BUSINESS QUIZ PACK - 06

Q No.01 :This company was established in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids in the town of Tampere, in south – western Finland.The present day headquarters are located by the Gulf of Finland in Keilaniemi,Espoo, was constructed between 1995 and 1997.The name of the company comes from the town where it was first established and also the river which flowed by the town.Name the company :
ANS : NOKIA
Q No.02 :It was established as “ The Native Share and Stock Brockers’ Association ” in 1875 and was the oldest of its kind in Asia.What ?
ANS :Bombay Stock Exchange
Q No.03 :He is considered as the King of Retail in India and Heads the Fortune Group of Companies which has the famous retail outlets like Pantaloon,Big Bazaar,Food Bazaar,and Shoe Bazaar as its subsidiaries.Whom am I reffering here ?
ANS :Kishore Bayani
Q No.04 :Who was the first Finance Minister of independent India ?
ANS :Sir. R.K Shanmukham Chetty
Q No.05 :It was called the Imperial Bank of India until 30th April 1955 and was the result of the amalgamation of the Bank of Bombay,Bank of Madras and Bank of Bengal.How do we know it today ?
ANS :State Bank of India ( S B I )
Q No.06 :The first mechanical form of this machine was devoloped and built by Luther George Simjian and installed in 1939 in New York city by the City Bank of New York,but removed after 6 months due to the lack of customer acceptance.De La Rue devoloped the first electronic form of this machine, which was installed first in Enfield Town in North London, United Kingdom on 27 June 1967 by Barclays Bank.Which is the machine ?
ANS :Automated Teller Machine ( A T M )
Q No.07 :Which was the first Indian bank to open its branches outside India ?
ANS : BANK OF INDIA ( First branch outside India was at London )
Q No.08:According to Hindu mythology, Ved Vyas compiled Mahabharatha, but who wrote it ?
ANS :Lord Ganesha.
Q No.09 :Which was the first bank to start ATM service in India ?
ANS : H S B C
Q No.10 :In which year the banks in India was nationalized ?
ANS :1969
Q No.11 :Who was the first Indian actress to models for LUX soap ?
ANS : Leela Chitnis
Q No.12 :What do you call a stock market trend which is neithr bullish nor bearish ?
ANS : Chicken Market
Q No.13 :How many stock exchanges are there in India ?
ANS : 23
Q No.14 :What are illiquid stocks that donot follow SEBI rules and regulations called ?
ANS : Z Stocks
Q No.15 :By what name is the building “ Phiroze Jeejebhoy Towers ” better known as :
ANS : Bombay Stock Exchange
Q No.16 :What was established in Kolkata on 1st April 1935 in accordance with the provision of an Act of the same name passed in 1934 ?
ANS : Reserve Bank of India
Q No.17:The Reserve Bank of India was established on the recommendations of a report submitted in 1926 by which commission ?
ANS : Hilton Young Commission
Q No.18 :What unique distinction do the General Bank of India and the Bank of Hindusthan founded in and around 1786 posses in the context of Indian banking history ?
ANS : They are the first Indian banks.
Q No.19 :The Imperial Bank of India was renamed on 30th April 1955 as what ?
ANS : State bank of India ( S B I )
Q No.20 :Which bank operates on behalf of the SBI in Nigeria and was established in 1981?
ANS : INMB ( Indo-Nigerian Merchant Bank )
Q No.21 :Which was rhe first foreign bank to open a branch in India ?
ANS : Comptoire d’Escompte de Paris of France in 1860’s
Q No.22 :The Allahabad Bank, established in 1865 and still functioning today, is the oldest Joint Stock bank in India.Which was the first Joint Stock bank in India?
ANS :Bank of Upper India, established in 1863
Q No.23 :What unique distinction does the Anyonya Cooperative Bank held ?
ANS : It is the first cooperative bank in Asia.
Q No.24 :Which bank sponsored the first regional rural bank in India by the name ‘Prathama Grameen Bank’ ?
ANS :Syndicate Bank
Q No.25 : DEMAT is the acronym for :
ANS :Dematerialization
Q No.26 :What do IPO and FPO means ?
ANS : Initial Public Offer ( IPO ) & Follow-on Public Offer ( FPO )
Q No.27 :Converting shares in demat mode back to physical mode is called as :
ANS : Rematerialization
Q No.28 : EPS is the acronym of :
ANS : Earnings Per Share
Q No.29 :What does it known if a company announces bonus shares in the ratio of 5:1 ?
ANS :One bonus share for every five shares held.
Q No.30 :What is the name of two share depositories in India ?
ANS : NSDL ( National Securities Depository Limited ) & CSDL ( Central Securities Depository Limited ).