1. Which country's state owned Oil Company Rosneft signed strategic agreement with Shashi Ruia’s Essar Oil to acquire its 49 per cent?
1) France
2) USA
3) Russia
4) China
5) None of these
2. Who penned down 'Sleeping on Jupiter' which is shortlisted for Man Booker Prize?
1) Amish Tripathi
2) Salman Rushdie
3) Arundhati Roy
4) Anuradha Roy
5) None of these
3. Which E-commerce Giant launched India Art House, an exclusive online store offering sellers a platform to promote regional products?
1) Flipkart
2) Amazon
3) Snapdeal
4) Paytm
5) None of these
4. The Vice President of India Shri M. Hamid Ansari released a book entitled Locale, Everyday Islam and Modernity authored by..............
1) Arundhati Roy
2) Shri M. Raisur Rahman
3) Fatima Bhutto
4) Taslima Nasreen
5) None of these
5. Who has been appointed recently as a independent director by Infrastructure financing firm IDFC?
1) Dr. Rajiv B. Lall
2) Ms. Snehlata Shrivastava
3) TM Bhasin
4) Vinod Rai
5) None of these
6. Which country is launched the world’s first electric passenger aircraft named BX1E that could be used in pilot training, tourism, meteorology and rescue operations?
1) China
2) Russia
3) USA
4) Germany
5) None of these
7. Who has been appointed the President of Japan’s telecommunications giant SoftBank Corp that paid the “rising star” a whopping US$135 million for the financial year 2014?
1) Francisco D’Souza
2) Sundar Pichai
3) Nikesh Arora
4) Surya Mohapatra
5) None of these
8. Export-Import (Exim) Bank has extended a line of credit of $268.35 million to which country?
1) Nigeria
2) Tanzania
3) Egypt
4) Syria
5) None of these
9. An Indian-American professor who has been selected for 2015 World Agriculture Prize laureate is ..........
1) Rajani Ganesh-Pillai
2) Dr Sivanadane (Siva) Mandjiny
3) R Paul Singh
4) Rakesh Khurana
5) None of these
10. Which among the following is the most approximate tenure of the PSU tax-free bonds?
1) 5-10 years
2) 10-15 years
3) 2-5 years
4) 20-25 years
5) None of the above
Answers..
1. 3
2. 4
3. 1
4. 2
5. 4
6. 1
7. 3
8. 2
9. 3
10. 2
1. 3
2. 4
3. 1
4. 2
5. 4
6. 1
7. 3
8. 2
9. 3
10. 2