Biz Quizzard 204

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week February 18 - 23. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which company last week announced that it is roping in cricketers Ishant Sharma & Rohit Sharma as brand ambassadors?

2. Which television channel is being advertised across media with the baseline ‘World Ki Best Kahaniyan’?

3. Which foreign bank was last week issued a license by RBI?

4. According to a report last week, Airmid Aviation Services has been granted a non-scheduled air transport operating status. The company is a subsidiary of which financial services group in India?

5. Which well known business personality has acquired a Norwegian shipping firm, JB Ugland Shipping (JBUS) for Rs 1,200 crore?

6. Which Indian business group, according to a report last week, has invested in BJETS, a business jet operator company?

7. Cadbury India last week launched a new product for people with diabetes. What has it been branded as?

8. Reliance Communications last week announced a new umbrella brand which consolidates its global telecommunications business and operations. Name the brand?

9. Which Indian IT company last week announced the acquisition of US-based banking software company Capital Stream, for $40 million (about Rs 160 crore)?

10. Which two wheeler brand is being advertised in the print media with the baseline ‘DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE’?

11. Which business personality last week received the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award?

12. DaimerChrysler India has changed its name. What will it be now known as?

13. Which brand is being advertised across media with the baseline ‘yeh hai younGistaan meri jaan’?

14. The boards of which two private banks in India last week agreed to merge to form a merged entity?

15. Which well known international publication brand has launched it’s first-ever campaign in India, a high-voltage outdoor presence bearing its signature colours, red and white and the baseline ‘Interpret the world’?

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rajeev kondapalli

Biz Quizzard 203

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week February 11 - 16. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Mr Rajeev Kapoor has been appointed president & CEO of the Indian operations of which automobile major?

2. Which well known MNC has signed on Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor as brand ambassadors?

3. Which well known personality, according to a report last week, has picked up 10% stake in BAG Glamour, a subsidiary of BAG Films & Media, for about 10 crore?

4. Which company has bagged the title sponsorship rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for five years?

5. Mr Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave will take over as the chairman of which regulatory body?

6. Most of you must have read about the Economic Times budget mascot, the piggybank, going around various cities. What is his name?

7. Mr Fred Kindle last week quit as the chief executive of which well known engineering group?

8. Which automobile brand in India last week crossed the one-million-unit mark?

9. According to a report last week, Four Seasons Wines, the joint venture between UB Group and the family of Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, plans to launch locally produced wine by this month-end. What is it branded as?

10. Mr. Ian Rowden has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer for the Asia-Pacific region for which advertising MNC?

11. Deepika Padukone can be seen in the television commercial (currently on air) for which soap brand?

12. Staying with soaps, Lux has launched a black bathing soap. What has it been branded as?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 203 as the subject.

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Biz Quizzard 202

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week February 04 - 09. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Mr Ramesh Sobti, former country head of ABN Amro, has taken over as the MD & CEO of which bank?

2. Disney Consumer Products is launching a new range of soft toys for all age groups in India. What has it been branded as?

3. Canada-based Harlequin Enterprises has set up a subsidiary in India to print and distribute which well-known fiction brand?

4. Which state in India is being advertised in the print medium with the baseline ‘One state. Many worlds’?

5. Which MNC last week said it reached an agreement to acquire a 40% stake in organic beverage maker Honest Tea Inc?

6. Gruner + Jahr, the European print media company owned by German media giant Bertelsmann, is making its India debut with Geo, its premium science and geography magazine, under a licensing arrangement with which publishing group?

7. Reliance Retail last week launched its first super specialty automotive store at Jamnagar in Gujarat. What has it been branded as?

8. Which Indian company has appointed Ajoyendra Mukherjee as the global head of human resources?

9. A fund owned by maverick billionaire George Soros last week bought a 3% stake in which Indian company for $100 million?

10. Which brand is rolling out a new campaign titled ‘Seedhi Baat, No Bakwaas, Clear Hai!’?

11. According to a report last week, Madonna has been paid $10 million to advertise which brand’s products? She will font the company’s new “Life Can’t Wait” global campaign.

12. GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH), the global FMCG company, launched Women's Horlicks in the market recently. Which actress has been signed on as the brand ambassador?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 202 as the subject.

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rajeev kondapalli

Biz Quizzard 201

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week January 28 - February 02. Hope you enjoy it.

1. It is proud moment for India. Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) has been ranked among the top 20 global B-schools in the world by Financial Times in its Annual MBA 2008 rankings. Which school has been ranked first?

2. According to a report last week, which bank is all set to acquire a controlling stake in the 50-year-old Ahmedabad Commodity Exchange (ACE)?

3. Reliance Entertainment, an ADAG company, has signed a five-film co-production deal with Excel Entertainment. Excel Entertainment is the production house of which well known film maker?

4. Four Indians (resident/non-resident) are among the 10 wealthiest CEOs in the world according to American magazine Forbes. Name all the four?

5. Which financial MNC last week named Iqbal Singh as its new CEO of its India operations?

6. Which Indian company last week entered into a definitive agreement to buy the soda ash business of the US-based General Industrial Products for $1 billion?

7. Not sure if I have covered this earlier. Auto component supplier Motor Industries Company Ltd (MICO) has been renamed. What will it be now known as?

8. Edgardo Badiali, former CEO of Italian low-cost carrier MyAir, has been appointed CEO of which airline in India?

9. According to a report last week, MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop per Child (OLPC) has finally found its way into India. Which state will see its first deployment?

10. Which company last week launched its protein supplement, ActiBase, making its entry into the specialty nutrition category?

11. Titan Industries last week launched their collection of chronographs, multifunction and retrograde watches. What has the collection been branded as?

12. NDTV Imagine is launching a world cinema channel. What has it been branded as?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 201 as the subject.

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rajeev kondapalli