BUSINESS QUIZ

Date: 11-04-2013

 30. Which RBI governor has written Indian Economy: Essays on Money and Finance?

 29. Who was the first Indian to become the RBI governor? 

 28. Which brand of scooter when translated into Italian means 'wasp'?

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Date: 10-04-2013

 27. 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 

 25. Who had the shortest term as RBI governor?

        Ans:  A.Ghosh 

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Date: 05-04-2013

 24. 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

 22. How many times have three people shared the Nobel Prize for Economics?

        Ans: Three Times 

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Date: 04-04-2013

 21. 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) 

 19. Who is the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Economics?

      Ans:  Amartya Sen (for his studies in Wellfare Ecconomics) 

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Date: 03-04-2013

 18. What was 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) 

 16. Which Asian nation was the first to get a World Bank loan? 

         Ans:  India on August 18, 1949 for Railway Reconstruction and Development.

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Date: 02-04-2013

15. Who is the President of IMF?

       Ans:  Domanic Strauss Kahan 

14. Who is WTO Chief?

       Ans:  Pascal Lamy 

13. When did the World Bank come into being?

      Ans:  July 1944 

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Date: 30-03-2013

12. 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

10. Who is the President of World Bank?

       Ans: Robert Bruce Zoellvick 

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Date: 29-03-2013

9. 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 

7. Who was the first minister for divestment under NDA government?

       Ans:  Arun Jaitley

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Date: 27-03-2013

6. What was the first Indian luxury hotel established by the Tata Group?

      Ans: Taj Mahal Hotel 

5. The Tata group consists of how many companies?

     Any: 80

4. When was the ministry of divestment formed in India?

     Ans: 1999

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Date: 26-03-2013

3. About 66% of the Tata capital is allocated by Tata Sons for which purpose?

     Ans:  Philanthropic trusts  

2. India's first steel mill was built by Tata. In which year was it completed?

     Ans: 1911 

1. What is the name of Head Quarters of Tata Group?

     Ans:  Bombay House