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1) Head Quarters of Tata Group Called?
Ans: Bombay House
2) India's first steel mill was built by the Tatas. In which year was it completed?
Ans: 1911
3) About 66% of the Tatas' capital is allocated by Tata Sons for which purpose?
Ans: Philanthropic trusts
4) What was the first Indian luxury hotel established by the Tatas?
Ans: Taj Mahal Hotel
5) The Tata group consists of how many companies?
Ans: 80
6) When was the ministry of divestment formed in India?
Ans: 1999
7) Which was the first successful divestment of a PSU carried out by the ruling NDA combine?
Ans: Lagan Jute Machinery Company Ltd
8) Who were the final three bidders for Balco when it was being privatised?(Bharat Aluminium Corporation ltd)
Ans: Sterlite, Hindalco, Alcoa
9) Who was the first minister for divestment under NDA government?
Ans: Arun Jaitley
10) Under which Indian prime minister were guidelines for the divestment process first laid down?
Ans: Chandra Shekhar
11) Who are the Bretton Woods Sisters?
Ans: World Bank and IMF
12) President of World Bank?
Ans: Robert Bruce Zoellvick
13) President of IMF?
Ans: Domanic Strauss Kahan
14) WTO Chief?
Ans: Pascal Lamy
15) When did the World Bank come into being?
Ans: July 1944
16) Former Name of World Bank?
Ans: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
17) Who was the first president of the World Bank?
Ans: Eugene Meyer (18 June, 1946)
18) Which Asian nation was the first to get a World Bank loan?
Ans: India (on Aug 18, 1949 for Railway Reconstruction and Development.
19) When did India sign the World Bank Articles of Agreement?
Ans: 1945
20) Which organisation instituted the Nobel Prize for Economics?
Ans: Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweeden)
21) Who is the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Economics?
Ans: Amartya Sen (for his studies in Wellfare Ecconomics)
22) How many women have won the Nobel Prize for Economics since 1969?
Ans:None
23) Who is the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics?
Ans: William Vickrey
24) How many times have three people shared the Nobel Prize for Economics?
Ans: Three Times
25) Who was the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
Ans: Sir Osborne Smith (April 1st, 1935)
26) Who has been the longest-serving RBI governor?
Ans: Sir Bengal Rama Raju
27) Who had the shortest term as RBI governor?
Ans: A.Ghosh
28) Which RBI governor has written Indian Economy: Essays on Money and Finance?
Ans: Dr C Rangarajan
29) Who was the first Indian to become the RBI governor?
Ans: Sir Chintaman D Deshmukh
30) Which brand of scooter when translated into Italian means 'wasp'?
Ans: Vespa
31) Which popular car audio system company's name when translated into German means 'blue point'?
Ans:Blaupunkt
32) Which brand name is derived from the word 'polar' suggesting coolness?
Ans: Polo
33) When translated in Korean what does Daewoo mean?
Ans: Great Universe
34) With a presence in 27 countries, the name of which company means 'three oceans?'
Ans: Sanyo
35) Which was the first private mutual fund company in India?
Ans: Kothari Pioneer(1993)
36) Samir Arora, who recently was banned by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, was a part of which mutual fund?
Ans: Alliance Capital
37) Which was the first public sector mutual fund to be set up after the Unit Trust of India?
Ans: SBI Mutual Fund
38) How many mutual funds are there in India today?
Ans: 31
39) HDFC Standard Life Mutual Fund recently bought out which of its competitors?
Ans: Zurich India Mutual Fund
40) Which is the official advertising agency of the Indian government?
Ans: Directorate of Audio Visual Publicity
41) Which ad agency manages the career of cricket star Yuvraj Singh?
Ans: Percept D'Mark
42) Which Indian biscuit brand is the single largest selling biscuit in the world in its segment?
Ans: Parle G
43) The late television star and actress, Priya Tendulkar, used to endorse which brand of biscuits?
Ans: Priya Gold
44) Which biscuit company was associated with the TV programme, Kaun Banega Crorepati?
Ans: Britannia Industries
45) Which was the first Indian bank to open an international branch and where?
Ans: Bank of India in London
46) Which bank was founded in 1906 at the temple town of Udupi and is today among one of India's largest banks?
Ans: Corporation Bank
47) When were banks in India nationalised?
Ans: 1969
48) Rana Talwar, who is now the head of Sabre Capital, was formerly the CEO of which bank?
Ans: Standard Chartered Plc
49) Who is behind the current Wipro, Britannia, Marico and Lakme logos?
Ans: Shombit Sengupta
50) Who was the first Indian actress to model for Lux soap?
Ans: Leela Chitnis
51) What do you call a stock market trend that is neither bullish nor bearish?
Ans: Chicken market
52) What is picking stocks that have already sunk to the bottom but still have some bounce in them left called?
Ans: Cigar butt hunting
53) How many stock exchanges are there in India?
Ans:23
54) What are illiquid stocks that do not follow SEBI rules called?
Ans: Z stocks
55) By what name is the building 'Phiroze Jeejebhoy Towers' better known as?
Ans: Bombay Stock Exchange
Ans: Bombay House
2) India's first steel mill was built by the Tatas. In which year was it completed?
Ans: 1911
3) About 66% of the Tatas' capital is allocated by Tata Sons for which purpose?
Ans: Philanthropic trusts
4) What was the first Indian luxury hotel established by the Tatas?
Ans: Taj Mahal Hotel
5) The Tata group consists of how many companies?
Ans: 80
6) When was the ministry of divestment formed in India?
Ans: 1999
7) Which was the first successful divestment of a PSU carried out by the ruling NDA combine?
Ans: Lagan Jute Machinery Company Ltd
8) Who were the final three bidders for Balco when it was being privatised?(Bharat Aluminium Corporation ltd)
Ans: Sterlite, Hindalco, Alcoa
9) Who was the first minister for divestment under NDA government?
Ans: Arun Jaitley
10) Under which Indian prime minister were guidelines for the divestment process first laid down?
Ans: Chandra Shekhar
11) Who are the Bretton Woods Sisters?
Ans: World Bank and IMF
12) President of World Bank?
Ans: Robert Bruce Zoellvick
13) President of IMF?
Ans: Domanic Strauss Kahan
14) WTO Chief?
Ans: Pascal Lamy
15) When did the World Bank come into being?
Ans: July 1944
16) Former Name of World Bank?
Ans: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
17) Who was the first president of the World Bank?
Ans: Eugene Meyer (18 June, 1946)
18) Which Asian nation was the first to get a World Bank loan?
Ans: India (on Aug 18, 1949 for Railway Reconstruction and Development.
19) When did India sign the World Bank Articles of Agreement?
Ans: 1945
20) Which organisation instituted the Nobel Prize for Economics?
Ans: Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweeden)
21) Who is the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Economics?
Ans: Amartya Sen (for his studies in Wellfare Ecconomics)
22) How many women have won the Nobel Prize for Economics since 1969?
Ans:None
23) Who is the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics?
Ans: William Vickrey
24) How many times have three people shared the Nobel Prize for Economics?
Ans: Three Times
25) Who was the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
Ans: Sir Osborne Smith (April 1st, 1935)
26) Who has been the longest-serving RBI governor?
Ans: Sir Bengal Rama Raju
27) Who had the shortest term as RBI governor?
Ans: A.Ghosh
28) Which RBI governor has written Indian Economy: Essays on Money and Finance?
Ans: Dr C Rangarajan
29) Who was the first Indian to become the RBI governor?
Ans: Sir Chintaman D Deshmukh
30) Which brand of scooter when translated into Italian means 'wasp'?
Ans: Vespa
31) Which popular car audio system company's name when translated into German means 'blue point'?
Ans:Blaupunkt
32) Which brand name is derived from the word 'polar' suggesting coolness?
Ans: Polo
33) When translated in Korean what does Daewoo mean?
Ans: Great Universe
34) With a presence in 27 countries, the name of which company means 'three oceans?'
Ans: Sanyo
35) Which was the first private mutual fund company in India?
Ans: Kothari Pioneer(1993)
36) Samir Arora, who recently was banned by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, was a part of which mutual fund?
Ans: Alliance Capital
37) Which was the first public sector mutual fund to be set up after the Unit Trust of India?
Ans: SBI Mutual Fund
38) How many mutual funds are there in India today?
Ans: 31
39) HDFC Standard Life Mutual Fund recently bought out which of its competitors?
Ans: Zurich India Mutual Fund
40) Which is the official advertising agency of the Indian government?
Ans: Directorate of Audio Visual Publicity
41) Which ad agency manages the career of cricket star Yuvraj Singh?
Ans: Percept D'Mark
42) Which Indian biscuit brand is the single largest selling biscuit in the world in its segment?
Ans: Parle G
43) The late television star and actress, Priya Tendulkar, used to endorse which brand of biscuits?
Ans: Priya Gold
44) Which biscuit company was associated with the TV programme, Kaun Banega Crorepati?
Ans: Britannia Industries
45) Which was the first Indian bank to open an international branch and where?
Ans: Bank of India in London
46) Which bank was founded in 1906 at the temple town of Udupi and is today among one of India's largest banks?
Ans: Corporation Bank
47) When were banks in India nationalised?
Ans: 1969
48) Rana Talwar, who is now the head of Sabre Capital, was formerly the CEO of which bank?
Ans: Standard Chartered Plc
49) Who is behind the current Wipro, Britannia, Marico and Lakme logos?
Ans: Shombit Sengupta
50) Who was the first Indian actress to model for Lux soap?
Ans: Leela Chitnis
51) What do you call a stock market trend that is neither bullish nor bearish?
Ans: Chicken market
52) What is picking stocks that have already sunk to the bottom but still have some bounce in them left called?
Ans: Cigar butt hunting
53) How many stock exchanges are there in India?
Ans:23
54) What are illiquid stocks that do not follow SEBI rules called?
Ans: Z stocks
55) By what name is the building 'Phiroze Jeejebhoy Towers' better known as?
Ans: Bombay Stock Exchange
56) Which company's ad line was 'Geography is History'?
Ans: Iridium
57) What publication advertised itself with the lines "Software for the most advanced microprocessor on this planet"?
Ans: The Economic Times
58) The Brighter Side of Life" is the ad line of which of these companies/groups?
Ans: AV Birla group
59) Don't blend in" is the ad line of which of these companies/products?
Ans: Lifestyle International
60) Life is One Incredible Journey" is the baseline of which of these?
Ans: Outlook Traveller
- In which country's coins you can found the following lines imprinted, 'This is the root of all evils' ? - Vatican City
2.Which financial services giant is referred as the "Thundering Herd"? - Merrill Lynch
3. He is the pioneer in mutual fund industry and often referred as the Father of Index Fund investing. He created the first S&P 500 Index fund. Identify this famous person? - John Bogle4. Name the person who introduced the 'Double Entry' book keeping concept? - Lucas Pacioli
5. Name this famous personality who founded Pratichi Trust with the use of his Nobel Prize money? - Amartya Sen
6. Which successful investor is popularly known as "The Oracle of Omaha"? And his famous quote is "Rule No.1: Never loss money, Rule No.2: Never forget the Rule No.1" - Warren Buffet
7. Currency trivia. In India where is the Paper for the currency manufactured? - Security paper Mill at Hoshangabad, Madya Pradesh
8. Which word was derived from the French word Bougette meaning 'Little Bag'? – Budget
9. Which is the only country having paper currency and have no coins and it introduced cheque only in 1997? – Vietnam
10. This agreement was introduced in 1946 that each government pledged to maintain a fixed exchange rate for its currency. This arrangement supposed to reduce the risk involved in international trade and transactions. Name the agreement? - Bretton Woods Agreement
11. What is the rate of interest at which short-term funds are exchanged between banks in London called? - LIBOR, London Interbank Offered Rate
12. Where is the European Central Bank located? – Frankfurt
13. Which international brand was founded by Adrian Dasley, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn? – DHL
14. Which Indian conglomarate's logo is designed by Wolf Olins and it reflects the 'Fluid Motion'? – TATA
15.
Identify this logo... an aviation group.... also a plateau in southern India... - Deccan Aviation
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