Test Your Knowledge- Part 7

1.In which Asian country is Mittal Steel Co. to become the second largest stockholder of a steel company?
a. South Korea b. Japan c. China d. Thailand

2. Which one of the following countries was never taken over by any European power as a colony?
a. Brunei b. Indonesia c. Thailand d. Singapore

3. Who among the following great cricketers did NOT belong to West Indies Test team?
a. Frank Worell b. Gary Alexander c. Ken Barrington d. Sony Ramadhin

4. What was Air Sahara originally known as?
a. Sahara Airlines b. Sahara Air c. Sahara d. Airlines Sahara

5. Which famous brand was taken over by Whirlpool in the early 1990s and was transferred back to Electrolux, the original owners of the brand, in the late 1990s?
a. Voltas b. Kelvinator c. Electromix d. None of the above

6. Which formula one team has joined Ferrari in committing to formula one until 2012?
a. Red Bull b. Renault c. Minardi d. Jordan

7. Among the following Union Territories of India, which one has the largest size?
a. Pondicherry b. Lakshadweep c. Daman and Diu d. Chandigarh

8. Name the sponsor of Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi -- the popular comedy on Doordarshan which was launched in 1984.
a. Vicco b. Fair & Lovely c. Amul d. Lakme

9. `Start something new' - is associated with the brand :
a. Tamarind b. Park Avenue c. Lawman d. Provogue

10. `The flavour you wear' - is associated with the brand :
a. Tamarind b. Park Avenue c. Lawman d. Provogue


Q1. The correct answer is: c
Q2. The correct answer is: a
Q3. The correct answer is: c
Q4. The correct answer is: a
Q5. The correct answer is: b
Q6. The correct answer is: a
Q7. The correct answer is: a
Q8. The correct answer is: a
Q9. The correct answer is: b
Q10. The correct answer is: a

Njoy!!!!!!

1) The ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet.
2) There are more than 40,000 characters in Chinese script.
3) Coca-Cola was originally green.
4) The Hawaiian alphabet has 13 letters, A, E, I, O, U, H, K, L, M, N, P, W, ' (which is called an okina)
5) The youngest Pope was 11 years old.
6) Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades--King David, Clubs--Alexander the Great, Hearts--Charlemagne and Diamonds--Julius Caesar.
7) Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know your there
8) In 1933, Mickey Mouse, an animated cartoon character, received 800,000 fan letters.
9) There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
10) If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.

Cool Business Facts- Part 10

1) Appolo's Brand of Low cost , Secondary Health Care Hospitals is called “First Med".

2) Neil Foley designed Aviator collection of watches for Titan. These were designed keeping in mind War planes of World War II.

3) Bunge an agriculture products firm from USA brought DALDA Vanaspati brand from HUL.

4) Josheph Platt designed Parker's Arrow Clip.

5) India's Largest Garment Exporter is Gokuldas Exports.

6) World Gold Council is situated in London.

7) India's Laregst Export to Pakistan is Iron Ore.

8) Gaming Home Console "Revolution " belongs to Nintendo.

9) Walt Disney tied up with Archies to market its products in India.

10) John D Rockfeller Junior donated money to purchase land where UN General Assembly is built.

Amazinggggg!!!!!

1) There are seven points on the Statue of Liberty's crown.

2) Napoleon was terrified of cats.

3) The oldest known vegetable is the pea.

4) Iceland was the first country to legalize abortion in 1935.

5) The Ottoman Empire once had seven emperors in seven months. They died of (in order): burning, choking, drowning, stabbing, heart failure, poisoning and being thrown from a horse.

6) In medieval Thailand, they had moveable type printing presses. The type was made from baked oxen dung.

7) It takes a ton of water to make a pound of refined sugar.

8) In 1221 the daughter of Genghis Khan ordered the killing of the entire population of the city of Nishapur (about 60,000) in one hour. The order came after her husband killing. (Moguls claim that 1.7 million were killed) There are 35 million digestive glands in the stomach.

9) King Henry III of France, Louis XVI of France and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia--fear of cats.

Interesting Facts

1) There was once a town in West Virginia called "6."

2) The parking meter was invented in North Dakota.

3) Napoleon made his battle plans in a sandbox.

4) Roman Emperor Caligula made his horse a senator.

5) The green stuff on the occasional freak potato chip is chlorophyll.

6) Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon with his left foot first.

7) On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.

8) Ten tons of space dust falls on the Earth every day.

9) A new book is published every 13 minutes in America.

10) Every year the sun loses 360 million tons.

Cool Business Facts- Part 9

1) Gini Coefficient is used to measure Inequality of income distribution within the country.

2) Trading Floor of NYSE is called GARAGE.

3) Indian Rayons is owned by Birlas.

4) Wireless Fidelity is better known as Wi-Fi.

5) Oriflame belongs to Sweden.

6) Klaus Schwab is the Founder of World Economic Forum.

7) Indian Diamond Institute is located in Surat.

8) Madhubani style of painting is associated with Bihar.

9) Pokemon Brand is owned by Nintendo.

10) Chiang Mai Initiative is about Currency swap deals among ASEAN nations.

Amazing Facts!!!

1) The average bed is home to over 6 billion dust mites.

2) The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

3) Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.

4) The US national anthem actually has three verses, but everyone just knows the first one.

5) During World War II, IBM built counting machines the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps.

6) During World War II, the British Intelligence used the Colossus Machines (precursor to computers) at Bletchley Park to help decode the enigma code of the Nazis.

7) Happy Birthday (the song) is copyrighted.

8) The largest living thing on the face of the Earth is a mushroom underground in Oregon, it measures three and a half miles in diameter.

9) Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.

10) A dime( US Coin) has 118 ridges around the edge.