September 21, 2008

Biz Quizzard 234

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week September 08 - 13. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Actor Rahul Bose is featured in the print ad of which hospitality brand?

2. Which well known MNC celebrated its 100th birthday on September 16?

3. Mr Hemant Sachdev, group director at Bharti Group, was last week appointed joint managing director at which MNC?

4. Which MNC is purchasing Napster, the online music community that rose from to a dorm room project to become the scourge of the global recording industry, for nearly $127 million in an all-cash deal?

5. According to a report last week, which brand will be rebranded as Zero Zero 7 to support the release of upcoming James Bond movie, “Quantum of Solace”?

6. Staying with “Quantum of Solace”, which automobile brand will feature in the new Bond movie, which premieres on October 29?

7. Which bank has won the Asian Banker’s best retail bank in India award for the second year in a row?

8. Airtel and Vodafone last week launched a new BlackBerry model in India. Name it?

9. Which company has been roped in as the title sponsor for the Indian Cricket League (ICL)?

10. Which Indian celebrity has been roped in as a global brand ambassador by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizard 234 as the subject.

Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli

September 14, 2008

Biz Quizzard 233

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week September 08 - 13. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which Indian engineering services provider (software company) last week announced it would acquire California-based semiconductor design company Time to Market (TTM) for an undisclosed amount?

2. Which MNC last week announced the acquisition of Mumbai-based Alpha X-Ray Technologies?

3. Infosys last week said that it had signed a deal to improve North America’s Service Corporation International’s (SCI) human resources operations. What services does SCI offer?

4. According to a report last week, which hospitality major in India will soon serve its own brand of spring water in its hotel and resorts, specialty restaurants, waiting lounge and in-flight services?

5. What significant departure has been made by Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry phones, for its new phone?

6. Which MNC last week unveiled its new flagship single lens reflex (SLR) digital camera “alpha 900”?

7. Which 3 Indian business personalities have been honoured by the UK Trade and Investment India for their contributions in the field of business?

8. Impact Retail – promoted by Tony Jashanmal, a prominent retailer in India and Middle East – last week launched its chain of retail consumer electronics outlets in the country, with the first outlet in Hyderabad. What has it been branded as?

9. Mr R Subramanian has been selected as the new chairman of the Indian retail Forum (IRF) for the year 2008-09. He is the managing director of which well-known retail chain?

10. According to a report last week, which MNC has been hired by the department of consumer affairs to gather data on international freight charges, commodity prices and demand-supply situation?

11. TV Sundaram Iyengar and Sons (TVS) last week launched a unique chain of franchisee outlets to sell multi-brand spare parts for commercial vehicles. What has it been branded as?

12. Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, owned by Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL), last week launched a new brand. Name it?

13. Which hotel in India has emerged as the top ‘overseas business hotel’ in the 2008 Conde Nast Traveler UK Readers’ Travel awards?

14. Which brand last week released the World Wild Fund (WWF) collection with the designs of six endangered fauna of India?

15. Actors Abhay Deol and Raima Sen feature in the television commercial (on air for quite some time now) for which brand?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 233 as the subject.

Happy learning!
rajeev