current affairs questions 2

Week-2 Questions
1. Who is the CEO of Wipro? T K Kurien
2. Who has signed as the new brand ambassador of beverage maker coca-cola? Sachin Tendulkar
3. Expand FSLRC Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
4. Bajaj auto signed MOU with _________ to finance their three wheelers? Indian Bank
5. Who is the Reserve Bank Governor? Duvvuri Subbarao
6. What does RBS stands for? Royal Bank of Scotland
7. Who is the civil aviation minister? Praful Patel
8. Who is the Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra? Anand Mahindra
9. ________&__________ bag top honours at ET ZigWheels awards? Ford Figo & Yamaha SZ-X
10. What is the percapita consumption of biscuits in India? 2%
11. What does NMDC stands for? National Mineral Development Corporation
12. What does ICC stands for? International Cricket Council
13. 6th international conference on steel and steel making raw materials was held at?
Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi
14. Who is the largest telecom operator in India? Bharti Airtel
15. How much is the expected ecoomic growth rate? 8.75%
16. Which is India’s third largest IT exporter? Wipro
17. Total amount that foreign inverters poured into Indian Stocks in 2010? $ 29 billion (1.3 lakh crore)
18. Indian Sensex is valued at a price-to-earnings ratio of ----- times estimated earnings? 8 times
19. RBI is planning to increase the repo and reverse rate by how many basis point? 50 basis point
20. Which Indian company is going to acquire a Swiss Pharma company SynphaBase AG ? Jupiter biosciences
21. India pharma company Jupiter biosciences is going to acquire which swiss company? SynphaBase AG
22. The total amount at which India pharma company Jupiter biosciences is going to acquire Swiss Pharma company SynphaBase AG? $ 10 million
23. Which is the first private firm to manufacture small civil aircraft for the domestic aviation market? Mahindra Aerospace
24. In which place India and Bangladesh opened a new land port to boost bilateral trade? West Bengal
25. Coal India is planning to open new seven underground mines in which place? Jharkhand
26. Coal India is planning to increase the capacity to how many tonnes per annum? 12 million tonnes
27. Which are the two financial regulators who are looking to the matter of swiss bank issue? RBI & SEBI
28. PSU banks to raise headcount by how many percentages? 10%
29. In an attempt to improve liquidity, RBI has brought approximately how many crore since Nov 2010? 67000 crore
30. What is the salary awarded to Citi groups chief executive,Vikram Pandit? $1.75 million
31. Which company Philips bought in south India and at what amount?
South Indian home appliances brand PREETHI for over Rs.350 crores.
32. Who is the global President of Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) consumer health care? John Clarke
33. What is the compensation amount the Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to make it mandatory for Micro Finance companies to pay the families of the borrowers who commit suicide because of debt burden? Rs 5 Lakhs
34. The Karnataka State high level committee has approved the proposal of world’s leading noodle manufacturer to set up new manufacturing facility with an investment of Rs. 160 crores. Name the manufacturer….. Indo Nissin (a subsidiary of Nissin Foods)
35. Who is the present CEO of iGate? Phaneesh Murthy
36. iGate has appointed _______and________ to advice on the integration process with the Patni computers for its merger process? Delloite and Mercer
37. Name the family who own the Hero Group? Munjan Family
38. What is the royalty percentage of Net Sales that Hero Honda will continue to pay to Honda for supplying automotive technology and developing new products in future? 2.3-3%
39. Which India’s largest mobile service provider has launched 3G network services for Karnataka and southern circles recently? Bharti Airtel (on 24th Jan 2011)
40. Name the ERP product used by farmers across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat? FarmERP
41. Who is the MD of Sonata Software? B Ramaswamy
42. What is the MF asset value maintained by Glodman Sachs Globally? $677 billion
43. Who is the chairman of Wipro? Azim Premji
44. What is the average unemployment rate in US @ 2010? 9.3%
45. After how many years, US companies’ employment outlook improved? 12 years.
46. Which project StanChart’s financial market has taken, to ensure the primary school is well equipped and students have uniform, Text Books and a bus service facility? Burjwadi project.
47. Who is the CEO of IDEA cellular? Sanjeev Aga.
48. What is the % profit of IDEA Cellular, increased in Q3 over Q2? 43%
49. What is the new initiative taken by IIMB for fostering greater entrepreneurial growth across the country? Next Big Idea.
50. In what price, Novartis buys cancer diagnosis specialist? $ 470 million.
51. Who is the CEO of ICICI Bank? Chanda Kochhar.
52. What is the net profit increment of Indian Bank in Q3? 11%
53. What is the increase in sales of Toyota globally in the year 2010, over the previous year? 12%
54. Which two people have just developed a 7-key customised wireless keyboard for the visually challenged? Mohit Khanna and Anurag Mishra
55. Which company has bagged the contract,along with Mahindra Satyam,to collect biometrics of the Indian population for the government’s UID project Aadhaar? Safran Groups subsidiary Morpho
56. Who is the president and chief financial officer RANBAXY Laboratories? Umesh Sethi
57. Chairman of Housing Development Corporation? Deepak parekh
58. The online shopping industry in India stands at around what figure and at what rate is it growing at according to industry? 1500 Crore & 35% Growth
59. THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has moved the Supreme Court seeking its nod to notify the proposed tariff fixing a cap of how much in non-Conditional Access System (non-CAS) areas in the country? Rs. 250/month
60. Who is Bharti Airtels India and South Asia head? Sanjay Kapoor
61. Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has hived off its stainless and speciality steels business into which new company? Aperam
62. Vedanta Resources, is controlled by which London-based billionaire? Anil Agarwal
63. Who is Cairn Energy’s Chairman? BillGammell
64. Bharti Airtel,the country's largest mobile phone company by both customers and revenues had formed a 49:51 joint venture with which bank to offer mobile-banking and other financial services? State Bank Of India
65. Vodafone Essar Ltd,majority owned by UK's Vodafone entered into a JV with which bank to offer mobile-banking and other financial services? ICICI
66. What does ETP stand for? Exchange-traded products
67. Who are the corporate debt lenders for Vishal retail? State Bank of India,HDFC Bank,ING Vysya,UCO and Bank of India
68. Who are the non-corporate debt lenders for Vishal retail? LIC Mutual Fund,Deutsche and Barclays
69. Which airline offers free companion ticket to selected destinations? Air India
70. Which car brand holds the tag line “sheer driving pleasure”? BMW
71. Which luxury car brand’s new model bears the “punch line of JOY UP CONSUMPTION DOWN”? BMW 520d
72. The Lokpal bill is drafted to tackle the scourge of corruption. This has some exceptions. What is that? The lokpal bill cannot investigate any case against the prime minister in the arena of external affairs and defence.
73. Who is the founder of Hotmail? Sabeer Bhatia
74. Who is the chief investing officer of Birla sun life insurance? Vikram kotak
75. Recently RIM’s blackberry refused to reveal the information flowing through whose emails? corporate emails
76. Who is the vice president od RIM? Robert crow
77. Who is the second largest automaker in the US? Ford motors
78. Who is the CEO of ford motors? Alan mulally
79. Who is the CEO and MD of TCS? Chandrasekharan. N
80. Which luxury automaker is planning to enter into small car segment for India? Mercedes
81. Why CIPLA may not get as much as PIRAMAL? Cipla’s plants are older, and its practices are less attuned to international standards compared with Piramal. Also, Abbott may have been willing to pay more for Piramal as it had reasonable free cash and is only expecting returns from its India acquisition over 10 years.
82. What is non-compete fee? Paid by acquirer to ensure former promoter does not compete in same business for a specified period. Buyer can pay a seller non-compete fee of up to 25% of open offer price. Anything over 25% has to be included in open offer price.
83. Where might L&T sell its stake? in INfotech subsidiary
84. When was Cipla’s chemical and pharmaceutical laboratory established? 1935
85. What was the market share of Kingfisher Airlines in the month of December? 18.6%
86. Why would the prices of steel products likely to go up in February? Due to the raw material push and also because demand is reviving in various markets.
87. What joint sponsors Sony India, Hero Honda & Vodafone are each expected to pay ESPN STAR SPORTS during the cricket World cup 2011? Rs 55 crore
88. What was the reason that the consumer product maker Marico posted an 8% decline in net profit during the third quarter ended? hike in raw material prices
89. What is the expectation of centre on the estimate of the Telecom gear by 2015? That sector will worth Rs 3, 50,000 Cr by 2015.
90. What was the announcement made by Bennett, Coleman & Co on 27th of Jan’11 ie. Thursday? India’s largest media conglomerate, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), the publishers of The Times of India and The Economics Times, on Thursday announced the formation of a joint venture with Yogesh Radhakhrishnan, a venturan professional in the Indian cable & satellite industry
91. Which country in Asia released 6000 genetically modified mosquitoes into forest aimed at curbing dengue fever recently? MALAYSIA
92. Which major US IT company is looking to invest in houses & entering real estate sector in Australia? GOOGLE
93. Which japan automobile company recalled 1.7million vehicles over the fuel pump glitch problem? TOYOTA
94. Which bill creates a watchdog to investigate corruption cases against arms of government?
LOKPAL BILL
95. In which year LOKPAL bill is introduced? 1968.
96. Who is the current labour minister of India? MALLIKARJUN KHARGE
97. What is the full form GBS? GROSS BUDGETARY SUPPORT
98. What are central or annual plans? Central or annual plans are essentially the 5 year plans broken down into five annual instalments.
99. What is GBS? The amount sanctioned by the finance ministry to the central plan
100. What is the % of amount increased by finance ministry for central plan in budget support? 12%
101. What does NCPRI stands for? National Campaign for People’s Right to Information
102. What is the India’s biggest Ponzi scheme fraud in 2010? CITY LIMOUZINES in MUMBAI
103. Name the person who is arrested amid allegations of major investment fraud within Citibank worth 400 crores? Shivraj puri
104. Who is the European central bank president? JEAN CLAUDE TRICHET
105. Who is the CEO of HP? LEO APETHEKAR