Biz Quizzard 578

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week April 20 - 25. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which upcoming Hollywood film has emerged as the most-marketed movie in India, tying up with 50 brands for promotions?

2. Which investment fund has put in its first investment, an undisclosed amount as seed funding in the mobile phone-based beauty and wellness platform Vyomo?

3. Which brand has been the best selling car in India in 2014-15?

4. Which Indian company has launched its own proprietary social platform, Knome, for company communication?

5. Which hospitality major has launched a new corner restaurant 'Kona' at its property in London?

6. Which media group has roped in Vikram Sakhuja, global strategic development officer at GroupM, as chief executive officer and board member?

7. Which MNC is set to become the first carmaker in India to voluntarily fit anti-lock braking systems (ABS) in all its locally made vehicles?

8. Which company has acquired 51% stake in Bengaluru-based LED and solar lighting products maker Promptec Renewable Energy Solutions for an enterprise value of Rs 65 crore?

9. Mindtree co-founder Anjan Lahiri has been appointed as the chief executive officer of which IT services company?

10. Which brand will become the first Indian apparel brand to sell at and have stores within Selfridges, the premium department stores chain in UK?

11. Which company has launched a first-of-its-kind policy to cover expenses for weight loss surgery up to Rs 2.5 lakh?

12. World-renowned circus troupe Cirque du Soleil has signed a deal to sell a majority stake to which U.S. private equity firm?

13. Which automobile MNC has released a new brand signature – Passion for life?

14. Which bank, in collaboration with Tech Mahindra, launched a payment service ‘Tap-n-Pay’ based on the near-field communications (NFC) technology?

15. WhatsApp, the social messaging app now owned by Facebook, has hit which monthly active user mark?

16. Which Italian pen maker has formed a 51:49 joint venture with Matrix Distributors in India?

17. Which Nasdaq-listed company has acquired travel planning website Mygola?

18. Which MNC last week exited India through the largest bulk deal on Dalal Street till date?

19. Which country is to become the first in the world to switch off FM radio in 2017 as it goes completely digital?

20. Which MNC has launched its 'Make it Happen' campaign, featuring Kangana Ranaut and Saina Nehwal in different videos?

21. Which MNC has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire WatchDox to enhance its mobile security portfolio?

22. Which company has become the first Indian online travel agency to feature on Apple Watch?

23. Which brand has launched an innovative on-ground activity 'Wash Your Bill', where participants could quash their bill at an expensive restaurant by merely washing a few utensils?

24. Which celebrity is set to start his own chain of gyms and fitness centres under the brand name Chisel?

25. Which MNC has acquired US-based NexTable, an online table reservation platform?

26. Which cloud solutions provider has entered into an asset purchase agreement with the U.S.-headquartered mobile apps company Cintel Systems?

27. Bathroom products company HSIL Limited has roped in which celebrity as brand ambassador for the 'hindware' brand?

28. Which MNC is buying Taxon Biosciences Inc, a California-based microbiome discovery company for development of biological crop products?

29. Which apparel brand has launched its latest campaign titled ‘The Bold New Professional’?

30. Which MNC has unveiled a US wireless service, called Project Fi, as it looks for new ways to extend its reach in mobile?

31. Multi Screen Media (MSM) and BBC Worldwide have announced a strategic partnership to launch a new premium factual television channel in India. What has it been branded as?

32. Which model from Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi made its international debut in India last week?

33. Which media personality has launched EazyDiner, a restaurant reservation and concierge services platform?

34. Which company has emerged as the most attractive employer in the country, according to leading human resource consultancy Randstad?

35. Which Bengaluru-based healthcare technology start-up has announced the acquisition of Delhi-NCR based wellness solution provider FitHo Wellness?

36. Which Delhi-based automobile component manufacturer and engineering services provider last week announced its foray into the solar energy sector?

37. Facebook unveiled a new voice-calling app for Android phones last week. What is it called?

38. Online restaurant guide Zomato has entered into a global partnership with which company to enable users book cabs to the restaurant they are planning to eat at?

39. The family members of the owner of the D-Mart chain of supermarkets are buying the majority stake in which 115-year old retailer?

40. A consortium of PE investors led by Advent International along with Temasek has bought the consumer business of which company from Avantha Group for Rs 2000 crore?

41. Which company has entered into a strategic partnership with Australian construction company, Brookfield Multiplex, to deliver a range of commercial and retail, healthcare and tourism and leisure projects in India?

42. Which MNC will sell its Snapfish online photo business to former owner District Photo as it prepares to split into two companies?

43. Which bag maker has launched a new campaign urging consumers to ‘Play The Life Game’?

44. Which motorcycle brand has launched a new campaign with the positioning ‘Itna stylish ki seeti toh bajegi apne aap’?

45. Which company has agreed to buy Kallidus Inc, a US-based digital and mobile commerce solutions provider, for about $120 million?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 578 as the subject.

Happy learning!
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Biz Quizzard 577

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week April 13 - 18. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which company is set to become the first Indian bank whose mobile banking application (app) will be available on the Apple Watch, to be launched in India later this month?

2. Seema Modi has quit as India head of which MNC?

3. Which company has announced signing a MoU with AREVA of France for co-operation to maximise localisation of the EPR nuclear power plant to be built at Jaitapur, Maharashtra?

4. Varun Dhawan & Gulshan Grover feature in the television commercial of which beverage brand?

5. Which hospitality major has announced the unveiling of ‘Meetings Imagined’ platform and its Meeting Services App to the region’s events planners and organizers?

6. Which MNC last week launched its ZF R1M superbike in India priced at Rs 29.43 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi)?

7. Which MNC is merging two of its existing companies to float a new global analytics company called Gain Theory with three key hubs in New York, London and Bengaluru?

8. Which media agency has joined hands with the travel industry to launch the Great Indian Travel Festival, a festival to boost online holiday bookings in the country?

9. Which company has launched the first ‘Made in India’ MCB (miniature circuit breaker)?

10. Which MNC has launched the #BetterFotIt campaign in the US, it’s biggest ever women's push?

11. Which MNC has launched the #KuchPalOffline campaign asking people to take a break from virtual and get a real life?

12. Which company has rolled out a series of TVCs under ‘Sale that sells itself’ campaign?

13. Which company has rolled out an online grocery retailing pilot my247market[dot]com?

14. Which company has acquired cloud-based data firm MaplePOS to help its restaurant partners manage business better as it expands from reviews into online orders and payments?

15. Which state-owned fund has acquired SVB India Finance for Rs`300 crore, marking its foray into venture-debt lending market?

16. Which celebrity has picked up a 49% stake in Tod's Retail India Private Ltd, a venture by the Indian arm of Italian luxury shoemaker Tod's?

17. Tata Motors has made automotive history in Britain with the launch of Jaguar's newest model, an entry-level luxury saloon car, at its factory in the West Midlands region of England. What has it been branded as?

18. Digital music sales have achieved which milestone, according to the IFPI, the London-based body for the recording business?

19. Which gold financing company started a home finance company last week, leveraging its resources and branch network across the country?

20. Which country continues to be the leading nation in remittances pulling in USD 70 billion from its global migrant workforce in 2014, according to the World Bank?

21. Which automobile brand is being advertised with the positioning 'Take your world with you'?

22. Which MNC has acquired KnoahSoft, a workforce optimisation provider whose majority staffers are based in Hyderabad?

23. Which MNC has launched its new campaign 'Aur Dikhao’?

24. Which MNC is launching a series of 100 short digital videos featuring ‘Guptaji ki family’?

25. Chinese transportation robotics firm Ninebot has acquired which US rival?

26. Which taxi aggregator has acquired two-year-old Bengaluru-based ride share startup Ridingo?

27. Which MNC will buy Alcatel-Lucent in an all-share deal that values its smaller French rival at euro 15.6 billion ($16.6 billion)?

28. Who has emerged as the top-paid CEO in the US, as per the Equilar 100 CEO Pay Study?

29. Which airline is set to become the first low-cost airline in the country to launch its domestic operations in Delhi from Terminal 3?

30. Thirty three years after stepping into the market with a door-to-door, direct sales business model, which Indian brand will now shed it for a presence in brick and mortar stores?

31. Which company has acquired 51 per cent equity stake in Arhyama Energy Pvt Ltd, which is setting up a 10- MW solar power plant at Nalgonda in Telangana?

32. Which DTH service provider is advertising its Rs 8 daily recharge pack with the positioning “Daily milenge toh pyaar to hoga hi”?

33. Which beverage brand has launched its campaign with the positioning ‘Body Ka Top Up’?

34. Which MNC has launched its new campaign 'A message to space'?

35. Which company last week announced a onetime “Special Reward” of Rs 2,628 crore for its employees, the biggest bonus in India Inc's history?

36. Which online test preparation platform has acquired EasyPrep, an online platform to help students prepare for entrance exams, for an undisclosed amount?

37. Home shopping channel Star CJ has now been renamed. What is the new name?

38. Rohit Bansal and Kunal Bahl, the founders of online marketplace Snapdeal, have participated in a seed funding round in which mobile services marketplace?

39. Which MNC has agreed to buy Slovenian brewery Pivovarna Lasko in a deal valuing the company at € 224 million ($ 237 million)?

40. The East China Normal University (ECNU), one of the prestigious universities in China, has announced the appointment of which Indian CEO as Advisory Professor?

41. Which MNC last week launched a new 125cc motorcycle Saluto in India?

42. Which company will acquire majority stake in Health SuperHiway Pvt Ltd, a healthcare analytics company promoted by Indian Hospitals Corporation?

43. Which MNC has rolled out a new TVC for its Bottom Mounted Refrigerators (BMR), strengthening the brand’s core philosophy of ‘Jhukna Mat’?

44. Which MNC has agreed to buy the beverage business of China Culiangwang Beverages Holdings Ltd for $400.5 million, to get a foothold in the fast growing multi-grain drinks category?

45. Which company has agreed to buy Websense Inc from private equity firm Vista Equity Partners LLC, in a deal that values the network security company at $1.9 billion?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 577 as the subject.

Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli