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2005 Questions 1.Westside is the name of the retail store of… Tatas, Additional Info More is with AV Birla Group , Next is with Video...

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2005 Questions
1.Westside is the name of the retail store of…
Tatas,
Additional Info
More is with AV Birla Group ,
Next is with Videocon group ,
Fresh and Select with Reliance group,
Big apple is by express retail services,
Wal Mart (US), Carrefour from France

2.The map that appears on the Mobile phones now a days is a very good example of…
GIS
Additional Info
TRAI chairman is J S SHARMA , A. Raja is the communications and IT Minister of India,
Irwin Mark Jacob is considered as the father of CDMA technology.

3.Bangalore  airport is an example of…
Joint venture of the government and the foreign investment.
Additional Info
V. P. Agrawal is the chairman of the Airports Authority of India , While the GMR-Fraport consortium won the bid for the Delhi airport, the GVK-South African Airports combine bagged the Mumbai airport project,

4.What exactly are yellow pages?
The name and concept of "Yellow Pages" came about in 1883, when a printer in Cheyenne, Wyoming working on a regular telephone directory ran out of white paper and used yellow paper instead. Reuben H. Donnelly later expanded on this concept in 1886 to recreate the very first official yellow pages directory

6.Spectramind is the BPO of…
Wipro,
Additional Info
Daksh is with IBM ,
Raman Roy is the father of BPO industry in India ( considered as) ,
GENPACT is with GE,
Progeon is with Infosys.
EXL services is the first BPO company of ndia to be listed at NASADQ

7.What is LIBOR?
Interest rate; The London Interbank Offered Rate is a daily reference rate based on the interest rates at which banks offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the London wholesale money market (or interbank market). LIBOR will be slightly higher than the London Interbank Bid Rate (LIBID), the rate at which banks are prepared to accept deposits.
Additional Info
Present CRR:- 7.5%
Bank Rate :-6%
SLR:25%
Service Tax Rate : 12.36%

8.What is the primary function of SEBI?
To regulate the stock market,
Additional Info
Established in 1992, headquartered at Mumbai , chairman is C.B Bhave.

9.Ficci chairman for 2005 –06..
O.S. Kanwar,


10.Parachute is the name of the brand of…
Marico Industries,
Additional Info
saffola , Kaya , Mediker are some of the famous brands of Marico Industries Ltd.

11.According to FORTUNE which of the following was ranked as number 1 company in 2005 in the world?
Wal Mart, it is still the leader as per 2007 FORTUNE Report.

12. The name of the medium range surface to surface missile that was test fired successfully in Oct. 2005 was asked?
Akash, Agni , Surya ,Nirbhay , Brahmos , Prithvi ,are the names of other missiles.

13. Which is the biggest source of revenue to the Govt. of India?
Central Excise duty, Service sector contributes the most that is 55% to the GDP of the Indian economy.

14. Internet is controlled by
None, Tim Berners Lee invented world wide web.

15. Who authored the book Straight from the Gut
Jach F. Welch, The Gathering is another famous work by Anne Enright

16. Magsaysay award is given in the memory of the President of
Philippines

2006 Questions


1.Who is the promoter of the Titan Raga watches?
Rani Mukharjee

2.What is wikipedia? 
Online Encyclopedia

3.Who are the founders of Apple Inc. ?
Steve Job and Steve Woznik

4.What is McCann Erickson?
Advertising Agency

5.Why the colour of the red sea is red? 
Due to the seasonal appearance of the bacteria that are red in colour

6.Which country owns Antarctica? 
Antarctica has no government and belongs to no country. Its status is regulated by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty and other related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System.

7.Osamu Suzuki has close relations with whom in India?
Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation Tied up with MUL.

8.Indira Nooyee’s  designation is…
Presently chairwoman , President , CEO of PepsiCo Inc.

9.Nike meaning 
Goddess of Victory

10.Inflation means
A rate of increase in the general price level of all goods and services.

11.Oscar is given by…
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

13. What is Thalessemia? 
An inherited disorder of hemoglobin in red blood cells,OR a genetic disorder.