GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS FOR IIFT 2011 (Paper-II)

Directions for questions 1 to 30: Select the correct alternative from the given choices. 1. 2. 3. In September 2011, India abolished duty on 46 textile products imported from (1) Bangladesh (2) Pakistan (3) China (4) Sri Lanka Which country in September 2011 served an ultimatum to the Swiss banking industry? (1) India (2) China (3) USA (4) Russia Which of the following statements are not true? A. The first ancient Olympic games were held in 776 AD. B. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. C. The Olympic flag and the Olympic oath were introduced in 1920. D. A black African won a gold for the first time in the Olympics at Rome in 1966. The games were covered by television worldwide. E. The games were held at the highest altitude ever 7, 349 feet in Sydney, Australia in 1968. F. Eleven Israeli athletes were killed when Palestinian militants stormed the team headquarters of Israel in Munich, in 1972. (1) A, B only (2) B, C, D only (3) E, F only (4) A, E only The Obulapuram mining company [OMC] which is in the news, is facing allegations of illegal mining on the border between (1) AP and Karnataka. (2) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. (3) AP and Chhattisgarh. (4) Orissa and Jharkhand. Tony Tan was elected as president of _____ in September 2011. (1) Mauritius (2) Fiji (3) Singapore Match the following. Term 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cyberspace Nano technology Cold war Robotics Genocide A. B. C. D. E. Coined by William Gibson Norio Taniguchi Raphael Lemkin Isaac Asimov Bernard Baruch (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-C; 4-E; 5-D (4) 1-A; 2-B; 3-E; 4-D; 5-C (4) East Timor

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(1) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D; 5-E (3) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-A 7. 8.

Who is the Executive Secretary of the Untied Nations Frame Work Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)? (1) R. K. Pachauri (2) Al Gore (3) Laura Chinchilla (4) Christiana Figueres Match the Following Day 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. September 5 September 8
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Importance A. B. C. D. E. F. International Literacy Day (UNESCO) Sanskrit Day World Ozone Day Hindi Day Rose Day. (welfare of cancer patients) Day for Peace and Non-Violence (UN). (2) 1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - D; 4 - C; 5 - F; 6 - E. (4) 1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - C; 4 - D; 5 - F; 6 - E.

September 14 . September 16

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(1) 1 - A; 2 - B; 3 - C; 4 - D; 5 - E: 6 - F. (3) 1 - F; 2 - E; 3 - D; 4 - C; 5 - B; 6 - A. 9.

Who is the chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA)? (1) J .S. Sarma (2) J. Harinarayan (3) Yogesh Agarwal (4) Y. S. Bhave

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10. Match the following ListX (Institute / Organisation) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Central Fuel Research Institute Central Food and Technological Research Institute. National Chemical Laboratory Central Building Research Institute. National Geophysical Research Institute. National Metallurgical Laboratory A. B. C. D. E. F. ListY (Located at) Pune Mysore Dhanbad. Jamshedpur Hyderabad Roorke

(1) 1 - A; 2 - B; 3 - C; 4 - D; 5 - E; 6 - f. (3) 1 - F; 2 - E; 3 - D; 4 - C; 5 - B; 6 - A.

(2) 1 - C; 2 - B; 3 - A; 4 - F; 5 - E; 6 - D. (4) 1 - B; 2 - A; 3 - D; 4 - C; 5 - F; 6 - E.

11. Who is the Vice Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) (1) Kapil Sibal (2) Shivraj Patil (3) M.Shashidhar Reddy (4) N.C.Vij 12. Which of the following sectors has a foreign direct investment (FDI) limit of 100%? (1) Banking (2) Telecom (3) Tourism (4) Insurance 13. Who among the following has won the Templeton Prize for 2011? (1) Joseph Lelyveld (2) Martin Rees (3) Warren Buffett (4) Francisco Jose Ayala 14. Match the following list X with list Y List X 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Baikonur spacedrome Kourou Tanegashima San Marco launch platform Xi Chang satellite launch centre A. B. C. D. E. Russia Japan China Kenya List Y European Space Agency (French Guiana)

(1) 1 A; 2 B; 3 C 4 D; (3) 1 B; 2 A; 4 C; 5 E

(2) 1 A; 2 E; 3 C 4 B; 5 D (4) 1 B; 2 A; 3 C; 4 E; 5 D

15. India has become the fifth largest country in the world having more than 10 crores mobile phone connections. The first four leading countries are (1) USA, China, Japan, Russia (2) Russia, USA, Japan, China (3) China, USA, Russia, Japan (4) China, USA, Japan, Russia 16. Which social activist has won the 2011 IIPM Rabindranath Tagore International Peace Prize that carries a prize money of `1 Crore? (1) Arundhati Roy (2) Anna Hazare (3) Kiran Bedi (4) Aravind Kejriwal 17. Which of the following public sector undertakings was given Navaratna status in April 2011? (1) IOC (2) NTPC (3) NLC (4) ONGC 18. Match the following List-X, with List-Y Person List X 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. (1) (2) (3) (4) S.K. Shrma J.S. Sharma Vineet Jain M.C. Badhani Pradeep Kumar Mamata Sharma. U.C. Sarangi Ratan Tata A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. Chairman / Director / President of List Y National Commission for Women. CVC Border Roads Organisation. Press Trust of India. TRAI Atomic Energy Regulatory Board NABARD Investment Commission

1 C ; 2 B ; 3 C ;4 F ; 5 E ; 6 D ; 7 H ; 8 G 1 F ; 2 E ; 3 C ;4 D ; 5 B ; 6 A ; 7 G ; 8 H 1 F ; 2 E ; 3 D ;4 C ; 5 B ; 6 A ; 7 G ; 8 H 1 E ; 2 F ; 3 D ;4 C ; 5 B ; 6 A ; 7 G ; 8 H
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19. Who is the chairman of the Federal Reserve, the apex bank of the United States of America? (1) Kamala Harris (2) Carol Bartz (3) Ben Bernanke (4) Sheila Bair 20. Thomas Cup and Uber Cup are associated with which of the following sports? (1) Badminton (2) Tennis (3) Table Tennis (4) Golf 21. Match the following. Name of the port 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Kandla (Gujarat) Mumbai (Maharashtra) Nhavasheva (Maharashtra) Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Ennore (Tamil Nadu) Paradip (Orissa) Haldia (West Bengal) A. B. C. D. E. F. G. Characteristic First corporatised and new satellite port Artificial port; oldest port of East Coast Mechanised satellite port Biggest port of India Tidal port, Free port Export oriented port Riverine port (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-D; 4-C; 5-F; 6-E; 7-G (4) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-F; 6-A; 7-G (4) Andhra Pradesh

(1) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D; 5-E; 6-F; 7-G (3) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-A; 6-F; 7-G

22. Which State hosted the 34th National Games recently? (1) Kerala (2) Maharashtra (3) Jharkhand

23. In September 2011, the parliament accepted the three suggestions on Lokpal proposed by (1) NAC. (2) IAC. (3) Bharath Swabhiman. (4) YAC. 24. Who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance? (1) P. Chidambaram (2) Jaswant Singh (3) Yashwant Sinha 25. The `1000 Crore e-project for issue of passports was taken up by (1) TCS. (2) CMC. (3) C-DAC. (4) Sitaram Yechury (4) NIC.

26. Which of the following prizes / awards was started by the Swedish German Philanthropist Jakob Von Uexkull in 1980? (1) Templeton (2) Magsaysay Award (3) Right Livelihood Award (4) Abel prize 27. The term 'Special Drawing Rights' (SDR) is associated with (1) World Bank. (2) IMF. (3) WEF. 28. Match the following. Person 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Susmita Sen Lara Dutta Reita Faria Aishwarya Rai Diana Hayden Yukta Mookhey Priyanka Chopra (2) 1-a; 2-b; 3-E; 4-D; 5-C; 6-B; 7-A (4) 1-A; 2-b; 3-E; 4-C; 5-D; 6-a; 7-B A. B. C. D. E. Year (Miss World) 2000 1999 1997 1994 1966 (a) (b) Year (Miss Universe) 1994 2000 (4) ADB.

(1) 1-D; 2-C; 3-E; 4-a; 5-A; 6-B; 7-b (3) 1-a; 2-A; 3-E; 4-D; 5-C; 6-B; 7-b

29. Which country committed to provide Nepal with $ 19.8 million in military aid in March 2011? (1) India (2) China (3) Pakistan (4) USA 30. Who is the first non-American to join the board of the Bank of America (BOA)? (1) Sunil Mittal (2) Indra Nooyi (3) LN Mittal (4) Mukesh Ambani
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