The document discusses Finland introducing a universal basic income experiment in 2017, where €560 per month was given unconditionally to 2,000 randomly selected citizens. It also mentions that this was the world's first basic income experiment conducted this way.
3. Political cartoon by Thomas Nast published in Harper’s Weekly in
1874. What famous emblem was evolved from this cartoon, that
was highly relevant in last couple of months?
7. • UBI is a potential source of income that could one
day be available to all adult citizens, regardless of
income, wealth, or employment status. The only
requirement was that they had to be already
receiving unemployment benefits or an income
subsidy.
• This pioneering program will give out €560
(US$587) a month, tax free, to 2,000 citizens that
were randomly selected.
• Which European country introduced world-first
universal basic income experiment this way?
11. • New Delhi-based cybersecurity company
Lucideus Tech, has in the past worked for
organisations such as ICICI Bank, Standard
Chartered, IndiGo and KFC.
• Recently they had around a dozen people
working relentlessly for close to two months on
the security of a particular task.
• The teams mandate was to ensure that all the
security loopholes were plugged and the security
of the product features will be safe, before it
went live. Which product?
12.
13. • This is an ordinance from 19th century
Travancore ruler Queen Parvathi Bhai which is
protected at krishnapuram Palace,
Kayamkulam.
• Why this ordinance came in the light of
discussion recently?
16. • The KVIC is a statutory body formed by the
Government of India under Ministry of Micro,
Small, Medium Enterprises.
• Recently they have appointed international
fashion designer Ritu Beri as their advisor, to
change their product image from boring to chic
and started to partner with players like Raymond.
• What other practise they have followed in the
year 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013
repeated in 2016, but resulted in a protest by
KVIC employees recently?
20. • “Just Read the Instructions”
• “Of Course I Still Love You”
• Why these two phrases plays a revolutionary
role in our efforts to prepare the human life in
future?
22. • In 27 April 2007, Russia executed a
series of cyber attacks that
swamped websites of organizations
in a Baltic country, including their
parliament, banks, ministries,
newspapers and broadcasters, amid
the country's disagreement with
Russia about the relocation of the
Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
• The case was studied intensively by
many countries and military
planners as it may have been the
second-largest instance of state-
sponsored cyber warfare
• Against which country?
24. • “This isn't a simple story of colliding with an
iceberg and sinking. It's a perfect storm of
extraordinary factors coming together”. This is
a recent statement about how Titanic sunk.
• If you can connect this revelation about
Titanic with Game of Thrones, What are the
common things I am expecting(Answer is not
Belfast Titanic Studio)?
25.
26. According to a recent study Titanic
sank due to ICE and FIRE
27. 1. Sept. 26 is the most common birthday in the
United Kingdom.
2. People have more free time during X’Mas,
New Year time and they will be more happier.
• A particular day in the month of January has
been started to observe as International
_____ ______ Day based on above facts.
• Which day?
29. • Lotus Esprit car from
James Bond film The
Spy Who Loved Me.
• In 2013, Someone paid
nearly $1m for this
iconic vehicle with plans
to make its movie
transformation from car
to submarine a reality.
30. • This is a hidden Easter
egg feature found in the
firmware system of one
of his innovation,
allowing you to
transform the default
display image into the
famous “Lotus Esprit.”
• Identify the
personality?
32. • GIPHY is the top source for the best & newest
GIFs & Animated Stickers online. Greatest
collection of images and video on the planet
http://giphy.com/ is owned by a scientific
organization. It’s a massive collection, so
you’ll never see it all in a lifetime.
• Which organization am I talking about, has its
own GIF channel in giphy.com?
36. • Shah Rukh Khan recently shared the video or
ad named as #Be my Guest and left all his fans
wanting to catch a glimpse of their favourite
star at a random restaurant, beach or while
jogging.
• Images(…)
37. It was Sharukh’s personal invitation to a place.
For what purpose this video was created?
40. • News articles and Twitter postings for climate
change or global warming.
• Time trends show daily trends for news articles
and Twitter postings that included the terms
climate change or global warming
• 1st spike Earth day 2015
• 2nd Spike: November 2015, Lima, Peru hosted the
20th yearly session of the Conference of the
Parties, Paris Conference
• 3rd spike: February 28, 2016 what happened?
41.
42.
43. • A Belgian by birth, In his own day he was the
world's most famous geographer but in
addition he had interests in theology,
philosophy, history, mathematics and
magnetism.
• In 1569, one of his innovative creation
simplified global navigation system.
• Who is he?
44. • Gerardus Mercator
• Mercator Projection
• The term "normal cylindrical projection" is
used to refer to any projection in
which meridiansare mapped to equally spaced
vertical lines and circles of latitude (parallels)
are mapped to horizontal lines.
45. • In 2005, Former ICICI Bank chairman K V
Kamath had been entrusted with a special
task by one of his family friend.
• That task officially completed in March that
year, and his recommendations were
implemented successfully on 18th June 2005.
On the same date famous business executive
Anant Jain resigned as the director of IPCL.
What happened on 18th June 2005?
47. • Which real estate mogul, an Irish citizen, was
the former chairman of ACC and currently
owns Forbes Textiles, now residing at Malabar
Hill, Mumbai?
49. Both entities are very popular in their segment
regarding their very special X. Identify A&B
A
• Their journey began
in 1939 under the visionary
leadership of Govindan
Panhikeyil along with his
son P.M Valsan who opened
their first establishment in
Calicut.
B
• Its original entity was
started as a confectionary in
Ceylon during 2nd World
war foujnded by Late Mr.
M. K. Ahmed Haji in the
year 1942
• Currently its business is
overlooked by a woman
named Sareena Azees in
Thalassery.
50.
51. • Asprey & Garrard Limited is a United
Kingdom-based designer, manufacturer and
retailer of jewellery.
• What special jewellery they designed in 1997
became widely popular as an exceptional gift
item, currently manufactured with Sworovski
blue crystal elements
54. • Coca-Cola was a pioneer in recognizing X as a key
asset to be protected. But in Europe, European
Union General Court recently refused the same
followed by their application in 2011.
• In a similar verdict, Court of Justice of the
European Union denied the application from
Nestlé also on 2016 Jan 16.
• Duracell, Toblerone chocolate, Pringles Potato
Crisps are the successful cases. What are we
talking about?
56. • It started for the first time for a malayalam
movie ‘Rathrimazha’ by this person shown
here.
• First successful attempt was ‘Traffic’.
• Sandeep Varma, Gokul Nath, Krishnabhaskar
Mangalasseri were the trend setters in this
market segment.
• What business am I talking about?(Images…)
61. • This group of people, traditionally employed at dockyards,
were behind the flagship of the British admiral Lord
Horatio Nelson who defeated Napoleon Bonaparte at the
Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
• They made those legendary crafts exclusively of wood, and
built without the use of any machines or power tools —
only hand tools and indigenous devices are ever used.
From sawing the wood to cutting and shaping to assembly
and finishing, all operations are done manually.
• No formal plan, designs, sketches or illustrations are ever
made to make even a huge vessel.
• Whom are we talking about?
63. • The company’s 12,700-plus employees are
shareholders and hold approximately 69 %
of the company’s Rs. 13.94 crore equity
capital.
• Tata retained an 18 % stake and the
remaining 7 % is held by a trust and 6 % is
held by ex-TTL employees and business
associates.
• Identify the company from the
administrative building shown in the next
image
Next
64.
65.
66. Q19-
• This city was part of the Sri Vijaya Empire until it
was invaded by the south Indian Emperor
Rajendra Chola I in the 11th century.
• In 1819, Thomas Stamford Raffles arrived and
signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah, on
behalf of the British East India Company, to
develop the southern part of the city as a British
trading port.
• The English name of this city is derived from the
Malay word meaning Lion City.
• Identify from the image?
Next
67.
68. • Malay word -> Lion City -> Simhapura ->
Singapore
71. • In December 30, 2011 Friday, In South Pacific
country Samoa Something happened for the first
time, that affected the business there. All
employers had to pay an extra day pay to the
workers. It was the result of a geographical
phenomenon.
• This geographical feature is actually Beypore
Khalasis, but powerful enough to influence
international trade and business. What? Or
What happened in Samoa in 2011 December 30?
73. • In October 2013, a very famous brand in India lost its reputation
after certain complaints from its customers and it seriously affected
their Diwali sales to downfall upto 30%. But later the strategies
developed by the PR department of the parent company with
Ogilvy and Mather help them to rose back to the previous position.
• O&M created a phenomenal advertising campaign as series of ads
featuring TV actress Pallavi Subhash as central character. Their
brand positioning strategy was truly innovative using a
psychological approach to re-position brand name in relation with
sweetness and emotion of family, love and festivals. This is one
among the most successful case of advertising effectiveness in the
Indian market
• This brand has the most over engineered packaging in India.
Identify the brand (Image…)
76. • In the management context, meeting your
customers/target audience/followers directly by
wandering around the country can be considered
as a successful leadership trait.
• Mahathma Gandhi, Emperor Akbar, Vivekananda,
etc practiced this strategy even before they enter
into their mainstream politics/reign.
• Someone followed the same strategy recently
and started a journey at Dallas in the US state of
Texas. Who?
77.
78. • Aparigraha is a Budhist terminology used to
denote the practice of ‘Amassing the wealth’.
• A recent report from Credit Suisse provides a
shocking revelation about the effect of
Aparigraha in the Global economy. What
statement about the Global financial
inequality am I talking about?
79. • Half of world's wealth now in hands of 1% of
population
80. What is the connection
• A work written by Plato
around 380 BCE, a Socratic
dialogue,, concerning
justice, the order and
character of the just city-
state and the just man.
• It is Plato's best-known
work, and has proven to be
one of the world's most
influential works of
philosophy and political
theory, both intellectually
and historically