WEEKLY NEWS QUIZ

QUESTION 1
X has recently partnered with
networking company Cisco to fund
start-ups which focus on latest
technologies like cloud and Interne of
Things.
It is also termed as accelerator which
help in entrepreneurship by funding
them.
Identify X.

ANSWER
GSF accelerator

QUESTION 2
Recently a mobile gaming developer
company signed a deal with a
famous cricket player to develop
games around his character.
Identify the company.

ANSWER
Nazara technologies.

QUESTION 3
X is the private equity firm which
controls Y, one of the major brick and
mortar cellphone retailers. Recently Y
is found to be approaching other
players in the same segment for a
sale. As per the experts the retailer
has taken the steps after incurring
heavy losses due to online retailers.
Identify X.

ANSWER
X: Peepul Capital
Y: UniverCell

QUESTION 4
One of the major online retailers in
India is planning to sell the products
of Britains leading retailer Mark &
Spenser. M&S is already operating in
India with a JV with the company X.
Identify X.

ANSWER
Reliance Industries

QUESTION 5
Recently Quikr has signed a pact with
company X to offer car inspection
service for used cars. The inspection
report will include right value of the
car and technical support service will
be provided to the buyers.

ANSWER
Carnation Auto

QUESTION 6
Political party X has issued Whip to
its MLAs to vote for Y during the trial
of strength in legislative Assembly of
Z.
What is X,Y,Z here ?

ANSWER
BJP, Manjhi and Bihar

QUESTION 7
X introduced a premium ice cream Y.
It is creating strong competition with
HULs two brands.
Identify X and Y.

ANSWER
Mother Dairy
Belgiyum choco bar

QUESTION 8
Prime Minister of India recently
commented that FDI on Defence
Secctor can go up. He beleives that
this move will help India to quickly
adopt advanced technologies while
opening up the vast Indian markets
to foreign defence firms.
Currently, what is the FDI limit in this
sector

ANSWER
49%

QUESTION 9
A scheme is launched by PM Narendra
modi this week related to Agriculture. In
this scheme government will distribute 14
crore card. This card, carry crop-wise
recommendations of nutrients/fertilizers
required for farms of different soil types,
will make it possible for farmers to
improve productivity through judicious use
of inputs.
Name the Card.

ANSWER
Soil health card

QUESTION 10
A leading ecommerce site decided
recently to sell products of a leading
British retailer in its platform.
Give the name of the British retailer

ANSWER
Marks And Spencer

QUESTION 11
X, a leading ecommerce company
acquired Y, a luxury fashion portal,
eyeing on the increasing demand for
premium and luxury products in the
country.
Identify X and Y

ANSWER
X Snap deal
Y Exclusively. In

QUESTION 12
Identify the person?

ANSWER
Ryan Hoover, founder and CEO at
Product Hunt

QUESTION 13
Companies that have soared to a $1
billion valuation or higher, based on
fundraising are called Unicorns.
Fortune's list of unicorn start ups has
Xiaomi in the first position.
Which is in the second position?

ANSWER
UBER

QUESTION 14
According to Forbes, the global
ranking of the most powerful brand is
topped by X. In 2014, X also released
a movie.
Identify X.

ANSWER
LEGO

QUESTION 15
Identify the person?

ANSWER
Michael Corbat, CEO of CitiGroup

QUESTION 16
Identify the person?

ANSWER
Herbert Hainer, CEO of Adidas