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.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
February 10, 2008
February 3, 2008
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.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
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.
Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli
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