PEPSI – Aviation ,FMCG AND Education

Annapurna.Divate

Q1. Airlines expected to lose $5.2 billion this year. Why?

Ans.The International Air Transport Association said Wednesday it predicts

airlines will lose $5.2 billion this year as oil prices remain high and demand
weakens, and suggests this weak financial performance will continue in 2009.

Q2. FAA stands for

Ans. Federal Aviation Administration

Q3. What do you mean by ICAO positions?

Ans. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is an arm of the United
Nations dedicated to increasing the safety and security of international civil
aviation. ICAO addresses basic issues ranging from air navigation and capacity to
environmental concerns, and plays a major role in standardizing aviation
procedures so that they are the same everywhere in the world.

Q4.Lufthansa Moves to Take Over Brussels Airlines

Ans. BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — Germany's Lufthansa AG has moved to take

over Brussels Airlines, purchasing a 45 percent stake in the holding company
that owns the Belgian carrier for 65 million euros ($91.4 million).The deal gives
Lufthansa the option to take over all of Brussels Airlines in 2011 for a price not
exceeding 250 million euros ($351.6 million).

Q5. Big UK Tour and Airline Group Collapses. Why?

Ans. LONDON (AP) — Thousands of British travelers were stranded when the
country's third-largest tour operator collapsed under pressure from high fuel
prices and a sagging economy.

Q6. Airlines seen facing winter survival battle

Ans. European airlines face a cut-throat battle to survive the winter as recession
threatens the recipe many have used to ride out a spike in oil prices -- sharing
the pain with consumers by slapping on fuel.

Q7. Air France strike causes chaos

Ans. Severe disruptions to Air France flights are expected after pilots began a
four-day strike against legal changes to the retirement age.

Q8. Airlines say no to lower fares

Ans.The cash-strapped airline industry is not yet ready to reduce airfares despite
the cut in jet fuel prices, saying that the heavy losses that accumulated during
the past several months, when the prices peaked, were still to be recovered. The
impact of the cut will be evaluated before a decision is taken to pass on the
benefits to the air traveller -- this was the common refrain of most airline
executives contacted for their reaction on the reduction in aviation turbine fuel
prices, bringing them at par with the price level of September 2007.

Q9. Aviation Turbine Fuel prices cut by 12%

Ans. State-run oil companies on Saturday cut aviation turbine fuel prices by over
12 per cent or Rs 5,580 per kilolitre in line with fall in international oil prices. Jet
fuel price in Delhi was cut by Rs 5,585.19 per kl to Rs 39,380.51 per kl with
effect from midnight tonight, an official of Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest
fuel retailer.

Prices have been lowered further because oil companies have now shifted to
fixing rates in every 15 days instead of the previous practice of revising the
prices based on average oil price in the preceding month.ATF price in Mumbai,
home to the busiest airport in the country, will come down to Rs 40,687.42 per kl
from Rs 46,518.85 per kl.

Q10. Air France pilot strike causes major disruption

Ans. PARIS: Air France passengers around the world suffered cancellations and
long delays Friday as pilots began a costly four-day strike to protest new rules
that will make them work until the age of 65.

Q11. Boeing says 787 test flight delayed due to strike

Ans. PITTSBURGH - Boeing Co. said Tuesday the first test flight of its long-
delayed 787 jetliner has been postponed until next year due to an eight-week
strike by union workers.

Q12. Air Traffic Control Specialists

Ans. Fully 33,000 people, or 75 percent of all FAA employees, are part of the
agency's Air Traffic Organization. These people are air traffic controllers and
associated staff. Most Air Traffic Control Specialists are not pilots, and they do
not need to be. Controller jobs are among the most sought-after billets within the
FAA. The FAA has launched a major recruiting and training drive to replace aging
controllers, who must legally retire at 56 years of age. Pay begins at $33,100 a
year, and rises as the new controller completes successive phases of training.
Senior controllers can earn more than $100,000 annually. There is also a
comprehensive benefits package and near-total job security.

Q13. XL Leisure's travel brands

Ans. XL Leisure's brands included XL Airways UK, Excel Aviation Ltd., Explorer
House Ltd., Aspire Holidays Ltd., Freedom Flights Ltd., Freedom Flights (Aviation)
Ltd., The Really Great Holiday Company PLC, Meddle Hotels Ltd., Travel City
Flights Ltd., and Kosher Villa Holidays PLC.

Vrunda K

Current News of Aviation Sector

1. What is the amount that Southwest Airlines will bid to buy bankrupt ATA
Airlines in order to obtain its rights to operate at New York's LaGuardia
Airport?
ANS: USD$7.5 million

2. Which country’s airlines are caught between the competing influences of

cheaper jet fuel and flagging travel demand?
ANS: US airlines

3. Which Airline has decided to cut up to 200 full-time jobs in response to

falling passenger numbers?
ANS: National carrier Air New Zealand

4. Which country has been awarded Germany's Fraport two contracts worth
SAR417.5 million riyals (USD$111.3 million)?
ANS: Saudi Arabia (Saudi Airport Contract)

5. Which country’s airport will be Handling about 58 million passengers this

year, up from 53 million in 2007, and the total is likely to rise another 10
percent next year?
ANS: Beijing Airport

6. Which aviation has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Alcatel-

Lucent's 20.8% stake in THALES for 38 euros per share?
ANS: DASSAULT AVIATION

7. To which country does LION AIR Belongs?

 ANS: Indonesia

8. What does GREEN AVIATION include?

ANS: 'green' aviation, including alternative fuel developments, ways to
use green initiatives to aid a company’s bottom line and a review of
new European regulatory mandates and agencies.

9. Who is the head of Corporate Environmental Affairs for the Society of

British Aerospace Companies?
ANS: Dr Mark Watson

10. Which airline group has entered contract with Canadian

manufacturer Bombardier about deferring deliveries of Q400 turboprop
aircraft to its Horizon Air unit?
ANS: Alaska Air Group

Multiple Choice Questions on Current Education in

India

1. What can be christened as an art of conducting and directing

modern day organization, businesses and other related activities?

Ans---Management

2. According to National Sample Survey resources allocated to

education sector in the 10th five year plan (2002-2007) were
increased by 76% to Rs __________ crores from Rs 24,098 crore in the
ninth plan.

Ans---43,825 crores
 3. Which US University has signed an agreement with India’s Amrita University to
encourage their faculty to teach satellite-transmitted courses in India?

Ans---Princeton University

4. Expenditure on higher education in India as a percentage of its GDP has

remained stagnant at _________ over last few years, according to Assocam?

Ans---0.37%

5. In the light of global economic cues, the _________________ recently concluded

its summer placement for 2008

Ans---IIM-L (Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow)

6. Name some of the colleges out of 17 colleges recognized by Medical Council of

India (MCI)?

Ans---MGM Medical College at Navi Mumbai, Government Medical College (GMC)

at Latur and Miraj, NDMVPS Medical College at Nashik and four other undergraduate
colleges across the state.

7. Which are the five city-based schools are planning to introduce exchange
programme with UK Institutes?

Ans---Smt Sulochanadevi Singhania School, Kendriya Vidyalaya Powai, Gopi Birla

Memorial High School, St. Columba High School and Udayanchal High School.

8. _____________ ranked Best B-School in India

Ans---IIM Bangalore

9. ______________ has proposed to launch value added tailor-made courses which

have demand in the market.

Ans---Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

10. What are the percentage of GDP spent on higher education in countries like US, UK
and China?

Ans---US- 1.41%, UK-1.07% and China-0.50%

Sunita H Choudhary

1) The Jet Airways is planning to expand its existing fleet size from 67 aircrafts
to________ aircrafts by 2008.

Answer: - 79

2) Jet Airways was introduced as an ___________ operator in the year 1992.

Answer: - "air taxi"

3) Our mission to become India's preferred low-cost airline with lowest airfares having
the highest consumer value, it hopes to feed everyone's dream of flying.

Answer: - SpiceJet Airline

4) Air Sahara is now known as_______________________

Answer: - JetLite airlines

5) On November 17th Vijay Mallya said he has asked the government to let foreign
airlines buy up to _____________% in domestic carriers.

Answer: - 25%

6) The boom in the aviation sector is likely to generate nearly _____________jobs by

the year 2010, According to the study conducted by Associated Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (Assocham).

Answer: - 2.5 lakh

7) Full service airlines Air India, Jet and Kingfisher lost anywhere up to Rs
______________crore daily in the five months from April to August when fuel prices
were very high.

Answer: - Rs 11 crore

8) Currently states levy 30% sales tax that made ATF expensive in high crude price
days, while the aviation industry is fearing a loss of ____________in the current
financial year.
Answer:- $2 billion

9) Independent LCCs (low-cost carriers) have lesser losses and have removed congestion
surcharge of Rs _________ apart from not levying the transaction fee of Rs ______
on each ticket.

Answer: - 150 and 350 respectively

10) Since its launch of trans-Atlantic service in 2007, Jet Airways has been recognised by
Condé Nast Traveler as one of the world's top three "________________________"
in its 2008 Readers Choice Awards Survey.

Answer:- foreign airlines operating foreign routes

11) Jet Airways has appointed _____________________as its acting general manager for
Canada.

Answer: - B. Chandrashekar

12) On Wednesday, Boeing announced plans to cut approximately _____ positions at its
Integrated Defense Systems facility in the Kansas community during 2009.
Answer: - 800 positions
13) Fighting Economics with Innovation: New Hawkers, New King Airs Icing
On The Cake! HBC Receives Brazilian Order Worth Nearly ____________by 2008.
Answer: - $200M
14) Saudi Arabia has awarded Germany's Fraport two contracts
worth_______________________, state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday.

Answer: - SAR417.5 million riyals (USD$111.3 million)

15) Beijing Airport will handle about _____________passengers this year, up from 53
million in 2007.

Answer: - 58 million

16) Brazilian airline Gol reported a net loss of _______________________for the third
quarter versus a net profit of BRR49.4 million in the year-earlier period.

Answer: - BRR474.4 million reais (USD$209 million)

17) India's Kingfisher Airlines has requested the government allow foreign airlines to buy
up to ____________in Indian carriers, and said foreign airlines have expressed
interest in buying a stake in it.

Answer: - 25 percent

18) How much money the Kingfisher Airlines pays part of the state owned airport
operation

to authority of india(AAI).

Answer:- Rs 286 Crore

Education sector:-
1) Expand AIEEE
 Answer: - All India Engineering Entrance Examination

2) Sale of CAT 2008 Application Forms makes IIMs richer by how many crores.

Answer: - 23 Crore

3) Engineering Colleges in Maharashtra fined upto _________crore

Answer :-3 Cr.

4) Microsoft Launches DreamSpark: Indian Students Get Access to Technical Software

at No Charge – who Talks to Students About the Use of Technology in Improving
Lives

Answer :-Bill Gates

5) According to the report, over how many students eligible to pursue higher education
in India are out of its ambit and the poor and uneven infrastructure is one of the key
reasons behind it.

Answer: - 170 million students

6) “By the end of fiscal 2009, education sector will have received total FDI of Rs
___________.

Answer: -Rs 1,000 crore

7) Commented Eugene Koshy, COO of Altanmiya expects _________internat rate of

return on their investment in Prolific Systems.

Answer: -15 per cent

8) The Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) will launch statewide __________to
draw the attention of teachers, students and parents to the situation prevailing in the
education sector in the State.

Answer: - `jathas'

9) New Indian Business School (ISB) Campus at ________The ISB campus proposes to
have 280 seats in its Post Graduate Programme.

Answer :- Mohali

10) GATE 2009 Application deadlines - Common Proficiency Test (CPT) goes online in
December ICAI plans to hold the Common Proficiency Test online in 11 cities in
December Some of the one lakh Chartered Accountancy aspirants registering for the
Institute of Chartered Accounts of India’s (ICAI’s) entrance test may attempt it online
for the first time, in ________________this December.
 Answer :- 11 cities

FMCG Sector :-

1) The fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector would witness over
________growth in the semi-urban and urban areas, according to an analysis carried
out by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India on `Future
prospects of FMCG'.

Answer: - 40 per cent

2) The size of the sector would go up from the present Rs 38,500 crore to Rs
_____________by 2010, says the analysis Associated Chambers of Commerce.

Answer: - 50,000 crore

3) In urban India alone, the sector would witness over 100 per cent growth with its size
increasing to Rs 35,000 crore by 2010 from the present Rs ________.

Answer: - 16,500 crore

4) FMCG sector is expected that lifestyle category will see a growth of more than
__________during the first quarter of FY 2008-09.

Answer: - 20 per cent

5) FMCG products continued to show good momentum aided by buoyant demand in

rural markets worth__________________, says the survey Associated Chambers of
Commerce.

Answer: - Rs 27,369 crore

Meghana.Mundgod
FAQ’S ON AVIATION INDUSTRY

1) Air China warned that potential losses from its fuel hedging contracts had
tripled to ___________ million from the third quarter as energy prices
slumped on the back of the global economic slowdown.

Ans: USD $ 454

2) The __________ carrier which has a cross-shareholding with Cathay
Pacific, said if oil prices remained low it might be able to gradually make
up for the losses with savings from buying fuel at low prices on the spot
market.

Ans: Chinese

3) Which are the various Airline company/companies in China?

Ans: All of the above

4) “Fares rose by almost half last year but should start coming down by the
New Year”, who said these words at a conference.

Ans: Praful Patel

5) Who is the chairman of top domestic airline Jet Airway?

Ans: Naresh Goyal

6) _____________ said it plans to cut flights even further next year as it

sees more signs of air travel demand slipping.

Ans: Delta airlines

7) __________KLM is considering legal steps against the Austrian state

holding company's planned process for the sale of Austrian Airlines

Ans: Air France

8) ____________ said, it plans to cut flights even further next year as it sees
more signs of air travel demand slipping.

Ans: Delta Airlines

9) Marsans agreed in July to sell _____________and its Austral unit to the

government

Ans: Aerolineas Argentinas

10) who was president of the Air Line Pilots Association from 1999 to
2006

Ans: Duane Woerth

11) The three airports tapped a total of ___________million in federal
airport improvement program funds for their new runways

Ans: USD$643

12) __________is scouting around for more acquisitions following the

integration of the UK regional arm of British Airways, despite the
massive downturn affecting the industry.

Ans: British airline Flybe

13) BMI was taken over last month by Lufthansa, fulfilling a long-
standing agreement between the German carrier and BMI. Who is the
founder of BMI

Ans: Michael Bishop

14) The high court declined to hear an appeal by ___________ that

people who are "functionally disabled by obesity" deserve to have two
seats for one fare.

Ans: Canadian airlines

15) Bombardier said it had signed a contract with Ethiopian Airlines

for eight turboprop aircraft worth about___________.

Ans: USD$242 million

16) The union that represents __________at Southwest Airlines said it

will begin informational picketing on Thursday afternoon at Houston's
Hobby Airport after contract negotiations stalled over wages.

Ans: 7,200 workers

17) The carrier had launched a redundancy program to cut over 1,200
jobs and outsource them to third parties to help stem losses, leading trade
union _________to ballot for strike action.

Ans: SIPTU

19) who is the airline's bankruptcy commissioner?

Ans: Augusto Fantozzi

 20) All 187 people on board and 12 people on the ground died when
the TAM Airbus A320 overshot a recently repaved runway at
__________Airport in July of 2007.

Ans: Sao Paulo's Congonhas

21) Who is the chief executive of Lufthansa?

Ans: Wolfgang Mayrhuber

22) The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency

safety mandate to check fuel pumps on more than 560 Boeing
_______flown by US carriers.

Ans: 737 airliners

Ashwini

Current News on Aviation Sector

1 What percent Interest in Air Canada to maximize the value for over
Shareholders?

ANS: 75%

2 To what extent did the Airline share have fallen?

ANS: 85%

3 Due to what reason operating income was dropped?

ANS: Due to high fuel Price

4 When International Exhibition “Indian Aviation 2008” was conducted?

ANS: October 15th

5 How much Air Canada posted a third quarter loss?

ANS: C$132million

6 Expand DGCA

ANS: Direct General of Civil Aviation

7 What is the aim of CAA

ANS: Creating “World class, Global Scale Pilot Training

8 Expand CAA

ANS: Chines Aviation Academy

9 How many employees did Jet Airways announced to cut their operational
costs?

ANS: 1900

10 What is the strength of staff in Indian Airlines?

ANS: 23000

Riyazudin

1) ______________of Kotak Securities is of the view that one can ignore FMCG, pharma space.

R Venkat Subramanian

2) Dabur India has roped in ________to endorse its flagship brand Chyawanprash

MS Dhoni
3) Who is the young actress that Cola India has appointed as new brand ambassador for ‘Fanta’?

Genelia D’Souza

4) Godrej Hershey Ltd has just signed on _______as the brand ambassador for its new Chocolaty
Candy – ‘Maha Choco’.

MS Dhoni

5) KavinCare is currently beaming a high-voltage television campaign featuring cine star Asin (of
Gajani fame) to promote, in Indian market.
Which brand they are promoting in the Indian market place?

‘Fairever’

6) Who is BSNL’s new press ads with the tagline ‘Connecting India?

Deepika Padukone

7) ITC has chosen ___________to endorse its soap brand.

Deepika Padukone

8) Who said the fallowing line?

"We will use the increased profitability to invest in brands, give something back to the consumer in the way
of offers, schemes..."

Hoshedar Press, ED, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd,

9) Who said the fallowing line?

"There is no pressure now on increasing prices. If raw material prices stabilize at lower levels, then we will
have offers like 25% more soap free, or some product free on a pack of two soaps."

Wipro Consumer Care, spokesperson

10) Marico had raised Parachute Oil prices by___________

5-6%

11) Sales from MTC formats account for over 30 per cent of revenue for the retail players, and have started
to contribute larger volumes for ______players.

FMCG

12) Who said the fallowing line?

"By 2010, we expect sales through modern trade to contribute around 10 per cent to our turnover; therefore
it is a very important channel for us. It also helps us reach out to our target audience in a unique manner and
create a relationship with the brand,"

Aditya Kapoor, general manager, modern trade and CSD, GSKCH.

 13) Who said the fallowing line?
"We recorded 50-70 per cent more sales in the controlled modern trade unit, compared to a regular retail
unit when we launched Ezee-Bright & Soft this year,"

V Suresh, vice-president, marketing, GCPL.

14) Who said the fallowing line?

"The consumer who enters a modern retail store is more exposed to the choice of products. Thus, he can
make a choice of buying a bigger pack that lasts a month in place of a smaller one that he would pick on
other days."

Ranju Kumar Mohan, vice-president, sales & marketing, Henkel India

FMCG [Fast Moving Consumer Goods]

Frequently Asked Questions:

1. How much rise has been observed in Agriculture sector?

Ans: 2% of GDP.

2. Customs duty on food processing machinery and their parts is being reduced from
-----------?

Ans: 7.5% to 5%.

3. Excise duty on food mixes, including instant food mixes, has been reduced from ------?

Ans: 16% or 8% to NIL.

4. FMCG companies spend a lot of money on ---------- and----------. Exclusion of samples

and displays from FBT will help them in promoting their products

Ans: Advertising and brand building.

5. What is the factor that will add marginally to the tax burden of all FMCG
companies?

Ans: The education cess.

6. FMCG companies are largely affected by--------------- and are resorting

to price increases on selective brands while juggling advertisement
spends between brands.

Ans: Inflation.

7. Hindustan Unilever (HUL), GlaxoSmithkline Consumer Healthcare

(GSKCH), Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL), Dabur, Nestle and other
FMCG companies are lining up initiatives to maximize returns from
------------------------.

Ans: Modern trade channels (MTC).

8. PepsiCo India has snapped ties with ------------ the for its Quaker Oats brand of
breakfast cereals.

Ans: JWT-owned Fortune Communications.

9. Kolkata-based FMCG company, Emami Ltd is looking at-----------addition to its total

turnover from the winter brands for the season.
Ans: 30 per cent.

10. How much is the sales figure that is achieved by FMCG during the
year 2007-2008?

Ans: Rs 854.7 billion.

Sneha

1. Dabur to buy 72.15% in Fem Care ___________

Pharma

2. Coke may team up with __________

Daredevils

3. FCPL
Fem Care Pharma

4. Dabur to buy _____________ in Fem Care Pharma

72.15%.

5. Pepsi snaps ties with_______________, ropes in BBDO

JWT for Quaker

6. Emami looking at ______ addition to turnover from winter brands

30%

7. __________asks govt to offer stimulus package for India Inc

Godrej

8. ___________to cut fares by 12% in December

Air India
9. (NACIL)
National Aviation Company of India

10.Global economic woes negate effect of lower ______________

crude oil