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1. Ms Shobhana Bhartia was awarded the Best Business Woman of the Year in recognition of her commendable achievements. She is the Vice Chairperson of: (a) The Times of India (b) The Hindustan Times (c) The Indian Express (d) The Asian Age 2. National Energy Conservation Award 2001 has been given to ___ by International Iron and Steel Institute, Brussels, Belgium. (a) Vizag steel plant (b) Vishakhapatnam steel plant (c) Rourkela steel plant (d) Mathura oil refinery 3. Who among the following has been choosen as the Time Man of the Year? (a) William Jefferson Clinton (b) George W. Bush (c) Rudolf Guiliani (d) L.N. Mittal 4. Who among the following headed the committee which recommended unified duty for raw material, intermediate and consumer goods by 2004-05? (a ) Arvind Virmani (b) B.P. Reddy (c) Y. Malegham (d) Janki Bhallabh 5. Which company owns the Sona-Chandi brand of Chywanprash? (a) Dabur (b) Himani (c) Hamdard (d) Jhanu 6. In Auto Expo 2002, the Model Escape was launched by: (a) Bajaj (b) General Motors (c) Volkwagan (d) Ford 7. Who among the following has been appointed as the Chairperson of Modi Corp Ltd? (a) Veena Modi (b) Shantunu Ghosh (c) Dalbir Singh Gehrwar (d) Vilas Rao Brajbhanshi 8. Mediclaim is a policy launched by: (a) ICICI Prudential Insurance (b) (LIC) Life Insurance Corporation (c) (GIC) General Insurance Corporation (d) (NIC) National Insurance Corporation 9. Who among the following is the Chairman of HeroHonda Company? (a) B.M. Munjul (b) Alka Munjul (c) Devi Singh (d) A.K. Chauhan 10. The two private cellular operators are experimenting with a unique partnership that involves sharing infrastructure among other things. The one operator is Bharti, name the other operator: (a) Escotel (b) Usha (c) Reliance (d) None of the above 11. Who headed the committee which probed the Harshad Mehta Scam in 1988? (a) S.S. Tarapore (b) Jankiraman (c) V.S. Reddy (d) C. Rangrajan 12. Who among the following is the Chairman of Infosys Technologies? (a) V. Narayanmurthy (b) Nandan K. Raju Reddy (c) Nandan Nilekani (d) Azim Premji 13. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of Airports Authority of India? (a) Pradeep Baijal (b) G.V. Ramkrishna (c) Arun Shouri (d) Satish K. Narula 14. Royal Star, a four-stroke bike, was launched by: (a) Bajaj (b) Yamaha (c) LML (d) Hero Honda 15. Indias first GPRS technology science was launched by: (a) Usha Mobile (b) BPL Mobile (c) Essar Mobile (d) Both (a) and (b) 16. Who out of the following is a famous car designer? (a) Alexandera Aquino (b) Sabira Merchant (c) Dilip Chhaboia (d) Venu Gavaskar 17. Irwin Jacob is the chief executive officer and founder of: (a) Lat.com (b) Qual Comm (c) Usa.net (d) Yahoo.com 18. Shanti, the personal accident policy that pays upto Rs one crore on settlement of claims for a premium of Rs 99 per month has been introduced by: (a) Birla Sun Life (b) Bajaj Allianz (c) Tata AIG Insurance Company (d) LIC 19. Arthur Andersen, the former accounts officer was associated with: (a) Dhabhol Power Corporation (b) Enron (c) Microsoft (d) Wall Street 20. Mr Mark Mascarenhas was the chief executive officer of: (a) Air India (b) Indian Airlines (c) World Tel (d) CNN 21. Who among the following is the former Chief Executive Officer of Enron Corporation (who has resigned due to the recent mess)? (a ) Kenneth Lay (b) Bhaskar Ghosh (c) Michael Stalwarts (d) Jeff Skilling 22. The LNG receiving Regasification terminal Dahej, the first of its kind in India is situated in: (a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) West Bengal 23. The hi-tech sky bus metro rail developed by Konkan Railway Corporation (India) will construct a rail line in: (a) Qatar (b) UAE (c) Iraq (d) Afghanistan 24. SDCA stands for: (a) Short Distance Calling Area (b) Short Dial Code Area (c) Short Distance Code Aperture (d) Short Dial Code Aperture 25. Mr Kurt Hellstrom is the chief executive officer of: (a) Sony Corp (b) Ericsson Mobile Communications (c) Nokia (d) Bharti Sanchar Nigam 26. Who among the following is the Founding Dean of

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the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad? (a) Deepak Jain (b) Pramath Sinha (c) Sumantra Ghoshal (d) Rajat Gupta 27. In 1991-2000 decade, which of the following sector topped in terms of Foreign Direct Investment? (a) infrastructure (b) telecommunication (c) education (d) oil and refinery 28. The Media Laboratory Asia is a joint initiative of the Government of India and the: (a) Wharton Business School (b) Massachussetts Institute of Technology (c) London School of Business (d) Weigen and Leigh Business School 29. Indias first private FM station called Radio City was launched in: (a) Indore (b) Mumbai (c) Delhi (d) Bangalore 30. Mr P.P. Vora, the CMD of the Industrial Development Bank of India is the former Chairman of: (a) National Housing Bank (b) HDFC Bank Ltd (c) HUDCO (d) IFCI 31. Who among the following headed the ten-member group on telecom and information technology convergence? (a) Arun Jaitley (b) Sushma Swaraj (c) Pramod Mahajan (d) Yashwant Sinha 32. Who among the following is known as the father of modern digital communication and information theory? (a) Claude Shannon (b) Thomas Shannon (c) Elizabeth Moore (d) Tom Kilburn 33. Ce Bit Fair is concerned with: (a) textile and apparel (b) information technology (c) automobiles (d) leather goods 34. Funds for your family is the baseline for which of the following mutual fund? (a) LIC Mutual Fund (b) UTI Mutual fund (c) Tata Mutual Fund (d) KBC Mutual Fund 35. The JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award 2001 of the All India Management Association has been given to: (a) F.C. Kohli (b) M.V. Subbaiah (c) J.B. Stevens (d) Sanchit K. Nagar 36. Today 650 e-choupals. Tomorrow millions of efarmers, is the concept propagated by: (a) Wipro (b) Tata (c) Reliance (d) ITC Limited 37. 70,000 pilgrims, one destination, one bank, is the baseline used by which of the following bank? (a) The Global Trust Bank (b) The ICICI Bank (c) The Vysya Bank Ltd (d) The SBI 38. The 49th International Advertising Festival will be held at ___ from June 16-22, 2002. (a) Bangkok (b) Geneva (c) Cannes (d) Bonn 39. Primera is a car launched by which of the following companies? (a) General Motors (b) Ford (c) Tata (d) Nissan 40. Who endorses the Britannia Tiger brands of biscuits? (a) Saurav Ganguly (b) Sachin Tendulkar (c) Ajay Jadega (d) Kapil Dev 41. Joseph Stiglitz, Michael Spence, and George Akerlof are the three personalities who have won Nobel Prize for their contribution in: (a) Medicine (b) Chemistry (c) Physics (d) Economics 42. The Chairman of Uniliver, the parent company of Hindustan Liver Limited is: (a) Alex Von Behr (b) Wiall Fitz Gerald (c) B.S. Nagesh (d) Atul Sobti 43. The Golden Peacock Women Business Leadership Award for the year 2001 has been given to: (a) Ranjana Kumar, CMD of Indian Bank (b) Vandana Luthra, President of VLCC (c) Veena Agarwal, Vice Chairperson of Bajaj (d) None of the above 44. Indias first private submarine cable company is named as: (a) Bharti enterprises (b) Network i2i Ltd (c) Sing Tel (d) nld.marcab Ltd 45. The growth competitiveness index measures factors that contribute to a high rate of growth in: (a) GDP per capita (b) GNP per capita (c) Per capita income (d) Infrastructure 46. According to Dataquest, top MNC vendor is: (a) Tech Pacific (b) Microsoft (c) IBM (d) Hewlett Packard 47. According to the Companies Act, every private company should have a minimum paid up capital of: (a) Rs 2 lakh (b) Rs 5 lakh (c) Rs 10 lakh (d) Rs 25 lakh 48. To form the worlds largest producer of steel, three European firms Usinor, Arbed and Aceralia have merged. The new company is known as: (a) ArUs (b) Arce Usi (c) Usiarcia (d) New Co 49. Name the first capital market linked insurance plan of Life Insurance Corporation of India to be filed with the IRDA: (a) Jeevan Suraksha (b) Bima Plus (c) Jeevan Shree (d) None of the above 50. According to Business Standard Motoring, and CNBC Autocar India, which car has been choosen as the Car of the Year 2002: (a) Opel Corsa (b) Tata Sedan (c) Fiat Palio (d) Maruti Alto 1. 6. 11. 16. 21. 26. 31. 36. 41. 46. ( b) (d) (b ) (c ) (a) (c ) (d ) (d ) (d ) (c ) 2. 7. 12. 17. 22. 27. 32. 37. 42. 47. (a ) (a ) (c ) ( b) ( b) (d) (a ) (c ) ( b) (a ) ANSWERS 3. (c) 8. (d) 13. (d) 18. (c) 23. (c) 28. (b) 33. (b) 38. (c) 43. (a) 48. (d) 4. 9. 14. 19. 24. 29. 34. 39. 44. 49. (a) (a) (b ) (b ) (a ) (d ) (c ) (d ) (b ) (b ) 5. 10. 15. 20. 25. 30. 35. 40. 45. 50. (b ) (a ) ( b) (c ) ( b) (a ) ( b) ( b) (a ) (c )

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