‐b; IV‐d D﴿ I‐b; II‐d; III‐c; IV‐a Question No. : 23 Match the Prime Ministers and Presidents of India who have been contemporaries in Office   Prime Minister                         President       I. Indira Gandhi                          a.   Shankar Dayal Sharma II. Rajiv Gandhi                          b.  V.V.Giri III. I.K.Gujral                             c.   A.P.J. Abdul Kalam IV. Manmohan Singh                  d.  Giani Zail Singh Question No. : 24 Mark the wrong combination Question No. : 25 Mother Teresa was born in _______ Question No. : 26 In 1985‐86, an official policy introduced by Gorbachev in Soviet Union that stressed on honest discussion about the country's social issues and concerns was called Question No. : 27 The British Cosmologist Stephen Hawking and the Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner have launched a project to search for the extra terrestrial life. This project is called: Question No. : 28 Match the name of the organization with the name of the city in which it is headquartered   Organization                                                  Headquarters I. International Monetary Fund                       a.   Lausanne II. International Olympic Committee               b.   Geneva III. International Labour Organisation             c.   Washington IV. International Chamber of Commerce        d.   Paris 30
A) Went Xiabo  B) Wen Jiabao C) Liu Jiabao D) Liu Xiaobo A) Singapore B) India C) U.K D) China A) Facebook B) Orkut C) Wikipedia D) Google A) LLX B) MMX C) IIXX D) CCXX A) France B) Norway C) Britain D) Netherlands A) As technology continues to advance, computer chips will become obsolete. B) Computer-processing power will double every 18 months to two years. C) There will eventually be no need for transistors in high-tech electronics. D) As the number of transistors increases, computer-processing power will be reduced by half in every two years. A) David Ogilvy B) Walter Thompson C) Leo Burnett D) Salman Rushdie DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 Name the jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his 'long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.' Question No. : 2 Which government is behind the 'The Nalanda Proposal', proposing Nalanda as an ideal site for establishing a 21st century learning institution? Question No. : 3 Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger are known for founding Question No. : 4 The year 2010 is represented in Roman Numerals as Question No. : 5 In which country is the seat of the United Nations International Court of Justice? Question No. : 6 In 1965 Gordon Moore, Co-founder of Intel, made a prediction about the future of computer processing. What does his prediction, known as Moore's Law say? Question No. : 7 'At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock.' — Who wrote this famous advertising headline? Actual SNAP 2010 GK 31
Actual SNAP 2010 GK A﴿ Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar B﴿ Raja Ram Mohan Roy C﴿ Rabindranath Tagore D﴿ Bankim Chandra Chatterjee A﴿ Tom and Jerry B﴿ Amul Girl C﴿ Air India Maharaja D﴿ Snow White A﴿  Somdev Devvarman Badminton   B﴿  Gagan Narang Shooting   C﴿  Arjun Atwal Golf   D﴿  Anita Sood Swimming   A﴿ Dilip Chhabria B﴿ D. Udaya Kumar C﴿ Tarun Tahiliani D﴿ S. Arun Kumar A﴿ A way to organize desktop computers B﴿ Lightweight software that takes up little space on a hard drive C﴿ Computing resources that can be accessed on demand, like electricity from a utility D﴿ The World Wide Web A﴿ National Defence Missile 1, developed by Defence Research and Development Organization ﴾DRDO﴿ as a part of the comprehensive missile shield for India. B﴿ A bacterial gene called New Delhi Metallo‐lactamase‐1, dubbed the 'superbug' because of it being resistant to most antibiotics. C﴿ New Directions in Management 1 ‐ the first among a series of international conferences on Management, to be inaugurated by Bill Gates in Mumbai in January 2012. D﴿ A vision document on Disaster Management, released by Planning Commission. A﴿ Vedanta's failed mining proposal in the area inhabited by Dongria Kondh tribals. B﴿ The helicopter crash and death of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. C﴿ Headquarters of the Naxalite Red corridor. D﴿ Condé Nast Traveller magazine selected it as the best trekking holiday spot in the world. Question No. : 8 His life's motto was 'simple living and high thinking' He was one of the greatest intellectuals and activists of the 19th century and one of the pillars of the Bengal Renaissance. He was a polymath, Sanskrit pundit, educator, social reformer, writer and philanthropist. Due to his relentless efforts, on 26th July 1856, widow re‐marriage was legalized by the then Government of India. Who is this towering personality? Question No. : 9 Eustace Fernandes, who passed away in early 2010, was the much admired creator of Question No. : 10 Find the mismatch Question No. : 11 Who designed the new rupee symbol? Question No. : 12 What exactly is cloud computing? Question No. : 13 What is NDM‐1 ? Question No. : 14 'Niyamgiri Hills' was in the news because of 32
Actual SNAP 2010 GK A﴿ 1‐ii, 2‐i, 3‐iii, 4‐iv B﴿ 1‐ii, 2‐i, 3‐iv, 4‐iii C﴿ 1 ‐iv, 2‐ iii, 3‐ ii, 4‐i D﴿ 1‐ii, 2 ‐iv, 3‐iii, 4‐ i A﴿ It is the official currency of the People's Republic of China ﴾PRC﴿, whose principal unit is the Yuan. B﴿ Low cost car being developed by Volkswagen in China, at prices lower than Nano. C﴿ New aircraft Company floated by Brazil to challenge Boeing and Airbus. D﴿ New currency mooted for the entire ASEAN region like Euro for Europe. A﴿ Germany B﴿ Japan C﴿ Brazil D﴿ France A﴿ Adhaar B﴿ Sambhav C﴿ Sambhandh D﴿ Alekh A﴿ Hyderabad B﴿ Hallargi C﴿ Shimla D﴿ Ahmedabad A﴿ Financial Support B﴿ Global Peace C﴿ Unilateral Trade D﴿ Multilateral Trade A﴿ Shyam Saran B﴿ Montek Singh Ahluwalia C﴿ Chandrashekhar Dasgupta D﴿ Pradipto Ghosh A﴿ India's health plan B﴿ India's poverty eradication plan C﴿ India's rural prosperity plan D﴿ India's education plan Question No. : 15 Match the following husband‐and‐wife team with the awards they have received for exemplary work:   1. Bill and Melinda Gates i﴿ Right to Livelihood Awards 2. Sankaralingam and Krishnammal ii﴿ UN Population Award 3. Prakash and Mandakini Amte iii﴿ Kyoto Prize 4. Peter and Rosemary Grant iv﴿ Magsaysay Award   Question No. : 16 What is Renminbi? Question No. : 17 Embraer is one of the world leaders in the manufacturing of corporate/business jets. Embraer belongs to which country? Question No. : 18 The Unique Identification ﴾LTD﴿ Project, headed by Nandan Nilekani has been renamed as Question No. : 19 India's first Special Economic Zone dedicated to the Aerospace Industry has been launched at Question No. : 20 The prime purpose of WTO is to promote: Question No. : 21 On March 5, 2010, which of the following personalities from India is among 19 members chosen by UN chief Ban Ki‐moon for a high‐level advisory group on Climate Change Financing tasked with mobilizing funds pledged during the Copenhagen meet to tackle global warming? Question No. : 22 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has termed the 11th Five Year Plan as: 33
Actual SNAP 2010 GK A﴿ 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in Test Cricket B﴿ 3,000 runs and 300 wickets in One‐Day Internationals ﴾ODIs﴿            C﴿ 3,000 runs and 300 wickets in Test Cricket D﴿ 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in One‐Day Internationals ﴾ODIs﴿ A﴿ Not Profitable Assets B﴿ New Potential Accounts C﴿ Non Performing Assets D﴿ Net Performing Assets A﴿ Income Tax B﴿ Excise Duty C﴿ Value Added Tax D﴿ Corporate Tax A﴿ USA B﴿ China C﴿ Germany D﴿ Russia A﴿ Bihar B﴿ Orissa C﴿ Gujarat D﴿ Rajasthan A﴿ Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank B﴿ Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Bank of India C﴿ Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank D﴿ Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, and Andhra Bank A﴿ Operation Red Alert B﴿ Operation Green Hunt C﴿ Operation Cobra Den D﴿ Operation Clean Corridor A﴿ Altimeter B﴿ Anemometer C﴿ Chronometer D﴿ Dosimeter A﴿ Finland B﴿ Japan C﴿ Germany D﴿ Australia Question No. : 23 Which of the following milestones was achieved by New Zealand Cricket Team Captain Daniel Vettori recently? Question No. : 24 What is the full form of the term 'NPA' as used in banking environment? Question No. : 25 Which of the following contributes the highest share of revenue earned by the Government of India? Question No. : 26 Which country was world's largest exporter with merchandise exports worth $1.47 trillion in 2008, according to the World Trade Organization? Question No. : 27 Where in India has the Clinton Foundation, founded by former US President Bill Clinton, firmed up its plans to set up world's largest solar park ﴾3,000 to 5,000 MW capacity﴿? Question No. : 28 Which three public sector lenders have entered into a joint venture agreement for setting up a banking subsidiary, India BIA Bank ﴾Malaysia﴿ Bhd, in Malaysia? Question No. : 29 What is the campaign of Union and State Governments against the Naxalite movement called? Question No. : 30 The instrument used to measure the speed of the wind is Question No. : 31 Which of the following countries is the first in the world to propose a carbon tax for its people to address global warming? 34
Actual SNAP 2010 GK A﴿ Carbohydrates B﴿ Fats C﴿ Proteins D﴿ Vitamins A﴿ India B﴿ China C﴿ The US D﴿ Germany A﴿ Synonyms B﴿ Homonyms C﴿ Heteronyms D﴿ Acronyms A﴿ Mahatma Gandhi B﴿ Jawaharlal Nehru C﴿ Rabindra Nath Tagore D﴿ Pingali Venkayya A﴿ Knife B﴿ Fork C﴿ Pressure Cooker D﴿ Stove A﴿ BMW B﴿ British Leyland C﴿ British Aerospace D﴿ All of the above A﴿ George Soros B﴿ George W Bush C﴿ Paul Volcker D﴿ Ben Bernanke A﴿ IBM B﴿ HUL C﴿ Seimens D﴿ SKF International A﴿ Nitin Nohria B﴿ Deepak Jain C﴿ Kim Clark D﴿ None of these Question No. : 32 Amino acids are found in Question No. : 33 Which among the following is the world's largest milk producing country? Question No. : 34 A group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings, e,g. left ﴾opposite of right﴿ and left ﴾past tense of leave﴿ Question No. : 35 The National Flag of India was designed by Question No. : 36 In 1679, Denis Papin, a French physicist, who assisted Robert Boyle, used the latter's scientific discoveries and invented what is today one of the most commonly found kitchen equipment. His invention earned him a membership of the Royal Society of England. What was the invention? Question No. : 37 Which of the following has owned Land Rover brand before Tata Motors? Question No. : 38 Who is known as 'The Man Who Broke the Bank of England' after he made a reported $ 1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis? Question No. : 39 Mr. Ratan Tata refused a job with one of the following companies to join Tata Steel in 1962. Which company was it? Question No. : 40 Who is the current dean of Harvard Business School? 35
A) School Children only B) Health workers only C) Senior citizen without any regular income D) Women only A) Only A B) Only A & B C) Only C D) None of the above A) The carbon credits system was ratified in conjunction with the Kyoto Protocol B) Carbon credits are awarded to those countries or groups which have reduced the greenhouse gases below their emission quota C) The goal of carbon credit system is to reduce carbon dioxide emission. D) Carbon credits are traded at a price fixed from time to time by the United Environment Programme A) FII helps bring better management skills and technology while FDI only brings capital B) FII helps in increasing capital availability in general, while FDI only targets specific sectors C) FDI flows only into secondary markets while FII targets primary market D) FII is considered to be more stable than FDI A) B only B) A and B only C) A and C only D) A, B and C DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 "Swayamsidha" is a scheme launched by the Government of India to help Question No. : 2 What is 'Share swap'?   A. A business takeover in which acquiring company uses its own stock to pay for the acquired company. B.  When a company uses its own shares to get some short term loan for working capital requirement. C. When companies are required to float a new issue to earn capital for their expansion programmes, each shareholder gets some additional preferential shares. The process is known as Share Swap.   Question No. : 3 Regarding "carbon credits" which of the following statements is not correct? Question No. : 4 Both Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) are related to investment in a country. Which one of the following statements best represents an important difference between the two? Question No. : 5 In the context of global oil prices, "Brent crude oil" is frequently referred to in the news. What does this term imply?   A. It is a major classification of crude oil B. It is sourced from North Sea C. It does not contain sulphur   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?   Actual SNAP 2011 GK 36
Actual SNAP 2011 GK A﴿ A only B﴿ A and C only C﴿ C only D﴿ A, B & C A﴿ It is eco friendly technology for the remediation of oily sludge and oil spills B﴿ It is the latest technology developed under sea oil exploration C﴿ It is genetically engineered high biofuel ‐ yielding maize variety D﴿ It is the latest technology to control accidentally caused flames from oil wells. A﴿ A only B﴿ B only C﴿ Both A & B D﴿ Neither A nor B A﴿ A only B﴿ B only C﴿ Both A & B D﴿ Neither A & B A﴿ Boris Yeltsin B﴿ Pushkin C﴿ Ruskin Bond D﴿ John Ruskin A﴿ Italy B﴿ Germany C﴿ France D﴿ Australia Question No. : 6 With reference to “Look East Policy" of India consider the following statements:   A. India wants to establish itself as an important regional player in the East Asian affairs B. India wants to plug the vacuum created by the termination of Cold war. C. India wants to restore the historical and cultural ties with its neighbors in Southeast and East Asia.   Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Question No. : 7 What is “oil zapper”? Question No. : 8 Why is the offering of "teaser loans" by commercial banks a cause of economic concern?   A. The teaser loans are considered to be an aspect of sub ‐ prime lending and banks may be exposed to the risk of defaulters in future. B. The teaser loans are given to inexperienced entrepreneurs to set up manufacturing or export units.   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?   Question No. : 9 Why is the Government of India disinvesting its equity in the Central Public Sector Enterprises ﴾CPSE﴿?   A. The Government intends to use the revenue earned from disinvestment mainly to pay the External debt. B. The Government no longer intends to retain the management control of CPSEs   Which of the statements above is/are correct?   Question No. : 10 The book "Unto this Last" which influenced Gandhiji, was authored by Question No. : 11 Besides USA, India has signed, with which of the following countries the agreement being named as 'Cooperation Agreement on the development of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy"? 37
Actual SNAP 2011 GK A﴿ Russia B﴿ USA C﴿ Italy D﴿ Iran A﴿ Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds B﴿ Foreign Convertible Credit Bonds C﴿ Financial Consortium & Credit Bureau D﴿ None of these A﴿ Plan for financial inclusion B﴿ Efforts to meet Priority sector lending C﴿ Extension of Internet & Branchless banking D﴿ None of these A﴿ ADR B﴿ GDR C﴿ Both ADR & GDR D﴿ SDR A﴿ Cash Credit Ratio B﴿ Debt Service Obligation C﴿ Liquidity Adjustment Facility D﴿ Statutory Liquidity Ratio A﴿ Salman Khurshid B﴿ Anna Hazare C﴿ Arvind Kejriwal D﴿ Kiran Bedi A﴿ State List B﴿ Concurrent List C﴿ Union List D﴿ Both 1 and 3 A﴿ Andhra Pradesh B﴿ Maharashtra C﴿ Jharkhand D﴿ Uttarakhand A﴿ Pantaloons B﴿ Big Bazar C﴿ Central D﴿ Future capital Holdings Question No. : 12 Which of the following country is not a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group ﴾NSG﴿? Question No. : 13 Many times we read in the newspaper that several companies are adopting the FCCBs route to raise capital. What is the full form of FCCB? Question No. : 14 As per the reports published in various newspapers, RBI has asked banks to make plan to provide banking services in villages having population of 2000. This directive issued by the RBI will fall in which of the following categories? Question No. : 15 Which of the following is/are treated as artificial currency? Question No. : 16 Which of the following terms indicates a mechanism used by commercial banks to provide credit to the Government? Question No. : 17 Who among the following was not part of the drafting committee of the Lokpal Bill? Question No. : 18 Criminal procedure is a subject of which of the following lists? Question No. : 19 One of the world’s biggest Uranium resources was found in India in: Question No. : 20 Which of the following was the first venture of Kishore Biyani? 38
Actual SNAP 2011 GK A﴿ Dr. Verghese Kurien B﴿ Dr. Amrita Patel C﴿ M.S. Swaminathan D﴿ Gurudev Khush A﴿ Ashutosh Gowarikar  B﴿ Kiran Rao C﴿ Anusha Rizvi D﴿ Seema Chisti A﴿ Sublimation point B﴿ distillation point C﴿ triple point D﴿ melting point A﴿ Raman Effect B﴿ Chandrashekhar limit C﴿ Aurora Borealis D﴿ Quasar Zone A﴿ Health B﴿ Education C﴿ Living Standards D﴿ Human Rights A﴿ Citicorp B﴿ ICICI C﴿ HSBC D﴿ ABN Amro Bank A﴿ Bhutan B﴿ Bangladesh C﴿ Burma D﴿ Maldives A﴿ Art 345 B﴿ Art 343 C﴿ Art 348 D﴿ Art 334 A﴿ National Programme for Health care of the Elderly B﴿ National Programme for Senior Citizens C﴿ National Programme for Old Aged D﴿ Rashtriya Vriddha Swasthya Yojana Question No. : 21 Who among the following is often referred to as father of India's "Green Revolution"? Question No. : 22 Who among the following directed the movie “Peepli Live”? Question No. : 23 The point at which the solid, liquid and gaseous forms of a substance co‐exist is called Question No. : 24 The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal collapse is called the Question No. : 25 UNDP reports publishes every year the Human Development Index. Which of the following is not a criteria used to measure the Human Development Index? Question No. : 26 The software company I‐flex Solutions was originally a division of which famous financial services company? Question No. : 27 Which of the following is not a member of SAARC? Question No. : 28 Which article of the Indian Constitution recognizes Hindi in Devanagari Script as the official language of India? Question No. : 29 India has finally woken up to the needs of the country’s elderly. With the number of people in the 60‐plus age group in India expected to increase to 100 million in 2013 and to 198 million in 2030, the health ministry is all set to roll out the 39
Actual SNAP 2011 GK A﴿ A only B﴿ B only C﴿ Both A and B D﴿ Neither A nor B A﴿ Uttar Pradesh B﴿ Bihar C﴿ Madhya Pradesh D﴿ Rajasthan A﴿ Japan B﴿ Singapore C﴿  Malaysia D﴿ China A﴿ Rail Vishwa B﴿ Rail Bandhu C﴿ Rail Mail D﴿ Rail Patra A﴿ Nandan Nilekani B﴿ Apoorva Sinha C﴿ Sangam Chitra D﴿ All of these A﴿ South Korea B﴿ Venezuela C﴿ South Africa D﴿ Malaysia A﴿ Thailand B﴿ Cambodia C﴿ Vietnam D﴿ Laos A﴿ Ji Hyun Sung B﴿ Wang Lin C﴿ Kamilla Rytter Juhl D﴿ Shinta Mulia Sari Question No. : 30 Which among the following statements is/are correct?   A. Non‐resident Indians ﴾NRIs﴿ can now cast votes in their home constituencies in India. B. The NRI can cast his vote by postal balloting.   Question No. : 31 In a landmark move, which of these State governments has set up a Savarna Aayog, a commission to identify the deprived and underprivileged families among upper castes? Question No. : 32 Which of these countries has announced one billion US dollar aid for the reconstruction of Nalanda University? Question No. : 33 What is the name of the in‐house magazine to be published by the Indian Railways, to be distributed to the passengers on high end trains? Question No. : 34 Who was the first chairman of the UIDAI ﴾Unique Identification Authority of India﴿? Question No. : 35 What does “S” denotes in the ‘BRICS’? Question No. : 36 Which of the following countries was the host of First Asian Yoga Championship held recently ﴾2011﴿? Question No. : 37 Who among the following has been defeated by Saina Nehwal, who has won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title recently, becoming the First Indian to do so? 40
Actual SNAP 2011 GK A﴿ President B﴿ Prime Minister C﴿ Supreme Court D﴿ Parliament A﴿ Thailand B﴿ Singapore C﴿ Malaysia D﴿ Indonesia A﴿ Chacha Chaudhary B﴿ Chandamama C﴿ Indrajaal D﴿ Amar Chitra Katha Question No. : 38 According to the Supreme Court of India the_______ has ample powers to enact legislation with respect to extra–territorial aspects for the security of India? Question No. : 39 Which country has appointed Brigadier General Ravinder Singh as its next Army chief, the first Sikh in nearly 30 years to be given the force's batton? Question No. : 40 Anant Pai, better known as ‘Uncle Pai’ was the creater of which comic series? 41
A) Middle East and North African Countries B) Middle East and North American Countries C) Mediterranean Europe and North Atlantic Countries D) None of the above A) Foreign currency B) Gold C) Government bonds D) All the above A) RBI B) Planning commission C) Central Statistical Organisation D) None of the above A) Brahamabhatt B) Vishnu Sharma C) Jaya Deva D) None of the Above A) Banking sector B) Mutual funds C) Rural Development D) None of the above A) Members of Lok Sabha B) President of India C) Leader of the majority party in the Lok Sabha D) None of the Above A) Taxation Proposals B) General Economic Survey C) Both (a) and (b) D) None of the above A) International Monetary Fund and World Bank B) World Bank and Asian Development Bank C) Asian Development Bank and International Monetary Fund D) United Nations and World Trade Organisation Question No. : 1 The economically diverse region of MENA nations refers to the countries in Question No. : 2 Open market operations refers to the sale and purchase by the RBI of Question No. : 3 The agency that estimates national income in India is Question No. : 4 Panchatantra was written by Question No. : 5 IRDA is the Indian regulator for: Question No. : 6 The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by: Question No. : 7 The Finance Minister's Budget speech presented to the Indian parliament every year usually has two parts. What does the Part A relate to: Question No. : 8 Which two institutions are popularly referred to as the 'Bretton Woods Twins? Actual SNAP 2013 GK 42
Actual SNAP 2013 GK A﴿ i and ii B﴿ ii and iii C﴿ i, ii and iii D﴿ Only iii A﴿ Italy B﴿ Germany C﴿ Norway D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Bullion market B﴿ Gilt‐edge market C﴿ Secondary market D﴿ Money market A﴿ at 4% per annum B﴿ on daily balance method based on the closing balance maintained every day C﴿ lowest balance available between 10th and the final day of the month D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Money laundering B﴿ Stock markets C﴿ Foreign Direct Investment D﴿ Foreign Institutional Investors A﴿ Banking B﴿ Insurance C﴿ Coal D﴿ None of the above A﴿ A car, a man, a maraca B﴿ A man, a plan, a canal, Panama C﴿ As you sow, so you reap D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Peter Carey B﴿ Alan Hollinghurst C﴿ Yann Martel D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Automobile companies B﴿ Retailers C﴿ Electronic product manufacturers D﴿ None of the above Question No. : 9 Based on the statements given below, Special Drawing Rights is best described to include which of the following statements   i.   It is a basket of currencies reviewed every 5 years ii.   It was created to reduce the dependencies on gold and US dollar iii.   It is a supplementary foreign exchange reserve assets maintained by IMF   Question No. : 10 Which NATO country's parliament was the first to vote in favour of the move to make military service compulsory for women Question No. : 11 The market for government securities is also referred to as Question No. : 12 From April 2010 the savings bank interest is calculated: Question No. : 13 Financial Action Task Force ﴾FATF﴿ is an Inter‐governmental Body established in 1989. It is concerned with Question No. : 14 Which of the following sectors in India was not nationalised by the government at any point of time Question No. : 15 Which of the following is not a palindrome? Question No. : 16 The movie 'Life of Pi' is based on an award winning novel written by Question No. : 17 LIDL, Walgreen, ASDA and Kroger are 43
Actual SNAP 2013 GK A﴿ Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation ﴾HSBC﴿ B﴿ Citibank C﴿ Standard Chartered Bank D﴿ HDFC Bank A﴿ China B﴿ Brazil C﴿ Russia D﴿ None of the above A﴿ 2000 B﴿ 1998 C﴿ 2002 D﴿ 1995 A﴿ Elzie Crisler Segar – Popeye B﴿ Dan Yaccarino ‐ Oswald the Octopus C﴿ William Hanna ‐ Richie Rich D﴿ Walt Disney ‐ Donald Duck A﴿ full employment B﴿ price stability C﴿ maximising tax revenue D﴿ Any of the above A﴿ Bombay House B﴿ Tata Towers C﴿ JRD Centre D﴿ None of the Above A﴿ Archery B﴿ Boxing C﴿ Hockey D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Infosys Technologies B﴿ Mahindra Satyam C﴿ Tata Consultancy Services D﴿ Wipro A﴿ Malhotra Committee B﴿ Narasimham Committee C﴿ Mayaram Committee D﴿ Damodaran Committee A﴿ Indonesia B﴿ Finland C﴿ Canada D﴿ None of the above Question No. : 18 Which bank was the first to introduce the Automated Teller Machine ﴾ATM﴿ in India Question No. : 19 The Three Gorges Dam, is the world's largest hydropower project and is located in Question No. : 20 India signed the Kyoto Protocol in the year: Question No. : 21 Given below are the creators of some well‐known cartoon characters. Identify the creator ‐ cartoon pair that does not match Question No. : 22 The goals of monetary policy do not include Question No. : 23 The Corporate Head Quarters of Tata Group is Question No. : 24 Dronacharya Award for Coaching for the year 2013 was received by Narinder Singh Saini for which discipline Question No. : 25 This company signed an agreement with the Government of India for the Passport Seva Project in 2008 Question No. : 26 Recommendations of which committee led to the reforms in the banking sector in India in the nineties Question No. : 27 Which country is the largest producer of newsprint? 44
Actual SNAP 2013 GK A﴿ Brazil B﴿ Germany C﴿ Australia D﴿ Sri Lanka A﴿ W. Edward Deming B﴿ Philip Crosby C﴿ Joseph Juran D﴿ Martin Hall A﴿ the logic of observation B﴿ the logic of sampling C﴿ the logic of the controlled variables D﴿ None of the above A﴿ 12 B﴿ 23 C﴿ 34 D﴿ 45 A﴿ 180 degrees B﴿ 90 degrees C﴿ 360 degrees D﴿ None of the above A﴿ forward near the start of spring and backward in autumn B﴿ forward near the start of autumn and backward in spring C﴿ forward near the start of spring and forward in autumn D﴿ backward near the start of autumn and backward in spring A﴿ Serena Williams and Venus Williams B﴿ Mark Waugh and Steve Waugh C﴿ Man Pathan and Yusuf Pathan D﴿ None of the above A﴿ A‐ B﴿ B+ C﴿ AB D﴿ O+ A﴿ State Bank of India B﴿ Central Bank of India C﴿ Bank of India D﴿ Bank of Maharashtra Question No. : 28 India's Direct Cash Transfer Scheme draws similarities from models of which country Question No. : 29 Who put forth the theory of 'Zero Defects': Question No. : 30 Logic of induction is very close to Question No. : 31 How many pairs of chromosomes exist in a human cell? Question No. : 32 International Date Line roughly follows the longitude of Question No. : 33 Daylight saving time ﴾DST﴿ implies adjusting the clock by one hour: Question No. : 34 Who among the following sports persons are twins Question No. : 35 Individuals with this blood type are universal red cell donors Question No. : 36 'Relationship beyond banking' is the tag line of 45
Actual SNAP 2013 GK A﴿ Sarod B﴿ Sitar C﴿ Shehnai D﴿ Santoor A﴿ Sphygmomanometer B﴿ Hygrometer C﴿ Saccharimeter D﴿ Spherometer A﴿ Shikha Sharma B﴿ Chanda Kochhar C﴿ Shubhalakshmi Panse D﴿ Kiran Mazumdar Shaw A﴿ one country transfers a suspected or convicted criminal to another country B﴿ olden traditions are rejuvenated as a part of cultural events C﴿ additional diction efforts are taken for language improvisation D﴿ extraction of the tar is carried out from the mines Question No. : 37 Find the odd man out: Question No. : 38 Which instrument measures Blood Pressure? Question No. : 39 Find the odd person out: Question No. : 40 Extradition is a process whereby 46
A) rigorous session of voice protocol B) repondez, s'ilvous plait C) repondez, sans vous plaint D) response sought vous plaint A) Norway B) Wales C) Scotland D) Ireland A) Huinayiuvs Tomb at Delhi B) Kaziranga Natural Park in Assam C) Tirupati Temple D) Agra Fort A) Malaysia B) Thailand C) Philippines D) Indonesia A) Uppalapu Srinivas B) Amjad Ali Khan C) Zarin Daruwalla D) Ustad Usman Khan A) Telecom B) Environment C) Power Grid D) Education A) from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur B) from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport C) from Kuala Lumpur to Amsterdam D) from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport A) Petro Poroshenko B) Viktor Yushebenko C) Yulia Timoshenko D) None of the above A) The Taj Palace and Tower B) Ginger C) Taj Cape Town D) Quilon DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 What is the full-form of RSVP? Question No. : 2 The Callanish Stones, which are considered to be petrified giants, as per a folklore, who did not convert to Christianity are located in which country: Question No. : 3 Which of the following sites or monuments is not in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites? Question No. : 4 Mr. Ramon Magsaysay, in whose name the prestigious Magsaysay award is given, belonged to: Question No. : 5 Indian musician noted for his exemplary skills at playing mandolin who died in 2014: Question No. : 6 In the Fifth meeting of SAARC Energy Ministers, which from the following has been the key area of discussion: Question No. : 7 Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was a scheduled international passenger flight, presumed to have been shot down, crashed on 17 July 2014 killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board was flying, Question No. : 8 Ukraine has been in news recently on account of conflict with Russia. The name of the Ukrainian President is: Question No. : 9 Oldest brand of the Tata Group is Actual SNAP 2014 GK 47
Actual SNAP 2014 GK A﴿ New York B﴿ London C﴿ Tokyo D﴿ Singapore A﴿ Ecuador B﴿ Estonia C﴿ United States of America D﴿ United Kingdom A﴿ Equilibrium of Private Securities B﴿ Earning Per Share C﴿ Elongated Period of Settlement D﴿ Equity Per Share A﴿ Nachiket Mor Committee B﴿ Bimal Jalan Committee C﴿ Tarapore Committee D﴿ Damodaran Committee A﴿ Brain Drain Theory B﴿ Economic Drain Theory C﴿ Wants and Means of India D﴿ Benefits of British Rule A﴿ Beatrice Webb B﴿ George Bernard Shaw C﴿ Arnold Bennett  D﴿ Richard Brome A﴿ One automatically learns from experience of peers B﴿ A set of logical deductions are taught by the teacher C﴿ One teaches oneself about a subject D﴿ One learns automatically from elders A﴿ Adam Smith B﴿ Karl Marx C﴿ Amartya Sen D﴿ Alfred Marshall A﴿ 1818 B﴿ 1857 C﴿ 1947 D﴿ 1860 A﴿ Border Security Force B﴿ The Indian Coast Guard C﴿ Indo Tibetan Border Police D﴿ National Security Guard Question No. : 10 'Gold fixing' refers to setting the price of gold. Where is the value of gold set? Question No. : 11 Which of the following nations has declared issuance of digital currency? Question No. : 12 What is the significance of EPS in the stock market parlance? Question No. : 13 Which commiuee was appointed by RBI to provide recommendations on financial services for small businesses and low income households in the year 2013? Question No. : 14 Dadabhai Naoroji, in his book "Poverty and Un­British rule in India" in 1867 explained about Question No. : 15 He is a famous playwright, socialist and one of the Co‐Founders of London School of Economics, name the person: Question No. : 16 Auto didacticism is a form of education where Question No. : 17 The author of the book "An inquiry into the nature and causes of The Wealth of Nations" is, Question No. : 18 The Universities of Delhi, Madras and Calcutta were set up in the same year. Which was the year? Question No. : 19 Shaurya­Dridata­Karmanishtha' is the motto of 48
Actual SNAP 2014 GK A﴿ Cannes International Film Festival B﴿ Berlin International Film Festival C﴿ London Film Festival D﴿ Amnesty International Film Festival A﴿ IFAW B﴿ WWF C﴿ CEE D﴿ UNEP A﴿ Calcium oxide and sulfur dioxide B﴿ Nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide C﴿ Sodium oxide and nitrogen oxide D﴿ Calcium oxide and carbon dioxide A﴿ Brahmaputra B﴿ Gomti C﴿ Gandak D﴿ Tapti A﴿ Adelaide Agreement B﴿ Kyoto Protocol C﴿ Manila Convention D﴿ Kuala Lumpur Treaty A﴿ ISO 9001 B﴿ TS 16949 C﴿ ISO 14001 D﴿ ISO 9002 A﴿ Japan B﴿ France C﴿ Korea D﴿ Germany A﴿ 1998, 2009 B﴿ 1997, 2008 C﴿ 1999, 2006 D﴿ None of the above A﴿ 57 B﴿ 37 C﴿ 56 D﴿ 58 Question No. : 20 The following is the logo of   Question No. : 21 The Giant Panda, world's most threatened species is a symbol of: Question No. : 22 Acid rain is caused mainly due to the emissions of Question No. : 23 Which of the given rivers does not flow into River Ganga? Question No. : 24 The International agreement for control of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions is named Question No. : 25 The International Standard which checks the compliance of the environmental practices of an organization against the best practices followed in the industry is Question No. : 26 Comiket the world's largest comic festival is held in which country? Question No. : 27 In ______Infosys was listed in NASDAQ and in ______Infosys became a part of NASDAQ 100 Question No. : 28 The Indian team finished with 8th position in the recent Asian games 2014 held at South Korea with a total tally of medals. 49
Actual SNAP 2014 GK A﴿ 14 days B﴿ 30 days C﴿ 21 days D﴿ 15 days A﴿ The Dead Sea B﴿ The Mediterranean Sea C﴿ The Black Sea D﴿ The Red Sea A﴿ Cartilages and Bones B﴿ Cartoons C﴿ Maps D﴿ Carrots A﴿ Central government, a commercial bank and Central bank of a country B﴿ Central government, a commercial bank and a state government C﴿ Central government, Central bank and a state government D﴿ A commercial bank, Central bank of a country and a state government A﴿ Vakatakas, Nayaks B﴿ Chalukyas, Chollas C﴿ Satavahanas, Chollas D﴿ Pandyas, Nayaks A﴿ These can be a single person as the Governor for two or more states B﴿ Governor is the Constitutional or nominal head of the State Executive and is bound by the advice of the State Council of Ministers. C﴿ All executive actions of the State shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Chief Minister. D﴿ The President of India consults the Governor on appointment of the High Court judges. A﴿ To represent healing nature B﴿ To bring in good luck charm C﴿ As a Goddess of compassion D﴿ As Related to higher psychological­scientific teachings from Buddha A﴿ Jawaharal Nehru B﴿ Kailash Satyarthi C﴿ Malala'Yusefzai D﴿ Benejer Bhotto A﴿ Samajwadi Party B﴿ Samyukta Socialist Party C﴿ Janata Party D﴿ Praja Socialist Party Question No. : 29 A full moon occurs once every Question No. : 30 The River Danube empties in Question No. : 31 Cartography is the study of: Question No. : 32 Regional rural banks are jointly owned by Question No. : 33 The famous Meenakshi Temple in Madurai was built by and beautified by the Question No. : 34 Which of the given statements is not correct as per Indian constitution? Question No. : 35 Kwan Yin has a special place in Buddhist tradition and is known: Question No. : 36 "Bachpan Bachao Andolan" was initiated by Question No. : 37 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, the great freedom fighter and thinker, established a political party named 50
Actual SNAP 2014 GK A﴿ Isamu Akasaki B﴿ Hiroshi Amano C﴿ Shuji Nakamura D﴿ Takada Ekimano A﴿ Change in the speed of light as it passes through a transparent medium B﴿ Change in the atomic structure of the medium impacted by light C﴿ Change in the wavelength of the light as it passes through a transparent medium D﴿ Change of light in liquid crystals alone A﴿ UNESCO B﴿ UNICEF C﴿ WORLD BANK D﴿ UNCTAD Question No. : 38 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to three scientists "for the invention of efficient blue light­emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy­saving white light sources". Who among the given four names was not in the team? Question No. : 39 Chandrasekhar Venkat (CV) Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize   for investigation into 'Raman Effect', a phenomenon that deals with Question No. : 40 "Working towards a world free of poverty" is a motto of one of these International Organizations: 51
A) Comprehensive Scientific and Industrial Research Organization B) Cross-cultural Scientific and Industrial Research Organization C) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization D) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Organization A) United Nations Research Institute for Soviet Development B) United Nations Research Institute for Scientific Development C) United Nations Research Institute for Socio-economic Development D) United Nations Research Institute for Social Development A) Assam and Orissa B) Bengal C) Mathura and Brindavan D) All of the above A) AMASR Act, 1958 B) AMASR Act, 1968 C) AMASR Act, 1978 D) AMASR Act, 1948 A) Kharag Singh Valdiya B) Mohammad Yusuf Khan C) Lakshmi Gopala Naidu D) Saichiro Misumi A) Pharrell Williams - "Happy" B) Old Crow Medicine Show – Remedy C) Rosanne Cash - The River & the Thread D) None of the above A) Homo Naledi B) Dwarf Sapein C) Dwarf Homo Sapein D) None of the above DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 The full form of CSIRO is Question No. : 2 The full form of UNRISD is Question No. : 3 Bhaona is a presentation of the Ankia Naat of Assam. In Bhaona the cultural glimpses of __________ is/ are reflected Question No. : 4 Under which Act does the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protect monuments, sites and remains of national importance ? Question No. : 5 In 2015 the President of India approved conferment of Padma Awards to all of the following but for _________ Question No. : 6 In Grammy Awards 2015 the best folk album was won by _______ Question No. : 7 Scientists discovered a new species in the human family tree which is a small creature with a tiny brain. The new species has been named as ______ Actual SNAP 2015 GK 52
Actual SNAP 2015 GK A﴿ Government Serving Based Domestic Assistance ﴾GSBDA﴿ B﴿ Swadesh Swatcha Domestic Assistance ﴾SSDA﴿ C﴿ Service Staff ﴾SS﴿ D﴿ Bharath Based Service Assistance ﴾BBSA﴿ A﴿ The foreign currency assets held by RBI and the gold holding of RBI B﴿ The gold holding of RBI and special drawing rights C﴿ The gold holding of RBI, the foreign currency assets held by RBI and special drawing rights D﴿ Only the foreign currency assets held by RBI A﴿ Bull‐Coin B﴿ Brassage C﴿ Coinage Charge D﴿ Coin Levy A﴿ Office Note classroom B﴿ Micro Note class Notebook C﴿ Soft note for classroom D﴿ One Note class Notebook A﴿ 2009 B﴿ 2008 C﴿ 2007 D﴿ None of the above A﴿  B﴿  C﴿  D﴿  A﴿  B﴿  C﴿  D﴿  A﴿ 1982, 2033 B﴿ 1980, 2035 C﴿ 1978, 2032 D﴿ 1975, 2031 Question No. : 8 The ministry of external affairs has recently decided to change the nomenclature of Indian Based Domestic Assistance ﴾IBDA﴿ to ___________ Question No. : 9 The foreign exchange reserve of India consists of _________ Question No. : 10 _________ is a charge for converting bullion into coins where free coinage is permitted. ost of bullion to coins transformation Question No. : 11 Microsoft introduced several new products for education customers, this includes a note‐taking app called ________ Question No. : 12 The National Merit Scholarship Scheme, which provided financial assistance to meritorious students from Class XI to Post‐ Graduation level in Government Schools/Colleges/Universities has been discontinued from the year _________ Question No. : 13 The Symbol used for reusable microwaveable plastic ware is ________ Question No. : 14 Which o following is the coat of arms of the country of Saudi Arabia? Question No. : 15 Super Blood Moon, which is a rare astronomical phenomenon hasn't happened since ___________, and won't happen again until __________ 53
Actual SNAP 2015 GK A﴿ ANDROMEDA B﴿ COSMOS REDSHIFT C﴿ SAGE0536AGN D﴿ SUNFLOWER A﴿ 17 billion B﴿ 18 billion C﴿ 19 billion D﴿ 20 billion A﴿ 25thMay 2014 B﴿ 19thMay 2014 C﴿ 26thMay 2014 D﴿ 27thMay 2014 A﴿ Near the Equator B﴿ Near the Poles C﴿ Near the Tropic of Cancer D﴿ Near the Tropic of Capricorn A﴿ Haze created mainly due to companies in Malaysia B﴿ Haze created mainly due to companies in Indonesia C﴿ Haze created mainly due to companies in Philippines D﴿ Haze created mainly due to companies in Vietnam A﴿ Mahmud Gawan Bahmani B﴿ Mohammad Yusuf Bahmani C﴿ Hasan Gangu Bahmani D﴿ Khwaja Tuglak Bahmani A﴿ Eleven Years   B﴿ Twelve Years C﴿ Thirteen Years D﴿ Fourteen Years A﴿ 15thAugust2008 B﴿ 02ndOctober 2008 C﴿ 15thAugust 2009 D﴿ 02ndOctober 2009 A﴿ a prerogative or a duty or a restraint of power B﴿ a prerogative or a duty, a power or a restraint of power C﴿ a prerogative or a duty, a power but not a restraint of power D﴿ a power but not a prerogative or a duty Question No. : 16 The galaxy __________ was initially discovered with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared light and is believed to be at least 9 billion years old. Question No. : 17 In the year 2014 Facebook bought Whatsapp for        _________ US Dollars. Question No. : 18 Shri Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on _________ at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Question No. : 19 Where is the doldrums belt located ? Question No. : 20 The air quality in Singapore deteriorated to a hazardous level in September 2015, forcing the city‐state to shut its schools for the first time in 12 years. This was due to      Question No. : 21 In 1347 during the reign of Muhammed Tuglak an Afghan officer named ____________setup an independent kingdom called Bahmani Kingdom. Question No. : 22 The task of consolidating Mughal Kingdom was left to Akbar who was only _________ years old at the time of his accession of the throne. Question No. : 23 Smoking in public places was prohibited nationwide from ________ Question No. : 24 A constitutional right can be ________ recognized and established by a sovereign State or union of States 54
Actual SNAP 2015 GK A﴿ Tihar B﴿ Swanti C﴿ Both options a and b D﴿ Neither of the options above A﴿ The Head of the Village B﴿ The Head of the Family C﴿ The Head of a Society D﴿ The Head of Merchants A﴿ Ram Jethmalai B﴿ Fali Nariman C﴿ Mukul Rohatgi D﴿ Pramila Nesargi A﴿ Angela Merkel B﴿ Christine Lagarde C﴿ Brito Polman D﴿ Aung San Suu Kyi A﴿ France B﴿ United Kingdom C﴿ Japan D﴿ United States of America A﴿ 335,546 B﴿ 334, 545 C﴿ 336, 543 D﴿ 332,544 A﴿ Energy Management Systems B﴿ Environment Management Systems C﴿ Energy Process Systems D﴿ Environment Standard Systems A﴿ how electric and electronic equipment is handled and recycled B﴿ how electric and electronic equipment is manufactured and handled C﴿ how electric and electronic equipment is recycled D﴿ how electric and electronic equipment is manufactured, handled and recycled Question No. : 25 In Nepal the festival of lights i.e. Diwali is celebrated by some Buddhists as _______ Question No. : 26 The term "Vrajapati" used in Indian Mythology denoted _______ Question No. : 27 One of India's most distinguished constitutional lawyers who had received brickbats for arguing in favor of Dow Chemicals in the Bhopal gas disaster case is _________ Question No. : 28 The Nobel Peace Prize winner who gave up .freedom and a life with her family in Britain, to protest against the military rule at another country, who is also the Chair of the National League for democracy is ___________ Question No. : 29 In September 2015 it was revealed that is the country which was exporting drone components worth hundreds of millions to countries that include Saudi Arabia and South Korea, to regain lost ground in a global arms race. Question No. : 30 In the Indian general assembly elections 2014 the BJP‐led NDA won __________________seats out of________ Lok Sabha seats that were announced Question No. : 31 The BS EN 16001 solutions from BSI is applicable for Question No. : 32 The WEEE ﴾Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment﴿ is a directive that controls ______ 55
Actual SNAP 2015 GK A﴿ 1980‐81 and 1990 B﴿ 1990‐91 and 2000 C﴿ 1978‐79 and 1995 D﴿ 2000‐01 and 2004 A﴿ Vincent van Gogh B﴿ Sandro Botticelli C﴿ Leonardo da Vinci D﴿ Michelangelo A﴿ GSAT‐16 B﴿ IRNSS‐1D C﴿ SPOT 6 D﴿ Astrosat A﴿ Triple Web Consortium B﴿ Triple Web Consolidation Council C﴿ World Wide Web Consortium D﴿ World Wide Web Company A﴿ United States of America B﴿ United Kingdom C﴿ Japan D﴿ All of the above A﴿ Chetan Anand B﴿ Ajay Jayaram C﴿ Parupalli Kashyap D﴿ Sameer Verma A﴿ Gondhal, Jagran and Kirtan B﴿ Only Kirtan C﴿ Only Gondhal, Jagran  D﴿ Only Gondhal A﴿ Lepakshi temple B﴿ Shiva temple C﴿ Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple D﴿ Ganesh Temple Question No. : 33 The Sensex and Nifty are both indices. The base years for the BSE Sensex and Nifty are_________ and __________ respectively. Question No. : 34 The artist who painted Irises, Sunflowers, Red Poppies, Pink Roses was         _________ Question No. : 35 Which Indian satellite was launched in isro’s 100th Mission Question No. : 36 W3C stands for __________ Question No. : 37 The country/countries that has/have resorted to Quantitative easing in the last decade is/are Question No. : 38 Who is the Indian badminton player who after spending an year after his shoulder injury earned a final appearance at the Korean Open in 2015 ? Question No. : 39 Tamaasha, the traditional folk theatre form of Maharashtra has evolved from the folk forms of Question No. : 40 The last series of wall painting in India are from near Hindupur belonging to 16th century A.D. 56
A) Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, IOC B) Tata Motors, SBI, CTS, Wipro, IOC C) Tata Steel, IOD, Reliance Industries, Ranbaxy D) IOC, reliance Industries, SBI, GAIL E) IOC, Reliance Industries, Ranbaxy A) Reserve Bank of India B) Ministry of Finance C) Ministry of Commerce D) Ministry of Finance and Commerce E) Planning Commission A) Political Parties B) Purchasing capacity indices C) Price Indices D) Poverty Indices E) Unemployment indices A) It is best known tourist place of Switzerland B) G8 members meet here, every year C) EU financial headquarter D) World Economic Forum E) Best ski resorts in the world A) Poverty eradication, reducing child mortality, reducing trade barriers, combating AIDS B) Poverty Reduction, environment sustainability, universal primary education, equal employment C) Reduce unemployment; promote diversity, combating malaria, improving maternal health D) Globalization, reduction in poverty, combating AIDS, universal primary education E) Poverty eradication, improving maternal health, universal primary education, combating AIDS A) Greece, Germany, Spain, Iceland B) Portugal, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic C) Greece, Spain, France, Switzerland D) Spain, Greece, Iceland, Portugal E) Germany, U.K, France, Greece A) Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kazakhstan, US, Nigeria B) Russia, U.S, Iran, China, Saudi Arab C) Saudi Arabia, U.S, Venezuela, Iran, Iraq D) Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Libya E: Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Venezuela E) Iran, Iraq, Saudi, Arbia, Libya, Venezuela Question No. : 1 Which of the following Indian companies feature in Fortune Five hundred list for 2012? Question No. : 2 Which of these bodies decide the monetary policy in India? Question No. : 3 CPI and WPI as acronyms, refer to: Question No. : 4 What is Davos famous for? Question No. : 5 Which of the followings are millennium development goals? Question No. : 6 Which of countries in Europe were most hit by sovereign debt crisis? Question No. : 7 Which of the following countries would account for maximum petroleum production of the world? Actual XAT 2013 GK 57
Actual XAT 2013 GK A﴿ Huge trade Deficit B﴿ Low Growth and High Inflation C﴿ Low Capital Inflow D﴿ Burgeoning current account deficit E﴿ High unemployment rate A﴿ IMF, World Bank B﴿ IMF, WTO, Doha Round C﴿ World Bank, WTO, IBRD D﴿ IMF, World Bank, UNESCO E﴿ None of the above A﴿ 1 and 2 B﴿ 2 and 3 C﴿ 1 and 3 D﴿ 1, 2 and 3 E﴿ 2 only A﴿ France, U.S, Russia, Germany B﴿ France, Ukraine, Sweden, Korea C﴿ France, India, Ukraine, Germany D﴿ Germany, Russia, Canada, Japan E﴿ Japan, Germany, Korea, England A﴿ Shenzhen‐China, NSE‐India, SGX‐Singapore, DAX‐Germany B﴿ NASDAQ‐U.S, MCX‐India, SGX‐Korea, FTSE‐France C﴿ NYSE‐U.S, BSE‐India, FTSE‐England, DAX‐Denmark D﴿ NASDAQ‐Canada, BSE‐India, FTSE‐France, DAX‐Germany E﴿ Shenzhen‐Singapore, Shanghai‐China, FTSE‐France, BSE‐India A﴿ RTE B﴿ RTI C﴿ Lokpal bill D﴿ MRTPC E﴿ SELCO A﴿ Increase rural income B﴿ Increase agriculture income C﴿ Regulatory authority for managing agriculture resources D﴿ Regulate foreign investment in agriculture E﴿ Curtail tax avoidance A﴿ Dr. M.S Ahluwalia B﴿ Dr.C Rangarajan C﴿ Dr. Man Mohan Singh D﴿ Raminder Singh Gujral E﴿ Dr. Subba Rao Question No. : 8 Which of the following was not the reason for recent slide of Indian rupee? Question No. : 9 Which of followings combination represents the Bretton Woods institutions? Question No. : 10 Read the statements carefully and answer the questions that follow:   1. Earth Summit is held every year 2. Last earth summit took place in Rio Di Janeiro 3. Another name for earth summit is United Nation Conference on Environment and Development Which of the above is the right combination?   Question No. : 11 Which of the following countries meet more than one fourths of their energy requirements from nuclear" power? Question No. : 12 Pick the right match from the following combinations Question No. : 13 Harish Hande who won^he Magsaysay Award in 2011 is famous for Question No. : 14 Indian government is planning to introduce GAAR. What is the purpose of GAAR? Question No. : 15 Who is the chairman of Indian planning commission? 58
Actual XAT 2013 GK A﴿ Palme d'Or ‐ Television; Pulitzer ‐ Advertising; Grammy ‐ Music; Booker ‐ Literature B﴿ Pulitzer ‐ Advertising; Grammy ‐ Music; Cannes Lions ‐ Advertising; Booker ‐ Literature C﴿ Grammy ‐ Music; Booker ‐ Journalism; Emmy ‐ Television; Palme d'Or ‐ Movies D﴿ Cannes Lions ‐ Movie, Grammy ‐ Music, Pulitzer ‐ Journalism, Emmy ‐ Television E﴿ Palme d'Or ‐ Movie; Pulitzer ‐ Journalism; Cannes Lions ‐ Advertising, Booker – Literature  A﴿ Amazon ‐ Kindle; Roxio ‐ Angry Birds; Google ‐ Ad Sense; Zynga ‐ Nook B﴿ Amazon ‐ Kindle; Nintendo ‐ Wii; Rovio ‐ Angry Birds; Zynga ‐ CastleVille C﴿ Zynga ‐ Angry Birds; Nintendo ‐ Wii; Google ‐ Ad Sense; Rovio ‐ CastleVille D﴿ Amazon ‐ Nook; Sony ‐ Wii; Zynga ‐ Castle Ville; Google ‐ Ad Sense E﴿ Amazon ‐ Nook; Nintendo ‐ Wii; Rovio ‐ Castle Ville; Roxio ‐ Kindle A﴿ Statements I and II B﴿ Statements II and III C﴿ Statement I and III D﴿ All of the above E﴿ None of the above A﴿ Textile goods B﴿ Gems and Jewellery C﴿ IT Services D﴿ Engineering goods E﴿ Leather A﴿ Lactic B﴿ Tartaric C﴿ Hydrochloric D﴿ Sulphuric E﴿ Acetic A﴿ Sushil Kumar‐Haryana, Mary Kom‐Assam, Saina Nehwal‐Andhra Pradhesh, Vijay Kumar‐ Madhya Pradesh B﴿ Sushil Kumar‐ Rajasthan, Mary Kom‐ Manipur, Vijay Kumar‐Himachal Pradesh, Yogeshwar Dutt‐ Haryana C﴿ Yogeshwar Dutt: Haryana, Mary Kom‐Manipur, Vijay Kumar‐Himachal Pradesh, Gaurav Narang‐ Andhra Pradesh D﴿ Yogeshwar dutt‐Delhi, Saina Nehwal‐ Uttaranchal, Sushil Kumar‐ Haryana, Mary Kom‐Manipur E﴿ Saina Nehwal‐Uttaranchal, Gaurav Narang‐Punjab, Sushil Kumar‐Haryana, Mary Kom‐Manipur Question No. : 16 Given below are some well‐known awards and their respective fields.  Choose the correct combination: Question No. : 17 A few combinations of names of companies and their products are given below. Choose the right option: Question No. : 18 Read the following statements carefully: I. Excise duty is a tax on manufacture or production of goods and services II. Not all kinds of excise duty is collected by the Central Government in India III. Excise duty is an indirect tax   Which of the statements given above are correct?   Question No. : 19 From which of the following items does India export the most? Question No. : 20 Which of the following acids helps in human digestion? Question No. : 21 Which of the following is the right match for Olympics medal winners from India? 59
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  • 2. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission in writing from the publishers. Index S. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Actual IIFT GK Tests Actual SNAP GK Tests Actual XAT GK Tests Actual CMAT GK Tests Actual MAT GK Tests Answer Key 1 31 57 73 84 104 Topic Page No.
  • 3. A) Kim Yoon-Ok B) Ban Ki- Moon C) Lee Myung – Bak D) Chung Mong Koo A) a, b & c B) b, c & d C) a, c & d D) a, b & d A) Canara Bank, HSBC, Oriental Bank of Commerce Limited B) Canara Bank, HDFC, Syndicate Bank C) HDFC, HSBC, Oriental Bank of Commerce Limited D) Canara Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC A) a-iii-2, b-iv-4, c-i-3, d-ii-1 B) a-iv-4, b-iii-2, c-ii,1, d-i-3 C) a-ii-4, b-iv-3,c-iii-1,d-i-2 D) a-i-4, b-iii-1, c-ii-3, d-iv-2 DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 Name the South Korean President who attended the Indian Republic Day Parade in 2010 as a chief guest. Question No. : 2 The Indian government auctioned the 3G spectrum in 22 telecom circles in 2010. Which three companies won the maximum number of circles in the auction?   A. R-Com                    B. Airtel                       C. Vodafone                D. Aircel Question No. : 3 Which one of the following group of banks formed a joint venture in Life Insurance Sector? Question No. : 4 Match the international Organization-Location-Country   International Organization Location Country a. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) i. Lyons 1. Austria b. World Wild Life fund (WWF) ii. Vienna 2. Switzerland c. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) iii. Gland 3. France d. International Police (INTERPOLE) iv. Brussels 4. Belgium     Actual IIFT 2010 GK 1
  • 4. A) a-ii-4, b-iii-3, c-iv-1, d-i-2 2 1 A) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 3 4 A) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3 2 2 Question No. : 5 Match the Women CEOs and their respective Company and its Location. International Organization Location Country a. Carol Ann Bartz i. Dupont 1. Colorado b. Ellen J Kullman ii. Western Union 2. California c. Ursula Burns iii. Yahoo Inc 3. Connecticut d. Christina A Gold iv. Xerox Corporation 4. Delaware Question No. : 6 Match the Acquiring Company with its Target Company. Acquiring Company Target Company a. United Breweries Group 1. Schoneweiss b. Mahindra & Mahindra 2. RSM Ambit c. Price Water Cooper 3. Ambuja Cement d. Holcim 4. Shaw Wallace Question No. : 7 Match the Company and its Tagline Company Tagline a. Toyota 1. Express Yourself b. BSNL 2. The easy way to stay in touch c. Airtel 3. Connecting India d. Trump (MTNL) 4. Let's go places 2
  • 5. A) a-4, b-3, c-1, d-2 2 4 A) i v i A) West Bengal a t Question No. : 8 Match the name of the Indian Banks with their Brand Ambassadors. Company Brand Ambassador a. Canara Bank 1. Rahul Dravid b. Dena Bank 2. Hema Malini c. Bank of Rajasthan 3. Shikhar Dhawan d. Bank of Baroda 4. Juhi Chawla Question No. : 9 Instruments Use of instrument a. Squid i. Heating of power radiation b. Actinometer c. Dilatometer iii. Boiling Temperature of a liquid d. Ebulliscope expansion e. Rheometer v. Magnetic Field Question No. : 10 Name the Indian state having maximum number of Major Seaports. 3
  • 6. A) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3 1 1 A) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1 1 1 A) a-i-3, b-iv-1, c-iii-2, d-ii-4 2 3 Question No. : 11 Match the National Highway route number to States that it covers? National Highway, Route Number Name of the Indian States which the NH covers a. National Highway Number 6 1. Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat b. National Highway Number 7 2. Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra c. National Highway Number 8 3. Orissa, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Gujarat d. National Highway Number 15 4. Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Question No. : 12 Match the old name to the new name of the countries. Old Name New Name a. South West Africa 1. Ethiopia b. Rhodesia 2. Zambia c. Northern Rhodesia 3. Namibia d. Abyssinia 4. Zimbabwe Question No. : 13 Match the Country, City and River. Country City River a. Germany i. Lisbon 1. Vistula b. Poland ii. Chittagong 2. Karnafuli c. Portugal iii. Dreden 3. Tagus d. Bangladesh iv. Warsaw 4. Elbe 4
  • 7. Actual IIFT 2010 GK A﴿  a‐1, b‐4, c‐3, d‐2 B﴿ a‐4, b‐3, c‐2, d‐1 C﴿ a‐3, b‐1, c‐4, d‐2 D﴿ a‐1, b‐2, c‐4, d‐3 A﴿ Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras B﴿ Bank of Bengal, Bank of Punjab and Bank of Mysore C﴿ Bank of Bombay, Syndicate Bank and Union Bank D﴿ Bank of Madras, Mercantile Bank, Bank of Travancore A﴿ Germany B﴿ Canada C﴿ USA D﴿ Britain A﴿ Madhav National Park, Madhya Pradesh B﴿ Khangchendzonga National Park, Sikkim C﴿ Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal D﴿ Tadoba National Park, Maharashtra A﴿ Magasasay Award B﴿ Kalinga Prize C﴿ The Right Livelihood Foundation Prize D﴿ Gandhi Peace Prize A﴿ Dadra and Nagar Haveli B﴿ Lakshadeep C﴿ Puducherry D﴿ Andaman and Nicobar Islands Question No. : 14 Match the Geographical Epither to Country/City.   Epithet Country /City a. Quaker city 1. Budapest b. Twin city 2. Chicago c. White city 3. Philadephia d. Widny 4.  Belgrade       Question No. : 15 The State Bank of India was known as Imperial Bank of India in 1921, which was an amalgamation of three banks namely Question No. : 16 The Constitution of which country has influenced the inclusion of the "Emergency Provision" in the Indian Constitution. Question No. : 17 Which one of the following national park established by government of India is the relatively the latest one?   Question No. : 18 Which honour is known as the Asian Nobel Prize? Question No. : 19 Which one of the following Indian Union Territories is having a legislative assembly? 5
  • 8. Actual IIFT 2010 GK A﴿ a‐iii‐2, b‐i‐3, c‐iv‐1, d‐ii‐4 B﴿ a‐ii‐4, b‐iii‐2, c‐iv‐3, d‐i‐1 C﴿ a‐i‐3, b‐iv‐1, c‐ii‐4, d‐iii‐2 D﴿ a‐iv‐1, b‐i‐3, c‐ii‐4, d‐iii‐2 A﴿ Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus B﴿ Jantar Mantar C﴿ Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya D﴿ Red Fort Complex A﴿ a‐3, b‐4, c‐1, d‐2 B﴿ a‐4, b‐3, c‐2, d‐1 C﴿ a‐3, b‐2, c‐1, d‐4 D﴿ a‐1, b‐2, c‐4, d‐3 A﴿ Andhra Pradesh B﴿ Maharashtra C﴿ Tamil Nadu D﴿ Kamataka Question No. : 20 Match the Lt Governors‐Indian Union Territories – and the Capital.   Lt. Governors Union Territories Capital a. J.K. Dadoo i. Dadra and Nagar Haveli 1. Kavaratti b. Satya Gopal ii. Puducherry 2. Port Blair c. Iqbal Singh iii. Andaman and Nicobar Island 3. Silvassa d. Lt. Gen. ﴾Retd﴿. Bhopinder Singh iv. Lakshadweep 4. Puducherry     Question No. : 21 Which one of the following structure has been included in UNESCO in 2010 as world cultural heritage list? Question No. : 22 Match the following Head of the Staff to the concerned Defense forces.   Head of the Staff Defense Force a. Pradeep Vasant Naik 1. Chief of Integrated Defense Staff b. Vijay Kumar Singh 2. Chief of Naval Staff c. Nirmal Verma 3. Chief of Army Staff d. Suresh Chand Mukul 4. Chief of Air Staff     Question No. : 23 Which one of the following state is having maximum number of special economic zone ﴾SEZ﴿ notified under the SEZ Act, 2005. 6
  • 9. Actual IIFT 2010 GK A﴿ a‐4, b‐1, c‐2, d‐3 B﴿ a‐2, b‐3, c‐4, d‐1 C﴿ a‐3, b‐1, c‐4, d‐2 D﴿ a‐2, b‐4, c‐1, d‐3 A﴿ a‐iii‐2, b‐iv‐1, c‐i‐4, d‐ii‐3 B﴿ a‐ii‐3, b‐i‐1, c‐iv‐2, d‐iii‐4 C﴿ a‐iv‐2, b‐iii‐1, c‐ii‐4, d‐i‐3 D﴿ a‐ii‐3, b‐i‐1, c‐iii‐4, d‐iv‐2 A﴿ Samaranth Jung B﴿ Sushil Kumar C﴿ MC Mary Kom D﴿ Tejeswini Sawant Question No. : 24 Match the following Brand to the Company.   Brand Company a. Santoor 1. Hindustan Unilever Limited b. Margo 2. Wipro c. Camay 3. Henkel d. Hamam 4. Proctor and Gamble     Question No. : 25 Match the Countries – Name of the parliament – Currency   Country Name of the Parliament Currency a. Sweden i. Diet 1. Yen b. Japan ii. Riksdag 2. Zloty c. Poland iii. Knessat 3. Krona d. Israel iv. Sejm 4. New Shekkel     Question No. : 26 Name the sports personality who was not an ambassador for the Common Wealth Games 2010? 7
  • 10. Actual IIFT 2010 GK A﴿ a‐3, b‐2, c‐4, d‐1 B﴿ a‐2, b‐4, c‐1, d‐3 C﴿ a‐2, b‐4, c‐3, d‐1 D﴿ a‐4, b‐2, c‐1, d‐3 A﴿ Germany B﴿ UAE C﴿ France D﴿ Netherland A﴿ Construction activities B﴿ Housing and real estate C﴿ Telecommunications D﴿ Power A﴿ a‐2, b‐4, c‐3, d‐1 B﴿ a‐2, b‐1, c‐4, d‐3 C﴿ a‐2, b‐3, c‐4, d‐1 D﴿ a‐3, b‐1, c‐4, d‐2 Question No. : 27 Match the Central Public Sector Enterprises in India and their position.   CPSE Position a. Steel Authority of India Limited 1.Mini Ratna Category‐I b. Gas Authority of India Limited 2. Maharatna c. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 3. Mini Ratna Category – II d. Hindustan Machines and Tools 4. Navratna     Question No. : 28 Select the country that has maximum share in FDI equity inflow in India as on June 2010. Question No. : 29 Which sector attracted minimum FDI equity Inflow in India in the year 2009‐2010? Question No. : 30 Match the Indian TV Channel to its Owners/Parent Company   TV Owner / Parent Company a. CNBC 1. Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. b. Times Now 2. Reliance Media c. Star News 3. India Today Group d. Aaj Tak 4. Anand Bazar Publication     8
  • 11. A) Sweden n A A) a-ii; b-i; c-iii; d-iv i i A) SROSS-C2 t X A) d e o A) a-i; b-ii; c-iii; d-iv i v DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 Who won the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Final? Question No. : 2 Match the correct Celebrity Endorser with the Brand of Vests: Celebrity Endorser Brand of Vests a. Hrithik Roshan i. Amul Macho b. SaifAli Khan ii. Dollar Club c. Neil Nitin Mukesh iii. MacroMan d. Akshay Kumar iv. GenX Question No. : 3 Which of the following is a space mission by ISRO? Question No. : 4 Elsie Crisler Segar is best known as the creator of the cartoon character of _____________. Question No. : 5 Identify the correct match for the Personality with what he /she is known for: Personality Known for a. Bhagwan Dass i. Bharat Ratna b. Annie Besant ii. Theosophical Society c. Bharat Muni iii. Natya Shastra d. Bhavabhuti iv. Malatimadhava Actual IIFT 2011 GK 9
  • 12. Actual IIFT 2011 GK A﴿ Wings of Fire  B﴿ India in the New Millennium  C﴿ Imagining India  D﴿ India of My Dreams A﴿ a‐i‐4; b‐ii‐3; c‐iii‐2; d‐iv‐1 B﴿ a‐iii‐2; b‐i‐3; c‐iv‐1; d‐ii‐4 C﴿ a‐iii‐1; b‐i‐2; c‐iv‐3; d‐ii‐4 D﴿ a‐i‐4; b‐iv‐3; c‐iii‐2; d‐ii‐1 A﴿ British Commonwealth Games B﴿ British Empire and Commonwealth Games C﴿ British Empire Games D﴿ Queen's Empire Games A﴿ Gopalkrishna Gokhale B﴿ Bal Gangadhar Tilak C﴿ Mahatma Gandhi D﴿ Swami Vivekananda A﴿ Bhagirathi and Ganga  B﴿ Ramaganga and Yamuna C﴿ Gandak and Gomti D﴿ Tons and Kali A﴿ a‐i; b‐ii; c‐iv, d‐iii B﴿ a‐i; b‐iii; c‐iv; d‐ii C﴿ a‐iii; b‐i; c‐iv; d‐ii D﴿ a‐iii; b‐ii; c‐iv; d‐i Question No. : 6 Which book among the following is not written by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam? Question No. : 7 In the table below, match the correct Trade Name of medicine with its Generic Name and the name of the pharmaceutical company that manufactures it:   Trade Name Generic Name Manufacturer a. Viagra i. Acetaminophen 1. Roche b. Tylenol ii. Ibuprofen 2. Pfizer c. Tamiflu iii. Sildenafil Citrate 3. Johnson & Johnson d. Brufen iv. Oseltamivir 4. Abbott Laboratories     Question No. : 8 By what name were the Commonwealth Games known when they were first held in 1930 in Ontario, Canada? Question No. : 9 Who declared, "The only hope for India is from the masses. The tipper classes are physically and morally dead"? Question No. : 10 Which of the following rivers do not flow across Uttarakhand? Question No. : 11 Identify the correct match of the Folk Dances and States given below.   Folk Dances States a. Dhalo i. Goa b. Ghoomra ii. Kerala c. Gidda iii. Orissa d.Thullal iv. Punjab     10
  • 13. Actual IIFT 2011 GK A﴿ Taiwan, Yemen, Tunisia B﴿ Tunisia, Vatican City, Turkish Cyprus C﴿ Tunisia, Turkish Cyprus, Vatican City D﴿ Vatican City, Turkish Cyprus, Taiwan A﴿ a‐iv‐2; b‐i‐3; c‐iii‐4; d‐ii‐1 B﴿ a‐ii‐2; b‐iii‐1; c‐iv‐4; d‐i‐3 C﴿ a‐ii‐3; b‐iii‐1; c‐i‐4; d‐iv‐2 D﴿ a‐ii‐2; b‐iii‐3; c‐i‐1; d‐iv‐4 A﴿ Devanagari and Palli B﴿ Sanskrit and Roman C﴿ Devanagari and Roman D﴿ None of the above A﴿ He was chosen for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948, but because of his unfortunate assassination, the Peace Prize was not awarded that year. B﴿ Time magazine named him the "Man of the Year' in 1930. C﴿ In 1999, he was declared the "Person of the Century" by the Time magazine, and the runner‐up was Albert Einstein. D﴿ He was shoved out a train in 1893 in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa, because he refused to move to a third class coach while holding a first class ticket A﴿ a‐i; b‐ii; c‐iii; d‐iv B﴿ a‐ii; b‐iv; c‐i; d‐iii C﴿ a‐i; b‐iv; c‐iii; d‐ii D﴿ a‐ii; b‐iii; c‐iv; d‐i Question No. : 12 Which of the following groups of countries is not a member of the United Nations? Question No. : 13 Match the correct Country with its Capital City and Currency:   Country Capital City Currency a. Argentina i. Ashgabat l. Birr b. Ethiopia ii. Buenos Aires 2. Rial c. Turkmenistan iii. Addis Ababa 3. Peso d. Yemen iv. Sana 4. Manat     Question No. : 14 Indian Rupee received a unique symbol which blends the scripts of       Question No. : 15 Which of the following facts is not true about Mahatma Gandhi? Question No. : 16 Mark the correct match of Public Programmes with the Ministry:   Public Programmes Ministry of a. MNREGS i. Rural Development b. JNNURM ii. Panchayati Raj C. RHM iii. Urban Development d. IAY iv. Health & Family Welfare 11
  • 14. Actual IIFT 2011 GK A﴿ 1. ﴾1﴿ Hillary Clinton   ﴾2﴿ Angela Merkel        ﴾3﴿ Michelle Obama     ﴾4﴿ Oprah Winfrey B﴿ 2. ﴾1﴿ Michelle Obama ﴾2﴿ Irene Rosenfeld      ﴾3﴿ Oprah Winfrey       ﴾4﴿ Indira Nooyi C﴿ 3. ﴾1﴿ Angela Merkel    ﴾2﴿ Michelle Obama     ﴾3﴿ Hillary Clinton       ﴾4﴿ Dilma Rousseff D﴿ 4. ﴾1﴿ Angela Merkel    ﴾2﴿ Hillary Clinton       ﴾3﴿ Dilma Rousseff      ﴾4﴿ Indira Nooyi A﴿ New banks must have a minimum capital of Rs. 300 crores from the beginning. B﴿ Only credible groups with 10 years track record will be eligible to set up banks. C﴿ Foreign shareholding in the new bank shall not exceed 5% for the first 5 years. D﴿ Groups having 10% or more income or assets or both from real estate construction or broking business or both in last 3 years will not be eligible. A﴿ a‐iv; b‐iii; c‐ii; d‐i B﴿ a‐iii; b‐i; c‐iv; d‐ii C﴿ a‐iii; b‐iv; c‐i; d‐ii D﴿ a‐iv; b‐ii; c‐i; d‐iii A﴿ Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics, Chimei Innolux Corp. B﴿ Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp., Hitachi Ltd. C﴿ Samsung Electronics Co., LG Electronics Co., Hitachi Ltd. D﴿ Samsung Electronics Co, Toshiba Corp., Chimei Innolux Corp. Question No. : 17 Given below are names of select personalities who have been recently rated among the most powerful women of the world by Forbes. Identify the option that ranks them in the right order ﴾from 1 to 4﴿ as they are ranked in the Forbes" list of the world's 100 most powerful women in 2011:   Angela Merkel; Hillary Clinton; Michelle Obama; Oprah Winfrey; Indira Nooyi; Irene Rosenfeld; Dilma Rousseff   Question No. : 18 Which of the following is not an eligibility condition placed in the 'Draft Guidelines for Licensing of New Banks in the Private Sector' issued by the Reserve Bank of India on 29th August 2011? Question No. : 19 Match the name of the Regulator/Association with the name of its Chairman ﴾as on 31st August 2011﴿   Regulator/Association Chairman’s Name a. Securities and Exchange Board of India i. J. Hari Narayan b. Forward Markets Commission ii. Ramesh Abhishek c. Insurance and Regulatory Development Authority iii. Milind Barve d. Association of Mutual Funds of India iv. U.K. Sinha     Question No. : 20 Which of the following groups of companies agreed to merge their Liquid Crystal Display ﴾LCD﴿ businesses in 2011? 12
  • 15. Actual IIFT 2011 GK A﴿ a‐iii‐2;b‐i‐3;c‐iv‐i;d‐ii‐4 B﴿ a‐ii;b‐i‐3;c‐iv‐l;d‐iii‐2 C﴿ a‐i‐2; b‐ii‐1; c‐iv‐3; d‐iii‐4 D﴿ a‐iii‐4;b‐iv‐2;c‐ii‐l;d‐i‐3 Question No. : 21 Match the correct name of the Film with its Lead Actor and Director:   Film Lead Actor Director a. The Aviator i. Russell Crowe 1. Richard Attenborough b. A Beautiful Mind ii. Colin Firth 2. Martin Scorsese c. Gandhi iii. Leonardo Di Caprio 3. Ron Howard d. The King's Speech iv. Ben Kingsley 4. Tom Hooper     13
  • 16. A) The new Indian flag B) Ashoka Lion Capital C) A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi D) A Douglas DC-4 aircraft A) Athens B) Paris C) London D) Los Angeles A) 6000 kms. B) 7500 kms. C) 9000 kms. D) 11,000 kms. A) Maastricht Treaty B) Vienna Monetary Treaty C) Plaza Accord D) Bretton Woods Agreement A) Simpson Index B) Herfindahl-Hirschman Index C) Flintstone Index D) Bio-volatility Index A) 1. 1 –iv; 2-i; 3-iii; 4-ii B) 2. 1-i; 2-iv; 3-ii; 4-iii C) 3. 1-iii; 2-I; 3-iv; 4-ii D) 4. 1-iii; 2-ii; 3-iv; 4-i DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 What was the picture shown on the first stamp of independent India? Question No. : 2 Which of the following venues has hosted the Summer Olympic Games the maximum number of times? Question No. : 3 What is a good estimate for the length of the coastline of mainland India? Question No. : 4 Which treaty led to the creation of the single European Currency '"Euro"? Question No. : 5 In ecology, what name is given to the measure of diversity that is often used to quantify the biodiversity of a habitat, by taking into account the number of species present, as well as the abundance of each species? Question No. : 6 Match the Memoir/Autobiography in Column 1 with the person on whom it is based in Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 1. Open i. Hillary Rodham Clinton 2. Living History ii. Lance Armstrong 3. The Elephant to Hollywood iii. Andre Agassi 4. Every Second Counts iv. Michael Caine     Actual IIFT 2012 GK 14
  • 17. Actual IIFT 2012 GK A﴿ 1&2 B﴿ 2&3 C﴿ Only 3 D﴿ Only 4 A﴿ 1‐d‐iv; 2‐a‐i; 3‐b‐ii; 4‐c‐iii B﴿ 1‐d‐iv; 2‐a‐ii; 3‐b‐i; 4‐c‐iii C﴿ 1‐b‐i; 2‐a‐iv; 3‐d‐ii; 4‐c‐iii D﴿ b‐i; 2‐a‐ii; 3‐d‐iii; 4‐c‐iv A﴿ Medha Patkar B﴿ Jeet Thayil C﴿ Kulandei Francis D﴿ Arvind Kejriwal A﴿ l‐iv; 2‐iii;3‐ii;4‐i B﴿ 1‐iii; 2‐iv; 3‐i; 4‐ii C﴿ l‐i; 2‐ii;3‐iii;4‐iv D﴿ 1‐ii; 2‐i; 3‐iv; 4‐iii A﴿ S. Radhakrishnan B﴿ R. Venkatraman C﴿ Shankar Dayal Sharaia D﴿ GianiZail Singh Question No. : 7 Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Millennium Development Goals ﴾MDGs﴿ of the United Nations ﴾UN﴿?   1. There are 8 MDGs that 193 UN Member states have agreed to achieve 2. The year set for achieving the MDGs is 2020 3. Ensuring environmental sustainability is not one of the MDGs 4. Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger is one of the prime MDGs Question No. : 8 Match the Country in Column 1 with its Capital city in Column 2 and its Currency in Column 3:   Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 1. Hungary a. Tehran i. Dirham 2. Iran b. Rabat ii. Rial 3. Morocco c. Bucharest iii. Leu 4. Romania d. Budapest iv. Forint   Question No. : 9 Who is the Indian to be named as one of the six winners of the prestigious Magsaysay award for 2012? Question No. : 10 Match the name of the automobile company Column 1 with the brand of cats owned by them in Column.   Column 1 Column 2 1. BMW i. Bentley 2. Fiat ii. Cadillac 3. General Motors iii. Chrysler 4. Volkswagen iv. Mini     Question No. : 11 Who, among the following, has not been a Vice President of India before becoming the President of India? 15
  • 18. Actual IIFT 2012 GK A﴿ Global Accounting Alliance Regime B﴿ General Anti‐Avoidance Rules C﴿ Government Affairs Assessment Rules D﴿ Generally Accepted Accounting Rules A﴿ l‐d;2‐c;3‐a;4‐b B﴿ l‐b;2‐a;3‐d;4‐c C﴿ 1‐b; 2‐d; 3‐a; 4‐c D﴿ l‐d;2‐a;3‐c;4‐b A﴿ 1857 B﴿ 1947 C﴿ 1921 D﴿ 1951 A﴿ 1‐ii; 2‐iii; 3‐i; 4‐iv B﴿ 1‐iii; 2‐i; 3‐ii; 4‐iv C﴿ 1‐iii; 2‐i v; 3‐i; 4‐ii D﴿ 1‐i; 2‐iii; 3‐iv; 4‐ii A﴿ The Meson particle B﴿ The Higgs Boson Particle C﴿ The Proton Particle D﴿ None of the above Question No. : 12 GAAR has been in news recently. What does GAAR stand for? Question No. : 13 Match the description given in Column 1 with the name of the film in Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 1. First Hindi Film a. Mother India 2. First Hindi Colour Film b. Alam Ara 3. First Hindi film nominated for Oscars c. Kisan Kanya 4. First Hindi film with sound d. Raja Harishchandra   Question No. : 14 Which year is known as the year of the great divide in the demographic history of India? Question No. : 15 Match the position in Column 1 with the person who holds it ﴾as on 31s1 August 2012﴿ in Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 1. Chief Information Commissioner of India i. V.S.Sampath 2. Central Vigilance Commissioner of India ii. S.H. Kapadia 3. Chief Election Commissioner of India iii. Satyananda Mishra 4. Chief Justice of India iv. Pradeep Kumar     Question No. : 16 The ‘God Particle’ is the name given to 16
  • 19. Actual IIFT 2012 GK A﴿ Brasiiina, Brazil B﴿ Sanya, China C﴿ New Delhi, India D﴿ None of the above A﴿ 04:45 hours B﴿ 05:45 hours C﴿ 17:45 hours D﴿ 16:45 hours A﴿ Karnataka ‐ Tamil Nadu B﴿ Kerala ‐Tamil Nadu C﴿ Kerala – Karnataka D﴿ Karnataka ‐ Andhra Pradesh A﴿ l‐ii;2‐iv;3‐iii; 4‐i B﴿ l‐iii;2‐ii;3‐iv;4‐i C﴿ 1‐i; 2‐iii;3‐iv; 4‐ii D﴿ l‐iv;2‐ii;3‐i;4‐iii A﴿ Brazil B﴿ Spain C﴿ Germany D﴿ Mexico A﴿ Aman B﴿ Mitra C﴿ Sahyog D﴿ Aadhar A﴿ England B﴿ South Africa C﴿ New Zealand D﴿ Zimbabwe Question No. : 17 Which among the following cities hosted the 4th BRICS Summit in 2012? Question No. : 18 When it is 11:15 hours as per Greenwich Mean Time, what will be the time in Delhi? Question No. : 19 Mullaperiyar Dam is a matter of controversy between which of the following states? Question No. : 20 Match the celebration days of Column 1 with the date of Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 1. World AIDS Day i. April 22 2. UN Day ii. October 24 3. Earth Day iii. March 8 4. International Women Day December 1     Question No. : 21 Which country has won the Gold Medal for Men's Football in the 2012 Olympic Games? Question No. : 22 What is the name given to the civil reformist movement for eradication of ragging in India? Question No. : 23 Which of the following teams have been in at least one of the ten final matches of the ICC Cricket World Cap played from 1975 through 2011, but have never been a winner? 17
  • 20. Actual IIFT 2012 GK A﴿ The point beyond which things are too small to be seen B﴿ The point where the sky meets the ground C﴿ The point on the horizon where the parallel lines appear to meet.  D﴿ The point where an object disappears behind another.  A﴿ l‐iii;2‐ii;3‐i B﴿ 1‐ii; 2‐iii; 3‐i C﴿ 1‐iu; 2‐i; 3‐ii D﴿ l‐H;2‐i;3‐iii Question No. : 24 In a painting, what is the vanishing point? Question No. : 25 Match the Leader's name in Column 1 to the Party headed by them in Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 1.Hosni Mubarak i. National League for Democracy 2.Aung San Suu Kyi ii. Socialist Party 3. Francois Hollande iii. National Democratic Party     18
  • 21. A) i-a; ii-b; iii-c; iv-d a b A) Hercule Poirot n n A) Germany n y A) Oman n a A) NYSE Euronext s n A) Nepal r n Question No. : 1 In Column 1 are the names of some great Indians, whose birthdays are celebrated as special days, which are given in Column 2. Match the birthday with the day of celebration Column 1: Birthday of Column 2: Celebrated in India as Question No. : 2 Question No. : 3 Under an agreement with which of the following countries did Subhas Chandra Bose organise the Indian soldiers into Azad Hind Fauj? Question No. : 4 Bashar al-Assad is/was a leader of which of the following countries? Question No. : 5 Question No. : 6 Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC? Actual IIFT 2013 GK 19
  • 22. Actual IIFT 2013 GK A﴿ i‐c; ii‐d; iii‐a; iv‐b B﴿ i‐b; ii‐a; iii‐c; iv‐d C﴿ i‐d; ii‐c; iii‐b; iv‐a D﴿ i‐a; ii‐b; iii‐d; iv‐c A﴿ Ghana Must Go B﴿ Savage Continent C﴿ The Cuckoo's Calling D﴿ Who says Elephants Can't Dance? A﴿ Warren Buffet B﴿ Jeff Bezos C﴿ Carlos Slim D﴿ Steven Spielberg A﴿ Pune Pistons B﴿ Banga Beats C﴿ Mumbai Masters D﴿ Hyderabad Hotshots A﴿ Mohammed al‐Magariaf B﴿ Adly Mansour C﴿ Mohammed Morsi D﴿ Hosni Mubarak A﴿ Padma Vibhushan B﴿ Patni Computers C﴿ Unique Identification Authority of India D﴿ Both A and C A﴿ Ban Ki‐ Moon B﴿ Boutrps Boutros‐ Ghali C﴿ Pascal Lamy D﴿ Kofi Annan A﴿ Abhinav Bindra B﴿ Sushil Kumar C﴿ Gagan Narang D﴿ Vijay Kumar Question No. : 7 Given in Column 1 are some Latin phrases commonly used in English. Their meanings are given in Column 2. Match the phrase in Column 1 with its correct meaning in Column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 i.     Caveat Emptor a.   That is to say ii.     Quid Pro Quo b.  In the same place iii.     Videlicet c.   Let the buyer beware iv.     Ibidem d.   One thing for another Question No. : 8 What is the name of the novel that was published in April 2013 and authored under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith? Question No. : 9 Which of the following persons purchased the Washington Post in 2013? Question No. : 10 For which franchise did Parupalli Kashyap play in IBL 2013? Question No. : 11 Who amongst the following is not associated with Egypt? Question No. : 12 Which of the following is Narayan Murthy not associated with? Question No. : 13 Pick the odd one out. Question No. : 14 Pick the odd one out 20
  • 23. Actual IIFT 2013 GK A﴿ Governor, RBI B﴿ Economic Counsellor, IMF C﴿ Chief Economist, World Bank D﴿ Chief Economic Advisor, GOI A﴿ Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India B﴿ Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Iran C﴿ Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran D﴿ Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India A﴿ iv‐i‐iii‐ii B﴿ ii‐iii‐i‐iv C﴿ iii‐ii‐iv‐i D﴿ i‐iv‐ii‐iii A﴿ Akbarnama B﴿ Ain‐i‐Akbari C﴿ Zij‐illkhani D﴿ Din‐e‐Ilahi A﴿ i‐b; ii‐a; iii‐c; iv‐d B﴿ i‐b; ii‐d; iii‐a; iv‐c C﴿ i‐b; ii‐a; iii‐d; iv‐c D﴿ i‐a; ii‐c; iii‐b; iv‐d A﴿ INR is likely to appreciate against other currencies B﴿ The supply of INR is likely to exceed the demand in the foreign exchange market, ceteris paribus C﴿ INR would be under pressure to depreciate against other currencies D﴿ Both B and C are correct A﴿ USA B﴿ Australia C﴿ India D﴿ Canada Question No. : 15 Dr. Raghuram Rajan has not served in which of the following positions Question No. : 16 In the Tapi gas pipeline, the word "Tapi" refers to which of the following? Question No. : 17 Mt. Everest is the highest mountain summit of the world. Rank the following summits in descending order of their heights?   i. Makalu;        ii. Kanchenjunga;         iii. Godwin Austen;      iv. Lhotse Question No. : 18 Which religion was propounded by Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1582 A.D., with the intention of merging the best elements of different religions? Question No. : 19 Match the names in column 1 with their organization in column 2:   Column 1 Column 2 i.    Christine Lagarde a. UNFCCC ii.   Roberto Azevedo b. IMF iii. Christiana Figueres c. World Bank iv. Jim Yong Kim d. WTO   Question No. : 20 If India exports more than it imports, which of the following is likely to happen? Question No. : 21 Which country has the longest coastline? 21
  • 24. Actual IIFT 2013 GK A﴿ i‐b; ii‐c; iii‐a; iv‐d B﴿ i‐b; ii‐a; iii‐c: iv‐d C﴿ i‐c; ii‐b; iii‐a; iv‐d D﴿ i‐c; ii‐a; iii‐b; iv‐d A﴿ Rajiv Gram Samridhi Yojana B﴿ Jawahar Rozgar Yojana C﴿ Rajiv Awas Yojana D﴿ Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana A﴿ i‐ii‐iii‐iv B﴿ iv‐iii‐ii‐i C﴿ ii‐iv‐i‐iii D﴿ iii‐i‐iv‐ii A﴿ Delhi B﴿ Nagpur C﴿ Jhansi D﴿ Hyderabad A﴿ Russian Federation B﴿ Brazil C﴿ India D﴿ China A﴿ Hydrogen B﴿ Helium C﴿ Oxygen D﴿ Carbon A﴿ Wind deposits B﴿ Tidal deposits C﴿ Glacial deposits D﴿ None of these Question No. : 22 Match the Countries with Trade Agreements / Regional Blocs:   Country Trade Agreements / Regional Blocs i.     Brazil ‐      a.   ASEAN ii.     Indonesia b.  APTA iii.     Bangladesh c.   MERCOSUR iv.     Mexico d.  NAFTA   Question No. : 23 The nomenclature of which of the following schemes is incorrect? Question No. : 24 Arrange the following Indian port cities beginning from East to West,   i. Jamnagar      ii. Kochi           iii. Chennai      iv. Visakhapatnam Question No. : 25 Which of the following cities is at the junction of the highways known as North‐South and East‐West Corridors? Question No. : 26 According to the "Doing Business Report ﴾2013﴿" of the World Bank, which BRICS nation holds the best ranking? Question No. : 27 Which is the most abundant element in the universe? Question No. : 28 Moraines are the deposits of which of the following kinds   22
  • 25. A) a-3, b-2.c-4, d-1 B) a-2, b-3,c-1, d-4 C) a-2, b-4, c-3, d-l D) a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3 A) China B) Russia C) Thailand D) Philippines A) Brazil B) Germany C) Belgium D) Argentina A) ITC B) Procter & Gamble C) Godrej D) Unilever A) India, Afghanistan B) Maldives, Nepal C) Srilanka, Afghanistan D) India, Bangladesh A) Nitin Nohria B) Rakesh Khurana C) G Anandalingaro D) Ajit  Rangnekar DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 Match the Indian Gold Medal Winners al the 2014 Commonwealth Games held at Glasgow with the sports type in which the medal was awarded:   Name of the player Sports Type a. Joshana Chinappa 1. Weightlifting b. Vincsh Phogal 2. Squash c. Vikas Gowda 3. Discuss Throw d. Satish Sivalingnn 4. Wrestling     Question No. : 2 According to the Economic Survey for 2013-14, India had (he second fastest growing services sector over the 11-year period from 2001 to 2012. Which country had the fastest growing service sector, in the corresponding period? Question No. : 3 Which of the following countries did not qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi final? Question No. : 4 Lifebuoy is a brand of soap marketed by which of the following companies? Question No. : 5 According to the Human Development report published by UNDP in July 2014, which among the following South Asian countries have The highest and the least rank in Human Development Index (2013)? In each option first name is indicated for highest rank and second name for the least rank. Question No. : 6 Which of the fallowing Indian-origin academician became the Dean of the Harvard College with effect from July 2014? Actual IIFT 2014 GK 23
  • 26. Actual IIFT 2014 GK A﴿ Tile Federal Republic of Nigeria B﴿ The Democratic Republic of the Congo C﴿ The Republic of Senegal D﴿ The Commonwealth of Virginia, US A﴿ Bengalum Bulls B﴿ Bengal Warriors C﴿ Dabang Delhi D﴿ Jaipur Pink Panthers A﴿ Goldman Sachs Group B﴿ Barclays C﴿ HSBC Holdings D﴿ Standard Chartered PLC A﴿ a‐3, b‐2, c‐4, d‐1 B﴿ a‐4, b‐3, c‐1,d‐2 C﴿ a‐4, b‐1, c‐3, d‐3 D﴿ a‐4, b‐2, c‐1, d‐3 A﴿ augmenting power supply to rural areas B﴿ encouraging rural youth to take up local entrepreneurship program C﴿ providing impetus to watershed development in the country D﴿ the welfare of the tribal A﴿ Shyam Senegal B﴿ Manna Dey C﴿ Gulzar D﴿ Adoor Gopalakrishnan A﴿ Sania Mirza B﴿ Saina Nehawal C﴿ V.V. S, Laxman D﴿ P.V. Sindhu Question No. : 7 The Ebola virus disease is named after the Ebola River. The river is located at; Question No. : 8 In the Pro‐Kabaddi league played in India in 20﴿4, the Future Group is the owner of which team? Question No. : 9 Which of the following is headquartered in USA? Question No. : 10 Match the following:   Name of the player Sports Type a. CICI Bank 1. India's International Bank b. Bank of Baroda 2. Jiyo sar uiha ke c. HDFC Std Life 3. Zindagi ke sath bhi Zindagi ke baad bhi d. LIC 4. Khayal Aap Ka Question No. : 11 In the Union Budget for 2014‐15, the Government proposed to keep aside Rs, 500crores for 'Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana" for: Question No. : 12 Who among the following legends has been the latest recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award? Question No. : 13 Who is the Brand Ambassador of Telangana Stale? 24
  • 27. Actual IIFT 2014 GK A﴿ Yemen B﴿ Republic of Moldova C﴿ Vietnam D﴿ None of the above A﴿ 11th B﴿ 12th C﴿ 13th D﴿ 14th A﴿ Tata Steel B﴿ Tata Motors C﴿ Tata Tetley D﴿ Taj Hotels A﴿ Ms. Ranjana Kumar B﴿ Ms. Chanda Kochhar C﴿ Ms. Arundhati Bhattacharya D﴿ Ms. Shubhalakshmi Panse A﴿ Chitra Banerjee Divakamni B﴿ Arundhati Roy C﴿ Kiran Desai D﴿ Arvind Adiga A﴿ a‐1, b‐2,c‐3, d‐4 B﴿ a‐3, b‐1, c‐2,d‐4 C﴿ a‐4, b‐3, c‐1, d‐2 D﴿ a‐3, b‐4, c‐1, d‐2 A﴿ Weibo B﴿ WeChat C﴿ Alibaba D﴿ Jabong A﴿ Mukund Rajan B﴿ Srinivas Kini C﴿ Y P Teik D﴿ Mittu Chandilya Question No. : 14 Which country has become the latest member of the World Trade Organization? Question No. : 15 Shri Pranab Mukherjee is the ________ President of the Republic of India. Question No. : 16 Which among the following options is the oldest surviving brand of Tata Group? Question No. : 17 Who among the following is the first woman to become MD / Chairman of a Bank in India? Question No. : 18 Who amongst the following has not won the Man Booker Prize? Question No. : 19 Match the Country with the Leader:   Country Leader a. Japan 1. Kim Jong‐un b. China 2. BenignoAquino c. North Korea 3. Shinzo Abe d. Philippines 4. Xi Jinping   Question No. : 20 Which of the following is not headquartered in China? Question No. : 21 Who is the first CEO of Air Asia India? 25
  • 28. Actual IIFT 2014 GK A﴿ Justice Markandey Kalju B﴿ Justice RM Lodha C﴿ Justice H L Dattu D﴿ None of the Above A﴿ Roger Federer B﴿ Rafael Nadal C﴿ Andy Murray D﴿ Novak Djokovic A﴿ Gujarat B﴿ Bihar C﴿ Kerala D﴿ Goa A﴿ JNPT B﴿ Chennai port C﴿ Cochin Port D﴿ Mundra Port A﴿ 2011 B﴿ 2012 C﴿ 2013 D﴿ 2014 Question No. : 22 Who among the following has been appointed as the Chief Justice of India in September 2014? Question No. : 23 The winner of the Wimbledon Men's singles Final 2014 has been: Question No. : 24 According to the Primary Census Abstract 20M, which of the following stales in India has the highest population density? Question No. : 25 The Prime Minister of India has laid the foundation of which of the following port‐based Special Economic Zane ﴾SEZ﴿ in August 2014? Question No. : 26 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has been launched in which year? 26
  • 29. A) The New Development Bank B) The Asian Development Bank C) The Bank for Emerging Nations D) The Economic Cooperation Bank A) I-d; II-b; III-a; IV-c B) I-b; II-d; III-c; IV-a C) I-a; II-c; III-b; IV-d D) I-c; II-a; III-d; IV-b A) Incas B) Aztecs C) Mayans D) Indians A) E. Sridharan B) Nek Chand Saini C) Charles Correa D) Geoffrey Bawa A) Portugal B) Italy C) Ireland D) Spain A) I-d; II-a; III-b; IV-c B) I-b; II-c; III-d; IV-a C) I-c; II-d; III-a; IV-b D) I-a; II-b; III-c; IV-d DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 Which multilateral development bank has been set up by BRICS as an alternative to t le World Bank and the International Monetary Fund? Question No. : 2 Given below are some popular stock indices of the world. Match the stock index with I   the country and stock market it represents   Stock Index                 Stock Market I. DAX                         a. Japan II. Nikkei                      b. Brazil III. KOSPI                   c. Germany V. Bovespa                  d. South Korea Question No. : 3 The remains of which ancient civilization can be seen at the site of Machu Pichu in Peru?      Question No. : 4 Who is acknowledged as the creator of Chandigarh's Rock Gardens? Question No. : 5 Which is the first Eurozone nation to exit its bailout package? Question No. : 6 Match the name of the city with the river on whose banks it is located   City                             River I. Budapest                  a. Tigris II. Baghdad                  b. Tiber III. Rome                     c. Han IV. Seoul                     d. Danube Actual IIFT 2015 GK 27
  • 30. Actual IIFT 2015 GK A﴿ Live Your Passion B﴿ One World, One Dream C﴿ Friends Forever D﴿ Harmony and Progress A﴿ Song of the Sea B﴿ How to train your Dragon 2 C﴿ Big Hero 6 D﴿ The Boxtrolls A﴿ Serena Williams B﴿ Margaret Court C﴿ Steffi Graf D﴿ Martina Navratilova A﴿ I‐c; II‐d; III‐a; IV‐b B﴿ I‐b; II‐a; III‐c; IV‐d C﴿ I‐d; II‐c; III‐b; IV‐a D﴿ I‐a; II‐b; III‐d; IV‐c A﴿ Lack of antigens in the blood B﴿ Lack of antibodies in the blood C﴿ Lack of both antigens and antibodies in the blood D﴿ Presence of both antigens and antibodies in the blood A﴿ Arvind Panagariya B﴿ Arun Maira C﴿ Raghuram Rajan D﴿ Arvind Subramaniam A﴿ Singapore B﴿ Kandla C﴿ Shanghai D﴿ Dubai A﴿ Thomas Feeney B﴿ Thomas Friedman C﴿ Thomson Reuters D﴿ Thomas Edison Question No. : 7 What is the motto of the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro? Question No. : 8 Which film won the 2015 Oscar Award for the "Best Animated Feature Film"? Question No. : 9 Who among the following has won the maximum all time Grand Slam Women's Singles title? Question No. : 10 Match the name of the Multinational Firm with whom the following Indians are/ have been associated as CEO   Indian CEO                               Multinational Firm I. Anshu Jain                                a. MasterCard II. Shantanu Narayen                   b. Reckitt & Colman III. Ajaypal Singh Banga              c. Deutsche Bank IV. Rakesh Kapoor                      d. Adobe Question No. : 11 A person with 'AB' blood group is also called a universal recipient because of the Question No. : 12 Who is the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog? Question No. : 13 The first Export Processing Zone of Asia was set up in ________ Question No. : 14 Who launched a 'crowd funding' campaign to raise funds for bailing out Greece? 28
  • 31. Actual IIFT 2015 GK A﴿ I‐a; II‐b; III‐d; IV‐c B﴿ I‐d; II‐a; III‐b; IV‐c C﴿ I‐d; II‐c; III‐a; IV‐b D﴿ I‐a; II‐d; III‐c; IV‐b A﴿ Face of a Lion B﴿ Face of an Elephant C﴿ Face of a Woman D﴿ Face of a Dragon A﴿ 32% to 42% B﴿ 22% to 32% C﴿ 42% to 52% D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Sweden B﴿ Finland C﴿ Norway D﴿ Denmark A﴿ 2% to 6% B﴿ 4% to 10% C﴿ 3% to 9% D﴿ 5% to 8% A﴿ Clyde Tombaugh B﴿ Albert Einstein C﴿ Carl Sagan D﴿ Jacques Cousteau A﴿ China B﴿ India C﴿ USA D﴿ Singapore A﴿ A currency issued by European Union B﴿ Special currency issued by the Federal Government of USA for Europe C﴿ US dollars held in Europe D﴿ European currencies exchanged for the US dollar in US Question No. : 15 Match the name of the book with its author.   Book                                                            Author I. To Kill a Mockingbird                                a. E.M. Forster II. A Passage to India                                    b. Joseph E. Stiglitz III. Globalization and its Discontents              c. Thomas L. Friedman IV. The World is Flat                                     d. Harper Lee Question No. : 16 The U.S. recently announced that its redesigned ten‐dollar bill, to be issued in 2020, will include the Question No. : 17 The new Centre‐State tax sharing model promised a 10% increase in the State's share. This 10% increase will result from increasing the share from Question No. : 18 Which of the following countries is not a member of European Union? Question No. : 19 As per the monetary policy agreement between RBI and the Finance Ministry, the RBI is required to maintain inflation in the range of: Question No. : 20 Who discovered 'Pluto' in the year 1930? Question No. : 21 According to the World Investment Report 2015 published by UNCTAD, which of the following countries was the largest recipient of FDI inflows in 2014? Question No. : 22 Euro dollars are ______ 29
  • 32. Actual IIFT 2015 GK A﴿ I‐a; II‐b; III‐c; IV‐d B﴿ I‐b; II‐a; III‐d; IV‐c C﴿ I‐a; II‐c; III‐b; IV‐d D﴿ I‐b; II‐d; III‐a; IV‐c A﴿ James Watt: Steam Engine B﴿ A.G. Bell: Telephone C﴿ J.L. Baird: Television   D﴿ J. Perkins: Penicillin A﴿ Switzerland B﴿ India C﴿ Germany D﴿ Macedonia A﴿ Glasnost B﴿ Gosplans C﴿ Irredentism D﴿ Oligarchs A﴿ The Breakthrough Listen Project B﴿ The Cosmic Breakthrough Project C﴿ The Extra Terrestrial Project D﴿ The Edge of the Universe Project A﴿ I‐d; II‐c; III‐a; IV‐b B﴿ I‐a; II‐b; III‐d; IV‐c C﴿ I‐c; II‐a; III‐b; IV‐d D﴿ I‐b; II‐d; III‐c; IV‐a Question No. : 23 Match the Prime Ministers and Presidents of India who have been contemporaries in Office   Prime Minister                         President       I. Indira Gandhi                          a.   Shankar Dayal Sharma II. Rajiv Gandhi                          b.  V.V.Giri III. I.K.Gujral                             c.   A.P.J. Abdul Kalam IV. Manmohan Singh                  d.  Giani Zail Singh Question No. : 24 Mark the wrong combination Question No. : 25 Mother Teresa was born in _______ Question No. : 26 In 1985‐86, an official policy introduced by Gorbachev in Soviet Union that stressed on honest discussion about the country's social issues and concerns was called Question No. : 27 The British Cosmologist Stephen Hawking and the Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner have launched a project to search for the extra terrestrial life. This project is called: Question No. : 28 Match the name of the organization with the name of the city in which it is headquartered   Organization                                                  Headquarters I. International Monetary Fund                       a.   Lausanne II. International Olympic Committee               b.   Geneva III. International Labour Organisation             c.   Washington IV. International Chamber of Commerce        d.   Paris 30
  • 33. A) Went Xiabo  B) Wen Jiabao C) Liu Jiabao D) Liu Xiaobo A) Singapore B) India C) U.K D) China A) Facebook B) Orkut C) Wikipedia D) Google A) LLX B) MMX C) IIXX D) CCXX A) France B) Norway C) Britain D) Netherlands A) As technology continues to advance, computer chips will become obsolete. B) Computer-processing power will double every 18 months to two years. C) There will eventually be no need for transistors in high-tech electronics. D) As the number of transistors increases, computer-processing power will be reduced by half in every two years. A) David Ogilvy B) Walter Thompson C) Leo Burnett D) Salman Rushdie DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 Name the jailed Chinese pro-democracy activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his 'long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.' Question No. : 2 Which government is behind the 'The Nalanda Proposal', proposing Nalanda as an ideal site for establishing a 21st century learning institution? Question No. : 3 Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger are known for founding Question No. : 4 The year 2010 is represented in Roman Numerals as Question No. : 5 In which country is the seat of the United Nations International Court of Justice? Question No. : 6 In 1965 Gordon Moore, Co-founder of Intel, made a prediction about the future of computer processing. What does his prediction, known as Moore's Law say? Question No. : 7 'At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock.' — Who wrote this famous advertising headline? Actual SNAP 2010 GK 31
  • 34. Actual SNAP 2010 GK A﴿ Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar B﴿ Raja Ram Mohan Roy C﴿ Rabindranath Tagore D﴿ Bankim Chandra Chatterjee A﴿ Tom and Jerry B﴿ Amul Girl C﴿ Air India Maharaja D﴿ Snow White A﴿  Somdev Devvarman Badminton   B﴿  Gagan Narang Shooting   C﴿  Arjun Atwal Golf   D﴿  Anita Sood Swimming   A﴿ Dilip Chhabria B﴿ D. Udaya Kumar C﴿ Tarun Tahiliani D﴿ S. Arun Kumar A﴿ A way to organize desktop computers B﴿ Lightweight software that takes up little space on a hard drive C﴿ Computing resources that can be accessed on demand, like electricity from a utility D﴿ The World Wide Web A﴿ National Defence Missile 1, developed by Defence Research and Development Organization ﴾DRDO﴿ as a part of the comprehensive missile shield for India. B﴿ A bacterial gene called New Delhi Metallo‐lactamase‐1, dubbed the 'superbug' because of it being resistant to most antibiotics. C﴿ New Directions in Management 1 ‐ the first among a series of international conferences on Management, to be inaugurated by Bill Gates in Mumbai in January 2012. D﴿ A vision document on Disaster Management, released by Planning Commission. A﴿ Vedanta's failed mining proposal in the area inhabited by Dongria Kondh tribals. B﴿ The helicopter crash and death of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. C﴿ Headquarters of the Naxalite Red corridor. D﴿ Condé Nast Traveller magazine selected it as the best trekking holiday spot in the world. Question No. : 8 His life's motto was 'simple living and high thinking' He was one of the greatest intellectuals and activists of the 19th century and one of the pillars of the Bengal Renaissance. He was a polymath, Sanskrit pundit, educator, social reformer, writer and philanthropist. Due to his relentless efforts, on 26th July 1856, widow re‐marriage was legalized by the then Government of India. Who is this towering personality? Question No. : 9 Eustace Fernandes, who passed away in early 2010, was the much admired creator of Question No. : 10 Find the mismatch Question No. : 11 Who designed the new rupee symbol? Question No. : 12 What exactly is cloud computing? Question No. : 13 What is NDM‐1 ? Question No. : 14 'Niyamgiri Hills' was in the news because of 32
  • 35. Actual SNAP 2010 GK A﴿ 1‐ii, 2‐i, 3‐iii, 4‐iv B﴿ 1‐ii, 2‐i, 3‐iv, 4‐iii C﴿ 1 ‐iv, 2‐ iii, 3‐ ii, 4‐i D﴿ 1‐ii, 2 ‐iv, 3‐iii, 4‐ i A﴿ It is the official currency of the People's Republic of China ﴾PRC﴿, whose principal unit is the Yuan. B﴿ Low cost car being developed by Volkswagen in China, at prices lower than Nano. C﴿ New aircraft Company floated by Brazil to challenge Boeing and Airbus. D﴿ New currency mooted for the entire ASEAN region like Euro for Europe. A﴿ Germany B﴿ Japan C﴿ Brazil D﴿ France A﴿ Adhaar B﴿ Sambhav C﴿ Sambhandh D﴿ Alekh A﴿ Hyderabad B﴿ Hallargi C﴿ Shimla D﴿ Ahmedabad A﴿ Financial Support B﴿ Global Peace C﴿ Unilateral Trade D﴿ Multilateral Trade A﴿ Shyam Saran B﴿ Montek Singh Ahluwalia C﴿ Chandrashekhar Dasgupta D﴿ Pradipto Ghosh A﴿ India's health plan B﴿ India's poverty eradication plan C﴿ India's rural prosperity plan D﴿ India's education plan Question No. : 15 Match the following husband‐and‐wife team with the awards they have received for exemplary work:   1. Bill and Melinda Gates i﴿ Right to Livelihood Awards 2. Sankaralingam and Krishnammal ii﴿ UN Population Award 3. Prakash and Mandakini Amte iii﴿ Kyoto Prize 4. Peter and Rosemary Grant iv﴿ Magsaysay Award   Question No. : 16 What is Renminbi? Question No. : 17 Embraer is one of the world leaders in the manufacturing of corporate/business jets. Embraer belongs to which country? Question No. : 18 The Unique Identification ﴾LTD﴿ Project, headed by Nandan Nilekani has been renamed as Question No. : 19 India's first Special Economic Zone dedicated to the Aerospace Industry has been launched at Question No. : 20 The prime purpose of WTO is to promote: Question No. : 21 On March 5, 2010, which of the following personalities from India is among 19 members chosen by UN chief Ban Ki‐moon for a high‐level advisory group on Climate Change Financing tasked with mobilizing funds pledged during the Copenhagen meet to tackle global warming? Question No. : 22 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has termed the 11th Five Year Plan as: 33
  • 36. Actual SNAP 2010 GK A﴿ 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in Test Cricket B﴿ 3,000 runs and 300 wickets in One‐Day Internationals ﴾ODIs﴿            C﴿ 3,000 runs and 300 wickets in Test Cricket D﴿ 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in One‐Day Internationals ﴾ODIs﴿ A﴿ Not Profitable Assets B﴿ New Potential Accounts C﴿ Non Performing Assets D﴿ Net Performing Assets A﴿ Income Tax B﴿ Excise Duty C﴿ Value Added Tax D﴿ Corporate Tax A﴿ USA B﴿ China C﴿ Germany D﴿ Russia A﴿ Bihar B﴿ Orissa C﴿ Gujarat D﴿ Rajasthan A﴿ Bank of India, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank B﴿ Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Bank of India C﴿ Bank of Baroda, Indian Overseas Bank and Andhra Bank D﴿ Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, and Andhra Bank A﴿ Operation Red Alert B﴿ Operation Green Hunt C﴿ Operation Cobra Den D﴿ Operation Clean Corridor A﴿ Altimeter B﴿ Anemometer C﴿ Chronometer D﴿ Dosimeter A﴿ Finland B﴿ Japan C﴿ Germany D﴿ Australia Question No. : 23 Which of the following milestones was achieved by New Zealand Cricket Team Captain Daniel Vettori recently? Question No. : 24 What is the full form of the term 'NPA' as used in banking environment? Question No. : 25 Which of the following contributes the highest share of revenue earned by the Government of India? Question No. : 26 Which country was world's largest exporter with merchandise exports worth $1.47 trillion in 2008, according to the World Trade Organization? Question No. : 27 Where in India has the Clinton Foundation, founded by former US President Bill Clinton, firmed up its plans to set up world's largest solar park ﴾3,000 to 5,000 MW capacity﴿? Question No. : 28 Which three public sector lenders have entered into a joint venture agreement for setting up a banking subsidiary, India BIA Bank ﴾Malaysia﴿ Bhd, in Malaysia? Question No. : 29 What is the campaign of Union and State Governments against the Naxalite movement called? Question No. : 30 The instrument used to measure the speed of the wind is Question No. : 31 Which of the following countries is the first in the world to propose a carbon tax for its people to address global warming? 34
  • 37. Actual SNAP 2010 GK A﴿ Carbohydrates B﴿ Fats C﴿ Proteins D﴿ Vitamins A﴿ India B﴿ China C﴿ The US D﴿ Germany A﴿ Synonyms B﴿ Homonyms C﴿ Heteronyms D﴿ Acronyms A﴿ Mahatma Gandhi B﴿ Jawaharlal Nehru C﴿ Rabindra Nath Tagore D﴿ Pingali Venkayya A﴿ Knife B﴿ Fork C﴿ Pressure Cooker D﴿ Stove A﴿ BMW B﴿ British Leyland C﴿ British Aerospace D﴿ All of the above A﴿ George Soros B﴿ George W Bush C﴿ Paul Volcker D﴿ Ben Bernanke A﴿ IBM B﴿ HUL C﴿ Seimens D﴿ SKF International A﴿ Nitin Nohria B﴿ Deepak Jain C﴿ Kim Clark D﴿ None of these Question No. : 32 Amino acids are found in Question No. : 33 Which among the following is the world's largest milk producing country? Question No. : 34 A group of words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings, e,g. left ﴾opposite of right﴿ and left ﴾past tense of leave﴿ Question No. : 35 The National Flag of India was designed by Question No. : 36 In 1679, Denis Papin, a French physicist, who assisted Robert Boyle, used the latter's scientific discoveries and invented what is today one of the most commonly found kitchen equipment. His invention earned him a membership of the Royal Society of England. What was the invention? Question No. : 37 Which of the following has owned Land Rover brand before Tata Motors? Question No. : 38 Who is known as 'The Man Who Broke the Bank of England' after he made a reported $ 1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis? Question No. : 39 Mr. Ratan Tata refused a job with one of the following companies to join Tata Steel in 1962. Which company was it? Question No. : 40 Who is the current dean of Harvard Business School? 35
  • 38. A) School Children only B) Health workers only C) Senior citizen without any regular income D) Women only A) Only A B) Only A & B C) Only C D) None of the above A) The carbon credits system was ratified in conjunction with the Kyoto Protocol B) Carbon credits are awarded to those countries or groups which have reduced the greenhouse gases below their emission quota C) The goal of carbon credit system is to reduce carbon dioxide emission. D) Carbon credits are traded at a price fixed from time to time by the United Environment Programme A) FII helps bring better management skills and technology while FDI only brings capital B) FII helps in increasing capital availability in general, while FDI only targets specific sectors C) FDI flows only into secondary markets while FII targets primary market D) FII is considered to be more stable than FDI A) B only B) A and B only C) A and C only D) A, B and C DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 "Swayamsidha" is a scheme launched by the Government of India to help Question No. : 2 What is 'Share swap'?   A. A business takeover in which acquiring company uses its own stock to pay for the acquired company. B.  When a company uses its own shares to get some short term loan for working capital requirement. C. When companies are required to float a new issue to earn capital for their expansion programmes, each shareholder gets some additional preferential shares. The process is known as Share Swap.   Question No. : 3 Regarding "carbon credits" which of the following statements is not correct? Question No. : 4 Both Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) are related to investment in a country. Which one of the following statements best represents an important difference between the two? Question No. : 5 In the context of global oil prices, "Brent crude oil" is frequently referred to in the news. What does this term imply?   A. It is a major classification of crude oil B. It is sourced from North Sea C. It does not contain sulphur   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?   Actual SNAP 2011 GK 36
  • 39. Actual SNAP 2011 GK A﴿ A only B﴿ A and C only C﴿ C only D﴿ A, B & C A﴿ It is eco friendly technology for the remediation of oily sludge and oil spills B﴿ It is the latest technology developed under sea oil exploration C﴿ It is genetically engineered high biofuel ‐ yielding maize variety D﴿ It is the latest technology to control accidentally caused flames from oil wells. A﴿ A only B﴿ B only C﴿ Both A & B D﴿ Neither A nor B A﴿ A only B﴿ B only C﴿ Both A & B D﴿ Neither A & B A﴿ Boris Yeltsin B﴿ Pushkin C﴿ Ruskin Bond D﴿ John Ruskin A﴿ Italy B﴿ Germany C﴿ France D﴿ Australia Question No. : 6 With reference to “Look East Policy" of India consider the following statements:   A. India wants to establish itself as an important regional player in the East Asian affairs B. India wants to plug the vacuum created by the termination of Cold war. C. India wants to restore the historical and cultural ties with its neighbors in Southeast and East Asia.   Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Question No. : 7 What is “oil zapper”? Question No. : 8 Why is the offering of "teaser loans" by commercial banks a cause of economic concern?   A. The teaser loans are considered to be an aspect of sub ‐ prime lending and banks may be exposed to the risk of defaulters in future. B. The teaser loans are given to inexperienced entrepreneurs to set up manufacturing or export units.   Which of the statements given above is/are correct?   Question No. : 9 Why is the Government of India disinvesting its equity in the Central Public Sector Enterprises ﴾CPSE﴿?   A. The Government intends to use the revenue earned from disinvestment mainly to pay the External debt. B. The Government no longer intends to retain the management control of CPSEs   Which of the statements above is/are correct?   Question No. : 10 The book "Unto this Last" which influenced Gandhiji, was authored by Question No. : 11 Besides USA, India has signed, with which of the following countries the agreement being named as 'Cooperation Agreement on the development of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy"? 37
  • 40. Actual SNAP 2011 GK A﴿ Russia B﴿ USA C﴿ Italy D﴿ Iran A﴿ Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds B﴿ Foreign Convertible Credit Bonds C﴿ Financial Consortium & Credit Bureau D﴿ None of these A﴿ Plan for financial inclusion B﴿ Efforts to meet Priority sector lending C﴿ Extension of Internet & Branchless banking D﴿ None of these A﴿ ADR B﴿ GDR C﴿ Both ADR & GDR D﴿ SDR A﴿ Cash Credit Ratio B﴿ Debt Service Obligation C﴿ Liquidity Adjustment Facility D﴿ Statutory Liquidity Ratio A﴿ Salman Khurshid B﴿ Anna Hazare C﴿ Arvind Kejriwal D﴿ Kiran Bedi A﴿ State List B﴿ Concurrent List C﴿ Union List D﴿ Both 1 and 3 A﴿ Andhra Pradesh B﴿ Maharashtra C﴿ Jharkhand D﴿ Uttarakhand A﴿ Pantaloons B﴿ Big Bazar C﴿ Central D﴿ Future capital Holdings Question No. : 12 Which of the following country is not a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group ﴾NSG﴿? Question No. : 13 Many times we read in the newspaper that several companies are adopting the FCCBs route to raise capital. What is the full form of FCCB? Question No. : 14 As per the reports published in various newspapers, RBI has asked banks to make plan to provide banking services in villages having population of 2000. This directive issued by the RBI will fall in which of the following categories? Question No. : 15 Which of the following is/are treated as artificial currency? Question No. : 16 Which of the following terms indicates a mechanism used by commercial banks to provide credit to the Government? Question No. : 17 Who among the following was not part of the drafting committee of the Lokpal Bill? Question No. : 18 Criminal procedure is a subject of which of the following lists? Question No. : 19 One of the world’s biggest Uranium resources was found in India in: Question No. : 20 Which of the following was the first venture of Kishore Biyani? 38
  • 41. Actual SNAP 2011 GK A﴿ Dr. Verghese Kurien B﴿ Dr. Amrita Patel C﴿ M.S. Swaminathan D﴿ Gurudev Khush A﴿ Ashutosh Gowarikar  B﴿ Kiran Rao C﴿ Anusha Rizvi D﴿ Seema Chisti A﴿ Sublimation point B﴿ distillation point C﴿ triple point D﴿ melting point A﴿ Raman Effect B﴿ Chandrashekhar limit C﴿ Aurora Borealis D﴿ Quasar Zone A﴿ Health B﴿ Education C﴿ Living Standards D﴿ Human Rights A﴿ Citicorp B﴿ ICICI C﴿ HSBC D﴿ ABN Amro Bank A﴿ Bhutan B﴿ Bangladesh C﴿ Burma D﴿ Maldives A﴿ Art 345 B﴿ Art 343 C﴿ Art 348 D﴿ Art 334 A﴿ National Programme for Health care of the Elderly B﴿ National Programme for Senior Citizens C﴿ National Programme for Old Aged D﴿ Rashtriya Vriddha Swasthya Yojana Question No. : 21 Who among the following is often referred to as father of India's "Green Revolution"? Question No. : 22 Who among the following directed the movie “Peepli Live”? Question No. : 23 The point at which the solid, liquid and gaseous forms of a substance co‐exist is called Question No. : 24 The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal collapse is called the Question No. : 25 UNDP reports publishes every year the Human Development Index. Which of the following is not a criteria used to measure the Human Development Index? Question No. : 26 The software company I‐flex Solutions was originally a division of which famous financial services company? Question No. : 27 Which of the following is not a member of SAARC? Question No. : 28 Which article of the Indian Constitution recognizes Hindi in Devanagari Script as the official language of India? Question No. : 29 India has finally woken up to the needs of the country’s elderly. With the number of people in the 60‐plus age group in India expected to increase to 100 million in 2013 and to 198 million in 2030, the health ministry is all set to roll out the 39
  • 42. Actual SNAP 2011 GK A﴿ A only B﴿ B only C﴿ Both A and B D﴿ Neither A nor B A﴿ Uttar Pradesh B﴿ Bihar C﴿ Madhya Pradesh D﴿ Rajasthan A﴿ Japan B﴿ Singapore C﴿  Malaysia D﴿ China A﴿ Rail Vishwa B﴿ Rail Bandhu C﴿ Rail Mail D﴿ Rail Patra A﴿ Nandan Nilekani B﴿ Apoorva Sinha C﴿ Sangam Chitra D﴿ All of these A﴿ South Korea B﴿ Venezuela C﴿ South Africa D﴿ Malaysia A﴿ Thailand B﴿ Cambodia C﴿ Vietnam D﴿ Laos A﴿ Ji Hyun Sung B﴿ Wang Lin C﴿ Kamilla Rytter Juhl D﴿ Shinta Mulia Sari Question No. : 30 Which among the following statements is/are correct?   A. Non‐resident Indians ﴾NRIs﴿ can now cast votes in their home constituencies in India. B. The NRI can cast his vote by postal balloting.   Question No. : 31 In a landmark move, which of these State governments has set up a Savarna Aayog, a commission to identify the deprived and underprivileged families among upper castes? Question No. : 32 Which of these countries has announced one billion US dollar aid for the reconstruction of Nalanda University? Question No. : 33 What is the name of the in‐house magazine to be published by the Indian Railways, to be distributed to the passengers on high end trains? Question No. : 34 Who was the first chairman of the UIDAI ﴾Unique Identification Authority of India﴿? Question No. : 35 What does “S” denotes in the ‘BRICS’? Question No. : 36 Which of the following countries was the host of First Asian Yoga Championship held recently ﴾2011﴿? Question No. : 37 Who among the following has been defeated by Saina Nehwal, who has won the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold title recently, becoming the First Indian to do so? 40
  • 43. Actual SNAP 2011 GK A﴿ President B﴿ Prime Minister C﴿ Supreme Court D﴿ Parliament A﴿ Thailand B﴿ Singapore C﴿ Malaysia D﴿ Indonesia A﴿ Chacha Chaudhary B﴿ Chandamama C﴿ Indrajaal D﴿ Amar Chitra Katha Question No. : 38 According to the Supreme Court of India the_______ has ample powers to enact legislation with respect to extra–territorial aspects for the security of India? Question No. : 39 Which country has appointed Brigadier General Ravinder Singh as its next Army chief, the first Sikh in nearly 30 years to be given the force's batton? Question No. : 40 Anant Pai, better known as ‘Uncle Pai’ was the creater of which comic series? 41
  • 44. A) Middle East and North African Countries B) Middle East and North American Countries C) Mediterranean Europe and North Atlantic Countries D) None of the above A) Foreign currency B) Gold C) Government bonds D) All the above A) RBI B) Planning commission C) Central Statistical Organisation D) None of the above A) Brahamabhatt B) Vishnu Sharma C) Jaya Deva D) None of the Above A) Banking sector B) Mutual funds C) Rural Development D) None of the above A) Members of Lok Sabha B) President of India C) Leader of the majority party in the Lok Sabha D) None of the Above A) Taxation Proposals B) General Economic Survey C) Both (a) and (b) D) None of the above A) International Monetary Fund and World Bank B) World Bank and Asian Development Bank C) Asian Development Bank and International Monetary Fund D) United Nations and World Trade Organisation Question No. : 1 The economically diverse region of MENA nations refers to the countries in Question No. : 2 Open market operations refers to the sale and purchase by the RBI of Question No. : 3 The agency that estimates national income in India is Question No. : 4 Panchatantra was written by Question No. : 5 IRDA is the Indian regulator for: Question No. : 6 The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by: Question No. : 7 The Finance Minister's Budget speech presented to the Indian parliament every year usually has two parts. What does the Part A relate to: Question No. : 8 Which two institutions are popularly referred to as the 'Bretton Woods Twins? Actual SNAP 2013 GK 42
  • 45. Actual SNAP 2013 GK A﴿ i and ii B﴿ ii and iii C﴿ i, ii and iii D﴿ Only iii A﴿ Italy B﴿ Germany C﴿ Norway D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Bullion market B﴿ Gilt‐edge market C﴿ Secondary market D﴿ Money market A﴿ at 4% per annum B﴿ on daily balance method based on the closing balance maintained every day C﴿ lowest balance available between 10th and the final day of the month D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Money laundering B﴿ Stock markets C﴿ Foreign Direct Investment D﴿ Foreign Institutional Investors A﴿ Banking B﴿ Insurance C﴿ Coal D﴿ None of the above A﴿ A car, a man, a maraca B﴿ A man, a plan, a canal, Panama C﴿ As you sow, so you reap D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Peter Carey B﴿ Alan Hollinghurst C﴿ Yann Martel D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Automobile companies B﴿ Retailers C﴿ Electronic product manufacturers D﴿ None of the above Question No. : 9 Based on the statements given below, Special Drawing Rights is best described to include which of the following statements   i.   It is a basket of currencies reviewed every 5 years ii.   It was created to reduce the dependencies on gold and US dollar iii.   It is a supplementary foreign exchange reserve assets maintained by IMF   Question No. : 10 Which NATO country's parliament was the first to vote in favour of the move to make military service compulsory for women Question No. : 11 The market for government securities is also referred to as Question No. : 12 From April 2010 the savings bank interest is calculated: Question No. : 13 Financial Action Task Force ﴾FATF﴿ is an Inter‐governmental Body established in 1989. It is concerned with Question No. : 14 Which of the following sectors in India was not nationalised by the government at any point of time Question No. : 15 Which of the following is not a palindrome? Question No. : 16 The movie 'Life of Pi' is based on an award winning novel written by Question No. : 17 LIDL, Walgreen, ASDA and Kroger are 43
  • 46. Actual SNAP 2013 GK A﴿ Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation ﴾HSBC﴿ B﴿ Citibank C﴿ Standard Chartered Bank D﴿ HDFC Bank A﴿ China B﴿ Brazil C﴿ Russia D﴿ None of the above A﴿ 2000 B﴿ 1998 C﴿ 2002 D﴿ 1995 A﴿ Elzie Crisler Segar – Popeye B﴿ Dan Yaccarino ‐ Oswald the Octopus C﴿ William Hanna ‐ Richie Rich D﴿ Walt Disney ‐ Donald Duck A﴿ full employment B﴿ price stability C﴿ maximising tax revenue D﴿ Any of the above A﴿ Bombay House B﴿ Tata Towers C﴿ JRD Centre D﴿ None of the Above A﴿ Archery B﴿ Boxing C﴿ Hockey D﴿ None of the above A﴿ Infosys Technologies B﴿ Mahindra Satyam C﴿ Tata Consultancy Services D﴿ Wipro A﴿ Malhotra Committee B﴿ Narasimham Committee C﴿ Mayaram Committee D﴿ Damodaran Committee A﴿ Indonesia B﴿ Finland C﴿ Canada D﴿ None of the above Question No. : 18 Which bank was the first to introduce the Automated Teller Machine ﴾ATM﴿ in India Question No. : 19 The Three Gorges Dam, is the world's largest hydropower project and is located in Question No. : 20 India signed the Kyoto Protocol in the year: Question No. : 21 Given below are the creators of some well‐known cartoon characters. Identify the creator ‐ cartoon pair that does not match Question No. : 22 The goals of monetary policy do not include Question No. : 23 The Corporate Head Quarters of Tata Group is Question No. : 24 Dronacharya Award for Coaching for the year 2013 was received by Narinder Singh Saini for which discipline Question No. : 25 This company signed an agreement with the Government of India for the Passport Seva Project in 2008 Question No. : 26 Recommendations of which committee led to the reforms in the banking sector in India in the nineties Question No. : 27 Which country is the largest producer of newsprint? 44
  • 47. Actual SNAP 2013 GK A﴿ Brazil B﴿ Germany C﴿ Australia D﴿ Sri Lanka A﴿ W. Edward Deming B﴿ Philip Crosby C﴿ Joseph Juran D﴿ Martin Hall A﴿ the logic of observation B﴿ the logic of sampling C﴿ the logic of the controlled variables D﴿ None of the above A﴿ 12 B﴿ 23 C﴿ 34 D﴿ 45 A﴿ 180 degrees B﴿ 90 degrees C﴿ 360 degrees D﴿ None of the above A﴿ forward near the start of spring and backward in autumn B﴿ forward near the start of autumn and backward in spring C﴿ forward near the start of spring and forward in autumn D﴿ backward near the start of autumn and backward in spring A﴿ Serena Williams and Venus Williams B﴿ Mark Waugh and Steve Waugh C﴿ Man Pathan and Yusuf Pathan D﴿ None of the above A﴿ A‐ B﴿ B+ C﴿ AB D﴿ O+ A﴿ State Bank of India B﴿ Central Bank of India C﴿ Bank of India D﴿ Bank of Maharashtra Question No. : 28 India's Direct Cash Transfer Scheme draws similarities from models of which country Question No. : 29 Who put forth the theory of 'Zero Defects': Question No. : 30 Logic of induction is very close to Question No. : 31 How many pairs of chromosomes exist in a human cell? Question No. : 32 International Date Line roughly follows the longitude of Question No. : 33 Daylight saving time ﴾DST﴿ implies adjusting the clock by one hour: Question No. : 34 Who among the following sports persons are twins Question No. : 35 Individuals with this blood type are universal red cell donors Question No. : 36 'Relationship beyond banking' is the tag line of 45
  • 48. Actual SNAP 2013 GK A﴿ Sarod B﴿ Sitar C﴿ Shehnai D﴿ Santoor A﴿ Sphygmomanometer B﴿ Hygrometer C﴿ Saccharimeter D﴿ Spherometer A﴿ Shikha Sharma B﴿ Chanda Kochhar C﴿ Shubhalakshmi Panse D﴿ Kiran Mazumdar Shaw A﴿ one country transfers a suspected or convicted criminal to another country B﴿ olden traditions are rejuvenated as a part of cultural events C﴿ additional diction efforts are taken for language improvisation D﴿ extraction of the tar is carried out from the mines Question No. : 37 Find the odd man out: Question No. : 38 Which instrument measures Blood Pressure? Question No. : 39 Find the odd person out: Question No. : 40 Extradition is a process whereby 46
  • 49. A) rigorous session of voice protocol B) repondez, s'ilvous plait C) repondez, sans vous plaint D) response sought vous plaint A) Norway B) Wales C) Scotland D) Ireland A) Huinayiuvs Tomb at Delhi B) Kaziranga Natural Park in Assam C) Tirupati Temple D) Agra Fort A) Malaysia B) Thailand C) Philippines D) Indonesia A) Uppalapu Srinivas B) Amjad Ali Khan C) Zarin Daruwalla D) Ustad Usman Khan A) Telecom B) Environment C) Power Grid D) Education A) from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur B) from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport C) from Kuala Lumpur to Amsterdam D) from Beijing Capital International Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport A) Petro Poroshenko B) Viktor Yushebenko C) Yulia Timoshenko D) None of the above A) The Taj Palace and Tower B) Ginger C) Taj Cape Town D) Quilon DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 What is the full-form of RSVP? Question No. : 2 The Callanish Stones, which are considered to be petrified giants, as per a folklore, who did not convert to Christianity are located in which country: Question No. : 3 Which of the following sites or monuments is not in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites? Question No. : 4 Mr. Ramon Magsaysay, in whose name the prestigious Magsaysay award is given, belonged to: Question No. : 5 Indian musician noted for his exemplary skills at playing mandolin who died in 2014: Question No. : 6 In the Fifth meeting of SAARC Energy Ministers, which from the following has been the key area of discussion: Question No. : 7 Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 was a scheduled international passenger flight, presumed to have been shot down, crashed on 17 July 2014 killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board was flying, Question No. : 8 Ukraine has been in news recently on account of conflict with Russia. The name of the Ukrainian President is: Question No. : 9 Oldest brand of the Tata Group is Actual SNAP 2014 GK 47
  • 50. Actual SNAP 2014 GK A﴿ New York B﴿ London C﴿ Tokyo D﴿ Singapore A﴿ Ecuador B﴿ Estonia C﴿ United States of America D﴿ United Kingdom A﴿ Equilibrium of Private Securities B﴿ Earning Per Share C﴿ Elongated Period of Settlement D﴿ Equity Per Share A﴿ Nachiket Mor Committee B﴿ Bimal Jalan Committee C﴿ Tarapore Committee D﴿ Damodaran Committee A﴿ Brain Drain Theory B﴿ Economic Drain Theory C﴿ Wants and Means of India D﴿ Benefits of British Rule A﴿ Beatrice Webb B﴿ George Bernard Shaw C﴿ Arnold Bennett  D﴿ Richard Brome A﴿ One automatically learns from experience of peers B﴿ A set of logical deductions are taught by the teacher C﴿ One teaches oneself about a subject D﴿ One learns automatically from elders A﴿ Adam Smith B﴿ Karl Marx C﴿ Amartya Sen D﴿ Alfred Marshall A﴿ 1818 B﴿ 1857 C﴿ 1947 D﴿ 1860 A﴿ Border Security Force B﴿ The Indian Coast Guard C﴿ Indo Tibetan Border Police D﴿ National Security Guard Question No. : 10 'Gold fixing' refers to setting the price of gold. Where is the value of gold set? Question No. : 11 Which of the following nations has declared issuance of digital currency? Question No. : 12 What is the significance of EPS in the stock market parlance? Question No. : 13 Which commiuee was appointed by RBI to provide recommendations on financial services for small businesses and low income households in the year 2013? Question No. : 14 Dadabhai Naoroji, in his book "Poverty and Un­British rule in India" in 1867 explained about Question No. : 15 He is a famous playwright, socialist and one of the Co‐Founders of London School of Economics, name the person: Question No. : 16 Auto didacticism is a form of education where Question No. : 17 The author of the book "An inquiry into the nature and causes of The Wealth of Nations" is, Question No. : 18 The Universities of Delhi, Madras and Calcutta were set up in the same year. Which was the year? Question No. : 19 Shaurya­Dridata­Karmanishtha' is the motto of 48
  • 51. Actual SNAP 2014 GK A﴿ Cannes International Film Festival B﴿ Berlin International Film Festival C﴿ London Film Festival D﴿ Amnesty International Film Festival A﴿ IFAW B﴿ WWF C﴿ CEE D﴿ UNEP A﴿ Calcium oxide and sulfur dioxide B﴿ Nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide C﴿ Sodium oxide and nitrogen oxide D﴿ Calcium oxide and carbon dioxide A﴿ Brahmaputra B﴿ Gomti C﴿ Gandak D﴿ Tapti A﴿ Adelaide Agreement B﴿ Kyoto Protocol C﴿ Manila Convention D﴿ Kuala Lumpur Treaty A﴿ ISO 9001 B﴿ TS 16949 C﴿ ISO 14001 D﴿ ISO 9002 A﴿ Japan B﴿ France C﴿ Korea D﴿ Germany A﴿ 1998, 2009 B﴿ 1997, 2008 C﴿ 1999, 2006 D﴿ None of the above A﴿ 57 B﴿ 37 C﴿ 56 D﴿ 58 Question No. : 20 The following is the logo of   Question No. : 21 The Giant Panda, world's most threatened species is a symbol of: Question No. : 22 Acid rain is caused mainly due to the emissions of Question No. : 23 Which of the given rivers does not flow into River Ganga? Question No. : 24 The International agreement for control of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions is named Question No. : 25 The International Standard which checks the compliance of the environmental practices of an organization against the best practices followed in the industry is Question No. : 26 Comiket the world's largest comic festival is held in which country? Question No. : 27 In ______Infosys was listed in NASDAQ and in ______Infosys became a part of NASDAQ 100 Question No. : 28 The Indian team finished with 8th position in the recent Asian games 2014 held at South Korea with a total tally of medals. 49
  • 52. Actual SNAP 2014 GK A﴿ 14 days B﴿ 30 days C﴿ 21 days D﴿ 15 days A﴿ The Dead Sea B﴿ The Mediterranean Sea C﴿ The Black Sea D﴿ The Red Sea A﴿ Cartilages and Bones B﴿ Cartoons C﴿ Maps D﴿ Carrots A﴿ Central government, a commercial bank and Central bank of a country B﴿ Central government, a commercial bank and a state government C﴿ Central government, Central bank and a state government D﴿ A commercial bank, Central bank of a country and a state government A﴿ Vakatakas, Nayaks B﴿ Chalukyas, Chollas C﴿ Satavahanas, Chollas D﴿ Pandyas, Nayaks A﴿ These can be a single person as the Governor for two or more states B﴿ Governor is the Constitutional or nominal head of the State Executive and is bound by the advice of the State Council of Ministers. C﴿ All executive actions of the State shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Chief Minister. D﴿ The President of India consults the Governor on appointment of the High Court judges. A﴿ To represent healing nature B﴿ To bring in good luck charm C﴿ As a Goddess of compassion D﴿ As Related to higher psychological­scientific teachings from Buddha A﴿ Jawaharal Nehru B﴿ Kailash Satyarthi C﴿ Malala'Yusefzai D﴿ Benejer Bhotto A﴿ Samajwadi Party B﴿ Samyukta Socialist Party C﴿ Janata Party D﴿ Praja Socialist Party Question No. : 29 A full moon occurs once every Question No. : 30 The River Danube empties in Question No. : 31 Cartography is the study of: Question No. : 32 Regional rural banks are jointly owned by Question No. : 33 The famous Meenakshi Temple in Madurai was built by and beautified by the Question No. : 34 Which of the given statements is not correct as per Indian constitution? Question No. : 35 Kwan Yin has a special place in Buddhist tradition and is known: Question No. : 36 "Bachpan Bachao Andolan" was initiated by Question No. : 37 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, the great freedom fighter and thinker, established a political party named 50
  • 53. Actual SNAP 2014 GK A﴿ Isamu Akasaki B﴿ Hiroshi Amano C﴿ Shuji Nakamura D﴿ Takada Ekimano A﴿ Change in the speed of light as it passes through a transparent medium B﴿ Change in the atomic structure of the medium impacted by light C﴿ Change in the wavelength of the light as it passes through a transparent medium D﴿ Change of light in liquid crystals alone A﴿ UNESCO B﴿ UNICEF C﴿ WORLD BANK D﴿ UNCTAD Question No. : 38 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to three scientists "for the invention of efficient blue light­emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy­saving white light sources". Who among the given four names was not in the team? Question No. : 39 Chandrasekhar Venkat (CV) Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize   for investigation into 'Raman Effect', a phenomenon that deals with Question No. : 40 "Working towards a world free of poverty" is a motto of one of these International Organizations: 51
  • 54. A) Comprehensive Scientific and Industrial Research Organization B) Cross-cultural Scientific and Industrial Research Organization C) Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization D) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Organization A) United Nations Research Institute for Soviet Development B) United Nations Research Institute for Scientific Development C) United Nations Research Institute for Socio-economic Development D) United Nations Research Institute for Social Development A) Assam and Orissa B) Bengal C) Mathura and Brindavan D) All of the above A) AMASR Act, 1958 B) AMASR Act, 1968 C) AMASR Act, 1978 D) AMASR Act, 1948 A) Kharag Singh Valdiya B) Mohammad Yusuf Khan C) Lakshmi Gopala Naidu D) Saichiro Misumi A) Pharrell Williams - "Happy" B) Old Crow Medicine Show – Remedy C) Rosanne Cash - The River & the Thread D) None of the above A) Homo Naledi B) Dwarf Sapein C) Dwarf Homo Sapein D) None of the above DIRECTIONS for the question: Mark the best option: Question No. : 1 The full form of CSIRO is Question No. : 2 The full form of UNRISD is Question No. : 3 Bhaona is a presentation of the Ankia Naat of Assam. In Bhaona the cultural glimpses of __________ is/ are reflected Question No. : 4 Under which Act does the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protect monuments, sites and remains of national importance ? Question No. : 5 In 2015 the President of India approved conferment of Padma Awards to all of the following but for _________ Question No. : 6 In Grammy Awards 2015 the best folk album was won by _______ Question No. : 7 Scientists discovered a new species in the human family tree which is a small creature with a tiny brain. The new species has been named as ______ Actual SNAP 2015 GK 52
  • 55. Actual SNAP 2015 GK A﴿ Government Serving Based Domestic Assistance ﴾GSBDA﴿ B﴿ Swadesh Swatcha Domestic Assistance ﴾SSDA﴿ C﴿ Service Staff ﴾SS﴿ D﴿ Bharath Based Service Assistance ﴾BBSA﴿ A﴿ The foreign currency assets held by RBI and the gold holding of RBI B﴿ The gold holding of RBI and special drawing rights C﴿ The gold holding of RBI, the foreign currency assets held by RBI and special drawing rights D﴿ Only the foreign currency assets held by RBI A﴿ Bull‐Coin B﴿ Brassage C﴿ Coinage Charge D﴿ Coin Levy A﴿ Office Note classroom B﴿ Micro Note class Notebook C﴿ Soft note for classroom D﴿ One Note class Notebook A﴿ 2009 B﴿ 2008 C﴿ 2007 D﴿ None of the above A﴿  B﴿  C﴿  D﴿  A﴿  B﴿  C﴿  D﴿  A﴿ 1982, 2033 B﴿ 1980, 2035 C﴿ 1978, 2032 D﴿ 1975, 2031 Question No. : 8 The ministry of external affairs has recently decided to change the nomenclature of Indian Based Domestic Assistance ﴾IBDA﴿ to ___________ Question No. : 9 The foreign exchange reserve of India consists of _________ Question No. : 10 _________ is a charge for converting bullion into coins where free coinage is permitted. ost of bullion to coins transformation Question No. : 11 Microsoft introduced several new products for education customers, this includes a note‐taking app called ________ Question No. : 12 The National Merit Scholarship Scheme, which provided financial assistance to meritorious students from Class XI to Post‐ Graduation level in Government Schools/Colleges/Universities has been discontinued from the year _________ Question No. : 13 The Symbol used for reusable microwaveable plastic ware is ________ Question No. : 14 Which o following is the coat of arms of the country of Saudi Arabia? Question No. : 15 Super Blood Moon, which is a rare astronomical phenomenon hasn't happened since ___________, and won't happen again until __________ 53
  • 56. Actual SNAP 2015 GK A﴿ ANDROMEDA B﴿ COSMOS REDSHIFT C﴿ SAGE0536AGN D﴿ SUNFLOWER A﴿ 17 billion B﴿ 18 billion C﴿ 19 billion D﴿ 20 billion A﴿ 25thMay 2014 B﴿ 19thMay 2014 C﴿ 26thMay 2014 D﴿ 27thMay 2014 A﴿ Near the Equator B﴿ Near the Poles C﴿ Near the Tropic of Cancer D﴿ Near the Tropic of Capricorn A﴿ Haze created mainly due to companies in Malaysia B﴿ Haze created mainly due to companies in Indonesia C﴿ Haze created mainly due to companies in Philippines D﴿ Haze created mainly due to companies in Vietnam A﴿ Mahmud Gawan Bahmani B﴿ Mohammad Yusuf Bahmani C﴿ Hasan Gangu Bahmani D﴿ Khwaja Tuglak Bahmani A﴿ Eleven Years   B﴿ Twelve Years C﴿ Thirteen Years D﴿ Fourteen Years A﴿ 15thAugust2008 B﴿ 02ndOctober 2008 C﴿ 15thAugust 2009 D﴿ 02ndOctober 2009 A﴿ a prerogative or a duty or a restraint of power B﴿ a prerogative or a duty, a power or a restraint of power C﴿ a prerogative or a duty, a power but not a restraint of power D﴿ a power but not a prerogative or a duty Question No. : 16 The galaxy __________ was initially discovered with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared light and is believed to be at least 9 billion years old. Question No. : 17 In the year 2014 Facebook bought Whatsapp for        _________ US Dollars. Question No. : 18 Shri Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on _________ at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi Question No. : 19 Where is the doldrums belt located ? Question No. : 20 The air quality in Singapore deteriorated to a hazardous level in September 2015, forcing the city‐state to shut its schools for the first time in 12 years. This was due to      Question No. : 21 In 1347 during the reign of Muhammed Tuglak an Afghan officer named ____________setup an independent kingdom called Bahmani Kingdom. Question No. : 22 The task of consolidating Mughal Kingdom was left to Akbar who was only _________ years old at the time of his accession of the throne. Question No. : 23 Smoking in public places was prohibited nationwide from ________ Question No. : 24 A constitutional right can be ________ recognized and established by a sovereign State or union of States 54
  • 57. Actual SNAP 2015 GK A﴿ Tihar B﴿ Swanti C﴿ Both options a and b D﴿ Neither of the options above A﴿ The Head of the Village B﴿ The Head of the Family C﴿ The Head of a Society D﴿ The Head of Merchants A﴿ Ram Jethmalai B﴿ Fali Nariman C﴿ Mukul Rohatgi D﴿ Pramila Nesargi A﴿ Angela Merkel B﴿ Christine Lagarde C﴿ Brito Polman D﴿ Aung San Suu Kyi A﴿ France B﴿ United Kingdom C﴿ Japan D﴿ United States of America A﴿ 335,546 B﴿ 334, 545 C﴿ 336, 543 D﴿ 332,544 A﴿ Energy Management Systems B﴿ Environment Management Systems C﴿ Energy Process Systems D﴿ Environment Standard Systems A﴿ how electric and electronic equipment is handled and recycled B﴿ how electric and electronic equipment is manufactured and handled C﴿ how electric and electronic equipment is recycled D﴿ how electric and electronic equipment is manufactured, handled and recycled Question No. : 25 In Nepal the festival of lights i.e. Diwali is celebrated by some Buddhists as _______ Question No. : 26 The term "Vrajapati" used in Indian Mythology denoted _______ Question No. : 27 One of India's most distinguished constitutional lawyers who had received brickbats for arguing in favor of Dow Chemicals in the Bhopal gas disaster case is _________ Question No. : 28 The Nobel Peace Prize winner who gave up .freedom and a life with her family in Britain, to protest against the military rule at another country, who is also the Chair of the National League for democracy is ___________ Question No. : 29 In September 2015 it was revealed that is the country which was exporting drone components worth hundreds of millions to countries that include Saudi Arabia and South Korea, to regain lost ground in a global arms race. Question No. : 30 In the Indian general assembly elections 2014 the BJP‐led NDA won __________________seats out of________ Lok Sabha seats that were announced Question No. : 31 The BS EN 16001 solutions from BSI is applicable for Question No. : 32 The WEEE ﴾Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment﴿ is a directive that controls ______ 55
  • 58. Actual SNAP 2015 GK A﴿ 1980‐81 and 1990 B﴿ 1990‐91 and 2000 C﴿ 1978‐79 and 1995 D﴿ 2000‐01 and 2004 A﴿ Vincent van Gogh B﴿ Sandro Botticelli C﴿ Leonardo da Vinci D﴿ Michelangelo A﴿ GSAT‐16 B﴿ IRNSS‐1D C﴿ SPOT 6 D﴿ Astrosat A﴿ Triple Web Consortium B﴿ Triple Web Consolidation Council C﴿ World Wide Web Consortium D﴿ World Wide Web Company A﴿ United States of America B﴿ United Kingdom C﴿ Japan D﴿ All of the above A﴿ Chetan Anand B﴿ Ajay Jayaram C﴿ Parupalli Kashyap D﴿ Sameer Verma A﴿ Gondhal, Jagran and Kirtan B﴿ Only Kirtan C﴿ Only Gondhal, Jagran  D﴿ Only Gondhal A﴿ Lepakshi temple B﴿ Shiva temple C﴿ Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple D﴿ Ganesh Temple Question No. : 33 The Sensex and Nifty are both indices. The base years for the BSE Sensex and Nifty are_________ and __________ respectively. Question No. : 34 The artist who painted Irises, Sunflowers, Red Poppies, Pink Roses was         _________ Question No. : 35 Which Indian satellite was launched in isro’s 100th Mission Question No. : 36 W3C stands for __________ Question No. : 37 The country/countries that has/have resorted to Quantitative easing in the last decade is/are Question No. : 38 Who is the Indian badminton player who after spending an year after his shoulder injury earned a final appearance at the Korean Open in 2015 ? Question No. : 39 Tamaasha, the traditional folk theatre form of Maharashtra has evolved from the folk forms of Question No. : 40 The last series of wall painting in India are from near Hindupur belonging to 16th century A.D. 56
  • 59. A) Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, IOC B) Tata Motors, SBI, CTS, Wipro, IOC C) Tata Steel, IOD, Reliance Industries, Ranbaxy D) IOC, reliance Industries, SBI, GAIL E) IOC, Reliance Industries, Ranbaxy A) Reserve Bank of India B) Ministry of Finance C) Ministry of Commerce D) Ministry of Finance and Commerce E) Planning Commission A) Political Parties B) Purchasing capacity indices C) Price Indices D) Poverty Indices E) Unemployment indices A) It is best known tourist place of Switzerland B) G8 members meet here, every year C) EU financial headquarter D) World Economic Forum E) Best ski resorts in the world A) Poverty eradication, reducing child mortality, reducing trade barriers, combating AIDS B) Poverty Reduction, environment sustainability, universal primary education, equal employment C) Reduce unemployment; promote diversity, combating malaria, improving maternal health D) Globalization, reduction in poverty, combating AIDS, universal primary education E) Poverty eradication, improving maternal health, universal primary education, combating AIDS A) Greece, Germany, Spain, Iceland B) Portugal, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic C) Greece, Spain, France, Switzerland D) Spain, Greece, Iceland, Portugal E) Germany, U.K, France, Greece A) Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kazakhstan, US, Nigeria B) Russia, U.S, Iran, China, Saudi Arab C) Saudi Arabia, U.S, Venezuela, Iran, Iraq D) Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Libya E: Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Venezuela E) Iran, Iraq, Saudi, Arbia, Libya, Venezuela Question No. : 1 Which of the following Indian companies feature in Fortune Five hundred list for 2012? Question No. : 2 Which of these bodies decide the monetary policy in India? Question No. : 3 CPI and WPI as acronyms, refer to: Question No. : 4 What is Davos famous for? Question No. : 5 Which of the followings are millennium development goals? Question No. : 6 Which of countries in Europe were most hit by sovereign debt crisis? Question No. : 7 Which of the following countries would account for maximum petroleum production of the world? Actual XAT 2013 GK 57
  • 60. Actual XAT 2013 GK A﴿ Huge trade Deficit B﴿ Low Growth and High Inflation C﴿ Low Capital Inflow D﴿ Burgeoning current account deficit E﴿ High unemployment rate A﴿ IMF, World Bank B﴿ IMF, WTO, Doha Round C﴿ World Bank, WTO, IBRD D﴿ IMF, World Bank, UNESCO E﴿ None of the above A﴿ 1 and 2 B﴿ 2 and 3 C﴿ 1 and 3 D﴿ 1, 2 and 3 E﴿ 2 only A﴿ France, U.S, Russia, Germany B﴿ France, Ukraine, Sweden, Korea C﴿ France, India, Ukraine, Germany D﴿ Germany, Russia, Canada, Japan E﴿ Japan, Germany, Korea, England A﴿ Shenzhen‐China, NSE‐India, SGX‐Singapore, DAX‐Germany B﴿ NASDAQ‐U.S, MCX‐India, SGX‐Korea, FTSE‐France C﴿ NYSE‐U.S, BSE‐India, FTSE‐England, DAX‐Denmark D﴿ NASDAQ‐Canada, BSE‐India, FTSE‐France, DAX‐Germany E﴿ Shenzhen‐Singapore, Shanghai‐China, FTSE‐France, BSE‐India A﴿ RTE B﴿ RTI C﴿ Lokpal bill D﴿ MRTPC E﴿ SELCO A﴿ Increase rural income B﴿ Increase agriculture income C﴿ Regulatory authority for managing agriculture resources D﴿ Regulate foreign investment in agriculture E﴿ Curtail tax avoidance A﴿ Dr. M.S Ahluwalia B﴿ Dr.C Rangarajan C﴿ Dr. Man Mohan Singh D﴿ Raminder Singh Gujral E﴿ Dr. Subba Rao Question No. : 8 Which of the following was not the reason for recent slide of Indian rupee? Question No. : 9 Which of followings combination represents the Bretton Woods institutions? Question No. : 10 Read the statements carefully and answer the questions that follow:   1. Earth Summit is held every year 2. Last earth summit took place in Rio Di Janeiro 3. Another name for earth summit is United Nation Conference on Environment and Development Which of the above is the right combination?   Question No. : 11 Which of the following countries meet more than one fourths of their energy requirements from nuclear" power? Question No. : 12 Pick the right match from the following combinations Question No. : 13 Harish Hande who won^he Magsaysay Award in 2011 is famous for Question No. : 14 Indian government is planning to introduce GAAR. What is the purpose of GAAR? Question No. : 15 Who is the chairman of Indian planning commission? 58
  • 61. Actual XAT 2013 GK A﴿ Palme d'Or ‐ Television; Pulitzer ‐ Advertising; Grammy ‐ Music; Booker ‐ Literature B﴿ Pulitzer ‐ Advertising; Grammy ‐ Music; Cannes Lions ‐ Advertising; Booker ‐ Literature C﴿ Grammy ‐ Music; Booker ‐ Journalism; Emmy ‐ Television; Palme d'Or ‐ Movies D﴿ Cannes Lions ‐ Movie, Grammy ‐ Music, Pulitzer ‐ Journalism, Emmy ‐ Television E﴿ Palme d'Or ‐ Movie; Pulitzer ‐ Journalism; Cannes Lions ‐ Advertising, Booker – Literature  A﴿ Amazon ‐ Kindle; Roxio ‐ Angry Birds; Google ‐ Ad Sense; Zynga ‐ Nook B﴿ Amazon ‐ Kindle; Nintendo ‐ Wii; Rovio ‐ Angry Birds; Zynga ‐ CastleVille C﴿ Zynga ‐ Angry Birds; Nintendo ‐ Wii; Google ‐ Ad Sense; Rovio ‐ CastleVille D﴿ Amazon ‐ Nook; Sony ‐ Wii; Zynga ‐ Castle Ville; Google ‐ Ad Sense E﴿ Amazon ‐ Nook; Nintendo ‐ Wii; Rovio ‐ Castle Ville; Roxio ‐ Kindle A﴿ Statements I and II B﴿ Statements II and III C﴿ Statement I and III D﴿ All of the above E﴿ None of the above A﴿ Textile goods B﴿ Gems and Jewellery C﴿ IT Services D﴿ Engineering goods E﴿ Leather A﴿ Lactic B﴿ Tartaric C﴿ Hydrochloric D﴿ Sulphuric E﴿ Acetic A﴿ Sushil Kumar‐Haryana, Mary Kom‐Assam, Saina Nehwal‐Andhra Pradhesh, Vijay Kumar‐ Madhya Pradesh B﴿ Sushil Kumar‐ Rajasthan, Mary Kom‐ Manipur, Vijay Kumar‐Himachal Pradesh, Yogeshwar Dutt‐ Haryana C﴿ Yogeshwar Dutt: Haryana, Mary Kom‐Manipur, Vijay Kumar‐Himachal Pradesh, Gaurav Narang‐ Andhra Pradesh D﴿ Yogeshwar dutt‐Delhi, Saina Nehwal‐ Uttaranchal, Sushil Kumar‐ Haryana, Mary Kom‐Manipur E﴿ Saina Nehwal‐Uttaranchal, Gaurav Narang‐Punjab, Sushil Kumar‐Haryana, Mary Kom‐Manipur Question No. : 16 Given below are some well‐known awards and their respective fields.  Choose the correct combination: Question No. : 17 A few combinations of names of companies and their products are given below. Choose the right option: Question No. : 18 Read the following statements carefully: I. Excise duty is a tax on manufacture or production of goods and services II. Not all kinds of excise duty is collected by the Central Government in India III. Excise duty is an indirect tax   Which of the statements given above are correct?   Question No. : 19 From which of the following items does India export the most? Question No. : 20 Which of the following acids helps in human digestion? Question No. : 21 Which of the following is the right match for Olympics medal winners from India? 59