The Sunday League 3

Dear Friends.,

After a great response for Sunday League 2, here is Sunday League 3. Today being Christmas, wish you all a Merry Christmas!!! With Boxing day tests, a day apart, lets see who emerges the winner in Christmas week. Please try to attempt all the questions. Answers & Scores in a week. Answers will be posted only to those who attempt.

Straight Bat

1) Recently a company named Reliance Silicones was banned by SEBI from participating in the capital markets because of its alleged involvement in helping Abhijit Rajan route Gammon funds to his private companies to subscribe to a 2001 rights issue of Gammon India shares. Who owns Reliance Silicones?
2) Founded by Jing Shuping, what distinction is Minsheng Bank in China credited with?

Reverse Sweep

3) Identify the company that uses this advertising icon

4)The roots of this practice might be traced to Babylonia, where traders were encouraged to assume the risks of the caravan trade through loans that were repaid (with interest) only after the goods had arrived safely—a practice resembling bottomry and given legal force in the Code of Hammurabi (c.2100 BC). The Phoenicians and the Greeks applied a similar system to their seaborne commerce. How do we know this business today?

Doosra

5)This is a print ad for a company that is currently in the news. Identify it

Captains Corner

6) Identify this CEO (Current Affairs)

Third Umpire

7) Connect the following visuals

The Sunday League 2

Dear Friends,

Here is Sunday League 2. Please send your answers to quizrk@gmail.com. Answers & Scores on Sunday. Answers will be sent only to those who attempt.

Straight Bat

1) Recently a lot has been made of a book “Tough Choices- a memoir”. This book shows what it’s really like to lead a major corporation in a time of great change while trying to stay true to your values. It gives a former business leader’s perspective on leadership, technology, globalization, sexism, and many other issues. Who is the author of this book?

2) Identify the logo

Legends

3) Recently, a Mumbai based chartered accountant Tilokchand Punamchand Ostwal became famous for something. What is his claim to fame? (Current Affairs)

Reverse Sweep

4) This airline was promoted by Ajay Singh, the Kansangra family and Sanjay Malhotra. It began its services in May 2005. Its Frequent flier programme is known as Flying Returns. The CEO of the company is Mr. Siddharth Sharma. Which airline?

5) Identify him

Captains Corner

6) Identify This CEO (Current Affairs)

Third Umpire

7) Connect the following visuals

The sunday league quiz1

Friends,
This is my first quiz in this group. Please attempt it & give your feedback about it. the answers may be sent to quizrk@gmail.com . Correct answers will be sent only to those who attempt. Here goes the quiz. It is a business quiz. But since I am a Cricketmaniac, most of the questions have cricketing names. So here you go.

Straight Bat

1) This organization is a result of the contemplation of of the royal family of Rajasaheb to provide banking facilities, to the people of the region, by the people of the region. This resulted in the organisation's establishment on auspicious day of "Vijaya Dashmi", on 5th October,1916. In the ’90s, the Mittals of the Ispat group made an unsuccessful bid to acquire this organisation. The Bhate family & their associates are believed to be the major shareholders in this organization that is very much in the news. Name the organization.

2) Logo of another company currently in the news. Identify it

Reverse Sweep

3) It was created by French haute-couture designer Pierre Balmain in 1972 at the time of inauguration of an organisation. He designed a special version of the Malay sarong kebaya as the uniform which later became one of the most recognized signatures of this particular organization. It encapsulates Asian values and hospitality, and could be described as caring, warm, gentle, elegant and serene. It is a brilliant personification of this organisation’s commitment to service and quality excellence. This icon has become so strong that Madame Tussaud's Museum in London started to display it in 1994 as the first commercial figure ever. Name the commercial icon discussed here.

4) Identify this (it was a precursor to something that is very common). I want the name of the brand.

Captain’s Corner

5) Identify this CEO (current affairs)

Third Umpire

6) Connect the visuals

Doosra

7) Identify the logo