CAT Sample Questions

General Awareness Sample Questions

161. The expansion for the BIS, in the context of the banking industry is:
     1. Bank for International Settlements
     2. Bank for Industrial Settlements
     3. Bank for Industrial Sectors
     4. Bank for International Services

     Answer : A

162. The expansion for BIFR, in the context of the Indian Industry is:
     1. Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
     2. Bureau for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
     3. Board for Investment and Financial Reconstruction
     4. Bureau for Investment and Financial Reconstruction

     Answer : A

163. MSNBC is a media channel owned by:
     1. The US government
     2. Microsoft
     3. Time Warner
     4. None of these

     Answer : B

164. Chaebols are the industrial conglomerates of which of the following countries?
     1. China
     2. Vietnam
     3. South Korea
     4. Japan

     Answer : C

165. Cartier, Piaget, Omega and Rado are all brands of:
     1. Cameras
     2. Suits
     3. Watches
     4. Pens

     Answer : C

166. Augusto Pinochet was the dictator of which of the following countries?
     1. Argentina
     2. Chile
     3. Brazil
     4. Egypt

     Answer : B

167. Prithvi is a:
     1. Surface-to-air missile
     2. Surface-to-surface missile
     3. Air-to-Surface missile
     4. Air-to-air missile

     Answer : B

168. The first non-congress Prime Minister of India was:
     1. Lal Bahadur Shastri
     2. Morarji Desai
     3. Deve Gowda
     4. V.P.Singh

     Answer : B

169. What is the Russian word that means "restructuring"?
     1. Glasnost
     2. Perestroika
     3. Mir
     4. None of these

     Answer : B

170. What commonly used product was invented by Whitcomb Judson in 1893 but had no demand till the late 1910s when orders came for troop uniforms?
     1. Cigarette lighters
     2. Zippers
     3. Walkie Talkies
     4. Canned Soya

     Answer : B