2009 Business Quiz

currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com 1. Which four teams had qualified for the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 being held at South Africa? Answer: Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and England 2. Which Indian Wicket Keeper took his first One Day International Wicket in ICC Champions Trophy 2009? Answer : Mahendra Singh Dhoni 3. Which renowned singer has been nominated for Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2007 for his contribution in the field of Indian Cinema? Answer : Manna Dey 4. Who has been selected for Wildlife Photographer Award 2009? Answer : Vivek R Sinha 5. Who will be succeeding Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj as Army Vice-Chief? Answer : Lieutenant General P C Bhardwaj 6. Which company has launched a set of premium pens costing Rs.11.3lakh 241 miles traveled by Mahatma Gandhi during the Salt March? Answer: Mont Blanc 7. Who recently received the Indira Gandhi National Award for Peace from President Pratibha Patil? Answer: Mohamed ElBaradei (Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency) 8. In which country was High-quality 507 carat white diamond found? Answer: South Africa 9. Who will be receiving Billboard's Rising Star? Answer: Gaga 10. Which Tennis player won the Pan Pacific Tennis Tournament in Tokyo? Answer: Maria Sharapovacurrentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com 11. Which team won the second semifinal match between New Zealand and Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2009? Answer: New Zealand 12. Who is Karnataka High Court Chief Justice? Answer: P.D.Dinakaran 13. Which Premier Institute is assisting KSRTC in recruiting Officers? Answer: IIM Bangalore 14. Who is the Managing Director of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation? Answer: Gaurav Gupta 15. Who recently visited Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar? Answer: Nguyen Thi Doan (Vietnamese Vice-President) 16. Who has won the Miss World Malaysia 2009 crown? Answer: Thanuja Ananthan 17. Which famous Hollywood star is facing a $2 million lawsuit by a bank for breaching a contract? Answer: Nicolas Cage 18. Which city will host the 2016 Olympic Games? Answer: Rio De Janiero 19. Which American Singer had come to India to record an International album with Adnan Sami? Answer: Jermaine Jackson (Elder Brother of Michael Jackson) 20. In which country was Indonesia’s Komodo dragon originated? Answer: Australiacurrentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com 21. Which Indian consumer durable company has decided to buy Elcoteq, a Finnish firm for $73 million? Answer: Videocon Industries 22. Who is the president of Commonwealth Games Federation? Answer: Michael Fennell 23. Which Formula One Champion has joined Ferrari Team for the 2010 Season? Answer: Fernando Alonso 24. Which Australian Cricketer became the 3rd batsman to pass 12,000 ODI runs? Answer: Ricky Ponting 25. Which pharmacy company has bought anticholestral rights for$39 million? Answer: Lupin Laboratories 26. Which company will be raising $20 million through Qualified Institutional Placement? Answer: Gammon 27. Which metal company has plans to raise $1.25 billion? Answer: Sesagoa 28. Which two Indian companies are in the Forbes Asia's fabulous 50 list? Answer: Reliance Industries and Infosys 29. Which automobile company is planning to launch electric cars in India? Answer: General Motors 30. According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) at what percentage does the Lankan Economy grow? Answer: 3.5 percentcurrentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com 31. Which Indian Public Sector company is planning to invest Rs.25000 crore despite a dip in the profit? Answer: National Aluminum Company (NALCO) 32. Who is the current chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India? Answer: J.S. Sharma 33. Who is the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission? Answer: Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia 34. Who has succeeded has Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister after the sad demise of Y.S.Rajashekar Reddy? Answer: K.Rosaiah 35. Who is the current Managing director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited? Answer: Kuldeep Goyal 36. Which Healthcare company has announced a five year outsourcing deal with HCL Infosystems for implementing software solutions? Answer: Fortis Healthcare 37. Who is the current minister for Corporate Affairs? Answer: Salman Khurshid 38. Who is the executive chairman of Mind Tree Company? Answer: Ashok Soota 39. Which company has been acquired by Mind tree recently? Answer: Kyocera Wireless India. 40. Who is the Managing Director of Kyocera Wireless India? Answer: Raghava Nagabhushanamcurrentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com 41. Which two teams entered the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009? Answer: Australia and New Zealand 42. Who won the final match of ICC Champions Trophy 2009? Answer: Australia 43. Which Formula One driver is all set to drive the Red Bull racing car on Bandra-Worli sea link on 11th October, 2009? Answer: David Coulthard 44. Who is the current CFO of Grasim Industries? Answer: Adesh Gupta 45. Which South Indian Cement manufacturing company has raised Rs.3100 crore in debt through consortium of bankers? Answer: Dalmia Cements 46. Who is the managing director of Dalmia Cements? Answer: Puneet Dalmia 47. Which cement manufacturing company has raised Rs.300 crore through issue of Non-Convertible Debentures? Answer: ACC 48. Which company has acquired 80% stake in Ismart-Timex, a leading Srilankan BPO firm? Answer: Aegis BPO (Essar group) 49. Which Indian Software Company has secured a $50 million deal from Saudi Telecom? Answer: Tech Mahindra 50. Which Indian BPO firm has bagged a 600 crore deal from Idea Cellular? Answer: Aditya Birla Minacs (Subsidiary of Aditya Birla Nuvo)currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com 51. Who is current CEO of Microsoft? Answer: Steve Ballmer 52. Which three Americans won the Nobel Prize for discovering Telomerase and Theenzyme for the year 2009? Answer: Elizabeth Blackburn (USA), Jack Szostak (USA), Carol Greider (USA) 53. Who won the Nobel Prize in the field of Literature for the year 2009? Answer: Herta Muller (Romania) 54. Who won the Nobel Prize for the year 2009 for their studies of the structure of the Ribosomes? Answer: Venkataraman Ramakrishnan (India), Thomas steitz (USA), Ada Yonath (Israel) 55. Who won the Nobel Prize for the year 2009 for inventing the first imaging technology using a digital sensor? Answer: Charles Kao (British-American), Willard Boyle (Canadian), George Smith (US) 56. Which day is celebrated as World Post Day? Answer: 9th October 57. Who won the 2009 Nehru Cup International Football Tournament which was recently held in India? Answer: India 58. Who captained Indian team in the 2009 Nehru Cup International Tournament? Answer: Baichung Bhutia 59. Who is the chief of Indian Army? Answer: General Deepak Kapoor 60. Which company has announced a 1:1 bonus after a long time? Answer: Reliance Industries Limitedcurrentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com 61. Who is the chief of Indian Navy? Answer: Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma 62. Who is the chief of Indian Air Force? Answer: Air Chief Marshal P.V.Naik 63. Which country's economy is the largest economy in Asia? Answer: China 64. Which country's economy is the second largest economy in Asia? Answer: Japan 65. Which country's economy is the third largest economy in Asia? Answer: India 66. Which largest engineering company has raised $600 million through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) and Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds? Answer: Larsen & Turbo 67. Who has been appointed as the new Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA)? Answer: Ashok Desai 68. Who is the CEO of Edserv, a Chennai based Education and placement firm? Answer: S.Giridharanmpleton 69. Which company has tied up with McAfee to provide integrated security solutions? Answer: Verizon 70. Who is appointed as the Managing Director of SAB Miller? Answer: Paolo Lanzarotti 71. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Jet Airways? Answer: Nikos Kardassiscurrentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com 72. Who has been appointed as the CEO of British Midland International? Answer: Wolfgang Prock-Schauer 73. Which Indian cricketer has been appointed by World Sport Group (WSG) to its player management division? Answer: Gautam Gambhir 74. Which Chinese mobile handset manufacturer has tied up with Reliance Communications to sell high-end and Dual Sim handsets in India? Answer: China WirelessTechnologies 75. Who is the chairman of Templeton Asset Management? Answer: Mark Mobius 76. Who is the CEO of Reliance Capital Limited? Answer: Sam Ghosh 77. Which shipyard company has got the nod from Coastguard and Indian Navy to bid for orders worth $1.2 billion? Answer: Pipavav Shipyard 78. Who is the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers? Answer: M.K.Alagiri 79. Who is the chairman and Managing Director of National Fertilizers Limited? Answer: V.K.Sharma 80. Which bank received the Tamilnadu state award for meritorious service in the SME sector? Answer: Indian Bank 81. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank? Answer: M.S. Sundara Rajan 82. Who is the COO of Godrej? Answer: Bobby Agarwalcurrentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com 83. Which UAE based handset manufacturer is planning to enter Indian Market? Answer: Spark Mobiles 84. Which real estate player is planning to raise Rs.900 crore through IPO? Answer: Prestige Estates 85. What is the name of insurance company which is a joint venture between Allahabad Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Karnataka Bank, Dabur Investment Corp, Sompo Japan Insurance? Answer: Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Limited 86. Who is the president of Russia? Answer: Dmitry Medvedev 87. Who is the first woman receive the Nobel Prize in the field of Economics? Answer: Elinor Ostrom 88. Which company has launched sports car named as Z4 Roadster? Answer: BMW India 89. What is the name of the car which was recently launched by General motors? Answer: Chevrolet Cruze 90. Which company has bagged the contract from Unitech Wireless to supply GSM network? Answer: Nokia Siemens Network 91. Which Global IT and Consultancy firm has bagged the contract from postal department to modernize the post offices across the country? Answer: Accenture 92. Who is the Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank? Answer: Shikha Sharmacurrentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com currentaffairsquiz.blogspot.com 93. Who is the chairman of 13th Finance Commission? Answer: Vijay Kelkar 94. Who is the CEO of Oracle? Answer: Larry Ellison 95. Who is the chairman and Managing Director of Central bank of India? Answer: S.Sridhar 96. Which public sector bank has launched a pre-paid gift card? Answer: Central Bank of India. 97. Which foreign bank has recently got nod from RBI to list on Stock Exchanges? Answer: Standard Chartered Bank 98. Who is the president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry? Answer: Harsh Pati Singhania 99. Who has been recently appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal? Answer: Sujata Koirala 100. Which tennis star has got a wild card entry to the Australian Open Tournament? Answer: Justin Henin 101. Which Pakistani diplomat died of electric shock recently? Answer: M.K.Afridi 102. Who has won the Nobel Peace Prize award for the year 2009? Answer -Barack Obama (US President) Kindly notify any errors on iplfreak@gmail.com