Weekly Business Quiz #23

1. Expand ARAI

Ans. Automotive Research Association of India

2. Name the French maker of laminated canvas handbags which was named the world’s most valuable brand for a seventh consecutive year.

Ans. Louis Vuitton

3. Which company is the country’s largest small engine supplier in the three-wheeler space? (It is planning to diversify into small diesel engines for the passenger car space)

Ans. Greaves Cotton

4. Which company is considered the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products?

Ans. Kingston technology

5. Name the 1000 acre Information Technology Park which is considered the largest IT Park in Asia.

Ans. SIPCOT (Small Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu)

6. Which co. in April '12 forayed into the arena of flavoured lassi, with its brand Go Lassi? (All its products are made from 100% fresh cow milk)

Ans. Gowardhan

7. OPEN Magazine, the flagship brand of Open Media Network is the media venture of?

Ans. RPG Enterprises

8. Indian Organisations has a pyramid logo which reflects its mission of 'Building India'?

Ans.

9. Name the production house headed by Ekta Kapoor which produces shows such as 'Bade Acche Lagte Hain', 'Pavitra Rishta', 'Kasthuri', 'Yuggadi' etc..?

Ans. Balaji Telefilms

10. Which business division of Tata Sons has launched 'Lysaght Solution Center' to promote the Lysaght range of products across India?

Ans. Blue Scope

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?
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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