The Hindu Business Line : Investment Quiz

1.A wide range of financial products is now available as market players worldwide keep coming up with innovations. What are SPDRS (Spiders), QQQs and Diamonds?

2.Kanji Moorarji started to trade in spices about 160 years ago. His business gradually acquired a critical mass with a focus on agri-products. It led to the formation of The Bombay Oil Industries immediately after Independence. A restructuring in 1990 resulted in the creation of a highly regarded and valued company. Name it.

3.The American Stock Exchange is one of its kind in the sense that trading in stocks and bonds is not the dominant activity. What drives trading volumes on this exchange?

4.What is common to Zee Telefilms and Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL)?

5.10 Downing Street is famous as the residence of the British Prime Minister. What is the claim to fame of 10 Paternoster Square?

6.Infosys has in a short span of 25 years accumulated a rich and venerable history. Why is 1987 significant for the company?

7.`Emerging markets' has been the buzzword for the past couple of years. If you are following the Bovespa, which emerging market will you be tracking?

8.Suzlon has been making waves by its sizzling growth in the wind energy business. Recently, it pulled off a stunning acquisition that gives completeness to its product profile. Name the company acquired by it.

9.Apple Computer turned 30 yesterday. The two Steves — Jobs and Wozniak — have entered folklore as founders of this company that has been at the cutting edge of innovation. When it started, the founding team had a third member. Name him.

IDENTIFY HIM.

10.Name the person in the photograph above. He has blazed a trail in creating a successful outsourcing business. A high point came last year when this company scissored links to its global parent, General Electric. Last week, it was in the news as it entered into an arrangement with NDTV to foray into the nascent business of media process of outsourcing.

Answers

1.Exchange-traded funds or ETFs.

2.Marico

3.ETFs account for more than 60 per cent of the trading volumes

4.The last two stocks to be booted out of the Sensex before it embarked on its journey to 10K-plus territory; they were replaced by NTPC and TCS.

5.London Stock Exchange.

6.First international office opened in the US

7.Brazil

8.Eve Holdings, owner of Hansen Transmissions, of Belgium

9.Ronald Wayne; he sold his stake within a year for $800.

10.Mr Pramod Bhasin, CEO of Genpact.

Compiled by S. Vaidya Nathan