GENERAL AWARENESS FOR IIFT – 2

Directions for questions 1 to 30: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

1. The first India – Russia – China trilateral business conference was held in
(1) Beijing. (2) Moscow. (3) New Delhi. (4) Colombo.

2. In the trust vote held on July 22, 2008 in the Lok Sabha, the votes secured as ‘AYES’ and
‘NOES’ respectively were
(1) 275 and 252. (2) 275 and 256. (3) 279 and 257. (4) 281 and 259.

3. 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

4. Match list – I, with List – II

List – I List – II
(Ancient site) (Archaeological finding)
1. Kalibangan A. Dockyard
2. Lothal B. Ploughed field
An inscription comprising ten large sized signs of the Harappan
3. Banavali C.
script
4. Dholavira D. Terracota replica of a plough
(1) 1-D; 2-C; 3-B; 4-A (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-C; 4-D
(3) 1-A; 2-B; 3-D; 4-C (4) 1-B; 2-A; 3-D; 4-C

5. Match the following.

Dada Saheb Phalke Award

Year Bharat Ratna Award Winner
Winner
1. 1971 A. B.R.Ambedkar (i) A.Nageshwara Rao
2. 1980 B. Khan Abdul Gafar Khan (ii) Raj Kapoor
3. 1983 C. Vinoba Bhave (iii) Durga Khote
4. 1987 D. Mother Teresa (iv) P.Jairaj
5. 1990 E. Indira Gandhi (v) Prithviraj Kapoor
(1) 1-A; 2-B-ii; 3-C-iii; 4-D-iv; 5-E-v (2) 1-E-I; 2-D-ii; 3-C-iii; 4-B-iv; 5-A-v
(3) 1-E-v; 2-D-iv; 3-c-iii; 4-b-ii; 5-A-i (4) 1-B-I; 2-A-ii; 3-C-iii; 4-E-iv; 5-D-v

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6. Match the following.

Term Coined by
1. Cyberspace A. William Gibson
2. Nanotechnology B. Norio Taniguchi
3. Cold war C. Raphael Lemkin
4. Robotics D. Isaac Asimov
5. Genocide E. Bernard Baruch

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

7. Match the following.

National day or
Name of the
Country independence Currency
parliament
day
1. Afghanistan A. December 17 (i) Shora (a) Ngultrum
2. Bhutan B. August 19 (ii) Tshogdu (b) Afghani
3. Denmark C. June 17 (iii) Folketing (c) Krona
4. Iceland D. April 16 (iv) Althing (d) Krone
(1) 1-B-i-b; 2-A-ii-a; 3-D-iii-d; 4-C-iv-c (2) 1-A-i-a; 2-B-ii-b; 3-C-iii-c; 4-D-iv-d
(3) 1-B-ii-b; 2-A-i-a; 3-D-iv-d; 4-C-iii-c (4) 1-A-i-b; 2-B-ii-a; 3-C-iii-d; 4-D-iv-c

8. 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

9. Match the following.

Name of the Development or Employment programme Starting date & year

1. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) A. February 2, 2006
2. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana B. January 23, 2004
3. Jan Shree Bima Yojana C. August 10, 2000
Social Security scheme for labourers in the un-organised
4. D. April 1, 1999
sector
5. National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme E. December 1, 1997
(1) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D; 5-E (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-C; 4-E; 5-D
(3) 1-C; 2-D; 3-E; 4-B; 5-A (4) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-A

10. 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
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11. Match the following.

Production type Main Features Workers Type

Age-old activities like hunting,

1. Quinary Activities A. (i) Gold Collar Workers
gathering, fishing etc.
Increase the usefulness of a pre-
Quarternary
2. B. existing item by changing its (ii) White collar workers
Production
form [e.g. manufacturing]
Personal and business services-
3. Tertiary production C. sectors [retail workers, bankers, (iii) Pink collar workers
beauticians]
Special type of services
Secondary focusing on professional and
4. D. (iv) Blue collar workers
production administrative services including
financial and health services
High level management and
5. Primary production E. (v) Red collar workers
administration.
(1) 1-A-v; 2-B-iv; 3-C-iii; 4-D-ii; 5-E-i (2) 1-E-i; 2-D-ii; 3-C-iii; 4-B-iv; 5-A-v
(3) 1-E-v; 2-D-iv; 3-C-iii; 4-B-ii; 5-A-i (4) 1-B-i; 2-A-ii; 3-C-iii; E-E-iv; 5-D-v

12. Match the following.

Name of the stock exchange Place

1. Dow Jones A. New York
2. Nikkei B. Tokyo
3. Mid Dax C. Frankfurt
4. Hang Seng D. Hong Kong
5. Simex Straits Times E. Singapore

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

13. Match the following.

Folk dance form Remarks

This is a ritualistic dance of Kerala representing worship of
1. Mudiyettu A.
ancestors.
2. Theyyam B. It is a unique style of staging sanskrit dramas in Kerala.
Dance held at Draupadi Amman temple. The source is Indian
3. Kutiyattam C.
mythology. All roles are played only by men.
It is a ferocious ritualistic dance – drama of great antiquity
4. Therukoothu D.
which is annually performed at Kali Temples in Kerala.
(1) 1-D; 2-A; 3-B; 4-C (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-D; 4-C
(3) 1-D; 2-B; 3-C; 4-A (4) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D
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14. Which of the following statement/s is/are not true?
A. The Regulating Act 1773 led to the establishment of the Supreme Court in Calcutta.
B. The Pitts India Act, distinguished between commercial and political functions of the company.
C. The Charter Act, 1813, brought the presidencies of Bombay and Madras, to some extent,
under the control of the Governor-General of Bengal.
D. The Charter Act 1853, took a decisive step in separating the legislative machinery from the
executive.
E. The Government of India Act, 1858, transferred legislative power of the Government of India
from the East India Company to the British crown.
(1) A, E only (3) D only (2) B, C only (4) C only

15.

1905 1906 1907 1912

Formation of Surat split of
? ?
Muslim Congress
A B
League

from South

Gandhi
returns
Africa
1974

1915
E
?

Lucknow pact
Congress and Movement
Indo-Pak

between
Muslim
League
1964

1916
War
China invaded

Khilafat
started
India
1962

1920

Choose any one the following combinations, so that it can fit in the above mentioned figure in the
boxes marked from A to E.

(1) (A) Formation of North West Frontier province

(B) Morley Minto Reforms Bill passed
(C) Mahatma Gandhi becomes Congress president
(D) The First Five year plan started in India
(E) Pokhran blast.

(2) (A) Partition of Bengal

(B) Announcement of Delhi as capital
(C) Chauri Chaura incident
(D) The First Five year plan started in India
(E) Indira Gandhi assassinated
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(3) (A) Edward VII proclaimed as Emperor
(B) Indian capital shifted to Delhi
(C) Mahatma Gandhi becomes Congress president
(D) First session of the Lok Sabha
(E) Indira Gandhi assassinated

(4) (A) Partition of Bengal

(B) Indian capital shifted to Delhi
(C) Chauri Chaura incident
(D) First Session of Lok Sabha
(E) Pokhran Explosion

16. Match the following.

Term Meaning
Shares of first class companies giving consistent and high
1. Blue chips A.
return on investments.
Gilt edged
2. B. Securities issued by Government.
securities
3. Bear C. A speculator who expects a rise in the price of shares.
4. Bull D. A speculator who expects a fall in the price of shares.
A speculator who applies for shares of new issues intending
5. Stag E.
to sell at once.
A dealer in stocks and shares, who has no contact with the
6. Jobber F.
general public.

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

17. Match the following.

Name of the port Characteristic

1. Kandla (Gujarat) A. First corporatised and new satellite port

2. Mumbai (Maharashtra) B. Artificial port; oldest port of East Coast

Nhavasheva
3. C. Mechanised satellite port
(Maharashtra)
4. Chennai (Tamil Nadu) D. Biggest port of India

5. Ennore (Tamil Nadu) E. Tidal port, Free port

6. Paradip (Orissa) F. Export oriented port

7. Haldia (West Bengal) G. Riverine port

(1) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D; 5-E; 6-F; 7-G (2) 1-B; 2-A; 3-D; 4-C; 5-F; 6-E; 7-G
(3) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-A; 6-F; 7-G (4) 1-E; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B; 5-F; 6-A; 7-G
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18. Which of the following statement/s is/are not true?
A. The Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR) was formed by the
Department of Atomic Energy 1962.
B. The first sounding rocket was launched from TERLS on November 21, 1963.
C. India’s first satellite, Aryabhatta was launched in April 1975.
D. Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian cosmonaut in 1984.
E. The first Indian remote sensing satellite IRS-IA was launched in 1988.
F. The first operational flight of GSLV (F1) was launched in September 2004.
G. India’s first moon mission-Chandrayan-I was launched on October 25, 2008.
(1) A, B only (2) D, E only (3) Only D (4) Only G

19. Match the following.

Blood group Can donate blood to Can receive blood from

1. A (i) A, AB (a) A and O
2. B (ii) B, AB (b) B and O
3. AB (iii) Only A, B (c) All groups
4. O (iv) All group (d) Only O

(1) 1-ii-a; 2-i-b; 3-iv-c; 4-ii-d (2) 1-i-a; 2-ii-c; 3-iii-b; 4-iv-d
(3) 1-ii-c; 2-iii-d; 3-i-a; 4-iv-b (4) 1-i-a; 2-ii-b; 3-iii-c; 4-iv-d

20. Who among the following was the first actor to play the character of James Bond?
(1) George Lazenby (2) Sean Connery (3) Daniel Craig (4) Timothy Dalton

21. The 2008 Right Livelihood award was recently awarded to

(1) Anna Hazare. (2) Krishnammal Jagannath.
(3) Prakash Amte. (4) Shanta Sinha.

22. The Rs.1000 Crore e-project for issue of passports was recently awarded to
(1) TCS. (2) CMC. (3) C-DAC. (4) NIC.

23. Match the following.

Company CEO/Executive
1. Raymond Group A. S.Ramadorai
2. Rediff.com B. Subrato Roy
3. Sahara Group C. Ajit Balakrishnan
4. TCS D. Gautam Singhania
E. Venu Srinivasan
F. Suresh Krishna

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

24. The 3rd IBSA summit was held in October 2008 at

(1) New Delhi. (2) Brasilia. (3) Dublin. (4) Pretoria.
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25. Match the following.

List X List Y
1. Lakshya A. Multipurpose civilian aircraft
2. Saras B. Pilotless target aircraft
3. Nishant C. Light combat aircraft
4. Tejas D. Remote-operated pilotless aircraft
(1) 1-D; 2-C; 3-B; 4-A (2) 1-A; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D
(3) 1-C; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D (4) 1-B; 2-A; 3-D; 4-C

26. Match the following.

Book Author Country

1. A China passage A. E.M.Forster (a) Britain
2. A passage to India B. John Kenneth Galbraith (b) U.S.A
3. A passage to England C. Louis Fischer (c) France
4. A week with Gandhi D. Nirad C Choudhuri (d) India – Britain
5. Jai Somanath E. K.M.Munshi (e) India
(1) 1-B-b; 2-A-a; 3-D-d; 4-C-c; 5-E-e (2) 1-C-c; 2-A-a; 3-B-b; 4-E-e; 5-D-d
(3) 1-A-a; 2-B-b; 3-C-c; 4-D-d; 5-E-e (4) 1-B-a; 2-A-b; 3-D-c; 4-C-d; 5-E-e

27. Match the following.

Automobile Manufacturer Country

1. Brilliance Auto A. China
2. Land Rover B. USA
3. Isuzu Motors C. Japan
4. M.G.Rover D. U.K
5. Bugatti, Skoda, SEAT E. Germany

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

28. Match the following.

Year Year
Person
(Miss World) (Miss Universe)
1. Susmita Sen A. 2000 (a) 1994
2. Lara Dutta B. 1999 (b) 2000
3. Reita Faria C. 1997
4. Aishwarya Rai D. 1994
5. Diana Hayden E. 1966
6. Yukta Mookhey
7. Priyanka Chopra

(1) 1-D; 2-C; 3-E; 4-a; 5-A; 6-B; 7-b (2) 1-a; 2-b; 3-E; 4-D; 5-C; 6-B; 7-A
(3) 1-a; 2-A; 3-E; 4-D; 5-C; 6-B; 7-b (4) 1-A; 2-b; 3-E; 4-C; 5-D; 6-a; 7-B
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29. The film which won the Oscar award for the best film at the 80th Annual Academy Award event was
(1) Michael Clayton
(2) No Country for old men
(3) Elizabeth: The Golden Age
(4) The Bourne Ultimatum

30. The venue for the G-8 Summit held in July 2008 in Japan was
(1) Yokohama.
(2) Kyoto.
(3) Shinkoku.
(4) Hokkaido.

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 Key for IIFT - 2

1. 3 6. 4 11. 2 16. 1 21. 2 26. 1

2. 2 7. 1 12. 3 17. 3 22. 1 27. 4
3. 4 8. 4 13. 1 18. 4 23. 2 28. 2
4. 4 9. 4 14. 4 19. 4 24. 1 29. 2
5. 3 10. 4 15. 4 20. 2 25. 4 30. 4

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