Biz Quizzard 761

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the period October 22 - 27. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Online fashion platform Myntra has launched an ethnic brand with actor Saif Ali Khan. What is it called?

2. Which Swiss nutrition brand has roped in hockey star Sandeep Singh as its brand ambassador?

3. Which sports tech company has launched its latest integrated campaign #KheloDimaagSe, with its brand ambassador and Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni?

4. Which automobile company has launched the corporate campaign - “Teri Har Udaan, Hamari Shaan”?

5. Manmohan Shetty-promoted Adlabs Imagica theme park has announced an exclusive partnership with which toy brand?

6. Hero MotoCorp last week forayed into the 125-cc scooter segment with the launch of all new product. What has been branded as?

7. Which company has acquired a 67% stake in Routier, a Delhi-based B2B marketplace for trucking logistics?

8. Who was last week appointed vice-chairman of the board of directors of HCL Tech?

9. Which automobile company has appointed K N Radhakrishnan as director and CEO for a period of five years starting October 23, 2018?

10. Which beverage brand has launched its Diwali campaign, featuring actors Ayushman Khurana and Anupriya Goenka?

11. Which app has launched its new television and digitally focused advertising campaign with the tagline ‘Sab ke liye’?

12. Which brand is entering the cereal market with its new offering Choco Popz?

13. Which payments bank has appointed veteran banker Satish Kumar Gupta as managing director and CEO?

14. Which watch brand has launched the campaign ‘#BeASport’?

15. Which company has launched a new digital film titled ‘Screaming Furniture’, featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, for its adhesives range of products?

16. Which company last week launched high-performance cars under the JTP brand, which it created through a joint venture with Jayem Automotive to attract young buyers?

17. Which online education startup has acquired Jaipur-based online exam preparation platform Wifistudy?

18. Which company has agreed to sell its education business to Midlothian Capital, a UK-based consumer-focused investment firm, for an enterprise value of 467 million pounds (Rs 4,387 crore)?

19. Which spirits brand has on-boarded Emily Thompson and Ernest Reid, known faces in the global bartending community, to be the brand’s India ambassadors?

20. Which company has announced the acquisition of Heinz India, including children’s milk drink Complan, for Rs 4,595 crore?

21. Which lifestyle brand that deals in fashionable consumer electronics has signed on actor Kartik Aaryan as its new brand ambassador?

22. Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has roped in which actor as brand ambassador for its Arena sales channel?

23. Which brand recently launched its ‘More than a toilet’ campaign to support Water(dot)org in its effort to end the water and sanitation crisis around the world?

24. Mars Wrigley Confectionery last week announced the launch of which brand, which also marks the introduction of a brand new eponymous product category in India?

25. Uber Eats last week said it has joined hands with which retail chain to launch India's largest virtual restaurant network?

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Biz Quizzard 760

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the period October 15 - 20. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which antiseptic brand has introduced braille-enabled packs on World Sight Day?

2. Which wires brand has launched its new campaign, starring brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan?

3. IIFL India Private Equity Fund has acquired about three-fourths of the total shareholding in which non-banking finance company for about Rs 100 crore?

4. Dish TV India Limited has launched its new campaign ‘Dish nahi dishkiyaon’, featuring which new brand ambassador?

5. Sugar Free has launched a ayurvedic variant. What has it been branded as?

6. Tesla has filed an application with the US Patent and Trademark Office to trademark for a Tesla-branded tequila. Name the brand?

7. After launching operations in the UK, Softbank-backed OYO Hotels has forayed into which country?

8. Which hyperlocal subscription-based delivery startup has acquired Hyderabad-based WakeupBasket in a cash-and-equity deal?

9. Alten Calsoft Labs, a subsidiary the $2.2-billion French IT firm Alten Group, has acquired which Bengaluru-based chip design company?

10. Paul Allen died last week of cancer complications at 65. He was the co-founder of which MNC?

11. HMD Global, which designs and sells phones under the Nokia brand, has roped in which actress as the ‘face of Nokia phones’ in India?

12. Ola-owned food delivery firm Foodpanda has acquired which Mumbai-based cloud kitchen venture?

13. Cargill India last week launched its first blended oil. What has it been branded as?

14. Which company has launched Bathsense, its new bathroom products range?

15. Which public sector entity is poised to release a music video featuring digital Stars Amol Parashar and Sarah Hashmi for its ‘#BringBackTheBLueSkies’ campaign?

16. Which food brand announced ‘Roti Donation Drive’, a special initiative which started on World Food Day?

17. Which group and Ford Motor Company last week signed two definitive agreements to share powertrains in India and jointly develop a telematics control?

18. Which company has acquired Pinsight Media, the mobile advertising business of Sprint, in an all-stock deal?

19. The world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor is on track to go online in France in 2025. Which Indian company is delivering major components for the international project?

20. Which company has acquired majority interest in India’s two largest cable TV and broadband companies - Hathway Cable & Datacom and DEN Networks - for a total sum of Rs 5,230 crore?

21. Which iconic doll brand has released a campaign video in India called ‘You Can Be Anything,’ to inspire young girls in India to dream beyond limitations?

22. Gillette has roped in which cricketer to feature in the campaign for its new launch, ‘MACH3 START’?

23. ITC has relaunched which iconic face care brand in a fresh new look and has roped in actress Kajol as brand ambassador?

24. Which company has acquired 100% stakes in milk delivery startups RainCan and Morning Cart, and a controlling stake in vending machines startup Kwik24?

25. Ending this edition in the festive season on a sweet note. Which iconic chocolate brand was launched in India last week?

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Biz Quizzard 759

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the period October 08 - 13. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Who has been appointed as the first United Nations in India Young Business Champion for sustainable development goals (SDGs)?

2. Bata has roped in which actor as brand ambassador to promote its men’s casual range of footwear?

3. Which footwear maker has launched the campaign ‘#ChalBadhChal’, featuring Roshni Misbah, who's become quite popular as a hijabi biker?

4. Which company has signed a pact to buy the assets of Pune-based Skeiron Green Renewables in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka?

5. The philanthropic and CSR arm of which company has launched Aarohan Social Innovation Awards?

6. Hyundai is all set to relaunch the refurbished Santro. Which date?

7. Which online company has launched a campaign with brand ambassador Diana Penty for gift cards?

8. Which radio broadcasting company has appointed Abraham Thomas as its chief executive officer?

9. Which Australian firm will roll out ChuChu TV toys across activity and learning, figures, dolls and plush in key markets of US, India, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand?

10. Sunil Bhaskaran, a Tata Steel veteran, has been selected as the new chief executive and managing director of which airline?

11. Which company has acquired Tom & Jerry Creche, a Bengaluru-based chain of B2B childcare centres?

12. Which blockchain company has launched the world’s first KYC-compliant blockchain, Belrium, in the Indian market?

13. Which company has announced an agreement to acquire the India medical diagnostics business of Quest Diagnostics, a provider of diagnostic information services?

14. Which company has acquired Mumbai-based online mutual fund (MF) platform Clearfunds in an all-stock deal to enter the wealth management space?

15. Which celebrity is the co-owner of the Pune franchise of the Premier Badminton League?

16. Which global private equity investor has acquired Manjushree Technopack, India’s largest rigid plastic packaging solution provider, in a deal worth $190 million (about Rs 1,400 crore)?

17. Which Japanese high-end whisky distiller will launch its brands in the domestic market?

18. Which automobile MNC has appointed Sajeev Rajasekharan as managing director for India?

19. Philips has roped in which celebrity as brand ambassador for its air purifier business?

20. Which company has launched the first ever single debit-cum-credit card in the country?

21. Which company has formed a 60:40 joint venture with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to expand its crop care business?

22. United Breweries Limited (UBL) has forayed into the non-alcoholic beverage segment with the launch of which brand in Ahmedabad, Gujarat?

23. An Airbus jetliner arrived in Newark on October 12 after a nearly 18-hour trip from Singapore, completing the world’s longest commercial flight. Which airline?

24. Which business group is set to acquire the European assets of ArcelorMittal, as it pushes for expansion on the European mainland?

25. Which MNC has named its first Indian global chief executive, Milind Pant, effective January 2019?

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Biz Quizzard 758

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the period October 01 - 06. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Who was named as the new chief economist of International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

2. Albert Bourla will take over as the new CEO of which pharma major in January?

3. Amazon has started a new programme in India to help emerging brands in the country get access to a suite of brand building tools and services. Name it?

4. The government last week sacked the 15-member board of which company and appointed a new board headed by billionaire banker Uday Kotak?

5. Which company has won the contract to develop, operate and manage the international airport at Nagpur in Maharashtra in public-private partnership (PPP) mode for 30 years?

6. Larry Culp will be the new CEO of which MNC?

7. Which health insurer has launched its latest digital campaign ‘#NeverGiveUp’?

8. Which beverage retail chain has announced Navin Gurnaney as its chief executive officer effective January 1, 2019?

9. Which 2-wheeler brand has launched the campaign, ‘Sau mein se sava sau’?

10. Who will take over as the Chairman and World President of the International Advertising Association (IAA)?

11. Which printer brand has launched the campaign ‘#TheBrightestInBusiness’?

12. Which apparel brand has launched its new campaign 'Circle of life'?

13. Which Paris-headquartered marketing communications company has appointed Rana Barua to the newly created role of group CEO for its India operations?

14. Which coronary stents manufacturer will be setting up Asia’s largest stent manufacturing facility at the Medical Devices Park at Sultanpur in Medak district, Telangana?

15. Which company has announced an acquihire deal with AuthMe ID Services, the Bengaluru-based start-up focused on artificial intelligence-based solutions?

16. Which pharmaceutical firm has announced the acquisition of 80% stake in American firm Bayshore Pharmaceuticals LLC by its subsidiary for $10.286 million (Rs 75.40 crore)?

17. Which company will acquire Teleena, a Netherlands-based company that specialises in Internet of Things (IoT) and is a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE)?

18. Japanese company Shinryo Corporation has acquired which New Delhi-based company for an undisclosed amount?

19. Which company last week launched adventure tourer motorcycle model V-Strom 650XT ABS priced at Rs 7.5 lakh (ex-showroom, New Delhi)?

20. Sandeep Bakhshi will be the new CEO of which bank?

21. The government has named Rakesh Sharma as the managing director and chief executive of which bank for six months?

22. Tata Motors has roped in which celebrity as brand ambassador for its new sedan 'Tigor'?

23. Which company has recently launched 'Flashback' - a film festival exclusively for its Senior Citizen customers?

24. Nissan has roped in which celebrity as brand ambassador for Datsun in India?

25. The government has recently granted the Geographical Indication (GI) to which fruit?

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