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Corporate Organizations and Industry
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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
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Banks
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Railways
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Water supply
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Airways
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Big Pictures
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Small Pictures
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Reliance Pictures
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Ambani Pictures
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Explanation
Big Pictures is the movie production arm of Reliance Big Entertainment, which is part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. It produces films across multiple languages.
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Network marketing
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Business process outsourcing
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Medical tourism
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Film industry
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Outsourcing is popularly associated with IT-enabled services (ITES) and is also known as business process outsourcing (BPO). It is one of the largest job providers in India.
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Horizontal merger
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Product extension merger
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Market extension merger
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Vertical merger
B
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Market extension merger takes place between two companies that deal in the same product, but in separate markets.
Product extension merger takes place between two business organisations that deal in products that are related to each other and operate in the same market.
Horizontal merger occurs between firms who operate in the same space, often as competitors, offering the same goods or service.
A vertical merger occurs when two or more firms, operating at different levels within an industry's supply chain, merge operations.
Merger of an alcohol manufacturing firm with a cigarette manufacturing firm is an example of a product extension merger.
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Avon cycles
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Hero Cycles
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Hercules Cycles
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Atlas Cycles
C
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Hercules Cycles, a major Indian bicycle manufacturer, has received the prestigious 'Top Exporter Award' for its export performance. This award recognizes companies that have made significant contributions to India's export sector. The other options (Avon, Hero, Atlas) are also bicycle companies but Hercules is specifically noted for this achievement.
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VSNL
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Silverline
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SIFY
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Infosys
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HCL
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Infosys became the first Indian company to be listed on NASDAQ in March 1999. The listing was a milestone event that opened the door for many other Indian IT companies to access international capital markets. Infosys' American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) began trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol INFY.
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ONGC
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Indian Oil
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Reliance Industries Ltd.
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State Bank of India
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Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has been India's leading company by market capitalization across most sectors, driven by its dominance in petrochemicals, refining, and later oil & gas exploration, making it the most valuable Indian company by M-cap.
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eBay Inc.
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Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
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Rakuten
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Best Buy Co.
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JD.com
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To provide global platform to Indian Small and Medium Enterprises, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) sign an agreement with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
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TCS
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HCL Technologies
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Wipro
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Infosys
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Cognizant
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Option (1) is the correct answer.
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Reliance Life Insurance
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HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited
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Life Insurance Corporation
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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company
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Birla Sun Life Insurance
C
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Option (3) is the correct answer.
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Flipkart
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Myntra
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HomeShop18
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Snapdeal
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ShopClues
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Explanation
Option (4) is the correct answer.
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Mittal Steel
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Caparo
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Vedanta Resources
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Hindalco
C
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Explanation
Vedanta Resources (now Vedanta Limited) is an Indian metals and mining company listed on the London Stock Exchange while maintaining its principal operations in India. It was founded by Anil Agarwal and has grown through acquisitions to become a major global natural resources company. Vedanta operates across India, Africa, and Australia in zinc, aluminum, copper, iron ore, and oil and gas.
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Citigroup
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AIG
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Generali
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Cardiff
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SBI Life Insurance Company Limited was formed as a joint venture between State Bank of India (SBI) and BNP Paribas Cardiff. The Cardiff option represents this partnership, making it the correct answer.
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Honda Motors India
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Toyota
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Tata Motors
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Fiat
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Explanation
Tata Motors collaborated with ISRO to develop hydrogen-fuelled buses for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. This was part of India's green transportation initiative. Honda and Toyota are international auto companies, while Fiat is Italian.
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Tata Group
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HCL Technologies
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Wipro
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C-DAC
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Eka was developed by Computational Research Laboratories (CRL), a subsidiary of Tata Group. In 2008, Eka was ranked the world's 4th fastest supercomputer. C-DAC developed PARAM supercomputers, while HCL and Wipro are IT companies.