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3. Q 1
What is the original name of !
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers?

4. Q 2
Who was the first Finance Minister !
of Independent India?

5. Q 3
Identify the currency.

6. Q 4
Who is the first executive in corporate
India to get Director Identification Number
(DIN), the number being 0001?

7. Q 5*
"Rule No.1: Never lose money. !
Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.”!
!
Who said this famous statement?

8. Q 6
Situated at Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh,!
it is the only company to produce this product.
Identify the product.

9. Q 7
Identify the deity.

10. Q 8
Whose signature does the !
one-rupee note bear?!
!
Finance Minister!
Governor of RBI!
Finance Secretary!

11. Q 9
Identify the person.

12. Q 10*
This bank established in 1943 in Kolkata, is one
of the oldest and major commercial banks of
India. Ghanshyam Das Birla, during the Quit
India Movement of 1942, had conceived the idea
of organising a commercial bank with Indian
capital and management. Which bank are we
talking about?

13. Q 11
Whose picture has been !
on Israeli currency note?

14. Q 12
Who is an ‘open-collar worker’?

15. Q 13
Which english word originally meanings!
Companion, who eats bread with you.

16. Q 14

17. Q 15*
Which term is used in economics to describe a
situation where the inflation rate is high, the
economic growth rate slows down, and
unemployment remains steadily high.

18. Q 16
Which country advocates !
‘Gross National Happiness is more!
important than Gross National Product.’

19. Q 17
Identify the logo.

20. Q 18
In a country’s economy under what account
would you find record of all monetary
transactions between a country and the rest of
the world. These transactions include payments
for the country's exports and imports of,
services, financial capital, and financial
transfers?

21. Q 19
The original choice was the sketch of the
Lion and Palm Tree. However it was
decided to replace the lion with the tiger,
the national animal of India.!
What are we talking about?

22. Q 20*
Identify the currency.

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25. Q 1
What is the original name of !
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers?

26. Bombay Stock Exchange Towers

27. Q 2
Who was the first Finance Minister !
of Independent India?

28. R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

29. Q 3
Identify the currency.

30. Bitcoin

31. Q 4
Who is the first executive in corporate
India to get Director Identification Number
(DIN), the number being 0001?

32. Ratan Tata

33. Q 5*
"Rule No.1: Never lose money. !
Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.”!
!
Who said this famous statement?

34. Warren Buffett

35. Q 6
Situated at Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh,!
it is the only company to produce this product.
Identify the product.

36. Banknotes and coins

37. Q 7
Identify the deity.

38. Lord Kubera

39. Q 8
Whose signature does the !
one-rupee note bear?!
!
Finance Minister!
Governor of RBI!
Finance Secretary!

40. Finance Secretary

41. Q 9
Identify the person.

42. Harshad Mehta

43. Q 10*
This bank established in 1943 in Kolkata, is one
of the oldest and major commercial banks of
India. Ghanshyam Das Birla, during the Quit
India Movement of 1942, had conceived the idea
of organising a commercial bank with Indian
capital and management. Which bank are we
talking about?

44. UCO Bank

45. Q 11
Whose picture has been !
on Israeli currency note?

46. Albert Einstein

47. Q 12
Who is an ‘open-collar worker’?

48. Person who work from home

49. Q 13
Which english word originally meanings!
Companion, who eats bread with you.

50. Company

51. Q 14

52. OPEC countries

53. Q 15*
Which term is used in economics to describe a
situation where the inflation rate is high, the
economic growth rate slows down, and
unemployment remains steadily high.

54. Stagflation

55. Q 16
Which country advocates !
‘Gross National Happiness is more!
important than Gross National Product.’

56. Bhutan

57. Q 17
Identify the logo.

58. Bharatiya Mahila Bank

59. Q 18
In a country’s economy under what account
would you find record of all monetary
transactions between a country and the rest of
the world. These transactions include payments
for the country's exports and imports of,
services, financial capital, and financial
transfers?

60. Balance of Payment

61. Q 19
The original choice was the sketch of the
Lion and Palm Tree. However it was
decided to replace the lion with the tiger,
the national animal of India.!
What are we talking about?

62. RBI seal

63. Q 20*
Identify the currency.

64. Euro

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67. Q
In 1534, during the Portuguese rule, this
place, which is an archipelago of seven
islands, was leased to Mestre Diogo for an
annual rent of about Rs. 537, payable at the
royal treasury in Bassein.!
What place for we talking about?

69. Bombay

70. Q
Construction of this monument started in 1785
and one of Asaf-ud-Daula's objectives in
embarking on this project was to provide
employment for people in the region for almost
a decade while the famine lasted. !
It is said that ordinary people used to work in
the day building up the edifice, while noblemen
and other elite worked at night to break down
anything that was raised that day.

72. Bara Imambara

73. Q
This bank was established by Shri. Attavar
Balakrishna Shetty at Bunts Hostel in
Mangalore in 1931. The objective was to
promote banking habits, thrift and
entrepreneurship among the farming
community of Dakshina Kannada district
in Karnataka State.!
Which bank are we talking about?

75. Vijaya Bank

76. Q
The Babylonians developed a system which was
practiced by early Mediterranean sailing
merchants. If a merchant received a loan to fund
his shipment, he would pay the lender an
additional sum in exchange for the lender's
guarantee to cancel the loan should the
shipment be stolen. Which prominent practice of
today traces its roots to the above story?

78. Insurance

79. Q
An Inquiry into the !
Nature and Causes of the!
____ ____ _____!
!
Fill in the blanks.

81. Wealth of Nations

82. Q
In the early 18th Century, Lahore was famous for
its weekend markets. Which term gets its name
from the tradition that the first sale on every
market day was made to a dwarf?

84. Bouni

85. Q
5090160983!
5090160984!
What are these?

87. Anil and Mukesh Ambani Swiss
bank accounts

88. Q
Joseph Stalin implemented the first of its kind
in the Soviet Union in the late 1920s. Most
communist states and several capitalist countries
subsequently have adopted them. China and
India both continue to use this, although China
renamed as guideline. !
What are we talking about?

90. Five Year Plan

91. Q
It was made with an estimated expenditure of
Rs.1-1.5 crore. Shapoorji Mistry, grandson of
producer Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry, gave a
fitting tribute to complete his grandfather's
unfinished dream of colorizing it entirely.!
What are we talking about?

93. Mughal-e-Azam

94. Q
In 2005, Forbes put a list of 15 richest fictional
characters. Santa Claus was given number one
ranking with his wealth as ‘infinite’. Why was
he dropped from the list in subsequent years?

96. Claus is 'real.'

97. Q
This day sometime in late October 1929 was the
most devastating stock market crash in the
history of the United States. The event on this
day marked the beginning of a 10 year long
Great Depression. !
What is that day known as?

99. Black Tuesday

100. Q
What is Golden Handcuff?

102. Golden handcuffs are a system of financial
incentives designed to keep an employee from
leaving the company.

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125. East India Company

126. Q

128. Saradha Group financial scandal

129. Q
"the Conscience and the!
Mother Teresa of Economics"

131. Amartya Sen

132. Q

134. White revolution

135. Q

137. FICCI

138. Q

140. ICICI Bank

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