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1. Which Indian state is the largest producer in the world of the golden coloured 'Muga' silk ? (A) Assam (B) Orissa (C) West Bengal (D) Karnataka 2. Which Indian freedom fighter was popularly called 'Mahamana' ? (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (B) Jai Prakash Narain (C) Gopal Hari Deshmukh (D) Madan Mohan Malaviya

3. Which Indian state would you be in if you were watching birds at Ranganathittu Birds Sanctuary, situated on an island in the Kaveri river ? (A) Karnataka (B) Maharashtra (C) Tamil Nadu (D) Andhra Pradesh 4. 'Anandmath', 'Durgeshnondini' and 'Kapalkundala' novels were authored by which Bengali writer ? (A) Rabindranath Tagore (B) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee (C) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (D) Bibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay 5. Baglihar Dam, also known as Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, in Jammu & Kashmir is built across which river ? (A) Beas (B) Chenab (C) Jhelum (D) Sutlej 6. Where was the first Indian Institute of Management (IIM) established in 1961 ? (A) Kolkata (B) Bengaluru (C) Ahmedabad (D) Lucknow 7. What line connects the points on a map that receive equal amounts of rainfall ? (A) Isobar (B) Isohel (C) Isotherm

(D) Isohyet 8. On 28 May 2008, the Indian Air Force attained the Airborne Warning And Control System (AWACS) capability by procuring the Phalcon radar (mounted on Russian plane IL-76) from which country ? (A) France (B) Israel (C) Russia (D) Germany 9. Which India born physicist invented the 'Optical Fibre' ? (A) C.V. Raman (B) Satyendra Nath Bose (C) Homi J. Bhabha (D) Narinder Singh Kapany 10. Which Australian state was formerly known as "Van Diemen's Land" ? (A) Victoria (B) Queensland (C) Tasmania (D) New South Wales 11. Where did British first open their factories in Eastern part of India? (a) Assam (b) Orissa (c) Bihar (d) Sikim 12. England was ruled by, when East India Company was came into existence (a) Hanovarians (b) Stuarts (c) Normans (d) None of the above 13. In Bengal, the headquarters of East India Company were located at (a) Fort St David (b) Fort William (c) Fort St George (d) None of the above 14. Goa was captured by Portuguese (a) 1479 AD (b) 1575 AD (c) 1510 AD (d) 1600 AD 15. First Governor-General of Bengal (a) Robert Clive (b) William Bentinck (c) Wellesley (d) Warren Hastings 16. First Governor-General of India (a) Lord Amherst (b) Lord William Bentinck (c) Sir Charles Metcalfe (d) Robert Clive

17. Sati was declared illegal and punishable by (a) Lord William Bentinck (b) Lord Ripon (c) Lord Canning (d) Lord Dalhousie 18. The first session of the All India Congress held in Bombay in 1920, was presided over by (a) J L Nehru (b) VV Giri (c) Lala Lajpat Rai (d) MM Joshi 19. Who founded Ferguson College at Pune in 1885 (a) Decan Educational Society (b) Bharatiya Sewak Samaj (c) Samaj Sewa Sangh (d) Theosophical Society 20. First English newspaper in India (a) The Bengal Gazette (b) The Calcutta Gazette (c) The Bengal Journal (d) The Bombay Heral 21. Who wrote the book Babuvivah (a) Raja Rammohan Rai (b) Pandit Rambai (c) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (d) Rabindranath Tagore 22. Who first translated Bhagvad Gita to English (a) William Jones (b) Charles Wilkins (c) Alexander Cunningham (d) John Marshall 23. First census in India was conducted at the time of (a) Lord Dufferin (b) Lord Lytton (c) Lord Auckland (d) Sir John Napier 24. Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was Passed (a) Lord Irwin (b) Lord Reading (c) Lord Chelmsford (d) Lord Wavell 25. Who introduce English as official language (a) Lord William Bentick (b) Sir Charles Wood (c) Dalhousie (d) Allan Octawain Hume 26. Who was the founder of the Indian Association (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (c) Surendranath Banerjee (d) AO Hume 27. The first Indian leader to undergo imprisonment (a) C Vijaraghavachari (b) B G Tilak (c) Bipin Chandra Pal (d) Dadabhai Noroji

28. First Indian to used the word Swarajya (a) Raja Rammohan Rai (b) Mahtma Gandhi (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (d) Swami Vivekanand 29. All India Harijan Sangha established by Mahtama Gandhi, in the year (a) 1935 (b) 1932 (c) 1920 (d) 1927 30. In which place did Satyagraha first started (a) Delhi (b) Calcutta (c) Baroda (d) Champaran 31. Who first address Mahtma Gandhi as "Father of Nation" (a) Subhas Chandra Bose (b) Rabindra Nath Tagore (c) B G Tilak (d) JL Nehru 32. Dandi March was began on the date of (a) 12th March, 1930 (b) 15th March, 1928 (c) 15th April, 1932 (d) 30th March, 1932 33. Which farm eastablished by Mahatma Gandhi in Natal, South Africa (a) Phoenix Farm (b) Tolstoy Farm (c) Sabamati Ashram (d) None of the above 34. Who is consider as the chief architect of Tajmahal (a) Mir Abd-ul Karim (b) Ahmad Lahauri (c) Makramat Khan (d) Ustad Isa 35. Number of years required to biuld Tajmahal (a) 22 years (b) 26 years (c) 18 years (d) 12 years 36. Name the publisher of the book Ambedkar Speaks (Trilogy)? a) Shriti Publishers b) Konark Publishers c) Rupa Publishers d) Mills and Boons 37. Ministerial meeting of WTO held in Dec 99 was unsuccessful because of what reasons? Answer: Environment-related issues. 38. Name the only Indian President who was the speaker of Lok Sabha also? Answer: Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

39. What was the venue of world cup of Football in 1994? Answer: U.S.A. 40. Manisha Koirala is associated with the advertisement of which brand of fan? Answer: Ortem fan 41. Name the company whose C.E.O was chosen as the manager of the century by Fortune magazine? Answer: General Electric (GE) 42. Which International company owns Lotus Development Company? Answer: IBM 43. Which film has won 11 Oscar awards other than "Titanic"? Answer: Ben Hur 44. Which states has maximum number of seats reserved for Schedule Tribes in Lok Sabha? Answer: Madhya Pradesh 45. French Revolution resulted in the abolition of what? Answer: Slavery 46. The Standing committee of state finance ministers recommended in January 2000 uniform rates across the states in respect of what? Answer: Sales Tax 47. Which city is known as the "Manchester of South India"? Answer: Coimbatore 48. How many states are there in India? Answer: 28 49. Economic liberalization in India started with what? Answer: It started in the year 1991 with the delicensing of Industries in India 50. Which body is not a creation of the constitution? Answer: Election Commission 51. Which was the first Indian company to dematerialize its shares? Answer: Reliance Industries 52. Who is the first person from Africa to become the Secretary General of UN?

Answer: Dr. Boutros Boutros Ghali 53. Question: National Income in India is estimated by? Answer: Central Statistical Organization (C. S. O) 54. Which is the oldest company listed in Wall Street? Answer: Bank of New York 55. Who led Indian delegation to G-15 summit held at Cairo in June 2000? Answer: Vice-President, Krishna Kant 56. "Talk to me" is a promotional campaign associated with which company? Answer: Toothpaste 57. What is the expected food subsidy bill for 2000-01? Answer: 8100 crores 58. Who is the founder of positive health clinic? Answer: Dr. Mukesh Batra 59. First public sector unit registered in New York Stock Exchange on 15th August 2000? Answer: ICICI LTD. 60. Which bank is associated with the Sapnay credit card? Answer: Standard Chartered Bank 61. Lexus is a sports car owned by which Asian car manufacturer? Answer: Toyota 62. Indian population constitutes what percentage of the world population? Answer: 16% 63. Sanjukta Panigrahi was the popular exponent of which form of dance? Answer: Odissi 64. Who is the MD of ICICI Bank? Answer: K.V Kamath 65. What is the full form of TRAI? Answer: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 66. What is the meaning of Direct Tax? Answer: Tax imposed and collected directly on and by the consumer

67. Question: Vishvas / Vikas / Vaibahav is the motto of which private bank? Answer: IndusInd Bank 68. Which form of intellectual property can provide the longest protections? Answer: Trade mark 69. Khalid Ansari is associated with which publications? Answer: Mid Day 70. Which Indian News paper has highest of circulation? Answer: Dainik Bhaskar 71. Who is the Ex-officio chairman of the Planning Commission of India? Answer: Prime Minister 72. Which Indian TV channel owned the rights for the telecast of 50th Miss World Contest held in Millennium Dome in London? Answer: Zee TV 73. Bajaj Auto Ltd. is setting its two-wheeler plant in which south Asian country? Answer: China 74. Who was chosen as the Businessman of the Century by Fortune Magazine? Answer: Henry Ford 75. Marjorie Sardino is the CEO of which company? Answer: Pearson Plc. 76. The speaker can ask a member of the house to stop speaking and let another member speak. This phenomenon is known as? Answer: Yielding the floor. 77. Which place associated with the 1917 freedom movement? Answer: Champaran Movement 78. Which among the following is the hardest metal among Gold, Iron, Platinum, Tungsten? Answer: Tungsten 79. Glass is manufactured by heating which of the following up to 400C? (a) Lime stone (b) Soda Ash (c) Silica (Give right combination) Answer: Glass is manufactured by heating Lime stone + Soda Ash + Silica, (all of them)

80. What was the purpose of initiation of Dandi March? Answer: To break the salt law 81. Convulsions in infants is caused due to the deficiency of which vitamin? Answer: Pyridoxine - A type of vitamin B 82. Name the only Indian musician to have sung in United Nations (UN)? Answer: M.S. Subbulakshmi 83. Who won the Tansen Samman for 2001? Answer: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan 84. Who is the Secretary-General of Commonwealth? Answer: Don-Mckinnon 85. Who is the Secretary General of Lok Sabha? Answer: G.C. Malhotra 86. Name the party that won parliamentary elections in Bangladesh in 2001? Answer: Bangladeshi Nationalist Party (BNP) 87. What is the real GDP annual growth rate according to RBI for 2001 - 2002? Answer: For 2001-2002 it is 6 to 6.5% (estimated) 88. Who is the chairman of the probing committee of UTI fiasco? Answer: S.S. Tarapore 89. Name the country that banned Human Cloning in 2001? Answer: United Kingdom, around April 2001 90. Name the scheme that was not announced by the Prime Minister on 15th August 2001? Answer: Schemes that were announced on 15th August 2001 are: (1) Sampoorna Gramin Yojana (2) National Nutrition Mission (3) Ambedkar Awas Yojana (4) Housing for families of Army Jawans (therefore, the scheme except the above stated ones was not announced by the Prime Minister) 91. What is the meaning of Hysterisis of an instrument? Answer: A retardation of the effect when the forces acting upon a body are changed especially a lagging in the values of resulting magnetization in a magnetic material (as iron) due to changing magnetic force. 92. Which physical quantity's unit is 'Tesla'? Answer: Magnetic Flux

93. Who is the chairman of Railway Board? Answer: V.K. Aggarwal 94. Who is the Vice-Chancellor of IGNOU? Answer: Professor H.P Dixit 95. Name the movie directed by Mira Nair that won the Golden lion award in 2001? Answer: Monsoon Wedding 96. K. Venkataswami Commission is associated with which scandal? Answer: Tehelka Episode (Armsgate Scandal) 97. Who won the Century of the star award in a function held at Egypt in 2001? Answer: Amitabh Bachchan 98. Who authored "India from midnight to millennium"? Answer: Shashi Tharoor 99. Who is the Managing Director of HDFC Bank? Answer: Aditya Puri 100. What is the reason of not falling of Leaning Tower of Peasa? Answer: Soil below the structure precisely subterranean water makes the ground beneath the tower, unstable Why enamel is coated on a transformer between its coils? Answer: To reduce heating effect How many states went for Assembly elections in the year 2000? Answer: five Which personality is known as "Fiat Palio brand champion"? Answer: Sachin Tendulkar Name the plant that gives only seeds and not fruit? Answer: Cycus Which is a polymer (few options like, vinyl chloride, urea etc. were given)? Answer: Nylon Who initiated the construction of Fatehpur Sikri? Answer: Akbar

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According to the World FDI investment report, from the year 2000 to 2001, FDI has increased by 18%. This increase amounts to what amount in dollars? Answer: 1.3 trillion dollars. Which state has launched "Apna Van Apna Dhan" scheme? Answer: Himachal Pradesh Borndila pass is situated in which state of India? Answer: Arunachal Pradesh When was National Tourism Policy drafted? Answer: The answer was none of the given options, as Dec. 2001 was slated to be the month of drafting the policy, finally. As per the Global Competitiveness Report, 2001 which country has emerged as the most the competitive nation? Answer: Singapore An egg sinks in tap water but floats in a concentrated solution of salt because of what? Answer: The density of salt solution exceeds the density of eggs. The science dealing with the study of phenomenon at very low temperature is known as what? Answer: CRYOGENICS Jhum is a type of what? Answer: Cultivation Gasoline is the name given to the same substance as: Answer: natural gas Which of the following is an organic rock? Answer: coal The writ of certiorari is issued by a superior court Answer: to an inferior court to transfer the records of proceedings in a case for its review. Tata, Birlas, AT&T infused Rs. 300 crores (100 crores each) into which company as it was jointly called: Answer: Batata Inflation, in theory, occurs: Answer: when money supply grows at a higher rate than GDP in real terms.

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Aggregate Measure of Support (AMS) in the context of WTO refers to: Answer: The quantum of subsidy given to the agriculture sector. 121. Name the official sponsor of the Indian hockey Team for the year 2001? Answer: Indian Airlines. 122. Daniel Radcliffe made headlines for getting the role of portraying on screen which famous muggle-born in the literary world? Answer: Harry Potter 123. Name the scheme run by Unit Trust of India, which was dubbed "Pandora's Box of Horror"? Answer: US 64. 124. In which year did the first modern Olympic Games take place? Answer: 1896. 125. The Pizza Hut is the world's largest food chain. Name the world's largest restaurant company? Answer: McDonalds. 126. Which is the last letter in the Greek alphabet? Answer: Omega. 127. Sound travels fastest through: Answer: Steel. 128. Excise duty is tax levied on: Answer: production of goods. 129. Which of the following is considered a good source of Vitamin A? Answer: Carrot. 130. What is common to these people? Manmohan Singh, C. Rangarajan, Bimal Jalan, L.K. Jha Answer: They have served as Governors of RBI. 131. What is common to these cities? Seattle, Doha, Singapore Answer: Venue of WTO ministerial conference. 132. Which among the following products forms India's largest item of export in terms of value? Answer: Gems and Jewellery 133. Who received the Indira Gandhi Prize of Peace, Disarmament and Development of the year 2000? Answer: Mary Robinson 134. Jeff Bezos is the founder of which popular website? Answer: Amazon.com 135. Who was involved in Hawala scandal? Answer: Jain brothers 136. Where are the headquarters WTO? Answer: Geneva 137. What is India's share in total world exports? Answer: 0.6% 138. Where is Almati Dam Situated? Answer: Karnataka 139. "Wealth of Nations", is authored by? Answer: Adam Smith

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Hydraulic brake is application of? Answer: Pascal's law of pressure 141. What are the main components of fertilizers? Answer: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium (N, P, K) 142. Optical fiber is mode up of? Answer: Glass threads 143. Where are the Headquarters of European Union? Answer: Brussels 144. Who is the chairman of UTI? Answer: M.M Damodaran 145. Dalal Street is situated in which city of India? Answer: Mumbai 146. Who is the Governor of Reserve Bank of India? Answer: Dr. Bimal Jalan 147. Ashok Chakra is associated with? Answer: Bravery 148. Name the tallest living tree. Answer: Redwood tree 149. Who was the founding leader of Muslim league? Answer: Aga Khan III 150. Where are Caves of Ajanta situated? Answer: Maharashtra 151. How many countries have adopted 'Euro' as their currency? Answer: 12 (as on Jan 1, 2002) 152. Which batsman has the best bowling record in One Day Internationals? Answer: Wasim Akram (only cricketer to have 300 wickets and 3000 runs in ODI's) 153. Which state won highest number of medals in National Games which were held in Nov - Dec 2001? Answer: Punjab 154. Who is "Ranil Wickramasinghay"? Answer: Leader of the opposition in Sri-Lanka. 155. Which of the following is the second largest commercial Bank in India? Answer: According to the latest information ICICI Ltd. has said that it would merge with ICICI Bank to create the second largest commercial Bank in India, in the last week of October, 2001. 156. Which Indian Film was nominated for Oscar 2002 award? Answer: Lagaan by Amir Khan. 157. Which Indian state produces largest amount of mica? Answer: Bihar 158. ISO 14000 certificates are associated with which field? Answer: Environment Management Standards 159. Which movie won the "Golden Lion" award in 2001? Answer: Monsoon wedding directed by Mira Nair. 160. Which serial won the best serial award? Answer: Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.

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Name the annual fair of Rajasthan that is famous for its camel trading event... Pushkar Mela Kumbha Mela Sonepur Mela Suraj Kund Mela

162 Which Indian State has most airports? 1. 2. 3. 4. Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Kerala Gujarat

163 Name the oldest mountain range of India...? 1. 2. 3. 4. Himalayas Nilgiris Aravallis Vindhya

164 Rouff is a folk dance. It has its origin in ...? 1. 2. 3. 4. Himachal Pradesh Assam Mizoram Kashmir

165. Located in India it is Asia's largest residential university. Name it...? 1. 2. 3. 4. Banaras Hindu University The Utkal University Jawaharlal Nehru University Anna University

166. Name the largest freshwater lake in India...? 1. 2. 3. 4. Dal Lake Powai lake Wular lake Chilka lake

167 Jhabua are tribals from ...? 1. 2. 3. 4. Gujarat Rajasthan Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh

167Which of these places grow apples in abundance? 1. 2. 3. 4. Manali Leh Ooty Kodaikanal

168 Which Indian city manufactured balls for the World Cup Football? 1. 2. 3. 4. Ludhiana Mumbai Jalandhar Chennai

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c) * sign (asterisk tags) d) ! sign (exclamation tags) Answer: (b) # sign (Hash tags) 6. Who was appointed as the Chief Advisor of AirAsias India board on 17 June 2013? a) Cyrus Mistry b) Ratan Tata c) Subramanian Ramadorai d) Mukund Govind Rajan Answer: (b) Ratan Tata

7.Which global pharmaceutical company received novel antibiotic product Potentox patented from Mexico in June 2013? a) Venus Remedies Limited b) Ranbaxy Laboratories c) Cadila Pharmaceuticals d) Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Answer: (a) Venus Remedies Limited 8. National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the purpose of joint promotion of corporate as well as securities market governance with which institute? a) Institute for Banking b) The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India c) The Institute of Company Secretaries of India d) None of These Answer: (c) The Institute of Company Secretaries of India 9. Which bank announced on 19 June 2013 that it received a license for opening the representative office in Yangon, Myanmar? a) The Bank of India b) The Reserve Bank of India c) The State Bank of India d) The Export Import (EXIM) Bank of India Answer: (d) The Export Import (EXIM) Bank of India 10. Where did Tata Coffee, the largest plantation company of Asia on 19 June 2013 inaugurate the premium extraction plant? a) Kerala b) Chennai

c) Assam d) Tamil Nadu Answer: (d) Tamil Nadu 11 What is the name of Head Quarters of Tata Group? Answer: Bombay House 12 India's first steel mill was built by Tata. In which year was it completed? Answer: 1911 13 About 66% of the Tata capital is allocated by Tata Sons for which purpose? Answer: Philanthropic trusts 14 What was the first Indian luxury hotel established by the Tata Group? Answer: Taj Mahal Hotel 15 The Tata group consists of how many companies? Answer: 80 16 When was the ministry of divestment formed in India? Answer: 1999 17 Which was the first successful divestment of a PSU carried out by the ruling NDA combine? Answer: Lagan Jute Machinery Company Ltd 18 Who were the final three bidders for Balco when it was being privatised?(Bharat Aluminium Corporation ltd) Answer: Sterlite, Hindalco, Alcoa 19 Who was the first minister for divestment under NDA government? Answer: Arun Jaitley 20 Under which Indian prime minister were guidelines for the divestment process first laid down? Answer: Chandra Shekhar 21 Who are the Bretton Woods Sisters? Answer: World Bank and IMF 22 Who is the President of World Bank? Answer: Robert Bruce Zoellvick 23 Who is the President of IMF? Answer: Domanic Strauss Kahan

24) Who is WTO Chief? Answer: Pascal Lamy 25When did the World Bank come into being? Answer: July 1944 26What was Former Name of World Bank? Answer: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) 27 Who was the first president of the World Bank? Answer: Eugene Meyer (18 June, 1946) 28 Which Asian nation was the first to get a World Bank loan? Answer: India on August 18, 1949 for Railway Reconstruction and Development. 29 When did India sign the World Bank Articles of Agreement? Answer: 1945 30Which organisation instituted the Nobel Prize for Economics? Answer: Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweeden) 31 Who is the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Economics? Answer: Amartya Sen (for his studies in Wellfare Ecconomics) 32How many women have won the Nobel Prize for Economics since 1969? Answer: None 33 Who is the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics? Answer: William Vickrey 34 How many times have three people shared the Nobel Prize for Economics? Answer: Three Times 35Who was the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India? Answer: Sir Osborne Smith (April 1st, 1935) 36 Who has been the longest-serving RBI governor? Answer: Sir Bengal Rama Raju 37 Who had the shortest term as RBI governor? Answer: A.Ghosh 38 Which RBI governor has written Indian Economy: Essays on Money and Finance? Answer: Dr C Rangarajan 39) Who was the first Indian to become the RBI governor?

Answer: Sir Chintaman D Deshmukh 40 Which brand of scooter when translated into Italian means 'wasp'? Answer: Vespa 41 Which popular car audio system company's name when translated into German means 'blue point'? Answer: Blaupunkt 42 Which brand name is derived from the word 'polar' suggesting coolness? Answer: Polo 43When translated in Korean what does Daewoo mean? Answer: Great Universe 44 With a presence in 27 countries, the name of which company means 'three oceans?' Answer: Sanyo 45Which was the first private mutual fund company in India? Answer: Kothari Pioneer(1993) 46 Samir Arora, who recently was banned by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, was a part of which mutual fund? Answer: Alliance Capital 47 Which was the first public sector mutual fund to be set up after the Unit Trust of India? Answer: SBI Mutual Fund 48 How many mutual funds are there in India today? Answer: 31 49 HDFC Standard Life Mutual Fund recently bought out which of its competitors? Answer: Zurich India Mutual Fund 50Which is the official advertising agency of the Indian government? Answer: Directorate of Audio Visual Publicity 51 Which ad agency manages the career of cricket star Yuvraj Singh? Answer: Percept D'Mark 52 Which Indian biscuit brand is the single largest selling biscuit in the world in its segment? Answer: Parle G 53) The late television star and actress, Priya Tendulkar, used to endorse which brand of biscuits? Answer: Priya Gold

54) Which biscuit company was associated with the TV programme, Kaun Banega Crorepati? Answer: Britannia Industries 55) Which was the first Indian bank to open an international branch and where? Answer: Bank of India in London 56) Which bank was founded in 1906 at the temple town of Udupi and is today among one of India's largest banks? Answer: Corporation Bank 57) When were banks in India nationalised? Answer: 1969 58) Rana Talwar, who is now the head of Sabre Capital, was formerly the CEO of which bank? Answer: Standard Chartered Plc 59) Who is behind the current Wipro, Britannia, Marico and Lakme logos? Answer: Shombit Sengupta 60) Who was the first Indian actress to model for Lux soap? Answer: Leela Chitnis 61) What do you call a stock market trend that is neither bullish nor bearish? Answer: Chicken market 62) What is picking stocks that have already sunk to the bottom but still have some bounce in them left called? Answer: Cigar butt hunting 63) How many stock exchanges are there in India? Answer: 23 64) What are illiquid stocks that do not follow SEBI rules called? Answer: Z stocks 65) By what name is the building 'Phiroze Jeejebhoy Towers' better known as? Answer: Bombay Stock Exchange 66) Which company's ad line was 'Geography is History'? Answer: Iridium 67) What publication advertised itself with the lines "Software for the most advanced microprocessor on this planet"? Answer: The Economic Times

68) "The Brighter Side of Life" is the ad line of which of these companies/groups? Answer: AV Birla group 69) "Don't blend in" is the ad line of which of these companies/products? Answer: Lifestyle International 70) "Life is One Incredible Journey" is the baseline of which magazine? Answer: Outlook Traveller

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