TVS and Sons will set up a car showroom with no physical cars on display, only digital. The principle of net neutrality is that no differential charges should apply for various internet uses. Manyavar is an ethnic wear brand owned by Kolkata-based Vedant Fashions. Virat Kohli is associated with the fashion label WROGN. Python, the popular programming language, gets its name from Monty Python as its creator was fond of the TV show. Nomenclature for Indian locomotives includes letters and numbers indicating gauge, motive power, use and horsepower.

1. Q 1. Which well known car dealer in the South is going to set up a car showroom which will
have no cars on display, it will be only digital ?
Ans. TVS and Sons
Q2. What is the principle of Net Neutrality, being talked about widely after Airtel’s
announcement ?
Ans. No differential charges for various Internet uses.
Q3. Which ethnic wear brand is owned by the Kolkata based Vedant fashions ?
Ans. Manyavar
Q4. With which cricketer would you associate the fashion label WROGN ?
Ans. Virat Kohli
Q5. How did the popular programming language Python get its name ?
Ans. The creator of the language Guido van Rossum was fond of the Monty Python TV series, so he
chose the name Python.
Q6. If an Indian Locomotive model has WDM 3 written on it ,what do these letters and number
indicate ?
Ans. W-broad gauge D-diesel motive power M-suitable for goods&services 3-3000hp. First alphabet
for gauge, Second for Motive Power, Third for Use and Numeral for Horespower is the nomenclature
for Indian locos.
Q7. PM Modi has a new management slogan..Avoid ABCD and adopt ROAD…what do the
acronyms ABCD and ROAD mean ?
Ans. Avoid Bypass Confuse Delay ( ABCD) & Responsibility Ownership Accountability Discipline (
ROAD)
Q8. What can this machine make ?
Ans. 3D printing of pizza and burger

2. Q9. Identify the advertiser and also who owns the co.. ?
Ans. Margadarshi Chits , Ramoji Group of Ramoji Rao
Q 10. Identify this Economist who made waves in 2014 with his book.
Ans. Thomas Pikety, Capital in the 21st century
Q 1. What fuel is being substituted for coal by cement plants in order to reduce fuel costs ?
Ans. Petroleum coke
Q 2. Which Indian co launched a motorbike Continental GT535 first in Uk in Sept 2013 and
later in India ?
Ans. Eicher Motors through its Royal Enfield division
Q3. According to Jeff Bezos, there are 3 big ideas in retail business 1. Low prices 2. Vast
selection..What is the third ?
Ans. Fast delivery
Q4. What is the function of the device ” Target Blue Eye” , now introduced in UK ?
Ans. Real time warning for approaching emergency vehicles, including police, which may be abused.

3. Q5. Who owns the luxury brands Brequet, Blancpain, Omega , Harry Winston etc ?
Ans. Swatch
Q 6. As per Google who was the most searched person in India in 2014 ?
Ans. Sunny Leone
Q 1. Which BRICS country has increased the interest rate from 10.5 % to 17 % in order to
protect its currency ?
Ans. Russia
Q 2. Which tea is undercutting Darjeeling tea and posing a threat to Darjeeling tea ?
Ans. Nepal Tea
Q3. What is the theme for the 2015 Govt of India calendar published by the I & B Ministry ?
Ans. Clean Green India
Q4. What are the three themes around which Harish Bhat will head a cluster of 14 Tata Group
cos focussing on Indian consumer ?
Ans. 1. Health and Wellness
2. The aspirational consumer
3. The Digital ecosystem
Q5. Cable and Loonies are nicknames for which currencies ? ( Source : BS Quiz)
Ans. Great Britain Pound and Canadian Creflo A. Dollar
Q5. Started in 2008, it has 3.4 million users and 16.7 million repositories, making it the largest
code repository in the world. Name it.
Ans. GitHub
Q6. As per Brand Finance, which is the most powerful brand in the world ?
Ans. Ferrari
Q7. Carl’s Jr, a brand endorsed by the likes of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Padma
Lakshmi. It will soon enter India. What is its business ?
Ans. Burgers
Q8. Name this regional brand from Gujarat which has 90%of the state’s wafers market and
was even wooed by Pepsi and Kellogg’s but refused.
Ans. Balaji Wafers

4. Q9. Who has replaced SRK as the richest Indian celebrity in the Forbes list for 2014 ?
Ans. Salman Khan
Q 10. Why is this ship Barracuda built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers an
important achievement for India ?
Ans. The first war ship exported by India
Q1. Which car will James Bond be driving in the upcoming Bond film Spectre ?
Ans. Alfa Romeo
Q2. Why did Real Madrid decide to remove the Cross from its logo recently ?
Ans. Because of tie-up with National bank of Abu Dhabi
Q3. Who markets and owns the old antiseptic brand for burns Burnol in India ?
Ans. Morepen Laboratories
Q4. From where did India launch its Communications satellite GSAT-16 ?
Ans. French Guiana
Q5. Himalaya created a Guinness record recently. What was the record ?

5. Ans. Mass facials simultaneously at Narsee Munjee College, Mumbai
Q6. Which video broke the YouTube counter that it had to upgrade from a 32-bit counter to a
64-bit counter ?
Ans. Gangnam style by PSY when it crossed over 2 billion hits
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Weekly Business Quiz # 261
Q 1. Which foreign multiplex chain has acquired Essel group’c chain Fun cinemas ?
Ans. Cinepolis
Q 2. Which global co has simple tag line “The Chemical Company” ?
Ans. BASF
Q 3. Which state’s supreme court sets the tone of American corporate law, as many cos. are
registered in that state ?
Ans. Delaware

6. Q 4. On which river is the world’s highest railway bridge being built in India ?
Ans. Chenab
Q5. Which international tyre major has invented a puncture proof, airless tyre called TWEEL,
a combo of tyre + wheel ?
Ans. Michelin
Q 6. Donald Stookey, a glass chemist, had an accidental discovery that became a commercial
success. He left a piece of Fotoform glass in too hot a furnace. He found it had turned milky
and bounced off the floor. The glass had so intensely crystallised that it dropped with a clang
like steel. This product became so popular that by the 1980s, every household in America had
six pieces of it. Name the company and the product.
Ans. Corning and Corningware
Q 6. Honda has launched a high-end bike in India. Name the model and its price approx.
Ans. Goldwing Rs 28.5 lakh approx.
Q7. With which NGO is Turtle running a campaign asking customers to drop their clothes ?

7. Ans. Goonj
Q8. In which business is this company and why it is in news ?
Ans. Aussie cricketer Phil Hughes’s death..Masuri is the name of the helmet mfr.
Q 9. The company was founded by Nick Woodman in 2002. Woodman started the company
following a 2002 surf trip to Australia in which he was hoping to capture quality action photos
of his surfing but could not because amateur photographers could not get close enough or
obtain quality equipment at accessible prices.His desire for a camera system that could
capture the professional angles inspired the _________ name.
Fill in the blank.
Ans. GoPro
Q 1. What innovative distribution is being used by Britannia to launch its premium cookies
Good Day Chunkies, Rs 50 for 6 cookies ?

8. Ans. e- Launch in Amazon
Q 2. What is common to the E-commerce firms Snapdeal, Bluestone and Urban ladder ?
Ans. Investment by Ratan Tata
Q3. Which grocery retail chain now sold to Future Group was the first Indian store to have a
Point of Sale terminal in India ?
Ans. Nilgiris
Q 4. Which two pizza chains will merge to form India’s third largest pizza chain after
Domino’s and Pizza Hut ?
Ans. Papa John’s is acquiring Pizza Corner
Q5. Which new history and mythology channel has started with the tagline ‘Kahaniyan
Hindustan Ki ‘ ?
Ans. EPIC
Q6. How did the electrical appliances company Havells get its name ?
Ans. From the original founder’s name Haveli Ram
Q7. Identify the logo.
Ans. Ruby on Rails- a programming language
Q8. She is the first woman MD of LIC. Name her.

9. Ans. Usha Sangwan
Q 9. What does the Google Bus do in Bangladesh ?
Ans. Educating students about Internet
Q1. Who is China’s largest carmaker ?
Ans. SAIC
Q2. What is ‘surge-pricing’ , often used by airlines and taxi companies ?
Ans. Charging higher during peak demand periods
Q3. Which is the No. 1 area of spending CSR by Indian companies ?
Ans. education
Q4. Why are NASSCOM and 11 BPO firms running a camapign by visting colleges ?
Ans. BPO jobs are unpopular as call center jobs..NASSCOM wants to make students aware of
different job opportunities in BPOs
Q5. The railway minister Suresh Prabhu has announced an incentive to the project team for
timely completion of projects. What is the incentive ?

10. Ans. 2 % of the project cost
Q6. According to a recent GfK brand perception study on nations what are the top 3 country
brands ?
Ans. 1. Germany 2. USA 3. UK
Q7. Amazon is launching an enterprise level database to compete with the likes of Oracle.
What is its name ?
Ans. Aurora
Q8. A condom brand has joined the Swachch Bharat mission by giving disposal pouches. It
advertises as ” Just Sex. No Mess”. Name the brand.
Ans. Skore
Q9. Why has Alibaba copyrighted the “Double 11” keyword ?
Ans. Singles Day in China is a very important day in the shopping calendar
Q 1. According to the.recently released numbers which is the most profitable IPL franchise ?
Ans. Jaipur IPL Pvt Ltd owners of Rajasthan Royals
Q2. This co is a big advertiser on TV for its brands. For the 1st time it will run a TV campaign
for its corporate brand in 5 countries. Name it
Ans. Unilever
Q3. Jet Airways surprisingly reported a profit because of an exceptional item, a one time sale
of its Jet Privilege program. At what value ?
Ans. Rs 305 crore
Q4. YS Chowdary is likely to be inducted in Modi’s cabinet as a TDP nominee. Which
business group was founded by him ?
Ans. Sujana
Q5. Name the famous economist fathers of Nandana and Diksha whose movies released
recently.
Ans. Amartya Sen and Kaushik Basu respectively
Q6. According to Mark Zuckerberg, why does he wear the same Grey T-shirt almost every day
?

11. Ans. He has multiple same shirts. Zuckerberg said that even making small decisions, such as what
to wear each day, or what to have for breakfast, are taxing on the mind and he would rather not
waste energy on such trivialities.
Q7. When he was the GE supremo, Jack Welch identified his talent pipeline by individually
meeting with potential successors and asking them – if we were in a plane and crashed, who
do you think should lead the company?
What is this kind of a succession plan called ?
Ans. Drop-dead succession plan
Q8. Identify this media woman…who has a very powerful surname.
Ans. Arianna Huffington of Huffington Post
Q9. Identify this logo. Give the complete name of the company.

12. Ans. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
Q 10. Identify this building that has come up outside Mumbai.
Ans. Aditya Birla Science and Technology Centre
Q 1. In which state is NHPC setting up a 3000 MW Hydel plant, India’s largest ?
Ans. Dibang Project in Arunachal Pradesh
Q 2. Which international business publication is up for sale and Mukesh Ambani is believed
to be one of the bidders ?
Ans. Financial Times
Q 3. In 1970s, Parle had Gluco biscuits, Britannia was selling a competing brand promoted as
a biscuit for growing children. Nameit.Clue:pharma
Ans. Britannia Glaxo biscuits that later became Milk Bikis
Q 4. In 1975, which brand was positioned as the ‘Fifth Source of Energy” ? This ad was
created in Kolkata and taken international.
Ans. Exide batteries
Q 5. Satyajit Ray used to work in the 1940s at DJ Keymar an ad agency in Calcutta. How do
we know the agency today ?

13. Ans. Ogilvy and Mather or O & M
Q 6. Xiaomi was ranked #3 in terms of smart phone sales in Q3 2014. But this position has
been short lived. Who is the new #3 ? How ?
Ans. Lenovo by virtue of acquiring Moto
Q 7.”GREAT NEWS – The WHOPPER IS COMING SOON TO INDIA!”
Name the chain that made this announcement.
Ans. Burger King
Q8. Which company from India is the global reseller of the dot ooo suffix pronounced dot
triple O for domain names expected to become popular for mobile sites ?
Ans. Infibeam
Q 9. An online customer of E-Commerce website X ordered a product Y. Instead of Y he was
sent Z. The manufacturer of Z wrote this letter to the customer and gifted him Y as a goodwill
gesture.
The pictures you posted online show that our brand was used in this incident. Z is one of our
iconic brands with some great consumer franchise. We felt bad about it, not to mention what
you went through. Here is a small gesture from our side to cheer you up.”
This is indeed one of the sweetest gestures by an Indian company.
Identify X,Y and Z.
Ans. X- Snapdeal Y- Samsung Duos, Z- Vim dishwash bar
Q 10. Identify the CEO and the company.
Ans. Rakesh Sarna of Indian Hotels (Taj Group)
Q 11. Identify the model. This appeared in hoardings in Nagpur, where he modelled for
Ambika Men’s store a garment retailer.

14. Ans. Devendra Fadnavis , Maharashtra CM
Q 1. In the recently released Tamil film Kaththi , Neil Nitin Mukesh plays a corporate bigwig.
What is the issue between corporates and villagers
Ans. Ground water ..Neil Nitin Mukesh is a cola company executive trying to set up a bottling plant
Q 2. Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Sir H.N.Reliance Foundation and Research Centre in
Mumbai today. What does H.N stand for ?
Ans. Harkishandas Narottamdas
Q 3. In which business is Chipotle and Qdoba serious competitors ?
Ans. Mexican food particularly burritos
Q 4. Philips has launched a new phone Xenium. What is the target market for this phone ?
Ans. Senior Citizens
Q 5. Identify the person shaking hands with PM Modi.

15. Ans. Masayoshi Son of Softbank, Japan
Q1. Which Indian company has created a ‘shadow board’ made up of executives below 35
years of age who discuss the same issues as the co. board
Ans. Mahindra and Mahindra
Q2. Which ecommerce site has signed Shah Rukh Khan as its brand ambassador ?
Ans. Yepme
Q 3. What is the unique feature of Skype Qik a recently launched app ?
Ans. Self destructing video messaging
Q 4. As per a recent Credit Suisse report what %of global middle class with wealth of 10K –
100 k $ are in India ?
Ans. 3 %
Q 5. Name this Delhi based business tycoon who started hockey, football and later first
Indian Open professional golf tournament long back
Ans. DCM Chief Bharat Ram
Q 6. After the success of biopics on Milkha and Mary Kom, Yellow Lemon wants to make
feature films on business leaders . Which 3 have they chosen ?
Ans. Narayana Murthy, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Sachin Bansal
Q 7. Who has been awarded as the EuroMoney Central Bank Governor of the year 2014 ?
Ans. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
Q 8. Why is settlement risk in foreign currency settlements in banks also known as Herstatt
risk ?
Ans. A German bank named Herstatt defaulted which led to the chain of defaults……systematic risk

16. Q 9. In 1924, the manufacturers of incandescent light bulbs formed a cartel called Phoebus
cartel. What did the cartel decide on ?
Ans. The cartel was a convenient way to lower costs and worked to standardise the life expectancy
of light bulbs at 1000 hours, while at the same time raising prices without fear of competition.
Members’ bulbs were regularly tested and fines were levied for bulbs that lasted more than 1000
hours.
Q 10. IndiGo has placed a large order for AirBus 320 Neo planes making it the biggest. how
many planes ?
Ans. 250
Q 11. Apple and Facebook have agreed to pay for an employee friendly benefit for female
employees. What is the benefit ?
Ans. Company will pay for Freezing their eggs upto 20000 $
Q 12. European motorcycles have a AHO feature which is soon going to be made mandatory
among Indian bikes too. What is AHO ?
Ans. Automatic headlights On
Q 13 Not one album has gone platinum in 2014. Sales of how many copies of an album makes
it go ‘platinum’ ?
Ans. 1 Million
Q 14. It is widely known that after the invention of printing press by Gutenberg bible was the
first. What was printed second ?
Ans. Cicero’s D”Officie
Q15. Which Japanese company has made the first commercial jet to come out of Japan in the
last 50 years ?
Ans. Mitsubishi
Q 16. What are the Diwali gifts given by Surat Jewellery firm Hari Krishna Exports to its
employees ?
Ans. Cars, jewellery or flats
Q 17. At a time when football is seeing a revival with Indian Super League, which well known
Kolkata club is closing down because of bankruptcy ?
Ans. Mohammedan Sporting Club

17. Q 18. IBM is selling its chip making unit to Global Foundries. Who is paying whom and how
much ?
Ans. IBM will pay 1.5 Bn $ to Global Foundries to take over the loss making unit
Q 19. The first person to affix magnetic media to a plastic card for data storage was IBM
engineer ______ . This was back in the early 1960s. The story goes that he wanted to combine
a strip of magnetized tape with a plastic identity card for officials of the CIA, and he couldn’t
figure out how to do it. When he mentioned his problem to his wife, who happened to be
ironing clothing at the time, she suggested that he use the iron to essentially melt the strip
on. And that’s what he did. IBM became a pioneer in magnetic stripe technology. Name the
IBM engineer who is credited with the magnetic stripe card invention used so widely in debit
cards, credit cards and identity cards.
Ans. Forrest Parry
Q 20. The ________ was pioneered in the 19th century and became popular in continental
Europe. It took off in Britain and America in the 1930s, when publishers such as Penguin and
New American Library began mass-producing cheap but well-designed reproductions of
older texts, aimed at a new generation of readers who could not afford hardbacks.
Ans. Paperback
Q 21. Which hotel chain owns these brands ?
Ans. Staywell Hospitality Group ( Australia)
Q 22. Identify these friends who are founders of a well known cosmetics co.

18. Ans. RS Agarwal and RS Goenka of Emami Ltd.
Q 1. Which country’s Prime Minister has blamed Apple for killing it’s entire economy ?
Ans. Finland
Q 2. French Economist Jean Tirole has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics this
year. What is his major contribution ?
Ans. Market power and regulations
Q3. For what products is Etsy becoming a successful e-marketplace ?
Ans. Hand made products
Q4. What innovation was initially called as ‘Bull’s Eye’ because it was a series of concentric
circles ?
Ans. Bar code
Q5. Which brand of packet tea is owned by Gujarat Tea Processors and Packets Ltd ?
Ans. Wagh Bakri
Q6. Who is the author of the book ‘ Supermarketwala’ ?
Ans. Damodar Mall of Future Gp.
Q7. In US what is the RICO Act ? Expand RICO
Ans. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act
Q8. Reliance has launched a constituion to define policies and processes inside the co for its
employees. What is it called ?
Ans.Reliance Management Services
Q9. Name the only country in the world where the law prevents airlines from charging for
excess baggage .
Ans. Brazil

19. Q 10. What comment by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has annoyed a lot of women in the tech
industry ?
Ans. Don’t ask for raises, trust karma .
Q 11. Under what brandname has Google launched its smartwatch ?
Ans. Moto 360
Q 12. Which car is available on rent on self driving basis @ 399 per day from Carzonrent in
Delhi ?
Ans. Tata Nano
Q 13. Which iconic advertising campaign in India was inspired by ‘Heartbeat of America’
campaign by Chevrolet in 1980s ?
Ans. Hamara Bajaj campaign by Bajaj Auto
Q 14. While Modi is talking about ‘Make in India’ which international major is closing down its
cellphone mfg facility in Chennai by October 31st?
Ans. Nokia
Q 15. After a long time Physics Nobel prize has been awarded to scientists who worked in
private labs. In which companies’ private labs were Dr Nakamura and Professor Akasaki
employed when they developed the blue LED ?
Ans.Dr Nakamura worked for Nichia Chemicals and Prof Akasaki with Matsushita ( now Panasonic)
when the research was done
Q 16. He is a Baba, a Baba of the Marketing kind. Identify him.
Ans. Baba Shiv of Stanford Business School
Q 17. He is the most valuable sports brand as per the recent Forbes Fab 40 list. He endorses
Nike, McDonalds, Coca Cola and a few others. identify him.

20. Ans. LeBron James of Miami Heats
Q 18. Identify these twins and the companies for which they have been named directors.
Ans.Akash and Isha Ambani ..Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio boards respectively
Q 19. This is a visual from the video for a luxury watch brand that has gone viral. Name the
brand and the tagline.
Ans. Cartier – Shape Your Time
Q 20. Who established Rugmark (now known as Goodweave) as the first voluntary labelling,
monitoring and certification system of rugs manufactured without the use of child-labour in
South Asia ?

21. Ans. Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Laureate
Q 21. What is innovative in the design of Samsonite Marshmallow luggage ?
Ans. It is egonomically designed to sit comfortably while waiting
Q 22. Which co has launched this drink in US and why the name Caleb ?
Ans. Pepsi,The drink is the invention of Caleb Bradham, Named after its inventor.
Q 1. In Amazon for what is the ‘2 pizza rule’ applicable ?
Ans. Never have a meeting where two pizzas can’t feed the entire group.
Q 2. Strides Arcolabs is merging with a Chennai based pharma company. Name it.
Ans. Shasun pharmaceuticals

22. Q3. Through which medium does the PM Modi propose to engage in a chat with the citizens
once every fortnight starting from October 3 ?
Ans. All India Radio
Q 4. Which brand is promoting ‘handfies’, a selfie of one’s clean hand, through its website
givelifeahand dot com ?
Ans, Dettol
Q5. What feature of Citizen Eco Drive Satellite Wave F100 is pretty unique for a wrist watch ?
Ans. Sync with GPS to give the right time anywhere without making any adjustments
Q6. Which US airline owns 49 %of Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic, who talks a lot about
being independence ?
Ans. Delta Airlines
Q 7. Which Indian company has launched an energy drink URZZA ?
Ans. Parle under the Bisleri brand umbrella
Q8. California has started a Drop-a-brick movement. What is the aim of this movement ?
Ans. To save water while flushing.. A rubber brick is put inside the cistern.
Q9. The Michelin Man has another name which literally translates in French as The Road
Drunkard. What is the other name ?

23. Ans. Bibendum
Q 1. To which website would you be redirected to if you go to relentless dot com on the
browser ?
Ans. Amazon
Q2. Which company has launched a 2 minute shower song challenge which asks people to
conserve water by taking bath before the song is over ?
Ans. Hindustan Unilever under Project Sunlight
Q3. Which is the first railway station in India where wifi services have been started on a
pilot basis ?
Ans. Chennai Central
Q4. Why is the bond king, Bill Gross, currently in the news ?
Ans. Bill Gross is quitting PIMCO and joining Janus Capital
Q5. Amma cement is the latest product launched by Tamil Nadu govt. What is the price at
which a bag of cement will be sold under this brand ?
Ans. Rs 190 per bag
Q6. Who owns the social network for book lovers Goodreads ?
Ans. Amazon
Q7. Which division of GM would move out of Detroit to New York shortly to establish a
premium exclusive identity ?
Ans. Cadillac
Q8. Which international FI successfully raised money through issuance of Maharaja bonds ?
Ans. IFC, Washington

24. Q9. In which country has DHL began using drones for delivery ?
Ans. Germany
Q 10. The promotion of Coke under a new scheme has increased sales. Explain the scheme.
Ans. As per the Share a Coke scheme people could buy bottles with names of their friends printed
on it, thereby increasing the sales
Q 11. Who is the man with SRK and why is he in news ?
Ans. Arindam Chaudhuri..his institute IIPM has been barred from calling itself management institute
or a B-school.

25. Q 12. In response to which news did Samsung came up with this advt recently ?
Ans. Bendgate of Apple iphone 6
Q.1. In E-Commerce, what are ‘programmatic’ advertisements ?
Ans. Showing pop-up ads to window shoppers on E-Commerce sites based on what they browsed a
few milliseconds earlier
Q 2. Google is doing a ‘Roadblock” on Zee channels with Android One. In advertising jargon,
what is a roadblock ?
Ans. When all the spots are booked by one advertiser and no other advertiser advertises
Q3. Which is the first Indian facewash brand to be available in a sachet ?
Ans. Everyuth by Zydus Cadila
Q4. In Indian media, what is BARC ?
Ans. Broadcast Audience Research Council
Q5. What is the name of the white label ATM network launched by Tatas ?
Ans. IndiCash
Q6. Which company has launched a universal keyboard that works on iOS, Android and
Windows ?
Ans. Microsoft
Q7. What is the new designation for Larry Ellison at ORACLE ?
Ans. Chairman and Chief Technology Officer
Q8. What is the stock symbol of Alibaba in NYSE after its recent
blockbuster IPO and listing ?

26. Ans. BABA
Q9.Which Indian company announced that the number of women employees on their rolls
crossed 1 lakh ?
Ans. TCS
Q10. What is a ‘cartogram’ ?
Ans. It is a map with statistical info shown diagrammatically.
Q11. Yahoo has acquired a Bangalore startup BookPad founded by 3 IIT Guwahati alumni.
What is their key product and what it can do ?
Ans. Docupad is a docuviewer that helps viewing and editing word, excel, documents in a
smartphone.
Q12. Chennai Super Kings is being de merged from which company ?
Ans. India Cements Ltd
Q13. In what capacity has Adil Zainulbhai joined the Modi team to realise the ‘Make in India’
dream ?
Ans. Chairman of Quality Council of India
Q 14. This is the logo of the advertising agency for Flipkart. Name it.
Ans. Happy Creative Services Ltd.
Q 15. She is the force behind Sakti3 a US startup making breakthroughs in battery
technology. Name her.

27. Ans. Anna Marie Sastry
Q16. These are some of the smartest and richest entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Collectively,
what are they called ?
Ans. The Paypal mafia. These were all the people who founded Paypal before selling it to eBay.
Q17. This is the corporate HQ of a company at Kochi which does not use bore water or public
water, thanks to rain water harvesting. Name the company.

28. Ans. V Guard Industries Ltd.
Q 1. September 15 is Engineers Day, named after Sir M.Visvesvaraya. Where is a SAIL unit
named after him located ?
Ans. Bhadravati, Karnataka
Q 2.With which failed pioneering E Com venture was the founder of Bigbasket V S Sudhakar
associated earlier ?
Ans. Fabmart which later became Fabmall
Q3. “We want to see a generator and inverter free India.” – Which Union Minister said this
recently ?
Ans. Union power Minister, Piyush Goyal
Q4. What has the Mukund Rajan committee on Corporate Social Responsibility computed the
norms and rates for ?
Ans. Valuation of time devoted by corporate execs and CXOs volunteering for social causes
Q5. Which iconic Indian brand used to have the tagline ” If you have the inclination, we have
the time”.? This company will be shut down soon.
Ans. HMT watches
Q6 .Microsoft bought Mojang for 2.5 billion $. What is Mojang known for ?
Ans. Minecraft , a video game

29. Q7. Apple Pay the new payment mechanism in IPhone 6 uses a contact less technology
called NFC. What is NFC ?
Ans. Near Field Communications
Q8. Which IT services company is acquiring Trizetto for $2.7 billion ?
Ans. Cognizant technology Solutions ( CTS)
Q9. To which country does the new smartphone brand launched in India belong ?
Ans. Singapore
Q10. What is unique about the Proterra buses ?
Ans. Electric buses
Q 11. What radical innovation is Ford making with its 2015 F-150 truck to be released by the
end of this year ?
Ans. Nearly made entirely of aluminium and very little steel. This makes it lighter and hence very fuel
efficient.
Q12. Lamborghini will be soon launching Huracan in India. What does Huracan mean ?

30. Ans. Spanish bull is the right answer. Huracan is the God of wind in Mayan mythology and it means
Hurricane in Spanish.
Q 13. Identify the man standing in front of Steve Jobs.
Ans. Jonathan Ive, the ace designer at Apple
Q 1. Identify this serial entrepreneur, consummate deal maker who has been declared
bankrupt by the Seychelles Supreme Court.

31. Ans. C.Sivasankaran
Q 2. Which company has acquired the appliances business of GE ?
Ans. Electrolux
Q 3. Which Indian businessman has launched a TV show in his own name to guide
entrepreneurs in a channel owned by him ?
Ans. Subhash Chandra of Zee TV
Q 4. Identify the persons in this picture.
Ans. Dhirubhai Ambani, Anil, Mukesh and Kokilaben Ambani
Q5. What is the Rashtriya Gokul mission ?
Ans. Govt programme to protect indigenous breeds of cow
Q6. Among the app developers this product is creating a lot of buzz. Identify this logo.

32. Ans. Docker App.
Q7. In response to which mascot did Sylvester DaCunha create the Amul girl 40 years ago ?
Ans. Polson dairy girl
Q8. This former Mayor of New York gets back to the top job once again to the company he
founded and even now owns 88%. Name him and his eponymous company.
Ans. Michael Bloomberg of Bloomberg LLP
Q9. Name the Company and its CEO in picture.

33. Ans. Neeraj Chandra of Atul auto
Q 10.What is the new model from Maruti Suzuki that has Ranveer Singh as its brand
ambassador ?
Ans. Ciaz
Q 1. Which brand haa replaced Coca Cola as the best global brand as per Interbrand ?
Ans. Apple
Q.2.Name the brand has supported General Patton,Babe Ruth and Buzz Aldrin because it
believes in “Supporting Greatness”
Ans. Jockey
Q3. What is the name of the mobile job marketplace for blue collared workers and entry level
job seekers by Tech Mahindra ?
Ans. Saral Rozgar
Q4. Govt of India has announced that new domain names can be registered in Devanagari
script in 8 languages. This would be under what suffix ?
Ans. .bharat
Q5. Who has acquired Tim Hortons Canada’s largest fast casual restaurant chain recently ?
Ans. Burger King
Q6. Lipton logo also underwent a subtle change recently. The new logo colors and style are
painfully close to another global brand. Name it.
Ans. Lays
Q7. Oxford dictionaries had a logo change recently. It seems quite close to another logo,
shown on the right. The other logo belongs to whom ?

34. Ans. Beats by Dr.Dre
Q8. We have seen professional managers turning into entrepreneurs, the reverse is seen
rarely. This businessman started as an entrepreneur and created a JV in India with a global
giant. Come October 1 2014, he will be the CEO of the global company. Name this manager
and the company.
Ans. Ramesh Tainwala, CEO of Samsonite Worldwide
Q9. This is Swami Pranavananda , he is also the CEO of a textile company in Chennai. What
is his real French name ?

35. Ans. Christian Fabre
Q1. How are the Bajaj Group and Aditya Birla Group related by marriage ?
Ans. Kushagra Bajaj, son of Shishir Bajaj of Bajaj Hindustan is married to Vasavadatta , sister of KM
Birla
Q2. With which business group would you associate Jatin Mehta who has the dubious
distinction of being the second biggest bank defaulter ?
Ans. Winsome Group
Q3. What is common to Boeing, Campbell Soup, General Motors, Kellogg, Proctor and
Gamble, Deere, IBM and Whirlpool ?
Ans. Companies that were in the original Fortune 500 in 1955 and remain in the 2014 list too
Q4. In which product category does the E-Commerce co. Pretty Secrets operate ?
Ans. Lingerie
Q5. Who has acquired the controlling stake in the e-learning and HR software company
SumTotal Systems ?
Ans. Skillsoft
Q6. Which site is the world’s second biggest professional social network after LinkedIn that
is popular in France and China ?
Ans Viadeo
Q7. With which Indian company has the American apparel retailer GAP tied up to launch
stores in India ?
Ans. Arvind

36. Q8. Why there will be significant changes in the advertisements for fairness cosmetics like
Fair & Lovely here onwards ?
Ans. Advertisement standards council of India says people with dark skin should not be shown
unsuccessful in any aspect of life, specially in relation to being attractive to the opposite sex,
matrimony, job placement, promotions and other aspects.
Q9. Name this CEO who runs a large IT co carrying his name prides himself by saying he
runs ‘ the world’s largest startup’.
Ans. Michael Dell
Q10. In what business is a ‘ Katiyabaaz’ in ?
Ans. One who steals electric power from electric poles, a phrase used in Kanpur
Q11. As per new guidelines issued by Ministry of Urban Development, what major change in
streetlights will be made in the next 3 years ?
Ans. LED lights
Q 12. This Wharton School Alumnus has made a name for himself in a completely different
field. Identify him.
Ans. Tarun Tahiliani
Q 13. What is special about this fork which is called Hapifork ?

37. Ans. It has sensors that helps monitor eating habits. It also warns.
Q 14. Identify this Economist who is expected to be appointed as the Chief Economic Adviser
to Prime Minister Modi.
Ans. Arvind Subramanian
Q 15. Where is the Lego House, which is modelled on the Lego bricks coming up ?
Ans. Billund, Denmark
Q 1. The banks have ordered a Forensic audit on Bhushan Steel. What is forensic audit ?
Ans, Audit that collects evidence suitable for use in a court of law.
Q2. Approx what % of its 67 billion $ revenue does Google earn from advertising ?
Ans. 90 %

38. Q3. What niche channel is being launched by Discovery in Hindi to enter the General
Entertainment Channels in India ?
Ans. Investigation Discovery- a suspense and crime channel
Q4. In which Indian City has Coca Cola started free home deliveries under its online
Coke2home project ?
Ans. Ahmedabad
Q5. With which artists would you associate the creative platform Qyuki ?
Ans. AR Rahman and Shekhar Kapur
Q6. Under what brand name does CavinKare the marketer of Chik shampoo market its dairy
products ?
Ans. Cavin’s
Q7. In response to PM Modi’s suggestion what has Indian Overseas Bank, TCS and Bharti
decided to do as a part of their CSR initiative ?
Ans. Building toilets in rural schools
Q8. This device IBM Simon shown here celebrates 20 years. In what category was this a first
?

39. Ans. World’s first smartphone
Q9. What was unique about the Ice bucket challenge taken by Bill Gates in aid of ALS ?
Ans. Designing and building a contraption himself to pour the ice water
Q 1. TRAI proposes to charge OTT services like Whatsapp, Viber etc as it is causing revenue
loss. What is the full form of OTT ?
Ans. Over the Top
Q 2. IIM Bangalore is the first Indian B School to launch free MOOC. in which platform will
they be available ?
Ans. EdX
Q3. Name this Mumbai based software and communications cos a high flier in 2011 with
Mundu app, but now has a winding up order bcoz of defaults
Ans. Geodesic
Q4. Which company has been rated as India’s most admired company in a Hay Group survey
for Fortune India ?
Ans. ITC Limited

40. Q5. Who tweeted “We should look at building Jhakaas (awesome),not Jugaad (make-do) for
building #WorldClassFromIndia” ?
Ans. Vishal Sikka, CEO, Infosys
Q6. What is common to Blockbuster, Borders, Circuit City, CompUSA ?
Ans. Bankrupt brick and mortar retailers of US
Q7. What is Omnichannel banking ?
Ans, A seamless customer experience across different banking channels like phone, tablet, Net,
ATM, branch etc
Q8. Vistara Airlines is going to be flying in the Indian skies soon. Who are the people behind
it ?
Ans. Tata and Singapore Airlines
Q9. Which group now owns the Barista coffee chain ?
Ans. Lavazza has sold it to Carnation Group
Q 10. Yale is in the news in connection with the Union HRD Minister. Yale is also a popular
brand name. In which products category would you find this logo ?
Ans. Locks and security equipment

41. Q 11. Identify the logo and tell why this company is in the news lately.
Ans. Bhushan Steel, in a bribing case the Vice Chairman has been arrested
Q 12. A British designer has built a luxury alarm clock, shown here. What is special about it ?
Ans. An alarm clock that delivers coffee
Q 13. The Model shown here is Kapil Sharma. Name the advertiser.
Ans. Olx.in
Q 1. In which product category is Gurkha Black Dragon the most expensive brand selling for
$ 1,150 a piece ?
Ans. Cigar
Q 2. FM Arun Jaitley announced the formation of a new company 3PIndia in the budget. What
does 3P stand for ?
Ans. Public Private Partnership

42. Q 3. In which country has the public sector co ICVL acquired coal mines from Rio Tinto ?
Ans. Mozambique
Q 4. Nomophobia is addiction for what ?
Ans. Fear of being out of mobile phone contact
Q 5. Identify this management thinker/ author who is considered to be the pioneer in the
study of Leadership. He taught at many universities including IIM C. He passed away
recently. RIP.
Ans. Warren Bennis
Q 6. Name this lady who has taken over as the first ever woman DG of Doordarshan recently
Ans. Vijaylaxmi Chhabra
Q 1. Which family owns the Pune based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India ?
Ans. Poonawalla
Q2. Why have Lego blocks been found in the shores of beaches in England over the last
decade ?

43. Ans. 17 years ago, on February 13, 1997, a ship called the Tokyo Express was enroute to New York
when it was hit by a massive wave. The impact of the wave dashing against the ship was such that it
washed 62 containers overboard. And around 5 million Lego pieces fell into the sea. Over the years,
washed up Lego pieces have been found regularly on the shores of Cornwall in England and some
other beached nearby.
Surprisingly most of the Lego pieces that the Tokyo Express lost to the sea were sea themed- lego
octopuses, sea grasses, scuba diving apparatus, and even dragons
Q3. What kind of disorder is textaphrenia ?
Ans. An illusion of having received a text message, even when there is none. Constant checking of
smart phones for fresh messages
Q4. In fashion speak, what is ‘ athleisure’ ?
Ans. Athleisure is a portmanteau of Athletics and Leisure…so it is clothing that can fit in gym as well
as for casual activities
Q5. The shares of Swift Transportation , the largest truckload carrier in US, crashed 14 %
because of a typical problem. What is the problem ?
Ans. Lack of drivers
Q6. ‘Jab Dard Kicks In, Dard ko Karo Kick ” is the tag line for which brand. Heavily promoted
in the Salman film Kick ?
Ans. Nise gel from Dr Reddy’s Labs
Q7. Name this unique institution set up by a special act of parliament in 1956 with HQ in
Mumbai, that was inspired by Gandhi’s vision of gram Swaraj. This commission has been
dissolved by the Modi Govt recently in order to reconstitute it.
Ans. KVIC or Khadi Gramodyog
Q8. Which business group will be acquiring the Hydel power businesses of Jaypee group for
Rs 12,300 crore from the Gaurs ?
Ans. Reliance ADAG

44. Q9. Aamir, Amitabh and Shahrukh are seen wearing the jersey of Jaipur Pink Panthers in the
Pro Kabaddi League. Who is the jersey supplier ?
Ans. TK Sports
Q 10. This is a Bluetooth enabled smart shoe from a Hyderabad coDucere.Name the brand.
Ans. Lechal , Hindi for Take Me Along or Let’s walk is the right answer
Q 11. Identify this banker who will soon take over as the CEO of IndiaInfoline
Ans. Rajashree Nambiar
Q 12. Identify the airline logo. Clue : in the news

45. Ans. Air Algerie
Q 1. Name the holding co that owns the fast food chains Domino’s Pizza, Papa John’s, Jack
in the Box etc.
Ans. Chipotle Mexican Grill
Q 2 Who has acquired controlling stake in the Forbes Media, the publishers of Forbes
magazine ?
Ans. Integrated Whale Investments, a Hong kong based Group
Q 3. Which Bollywood celebrity will be the brand ambassador for Banarasi sarees ?
Ans. Priyanka Chopra
Q 4. Why has Lufthansa and British Airways ordered their pilots to avoid flying over Ukraine
?
Ans. After the Malaysian airlines’ MH-17 crash over Ukrainian airspace
Q 5. Name this oldest paint co in South East asia which supplied paints for Rashtrapathi
Bhavan and Howrah Bridge. Its Howrah plant is closing.
Ans. Shalimar Paints
Q 6. Airbnb has unveiled a new logo called ‘ the belo’. Why has it become such a talking point
in social media ?
Ans.It looks like sexual organs and other parts of the human body.
Q 1. In which country is multinational companies like Coca Cola giving an ‘environmental
hardship allowance’ to attract expatriates who want to leave the country because of smog ?
Ans. China

46. Q 2. Connect Adidas, Budweiser, Hyundai…
Ans. Sponsors of FIFA 2014 individual awards
Q 3. Which corporate house is behind the setting up of the Ahmedabad University ?
Ans. Arvind Lalbhai group
Q4. Which is the favorite business book of both Warren Buffett and Bill Gates ?
Ans. Business Adventures by John Brooks
Q5. Jehangir Pocha, editor of NewsX TV , passed away this morning. Prior to this, he was
associated as Editor of a business magazine. Name it.
Ans. Business World
Q6. Why did the Tesla boss Elon Musk say ” Ford is killing SEX ‘ ?
Ans. Because Tesla has model S and X. And they cant name their next model E as Ford will sue
them if they do so as they have the same name for their car model.
Q7. In 1960s, which engg company was started by approaching the region’s farmers for
investment. Even to this day big farmers around Karad own stake in it ?
Ans. Bharat Forge
Q8. Railway Minister has announced 5 new Jansadharan trains in this year’s railway budget.
What is spl about these trains ?
Ans. Unreserved Superfast trains
Q 9. Which Indian corporate is at the centre of a controversy where tickets bought by it for
FIFA matches were resold in the black market ?
Ans. Reliance Industries
Q 10. Identify the person on the right of Amitabh Bachchan.

47. Ans. VSS Mani of Just Dial
Q 11. Maelys Castela has taken over as the CEO of a major European company. Name it.
Ans. Akzo Nobel
Q 1. CNBC has launched a Gujarati Business News channel. What is it called ?
Ans. CNBC Bajar
Q 2. Sydney has started installing ‘reverse vending machines’. What are these ?
Ans.It is a vending machine which accepts used cans and bottles for recycling. After a certain
quantity has been accepted it can be exchanged for bus tickets or a seat in the Sydney harbour etc.
Q3. What is the new name of ING Vysya Life Insurance ?
Ans. Exide Life Insurance
Q4. Which retail store chain is using the Modi tagline ” Achche Din aa gaye hain” in its
campaign ?
Ans. More Megastore
Q5. Govt wants to promote the use of debit cards issued by National Payment Corp of India.
What is the name of this network ?
Ans. RuPay
Q6. Name the management idea in org structure invented by Brian Robertson, a software
engineer in 2007 adopted by Zappos and others.
Ans. Holacracy

48. Q7. From which country is BlaBlaCar a sharing service that allows members to offer seats in
their cars when they are doing an intercity ride ?
Ans. France
Q8. Which international publication has decided to discontinue its India specific website India
Ink from June 30 ?
Ans. New York Times
Q9. TRAI has revised the minimum internet speed to be classified as broadband recently.
What is the new speed ?
Ans. 512 kbps
Q 10. This bookcase from IKEA is the largest selling single piece MDF furniture in the world.
What is its name ?
Ans. Billy Bookcase
Q 11. Honda is launching an MPV in competition with Innova and Ertiga shortly. What is the
model called ?
Ans. Honda Mobilio

49. Q 12. Bacardi has launched 2 new desi flavours under its Breezer range. what are these ?
Ans. Aam Panna and Nimbu Pani
Q 13. British airways has introduced ‘ Happiness blanket’.What does it do ?
Ans. It changes colour according to the mood of the person
Q 1. Which company owns the Broadway chain of multiplexes ?
Ans. HDIL
Q2. In which City the staff of Wal Mart decided to unionise leading to the mgmt deciding to
shut it down ? Now Supreme Court has asked to compensate every employee.

50. Ans. Quebec City, Canada
Q3. Which US Conglomerate’s credit card business is called Synchrony Financial ?
Ans. Synchrony Financial
Q 4. After Amma mineral water, Amma salt and Amma unavagam what has been started by
TN Govt under the Amma brand name ?
Ans. Amma pharmacies
Q 5. Under what brand name has ITC launched breakfast cereals in direct competition to the
likes of Kellogg’s and Quaker ?
Ans. Sunfeast Farmlite
Q6. We recommend a good swish after grabbing a bite of Italian,” Listerine tweeted during
the Italy-Uruguay World Cup match. Explain
Ans. Uruguay football player biting an Italian player in a football game
Q7. IPS Academy has advertised in TOI Ascent for a M.O.D.I . What is its expansion according
to them ?
Ans. Man of Directorial Integrity
Q8. This Apple product bombed but this lead to a blockbuster product that was launched on
June 29, 2007. Name it.

51. Ans. iPhone
Q9. RD Burman’s 75th birth anniversary was yesterday 27th June. His tunes continue to be
used even today. Which two wheeler brand uses this tune Aao Twist Karen from Bhoot
Bangla in a recent commercial ?
Ans. Ao Let’s Karen- Suzuki Let’s
Q 10. Identify this first gen entrepreneur credited with building India’s first private railway,
first private port in Gujarat and first Private SEZ in Maharashtra…
Ans. Nikhil Gandhi
Q 11. This brand is linked to a very significant event that happened in India on June 25th.
Name the event and why was this brand called Double Seven.
Ans. The significant event that happened was imposition of Emergency by Indira Gandhi on June 25
1975. After emergency was withdrawn, elections followed. In 1977. Janata Party came to power.
George Fernandezasked Coca Cola to leave India. Govt of India launched A cola through Modern
Foods. Janata party MP HV Kamath gave the name Double Seven to commemorate the party win.

52. Q 12. Identify him.
Ans. Sundar Pichai of Google , who heads Android and other important divisions
Q 1. Which company owns the Broadway chain of multiplexes ?
Ans. HDIL
Q2. In which City the staff of Wal Mart decided to unionise leading to the mgmt deciding to
shut it down ? Now Supreme Court has asked to compensate every employee.
Ans. Quebec City, Canada
Q3. Which US Conglomerate’s credit card business is called Synchrony Financial ?
Ans. Synchrony Financial
Q 4. After Amma mineral water, Amma salt and Amma unavagam what has been started by
TN Govt under the Amma brand name ?
Ans. Amma pharmacies
Q 5. Under what brand name has ITC launched breakfast cereals in direct competition to the
likes of Kellogg’s and Quaker ?
Ans. Sunfeast Farmlite
Q6. We recommend a good swish after grabbing a bite of Italian,” Listerine tweeted during
the Italy-Uruguay World Cup match. Explain
Ans. Uruguay football player biting an Italian player in a football game

53. Q7. IPS Academy has advertised in TOI Ascent for a M.O.D.I . What is its expansion according
to them ?
Ans. Man of Directorial Integrity
Q8. This Apple product bombed but this lead to a blockbuster product that was launched on
June 29, 2007. Name it.
Ans. iPhone
Q9. RD Burman’s 75th birth anniversary was yesterday 27th June. His tunes continue to be
used even today. Which two wheeler brand uses this tune Aao Twist Karen from Bhoot
Bangla in a recent commercial ?
Ans. Ao Let’s Karen- Suzuki Let’s
Q 10. Identify this first gen entrepreneur credited with building India’s first private railway,
first private port in Gujarat and first Private SEZ in Maharashtra…

54. Ans. Nikhil Gandhi
Q 11. This brand is linked to a very significant event that happened in India on June 25th.
Name the event and why was this brand called Double Seven.
Ans. The significant event that happened was imposition of Emergency by Indira Gandhi on June 25
1975. After emergency was withdrawn, elections followed. In 1977. Janata Party came to power.
George Fernandezasked Coca Cola to leave India. Govt of India launched A cola through Modern
Foods. Janata party MP HV Kamath gave the name Double Seven to commemorate the party win.
Q 12. Identify him.

55. Ans. Sundar Pichai of Google , who heads Android and other important divisions
Q 1. Why is the outgoing Infosys CEO Shibulal being compared to Donald Trump ?
Ans. His investments in real estate
Q 2. Name this ”stupid’ app that has attracted millions of dollars and become a top app in the
Apple App Store
Ans. Yo
Q3. Facebook has launched Wedge as a part of its Open Compute Project. This product is
threatening to which IT major ?
Ans. Cisco
Q4. RBI has revised the ceiling for the amount of Indian currency notes which residents and
NRIs can carry abroad. What is the new limit ?
Ans. Rs 25,000
Q5. Pepsi recently won a trademark case against PSI Ganesh marketing. What brand was
used by them that was found too close to Aqua Fina ?
Ans. Aqua Fies
Q 6. Amazon has launched a smartphone Fire which will be available from July in US via AT &
T. What is the standout feature of these phones ?
Ans. 3D perspective that comes from 4 cameras in the front

56. Q7. Homi Bhabha’s Malabar hills bungalow has been auctioned for Rs 372 crore. Who will
receive the proceeds ?
Ans. NCPA
Q8. In which product category is Karex Berhad the world’s largest maker ?
Ans. Condoms
Q9. Which Indian company accounts for 14.7 %of India’s exports ?
Ans. Reliance Industries Limited
Q10. Where has the SHUT Clinic ( Society for Healthy Use of Technology), India’s first
Internet de-addiction centre been set up ?
Ans. Bangalore
Q 11. The ‘Kaan Khajura Tesan’ has received a gold in the Cannes Lions 2014. What is the
concept and who owns this ?
Ans. It is a radio station on the mobile phone in Bihar and Jharkhand where music and other content
is played free for 15 mins. These have ads too. HUL is the company
Q 12. The medical electronics major Medtronic has acquired Covidian for over 40 Bn $. One
reason is lower tax rates in that country. Which country ?
Ans. Ireland
Q 13. Which Indian company is behind the GenZe brand of electric scooters to be launched in
US this year ?

57. Ans. Mahindra
Q 14. Why is the spray introduced recently in World Cup called 9:15 FairPlay ?
Ans. This is a vanishing spray used by the referees to mark the distance of 10 yards, which is 9.15
metres..
Q 15. What is unique about this soon to be launched Harley Davidson model ?

58. Ans. First electric bike from Harley
Q 16. What does this map of USA portray ?

59. Ans. The map depicts the largest company in the state in terms of revenue
Q 17. What is special about these Lego toys ?

60. Ans. Lego employees’ business card
Q 18. This is a display by the Customs at Kozhikode airport. What are they displaying ?
Ans. They are displaying the nail cutters made of gold which were smuggled.
Q 19. Identify this picture. Year 1908.

61. Ans. NYSE
Q 20. What popular event these days was pioneered in India by this brand as a sponsor way
back in 1982 ?
Ans. India Open Marathon in Delhi

62. Q 1. Vishal Sikka has been appointed as the CEO of Infosys. Prior to joining Infy in which
global co was he a CTO ?
Ans. SAP
Q2. Coca Cola has launched a low calorie Cola called Coca Cola Life first in Argentina and
now in Britain. What unique plant – based sweetener is being used to reduce the calories ?
Ans. Stevia
Q3. What surprising move has been announced by Tesla Motors that is making a lot of buzz ?
Ans, They have opened up all the patents on good faith to develop the electric car industry
Q4. Which global brand was the first company to feature a gay relationship in one of its ads ?
Ans. Ikea
Q5. Which is Brazil’s largest TV broadcast network ? Half the population of Brazil tunes in to
it each day.
Ans. TV Globo
Q6. What is the name of the new programming language launched by Apple which makes it
easier to write apps ?
Ans. Swift
Q7. Luxury car brands , If Lexus : Toyota, Acura : Honda then Infiniti : ?
Ans. Nissan
Q8. Which Swiss company wants to disrupt the watch industry by launching a self winding
mechanical watch named System51 ?
Ans. Swatch
Q9. Which unit of SAIL had a bad accident leading to 5 deaths and several injured
Ans, Bhilai Steel Plant
Q 10. Which company has come up with Powermat that will help in wireless charging of
mobile phones ? Select Strabucks in US will have these.
Ans. Duracell ( a division of P & G)
Q11. Modi has made yet another new coinage. B4B. What does it stand for ?
Ans. Bharat for Bhutan

63. Q 12. Under what private lable is Flipkart launching a Tablet to compete with the likes of
Kindle ?
Ans. Digiflip
Q 13. “Live for Likes” is the new tagline for which e-retailer ?
Ans. Myntra
Q 14. Which is the world’s largest best selling beer by volume in 2013 ? (Clue : It is a Chinese
brand)
Ans, Snow
Q15. CEO of which jute mill in Hooghly ( WB) was beaten to death by workers recently ?
Ans. Northbrook Jute Mills
Q 16. What does the psychographic group “Yummie” stand for ?
Ans. Young Urban Male
Q 17. Which Indian IT services company is associated with FIFAWorld Cup with over 100
staff deployed in 12 venues ?
Ans. Tech Mahindra
Q 18. In networking lingo, what does SDN stand for ?
Ans. Software Defined Networking
Q 1. Which country has decided to include drug trafficking, prostitution and drug smuggling
numbers in its economic output numbers from Oct 2014?
Ans. Italy
Q 2. Which fast food chain in India has started a fun campaign that says that Veg and Non -
Veg do not mix in their kitchen or elsewhere ?
Ans. KFC
Q3. Name the Italian firm which has been producing sticker albums for World Cup Soccer
since 1970. This year’s one has 640 stickers to collect.
Ans. Panini
Q4. The first ___ soup was launched in 1873, when the founder Carl Heirich ___, who till then
used to supply chicory to the coffee industry, started experimenting with drying vegetables
and seasonings to preserve nutrition and flavour. Fill in the blank with a famous brand.

64. Ans. Knorr
Q 5. McKinsey has an inhouse network called GLAM. What does it stand for ?
Ans. Gays and Lesbians at McKinsey
Q 6. After having scooters positioned for boys and girls separately, which brand has been
positioned as a unisex scooter ?
Ans. TVS Wego
Q 7. Which FMCG major had launched a biscuit brand called iBisc and it flopped miserably ?
Ans. ITC Ltd
Q 8. What is common to Nita Ambani, Nawaz Gautam Singhania, Bina Modi, Sarala Birla etc ?
Ans. All are wives of the promoters who have been inducted into the boards to meet the new
guidelines regarding women directors
Q 9. Which country has surpassed US to become the largest importer of oil ?
Ans. China
Q 10. Name the travel website where boh the Ambani brothers are investors, Anil first and
now Mukesh.
Ans. Yatra.com
Q 11. Name the deodorant brand from McNroe consumer products.
Ans. Wildstone
Q 12. ‘ India Pale Ale’ is a type of beer. Why was it called so ?
Ans. Ales that are strongly hopped to withstand long voyages to distant parts of the British empire
Q 1. Why is U.S. trademark registration 4,473,631, issued to one Paul Ingrisano of New York
become a subject of controversy ?
Ans. The Greek symbol Pi followed by . Has been given as a trademark to him. Hence others cannot
use the common symbol without paying royalty to him
Q 2. Name the on-demand software co created by former Peoplesoft leaders David Duffield
and Aneel Bhusri. It is now in the Top 20 s/w cos.
Ans. WorkDay
Q 3. Gujarat state had a scooter model that failed miserably. Name the brand.
Ans. Narmada

65. Q 4. Which brand of camera was first designed by Oskar Barnack working for Ernst Leitz in
1914 ? It is popular among photo journalists.
Ans. Leica
Q 5. Malcolm Glazer who passed away recently was the owner of which famous football club
?
Ans. Manchester United
Q 6. What were the names of the 3 steam engines that pulled 14 bogies between Boribunder
and Thane in April 1853, first rail journey in India ?
Ans. Sahib, Sindh and Sultan
Q 7. Name the video game character which is the inspiration behind the LG logo .
Ans. Pacman
Q8. In the logo for Sony VAIO what is the message in the lettering ?

66. Ans. VA stands for analog and IO for digital
Q9. In the Amazon logo, there are 2 subliminal messages being hinted with the yellow arrow.
What are they ?
Ans. A to Z everything is available + a smile for good service
Q 10. Identify the person on the right of Satya Nadella. Name the company he founded.

67. Ans. Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com
Q 1. For last 6 years Mukesh Ambani has not increased his salary that he takes from RIL.
What is the value ?
Ans. Rs 15 crore
Q 2. In 1961 , HMT started manufacturing watches in collaboration with Citizen. The men’s
model was called HMT Citizen. What was lady’s model ?
Ans. HMT Sujata
Q3. Which well known statistician set up the statistics institutions, ISI, CSO and NSSO in
independent India ?
Ans, P.C.Mahalanobis
Q 4. Jeff Bezos leaves one empty chair in every conference room – for the most important
person . Who is it ?
Ans. The Customer
Q 5. McDonald’s has a new mascot. What is it’s name ?

68. Ans. Happy
Q 6. Who is the industry leader in conversation with Nawaz Sharif and what is the occasion ?

69. Ans. Subhash Chandra of Zee TV..launch of Zee Zindagi an Indo Pak channel
Q 7. Flipkart-Myntra merger. All the three are Bansals. Give their first names from Left to
Right.
Ans. Sachin, Mukesh and Binny Bansals
Q 1. Who founded the original ORG. Operations Research Group, India’s first market research
firm ?
Ans. Vikram Sarabhai
Q 2. “Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast
enough.” Who said this ?
Ans. Mark Zuckerberg

70. Q 3. Who said as Air India Chairman: “I want to be azad, and he (Ghulam Nabi Azad) wants
me to be his ghulam”.? This corporate titan is no more. RIP.
Ans. Russi Mody
Q 4. Capt CP Krishnan Nair of Leela Group is no more. On whom did he name his group as
Leela ?
Ans. His wife
Q 5. Which Indian website recently received the highest number of hits on a single day ?
Ans. Election Commission of India
Q 6. Name this Global brand that was started 50 years ago by the Ferrero family in Alba, Italy.
Italian govt is issuing a stamp for it.
Ans. Nutella
Q 7. In a mega deal AT & T is acquiring the pay TV co DirecTV. What is the value of this deal ?
Ans. US $ 48.5 Bn
Q 8. Priyanka Vadra has admitted that multiple DINs was a mistake committed inadvertently.
What is DIN under Companies Act ?
Ans. Director Identification Number
Q 9. Identify this logo.
Ans. Astra Zeneca
Q 10. Who wrote the copy for this legendary ad for The Economist magazine. He is no more.

71. Ans. David Abbott
Q 11. Why is this Kurl On advt attracting a lot of flak ?

73. Ans. In bad taste as it uses Malala Yousafazai
Q 1. The TIME name for the magazine is actually an acronym. Expand TIME
Ans. The International Magazine of Events
Q 2. Which popular slogan was given by advertising agency Soho Square for BJP in the 2014
election campaign ?
Ans. Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkar
Q 3. Who owns the trade mark Styrofoam used for making disposable cups, plates etc ?
Ans. Dow Chemicals
Q 4. One winter night in 1905, Frank Epperson left a mixture of soda and water with a stick in
it on his porch.What accidental discovery resulted
Ans. Popsicles
Q 5. Which MNC owns the brand name Chapstick often used as a generic name for all lip
balms ?
Ans. Pfizer
Q6. Who owns the brand name Breathalyzer also called as Drunk-O-meter ?
Ans. Indiana University Foundation
Q7. What packaging material developed by Sealed Air Corporation has become a generic
name for such packaging ?
Ans. Bubblewrap
Q 8. Jetski has become a generic name for personal watercraft. It is a brand. Who owns the
brand Jet Ski ?
Ans Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Q 9. Annual meeting of which company is called the ‘Woodstock for the Capitalists’ ?
Ans. Berkshire Hathaway
Q 10. Who has acquired the apparel brand Spykar recently ?
Ans. Future Lifestyle of Kishore Biyani
Q1. Which popular app is developed by Iceland based Plain Vanilla Games ?
Ans. QuizUp

74. Q2. Name this Nobel prize winning American economist associated with study on human
capital. He passed away today. RIP
Ans. Gary Becker
Q3. Why has the CEO of American retailer Target resigned ?
Ans. Theft of 40 mn members credit card data
Q4. What ingredient is being removed by Coca Cola and Pepsi for its harmful health effects ?
Ans. BVO or Brominated Vegetable Oil
Q5. What does the logo efए on the jerseys of Mumbai Indians stand for ?
Ans. Education for All
Q6. What is the real name of the blogger Fake Jhunjhunwala who has authored the book ‘
How to become a billionaire by selling nothing’ ?
Ans. Aditya Magal
Q7. As per new RBI guidelines, what penalty will be levied on bank depositors who fail to
maintain min balance ?
Ans. Nil
Q8. Which chain of veg restaurants was started by P Rajagopal ?
Ans. Saravana Bhavan
Q9. In a multi billion $ deal who will acquire the Consumer Care business of Merck ?
Ans. Bayer
Q10. Who is the author of the current Amazon best seller ” Capital in the twenty-first century
” ?
Ans. Thomas Piketty
Q 11. Which is the largest selling beer in US ?
Ans. Bud Light
Q1.What tweet from Infy board member Kiran Mazumdar Shaw generated controversy for
which she apologised ?
Ans. Tweet on Rohan Murthy’s presentation at Infosys board meeting!
Q 2. What famous eye care brand is owned by Valeant which is trying to acquire Allergan ?
Ans. Bausch and Lomb

75. Q3. DoCoMo is exiting out of Tata Teleservices by selling its stake at a loss. Name the parent
company of DoCoMo.
Ans. NTT
Q4. SEBI is going to allow trading in 4 new types of bonds , one of which is covered bonds.
What are covered bonds ?
Ans. Securities created from public sector loans or mortgage loans where the security is backed by a
separate group of loans. Covered bonds typically carry a 2-10 year maturity rate and enjoy relatively
high credit ratings, depending on the quality of the pool of loans (“cover pool”) backing the bond.
Covered bonds are often attractive to investors looking for high-quality instruments that offer
attractive yields.
Q5. Which model has become the largest selling two wheeler in Indian market ?
ans. Honda Activa
Q6. One of the earliest E-Commerce sites Indiaplaza went offline recently. under what name
was it launched in 1999 in the height if dot com boom
Ans. Fabmart.com
Q7. Which luxury brand has an investment arm called L Capital ?
Ans, LVMH
Q8. Coca Cola is called Keko Koule in China. What does it mean in Chinese ?
Ans. Let your mouth rejoice
Q9. A WSJ headline says ‘ Otis finds ‘Reshoring’ is not easy ‘ . What is reshoring ?
Ans. Bringing back the manufacturing facility back to the home country after off shoring it earlier.
Q 10. What popular programming language was invented by Thomas E Kurtz and John G
Kemeny of Dartmouth college , 50 years ago ?
Ans. BASIC
Q 11. Why is there is a high likelihood of increased supply of alphonso mangoes in Indian
market this year ?
Ans. EU ban on Indian mangoes
Q 12. In which product category is Gerber,the No 1 brand in USA ?
Ans. Baby foods
Q 13. Which global co has recently promoted Rajeev Suri as its CEO ?

76. Ans. Nokia
Q 14. This car became the base for a very famous car later. What did this car become ?
Ans. Batmobile
Q 1. At a time when many companies are entering wearable devices market, which major co
has decided to move out of it ?
Ans. Nike Fuelband
Q 2. In US 2013, rank the advertising spend in various media in descending order
a) newspaper. b) broadcast TV c) Internet d) radio
Ans. c,b.a,d
Q 3. For excellence in what are the Mirchi KAAN awards given away every year ?
Ans. Radio advertising
Q 4. What is unique about the Indian site raftaar dot in ?
Ans. Largest Hindi search portal
Q 5. Successful in film placements, Castaway : Fedex, Ironman: Audi, Quantum of Solace :
Ford, Skyfall : ?
Ans. Sony or Aston Martin
Q 6. What is ‘masstige’ branding ?
Ans. Masstige branding is a marketing term meaning downward brand extension. The word is a
portmanteau of the words mass and prestige and has been described as “prestige for the masses.”
Q 7. Google has acquired Titan Aerospace. In what business is Titan in ?

77. Ans. Solar powered drones
Q 8, Which US co is paying up to 5000 $ for disgruntled employees to quit ?
Ans. Amazon
Q9. At a time when most Indian politicians are reporting more wealth, how come Obama’s
income has dropped ?
Ans. Royalty from books has dropped
Q 10. Google Glass is going on sale for one day only ie April 15. What is its price ?
Ans, 1500 $
Q 11. What is often used in.place of icecreams in in ice cream ads so that they do not melt ?
Ans. Mashed potatoes
Q 12. Name the Indian born scientist behind the 1 $ DIY microscope which can magnify 2100
times.
Ans. Manu Prakash
Q 13. Which company has she taken over as CEO recently ?

78. Ans. Network 18 Digital
Q 14. Name this legendary British designer behind this and many other logos who passed
away today
Ans. Wally Olins
Q 15. This is taken from a recent TVC.Name the brand.

79. Ans. Mother Dairy
Q 16. In what business is Gamesa in ?
Ans. Wind turbines
Q 17. Why is Archie in the news ?

80. Ans. He will die soon.
Q 18. This boy figures in an interesting TVC. Name the advertiser.
Ans. Dr Fixit from Pidilite
Q 19. Identify the logo. Who owns it ?

81. Ans. Heartbleed. Codemenicon
Q 1 With which co would you associate Kalimati investments ?
Ans. Tata Steel
Q 2. Which two cement cos globally are going.to merge to create the largest cement co in
world ?
Ans. Holcim and Lafarge
Q3. Who will become the second largest shareholder in Sun Pharma after the Sun-Ranbaxy
deal ?
Ans. Daiichi Sankyo
Q4. Which logistics company has prescribed its drivers not to turn left as a company policy
to save fuel and accidents ?
Ans. UPS
Q5.In which stock exchange is HomeShop 18 about to launch an IPO ?
Ans. NYSE
Q6. Among IIMs A, B and C , only one of them is going to raise the fees this year. Which IIM ?
Ans. IIM C
Q7. Exposure by Michael Woodward is an expose of scandals in which Japanese company ?
Ans. Olympus

82. Q8. Which company has trademarked the phrase “with friends” and has used other
companies over the use of it ?
Ans. Zynga
Q9. From April 3, USA has a new atomic clock that is the official time and frequency standard
for the country. What is the name of the clock ?
Ans. NIST-F2
Q 10. After Satya Nadella took over, Microsoft has announced that Windows OS will be given
free for devices below a certain screen size. What size ?
Ans, Less than 9 inches
Q 11. After PwC acquired Booz and Co, what is its new name ?
Ans. Strategy&
Q 12. What is the name of the virtual assistant which is included in the Microsoft Windows
Mobile 8.1 ?
Ans. Cortana
Q 13. RBI has granted two companies banking licences. Name them.
Ans. IDFC and Bandhan Financial Services
Q 14. Identify the logo and the product category in which it’s a market leader.
Ans. Almonard , Industrial fans
Q 15. Independent India’s first voter Shyam Sharan Negi is featured in a TVC. Name the
advertiser
Ans. Google

83. Q 16. Identify this new device launched by Amazon.
Ans. Amazon dash. a device which can be used to place order on Amazon Fresh grocery store by
waving the device on to the item’s code or by voice recording.
Q 17. Who is the Indian partner of this co in the health insurance business ?
Ans. TTK Healthcare
Q 1. Which Bollywood actor turned MP is the new face of GoDaddy ?
Ans. Mithun Chakraborty
Q 2. Who or what is a “Yummy”, a new phenotype being used by marketers ?
Ans. Young Urban Male
Q 3. “Just as genes propagate in the gene pool so memes propagate themselves in the meme
pool by leaping from brain to brain.” Who coined the word “meme”?
Ans. Richard Dawkins
Q4. Which politician/minister asked Pepsi to add Lehar prefix to Pepsi when they launched it
in India 25 years ago ?
Ans. Sharad Yadav

84. Q5. HourlyNerd is making a consulting business out of renting McKinsey Moms. Who are
McKinsey Moms ?
Ans. McKinsey Moms are former McKinsey employees who left McKinsey to raise a family
Q6. What is the new name for Infotech Enterprises Ltd ?
Ans. Cyient Limited
Q7. Why has Narayana Murthy refused to campaign for his former colleagues Nandan
Nilekani and V Balakrishnan ?
Ans. He is an apolitical person and as Chairman Infosys has to work with whichever party is in govt
Q8. Who has created a video which has gone viral using real life Ronald McDonalds to
endorse their breakfasts ?
Ans. Taco Bell
Q9. What Google product created by Paul Buchheit was launched 10 years ago on Apr 1 and
was thought to be a April Fool day hoax ?
Ans. Gmail
Q 1. The Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was a Red-Eye flight. What is a Red- Eye flight ?
Ans. The flight which departs late in the night and reaches early morning. This causes sleep
deprivation hence red-eye.
Q 2. South Korean Tourism was promoted as ‘ The Land of the Morning Calm”. What is its
new tagline ?
Ans. Dynamic Korea
Q3. Who is making a film on “Manjunath” the IIM graduate who got killed for speaking against
corruption ? The film releases April 25
Ans. Sandeep Vohra
Q 4. Why has Mukesh Ambani’s luxury jet been grounded by DGCA in Delhi airport ?
Ans. Innumerable safety lapses and pilot not carrying licence.
Q5. What does AQUATM launched in Mankhurd , Mumbai vend ?
Ans. Water at Rs 1 per litre
Q6. Connect Littlewoods, Woolworths and now TESCO to an Indian group
Ans. Tata’s retail partners
Q7. Who will be managing the CPSE ETF created by Govt of India for disinvestment of select
PSU stocks ?
Ans. Goldman Sachs

85. Q8. What is the name of the model launched by Nissan to compte with Alto and Eon in India ?
Ans. Datsun Go
Q9. Which Indian airline has been.issued a.notice by DGCA for its in flight Holi celebrations ?
Ans. SpiceJet
Q 10. “I start with architecture, and Mark starts with products, and Steve Jobs started with
aesthetics.” Who is I here ?
Ans. Bill Gates
Q 11. What will be the OS from Google that will power the smart watch Moto 360 and LG G ?
Ans. Android Wear
Q 1. Which cricketer has been roped in by Ramaraj shirts to promote their white shirts in the
North Indian market ?
Ans. R Ashwin
Q 2. Under which brand name does Pidilite industries market Gulaal during Holi ?
Ans. Rangeela
Q 3. Who is the sponsor for the NDTV Prime TV channel ?
Ans. Micromax
Q 4. Telecom regulators in Holland are allowing Network-agnostic SIM cards. What does it
mean ?
Ans. A SIM card that could be programmed on the fly to register to any network
Q 5. Which brand owns the site zindagi mili dobara dot com ?
Ans. Head and Shoulders
Q 6. Mercedes has reduced the price of its S Class in India by a whopping 21 lakhs. What is
its new price ?
Ans. Rs 1.36 crore
Q7. How did the toy brand Lego get its name ?
Ans. From the Danish phrase Leg Godt, meaning Play Well.
Q8. The first commercial cellphone Motorola Dynatac went for sale on March 13, 1984. What
was its price then ?
Ans. 4000 $

86. Q9. Identify the logo.
Ans. Reebok’s new “delta’ logo
Q 10. Identify this scientist.
Ans. Tim Berner Lee, the man who created www
Q 11. This is a traditional design now taken by Paul Smith and priced at 300 £. What is the
traditional design called ?
Ans. Peshawari chappal

87. Q 1. Which highly successful version of Windows will not be supported by Microsoft after
April 8. 2014 ?
Ans. Windows XP
Q 2. Why are women’s rights organisations crying hoarse about the employment conditions
for women cabin crew in gulf airlines like Qatar ?
Ans. Employment conditions regarding marriage and getting pregnant
Q3. 20 employees of which US firm were travelling by the ill fated Malaysian airlines plane ?
Ans. Freescale semiconductor
Q4. What is unique about the loan recovery firm Vasuli recovery ?
Ans. All women recovery agents
Q5. Vespa is going to launch India’s most expensive scooter Vespa 946. What is the
indicative price ?
Ans. Rs 8-9 lakhs
Q6. Which retail chain conducted a contest on twitter with the
hashtag#With50RupeesICanBuy that became a forum for voicing India’s problems ?
Ans. Big Bazaar
Q7. When tsunami struck Japan, developers from which Korean company went to Japan and
created Line, a messaging app, in one and half months ?
Ans. Naver
Q8. Which are the only three major countries in which Google is not the number one search
engine ?
Ans. Russia, China and South korea
Q9. Who will operate the Mont Blanc single brand retail stores in India ?
Ans. Titan
Q10. Which city has beaten Tokyo to become the most expensive city in the world ?
Ans. Singapore
Q 11. Under what sub-brand has Cadbury’s launched a chocolate-peanut bar in competition
with Snickers ?
Ans. 5 Star Chomp

88. Q12. Where has McDonalds put this banner ?
Ans. on the Sweden-Norway border
Q13. In which category is this brand the world leader ?
Ans. Bananas
Q14. Identify this corporate honcho turned politico.

89. Ans. Jaidev Galla of Amara Raja Batteries
Q15. Identify this media baron and his publication.
Ans. Viveck Goenka , Indian Express ( Mumbai)
Q16. Mattel has launched an ‘average Barbie’ doll which is shorter and fatter than the original
Barbie. What is its name ?

90. Ans. Lammily
Q 17. This selfie by the Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres is the most retweeted photo ever. It was
not a spontaneous picture but a part of the product placement strategy of a brand. Name it.
Ans. Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Q 18. Many AP politicians have their roots in business and run businesses in parallel. Match
the politician to the business group

91. 1. Y.S.Chowdary a. Lanco
2. G.Vivekanand b. Sujana
3. T.Subbarami Reddy c. Panyam Cements
4. L.Rajagopal d. Visaka
5. SPY Reddy e. Gayatri
Ans. 1-B, 2-D, 3-E, 4 A, 5-C
Q 1. Which co is the world’s biggest maker of screens for smartphones and tablet computers
? It counts Apple and Sony among its customers
Ans. Japan Display
Q 2. Which country’s capital city has the Nay Pie Taw airport ?
Ans. Myanmar
Q3. Due to the collapse of which Japanese exchage for Bitcoins have Indians lost money to
the tune of Rs 100 crore ?
Ans, Mt Gox
Q4. For a special line for which brand was Lady Gaga not only the endorser but also the
Creative Director ?
Ans. Polaroid
Q5. For which brand of apparel and other merchandise does Mandhana Industries have an
exclusive franchise ?
Ans. Being Human
Q6. IITs and IISc are offering free online courses Ina newly started online course platform
called NPTEL. Expand NPTEL.
Ans. National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Q7. Name the IAS officer who as the Executive Director of SEBI did the investigation and
therefore led to the arrest of Sahara chief .
Ans. KM Abraham
Q8. Which unlikely company has designed a tamper proof smart phone where the data is
totally secure ?
Ans. Boeing
Q9. Which popular Indian ecommerce site is run by Jasper Infotech private ltd ?
Ans. Snapdeal
Q 10. Google has launched a new service Oppia. What is it ?
Ans. An open source education tool

92. Q 11. Narendra Modi has proposed a Group of nations called ‘Sons of Sun’ where India will
take a lead. What is this group supposed to do ?
Ans.Sons of Sun is a group of countries who have high solar energy potential. This group will come
together to do R & D in solar power
Q 12. Arvind has tied up with Japan’s Goodhill. What will they manufacture and market in
India ?
Ans. Formal suits
Q 13. Who has taken over as the new chairman of ONGC ?
Ans. D.K.Saraff
Q 1. As per the new SEBI code on corporate governance how many terms of 5 years can a
independent director be on BOD ?
Ans. 2 terms of 5 years each
Q 2. NTPC stock crashed due to a recent CERC order. Expand CERC.
Ans. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
Q 3. Embibe is one of the top recruiters in IIM Acampus placement this year. In what
business is Embibe ?
Ans. Individualised coaching for IIT and CAT
Q4. Which company is behind India’s first Ayurveda journal ‘ Ayurveda Samvad’ ?
Ans. Dabur India Ltd
Q5. Which co has a TacOps team that swoops in and restores internet and
telecommunications in disaster struck areas as a CSR work ?
Ans. Cisco
Q6. Name the Canadian Indian behind the group Fetopolis which publishes many online
fashion and lifestyle magazines.
Ans. Raaj Kapur Brar
Q7. Mark Zuckerberg appeared for a meeting with a VC firm in his pyjamas That firm got
revenge with Whatsapp sale. Name it.
Ans.Sequoia Capital
Q 8. In what business is Cloudnine a innovative startup based out of Bangalore ?
Ans. Speciaity Maternity Homes

93. Q9. Why Pizza Hut is being called PeeZa Hut after a recent controversy ?
Ans. An employee was found peeing in the kitchen sink
q 10. Which public sector bank has accused that the Finacle software from Infosys has led to
a higher classification of NPAs in their books ?
Ans. United Bank of india
Q 11. Why did KFC not use its slogan ‘Finger lickin’ good’ in China ?
Ans. The Chinese translation became ” we will eat your fingers off ‘
Q 12 Which Indian city has recently inaugurated the world’s longest free Wi-Fi zone of 20 km
?
Ans. Patna
Q 13 .Bill Gates has invested in a San Francisco start up that is developing a Vegg..What is a
Vegg ?
Ans. Vegetable Egg
Q 14. One of The founders of Whatsapp was turned down by Facebook in 2009. Now his
creation has been bought by them for 19 Bn $. Name him.
Ans. Brian Acton
Q 15. In which country has a restaurant devised a pneumatic system to deliver burgers on the
tables of customers at 87 mph ?
Ans. Christchurch, New Zealand
Q 16. How did DHL use TNT and UPS its rivals to deliver large packages with ‘DHL is faster’
written on it to very difficult addresses in US ?
Ans. Black packages painted with thermal activated ink were given to the rival cos. At a higher temp,
DHL is faster underneath got revealed. Having accepted the packages they had to deliver. Publicity
for DHL at a low cost.
Q 1. What word has been banned in the names of private companies by Ministry of Corporate
Affairs, GOI after the recent NSEL scam ?
Ans. National
Q 2. By purchasing Loop mobile , in which geographical market will Airtel improve its
marketshare significantly ?
Ans. Mumbai
Q3. Who has replaced Mukesh Ambani as the Chairperson for IIM B board of governors ?
Ans. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

94. Q 4. Who has acquired the internet messaging company VIBER for 900 Mn $ ?
Ans. Rakuten
Q 5. Which country will soon implement a ban on two wheelers and three wheelers that may
impact Bajaj Auto adversely ?
Ans. Egypt
Q 6. Penguin the publisher of Wendy Doniger’s book “The Hindus” has decided to ‘pulp’ it .
What is ‘pulping” ?
Ans. Destroying copies
Q7 . What is the ‘project Apollo’ launched by IBM worldwide ?
Ans. Layoff of 13000 employees
Q8. Which Indian company is running a TV /Youtube campaign with the tagline “Husbands
are useless” ?
Ans. Asian Paints
Q9. This bride’s wedding attire made up of 5kg of exquisite gold jewellery has become the
talk of the social media. She is the daughter of CEO of which company ?
Ans. Muthoot Finance co.
Q 10. The charm of the Titanic continues..In which city has the Titanic Beach resort come up
?

95. Ans. Antalya, Turkey
Q 11. Identify the founders of Snapdeal
Ans. Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal
Q 12. Sixty years ago on Feb. 6, 1954, slightly more than 1,000 people sat down in 100
different places around the world to take a test for the very first time. It was the precursor to
_______ . Fill in the blank.
Ans. Graduate Management Admission Test ( GMAT)
Q 13. What is so special about the Firebrick Red M800, chassis no 2890893, that rolled off the
assembly line at Maruti’s Gurgaon plant on the 23rd of January 2014, and headed all the way
across to Rani Motors – a dealership in Shillong, Meghalaya.?
Ans. Last Maruti 800
Q 1. What household chore does Bill Gates do every night ?
Ans. Doing the dishes
Q 2. What was created by the London bakery Peek Freans in 1874 to commemorate the
marriage of the Grand Duchess of Russia to Duke of Edinburgh ?
Ans. Marie biscuits
Q 3. CMD of which Indian PSU has written a book titled Management by idiots ?
Ans. NTPC head Arup Roy Chaudhury
Q 4. Which two cos in the tourism and hospitality space have announced a merger in India ?
Ans. Thomas Cook India and Sterling Holiday Resorts

96. Q 5. On which businessman’s invitation did Tiger Woods came to play golf at Delhi ?
Ans. Pawan Munjal of Hero MotoCorp
Q6. Who has acquired the Vaio division of Sony that makes and sells PCs and Laptops ?
Ans. Japan Industrial Complex
Q7. Municipal bonds of which US state has been downgraded causing turbulence in financial
mkts ?
Ans. Puerto Rico
Q8. Why are condom makers in India opposing the recent National Pharma Pricing Authority
order on condom pricing ?
Ans. A price ceiling of Rs 6.50 per piece
Q9. In which 3 telecom circles is the govt auctioning the spectrum in the 900 mHz band ?
Ans. Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata
Q 10. What important piece of tax legislation did Richard Stanger write as a 28 yr old working
in Jt Committee on taxation in 1977 ?
Ans. 401 (K) plan for retirement benefits
Q 11 . In 1976, during lunch time at Delhi Cloth Mills, DCM, a group of six young engineers in
the office canteen were discussing their work woes at DCM’s calculator
division. Despite all having jobs that paid them well, they were an unhappy lot — they
wanted to do more, riding on their own gumption. They decided to quit their jobs and start a
venture of their own.What company or group resulted from this .?
Ans. HCL Group
Q1.Mumbai monorail begins its commercial operations recently. Which City has the busiest
monorail operations carrying 127000 passengers daily ?
Ans. Tokyo
Q2.In which City was the first ever motor show or auto show held anywhere in the world and
in which year ?
Ans. Paris in 1898
Q3.Who has acquired the Motorola Mobility business from Google for 2.91 Bn $ ?
Ans. Lenovo

97. Q4.The same man invented heroin and aspirin in the same year. Name the inventor and the
year. Via uberfacts
Ans. Felix Hoffman, 1897
Q5.Which Indian company owns the brandname Taral Gas ?
Ans. Petronet LNG
Q6.Who is the first celebrity to cross 50 million followers on Twitter ?
Ans. Katy Perry
Q7.Besides India, which emerging market economies are included in Fragile Five ?
Ans, Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil and South Africa
Q8.Why did Amitabh Bachchan stop endorsing Pepsi ?
Ans. As per Amitabh he stopped it after a school girl in Rajasthan told him why he was endorsing a
drink that his teacher said was poison.
Q9.As per the recent Indian Readership Survey TOI is no1 in English on readership. Overall
what is its rank incl Indian language newspapers ?
Ans. No 7
Q10.This audacious businessman says his company wants to surpass both Apple and
Samsung. Name him.
Ans.CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yanging

98. Q11.In TVC of which product would you see these actors ?
Ans. OPPO Mobiles
Q 12.Identify this management Guru.

99. Ans. Philip Kotler
Q 13.This Hyderabadi is all set to become the CEO of Microsoft. identify him.
Ans. Satya Nadella
Q 14.Adidas created a store like a shoe box to promote their very popular Stan Smith range of
shoes. Where was this store set up ?

100. Ans. London
Q 1. How does Google encourage its employees to volunteer in social projects ?
Ans. For every five hours of volunteering work done by Google employees, Google donates 50 $ to
a charity of the employee’s choice
Q 2. Which former IIM Calcutta Professor and well known Management consultant has been
awarded the Padma Bhushan ?
Ans. Mrithyunjaya Athreya

101. Q 3. Rajesh Saraiya has been awarded the Padma Shri today. What is his claim to fame ?
Ans. India’s first Dalit billionaire
Q4. RBI prints currency notes. Govt of India mints coins. What is the upper limit for currency
denomination and coin denomination resply ?
Ans. RBI can issue currency notes upto a denomination of Rs 10,000 and GOI can issue coins upto
a denomination of Rs 1000 as per the current laws
.
Q5. Who recently in a game of chess checkmated Bill Gates in just 9 moves ?
Ans. Magnus Carlsen
Q6. Which ad agency is behind the Congress election campaign with the headline “main
nahin, hum” ?
Ans, Dentsu India
Q7. Which Indian retail co has the tagline ‘Price”Less” Fashion’ ?
Ans. V-Mart
Q8.What unique innovation has been made by Indian co. Ventit that is being widely talked
about ?
Ans. Pizza Box
Q9.Which brand has launched new flavours imaginatively called ‘ cookie dough’ and ‘
marshmallow Krispy’ ?
Ans. Oreo
Q 10. Who has acquired the low-end server business of IBM ?
Ans. Lenovo
Q 11. When veg prices hit the roof, which brand ran a campaign saying ” Ab chicken sabzi se
bhi sasta” ?
Ans. Godrej Real Good Chicken
Q 12. RBI has announced that all currency notes issued before 2005 will go out of circulation
from 31/03/2014. How do you identify such a note ?
Ans. Only notes after 2005 will have their year of printing in the back in small font size
Q 13. As per a Tholons survey of top off shoring destinations Bangalore is no 1. Mumbai has
fallen from 2 to 3. Which City is in # 2 ?
Ans. Manila

102. Q 14. Which country has announced ambitious plans to roll out 5G telecom services by which
a movie can be downloadd in a second ?
Ans. South Korea
Q 15. Which MNC will be launching Pringles chips in India soon ?
Ans. Kellogg’s
Q 16. NSE has launched interest rate futures in the bond market. What are ‘ interest rate
futures’ ?
Ans. IRFs are similar to equity futures. Here the future contracts of ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ are of underlying
government bonds, similar to future contracts of stocks. The minimum contract value is pegged at
Rs 2 lakh and initial margin which you have to pay upfront is around three per cent. This works out to
Rs 6,000.
Q 17. Which American company has launched the INDIAN motorcycle in India ?
Ans. Polaris
Q 18. HSBC set up the first ATM in India. Where was it done ?
Ans. Andheri, Mumbai in 1987
Q 19. He was the third president of the union formed in 1920. During his tenure, he fought
with the management to appoint more Indians in key positions. In a letter written to the then
Tata Steel chairman NB Saklatvala on November 12, 1928, he said, “One of the most
important problems before the company is that it lacks senior officials from India. I have no
doubt that if you go ahead with your policy of Indianisation of Tata steel, you will be able to
ingratiate yourself with your Indian employees, your countrymen as well as with public
leaders of all shades of opinion.”
Who is he ?
Ans. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Q 20. With which chain would you associate Dr P C Reddy ?

103. Ans. Apollo Hospitals
Q 21. Karl Slym, MD Tata Motors, RIP. When Karl was heading GM India, he appeared in advts
like this. Why did he have to appear in advts and reassure Indian buyers ?
Ans. Bankruptcy of GM, America

104. Q 22. This lady has been awarded a Padma Shri for her contribution in the Trade and industry
category. Identify her and her company.
Ans. Mallika Srinivasan of TAFE
Q 23. Which company owns this trademark worldwide ?
Ans. The Smiley Company
Q 24. Which activist group ambushed Essar group for its mining activities in this unique way
by putting a huge banner in its HQ ?

105. Ans. Greenpeace
Q 1. OLX is slowly emerging as the place to buy and sell used stuff online in India. Which was
the country to have the first OLX ?
Ans. Argentina
Q 2. Which tech major has acquired the internet security start-up Impermium which has two
indian founders ?
Ans. Google
Q 3. What is the unique service provided by the website www.idealist.org ?
Ans. A place for seeking and offering volunteering opportunities
Q4. Which company has got a trademark on the word ‘candy’ forcing many companies to
withdraw their games which has candy in their name ?
Ans. King, the developer of Candy crush Saga
Q5. Which country’s citizens have the highest per capita tea consumption in the world ?
Ans. Turkey
Q.6. Which brand has launched a 3 min video on YOuTube which ends with ‘ Har Ghar, ____
Ghar ‘ .? Fill in the blank.
Ans. Amul
Q 7.In which song by which singer are lines like You wanna Bugatti ‘ You wanna Maserati’
‘You wanna Lamborghini’ urging people to work ?
Ans. Work Bitch by Britney Spears

106. Q 8.Name the 6 countries that make up the emerging markets CIVETS, coined by Robert Ward
of EIU.
Ans. Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa
Q 9. Coffee houses are places where people hangout. How has a coffee house in Moscow
decided to charge its customers ? It is becoming a trend now
Ans. Paying by time and not cups. Coffee and cookies are on the house
Q. 10 What is the unique business of Art Remba ?
Ans. Art on rent
Q. 11 Times Group has launched a Gujarati daily from Ahmedabad. What is its name ?
Ans. Nav Gujarat Samay
Q. 12Who is the publisher of Jitendra Bhargava’s book The Descent of Air India & has
apologised to Praful Patel and decided to withdraw the book?
Ans. Bloomsbury
Q, 13 Who has won the telecast rights for the FIFAworld cup and other events for the next 5
yrs for the Indian sub-continent ?
Ans. Sony Six
Q 15. With which foreign IT services major has HCL Tech announced a strategic alliance,
sparking rumours of a merger ?
Ans. CSC
Q. 16 In what business are the start-ups Notion Press, Cinnamon Teal , Pothi , Zorba ?
Ans. Self-publishing services providers
Q 17 Identify this logo

107. Ans. Zumba

108. Q 18. Teacher’s whiskey and other brands of Beam have been acquired by whom recently ?
Ans. Suntory of Japan
Q 19. Which tech major has acquired Nest , the makers of the smart thermostat and other
home automation products ?
Ans. Google
Q 20. Identify this Identify this Indian American and her achievement.
Ans. Kavya Manyapu, the only lady flight test engineer in the Boeing team building a space
exploration flight for NASA
Q 21. The two logos are frighteningly similar. One is Westland Publishing’s logo. Which is the
other one ?

109. Ans. Walgreen’s
Q 22. In this recent TVC what is Aishwarya promoting?
Ans. Stemcell banking for LifeCell
Q 23. This is a diagram of a patent awarded to Amazon recently. What is the patent for ?
Ans. Anticipatory shipping
Q24. Why is this company in the news ?

110. Ans. Yara is a fertilizer co which is involved in a corruption scandal with Kribhco for a JV in India.
Q 1. In marketing, what is Osborne effect ? What is the origin of this term ?
Ans. Announcement of a later model under development leading to a fall in the sales of the current
model. Osborne computers had prematurely announced a later model which took a long time
coming. This led to the drop in sales of the earlier model also.
Q2. Where in Los Angeles was the first ever Golden globes awards ceremony held in 1944 ?
Ans, 20th Century Fox studios
Q3.CEAT India Ltd was set up in 1958 as a JV between CEAT of Italy and an Indian group. It
was later sold to RPG group. Name the Indian group.
Ans. Tata Group
Q4. Which two Tata companies invested in a JV with Bridgestone to create Bridgestone India
ltd ? .Now divested totally
Ans, ACC and TELCO ( now Tata Motors)
Q5. Maruti Suzuki will launch a hatchback Celerio soon. Which 2 hatchback models have they
withdrawn from Indian market ?
Ans. estilo and A-Star
Q6. On Sankranthi people celebrate by flying kites. Which recent TVC features Amitabh
Bachchan flying kites ?
Ans. ICICI Bank Tab banking
Q7. Which two car cos came together to design the Dodge Dart, their first car designed
together ?
Ans. Chrysler and Fiat

111. Q8. The Aam Aadmi bug seems to have bitten Hollywood too, where “a nobody will save
everybody” in The Lego Movie. Where will the movie have its premiere show ?
Ans. Legoland , California in Februrary, 2014
Q9. In terms of the latest headcount available which of the following tech majors, has the
largest no of employees ?
a) Apple
b) Google
c) Amazon
d) Microsoft
Ans. c. Amazon
Q 10. In the first 9 months of 2013 -14, in car sales in Indian market , market leaders are
Maruti and Hyundai. Which co occupies the third spot in terms of market share ?
A. Tata motors
B. Honda
C. Toyota
D. Volkswagen
Q 11. A new smartphone was displayed in CES 2014 that has UV radiation installed. What problem
is being solved with UV ?
Ans. Killing bacteria.
Q.12 What is the name of the PC launched by Intel which is the size of an SD card ?
Ans. Edison
Q.13 Expand IFTTT the name of a popular app
Ans. If This Then That
Q. 14 After growing continuously for how many years in a row did the Indian car sales
declined for the first time in 2013 ?
Ans. 11 years
Q.15 Google recently released the first interactive print ad for Moto X in a magazine. Which
magazine is carrying this ad in its january edition
Ans. Wired magazine
Q.16 In the year 2013, w.r.t 2012 PC shipments worldwide
a) grew by 5 %
b) grew by 10 %
c) declined by 5 %

112. d) declined by 10 %
Ans, D) Declined by 10 %
Q.17 Nachiket Mor committee on financial inclusion says PPIs can be converted into payment
banks. There are 27 PPIs in India. Expand PPIs.
Ans. Prepaid payment issuers
Q.18 Which private business group is the first corporate to use the Aadhar payments bridge
to pay salaries to its employees ?
Ans. Trident Group
Q 19. Binaca Geet Mala ,a popular radio programme of Hindi film songs hosted by Ameen
Sayani was for a long time sponsored by Hindustan Ciba Geigy Limited. It moved from Radio
Ceylon to Vividh Bharati later. When this programme was taken off air, brand had been sold.
Who was the final sponsor of this legendary radio show and what was its final name ?
Ans. Colgate Cibaca Geet Mala, Colgate Palmolive India Ltd
Q 20. What is the name of the first gun for women developed by Ordnance Factory, Kanpur ?
It is a 0.32 bore light weight revolver, weighing 500gm.
ans, Nirbheek
Q 20. What is the business of the firm Burson Marsteller and why it is in news currently in
India ?
Ans. Public Relations, Cong has hired the firm to improve image of Rahul Gandhi
Q 21. Identify the brand being advertised.

113. Ans. J & B Whiskey
Q 22.Identify the brand being advertised. The 2 questions today are via @Brilliant Ads

114. Ans. Luxor highlighter pen
Q 23. Identify the brand being advertised.

115. Ans. Oral- B toothpaste
Q 24 Identify this CEO.

116. Ans. Vinod Dasari of Ashok Leyland
Q 25. What is unusual about the corporate logo of Shemaroo , the producer of movies ?
Ans. The full name of the company is Shemaroo Entertainment Limited…It’s tagline is
Enterntainment Infinite..Just the opposite of Limited.