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BizWhiz- ii

1) What is fiscal deficit target the government has set in the budget for year 2014-15?
2) BRICS nations have last week declared the intent of setting up of a $ 100 billion fund for the member
countries to cope with current account deficit. In BRICS, what does S stand for.
3) Which telecom major has recently joined hands with You Tube and Apalya Technologies, to launch a
video data plan called YouTube Recharge, for its 3G pre-paid users.
4) A Japanese electronics giant has, of late, declared the plan to establish a lead-acid battery
manufacturing plant, with a investment of Rs 200 Cr, used mainly in automobiles and data-centers.
Name the company.
5) Home grown food brands like Haldirams, Naturals are preferring bank loans to PE, as they feel
outside investors can disrupt the culture and working style of their business. What is PE in the
context?
6) Rural marketing and rural penetration of brands is on a new high, as the projects like rural road
programs, MGNGERA, Microfinance etc. have led to rise of income amongst rural house-holds.
Expand MGNREGA.
7) Mahindra Holidays (Hospitality arm of Mahindra Group) has acquired a 18.8% stake in a Finland
based vacation ownership company. Name the company.
8) A survey suggests that 25% of the employees dont raise their voice against the misdeeds like
harassment, privacy violations, favoritisms etc. because they fear retaliation. In HR parlance what is
raising the voice against the unfair practices called?
9) Name the steel giant who has recently declared its plan of setting up a Rs 30000 Cr. facility in
Bellary.
10) Reliance Group has appointed a new CEO for Reliance Infra last week. Name the CEO.
11) The central government has approved a minimum pension under Employees pension scheme 1995.
How much is the minimum amount of pension government declared last week?
12) Recently an automobile manufacturer declared plans of a whopping investment of $ 2.7 billion in the
worlds biggest auto market- China, with intent to beat Toyota by 2018. Name the automobile
company.
13) Recently, a telecom major has declared sale of as many as 3100 towers across 4 African countries to
Helios, to reduce its finance and staff costs. Name the telecom major.
14) Vishal Sikka will be taking over as the new CEO of Infosys, on 1ts August, 2014. Name the outgoing
CEO.
15) Bank of India, recently in its quarterly results declared that its CASA deposits increased from Rs
93800 Cr (2013) to Rs 105467 Cr (2014). In banking parlance, what is CASA deposits?
16) Recently, ministry of commerce has banned the import of the liver of a duck or a goose that are raised
to be consumed, by force-feeding the birds with more food than they would eat. What is the meat
derived out of this process called?
17) Top 50 defaulters in the country accounted for about Rs 40500 Cr of NPAs of Indian Banks,
according to a 2014 survey by All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA). In the context, what
is NPA?
18) Hedging trades on commodity futures exchange, where delivery does not happen and on which CTT
is not levied will not be considered speculative, according to a government directive. In the context,
what is CTT?
19) This furniture giant offers a creative stunt of open bed policy in China, through which, it
encourages the shoppers to spend more time in the stores, punctuated with naps, or lounging around
with Stores sofas. Name this furniture giant.


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20) Bajaj was the third largest two wheeler manufacturer behind Hero Motocorp and Honda-India, until it
was displaced by another two wheeler major, last week. Name the two-wheeler major, which now
enjoys the third position in the sector.
21) Name the UK based restaurant group that recently got acquired by a Chinese PE firm Hony Capital
for $ 1.53 billion.
22) Name the major sports brand that declared to continue the Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez as its brand
endorser, despite his ear-biting controversy in the FIFA world cup.
23) Name the IT major that inked the Rs 550 Cr. Deal with a microfinance firm- Janalakshmi, towards the
application development, maintenance and infrastructure management for Janalakshmi.
24) Tata power last week expressed its plan to raise Rs 7000 Cr. through NCDs, for pursuing aggressive
growth plans. What is NCD in the context?
25) Government has recently announced the imposition of duty on all those telecom products that dont
fall in the WTO pact. According to the Government directive, how much is the duty to be levied on
such products.
26) The Indian M&A activity has witnessed a 47% jump in first half of 2014, when compared with the
valuation at the end of first half of 2013. What is the gross value of the Indian M&A activity this
year, as reported by the M&A expert- Merger Market?
27) What is the category of funds that are traded on exchanges called?
28) Former CalPERS CEO Fred Buenrostro was found guilty in Americas largest public pension
scandal, involving $200,000 of cash stuffed into shoeboxes and paper bags. What is CalPERS?
29) Name the energy drink brand which is buying a stake in the USs largest seller of coconut water- Viti
Coco.
30) Which drug maker recently agreed to acquire the Abbott Laboratorys Specialty and Generic Product
portfolio in several developed countries?
31) Which 25-year-old Messenger bag manufacturing company recently hired Patti Cazzato as its new
CEO with several bold strategic plans.
32) Name the person who is widely known for developing Google Glass, who recently announced his exit
from Google to Amazon.
33) Identify the bank which agreed to pay $7 billion, to settle mortgage-related claims by the
U.S. government, over the quality of mortgages sold in the run up to the financial crisis, as a result of
which the net-profit of the bank witnessed a 96% fall.
34) Theranos is a US-based blood and diagnostic company, founded and headed by Elizabeth Holmes,
credited with the revolutionary breakthrough innovation in the method of drawing blood from body.
How is the name Theranos derived?
35) Founders going back to save their company from decline, is a familiar phenomena: Narayana Murthy
to Infosys, Steve Jobs to Apple, Jerry Yang to Yahoo were similar stories. Name the founder of the
Taiwanese company HTC, who recently joined back the company to bring it on track.
36) Who is the founder of Tesla- the electric car maker, which bets high on the electricity as the next big
alternative energy resource in the car industry?
37) Who are the 2
nd
and 3
rd
largest cigarette makers in the U.S., who confirmed recently that theyre in
talks to merge?
38) Germanys winning moment in the final match, with Argentina, recorded highest number of tweets
per minute so far. What was the record number of tweets?
39) On which company did the Government of India has slapped an additional penalty of $579 million in
relation to its gas blocks, for slower than expected rate of extraction and falling short of target.
40) Minister of State for Finance Nirmala Sitaraman clarified that the GAAR in the Income Tax Act will
be applicable from April 1, 2015. What is GAAR in the context?


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41) Name the annual program (held recently) by Tata Group, where a working failure framework is laid
out, which encourages employees to take the leap of faith, and awards them for their lack of success
and recognizes the effort that have gone into a failure.
42) Which is the German media company, which plans to roll out an edutainment channel in India later
this year, and is expecting to shortly get its license from the Government to operate its channel
43) Payback, Indias biggest multi-brand loyalty service provider, announced the appointment its new
Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Name the CEO.
44) Name the company that won the title of Indias Coding Power House at the recently concluded
Code Gladiators 2014 competition.
45) Name the sports brand that sealed a $ 750 million deal for a tie up with Manchester United.
46) Recently a FMCG major, as a new marketing initiative, has come up with a custom-made caller tune,
in partnership with the neighborhood kirana stores. Name the FMCG Company.
47) Google is gearing up towards the release of its mobile, which is a part of the high profile smart-
phone-for-the-masses project. What is the name of this much awaited Google mobile?
48) Which sports and entertainment channel has recently acquired the exclusive rights to broadcast WKL
(World Kabaddi League).
49) Scientists are developing a new sensor that attaches to a smart phone and measures particulate matter
or fine dust levels in the air, to draw up a pollution map. Which country is presently pursuing this
research?
50) The water droplets in the humidity can be harnessed to produce electricity, that could be used to
power the electronic devices like mobile phones. Which Institute is carrying out this revolutionary
research?
51) Interconnectivity of everyday consumer objects, on a platform that captures data and turns
information into insights is the next big shift in technology. What is this whole paradigm being
called?
52) Which airline has Apollo tied up with, as an initiative to connect with the international patients,
across 19 countries, who can visit the Apollo hospitals in Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Ahmadabad, to avail the specially formulated fares.
53) Name this international finance watchdog, that serves as counter-party for national central banks, and
fosters international monetary and financial cooperation, while serving as a bank for central banks.
54) Government has recently decided to keep the taxation and intellectual properties rights issues out of
the ambit of BIPPA. Expand BIPPA.
55) Valued at Rs 36000 Cr., this online retail giant is valued 10 times the retail giant- Future Group, and
is gearing up for its biggest fund-raising so far, and a possible Amercan listing. Which Indian online
retailer are we talking about?
56) Which is the much-awaited sedan (car) that Tata motors are coming up with shortly, which the group
is betting big upon, with a totally over-hauled look, features and experience?
57) India's WPI inflation eased to a four-month low in this month, as the new governments directive of
curbing the farm exports. What is WPI in the context?
58) Which Ad Agency has swept the awards at Kyoorius Advertising and Digital Awards conducted in
association with D&AD (Design and Art Direction) recently.
59) Name the telecom company, which has been in the $ 2.2 billion tax dispute row with Government of
India, since its acquisition of Hutchison in 2007.
60) Infosys Co-founder Narayana Murthy is entering shortly into an E-Commerce joint venture in India
with Amazon.com, through the investment firm that he founded. Name the investment firm founded
by Narayana Murthy.
61) Name the Indian IT major that inked a deal with Midad Holding, a subsidiary of Al Fozan- a leading
group with diversified businesses in Saudi, towards offering a synergic value proposition to
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62) What is the minimum export price of onion as announced by the government, to improve the
domestic supply and control prices?
63) Which is the Chinese e-Commerce giant, that declared its plans to penetrate into online entertainment
segment, in association with the Canadian-American Entertainment company- Lions Gate?
64) Name the social networking app that lets people meet new people through friends, which recently
conducted a survey of employee attractiveness, where the Amazons employees were found to be
most-attractive, ahead of the other contestants viz. Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Apple.
65) According to the recent survey report by Ministry of Environment and Forest with the title India
State of Forest Report, which state was rated as the greenest of all?
66) VM Ware- software firm- is a world leader in managing data centers, cloud computing and managing
user devices like PCs and smart phones. Name the CEO of VM Ware.
67) Head of Nissan Motor Co.s Infiniti Luxury car division has been hired as Executive Vice-President
in charge of Cadillac brand. Which company makes the Cadillac brand car?
68) RBI in its recent directive has barred NBFCs from imposing pre-payment charges on loans extended
on floating rates. What are NBFCs in the context?
69) Chairman of TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) held a meeting with the CEOs of
telecom companies, to discuss on the spectrum sharing and trading policies, addressing the cost of
radio waves used in mobile communication. Who is the chairman of TRAI?
70) Name the celebrity, the online retail store Myntra.com has most recently roped in, as its brand
ambassador.
71) Name the deodorant brand by ITC that claims to have captured the second spot in the Indian
deodorant market, in terms of volumes.
72) Name the world's largest distiller, who has recently acquired a majority 54.8% stake in Indias top
liquor firm- United Spirits in a $ 1.9 billion deal.
73) Meoxal Taklamakan Gold is the newest edition of the Meoxal Range- the color-intensive metal
effect pigments, created exclusively for the auto and plastic coatings industry. Name the chemical and
pharmaceutical giant that the Meoxal range of products belongs to.
74) McDonalds is in tussle with its Indian partner Vikram Bakshi, on the issue of control of their joint
venture in India, which runs the franchises in North and East India. Name the Joint Venture between
McDonalds and Vikram Bakshi.
75) Name the 3D adventure game by Threye- An Indian gaming company, launched last week, that puts
the users in the cockpit of an Indian Air Force 's aircraft, as they go through several training and
combat missions.