BRAMMA BUSINESS QUIZ NOV 6, 2015

1. Twitter is an online social media networking service that enables users to send and read short messages called “Tweets”. Recently they changed their ‘STAR’ icon for favorites to a new one. What is the new icon? And what this icon calls for?

2.  “Imprint India” Initiative is aimed at improving what field in India?

3. Which US based technology outsourcing company buy 53% stake of an Indian IT firm ‘Polaris Consulting & Services’ in order to expand its presence in Banking & Financial Service Space.

4. Which cloud telephony start- up acquired ‘Voyce’, a platform that helps business to collect customer feedback as part of its effort to strengthen their customer service offerings?

5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ranked at what position in 2015 Forbes most powerful people list?

6. Who is the Co-founder and CEO of Chennai based Laundry and servicing firm “ Wassup” which recently acquired Mumbai based firm ‘Chamak’

7. Which are the three Gold schemes launched by Prime Ministers Narendra Modi, in order to reduce the physical demand for gold and to fish out 20000 tonnes of precious metal lying idle with households and institutions?

8. Indian President Pranab Mukherjee  launched “ Imprint India” with a joint venture of IIT & IISC. What is the full form of Imprint?

9. T. K Vishwanathan committee is related to

10. Paytm is an Indian E- commerce shopping website Launched in 2010. Who is the founder and CEO of Paytm?

ANSWER:

1. Heart icon for Likes

2. Scientific Research

3. Virtusa

4. Exotel Techcom Pvt Ltd

5. 9^th Position

6. Balachandar R

7. (a)  Gold Monetisation Scheme 2015 (GMS)’

·        Offers options to resident Indians to deposit their precious metals and earn interest on it.

     (b) Soveriegn Gold Bond Scheme 2015 (SGBS)

·        Seeks to shift part of physical gold in form of bars & coins for investment into Demat gold bonds to reduce demand for physical gold.

(c ) Indian Gold Coin 2015 (IGC)

·        It is India’s first ever Gold coin. The coin will bear National Emblem Ashok Chakra on one side and mahatma Gandhi engraved im,age on other side.

8. Impacting Research Innovation and Technology

9. Bankruptcy Code

10. Vijay Shekar Sharma