India

Q 1. Roopa Purushothaman will be the Chief Economist at Tata Sons Limited. Which well known report did she co-author at Goldman Sachs ?

Ans. BRIC Report

Q 2. Which headhunting firm has been appointed by Infosys to search for a CEO ?

Ans. Egon Zehnder

Q 3. To whom has the founders of the startup Springpath sold their firm for nearly 2000 crore Rs ?

Ans. CISCO

Q 4. Under what brand name are FMCG products made in Dera Sacha Sauda sold ?

Ans. MSG

Q 5. Indian Hotels has a new CEO Puneet Chhatwal. He has been given the task of making Taj Group a leader in India once again. Which chain is  # 1 in India now?

Ans. Starwood-Marriott

Q6. Who proposed the 1-2-5 series for currency denominations based on which RBI is introducing the Rs 200 currency note ?

Ans. Renard series

Q7. Which brand sponsored the iconic show Surabhi presented by Siddhartha Kak and Renuka Shahane on Doordarshan for a long time ? 

Ans. Amul

Global

Q8. On what charges has the Samsung Chairman Lee Jae Yong been sent to jail for 5 years ?

Ans. For bribery, embezzlement and other charges

Q9. Who will be taking over as CEO of Uber worldwide ?

Ans. Dara Khosrowshahi, former CEO of Expedia

Q 10. Which chain has started a cryptocurrency called Whoppercoin in Russia ?

Ans. Burger King

• Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter @go_mohan

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