Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week December 24 - 29. Hope you enjoy it.
1. After Yuvaraj Singh, which Indian cricketer has been signed up as brand ambassador by consumer products company Marico?
2. Which Indian Micro Finance institution (MFI) has been ranked second on Forbes magazine’s first ever listing of the world’s top 50 Microfinance Institutions?
3. According to a news report last week, Chennai-based TVS Motors is all set launch a global first initiative. What is it?
4. Which business personality, according a report last week, has purchased Rugby Hotel, one of the landmark hotels in Matheran, a tourist destination near Mumbai?
5. Dr Armin Bruck will take over as the managing director of which MNC in India?
6. According to a survey by Elkins/McSherry, which Indian company has become the world’s most cost-effective broking company?
7. Which celebrity has been roped in by Vijay Mallya as the face of Team Force India for the 2008 Formula 1 season? (the campaign is currently on air)
8. Which MNC last week agreed to buy VLM Airlines, the Belgian regional carrier and the biggest operator at London City airport in a surprise takeover coup defeating rival interest from British Airways?
9. Mr Vivek Mohan was last week appointed president of Indian operations of which telecom MNC?
10. Which bank in India has changed its logo and has launched a new campaign in the print medium with the baseline ‘Together We Can’?
11. Who/what has been chosen Medium of the Year by Campaign, the advertising magazine from UK?
12. Gauri Khan, wife of Shah Rukh Khan, is slowly but surely stepping out into the limelight. Se has been chosen as the cover girl of which magazine for its January 2008 edition?
Please mail your answers on or before Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 196 as the subject.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
December 30, 2007
December 23, 2007
Biz Quizzard 195
Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week December 17 - 22. Hope you enjoy it.
1. Starting this edition with what may not be a pure business question. According to a news snippet last week, Italian film and opera legend Franco Zeffirelli has agreed to become the image consultant for which very important and well known personality?
2. Tata Group’s $11.3 billion acquisition of Corus Group Plc has been ranked among the ten best business deals of 2007 by Time magazine. Which deal has been ranked the best?
3. Which MNC last week announced that it has received the first-ever Frost & Sullivan 2007 market leadership award in storage solutions in India?
4. One more question which I was not sure on including in this quiz. Which word, an interjection often used in online gaming, has been selected as “word of the year” by Merriam-Webster, a publisher of dictionaries and reference books?
5. Which Japanese automaker last week introduced a new boxy compact wagon ‘Tanto’, equipped with a 660cc normal and turbo-charged engine?
6. In a $10.1 billion deal that would create one of the world’s largest makers of air conditioners, which MNC will acquire Trane Inc?
7. Which campaign is presently being run in the print mediium with the baseline ‘Building blocks of a new freedom’?
8. According to a report last week, Sonal Dabral will replace Mohammed Khan as the chairman of which advertising agency?
9. Seagram India has been rechristened. What is it now known as?
10. Which company has become the only one from India to enter the list of world’s most admired firms compiled by the Fortune magazine and global consulting firm Hay Group?
11. According to a news report last week, Dubai-based Afras Projects India has signed up with Technopark, Kerala, to venture into a finishing school for techies. Which well known Indian personality is the chairman of Afras Projects? (hint: non-business, international personality)
12. Hero-Honda has forayed into the used two-wheeler trading business. What has the venture been branded as?
13. Which Indian company has acquired a 76% stake in Portugal-based bath rugs maker Sorema at an enterprise value of Rs 60 crore?
14. Not sure whether I have already covered this. Tennis player Leander Paes and athlete Anju Bobby George last week unveiled “Cloud of Promise”, the torch of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in India. Which MNC has designed the torch?
15. Mahindra Gesco, the real estate and infrastructure arm of the Mahindra Group has been renamed. What is it now known as?
16. Which MNC bank, in association with designer Rohit Bal, last week launched India’s first designer credit cards?
17. According to a news report last week, Reliance Entertainment, the entertainment arm of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is looking at picking up a minority stake in Chennai-based animation firm Ocher Studios owned by Ms Soundarya. Ms Soundarya is related to which celebrity?
18. Reliance Retail has launched a new format that will provide virtually all kinds of services, including consumer goods, healthcare products, groceries, footwear and readymade clothes under one roof. What has it been branded as?
19. A new series of which automobile brand has been launched with a new engine named mHawk? (print ads were released last week)
20. Which business personality last week bought a 20% stake, worth 1.6 million pounds, in Britain’s Championship football club Queens Park Rangers?
21. The Xiang Feng meaning “Flying Phoenix” rolled out in China last week. What is it?
22. Which MNC is buying US medical products company Respironics for 3.6 billion euro ($5.2 billion)?
23. The Malayalam Manorama Group has launched Kerala’s first private FM station. What has it been branded as?
24. Which celebrity has been appointed brand ambassador by Anne French, the well known depilatory cream?
25. Which celebrity has been roped in by Nokia India to promote its products?
Please mail your answers on or before Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 195 as the subject.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
1. Starting this edition with what may not be a pure business question. According to a news snippet last week, Italian film and opera legend Franco Zeffirelli has agreed to become the image consultant for which very important and well known personality?
2. Tata Group’s $11.3 billion acquisition of Corus Group Plc has been ranked among the ten best business deals of 2007 by Time magazine. Which deal has been ranked the best?
3. Which MNC last week announced that it has received the first-ever Frost & Sullivan 2007 market leadership award in storage solutions in India?
4. One more question which I was not sure on including in this quiz. Which word, an interjection often used in online gaming, has been selected as “word of the year” by Merriam-Webster, a publisher of dictionaries and reference books?
5. Which Japanese automaker last week introduced a new boxy compact wagon ‘Tanto’, equipped with a 660cc normal and turbo-charged engine?
6. In a $10.1 billion deal that would create one of the world’s largest makers of air conditioners, which MNC will acquire Trane Inc?
7. Which campaign is presently being run in the print mediium with the baseline ‘Building blocks of a new freedom’?
8. According to a report last week, Sonal Dabral will replace Mohammed Khan as the chairman of which advertising agency?
9. Seagram India has been rechristened. What is it now known as?
10. Which company has become the only one from India to enter the list of world’s most admired firms compiled by the Fortune magazine and global consulting firm Hay Group?
11. According to a news report last week, Dubai-based Afras Projects India has signed up with Technopark, Kerala, to venture into a finishing school for techies. Which well known Indian personality is the chairman of Afras Projects? (hint: non-business, international personality)
12. Hero-Honda has forayed into the used two-wheeler trading business. What has the venture been branded as?
13. Which Indian company has acquired a 76% stake in Portugal-based bath rugs maker Sorema at an enterprise value of Rs 60 crore?
14. Not sure whether I have already covered this. Tennis player Leander Paes and athlete Anju Bobby George last week unveiled “Cloud of Promise”, the torch of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in India. Which MNC has designed the torch?
15. Mahindra Gesco, the real estate and infrastructure arm of the Mahindra Group has been renamed. What is it now known as?
16. Which MNC bank, in association with designer Rohit Bal, last week launched India’s first designer credit cards?
17. According to a news report last week, Reliance Entertainment, the entertainment arm of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is looking at picking up a minority stake in Chennai-based animation firm Ocher Studios owned by Ms Soundarya. Ms Soundarya is related to which celebrity?
18. Reliance Retail has launched a new format that will provide virtually all kinds of services, including consumer goods, healthcare products, groceries, footwear and readymade clothes under one roof. What has it been branded as?
19. A new series of which automobile brand has been launched with a new engine named mHawk? (print ads were released last week)
20. Which business personality last week bought a 20% stake, worth 1.6 million pounds, in Britain’s Championship football club Queens Park Rangers?
21. The Xiang Feng meaning “Flying Phoenix” rolled out in China last week. What is it?
22. Which MNC is buying US medical products company Respironics for 3.6 billion euro ($5.2 billion)?
23. The Malayalam Manorama Group has launched Kerala’s first private FM station. What has it been branded as?
24. Which celebrity has been appointed brand ambassador by Anne French, the well known depilatory cream?
25. Which celebrity has been roped in by Nokia India to promote its products?
Please mail your answers on or before Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 195 as the subject.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
December 16, 2007
Biz Quizzard 194
Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week December 10 - 15. Hope you enjoy it.
1. GSM mobile operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular recently entered into a joint venture to set up a passive infrastructure (tower) company. What is it called?
2. According to a news snippet last week, the Movida nightclub in London has launched a new cocktail named the Flawless. What is its claim to fame?
3. Which MNC last week announced a joint-venture with Delhi-based Eicher Motors in India, the fifth biggest commercial vehicles market in the world?
4. Reliance retail last week unveiled its eighth format in Bangalore – a specialty store which stocks books, toys, music, stationery and gifts. What has it been branded as?
5. Which Indian business group has acquired British BPO and call center company Dalgen for 40 million ponds (Rs 320 crore)?
6. Which US-based coffee retail giant has joined hospitality major Citymax India to launch a chain of coffee houses across India?
7. Not many would have missed the full page color ads released last week by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the Air Safety Week. Name the advertising agency?
8. Actor Deepika Padukone has been appointed brand ambassador for which watch brand?
9. My question of the week. Name the new CEO of Citigroup?
10. Which business group has changed its holding company name to Consim Info Pvt Ltd?
11. Auto major Daimler Trucks last week announced a joint venture with which Indian business group for manufacturing light, medium and heavy duty commercial vehicles?
12. According to a news report last week, former England captain David Beckham has stripped to his underwear for the latest international billboard campaign of which fashion brand?
Please mail your answers on or before Saturday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 194 as the subject.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
1. GSM mobile operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular recently entered into a joint venture to set up a passive infrastructure (tower) company. What is it called?
2. According to a news snippet last week, the Movida nightclub in London has launched a new cocktail named the Flawless. What is its claim to fame?
3. Which MNC last week announced a joint-venture with Delhi-based Eicher Motors in India, the fifth biggest commercial vehicles market in the world?
4. Reliance retail last week unveiled its eighth format in Bangalore – a specialty store which stocks books, toys, music, stationery and gifts. What has it been branded as?
5. Which Indian business group has acquired British BPO and call center company Dalgen for 40 million ponds (Rs 320 crore)?
6. Which US-based coffee retail giant has joined hospitality major Citymax India to launch a chain of coffee houses across India?
7. Not many would have missed the full page color ads released last week by the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the Air Safety Week. Name the advertising agency?
8. Actor Deepika Padukone has been appointed brand ambassador for which watch brand?
9. My question of the week. Name the new CEO of Citigroup?
10. Which business group has changed its holding company name to Consim Info Pvt Ltd?
11. Auto major Daimler Trucks last week announced a joint venture with which Indian business group for manufacturing light, medium and heavy duty commercial vehicles?
12. According to a news report last week, former England captain David Beckham has stripped to his underwear for the latest international billboard campaign of which fashion brand?
Please mail your answers on or before Saturday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 194 as the subject.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
December 9, 2007
Biz Quizzard 193
Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week December 03 - 08. Hope you enjoy it.
1. Which financial brand is being advertised in the print medium with the baseline ‘Three letters and a beautiful world’?
2. Indivision recently bought a 70% stake in Faces Cosmetics, a Canadian high-end cosmetics company listed in the UK, for an undisclosed amount. Indivision is the Mauritius-based private equity fund of which Indian business group?
3. We have heard of designations like Chief Mentor and even Chief Happiness Officer in the IT space. What unique new designation was Subroto Bagchi, COO, MindTree, given last week?
4. According to a report last week, which non-banking finance company (NBFC) has opened 500 branches, making it the NBFC with the largest branch network in the country?
5. Which automobile company last week launched two of its premium bikes MTR01 and YZF-R1, both priced ex-showroom at Rs 10.5 lakh, in India?
6. Which MNC last week acquired the UK-based leading steel distribution company, NSD Limited?
7. FMCG major Dabur India last week unveiled the brand name of its proposed lifestyle offering in its beauty & lifestyle retail subsidiary, H&B Stores. Name the brand?
8. Mr F D Engineer, aged 100, was last week featured in print advertisements. What is his achievement?
9. Which MNC has recently launched Swing GTX, a golf shoe line with Smart Quill Technology, in India?
10. Ms Padmasree Warrior last week quit as the chief technology officer (CTO) at Motorola. She would be joining which MNC at the same position?
11. Hyundai Motor last week unveiled its first foray into the market for high-end cars dominated by the likes of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus. What is the sedan been branded as?
12. Mr Muhtar Kent, according to a report last week, will take over as the chief executive of which MNC on July 1, 2008?
Please mail your answers before Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 193 as the subject.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
1. Which financial brand is being advertised in the print medium with the baseline ‘Three letters and a beautiful world’?
2. Indivision recently bought a 70% stake in Faces Cosmetics, a Canadian high-end cosmetics company listed in the UK, for an undisclosed amount. Indivision is the Mauritius-based private equity fund of which Indian business group?
3. We have heard of designations like Chief Mentor and even Chief Happiness Officer in the IT space. What unique new designation was Subroto Bagchi, COO, MindTree, given last week?
4. According to a report last week, which non-banking finance company (NBFC) has opened 500 branches, making it the NBFC with the largest branch network in the country?
5. Which automobile company last week launched two of its premium bikes MTR01 and YZF-R1, both priced ex-showroom at Rs 10.5 lakh, in India?
6. Which MNC last week acquired the UK-based leading steel distribution company, NSD Limited?
7. FMCG major Dabur India last week unveiled the brand name of its proposed lifestyle offering in its beauty & lifestyle retail subsidiary, H&B Stores. Name the brand?
8. Mr F D Engineer, aged 100, was last week featured in print advertisements. What is his achievement?
9. Which MNC has recently launched Swing GTX, a golf shoe line with Smart Quill Technology, in India?
10. Ms Padmasree Warrior last week quit as the chief technology officer (CTO) at Motorola. She would be joining which MNC at the same position?
11. Hyundai Motor last week unveiled its first foray into the market for high-end cars dominated by the likes of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Lexus. What is the sedan been branded as?
12. Mr Muhtar Kent, according to a report last week, will take over as the chief executive of which MNC on July 1, 2008?
Please mail your answers before Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 193 as the subject.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
December 2, 2007
Biz Quizzard 192
Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week November 26 - December 01. Hope you enjoy it.
1. Khetse Agriproduce India, according to a report last week, is planning a major foray into the wholesale business of fruits and vegetables in India and will be setting up 50 cash-and-carry distribution centres. The company is a 50:50 joint venture between Ireland’s Total Produce and which Indian company?
2. Which Indian company last week claimed to be the global leader in terms of range of contraceptives?
3. Which MNC airline is advertising its services in the print medium with the baseline ‘We fly for your smile’?
4. Which MNC last week announced the appointment of Mr RK Amar Babu as the managing director of Its India operations?
5. According to a report last week, which hospitality major is planning a chain of pilgrim motels, planned to be branded as Garden Hotels, near destinations of religious importance?
6. Which Indian company, according to a report last week, is all set to acquire US-based natural soda ash producer Searles Valley Minerals (SVM)?
7. Which 3 Indian business personalities (resident/non-resident) have been named by global business magazine Fortune as one of the top-25 most powerful business heads?
8. Which MNC last week announced that it will buy Gentyle Group, which makes fixtures for lights used mostly by companies, for $2.7 billion?
9. The positioning is ‘pamper yourself’ and the portal is ‘pamperurself.in’. Name the brand?
10. Which airline has bought the exclusive rights for the in-flight screening of actor Rajnikanth’s latest release ‘Sivaji – The Boss’?
11. Which south Indian actor has become the brand promoter for Breathe Eazy, an ayurvedic product of Pankajakasthuri Herbals?
12. Which company has recently picked up a 50% stake in ND (Nitin Desai) Studios, one of the leading Bollywood production designers?
13. Mr Greg Brown will be the new CEO of which well known MNC from January 1?
14. Which mobile phone is being advertised across media with the positioning ‘The next episode in entertainment’?
15. Trivia. According to a news snippet, Actress Trisha Krishnan has named her pet dog after a very well known brand in India. Name the brand?
16. Which celebrity was last week appointed as the official brand ambassador for Bru Cappuccino?
Please mail your answers before Friday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 192 as the subject.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
1. Khetse Agriproduce India, according to a report last week, is planning a major foray into the wholesale business of fruits and vegetables in India and will be setting up 50 cash-and-carry distribution centres. The company is a 50:50 joint venture between Ireland’s Total Produce and which Indian company?
2. Which Indian company last week claimed to be the global leader in terms of range of contraceptives?
3. Which MNC airline is advertising its services in the print medium with the baseline ‘We fly for your smile’?
4. Which MNC last week announced the appointment of Mr RK Amar Babu as the managing director of Its India operations?
5. According to a report last week, which hospitality major is planning a chain of pilgrim motels, planned to be branded as Garden Hotels, near destinations of religious importance?
6. Which Indian company, according to a report last week, is all set to acquire US-based natural soda ash producer Searles Valley Minerals (SVM)?
7. Which 3 Indian business personalities (resident/non-resident) have been named by global business magazine Fortune as one of the top-25 most powerful business heads?
8. Which MNC last week announced that it will buy Gentyle Group, which makes fixtures for lights used mostly by companies, for $2.7 billion?
9. The positioning is ‘pamper yourself’ and the portal is ‘pamperurself.in’. Name the brand?
10. Which airline has bought the exclusive rights for the in-flight screening of actor Rajnikanth’s latest release ‘Sivaji – The Boss’?
11. Which south Indian actor has become the brand promoter for Breathe Eazy, an ayurvedic product of Pankajakasthuri Herbals?
12. Which company has recently picked up a 50% stake in ND (Nitin Desai) Studios, one of the leading Bollywood production designers?
13. Mr Greg Brown will be the new CEO of which well known MNC from January 1?
14. Which mobile phone is being advertised across media with the positioning ‘The next episode in entertainment’?
15. Trivia. According to a news snippet, Actress Trisha Krishnan has named her pet dog after a very well known brand in India. Name the brand?
16. Which celebrity was last week appointed as the official brand ambassador for Bru Cappuccino?
Please mail your answers before Friday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 192 as the subject.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
Biz Quizzard 191 - answers
1. Gitanjali Gems
2. Amrutanjan Health Care
3. Plethico Pharmaceuticals
4. Reebok
5. Live Documents
6. B Ramalinga Raju Chairman and founder, Satyam Computer Services
7. George Soros
8. Mariah Carey
9. Kindle
10. One millionth car
2. Amrutanjan Health Care
3. Plethico Pharmaceuticals
4. Reebok
5. Live Documents
6. B Ramalinga Raju Chairman and founder, Satyam Computer Services
7. George Soros
8. Mariah Carey
9. Kindle
10. One millionth car
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