Prelims

1 Which was the third largest city after Karachi and Bombay on the western coast of India during British rule?

2 Last month who resigned as chairman of Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (MCF)?

3 Novartis holds the patents for the Indacaterol maleate salt as well as the manufacturing process for the drug, which is sold in India as an inhalation powder and inhaler under the trademark name of “Onbrez’ through Lupin since 2010. Earlier in 2014, X started manufacture and sale of Indacaterol powder and sale under the name “Unibrez”. The firms changed the name of the product to “Indaflo” after orders from the court in November on a plea of trademark infringement by Novartis. Novartis has now approached the Delhi High court to permanently restrain X from manufacturing Indacaterol in any form and selling it in India. Name the other company part of this patent dispute?

4 Which online marketplace announced the launch of “The Agri Store” recently?

5 Rexing is a style of backwards roller skating that started in California in the 1950's. Which company redefined the term in 2014 through their campaign ‘A physical expression of joy and ecstasy experienced after a wonderful sexual experience’?

6. The term "smartphone" was not coined until 1997, still because of Simon's features and capabilities, it can be referred to as the first smartphone. Designed and engineered by which American multinational technology corporation, ?

7 Whose Twitter account? https://twitter.com/pontifex

8 In 2011, in its initial scripting stage, it was named 'Talli' then changed it to 'Ek Tha Talli‘. The director actually loved it but later on came to know that 'Ek Tha Tiger' was already in production which was released in 2012. So he dropped the idea and after many titles, he came up with a unique title. Which title?

9 Identify

10 The most common form of this product is a white Synthetic resin (the company brochures mention poly-synthetic resin). It appears as a white viscous paste. The company makes several variants of the product designed for attributes like bonding strength, Impact resistance, sagging, shrinkage, versatility, fire resistance, shock and vibration resistance, Non-staining etc. Most common version are MR and SH. Identify the product?

11 Name the Indian government regulatory and promotion agency under Ministry of Commerce and Industry which acts as an international link between the Indian exporters and the importers abroad. www.flavorit.com is their initiative. Name the agency headquartered in Kochi?

12 Vistara is an Indian airline established as a joint venture between Tata Sons and _______?

13 QIP is a process which was introduced by SEBI, to enable the listed companies to raise finance through the issue of securities to certain buyers. Expand QIP?

14 Recently launched as, Microsoft’s first smartphone. Name the model?

15 Which leading international skin care brand owned by German company Beiersdorf, got its name from the Latin word for snow-white?

16 The first tiebreak in the Miss India contest occurred in 1994 between which two contestants?

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18 Name the sports brand named after Greek Goddess of victory/speed?

19 Identify the motor company logo (A division of Ford)

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20 Headquarters of India's largest private company Location of world's largest oil refinery. Formerly known as 'Brass City', since it houses more than 5,000 large-scale and 10,000 small-scale workshops manufacturing brass items. Identify the city?