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100

Coaching in its current form owes its roots to the ‘inquiry style’ of which Greek philosopher?

a. Plato

b. Aristotle

c. Socrates

d. Pythagoras

c. Socrates

100

What is the almond shaped organ in the brain that is responsible for triggering the fight or flight stress response?

a. Amygdala

b. Thalamus

c. Hypothalamus

d. Hippocampus

a. Amygdala

100

The ‘Great man’ theory of leadership is similar to the

a. Situational leadership theory

b. Behavioural leadership theory

c. Trait leadership theory

d. Contingency leadership theory

C. Trait Leadership theory

100

Do you have it in you?’ is the slogan of which organization?

a. Central Reserve Police Force

b. National Cadet Corps (NCC)

c. Indian Army

d. Border Security Force

c. Indian Army

100

For which of these films did Anil Kapoor shave off his famous moustache?

a. Lamhe

b. Gharwali Baharwali

c. Tezaab

d. Mr. India

a. Lamhe

200

Which among the below competencies does not feature amongst the revised set of 8 ICF competencies?

a. Listens actively

b. Maintains presence

c. Facilitates client growth

d. Asks powerful questions

d. Asks powerful questions

200

Who is the father of the humanistic movement of psychology who focused on "Unconditional positive regard, Empathy and Authenticity" as the most important aspects in the client-therapist relationship?

a. Sigmund Freud

b. Ivan Pavlov

c. Carl Rogers

d. Martin Seligman

c. Carl Rogers

200

Which billionaire (with a current net worth of $70 billion) was born in South Africa and shifted to Canada at age 17?

a. Elon Musk

b. Mark Zuckerberg

c. Jeff Bezos

d. Steve Balmer

a. Elon Musk

200

Indian currency notes are printed in

a. New Delhi

b. Nasik

c. Nagpur

d. Pune

b. Nasik

200

Who has been named Time person of the Year 2019?

a. Xi Jinping

b. Donald Trump

c. Greta Thunberg

d. Vladimir Putin

c. Greta Thunberg

300

Who is the CEO of WBECS?

a. Magdalena Mook

b. Marva Sadler

c. Thomas Leonard

d. David Clutterbuck

b. Marva Sadler

300

In Psychology, what type of behaviour modification deals with pairing a stimulus with a response?

a. Psychotherapy

b. Classical Conditioning

c. Mirroring

d. Reverse psychology


b. Classical Conditioning

300

Which of the following is not a cryptocurrency?

a. Ethereum

b. Bitcoin

c. Litecoin

d. ZDollar

d. ZDollar

300

What is the name of India’s first indigenous vaccine for Covid-19?

a. Covax

b. Covin

c. Covivax

d. Covaxin

d. Covaxin

300

In which year did Amitabh Bachchan debut in Hindi cinema?

a. 1972

b. 1965

c. 1968

d. 1969

d. 1969

400

Who wrote the book ‘Leadership Team Coaching’?

a. Peter Hawkins

b. David Clutterbuck

c. Sir John Whitmore

d. Thomas Leonard

a. Peter Hawkins

400

Feeling what another person is going through (or empathy as we know it) is due to

a. Mirror neurons

b. Neurotransmitters

c. Cortisol

d. DNA

a. Mirror neurons

400

Which Indian company ranks third in the Forbes' World's best 'regarded' companies list of 2019?

a. Larsen & Toubro

b. TCS

c. Infosys

d. Tata Motors

c. Infosys

400

‘Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly’ is an autobiography by which Indian celebrity?

a. Salman Rushdie

b. Anupam Kher

c. Sachin Tendulkar

d. Aamir Khan

b. Anupam Kher

400

How long are professional Golf Tour players allotted per short?

a. 55 seconds

b. 45 seconds

c. 65 seconds

d. 85 seconds

b. 45 seconds

500

In which year was the ICF founded?

a. 1990

b. 1991

c. 1993

d. 1995

d. 1995

500

In Freud’s model of the psyche of ‘Id, Ego and Super ego’, what does the Id represent?

a. Morality

b. Ego

c. Rationality

d. Primitive urges

d. Primitive urges

500

Which of the below companies is not a unicorn (start-up with $1bn dollar valuation)?

a. BigBasket

b. EazyDiner

c. Byjus

d. PayTm

b. EazyDiner

500

In 1952 Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was concerned that Indian women were spending precious foreign exchange on this particular category of products and imposed an import ban. Later after a huge protest, he requested JRD Tata to manufacture them in India. Which brand are we talking about?

a. Lakme

b. Khadi

c. Himalaya

d. Dabur

a. Lakme

500

Who directed Parasite – the first foreign-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture?

a. Bong Joon Ho

b. Akiraa Kurasawa

c. Yasujiro Ozu

d. Chan wook Park

a. Bong Joon Ho