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Q.1 Mohammad Chaman, a trader in Sadar Bazaar in Delhi was irritated with his customer during their first

encounter (in May 2013). His customer had wanted 300 units of an item at a discounted price. From December

2013, the item has become a rage and Chaman sold as many as 3 lakh units. There is also a YouTube video

detailing how to make this item. What is this item and who was the customer?

(AAP Topi)

Q.2 Which is the highly hyped but unpopular facebook service that is expected to be phased out by early

March 2014.

(FB Email)

WeChat AT Nielsen Toshiba Hong Kong Trent

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Google Samsung Boeing Baichung

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Mt. GOX Subhiksha CISCO Bitex Farmville

AT& T Rolex SnapChat Saurav

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MSD Ferrari Facebook Email Japan Display Facebook

Q.3 This photo was taken in 1913. What do you understand from this.

(In 1913, you could mail children by parcel post in the U.S.)

Q.4 Name the BitCoin exchange that declared bankruptcy in February 2014.

(Mt. GOX)

Q.5 In January 2014, Forbes magazine released its annual '30 under 30' list of people;

those under the age of 30 who, in its opinion, are likely to have an impact on the world.

On the cover was the co-founder of an app that got hacked on Jan 1, 2014, leading to the release of private information belonging to over 4 million people. Which application?

(SnapChat)


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Q.6 To set in motion the events of this 2013 Hindi film and thus affect the lives of Sudeep and Ila, an organisation famed for its accuracy and efficiency must have committed one

of its permitted 3.4-errors-in-a-million.Which film is being alluded to here, which has

received several rave reviews?

(Lunch Box – Mumbai dabbawala )

Q.7 Name the famous sports personality who has hired a graduate in IIMC this year.

(Saurav Ganguly)


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Q.8 This service provider has launched election tracker app for India and says that this app will be beneficial for over 93 million users of this service. What service are we

speaking about?

(FB)

Q.9 Name the Tata group entity that is the Indian partner of Tesco's Indian retail venture.

(Trent HyperMarket)


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Q.10 What is common among these companies .

(Startups that have shutdown recently)

Q.11 This company has placed 3,00,000 small businesses on the web and helps in

advetising them. The company states that these small businesses online have reported a

51% rise in revenue and 49% more profit. Hence this company plans to provide web presence for around 5,00,000 small businesses in India. Name the company.

(Google)

Q.12 Which unlikely company has designed a tamper proof smart phone where the data

is totally secure ?

(Boeing)


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Q.13 Which co is the world‟s biggest maker of screens for smartphones and tablet computers ? It counts Apple and Sony among its customers.


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Q.14 Name this famous IIT Delhi Alumnus.

Hint :

Q.15 Bank ?(Identify)

Standard Chartered 99

HSBC 50

Citibank 42

Deutsche Bank 17

DBS Bank 12


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Q.16 Which co has a TacOps team that swoops in and restores internet and telecommunications in disaster struck areas as a CSR work ?

Q.17 Penguin the publisher of Wendy Doniger‟s book “The Hindus” has decided to „pulp‟ it . What is „pulping” ?


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Q.18 Fat Bastard, Bitch Barossa Grenache, Arrogant Frog, Soffocone di Vincigliata, Black

Sheep, Cat's pee on a Gooseberry Bush. Which product these brands associated with.

Q.19 In which city has the credit of having the first Bitcoin ATM in Asia?

Q.20 Name the major mobile phone manufacturer which aims for a new revenue stream

by giving users free talktime if they watch some ads.


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Q.21 X is a feral child(fictional character) from Pench area in Central India who originally appeared in Rudyard Kipling's short story "In the Rukh“. Name the X.

Q.22 X was born on 15 March 1983 in Delhi. His birth name is Hirdesh Singh. He studied music at the Trinity School in the United Kingdom.

What is X better known as (Stage Name)


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