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Q1.

New York (45), Los Angeles (23), Moscow (20), London (19) and Hong Kong (18) are the top five.

Mumbai (5) is ranked 23rd.

What list is this?

ANSWER

Number of Billionaires

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Q2.

Company “X” is headquartered in Lausanna, Switzerland and has retail presence in over 50 countries and production facilities in 26 countries. It has sold 14 billion parts of what it sells.

This company is the most popular brand in households, maybe even bigger than Tata.

Identify this brand.ANSWER

Bata

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Q3.

X and Y own hold 32.6% of the shares of company Z. The Board of Directors of this company includes NR Narayan Murthy and KVL Narayan Rao.

The company was founded in 1988 and has more than 1,000 employees. Its logo is a red dot, signifying Y’s bindi. The signature tune for this company is made by A R Rahman.

Identify the X, Y and Z. ANSWER

X – Prannay RoyY – Radhika Roy

Z - NDTV

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Q4.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, which commonly used work comes from an Old English word meaning “anxious”?

Note: Our economy survives on it.

ANSWER

Business

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Q5.

The toughest challenge faced while founding HCL was that it was not getting permission from the Govt. to manufacture computers. So, it decided to form a JV with a state Govt. “X”.

“X” has recently been in the news for conflict between a former school teacher and a former student of Trinity College in Cambridge.

Identify the state “X”ANSWER

Uttar Pradesh

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Q6.

Which lady would you associate with the fragrance “Sh….”?

ANSWER

Jade Goody

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Q7.

In 1998, Microsoft paid Synet $5 million for the rights to which brand name?

ANSWER

Internet Explorer

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Q8.

Who, along with Bono, were featured on the cover of TIME Person of the Year in 2005 as representing “The Good Samaritans”?

ANSWER

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates

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