Sunday, December 18, 2011

General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 01

  • Mobile manufacturer Nokia is headquartered in Finland.
  • Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) was founded in 1986.
  • The Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was a major international bank founded in 1972 by Agha Hasan Abedi, a Pakistani financier.
  • Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW).
  • The first commerical launch of 3G Mobile services was done by NTT Docomo in Japan (2001).
  • GNH stands for Gross National Happiness.
  • December 23 - Farmers Day.
  • Wildcat Strike is a strike action taken by workers without the authorization of their trade union officials.
  • Bajaj Auto was founded in 1945.
  • RBI issues currency notes under the Proportional Reserve System.
  • How will a red flower appear, if it is seen through a green glass? Brown
  • Who is the founder, chairman and managing director of Moser Baer, world's second largest optical storage media manufacturer? Deepak Puri.
  • The first copyright statute was the British Statute of Anne of 1709.
  • Britannia Industries Ltd. was founded in 1892 by Gupta Brothers.

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