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    Q 1. Maxximo Gio Genio are pick up trucks from which stable ?

    Ans. Mahindra

    Q2. WIPRO new CEO has signed what clause where in he will receive 12 months payadditionally if he is fired like his predecessors?

    Ans. Severance pay

    Q3. As one indian american mgmt consultant resigns from boards another ShumeetBanerji joins HP board. He is CEO of which firm ?

    Ans. Booz & Co

    Q4. What has led Gartner to revise the growth rate of PC sales downwards from 16% to10.5 % in 2011 ?

    Ans. Success of iPad and other tablet computers

    Q5. When there was no electricity, net or computers , how was the Ishinomaki HibiShimbun newspaper brought out after earthquake ?

    Ans. Hand written

    Q6. In which chain of fine dining restaurants in India can guests ask for reading glassesor shawls if they need ?

    Ans. Mainland China

    Q7. What is unique about a new passion pill for men named LEVITRA from BAYER?

    Ans. These melt in the mouth

    Q8. Name the business leader who has donated 1540cr eq to his entire personal sharein the company to his foundation. Hats off.

    Ans GM RAO of GMR

    Q9. Who said Its better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out betterassociates and youll drift in that direction,?

    Ans. Warren Buffett

    Q10. Which popular service started its life as BACKRUB?Ans. GOOGLE search engine

    Q11. Why as a policy Warren Buffett never paid dividends or bought back shares of hisco Berkshire?

    Ans. He believes the co manages shareholders money better

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    Q 12. IIT KGP, HBS, IBM, McKinsey and now President of Berkshire Hathaway.Potential successor of Warren Buffett. Name him.

    Ans. Ajit Jain

    Q 13. In 1960 Liz Taylor was paid the highest amount ever paid to any actor for playing

    Cleopatra. How much? Liz RIP.

    Ans. 1 million $

    Q14. Situations advertising is a 200 cr agency with accounts like Jyothy labs, everestmasala, Yardley etc. Which restaurateur owns it ?

    Ans. Anjan Chatterjee of Mainland China and Oh! Calcutta fame

    Q15.Which product has a cricket inspired slogan When the match ends, your gamebegins ?

    Ans. Axe Googly

    Q16. In which popular TV reality show the host Donald Trump in US and Lord AlanSugar on BBC uses the phrase Youre fired ?

    Ans. The Apprentice

    Q17. Where will be the first indigenous 500MW fast breeder reactor set up in india ?

    Ans. KALPAKKAM

    Q18. Which airline has announced fare cuts of 15 % in major domestic routes triggeringa price war ?

    Ans. Air indiaQ19. Name the indian billionaire IPLteam owner who has bought tickets worth 5 cr forself and guests for world cup finals

    Ans. Mukesh Ambani

    Q20. Yet another Buffett nugget If i were not doing what i am doing,I would probably bea ______ ? Fill in the blank.

    Ans. journalist

    Q21. What technology helps a customer executive in a YES BANK branch to know the

    details of the customer on PC as he walks in without keying any no. or swiping a card?Ans. RFID in the debit card

    Q22. What asset class is Buffett talking i dont like it. All the 7Trillion$ worth can be keptin a room of 67 cu.ft. Returns come from price rise only ?

    Ans. Gold

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    Q23. Which indian singer composer has started an online music academy in US ?

    Ans. Shankar Mahadevan

    Q1. ICANN the agency that manages the domain names on internet has introduced anew suffix .xxx . What does the suffix indicate?

    Ans Adult or porn site

    Q2. Which international logistics co was started by two teenagers Jim Casey andClaude Ryan with two bicycles and one phone in 1907 at Seattle ?

    Ans. UPS

    Q3. In which business are Wardrobe, Pressto Jyothy Fabricare. White tiger a few of theorganised sector players?

    Ans. Laundry services

    Q4. On the radiation scale the FUKUSHIMA nuclear reactor radiations have beensaved as 5. How much was Chernobyl ?

    Ans. Seven

    Q5. Tonight the moon will appear 30% larger as it is at its perigee and its a full moonday. This has come after 18yrs. Name this phenomenon

    Ans. Supermoon

    Q6. A book studying a tribe of lower caste muslim jihadi women operating out of

    Kashmir and targetting RSS would be my ___ says publisher RUKUN ADVANI. Namethe bestseller which will fill the blanks. ?

    Ans. Davinci code

    Q7. Which is the first state in india to announce an unemployment dole of 1200 pm tothose who passed Class 12 ?

    Ans. GOA

    Q8. Australian MANTRA RESOURCES shares tanked in Toronto SE because RussianARMZ called off uranium deal. Why did the Russians call off the deal ?

    Ans. Japan earthquake. After the quake nuclear power business has becomeuncertain.

    Q9. Goldman Sachs is acquiring an indian AMC which is a pioneer and the biggest inthe ETF business. Name it.

    Ans. BENCHMARK

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    Q10. Name the singing star who raised $250K in 48 hrs from Twitter followers by sellinga band saying WE PRAY FOR JAPAN at 5$ each.

    Ans.LADY GAGA

    Q11. For the first time the phrase skyscraper was used for a tall building in Chicago in

    the late 19th century. How many storeys ?

    Ans. Ten

    Q12. Where in the Konkan coast a mega nuclear power plant planned is now in newsas it is in seismic zone 3?

    Ans. Jaitapur

    Q13. Chairman and CEO of which global tech major is matching every donation of 10$made for Japan thru twitter upto a max of100,000 $?

    Ans. Eric Schmidt

    Q 14. NIKKEI and TOPIX are indices related to which countrys stock market ?

    Ans.Japan

    Q 15. In which telecom service provider do the Reddys of Apollo hospitals have a 26 %stake ?

    Ans. Aircel

    Q16. Which well known Bollywood director has made the BHARAT BANDH TVCs forIPL ?

    Ans. Raju HiraniQ17. In the Japanese earth quake which cos refinery in Ichihara caught fire ?

    Ans. COSMO Refinery

    Q18. Satoshi Tajiri died in the recent quake in Japan. He created a character which isvery popular and it revived Nintendo. Name it.

    Ans. POKEMON

    Q 19. Which indian mobile operator has adopted a contrarian strategy by choosingCDMA over GSM and pushing data rather than voice ?

    Ans. MTS

    Q 20. What do you call opportunists who search for ways of making money during adisaster ?

    Ans. Vultures

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    Q 21. Which indian group has a short and cryptic RISE as its new corp slogan ?

    Ans. Mahindra

    Q22. The first Maruti 800 was gifted to Lord Balaji of Tirupati. Who paid for it ? Hint : Notthe co.

    Ans. The employees and vendors contributed.

    Q 23. The IIM K director is promoting himself unabashedly, a la IIPM, through ads forhis MDP. Name him.

    Ans. Prof Debashis Chatterji

    Q 1. In mutual funds analysis what is SHARPE ratio ?

    Ans. Return to risk ratio. Addl return for one more unit of risk

    Q2. Who has acquired the italian jewellery brand BULGARI ?

    Ans. LVMH

    Q3. In stock market lingo what type of a security is a DVR ?

    Ans. A share with a differential voting rights

    Q4 Why is Warren Buffett planning to spend an entire day at TaeguTec India inBommasandra near Bengaluru ?

    Ans. Berkshire Hathaways only investment In india

    Q5. What is the meaning of the phrase boilerplate ?

    Ans. Standard legal text/ fine print added to many contracts

    Q6. In internet and media what is a Freemium model ?

    Ans. Basic service is free. Premium service is paid.

    Q7. Every man has his price is often credited to Dhirubhai. Which philosopher firstsaid it ?

    Ans. Frederick Nietzsche

    Q8. Name the movie and the studio to start video rental through Facebook .

    Ans. Batman-The Dark Knight , Warner Bros

    Q9. Name this pioneer of housing finance in india whose centenary is being celebratedthis year.

    Ans. H.T PAREKH

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    Q10. Which restaurant chain recently overtook McDonalds to have the largest numberof outlets in the world ?

    Ans. Subway

    Q 11. Name the first and the only app store on the android platform focussed on Adults.

    Iphone says no to adult apps.

    Ans. Mikandi

    Q 12. Name the London based brand identity firm hired by Hero Honda to create newlogo etc.this firm had worked on the Tata logo.

    Ans. Wolff Olins

    Q 13. Which iconic luxury car is being distributed in India by Shreyans group ? The firstdealership is coming up in Delhi.

    Ans. Ferrari

    Q 14. Which celebrity s co has been imposed a penalty of Rs 7.5 lakh for not submittingreturns for last 4 years by the CLB ?

    Ans. ShahRukh Khans Red chillies entertainment

    Q 15. Which co has launched a limited IPL edition where IPL logo is displayed on therear and the seats ?

    Ans. Volkswagen W Vento

    1. K Malleswari, the lone medal winner for India in the millenium Olympics, and thefirst woman from India to ever win a medal, is employed at which Central Government

    Corporation?

    Ans.:Food Corporation of India

    2. First there was Bridgestone, and then Mitsubishi; What giant automaker of Japan was

    embroiled, recently, in a quality-related (again!) controversy?

    Ans.:Toyota

    3. The Times of India launched its latest edition in which city?

    Ans.:Hyderabad

    4. Which famous fashion accessories House first started as leather goods shop in

    Florence in 1921?

    Ans.:Gucci

    5. Uncle Pai is associated with which once roaringly successful publishers of childrens

    literature?

    Ans.: Amar Chitra Katha

    6. Which international airline uses the slogan "Smooth As Silk" in its advertisements?

    Ans.:Thai

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    7. Which TV programme currently aired in India, is sponsored by a) Colgate b) Bajaj c)

    Dettol and d) LG?

    Ans.: Kaun Banega Crorepati

    8. Who are the maker of the soft contact lens "Accuvue"?

    Ans.:Johnson & Johnson9. Named "Manager of the Century" by the business magazine Fortune, he was recently

    in India? Who is he?

    Ans.:Jack Welch

    10. The "Three Golden Balls" is the traditional symbol of which class of businessmen,

    especially in Europe?

    Ans.:Pawnbrokers

    11. Which is the largest unlisted company in India in terms of turnover?

    Ans.:Maruti Udyog

    12. What watchmaker sells an environment-friendly brand of watches called "Eco

    Drive"?

    Ans.:Ciitizen

    13. The useful thumb rule in Economics, "Bad money drives out the good" goes by what

    name?

    Ans.:Greshams Law

    14. What is film Production Company owned by the Hollywood star Dustin Hoffman?

    Ans.: Punch Productions

    15.What famous place in New York gets its name from the original location of a stockadebuilt by the Dutch in 1653 to keep out the attacking English colonists and Red Indians?

    Ans.: Wall Street

    16. Which famous TV personality owns a film production company called Harpo Films?

    Look hard at the name, may be you can decipher the answer.

    Ans.: Oprah Winfrey

    17. The person next-in-command to the CEO is often referred to as the Upper Roger.

    From what Indian (Sanskrit) word does this phrase come?

    Ans.: Yuwa Raja

    18. Some aeroplanes of which airline sported Meera Mehtas "Paithan Sari Motif"ontheir tails for sometime?

    Ans.: British Airways

    19. Who or what is a MAMBA?

    Ans.: Middle Aged MiddleBrow Achiever

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    20. Under what brand name is the compound "sidenafil citrate sold by the pharma

    company, Pfizer?

    Ans.: Viagra

    21. What social expression company (if I may coin a phrase) was started by the 18 year

    old Joyce Hall in 1910?Ans.: Hallmark

    22. Which is the biggest toy retail chain in the world?

    Ans.: Toys R US

    23. Heres a Dot-buster: Which award-winning net-based furniture selling company,

    despite being backed by Amazon.com, filed for bankruptcy, recently?

    Ans.: Living.com

    24. What is the name given to software developed exclusively for use by infants and

    toddlers?

    Ans.: Lapware25. What major currency is known as Greenbacks in slang?

    Ans.: US Dollars

    26. Who is the only Asian to be included in Sunday Times list of " The Wealthiest 200 in

    Britain since 1066"?

    Ans.: L.N Mittal

    27. R Gopalan who is basking in the limelight for his role as a the official emissary in the

    Raj Kumar Kidnapping case, is the editor of which Tamil Magazine?

    Ans.: Nakkheeran

    28. What we know as Maruti Zen was launched worldwide by Suzuki in the 90s under

    what name?

    Ans.: Alto

    29. Zee Movies is contemplating a co-branding exercise in collaboration with which

    major Hollywood Film studio?

    Ans.: MGM

    30. Ashok H Advani is the publisher of which business magazine?

    Ans.: Business India

    31. Lord Raj Kumar Bagri is the first non-Briton Chairman of what mercantile

    organization

    Ans.: London Metal Exchange

    32. Youve heard of BSA motorcycles and surely seen BSA bicycles on Indian roads.

    What does BSA stand for?

    Ans.: Birmingham Small Arms

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    33. What brand of Firestone tyres is creating an uproar in the USA, for causing many

    fatalities on the highway because of a manufacturing defect?

    Ans.: Wilderness

    34. He appears in a series of books which made publishing history, and he is the most

    famous pupil of the "Hogwarts Witchcraft School". Who is this fictional character?Ans.: Harry Potter

    35. To which fashion house did the minister Menaka Gandhi address her remark, "The

    skin of the python is no less precious to the snake than fur is to the fox"?

    Ans.: Calvin Klein

    36. The Calatrava Cross is the emblem of which coveted brand of Swiss watch?

    Ans.: Patek Phillippe

    37. What famous sports goods company did Phil Knight and Bill Boweman launch in

    1964?

    Ans.: Nike38. Which Indian textile brand proudly proclaims "Since 1925"in its advertisements?

    Ans.: Raymonds

    39. Which famous hospital chain of India sells an accident insurance cover called

    "Dost?

    Ans.: Apollo

    40. What product is associated with the Colombian mascot "Juan Valdez"?

    Ans.: Coffee

    41. Which newspaper baron started his career by launching the "Adelaide Herald" when

    he was just 23years old?

    Ans.: Rupert Murdoch

    42. The Hollywood horror flick "Crocodile 2 Death Roll" was recently shot in which

    film studio in India?

    Ans.: Ramoji Film City

    43. The Striding Man is the logo of which best selling brand of scotch whiskey?

    Ans.: Jhony Walker

    44. In his recent visit to New Delhi, in which 5 star Hotel did Bill Gates stay?

    Ans.: Maurya Sheratan

    45. What automobile, still seen on the roads with minor variations, did Ferdinand

    Porsche develop under the behest of Adolf Hitler?

    Ans.: VolkWaggen

    46. Mumbai-born Fareed Zackaria has been appointed the editor of which international

    newsmagazine?

    Ans.: NewsWeek

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    47. Which textile company of India is head quartered at "Neville House"?

    Ans.: Bombay Dyeing

    48. What useful and innovative computer accessory did Douglas Engelbert invent in

    1968?

    Ans.: The Mouse49. At long last the Department of Telecommunications (DoT, for short) has been

    transformed in to a corporation. What is its name in its new avatar?

    Ans.: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

    50. What ingredient of chewing gum comes from the South American sapodilla tree?

    Ans.: Chicle

    51. Which Indian confectioneries brand and Times Warner are involved in a legal

    wrangle over the 'Bunny' logo?

    Ans.: Nutrine

    52. What is the consulting firm recently acquired by the electronics giant Hewlett-Packard?

    Ans.: Pricewaterhouse Coopers

    53. What pharma company markets the 'Ayurvedic Concepts' range of health products?

    Ans.: Himalaya Drugs Company

    54. What Hyderabad based company has been contracted by Cantor Index plc to supply

    giant- sized, inflatable images of the latest contenders to American Presidency-Bush and

    Gore?

    Ans.: Unique Inflatables

    55. What internationally famous sports apparel company was started in the 1930's by a

    champion tennis-player of France?

    Ans.: Locaste

    56. Prime Minister AB Vajpayee under went knee surgery in which Mumbai hospital?

    Ans.: Breach Candy

    57. According to 'BBC's Moneytalk' which German brand is ranked No. 1 amongst car

    audio products?

    Ans.: Blaupunkt

    58. Who was chosen to be the first and only recipient in India of the choicest, limited

    edition champagne 'Espirit du Siecle'?

    Ans.: Pronnay Roy

    59. Which Hollywood star and brand ambassador of Omega watches was recently in

    India to meet the Dalai Lama?

    Ans.: Pierce Brosnan

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    60. What tourist attraction in London, designed by Sir Richard Rogers especially for the

    millennium, is in grave financial crisis because of its failure to attract enough visitors?

    Ans.: Millenium Dome

    71. Arun Bajoria's takeover threat was targeted at which company?

    Ans.: Bombay Dyeing

    72. Which Bank has launched the "India Millennium Deposits" to mobilize resources of

    NRI & rsquos?

    Ans.: State Bank of India

    73. The quality enforcing technique of 'Six Sigma' was first introduced by which

    American company?

    Ans.: Motorola

    74. Which airline uses the slogan "Be Good to Yourself" in its ads?

    Ans.: The Emirates

    75. What is the expensive delicacy obtained from the fish sturgeon especially found in

    the Caspian Sea?

    Ans.: Caviar

    76. What is the name of the new generation fuel cell car recently developed by GM?

    Ans.: Hydrogen

    77. Which large chaebol, now in dire straits, was started by five friends in 1979 to

    manufacture and export garments?

    Ans.: Daewoo

    78. Which Dutch brewery is ranked as the biggest producer of beer in Europe?

    Ans.: Heinneken

    79. What prized and exclusive cars are manufactured in Malvern Link, North west of

    London?

    Ans.: Morgan

    80. In collaboration which Bollywood star is 'Emami' proposing to launch a range ofAyurvedic personal care products?

    Ans.: Madhuri Dixit

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    121. What large India retail chain proudly describes itself as 'The Family Store' in its

    advertisements?

    Ans.: Pantaloons

    122. Everyone has heard of the catchphrase "Intel Inside". But who authored a bookentitled "Inside Intel"?

    Ans.: Tim Jackson

    123. What brand of 'cold cream', also available in India, derives its name from a latin

    word meaning 'snow white'?

    Ans.: Nivea

    124. In Mumbai's underworld slang the word 'kavva' refers to what handy

    communication device?Ans.: Cellular Phone

    125. With what cigarette brand (now gone up in smoke, I'm afraid), would you associate

    the once ubiquitous slogan "For Men of Action-- Satisfaction"?

    Ans.: Scissors

    126. What do you call the style of selling where the bid price goes down progressively

    until the deal is closed?

    Ans.: Ducth Auction

    127. With which Management Guru of Indian Origin would you most associate the

    phrase "Core Competence"?

    Ans.: C. K. Prahalad

    128. What is the popular (though not available in India) low calorie soft drink produced

    by Coca Cola, having a three letter name?

    Ans.: Tab

    129. What expensive and legendary brand of cars is supposedly named after the founder

    of Dertroit - the car manufacturing capital of the world?

    Ans.: Cadillac

    130. Which company started by Jim Clark has its headquarters at 'Mountain View'?

    Ans.: Netscape

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    131). Khao Lite Jiyo Lite the ad line of Nature Fresh edible oil is a product of whichcompany?

    Cargill Food132).Ideas for Life is ad line of which electronic gaint?

    Panasonic

    133). We deliver Mumbai is the ad line of which newspaper daily?Midday

    134). The Mittal Group of Industries merged with which major business entity and gavethe tag lineTransforming Tomorrow?

    Arcelor135). Which companies ad line was Geography is History?

    Iridium136). Lets Reach for the Sun is the ad line of which company/group of companies?

    Aditya Birla Group137) Your Style. Your Store. is the base line of which company?

    Lifestyle International138) Life is One incredible Journey is the baseline of which magazine?Outlook Traveller

    139) Its time to move on is the tagline of which company?Aircel

    140). The ad line Lifes A Journey is associated with which company?Samsonite