Business News Quiz # 28

1. Identify the mother and daughter in this pic and the tractor company they are associated with

Ans. Mallika Srinivasan and Dr. Lakshmi Venu ..TAFE

2. Under which brand name the Aditya Birla group has entered the Wires and Cables business with a large investment so as to disrupt the market ?

Ans. Ultravolt

3. Name this premium British brand that uses research to bring innovative products in boring categories like fans, hair driers, vacuum cleaners and now a 499 $ tooth brush that uses camera and AI to send microjets in gaps for better cleaning.

Ans. Dyson

4. A Chennai-headquartered family business has agreed to pay about ₹1,034 crore for a 74.12% controlling stake in another Indian company. The target began with a single shop in Mumbai in 1864. The founder’s son gave the business the name by which it became famous, while a later generation pioneered a full-value gold buyback scheme. Name both the target company and the buyer. ( Question courtesy : Suketh)


Ans. GRT Jewellers agreed to acquire Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri

5. A brand of yesteryears went viral recently in Bangalore when people queued up to buy it when the company relaunched a sub brand and Twitter was flooded with everyone flaunting that they owned one since many years / decades. Name the brand and sub brand (it is in Kannada) ( Question Courtesy : Shriram Subramanian)

Ans. HMT Gandaberunda

6. Which group has announced their entry into the icecream market by launching an icecream under the brand name Bombay Creamery with offerings as low as Rs 10

Ans. Reliance

7. Who has been selected to succeed Shantanu Narayan as the next CEO of Adobe globally ?

Ans. Anil Chakravarthy

8. Which online subscription based rental services co that gives furniture, appliances etc on rent , founded by Geetansh Bamania and Ajay Nain in 2014 is coming up with an IPO this month ?

Ans. Rentomojo

9. It started life as BRL..It became TRL where T stands for Tata ..Then Tata Steel sold their stake to Japanese co , a subsidiary of Nippon Steel. How do we know this co today ?

Ans. TRL Krosaki Refractories Ltd ..The Japanese co is Krosaki Harima. BRL was Belpahar Refractories Ltd.

G.Mohan

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