(1) ______ and Brookfield Asset Management have set up a joint venture with an initial commitment of over $1 bn to make investments in businesses with stressed assets.
A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) Axis Bank
D) SBI
(2) The market regulator Sebi issued a draft paper on REIT recently. What is the full form of REIT?
A) Real Estate Innovation Trust
B) Real Estate Infrastructure Trust
C) Real Estate Investment Trust
D) Real Estate Intervention Trust
(3) A consortium of which of the following countries recently bought Opera Internet browser for $600 mn?
A) China
B) India
C) South Korea
D) Japan
(4) Who won the men’s title of the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship in Mumbai?
A) Vikram Malhotra
B) Harinderpal Singh Sandhu
C) Saurav Ghosal
D) Siddharth Suchde
(5) Which state electricity board has won the champion trophy in the 2016 All India Electricity Board Kabaddi tournament?
A) Delhi
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Punjab
(6) Kudsi Erguner, who has been named as the new UNESCO Artist for Peace, belongs to which country?
A) Turkey
B) Pakistan
C) Iran
D) Iraq
(7) The book “Managing Piety: The Shrine of Data Ganj Bakhsh” has been authored by whom?
A) Christa Wolf
B) Gunter Grass
C) Doris Lessing
D) Linus Strothmann
(8) Which of the following will be the official nutrition sponsor of the Indian Olympic team in 2016 Rio Olympics?
A) Dabur
B) Star India
C) Herbalife International India
D) Pepsi
(9) Who has become the first-ever Indian to won the Mr. World title, recently?
A) Gautham Karthik
B) Rohit Khandelwal
C) Ajith Kumar
D) Puneeth Rajkumar
(10) Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Australia?
A) Sally Young
B) Tanya Plibersek
C) Peter Cosgrove
D) Malcolm Turnbull
ANSWERS:
(1) D (2) C (3) A (4) C (5) B (6) A (7) D (8) C (9) B (10) D