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In 2006 he received the Nobel Prize for Peace. He previously was a professor of economics. His father Hazi Dula Mia Shoudagar was a jeweler. By 1949, his mother was afflicted with psychological illness. During that time he also set up a profitable packaging factory on the side. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Vanderbilt University in the United States through the graduate program in Economic Development (GPED) in 1971. Who ?

A-Mohd Yonus

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The bite-sized pieces of chocolate have a distinctive shape, commonly described as flat-bottomed teardrops. They are wrapped in squares of lightweight aluminum foil with a narrow strip of paper protruding from the top. More than 80 million are produced each day at the company's two factories. It is a popular theory that the candy was named for the sound or motion of the chocolate being deposited during the manufacturing process. They were originally wrapped by hand. Which Brand ?

A-Hershey Kisses

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London Financial Guide was renamed to what after 35 days of its Launch to seem more global in its name ?

A-FT (Financial Times)

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It is designed to fixation of a price which is used as a benchmark for pricing the majority of products throughout the world's markets. On 12 September 1919 at 11:00am the five principal traders of the day performed the first. The first conducted by telephone until the members started meeting at the Rothschild offices in New Court, St Swithin's Lane. Due to wartime emergencies and government controls, It was suspended between 1939 and 1954. In April 2004 N M Rothschild & Sons announced that it planned to withdraw from trading and Barclays Bank took its place on 7 June 2004 and the chairmanship of the meeting.

The original members were :-

• N M Rothschild & Sons
• Mocatta & Golsdmid
• Pixley & Abell
• Samuel Montagu & Co.
• Sharps Wilkins.

What Am I talking about ?

A-London Gold Fix which fixes the Gold price

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It is a monetary system in which the standard economic unit of account is a fixed amount of a certain item. It arose out of a general acceptance that the item was useful as a universal currency. It was first adopted Following Queen Anne's proclamation of 1704. Soon to follow was Canada in 1853, Newfoundland in 1865, and the USA and Germany in 1873. What Am I Talking about ?

A-Gold Standard

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It is founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It originated in a 1905 merger of the ASMC, which was established in 1866 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and the FLHN Company, which was founded in 1866 by Henri. Which Company ?

A-Nestle

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The "The Generic Product" ban in Singapore was enacted in 1992 and revised in 2004 and 2010. It bans the import and sale of "The Generic Product" in Singapore. Since 2004, only "The Generic Product" of therapeutic value is allowed into Singapore. This law was created because people disposed of "The Generic Product" incorrectly by sticking them under places like chairs or tables. Identify the "The Generic Product" ?

A-Chewing Gum

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When Austrian Gustav Baldauf, a former pilot with 14,000 hours of flying experience, took over as chief operating officer in the troubled times of 2008, many thought it was the turning point that the troubled company had been waiting for. Its day-to-day operations needed as much fixing as its mounting debt and loss of market share did. Yet, on February 28, when Baldauf resigned from the company, it looked like the cause had been lost. Which Co ?

A-Air India

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Their hindi radio service was had Onkarnath Srivastav as its stalwarts and people in rural areas recongnized his voice in a very clear manner. When the company said it will close down its Hindi service due to paucity of funds, it led to such an outcry among its fans in India that the broadcaster was forced to retract its decision. Now, It has agreed to keep alive a one-hour daily transmission for a year as it explores commercial funding for the service. For decades, It has been their lifeline, not only for news and current affairs but as a credible source of analysis and world knowledge. It now states that if sustainable commercial funding can’t be found, then it’ll have to be closed by March 2012. Whose Hindi Radio Service ?

A-BBC

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In August 2000, a new one was discovered. This was used to hack into Microsoft's network and allowed hackers to access source code. This spreads within a network of shared computer systems, infecting the Notepad.exe file. What makes this so malicious is that it will open port 7597 on a network, allowing a hacker to gain access at a later time through the infected computer. The term is derived from Greek mythology. What ?

A-Trojan Horse

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In 1950 when he was 20 years old had made and saved $9,800. In April 1952, he discovered Benjamin Graham (A Famous Investor) was on the board of GEICO insurance. Taking a train to Washington, D.C. on a Saturday, he knocked on the door of GEICO's headquarters until a janitor allowed him in. There he met Lorimer Davidson, Geico's VP, and the two discussed the insurance business for hours. Davidson would eventually become his life-long friend and a lasting influence and later recall that he found him to be an "extraordinary man" after only fifteen minutes. He wanted to work on Wall Street, however, both his father and Ben Graham urged him not to. He offered to work for Graham for free, but Graham refused. Who ?

A-Warren Buffett

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The Lalbhais can trace their descent from Seth Shantidas who was a dominant figure in the business and civic life of the city. He enjoyed the patronage of the Moghul emperors to whom he was a trusted jeweler. Shantidas was amongst the prominent financers of his time as well. He played an influential role amongst the Jain community of his time, and it was because of his influence at the Moghul court that Shah Jehan confirmed the rights of the Jains over the ancient shrines of Shetrunjaya. His grandson, Khushalchand, too occupied a place of prominence in the business and social life of the city. He saved the city of Ahmedabad from the marauding Maratha army in 1725 by paying a ransom of Rs. 5 Lakh on behalf of the whole city. For this act the grateful “mahajans” promised in perpetuity, a small amount collected as town duties on goods entering the city to Khushalchand and his family, and the title of Nagarsheth was bestowed upon him . The Lalbhais are known for which company to us know ?

A-Arvind Mills

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It is a toothpaste for sensitive teeth. According to media reports, around 17% of individuals in India suffer the condition of sensitive teeth. Sensitive teeth is a condition where the individual suffers sharp pain while consuming anything that is hot or cold. Since the awareness about remedy for this condition is low, most consumers avoid consuming foods that causes this pain. The fear of going to dentist and possibility of painful interventions often prompt individuals to manage the situation rather than taking remedial action. This is perhaps the most important challenge that it faces in cracking the Indian market. Its original owner was Block Drug Company. Which Brand of Toothpaste ?

A-Sensodyne

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It is a new stone has been launched by Goldplus, a jewelery brand from Titan Industries. The new stone has been created by utilizing Serenity Technology's nano-diamond coating technology, which is awaiting patent. Goldplus plans to sell it Jeweller set in 18 carat gold. Which Co ?

A-Diamantine

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Which Company released a font in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi ?

A-Leo Burnett

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Originally, the main entrance on the Strip of MGM Grand was inside the mouth of a giant cartoon-like version of MGM's mascot, Leo the Lion, but this entrance feature was changed to a more traditional entrance for the sake of the Chinese. In 1998, a large bronze statue of Leo was added above the entrance to keep with the MGM Lion theme. Why was the Change Required ?

A-Many Chinese gamblers avoided the casino or entered through the back entrance, due to the belief that entering the mouth of the lion was "bad luck". So the change while not scaring away their more superstitious guests at the MGM Grand.

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Arati R Jerath is a Times of India Journalist She gave a peculiar Headline Describing the Relationship Between Congress and NCP by using a popular brand. It called them _____ Friends.

Her Article Baseline Reads as Follows :

From the time Sangma lashed out at Sonia's origin and background 11 years ago, the Congress and NCP have shared a prickly but persevering relationship. Sometimes they are a garland around each other's neck, sometimes an albatross. Neither principles nor personalities are an adhesive in this queer alliance. But politics is a great glue.

Ans:Fevicol Friends

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Whose Print Ad in Times Of India


























A-Google Chrome

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What is the old name of Tata Steel Europe ?

A-Corus

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New logo of ?


A-Bausch & Lomb

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The compannies indian arm has unveiled a unique and generous green car policy under which employees would be able own an electric car at a subsidized cost and get an attractive allowance to own and run it. The policy, which is in collaboration with Mahindra Reva which makes the Reva electric car, offers as much as Rs 6,000 a month as car allowance, free car battery charging service on the campus, a dedicated parking slot right at the entrance of the campus, an extended battery warranty of 36 months instead of the standard 24 months, free routine maintenance , service on the campus and charging points at owners' residences. Which Co ?

A-SAP India

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He was an Indian independence fighter. He founded a group of companies in the 30s. A small suburb in Andheri,Mumbai is named after him. Name Him ?

A-Jamnlal Bajaj

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Give Fundae ?

A-1997 World Cup Being Sponsored by Reliance (Known as Reliance World Cup)

Thats Allan Border & Dhirubhai Ambani

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Officially,ones are called "spectaculars", and the largest of them are called "jumbotrons." What Am i talking about ?

A-Signs in Times Square

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• He had heard about the IBM System R database, also based on Codd's theories, and wanted The company he founded to be compatible with it, but IBM made this impossible by refusing to share System R's code.
• One of his projects was a database for the CIA, which he named "The company he founded".The initial release of The company he founded product was a 2 suffix without having a 1 suffix. The release number was intended to imply that all of the bugs had been worked out of an earlier version.
• He was inspired by the paper written by Edgar F. Codd on relational database systems called "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks". He founded The company he founded in 1977, under the name Software Development Laboratories. In 1979, the company was renamed Relational Software Inc., later renamed it to current name after the flagship product The company he founded database.

A-Larry Ellison

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In the earlier days of his fame as established management guru, in the beginning of the 90's, he advised Philips' Jan Timmer on the restructuring of this electronic corporation, then on the brink of collapse. With the resulting, successful, 2-3 year long Operation Centurion he also frequently stood for the Philips management troops. He is the co-author of a number of well known works in corporate strategy including The Core Competence of the Corporation which continues to be one of the most frequently re-printed articles published by the Harvard Business Review. He authored several international bestsellers, including: Competing for the Future; The Future of Competition ,; and The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid:. His last book is called The New Age of Innovation. Who ?

A- CK Prahalad

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When he was five the family moved to Delhi, where his father went to start the newspaper Hindustan Standard. His father died when he was sixteen and his mother died when he was eighteen. He was an outstanding student at Modern School (New Delhi),IIT Delhi & Harvard Business School. The first time he ever flew on an airplane was to attend Harvard Business School. He joined McKinsey & Company in 1973 as one of the first Indian-American consultants at the firm. He was initially rejected because of inadequate work experience, a decision that was overturned after his Harvard Business School professor Walter J. Salmon called then head of the New York office on his behalf. Who ?

A-Rajat Gupta

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When he signed up for Twitter to tell his side of the debacle. The number of his Twitter followers leapt from zero to 900,000 in 24 hours. He even scored a Guinness World Record by racking up 1 million Twitter followers in 25 hours and 17 minutes. He had free help from Ad.ly, a Beverly Hills startup that is becoming an important cog for celebrities using social media for commercial endorsements. A friend of his reached out to Ad.ly's celebrity team and claimed that he would like to get on Twitter to bypass the media. Who ?

A-Charlie Sheen

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Its online version was launched in 1996. In 2003, The company began to integrate reporting of the print and online subscribers together in Audit Bureau of Circulations statements. It is commonly held to be the largest paid-subscription news site on the Web, with 980,000 paid subscribers in mid-2007. As of May 2008, an annual subscription to the online edition was cost $119 for those who do not have subscriptions to the print edition. In 2005, It reported a readership profile of about 60 percent top management, an average income of $191,000, an average household net worth of $2.1 million, and an average age of 55. Which Newspaper ?

A-Wall Street Journal

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Which Indian company and Germany’s KION Group GmbH have agreed to established a joint venture for the development, manufacture and marketing of forklift trucks and warehousing equipment ?

A-Voltas

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Identify The author of the book "Banker to the Poor"


Ans:Mohd Yunus

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What is the Old Name of Air India Ltd ?

A-National Aviation Company of India Limited

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Releasing What ?

A-AMD processor Ontario

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In 1990 the His company was floated as a public company, with share placements initially in Mexico and then worldwide. Later in 1990 he acted in concert with France Telecoms and Southwestern Bell Corporation in order to buy landlines telephony company from the Mexican government. By 2006, 90 percent of the telephone lines in Mexico are operated by The company he bought, whilst his mobile telephony company, operates almost eighty percent of all the country's cellphones. It was also at this time that he had heart surgery and subsequently passed on much of the day-to-day involvement in the businesses to his children and their spouses. In 2000 also saw a venture with Microsoft which led to the start of the Spanish T1msn portal, later renamed ProdigyMSN. Who ?

A-Carlos Slim

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In 1945, in his sophomore year of high school, he and a friend spent $25 to purchase a used pinball machine, which they placed in the local barber shop. Within months, they owned several machines in different barber shops. He spent a load of time in the customers' lounge of a regional stock brokerage near the office of his father's own brokerage company. On a trip to New York City at the age of ten, he made a point to visit the New York Stock Exchange. He studied in Wharton for Two years. Who ?

A-Warren Buffett

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Connect Dyna Soap,Provouge,Dabur Fem & Pantene ?

A-All Brands Endoresed by Sonakshi Sinha

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Logo of ?


A-The I-mark


The India Design Council launched a campaign to foster awareness about good design in India by launching a quality benchmark - the I-Mark –a tag which, upon conferment, will denote good design in products, services, objects and works.

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Which Dabur product offers the "Body Oxidative Index" ?

A-Dabur NUTRiGO

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It will acquire the global rights for the eponymous brand name from Pirelli 9 million euros (Rs 55 crore). Pirelli is the owner of the trademark in the rest of the world. Which Brand Name ?


A-CEAT

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Pig bristle was used for cheaper ones, and badger hair for the more expensive ones. The first patent for It was by H. N. Wadsworth in 1857 in the United States, but mass production in the USA only started in 1885. Animal bristle was not an ideal material as it retains bacteria and does not dry well, and the bristles often fell out. Natural animal bristles were replaced by synthetic fibers, usually nylon, by DuPont in 1938. The first nylon bristle was made with nylon yarn, went on sale on February 24, 1938. In January 2003 It was selected as the number one invention Americans could not live without according to the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index. What Product ?

A-Toothbrush

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Latest Brand Ambassador for Tata Docomo ?

A-Ranbir Kapoor

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Explain ?

A-HM Ambassador after makeover

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Companies Logo













The Old Groups Logo

















Hint: It gets its name from the Korean word for Double Dragon

Ans:Ssangyong

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Which retail chain is promoting an up-market food section called "Gourmet West" ?

A-Westside

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Prince Carl Philip of Sweden stayed in the mansion during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and singer George Michael lived here last year. Also, Nicolas Cage and his third wife, Alice Kim, stayed here six years ago, while shooting for Lord of War. “The bedroom on the top level has an amazing penthouse feel,” the paper quoted Stefan Antoni, the area’s in-vogue architect and the mansion’s designer. It is known as the "best house in Cape Town”, South Africa, located at the posh Nettleton Road. Who bought it for for $8.4 million ?

A-Vijay Mallya

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Which Building in Dubai after Completion will be the tallest all residential building ?

A-Princess Tower

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Little Wings by Kingfisher Airlines what exactly is it ?

A-Frequent Flyer Program for Kids

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On February 23, 1993, It celebrated a "topping off" ceremony with the placement of the last panel of emerald green glass hoisted onto one of the 30-story hotel towers. A total of 5,005 green balloons were released, each containing a gift certificate valid for one complimentary stay in one of the rooms. At that time it had an extensive Wizard of Oz theme, including the green "Emerald City" color of the building and the decorative use of Wizard of Oz memorabilia. After entering the casino's main entrance, one would find themselves in the Oz Casino and facing the "Emerald City". Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion were seen in front of the city. The "Emerald City" attraction featured an elaborate yellow brick road walk through. Complete with a cornfield, an apple orchard, the haunted forest as well as audio-animatronic figures of the Scarecrow, Dorothy, the Wicked Witch of the West, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion. It would end at the door of the city, leading inside for a performance of "The Wizard's Secreats". When It began its extensive refurbishment in 1996, the Oz Casino was the first to go. The Emerald City was completely demolished, and the "Emerald City Gift Shop" was moved to a new shopping section of the casino. The store remained open until early 2003. Which Hotel ?

A-MGM Grand

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Billions of black spots littering the streets all over the world are the consequence of improperly disposed ones. Certain of these products are not bio-degradable and are therefore not able to break down in nature. This poses a potentially serious threat to specific ecosystems as some ingredients can be harmful to the members of their food chain. The city of Cologne in Germany has imposed fines up to €500 for discarding it on the street. Which Product ?

A-Chewing Gum

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In a viral video doing the rounds on YouTube, Reebok has recently announced the launch of Reebok's XperReements series. Harbhajan Singh is in the first video. What is the Video titled ?

A-Teesra

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It was started on June 1, 1930 as a weekend train for the Britishers during the British rule in India, to ferry race-fans from Bombay to Poona . The first service of the train was conducted from Kalyan and Pune. It is one of the longest running trains on the Indian Railways to have never run on steam power. From the beginning, It has been run using electric locomotives. The color of its rake has seen a lot of changes, from red colour to yellow and then to blue. It is one of the trains in India having ISO 9000 certification and a dining car. Its Marathi name is Dakhkhanchee Raanee. What am i talking about ?

A-Deccan Queen

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The New York Times, moved to more spacious offices across Broadway in 1913. However, the area was besieged by crime and corruption, in the form of gambling and prostitution; one case that garnered huge attention was the arrest and subsequent execution of police officer Charles Becker. The general atmosphere changed with the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s. It acquired a reputation as a dangerous neighborhood in the following decades.

From the 1960s to the early 1990s, the seediness of the area, especially due its go-go bars, sex shops, and adult theaters, became an infamous symbol of the city's decline. In the mid-1990s, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (1994–2002) led an effort to "clean up" the area, increasing security, closing pornographic theaters, pressuring drug dealers and "squeegee men" to relocate, and opening more tourist-friendly attractions and upscale establishments.


A-Times Square

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He grew up in a two-bedroom apartment in Chicago's South Shore middle-class Jewish neighborhood. Louis, his adoptive father, was a modest government employee who had made a small fortune in Chicago real estate, only to lose it during the Great Depression. He left the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the end of his second year, after not taking his final exams because his adoptive mother had just died. After spending a summer in Northern California, where he lived with his friend Chuck Weiss, he attended the University of Chicago for one term, where he first encountered computer designing. In 1964, at 20 years of age, he moved to northern California permanently. Who ?

A-Larry Ellison

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The newspaper was launched in year 1956 to fulfill the need for a Hindi language daily, by the name Subah Savere in Bhopal and Good Morning India in Gwalior in year 1957, it was renamed to its current name which is now 1st in India and 11th worldwide for the largest circulation of a daily newspaper. It entered the magazine space with the official launch of Hindi monthly lifestyle magazine - "Aha! Zindagi". It owns the My FM radio station. Its name translates to Daily Sun. Over the years, the group has diversified into sectors such as textiles, solvent extraction, oil refinery, vanaspati, export of polished / semi-precious stones, TV media, FM radio, Information technology, real estate, theme / amusement park, and FMCG. Which Group or Newspaper ?

A-Dainik Bhaskar ( Owned by Bhaskar Group)

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Journalist Clarence Barron purchased control of the company for US$130,000 in 1902; circulation was then around 7,000 but climbed to 50,000 by the end of the 1920s. Barron and his predecessors were credited with creating an atmosphere of fearless, independent reporting—a novelty in the early days of business journalism. Barron died in 1928, a year before Black Tuesday, the stock market crash that greatly effected the Great Depression in the United States. Bernard Kilgore was named managing editor of the paper in 1941, and company CEO in 1945, eventually compiling a 25-year career as the head of the Journal. Kilgore was the architect of the paper's iconic front-page design, with its "What's News" digest, and its national distribution strategy, which brought the paper's circulation from 33,000 in 1941 to 1.1 million at the time of Kilgore's death in 1967. It was also on Kilgore's watch, in 1947, that the paper won its first Pulitzer Prize, for editorial writing. Which Newspaper ?

A-Wall Street Journal

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The company it has joined hands with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to increase its presence in petrol stations in West and South and aims to more than double its sales by 2014 from both these regions. Under the agreement, IOC will provide space to the company. IOC has more than 8,000 fuel outlets in South and West India, and this agreement will support the compamnies expansion plans and help it double its presence. It already operates the oil alliance programme with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL). Which Brand ?

A-McDonald

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The minimum bidding price is Rs 1,001 on ebay. Proceeds from the auction would go to NGO Khushii Foundation India that works for underprivileged people in rural and urban India. The Minimum bidding price is for what & who runs Khushii Foundation ?


A-yoga session with Baba Ramdev & Kapil Dev

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Who has replaced the cartoon character of Fido Dido as the face of PepsiCo's aerated drink 7UP. The campaign for the drink, 'Gussa Hatao, Chill Machao', involves two television commercials and will focus on simple issues of anger management. The Replacement has been roped in for his calm attitude. Who is it ?

A-Sharman Joshi

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What is this Train called ?


A-Hayabusa the japanese bullet train

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What is the Islamic Barbie known (It is made by a company callled Fam) ?

A-Fatima

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On March 1, 2011, the SEC levied civil insider trading charges against him. He is accused of passing along non-public information to a person who is currently on trial for insider trading. In the wake of the accusations, He resigned from or did not stand for reelection to the boards of Goldman Sachs, Procter and Gamble, AMR and its subsidiary, American Airlines, Harman, and Genpact Ltd. He was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India to Pran Kumari and Ashwini Kumar . His father was a journalist with the Ananda Bazar Patrika Group. His father was a prominent freedom fighter and had been to jail many times & his mother taught at a school. Who ?

A-Rajat Gupta

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• The company was founded in 1981 by Sir Bill Gammell, the former international Rugby player, who remains its CEO, his father James (Jimmy), his brother Pete and others. Gammell's father invested in US oil company Bush-Overbey, owned by future US President George H. W. Bush. The two families became friends, with George W. Bush spending the summer at the Gammell's farm in Scotland. George W. attended Bill Gammell's wedding in Glasgow in 1983. The two have remained close friends. When George W. Bush assumed the Presidency, both he and Blair reportedly called their mutual friend Gammell to ask his opinion of the other.
• After his rugby career was ended by injury, Gammell followed his father into business. It is a company headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. In the mid 1990s he led the company in a radical reallocation of its assets, moving out of US and North Sea oil and gas concerns and into neglected fields in South Asia. The company's fortunes soared when a field it had bought (for $7 million) from Shell in the Indian province of Rajasthan turned out to be the largest find of the year.

Which Co ?

A-Cairn

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He is noted for his adherence to the value investing philosophy and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth. He is also a notable philanthropist, having pledged to give away 99 percent of his fortune to philanthropic causes. He was born in 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska, as the only son of a businessman & politician. He went door to door selling chewing gum, Coca-Cola, or weekly magazines. For a while, he worked in his grandfather's grocery store, he carried out several successful money-making ideas: delivering newspapers, selling golfballs and stamps, and detailing cars. He filed is his first income tax return when he was 14 where he a $35 deduction for the use of his bicycle and watch on his paper route. Who ?

A-Warren Buffett

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Founded By Ram Chandra Agarwal. At just 21, he began his career from a tiny 100 square feet shop in 1986 in Kolkata's Lal Bazaar area, selling readymade garments. He scraped together Rs 1 lakh (Rs 100,000) in family savings and loans from local moneylenders to open this shop. He envisioned a mega store that would sell garments at prices no one could match. This Ram Chandra Agarwal achieved through in-house manufacturing. It was known for the massive rush at the stores around Durga Puja, especially at the abandoned Tiger Cinema that Ram Chandra Agarwal had converted into a shop. Agarwal had to shut shop in Kolkata in 2001, on account of union problems. He moved to Delhi and started his retail store with the objective to cut the middle men. Which Retail Chain ?

A-Vishal Retail

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Ans:Ashok Leyland

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1930 was a year the world suffered a traumatic depression. Companies across the globe began closing down. In UK and in India the textile industry in particular was in trouble. At about this time, Mahatma Gandhi championed the Swadeshi Movement and at his call, people from all India began boycotting fine and superfine fabrics, which had so far been imported from England. In the midst of this depression one family The Lalbhais opportunity. The three brothers decided to put up a mill to produce this superfine fabric. Which Co ?

A-Arvind Mills

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The family dispute is set to end, finally. Elder Brother today sold his 25 per cent holding in the primary group investment firm to his Younger Brother in an off-market deal. This was after Younger Brother transferred his group’s entire 29.62 per cent shareholding in Elder brothers enterprise. Both brothers have transferred the (requisite) shareholding in a simultaneous effort. By selling his 25 per cent stake in Elder Brother has exited all group investment firms that held stakes in different companies of the Younger Brother faction. The only unfinished task in the six-year-old saga remains the interest of minority shareholders of who together own 22 per cent in the group investment firm. Which Gr0up of Companies ?

A-Bajaj

Shishir Bajaj & Rahul Bajaj

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Dr. AG Noehren, played a pivotal role in fostering the Olympic monement in India as well as the formation of IOA In 1927, The IOA was constituted with him as its first president and Dr. Noehren as secratary. He was extremely fond of sports, and was a pioneer in the Indian Olympic movement. As President of the Indian Olympic Association, he financed the Indian contingent to the Paris Olympics in 1924. Who ?

A-Sir Dorabji Tata

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All his siblings were taught basic business practices by their father, and at the age of 12 he bought shares in a Mexican bank. He went on to study engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, while simultaneously teaching algebra and linear programming there. In 1965 he incorporated started his own company by 1966 his company was worth US$40 million. Three months later he married Soumaya Domit Gemayel and they remained married until her death in 1999. Construction, real estate and mining businesses were the focus of his early career. In 1982 the Mexican economy, which had a substantial reliance on oil exports, contracted rapidly as the price of oil fell and interest rates rose worldwide. Banks and other businesses were nationalized, crippled or collapsed and the peso was devalued. At this time, and during the period of recovery to 1985,he invested heavily. He bought outright, or a large percentage of, numerous Mexican businesses. He also acquired a 50% of that of Hershey's. Who ?

A-Carlos Slim

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After graduating from Harvard, he returned to his master's degree alma mater, the IIMA. But he soon returned to the United States, when in 1977, he was hired by the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he advanced to the top tenured appointment as a full professor. In 2005, he earned the university's highest distinction, Distinguished University Professor. On April 16, 2010, he died of a previously undiagnosed lung illness in San Diego, California. He was sixty eight years old at the time of his death, but he left a large body of work behind. Who ?

A-CK Prahalad

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While his company was successfully selling sweet chocolate products, Milton knew that a fortune lay in making and selling milk chocolate products. Milton built a milk-processing plant in the year 1896, so he could create and refine a recipe for milk chocolate candies. In 1907, he introduced his flagship candy. Initially they were individually wrapped by hand in squares of foil, and the introduction of machine wrapping in 1921 simplified the process while adding the small paper ribbon to the top of the package to indicate that it was a genuine product. The product was trademarked three years later and went on to become one of the most successful and well-known products ever produced by the company. Now, 80 million are produced each day. Which Company ?

A-Hershey & Hershey Kisses

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"Retail Store", which started the concept of 'Sabse Sasta Din' a few years ago, is now selling the "Tata Product". "There is a lot of commonality between "Retail Store" consumers and prospective "Tata Product" buyers. "Retail Store" as a concept appeals to the masses and they are trying to see how can they sell "Tata Product", which has a similar positioning. This is the first time a retail chain is selling a this product in the country. "Retail Store" has already sold more than 450 "Tata Product" since the experiment. That is more than 5% of "Tata Product" sales in February 2010. "Retail Store" customers, mostly value conscious people, will directly fit in the profile of "Tata Product" buyers. Identify The Retail Store and Tata Product ?


A-Tata Nano & Big Bazaar

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Who is being personified ?

(Hint:He is chief executive of Russia's Digital Sky Technologies. He has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon. )


Ans: Yuri Milner

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What is this ?


A-Sprite University of Freshology

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In 1850, he became a telegraph messenger boy in the Pittsburgh Office of the Ohio Telegraph Company, at $2.50 per week, following the recommendation of his uncle. His new job gave him many benefits including free admission to the local theater. This made him appreciate Shakespeare's work. He was a very hard worker and would memorize all of the locations of Pittsburgh's businesses and the faces of important men. He made many connections this way. He also paid close attention to the telegraph's instruments and within a year was promoted as an operator. Who ?

A-Andrew Carnegie

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William Addis of England is believed to have produced the first mass-produced "The Generic Product" in 1780. In 1770 he had been jailed for causing a riot; while in prison he decided that the method used to cleansing could be improved, so he took a small animal bone, drilled small holes in it, obtained some bristles from a guard, tied them in tufts, passed the tufts through the holes on the bone, and glued them. He soon became very wealthy. He died in 1808, and left the business to his eldest son, also called William; the company continues to this day. Which Product is being talked about here ?

A-Toothbrush

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The Marina Hotel, located at 3805 Las Vegas Boulevard, opened in 1975 as a 714-room hotel and casino. In 1989 Kirk Kerkorian bought the Marina Hotel and the Tropicana Country Club to obtain the site that would become the home of it. Ground was broken on October 7, 1991 for then new casino hotel complex. The Marina closed on November 30, 1991. The Marina hotel building still exists as the western end of the main hotel building. Marina Hotel became the home of what ?

A-The MGM Grand

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It is the largest newspaper in the United States, by circulation. Its name derives from a location in New York City. It has been printed continuously since its inception on July 8, 1889, by Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. The newspaper version has won the Pulitzer Prize 33 times. Jones converted the small Customers' Afternoon Letter into it, first published in 1889, and began delivery via telegraph. It featured the first of several indexes of stock and bond prices on the New York Stock Exchange. Which Paper ?

A-Wall Street Journal

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Why was this movie in News ?

A-Its being made by Friday Night Production the Studio run ISB Students

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It was earlier named Longacre was later renamed in April 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected Times Building. In 1904, New York Times publisher Adolph S. Ochs moved the newspaper's operations to a new skyscraper on 42nd Street at Longacre. Ochs persuaded Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr. to construct a subway station there, and the area was renamed to its current name on April 8, 1904. Just three weeks later, the first electrified advertisement appeared on the side of a bank at the corner of 46th Street and Broadway. What am i talking about ?

A-Times Square

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He was born in New York City to Florence Spellman, an unwed 19-year-old. His biological father was an Italian-American U. S. Air Force pilot, who was stationed abroad before Spellman realized that she had become pregnant by him. After he contracted pneumonia at the age of nine months, his mother determined that she was unable to care for him adequately, and arranged for him to be adopted by her aunt and uncle in Chicago. Lillian Spellman and Louis adopted him when he was nine months old. Lillian was the second wife of Louis , a Russian Jew who had arrived in the United States in 1905. Who ?

A-Larry Ellison

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One old wives' tale says that swallowed one will remain in a human's stomach for up to seven years, as it is not digestible. According to several medical opinions, there seems to be little truth behind the tale. In most cases, swallowed one will pass through the system as fast as any other food, but can be a little slower. There have been a few cases where swallowing has required medical attention, but these cases are more or less related to chronic swallowers. One young boy swallowed several pieces each day and had to be hospitalized and another young girl required medical attention when she swallowed it and four coins, which got stuck together in her esophagus. As long as the mass of it is small enough to pass out of the stomach, it will likely pass out of the body easily. Which Product ?

A-Chewing Gum

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The swan wasn`t from the logo from the start. In 1895, when Daniel started his own business, he chose the traditional edeilweiss flower as a symbol for his creations. Edeilweiss flower is indeed very delicate and pure, perfect for a logo, but sooner his business expanded and he needed a more cosmopolitan logo and he came across the swan. A well-thought movement, the swan is worldwide understood as a symbol of grace, purity and feminity. Which Brand ?

A-Swarovski

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It was formed in 1990 after the merge of Corporación Industrial and Grupo Inbursa. The name stands for a billionaire and Soumaya Domit de Slim, his late wife. In 2007, the conglomerate was worth over $60 billion US dollars and held the largest telecommunications company in Latin America under its belt of companies. Which Conglomerate ?

A-Carlos Slim`s Group Carso

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Identify Him


A-Ajit Balakrishnan (Founder of Rediff)

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He died in Geneva, Switzerland on November 29, 1993 at the age of 89. On his death, the Indian Parliament was adjourned in his memory-an honor not usually given to persons who are not Members of Parliament. He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris,France. Who ?

A-JRD Tata

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The Company and Carbon Corporation was formed in 1917 from the merger of the former company of the same name founded in 1898 and the National Carbon Company founded in 1886. These companies made carbon rods for arc lights and electrodes for electric arc furnaces, and produced aluminum. The company changed its name to To how we know it in 1957. Energizer alkaline batteries were sold off to Ralston Purina in 1986, following a hostile takeover attempt. Which Co ?

A-Union Carbide

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Its headquarters are in Pennsylvania named after the company. It was founded by Milton in 1894 as a subsidiary of his Lancaster Caramel Company. Other Milton established companies include Entertainment and Resorts Company, which runs a park, a chocolate-themed amusement park. After completing an apprenticeship to a confectioner in 1873, Milton founded a candy shop in Philadelphia, which failed six years later. After trying unsuccessfully to manufacture candy in New York, he returned to Pennsylvania, where he founded the Lancaster Caramel Company, whose use of fresh milk in caramels proved successful. Which Company ?

A-Hershey

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It was founded in 1947 when a group of Mexican investors bought Swedish Ericsson's Mexican branch. In 1950 the same investors bought the Mexican branch of the ITT Corporation thus becoming the only telephone provider in the country. In 1972 the Mexican government bought the company, turning it into a government monopoly. It is a source of welath the worlds richest man ?

A-Telmex

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• He can catch the lightning, break it into two and shove it back in the clouds.
• He can save a lonely damsel from being buried under a crashing building.
• He can embarrass top-notch body builders in a gym.
• He can run faster than a bullet and stop it before it hits the target.
• And finally he can make the earth rotate faster!

Who?

A-Super Zoozoo

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The origins of it lie in Mithapur, a remote town in Gujarat, where a TATA engineer, Darbari Seth, was concerned about the enormous quantities of energy his factory spent on desalination. He proposed the idea of a research institute to tackle the depletion of natural resources and energy scarcity. J. R. D. Tata, chairman of the TATA Group, liked the idea and accepted the proposal. It was setup with a modest corpus of 35 million rupees. On the invitation of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, it registered in Delhi in 1974 . As the scope of its activities widened over a period of time, it was renamed removing the founding group name with the same intials. Which Institute ?

A-TERI

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The tech giant is not planning any more versions of its unpopular product. The devices, which have a small but devoted fan base, play music and video downloaded via the Marketplace. It was codenamed "Argo". What ?

A-Microsoft Zune

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“Ranbir’s been endorsing Pepsi since Saawariya, so the question of Coca-Cola approaching him doesn’t make any sense. He’s the ambassador for John Players, while I endorse Levi’s.” Whose Quote ?

A-Imran Khan

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• It is a brand from the house of Siyaram . It is an international brand of worsted textile which was acquired by Siyaram in 1995. This is one of the very few brands in the consumer space which have an " Initial " along with the brand name.
• The famous endorsers for it was the tennis duo Mahesh Bhupati and Leander Paes. These tennis stars were roped in when they were in the peak of their careers.
• It was endorsed by the entire South African cricket team. The South African team was considered to be very professional and clean. Hanse Cronje , the celebrated SA captain was accused of match fixing. This forced the brand to shelve the entire campaign.
• At one point of time Geoff Boycott also endorsed the brand. Then for a long period, the brand kept off the celebrity bandwagon.
• It was later endorsed by Ms Priyanka Chopra and Now Hrthik Roshan.

A-J. Hampstead

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This is which companies staff in 1978 ?

A-Microsoft

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The first logo was used when the company was founded in 1995. It was red and had three icons on each side. The logo used on the main page used to be red with a black outline and shadow, but in May 2009, along with a new theme redesign, the logo was changed to purple with no outline or shadow. Sometimes, the logo is abbreviated with Y!. Which Company ?

A-Yahoo

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Harmsworth marketed the product in Britain at a time when Frenchness was seen as 'chic' and aspirational to the middle classes. It was advertised as the Champagne of mineral water . Advertising in newspapers like the Daily Mail established the brand. Some 95% of sales were in Britain and the U.S. Its reputation for purity suffered a blow in 1990 when a laboratory in North Carolina in the United States found Benzene, a carcinogen, in several bottles. It stated that it was an isolated incident of a worker having made a mistake in the filtering procedure and that the spring itself was unpolluted. The incident ultimately led to the worldwide withdrawal of the product, some 160 million bottles. Which Brand ?

A-Perrier

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Which Company was originally incorporated as "Vajreshwari Cosmetics Private Limited" in 1984 ?

A-Religare

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Who fired off the first tweet on March 21, 2006. It read "just setting up my twttr." ?

A-Jack Dorsey (Co-Founder of Twitter)

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Which Companies old logo


Ans:Yamaha

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He was born in Scotland, in a typical weaver's cottage with only one main room consisting of half the ground floor which was shared with the neighbouring weaver's family. The main room served as a living room, dining room and bedroom. He was named after his paternal grandfather. Falling on very hard times as a handloom weaver and with the country in starvation, His father decided to move with his family to Allegheny, Pennsylvania in the USA in 1848 for the prospect of a better life. His family had to borrow money in order to migrate. His first job at age 13 in 1848 was as a bobbin boy, changing spools of thread in a cotton mill 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. Hid started off working in a cotton mill but then would earn money weaving and peddling linens. Who ?

A-Andrew Carnegie

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During a walk, the Marquis of Lessert drank water from the Sainte Catherine spring on the land of a Mr. Cachat. The marquis, who was allegedly suffering from kidney and liver problems, drank regularly of the water while he walked, and claimed that his health improved. Encouraged by Lessert's advocacy of the 'miraculous' water, local doctors began to prescribe it as a health remedy. In response to the growing success of the water, Mr Cachat fenced off his spring and began selling the water. The Duke of Savoy gave his permission to start bottling water from the spring. Which Brand Resulted thus ?

A-Evain

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Close to a millon have been sold in its first weekend of release. The predeccsor crossed the millon mark 28 days after its launch. Best Buy on March 11,2011 claimed some of its outlets ran out of it within 10 minutes. Which Product ?

A-Apple Ipad 2

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Users of it peppered the Internet with complaints Sunday when their product bungled the one-hour ``spring forward'' to daylight savings time that went into effect overnight Saturday. One user complained of missing church, another of almost missing yoga. One called her it stupid and several just asked for help. A clock glitch prevented alarms from sounding on New Year's Day, causing slumbering revelers to oversleep. The devices also struggled to adjust to the end of daylight savings time back in November. Twitter was abuzz with a simple solution: Either shut down and restart it, or switch the it to ``airplane mode'' and then back. Which Product ?

A-Iphone

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It has been sold to private equity firm TPG and Shriram Group respectively, sending its shares up by 20 per cent. It ran into difficulties in late 2008 after failing to raise equity amid the economic downturn, received board approval in September to sell assets to repay debt, which was as high as 7.35 billion rupees as at end-June 2010. It lost about 40 per cent of its market capitalisation in the last six months following uncertainty over its future due to high debt and a court order restraining the sale of its assets. Which Retail Chain ?

A-Vishal Retail

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Many reckon one of the reasons Barack Obama won the race to the White House was his belief in the power of the cellphone as a mass campaign tool. Team Mamata is looking to unleash an home-grown version of the Obama magic by leveraging the mass penetration levels of the mobile phone as a potent campaigning device during the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections. Their Advisor decided to promote the party through Mobile Phones. Using SMS is also considered a far more economical way of campaigning which increases voter turnout at a fraction of the cost. Who is their Advisor ?

A-Saaber Bhatia

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A-Shishir Bajaj (Rahul Bajajs brother)

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In 1902, his father had emigrated from Lebanon to Mexico at the age of 14; at the time he did not speak Spanish. It was not uncommon for Lebanese children to be sent abroad before they reached the age of 15 because they could thus avoid being conscripted into the army of the Ottoman Empire. In 1911, His father established a dry goods store, which meant The Star of the Orient. By 1921, he had purchased real estate in the flourishing commercial district of Mexico City. These enterprises became the source of considerable wealth. Whose Parents story is being described here ?

A-Carlos Slim

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It seems The flight attendants are not so happy with their brand glam new uniforms. They have recently complained that the polyester uniform was making them uncomfortable and unsafe. One of the main problems with the uniform is a hangover from the era -their 100% polyester lining -along with ill-fitting designs. An email obtained by the paper revealed that staff were suffering from discomfort and 'very painful' rashes as a result of the uniforms and suggested they wash their uniforms with fabric softener before wearing them. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has received at least four complaints from staff since the uniforms were unveiled in Feb 2011. The staff complaining of constant discomfort which they recieve since the uniforms are made of Polyester. Which Airlines Uniform ?

A-Virgin Blue

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Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner, a married couple who worked as computer operations staff members at Stanford University, were later joined by Richard Troiano, founded this company in 1984. It gets its name from the last 5 letters of the city in which it was founded. Its first product, was adapted multiple-protocol router software. Sandy Lerner was fired; as a result Len Bosack quit after receiving $200 million. Most of those profits were given to charities and the two later divorced. Which Companies history is being described here ?

A-Cisco

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It is the second largest hotel in the world. It was the largest hotel in the world when it opened in 1993. The property includes five outdoor pools, rivers, and waterfalls that cover 6.6 acres (2.7 ha), a 380,000 sq ft (35,000 m2) convention center, the Garden Arena, CBS Television City, and the Grand Spa. It also houses numerous shops and night clubs, 19 restaurants, and the largest casino in Clark County, which occupies 171,500 sq ft. Located on the Tropicana - Las Vegas Boulevard intersection, pedestrians are not allowed to cross at street level. It has recently decided to open up in Delhi. Which Hotel ?

A-The MGM Grand

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Gopikrishna was a cotton trader and textile mill owner who later went on to buy Morarjee Mills. This set the begining for a Conglomerate. Gopikrishna had come to Mumbai with a few rupees in his pocket from Bagar in Rajasthan and made enough money trading cotton to buy Morarjee Mills, which had been listed on the stock exchanges more than 140 years ago. Then Gopikrishna died suddenly at the age of 55 in New York in 1979 and his son Ashok took charge. Ashok, too, died early, at the age of 36, of cancer in 1984. Just before that, his son Dilip, had gone his separate way with his business & His son Ajay controlled the business. Which Business did Ajay & Dilip control ?

A-Ajay Controls The Piramal Group

Dilip Piramil control VIP Luggage business

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Lisa Simpson decides to donate her $50 to charity, but an online introduction to microfinance and a video from XXX prompt her to use the money to support a local business instead. She gives Nelson Muntz a loan for his fledgling bicycle company, which rapidly begins to flourish. He decides to drop out of school in order to invest all his time in the business; Lisa is upset by the news, but Principal Skinner thinks it would pay nicely as a part-time job. At a meeting of entrepreneurs, Lisa tries to persuade Nelson to stay in school, but she fails after she discovers that the attendees all left college though Lisa loses her money, Nelson makes it up to her by taking her skating, during which they knock down YYY and several other people. Identify XXX & YYY ?

A-Mohd Yunus & Mark Zuckerbeg

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Trek Technology and IBM began selling the first ones which was marketed in 2000 as "Diskonkey". Both Trek Technology and Netac Technology have tried to protect their patent claims. Trek won a Singaporean suit, but a court in the United Kingdom revoked one of Trek's UK patents. While Netac Technology has brought lawsuits against PNY Technologies ,Lenovo, Aigo, Sony and Acer. What Product is being talked about here ?

A-USB Drives

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It is Headquartered in Singapore. It has been at the forefront of Asian sport since 1992, managing almost 600 days of sports events annually, across more than 30 countries in the region. It has the exclusive marketing partner of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), and a major stake-holder in Asian golf as organizers of the Barclays Singapore Open, Hero Honda Indian Open, the SAIL Open Golf Championship, Volvo Masters of Asia, the ASEAN Tour and the Omega China Tour. The Group also manages global cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and has formed a partnership with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the ground and title naming rights for the Indian National Team’s domestic matches. Additionally, in partnership with Sony Corporation, the Group was awarded the global media rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 10-year deal is valued at over US$1.6bn. Which Company ?

A-World Sport Group

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Which apparel maker will soon sign a licensing agreement with French women's brand Elle for clothing and fashion accessories. Media conglomerate Lagardere SCA owns Elle, the world's largest fashion magazine. Energie is a brand from international designer firm Sixty Spa and currently has 4 exclusive stores in India and 20 'shop in shops' in a partnership with the company. The company owns and operates retail chains like Megamart and Club America. Which Co ?

A-Arvind Group (Arvind Mills)

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Identify Him








































A-Rishab C Bhargava

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The Rs 3,200-crore Dhamra Port in Orissa, a 50:50 joint venture between Tata Steel and Which company, is ready and will go operational ?

A-L&T

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The Corporation is one of the largest chemical and polymer companies in the United States, currently employing more than 3,800 people. Markets served include paints and coatings, packaging, wire and cable, household products, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive, textiles, agriculture, and oil and gas. The company is a former component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Founded in 1917, the company's researchers developed an economical way to make ethylene from natural gas liquids, such as ethane and propane, giving birth to the modern petrochemical industry. Before divesting them, the chemical giant owned consumer products Eveready and Energizer batteries, Glad bags and wraps, Simoniz car wax, and Prestone antifreeze. Which Co ?

A-Union Carbide

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His father was a well-known Sanskrit scholar and judge in Chennai. At 19, he joined Union Carbide, he was recruited by the manager of the local Union Carbide battery plant after completing his B.Sc degree in Physics from Loyola College, Chennai, part of the University of Madras. He worked there for four years. He called his Union Carbide experience a major inflection point in his life. Four years later, he did his post graduate work in management at the IIMA. At Harvard Business School, he wrote a doctoral thesis on multinational management in just two and a half years, graduating with a D.B.A. degree in 1975. Who ?

A-CK Prahalad

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"The Generic Product" consist of a head of tightly clustered bristles mounted on a handle. "The Generic Product" labelled "soft" is recommended by experts as "hard can cause damages". Before its invention chewsticks, tree twigs, bird feathers, animal bones and porcupine quills were used. According to Ayurveda twigs of the neem or banyan tree are used to make "The Generic Product". In China it was made out of horse-tail hairs attached to an ox-bone handle. Which Product ?

A-Toothbrush

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The website was founded with the additional suffix of on the net. It was the first .com domain name registered in India in 1996. Which Website ?

A-Rediff

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It in various forms has existed since at least the Neolithic period. 5,000 year old Generic products with tooth imprints, made of birch bark tar, has been found in Kierikki, Yli-Ii, Finland. The bark tar of were made is believed to have antiseptic properties and other medicinal advantages. The ancient Aztecs used chicle as a base for making a alike substance. Women in particular used this as a mouth freshener. Forms of it were also used in Ancient Greece. The American Indians chewed resin made from the sap of spruce trees. Which Generic Product ?

A-Chewing Gum

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It was established in 25 July 1917 when three leading optical manufacturers merged to form a comprehensive, fully integrated optical company known as Nippon Kōgaku Tōkyō Over the next sixty years, this growing company became a manufacturer of optical lenses and equipment used in cameras, binoculars, microscopes and inspection equipment. During World War II the company was supplying items such as binoculars, lenses, bomb sights, and periscopes to the Japanese military. Priyanka Chopra is there brand ambassador ?

A-Nikon

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He may have suffered paper losses of about $150 million from stakes in two global reinsurance giants, Swiss Re and Munich Re, because of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Financial News calculated that he is one of the "biggest investors to be affected by the earthquake," because share prices of both insurers slumped in morning trading. His company is the majority shareholder in Munich Re, and owns the fifth largest stake in Swiss Re. Who ?

A-Warren Buffet

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On February 10, 1929, Who wass awarded India's first pilot licence, Pilot Licence No.1 by Federation Aeronotique International signed by Sir Victor Sasoon on behalf of the Aero Club of India and Burma ?

A-JRD Tata

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Air India flight AI-306 of March 11 was Canceled . Give Funda ?

A-It was canceled because it was flying to Tokyo and due to earthquake

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The Offcial IPL Edition Car . Which car is it ?

A-Volkswagen Vento

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A Stanford Business School analysis found that the majority of book buyers use this for buying ideas. The study concluded that lesser-known writers get the biggest benefit from being on it. It may not be a reflection of overall book sales; a book that never makes it can outsell books on it. It reflects sales in a given week, not total sales. What am i talking about ?

A-The New York Times Best Seller list

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He started as a telegrapher and by the 1860s had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges and oil derricks. He built further wealth as a bond salesman raising money for American enterprise in Europe. He earned most of his fortune in the steel industry. He sold his steel company in 1901 for $480 million to J.P. Morgan, who created U.S. Steel. He devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries, world peace, education and scientific research. Who ?

A-Andrew Carnegie

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Nestle felt the effects of World War II immediately. Profits dropped from US$20 million in 1938 to US$6 million in 1939. Factories were established in developing countries, particularly Latin America. Ironically, the war helped with the introduction of the company's newest product, which was a staple drink of the US military. Nestle production and sales rose in the wartime economy. Which Co ?

A-Nescafe

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The brand of soap from the Anchor Group of Companies has got a new brand ambassador who has a had new success and is the daughter of a famous actor. The brand had captured consumer's attention with its high profile campaign featuring the brand ambassador as a well known actress. It roped in the well known actress at her early stages of acting career. The well known actress went on to become a very popular star in recent years and the brand benefited a lot through the association. Now She has moved along to endorse a Rival brand of soaps. It retains its tag-line "Be a Lady". Which Brand ?

A-Dyna

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In line with the strategy of bringing in global brands from its portfolio, GSK has launched its brand in India. This is GSK's second foray into the Indian oral care market. Earlier the company had launched its toothpaste brand Aquafresh which was later withdrawn from the Indian market. It is a global leader in the premium category of its products in various markets like USA. The brand has been around since 1960 came into GSK fold in 2001. GSK bough the brand from its original owner Block Drug Company INC. Which Brand ?

A-Sensodyne

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Like Smirnoff throws a party to popularize its brand of Vodka this brand has this website to popularize its brand
























Ans:Fevicol

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The spring in Southern France from is was called Les Bouillens. It has been used as a spa since Roman times. Local doctor Louis bought the spring in 1898 and operated a commercial spa there; he also bottled the water for sale. He later sold the spring to Sir Saint-John Harmsworth a wealthy British visitor. Harmsworth was the younger brother of the newspaper magnates Lord Northcliffe and Lord Rothermere. He had come to France to learn the language. Dr. Louis showed him the spring, and he decided to buy it. He sold his share of the family newspapers to raise the money. Harmsworth closed the spa, as spas were becoming unfashionable. He started bottling the water in distinctive green bottles. The shape was that of the Indian clubs Harmsworth used for exercise. Which Brand ?

A-Perrier

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This is tuning fork. 3 of these interlocked into eachother form a logo of a company which company.


Ans: Yamaha

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It owns Dragonair. It was founded on 24 September 1946 by American Roy C. Farrell and Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow, with each man putting up HK$1 to register the airline. Its major shareholders are Swire Pacific and Air China. It currently holds the title of the world's third largest airline. It is a founding member of the Oneworld alliance, with its subsidiary, Dragonair, as an affiliate member. The airline was awarded the title 2009 Airline of the Year by Skytrax. Which Airline ?

A-Cathay Pacific

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She completed her schooling from Holy Angels AIHSS, Chennai. She received a Bachelor's degree in Physics,Chemistry and Maths from Madras Christian College in 1974 and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 1976. Beginning her career in India, She held product manager positions at Johnson & Johnson and textile firm Mettur Beardsell. She was admitted to Yale School of Management in 1978 and earned a Master's degree in Public and Private Management. While at Yale, she completed her summer internship with Booz & Company. Graduating in 1980, she joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and then held strategy positions at Motorola and Asea Brown Boveri. Who ?

A-Indra Nooyi

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Ans:Ajay Piramal

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The word derives from Anglo-Normandian "small trader" or but possibly from Old French "wine retailer", which comes from the verb which means "to broach (a keg)". If it is individual, it refers to somebody acting as an agent for others, in terms of contract negotiation, purchases, or sales in return for a commission or financial reward. Which Word ?

A-Broker

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He has 37 years of an extensive experience in industry. He served as the President of Indian Sugar Mills Association. He served as Chairman of Indian Sugar & General Industry Export Import Corporation Ltd. He serves as a Managing Trustee of Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, New Delhi and Member of World Presidents' Organization with headquarters in the USA. He holds MBA from New York University majoring in finance. Who ?

A-Shishir Bajaj

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What is Ashok Leyland being rebranded to ?

A-Hinduja Leyland

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Launched in February 2000, Shaktee is the flagship brand of Which Tata group company ?

A-Tata Steel

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In the wake of the September 11 attacks, some airlines have faced financial difficulties, raising concerns among users. All airlines include provison reserving the right to modify or eliminate them on relatively short notice. Since the 1990s, U.S. airlines have sold billions of them to partners such as credit cards, hotel chains, and car rental agencies, who offer this "currency" as an incentive to purchase their own services. Sometimes, they were honored by a close partner; Continental Airlines assumed Eastern Air Lines' program when it failed, as did Delta of Pan Am's. What ?

A-Frequent Flyer Miles

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He Launched a Fortnightly Political Magazine named 'Covert' on 13 May 2008 in Delhi with the first issue on Stands on 14 May Simultaneously, the Covert website was launched too with the first two days later. He launched a new Sunday newspaper in Delhi titled "The Sunday Guardian" from 31 January 2010. In September 2010, he joined one of India's biggest media conglomerates, the Living Media as Editorial Director of the leading weekly English news magazine India Today and the English news channel Headlines Today. Who ?

A-MJ Akbar

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Felice was an Italian pharmacist, a maker of liquor. He established a chemical laboratory in Milano, developing the successful "Ferro-China", an amaro (drink) made as an alcohol infusion of cinchona bark, herbs, and iron salts. He died in San Pellegrino. Which Brand do we know him best for ?

A-Bisleri

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In 1929, while India was under British rule, a small company emerged. A small factory was set up in east suburb of Mumbai to manufacture sweets. A decade later it was upgraded to manufacture biscuits as well. Sinc In 1929 a small company emerged in British dominated India. A small factory was set up in the suburbs of Mumbai to manufacture confectionery products and a decade later biscuits. Which Co ?

A-Parle

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The Department of Telecommunication is launching a scheme offering a facility to the soldiers defending the borders in far flung areas and tackling insurgents in Maoist affected areas. It will be launched by Sachin Pilot at Barmer in Rajasthan on Mar 6,2011. Under this scheme, CPMF troops will get two BSNL SIM cards by paying a monthly fee of Rs 299. The scheme has been launched especially for the jawans of CPMF. By paying a nominal charge of Rs 299, the jawans will get two SIM cards, one of which he can give it to the family and the other he can keep it with himself in his place of posting. There will be no charge on the cost made between the two SIM cards," Sachin Pilot. The facility will be provided to all the troops of BSF, CRPF, ITBP, CISF and SSB. What is the Scheme called ?

A-Rakshak

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Datejust, Day-Date, Daytona, GMT Master II, Milgauss,Oysterquartz, Sea Dweller, Submariner, Yacht-Master are products of which brand ?

Ans:Rolex

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It started on April 9,1942 it is published with a book guide of the sunday edition newspaper. The list is composed by the editors of the "News Surveys" department, contrary to popular belief. It is based on weekly sales reports obtained from selected samples of independent and chain retailers and wholesalers throughout the United States. Some are flagged with a dagger indicating that a significant number of bulk orders had been received by the retailer. The exact methodology used in creating it is classified as a trade secret. RoyaltyShare, a San Diego-based company that tracks data and aggregates sales information for publishers, will provide e-book data. What am i talking about ?

A-The New York Times Best Seller list

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In December 1962, who was sent to Jamshedpur to work at Tata Steel. He worked on the floor along with other blue-collar employees, shovelling limestone and handling the blast furnaces. Who ?

A-Ratan Tata

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The announcement made by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Budget for 2011-12 of 10 per cent excise duty on branded apparels. How are the Retailers Protesting to it ?

A-On Monday (7th March 2010) Around 10000 retailers would stay shut which include Shoppers Stop, Pantaloons, Westside, Lifestyle, Madura Garments and Arvind Brands)

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It is a brand of bottled mineral water made from a spring in Vergèze in the Gard département of France. The spring is naturally carbonated. Both the water and natural carbonic gas are captured independently and in the bottling process, the carbonic gas is added so that the level of carbonation in bottled brand is the same as the water of the Vergèze spring. All Its bottles are green and have a distinctive 'teardrop' shape. In August 2001, the company introduced a new bottling format using polyethylene terephthalate to offer it in plastic, a change that took 11 years to decide which material would best help retain both the water's flavor and its purported "50 million bubbles." Which Brand ?

Ans:Perrier

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He may be the richest man in the world, with his wealth estimated to be a staggering $70 billion. His wealth comes from offshore accounts deposited in secret bank accounts or invested in luxury homes and hotels. In over 30 years ,He had access to investment deals that over time have generated huge profits. He owned properties in Manhattan and Beverly Hills , while much of the money was kept in banks in England and Switzerland. He has managed to gather wealth through a series of business partnerships with various foreign investors and companies with whom he was closely connected since the military stage. The 70 billion dollars would put him comfortably ahead of Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim , who is worth about $53.5 billion, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates , with $53 billion. Who ?

A-Hosni Mubarak

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This the Old logo of which entity ?


Ans:LG

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Whose Old Logo
Ans:Volkswagen

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How do we know this entity today as ?

A-Mastercard

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It was established in 1887 as a piano and reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu as Nippon Gakki Company on October 12, 1897. The company had a lot of war time machinery which was repurposed by making it into a full fledged manufacture of automobiles. It has grown to become the world's largest manufacturer of as well as a leading manufacturer of semiconductors, audio/visual, computer related products, sporting goods, home appliances, specialty metals and industrial robots. In 1989, It shipped the world's first CD recorder. It is also widely known for their music teaching programme that began in the 1980s. Its electronic musical instruments continue to be a successful, popular and respected product. Which Co ?

A-Yamaha

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Vodafone-Hutch-Oragne-?

A-Maxtouch

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In 1991, MJ Akbar joined the Government as an advisor in the Ministry of Human Resources, and helped policy planning in key areas of education, the National Literacy Mission and in the protection of heritage. He resigning from the post and quit politics in December 1992 and returned to journalism and full time writing. In 1993, M J Akbar started a new media company with the aim of creating India’s first newspaper that would not only include an international focus within its editorial range, but also be the first Indian daily with an international edition. This newspaper appeared in February 1994. It India’s first global newspaper, in collaboration with the Deccan Chronicle, to eight editions, into a major media presence nationally and internationally. Which Newspaper ?

A-The Asian Age

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Who was named the successor to Steven Reinemund as chief executive officer of the company effective October 1, 2006 ?

A-Indra Nooyi

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Daniels father was a glass cutter who owned a small glass factory. It was there that a young Daniel served an apprenticeship, becoming skilled in the art of glass-cutting. In 1892 he patented an electric cutting machine that facilitated the production of crystal glass. The company established a crystal cutting factory in Austria to take advantage of local hydroelectricity for the energy-intensive grinding processes Daniel patented. Who ?

A-Swarovski