IIFT 2008 Question Paper

The Google Story is a book by David Vise and Mark Malseed that takes an in-depth look who founded the company and why it is unique.

Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date (1992, 1996), is a book written by Mark Stephens under the pen name Robert X. Cringely about the founding of the personal computer industry and the history of Silicon Valley.

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is a self-help book by Robin Sharma, a writer and motivational speaker. The book is a business fable derived from Sharma's personal experiences after leaving his career as a litigation lawyer at the age of 25.

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything is the debut non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner. 

Hence, option B is the correct answer. 

The Islamic Consultative Assembly, also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majlis, is the national legislative body of Iran.

The Storting is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo.

The National Assembly of Tanzania (Swahili: Bunge la Tanzania) and the President of the United Republic make up the Parliament of Tanzania. The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Job Ndugai, who presides over a unicameral assembly of 393 members.

Knesset, (Hebrew: “Assembly”) unicameral parliament of Israel and supreme authority of that state. On Feb. 16, 1949, the Constituent Assembly—elected in January of that year to prepare the country's constitution—ratified the Transition Law and reconstituted itself as the First Knesset.

Hence, we can say that Row 2 is an incorrect match. 

A View from the Outside: Why Good Economics Works for Everyone is written by P. Chidambaram. 

The Maastricht Treaty was approved by heads of government of the states making up the European Community (EC) in December 1991. The treaty required voters in each country to approve the European Union, which proved to be a hotly debated topic in many areas. The agreement took ended with the creation of the European Union and has since been amended by other treaties. The Maastricht Treaty was signed on February 7, 1992, by the leaders of 12 member nations (Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, West Germany, Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal and Spain). The treaty entered into force November 1, 1993.

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Limited is a joint venture between Bajaj Auto Limited and Allianz AG of Germany. Incorporated on September 19, 2000, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company received the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority certificate of Registration on May 2, 2001 to conduct general insurance business (including health insurance business) in India. The company has an authorised and paid up capital of Rs 110 crores.

Tata Chemicals (TCL), part of the Tata group, has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the soda ash business of General Chemical Industrial Products Inc (GCIP), a US based chemical company, for US$1,005 million. Harbinger Capital Partners is GCIP's majority shareholder. The transaction is subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals.

GCIP's subsidiary, General Chemical (soda ash) Partners (GCSAP), is a significant soda ash producer in the US with a capacity of 2.5 million tpa of natural soda ash. GCSAP has mining and manufacturing facilities located at Green River Basin in Wyoming, USA, which provides it access to the world's largest and most economically recoverable trona ore deposits that is then converted into soda ash.

Bangladesh border : 4096 km

China border : 4057 km

Pakistan border : 3323 km

Nepal border : 1751 km

Myanmar border : 1643 km

Hence, option D is the correct answer. 

(I) International Atomic Energy Agency set up = 29 July 1957

(2) France conducts first nuclear test = 13 February 1960

(3) China conducts its first nuclear test = 16 October 1964 

Hence, option C is the correct answer. 

The Dhaulagiri massif in Nepal extends 120 km (70 mi) from the Kaligandaki River west to the Bheri. This massif is bounded on the north and southwest by tributaries of the Bheri River and on the southeast by Myagdi Khola. Dhaulagiri I is the seventh highest mountain in the world at 8,167 metres (26,795 ft) above sea level, and the highest mountain within the borders of a single country (Nepal). It was first climbed on May 13, 1960 by a Swiss/Austrian/Nepali expedition.