Smart Quiz

1. This semi-pro baseball player-turned-financier formed a partnership with a soda fountain equipment businessman and started an investment bank with the philosophy of 'bringing Wall Street to Main Street.' Who was he?
   
   • Charles Schwab
   • Marcus Goldman
   • Morgan Stanley
   • Charles Merrill
2. The Reserve Bank of India became a state-owned institution in?
   
   • 1952
   • 1949
   • 1954
   • 1947
3. ABN Amro and State Bank of India were involved in establishing a feat on January 1, 1999. What was it?
   
   • First Euro transaction
   • First online fraud
   • First money transfer to the moon
   • First online money transfer
4. Which of the following companies acquired Ezee, Trilo and Key from Cussons India?
   
   • Godrej Soaps
   • Nirma
   • Hindustan Levers
   • Proctor & Gamble
5. Which English economist wrote 'The general theory of employment, interest and money' which theorises that government spending should increase during a slow economy and decrease and pay off debt during a good economy?
   
   • Milton Friedman
   • John Stuart Mill
   • Paul Volcker
   • John Keynes

ANSWERS

1. Charles Merrill
2. 1949
3. First Euro Transaction
4. Godrej Soaps