BIz Quizzard 262

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week March 30 - April 04. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which business personality has become the first Indian to join the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace?

2. Mr Fritz Henderson is the new CEO of which well known MNC?

3. Phillipe Varin will replace Christian Streiff as the chief executive of which European auto major?

4. Mr Habil Khorakiwala last week stepped down as the MD of which Indian pharma major?

5. Mr Krishnakumar Natarajan is the new MD and CEO of which Indian software firm?

6. Mr Bharat Patel has resigned as the chairman of board of directors of the Indian operations of which FMCG MNC?

7. Which insurance company last week released ads in the print medium to announce its new look, with the positioning ‘Thoda Simple Socho’?

8. IT industry veteran and venture capitalist Saurabh Srivastava has joined as the chairman of the Indian operations of which software MNC?

9. Which business personality has topped The Economic Times Corporate Dossier ‘India Inc’s Most Powerful CEOs’ list?

10. Mumbai and New Delhi are among the world’s 10 most expensive cities for the expatriates to live in, according to a survey by global HR consultancy Mercer. Which city is the most expensive?

11. Who has taken over as the new chairman of National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) for 2009-10?

12. Cricketer Zaheer Khan has been roped in as a brand ambassador by which FMCG major and will be endorsing its new ‘Sar Se Panv Tak Zabardast Energy’ campaign?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 262 as the subject.

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