BUSINESS & INDUSTRY Current Affair-Feb/Mar 2012 for IBPS & CLAT

1. The Ministry of Environment andForests (MoEF) has granted clearance to Jindal Power Limited (JPL) for its2,400 MW power project at Tamnar, which is located in:
a. West Bengal
b. Jharkhand
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Chhattisgarh
2. IT fi rm Hexaware Technologies recentlybagge d a five-year outsourcing deal worth $250 millionfrom which one of thefollowing countries?
a. Germany
b. United Kingdom
c. France
d. Netherlands
3. Which of the following private sectorbanks has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Life Insurance Corporationof India (LIC) to allow policyholders to receive policy payments through ElectronicFunds Transfer?
a. ICICI
b. HDFC
c. Dhanlaxmi Bank
d. ING Vysya bank
4. Which one of the following DefencePublic Sector Undertakings received the prestigious Raksha Mantri's Awards in five categories for the year 2009-10?
a. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
b. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
c. Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)
d. Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML)
5. Siemens AG announced it woill invest250 million euro in India to develop new baseline products, especially for theIndianurban and rural markets, as part of its new global strategy. Siemens AGbelongs to which one of the following countries?
a. Italy
b. Germany
c. United States of America
d. Canada
6. Facing fi nancial pressure, which oneof the following companies recently has increased the international call ratetariffs by up to 10 per cent for some destinations for all customers andreduced certain benefits on add-on services for its pre-paid subscribers?
a. Vodafone
b. Tata Indicom
c. Airtel
d. Reliance
7. Titan Industries has acquired watchbrand Favre Leuba, which is based in:
a. Norway
b. Sweden
c. Spain
d. Switzerland
8. A US-based leading manufacturer ofhigh-technology integrated information, communication and sensor system solutions for military and commercial markets,has announced a joint venture with which one of the following Indian companies recently?
a. Mahindra Satyam
b. Mahindra & Mahindra
c. Wipro Technologies
d. Infosys
9. Japanese carmaker Nissan is setting upa diesel engine plant inside its manufacturing facility at Oragadam, which is located in:
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Karnataka
c. Rajasthan
d. Haryana
10. Lupin is going to acquire I'rom Co ofJapan. Lupin and the I'rom Co are related with which one of the followingsectors?
a. Power
b. Education
c. Transport infrastructure
d. Health
11. Recently, GE India appointed whom asthe President and CEO of its energy business in India?
a. Kishore Jayaraman
b. Banmali Agrawala
c. John L Frannery
d. Jeffery Immelt
12. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with which one of the following companiesto establish a joint venture company for the production of cold-rolled non-orientedproducts at Bokaro?
a. Nippon Steel
b. Gerdau
c. Evraz
d. POSCO
13. The Hinduja thermal power plant atPalavalasa is going to be established in which one of the following states?
a. Tamilnadu
b. Kerala
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Karnataka
14. Indian Railways recently signed acontract to carry out reconstruction of a 56-km rail line in which one of thefollowing countries?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Maldives
c. Bangladesh
d. Myanmar
15. Which state-owned company was accusedof making illegal profi ts by selling natural gas (allocated by the governmentto make LPG)to industries?
a. Indian Oil Corporation
b. GAIL
c. Oil India Limited
d. ONGC
16. Which one of the following cities hostedthe sixth International Conference on Aluminum in December 2011?
a. Indore
b. Bhubaneshwar
c. Hyderabad
d. Bengaluru
17. Which one of the following companies haslaunched the all-new ‘RAZR' handset?
a. Motorola
b. Nokia
c. Samsung
d. LG
18. Aditi Technologies has announced theacquisition of which cloud computing company?
a. Cumulux
b. HCL Cloud
c. PointBridge
d. iLink System
19. Recently, Sony, Toshiba and Hitachisigned a deal to merge their small and medium-sized LCD businesses and tocreate a new company under the name of:
a. International Display
b. Japan Display
c. Asia Displa
d. National Display
20. Which of the following companies hasentered into an agreement with Moscow-based IT security solution fi rmKaspersky Lab, to offer managed security services to telecom companies?
a. Tata Consultancy Services
b. Wipro
c. Infosys
d. Tech Mahindra/Mahindra Satyam







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