Corporate Organizations and Industry

Google India announced the winners of the third 'Google India Women in Engineering Award' on March 2, 2010 in Hyderabad recently. The winners are: Ankita Arvind Kejriwal, Kriti Sharma, Neha Kalekar, Ishani Parekh, Hunny Mehrotra, Chhaya Methani, Kirti Garg and Shruti Mahambre.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced that it had been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence for the design and construction of 36 high-speed interceptor boats for the Indian Coast Guard on March 22, 2010. The contract is valued at Rs. 977 crore.

The food and beverages segment had the highest 14 per cent share of the total advertising volume during 2009, according to an analysis by AdEx released on March 22, 2010. This segment was followed by the personal care and personal hygiene product segment and the services segment with 11 per cent and 6 per cent share respectively.

The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has included drug maker Cipla in its benchmark 30 share index Sensex by replacing Sun Pharmaceuticals. The change will come into effect from May 3, 2010.

The Mumbai-based Ajit Gulabchand promoted Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) acquire a 66 percent stake in Karl Steiner AG (KSAG), a services contractor in the Swiss real estate market, for Swiss Franc 35 million (Rs. 150 crore). KSAG is a 95-year-old private company that specialises in turnkey development of new buildings and refurbishments, and offers services in all facets of real estate construction.

Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd. (PHHL) is jointly owned by the Government of India (78.5%) and Oil & Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) (21.5%).

This question asks about the telecom company with largest investment, which is time-sensitive business information. The answer marked (Reliance Telecom) may have been correct historically but investment data changes frequently. Such questions are not durable.

Among the options, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) is a state-owned telecommunications company, while Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, and Reliance are major private players. The question asks which is NOT among the top three, and BSNL would be the correct answer as private operators typically lead in market share and innovation.

Both PepsiCo (led by Indra Nooyi at the time this data was current) and Adobe (led by Shantanu Narayen) have had Indian-origin CEOs. This makes option 'a & b' (both companies) the correct answer. Both Nooyi and Narayen are notable Indian-American business leaders who headed major multinational corporations.

JWT (J. Walter Thompson) handles the Airtel account. This is specific knowledge about advertising agency-client relationships in India. Airtel, being a major telecom brand, works with large established agencies like JWT for their advertising needs.

Reliance Industries has consistently been the Indian private sector company with the largest sales turnover for many years. This is based on its massive operations in petrochemicals, refining, and telecommunications.

Tata Motors acquired Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motors in 2008 for approximately $2.3 billion. This landmark acquisition marked Tata's entry into the luxury automotive segment.

Virgin Mobile entered the Indian market with an innovative 'Get Paid for Incoming Calls' model where subscribers received 10 paise per minute for incoming calls. This was a unique selling proposition that differentiated them from established players like Airtel, Vodafone, and Spice Telecom.