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Q1. Based on which social media influencer’s campaign Bournvita has now reduced its sugar content from 37.4 gms sugar per 100 g to a lower 32.2 gms sugar per 100 g. ?
Ans. Revant Himatsingka also known as foodpharmer
Q2. What approval by SEC of US is seen as a monumental moment in the development of the cryptocurrency market ?
Ans. Approval of Bitcoin spot ETFs
Q3. Which city has overtaken Delhi as the city with the largest number of private cars in India ?
Ans. Bengaluru
Q4. Identify the advertiser
Ans. BiC
Q5. Which toothpaste is available in Saunf, Dalchini and Sugar-free flavours ?
Ans. Vicco Vajradanti
Q6. Which niche in the cosmetics industry is being addressed by the JV between Kareena Kapoor and Vellvette Lifestyle Pvt Ltd , the parent of Sugar Cosmetics ?
Ans. Korean inspired beauty products for Indian consumers
Q7. Which product from the Google’s stable is being positioned as a competitor for Whatsapp in Enterprise messaging ?
Ans. RCS
Q8. Name the world’s top bottled water seller that has brands like Perrier, Vittel, Hepar etc in its portfolio
Ans. Nestle
Q9. Gillette has launched a new razor where it is giving a lifetime warranty on its handle. What is this variant called ?
Ans. GilletteLabs 2D Flexdisc
Q10. Which brand used the yesteryear’s Bollywood sex symbol Zeenat Aman on Instagram during the Valentine’s Day ?
Ans. Bumble
Q11. Kavita Chaudhury RIP. In which brand’s commercial in the 1980s did she play the iconic role of Lalitaji ?
Ans. Surf
Q12. Which country has surpassed US in number of test takers for GRE, the Graduate Record Exam in 2022-23 for the first time in its 80 year history ?
Ans. India
Q13. With which business group would you associate the technocrat businessman Bijon Nag who passed away recently ?
Ans. IFB Group
Q14. Akasa Air will soon launch its overseas operations. It becomes the airline to start the overseas operations quickest in a record period of 19 months since inception. Which will its first destination ?
Ans. Doha, Qatar
Q15. Under what brand name has Grasim entered the paints business ?
Ans. Birla Opus
Q16. What is the occasion for which who’s who of the world’s business including Bill Gates, Larry Fink, Mark Zuckerberg are going to visit Jamnagar from March 1-3 ?
Ans. Pre-wedding ceremony of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant
Q17. Reliance and Disney are merging their media business in India. Which group will have the controlling stake and what % ?
Ans. Reliance will be having the controlling stake with 63 % in the merged entity
Q18. Which tech major has abandoned the decade long Project Titan and thereby withdrawn its EV plans, after seeing the sluggish growth and other challenges ?
Ans. Apple
Q19. Under what brand name has Lays launched a sweet snack in direct competition to Britannia’s Little Hearts ?
Ans. Shapez Heartiez
Q20. Apple’s contract manufacturers in India have produced over 10 Bn $ worth of output in first 10 months of this fiscal. Which are the 3 contract mfrs of Apple in India ?
Ans. Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron
Q21. In which business is RK Swamy Limited, now in the capital markets.with an IPO ?
Ans. Advertising and media
Q 22. Which firm is credited for coming up with monikers for the group of stocks that are driving the stock market rallies in various countries like ‘ Magnificent Seven’ for US, Granolas for Europe and Seven Samurai for Japan ?
Ans. Goldman Sachs
Q23. Name the author of this recent book
Ans. Rama Bijapurkar
Q24. With which bank has Flipkart partnered with to launch its UPI service ?
Ans. Axis Bank
Q25. Ruth Gottesman’s landmark donation of 1 Billion $ to Albert Einstein College of medicine is big news. This will cover the tuition of every student kn perpetuity. What is the single biggest source of David Gottesman’s wealth ?
Ans. Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares
Compiled by
G.Mohan
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