Question

In September 2018, and were all set to acquire Aditya Birla Groups Food and grocery retail chain, even as investment bank exited the consortium.

• A. Samara Capital, Amazon, Goldman Sachs
• B. Samara Capital, Alibabamazon, Barclays
• C. Soft Bank, Amazon, JP Morgan
• D. Softbank, Amazon, DeutscheBank

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

In the given question, we are tasked with identifying the correct consortium members involved in the acquisition of Aditya Birla Group's Food and grocery retail chain as of September 2018. According to the provided options, let's analyze to reach the correct answer:

• Samara Capital, Amazon, Goldman Sachs: This option lists Samara Capital and Amazon, both of which were involved in talks to acquire the retail chain in 2018, along with Goldman Sachs, which exited the consortium. Therefore, this option is correct.
• Samara Capital, Alibabamazon, Barclays: This option mentions "Alibabamazon," a fictitious entity, and Barclays, which were not part of the known discussions. Hence, this is incorrect.
• Soft Bank, Amazon, JP Morgan: This option includes Soft Bank and JP Morgan, neither of which were reported as participants in this particular acquisition. Thus, this is incorrect.
• Softbank, Amazon, DeutscheBank: This option lists Softbank and DeutscheBank, neither of which were involved in the acquisition. Therefore, this is incorrect.

Therefore, the correct answer is Samara Capital, Amazon, Goldman Sachs.

Answer 2

This one can be worked out by checking whether the names paired together in each option are actual companies that were reported in the media around September 2018, rather than trying to recall the whole story straight away.

1. Option A: Samara Capital and Amazon were the two buyers reported to be closing in on the Aditya Birla Group's "More" retail chain around that time, and Goldman Sachs was the investment bank that had been advising on the deal before stepping away. All three names check out.
2. Option B: "Alibabamazon" is not a real company at all, it reads like two unrelated names, Alibaba and Amazon, mashed together, and Barclays was not reported in this particular deal.
3. Option C: SoftBank and JP Morgan were active in other Indian deals around 2018, but neither was part of this specific retail acquisition consortium.
4. Option D: Softbank and Deutsche Bank also do not appear in the reporting around the More retail chain sale.

Since only the first option pairs real, correctly reported parties with the correct roles, that is the one that fits.

the correct answer is Samara Capital, Amazon, Goldman Sachs.