Showing posts with label current affairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label current affairs. Show all posts

Monday, September 12

Question 53:An Impressive Resume

A textual long (google-able) factual question after a long time(This is not the kind that I would sponsor). The title is a paradox coz this guy dosen't need a job as becomes clear herein:
[sic] X is a United Kingdom born German businessman. X was the group Chief Executive of Y between January, 2010 and 9 September 2011
Born in London, X was raised in London, Bonn and Athens. His father was a German diplomat. X holds degrees in Economics from Bonn University, and in Aviation and Space Technology from Munich University of Technology.
On graduation in 1982, X joined McKinsey as a consultant in Munich

In 1986, he joined A where he held various leadership positions before becoming Managing Director of A's South Africa sector in 1996, and the board member responsible for all vehicle development projects in 1999.
In April 2001, X was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of B. 
In June 2004 he then became President of Z Europe, based in Zurich, Switzerland, as well as Chairman of the B Supervisory Board. Since April 2005 he also has been Chairman of C. On 1 January, 2006, he was additionally appointed Z's Vice President and a member of the Z Automotive Strategy Board, and took over the role as the senior-ranking executive for Z’s activities in Europe.

In November 2009, Z announced that it would retain ownership of its B subsidiary. X commented about Z’s decision not to sell the units to a certain company and in November 2009 Z confirmed that X would be leaving all positions with Z globally.

In 2010 Y announced that X has been appointed as the group CEO with overall responsibility for Y globally
Following a suprise announcement in September, 2011 it was revealed that X would step down from his group CEO role due to 'unavoidable personal circumstances'. However, he remains on the Y board of directors in a non-Executive capacity. Identify this person X who is in the news.
The points allotted depend on how many elements you can guess, although If you get one, the rest should be pretty easy.

Sunday, June 5

Question 47:Stairway to Heaven or Highway to Hell?

Person in the first pic(X) died recently.He assisted around 130 people to die in peace in his lifetime,also serving 8 years of prison for second degree murder.He fought for his patients rights to euthanasia.Identify,connect to second pic(Y) and explain please.


Friday, June 3

Question 45

Start things off with a simple one.



The term X refers to a cheque that has no numerical value entered but is already signed.It may also refer to the authority of a person to sign a treaty or convention on behalf of a soverign state.




Connect X and the pic and an event that happened on May 26th 2011.

Wednesday, January 5

Question 42

Identify this man and who he replaced just yesterday (i.e. on 3-1-11)

Friday, December 31

Question 41:Calculations gone wrong?

Towards the end of the year-
Sitter for this morning (Identify missing element. It is extremely easy and more so since all elements are arranged alphabetically and very conveniently)
Ab urbe condita-2763
Armenian-1459
Baha'i-166-167
Bengali-1417
Berber-2960
Buddhist-2554
Burmese-1372
Byzantine-7518-7519
Chinese-4646/4706-11-17 to 4647/4707-11-26
Coptic-1726-1727
Ethiopian-2002-2003
X-Y
Hebrew-5770-5771
Hindu-
1.Bikram Samwat-2066-2067
2.Shaka Samwat-1932-1933
3.Kali Yuga-5111-5112
Holocene-12010
Iranian-1388-1389
Islamic-1431-1432
Japanese-Heisei 22
Korean-4343
Thai-2553

Monday, December 27

Question 37

Very Important: A new question has been posted BEFORE this question. Do check it out.
Because I have nothing better to post right now:(It is impossible to view the pic clearly like this, so click to enlarge)Read carefully.

What is this all about?

Monday, November 22

Question 25

Identify these two men.

Answer:Balaji and Venkateswara rao of Venky's, the new owners of the Blackburn rovers.