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Awareness Quiz

Vinay Chirania
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 Question No. 1

 Reliance is planning to take a controlling stake in one of

the chemical company which filed for bankruptcy some
time back. What is the name of this company?
 LyondellBasell Industries
– One of the world’s largest polymers, petrochemicals and
fuels companies
– Reliance recently increased its bid from $12 bn to $13.5
bn
 Question 2
 Telenor group increased its stake to 60% in one of the company. Can
you name this company.
 Uninor
– Telenor Group provides telecommunication services in 14 countries across Europe and Asia.
– At the time of its Initial Public Offering in 2000, Telenor had a mobile subscriber base of 15 million. By
the end of the third quarter 2009 this reached 172 million
 Major part of business is organised in three regions:
– Asia: Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand and India. 
– Nordic countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
– Central and Eastern Europe: Hungary, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.

 UniNor GSM is set to start operations in India soon

 Question 3
 One of the researcher and also famous
hedge fund investor has predicted that
China’s economy is going to collapse very
soon. Can you name this person?

 James Chanos
– He also predicted the collapse of Enron
 Question 4
 Who is the Secretary General of United
Nations?

 Ban Ki Moon
 Question 5
 What is the current $/Rs. Exchange rate

 On Friday it was 45.70/$ which was

highest in last 15 months
 Question 6
 Maruti recently launched a multi purpose
vehicle replacing Versa starting from 2.6
lakhs. What is the name of this car?

 Eeco
– Maruti Suzuki has 54.2% owned by Japan’s
Suzuki Motor Corp
 Question 7
 What is the size on India’s GDP in $
billion?

 It is around $1200 billion ($1.2 trillion)

– China’s GDP is around $4.33 trillion
– US’s GDP is around $14.2 trillion

 Question 8
 What is GST?

 GST is a tax on goods and services with comprehensive and

continuous chain of set-off benefits from the producer’s point
and service provider’s point upto the retailer’s level.
 It is essentially a tax only on value addition at each stage, and a
supplier at each stage is permitted to set-off, through a tax
credit mechanism.
 For more details
– http://gstindia.com/faqs_on_gst
 Question 9
 Who is the CEO and Managing Director of
Infosys?

 S. Gopalakrishnan
 Question 10
 How many states are there in India?

 28 states and 7 Union Territory

– Delhi is considered as National Capital
Territory
 Question 11
 Who is the Chairman of General Motors?

 Ed Whitacre Jr.
 Question 12
 Who is the Chief Minister of India?

 Chief Minister of India….????

Placement Preparation
Group– Session 2

Vinay Chirania
 Top CEOs in India…1
 Who is CEO and MD of ICICI Bank
 Chanda Kochar

 Manisha Girotra is MD of which company

 UBS India

 Who is CEO of Axis Bank

 Shikha Sharma
 Top CEOs in India…2

 Who is the CEO of JP Morgan India

 Kalpana Morparia

 Who is the Chairman of L&T

 AM Naik

 Vinita Bali is the MD of which company

 Britannia
 Match the Following
 Chanda Kochar Axis Bank
 Manisha Girotra ICICI Bank
 Shikha Sharma L&T
 AM Naik Britannia
 Vinita Bali JP Morgan
 Kalpana Morparia UBS India
 Quiz
 Who is Vinita Bali
 Who is CEO of Axis Bank
 Name the CEO of ICICI Bank
 Shikha Sharma is associated with which company
 Who is Chairman of L&T
 Kalpana Morparia is CEO of which company
 Britannia, Shikha Sharma, Chanda Kochar
 Axis Bank, AM Naik, JP Morgan
 Top CEOs in India…3

 Who is Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra

 Keshub Mahindra

 Who is VC & MD of Mahindra & Mahindra

 Anand Mahindra

 Who is MD & Chairman of Hero Honda

 Pawan Munjal
 Top CEOs in India…4

 Who is Chairman of GVK Group

 GVK Reddy

 Sarthak Behuria is Chairman of which company

 Indian Oil

 Subash Chandra is associated with which company

 Zee (Chairman)
 Top CEOs in India…5

 Who is Keki Mistry

 VC & MD of HDFC

 Debu Bhattacharya is MD of which company

 Hindalco

 Harsh Goenka is associated with which company

 RPG Group (Chairman)
 Match the following

 HDFC Debu Bhattacharya (MD)

 GVK Reddy Subash Chandra (Chairman)
 Sarthak Behuria Harsh Goenka (Chairman)
 Zee Chairman GVK Reddy
 Keshub Mahindra Mahindra
 Pawan Munjal Indian Oil
 Hindalco Keki Mistry (MD)
 RPG Group Hero Honda
 Quiz

 Debu Bhattacharya (MD)

 Subash Chandra (Chairman)
 Sarthak Behuria
 Harsh Goenka (Chairman)
 Zee Chairman
 Mahindra & Mahindra
 Indian Oil
 Keki Mistry (MD)
 RPG Group
 Top CEOs in India…6

 Who is MD Mallya
 CMD of Bank of Baroda

 Who is CMD of Bank of India

 Alok Misra

 Who is Chairman of Bajaj Hindustan

 Shishir Bajaj
 Top CEOs in India…7

 Who is Rashesh Shah

 Chairman of Edelweiss Capital

 Who is CMD of Union Bank

 MV Nair

 Who is Executive Director of Reliance Industries

 Nikhil Meswani
 Top CEOs in India…8

 Who is Naina Lal Kidwai

 Group GM and Country Head, HSBC India

 Who is MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank

 Uday Kotak

 Who is Manish Kejriwal

 Senior MD & Country Head, Temasek Holding
 Match the Following
 Bank of Baroda MV Nair
 Bajaj Hindustan Nikhil Meswani
 Alok Misra Kotak Mahindra Bank
 Uday Kotak Shishir
 Manish Kejriwal MD Mallya
 Naina Lal Kiwai Edelweiss Capital
 Rashesh Shah Bank of India
 Union Bank HSBC
 ED of Reliance Temasek Holding
 Quiz
 Temasek Holding
 ED of Reliance
 Union Bank
 Bank of India
 HSBC Bank
 Rashesh Shah
 Alok Misra
 Bajaj Hindustan
 MV Nair
 Edelweiss Capital
 Bank of Baroda
 Top CEOs in India…8
 Nitin Paranjpe
 CEO, HUL

 OP Bhatt
 Chairman of SBI

 Venugopal Dhoot
 Videocon

 SAIL Chairman
 SK Roongta

 Prashant Ruia Director, Essar Steel

 Harsh Mariwala Chairman Marico
 Union Ministers

 Pranab Mukherjee
 Minister of Finance

 Kamal Nath
 Minister for Road and Transport

 Anand Sharma
 Commerce and Industry Minister
 Final Quiz….1

 Kalpana Morparia
 Sarthak Behuria
 Harsh Mariwala
 MV Nair
 Rashesh Shah
 Manisha Girotra
 Shikha Sharma
 Vinita Bali
 Prashant Ruia
 Final Quiz…2
 Bank of India
 Bank of Baroda
 HSBC Bank
 HDFC Bank
 Britannia
 Videocon
 Temasek Holding
 Kotak Mahindra Bank
 UBS India
 L&T
 IndianOil
 HUL
 Today’s News Headlines….1
 Industry grows fastest in 2 years
– IIP rises 11.7% in Nov’09
– Reaffirms hope of 8-9% GDP growth
– Favorable economic growth and high inflation may
prompt RBI to inc. rates
 China’s up Cash Reserve Ratio
– Cash reserve Ratio (CRR) is the amount of funds that
the banks have to keep with central bank
– Does RBI pay interest on CRR?
 Bharti Airtel to buy 70% stake in Warid Telecom
(Bangladesh)
– Airtel CEO Manoj Kohli
– Paying $300m
 Today’s News Headlines…2
 Govt. planning to ban Private mining in Tribal belt - Mines and
Mineral Development and Regulation (MMDR) Bill
– $200 mn is actual FDI inflow in Mining sector
– Adversely impact companies like Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Vale, Sesa
Goa and MSPL
 FII infuse $1.6 b in 6 days
– Difference between FII and FDI and amount
– MD of UBS India?
 Sensex closed on 17422
– Infosys rallied 4% to Rs. 2587
– What is Sensex?
 Today’s News Headlines…3
 Cement Industry
– Main player to report 36.4% YoY growth in net profit
– Net Sales to rise by 5.1% YoY
– ACC, Ambuja, Grasim, Ultratech
– Demand from infrastructure and housing
– Low demand in Southern states due to slow
implementation of Govt Projects
 Powergrid FPO likely in 6-8 months
– What is FPO? What is IPO?
 Bajaj Hindustan planning to enter power sector
 Infosys sees 3.8% rise in revenues versus earlier
1.7%
– IT industry – More than $5 b
 Today’s News Headlines…4
 Bajaj Auto net triples to Rs. 475 cr
– Main player
 MTNL chief RSP Sinha quits
– Controversy over alleged involvement in
favouritism in equipment order to Motorola
 Need to develop a long term corporate bond
market to meet requirement of infra
– IL&FS CMD Ravi Parthasarthy
– L&T CFO YM Deosthalee
 Future General Insurance to infuse Rs. 150 cr of
additional equity
 IDBI completes due diligence to acquire a private
bank
 Today’s News Headlines…5
 Re falls most in 7 weeks as importers buy dollar
– Closed at 45.72 /$
 Govt announced additional incentives for exporters
– Specific incentive schemes to rescur over 2000 products
 Fiscal deficit to come below 5%
– 6.8% of GDP this year mainly due to stimulus measures
 UP govt disallows sugar import
 NTPC to commission 6000 MW every year from 2011
 Cairn to commission 600km Barmer pipeline by March
 Adhunik to acquire 50% stake in Aussie coking coal
mine for $ 100 m
 Obama plans to slap fee on banks and raise $120 b
 Today’s News Headlines…6
 Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on visit to India
 Confered prestigious Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
 21 Indians held in China for smuggling diamonds
 Defense Minister – AK Antony
 SC orders CBI probe in Sohrabuddin encounter
 CJI comes under RTI
 What is RTI?
 Currently CJI is K G Balakrishnan
 GSPC divest 5%
 Crude Oil slips to $81 per barrel
 What is barrel?
 Gold dips as China hints tighter policy
Placement Preparation
Group– Session 3

Vinay Chirania
 News Headlines – 20th January
 Foreign telecos may stay out of 3G race on raw 2G
deal
 Fresh Entranta in India’ s telecom scene that win 3G bids will
be placed last in queue of 343 applicants for 2G airwaves
 Cadbury falls for Kraft’s new $20b proposal
 Vivendi eyes majority in Datacom
 Vivendi is French media and telecom company
 Datacom is owned by Videocon Group
 Who is Videocon’s chairman???
 Norway’s Telenor, Japan’s NTT Docomo and Russia’s
Sistema
 Unitech has withdrawn its proposal to raise $700 m
through FCCB
 Unitech is India’s 2nd largest real estate company
 News Headlines – 20th January
 Citi posts $7.6 b loss on costs to exit the govt. bailout
programme (CEO – Vikram Pandit)
 4th quarter loss was lower than loss of $17.3 b a year earlier; Trouble Asset
Relied Program (TARP)
 Kieron Pollard (WI) and Shane Bond (NZ) stars of IPL 3
bid
 Radio Mirchi (Entertainment Network) PAT up 121%
 10.7 cr in Dec quarter; Prashant Pandey (CEO)
 41 million users across the country
 China, Taiwan continue tightening
 Lifted auction yield on 1 year bills
 Premier of China?
 Taiwan also increased its overnight lending rates
 Japan airlines files for $25 b bankruptcy
 Industry hit by volatile fuel costs and fickle flyers
 JAL is Asia’s largest airline by revenue
 News Headlines – 20th January
 Google puts China phone plan on hold
 Sophisticated cyber spying from China
 China and US already at odds over the value of yuan
currency, trade issues, US arms sales to Taiwan and
Climate Change policy
 Dutch Govt to cap ABN Amro bonuses, salary
 RBI and SEBI allows Future Trading in Euro, Pound and Yen
 ULIPS – Fee ban and cut in ulip charges
 Nirakar Pradhan (CIO – Future Generali India)
 Profit booking in IT drags Sensex 155 points
 Satyam Comp down over 5% on L&T exit buzz
 Metal cos likely to report strong YoY growth in earning
 Low base effect, sharp rally in commodity prices and robust domestic
demand
 Top 3 steel makers reported growth in sales volume in range of 20-60%
 News Headlines – 20th January
 Operating margins of non integrated players such as SAIL and
JSW likely to expand
 Raw material cost almost halved after renewal of contract
 Integrated players likely to see any improvement in OM
 Realty companies show improvement in Q3 Sales
 Housing demand, QIB pumped money
 DLF restructuring – DLF Cyber City Developers has been intergrated
with Caraf Builder (60:40)
 Sesa Goa acquisition of VS Dempo helped in achieving
growth in sales
 MRPL Dec Qtr results better than expected
 Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd
 Rs. 259 cr profit
 Raised capacity utilisation, rupee appreciation
 Company processed Cairn’s Rajasthan crude oil which came in at 10-
15% discount to benchmark Brent prices
 News Headlines – 20th January
 Top level changes at JP Morgan AMC
 CEO – Chritopher Spelman
 CIO – Nandkumar Surti
 Rupee falls to 45.81
 Crude below $78 per barrel
 NTPC to set up a new company to acquire coal assets abroad
 Coal imports at 8 MT in 2008-09
 Company may require 270 MT of coal annually by 2017
 75000 MW from 30644 MW now
 Poor track record of ICVL (SPV formed by PSUs to acquire coal
properties abroad)
 Tata power Q3 net profit up 29% (Rs 148 cr)
 Low fuel prices and higher generation capacity
 Mauritius is the largest FDI investing country in India
 During first 7 months, nearly $8b out of $18b
 News Headlines – 20th January
 $50 b IT industry and BPO firm will now be able to get
service tax refund
 RCom poaches top executives from rival firms
 Prysmian (Italy) to buy 51% stake in Ravin Cables
for Rs 200 cr
 Player in high-technology cables and systems for energy and
telecommunications, with sales exceeding 5 billion Euro in 2008
 Lupin cant sell pills in US, Teva files patent suit
 Malaysian PM Najib tun Abdul Razak arrived in
India
 News Headlines – 23rd January
 New gas, better margins fuel 15.8% in RIL profit rise
 Earning from oil and gas more than doubled to Rs 1477 cr while those from
refining declined 27% to Rs 1379 cr
 Lower earnings in main refining business was offset by more than trebling of
revenues from Exploration and production (E&P) to Rs 3530cr
 Grasim Ind Q3 profit biggest in 3 years
 ITC Q3 net jumps 27% to Rs 1144 cr
 Toyota announces recall of 2.3 m vehicles in US
 Bharti revenues grows by 1.4% and profit rises 2.4%
 CEO??
 Bharti lost customers who could not be authenticated
 J&K – Govt prepaid ban (Market Share 35%)
 Forex reserves up by $899m to touch $285 b
 Dish TV revenues up 44%
 Mcleod Russel India (MRIL) net up 184%
 MRIL is largest integrated tea company
 News Headlines – 23rd January
 Google Q4 profit soars five fold
 CEO – Eric Schmidt
 Core sector grew to a 4 month high of 6% in Dec 2009
 ADAG to take on Time, News Corp for MGM
 Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)
 Maruti Suzuki MD
 S Nakanishi
 Fortis net profit rises three fold
 VK Singh to be next Army Chief
 LeT acquires 50 para-gliding equipment
 Janeshwar Mishra dead
 SP leader, chotte lohia
 News Headlines – 25th January
 Million dollar bonuses back at MNC banks
 HK’s Willowood buys Shreeji Pesticide
 Indian National Shipowner Association (INSA) CEO Sudhir S
Rangnekar quits
 Dish TV could build on first mover advantage
 Around 6.4 million subscribers
 Some estimate indicate that DTH would grow more than
50% in next 3 years
 3rd Quarter losses higher at Rs 76 cr
 Expenditure of Rs 12 cr incurred on marketing
 Jindal Stainless (JSL) told SC that Orissa govt,
IDCOL pact with OMC illegal
 IDCOL – Industrial Development Corporation of Orissa
 OMC – Orissa Mining Corporation
 News Headlines – 25th January
 India, South Korea to discuss Nuclear pact
 President Lee Myung Bak
 US Q4 growth seen fastest in 4 years
 Larry Page and Sergey Brin to sell 10m shares of Google in
next 5 years
 Telecom sector may see salary hikes of upto 30%
 Godrej Consumer – twofold jump in consolidated profit
 Enhanced product portfolio and growth in international
business
 United Spirits – No. 2 liquor firm in world
 With growth rate of 13% annually, USL hopes to cross 110 million
cases next year
 Overtakes Pernod Ricard
 NY based India Equity to buy 25% in IETS for Rs 140 cr
 IL&FS Education and Technology Services (IETS)
 News Headlines – 25th January
 Indo Rama Synthetics – 2nd largest producer of polyster
 Growth of 25% in sales
 US firm Autonation, UK’s Inchcape trying to set up
retail chains in India
 News Headlines – 28th January
 Govt looks to sell stake in ITC, L&T
 Stakes inherited due to bailout of Union Trust of India
 Around Rs 19000 cr at current stock prices
 Volume growth fails to put in appearance at resurgent Q3
show
 Company benefited from higher product prices and effect of lower base
 Profit also improved due to lower operating expense
 Who presented first budget of India?
 James Wilson (150 years ago)
 Morgan Stanley India head steps down
 Narayan Ramachandran
 Scott Gaynor to take interim charge
 Sensex hits 12 week low (16,289)
 Drop of 490 points yesterday
 Who is Edelweiss Chairman
 Rashesh Shah, Edelweiss group acquires Anagram Capital (Rs160 cr)
 News Headlines – 28th January
 Timothy Geithner in trouble on AIG issue
 US treasury Secretary
 Geithner involved in decisions not to disclose details of $62b payment
 Dabur India consolidated net rises 28%
 Vatika, Hajmola, Real Juice sales up
 SAIL Q3 net soars 99%
 Net profit Rs 1676 cr
 Lower cost of imported coal and higher sales volume
 SAIL Chairman????
 Union Bank Q3 net drops 20%
 BOB net up 17.5% on low tax provision, NPA
 Net Interest Income climbs 10% to Rs 1601 cr
 CMD???
 Rupee hit 3 week low – 46.37/$
 Religare Sec. President Amitabh Chakraborty resigns to join Kitara
Capital
 News Headlines – 28th January
 Telcos add 19.1 m new users in Dec’09
 Highest monthly growth recorded by any telecom market ever globally
 525.15 m users
 LIC, United India agree to sell DPSC stakes to Srei-led group
 DPSC Limited (DPSCL) incorporated in the year 1919 Primarily to supply
power to the Bengal Coal Company Ltd
 SL President Mahindra Rajapaksa won re-election
 Lt Gen Avdesh Prakash faces Court Martial
 SP asks Amar to quit, Mohan Singh is replacement
 PMO defends Padma Bhushan for Sant Singh Chatwal
 CBI chargesheeted him for $9 m fraud earlier