Weekly Business Quiz # 668

Once again there has been a gap in the posts… Sorry

Q1. Based on which social media influencer’s campaign Bournvita has now reduced its sugar content from 37.4 gms sugar per 100 g to a lower 32.2 gms sugar per 100 g. ?

Ans. Revant Himatsingka also known as foodpharmer

Q2. What approval by SEC of US is seen as a monumental moment in the development of the cryptocurrency market ?

Ans. Approval of Bitcoin spot ETFs

Q3. Which city has overtaken Delhi as the city with the largest number of private cars in India ?

Ans. Bengaluru

Q4. Identify the advertiser

Ans. BiC


Q5. Which toothpaste is available in Saunf, Dalchini and Sugar-free flavours ?

Ans. Vicco Vajradanti

Q6. Which niche in the cosmetics industry is being addressed by the JV between Kareena Kapoor and Vellvette Lifestyle Pvt Ltd , the parent of Sugar Cosmetics ?

Ans. Korean inspired beauty products for Indian consumers

Q7. Which product from the Google’s stable is being positioned as a competitor for Whatsapp in Enterprise messaging ?

Ans. RCS

Q8. Name the world’s top bottled water seller that has brands like Perrier, Vittel, Hepar etc in its portfolio

Ans. Nestle

Q9. Gillette has launched a new razor where it is giving a lifetime warranty on its handle. What is this variant called ?

Ans. GilletteLabs 2D Flexdisc

Q10. Which brand used the yesteryear’s Bollywood sex symbol Zeenat Aman on Instagram during the Valentine’s Day ?

Ans. Bumble

Q11. Kavita Chaudhury RIP. In which brand’s commercial in the 1980s did she play the iconic role of Lalitaji ?

Ans. Surf

Q12. Which country has surpassed US in number of test takers for GRE, the Graduate Record Exam in 2022-23 for the first time in its 80 year history ?

Ans. India

Q13. With which business group would you associate the technocrat businessman Bijon Nag who passed away recently ?

Ans. IFB Group

Q14. Akasa Air will soon launch its overseas operations. It becomes the airline to start the overseas operations quickest in a record period of 19 months since inception. Which will its first destination ?

Ans. Doha, Qatar

Q15. Under what brand name has Grasim entered the paints business ?

Ans. Birla Opus

Q16. What is the occasion for which who’s who of the world’s business including Bill Gates, Larry Fink, Mark Zuckerberg are going to visit Jamnagar from March 1-3 ?

Ans. Pre-wedding ceremony of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant

Q17. Reliance and Disney are merging their media business in India. Which group will have the controlling stake and what % ?

Ans. Reliance will be having the controlling stake with 63 % in the merged entity

Q18. Which tech major has abandoned the decade long Project Titan and thereby withdrawn its EV plans, after seeing the sluggish growth and other challenges ?

Ans. Apple

Q19. Under what brand name has Lays launched a sweet snack in direct competition to Britannia’s Little Hearts ?

Ans. Shapez Heartiez

Q20. Apple’s contract manufacturers in India have produced over 10 Bn $ worth of output in first 10 months of this fiscal. Which are the 3 contract mfrs of Apple in India ?

Ans. Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron

Q21. In which business is RK Swamy Limited, now in the capital markets.with an IPO ?

Ans. Advertising and media

Q 22. Which firm is credited for coming up with monikers for the group of stocks that are driving the stock market rallies in various countries like ‘ Magnificent Seven’ for US, Granolas for Europe and Seven Samurai for Japan ?

Ans. Goldman Sachs

Q23. Name the author of this recent book

Ans. Rama Bijapurkar

Q24. With which bank has Flipkart partnered with to launch its UPI service ?

Ans. Axis Bank

Q25. Ruth Gottesman’s landmark donation of 1 Billion $ to Albert Einstein College of medicine is big news. This will cover the tuition of every student kn perpetuity. What is the single biggest source of David Gottesman’s wealth ?

Ans. Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares

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