Weekly Business Quiz #22

1. Which brand means 'modernity' in Korean?

Ans. Hyundai

2. Which brand which is named after 'a person who is specially trained in the making and serving of 

coffee drinks'?

Ans. Barista

3. Name the digital music service launched by Flipkart, a shopping website.

Ans. Flyte

4. Name the US $12.5 billion group which launched Spark the Rise, a movement which aims to drive 

positive change.

Ans. Mahindra

5. Massey Ferguson is a brand from which 8,000-crore co., part of the Chennai-based Amalgamations Group?

Ans. TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd)

6. Expand IPCC (It’s a UN body; a group that represents the findings of more than 4000 scientists and the incumbent Chairman is Nobel prize winning- Dr Rajendra Pachauri)

Ans. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

7. Which company has the tagline, `Intelligence Everywhere?

Ans. Motorola

8. Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL) is a JV between Shyam Group of India and Sistema of _________.

Ans. Russia

9. Name the fashion accessories brand formed by the JV between Hidesign India & Future Ventures India.

Ans. Holii

10. Which co. is South India’s largest kraft paper manufacturer?

Ans. Sree Sakthi Paper Mills

Weekly Business Quiz #21

1. Which co., recently announced it would sell over 800 of its patents to Microsoft worth over $1 billion?

Ans. AOL

2. Why were Hero MotoCorp’s parts’ suppliers Satyam Auto and Rockman Industries in news recently?

Ans. 1200 permanent workers have been on strike to press for higher wages & the right to form worker’s unions for nearly 2 weeks.

3. Allan Solly, the brand from Madura Fashion & Lifestyle promoted what concept in the apparel industry which breaks the formal ‘black, white and grey’ work wear?

Ans. Friday Dressing

4. Name the author of "Johnny Bunko - The Last career guide you will ever need".

Ans. Daniel H. Pink

5. Who along with Rakesh Gangwal founded Indigo, a low-cost Indian airline?

Ans. Rahul Bhatia

6. Name the first emperor to introduce "Rupee" as a currency.

Ans. Sher Shah Suri

7. Name the service launched by Google that collates activities of users on Google-owned sites. It’ll be helpful to step back & take stock of what you are doing online. 

Ans. Google Account Activity

8. Which OS, having a market share of 29% is said to surpass Windows as the most popular OS in the world by 2016?

Ans. Android

9. Name this $6bn co. that gets nearly two-thirds of its revenue from selling computer hardware & software to government departments & large enterprises.

Ans. HCL Infosystems

10. Who is set to become McDonald’s 1^st African- American CEO replacing Jim Skinner on July 1?

Ans. Don Thompson