GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS FOR IIFT 2013

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Directions for questions 1 to 28: Select the correct alternative from the given choices. 1. Mount Etna, one of the tallest active volcanoes on the earth at 10900 ft height which received World Heritage status by the UNESCO recently, is located in which country? (1) Italy (2) Switzerland (3) France (4) Germany Nick Wallenda, the daredevil stunt maker and tight rope walker of U.S.A. walked on untethered rope 1500 feet to cross which of the following in June 2013? (1) The Grand Canyon, U.S.A (2) Amazon river, Brazil (3) Niagara falls (4) Angel falls, Venezuela Match the following. Mountain 1 2 3 4 Mount Everest K2 (Godwin Austin) Kanchenjunga Nanga Parbat A B C D Location India Nepal / India India Nepal / Tibet a b c d First to Summit (Nationality) Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) A. Compagnoni & L. Lacedelli (Italian) G. Bank and J. Brown (UK) Herman Buhl (Australian)

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(1) 1-D-a; 2-A-b; 3-B-c; 4-C-d (3) 1-C-a; 2-B-b; 3-D-c; 4-A-d 4.

(2) 1-B-a; 2-A-b; 3-D-c; 4-C-d (4) 1-A-a; 2-B-b; 3-C-c; 4-D-d

Which country is placed at the 3rd position (behind China & USA) as the worlds third most attractive destination for investment, by the Trans National Corporation (TNC) during 2013 15, in a survey based on World Investment Report 2013, released by the UNCTAD recently? (1) India (2) Brazil (3) Indonesia (4) Thailand In which sports discipline did Devendra Jhajharia win a gold medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships and created history by becoming the 1st differently-abled Indian to win a gold in International Paralympics committee mega event, in France during July 2013? (1) High Jump (2) Long jump (3) Discuss throw (4) Javelin Match the following. List-X (Article) 1 2 3 4 Article 14 Article 15 Article 21 Article 17 A B C D List-Y (Description) The State shall not deny to any person equality before law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India. The State shall not discriminate against a citizen on the grounds of race, caste, sex, religion or place of birth. No one shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to the procedure established by law. The enforcement of any disability arising out of untouchability shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law. (2) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 (3) A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4 (4) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4

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(1) A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 7.

Which Indian state acquired a seaplane that can land and take-off from the surface of water to promote waterbased tourism? (1) Kerala (2) Rajasthan (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Andhra Pradesh India has recently signed an extradition treaty with which of these countries, after 20 years of negotiations? (1) Thailand (2) Malaysia (3) Indonesia (4) Singapore

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Match the following world heritage sites and their locations. List - X (World Heritage) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Ajanta Caves Khajuraho Temples Keoladeo National Park Red Fort Jantar Mantar A. B. List - Y (Site) jaipur Delhi List - Z (:Year) i. ii. iii. 1983 1986 1985

C. Rajasthan D. Madhya Pradesh E. Maharastra

iv. 2007 v. 2010

(1) 1-E-iv; 2-D-iv; 3-C-iii; 4-B-ii; 5-A-i (3) 1-D-i; 2-C-ii; 3-E-iii; 4-B-iv; 5-A-v

(2) 1-E-i; 2-D-ii; 3-C-iii; 4-B-iv; 5-A-v (4) 1-B-i; 2-C-ii; 3-D-iii; 4-E-iv; 5-A-v

10. Which of the following films won the PALME DOR award for the best film at the 66th Cannes film festival 2013? (1) Blue is the warmest colour (2) Inside Llewyn Davis (3) Soshite Chichi Ni Naru (4) Ilo Ilo 11. Which of the following is a scheme of government of India that gives employment to poor, landless labourers in rural areas? (1) Grameen Sadak Yojna (2) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (3) Indira Awas Yojana (4) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MGNREGP) 12. Match the following leading MNCs with their locations. List-X (Name of the MNC) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Apple Adidas Bata BMW bp A. B. List-Y (Location) Munich, Germany Edinburgh, Britain

C. Cupertino, California, USA D. London E. F. Lausanne, Switzerland Atlanta, U.S.

G. New York City H. Herzogenaurach, Germany (1) 1-C; 2-H; 3-E; 4-A; 5-D (3) 1-G; 2-H; 3-E; 4-A; 5-B (2) 1-C; 2-A; 3-E; 4-B; 5-D (4) 1-C; 2-A; 3-G; 4-B; 5-F

13. Which Indian Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Company was fined 10.3 million Euros, by the European Union's Anti-Trust Commission for blocking/delaying access to a generic version of anti-depression drugs? (1) Dr. Reddy's Labs (2) Ranbaxy (3) Biocon (4) Vimta Labs 14. Who is Edward Snowden? (1) A whistleblower, who leaked official documents of the US government. (2) Chairman of Bank of England (3) Defense Secretary of USA (4) Chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 15. Which is the first state / UT to announce 100% financial inclusion in India? (1) Kerala (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Puduchery

(4) Maharashtra

16. Which of the following states launched an insurance policy covering all its people? (1) Goa (2) Haryana (3) Bihar (4) Kerala
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17. Match List X, with Y List X 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Number of ecological hotspots in the world Number of ecological hotspots in India Convention of biodiversity came into force on The International Day for Biological Diversity The term hotspots for high diversity ecological region were coined by The symbol of WWF (World Wild - life Fund) is A. B. 2 25 List Y

C. 22 May D. 29 December, 1993 E. F. Giant Panda Norman Myers

G. Dodo H. E.O. Wilson I. J. K. L. (1) 1 ; 2 L ; 3 K ; 4 J ; 5 F ; 6 E. (3) 1 ; 2 A ; 3 K ; 4 C ; 5 H ; 6 E 35 October 29 October 29, 2005 6

(2) 1 B ; 2 L ; 3 D ; 4 J ; 5 H ; 6 G. (4) 1 B ; 2 A ; 3 D ; 4 C ; 5 F ; 6 E

18. Which of the following is the worlds largest online retail firm? (1) Amazon.com inc (2) Staplas inc (3) Apple inc

(4) Wallmart com

19. Which country topped the list of women entrepreneurs in the first Gender-GEDI Female Entrepreneurship Index created by Dell inc in June 2013? (1) USA (2) Australia (3) Germany (4) France 20. Match the following List X, with Y. List X . . RBI SBI A. B. List Y Chanda Kochchar Shika Sharma

. AXIS Bank IV. ICICI Bank V. Indian Bank

C. Raghuram Rajan D. Arundhati Bhattacharya E. F. T. M. Bhasin Deepak Parekh

G. Ved Prakash H. Dilip Modi I. (1) C, D, B, V A, V E (3) C, , C, V D, V B U. K. Sinha

(2) H, C, E, V B, V G (4) C, B, A, V E, V F

21. Which statement is incorrect relating to INS Sindhurakshak? (1) It is Kilo Class type 636 (Sindhughosh class) diesel electric submarine (2) It was built in Russia (3) At the time of disaster on 13/8/13 it was docked in Visakhapatnam Naval Dock Yard (4) It was commissioned in 1997 22. Who among the following Wimbledon champions announced retirement from tennis in August 2013? (1) Marion Bartoli (2) Roger Federer (3) Rafael Nadal (4) Petra Kvitova
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23. Which of the following Indian companies secured places in Forbes The Worlds Most Innovative Companies top-100? (a) TCS (b) Infosys (c) Bajaj Auto (d) Maruti Suzuki (e) Tata Steel (1) c, d, b (2) d, e, a (3) c, d, e (4) a, b, c 24. A meeting of the Sub Committee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held on 7/8/13 in Mumbai. Who is the current Chairperson of the council? (1) P. Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister (2) Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister (3) Dr. Raghuram Rajan, Governor Reserve Bank of India (4) Dr. C. Rangarajan, PMEAC, Chief Economic Advisor 25. The President of India conveyed greetings to the nation, on 17/8/13 on the occasion of Navroz which is the new year of (1) Parsis (2) Muslims (3) Buddhists (4) Jews 26. The Government of India launched the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme on 16/8/13. Which of the following are salient features of the scheme? (a) The scheme covers one youth from rural household that completes 100 days of work under MGNREGA (b) Around 3645 lakh rural youth will be brought under the scheme (c) The scheme is branded as Standard Training Assessment and Reward (STAR) (d) The scheme is expected to benefit 10 lakh youth in the first year (e) The certified trainees will get `10,000 to cover training costs (1) a, b, c (2) a, b, c, d (3) a, b, c, d, e (4) b, c, d, e

27. The recently released Book Advantage Hollywood is the Autobiography of (1) Anand Amritraj (2) Ashok Amritraj (3) Kabir Bedi

(4) John Abraham

28. World Anti Doping Agency will organize World Conference on Doping in SPORT in Johannesburg in November 1215, 2013. The agency is headquartered in (1) Johannesburg, South Africa (2) Montreal, Canada (3) Berlin, Germany (4) Geneva, Switzerland

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