Q 1. Coffee day promoter V G Siddhartha hit a jackpot when a technology co’s IPO bombed in 90s. Now his own co’s prices crashed on listing. Name the technology company.

Ans. Infosys Technologies who issue in 1992 was underssubscribed and  V G Siddhartha’s Sivan Securities  bailed it out . This became a major source of his wealth

Q 2. Where is Amazon opening its first brick and mortar bookstore ?

Ans. Seattle

Q 3. Who has been signed by Tata Motors as its first brand ambassador in its 70 years history ?

Ans. Lionel Messi

Q4. With the merger of SSTL with R-Com what would be the rank in terms of market share of the combined entity ?

Ans. It was 4th and it will remain 4th

Q5. Timothy Cruise had said ‘ if you swapped the senior editors of ____ with the board of ___nobody would be able to tell diff at either place”

Ans. Time and Citibank

Q6. With which Indian publication would you associate renowned editor Dr K N Raj ?

Ans. Economic and Political Weekly

Q7. Which major bottled water brand has admitted in US that what it sells is bottled tap water ?

Ans. Aquafina

Q8. Which Nobel prize winning economists are the author of the book Phishing for Phools ?

Ans. Akerlof and Shiller

Q9. By what name were the Kolkata based cake shop chain Mio Amore known earlier ?

Ans. Monginis

Q 10. What major revolution or brand started in Gujarat, India 60 years ago on the occasion of Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary 31st October ?

Ans. Amul

Q 11. What are Disney and Target doing new while marketing kids clothes and toys ?

Ans. Removed gender labels from toys and dresses

• Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter handle @go_mohan