Weekly Business Quiz #2

 

1. Which Tech major has launched a new social platform called so.cl?

Ans. Microsoft

2. Name the apex agency in India that gives products Halal certification.

Ans. Halal India

3. As per Jeff Bezos” __________ of the 100 top titles in Kindle today are self published”? Fill in the blank

Ans. 16

4. As per AAI, India has how many airports and airstrips?

Ans. 456

5. Why is Priscilla Chan in the news?

Ans. She married FB founder Mark Zuckerberg recently

  
6. Zuckerberg delayed taking FB public until he had no choice. What was the regulatory compulsion?

Ans. Publishing quarterly results for over 500 private investors

7. Which. Law states that “for any group of size n, the number of Subgroups that can be assembled is 2 ^ n.?

Ans. Reed’s law

8. Connect the following Between, Path, Familyleaf, and Storytree …

Ans. New online social networks which promote private interactions

9. Connect the Mumbai non-profit Millennium Mams with Warren Buffett.

Ans. 16 ladies from this NGO went to Omaha to listen to Buffett’s AGM speech of Berkshire Hathaway

10. Which Hollywood celebrity has taken Punjab actor Varinder Singh Ghumman as the brand ambassador for his products?

Ans. Arnold Schwarzenegger

11. Which group has acquired a 27 % stake in Living Media, the co that publishes India Today?

Ans. Aditya Birla group

12. Starbucks invites its rivals to Coffee cup Summit at MIT. What do they discuss in that summit?

Ans. Disposal of paper cups

  
13. Which co as a part of its sustainability initiatives has devised a calculator for calculating the carbon footprint of every package?

Ans. UPS

  
14. As per the new TRAI guidelines, max how many minutes of advertising time is allowed per hour of TV broadcast ?

Ans. 12 mins per hour

15. Which Indian group has acquired the US based health information co Decision Resources for US $ 635 mn?

Ans. Piramal