Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Current Affairs 2011 : Business News March 2011


Tata Consultancy services launched cloud computing solution called "Ion" for small and medium scale businesses

Mahindra Satyam gets a multi-million dollar contract from Aspire Zone,Qatar

Berkshire Hathaway is looking to buy Speciality Chemicals company "Lubrizol Corp." for $9 Billion

TCS bagged multi-milliom IT Infrastrusture contract from Dutch company Royal Haskoning

Monday, March 14, 2011

CWC 2011 13th March Match highlights


Canada vs New Zealand

New Zealand won the match by 97 runs. 

New Zealand scored a whopping 358 runs in 50 overs 
Brendon Mccullum was top scorer with scoring 101 runs in 109 balls
Ross Taylor scored a blistering knock of 74 runs in just 44 balls which includes 5 sixes and 6 fours

Pick of the bowler for Canada was Baidwan (3 wickets for 84 runs) 

Canada chased the mammoth target and scored 261 runs in 50 overs. 
Bagai was the top scorer with 84 runs in just 87 balls
Hansra scored 70 runs in 105 balls.

 Pick of the bowler for New Zealand was Jacob Oram (3 wickets for 47 runs)

Man of the Match - Brendon Mccullum (New Zealand) 



Australia vs Kenya played at Bangalore

Australia scored 324 runs in 50 overs

Michael Clarke was the top scorer with 93 runs in 80 balls.
Ricky Ponting scored 65 runs in 79 balls

Pick of the Bowler for Kenya was Odhiambo (3 wickets for 57 runs) 


Kenyan team fought back to win the game but they were unsuccessful
Kenya scored 264 runs in 50 overs
Top scorer for Kenya was Obuya with 98 not out in 129 balls
 Tanmay Mishra scored 72 runs in 89 balls

Pick of the bowler for Australian team was Shaun Tait (2 wickets for 49 runs) 


Man of the Match -  Obuya for his knock of 98* (Kenyan Batsmen)


Current Affairs :Sports News


Somdev Devvarman beats Marcos Baghdatis in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells,USA

Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick advances to the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open

Martin Stamper wins gold at the German Open Taekwondo championship

Micheal Bradley wins the Puerto Rico Open Golf Championship for the second time in his career

Nick Watney wins the WGC-Cadillac Golf Championship

Vishwanathan Anand defeated Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria in the Amber Blindfold Rapid Chess tournament in Monaco

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Business Quiz - 10


The Oil refinery established in Panipat belongs to:
i) Joint Sector ii) Public Sector iii) Cooperative Sector iv) Private Sector

Index 'Residex' is associated with:
i) Land Prices ii) Share Prices iii) Mutual Fund Prices iv) Price Inflation Index

Name the brand which does not belong to the UB Group?
i) McDowell ii) Celebration Drum iii) Bagpiper iv) Teacher's Special

I-phone is associated with
i) Reliance ii) Apple iii) Nokia iv) Samsung

Nano knowledge city has been established at:
i) Jaipur ii) Hyderabad iii) Bangalore iv) Chandigarh

Which of the following owns the 'Easy Day' retail stores?
i) Reliance Retail ii) Birla Retail iii) DLF iv) Bharti Retail

Name the brand/company not owned by Sony Corporation of Japan
i) Play Stations ii) VAIO iii) Bravia iv) Xbox

Which of the following brands is not associated with footwear?
i) Bata ii) FCUK iii) Liberty iv) Lotto

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Reasoning - 12 (for competitive exams)


If 53 - 34 = 5334, 64 - 56 = 6546 then 75 - 24 = ?
i) 7254 ii) 7452 iii) 7542 iv) 7524

Which is the number if it comes to 15 when divided by 4 and added by 9?
i) 24 ii) 22 iii) 21 iv) 26

Find the odd man out: 225, 289, 400, 36, 35
i) 35 ii) 400 iii) 36 iv) 225

Complete the series: 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216....
i) 1000 ii) 729 iii) 512 iv) 343

If A = 1, B = 3, C = 5 and so on, what do the numbers 3, 9, 7 stand for?
i) BAD ii) CAR iii) BID iv) BED

Cobra : Snake :: Crocodile : _____
i) Marsh ii) River iii) Carnivore iv) Reptile

Light : Bright :: Sun : ______
i) heat ii) twinkle iii) burn iv) shine

10, 12, 32, 34, 54, 56, ?
i) 76 ii) 61 iii) 60 iv) 58

Forbes Rich List - Top 10 Billionaires in the world


NameNet Worth
Carlos Slim$74B
Bill Gates$56B
Warren Buffet$50B
Bernard Arnault$41B
Larry Ellison$39.5B
Lakshmi Mittal$31.1B
Amancio Ortego$31B
Eike Batista$30B
Mukesh Ambani$27B
Christy Walton$26.5B

Forbes Rich List - Top 10 Billionaires - Richest Indians


NameNet WorthRank
Lakshmi Mittal$31.1B6
Mukesh Ambani$27B9
Azim Premji$16.8B36
Shashi and Ravi Ruia$15.842
Savitri Jindal and family$13.2B56
Gautam Adani$10B81
Kumar Birla$9.2B97
Anil Ambani$8.8B103
Sunil Mittal and family$8.3B110
Adi Godrej and family$7.3B130