Q 1What signifiant change has been made in the duty structure for gold and silver in india recently ?
Ans. From a fixed amount to a % of price to take advantage of the rising prices
Q 2. Name this Chief Yahoo of Yahoo who resigned from the board of the co he founded yesterday.
Ans. Jerry Yang
Q 3. Today large parts of the net have a black out protesting against SOPA and PIPA. Expand them.
Ans. Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act
Q4. How do we better know UBISLATE 7+ from Datawind ?
Ans. The AAKASH tablet
Q 5. Name the two european countries that lost their AAA status given by S&P yesterday.
Ans. Austria and France
Q 6. What surgery was done on 30yr old woman Timmie Jean Lindsay of Texas in 1962 for the first time ? Today it is a full fledged industry
Ans. Breast implant
Q 7. How is the birth of the international finance industry and Renaissance intimately connected ?
Ans. In Florence where bankers commissioned art to assuage their guilt arising out of moneylending
Q 8. Which company invented the term ‘ civil servant’ ?
Ans.East india company