Investment Quiz

1. Hughes Software Systems was a well-known name that was also listed on the stock exchanges. The outfit has undergone a name change recently. What's it called?

2. Golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, much in the news in recent times for his tour wins, has also been signed on as a brand ambassador by a leading global financial services institution. Name it.

3. It is one of the largest regional airlines in the world and is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Air Canada. How do we know it?

4. With postgraduate degrees in science and management from the Berkeley, this highflying executive's assignment prior to his current one was as Chief Executive of Accel-KKR Telecom. Name him.

5. Which Indian bank has ATMs that are known by the brand name Moneyplant?

6. Ramesh Vangal, who steered the fortunes of leading names such as Pepsi and Seagram in India, has interests in the domestic alcoholic beverages business through which outfit?

7. Subir Raha, the flamboyant former top honcho at ONGC, has now floated a consulting outfit after hanging up his boots. What's it called?

8. What's the common thread that runs through the following four stocks - MTNL, HPCL, Zee and Tata Power?

9. Who was voted as Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2006?

10. With what programme would you associate the baseline, "Some questions can change your life"?

Answers

1. Aricent

2. Barclays Bank

3. Jazz

4. Arun Sarin, Chief Executive of Vodafone

5. Karnataka Bank

6. Mason & Summers

7. TrIdea

8. The last four stocks to move out of the BSE Sensex

9. You

10. The third edition of Kaun Banega Crorepati