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

Weekly Business Quiz #20

1. Name the incumbent Whole time Director of L&T who will succeed Mr A. M. Naik as MD from April 1, 2012.

Ans. Mr K. Venkataramanan

2. Which airline has launched a new marketing campaign named “Hello Tomorrow”?

Ans. Emirates

3. Name the largest salt brand in the country that has launched flavoured salts under the brand- Flavoritz.

Ans. Tata Salt

4. Name the service to be offered by Google which will let consumers store pictures, notes, and other documents on the Internet.

Ans.

 

5. Which co., has agreed to pay $11.85 billion to acquire Pfizer Inc.’s infant nutrition business?

Ans. AOL

6. What will be the new name of Star News, Star Ananda (Bengali), Star Majha (Marathi)?

Ans. The word ‘Star’ will be replaced with ‘ABP.

7. Jumpin, the 20-year old fruit drink brand pitted against Frooti & Maaza is being revived by which co.?

Ans. Godrej Hershey

8. Name the Netherlands-based co., which has launched innovative models of wrist watch mobile phones.

Ans. Burg

9. ______ has become the 1^st Indian TV channel to be granted landing rights in China?

Ans. Zee TV

10. Sony Entertainment Television has agreed to pick up a 30% equity stake in which Hyderabad-based Telugu TV network? (It is owned by Nimmagadda Prasad, the founder of pharma co., Matrix).

Ans. MAA

Weekly Business Quiz #19

1. To which French co. did Maharaja Appliances sell its 55% equity stake?
Ans. Groupe SEB

2. Which Japanese steel maker bought 15% stake in the Sajjan Jindal-controlled JSW Steel for over $1 billion?
Ans.

3. Which leading jewellery group has diversified its operations into the business of malls by launching ‘Mall of Joy’ with its 1^st one being unveiled in Kozhikode in March 2011?
Ans. Joyalukkas

4. Name the market research firm was founded in 1923 at Chicago.
Ans. ACNielsen

5. Name the American video game development and digital distribution company based in Washington which is known for its multi player platform 'Steam'.
Ans. Valve Corporation

6. Which Chinese Internet Company derives its name from a poem written more than 800 years ago during the Song dynasty?
Ans. Baidu

7. ________, formerly Android Market, is the online software store developed by Google for Android devices.
Ans. Google Play

8. Connect Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich.
Ans. Android versions

9. Match the following foreign investors who have stake in Indian writing instruments companies.
Mitsubishi Pencil- Cello
Kokuyo Co- Linc Pen & Plastics
BIC Group (France) - Camlin
Ans. Mitsubishi Pencil- Linc Pen
         Kokuyo Co- Camlin
         BIC Group- Cello

10. Which Chennai-based automotive conglomerate acquired 90% stake in Universal Components UK Ltd., a wholesale distributor of commercial vehicle parts, for Rs 100 crore?
Ans. TVS Group

Weekly Business Quiz #18

1. Which co. manufactures YObykes?

2. Which organization was established in 1927 and now has more than 2,50,000 units in its folds?

3. Which is India’s largest selling cooking oil brand? (It is by Adani Wilmar)

4. Indian Hotel Chain established by Roots Corporation Limited which is part of the Tata Group?

5. Which Tata company has topped the list of 50 most admired companies in a survey compiled by Fortune India recently?

6. Which Tata owned car manufacturing company has its manufacturing plant at Halewood near Liverpool in UK?

7. Which international brand of paint is produced by AkzoNobel (formerly Imperial Chemical Industries)? Its tagline is “Let’s Colour.

8. With which brand did Coca-Cola 1^st enter the powder drink market in India? It took it off shelves and re-entered the segment in 2011 with Fanta Fun Taste.

9. Hero MotoCorp in a move to make its own new engines has tied up with the world’s largest privately owned engine developer based in Austria. Name the co. 

10. Which co. has launched India’s 1^st credit-card shaped USB flash drive Zap weighing only about 10 grams?