Q1. In a move to create the first coast-to-coast freight rail operator in the U.S., which two companies announced an 85 billion merger in July 2025?

A) Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern
B) BNSF Railway and CSX Transportation
C) Canadian National and Kansas City Southern
D) Amtrak and Metra

Q2. Which company agreed to acquire WK Kellogg Co, known for brands like Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops, in a3.1 billion deal announced in July 2025?

A) Nestlé
B) General Mills
C) Ferrero Group
D) PepsiCo

Q3. In July 2025, which company completed a 35 billion acquisition of Ansys, a leading engineering simulation software firm?

A) Siemens
B) Synopsys
C) Dassault Systèmes
D) Autodesk

Q4. In August 2025, which major U.S. retailer announced that its long-serving CEO, Brian Cornell, would step down effective February 1, 2026, after over a decade at the helm?

A) Walmart
B) Target
C) Costco
D) Best Buy

Q5. Who was appointed as the new CEO and Managing Director of IndusInd Bank in August 2025, following the resignation of Sumant Kathpalia?

A) Rajiv Anand
B) Arun Khurana
C) Raghavendra Bhat
D) PB Balaji

Q6. Which former Reserve Bank of India Governor was appointed as the Executive Director representing India at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a three-year term in August 2025?

A) Raghuram Rajan
B) Urjit Patel
C) Shaktikanta Das
D) Duvvuri Subbarao

Q7. Which American business magnate, founder of FedEx Corporation, passed away in June 2025 at the age of 80?

A) Jeff Bezos
B) Frederick W. Smith
C) Warren Buffett
D) Howard Schultz

Q8. Indian-born British billionaire and philanthropist, founder of Caparo Group, who died in August 2025, was:

A) Lakshmi Mittal
B) Swraj Paul
C) Lalit Modi
D) SP Hinduja

Q9. Which Indian industrialist and chairman of Sona Comstar died unexpectedly during a polo match in England in August 2025?

A) Sunjay Kapur
B) V V Singh
C) S.K.Munjal
D) Nirmal K Minda

Q10. Which Indian AI startup was selected by the Indian government in April 2025 to develop the country’s first indigenous large language model under the IndiaAI Mission?

A) Krutrim
B) Sarvam AI
C) Vastav AI
D) AI4Bharat

Q11. In June 2025, which company launched “Kruti,” an agentic AI assistant supporting 13 Indian languages, designed to execute tasks with customization and reasoning?

A) Infosys
B) Wipro
C) Tata Consultancy Services
D) Krutrim

Q12. Which Silicon Valley company, in June 2025, reorganized its AI teams into a new unit called “Superintelligence Labs,” appointing Alexandr Wang as Chief AI Officer?

A) Google
B) Apple
C) Meta
D) OpenAI

Answers

1A, 2C, 3B,4B,5A, 6B,c7B, 8B,9A, 10B, 11D, 12C