Biz Quizzard 420

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week April 09 - 14. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which MNC is acquiring a 30 per cent stake as part of a strategic alliance with the Hyderabad-based MAA TV and its network of Telugu channels?

2. Which MNC has named Johnson & Johnson executive Sherilyn McCoy as its new CEO?

3. Which MNC will pay $1 billion in cash and stock for photo-sharing application Instagram?

4. Which company last week launched the country's first 4G service in Kolkata?

5. Which company has emerged as the most reputed company in India in a survey by Nielsen?

6. Which company has signed a business collaboration arrangement with Vestergaard Frandsen, Switzerland, for introduction of household water purification devices in India?

7. Dr Yasmine Hilton will be the new chairman for the Indian operations of which energy company?

8. Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific (Turner) has decided to cease business operations of which Hindi general entertainment channel from April 12?

9. Which Indian company has bought UK’s Adelie Food Group for $350 million from PE firm Duke Street Capital?

10. Which channel has become the first Indian television channel to enter the Chinese market?

11. Which MNC has launched the 'We Are All Owners' campaign that celebrates India's crazy, colourful and all-consuming passion for cricket?

12. Japan’s Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company has agreed to buy out a 26% stake in which life insurance company?

13. Coca-Cola has roped in which celebrity to endorse its fizzy lime-lemon drink Limca?

14. Which business school in India has signed a memorandum of understanding with Karachi-based Institute of Business Administration (IBA) to impart executive education to Pakistan corporate?

15. Mr RH Patil, 75, passed away last week in Mumbai. He was the founder of which well known financial institution?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 420 as the subject.

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