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GK @ SNAP
The GK section of SNAP is specifically named as GENERAL AWARENESS (including
Business awareness). The previous years experience with SNAP / Symbiosis provides the
information that almost all the questions appearing in this section are from the
newspapers and magazines released between July and November. Last year there were
questions on Physics, Chemistry and Indian Constitution apart from Business Awareness.

We have provided some of the questions that have been asked in the written test for
SCMHRD over the past few years. These questions have been based on the students’
memory. Also to help you judge your competency in General Knowledge, a set of
practice questions with answers has been provided towards the end. These questions are
on recent business headlines, the current mergers & acquisitions, business awards,
latest ad campaigns etc.

SCMHRD 2003

1. Mr. Shreenevasan, who made the world’s first computer is associated with which company?
2. What is the Current rate of inflation in India?
3. In which country ONGC has discovered largest resources of natural gas?
4. To what limit is the FDI in private bank has changed?
5. Percentage share of GDP going to the defence in India is .... .
6. How much percentage does India contribute in the World Trade?
7. In which state has Wipro started a polytechnic college?

SCMHRD 2002
1. Who got Ernst and Young award recently?
2. Who is the present chairman of NASSCOM?
3. What is India’s Rank in UN Human Development Index?
4. What is India’s Rank in competitive index?
5. What is the share of Agriculture in G.D.P.?
6. Reliance has sold the stake to whom in Birla’s company?
7. What is Y. H. Malegan Committee probing for?
8. Which state has imposed blanket Ban on use of gram because of mass food poisoning?
9. Which Company has launched snow cap pizza for Rs.20?
10. Which Company has launched a new project named “Operation Mother”?
11. HLL has launched a new Scheme to increase the reach, name the scheme.
12. Why B.G Vergese and Arun Singh were in news?
13. The brand Sugar free belongs to which corporate?
14. What is the new name of Disprin?
15. R&D prize for the year 2001 was given to..

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16. What is the new name of the company “Philip Morris”?
17. According to census 2001 which are 2 most literate states of India?
18. Which is India’s first “ ship to ship” Missile?
19. Who had sponsored Recently concluded Tri Series between India, South Africa and Kenya?
20. Who is the head of the committee probing Tehelka issue?

SCMHRD 2001

1. Which amendment brought the word secular in constitution?

2. Which state produces maximum tobacco?
3. What is India's rank in Human Development Index?
4. Who is the chairman of Constitution Review Committee?
5. Which of the dam is on river Kaveri?
6. Which state attracted maximum investment this year?
7. Who is the director of TRAI?
8. What do you understand by GNP?
9. What does ISO 9000 stand for?
10. George Bush was the governor of which country in US?
11. Where has the 2nd centre of NASDAQ has been opened?
12. Who is the President of NASSCOM?
13. What is CRR?
14. On which river Almati dam has been constructed?
15. Name the person who wrote national anthem of 2 nations?
16. Who won women's football gold cup in Olympic 2000?
17. Who won all rounder gymnastic gold medal in Sydney 2000 and later on was stripped of it?
18. What does TRF stands for?
19. Name the director of NABARD?
20. Income tax this year has been changed or not?
21. Which among : Octroi, Income tax, Excise, Corporation tax is a Central Governments tax?
22. Hasan is situated in which state?

SCMHRD 2000
1. BBCs woman of the millennium ? [Indira]
2. 1st Indian Firm to be listed on NYSE ? [ICICI]
3. Handing over of Macao from whom to whom ? [Portugal and China]
4. Jnanapith Award ? [Girish Karnad]
5. Swap ratio of HDFC and Times Bank Merger ? [5.75 : 1]
6. Which firm had a stock split ? [Infosys]
7. Which firm offered a stock option ? [Telco]
8. The number of child labourers in India ? [10 million]
9. Indian rank in Human Development Index ? [132]
10. Which company has Satyam Info falan ? [India World]
11. With which country is India’s trade highest?
(1) USA
(2) EU
(3) UAE
(4) None
12. Which country is not a member of G-7?

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13. India is a member of which of the following?
(1) G15
(2) G22
(3) G34….
(4) G23….

14. Which organization’s meet took place in Seattle?

15. By how much was CRR ratio decreased by?
16. Why US banned Indian Bidi? [Child Labour]
17. Which committee do you associate have of Kumar Mangalam Birla with ?
18. Coca-Cola controversy occurred in which country due to which production had to be stopped ?
19. Which state has the Highest literacy rate in India?

Sample Questions for your reference

1. In Insurance industry, the coverage against a loss might increase the risk taking behaviour of the
insured. This is known as
(1) speculation hazard
(2) immoral hazard
(3) moral hazard
(4) complacency hazard

2. The equity of national stock exchange is owned by several banks and insurance companies. Name
the only private sector bank that figures in the list of owners of NSE.
(1) ICICI bank
(2) HDFC
(3) ABN Amro
(4) None of the above

3. The shipping corporation of India (SCI) has approved investing 50 crores, in 200 crore project of
creating a navigable channel from the Gulf of Mannar to Bay of Bengal though the Palk Bay. The
project is named
(1) sethusamudram
(2) Ramasethu
(3) Samudrasangam
(4) Samudrahridayam

4. The economic relationship between tax rates and tax revenues is captured by the
(1) offer curves
(2) indifference curves
(3) laffer curve
(4) tax curve

5. The government will introduce ten rupee coins soon. The themes finalized for the same does NOT
include
(1) Unity in Diversity
(2) Mudras from Bharatnatyam
(3) Connectivity and Information Technology
(4) Women Achievers

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6. Etihad Airways is the national airline of
(1) Afghanistan
(2) Kuwait
(3) Oman
(4) United Arab Emirates

7. According to World Bank’s World Development Report 2005, India is ______ largest economy in
terms of purchasing power parity.
(1) fifth
(2) second
(3) fourth
(4) third

8. To train its 1,00,000 workforce in retail, telecom, petroleum and other sectors reliance has acquired
(1) Relsys, India
(2) NIS Sparta
(3) Ma Foi
(4) Niche Consultants

9. Tata steel signed an agreement with which global leading software solution provider for exclusive
marketing and distribution of the same in India.
(1) SAP
(2) Oracle
(4) Applied Materia
(3) Cognizant ls

10. ‘Think Mega’ is the media campaign of

(1) Hutch
(2) IBM
(3) Nokia
(4) Samsung

11. The world’s first search based e-mail developed by Chennai based i Soft Technology is called
(1) Bloomba
(2) Hoha
(3) Blast
(4) Sorta

12. Patni Computer system Ltd. is setting up a center to accommodate 10,000 professionals with an
investment of Rs.450 crores at
(1) Trivendrum
(2) Banglore
(3) Hydrabad
(4) Chennai

13. The Sixth WTO ministerial conference would be held in December 2005 at
(1) Singapore
(2) Manila
(3) Bangkok
(4) Hongkong

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14. Panda, Idea and Albea are the soon to be launched models of cars and multipurpose vehicles in India
of ….
(1) Hyundai
(2) Maruti
(3) Fiat
(4) Toyota

15. ‘Smile TV’ is a recently launched comedy channel of

(1) Sony Entertainment
(2) SAB TV
(3) Sahara Entertainment
(4) Zee Telefilms

16. Which of the following is not a highlight of foreign Trade Policy 2004-09
(1) A massive push to exports to garner 1.5% of world share by expositing $150 billion worth
of merchandise annually by 2009.
(2) FDI permitted up to 100% to establish and development free trade and warehousing zone.
(3) ‘Served from India’ scheme to accelerate growth in the export of services.
(4) EOUs to come under the ambit of service tax.

17. Tyco Global was acquired by

(1) Infosys
(2) WIPRO
(3) BSNL
(4) VSNL

18. The Indian Aluminum Company (Indal) was merged with _______ in August 2004
(1) Hindalco
(2) Nalco
(3) Jindal Aluminium
(4) Balco

19. Which Publishing group owns star news?

(1) Penguin
(2) Anand Bazar Publication
(3) India Today
(4) The Hindu group

20. Which company would be the official timekeeper of Beijing Olympics 2008?
(1) Swatch
(2) Casio
(3) Omega
(4) Seiko

21. Discovery Networks, India unveiled its new 24-hr channel called Discovery
(1) Cuisine and Dining
(2) Travel and living
(3) Adventure
(4) Fashion and Lifestyle

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22. In a survey conducted by Business Today – AC Nielsen ORGMARG, the greenest company of India
was adjudged to be
(1) Reliance Industries
(2) ONGC
(3) BPCL
(4) Ranbaxy Laboratories

23. The company that has launched Blackberry handheld devices, offering ‘always on’ connectivity to
high end customers is
(1) Reliance
(2) Idea
(3) Airtel
(4) BSNL

24. In the prestigious list of world’s top 100 Management schools compiled by The Economist, four
Asian institutes figure in it. IIM A is ranked ______ in the list
(1) 30
(2) 64
(3) 95
(4) 25

25. ‘Gatorade’ is
(1) sports drink launched by Pepsi in India.
(2) new model of MUV by Toyota.
(3) brand of shirts by Colour Plus.
(4) brand of pearls jewelry by Tanishq.

26. Apple computers in October launched iMac G5, which has the distinction of being world’s
(1) thinnest PC
(2) smallest PCs
(3) fastest PC
(4) trendiest PC

27. ‘Pinning to winning offer’ is the promotional campaign of

(1) Onida
(2) Samsung
(3) Sansui
(4) BPL

28. The British Energy firm which is engaged in oil exploration in Rajasthan and has struck oil in nine
sites is
(1) Acorn oil and gas ltd.
(2) Edinburgh oil and gas
(3) Cairn Energy
(4) Oilexco

29. Ispat International, which after its merger with LNM holdings, Netherland and US international steel
group emerged as world’s largest steelmaker, is owned by
(1) Lakshmi N Mittal
(2) Ratan Tata
(3) Swaraj Paul
(4) None of these

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30. The retail Petroleum outlets of ONGC to be launched by the end of this fiscal year would be
designed by
(1) NIFD
(2) NIFT
(3) NID
(4) IIFT

31. Vatika, Real and Anmol are the brands of

(1) HLL
(2) Dabur
(3) Himalaya
(4) P&G

32. After ice creams and Pizzas, Amul is all set to launch its ‘avasar’
(1) snacks
(2) laddus
(3) dry fruits
(4) kheer

33. Heidelberg India is planning to open an academy at Chennai for

(1) Insurance Professionals
(2) Automobile Engineering
(3) Software Training
(4) Print media

34. Bennett, Coleman and Co publishes

(1) The Hindustan times
(2) The Hindu
(3) The Times of India
(4) Indian Express

35. The middle class domestic tourist in India will soon get his own 'Palace on Wheels,' with the
tourism ministry planning to launch a medium-fare tourist train connecting the four southern states
of the country. The service would be named
(1) Southern Splendor
(2) Southern sojourn
(3) Simply Southern
(4) Southern spirit

36. Information technology major Tata Consultancy Services, as part of its life sciences initiative, has
tied up with a Israel's biotech company called …… to offer structured-based drug discovery
services to pharmaceutical and biotech firms across the globe
(1) Biolife
(2) Biogenetics
(3) BioStrx
(4) Biobuild

Answers Key
1.(3) 2.(1) 3.(1) 4.(3) 5.(4) 6.(4) 7.(3) 8.(2) 9.(1) 10.(3)
11.(1) 12.(4) 13.(4) 14.(3) 15.(4) 16.(4) 17.(4) 18.(1) 19.(2) 20.(3)
21.(2) 22.(2) 23.(3) 24.(2) 25.(1) 26.(1) 27.(2) 28.(3) 29.(1) 30.(3)
31.(2) 32.(2) 33.(4) 34.(3) 35.(1) 36.(3)

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