General Studies

QUIZ

Q1 Which Indian co has announced

iwork@home an option to work
from home for its women
employees on Intl womens day ?
1.
2.
3.
4.

ICICI
HDFC
HSBC
BANK OF BARODS

Q2 Ray Tomlinson was hired by Bolt

Beranek and Newman, BBN, later
acquired by Raytheon Co., where he
continued to work till the time of his
death. What was his contribution ? Ray
Tomlinson RIP.
1. Inventor of www.
2. Inventor of email and @
3. Inventor of.com
4. None of the above

Q3 Who does the bot

@deepdrumpf designed by an
MIT engineer tweet like using
artificial intelligence ?
1. Donald Trump
2. Barak Obama
3. Hillary Clinton
4. None of the above

Q4 Under what trade name is Sun

Pharma launching an antacid
that will compete with the likes
of Eno and Pudin Hara ?
1. PEPIN
2. PEPMELT
3. PEPDAY
4. PEPS

Q5Which Indian media co has

acquired US cricket focused TV
channel Willow TV ?
1. Dainik Bhaskar
2. Times of India
3. Indian Express
4. Noneof the above

Q6 Which global brand sources

hazelnuts from Turkey; palm oil
from Malaysia; cocoa from
Nigeria; sugar from Brazil ; and
the vanilla from France?
1. Starbucks
2. Cadbury
3. Nutella
4. Nescafe

Q7. Ratan Tata recently inaugurated a hospital in Mathura started by Nayati

Healthcare.
Who is the person behind Nayati ?

Q8.Which mutual fund is

promoting SIP as a Good EMI ?

Rockwell.
DSP Blackrock
Infinity
Franklin Templeton

Q10 In which super fast train is

Indian Railways expected to
introduce rail hostesses ?
1. Shatabdi express
2. Rajdhani express
3. Gatiman express
4. Paschim express

Q11 Making and distribution of

which Indian sweet marks the
beginning of the Union budget
printing in North Block ?
1. Halwa
2. Burfi
3. Jalebi
4. Laddu

Q12 American airlines like Delta

have introduced a class which is
even lower than Economy. What
is it called and what are its
constraints ?
1. Lessor Economy
2. Basic Economy
3. New Economy
4. Monomy

Q13.Whose voice will be used by

GPS Waze as a part of promotion
for the movie London has fallen ?
1. Tom cruise
2. Morgan Freeman
3. Hugh Grant
4. Alicia Keys

Q14 Google has launched a new

tech called AMP that will make
news load faster on mobiles.
What does AMP stand for ?
1. Accelerated Mobile Pages
2. Assisted Mobile Pages
3. Automated Mobile Programs
4. Automated Mobile Pings

Q15. Finance Ministers carry a

leather bag while they go to
present the budget. What is the
significance of leather bag in a
budget ?

Q15 Q8. Seen here is MS Dhoni

launching a new lifestyle brand.
Name the brand.

Q16 Which brand has refuted that

there are no worms in the tea
bags as is being propagated in
social media ?
1. Lipton Green tea bags
2. Organic Tea Bags
3. Typhoo tea bags
4. Zippy Tea Bags

Q 17. Which mens wear brand is

owned by Gurgaon based Mohan
Clothing Pvt Ltd
1. Blackberrys.
2. Allen solly
3. Crocodile
4. Mint

Q 18 In the press advts for

Patanjali Ayurved products
whose picture appears alongside
Baba Ramdev ?

 Q 19. Which Indian born is the

highest paid corporate executive
in US ?
1. Sundar Pichai of Google
2. Indira Nooyi of Pepsi
3. Both of the above
4. None of the above.

Q 20. Which global giant hasan

ideas think tank called Jigsaw
that works on the intersection
between tech and geopolitics. ?
1. Google
2. Microsoft
3. Apple
4. Hutch

Which pharma cos shares crashed

7%when it announced it will stop
marketing Corex ?
1. Ranbaxy
2. EliLily
3. Asta Zeneca
4. Pfizer

Which is the largest employee

owned company in the United
States ? It is a supermarket
chain and is ranked No 81 on the
Fortune 100 ?
1. Publix Supermarkets
2. Nan Supermarkets
3. Staples Supermarkets
4. Mark Supermarket

 Q3. Amaz-off, Snap the deal, Flip

the Kart were headlines for
which offline retailer trying to
compete with online retailers ?
1. Mark and Spencer
2. Future Group
3. Reid and Tailor
4. Peter England

Q4 Why are Indian companies

rushed to declare dividends
before March 31 , 2016 ?
1. Increse Corporate Tax
2. Increase In Benefit
3. Increase In Divident Distribution Tax
4. Increase In Penalties

Q5Thanks for 100 years of

competition. The previous 30
years were a bit boring. Which
co wished whom on 7th March
this year ?
1. Toyota to BMW
2. BMW to Toyota
3. BMW to Mercedes
4. Mercedes Benzto BMW

Q6. Name this bond trader from

Salomon brothers who made
huge profits in 80s for his firm
and was called King of Wall
Street He died recently. RIP.
1. John Hawker
2. Bill Morris
3. Bill davis
4. John H. Gutfreund

Q7 If Star TV: Hotstar, Sony : Sony

Liv , then Zee : ?
1. Bzee
2. Dzee
3. EZee
4. Ozee,

Q8 Connect Grindeks, Latvia,

Meldonium, Nike, Porsche to a
recent scandal

 Q9. Who will be the new face of

Revital H ?
1. Siddharth Kapoor
2. Virat Kohli
3. Sania Mirza
4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

q10 What is referred to as the Li

Keqiang Index ?
1. Index to measure Chinas economy
2. Index to measure movement of
stock at NIKKEI
3. Index to meaure economy of
Singapore
4. Index to Measure movement of
Stock at NYSE

Q11Which co has launched a

crossover between a scooter and
motorcycle called Navi ?
1.
2.
3.
4.

Mahindra
Honda
Bajaj
None of the above

q12. Which country has banned

throwing of any food by the
supermarkets ?
1. Canada
2. USA
3. France
4. UK

Q13 After Tata Motors decided to

drop its name Zica because of its
unpleasant association with a virus,
how is it getting its new name !
1. Competition over the internet
2. Taking help from suppliers
3. Crowd sourcing through social media
like Twitter and Facebook
4. Taking help from Medical personnel

 Q14 Name this board game that

is popular since 1935. It is
owned by Hasbro now. It
promotes the greed-is-good
principle.
1. Hangman
2. Speed
3. Who is Millionnaire
4. Monopoly

 Q15. Name this ad guru who

wrote a biography of Dhirubhai
Ambani and also founded MICA
in Ahmedabad. He passed away
recently. May his soul RIP.