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Corporate organizations and industry questions test knowledge of major Indian brands, IT companies, and recent corporate acquisitions. Topics cover brand ambassadors, company histories, and industry milestones. This section is vital for the general awareness preparation of banking and administrative exams.

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Corporate Organizations and Industry Questions

Multiple choice political science law and social justice justice effects of social inequalities and social justice now meeta knows

Which of the following company was related to Bhopal Gas Tragedy?

  1. Union Cyanate

  2. Union Carbide

  3. Carbide Union

  4. Cyanate Union
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was an industrial accident. It happened at a Union Carbide subsidiary pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal, India. On 3 December 1984, the plant released 42 tonnes of toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas, exposing more than 500,000 people to toxic gases.

Multiple choice political science law and social justice justice effects of social inequalities and social justice now meeta knows

Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) is a company which belonged to _________.

  1. Africa

  2. America

  3. Australia

  4. Arabia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) was a chemical company established in 1934. UCIL is a company belonged to America. In 1970 UCIL built a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, which gained worldwide attention as a result of the Bhopal gas tragedy. On December 3, 1984, a release of methyl isocyanate gas immediately killed approx three thousand people and led to the death of more than fifteen thousand in subsequent weeks.

Multiple choice civics haat (a weekly market) a weekly market role of market role of market/bazaar

What kind of retailer is Big Bazaar - a famous super store in India?

  1. Itinerant retailer

  2. Fixed shop retailer

  3. Either A or B

  4. Neither A nor B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Big Bazaar is a fixed shop retailer as they carry on their business at a fixed place where customers can reach and make their purchases.

Retailers purchase goods from the wholesalers and pass them on to the customers. Retailers are of many types and can be classified based on several categories. However, broadly they can be classified as Itinerant retailers and Fixed shop retailers.

  • Fixed shop retailers are those that carry on the business of sale of goods in fixed shops, where customers can easily reach and make purchases.
  • Itinerant or movable retailers are those that sell their goods by moving from place to place. They deal in low priced goods for regular use like vegetables, fruits, toys, etc. They are also known as hawkers, paddlers, street traders, etc.

Multiple choice development of industrial sector and major industries in karnataka industries of karnataka geography

There are prestigious companies like __, __ etc working in the IT sector in Bengaluru.

  1. Infosys, Wipro

  2. Reliance, Tata Motors

  3. Tech Mahindra, Oracle

  4. L&T, Hexaware Technologies
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational corporation that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. It has the main headquarter in Bengaluru, India.

Wipro Limited is an Indian Information Technology Services corporation headquartered in Bangalore, India.

Multiple choice commercial applications public sector enterprises meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public forms of business organisation - 2

Reliance Industries Ltd. was founded by _________.

  1. Anil Ambani

  2. Mukesh Ambani

  3. Akash Ambani

  4. Dhirubhai Ambani
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Reliance owns businesses across India engaged in energy, petrochemicals, textiles, natural resources, retail, and telecommunications.

Multiple choice commercial applications public sector enterprises meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public forms of business organisation - 2

Which of the following is public enterprise?
$1$. Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT)
$2$. Gas Authority of India (GAIL)

  1. $2$ only
  2. $1$ only
  3. Both $2$ & $1$
  4. Neither $1$ nor $2$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The government owned enterprises is called a public enterprise. It refers to any industrial or commercial undertaking which is owned and managed by central, state or local government and of which is the output is marketed. The examples are Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT), Gas Authority of India (GAIL).

Multiple choice commercial applications public sector enterprises meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public forms of business organisation - 2

In July $1997$, which of the following has not been identified as a 'navaratna' public sector enterprise?

  1. SAIL

  2. BHEL

  3. UTI

  4. ONGC
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

UTI Mutual Fund was carved out of the erstwhile Unit Trust of India as a SEBI registered mutual fund from 1 February 2003. 

The Unit Trust of India Act 1963 was repealed, paving way for the bifurcation of UTI into – Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India; and UTI Mutual Fund.

Multiple choice commercial applications public sector enterprises meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public forms of business organisation - 2

Which of the following is/are included in public sector enterprises as 'Navaratnas'?

  1. HPCL

  2. IOC

  3. MTNL

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A state-owned enterprise in India is called a public sector undertaking (PSU) or a public sector enterprise. 

These companies are owned by the union government of India, or one of the many state or territorial governments, or both. The company stock needs to be majority-owned by the government to be a PSU.

Multiple choice commercial applications public sector enterprises meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public forms of business organisation - 2

Ford, Toyota, Honda and Volkswagen, oil companies like Shell, BP and Exxon Mobil Technology companies like Dell, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Canon and food and drink companies such as Coca Cola and Mc Donalds can be classified as ______________.

  1. statutory corporation

  2. mutlinational corporation

  3. public sector corporation

  4. none of above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Ford, Toyota, Honda and Volkswagen, oil companies like Shell, BP and Exxon Mobil Technology companies like Dell, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Canon and food and drink companies such as Coca Cola and Mc Donalds can be classified as multinational corporation. A multinational corporation or multinational enterprise is a corporation enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can have unlimited scope for raising finance. Shares of multinational enterprise are freely transferable. It has facilities and other assets in more than one country.

Multiple choice commercial applications public sector enterprises meaning and objectives of public sector enterprises introduction to public sector organisations types of companies - private & public forms of business organisation - 2

Which company has a minimum paid-up capital of five lakh rupees or higher?

  1. Government Company

  2. Private Company

  3. Public Company

  4. Both (a) and (c)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
A public company, publicly traded company, publicly held company, publicly listed company, or public limited company is a corporation whose ownership is dispersed among the general public in many shares of stock which are freely traded on a stock exchange or in over the counter markets ,Paid-up capital is the amount of money a company has received from shareholders in exchange for shares of stock. Paid-up capital is created when a company sells its shares on the primary market, directly to investors.
Multiple choice superlatives (biggest, highest, largest, smallest) : india and world superlatives and first in india and world general knowledge

Which among the following is the highest ranked Indian firm in 2017 Forbes 'Global 2000' list ?

  1. State Bank of India

  2. Airtel

  3. Reliance Industries Ltd.

  4. ONGC
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In the 2017 Forbes Global 2000 list, Reliance Industries Ltd. was indeed the highest-ranked Indian company. Other firms like SBI and ONGC appeared on the list but held lower rankings.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government food security and related aspects food security rural development role of the government in health

The monopoly procurement agency of food grains in India is?

  1. State Trading Corporation

  2. NABARD

  3. Cooperatives

  4. Food Corporation of India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Food Corporation of India(FCI): FCI was set up on January $14$, $1965$ having its first District office at Thanjavur- rice bowl of Tamil Nadu - and headquarters at Chennai under the FCI Act $1964$ to implement the following objectives of the National Food Policy.
(i) Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers.
(ii) Distribution of food grains throughout the country for Public Distribution System.
(iii) Maintaining satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of food grains to ensure National Food security.

Multiple choice geography state of industries in india meaning and classification of industries industrialisation and urbanisation urbanisation

Bureau of Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) started its work on _________.

  1. 15 July, 1988

  2. 15 May, 1987

  3. 15 June, 1987

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) became operational on 15th  May, 1987 is an agency set up by the Government of India, in order to tackle the problem of industrial sickness through financial inclusion. 

Multiple choice industries in tamil nadu human geography in tamil nadu geography

Tamil Nadu Cements Corporation Limited (TANCEM) is wholly owned by _____.

  1. A private company

  2. A co-operative association

  3. Government of Tamil Nadu

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Tamil Nadu Cement Corporation Limited (TANCEM) is wholly owned by the Government of Tamil Nadu and manufacturers Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and Super Star Cement exceeding the requirements prescribed under the Indian standards.