DECEMBER Q7.
Name this brand that has
Q 1. What is the name given
to the digital payments
literacy campaign of Govt of
India ?
Ans. VISAKA ( Vittiya
Saksharta Abhiyan)
Q2, The Niti Aayog promoted
lottery for digital payments is
inspired by the success of
lottery show called El
Boletazo. Name the country
Ans. Mexico
Q3. Which foreign bank has
revised its leave policy and
now allows 6 months leave
even to dads if they are the
care givers ?
Ans. Deutsche Bank
Q4, How is the Indian airline
Spicejet connected to the
newly appointed US
Commerce Secretary ?
Ans. Wilbur Ross, the newly
appointed Commerce Secretary,
had acquired a 27 % stake in
Spicejet which he sold later
Global
Q5. Which country the
consumers will get free power
for Christmas as wind energy
generation will be high ?
Ans. Germany
Q6. Name the character
shown in this old Coke advt.
This name led to a big
beverage brand in the 1960s.
Ans. Sprite
“the perfume capital of India”
used Santa Claus in its
Christmas advertising since
1920s. The modern day image
of Santa is created by this co.
Ans. Coca-Cola
Q8. Deepwater in association
with which big co has
installed offshore wind
turbines off Rhode Island that
are twice as tall as the statue
of Liberty ?
Ans. General Electric ( GE)
Q9. Which country
announced demonetization
after India but has now
withdrawn after chaos ?
Ans. Venezuela
Q1. The 2007 book “Mindset:
The New Psychology of
Success,” by Stanford
professor of psychology Carol
Dweck has been on the stands
for nine years. It got pushed
to bestseller status on Amazon
after a CEO acknowledged
that the book gave him the
“intuition” that led to making
the “growth mindset” the
philosophical core of the
change he’s trying to create at
his company. Which CEO?
Ans. Satya Nadella
Q2. In 2009, Wall Street
Journal called Dr.Devi Shetty
(of Narayana Hrudayalaya
fame) the ‘_____ _____ of
Heart Surgery’?
Ans. Henry Ford
Q3. Due to the key role of
perfume (ittar) production,
this city X in UP is known as
and “X is to India what Y is to
France”. Identify X and Y.
Ans. X- Kannauj, Y-Grasse
Q4. Which brand owned by
Capital Foods runs India ke
Hunger Ki Bajao, a fund
raising drive which seeks
donations for the Akshaya
Patra Foundation’s mid-day
meal programme, which
serves 1.4 million children
across schools in India?
Ans. Ching’s secret
Q6. This founder of Svatantra
Microfinance has a very
famous family name. Who?
Ans. Ananya Birla , daughter of
Kumaramangalam Birla
Q 7. It calls itself the first
destination mall of India.
What is it?
Ans. DLF
Q 10. Before being elected to
the parliament, he spent time
as a visiting professor at the
University of Texas, Austin.
His academic specialty is
game theory, the study of
strategic decision making.
Identify this teacher of
economic theory at the
University of Athens?
Ans. Yanis Varoufakis, former
Greek finance minister
Q 11. Which company
produces these colour swatch
books?
Ans. Pantone
Q 12. This is the identity of a
Hollywood actor’s foundation
– through collaborative
partnerships, the foundation
supports innovative projects
that protect vulnerable
wildlife from extinction, while
restoring balance to
threatened ecosystems and
communities. Which actor?
Ans. Leonardo Dicaprio
Q 13. In 2014, Anbang
Insurance Group, China
purchased which iconic New
York hotel from Blackstone
for nearly US$2 billion?
Ans) Waldorf Astoria
Q 14. Founded in 1852 by
Aristide Boucicaut, it was the
first ever modern department
store. What is it whose name
literally means ‘the good
market’ or ‘the good deal’?
Ans) Le Bon Marche.
Q 15. In 2012, Fairlife, LLC
was formed when Select Milk
Producers entered into a
partnership with which
famous company that now
distributes the milk brand?
Q 1. What service did Uber
launch at Hyderabad during
the visit of its founder Travis
Kalanick recently ?
Ans. UberMoto a bike-taxi
service
Q 3. Below what limit has RBI
said that there is no need for
OTPs in credit card
transactions ?
Ans. Rs 2000
Q4. Rekindle your love, I
did’nt Nintendo break your
heart, It was love at first
swipe, PS I love you, Think
out of the X Box are all ad
copy for a ad campaign. Name
the campaign.
Ans. Gadgets 360, a TV show
on NDTV
Q5. How much fine will
Reliance Jio for using Modi’s
photo in their Advt ?
Ans. Rs 500 only
Q6. Connect the Kannur
based hardboard
manufacturer Western India
Plywood to the ongoing
demonetisation programme ?
Ans. The returned Rs 500 and
Rs 1000 notes received by RBI
are being recycled into
hardboards
Global
Q7. The newly selected US
Secretary of State by Trump
is Rex Tillerson. He is the
CEO of which Fortune 500
company ?
Ans. Exxon Mobil
Q8. What was the first
product launched by Toyota
in the year 1946 ?
Ans. Sewing machine
Q9. Enovid was the first
hormone based oral
contraceptive pill introduced
in the 1960s. Which company
had launched it ?
Ans. G.D.Searle
Q 10. What feature in
Windows operating Systems
which existed since its launch
is being finally retired by
Microsoft in latest version of
Windows 10 ?
Ans. MS-DOS prompt
Q 11. What system did James
Kemper of Boeing develop in
1970s that is used even today
?
Ans. The vacuum toilet in
airplanes
Q 12. With which company
was Erich Bloch who led the
development of System 360
mainframe computer in the
1960s associated with ? He
died recently RIP.
Ans. IBM
Q 13. What recipe did Jim
Delligatti create in 1967 that
has remained a hot selling one
even today ?
Ans. Big Mac of McDonald’s