April 29, 2012

Biz Quizzard 422

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week April 23 - 28. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Hair stylist Jawed Habib, who runs a chain of more than 300 salons across India, plans to take his venture global in a strategic partnership with which MNC?

2. The founders of which MNC have teamed up with "Avatar" director James Cameron and other investors to back Planetary Resources, an ambitious space exploration and natural resources venture?

3. Which writing instruments company plans to enter the premium pen category with the brand ‘Cruiser’ by August?

4. Which automobile MNC recently unveiled its first sport-utility vehicle in almost two decades?

5. Confectionery major Perfetti Van Melle India has signed on which celebrity as brand ambassador for its all new Alpenliebe 2 Choco Eclairs brand?

6. Which MNC has agreed to buy Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CWW) for 1.04 billion pounds ($1.9 billion)?

7. Which MNC is to buy US drug maker Pfizer's infant nutrition business for $11.85 billion?

8. Which MNC last week announced Alan Clark, the head of its European unit, as its next chief executive?

9. Which brand has launched its new campaign 'Pyaas Badhao'?

10. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has become the first IT services company in the country to cross which milestone?

11. Which MNC has launched a new ad campaign in India, 'Solutions Delivered'?

12. South actress Tamanna Bhatia has been roped in as brand ambassador for Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for which beverage brand?

13. Which automobile MNC last week launched a special edition of its latest sports utility vehicle, designed in association with Victoria Beckham?

14. Which global communications giant has acquired Indigo Consulting, one of the leading digital marketing and web development agencies in India, for an undisclosed amount?

15. Which well known MNC has launched a print campaign to celebrate its 200 years?

16. Kishore Jayaraman, former Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Energy (India), has been named the president of which MNC for India and South Asia?

17. Google has announced the launch of its cloud storage service. What has it been branded as?

18. Which apparel brand has forayed into the soft luggage segment?

19. Which 125-years-old British bicycles manufacturer has agreed to a takeover by Dutch rival Accell Group for 76 million euros ($100 million) including debt?

20. Which mobile phone maker has signed up adult film actor star Sunny Leone to endorse a range of handsets for the mass market in the country?

21. Which iconic automobile brand was last week relaunched in India?

22. Which company has been adjudged the most attractive employer in India by HR Services provider Randstad?

23. Which company has rolled out its national consumer initiative "One Watt Campaign - Lets Save a Billion Watts"?

24. Which MNC overtook Nokia as the world’s biggest vendor of mobile phones for the first time, ending the Finnish company’s 14-year run as the global leader?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 422 as the subject.

Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli

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