The Hindu Business Line : Quiz

1. The demerger of Larsen & Toubro's cement business has been approved in the past week. Grasim is to acquire it. From whom did Grasim pick up its initial stake of 10 per cent?

2. Who earned the nickname "Neutron Jack"?

3. Tetley is the biggest overseas acquisition made by an Indian company. Name the acquirer?

4. "One Upon Wall Street" and "Beating the Street" are two books that offer investment ideas used with telling effect by the fund manager of Fidelity Magellan in 1980s. Fidelity Magellan was then the largest mutual fund. Name the fund manager who authored these two popular books?

5. Which was the first company to be listed in NASDAQ without being listed in Indian exchanges?

6. Which fund house is to be acquired by UTI Mutual?

7. Name the newspaper published by Charles Dow, who propounded the Dow theory — published a newspaper.

8. In 1981, Mr Narayan Murthy, Nandan Nilkeni and five others quit their jobs to form Infosys. Name the company that they worked for?

9. Who was the first entrant into life insurance in India after the sector was opened up for private sector participation in 2000.

10. Which was the first mutual fund with an objective to invest in stocks based on dividend yield?

Answers:

1.Reliance Industries

2. Jack Welsh, the former CEO of General Electric (GE). He earned the nickname when he sacked more than one lakh employees in GE as a part of the group's restructuring to "fix, sell or close" various businesses.

3. Tata Tea

4. Peter Lynch

5. Rediff Communications

6. IL & FS Mutual

7. The Wall Street Journal

8. Patni Computer Services

9. HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company

10. Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company

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