SCMHRD Questions – Paper 2

Directions for questions 1 to 40: Select the correct 12. Who among the following has succeeded
alternative from the given choices. Y V Reddy as India’s executive director at the
IMF?
1. The contribution of the services sector in the (a) M.S. Alhuwalia (b) N.K. Singh
GDP of India in 2002-03 was (c) B.P. Mishra (d) S. Narayana
(a) 44% (b) 49% (c) 56% (d) 59%
13. ‘Pure for Sure’ is the ad-line for
2. According to AT Kearney, which country has (a) HPCL (b) BPCL
topped the foreign direct investment confidence (c) PepsiCo India (d) Coca-Cola India
index for 2003?
(a) USA (b) South Korea 14. Which state’s disaster management agency
(c) Japan (d) China (DMA) has been awarded the UN Sasawaka
Prize 2003 for its efficient handling of natural
disasters?
3. What is India’s food grain production target for
(a) Orissa (b) Andhra Pradesh
the year 2003-04? (c) Gujarat (d) Uttaranchal
(a) 220 million tonnes (b) 210 million tonnes
(c) 201 million tonnes (d) 193 million tonnes 15. Who among the following heads the POTA
Review Committee?
4. India’s share in world trade in 2002 was (a) Justice A.B. Saharya
(a) 0.5% (b) 0.8% (c) 1.1% (d) 1.3% (b) Justice A.S. Anand
(c) Justice S.P.Bharucha
5. The N Shinkar Committee Report is on (d) Justice Shyam Sunder
(a) FDI.
(b) pension reforms. 16. Which Indian state is the largest producer of
(c) banking and financial services. Copper?
(d) aviation sector reforms. (a) West Bengal (b) Jharkhand
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Orissa
6. Which among the following has merged with
IDFC to create India’s largest infrastructure 17. Which of the following is not a crop season in
financing company? India?
(a) HDFC (b) IFCI (c) IL & FS (d) IDBI (a) Kharif (b) Teej (c) Rabi (d) Zaid

7. Which beverage giant owns the fruit drink brand 18. Which of the following forest types is found on the
‘Tropicana’? wind ward side of the Western Ghats?
(a) Coca-Cola (a) Tropical Deciduous Forest
(b) PepsiCo (b) Tropical Evergreen Forest
(c) Cadbury Schweppes (c) Semi – evergreen Forest
(d) Anheuser–Busch (d) Tidal Forest

8. Which public sector giant was originally called 19. Which of the following is the world’s largest
media company?
Burmah-Shell till 1976?
(a) Time Warner (b) News Corporation
(a) BPCL (b) HPCL (c) IOC (d) IBP
(c) Vivend Universal (d) Bertelsmann
9. The United Nations has declared the year 2003 20. Which television news channel says, ’Demand a
as the year of broader view’?
(a) mountains. (b) disabled persons. (a) NDTV 24X7 (b) BBC World
(c) youth. (d) freshwater. (c) CNN (d) Star News
10. According to Census 2001, which of the following 21. Find the incorrect match
two states rank 1 and 2 respectively, in terms of (a) B. Muthuraman – CMD, Tata Steel
lowest literacy rates? (b) Subir Raba – CMD, ONGC
(a) Jharkhand (1), Bihar (2) (c) M V Kamath – CEO, ICICI Bank
(b) Bihar (1), Jharkhand (2) (d) M S Ramachandran - CM, IOC
(c) Chhattisgarh (1), Jharkhand (2)
(d) Bihar (1), Chhattisgarh 22. Where is the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
located?
11. In developing BrahMos, India’s first supersonic (a) Sriharikota
missile, India has a joint venture with (b) Hassan
(a) France (b) Israel (c) Britain (d) Russia (c) Mahendragiri
(d) Thiruvananthapuram

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23. Which among the following is India’s largest 34. Which city will play host to the Sixth Ministerial
selling fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) Meeting of the WTO in 2005?
product? (a) New Delhi (b) Geneva
(a) Gold Flake (Cigarette) (c) Ottawa (d) Hong Kong
(b) Thums-up (Beverage)
(c) Wills Classic (Cigarette) 35. According to Transparency International
(d) Coca-Cola (Beverage) Corruption Perception Index 2003, which is the
least corrupt country in the world?
24. The Justice Malimath Committee was set up to (a) Finland (b) Canada
make recommendations on (c) Switzerland (d) Portugal
(a) capital account convertibility.
(b) reformation of high – risk prisons. 36. Which among the following Indian states has the
(c) reformation of criminal justice system. highest urban population as percentage of total
(d) enhanced measures to protect VVIPs. population as per Census 2001?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Goa
25. Who among the following is the new Chairman of (c) Maharashtra (d) Nagaland
Nasscom for 2003-04?
(a) Kiran Karnik (b) Shiv Nadar 37. Sam Palmisano is the CEO of
(c) Tarun Das (d) Som Mittal (a) Exxon Mobil. (b) General Motor.
(c) IBM. (d) PepsiCo.
26. According to Forest Report 2001, what is the
percentage of forest area to total geographical 38. Which company has launched the luxury car
area of India? brand, ‘Optra’?
(a) 20.55% (b) 23.03% (a) Ford Motor India (b) GM India
(c) 26.89% (d) 29.39% (c) Maruti Udyog (d) Skoda Auto

27. Which of the following places has been declared 39. Which among the following is the largest Indian
‘World Book Capital for 2003’ by UNESCO and company by revenue for 2002-03?
IPA? (a) IOC (b) Reliance Industries
(a) Berlin (b) Osaka (c) ONGC (d) NTPC
(c) Sydney (d) New Delhi
40. Kumara Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of which
28. Who among the following heads the 17th Law corporate group?
Commission of India? (a) K K Birla Group (b) C K Birla Group
(a) Justice M. Gangadhar Rao (c) B K Birla Group (d) A V Birla Group
(b) Justice J. S. Verma
(c) Justice B. N. Kirpal
(d) Justice K. Venkatswami

29. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2003 has been

awarded to
(a) Paul Lauterbur. (b) Pope John Paul II.
(c) Shirin Ebadi. (d) Kofi Annan.

30. Pradeep Baijal is the Chairman of

(a) IRDA (b) TRAI
(c) SEBI (d) NABARD

31. Which of the following countries had the highest

gross domestic product in 2002?
(a) China (b) Germany
(c) Japan (d) USA

32. Which country had the highest foreign exchange

reserves in the world as at end September 2003?
(a) China (b) Taiwan (c) Japan (d) USA

33. According to the RBI, which among the following

is the largest foreign bank in India?
(a) Standard Chartered
(b) Citibank
(c) ABN Amro
(d) HSBC

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 Key for SCMHRD Paper-2
1. c 11. d 21. c 31. d
2. d 12. c 22. d 32. a
3. a 13. b 23. a 33. a
4. b 14. c 24. c 34. d
5. b 15. a 25. d 35. a
6. c 16. b 26. a 36. b
7. b 17. b 27. d 37. c
8. a 18. b 28. a 38. b
9. d 19. a 29. c 39. a
10. b 20. b 30. b 40. d

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