The General Awareness questions for the day are given below.
| 1. | Which one of the following partnership in the domestic insurance sector is incorrect? |
| (1) | HDFC - Standard Life |
| (2) | Birla - Sun Life |
| (3) | Tata - Allianz |
| (4) | Max - New York Life |
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| 2. | As per the latest National Readership Survey 2001, which newspaper has become the most widely read daily in the country? |
| (1) | Daily Thanti (Tamil) |
| (2) | Malayala Manorama |
| (3) | Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi) |
| (4) | Dainik Jagran (Hindi) |
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| 3. | “Everything from cancer to heart attacks. Covered for 70 paise a day,” is the baseline of an advertisement by |
| (1) | Birla Sun Life |
| (2) | Cancer Institute WIA |
| (3) | ICICI Prudential Life Insurance |
| (4) | OM Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance |
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| 4. | Which Indian woman was recently included in the Fortune magazine’s global list of 50 most powerful women in business? |
| (1) | Lalita Gupte |
| (2) | Meena Venkatesh |
| (3) | Rama Bijapurkar |
| (4) | Tina Ambani |
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| 5. | As per the recent Global Competitiveness Report from the World Economic Forum, which country replaced US as the most competitive economy in the world? |
| (1) | Canada |
| (2) | Sweden |
| (3) | Finland |
| (4) | Singapore |
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| 6. | What is common to Bethlehem Steel, Polaroid and Swissair? |
| (1) | All companies owned by GE |
| (2) | All recently applied for bankruptcy protection |
| (3) | Their founders committed suicide |
| (4) | All of these companies were recently targets of successful hostile takeover |
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| 7. | What famous brand name is derived from a combination of two words, which mean ‘dead’ in French and ‘one’ in German? |
| (1) | Dettol |
| (2) | Mortein |
| (3) | Martini |
| (4) | Ritter |
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| 8. | Which is the longest running TV cartoon in history, first launched by Warner Brothers in 1969 exclusively for television, and is now a popular fare on the Cartoon Network? |
| (1) | Scooby Doo |
| (2) | Tom and Jerry |
| (3) | Popeye |
| (4) | Johnny Bravo |
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| 9. | Which company has recently launched a range of biscuits in India following its takeover of Nutrine confectionery? |
| (1) | Hindustan Lever |
| (2) | Marico |
| (3) | Parke Davis |
| (4) | Sara Lee |
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| 10. | In the latest Forbes List of wealthiest Americans, 3 out of the top 4 richest men in USA have made their wealth from one company. Which one ? |
| (1) | Standard Oil (Exxon) |
| (2) | Microsoft |
| (3) | De Beers |
| (4) | Berkshire Hathaway |
| Answer Key |
| (1) | 3 |
| (6) | 2 |
| (2) | 3 |
| (7) | 2 |
| (3) | 3 |
| (8) | 1 |
| (4) | 1 |
| (9) | 4 |
| (5) | 3 |
| (10) | 2 |
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