Quiz 188 : Recent Business & Industry Current Affairs

1.Recently we read in the newspapers that a high-level group set up by the Reserve Bank of India has come out with several recommendations to check circulation of fake notes. Who is heading this group?
(A)D Subba Rao
(B)Usha Thorat
(C)Rakesh Mohan

2.Recently Reserve bank has decided to introduce a second level of security for online transactions using credit/debit cards. Which among the following is NOT correct?
(A)This is mainly done for the offline purchases made by a customer
(B)customers will have to register their cards from tomorrow onwards with the respective merchants
(C)authentication is mandatory for both credit & debit card

3.Recently we read in the newspapers that for the first time that an FM radio station would be opened in any of the IITs in the country. Which IIT ?
(A)IIT Kanpur
(B)IIT Delhi
(C)IIT Kharagpur

4.On July 31, 2009, Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the wholesale price index series, used to calculate inflation in the country, will have a new base year in place of the existing 1993-94. Which year he was talking about?
(A)2003-04
(B)2004-05
(C)2005-06

5.This is the first time, since its creation in 1969, that the CISF (Central Industrial Security Forces) will be providing security cover to a corporate organization in India. Which organization ? 31.7.09
(A)Wipro
(B)Tata Motors
(C)Infosys

6.Recently we read in the newspapers that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd is targeting Rs 1000 crore (Rs 10 billion) revenue within a year from infrastructure sharing business. What kind of Infrastructure BSNL wishes to share with other companies?
(A)Towers
(B)National Internet Backbone (NIB)
(C)BSNL OFC (Optical Fiber Cable)

7.Recently the government of India has given permission to partner billionaire Lakshmi N Mittal for buying out 25 per cent stake in Kazakhstan's prospective Satpayev oilfield in the Caspian Sea?
(A)Reliance India Ltd
(B)ONGC
(C)Indian Oil Corporation

8.Which are the two top earning companies of India , (by net Profit earned)
(A)Reliance & ONGC
(B)Reliance & HUL (Hindustan Uniliver Ltd)
(C)Reliance & Wipro

9.National Aviation Company Ltd, which runs Air India has reshuffled its executive directors and created which of the following new designation?
(A)ED Marketing
(B)ED Sales
(C)ED Corporate

10.Where will be held the Seventh Annual Pan IIT Global Conference 2009 from October 9-11, 2009 on the theme of "Entrepreneurship and Innovation in a Global Economy?
(A)Washington
(B)Chicago
(C)New York

11.India's exports fell for the ninth month in a row in June 2009 , by what fraction?
(A)21.5 %
(B)27.7 %
(C)29.3 %

12.What was New Delhi's rank in rentals among the list of major cities across the world during the first quarter of 2009, according to a recent report by global real estate consultancy CB Richard Ellis?
(A)52nd
(B)69th
(C)75th

13.Recently production at which of the oil fields of India came at a halt due to leakage in the SBM (oil evacuation system) ?
(A)Panna Mukta
(B)Bombay High
(C)Mangla

14.Which company has recently started a major oil exploration drill off Kochi coast ?
(A)ONGC
(B)Reliance India Ltd
(C)Indian Oil

15.Where is scheduled the next G-20 Summit during September 24-25?
(A)England
(B)United Staes
(C)France

16.What are the latest Bank rate & Cash Reserve Ratio respectively ?
(A)6.5 % & 5 %
(B)6% & 5%
(C)6% & 5.5 %

17.Which bank of India is setting up a $3 billion (around Rs 15,000 crore) infrastructure fund in association with the Macquarie group and International Finance Corporation?
(A)ICICI
(B)SBI
(C)RBI

18.Recently a national conference of state ministers of environment and forests in which of the following cities?
(A)New Delhi
(B)Mumbai
(C)Bangalore

19.Recently which of the following has decided to use Insulated Gate Bi-polar Transistor (IGBT) technology?
(A)Indian railway
(B)Power Grid Corporation of India
(C)India Post

20.Which state leaders are not pleased with the recent India ASEAN free trade Pact ?
(A)kerala
(B)Andhra Pradesh
(C)Karnataka