Business Names

Question 1

The Securities Exchange Board of India Chairperson

Answer 1

Madhabi Puri Buch

Question 2

Expand SWIFT, the commonly used inter-banking messaging system that was discovered in 1973.

Answer 2

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication

Question 3

What is China’s alternative to SWIFT?

Answer 3

CIPS - Cross border Interbank Payment System

Question 4

Which company replaced the Indian Oil in the Nifty 50 index?

Answer 4

Apollo Hospitals

Question 5

Which bank was removed from the banking index (Nifty Bank) in place of RBL Bank?

Answer 5

Bank of Baroda

Question 6

What is Ukraine’s currency called?

Answer 6

Ukrainian Hryvnia

Question 7

Who is the President of Belarus?

Answer 7

Alexander Lukashenko

Question 8

Which cyber security company did Google acquire for $5.4 billion all-cash deal?

Answer 8

Mandiant

Question 9

Pharma company Biocon’s arm, Biocon Biologics, agreed to acquire which biosimilars company for $3.335 billion?

Answer 9

Viatrics

Question 10

Which was the first US bank to leave Russia amidst the Russia-Ukraine conflict?

Answer 10

Goldman Sachs

Question 11

What is the name of the CEO of Marks and Spencers that recently stepped down from his role?

Answer 11

Jack Rowe, after almost 40 years in the company where he joined straight from school.

Question 12

Who is replacing Jack Rowe as the CEO of Marks and Spencers?

Answer 12

Stuart Machin, the boss of M&S’ food business.

Question 13

Who stepped down as CEO of a Japanese company amid opposition to restructuring plans?

Answer 13

Sathoshi Tsunakawa, the former CEO of Toshiba

Question 14

Who stepped in as interim CEO of Toshiba?

Answer 14

Tara Shimada

Question 15

Who is the CEO of Amazon?

Answer 15

Andy Jassy

Question 16

What is the name of the telescope that will be replacing the Hubble Telescope?

Answer 16

James Webb telescope

Question 17

Who is known as the ‘SPAC king’ and recently resigned from the Virgin Galactic Chair?

Answer 17

Chamath Palihapitiya

Question 18

Who won the South Korean presidential elections and which political party does he belong to?

Answer 18

Yoon Suk-yeol from the People Power Party

Question 19

What is the name of William Ackman’s hedge fund?

Answer 19

Pershing Square Capital Management

Question 20

What is the name of Russia’s lead negotiator?

Answer 20

Vladimir Medinsky

Question 21

What is the name of the new CEO that was appointed by Colgate-Palmolive?

Answer 21

Prabha Narasimhan

Question 22

Who will Prabha Narasaimhan be replacing?

Answer 22

Ram Raghavan who will be moving onto a more global role.

Question 23

Who is the CEO of Japanese retail-chain UNIQLO?

Answer 23

Tadashi Yanai

Question 24

What is the name of the journalist identified to be shot by Russian forces in Irpin?

Answer 24

Brent Renaud

Question 25

Which South African airline got grounded due to violations of safety protocol by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)?

Answer 25

Comair which operates another airline called Kulula and has a licensing agreement with The British Airways

Question 26

Who is the Russian oligarch that owns Chelsea and had his assets frozen as part of the sanctions in the UK?

Answer 26

Roman Abramovich

Question 27

Who is the President of Brazil?

Answer 27

Jair Bolsanaro

Question 28

Which company is the world's largest producer of Nickel and Palladium?

Answer 28

Norilsk Nickel

Question 29

Who is the President and biggest shareholder of Norilsk Nickel?

Answer 29

Vladimir Potanin, a Russian oligarch that has yet not been sanctioned by the West.

Question 30

Which Indian company has a majority of its stake owned by Russia's Rosneft?

Answer 30

Nayara Energy

Question 31

Which is India's largest nuclear power station?

Answer 31

Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant

Question 32

Which logistics company did JD Logistics, a subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant, JD.com Inc, acquire?

Answer 32

Deppon Logistics Co.

Question 33

Who is the 'Big Shot' of Nickel that is suffering major losses right now with the commodity jumping 250%?

Answer 33

Xiang Guangda of Tsingshan Holding Group Co.

Question 34

Which Chinese company is facing record fine for Anti-Money laundering violations?

Answer 34

Tencent Payment Technology Co. is facing money laundering allegations over its WeChat Pay app.

Question 35

Which company board did former Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger take seat at?

Answer 35

Genies Inc.

Question 36

Who is former Wirecard CEO that has been charged by German prosecutors with suspected market manipulation?

Answer 36

Markus Braun

Question 37

Who is the CEO of Oatley?

Answer 37

Toni Petersson

Question 38

Who is the CEO of Hennez and Mauritz (H&M)?

Answer 38

Helena Helmersson

Question 39

To whose name did Roman Abramovich transfer his entities to shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine?

Answer 39

David Davidoch

Question 40

Which Chinese city is knows as China's Silicon Valley

Answer 40

Shenzhen City

Question 41

Who is the Finance Minister of the United Kingdom?

Answer 41

Rishi Sunak

Question 42

What is the real name of Foxconn?

Answer 42

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

Question 43

What is the name of the Nominee for Top Fed Banking regulator that stepped down amidst opposition from Republicans and a Key Democrat?

Answer 43

Sarah Bloom Raskin

Question 44

Who is the director of the Enforcement Division at Securities and Exchange Commission?

Answer 44

Gurbir Grewal

Question 45

Who is the Chairman of SEC?

Answer 45

Gary Gensler

Question 46

What is the name of the President of the Republic of Poland?

Answer 46

Andrzej Duda

Question 47

What are the Big Four Accounting firms?

Answer 47

Deloitte and Touche LLP, Ernst and Young LLP, KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP