World General knowledge Quiz Set 2

1. Gecis, a BPO company changed its name to Genpact after getting acquired by -

(a) Infosys
(b) GE
(c) L&T Infotech
(d) Westinghous

The correct option is - GE

2. A company called American Ferment, started in 1888, selling health food and other medical products is a big multinational now. What is its name now?

(a) Reckitt Benckiser
(b) Johnson and Johnson
(c) Kellogg’s
(e) Sandoz

The correct option is - (b) Johnson and Johnson

3. Viagra, the famous aphrodisiac is patented by –

(a) GlaxoSmithKline
(b) Aventis
(c) Roche
(d) Pfizer

The correct option is - (d) Pfizer

4. LOT is the name of an airline of –

(a) Belgium
(b) Poland
(c) Czech Republic
(d) Slovakia

The correct option is -  (b) Poland

5. Which economist had developed the concept of National Income Measurement and its significance in Economic Development?

(a) Ragnar Nurkse
(b) Amartya Sen
(c) Simon Kuznets
(d) John Maynard Keynes

The correct option is - (c) Simon Kuznets

6. Who played Batman against Jack Nicholson’s Joker?

(a) Val Kilmer
(b) Michael Keaton
(c) Tommy Lee Jones
(d) Nicholas Cage

The correct option is - (b) Michael Keaton

7. Which cricketer’s popularity was so much that his wedding was broadcast live on the government television throughout the country?

(a) Clive Lloyd
(b) Vivian Richards
(c) Michael Holding
(d) Malcolm Marshal

The correct option is - (b) Vivian Richards

8. Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli Prime Minister was assassinated by –

(a) Yigal Amir
(b) Eli Cohen
(c) Zvi Ben Shaul
(d) Avi Herzog

The correct option is - (a) Yigal Amir

9. India asserted its exclusive rights on the mineral wealth found in the oceans and in the territorial waters by this constitutional amendment –

(a) 40th
(b) 41st
(c) 44th
(d) 74th

The correct option is – (a) 40th

10. The poorest district in India – Malkangiri is in which state?

(a) Sikkim
(b) West Bengal
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Orissa

The correct option is -  (d) Orissa