1. Name the firm which will invest Rs.1.75 lakh crore over the next seven years on expanding refinery capacity, building petrochemical plants and laying pipelines.
Answer. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), India’s largest oil firm
2. Which bank will issue EMV chip and pin based debit cards to its new customers to ensure enhanced secure transactions?
Answer. State Bank of India
3. Infosys, Amazon Web Services and Silicon Valley leaders like Tesla’s Elon Musk and Peter Thiel (PayPal co-founder) among others to commit $1 billion investment to which non-profit artificial intelligence research company?
Answer. OpenAI
4. Who won the London Classic Chess Tournament 2015?
Answer. Magnus Carlsen of Norway
5. Who has been signed on as the batting consultant and mentor of the Peshawar franchise in the upcoming Pakistan Super League?
Answer. Former England coach Andy Flower
6. Name the Tamil writer who has been selected for 2015 Sahitya Akademi award for his collected prose writings Ilakkiya Chuvadukal.
Answer. A. Madhavan
7. Who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jet Airways, India’s second largest airline by market share who announced his resignation with effect from February 29, 2016?
Answer. Cramer Ball
8. The Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Entertainment with which acclaimed Hollywood director company announced formation of Amblin Partners — a new film, television and digital content creation company?
Answer. Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks
9. What is the rank of India out of 144 nations on Forbes’ annual list of the best countries for business in 2015?
Answer. 97th
10. Which country successfully launched the country’s first space telescope in search for signals of dark matter, an invisible material that makes up most of the universe’s mass?
Answer. China
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