MAT Section 5 General Knowledge

Free Material Developed for Pearson General Knowledge Books MANAGEMENT APTITUDE TEST (MAT) Section 5: INDIAN AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT 161. Commercial banks finance rural credit directly and through (a) NABARD (b) rural banks (c) cooperative societies (d) State government 162. Which is a largest inland water body in the world? (a) Caspian Sea (b) Lake Superior (c) Lake Titicaca (d) Black Sea 163. In which State are the Ajanta and Ellora caves situated? (a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat (c) Maharashtra (d) Madhya Pradesh 164. What does WAP stand for? (a) Wireless Applied Programme (b) Wireless Application in Programming (c) Wireless Application Protocol (d) Wireless Added Protocol 165. Which is the largest district in India in terms of area? (a) Bhuj (b) Mirzapur (c) Anantapur (d) Bastar Free Material Developed for Pearson General Knowledge Books 166. Dronacharya Awards are given (a) to outstanding athletes. (b) to outstanding coaches. (c) for best performance in archery. (d) for invention in science. 167. Which country will be organising the Olympic Games in 2008? (a) USA (b) South Korea (c) China (d) France 168. India has been divided into how many PIN code zones? (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9 169. How many times has National Emergency been declared in India? (a) Only once (b) Twice (c) Thrice (d) Never 170. Which water body separates Australia from New Zealand? (a) Cook Straits (b) Tasman Sea (c) McMunro Sound (d) Great Barrier Reef 171. Where does the European Parliament sit? (a) Strasbourg (b) Berne (c) Berlin (d) Brussels Free Material Developed for Pearson General Knowledge Books 172. Which of the following is not a Central Government tax? (a) Income tax (b) Customs (c) Land tax (d) Corporation tax 173. Satellite INSAT-1D has taken over the functions of INSAT (a) 1A (b) 1B (c) 1C (d) Both (1) and (3) 174. Which of the following schemes has NOT been merged with the Swarna Jayanti Gram Swa-Rozgar Yojana? (a) IRDP (b) DWCRA (c) NRY (d) TRYSEM 175. Which of the following is an anti-tank missile developed in India? (a) Nag (b) Trishul (c) Akash (d) Prithvi 176. Through which state do the Aravali mountains run? (a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat (c) Maharashtra d) Uttar Pradesh 177. Which state tourism department’s motto is ‘A living heritage of heroism’? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Gujarat (c) Rajasthan (d) Himachal Pradesh Free Material Developed for Pearson General Knowledge Books 178. Which ancient city is planned in the shape of a lotus? (a) Ujjain (b) Madurai (c) Banaras (d) Agra 179. Where is the Metei language predominantly spoken? (a) Nagaland (b) Bihar (c) Assam (d) Manipur 180. Who was the cabinet minister for petroleum and natural Gas in the NDA government? (a) Kirit Parikh (b) Ram Naik (c) Anant Kumar (d) None of the above 181. Where will the first match of the 2003 cricket world cup be played? (a) Johannesburg (b) Cape Town (c) Durban (d) Port Elizabeth 182. In which state did the Kuchipudi dance form originate? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Karnataka 183. To which political party does the present speaker of the Lok Sabha belong? (a) CPI (b) BJP Free Material Developed for Pearson General Knowledge Books (c) Telugu Desam (d) None of the above 184. Where does the UN Secretary Council usually meet? (a) Geneva (b) Bern (c) New York (d) London 185. Where is the headquarters of NATO? (a) Brussels (b) London (c) Washington D.C. (d) Paris 186. How many countries are members of ASEAN? (a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 10 187. Who is the chairperson of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)? (a) L.M. Singhvi (b) Sonia Gandhi (c) Sushma Swaraj (d) Vyjayanthimala Bali 188. Which is the native country of the Nobel Laureate Sir V. S. Naipaul? (a) Guyana (b) Trinidad and Tobago (c) Fiji (d) None of the above Free Material Developed for Pearson General Knowledge Books 189. How many major languages are recognised by the Constitution of India? (a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 20 190. Who coined the phrase ‘The global village’? (a) Marshall Mcluhan (b) Aldous Huxley (c) George Orwell (d) Gore Vidal 191. Who is the present chairman of SEBI? (a) Jairam Prakash (b) Jana Krishnamurthy (c) G.N. Bajpai (d) None of the above 192. Who is the chairman/chairperson of the Film and Television Institute of India? (a) Mahesh Bhatt (b) Pawan Chopra (c) Vinod Khanna (d) Hema Malini 193. Which business group has bought VSNL? (a) Reliance (b) Tata (c) AT&T (d) Airtel 194. How many indians have won the Nobel Prize for literature? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2 Free Material Developed for Pearson General Knowledge Books 195. Who was the Union Minister for law, justice and company affairs in the present NDA cabinet? (a) Arun Jaitley (b) Jana Krishnamoorthy (c) Ram Krishna Hegde (d) None 196. What is the name of the group of agriculture exporting countries formed in 1986, that has put agriculture on the multilateral trade agenda at the WTO? (a) The Cairns Group (b) ASEAN (c) SCANA (d) NAFTA 197. Which telecom group is providing India’s first private-sector long-distance service? (a) Orange (b) Hutch (c) Airtel (d) Reliance Telecom 198. What does SAPTA stand for (a) South Asian Preferential Trade Agreement (b) South Asian Post Trade Agreement (c) SAARC Preferential Trade Agreement (d) SAARC Post Trade Agreement 199. Which organisation was the fore runner to the World Trade Organisation? (a) The World Bank (b) General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) (c) The United Nations Development Fund (d) The League of Nations 200. The state Vidhan Sabha elections during Jan-Feb, 2005 were not held in (a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Haryana (d) Jharkhand Free Material Developed for Pearson General Knowledge Books Answer Keys 161. (b) 162. (a) 163. (c) 164. (c) 165. (a) 166. (b) 167. (c) 168. (c) 169. (c) 170.(b) 171. (a) 172. (c) 173. (c) 174. (c) 175. (a) 176. (a) 177. (c) 178. (b) 179. (d) 180. (b) 181. (b) 182. (b) 183. 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