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
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