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 It has been replaced by eMO.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
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 Choicefeaturing 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 Modis 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 .
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. Im 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

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 ?
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. Meerkata 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 womens day ?
Ans. Godrej
Q3. Shiva is the only private uranium mine owned by an Indian. In which country is the
mine ?

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, Im from the
government and Im here to help ?
Ans. Ronald Reagan
Q4. As per the union budget 2015, in which states are new IIMs being proposed ?
Ans. AP and Jammu and Kashmir
Q5. FM has announced the launch of a MUDRA Bank. 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 ?

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 Modis 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.
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.Raymonds 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 worlds 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
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
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. McDonalds
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 ?

Ans. Pernod Ricard

Q8. Identify this businessman , the richest man in history,, would have had a net worth if over
$663 billion in todays world.

Ans. John D.Rockefeller

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Q6. Identify the recent film which has the first line of the Lifebuoy jingle tandurusti ki raksha karta
hai Lifebuoy
Ans. Shamitabh
Q 1. Identify the advertiser

Ans. Dabur Vatika Brave and beautiful campaign

Q2. Name the designer of Indian origin who has designed Michelle Obamas 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

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.

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 ?

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 Meyers 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
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 ?

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