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Business and Tech Leaders

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Business and tech leaders covers prominent founders, chief executives, and economists who shaped global industries. This section features questions on leaders of major technology corporations and financial institutions. It is a highly scoring topic in general awareness.

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Business and Tech Leaders Questions

Multiple choice

Who among the following is ranked second after AI-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in the Forbes' Most Wanted list which was released?

  1. Dawood Ibrahim - India

  2. Semion Mogilevich - Russia

  3. Felicien Kabuga - Rwanda

  4. Joaquin Guzman - Mexico

  5. Matteo Messina Denaro - Italy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Dawood, Bin Laden figure in Forbes' Most Wanted list: Underworld don and India's most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai bombings, figures third on the Forbes' Most Wanted list which has been topped by AI-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden. The list, released in the May 2010 edition of the Forbes magazine, also has Mexico's most powerful drug trafficker Joaquin Guzman in no.2.

Multiple choice

Who was Grape hopper?

  1. The inventor of COBOL

  2. Bill Gate's 1st secretary

  3. The person who gave IBM the nickname

  4. The designer of ENIAC computers
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Grace Hopper was a computer scientist and US Navy rear admiral who was a pioneer in developing computer programming languages, including COBOL. The name is misspelled as Grape in the question.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.

Which of the following is not true?

  1. Rupert Murdoch ---------------------- News Corporation

  2. Richard Parsons ---------------------- Time Warner

  3. Li Ka-Shing ------- ----------- Honda MotorCompany

  4. Shinzo Nakanishi --------------------- Maruti Udyog
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Li Ka-Shing is a business magnate associated with CK Hutchison Holdings, not Honda Motor Company.

Multiple choice

Who is the present (2011) Director-General of World Trade Organisation?

  1. Pascal Lamy

  2. Domique Strauss Kahn

  3. Jong puck lee

  4. Rodrigo Rabo
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Pascal Lamy was the Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 2005 to 2013. The question asks for the DG in 2011, which falls within his tenure. The other options are incorrect: Dominique Strauss-Kahn was IMF Managing Director (though he resigned in 2011), 'Jong puck lee' is likely a misspelling of Lee Jong-wook (WHO Director-General), and Rodrigo Rato was also IMF Managing Director. Lamy served two terms as WTO DG covering 2011.