Q1. Which small town in USA is home to 67 Coca Cola millionaires who have been buying Coke shares since 1920s and have kept with them ?
Ans. Quincy, Florida
Q 2. Which healthcare venture is funded by Azim Premji in his personal capacity ?
Ans. Health Care Global
Q 3. Which PSU had supplied critical equipment for LHC thereby deserving some credit for the Nobel prize in Physics this year ?
Ans. ECIL
Q4. Which brand has replaced Thums Up as the largest selling soft drink in India ?
Ans. Sprite
Q5. Besides being Public sector banks what is common to Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, United Bank and SBI ?
Ans. CMDs are women
Q6. Which co recently lost its reign over the purple colour in a UK court against Nestle ?
Ans. Cadbury ( Mondelez)
Q7. After Enron went bust who owns and runs the infamous Dabhol power plant ?
Ans. Ratnagiri Gas and Power Ltd , a JV of NTPC and GAIL
Q8. Which cricketer will replace Dhoni as the new face of Big Bazaar ?
Ans. Shikhar Dhawan
Q9. What is ‘ Latte Art’ ?
Ans. Art made on coffee cup while poring cream over coffee
Q 10. After China which country stands No 2 as a.shoemaker of the world ?
Ans. Vietnam
Q 11Match the messaging apps to the country of their origin
a. Line b. Whatsapp c. WeChat
1. China 2. Japan 3. USA
Ans. Line – Japan, Whatsapp-USA, WeChat – China
Q 12. In economics, what do we call someone who consumes more than a fair share of limited resources or shoulders too little cost ?
Ans. Freerider
Q 13.Which celebrity couple are endorsing Prestige kitchen appliances ?
Ans. Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan
Q 14. With whom has Archaelogical survey of India tied up to offer 360 deg virtual view of India’s 100 monuments ?
Ans. Google
Q 15. What is the unique feature of Flutter a Indians promoted firm acquired by Google for 40 Mn $?
Ans. It can close apps or programs by gesture recognition
Q 16. As per companies act what is.the ceiling for.no of investors to which a private placement can be done ?
Ans. 49
Q 17. Which Ahmedabad based co has regd the MODI Kurta brand – mandarin collar shirts with an Indian twist ?
Ans. Jade Blue
Q 18. Which is India’s largest English language trade publisher ?
Ans. Penguin Random House
Q 19. ___ has made an “unprecedented decision” among automotive makers, it is eliminating the “cigarette lighter jack” and replacing it with USB ?
Ans. Hyundai
Q 20.Which Indian co will be the title sponsor for the New York City Marathon this year ?
Ans. TCS
Q 21. How is Tirumala Tirupati Devstahanams promoting walking among the devotees visiting the Balaji temple ?
Ans. A free Laddoo
Q 22. Which country is No 1 on global remittances for 2012 as per World Bank ?
Ans. India with 70 bn $
Q 23. What is the approx cost per episide of 24 debuting in COLORS shortly ?
Ans. Rs 3 Crore
Q 24. Match the Indian IT cos to their european acquisitions
1 TCS 2 Cognzant 3 Infy
a Equinox b Alti c Lodestone
Ans. 1-b, 2, a, 3 -c
Q 25. After wrinkle free trousers we now have stitch less shirts. Who has launched such shirts in India ?
Ans. Arrow
Q 26. Three of the top investors in Microsoft want to throw out BIll Gates as Chairman. What is Gates’ holding in Microsoft now ?
Ans. 4.5 %
Q 27. World economic forum publishes Human Capital Index. India is ranked 78th out of 122 countries. Which country is no 1 on this list ?
Ans. Switzerland
– Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter @go_mohan