Q 1 Who
will take over from Kaushik Basu as the Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance
Ministry ?
Ans. Raghuram Rajan
Q 2. What
item of everyday use was distributed by the producers of Gangs of Wasseypur as
a promotion ?
Ans. Gamchha
Q 3. Name
the author of Indian origin who has been accused of plagiarizing a column in
TIME and therefore suspended by CNN and Time
Ans. Fareed Zakaria
Q 4.
Which brokerage in US got virtually bankrupt because of the bug in the software
that led to erroneous automated trading
Ans. Knight Capital
Q 5. Name
the beauty brand founded by Ayurveda obsessed Mira Kulkarni
Ans. Forest Essentials
Q 6.
Which Indian production house which produces Hindi films to this date was
founded on 15th August, 1947 ?
Ans. Rajshri Productions
Q 7. What
is the unique credit of Jaiwant Paul who read Economics in St Stephens College
in 1949 ?
Ans.First Indian mgnt trainee of Hind Lever
Q 8. What
was the name given to a private station started by M V Gopalaswamy in Mysore in
Pre independence India ?
Q 1. With
which airline was the Haryana minister Gopal Kanda associated ?
Ans. MDLR airlines
Q 2. In
view of the recent turmoil in Deccan Chronicle, which finance co has become the
principal shareholder of the co ?
Ans. Future Capital
Q 3.
Under the Food for Peace programme also known as PL 480 India imported
foodgrains from US . What does PL 480 stand for ?
Ans. Public Law 480
Q 4. For
which TV ad campaign has film director Anurag Kashyap appeared recently ?
Ans. Cadbury’s dairy milk eclairs
Q 5. Why
is the current business environment being called VUCA ?
Ans. Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and Ambiguity
Q 6.
Rahul Da Cunha, Manish Jhaveri and Jayant Rane are the crack creative team for
which advertising campaign ?
Ans. Amul butter
Q 7.
Before ‘Utterly Butterly Amul” what was the tagline for AMUL Butter ?
Ans. Purely the Best
Q 8. How
much fine did ShahRukh Khan pay for smoking in public ?
Ans. Rs 100
Q 1.
Which PSU is the principal sponsor to the Indian contingent to the London
Olympics ?
Ans. ONGC
Q 2.
Which Google product was called “a stolen product” by Steve Jobs ?
Ans. Android
Q 3.
Since 1975 , only one new European co has entered Global 500, whereas 29 have
entered from California alone. Name the co
Ans. Inditex of Spain
Q4. Name
the prosthetics co that has been sponsoring Paralympics for the last 24 years.
Ans. Otto Bock
Q5. Which
airline ordered by US court to hire men also bcoz their business was not to
forthrightly titillate and entice male customers ?
Ans. Southwest Airlines
Q6. How
many gms of gold does gold medal weighing 410 g contain ?
Ans. 6gms
Q1. Which
iconic company’s name can be translated roughly as ”play well” in Danish ?
Ans. Lego
Q2. A
Dutch shipmaster in 16th cent discovered that it is better to transport ‘burnt
wine” where water can be added later. What drink ?
Ans. Brandy
Q3. What
did Alastair and Jean Calluthers discover accidentally in 1987 while
experimenting with medicines for eye muscle disorders ?
Ans. Botox
Q4. What
accidental discovery did Thomas Adams make in 1870 while experimenting with
chicle as a substitute for rubber ?
Ans. Chewing Gum – chiclet
Q5. As
Pranab Mukherjee becomes the 13th President of India, he will discard his white
Ambassador for a new car. What will be his official car ?
Ans. Mercedes Benz Black Pullman Limo
Q6.
“________ is now the national airline of India. That’s what people say,” sighs
the retired Air India man. Fill in the blank
Ans. Emirates
Q7. The
sponsors are paying to provide publicity for Olympics. How ? Sponsors cannot
put logo on players/stadia.
Ans. They advertise Olympics in their products that they are official
sponsors.
Q8. Which
co will be handling the entire IT systems of the London Olympics ?
Ans. Atos
Q9. The
global sponsors of Olympics are called TOPs. What does TOP stand for ?
Ans. Top Olympic Partners
Q 10. Who
has taken over as the new CEO of Yahoo ?
Ans. Marissa Meyer
Q 11.
What coding gaffe has led Microsoft to apologise ?
Ans. a particular patch of code was called ‘Big Boobs”. This remained in
the release also.
Q 2 Which
Indian co has acquired controlling stakes in Shanti Gears ?
Ans. Tube Investments of India Ltd
Q3. Who
are the people behind the regional airline Air Mantra ?
Ans. The Singhs of Religare
Q4. How
did Oxfam raise over 100,000 pounds when Roger Federer won the Wimbledon title
?
Ans. A lottery ticket on Fedex winning 7th Wimbldon title that was
bequeathed to Oxfam
Q5. Which
social media platform for sharing content started in 2004 by Kevin Rose raised
45 mn $ got sold for a mere 500000 $ ?
Ans. Digg
Q6. What
is being packed and sold in tetrapaks by a veterinary college in Wayand
district of Kerala hat Rs 5 per litre ?
Ans. Cow urine as pesticide
Q7. Which
bank in US was called Bank of Italy before 1930 ?
Ans. Bank of America
Q8. What
is the average discount given by the aircraft cos like Boeing & Airbus to
airlines ?
Ans. 40-60%
Q1. Which
town in Tamil Nadu is the hub for the borewell drilling industry supplying rigs
all over India ?
Ans. Tiruchengode
Q2. Which
travel agency has been stopped by supreme court to operate the Maharaja Express
?
Ans. Cox & Kings
Q3. Which
malware is expected to create havoc tomorrow by changing DNS of the computers
tomorrow ?
Ans.DNS Changer
Q4. Name
the great indian businessman who will give a talk on knowledge of life Aspects
tomorrow for his investors and workers.
Ans. Subroto Roy
Q5. LIBOR
is polled between different London banks and published by BBA. Who or what is
BBA ?
Ans.British Bankers association
Q6. On
july 5 1946 what costume was designed by french automotive engineer Loius Reard
and why did he call it so.
Ans. Bikini, after Bikini Atoll where on July 1 a bomb explosion took
place
Q7. In
the context of HR what is ROTI ?
Ans. Return on Training Investment
Q8. CEOs
take their golf more seriously than their business. Here is a golf question.
How many dimples are there in a golf ball ?
Ans. 250 – 450 balls
Q9. Which
was the worlds busiest airport in 2011 ?
Ans. Atlanta, USA
Q10. The
town Waterloo 100km southwest of Toronto was recognised as the most intelligent
community in.2007. Today it is on edge. Why ?
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Ans. RIM, the maker of Blackberry is in trouble
Why have
the bigwigs of Barclays bank like Bob Diamond and others decided to forgo their
2012 bonuses ?
Ans. LIBOR scam
What
unique situation forced RBS to open its bank’s branches to operate on a Sunday
for the first time ?
Ans. Software crash
What is
the popular or code name for Android 4.1 ?
Ans. Jelly Bean
Which car
brand has launched a monster of an SUV called ‘Duster’ ?
Ans. Renault
The small
pack revolution now comes to liquor. What small size bottles are being used by
Bacardi, Teachers etc to boost sales ?
Q 1. What
is the popular name for the UN conference on development and sustainability
being held in Rio De Janeiro called ?
Ans. RIO + 20
Q 2. What
is a John Doe order in the context of Internet piracy ?
Ans. A stay order on web-sites when the pirate is not known
Q3. Why
have the top 11 cement makers been imposed a huge penalty by Competition
commission ?
Ans. Cartelisation
Q4. Which
industrialist MP tops the list of LPG consumers in New Delhi as per a recent
report launched by Oil marketing cos. ?
Ans. Naveen Jindal
Q5. Who
is the new CEO and MD of Tata Global Beverages ltd ?
Ans. Harish Bhat
Q6. What
is the new brand name of Yves Saint Laurent ?
Ans. St Laurents Paris
Q7. In
which country they have a vending machine activated by a Tweet that dispenses a
cup of ice tea ?
Ans. South Africa
Q8. Name
the luxury division of Nokia which has been sold off recently to generate cash
for the beleaguered company.
Ans. Vertu
Q9. What
is the name of the Tablet announced by Microsoft ?
Ans. Microsoft Surface
Q 1.
Which group has created an Orbit in London at the Olympic Park designed by
Indian born designer Anish Kapoor ?
Ans. Arcelor Mittal
Q 2. What
is the name of the Tablet announced by Microsoft ?
Ans. Surface
Q3. What
unique step is taken by australian online retailer http://Kogan.com to
dissuade people from using IE ?
Ans. A tax for using IE
Q4. Which
new film is being promoted with the slogan TERI KEH KE LOONGA ?
Ans. Gangs of Wasseypur
Q5. Which
bank was founded in New York on June 16, 200 years ago ?
Ans. Citibank
Q6. What
price did the first Apple computer Apple I fetch in a New York auction ?
Ans. 345,000 $
Q7. A
German Bank Sparkasse Chemnitz is issuing a MasterCard with a very unusual
image for a credit card. Whose image ?
Ans. Karl Marx
Q8. Which
Bollywood superstar is behind the education cum entertainment venture KidZania
?
Ans. Shah Rukh Khan
Q9. Which
Indian group has sought the suffix .indians under the new Internet domain
registration policy of ICANN ?
Ans. Reliance
Q10.
Which exchange is going to acquire the prestigious London Metal Exchange for
2.1 bn $ ?
Ans. Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Q11. In
the context of enterprise computing what is a BYOD policy ?
Ans. Bring your own device
Name the
BEML Chairman who has been suspended in the Tatra scam.
Ans. VRS Natarajan
Ans. VRS Natarajan
In which
brand of juice in a tetrapak was a dead snake found?
Ans. Maa juice from CavinKare
For which popular brand did kishore Kumar appear in an ad ?
Ans. Brylcreem
Ans. Maa juice from CavinKare
For which popular brand did kishore Kumar appear in an ad ?
Ans. Brylcreem
Which new
gen film director still runs an ad film co called Freshwater films ? Ans.
Dibakar Bannerjee
Which
programme on ZEE TV claims to have higher TRP rating than even Satyameva Jayate
?
Ans. Lil Dids
What unique capabilities does the app Swiftkey have ? It has been released alongside Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations.
Ans. Text like Queen Elizabeth
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Ans. Lil Dids
What unique capabilities does the app Swiftkey have ? It has been released alongside Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations.
Ans. Text like Queen Elizabeth
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Q1. Which
American city proposes to ban large bottles and cans of colas and beverages to
fight obesity ?
Ans. New York
Q2. Why
is the Morgan Stanley analyst Scott Devitt in the news ?
Ans. He is the analyst who brought dwn the earnings estimate of Facebook
before IPO
Q3. Name
the social network started by Ayab Abdullah of Uzbekistan which looks a lot
like Facebook.
Ans. YouFace
Q4. Who
is the newly appointed Chairman of LIC ?
Ans. D.K.Mehrotra
Q5. What
innovation has been highlighted by Bill Gates as an innovation that has saved
max lives in the last 200 years ?
Ans. a flushing Toilet
Q6. What
is the popular term for”hydraulic fracturing” of rock using water, sand to
recover natural gas called ?
Ans. Fracking
Q7. Name
the science fiction author who gave the Law of three for Robo-ethics ?
Ans. Isaac Asimov
Q8. Which
’80s classic Hindi comedy had Dipti Naval playing a door-to-sakesperson selling
Chamko detergent ? This is being remade
Ans. Chashme Buddoor
Q9. A new
book ” Life behind the lobby ” by Pawan dhingra is a story about which industry
and class of entrepreneurs ?
Ans. On how Indian Americans, particularly Patels came to dominate the
Motel industry in US
Q1. What
is unique about The Divorce Hotel ?
Ans. They have packages for couples to have divorce during weekend with
legal and other services
Q2. Which
American multiplex chain of 5000 screens was acquired by the Chinese group
Dalian Wanda for over 2.5 billion $ ?
Ans. AMC
Q3. Name
the business group of Aike Batista, the richest man in Brazil and 7th richest
worldwide.
Ans. EBX Group
Q4. Name
this IIT Madras alumnus who is often called the Canadian Buffett for his value
investing skills.
Ans. V.Prem Watsa of Fairfax
Q5. What
was the earlier name of SML Isuzu Limited ?
Ans. Swaraj Mazda Limited
Q6. Why
did Zuckerberg marry 1 day after the Facebook IPO?
Ans. Bec California divorce laws says any wealth acquired before
marriage cannot b shared
Q7. What
is Grexit in the context of the Euro crisis?
Ans. Exit of Greece from Euro
Q8. Who
has acquired the online marketplace co Ariba yesterday for 4.5 Bn $ ?
Ans. SAP
Q9. What
item belonging to Late Ronald Reagan is being auctioned online ?
Ans. A vial of his blood
Q10.
Which Mumbai based group is positioning apartments based on the cars they own ,
Dadar for BMW and Worli for RR owners ?
Ans. Wadia Group
Q11. Name
the Facebook CFO who is being blamed for the IPO fumble
Ans. David Ebersman
Q12.
Which brand of mixie an affiliate of Philips got badly affected bcoz of
Jayalalithaa’s freebie schemes in TN ?
Ans. Preethi
Q13.
McDowells becomes the 2nd brand to reach 2 Billion $ in retail sales in India.
Which was the first ?
Ans. Amul
Q14. Who
has acquired controlling stake in Thomas Cook’s India operations ?
Ans. Fairfax belonging to Indian American Prem Watsa
Q1. In
which Stock Exchange will Formula One will soon be listed ?
Ans. Singapore
Q2. Which
Tech major has launched a new social platform called so.cl ?
Ans. Microsoft
Q3. Name
the apex agency in India that gives products Halal certification.
Ans. Halal India
Q4. As
per Jeff Bezos ” __________ of the 100 top titles in Kindle today are self
published”? Fill in the blank
Ans. 16
Q5. As
per AAI, India has how many airports and airstrips incl many of the WW -II era
?
Ans. 456
Q6. Why
is Priscilla Chan in the news ?
Ans. She married FB founder Mark Zuckerberg recently
Q7.
Zuckerberg delayed taking FB public until he had no choice. What was the
regulatory compulsion ?
Ans. Publishing quarterly results for over 500 private investors
Q8.
Which. Law states that “for any group of size n, the number of Subgroups that
can be assembled is 2 ^ n.?
Ans. Reed’s law
Q9.
Connect the following Between, Path, Familyleaf, Storytree …
Ans. New online social networks which promote private interactions
Q10.
Connect the Mumbai non-profit Millennium Mams with Warren Buffett.
Ans. 16 ladies from this NGO went to Omaha to listen to Buffett’s AGM
speech of Berkshire Hathaway
Q11.
Which Hollywood celebrity has taken Punjab actor Varinder Singh Ghumman as the
brand ambassador for his products ?
Ans. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Q12.
Which group has acquired a 27 % stake in Living Media , the co that publishes
India Today ?
Ans. Aditya Birla group
Q13.
Starbucks invites its rivals to Coffee cup Summit at MIT. What do they discuss
in that summit ?
Ans. Disposal of paper cups
Q14.
Which co as a part of its sustainability initiatives has devised a calculator
for calculating the carbon footprint of every package ?
Ans. UPS
Q15. As
per the new TRAI guidelines, max how many minutes of advertising time is
allowed per hour of TV broadcast ?
Ans. 12 mins per hour
Q16.
Which Indian group has acquired the US based health information co Decision
Resources for Us $ 635 mn ?
Ans. Piramal
Q17. As
per the Economist, which is the busiest airline route in the world for the year
2011 ?
Ans. Between Seoul and Jeju in South Korea
Q18.
Which co had a nuclear reactor in their office building in New York for 30
years ?
Ans. Kodak
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Q1. On
what issue the Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson had to quit ?
Ans. Inaccurate information given in CV
Q2. Which
brand took advertising into outer space in the year 2001 when a Russian rocket
had its big logo painted on it ?
Ans. Pizza hut
Q3. Name
the hair dresser who pioneered the ‘ Bob cut’
Ans. Vidal Sassoon
Q4. What
is the meaning of the term seigniorage in public finance ?
Ans. The difference between the value of money and the cost to produce
it
Q5. Which
type of biscuits are very popular from Kayani bakery of Pune ?
Ans. Shrewsbury biscuits
Q6. What
unique feedback does the hybrid car Honda Insight provides to Its drivers ?
Ans. Mileage based on the way they’re driving
Q7. What
is the real name of the JP Morgan trader labelled London whale who has caused a
2 bn $ trading loss ?
Ans. Bruno Iskil
Q8. After
it’s split with TATA Motors where has Fiat started it’s first independent
dealership ?
Ans. Hyderabad
Q9. Which
MNC seed co is in the eye of the storm between Hindu and TOI started by a P
Sainath article ?
Ans. Monsanto
Q10. Who
are the Partners of Dunkin Donuts in India ?
Ans. Jubilant Foodworks
Q11. How
many failures did Rovio have before they hit pay dirt with Angry Birds ?
Ans. 51 failures
Q12. What
or who is a “brogrammer” in silicon valley speak ?
Ans. A programmer who breaks the usual expectations of quiet nerdiness
and calls everyone else a ’bro’. Made famous in the movie The Social Network.
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Q 1.
Which brand of condoms has signed up Sunny Leone for endorsing their product ?
Ans. Manforce condoms
Q2. Which
airline’s name will appear in the names of two London underground stations,
Greenwich peninsula and Royal Docks ?
Ans. Emirates
Q3.Why
has the Google’s latest upgrade called Penguin created a stir in India ?
Ans. It may trigger unemployment among SEO outsourcing firms
Q4. In
Management lingo,what is Prozac leadership ?
Ans. Excessive reliance on positive thinking
Q5. Which
CEO of Indian origin leads Slideshare , the co which has got acquired by
LinkedIn for a whopping 119 Mn $ ?
Ans.Rashmi Sinha
Q6. For
what product/ brand has AShton Kutcher appeared in an ad as an Indian named Raj
creating an outcry ?
Ans. Popchips
Q7. What
is the price range for IPO indicated by Facebook ?
Ans. 28 $ – 35 $
Q8.
Formula for which beverage was developed by Richard Ritchie in 1931 ?
Ans. Pepsi Cola
Q9. Which
web co in the news serves ppts from beautiful servers named after Aishwarya
Rai, Dia Mirza, Bipasha etc ?
Ans. Slideshare
Q10.
Which two ivy league universities have come together to launch a online
learning platform called edX ?
Ans. Harvard and MIT
Q11. 28
years ago (May 3rd) with $1000, instead of studying for finals during my
freshman year at the Univ. of Texas, I started ____ ? Fill in the blank.
Ans. Dell
Q12. In
which e-book reader has Microsoft taken a 17% stake , hotting up the
competition for Apple and Amazon ?
Ans. Nook of Barnes and Noble
Q13. What
govt measure will make it diffcult for Benson and Hedges or Marlboro to be
available in local shops in India ?
Ans. Ban on import of cigarettes.
Q14.
Which brand of fans has an unusual celebrity Rajesh Khanna endorsing it ?
Ans. Havells
Q15. As
per a recent survey which is the best seat in an aircraft ?
Ans. 6A is the best and 32E is the worst
Q16.
Which group will take a controlling stake in Pantaloon retail from the Future
Group ?
Ans. Aditya Birla Nuvo
Q17.
Which will be the first airline to operate a refinery to bring down its fuel
costs ?
Ans. Delta airlines
Q18.
Which beverage will have a new tag line ” Live for Now ” ?
Ans. Pepsi
Q 19. How
do we better know the Shinkansen trains ?
Ans. Bullet trains
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Q1. Which
beverage will have a new tag line ” Live for Now ” ?
Ans. Pepsi
Q2. How
do we better know the Shinkansen trains ?
Ans. Bullet trains
Q3. Who
is slated to take over as the Chairman of NASSCOM from Rajendra Pawar of NIIT ?
Ans. N Chandrasekharan of TCS
Q4. Which
4200 cr company was started by school dropouts Soundarrajan and Sunderrajan in
Udumalpet near Coimbatore ?
Suguna Poultry
Q5. Which
global co was started by Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen in 1932 to
augment his income by making wooden toys ?
Ans. Lego
Q6. Which
designer brand was started by Domenico and Stefano who met in 1980 when they
were assts at a fashion house in Milan ?
Ans.
Dolce & Gabbana
Q7. Which
businessman of Indian origin is Britain’s richest man ?
Ans. L N
Mittal
Q8. Where
has the new Guru gobind Singh refinery come up in Punjab ?
Ans.
Bhatinda
Q9.
Micromax has launched an Android smartphone which even has a SIRI like
Assistant called AISHA . Expand AISHA
Ans.
Artificial Intelligence Speech Handset Assistant
Q10.
Steve Coll’s latest book Private Empire is an account of which American co ?
Ans.
Exxon Mobil
Q11.
Which Indian airport is slated to become the most expensive airport in the
world as per IATA ?
Ans. IGIA
Delhi
Q12. ISRO
launched a spy sattellite RISAT-1 successfully ? Expand RISAT
Ans.
Radar Imaging Satellite
Q13. How
did the infamous “watergate ” scandal get its name ?
Ans. Name
of a hotel in Washington DC
Q14.
Which social networking site has been described by blogger Kevin Gil Martin as
“lazy mob justice” ?
Ans.
Twitter
Q 15.
Which cult scooter brand has been relaunched as a gearless one at the premier
end in India ?
Ans.
Vespa
After the
recent results which co has become the worlds biggest cellphone maker ?
Ans.
Samsung
Q 16. In
the context of telecom spectrum regulations, what is “refarming” ?
Ans.
Reassigning govt.reg. spectrum for services with higher value.
Q
17.Google has launched a new service for storing 5GB data on the cloud a la
Dropbox , what is it called ?
Ans.
Google Drive
Q 18.
Which co was set up by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey when Mckelvey could not
accept credit card payments for his hand-blown glass ?
Ans.
Square
Q19.
Which consumer goods co that is a sponsor to the London Olympics created a
viral ad saying Thank you Moms ?
Ans. P
& G
Q20.
Which Indian famous jewellery chain has opened its ipo today ie akshaya tritiya
day ?
Ans.
Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri
Q21. The
Google Doodle featured a zip…why ?
Ans. The
birthday of Gideon Lundbeck who invented zip
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Q 1. Who
is the new President of World Bank ?
Ans. Jim Yong Kim
Q2. Which
luxury car manufacturer has acquired the Italian bike mfr Ducati for 860 mn € ?
Ans. Audi
Q3. ASCI
and TAM have launched NAMS . What is NAMS ?
Ans. National Audience Measurement System for measuring reach of ads
Q4. Which
online for profit news blog has been given a Pulitzer prize ?
Ans. Huffington Post
Q5. Star
moves out of the alliance with ABP. what will be the new names of Star news,
star Ananda and Star Majha ?
Ans. ABP will replace Star in all names for eg ABP news
Q6. Who
will be the celebrity endorsing the bike Suzuki Hayate ?
Ans. Salman Khan
Q7. Which
CM has announced that they will launch their own newspaper and TV channel ?
Ans. Mamata Banerjee
Q8. Who
had said ” if I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a
faster horse “?
Ans. Henry Ford
Q9. For
which TV show which is to be aired on 10 channels is Aamir Khan charging rs 3
crore per episode ?
Ans. Satyamev Jayate
Q10. As
per TRAI guidelines what is the maxm mumber of tariff plans a mobile operator
can have at a given point in time ?
Ans. 25 plans
Q 11.
What two pieces of info has been made mandatory in pass book and a/c statement
by RBI for every bank?
Ans. MICR and IFSC
Q12. As
per The Economist, what technology is central to the 3rd industrial revolution
?
Ans. 3D printing
Q13.
Which global food major has acquired the nutrition business of Pfizer for over
11 bn $ ?
Ans. Nestle
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Q1. One
Titanic tweet..which shipping line owned the ship Titanic ?
Ans. White Star Line
Q2. The
corporate HQ of Google is Googleplex. From which cult book has this name been
taken ?
Ans. Douglas Adams book Hitchhikers guide to galaxy
Q3. Sony
has announced digital imaging, gaming and mobile phones as their core products.
What product is conspicuously absent ?
Ans. TVs
Q4. You
know BMW. AMW is the third largest truck co in India. Expand AMW
Ans.
Asian Motor Works
Q5. What
new model of MUV has been launched by Maruti to compete with the likes of
Innova and Xylo ?
Ans.Ertiga
Q6. Name
this doyen of Indian capital markets who founded the National Stock Exchange.
Ans. RH
Patil RIP
Q7. Which
TV channel has been shut down by Turner Broadcasting in India ?
Ans. Imagine TV earlier known as NDTV Imagine
Q8. What
was the original name of HTC, the mobile device manufacturer ?
Ans. High Tech Computers
Q9. In
mobile phone market what does “tyranny of the flagship” mean, as per the
Economist ?
Ans. iPhone/ Samsung Galaxy walking away with profits
Ans. It
helps human assistance in tier II- III towns to place orders online
Q11. In
competition to Mackintosh Jack Tramiel launched a low priced home computer. It
is the best selling PC of all time. Name it.
Ans. Commodore 64
Q12.
Airtel has launched 4G first in Kolkata. This is using TD LTE technology.
Expand TD LTE.
Ans. Time Division Long Term Evolution
Q13. In
which city has Mahindra group created Mahindra Research Valley inaugurated by
former Pres. Abdul Kalam ?
Ans. Chennai
Q 14. GOI
has made it mandatory for electronic filing of IT returns for individuals above
a income limit . What is the limit ?
Ans. Rs 10 lakhs and above
Q 15.
What are the other names of multi level marketing and why GOI considers it a
fraud ?
Ans. Network marketing or Pyramid marketing…It is considered an economic
offence because it is robbing Peter to pay Paul
Ans. General anti avoidance rules
Q2. Which
model of Porsche was designed by Ferdinand A Porsche who died recently ?
Ans. Porsche 911
Q3. Which
well known Indian recruitment firm is selling out to become Randstad India ?
Ans. Ma Foi
Q4. Name
the co that has replaced NOKIA as the most valuable co in the Helsinki Stock
exchange.
Ans. Fortum the energy co.
Q5. Who
has won the Tv rights for screening all Indian cricket matches for the next six
yrs from BCCI ?
Ans. Star
TV
Q6. After
Samsung Galaxy Note’s surprising success what is the category being called now
?
Ans.
Phablet (phone + tablet)
Q 7. Who
has launched India’s first- multi-asset multi-manager fund ?
Ans. ING
Q8. At
what price has Facebook acquired the photo site Instagram?
Ans. 1 Bn
$
Q9 . We
know the BRICs. Which countries make up the MIST?
Ans.
Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey
Q 10. Who
has acquired 800 odd patents of AOL for over 1 billion $ ?
Ans.
Microsoft
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2012
1. Which
mass market brand tried unsuccessfully to launch a premium offering called ARCH
DELUXE ?
Ans. McDonalds
Q2. Name
the famous economist who also managed the investments of Kings College
cambridge successfully.
Ans. John Keynes
Q 3. What
is often said to be “sublimated essence of what America stands for” ? One
journalist said it was ” a decent thing, honestly made”
Ans. Coke
Q4.
Suzuki Mehran is the largest selling model in Pakistan. How is this model known
in india ?
Ans. Maruti 800
Q5. Who
coined the word “nanotechnology” in 1974, to signify machining with tolerances
of less than a micron
Ans. Norio Taniguchi
Q6. The
lead female actor of Blood Money Amrita Puri is the daughter of a well known
banker. Name him
Ans. Aditya Puri of HDFC Bank
Q7. In
stock exchange trading what is ALGO ?
Ans. Algorithmic trading
Q8. Name
the celebrities behind a new networking platform for story telling etc called
QYUKI
Ans. .Shekhar kapur and AR Rahman
Q9. In
which online travel portal has Bollywood star Salman Khan taken a stake ? clue
he is endorsing it also
Q10. Who
has authored the book the “Coalition of competitors” on how NASSCOM helped the
Indian IT industry ?
Ans. Kiran Karnik
Q 11.
What new circular from Mamata Banerjee has created a furore of censorship in
West Bengal ?
Ans. Ban of english dailies from govt libraries
Q 12. Who
has acquired Fidelity MF in India ?
Ans. L & T Finance Holdings
Q 13.
Which international hotel chain’s properties in UK are likely to be taken over
by an Indian property company ?
Ans. Marriott
Q 14.
Which Hyderabad based infrra major is under threat of takeover by Essel group
of Subash Chandra ?
Ans. IVRCL
Q 15.
Many analysts in US have decided to exclude one co’s results from corporate
earnings, bcos the co skews the results. Name the co.
Ans. Apple
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Q1. Jet
has decided to merge Jet Konnect and JetLite. Which brand will be retained ?
Ans. Jet Konnect
Q2. UPS
has acquired TNT. What is the full form of TNT ?
Ans.
Thomson Nationwide Transport
Q3. Name
the first open source company that will clock 1 billion $ in revenues.
Ans. Red
Hat
Q4. Why
has Israel decided to ban skinny models from ads ?
Ans. To
reduce eating disorders
Q5. What
will be the name of the new sports channel to be launched by Sony ?
Ans. Six
Q6. Where
will the HQ of the co formed out of the merger of Tech Mahindra and Mahindra
Satyam be located ?
Ans. Pune
Q7. Among
cola drinkers who are ‘dualists’ and ‘resistants” ?
Ans.
Dualists drink both regular and diet at diff times. Resistants drink neither
Q8. If
Pepsi has Tropicana as its pure juices brand, what is Coke’s pure juice brand
called ?
Ans.
Simply juices
Q9. Which
animation character created by Hyderabad based Green Gold Animation has made
Pogo the No 1 children’s channel in India ?
Ans. Chhota
Bheem
Q10. On
World Water Day today, how is SBI celebrating ?
Ans. SBI
gave away a free water purifier to 13600 schools from their 13600 branches
Q11.From
April 1 2012 what will be the uniform validity of all cheques as per a RBI
regulation ?
Ans. 3 months
Q12. GAIL
has built India’s longest gas pipeline which was inaug y’day by PM. Name the
two terminals of this line.
Ans.
Dahej to Bhatinda
Q 13.
Many analysts in US have decided to exclude one co’s results from corporate
earnings, bcos the co skews the results. Name the co.
Ans.
Apple
Q14.
Artist Robert Hunt painted the image of a boy on the moon fishing, which was
converted by I L & m into a digital image. Which movie co logo ?
Ans.
Dreamworks
Q15. Most
logos carry one icon, but which co logo has as many as 25 icons with symbols
such as sun, DNA, bee, flower and heart?
Ans.
Unilever
Q 16. To
which brand did Karhu Sports sell its logo for $ 2000 and two bottles of
whiskey ?
Ans
Adidas
Q 17.
Which car logo was designed by Childe Harild Wills, the inventor of Vanadium
and molybdenum steel alloys ?
Ans. Ford Motors
1. Where
has Harvard Business School set up its classroom in Mumbai for Executive
Education in India ?
Ans. Taj Land’s End, Mumbai
2. Why
has Nestle India been hauled up for violating advt norms ?
Ans. The tins of Lactogen do not have warning reg Mother’s milk in Hindi
and font size was small
3. Name
the celebrity who endorses Fast track, Flying Machine jeans, Herbalife, Fair
and Lovely for men, Sangam suitings etc.
Ans. Virat Kohli
4.
Connect Ventura, Mantra, RAHI, Turbo
Ans. Regional airlines started in India recently
5.What is
the increased limit of free baggage allowance as per the recent budget ?
Ans. Rs
35000 from Rs 25000 earlier
6. Who
has launched a special Tendulkar edition of a drink to honour Tendulkar 100th
century ?
Ans. Coca
Cola
7.
Strayer University US has launched an 18 month Executive MBA delivered online
in collaboration with a fmr CEO, now retired. Who ?
Ans. Jack
Welch
8. After
244 years Encyclopedia Britannica has stopped recently. What reasons have been
cited ?
Ans.
Internet and Wikipedia
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Q 1. L
& T chief AM NAIK is writing his memoirs and it will be called V to W. Why
?
Ans. Village to World
Q 2. Who
has launched a collection of digitally restored parallel cinema movie DVDs like
Jaane Bhi Do … under the Cinemas of India label ?
Ans. NFDC
Q 3.
Which European country introduced a quota for women on boards of companies 10
years ago that has brought their share to 40 % now ?
Ans.
Norway
Q4. As
per LinkedIn which job title is the fastest growing among its members in US ?
Ans.
Adjunct Professor
Q5. Name
the Indian behind the Hollywood production house Hyde Park Entertainment that
has produced Ghost Rider etc ?
Ans.Ashok
Amritraj
Q6. In
which Indian blue chip co a 72 year old is succeeded by a 67 year old veteran
in the name of succession ?
Ans. L
& T
Q7. Which
is the first bank likely to deploy IBM Watson the supercomputer that had won
Jeopardy ?
Ans. Citibank
Q8. As
Rahul Dravid retires an old quiz question. Why is he nicknamed Jammy ?
Ans His
father worked for Kissan Jams. He later endorsed it also.
Q9. Apple
launched its latest version of iPad with retina display, quad core , LTE ready
etc. What is it called ?
Ans. New
iPad
Q 10. Who
has acquired the insurance business of HSBC worldwide ?
Ans. Axa
Q11. Name
this women’s cooperative that has 650 cr sales and exports of 29 cr.
Ans.
Lijjat
Q12. What
is the new name for Android Market, the app store from Google ?
Ans.
Google Play
Q 13.
Name this Kraft brand that celebrates its 100th anniversary .
Ans. Oreo
Q 14..
What is an MOOC in the sphere of online education ?
Ans.
Massively Open Online Courses
Q 15.
Which MNC has set up hair salons in its headquarters for its employees ?
Ans.
Unilever
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Administrative Staff College of India, India’s leading Management
Development Institute, announces admission notification for their only long
duration programme.
The ASCI
Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital management (ASCI-PGDHM) is an AICTE-approved two-year
full-time residential programme. The programme has an approved capacity of 30
students per batch.
The
Programme is conducted over 4 semesters, comprising 3 semesters of classroom
teaching, practical and field work, and one semester on internship at
healthcare institutions.
Course Curriculum: The Course curriculum has been designed to cover
the conceptual and qualitative skills needed by administrators/managers in
contemporary hospitals.
Faculty: Faculty from the healthcare related industry complements highly
competent core faculty.
Placements: Participants who have completed the Programme have
found placements in leading hospitals and many healthcare organizations. ASCI
Alumni proudly represent its alma mater at such institutions such as:
(Hospitals) Aditya, Apollo, KIMS, Mediciti, Kamineni, Care, Manipal, Wockhardt,
Sahara, Seven Hills, Fernandez, Arvind Eye, Sterling, Vikram, Bombay, Max
Super-speciality, Medica Synergie, Fortis, Suburban Diagnostics, (Healthcare)
Infosys, ICICI Lombard, iSoft, Asclepius, Vaatslaya, HOSMAC.
Location: The programme is housed at the Centre for Healthcare Management, ASCI
at its College Park Campus at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad. The institute
provides the students excellent opportunities for doing live projects with
hospitals of all types.
Eligibility Criteria:
Graduates
in any discipline, preferably sciences, technology or IT, with a minimum of 50%
marks at the aggregate. Graduates with medical, life sciences, technology, or
IT degrees may apply.
Candidates
are required to qualify in the MAT, CAT or CMAT examinations. Selection shall
be based on a combination of factors including academic credentials,
MAT/CAT/CMAT scores, Group Discussion and Personal Interview, and a
demonstrated interest in the healthcare sector.
Fee: Tuition and academic activities: Rs.4,90,000/- + Accommodation: Rs.
1,00,000/- +
Catering
and food provision: Rs. 1,00,000/-
Admission Process: Application form can be downloaded from our
website, completed and submitted with self-attested copies of certificates and
a demand draft (DD) of Rs. 1,000/- in favour of “Administrative Staff College
of India” payable at Hyderabad, to the address provided below. Forms can also
be obtained at our office on payment through DD. Last date for accepting
applications is April 30, 2012.
All
applicants meeting the eligibility criteria will be called for Group
Discussions (GD) and Personal Interviews (PI) at New Delhi, Kolkata or
Hyderabad, and will be notified of the dates.
GDs/PIs
will be held in May 2012 in New Delhi, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. The list of
selected candidates will be put up on the ASCI website and classes will
commence in the first
Q1. How
did the terms bull and bear come in stock market lingo ?
Ans,,Bull
attacks up and bear with its paw down.
Q2. Who
is the brand ambassador for FBI to curb insider trading ?
Ans.
Michael Douglas of Gordon Gekko fame
Q3. Which
Indian group has emerged as one of the bidders for Cable and Wireless of UK ?
Ans. Tata
group
Q4. Who
has acquired the online photo sharing site Kodakgallery from Kodak ?
Ans.
Shutterfly
Q5. Which
PSU had offer for sale by govt of shares through a new method of auction in the
stock exchanges. Unfortunately issue bombed
Ans. ONGC
Q6. Which
international co has set up hair salons for its employees ?
Ans.
Unilever to promote flexibility and trust alongside promoting own products
Q7. What
is an MOOC in the sphere of education ?
Ans.
Massively open online courses
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Q1. Which
country has been named recently by the Forbes magazine as the richest country
in the world ?
Ans. Qatar
Q 2. What
is the new name for the merged entity of Sesa Goa and Sterlite of the Vedanta
group ?
Ans. Sesa Sterlite
Q3. For
collecting rural data for the newly launched Consumer Price Index who will be
used by the Govt ?
Ans. Postmen
Q4. Which
model of car Hyundai will be launched with a Wes Anderson commercial to
coincide with the academy awards ceremony ?
Ans. Hyundai Azera
Q5. Which
newspaper has been brought out by Rupert Murdoch in some ways a replacement to
News of the world?
Ans. Sunday edition of The SUN
Q6. In
which Chennai based venture do Anjali Tendulkar and Aarti Sehwag , have a
significant stake ?
Ans. Sports Mechanics, a software co that helps analyzing cricket from
the videos
Q7. Cafe
Coffee Day has launched Coffee day WakeCup recently. What is it?
Ans. A
coffee making machine to make one cup at a time.
Q8. What
is the name of the new service launched by ET that provides real time
information about stock market ?
Ans. ET Speed
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Q 1
Kellogg’s has put in a 2.7 billion $ bid to acquire which snack brand ?
Ans. Pringles
Ans. Pringles
Q 2. Which will be india’s first exchange to go for an IPO and get listed in the stock exchanges ?
Ans. MCX
Q 3. Which country is launching space vehicles to clean up space junk ?
Ans. Switzerland
Q 4. Why
are the logo and interface of Facebook in blue colour ?
Ans. Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colour blind. Blue is the brightest color he sees
Ans. Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colour blind. Blue is the brightest color he sees
Q 5. Who has launched an IPad magazine in India called TWEEK ?
Ans. Times internet
Q 6.From whom is Marico acquiring the personal products brands of Paras pharma to whom they had sold earlier ?
Ans. Reckitt Benckiser
Which co
has raised the prices of Whitney Houston albums after her death
opportunistically ?
Ans. Sony music
Which two
brands from Pepsico are being promoted under a single slogan ” I feel UP” ?
Ans. 7Up and Nimbooz
Which
brand of whisky known for ‘making it large’ has signed on SRK as its brand
ambasador ?
Ans. Royal Stag
For tv
commercial of which brand has Dhanush sung and written a jingle for Sachin
Tendulkar ?
Ans. Boost
Which
insurance co appears to be opportunistic and show Yuvraj Singh talking about
his health often in the TVC ?
Ans. Birla Sun Life
Which co
insures 4 out of 5 films made out of Hollywood and also awards the most risky
film of the year award ?
Ans. Fireman’s fund
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Q 1.What
is the signifiance of the number 24902 in Richard Branson book Capitalism 249O2
?
Ans
Circumference of earth at equator is 24902 miles
Q2.
Yesterday was SUPERBOWL the ultimate TV event. How did it get its name?
Ans.
Lamar Hunt the organiser saw his girl play with Super Ball.
Q3. Why
there was a tie breaker conducted to sell Jadeja in the IPL V auctions ?
Ans. Bcoz
both teams reached the upper limit of purse money of 2mn $
Q4. Name
the indian city that has been declared as the first smoke free tourist city in
india.
Ans.
Ernakulam
Q5. What
is the new name of UTV Software – the media co ?
Ans. Walt
Disney India
Q6. Under
what name has Amazon started a online shopping service in india ?
Ans.
Junglee
Q7.
Connect Peter Thiel, Accel Partners, Digital sky, Microsoft to Facebook
Ans. All
early stage investors in FB who will benefit with its IPO
Q8. “We
don’t build services to make money. We make money to build better services.”
Who said it recently ?
Ans.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in his letter to prospective shareholders
Q9. The
govt of india has launched a new index called CRIS. What is CRIS ?
Ans.
Comparative index for sovereigns
Q 10. As
per GOI the per capita income in india crossed an important figure in 2010-11.
What is the figure ?
Ans. Rs
50000 p.a
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Q 1 At
57, she is still the leading lady. Who or what is being talked about ?
Ans. The Filmfare award trophy
Q 2 In
the 70 year history of The economist magazine, they are launching a separate
section for the first time for a country. Name the country.
Ans. China
Q 3 You
know wifi. Now a new tech has come to transmit data called Li-Fi. What is LiFi
?
Ans. Light fidelity, a new technology where variations in light is used
to transmit data. Casio has developed products using this.
Q 4 Which
country known as an export power house for many years will report a current acc
deficit ?
Ans.Japan
Q 5.
Which Canadian co recently decided to go from a CO CEO model to a single CEO
one ?
Ans. Research in motion or RIM
Q 6. Name
the Swedish retailer who has decided not to enter India because of the 30%
sourcing norm.
Ans. Ikea
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Q 1. To
whom did President Obama say “Happy to meet a world leader who has an ear
bigger than mine “?
Ans. Mickey Mouse
Q 2.
Which major data sharing site on the net has shut down after its founder was
arrested ?
Ans. MegaUpload
Q 3. What
is the contribution of John Brager’s Robot wisdom to social media ?
Ans. The word blog
Q 4. The
men’s hair cream brand Brylcreem changed hands in India recently. Who is the
new owner of this brand ?
Ans. HUL from Godrej Sara Lee
Q 5. How
is Oscar awards connected to the Kodak company ?
Ans. The award function is held at Kodak theatre in LA
Q 6. As
per Indian building by laws what is essential for those who seek permission to
build houses in plots above 120 sq.m ?
Ans. Plant a tree
Q 7.
Moheet Nagrath, an Indian from Hyderabad, heads Global HR of which MNC globally
?
Ans. Proctor and Gamble
Q 1What
signifiant change has been made in the duty structure for gold and silver in
india recently ?
Ans. From
a fixed amount to a % of price to take advantage of the rising prices
Q 2. Name
this Chief Yahoo of Yahoo who resigned from the board of the co he founded
yesterday.
Ans.
Jerry Yang
Q 3.
Today large parts of the net have a black out protesting against SOPA and PIPA.
Expand them.
Ans. Stop
Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act
Q4. How
do we better know UBISLATE 7+ from Datawind ?
Ans. The
AAKASH tablet
Q 5. Name
the two european countries that lost their AAA status given by S&P
yesterday.
Ans.
Austria and France
Q 6. What
surgery was done on 30yr old woman Timmie Jean Lindsay of Texas in 1962 for the
first time ? Today it is a full fledged industry
Ans.
Breast implant
Q 7. How
is the birth of the international finance industry and Renaissance intimately
connected ?
Ans. In
Florence where bankers commissioned art to assuage their guilt arising out of
moneylending
Q 8.
Which company invented the term ‘ civil servant’ ?
Ans.East
india company
Q9. Beer
is to __ as wine is to France. Name the country.
Ans.Belgium
Q 10.
Which group has signed an MOU with AP govt to set up a sports university on the
outskirts of Hyd ?
Ans. Yash
Birla Group
Q 10. In
which new car did Farooq Abdullah drive down to FM’s office ?
Ans. A
solar powered Reva
Q 11.
Which ivy league business school has appointed an indian Soumitra Dutta as
dean. ?
Ans. The
B-School at Cornell University
Q 12.
What is the minimum height for a building to be called a skyscraper ?
Ans. 240m
Q 13.
Which product was once called “an armour against pleasure and a cobweb against
infection” ?
Ans.
Condom
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Q 1Name
the legendary footballer who said “ Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary .
What matters is joy”. ?
Ans. Socrates, the Brazilian footballer who died last month
Q 2.Which
ad agency did ad veteran Bal Mundkur who passed away yesterday found ?
Ans.
Ulka, now called Draft FCB Ulka
Q3.As per
UN what is the replacement rate of fertility ?
Ans. 2.1
percent per annum
Q4. Which
is the worlds largest direct selling company ? Clue not Amway
Ans. Avon
q5. Which
is the world largest natural gas company ?
Ans.
Gazprom
Q 6. What
connects G N Bajpai SA Dave UKSinha DR Mehta ?
Ans. SEBI
chiefs
Q 7. In
Hindustani music muslims are called ustads Hindus are called Pandits. What are
PARSIS called ?
Ans.
Pandits
Q 8. The
govt has made hallmarking of gold jewellery a must in india. What is hallmarking
?
Ans.
Certificate from BIS about purity
Q 9.About
what has Ratan Tata said that it is not a flop but it was a lost opportunity ?
Ans. Tata
Nano
Q
10.Today is AR Rahman’s bday. For which bank ad does his mother Kareema Begum
under the tag line ‘your dreams are not your dreams alone’ ?
Ans.
Union Bank of India
Q 11.
Name this heritage brand of cod liver oil from Merck.
Ans.
Seven seas
Q 12.
What are the two new ways of raising money by company promoters approved by
SEBI recently ?
Ans.
Institutional Placement Programme and Block sale by promoters through stock
exchanges
Q 13.
Name the four wheeler,not a car, launched by Bajaj ?
Ans.
Bajaj RE 60
Q 1. If
Ericsson is the technology leader in mobile phone networks who is considered
the cost leader ?
Ans. Huawei
Q2. Name
this indian start up led by Naveen Tiwari that is emerging as a strong
competitor to Google in mobile advertising.
Ans. InMobi
Q3. Who
are the partners of the finance e learning academy started by Mukesh Ambani ?
Ans. PWC and HBS
Q4. On
retirement of the metro man E Sreedharan who has taken over as the new DMRC
chief ?
Ans.
Mangu Singh
Q5.
Fittingly in a year bad for business and markets which newspaper has chosen
NOBODY as the businessman of the year ?
Ans.
Financial Chronicle
Q6. Which
PE firm was the Republican nominee Mitt Romney a joint founder of ?
Ans.Bain
Capital
Q7. Name
this pioneering computer scientist who wrote a book called Mirror Worlds in
1991 where he foresaw the modern internet.
Ans.
David Gelernter
Q8. What
is RHEOLOGY a study of ?
Ans. Flow
of materials
Q9. Name
this innovator who created GMAIL, Adsense and gave the mantra ‘Dont be evil ‘
as the 23rd employee of Google.
Ans. Paul
Burchheit
Q10. What
simple invention by Marc Koska has prevented an estimated 10m infections and 5m
lives ?
Ans. Auto
disposable syringe
Q11.Which
govt authority has a NFO for a tax free bond that is currently on and is
attracting lot of investments ?
Ans. NHAI
and PFC
Q12. How
are Deepti Salgaonkar and Neena Kothari linked to the Ambani family ?”
Ans.
Sisters of Mukesh and Anil
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Q1. What
new SUV has been launched with Big B endorsing it ? Hope it is not another
Versa !
Ans. Force One
Q2. Which
FMCG co will soon have Prabha Parameswaran as MD ?
Ans. Colgate Palmolive India Ltd
Q3. Which
big group is rumoured to take over the media group Network 18?
Ans. Reliance
Q4. Which
is the only item sourced by Rolls Royce from india ?
Ans. Malabar wood
Q5. Which
car group is likely to replace Toyota as the largest car mfr in the world ?”
Ans.
Volkswagen
Q6. What
is the interest rate in EPF being proposed for 2011 12 ?
Ans. 8.25
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Q1 Which
co has decided to withdraw its logo from London Olympics after protests from
many incl india ?
Ans. Dow chemicals
Q2 Which two brands have eaten into the market share of Britannia in biscuits recently ?
Ans. Oreo and Sunfeast
Q3. Connect Lee Iacocca Steve Jobs and now the RIM Co CEOs ?
Ans. All took 1 $ salary as CEOs of loss-making cos
Q4. Who has authored the marketing book CULT which even Steve Jobs would have loved ? Alas Jobs is not alive to refute it!
Ans. Arindam Chaudhuri
Q5. Name this nearly 300 year old brand that is the first name in Cognac
Ans. Remy Martin
Q6. Which hot internet gaming company had a lukewarm IPO recently ?
Ans. Zynga of Farmville fame
Q7. Using what example has Rahul Gandhi tried to explain the benefits of FDI in retail to the farmers in UP ?
Ans. Converting potato into Potato chips is remunerative
Q8. Who is the new Union Civil Aviation minister ?
Ans. Ajit Singh
Q9. Which car co owns the web-site www.thinkblue.co.in ?
Ans. Volkswagen
Q10. As per the New Companies Act how many persons are required minimum to start a company ?
Ans. One
Q11. Which star channel is closing down and being relaunched as LIFE OK ?
Ans Star One
Q12. What is unique about RANG DE
Ans. A onlne microlending co that collects voluntary contributions from many to lend
Ans. Dow chemicals
Q2 Which two brands have eaten into the market share of Britannia in biscuits recently ?
Ans. Oreo and Sunfeast
Q3. Connect Lee Iacocca Steve Jobs and now the RIM Co CEOs ?
Ans. All took 1 $ salary as CEOs of loss-making cos
Q4. Who has authored the marketing book CULT which even Steve Jobs would have loved ? Alas Jobs is not alive to refute it!
Ans. Arindam Chaudhuri
Q5. Name this nearly 300 year old brand that is the first name in Cognac
Ans. Remy Martin
Q6. Which hot internet gaming company had a lukewarm IPO recently ?
Ans. Zynga of Farmville fame
Q7. Using what example has Rahul Gandhi tried to explain the benefits of FDI in retail to the farmers in UP ?
Ans. Converting potato into Potato chips is remunerative
Q8. Who is the new Union Civil Aviation minister ?
Ans. Ajit Singh
Q9. Which car co owns the web-site www.thinkblue.co.in ?
Ans. Volkswagen
Q10. As per the New Companies Act how many persons are required minimum to start a company ?
Ans. One
Q11. Which star channel is closing down and being relaunched as LIFE OK ?
Ans Star One
Q12. What is unique about RANG DE
Ans. A onlne microlending co that collects voluntary contributions from many to lend
Q13.
Which popular tool was created by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin in the ’80s
and later acquired by MS for 14m $. It was also the first to receive VC funding
from Apple ?
Ans.Powerpoint
Q14. Expand HDMI ?
Ans.High Definition Multi-media interface
Q15. Richard Branson has described his unrelated businesses as based on a growth philosophy of ABCD. What is ABCD ?
Ans.Always Be Connected Dots
Ans.Powerpoint
Q14. Expand HDMI ?
Ans.High Definition Multi-media interface
Q15. Richard Branson has described his unrelated businesses as based on a growth philosophy of ABCD. What is ABCD ?
Ans.Always Be Connected Dots
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Q 1. For
which publication did late Mario Miranda create such endearing characters like
Miss Nimboopani, Miss Fonseca, Moonswami etc?
Ans. Illustrated weekly of India
Q2. Tvc
of which brand uses a very old S D Burman song on Maa ?
Ans.Fortune oil from Adani
Q3. In
the 70s Rekha appeared in the ad for which soft drink ?
Ans. Gold spot. 
Q4. Fill
in the blank. Pranabda said the economy is difficult, but we dont have to eat
__.
Ans. Lizards
Q5. What
are EMOJIs ?
Ans. These are graphic symbols in smart phones to express emotions. Next
generation emoticons.
Q6. After
seeing a decline in the Oct IIP numbers which agency may lose its contract to
compute IIP ?
Ans. Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy ( CMIE )
Q7. Why
have the automobile cos purchased large quantity of platinum ?
Ans. Catalytic converters
Q1. How
did the Dev Anand production house Navketan get its name ?
Ans. Named after Chetan Anand’s son Ketan
Q2. Which
indian businessman has just released his auto biography titled WHATEVER THE
ODDS ?
Ans. KP Singh of DLF
Q3 .Which
co was called as ‘the No.1 wholesale seller of plumbing supplies’ by NYT
mockingly?
Ans. Microsoft
Q4. Which
is the first indian brand of jewellery to be sold at Harrod’s London
Ans. Amrapali’s
Q5. In a
case filed by SAS a European court has ruled that a programming language cannot
be copyrighted. Why ?
Ans. Programming language has been compared to a language
Q6.
Recently a car Honda Brio loved you back. Now a snack loves you back. Name the
brand.
Ans. Britannia Nutrichoice snacks
Q7. KHALO
EVERY , KHALO EVERY, KHALO EVERYDAY set to KOLAVERI rhythm is an ad from which
brand ?
Ans. Amul butter
Q8.
Connect Equis, AMBA, AASCB …
Ans. All are B-School certifications for Europe, UK and US respectively
Q9. Who
has Amul sued for copyright issues for use of A+ ?
Ans. Nestle
Q1. The
campus placements in IIMs have been likened to what by Tata HR Chief Satish
Pradhan ?
Ans. Cattle at Pushkar fair
Q2.
Connect Bandit, intruder, Hayabuza..
Ans.Suzuki motorcycles
Q3. Name
this luxury car model which Daimler has decided to withdraw from india ?
Ans.
Maybach
. Q4Cyrus
Mistry is the first Non-Indian national to head the Tatas. What passport does
he have ?.
Ans. Irish
Q5. Name
this detergent brand that created waves in the ’80s as competitor to Surf and
is now being withdrawn.
Ans. Nirma
Q6. What
is the day after Thanksgiving day called in the US ? Why is this day important
for retail industry ?
Ans. Black Friday. Discount season
Q7.
Verghese Kurien, the milkman of India celebrates his 90th birthday today. An
easy question. How did AMUL get its name ?
Ans. Anand Milk Union Ltd
Q8. Under
what brand has tanishq launched a range of low-priced jewllery for working
women ?
Ans. Mia
Q9. Which
co has launched the music of 3 that has the “Why this KOLAVERI di” tamil song
that has gone viral ?
Ans. Sony Music
Q10. In
Money market lingo, what is TED spread ?
Ans. The gap between LIBOR & US 3m treasury bill
Q11. Who
has been named as the successor to Ratan Tata ?
Ans. Cyrus Mistry
Q12. Why
is a 1967 study by psychologist Stanley Milgram relevant for today’s social
networking world ?
Ans. The concept of 6 degrees of freedom that separates any two humans
Q13, Name
the man behind JaxtrSMS the free SMS service ?
Ans.Sabeer Bhatia
Q14.
Which smartphone operating system is also known as ‘ice cream sandwich’ ?
Ans. Android 4.0
Q15.
Theodore Forstmann who died recently coined the phrase ” Barbarians at the
gate”. Who did he refer to as barbarians ?
Ans. The guys who do Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs)
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