This document appears to be a finance quiz containing multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about companies, people, and events related to the finance industry. Some of the questions ask about the ticker symbol of Citibank, the founding of Wells Fargo, the date known as "Black Tuesday" that marked the start of the Great Depression, and the name of the first Indian woman CEO of a foreign bank. Other questions ask about people like Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Warren Buffett, and Raghuram Rajan, as well as companies and organizations like Tata Motors, Lodestone, HDFC, Bureau of International Settlements, and Sahara.
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On March 18, 1852, in New York City, two persons
and others signed articles of association for a joint
stock company to do a banking and express
business in distant California. Rushing for gold and
silver in the West, overland by pony and
stagecoach,
coming
through
for
miners, merchants, farmers and ranchers, building
on the frontier, offering “Ocean-to-Ocean” service
by 1888, X. grew with the nation and is part of
American History. Identify x.
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Economic
historians
usually
attribute the start of the Great
Depression
to
the
sudden
devastating collapse of US stock
market prices on October 29, 1929.
This day is known as……..
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12. An IIM A pass out, she became a
contender for the managing
director and CEO's position. at
ICICI Bank in 2009. She was up
against the equally high profile and
meritorious Chanda Kochhar - and
Kochhar was eventually selected.
She is now the MD and CEO of
one of the major banks in India.
Who is “she” and what is the name
of the bank
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14. Born in Bhopal to a South indian
family. He graduated from IIT Delhi
with a bachelor’s degree in
electrical
engineering.
He
completed his pgdba at iim a in
1987. he received his phd at mit in
1991 for his thesis titled “essays on
banking”. He recently acquired a
very important post in the north
block. Name the person.
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Who is known as the “orcale of
omaha”?
And his famous quote is "Rule
No.1: Never loss money, Rule
No.2: Never forget the Rule No.1"
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A Company has looked east and
roped in General Motors veteran
Karl Slym as its managing
director, name the company.
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There was an argument about CRR
among two dignities. It was also in
the news recently. Name the 2
person involved in the Argument.
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These
two
deutsche
bank
towers have a very
crafty name.
the two aspects of
every
financial
transaction.
Guesses please.
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A Company very recently have
converted the warrants issued
along
with
non-convertible
debentures (NCDs) in August 2009
into equity shares, Name the
Company.
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This international organization of
central banks fosters international
monetary and financial cooperation
and serves as a bank for central
banks. It is responsible for framing
the famous BASEL norms.
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Bureau of international settlements
(BIS)
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This Indian company floated an
issue of this controversial financial
instrument in 2008 and collected a
sum of around Rs 19000 cr till
2011. The company claims this
issue was a private placement and
not a public offer. Which company
am I talking about and name the
instrument.
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The books, Security Analysis and
The Intelligent Investor, which is as
"the greatest book on investing
ever written", introduced the world
to Mr. Market - the best investment
analogy in history.
The author of this book is the
mentor of Warren Buffet. Name this
person.
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42. The banking space has seen
considerable growth through the
ATMs, (approximately 87000 ATMs at
present) but the same has been
restricted
principally
to
the
urban/metro areas. Tier III to VI
unbanked/under banked areas have
not witnessed much ATM presence.
RBI has decided to permit non-banks
to set up, own and operate ATMs to
accelerate the growth and penetration
of ATMs in the country. What are such
ATMs called ?
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44. X was born on 29 July 1953, at Paneli
Moti, Rajkot district, in a Gujarati Jain family.
His early childhood was spent in
Kandivali, Mumbai, where his father was a
small-time businessman. Later, the family
moved to Raipur, Chattisgarh. X studied in
s.s kalibadi Higher Secondary School, in
Raipur.
He briefly worked for New India Assurance
Company, until he decided to trade in the
Stock Market of BSE and [NSE]. He went on
to create one of the biggest scams in indian
stock market history.
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What are fannie mae, ginnie mae
and freddie mac?
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Fannie mae - Federal National
Mortgage Association
Freddie mac - Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation
Ginnie mae - Government National
Mortgage Association
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Exchange traded funds (ETFS)
S&p 500 – Spiders
Dow Jones industrial average dia –
diamonds
Blackrock - ishare
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The Man Who Broke the Bank of
England because of his US$1
billion in investment profits during
the 1992 Black Wednesday UK
currency crisis.
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This bank came into existence
because of a merger between
Algemene Bank Nederland and
Amsterdamsche
and
Rotterdamsche Bank.
Name the bank.
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60. It traces its history to the 1850s, when
four
Gujarati
and
one
Parsi
stockbroker would gather under
banyan trees in front of Mumbai's
Town Hall. The location of these
meetings changed many times, as the
number
of
brokers
constantly
increased. The group eventually
moved to its current place in 1874 and
in
1875
became
an
official
organization known as 'The Native
Share & Stock Brokers Association'.
What?
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