Question

Some of the large deals entered into by IT majors in India (all are billion dollar deals) are listed here as options. Which one is not?

• A. TCS-Nielson
• B. Tech Mahindra-BT
• C. Infosys-BN AM O
• D. IBM-Bharti

Hint:

Three of the four pairings are real, widely reported billion-dollar contracts from the mid-2000s; one name does not match any confirmed deal.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

This is a pure recall question about landmark IT outsourcing contracts from the mid-2000s, so the fastest way through it is process of elimination using what is confirmed and widely reported.

1. TCS-Nielson: Confirmed. Tata Consultancy Services and Nielsen entered a large, multi-year BPO and technology contract that ran into billions of dollars over its life.
2. Tech Mahindra-BT: Confirmed. Tech Mahindra was born out of British Telecom's outsourcing needs, and BT remained a client generating billions in cumulative business over the years.
3. Infosys-BN AM O: Not a confirmed billion-dollar deal. Nothing in Infosys's known billion-dollar contract history lines up cleanly with this pairing, which sets it apart from the other three options.
4. IBM-Bharti: Confirmed. IBM's ten-year IT infrastructure management deal with Bharti Airtel, signed in the mid-2000s, was reported at roughly a billion dollars.

Three of the four options describe deals that are firmly established in business reporting from that period. The one that breaks the pattern is the Infosys pairing, since it cannot be matched to a genuine, confirmed billion-dollar contract.

Let's summarize:

• TCS-Nielsen, Tech Mahindra-BT, and IBM-Bharti are all real, well-documented billion-dollar IT deals.
• The Infosys pairing does not match any confirmed billion-dollar contract from that era.

So the deal that is not genuine on this list is option (C).