I do not have enough information to determine what BHARAT Fund stands for besides India. The question does not provide any additional context about this fund.

1. Q 1. Which company completed successfully India’s largest delisting ever ?
Ans. Essar Oil
Q2. Why are the traders of Khan Market in New Delhi angry with film star Salman Khan ?
Ans. Salman has launched a e-commerce site calledKhanmarketonline.com which the shopkeepers
of Khan Market, New Delhi think will eat into their business.
Q3. Identify this logo. Also name the company this brand/division is part of.
Ans. British paints, a SBU of Berger Paints is correct. British Paints became Berger and then British
Paints became part of Berger itself.
Q4. With which foreign credit rating agency has the Indian agency CARE gone for a strategic
alliance ?
Ans. Japan Credit Rating Agency
Q5. Which Indian company has launched a contact less payment system called mobomoney
?

2. Ans. Tech Mahindra
Q6. This legendary fund manager was the top mutual fund manager for 13 years in a row. He
is quoted perhaps next only to Buffett on investing. Identify him.

3. Ans. Peter Lynch
Q7. Identify this ecommerce co from its logo. It wants to be the Wal-Mart of e-commerce. It is
one of the largest advertisers on Facebook.
Ans. Wish
Q8. In which business is Pepboys in?

4. Ans. Auto services and spares is correct
Q9.Identify the model, a Bollywood star of her times.

5. Ans. Durga Khote
Q 10. With which online retailer would you associate the hashtag#Kyapehnu ?
Ans. Amazon.in
Q1. Which Indian businessman is believed to have helped set up the meeting between Modi
and Nawaz Sharif ?
Ans. Sajjan Jindal of JSW Steel group
Q2. Malaysia’s first Sharia compliant airline Rayani air has PIO promoters. The airline name is
derived from their names. Name them.
Ans. Ravi and Karthiyani…first and last parts of their names

6. Q3. Steven Spielberg and Jeff Skoll have launched Amblin entertainment with a third partner.
Who is the third partner ?
Ans. Anil Ambani
Q4. HUL has acquired a brand called Indulekha. In what product category is this brand ?
Ans. Hair Oil
Q5. Name this Chinese businessman who heads Fosun group and is often called as the
Warren Buffet of China. He has gone missing
Ans. Guo Guangchang
Q6. Which French ball point co owns 100%in Cello ?
Ans. BiC
Q7. Google has releaased the 5 most watched YouTube ads in 2015 in India. Which advt had
the highest number of views ?
Ans. Lifebuoy : Help a child reach 5- Chamki, 13 million views
Q8. With which country would you associate Spotify, Candy Crush, ABBA and now as the
country in the forefront of being cashless ?
Ans. Sweden
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Q1.In a govt to govt deal India has decided to give 2 AAI airports to Changi airport for
operation and maintenance. Which are the 2 airports ?
Ans. Ahmedabad and Jaipur
Q2.With which Indian co has Mont Blanc signed up in India to create a chain of exclusive
outlets to sell luxury products including pens ?
Ans. Titan
Q3. Which two of its car models has Tata Motors decided to phase out ?
Ans. Manza and Vista.
Q4. Where has Mahindra group set up its Mahindra Leadership University to groom leaders
for their group companies ?
Ans. Nashik
Q5. Shahrukh Khan says ” I am the Monk with a ____, ‘ . Fill in the blank
Ans. Ferrari
Q6. With whom has Tata trusts tied up to launch free online courses in India for school
students ?
Ans. Khan academy
Q7. US Postal service will launch a Informed Delivery service soon. How will it work ?

8. Ans. An email will be sent giving the image of the letter to those who register for the service
Q8. Haath, Munh aur Bum, Bimari Hogi Kum is a long TVC released by Hindustan Unilever.
Name the 3 brands in the advt.
Ans. Lifebuoy, Pureit and Domex
Q9. Identify the person in this picture and with which brand would you associate her
Ans. Sasha Chettri, Airtel 4G girl
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9. Weekly Business Quiz # 313
Q 1.What is common to Seiko’s GPS Astron, Citizen’s Waveair and Casio’s Oceanus that
makes them so accurate ?
Ans. These models have a technology that links them to a network of satellites, that helps the watch
to get the exact position as well as adjusts the time as accurately as 1 second every 1,00,000 thanks
to the atomic clocks in the GPS satellites.
Q2. Which fast food delivery company’s name was inspired by Burkina Faso, the land of the
incorruptible, in African language ?
Ans. Faasos
Q3.Identify this Michelin star chef who started life in Amritsar with his first restaurant
Lawrence Gardens. He now runs the upmarket Junoon in Manhattan, New York. He is a TV
host, cookbook writer too. He was voted sexiest man alive
Ans. Vikas Khanna
Q4.Which Indian advt has been selected among the 20 ads of the century by Gunn Report ?

10. Ans. Happy dent Palace ad by McCann Ericson
Q5.Which Indian company will be the first issuer of Corporate Masala Bond ?
Ans. HDFC Ltd
Q6. What % of their shares in Facebook would Mark Zuckerberg and his wife give away in
charity in their lifetimes ?
Ans. 99 %
Q7.Name the entrepreneur billionaire behind Billions in change project that claims to produce
electricity from human effort
Ans. Manoj Bhargava
Q8. Which 138 years old newspaper launched its Mumbai edition in November 2015?
Ans. The Hindu
Q 1. Who owns the instant noodles brand Joymee that is available in Indian markets ?
Ans. Inbisco, an Indonesian co.
Q 2. What is Hillary Clinton’s objection to the Pfizer-Allergan merger ?
Ans. The new company prefers to be headquartered in Ireland and not USA to save a huge amount
of tax. This is also called tax inversion
Q 3. Which ecommerce site has got adversely hit due to Aamir Khan’s utterances on
intolerance ?
Ans. Snapdeal, people are doing Appwapsi and downgrading the ratings
Q 4. In what product category has Tata launched Tata Sampann ?
Ans. Packaged spices by Tata Chemicals

11. Q5. What campaign has Durex started on Twitter to commemorate the AIDS day on Dec 1 ?
Ans. Condom Emoji
Q6. What is Arre and who are its promoters ?
Ans. A digital media venture by Ronnie Screwvala, B Saikumar and Ajay Chacko
Q7. Who are the co-owners of Mashal sports, that has promoted the Prro-Kabaddi league ?
Ans. Anand Mahindra and Charu Sharma
Q8. Identify her and the bank she will head soon
Ans. Zarin Daruwalla, who will quit ICICI Bank to head Stanchart India
Q9. To which country does the retail chain Falabella belong ?

12. Ans. Chile
Q 1. Name this incubator in Silicon Valley that has given birth to over 1000 startups incl Air
BnB, DropBox. It was started by Paul Graham & 3 others.
Ans. Y Combinator
Q 2. Which hotel chain has Marriott acquired to become the largest hotel chain in the world ?
Ans. Starwood
Q3. After quitting as the CEO of IPL, where has Sunder Raman joined ?
Ans. Reliance – Sports as CEO
Q4. Wow is an airline from which country ?
Ans. Iceland
Q5. As per the recent statistics which is the world’s busiest airport ?
Ans. Atlanta, USA
Q6. What guidelines did RBI issue in July 2014 to make the ATMs friendly for the visually
challenged ?
Ans. All new ATMs to be talking ATMs with Braille keypads. All old ATMs to be gradually converted.
Q7. Name the credit rating agency promoted by Prof Vivek Kulkarni, IAS and former IT
Secretary, Govt of Karnataka . It is the fifth approved credit rating agency in India.

13. Ans. Brickwork ratings
Q 1. Which celebrity endorses Lia agarbatti, TVS Jupiter , Binani cement , Boroplus cream etc
Ans. Amitabh Bachchan
Q 2. Through which online platform has Maggi returned to the Indian market after the ban has
been lifted ?
Ans. Snapdeal
Q3. Identify this businesswoman who is the Chaiperson of Shell in India
Ans. Yasmine Hilton
Q4. Identify this businesswoman who has made an entry into the Fortune list of powerful 50
Businesswomen 2015.
Ans. Jyoti Deshpande
Q5. Name the Sri Lanka born promoter of Virtusa , the company that has acquired Polaris
Consulting.
Ans. Kris Canekeratne
Q6. What symbol is inscribed in the India Gold coins launched by govt recently ?

14. Ans. Ashoka Chakra
Q7. Two days two acronyms from govt of India. Aquiz master’s delight. Expand IMPRINT and
UDAY
Ans. Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT)
Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY)
Q8. If Salman Khan records a message and that becomes your caller tune, what will it be
called ? This is a growing business
Ans. Celebrity name tune
Q 1. Coffee day promoter V G Siddhartha hit a jackpot when a technology co’s IPO bombed in
90s. Now his own co’s prices crashed on listing. Name the technology company.
Ans. Infosys Technologies who issue in 1992 was underssubscribed and V G Siddhartha’s Sivan
Securities bailed it out . This became a major source of his wealth
Q 2. Where is Amazon opening its first brick and mortar bookstore ?
Ans. Seattle
Q 3. Who has been signed by Tata Motors as its first brand ambassador in its 70 years history
?
Ans. Lionel Messi
Q4. With the merger of SSTL with R-Com what would be the rank in terms of market share of
the combined entity ?
Ans. It was 4th and it will remain 4th
Q5. Timothy Cruise had said ‘ if you swapped the senior editors of ____ with the board of
___nobody would be able to tell diff at either place”
Ans. Time and Citibank
Q6. With which Indian publication would you associate renowned editor Dr K N Raj ?
Ans. Economic and Political Weekly
Q7. Which major bottled water brand has admitted in US that what it sells is bottled tap water
?
Ans. Aquafina
Q8. Which Nobel prize winning economists are the author of the book Phishing for Phools ?
Ans. Akerlof and Shiller

15. Q9. By what name were the Kolkata based cake shop chain Mio Amore known earlier ?
Ans. Monginis
Q 10. What major revolution or brand started in Gujarat, India 60 years ago on the occasion of
Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary 31st October ?
Ans. Amul
Q 11. What are Disney and Target doing new while marketing kids clothes and toys ?
Ans. Removed gender labels from toys and dresses
Q 1 What is a Pyramid scheme ?
Ans. A scheme where the products are sold to the distributors rather than the end consumers.
Q 2. Which country has for 10th year in a row got the top spot in the World Bank list of ease
of Doing business list ?
Ans. Singapore
Q3, What is the name of the Realty TV Channel launched by Times Network ?
Ans. Magicbricks Now
Q4. Which cement brand was behind the controversial Durga Pandal at Deshapriyo park,
Kolkata ?
Ans. Star Cement
Q5. In which business is SH Kelkar and Co, whose IPO is currently on, in ?
Ans. Fragrances
Q6. While working with which UK retailer did Gulam Noon acquired the name Curry King ?
Ans. Sainsbury’s

16. Q7. What does OYO in the online OYO rooms stand for ?
Ans. On Your Own
Q8. Engie is the new name for which French company ?
Ans. GDF Suez
Q9. Identify the duo behind IndiGo ?
Ans. Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal
Q 1. Under what brand name will Reliance sell its 4G LTE mobile phones ?
Ans. LYF
Q2. With Pepsi pulling out who will be the title sponsor for IPL next year ?
Ans. Vivo
Q3. One of the reasons cited for the price increases in Tur dal is it has become a Superior
good for Indians .What are superior goods ?
Ans. Commodities that are more in demand as consumer income rises.
Q4. With which co has Indian Railways signed an agreement to buy power at Rs 3.70 per unit
as against much higher prices paid earlier ?
Ans. Adani Power
Q5. Which courier co. has launched a parcel locker service for customers who order items
online and are not available to take delivery at home ?
Ans. Blue Dart
Q6. In start up jargon, arrange the following in ascending order of valuations from lowest to
highest a) Unicorn b) Pony c) Centaur d) Decacorn
Ans. Pony < Centaur < Unicorn < Decacorn

17. Q7. In the start up world jargon, who or what is a ‘dragon’ ?
Ans. A dragon is a startup that is able to raise a 1 Bn $ in the first round of funding
Q8. Who is the author of the book Pandeymonium ?
Ans. Piyush Pandey on Advertising
Q9. Uber has launched a car pooling service called Uberpool. What is the competing service
from Ola called ?
Ans. Olashare
Q 1. Which credit card network will launch a ‘Pay by Selfie’ method of authentication ?
Ans. Mastercard
Q 2. What fashion trend was set by the Aloha shirt in the 1960s which continues to this day ?
Ans. Friday dresssing – Business casual shirts
Q3. What unique credit does Rajendra Ambalal Shah a lawyer in Mumbai based Crawford
Bailey and Co have in Corporate India ?
Ans. He is an independent director in 10 companies many over 30 years.
Q4. On e-commerce many B2C sites mention how their GMV is growing to justify
high valuations.What is GMV ?
Ans. Gross merchandise value
Q5. Microsoft launched a Windows 10 wearable device recently. What is it called ?
Ans. Band-2
Q6. What is the area of work for this year’s Economics Nobel winner Angus Deaton ?
Ans. Welfare Economics

18. Q7. Which company has Dell acquired for a whopping 67 Bn $ making it the biggest tech
acquisition ?
Ans. EMC
Q8. IRCTC and Apollo have launched a medical train. Between which two cities will the
experimental service begin first ?
Ans. Kolkata and Chennai. It will bring medical tourists from East and be stationed for 3 days and
take them back.
Q9. Name the advertiser
Ans. Practo
Q 10. Coffee Day Enterprises whose IPO opens tomorrow owns 16 % stakes in a listed
software company. Name the software company
Ans. Mindtree technologies
Q 1. Bill Ackman is an activist investor. Who or what is an activist investor ?
Ans. Investors who acquire a large stake in a company and try to bring about massive changes in
the strategy and also change in management
Q 2. Who fancies himself a philosopher, an artist, a fashion designer & also as a man who
can run two multibillion-dollar Internet companies at the same time ?
Ans. Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Square
Q3. How much has BP agreed to pay as compensation to Justice dept as settlement for Deep
water Horizon oil spill of 2010 ?

19. Ans. US $ 20 Billion
Q 4. Which Indian couple have made the largest donation of 100 Mn $ to New York University
in US ?
Ans. Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon
Q5. Which international airline has been ranked consistently as the No 1 airline in the world
by the Travel & Leisure mag for last 20 yrs ?
Ans. Singapore Airlines
Q 6. This picture of Mahatma Gandhi is with Lord Frederick Lawrence in 1946 was taken by an
unknown photographer. Why is this picture significant even today ?
Ans. Mirror image of this Gandhi photo is found in all Indian Currency Notessmile emoticon
Q7. Who owns Junglee pictures, the company that has co-produced Talvar , the movie
directed by Meghna Gulzar ?
Ans. Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd, owners of Times of India
Q 1. PM Modi has launched BHARAT Fund during his speech at San Jose, USA. Besides
India, what does it stand for ?

20. Ans. Better Health, Agriculture, Renewable and Technologies (BHARAT)
Q 2. What did Modi write in which language at The Facebook Wall during his visit to the
Facebook HQ ?
Ans. He wrote satyameva jayate, vandemataram and ahimsa paramo dharma. in Gujarati
Q 3. Which US Presidential hopeful owns the website fromsecretarytoCEO dot com ?
Ans. Carly Fiorina
Q 4. Which is the first country to ban sale of new Euro 5 diesel cars ?
Ans. Switzerland
Q5. Which two families control 30 % each at the beleaguered Volkswagen AG?
Ans. Porsche and Piech families
Q6. Jet airways is offering a discount for travel on one day of the week. Which day ?
Ans. Tuesday
Q7. What is the difference between a shell company and a shelf company in the context of
money laundering ?
Ans. Shell company is a non-trading company used as a vehicle for various financial manoeuvres or
kept dormant for future use in some other capacity. Shelf company is a company that has already
been legally formed, but is not active and can be bought by people who want to start a business
quickly. Basic difference is for own use and for other’s use
Q8. With whom is PM Modi shaking hands in this picture ?
Ans. Elon Musk of Tesla Motors
Q 1. Why is the Volkswagen CEO under a lot of stress and is likely to be dismissed ?

21. Ans. A fraud about emissions data on diesel vehicles submitted to US Environment Protection
Agency has come to light.
Q 2. Jagmohan Dalmiya was a businessman before he turned Indian cricket into a business.
In what business was he in ?
Ans. Construction
Q3. How many engg college seats does the regulator AICTE propose to cut in India ?
Ans. 6,00,000
Q 4. Which media co has launched Gadget 360 an e-commerce site for gadgets ?
Ans. NDTV
Q5. HP has announced a large layoff of about 30,000 persons as it splits into 2 cos. What is
the largest ever layoff in US as per Fortune mag ?
Ans. IBM
Q6. Which watch is the most preferred model of terrorists ? This model is banned in
Guantanamo bay because of this.
Ans. Casio F-91 W
Q7. Which car co is recalling 2.24 lakh cars, making it the largest recall ever in India ?
Ans. Honda
Q8. Which country had issued currency notes with Ganesha statue printed on it ?
Ans. Indonesia
Q9. Which company has acquired Firefox bikes in an all-cash deal ?
Ans. Hero Cycles
Q 10. Janet Yellen the US Fed Chief is a economist herself. Her husband is a Nobel prize
winning economist. Name him.
Ans. George Akerlof

22. Q 11. In Madhur Bhandarkar’s movie Calendar Girls who is playing the role of Vijay Mallya ?
Ans. Suhel Seth
Q 12. As per a recent expose by Gurumurthy who is the real owner of Vasan Eye Care , a
popular chain of eye clinics in South India ?
Ans. P.Chidambaram
Q 13. How many licences have been given by RBI to open small finance banks ?
Ans. Ten
Q 14. As per a recent order which postage stamps will be removed from circulation by
department of posts ?
Ans. Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi
Q 15. In which country is Didi Kuaidi a big competitor to Uber, the taxi service ?
Ans. China
Q 16. Peter Drucker had prescribed a ceiling on the ratio of CEO : lowest paid employee
salary for morale and productivity what was ratio ?
Ans. 25 : 1
Q 17. Maruti Suzuki will be launching a premium hatchback soon to be marketed thru Nexa.
What will it be called ( Clue : an old name is being brought back ) ?
Ans. Baleno
Q 18. What has the Egyptian TV tycoon Nawisir proposed to the Greek govt to solve the
refugee crisis ?
Ans. He Wants to purchase two islands in Greece to house the refugees
Q 19. Who is endorsing the newly launched Mahindra TUV 300 ?
Ans. Prabhaas of Baahubali fame
Q 20. Instagram crossed 400 million active users recently. Who owns Instagram ?
Ans. Facebook
Q 1. As per the Govt of India proposal what is the proposed duration of the maternity leave
that will be approved soon ?
Ans. 8 months from the current 3 months. 1 month before delivery and 7 months after.

23. Q2. Which Indian group has launched an ecommerce site M2All dot com for selling its
product and services ?
Ans. Mahindra and Mahindra
Q3. Identify this widow of a iconic business leader, who is now working towards reforming
the high school system in the US .
Ans. Laurene Powell
Q4. Why has Air India relegated 130 of its cabin crew to ground duty ?
Ans. Overweight
Q5. What is the official name for the color given to the iPhone 6s shown here ?

24. Ans. Rose Gold
Q6. Who owns the private railway track in Murtazapur , Maharashtra popularly called
Shakuntala railways locally ?
Ans. Killick Nixon and Co.
Q7. Identify the advertiser
Ans. Amul Milk
Q8. Which group has acquired the tyre division of Kesoram Industries ?
Ans. JK Group
Q9. Govt has announced new schemes for gold monetisation and gold bonds to reduce
Indian appetite. What is total holding of gold with Indians ?
Ans. 22,000 Tonnes
Q 10. Which financial magazine/portal has won a case against National Stock Exchange and
won damages of Rs 50 lakh ?
Ans. Moneylife ( Sucheta Dalal and Debashis Basu)
What is 3D Touch which Apple has introduced in its new products launched recently ?
Ans. When touched lightly it opens the program. When pressed hard it opens the subfiles of the
program.
Q 1. Google will soon be launching grocery delivery business in 2 US cities. By what name
will this service be launched ?
Ans. Google Express
Q2. Steve Jobs was the son of migrants from which country ? It is relevant today
Ans. Syria

25. Q3. Which Indian co has launched a new subsidiary called Wayfarers Brands ?
Ans. Bata India Ltd
Q4. Rank the elite US universities in the order of the one founded earliest to the one latest a)
Princeton b) Yale c) Harvard d) Stanford
Ans. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford
Q5. Ford Edsel is one of the most talked about product launch failures in the auto industry.
Why was the product named Edsel ?
Ans. Edsel Ford, son of Ford family
Q6 RBI is worried about the rising instances of FICN. What is FICN ?
Ans. Fake Indian Currency Notes
Q7. What is the new name for Bayer Material Science ?
Ans. Covestro
Q 1. What unique feat did Facebook achieve for the first time on 24th August 2015 ?
Ans. 1 Billion users logged in on a single day
Q 2. With which international car major did Suzuki have a tie-up that has ended as a failed
relationship ?
Ans. Volkswagen
Q3. Which former SBI Chairman has written his autobiography titled ” No regrets” ?
Ans. D.N.Ghosh
Q4. In April-June 2015 Q, Apple Watch is No 2 in the wearables market. Who is the current No
1 in wearables ?
Ans. Fitbit
Q5. Which Indian web-site has launched a rail booking app in 5 Indian languages namely
Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, telugu and Malayalam ?
Ans. MakeMyTrip
Q6. In the context of corporate accounts, what is Ind-AS ?
Ans. Indian Accounting Standards
Q7. Why has Cognizant complained to NASSCOM about TCS ?

26. Ans. TCS started its campus recruitment process almost a week ahead of the industry’s normal
recruitment schedule.
Q8. What is the unique feature of the new STB launched by Tata Sky called Tata Sky +
Transfer ?
Ans. One can transfer recorded content to other devices like Anroid and IOS
Q9. Warren Buffett has announced big investments in the energy company Phillips 66. What
is the significance of the numerals 66 in the name ?
Ans. It is named after “route 66” which once linked Chicago and LA…
Q 10. How did Blackberry get its name ?
Ans. The keyboard of the early Blackberry devices resembled the exterior of the blackberry fruit.
Hence, the name.
Q 11. What unique advertising strategy by American Eagle, the company behind the lingerie
brand Aerie is leading to higher sales of their lingerie ?
Ans. The models are’nt photoshopped
Q 12. Identify this former clerk of Brooks Brothers who is now a multi billionaire.

27. Ans. Ralph Lauren
Q 1. Cyanogen competes with which product of Google ?
Ans. Android
Q 2. Why is the drug Addyi and its maker Sprout in the news ?
Ans. Female Viagra..Sprout has been acquired by Valeant for 1 Bn $
Q 3. Which new bank will start operations this week and has the tagline ‘Aap ka bhala, Sab ki
Bhalai” ?
Ans. Bandhan Bank
Q 4. Which company owns the premium bottled water brand Perrier ?
Ans. Nestle
Q5. What gift from the Japanese PM to any citizen crossing 100 years is being changed
because too many Japanese are crossing 100 years age ?
Ans. Silver Sake dish. Due to higher numbers it is costing the govt a lot more. it may give a wooden
one now.
Q 6. Which Indian airport has the distinction if being the world’s first solar energy powered
airport ?
Ans. Kochi International Airport
Q7. Which company has renamed itself as 63 Moons technologies and why ?
Ans. FTIL (it drew inspiration from the 63 moons of Jupiter ). It changed its name because of the bad
name it earned in the NSEL scam.

28. Q8. Who said ” Historians and archaeologists will one day discover that the ads of our time
are the richest and most faithful daily reflections any society ever made of its whole range of
activities ” ?
Ans. Marshall McLuhan
Q9. Who has said that a ” Brand is nothing but a name that tells a story ” ?
Ans. Claude Hopkins
Q 1. Which scooter model has become the first model to cross 1 crore unit sales in India ?
Ans. Honda Activa
Q 2. Which telecom company, a rival of AT&T, had sued AT&T in 1974, leading to receiving
1.8 Bn $ in damages and AT&T’s breakup ?
Ans. MCI
Q3. Identify this person and why is he in the news ?
Ans. P.S.Jayakumar selected as the MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda…first person to be chosen
from private sector
Q4. Why are former Amazon employees derogatorily called ‘Amholes’ ?
Ans. They are very aggressive and competitive, hence make bad colleagues
Q5. What is the govt’s seven step programme to revamp the public sector banks called ?
Ans. Indradhanush
Q6. Which family has bought a significant stake in The Economist group from Pearson
recently ?
Ans. Agnelli family of Italy through their investment arm Exor
Q7. ” Making India beautiful” is the tagline of which retail chain ?
Ans. Big Bazaar

29. Q8. Verghese Kurien had described Amul’s business as C2C. What did he mean ?
Ans. Cow to Consumer
Q9. Prior to the manufacture of Videocon TVs, in which business were the Dhoots in ?
Ans. Bajaj Auto dealers in Aurangabad
Q 10. The colloquial term for refrigerator is a “fridge” ? From which brand has this term come
in popular use.
Ans. Frigidaire
Q 11. What is “Newsjacking” ?
Ans. The art and science of injecting your ideas into a breaking news story & generating
advertisement around it.
Q 12. How much do Indian celebrities get paid for promoting a brand in a Tweet ?
Ans. Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh per Tweet
Q 1. With which retail chain has BCCL tied up to market Femina Flaunt range of ladies wear ?
Ans. Shopper’s stop
Q2. In corporate lingo who or what is a HIPPO ?
Ans. Highly Paid Person’s Opinion
Q3. With the acquisition of Van Tuyl, Berkshire now owns nine-and-a-half companies that
would be listed on the Fortune 500 were they independent (______ is the half),” Warren
Buffett wrote in his annual letter to shareholders this year. “That leaves 490-and-a-half fish in
the sea. Our lines are out.”
Which co is Buffett referring to that Berkshire Hathaway owns half ?
Ans. Heinz
Q4.In order to simplify the process of deactivating mobile internet on phones, what has TRAI
ordered the phone companies ?
Ans.simply calling or even by sending an SMS to 1925
Q5.With which lab has Google collaborated to bring obstruction free photos from mobile
phones, so that reflections etc are removed ?
Ans. MIT Labs
Q6.What is the new name of GroupOn India ?

30. Ans. Nearbuy
Q7.Where has Xiaomi setup its manufacturing plant in India ?
Ans. Sri City in AP on the AP-TN border
Q8.Warren Buffett has made his biggest acquisition at $ 37.2 Bn recently. Name the company
bought by Berkshire Hathaway .
Ans. Precision Castparts Corporation- an aerospace parts manufacturer
Q9.Identify this logo
Ans. J & K Bank
Q10. Which well known text book publishing house owns Safari Digital Education
Ans. S.Chand and Sons Publishing
Q 1. From which city have the following start ups been launched Cardekho,
Logicroots,Culture Alley ?
Ans. Jaipur
Q2. What is common to the brands Chetak, Hamam, Binaca and Dalda ?
Ans. They are old brands that are/were relaunched after they were out of the market for a long time.
Q3. Identify the brand being advertised

31. Ans. Philips Aquatouch shaver
Q4. Which brand launched two new flavours and and promoted the concept of#flavourism on
the occasion of the Friendship day ?
Ans. Cadbury’s Dairy Milk
Q5. Identify this businessman and his enterprise. He has 150 such cars
Ans. Goutam Kundu of Rose Valley group of Companies
Q6. What error message during Windows 10 installation has created a lot of amusement on
Twitter ?
Ans. Something Happened
Q7. Identify this billionaire of Indian origin

32. Ans. Micky Jagtiani of Landmark Group
Q 1. The ownership of Financial Times changed hands recently. Who sold and who bought ?
Ans. Pearson sold the stake in FT to Nikkei
Q2. Almost 75% of the Antwerp’s diamond industry is made up families from one town in
Gujarat. Name the town.
Ans. Palanpur near Surat
Q3. Name the person and the company to which this executive has been appointed CEO
recently
Ans. Suresh Narayanan of Nestle India
Q4. What did two researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek demonstrate that has led to
recall of 1.4 million Chrysler vehicles ?
Ans. Hackers demonstrated security flaws. In a terrifying demonstration to Wired reporter Andy
Greenberg earlier this week, two hackers showed the ability to hack into a Jeep Cherokee from
miles away, gain control of its internal network, and then tamper with its transmission, brakes, and
other safety-critical features.
Q5. RBI has issued guidelines for corporates to issue Masala bonds. What are Masala bonds
?

33. Ans. Masala bonds are Indian rupee denominated bonds issued in offshore capital markets. These
will be offered and settled in US dollars to raise Indian rupees from international investors for
infrastructure development in India.
Q6. The creator of Archie comics Tom Moore passed away. In the world of Interent, what are
Archie, Veronica and Jughead ?
Ans. They were the first search tools on the net.
Q 1. Yahoo owns a strategic 15 % stake in another e-commerce company. Now it will spin it
off into a seperate co Aabaco. Name this E-Commerce co.
Ans. Alibaba
Q2. Which FMCG company’s claim to patent oral formulation containing cinnamon, nutmeg
were opposed and won by India through Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) ?
Ans. Colgate Palmolive
Q3. Why would President Obama not stay in Waldorf Astoria when he visits New York ?
Ans. The hotels was recently acquired by Chinese owners, hence risky
Q4. Amazon has launched a new holiday season linking to its own birthday, what is it called ?
Ans. Prime Day
Q5. Maruti Suzuki is launching a chain of premium car retail stores , what are they called ?
Ans. Nexa
Q6. Which company has decided to provide breast milk shipping service to mothers when on
tour ?
Ans. IBM
Q7. What is the watch worn by Novak Djokovic while winning Wimbledon title ?

34. Ans. Seiko Astron GPS Solar Novak Djokovic Limited Edition
Q8. In which market has Coke launched cans with no labels ?
Ans.Middle East
Q9. Identify the company
Ans. Bolthouse farms
Q 1. Liril has recreated an old campaign with a new model. Name thenew model
Ans. Anabelle from Brazil

35. Q 2. Who said ” If you owe the bank 100 $ that’s your problem, if you owe the bank 100 mn $,
that’s the bank’s problem.” ?
Ans. J Paul Getty
Q3. Satoru Iwata died recently. he was considered to be the man behind the most successful
game console ever. Name the console
Ans. Nintendo Wii
Q4. Identify this businessman and his company.
Ans. B.K.Goenka of Welspun
Q5. The Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju launched GAGAN recently. What is
the full form of GAGAN ?
Ans. GPS aided Geo Augmented Navigation
Q6. Which Indian business group funds this Delhi based think-tank ?
Ans. Reliance

36. Q7. With which fast food chain would you associate the Universal studios movie Minions
Ans. McDonald’s
Q8. What is the new name of recruitment start-up MyNoticePeriod founded by 2 former Yahoo
employees Manjunath and Abhijit ?
Ans. Hiree
Q9. Tata Motors has partnered with Laxmibai Mahila Nagrik Sahakari Bank and SGS Motors in
Gwalior to launch a new cab service for women, by women in Gwalior. What is it called ?
Ans. Veerangana Express
Q10. Which company owns the rum brand Hercules now in India which was very popular
among the armed forces long ago ?
Ans. Khodays
Q 1. What is the difference between an advocate and a lawyer ?
Ans. An advocate is a lawyer who can appear before a judge in a court and a Lawyer is somebody
who can give legal advice and trained in law.
Q2. GE is the world’s largest aircraft engine manufacturer. Which company is No 2 in this
market ?
Ans. Rolls- Royce
Q3. Which Nobel prize winning economist is called the Father of Euro ?
Ans. Robert Mundell
Q4. As Microsoft makes news for taking a write down on Nokia , it also picked up some
products cheap.From who did they buy PowerPoint at what price ?
Ans. Forethought for US $ 14 Million

37. Q5. How much has Microsoft taken as a write down for Nokia buy recently ?
Ans. Us $ 7,2 Billion
Q6. Which car has launched a new model named Talisman in India ?
Ans. Renault
Q7. This is a pic from 1896. How is this chain known today ?
Ans. Bangalore iyengar’s bakery
Q8. What is the business of this software co promoted by Indians that is getting confused
with the term for Greece’s exit from Euro ?
Ans. E-mail collaboration software
Q9. Which Indian co made India’s first double decker bus that was introduced in Mumbai in
1967 ?

38. Ans. Ashok Leyland
Q 1. He bought and sold MGM 3 times.At one time owned more than 50 % of the hotel rooms
in Vegas. Name this son of a Armenian immigrant farmer.
Ans. Kirk Kerkorian
Q 2. In which company was Swaraj kaushal, husband of Sushma Swaraj offered the position
of alt director by Lalit Modi, which he declined ?
Ans. Indofil Chemicals
Q 3. With which cable TV company in US would you associate Ralph Roberts ?
Ans. Comcast
Q 4. Name the disruptive medical diagnostics firm from USA founded by Elizabeth Holmes,
world’s youngest self made female billionaire.
Ans. Theranos
Q 5. Surinder Kapur, who died recently, had founded an auto component firm Sona Steeering.
Why it was named Sona ?
Ans. He comes froma family of jewellers that own Kapur di Hatti in Delhi
Q6. Which music app/web-site is the producer of the film ‘Dil Ka Gaana” ?
Ans. Gaana
Q 7. Companies like Vodafone, Accenture, Citibank, Mondelez have introduced New Parents
policy which replaces the Maternity leave. What’s unique ?
Ans. They allow leave for adoption and surrogate parenthood to both the parents also
Q8. What is the new name for the old and popular brand Cadbury’s Eclairs ?
Ans. Choclairs

39. Q9. What is unique about the new bank ATOM Bank that has been given approval in UK ?
Ans. First bank with no physical branches , no website also .completely digital or virtual in nature ,
just an App.
Q 9. RattanIndia Power is the new name for which company ?
Ans. Indiabulls Power
Q 10. Identify the company whose 1st year anniversary is being celebrated by its founders
Ans. Oracle
Q 1. Who was the Indian behind Great West Bengal Railway company in 1845 set up to
transport coal from Rajmahal to Calcutta ?
Ans. Dwarkanath Tagore, grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore
Q 2. This is the first Swiss steel luxury watch that was brought out by Audemars Piguet.
Name it.

40. Ans. Royal Oak
Q 3. This is headquarters of a group in 1930s when it used to sell noodles. Name the group.
Ans. Samsung
Q 4. Which brand of Indian snacks has been banned by the US food regulator FDA?
Ans. Haldiram’s
Q 5. Name the brand owned by the company Manpasand Beverages that is going for an IPO ?
Ans. Fruitsip
Q6. Identify the singer. Paas Aao Na used in the Close Up TV Commercial
Ans. Sona Mahapatra
Q7. Identify this person. He passed away last week. May his soul RIP

41. Ans. Charles Correa
Q 1.This century old brand of heavy duty glass was originally used in rail road lanterns. It is
mfd by World Kitchen under licence from Corning.
Ans. Pyrex
Q 2. Apple Music has been launched in India. What are they charging as subscription per
month for an individual and a family pack ?
Ans. Rs 120 per month for a single and Rs 199 for a family pack
Q 3. Which brand has created India’s first lesbian TV commercial ?
Ans. Anouk from Myntra
Q 4. With Twitter CEO Dick Costolo being asked to step down who will take over as the CEO
of Twitter from July 1 ?
Ans. Jack Dorsey as an interim CEO
Q 5. Who has been appointed as President -News for Times Now and ET Now ?
Ans. Arnab Goswami
Q 6. Ogilvy UK has launched a specialism called Ogilvy Pride. What is special about this
specialism ?
Ans targeting the LGBT community
Q7. This is a new Pizza launched by Pizza Hut in USA. Name it.
Ans. Hotdog Pizza
Q 1. Wal-Mart has recently reworked its wages and working conditions for its workforce.
Which two singers’ music would play less in PA system ?
Ans. Celine Dion and Justin Bieber
Q 2. Which well known film person has given the voice over in the TVC for Paper Boat ?
Ans. Gulzar

42. Q3. Which brand has launched “magic” watch with virtual screen that is 20 times larger than
actual screen ?
Ans. Lenovo
Q4. In which country trials are taking place to introduce emergency toilets in lifts ? Clue : the
country is earth quake prone, hence the need
Ans. Japan
Q5. Which country’s sovereign wealth fund has decided to withdraw investments in coal and
coal related businesses to save the environment ?
Ans. Norway
Q6. Name the Scottish moral philosopher, political economist, and Enlightenment era figure
born on 6th June 1723 .
Ans. Adam Smith
Q7. Where is India’s 13th major port being set up ?
Ans. Dahanu near Mumbai
Q8. Name the identical twins who have had a remarkable similar careers and have gone on to
lead two different tech companies globally.
Ans. George and Thomas Kurian of NetApp and Oracle respectively.
Q9. What is the new name for the merged entities of Broadway, Glitz and Big Cinemas ?
Ans. Carnival cinemas
Q 10. Which billionaire has recently made to the Harvard its biggest endowment ever of 400
mn $ ?
Ans. John Paulson
Q1. What is the new name for the TV channel Headlines Today ?
Ans. India Today
Q2, Who has launched Zip a hotel aggregator in competition to OYO ?
Ans. Keshav Baljee of Royal Orchid hotels
Q3, What is the name given to the OS launched by Google for Internet of Things ?
Ans. Brillo

43. Q4. As Shantanu Khosla quits as head of P & G India, who will replace him ?
Ans. Al Rajwani is correct
Q5.Which sportswear company has got caught in the FIFAcorruption scandal ?
Ans. Nike
Q6. What is special about the Kenton Lee shoes ?
Ans. It can increase upto 5 sizes , so useful for growing up kids
Q7. Who will be promoting the newly launched TV channel ‘ DD Kisan’ ? What will be its
tagline ?
Ans. Amitabh Bachchan , Badlate Bharat ki Shaan
Q8. Who said this ” You are pale, you are dark, you are brown or you are black there is
nothing called fair. So stop using this humiliating word and I think the government should
ban these products and I have actually said no to many such products and that’s why you
see me in very few endorsements. I think these things are sort of instilling an inferiority
complex in our youth, in our women, in our men and it’s just stupid,” ?
Ans. Kangana Ranaut
Q9. What is special about the Iba cosmetics store in Ahmedabad ?
Ans. It only sells Halal cosmetics
Q1. In which category would you include the brands Soylent, Schmilk , Schmolyent etc ?
Ans. Protein powders that can be mixed with water to make a drink.
Q2. Renault launched a compact SUV / hatchback recently. What is the model called ?
Ans. Kwid
Q3.Tadashi Tanai founded it at Hiroshima , Japan in the mid 1980s as a unisex clothing
company. Novak Djokovic endorses it. Name the brand.

44. Ans. Uniqlo
Q4.Who owns the sub brand “Wiki “that sells cool bags of various shapes and colours ?
Ans. Wildcraft
Q5. To which country does Big Cola a brand which has 8%market share in Maharashtra
originally from ?
Ans. Peru
Q6. For 7 years in a row Mukesh Ambani’s salary has been stagnant. What is the amount ?
Ans. Rs 15 crore only
Q7. Why is Nestle withdrawing Maggi packets from across the country ?
Ans. Higher than prescribed presence of MSG and Lead in the noodles
Q8. Identify the advertiser featuring Waheeda Rahman
Ans. Cadbury Dairy Milk
Q9. Identify this businessman. Why is he in the news ?
Ans. A. Vellayyan, Chairman of Murugappa Group..Charged by SEBI for insider trading

45. Q1. Recently a particular number plate for a car received the highest bid in UK of £ 233,000. It
has an Indian connection. What was the number ?
Ans. KR 15 HNA is the right answer
Q2. Who is likely to be interim chairman of Infosys after KV Kamath steps down to take up
BRICS Bank responsibility ?
Ans. R. Seshasayee
Q3. In economists circle what is the popular quip for the acronym of International Monetary
Fund given their type of recommendations ?
Ans. It’s Mostly Fiscal
Q4.As the share of cement in the overall house construction expenditure, what is Ultratech
trying it reposition itself as ?
Ans. Building solutions provider
Q5. With which brand would you associate the tagline ” where do you want to go ‘ ?
Ans. VIP Luggage
Q6. As per the Supreme Court, photos of only 3 persons can be shown in govt ads. Who are
the three ?
Ans. President, PM and Chief Justice Of India
Q7. What unusual act of generosity has Housing dot com founder Rahul Yadav shown
recently ?
Ans. Gifted all his shares worth Rs 200 crore to his employees
Q8. With whom has Tag Heuer the swiss watch tied up with in order to counter Apple Watch
with its own Smart watch ?
Ans. Google and Intel
Q 1.With which celebrity guru would you associate Patanjali brand of FMCG products and
Divya brand of ayurvedic medicines ?
Ans. Baba Ramdev
Q 2, Why is there likely to be a change in the Chairman of Infosys soon ?
Ans. K V Kamath will soon takeover as CEO of BRICS Bank

46. Q3. Which Chinese company brought six thousand of its employees to France on a company
paid holiday and even created a Guinness record ?
Ans. Tiens
Q4. Which Indian co is listed 7th in the world’s top 10 consumer finance firms compiled by
Forbes ?
Ans. HDFC
Q5. Which celebrity couple acquired the controlling stake in loss making Hindustan Safety
Glass Ltd ?
Ans. Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra
Q6. Which celebrity owns The Honest Company that sells non toxic baby products ?
Ans. Jessica Alba
Q7. With which brand would you associate Unicharm which has become No. 2 in its category
of FMCG in India ?
Ans. Mamy Poco pants
Q8.Why did the Mandhana Industries stock crash yesterday after the Salman Khan verdict ?
Ans. Being Human the brand endorsed by Salman Khan
Q9. Leslie Wexner is the longest serving CEO of any S &P 500 company. Name the company .
Ans. L Brands owner of Victoria’s Secret
Q 10. Narayana Murthy of Infosys was a former communist. Which party is he likely to
support in the UK elections as his son in law is contesting ?
Ans. Conservative Party..His son-in-law Rishi Sunak got elected as a Conservative MP.
Q 11. McDonalds has introduced a new character in their ads. What is his name ?
Ans. Hamburglar
Q 1 Name this legendary value investor from India who died in a road accident in US where
he had gone to attend the Berkshire Hathaway AGM.
Ans. Parag Parikh
Q2.Dave Goldberg the CEO of SurveyMonkey died suddenly in Mexico. Who is his famous
wife ?
Ans. Sheryl Sandberg , COO of Facebook

47. Q3.Elon Musk of Tesla recently launched a breakthrough product. What is the product and
what is it called ?
Ans. Powerwall – a wall mounted battery
Q4.What messy problem is this new bag design from McD trying to solve ?
Ans. Bagtray – a bag that is also a tray, solving the problem of serving in take away
Q5.In the Future Retail Bharti retail merger who us acquiring whom ?
Ans. Future is acquiring Bharti Retail in an all-stock deal
Q6.The JNUURM has been tweaked and renamed as AMRUT. Expand AMRUT
Ans.Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
Q7.Which anonymous social networking app founded one year ago by David Byttow has
decided to close down ?
Ans. Secret
Q 1. Which IT company started life as Sogeti in the year 1967 in France ?

48. Ans. Cap Gemini
Q 2. What innovative recharge option has been introduced by Tata Sky ?
Ans. Daily recharge for Rs 8
Q3. Which journalist/foodie is behind the restaurant reservation platform EazyDiner ?
Ans. Vir Sanghvi
Q4. Which game was included in every version of MS Windows from 3.0 but withdrawn in 8.0
and now back in Windows 10 ?
Ans. Solitaire
Q5. What is the name given to Google’s wireless internet service in US ?
Ans. Project Fi
Q6. Which jeweller chain has decided to withdraw an ad featuring Aishwarya Rai and a child
slave when it attracted a lot of attention in media ?
Ans. Kalyan Jewellers
Q7. “Jeff blows down the house that Jack built” is a headline in Economist. What is being
talked about and who are Jeff and Jack ?
Ans. GE closing down its GE Capital finance business. Jeff Immelt and Jack Welch.
Q8. Name the British Indian trader who has been blamed for the 1000 point crash in Dow
Jones in May 2010
Ans. Navinder Singh Sarao
Q9. What is the practice of meeting clients during a walk, a run or a fitness club called ?
Ans. Sweatworking
Q 10.It is six times harder to get a job as an analyst at _______ than getting into Harvard, Yale
or Stanford says co-founder Steve Schwarzmann. Fill in the blank
Ans. Blackstone
Q 1. Why lion was chosen as the symbol for the Make in India’ campaign of Govt of India ?
Ans. India’s journey to emerge as a global manufacturing hub is unstoppable, very similar to that of a
walking lion….

49. Q 2. What innovative compensation policy has been adopted by credit card processing firm
Gravity payments ?
Ans. The minimum salary has been raised to US $ 70,000 for all and the CEO has taken a pay-cut
Q3. Which airline in US in order to enhance passenger in flight experience has introduced live
“Book readings” by authors ?
Ans. Southwest Airlines
Q4. Rajeev Suri currently in the news for the Nokia Alcatel -Lucent deal shares something
with Microsoft’s Satya Nadella. What ?
Ans. Both are alumni of Manipal Institute of Technology
Q5. By what name is the newly launched MPV Renault Lodgy called in countries other than
CIS and India ?
Ans. Dacia Lodgy
Q6. In which city is the Air India memorial ?
Ans. Toronto, Canada
Q7. What is the name of the of fitness spa chain started by Virat Kohli ?
Ans. Chisel
Q8. Known variously as ‘Baron of Botox” or “Skincare Svengali”, this dermatologist used to
treat many celebrities like Madonna. Name him.
Ans. Fredric Brandt
Q9. Robert Schuller was a pastorpreneur. Who or what is a pastorpreneur ?
Ans. Using religion to build a business
Q 10. Which model will replace Maruti Suzuki Ritz in the second half of 2015 ?
Ans. YRA
Q 1. Which recent ecommerce deal is being talked about as ‘It was simply Kunal calling
Kunal.’ ?
Ans.Snapdeal acquiring Freecharge..Kunal Bahl and Kunal Shah
Q 2. Name the new regional airline started by Decor Aviation that began commercial
operations on April 12
Ans. Air Pegasus

50. Q3. What new control measure by the FM in this year’s budget has angered the jewellers in
India ?
Ans. PAN Card for jewellery purchases above Rs 1 lakh
Q4. With whom has Flipkart tied up in Mumbai to speed up parcel delivery ?
Ans. Dabbawalas
Q5. What is common to the following cos. Future Retail, Gujarat NRE Coke, Jain Irrigation
and Tata Motors ? ( Clue : Finance question)
Ans. Shares with DVRs
Q6. Why are some Kings XI Punjab players embarrassed about their new jersey this IPL
season ?
Ans. Manforce condoms
Q7.Rheson is a private label from Shopper’s Stop. How does it get its name ?
Ans. Rhea and Sonam Kapoor are the designers
Q8.Why is this Bombay Dyeing Model of the ’70s in the news ? Name him.

51. Ans. He is the grand nephew of Subhas Chandra Bose. Currently speaking on the Nehru snooping
Bose controvery. Ardhendu Bose
Q9.Why was the shawl worn by PM Modi during his France visit in the news ?

52. Ans. Sagarika Ghose tweeted that this was a Louis Vuitton shawl. LV denied it.
Q 10. Why is this company in the news ?
Ans. LinkedIn has acquired Lynda.com for 1.5 Bn $ recently
Q 1. FedEx has acquired its rival TNT Express. What does TNT stand for ?
Ans. Thomson Nationwide Transport
Q2. What well known service that India Post ran for 135 years has been discontinued recently
?
Ans,. Money Order ( the traditional way). It has been replaced by eMO.
Q 3. “For sale : baby shoes, never worn” is an example of a new category of ultra short
stories. What is the category called ?
Ans. Flash fiction

53. Q 4. Stanford has made tuition free for students whose family income is below a certain
amount. What is the figure ?
Ans. US $ 125,000 per annum
Q 5. Delhi had a Rs 25 crore robbery, the biggest ever,recently. What did the truck contain ?
Ans. Samsung phone parts
Q6. This Amul ad is in response to which recent controversy ?
Ans. Vogue video “My Choice”featuring Deepika Padukone
Q 7. Which car co has replaced Mahindra and Mahindra as the 3rd in car sales in March 2015
?
Ans. Honda
Q8. Which business group has asked its employees to give up LPG subsidy voluntarily in
keeping with PM Modi’s appeal ?
Ans. Tata Group
Q9. Who is the first professional woman to be inducted in the Tata Sons board ?
Ans. Farida Khambata
Q 1. Kavalan Solist Vinho Barriqque has been voted the best whisky in the world. It belongs
to which country ?
Ans. Taiwan
Q 2. Which Organisation or person has won the Gandhi prize for the year 2014 ?
Ans. ISRO
Q 3. March 27, 1884 – The first successful long-distance telephone conversation took place.
Between whom and which two cities this took place ?
Ans. Between Alexander Bell and Watson between Boston and Ne Yor.
Q 4. In what business is SH Kelkar and co a market leader ? It is coming out with a 100 Mn $
IPO soon .

54. Ans. Fragrances and aromatic chemicals
Q 5. Identify the logo.
Ans. Periscope, a video streaming service started by Twitter
Q 1. Name the Brazilian investor behind 3 G Capital the company behind the Heinz Kraft
merger. He is a friend of Warren Buffet.
Ans. Jorge Paul Lemann
Q 2. Who owns Germanwings the airline which had a crash unfortunately ?
Ans. Lufthansa
Q 3. Which Indian airline has introduced JRD Tata livery in its planes recently ?
Ans. Air Asia India
Q4. In what business is Prolacta Bioscience a California based startup in ?
Ans. Human milk
Q5. “I wrote the code to launch the window and run an ad in it. I’m sorry. Our intentions were
good.” Who said it ?
Ans. Ethan Zuckerman
Q6. From April 1 2015 what would be the price of a Railway platform ticket. ?
Ans. Rs 10
Q7. Identify this businesswoman who heads a group of companies named after her

55. Ans. Rajshree Pathy
Q8. With whom have Benelli tied up in India to launch its super bikes with prices starting
from Rs 2.83 lakh only ?
Ans. DSK Motowheels
Q 1. Adlabs had an IPO which bombed badly. For which project they were raising the money
?
Ans. Imagica
Q2.What is common to the airlines Ansett Air Australia, TWA, PanAm and Swissair ?
Ans.All are no longer flying
Q3. On 14th March the first dot com was registered 30 years ago . It exists even today. Name
it.
Ans. Symbolics
Q4.What modern implement is being banned by tourist attractions like Versailles Palace near
Paris and National Gallery in London ?
ans. Selfie sticks
Q5. Which media co has acquired Screen from Indian express group ?

56. Ans. Star TV
Q6. Which Indian corporate is the biggest donor for the Mahatma Gandhi statue unveiled in
London recently by FM ?
Ans. Infosys
Q 1. Identify the logo/ mascot
Ans. Meerkat…a site which allows live streaming of videos via Twitter
Q 2. Which company is promoting ‘ kaamkaajsutra’ as a way to please the woman on the
International women’s day ?
Ans. Godrej
Q3. Shiva is the only private uranium mine owned by an Indian. In which country is the mine
?

57. Ans. South Africa
Q4. Apple has been included in the Dow Jones Industrial average. Which company has it
replaced ?
Ans. AT & T
Q5. Which tech company has 1/1/1 model of philanthropy ? 1% products , 1% profit and 1 %
employee time for volunteering as company Policy
Ans. Salesforce dot com
Q6. Which US retail chain started in 1969 selling jeans and music. Its early name idea was
‘Pants and discs’ ?
Ans. GAP
Q7. How do we better know ‘Refreshing Mints’ sold by Italian confectioner Ferrero in over 100
countries ?
Ans. Tic Tac
Q 1. Which e-commerce giant will be managing the retail arm of IRCTC for two years ?
Ans. Amazon
Q 2. “The Lion Wakes” is a historical account of which global bank ?
Ans. HSBC
Q 3. Who said that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the
government and I’m here to help” ?
Ans. Ronald Reagan
Q4. As per the union budget 2015, in which states are new IIMs being proposed ?

58. Ans. AP and Jammu and Kashmir
Q5. FM has announced the launch of a MUDRABank. Expand MUDRA.
Ans. Micro Units Development Refinance Agency
Q6. Before the Indian budget process begins what Indian sweet is prepared and served to all
the officials including FM as a ritual ?
Ans. Halwa
Q7. If Apple : Cupertino, Facebook : Menlo Park then Google : _____ ?
Ans. Mountain View, all counties of Silicon Valley having co HQs
Q 8. On an average , how many Indians travel on the trains of Indian Railways in a day ?
Ans. 2.1 crore
Q9. Which chain has introduced edible coffee cups Scoffee on a trial basis ?
Ans. KFC
Q 1. Which Indian owned company is behind the visual effects of Interstellar that won an
Oscar for its visual effects ?
Ans. Double Negative, part of the Prime Focus group owned by Namit Malhotra
Q2. Which telecom company is running the campaign featuring a kid saying ‘ Sorry, God, No
Wi-fi, No Go ‘ ?
Ans. MTS
Q3.Which location is promoting the destination ‘Ilha de Calma’ ?

59. Ans. Diu
Q4.Which Telugu film star is behind the regional airline Turbo Megha ?
Ans. Ram Charan Teja
Q5.What was the price at which PM Modi’s now infamous embroidered suit finally sell during
an auction at Surat ?
Ans. Rs 4.31 crore
Q1. Which two countries are dropping Union Jack from their flags ?
Ans. fiji and New Zealand
Q2. StarTV has acquired the Telugu TV network Maa TV. Who were the promoters of Maa TV ?
Ans.Nimmagadda Prasad, Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna
Q3. Baltic Dry Index is at a 28 year low. What does Baltic index measure ?
Ans. Shipping freight for dry cargo
Q4.Which brand made popular an edible starch made out of maize in UK in 1954 ?
Ans. Brown and Polson custard powder
Q5.Name this Swedish artillery maker which has been in business since 1646 AD. It started
as a steel producer. It was briefly owned by Nobel.

60. Ans. Bofors
Q6.Which pharma giant started life as Engel Apotheke in Darmastadt, Germany in 1668 AD.
Even today the family owns 70 % stake.?
Ans. Merck
Q7.ITC has acquired the brand Savlon from Johnson and Johnson. Who had initially
discovered and developed Savlon ?
Ans. ICI
Q8.Raymond’s have a new microsite Raymondmtm dot com. What does MTM stand for ?
Ans. Made to Measure
Q9.Nandan Nilekani will be launching a new social enterprise called Ek Step. In which field
will this operate ?
Ans. Primary education
Q 10. Punit Renjen a man of Indian origin will take over as the global head of a Big 4 firm.
Name the firm.
Ans. Deloitte
Q1.Which airport has overtaken Heathrow to become the world’s busiest airport in 2014 ?
Ans. Dubai
Q2. Adam Goettl from Mexico invented the air cooler in 1930. The company he created IMPCO
is now part of an Indian co. Name it.
Ans. Symphony
Q3. What ingredient does the Finnish co Valio supply to many brands across the world ?
Ans.Bacteria for the pro biotic yoghurt or drinks
Q4, Which US state has legalised marijuana cultivation giving rise to many ‘canibusinesses’
?Ans. Colorado
Q5. With which bank has Reliance Industries tied up to apply for a Payments Bank licence ?
Ans, SBI
Q6. Which major two retailers in US are likely to merge and form a office supplies retail giant
?
Ans, Office Depot and Staples

61. Q7. Identify the logo.
Ans. China Eastern Airlines
Q8. This is a toy which has been giving 3D images to kids for the last 65 years. It will now get
a high-tech variant soon. Name the toy and its brand owners.
Ans. View Master, Mattel
Q9. What is unique about this TESCO store in South Korea ?
Ans.Virtual store to place orders from bus tops and railway stations
Q 1. What is the service offered by the European website KissKissBankBank ?
Ans. Crowdfunding for ideas and projects

62. Q 2. ‘The Accidental Scholar’ is the autobiography of which management thinker ?
Ans. Prof Jagdish Sheth
Q3. Recently Carl Djerassi died at the age of 91. What did he invent in 1951 ?
Ans. Birth Control Pill ingredient Norethindrone, he is known as the father of the Birth control pill
Q4. Which fastfood chain is accepting selfies and hugs as payment as a part of a promotional
campaign till Feb 14 ?
Ans. McDonald’s
Q5. Which Indian tea brand has used a 4 minute ad film to depict that “warmth of tea is like
warmth of a relationship” ?
Ans. Wagh Bakri tea
Q6. This model played the Marlboro Man from 1968 to 1989. He died recently at the age of 85.
Name him.
Ans. Darrel Winfield
Q7. This very British brand is not owned by a British company . Who owns this brand ?

63. Ans. Pernod Ricard
Q8. Identify this businessman , the richest man in history,, would have had a net worth if over
$663 billion in today’s world.
Ans. John D.Rockefeller
– Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter handle @go_mohan
Q6. Identify the recent film which has the first line of the Lifebuoy jingle “tandurusti ki raksha karta
hai Lifebuoy”
Ans. Shamitabh

64. Q 1. Identify the advertiser
Ans. Dabur Vatika – Brave and beautiful campaign
Q2. Name the designer of Indian origin who has designed Michelle Obama’s dress
Ans. Bibhu Mahapatra
Q3. What is unique about the Web 2.0 suicide machine ?
Ans. It helps fast removal from all social networks
Q4. Who owns the dairy brands Gowardhan, Go and beverages brand ToppUp ?
Ans. Parag Milk Foods Pvt Ltd.
Q5. Name this e-commerce site that is making news for featuring a nude comedian

65. Ans. Faballey.com
Q6. Identify the advertiser
Ans. Adidas
Q 1. Which model from the Hyundai stable in India is being phased out after 16 years to make
way for more profitable models ?
Ans. Santro
Q 2. A new jetliner introduced recently and its maiden flight was from Qatar to Frankfurt.
Name the model.

66. Ans. Airbus A350
Q3. What unexpected move by Swiss National Bank created a panic in Forex markets recently
?
Ans. Removing the cap on limit between Swiss Franc and Euro and making it a free float.
Q4. Who apparently wanted that Air India should give a makeover to its mascot ?
Ans. PM Narendra Modi
Q5. Which bank in Japan would be introducing robots for the first time to interact with
customers ?

67. Ans. Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi
Q1. Which country has banned use of use of skinny models and also made it mandatory to
put a disclaimer for digital enhancements of images ?
Ans. Israel
Q 2. NECC adapted an old Hindi film song Meri Jaan Sunday ke Sunday to make a popular
jingle. Who was the composer and singers of original song ?
Ans. Chitalkar Ramachanda was the composer, sung by Chitalkar and Meena Kapoor
Q3. What sprouted from a hot dog cart in Madison Square Park in Manhattan created by
Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) 2004 ?
Ans. Shake Shack
Q4. If Air India flights have the prefix AI, Jet 9W, IndiGo 6E, what is the prefix given to the new
airline Vistara ?
Ans. Vistara
Q5. Which bank is the first bank to issue contactless debit and credit cards in India ?
Ans. ICICI Bank
Q6. From which country are the Modi brand of Apples , now available in India ?
Ans. Italy
Q7. Which Bollywood star is the new face of Tag Heuer watches in India ?
Ans. Ranbir Kapoor
Q8. Which industrialist features in the first ever Indian coin commemorating an industrialist ?
Ans. Jamsetji Tata

68. Q 1. What is Gogoro and what it proposes to revolutionise ?
Ans. It is the battery of Gogoro the electric smart scooter. The co is trying to revolutionise the way
electric vehicles are charged and utilised.
Q 2. Who is the anchor for the TV spots ” Discover Amazing India with Honda Amaze ” ?
Ans. Chetan Bhagat
Q 3. Who is the advertiser and what is worn by the model around his neck ?

69. Ans. Social media guard
Q4. What is the new name for Planning Commission ?
Ans. NITI Aaayog
Q5. In which area of management is the Pomodoro technique used ?
Ans. Time Management