{"id":13950,"date":"2016-07-26T08:29:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T08:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=13950"},"modified":"2016-07-26T08:43:44","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T08:43:44","slug":"fortune-global-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/fortune-global-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortune Global 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: How many Indian companies are mentioned in the recently released 2016 Fortune Global 500 list of the world&#8217;s biggest firms?<\/strong><br \/>\na) 8<br \/>\nb) 7<br \/>\nc) 11<br \/>\nd) 6<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 21 July 2016 American business magazine Fortune has released the list of 2016 Fortune Global 500 list of the world&#8217;s biggest firms.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The overall list was topped by Walmart with revenue of 482,130 million US dollars, followed by State Grid at Second place and China National Petroleum at the third place.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Others in the global top 10 companies include Sinopec Group (4th, $294,344 million), Royal Dutch Shell (5th, $272,156 million), Exxon Mobil (6th, $246,204 million), Volkswagen (7th, $236,600 million), Toyota Motor (8th, $236,592 million), Apple (9th, $233,715 million) and BP (10th, $225,982 million).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The world\u2019s 500 largest companies generated $27.6 trillion in revenues and $1.5 trillion in profits in 2015.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seven Indian companies have made it to the latest Fortune 500 list of the world\u2019s biggest corporations in terms of revenue.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">State-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) ranked highest at 161st with revenues of US $ 54 711 million.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Second and third biggest Indian firms in revenue were Reliance Industries (RIL) with revenues of US $ 43437 million and Tata Motors Ltd with revenues of US $ 42 092 million with 215th and 226th ranks respectively.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Bank of India (SBI) with revenues of US $ 41,681 million India&#8217;s largest bank in terms of customer base came fourth after Tata Motors to occupy the 232nd rank.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) with the revenue of US $ 29,082 million is ranked 358th and Hindustan Petroleum Corp with the revenue of US $ 28 689 million ranked 367th were placed as the fifth and sixth, respectively.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The surprise entry from India at the seventh position is Bengaluru-based Rajesh Exports at 423rd rank with revenue of US $ 25 224 million, that has replaced ONGC in the list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/beta.fortune.com\/global500\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/beta.fortune.com\/global500<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/beta.fortune.com\/fortune500\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/beta.fortune.com\/fortune500<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/companies\/7-indian-companies-on-fortune-s-list-116072100447_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/companies\/7-indian-companies-on-fortune-s-list-116072100447_1.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: How many Indian companies are mentioned in the recently released 2016 Fortune Global 500 list of the world&#8217;s biggest firms? 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