Indian Economy MCQ's of August 2012

Current Questionnaires of Economy

1) Which of the following statement is wrong?

a) Thomas Cook Group sold its entire 77 percent holding in the Indian arm to Fairbridge capital.

b) Thomas Cook is a U.K based travel services provider Company.

c) Fairbridge capital(Mauritius) Ltd is a subsidiary of Fairfax Finanacial Holdings.

d) Under the terms of the agreement, Thomas Cook will receive gross cash proceeds 250 Crore rupees for its shareholding.

Ans d

2) Which of the following Indian IT Companies started its exclusive delivery centre for Aerospace and Defence in Toulouse in Finance?  

a) Wipro

b) Mahinder Satyam

c) TCS

d) HCL

Ans b

3) Which one of the following Indian Industrialists was chosen for the leadership award of the Indian-U.S bilateral trade promotion organisation U.S India Business Council?

a) Azim Premjee

b) Shiv Nadar

c) Anand Mahindra

d) Ratan Tata

Ans c

4) Which of the following statement is wrong

a) Samsung has launched smart television series in India

b) Samsung is a Korean Company

c) Raj Kumar Rishi is the Vice-President and Business head of Audio Visual Business of Samsung India

d) Samsung also manufacturers cars

Ans d

5) Audi, the luxury car maker, launched an all new version of A4 in the Indian market on May 4. Audi is a _________ car maker?

a) French

b) Italian

c) German

d) Korean

Ans c

6) Which one of the following comapnies was penalized by the oil ministry of India fo failing to meet gas output targets?

a) ONGC

b) Reliance Infrastructure

c) Reliance Industries Limited

d) Vedanta

Ans c

7) Consider the following statements using the code given below identify the Personality with whom these statements are associated

I) She was appointed on the Tata Steel's board as an additional director on 21 May 2012.

II) She is the Chairperson of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited(TAFE)

III) She is one of the most Successful Women CEO's in the Country

IV) She was named the Economic Times Businesswoman of the year in 2006

a) Shobhana Bharatia

b) Naina Lal Kidwai

c) Chanda Kochhar

d) Mallika Srinivasan

Ans d

8) Which of the following statement is wrong?

a) Bharti Airtel acquired 49 percent stake in Qualcomm's broadband wireless access business in India

b) The deal was worth 165 million dollar

c) Bharti Airtel is India's Largest telecom brand

d) Qualcomm is a German Company

Ans d

9) Malaysian Private equity Company Navis Capital Partners acquired the stake of samir kuckreja the co-owner of Narula's to gain complete control over fast food chain.The organized restaurant industry in India is estimated at

a) 7000-8500 Crore rupees

b) 4000-4500 Crore rupees

c) 10000-12000 Crore rupees

d) 3500-4000 Crore rupees

Ans a

10) Blackberry 9320 was launched in India on May 25.Blackberry smartphones are manufactured by research in Motion(RIM). RIM has its headquarters in which of the following countries

a) Canada

b) Finland

c) Switzerland

d) Japan

Ans a

11) Moody's downgraded the ratings of which of the following private sector banks?

a) HDFC and Indus Ind Bank

b) ICICI and Axis Bank

c) Standard Chartered  and Barclays

d) ABN Amro and HSBC

Ans b

12) Which of the following social networking sites launched its IPO in the market?

a) Facebook

b) Twitter

c) Orkut

d) Linked In

Ans a

13) Google, the world largest internet search engine was founded in which of the following years?

a) 1996

b) 1998

c) 1997

d) 1992

Ans a

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