GK Block

1. What is utilization rate?

Utilization rate is the percentage of time a person spends doing

billable work. The utilization rate is not the billing rate. Billable
hours are the number of working hours you can charge to your
client, while the utilization rate is the percentage of total
working hours that can be billed.
2. Which are the neighbouring states of West Bengal?
It is bordered by the countries of Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan,
and the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim,
and Assam.
3. What is the population of Kolkata?
As of 2011, the city had 4.5 million residents.
4. What is trading?
The action or activity of buying and selling goods and services.
5. Who is current CEO of Microsoft?
Satya Nadella
6. What is the logo of Microsoft?
Windows logo which have been used to represent Microsoft's
four major products: Windows (blue), Office (red), Xbox
(green), and Bing (yellow).

7. What is the highest selling product of Microsoft?

Windows

8. Are Operating systems of Microsoft licensed product?

Yes
9. Is Microsoft office package a licensed product?
Yes
10.
What do you mean by Gnatt Chart?
A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart, first developed by Karol
Adamiecki in 1896, and independently by Henry Gantt in the
1910s, that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate
the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary
elements of a project.
11.

What do you mean by EOQ?

Economic order quantity (EOQ) is the order quantity that

minimizes total inventory holding costs and ordering costs. It is
one of the oldest classical production scheduling models. The
framework used to determine this order quantity is also known
as Wilson EOQ Model orWilson Formula. It is the number of units
that a company should add to inventory with each order to
minimize the total costs of inventorysuch as holding costs, order
costs, and shortage costs.
12.
Which company is Walmart associated with in India?
Easyday

13.

What is the total size of Retail industry in India?

14.
In which part in India do you find major presence of
Walmart stores?
Northern part of India
15.
What are Interim Budget and Union Budget ? What
are the corresponding dates?
Union Budget announced on the last date of February, is the
annual budget of the Republic of India. During an election year,
it is impractical for the ruling government to pass an annual
Budget. So it passes an interim Budget, also referred to as a Vote
of Account, or VOA.
16.
Name 5 non Indian steel companies?
ArcelorMittal(Luxembourg), Baosteel(China), Posco(South
Korea), Nippon Steel(Japan), JFE Holdings(Japan).
17.

What is the full form of IRDA?

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority.

18.
What is the work of SEBI ?Name the chief of SEBI.
What is the difference between IRDA and SEBI?

The Preamble of the Securities and Exchange Board of India

describes the basic functions of the Securities and Exchange
Board of India as "...to protect the interests of investors in
securities and to promote the development of, and to regulate
the securities market and for matters connected therewith or
incidental thereto".
SEBI has to be responsive to the needs of three groups, which
constitute the market:
the issuers of securities
the investors
the market intermediaries.
SEBI has three functions rolled into one body: quasilegislative, quasi-judicial and quasi-executive. It drafts
regulations in its legislative capacity, it conducts investigation
and enforcement action in its executive function and it passes
rulings and orders in its judicial capacity. Though this makes it
very powerful, there is an appeal process to create
accountability.
The chief of SEBI is Upendra Kumar Sinha.
19.
Have you heard of West Indies? Name the group of
islands and the capital of West Indies.
Three major physiographic divisions constitute the West Indies:
the Greater Antilles, comprising the islands of Cuba, Jamaica,
Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto
Rico; the Lesser Antilles, including the Virgin Islands, Anguilla,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat,
Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, Barbados, and Grenada; and the isolated
island groups of the North American continental shelfThe
Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islandsand those of the
South American shelf, including Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba,
Curaao, and Bonaire.The capital is capital in Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago.

20.
Tell us about American Civil War.
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as
simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names, was a
civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of
the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34
states as of January 1861, seven Southern slave states
individually declared their secession from the United States and
formed the Confederate States of America, known as the
"Confederacy" or the "South". They grew to include eleven
states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional
western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically
recognized by a foreign country. The states that remained loyal
and did not declare secession were known as the "Union" or the
"North". The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery,
especially the extension of slavery into the western
territories.After four years of combat that left over 600,000
Union and Confederate soldiers dead and destroyed much of the
South's infrastructure, the Confederacy collapsed and slavery
was abolished. Then began the Reconstruction and the processes
of restoring national unity and guaranteeing civil rights to the
freed slaves.
21.
Tell me the sponsors of FIFA World Cup 2014.
The sponsors of the 2014 World Cup are divided into three
categories: FIFA Partners, FIFA World Cup Sponsors and
National Supporters.
FIFA partners-Adidas, Coca-Cola, Emirates, Hyundia-Kia,
Sony, Visa
FIFA World Cup sponsors - Anheuser-Busch InBev, Castrol,
Continental, McDonald's, Johnson & Johnson
National supporters- Apex-Brasil, Garoto, Centauro, Banco
Ita, Liberty Seguros, Wiseup.
22.

Which month the interim budget was presented?

Presented by Finance Minister, P.Chidambaram on 17 February

2014.
23.
Which month the union budget was presented?
Presented by Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley on 10 July 2014
24.
Why can't we club them together (railway budget and
union budget) ?
During the British Rule in India, the Railway Budget and the
General Budget were presented together. It was in the year 1924
that both the budgets were separated. They were separated as the
Indian Railways started turning into a Huge National Network
Organization to itself so it required a separate budget, which
could deal with Expenditure on Infrastructure and Coming up
Fiscal Years & also on Operating Revenue, Passenger and
Freight Tariffs & also Investment on Infrastructure. According
to the Separation Convention on the recommendations of the
Acworth Committee 1924, the Railway Budget is presented to
the Parliament by the Union Minister for Railways, two days
before the General Budget, usually around 26th February
25.
What is relationshop between steel industry and union
budget?
There were no major announcements for the steel industry in the
Budget 2013-14 as well as the interim budget 2014-2015 due to
which the overall impact on the steel sector was neutral. Steel
industry is a capital intensive industry which is majorly
dependent on banks for its capex finance as well as working
capital finances. Thus, due to continuous slowdown in demand,
rising operating cost and decreasing operating margins, the
companies across the industry faced huge pressure on their
credit profile which led to tightening of liquidity from the banks.
Thus, many of companies in the Steel Products industry were
downgraded by credit rating agencies during the past one year.

26.
Have you heard about Raja Ram Mohan Roy?
Raja Ram Mohan Roy (22 May 1772 27 September 1833) was
a founder (with Dwarkanath Tagore and other Bengali
Brahmins) of the Brahmo Samaj movement in 1828 which
engendered the Brahmo Samaj, an influential Indian socioreligious reform movement. His influence was apparent in the
fields of politics, public administration and education as well as
religion. He is best known for his efforts to abolish the practice
of sati, the Hindu funeral practice in which the widow was
compelled to sacrifice herself on her husbands funeral pyre. It
was he who first introduced the word "Hinduism" into the
English language in 1816. For his diverse contributions to
society, Raja Ram Mohan Roy is regarded as one of the most
important figures in the Bengal Renaissance. His efforts to
protect Hinduism and Indian rights by participating in British
government earned him the title "The Father of the Indian
Renaissance".
27.
Which society did he create?
Brahmo Samaj
28.
What is the function of the BrahmoSamaj?
The Brahmo Samaj literally denotes community (Sanskrit:
samaj) of men who worship Brahman the highest reality.[6] In
reality Brahmo Samaj does not discriminate between caste,
creed or religion and is an assembly of all sorts and descriptions
of people without distinction, meeting publicly for the sober,
orderly, religious and devout adoration of "the (nameless)
unsearchable Eternal, Immutable Being who is the Author and
Preserver of the Universe.
29.
Oldest shopping mall in Kolkata?
22 Camac Street
30.

Name a few prominent dumping grounds in Kolkata?

Dhapa is a locality on the eastern fringes of Kolkata, India. The

area consists of landfill sites where the solid wastes of the city
of Kolkata are dumped. "Garbage farming" is encouraged in the
landfill sites. More than 40 per cent of the green vegetables in
the Kolkata markets come from these lands. There are four
sectors in Dhapa for dumping garbage that are filled with 2,500
tonnes of waste per day.
31.
What is the full form of the EM Bypass?
Eastern Metropolitan Bypass.
32.
Tell me something about Rabindranath Tagore?
Rabindranath Tagore[1] (May 7, 1861-August 7, 1941) was a
Bengali poet of India. His name is written as Rabindranath
Thakur in Indian languages. He was also a philosopher and an
artist. He wrote many stories, novels and dramas, as well as
composing music and many songs. His writings greatly
influenced Bengali culture during the late 19th century and early
20th century. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the
first Asian to win this prize. He was popularly known as
Gurudev. His real name was Robindranath Thakur.
33.
What is labour productivity? How is it measured?
A measurement of economic growth of a country. Labor
productivity measures the amount of goods and services
produced by one hour of labor. More specifically, labor
productivity measures the amount of real GDP produced by an
hour of labor. Growing labor productivity depends on three main
factors: investment and saving in physical capital, new
technology and human capital.
34.
What do you understand by elasticity in economics?
In economics, elasticity is the measurement of how responsive
an economic variable is to a change in another.
An elastic variable (or elasticity value greater than 1) is one
which responds more than proportionally to changes in other

variables. In contrast, an inelastic variable (or elasticity value

less than 1) is one which changes less than proportionally in
response to changes in other variables.
35.
How much of the GDP comes from IT/ITes?
The share of the Indian IT industry in the country's GDP
increased from 4.8% in 200506 to 7% in 2008.
36.
How much of it comes from agriculture?
Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing
accounted for 17% of the GDP and employed 51% of the total
workforce in 2012.
37.
80:20 law? Is it applicable to the GDP at large?
A rule of thumb that states that 80% of outcomes can be
attributed to 20% of the causes for a given event. In business,
the 80-20 rule is used to help managers identify problems and
determine which operating factors are most important and
should receive the most attention based on an efficient use of
resources. Resources should be allocated to addressing the input
factors have the most effect on a company's final results.
38.
What is the other name for the 80:20 law?
Also known as the "Pareto principle", the "principle of factor
sparsity" and the "law of the vital few."
39.
What is the difference between Global, Multinational,
and trans-national?
Each term is distinct and has a specific meaning which define
the scope and degree of interaction with their operations outside
of their home country.
Multinational companies have investment in other countries,
but do not have coordinated product offerings in each country.
More focused on adapting their products and service to each
individual local market.
Global companies have invested and are present in many
countries. They market their products through the use of the

same coordinated image/brand in all markets. Generally one

corporate office that is responsible for global strategy. Emphasis
on volume, cost management and efficiency.
Transnational companies are much more complex
organizations. They have invested in foreign operations, have a
central corporate facility but give decision-making, R&D and
marketing powers to each individual foreign market.
40.
What is the full form of CMMI?
Capability Maturity Model Integration.
41.
How frequently is the Olympics held?
4 years
42.
Describe the Olympic flag?
The official flag of Olympics has a white base with five colored
rings on it interlocking each other. The five colors of the
Olympic flag are yellow, green, red, black and blue. The colors
on the flag of Olympic games represents the five main fractions
of the world, Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa.
43.
Is India a regular participant in the Olympics?
Yes
44.
What is the academic background of Derek OBrien?
He went to St. Xavier's Collegiate School in the city and St.
Columba's School in Delhi, India. After two years at Scottish
Church College, Kolkata, he began his professional career as a
journalist for Sportsworld magazine, but soon shifted to
advertising where he worked at Ogilvy for eight years.
45.
Name an Australian player who was the coach of India.
Greg Chappel (Cricket coach)
46.
In which position did Sreesanth play?
Right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler.
47.

What is middleware?

Middleware is the software that connects software components

or enterprise applications. Middleware is the software layer that
lies between the operating system and the applications on each
side of a distributed computer network.
48.
Name institutes which are not banks but provide
financial services?
Non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) are financial
institutions that provide banking services without meeting the
legal definition of a bank, i.e. one that does not hold a banking
license. These institutions typically are restricted from taking
deposits from the public depending on the jurisdiction.
Nonetheless, operations of these institutions are often still
covered under a country's banking regulations.
49.
What do you understand by a sick industry?
Industrial sickness is defined in India as "an industrial company
(being a company registered for not less than five years) which
has, at the end of any financial year, accumulated losses equal
to, or exceeding, its entire net worth and has also suffered cash
losses in such financial year and the financial year immediately
preceding such financial year".
50.
Is the sugarcane industry of Bihar a sick industry?
Yes
51.
How Indian government is working to retain the status
of India as an IT superpower?
Indian government has established Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited (BSNL) in this direction. From 15th August, 2000, the
Information Technology Act has been implemented. Ecommerce and other services have been given legal back-force
by this act. Yet, projects of establishing info-cities are under
implementation in Hyderabad, other such projects are under
consideration. Government can make policies to provide

economical benefits to investors in this field. Necessary

infrastructure can be provided. Administrative and legal
procedural complexities, should be reduced and limitations and
regulations should be liberalized.
52.
Who decides repo-rate?
Reserve Bank of India
53.
How does RBI decide repo-rate?
The discount rate at which a central bank repurchases
government securities from the commercial banks, depending on
the level of money supply it decides to maintain in the country's
monetary system. To temporarily expand the money supply, the
central bank decreases repo rates (so that banks can swap their
holdings of government securities for cash). To contract the
money supply it increases the repo rates. Alternatively, the
central bank decides on a desired level of money supply and lets
the market determine the appropriate repo rate. Repo is short for
repossession. Basic difference between a stock and a share.

54.
Business news papers are pink in colour. Why?
In the earlier times its cheap to produce colored paper as
compare to the white paper. to distinguished it from the other
papers, also now there is use or recycled paper in the making of
business paper it looks alike to pink color and also to link it to
the historical background of business paper, today even pink or
alike to pink business paper is come into the market.
55.

What is an IPO?

The first sale of stock by a private company to the public. IPOs

are often issued by smaller, younger companies seeking the
capital to expand, but can also be done by large privately owned
companies looking to become publicly traded.In an IPO, the
issuer obtains the assistance of an underwriting firm, which
helps it determine what type of security to issue (common or
preferred), the best offering price and the time to bring it to
market.
56.
Who directed The Wolf of Wall Street ?
Martin Scorsese
57.
What is the name of the hero in the movie?
Leonardo DiCaprio
58.
Have you heard of NASSCOM. What is the full form of
NASSCOM?
National Association of Software and Services Companies
(NASSCOM) is a trade association of Indian Information
Technology (IT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
industry.[1] Established in 1988, NASSCOM is a non-profit
organisation.
59.
60.

Who is the head of NASSCOM?

Mr. R Chandrasekaran

Who is Phanish Murthy?

Phanish Murthy is an Indian technology businessman. He was
made director of Infosys Ltd in 2000, before being fired from
the company in 2002. Subsequently, he became the Chief
Executive Officer of iGATE Corporation in 2003, after the
company acquired his start-up Quintant. Murthy later became
President in 2006 and was re-elected in 2010. The board of
iGate sacked its President and CEO Murthy in May 2013,

following an investigation into a relationship that he had with a

subordinate employee and a claim of sexual harassment.
61.
Have you heard of SMSE?
Systems Management Server Enterprise.
62.

What is cloud computing?

Cloud computing is a recently evolved computing terminology
or metaphor based on utility and consumption of computing
resources. Cloud computing involves deploying groups of
remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data
storage and online access to computer services or resources.

63.
What do you mean by EQ?
Emotional intelligence

64.
Who built RamSetu?
The geological process that gave rise to this structure has been
attributed in one study to crustal downwarping, block faulting,
and mantle plume activity while another theory attributes it to
continuous sand deposition and the natural process of
sedimentation leading to the formation of a chain of barrier
islands related to rising sea levels. Another theory affirms that
the origin and linearity of Adam's Bridge may be due to the old
shoreline implying that the two landmasses of India and Sri
Lanka were once connected from which shoreline coral reefs
evolved.
65.

What is clay modelling?

Clay modeling (or clay model making)

for automobile prototypes was first introduced in the 1930s by
automobile designer Harley Earl, head of the General
Motors styling studio (known initially as the Art and Color
Section, and later as the Design and Styling
Department).Industrial plasticine, or "clay", which is used for
this purpose, is a malleable material that can be easily shaped,
thus enabling designers to create models to visualize a product.
Clay modeling was soon adopted throughout the industry and
remains in use today.
66.
Hub of manufacturing company (country) ?
China
67.
What is the difference between a leader & manager?
Creating value vs Counting value, Circles of influence vs
Circles of power, Leading people vs Managing work.

68.
Do you know about the recent terror attack in Sydney?
On 1516 December 2014, a lone gunman, Man Haron Monis,
held hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt
chocolate caf located at Martin Place in Sydney, Australia.
Police treated the event as a terrorist attack, and negotiated with
Monis throughout the day.
69.
How many persons were killed in the attack? Who took
the responsibility?
2 were killed and 4 injured. A lone gunman, Man Haron Monis
was responsible.
70.
Name a few Tax savings instruments you know of?
PPF, LIC

71.

Do you know what are bonds?

A bond is an instrument of indebtedness of the bond issuer to
the holders. It is a debt security, under which the issuer owes the
holders a debt and, depending on the terms of the bond, is
obliged to pay them interest (the coupon) and/or to repay the
principal at a later date, termed the maturity date.[1] Interest is
usually payable at fixed intervals (semiannual, annual,
sometimes monthly). Very often the bond is negotiable, i.e. the
ownership of the instrument can be transferred in the secondary
market. This means that once the transfer agents at the bank
medallion stamp the bond, it is highly liquid on the second
market.

72.
Which agency issues bonds?
Bonds are issued by public authorities, credit institutions,
companies and supranational institutions in the primary markets.
73.
What are the most important features of Govt. bonds?
Government bonds are usually issued in an auction. In some
cases both members of the public and banks may bid for bonds.
In other cases only market makers may bid for bonds. The
overall rate of return on the bond depends on both the terms of
the bond and the price paid. The terms of the bond, such as the
coupon, are fixed in advance and the price is determined by the
market.
74.

What is monetary policy?

Monetary policy is one of the ways that the U.S. government
attempts to control the economy. If the money supply grows too
fast, the rate of inflation will increase; if the growth of the
money supply is slowed too much, then economic growth may
also slow.

75.

What is the responsibility of RBI?

Regulator of Financial System, Issuer of Monetary Policy,
Issuer of Currency, Controller and Supervisor of Banking
Systems.

76.

What is a board of director?

A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members
who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization.

77.
What do you understand by the term monetary policy
of India?
Monetary policy is the process by which monetary authority of a
country, generally a central bank controls the supply of money
in the economy by its control over interest rates in order to
maintain price stability and achieve high economic growth.[1]
In India, the central monetary authority is the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI). is so designed as to maintain the price stability in
the economy.
78.
What is the main difference between import and
export?
Export is the term used to selling of products or service from
any other country while import is the activity of buying the
same from other countries.
79.
Why should government of India control import and
export?
To facilitate sustained growth in exports of the country so as to
achieve larger percentage share in the global merchandise trade.
To provide domestic consumers with good quality goods and
services at internationally competitive prices as well as creating
a level playing field for the domestic producers. To stimulate
sustained economic growth by providing access to essential raw
materials, intermediates, components, consumables and capital
goods required for augmenting production and providing
services. To enhance the technological strength and efficiency of

Indian agriculture, industry and services, thereby improving

their competitiveness to meet the requirements of the global
markets. To generate new employment opportunities and to
encourage the attainment of internationally accepted standards
of quality.
80.
What is trademark?
A trademark, trade mark, or trade-markis a recognizable sign,
design or expression which identifies products or services of a
particular source from those of others.The trademark owner can
be an individual, business organization, or any legal entity. A
trademark may be located on a package, a label, a voucher or on
the product itself. For the sake of corporate identity trademarks
are also being displayed on company buildings.

81.
What is the difference between trademark and
copyright?
The purpose of a copyright is to protect works of authorship as
fixed in a tangible form of expression. Thus, copyright covers:
a) works of art (2 or 3 dimensional), b) photos, pictures, graphic
designs, drawings and other forms of images; c) songs, music
and sound recordings of all kinds; d) books, manuscripts,
publications and other written works; and e) plays, movies,
shows, and other performance arts.The purpose of a trademark
is to protect words, phrases and logos used in federally regulated
commerce to identify the source of goods and/or services.
82.
What is sustainability development?
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.

83.
Tell me the name of fields in which Nobel prize is
awarded.
The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious
award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics,
chemistry, peace, and economics.
84.
Who is the latest from India to be awarded Nobel
Prize? What is the name of his organization?
Kailash Satyarthi. He founded the GoodWeave International,
formerly known as Rugmark,
85.
Bachpan Bachao Andolon- is it the name of the
organization or the struggle?
Name of a mission Kailash Satyarthi started.

86.
Are you aware of seismic zone?
A seismic zone is a region in which the rate of seismic activity
remains fairly consistent. This may mean that seismic activity is
incredibly rare, or that it is extremely common. Some people
often use the term seismic zone to talk about an area with an
increased risk of seismic activity, while others prefer to talk
about seismic hazard zones when discussing areas where
seismic activity is more frequent.
87.
What is hurricane?
A hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm
that forms in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf
of Mexico, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
88.
How does hurricane get their names?
Using names for these storms makes it much easier for
meteorologists, researchers, emergency response workers, ship
captains and citizens to communicate about specific hurricanes
and be clearly understood. For that reason the World

Meteorological Organization develops a list of names that are

assigned in alphabetical order to tropical storms as the are
discovered in each hurricane season. Names can be repeated
after an interval of six years, but the names of especially severe
storms are permanently retired from use.
89.

What is the intellectual property right?

Intellectual property rights are the rights given to persons over
the creations of their minds. They usually give the creator an
exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain
period of time.

90.
Did you pay tax to State Government or Central
Government?
Central

91.
What is the capital of Gujarat?
Gandhinagar
92.
What is the difference between credit card and debit
card?
Debit cards are like digitized versions of checkbooks; they are
linked to your bank account (usually a checking account), and
money is debited (withdrawn) from the account as soon as the
transaction occurs. Credit cards are different; they offer a line of
credit (i.e., a loan) that is interest-free if the monthly credit card
bill is paid on time. Instead of being connected to a personal
bank account, a credit card is connected to the bank or financial
institution that issued the card. So when you use a credit card,
the issuer pays the merchant and you go into debt to the card
issuer.
93.
Tell me something about Iraq War.
The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began with
the 2003 invasion of Iraq led by the United States. The invasion

toppled the government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict,

however, continued for much of the next decade as an
insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the
post-invasion Iraqi government. The United States officially
withdrew from the country in 2011, but the insurgency and
various dimensions of the civil armed conflict continue.
94.
What is structure settlement?
In simple terms, a structured settlement is a powerful financial
tool created exclusively for injured people. You choose a
structured settlement instead of taking one lump-sum payment
when you receive money from a personal injury lawsuit.
95.
Difference between cost centre and profit centre?
A cost center is a subunit of a company that is responsible only
for its costs. Example of cost centers are the production
departments and the service departments within a factory and
administrative departments such as IT and accounting. A profit
center is a subunit of a company that is responsible for revenues
and costs. Often a division of a company is a profit center
because it has control over its revenues, costs, and the resulting
profits.
96.
Is Assurance a vertical or business unit?
Vertical
97.
What is Open Source?
In production and development, open source as a development
model promotes a universal access via a free license to a
product's design or blueprint, and universal redistribution of that
design or blueprint, including subsequent improvements to it by
anyone.
98.
Which part of India produces cardamom and
cinnamon?
Kerela

99.
Who is the father of internet?
Vint Cerf
100.
Lord Shiva is known for a specific form of dance, what
is it?
Tandava
101.
What are Lord Shiva's name apart from Nilkantha.
There are 1008 diff names.
102.
Tell me 4 dhamas of India.
Badrinath, Dwarka, Jagannath Puri, Rameshwaram.
103.
Where is kumbh mela held ?
Allahabad

104.
Literacy rates of WB, UP, Kerala?
Kerela 93.91, UP 69.72, WB 77.08
105.
Which state has the highest literacy rate?
Kerela
106.
What is Rabi & Kharif crop?
Rabi crops or Rabi refers to agricultural crops sown in winter
and harvested in the spring. Kharif crops or monsoon crops are
domesticated plants cultivated and harvested during the rainy
(monsoon) season in the South Asia, which lasts between April
and October depending on the area.
107.
What is TDMA?
Time division multiple access (TDMA) is a channel access
method for shared medium networks. It allows several users to
share the same frequency channel by dividing the signal into
different time slots. The users transmit in rapid succession, one
after the other, each using its own time slot.

108.
What is CDMA? How it is diferent from TDMA?
Code division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access
method used by various radio communication technologies.
CDMA is an example of multiple access, which is where several
transmitters can send information simultaneously over a single
communication channel. This allows several users to share a
band of frequencies (see bandwidth). To permit this without
undue interference between the users, CDMA employs spreadspectrum technology and a special coding scheme (where each
transmitter is assigned a code).
109.
What is the full form of GSM?
Global System for Mobile Communications.
110.
Which companies are using CDMA?
AT&T and T-Mobile
111.
How is a psychiatrist different from psychologist?
A psychiatrist has a degree in medicine and a psychologist has a
doctoral-level degree in psychology. Psychiatrists are physicians
that have specific training in the assessment, diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention of mental illnesses. In order to
become a psychiatrist, students first earn an undergraduate
degree before they attend medical school and receive an M.D.
After finishing their medical training, they also complete an
additional four years of residency training in mental health.
Some also receive additional training in a specific area of
interest such as geriatric psychiatry, child and adolescent
psychiatry, addictions, and other areas. A second important
distinction between the two careers is that psychiatrists can
prescribe medications, while in most states psychologists
cannot.
112.
Have you heard of Sigmund Freud?
Father of psychoanalysis.

113.
Who is the founder of makemytrip.com?
Deep Kalra
114.
What is the Market share of Tata Steel?
8.8% in 2011
115.
Which is the largest steel plant in India?
Tata steel (TISCO)
116.
What is the proposed site for Arcelor's Mittal's Steel
plant?
Karnataka
117.
What is the name of the place where Indo-Pak ceasefire
started?
LOC or Line of Control
118.
Who is the father of Benazir Bhutto?
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
119.
How many people died in 26/11?
164 people and wounding at least 308.
120.
Which city is famous for PETHA?
Agra
121.
Who is Vinayak Sen? What is he known for?
Binayak Sen is an Indian paediatrician, public health specialist
and activist. He is the national Vice-President of the People's
Union for Civil Liberties.
122.
Have you heard of G-20 Nations? Is India a part of it?
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany,
India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the
United Statesalong with the European Union (EU).

123.
Tell us something about G-8 nations.
The Group of Eight (G8) refers to the group of eight highly
industrialized nationsFrance, Germany, Italy, the United
Kingdom, Japan, the United States, Canada, and Russiathat
hold an annual meeting to foster consensus on global issues like
economic growth and crisis management, global security,
energy.
124.
What is monopoly? Give an example.
A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the
only supplier of a particular commodity (this contrasts with a
monopsony which relates to a single entity's control of a market
to purchase a good or service, and with oligopoly which consists
of a few entities dominating an industry).
Microsoft has been the defendant in multiple anti-trust suits on
strategy embrace, extend and extinguish. They settled anti-trust
litigation in the U.S. in 2001. In 2004 Microsoft was fined 493
million euros by the European Commission[93] which was
upheld for the most part by the Court of First Instance of the
European Communities in 2007. The fine was US$1.35 billion
in 2008 for noncompliance with the 2004 rule.
125.
Who is the equivalent of Indias finance minister in the
US?
United States Secretary of the Treasury.
126.
What is the full form of OECD?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
127.
Which year did Bihar and Jharkhand split?
15 Nov 2000
128.
Who is the present CM of Telangana and where is its
Capital?
Hyderabad , K Chandrasekhar Rao
129.

Have you heard of CRD?

Central Registration Depository, a database of financial firms

and individuals maintained by the United States Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority
130.
Tell something about Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson managed East Stirlingshire and St. Mirren before a
highly successful period as manager of Aberdeen. After briefly
managing Scotland following the death of Jock Stein, he was
appointed manager of Manchester United in November 1986.
Ferguson is the longest serving manager of Manchester United,
overtaking Sir Matt Busby's record on 19 December 2010,
eventually completing more than 26-and-a-half years as the
club's manager. He has won many awards and holds many
records including winning Manager of the Year most times in
British football history. In 2008, he became the third British
manager to win the European Cup on more than one occasion.
He was knighted in the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours list, for
his services to the game.On 8 May 2013, Ferguson announced
his retirement as manager of Manchester United. During his 26
years at the club, he won 38 trophies, including 13 Premier
League and two UEFA Champions League titles.
131.
Where is the Kolkata Stock Exchange present?
Lyons Range, Kolkata, India,
132.
What kind of tax agreement that India with Malaysia ?
India and Malaysia on Wednesday signed a double taxation
avoidance agreement (DTAA) with a view to boosting bilateral
trade and facilitating exchange of tax information.The main
objective of the agreement is to avoid the incidence of double
taxation on income by determining the taxing rights between the
countries.The pact also provides for granting reduction in
withholding tax rates on certain incomes such as dividend,
interest, royalty and fee for technical services on a reciprocal
basis.
133.

What is the difference between FII and FDI?

Both FDI and FII is related to investment in a foreign country.

FDI or Foreign Direct Investment is an investment that a parent
company makes in a foreign country. On the contrary, FII or
Foreign Institutional Investor is an investment made by an
investor in the markets of a foreign nation. In FII, the companies
only need to get registered in the stock exchange to make
investments. But FDI is quite different from it as they invest in a
foreign nation.
134.
Name the first Indian company listed in Nasdaq ?
How come it is Infosys and not TCS?
Infosys Technologies

135.
What is the number of bones and teeth in the human
body?
206 bones/32 teeth
136.
Tell me the largest organ in human body ?
Skin
137.
How BMI is calculated?
BMI = mass(kg)/height^2(m)