1)

The easy way to stay in touch, is the punchline associated with which of the following prepaid mobile cards?
a)Hutch
b)Trump
c)Idea
d)Magic
The correct answer is b)Trump
2. Which of the following represents the percentage of equity that will be retained by the Government after the disinvestment of HPCL and BPCL,
respectively?

a)34% and 35%

b)35% and 34%
c)12% and 26%
d)26% and 12%
The correct answer is c)12% and 26%
3) The name of Raymonds chain of stores, that it plans for the retailing of consumer durables is

a)Dinons
b)Plugin
c)Best Buys
d)Smart Shops
The correct answer is b)Plugin
4) Which of the following personalities has been appointed as the head of Tehelka Panel after the much in news resignation of its chief
K.Venkataswamy?

a)G.C. Saxena
b)S.N. Variyawa
c)S.N. Phukan
d)Kuldeep Singh
The correct answer is c)S.N. Phukan
5) This scooter won the Business Standard Motoring Scooter of the year 2003 award and has the punchline, Science and Sizzle. Which scooter are
we talking about here?

a)Dio
b)Nova
c)Marvel
d)Select
The correct answer is b)Nova
6) Which of the following personalities has been chosen as the winner of JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award 2002, given by All India Management
Association?

a)Keshub Mahindra
b)Dr. J. J Irani
c)S. Ramadorai
d)B.L. Munjal
The correct answer is c)S. Ramadorai
7) Easy Bill, is the name of the newly setup company for undertaking large scale bill collection through a countrywide network. This company has
been set up by

a)Birla group
b)Tata group
c)Hero group
d)Essar group
The correct answer is c)Hero group
8) Who is the chief executive officer of Satyam Infoway Ltd. (Sify)?

a)S. Ramadorai
b) B. Ramalinga Raju
c)R. Ramaraj
d)Arun Thyagarajan
The correct answer is c)R. Ramaraj
9) Touching your heart, is the punchline associated with

a)Delphi
b)De Beers
c)Yamaha
d)Mico
The correct answer is c)Yamaha
10) Which of the following is NOT a rating agency?

a)FITCH
b)CRISIL
c)CRRI
d)ICRA
The correct answer is c)CRRI

1.

The correct answer is 1. Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, this lady was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. To
which Indian city did she dedicate over forty years of her life tending to the needs of the poor, sick, orphaned and dying?
a) Kolkata
b) Darjeeling
c) Hyderabad
d) Chennai
The correct answer is a) Kolkata
2. The Financial Times named this business tycoon, born in Rajasthan, the 2006 Person of the Year. Who is this Indian businessman?
a) Lakshmi Mittal
b) Vijay Mallya
c) Arun Sarin
d) Mukesh Ambani
The correct answer is a) Lakshmi Mittal
3. This Grandmaster was the first Indian to win the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000. He is ranked no.1 in the April 2007 FIDE
rankings. Who is this chess player?
a) Viswanathan Anand
b) P. Harikrishna
c) Krishnan Sasikiran
d) Srinath Rao
The correct answer is a) Viswanathan Anand
4. Author of "The Argumentative Indian", this Indian Economist is noted for his work in welfare economics. Who is he?
a) Amartya Sen
b) Arindam Chaudhuri
c) Manmohan Singh
d) Jagdish Bhagwati
The correct answer is a) Amartya Sen
5. Acclaimed film maker Satyajit Ray's debut film "Pather Panchali" released in 1955 and was a great success. Which of these films did he NOT
make?

a) Apur Sansar
b) Charulata
c) Mahanagar
d) Bawarchi
The correct answer is d) Bawarchi
6. Homi J. Bhabha was an Indian nuclear physicist, considered to be the father of India's nuclear weapons program. With the help of J.R.D.
Tata, he established the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. How did he die?
a) Heart attack
b) Cancer
c) Natural death
d) Air crash
The correct answer is d) Air crash
7. Indian novelist, Anita Desai has been short-listed for the Booker Prize three times. Which of these works was NOT short-listed?
a) Fire on The mountain
b) In Custody
c) Clear Light of Day
d) Fasting, Feasting
The correct answer is a) Fire on The mountain
8. Ravi Shankar is a well-known Indian instrumentalist in the world. He is recognized for bringing the Indian classical music tradition to the West.
This was done through his association with which of the following people?
a) George Harrison
b) John Lennon
c) Oprah Winfrey
d) Michael Jackson
The correct answer is a) George Harrison
9. Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician, considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all times. G.H. Hardy discovered
him. In which year did he die?
a) 1920
b) 1924
c) 1887
d) 1901
The correct answer is a) 1920
10. Shahrukh Khan is a noted Indian actor. He is an actor, producer and a television host. Which of these production companies did he set up?
a) Balaji Telefilms
b) White Feather Films
c) Dreamz Unlimited
d) Percept Pictures
The correct answer is c) Dreamz Unlimited
Q.1) I'm loving it.
A. HP
B. Coca Cola
C. McDonald's
D. Wal Mart
The correct answer is C. McDonald's
Q.2) Like a good neighbor, ___________ is there.
A. Allstate
B. Prudential
C. Geiko
D. State Farm
The correct answer is D. State Farm
Q.3) Just do it!
A. Nike

B. Adidas
C. Reebok
D. Goodyear
The correct answer is A. Nike
Q.4) Finger lickin good.
A. Popeye's
B. Mrs. Winters
C. Kentucky Fried Chicken
D. ChikFilA
The correct answer is C. Kentucky Fried Chicken
Q.5) Strong enough for a man, made for a woman.
A. Degree
B. Secret
C. Mitchum
D. Old Spice
The correct answer is B. Secret
Q.6) Melt in your mouth, not in your hand.
A. Hersheys
B. M & M's
C. Reese's
D. Milky Way
The correct answer is B. M & M's
Q.7) Snap, crackle, pop.
A. Frosted Flakes
B. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
C. Cheerios
D. Rice Crispies
The correct answer is D. Rice Crispies
Q.8) When you care enough to send the very best.
A. FTD Flowers
B. FedEX
C. Hallmark
D. UPS
The correct answer is C. Hallmark
Q.9) Always low prices.
A. Kmart
B. Wal-Mart
C. Lowe's
D. The Home Depot
The correct answer is B. Wal-Mart
Q.10) Zoom. Zoom. Zoom.
A. Mazda
B. Toyota
C. Subaru
D. Kia
The correct answer is A. Mazda
Q.11) Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's _________.
A. Degree
B. Revlon
C. Maybelline
D. Maxim

The correct answer is C. Maybelline

Q.12) Betcha can't eat just one.
A. Lay's
B. Fritos
C. Doritos
D. Grippos
The correct answer is A. Lay's
Q.13) Eat fresh.
A. Panera
B. Subway
C. Quiznos
D. Jimmy John's
The correct answer is B. Subway
Q.14) There are some things money can't buy, for everything else there's ______.
A. Visa
B. American Express
C. Mastercard
D. Discover
The correct answer is C. Mastercard
Q.15) You are now free to move about the country.
A. Southwest
B. American
C. Continental
D. Delta
The correct answer is A. Southwest
1. Five interlocking colorful rings?
a) Led Zepplin's drummer
b) Froot Loops
c) Olympics
d) Barnum and Bailey's
The correct answer is c) Olympics
2. The dripping coffee cup?
a) Folgers
b) Eight O'Clock Coffee
c) Maxwell House
d) Sanka
The correct answer is c) Maxwell House
3. The peacock?
a) PBS
b) ABC
c) NBCd) CBS
The correct answer is c) NBC
4. The Golden Arches?
a) Traveler's Insurance
b) McDonald's
c) Johnstown Sporting Equipment
d) French's Mustard
The correct answer is b) McDonald's
5. The eye?

a) Finders Keepers
b) CBS
c) iMac Search
d) Psychic Hotline
The correct answer is b) CBS
6. The big, red Spoon?
a) Big G
b) Betty Crocker
c) Martha Stewart
d) Pampered Chef
The correct answer is b) Betty Crocker
7. A rainbow (or any other color now) fruit with a bite taken out of it?
a) Macintosh Mowers
b) Musselman's
c) Apple
d) Chiquita
The correct answer is c) Apple
8. E.T. flying with Elliot past the moon?
a) Children's Television Workshop
b) Dreamworks SKG
c) Amblin Entertainment
d) Speilberg Enterprises
The correct answer is c) Amblin Entertainment
9. A mountain with stars above its peak?
a) Paramount
b) Prudential
c) Six Flags
d) Gibraltar
The correct answer is a) Paramount
10. The 'wave'?
a) Big Sur Waterbeds
b) Coca-Cola
c) Shoreline telephone
d) Beech-nut gum
The correct answer is b) Coca-Cola
11. A siren with stars and a bad crown day?
a) Liberty mutual funds
b) Confederate States Commision
c) Daughters of the American Revolution
d) Starbucks coffee
The correct answer is d) Starbucks coffee
12. A giraffe head?
a) Safari Club
b) Independant party
c) Headstrong Bank
d) Toys R Us
The correct answer is d) Toys R Us
13. A bouncing desk lamp?
a) Staples
b) Pixar

c) Officemax
d) Builder's Square
The correct answer is b) Pixar
14. A silhouette rabbit's head?
a) Uniroyal tires
b) Playboy
c) Trix
d) Speedy Delivery
The correct answer is b) Playboy

1. This is the highest military award for bravery given by the British Government.
a) George Cross
b) Victoria Cross
c) Order of the Bath
d) Cross of Valour
The correct answer is b) Victoria Cross
2. This is the highest military award given by the Prussian Crown.
a) The Iron Cross
b) Pour le Merite
c) Order of the Black Eagle
d) Order of the Red Eagle
The correct answer is c) Order of the Black Eagle
3. The second highest award available to an American sailor:
a) Presidential Commendation
b) Silver Star
c) The Navy Cross
d) Legion of Merit
The correct answer is c) The Navy Cross
4. This is the second highest award that can be granted by the Canadian government for acts of military bravery.
a) Order of Canada
b) Star of Courage
c) Cross of Valour
d) Star of Military Valour
The correct answer is d) Star of Military Valour
5. This was imperial Russias highest ranking order:
a) The Order of St. Andrew the First Called
b) The Order of Saint Vladimir
c) The Order of Saint George
d) The Order of Alexander Nevsky
The correct answer is a) The Order of St. Andrew the First Called

6. This was the Soviet Unions highest order and was presented with the star of a Hero of The Soviet Union:
a) Order of the October Revolution
b) Order of the Glory
c) Order of Honour
d) The Order of Lenin
The correct answer is d) The Order of Lenin
7. This was Finland's first decoration:
a) Order of the White Rose
b) The Cross of Liberty
c) The Commemorative Medal of the War of Liberation
d) Blue Cross
The correct answer is b) The Cross of Liberty
8. This order is the highest that can be given by the French government:
a) Croix du Combattant
b) Medaille des Evades
c) Medaille Militaire
d) Legion d'Honneur
The correct answer is d) Legion d'Honneur
9. This was the lowest ranking Ottoman Turkish award, but was still considered to be prestigious:
a) The Osmanie Order
b) The Order of Medjid
c) The Imtiaz Medal
d) The Order of Suliyman the Great
The correct answer is b) The Order of Medjid
10. This is Poland's highest order:
a) Order Polonia Restitua
b) The Order of St. Stanislaus
c) Order of the White Eagle
d) The Order 'Virtuti Militari'
The correct answer is c) Order of the White Eagle

1.

Where would you spend a Kina?

a) Fiji
b) Rarotonga
c) Samoa
d) Papua New Guinea
The correct answer is d) Papua New Guinea
2. Where would you spend a Rupiah?

a) Indonesia
b) Laos
c) Yemen
d) Malaysia
The correct answer is a) Indonesia
3. Where would you spend a new Kip?
a) Myanmar
b) Vietnam
c) Laos
d) Malaysia
The correct answer is c) Laos
4. Where would you spend a Tugrik?
a) Tajikistan
b) Mongolia
c) Brunei
d) Philippines
The correct answer is b) Mongolia
5. Which currency is used in Lithuania?
a) Soms
b) Lari
c) Litai
d) Drams
The correct answer is c) Litai
6. Which currency is used in Latvia?
a) Lita
b) Lati
c) Drams
d) Tenge
The correct answer is b) Lati
7. There is a very small artificial island at the mouth of the river Thames that has been given independence. It is called Sealand. What common
currency does it use?
a) Dollar
b) Lire
c) Pound
d) Franc
The correct answer is a) Dollar
8. What is the currency of Guatemala?
a) Gourdes

b) Colones
c) Quetzales
d) Pesos
The correct answer is c) Quetzales

9. Lempira is the currency in which country?

a) Belize
b) Honduras
c) El Salvador
d) Costa Rica

The correct answer is b) Honduras

10. Which country has the Gold Cordoba as its currency?
a) Nicaragua
b) Dominican Republic
c) Haiti
d) Belize
The correct answer is a) Nicaragua
11. What is the currency of Swaziland?
a) Maloti
b) Emalangeni
c) Metical
d) Dobra
The correct answer is b) Emalangeni

Q1. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director of National Research Development Corporation?
a) Jagannathan Chakravarthi
b) Rakesh Srivastava
c) Hanumanthu Purushotham
d) Rohan Sharma
Q2. Which company tied up with RailTel Corporation to provide Streaming Services to Rail Passengers?
a) Airtel
b) ErosNow
c) Idea
d) Vodafone
Q3. Who has been appointed as the CEO of Ogilvy & Mather India?

a) Kunal Jeswani
b) Kavya Mathur
c) Rajhans Chaudhary
d) Gomti Sinha
Q4. Guess the Personality who is the Chairman of the Bharat Hotels chain

a) Srinath
b) T. Srinivasan
c) Lalit Suri
d) Mohin Sharma
Q5. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of McDonalds?
a) Steve Easterbrook
b) Donald Thompson
c) Jim Skinner
d) None of these
Q6. Guess the logo of the FMCG company

a) ITC ltd.
b) Godrej
c) Marico
d) Emami
Q7. Who is the CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill?
a) Eve Brook
b) Steve Ells
c) Tom Moody
d) None of these
Q8. Which company outdid MacDonalds and Dominos in the Indian market?
a) Haldirams
b) Bikaner
c) Bikanerwala
d) Kalewa
Q9. Turkish company Mekanist was acquired by which Indian company recently?
a) Flipkart
b) Zomato
c) Snapdeal
d) JustDial
Q10. Who was apoointed as the CEO of Chairman of Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd. recently?
a) Bala Ji
b) S. Lakshminarayanan

c) J Swaminathan
d) Sneha Balakrishnan
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1.

In Duopoly, there is/are

A. Many firms
B. Two firms controlling the Market
C. Large corporations
D. None of the above
The correct answer is B. Two firms controlling the Market
2. Model of Monopolistic Competition (i.e Imperfect competition) is characterized by
A. Homogeneous goods
B. Differentiated goods
C. Substitute Goods
D. All of the above
The correct answer is B. Differentiated goods
3. Price discrimination is a situation when a producer
A. charges different prices in different markets
B. charges same price
C. Charges many prices
D. All of the above.
The correct answer is A. charges different prices in different markets
4. Monopoly is a form of market where there is
A. large number of buyer
B. Small number of buyer
C. A single firm controlling the market
D. Any of the above
The correct answer is C. A single firm controlling the market
5. Shape of Total Fixed Cost(TFC) Curve is
A. Verticle
B. Horizontal
C. 45 degree line
D. None of the above
The correct answer is B. Horizontal
6. Production Functions Shows
A. Prices of input and output
B. Relationship between output and input
C. various combinations of inputs
D. All of the above
The correct answer is B. Relationship between output and input
7. Law of Demand states that
A. with the increase in price Quantity increases
B. with the increase in price quantity decreases other things remaining the same.
C. quantity does not change with any increase in price.
D. All of the above.
The correct answer is B. with the increase in price quantity decreases other things remaining the same.
8. What Microeconomics is about?
A. Study of Business Environment

B. Study of financial position of the economy

C. Study of the Economy at Micro Level
D. None of the above
The correct answer is C. Study of the Economy at Micro Level
9. While in Perfect Competition
A. Firms are price taker
B. Buyers are independant
C. Input prices are given
D. None of the above
The correct answer is A. Firms are price taker
1.

Diffrence between Real and Nominal GDP is

A. measured by excluding some of the sectors
B. that real GDP is always smaller than Nominal GDP
C. Change in price level from base year to current year
D. None of the above.
The correct answer is C. Change in price level from base year to current year
2. GDP Deflator is used to
A. Calculate Real GDP from Nominal GDP
B. Measure the changes in Real GDP
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above
The correct answer is A. Calculate Real GDP from Nominal GDP
3. GDP is market value of all the final goods
A. Produced domestically
B. Produced by domestic factors of production
C. Produced by all factors of production
D. All of the above
The correct answer is A. Produced domestically
4. What is the alternative name for Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
A Paasche Index
B Mundell Index
C Keynes Index
D Laspeyres Index
The correct answer is D. Laspeyres Index
5. If an economy uses a floating exchange rate system then what will happen to GDP if the government decided to use expansionary fiscal
policy? (Assuming capital mobility is perfect)
A Increases
B Nobody knows
C Decreases
D No change
The correct answer is D. No change
6. In what year was the WTO (World Trade Organisation) created?
A 1995
B 1994
C 1993
D 1992
The correct answer is A. 1995
. Where is the New York Stock Exchange located?
a) Broadway
b) Empire State Building
c) Times Square
d) Wall Street

The correct answer is d) Wall Street

2. Which of the following cities does NOT have a formal stock exchange?
a) Frankfurt
b) London
c) Monte Carlo
d) Hong Kong
The correct answer is c) Monte Carlo
3. Which of the following might you see roaming a stock market?
a) Goats
b) Cows
c) Mice
d) Bulls
The correct answer is d) Bulls
4. Which of the following are you unlikely to find traded officially on world stock markets?
a) Foreign Currency
b) Company stock/shares
c) Insults
d) Gold
The correct answer is c) Insults
5. Holding a corporate bond is the same as holding corporate stock.
a) True
b) False
The correct answer is b) False
6. Which of the following might be a reason for a stock market to lose value suddenly?
a) A big company going bankrupt
b) Fear of a global recession
c) A terrorist attack
d) All of these
The correct answer is d) All of these
7. Which term most accurately describes selling shares at a higher price than the price at which they were bought?
a) Loss
b) Asset
c) Dividend
d) Profit
The correct answer is d) Profit
8. Who portrayed Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film "Wall Street"?
a) Martin Sheen
b) Michael Douglas
c) Nick Leeson
d) Charlie Sheen
The correct answer is b) Michael Douglas
9. The FTSE 100 index is used to measure stock market performance in which country?
a) France
b) United Kingdom
c) Germany
d) Finland
The correct answer is b) United Kingdom
10. Which term is used to describe a payout made to shareholders representing their share of a corporation's profit?

a) Jackpot
b) Dividend
c) Lovely Jubbly
d) Coupon
The correct answer is b) Dividend
1. A sub-section of the London Stock Exchange is called AIM. What does this acronym stand for?
a) Amalgamated Investment Materials
b) Alternative Issue Medium
c) Associated Investment Managers
d) Alternative Investment Market
The correct answer is d) Alternative Investment Market
2. Why might an investor "short" a particular stock or share?
a) In the belief that the price will fall
b) In expectation of good news from the company
c) In the belief that the price will rise
d) In the hope that the company will be taken over
The correct answer is a) In the belief that the price will fall
3. I have just instructed my stockbroker to sell one of my holdings using a "fill or kill" trade. What have I asked him to do?
a) Sell a stock at a fixed price or do not sell at all
b) Wait until the price attains a certain level and then sell
c) Sell a stock at any price available
d) Get a good price or jump off a roof
The correct answer is a) Sell a stock at a fixed price or do not sell at all
4. I am fairly confident that a company I want to invest in will have a good year but just in case I'm wrong I want to "hedge" my risk. Which of the
following combinations of manufacturing companies might be a good "hedging" strategy?
a) mobile phones / pocket calculators
b) wallpaper / household paint
c) sun loungers / suntan lotion
d) waterproof boots / ice cream
The correct answer is d) waterproof boots / ice cream
5. I am told by my pension adviser that my retirement fund has now been placed in an investment vehicle run by a professional institution, comingled with other investors' money and spread throughout various sectors of the investment market. The returns obtained will be totally
dependent upon investment performance with no underlying guarantees. Which type of fund am I now invested in?
a) Cash Fund
b) Balanced Managed Fund
c) Self Invested Personal Pension
d) Deferred Annuity Contract
The correct answer is b) Balanced Managed Fund
6. Speculation on which region's stock markets caused Nick Leeson to bring about the collapse of Barings Bank in 1995?
a) Asia
b) North America
c) Europe
d) Middle East
The correct answer is a) Asia
7. I need to raise capital for my company, which is already listed on a stock exchange, but do not wish to increase the number of shares in
circulation. Which of the following might achieve this objective?
a) Bond issue
b) Open offer
c) Rights issue
d) Stock buy back
The correct answer is a) Bond issue
8. In stock market terms which event is now known as the South Sea Bubble?

a) The first exchange opened on the Antarctic icepack

b) Discovery of oil and gas in the Falkland Islands
c) A scandal on the London Stock Exhange during the early 1700s
d) The opening of trade routes to Australia
The correct answer is c) A scandal on the London Stock Exhange during the early 1700s
9. When looking at stock prices I notice that the buying price is usually lower than the selling price. What is the technical name for this
differential?
a) Bid / Offer Spread
b) Bid / Offer Chasm
c) Buy / Sell Void
d) Buy / Sell Interval
The correct answer is a) Bid / Offer Spread
10. I have just been arrested and charged with "insider dealing". What crime have I committed?
a) Selling my own shares to family members
b) Failing to execute a trade when instructed
c) Trading stock outside normal market hours
d) Trading stock for my own gain using confidential information
The correct answer is d) Trading stock for my own gain using confidential information