*Hello Pagalguys!!!! * :: :: General Knowledge as we all know is a vast subject in itself, spanning from applying common sense to mugging up facts. It is important not just for exams like - *SNAP, IIFT, IRMA* (and others of the ilk) but al...
Hello Pagalguys!!!! 
General Knowledge as we all know is a vast subject in itself, spanning from applying common sense to mugging up facts. It is important not just for exams like - SNAP, IIFT, IRMA (and others of the ilk) but also after the commencement of GD/PIs.
So, as the saying goes - The sooner the better! :
Let's fire up our intellects and dedicate a part of our MBA preparation time to GK as well. After all there's no substitute for slow and steady hard work.
Here is the link for 2009 thread :http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/the-official-gk-thread-for-b-school-entrance-exams-2009-10-25039031
I request the mods to take the appropriate actions and fellow puys to contribute their ideas to make this thread more helpful.
So let the Journey Begin!
P.S : Suggestions are most welcome
Thanks & Regards,
Neha_k
General Knowledge as we all know is a vast subject in itself, spanning from applying common sense to mugging up facts. It is important not just for exams like - SNAP, IIFT, IRMA (and others of the ilk) but also after the commencement of GD/PIs.
So, as the saying goes - The sooner the better! :
Let's fire up our intellects and dedicate a part of our MBA preparation time to GK as well. After all there's no substitute for slow and steady hard work.
Here is the link for 2009 thread :http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/the-official-gk-thread-for-b-school-entrance-exams-2009-10-25039031
I request the mods to take the appropriate actions and fellow puys to contribute their ideas to make this thread more helpful.
So let the Journey Begin!
P.S : Suggestions are most welcome
Thanks & Regards,
Neha_k
Here is my contribution !!!
P.S.-I m not d author..n d sole n whole credit goes to d author of this article... i m just sharing ....
P.S.-I m not d author..n d sole n whole credit goes to d author of this article... i m just sharing ....
Nice Initiative Neha, I m thinking on it but some one already concern abt it.
Here we go!!!!!!
Thanks to u guys!! I think we should discuss different types of general knowledge questions. Most of us read newspapers,magazines and we keep on tracking different News channel stories too. What I think is we all have General Knowledge but what we lack is the collective information about various fields @ One place..Let this thread be a source of it! :)
Attached files: SNAP 2009 GK Section
great initiative guys.
moderator pleas continue with this thread but please move it to correct forum ie. other exams preparation forum..as this forum is for quant section preparation and not gk preparation.
Here u go ...16925
16926
Hey frnds,
I think its better to post few questions on this topics and make this thread more interesting and active.
What do you people think???
here we go...........................
Q1. Where was the world's tallest building (502 meters high) inaugurated?
(1) Taipei
(2) Shanghai
(3) Hong Kong
(4) Singapore
Q2. Parliament of which neighbouring country passed a law to confer citizenship on all people of Indian
origin residing in the country since 1964?
(1) Sri Lanka
(2) Bangladesh
(3) Bhutan
(4) Nepal
Q3. "Ottawa Convention" refers to which of these?
(1) Ban on child labour in hazardous industries
(2) Ban on use of landmines
(3) Ban on use of Chemical weapons
(4) Ban on pesticide residues in agri-exports.
Q4. Which Treaty created the European Economic Committee (EEC) - later known as European Union, in
1957?
(1) Treaty of Rome
(2) Roger Moore
(3) Sean Connery
(4) None of the above
Q5. Ramon Magsaysay Award was established by which philanthropic institution?
(1) Ford Foundation
(2) Carnegie Endowment
(3) Rockefeller Foundation
(4) Cato Institute
Q6. Who is US ambassador to the United Nations?
(1) Christina Rocca
(2) James Baker
(3) Paul Wolfowitz
(4) None of these
Q7. Which singer was in news for publishing a children's book titled 'The English Roses?
(1) Madonna
(2) Michael Jackson
(3) Dr. Alban
(4) Eminem
Q8. Which group of islands is called Islas Malvinass by Argentineans?
(1) Fiji
(2) New Hebrides
(3) Falklands
(4) Trinidad and Tobago
Q9. Body Fischer was the first American to win World Championship in which sport in 1972?
(1) Gymnastics
(2) Wrestling
(3) Boxing
(4) None of the above
Q10. The famous Old Trafford stadium is in ________ .
(1) London
(2) Cardiff
(3) Manchester
(4) Bristol
Q11. La Marseillaise is the ________ of France.
(1) Parliament
(2) National Flag
(3) National Anthem
(4) Constitution
Q12. American Bob Hope, who passed away recently, was an acclaimed ________ .
(1) Actor
(2) Novelist
(3) Composer
(4) Journalist
Q13. What is Britain's Louise Brown's claim to fame?
(1) First winner of Miss Universe Beauty pageant
(2) First woman to become defense minister
(3) First commoner to marry into British Royal family
(4) First test-tube baby in the world
Q14. Which of these has introduced the Young Journalist Award for young media professionals in Indian?
(1) CNN
(2) Penguin
(3) Harper & Collins
(4) McGraw Hill
Q15. St. Peter's Basilica is in ________.
(1) Naples
(2) Rome
(3) Florence
(4) Vatican
Lets start our discussion with the 2nd question In SNAP GK 2009 section
Which company launched the first mobile phone operation in India?- Ans : Modi Telstra
Options : 1. Bharti Airtel 2. Essar 3. Max Touch 4. Modi Telastra
Information : India's first cellular service launched in Calcutta In 1995 (July 31)
By Modi Telstra ( Indian company By BK Modi+ Australian company Telstra)
Mobile operator company is now renamed as Spice
Current Brand Ambassador Spice 'Mobile' : Sonam Kapoor
Most of the Mobile operators Use GSM Technology ( With 900/1800 MHz Band)
Current Mobile operators...Onwership...Brand Ambassador ( Till June 2010)
( In India)
1.Airtel--Bharti Enterprises (64.76%) SingTel (30.84%) Vodafone (4.4%)
2.Relinace Communications--Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
3.Vodafone Essar--Vodafone (67%) Essar Group (33%)
4.Tata Indicom--Tata Indicom--Tata Group
Tata DoCoMo--Tata Group, (74%) & NTT DoCoMo, (26%)
5.
6. Idea Cellular--Aditya Birla Group ,Axiata Group Berhad (15%)
7.BSNL,MTNL--Indian Government
8.Aircel--Maxis Communications (74%) Apollo Hospital (26%)
9.MTS India--Sistema (73.71%),Shyam Group (23.79%)
10.Loop Mobile--Essar
11.Ping Mobile--HFCL Group
12.Virgin Mobile India--Virgin Mobile (50%),Tata Teleservices (50%)
13.Uninor--Telenor (67.25%),Unitech Group (32.75%)
14.S Tel--Siva Group (51%),Batelco (49%)
15.Cheers Mobile--Yet to be launched--Etisalat,Dynamix Balwas Group
16.Videocon Mobile Services--Yet to be launched-Videocon
P.S: I request interested Puys To take any GK Question(from SNAP 2009 Or so) And elaborate your Area of knowledge over it..This way will progress the tthread and Will certainly be beneficial for all of us.
With reference to my earlier post : Telecom Industry
Mobile Operator Company---Current Brand Ambassador (Till 2010 )
1.Airtel--- Ram Charan--(June 5 2010)
2.Reliance communications---Hrithik Roshan---Since June 2009
3.Vodafone--No Ambassador
4.Tata Indicom--Kajol (2008 )
5.Idea Cellular--Abhishek Bacchan
6.BSNL/MTNL--Deepika Padukone
7.Aircel--MS Dhoni
8.Virgin Mobile--Genelia d'souza ( 21st Jan 2010)
Hi puys
IMS came up with a feature called GQ quest on their website last year for registered students.Its a truly exhaustive stock of GK stuff and I found it extremely handy during my IIFT, SNAP days.In fact, there were plenty of questions that i found common at the exams.
I compiled them all into a single word document and zipped it.Do check it out.Should help.
Here's the link:
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/prep-resources/39031-official-gk-thread-b-school-25.html#post1728297
4 gk and current affairs ,My personal suggestion would be CSR 2010 YEAR BOOK!
UNION MINISTERS
Ghulam Nabi Azad - Health & Family Welfare
Kapil Sibal- Human Resource Development
Veerappa Moily- Law & Justice
Ambika Soni - Information & Broadcasting
Anand Sharma- Commerce & Industry
S Jaipal Reddy -Urban Development
Murli Deora - Oil & Petroleum minister
Kumari Selja- Housing, Urban & Poverty Alleviation, Tourism
Sushil Kumar Shinde- Power
Vilasrao Deshmukh- Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
Kamal Nath- Surface Transport & Highways
Virbhadra Singh- Steel
A Raja- IT & Communication
Dayanidhi Maran - Textiles
Pawan Kumar Bansal- Water Resources ---- Correction updated,,courtesy Ishasharma014
(Just found out that Meira Kumar resigned as he got elected for lok sabha speaker)
C P Joshi- Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
M S Gill- Youth Affairs & Sports
M Azhagiri- Chemical & Fertilisers
Mallikarjun Kharge- Labour & Employment
Farooq Abdullah- New & Renewable Energy.
Subodh Kant Sahay- Food Processing Industries
G K Vasan- Shipping
Pawan Kumar Bansal- Parliamentary Affairs
Vyalar Ravi- Overseas Indian Affairs
B K Handique- Mines, Development of North-Eastern Region
Mukul Wasnik- Social Justice & Empowerment
Kantilal Bhuria- Tribal Affairs
Pranab Mukherjee- Finance
Sharad Pawar - Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution
A K Antony Defence
P. Chidambaram - Home Affairs
Mamata Banerjee - Railways
S M Krishna - External Affairs
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Praful Patel Civil Aviation
Prithviraj Chavan Science & Technology; Earth Sciences and MoS in the Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs.
Jyotiraditya Scindia Commerce and Industry----courtesy HosniMubarak
Sriprakash Jaiswal Coal; Statistics & Programme Implementation
Salman Khursheed Corporate Affairs; Minority Affairs
Dinsha J Patel Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Krishna Tirath Women and Child Development
Jairam Ramesh Environment and Forests
MINISTERS OF STATE
Mahadev S. Khandela Road Transport & Highways
Dinesh Trivedi Health & Family Welfare
Sisir Adhikari Rural Development
Sultan Ahmed Tourism
Mukul Roy Shipping
Mohan Jatua Information and Broadcasting
D Napoleon Minister Social Justice & Empowerment
Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan Information & Broadcasting
S Gandhiselvan Health & Family Welfare
Tusharbhai Chaudhary Tribal Affairs
Sachin Pilot Communications and IT
Arun Yadav Youth Affairs & Sports
Pratik Patil Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
R P N Singh Road Transport & Highways
Shashi Tharoor External Affairs
Vincent Pala Water Resources
Pradeep Jain Rural Development
Agatha Sangma Rural Development
Ghulam Nabi Azad - Health & Family Welfare
Kapil Sibal- Human Resource Development
Veerappa Moily- Law & Justice
Ambika Soni - Information & Broadcasting
Anand Sharma- Commerce & Industry
S Jaipal Reddy -Urban Development
Murli Deora - Oil & Petroleum minister
Kumari Selja- Housing, Urban & Poverty Alleviation, Tourism
Sushil Kumar Shinde- Power
Vilasrao Deshmukh- Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises.
Kamal Nath- Surface Transport & Highways
Virbhadra Singh- Steel
A Raja- IT & Communication
Dayanidhi Maran - Textiles
Pawan Kumar Bansal- Water Resources ---- Correction updated,,courtesy Ishasharma014
(Just found out that Meira Kumar resigned as he got elected for lok sabha speaker)
C P Joshi- Rural Development & Panchayati Raj
M S Gill- Youth Affairs & Sports
M Azhagiri- Chemical & Fertilisers
Mallikarjun Kharge- Labour & Employment
Farooq Abdullah- New & Renewable Energy.
Subodh Kant Sahay- Food Processing Industries
G K Vasan- Shipping
Pawan Kumar Bansal- Parliamentary Affairs
Vyalar Ravi- Overseas Indian Affairs
B K Handique- Mines, Development of North-Eastern Region
Mukul Wasnik- Social Justice & Empowerment
Kantilal Bhuria- Tribal Affairs
Pranab Mukherjee- Finance
Sharad Pawar - Agriculture, Food & Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution
A K Antony Defence
P. Chidambaram - Home Affairs
Mamata Banerjee - Railways
S M Krishna - External Affairs
MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
Praful Patel Civil Aviation
Prithviraj Chavan Science & Technology; Earth Sciences and MoS in the Prime Minister's Office; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Parliamentary Affairs.
Jyotiraditya Scindia Commerce and Industry----courtesy HosniMubarak
Sriprakash Jaiswal Coal; Statistics & Programme Implementation
Salman Khursheed Corporate Affairs; Minority Affairs
Dinsha J Patel Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Krishna Tirath Women and Child Development
Jairam Ramesh Environment and Forests
MINISTERS OF STATE
Mahadev S. Khandela Road Transport & Highways
Dinesh Trivedi Health & Family Welfare
Sisir Adhikari Rural Development
Sultan Ahmed Tourism
Mukul Roy Shipping
Mohan Jatua Information and Broadcasting
D Napoleon Minister Social Justice & Empowerment
Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan Information & Broadcasting
S Gandhiselvan Health & Family Welfare
Tusharbhai Chaudhary Tribal Affairs
Sachin Pilot Communications and IT
Arun Yadav Youth Affairs & Sports
Pratik Patil Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
R P N Singh Road Transport & Highways
Shashi Tharoor External Affairs
Vincent Pala Water Resources
Pradeep Jain Rural Development
Agatha Sangma Rural Development
Document of Nobel prize winners list :
Document for booker prize winners list :
P.s : Feel free to update the doc.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners List :
P.s : Feel free to update the Doc.
plz post links for static gk
3G Mobile licence spectrum auction
1. Net sale 67,710 crore
2. Bidder No. of circle
a. Reliance 13
b. AirTel 12
c. Idea 11
d. Tata 9
e. Vodafone 9
1. Net sale 67,710 crore
2. Bidder No. of circle
a. Reliance 13
b. AirTel 12
c. Idea 11
d. Tata 9
e. Vodafone 9
My first post in this thread..
Well, the latest news about the Broadband Spectrum Auction:
Reliance Industries buys 95% stake in Infotel Broadband for Rs 4,800 crore. :)
Infotel Broadband Services is the only firm to win broadband spectrum in all 22 zones in India in an auction that ended on Friday. The firm is paying Rs 12,848 crore ($2.7 billion) for the spectrum.
Current Indian Broadband Users: Around 8.5 million.
First Ever ATM that dispenses Gold
The worlds first ever gold vending m/c was unveiled in a premier hotel in Abu Dhabi,UAE on May 13,2010.
The worlds first ever gold vending m/c was unveiled in a premier hotel in Abu Dhabi,UAE on May 13,2010.
GOM (Group of Ministers relating to Bhopal Gas tragedy )
The Group of Ministers, which was earlier headed by former HRD minister Arjun Singh, was reconstituted by the United Progressive Alliance government on June 9.
Now P.Chidambaram heads the Group
Besides P Chidambaram , who heads the group,
it includes
Health Minister--- Ghulam Nabi Azad,
Law Minister------Veerappa Moily,
Urban Development Minister---- S Jaipal Reddy,
Transport Minister--------------Kamal Nath,
Chemicals Minister--------------MK Alagiri,
Tourism Minister---------------- Kumari Selja,
Environment Minister------------Jairam Ramesh and
MoS in Prime Ministers Office----Prithviraj Chavan.
Regards,
Neha