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Business affairs

1. Green is the name of the battery that belongs to the stable of…
a. Tata
b. Amara Raja
c. Exide Industries
d. None of these

2. Which of the following personalities has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) ?
a. AP Verma
b. Ramesh Gudalur
c. P Uma Shankar
d. Ravi Sharma

3. Can you identify the name of the personality from the given options who has been awarded the Asian Banker Leadership Award recently?
a. Aditya Puri
b. OP Bhatt
c. KV Kamath
d. Deepak Parekh

4. As per the recently- announced National Mineral Policy, which of the following represents the amount of FDI that is expected per annum by the end of five years?
a. $150 million
b. $200 million
c. $250 million
d. $300 million

5. Which of the following states was in the news recently as it put a ban on selling land to foreigners ?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Goa
c. Maharashtra
d. Uttarakhand

6. Datacome Solutions is the name of the subsidiary of…
a. Tatas
b. AV Birla Group
c. Videocon Industries
d. Reliance industries Ltd

7. This personality is the MD and CEO of…
a. Idea Ltd.
b. Bharti Airtel
c. Reliance Infocomm
d. Vodafone

8. Michael G Oxley is the CEO of…
a. NASDAQ
b. LSE
c. NYSE
d. ECB

9. Which of the following represents the worth of the deal in which Tata Motors recently acquired the two famous brand of cars, viz. Jaguar and Land Rover?
a. $1.3 billion
b. $2.3 billion
c. $3.3 billion
d. $4.3 billion

10. Alibab.com is a B2B player from China and has plans to enter India. Can you identify the name of the founder of the this company ?
a. Jerry Yang
b. Steve Woznik
c. Jack Ma
d. None of these

Current affairs

1. Rajya Sabha (RS) chairman Hamid Ansari recently disqualified this former Union minister and BJP leader from the membership of the House.
a. Rajiv Pratap Rudy
b. Shahnawaz Hussain
c. Jainarain Prasad Nishad
d. None of these

2. The book My Life My Country is authored by…
a. LK Advani
b. AB Vajpayee
c. Rajnath Singh
d. Venkaiah Naidu

3. He headed the sixth pay commission of the Government of India.
a. BN Srikrishna
b. NK Singh
c. Ashok Ganguly
d. Sam Pitroda

4. He/she was re-elected as the general secretary of CPI in the four-day national congress held recently in Hyderabad.
a. AB Bardhan
b. Prakash Karat
c. Brinda Karat
d. Gurudas Dasgupta

5. This Maharashtra-based railway station was in news after the NCP raised demand to change its name to Prabha Devi.
a. Alifistan Road
b Arthur Road
c. Hastings Road
d. None of these

6. Sardar Nagori, who was arrested recently, is the chief of …
a. Students Islamic Movement of India
b. Lashkar-e-Toiba
c. Jaish-e-Mohammad
d. None of these

7. Moily Committee is associated with…
a. administrative reforms
b. convertibility of rupee
c. Babri Masjid demolition
d. none of these

8. You can associate Salwa Judum movement with …
a. Chhattisgarh
b. Uttarakhand
c. Jharkhand
d. Assam

9. The Olympic torch relay will cover… destinations worldwide.
a. 120
b. 135
c. 165
d. 190

10. He quit as the speaker of Orissa state assembly after facing sexual abuse charges.
a. Maheshwar Mohanty
b. Gayatri Panda
c. Debashish Naik
d. Naveen Patnaik

 

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Answers

Business Affairs
1. a. Tata
2. c. P Uma Shankar
3. c. K V Kamath
4. c. $250 million
5. b. Goa
6. c. Videocon Industries
7. b. Bharti Airtel
8. a. NASDAQ
9. b. $2.3 billion
10. c. Jack Ma

Current Affairs
1. c. Jainarain Prasad Nishad
2. a. LK Advani
3. a. BN Srikrishna
4. a. AB Bardhan
5. a. Alifistan Road
6. a. Students Islamic Movement of India
7. a. Administrative reforms
8. a. Chhattisgarh
9. b. 135
10. a. Maheshwar Mohanty
   
 
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