Question # 1

Which sport has become very popular that even CEOs have started playing it ?

Question # 2

Which singer’s Eras Tour this year consisting of 146 concerts in 17 states and 5 continents has taken city after city by storm ? The US tours alone will add 4.6 Bn $ of consumption spending this year

Question # 3

As per a May 22 report of National Foundation for American Policy , 319 of America’s 582 unicorns had at least one immigrant founder. These hailed from 57 countries. Indian immigrants topped the list. How many unicorns had atleast one Indian immigrant founder ?

Question # 4

Which company with a network of 12,200 ATMs is the leader in the white label ATMs category in India ?

Question # 5

Which Indian IT major has launched a ‘sonic’ identity ?

Question # 6

SEBI has cut down the number of days for listing after the closure of an IPO. The new rule will be applicable from December 1 mandatorily. As per the new rule, in how many days the issue has to be listed after the closure of an IPO ?

Question # 7

Name this IIM Calcutta alumnus who was the Country Manager of ebay in India before co-founding the furniture e-retailer Pepperfry. He unfortunately died of cardiac arrest at Leh where he was on a biking trip. RIP.

Question # 8

With which casino company has ESPN tied up to launch a sports gambling brand called ESPN Bet ?

Question # 9

Sintex is almost a generic name for overhead plastic tanks..The company that makes it went to bankruptcy court. Sintex -BAPL , the company that sells Sintex tanks is now a subsidiary of which company ?

Question # 10

Which Indian American has been appointed as the new CFO of Tesla Motors ? He replaces Zachary Kirkhorn ?

Question # 11

Name the director of the Warner Bros film Barbie ..She has become the first woman with some director credit to cross the 1 Bn $ box office sales mark

Question # 12

In the context of entrepreneurship, what is the meaning of Bricolage , a term coined by French anthropologist Levi Strauss ?

Question # 13

Name this pioneer in organic products and supplements in India that was promoted by Osho disciple Israeli entrepreneur Yoav Lev and his wife Bhavani in 1997. This company’s majority stake is with FabIndia. Now FMCG majors are trying to acquire it.

Question # 14

Which group has acquired the controlling stake in Sanghi Industries that owns Sanghi Cement from the Sanghi family ?

Question # 15

Which rating agency has downgraded US Govt debt rating from AAA to AA+ ?

Question # 16

Name the tech startup founded by Rohan Murty , son of Narayana Murty, which he co-founded with Arjun Narayan and Dr George Nychis headquartered in Boston, USA.

Question # 17

With which Hollywood production house does Mattel have a long standing licensing arrangement to produce toys based on the characters of their films like Barbie, Harry Potter and characters from DC comics ?

Question # 18

In petrol engines based two wheelers, motorcycles sell significantly more than scooters in India. But in EVs, scooters sell almost 10 times more than EV motorcycles. In the limited EV motorcycle market in India, which is the largest selling one ?

Question # 19

Under what name will Air Asia India operate now ?

Question # 20

Along with soccer and golf Saudi Arabia is also investing heavily to become a global video gaming hub. In which video game major Saudi Arabia has become the biggest outside investor ?

Question # 21

On what concerns has the Govt of India rejected the proposal of Chinese EV car maker’s investment in India in a JV with Megha Engg for a car project ?

Question # 22

ITC has announced a demerger of its hotel business. What stake will ITC Ltd retain in ITC Hotels Ltd ?

Question # 23

BlackRock is entering India once again in the asset management business. Who was its earlier partner and with whom have they entered a JV now ?

Question # 24

Ruth Handler, the co-founder of Mattel, created X after noticing her daughter, Barbara, playing with paper dolls and imagining adult roles for them. This observation led Handler to envision a three-dimensional adult doll, and thus, X was born in 1959. What is X ?

Question # 25

Which entrepreneur is involved in multiple startups like Worldcoin in Crypto, Retro bio-sciences in healthcare, Oklo in fusion , Neuralink and a few others ?

Answers

1. Pickleball
2. Taylor Swift
3. 66
4. India1 Payments
5. Infosys.. Sonic Identity link
6. 3 days
7. Ambareesh Murthy
8. Penn Entertainment
9. Welspun
10. Vaibhav Taneja
11. Greta Gerwig
12. Bricolage is an #entrepreneurship concept that refers to the skill of using whatever is at hand & recombining that to create something new. With this problem-solving approach , an #entrepreneur experiments, refines & adapt ideas, products or processes using existing resources.
13. Organic India
14. Adani Group
15. Fitch
16. Soroco
17. Warner Bros
18. Revolt Motors
19. Air India Express
20. Nintendo
21. Security concerns
22. 40%
23. DSP was its earlier partner and Jio Financial would be irs current partners
24. Barbie
25. Sam Altman

Compiled by G Mohan

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