Monday, September 20, 2010

Business Quiz 4(Incognito)

1. Who is the Chairman of Mahindra Satyam?

2. Which company was originally called ‘PC’s Limited?

3. Which phone manufacturer gets its name from a river in Finland?

4. Bombay House is the headquarters of which Indian group?

*5 identify the personality












6. Identify the company with the tagline: EXPERIENCE THE NEXT GENERATION BANKING

7. Which subsidiary of IBM is the manufacturer of Thinkpad series notebooks?

8.Identify the company with the tgline: Quality in everything we do

9 What is the name of the Venture capital fund started by Infosys N.R.Narayana Murthy from a Tamil Root word?


*10. This person comes from a family of successful landlords and lawyers. After graduating in Science from Meerut College, he went to UK to pursue higher studies in Aeronautical Engineering. Along the line, he got selected in the Indian Army, by British Officers services Selection Board, UK. Subsequently, he joined the Indian Military Academy (I.M.A) at Dehradun. He thereafter was commissioned into The Deccan Horse - a renowned cavalry regiment of The Indian Army. Who is the person in discussion?

11. Which MNC has announced the appointment of top Microsoft executive Stephen Elop as its new CEO?

12. Who is the current MD and CEO of NSE?

13. What is the current name of the Japanese multinational corporation Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.?

14. Who was the CEO of Union Carbide during the Bhopal Gas Tragedy?

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16. Name the company that acquired Ranbaxy in November 2008 for a deal worth $4.6 billion?

17. “WMT “ is the ticker symbol of which company?

18. REEBOK is the subsidiary of which company?

19. Who designed the new Indian Rupee logo?

*20. In 1949, a young entrepreneur, K. M. Mammen Mappillai, opened a small toy balloon manufacturing unit in a shed at Tiruvottiyur, Madras (now Chennai). Although the factory was just a small shed without any machines, a variety of products, ranging from balloons and squeaking toys to industrial gloves and contraceptives, were produced. Which multi-billion dollar company had such a humble beginning?

21. Who is the current Minister of Commerce and Industry?

22. Who was TIME’s man of the year 2009?

23. The logo of which Indian bank features Kamdhenu - the divine cow, and Kalptaru - the divine tree; both denoting wish fulfillment?(it’s a bank’s logo)

24. In 2005 Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal founded a website which they later sold it to GOOGLE. Which is the site they created?

*25. Identify this personality














26. Founded by James Dorsey, Evan Williams and Biz Stone with more than 100million users this site has contributed to fame and shame of many personalities. Which is this famous site?

27…………. is an Italian automaker based in the small township of Sant'Agata Bolognese. It is now a subsidiary of Audi. Some of it's earlier cars are the Miura, Diablo and Countach.

28. Who has been appointed the new MD of Tata International?

**29.Who owns the Complan brand?

*30. Who is the official timekeeper for Commonwealth Games Deihi?

31. “That was easy” is the tagline of which company?

32. Originally called "The Haloid Photographic Company", which company was responsible for the invention of the computer mouse?

33.Connect: Audi, Skoda, Bentley, Bugatti

34. Identify the logo









*35. Who is the CEO of RIM(Blacberry)?

36. Namrata Films Enterprises and Lap Finance and Consultancy are owned by which famous politician.

37. Zain: Bharati Airtel :: ISP Infotel: …………

38. Who developed the famous free media player Winamp?

39. Expand: PVR?

*40. Who is the founder of SKS Microfinance?

Answers:
1. Vineeth Nayyar
2.DELL
3.Nokia
4.Tata
5.Robert Zoellick
6.South Indian Bank
7.Lenovo
8.Ernst & Young
9.Catamaram
10.KP Singh
11.Nokia
12.Ravi Narain
13.Panasonic
14.Warren Anderson
15.Boeing
16.Daiichi Sankyo
17.Walmart
18.Adidas
19.D Udaya Kumar
20.MRF(Madras Rubber Factory)
21.Anand Sharma
22.Ben Bernanke
23.Corporation Bank
24.You Tube
25.Mark Hurd
26.Twitter
27.Lamborghini
28.Noel Tata
29.Heinz
30.Tissot
31.Staples
32.Xerox
33.Volkswagen
34.Barclays
35.Mike Lazaridis
36.Sharad Pawar
37.RIL
38.NullSoft
39.Priya Village Roadshow
40.Vikram Akula

Monday, August 30, 2010

business quiz 3(ED)

1. Connect: Eric E Schmidt, BackRub, PageRank, California


2. Launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger X is currently the largest and most popular general reference works on the Internet. It is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual information webpage which is supported by a non-profit Foundation. Its 15 million articles (over 3.3 million in English) have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site. Identify X?


3. Identify the personality














4. Name the famous personality whose lectures delivered around the world has been published as a book A Better India: A Better World?


5. Who is the current Minister of Commerce and Industry?


6. In which South Korean company has Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake?


7. Sesa Goa : Vedanta :: Nat Steel:..........


8............... is an activity by which investors support entrepreneurial talent with finance and business skills to exploit market opportunity and thus obtain long-term capital gains?


9. Identify the logo:(Empowering the poor)











10. I dropped out of Reed College in 1972 but later continued there. On my visit to India I became a Buddhist. I am on the Board of Directors of Walt Disney. But I am known for another company that I created. Who am I?



Ans.
1.google
2.wikipedia
3. mark zuckerberg
4.Narayana murthy
5.Anand Sharma
6. Ssangyong
7.tata steel
8.venture capital
9.SKS Microfinance
10.steve jobs

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

business quiz 2

1.How do we better know Arthur & Anderson today?

2.Originally called “Haloid Photographic Company”, this company was the inventor of Mouse. Which Company is it?

3.NYSE:KFT is the ticker symbol of which Company?

4.Identify the Brand associated with the tagline “THE JEANS THAT BUILT AMERICA”.

5.Richard Branson is the brand ambassador of which company? (Note: not virgin group)

6.With what would you associate this picture?







7. NIKKEI is the stock market index for Stock Exchange of ________ .

8. Which company did Shree Renuka Sugar buy recently?

9. Identify the Brand associated with the tagline “THE STRENGTH TO BE HERE”.

10. John Abraham was the brand ambassador of this Brand which is now endorsed by Virat Kohali. Which Brand am I talking about?

11. Expand IBM.

12. What is the present name of Royal Airways India?

13. Expand YAHOO.

14. Connect: STEEL; CONGRESS; KURUKSHETRA.

15. How do we better know Blue Ribbon Sports Company today?

16. What do you call the option where a company has the right to issue shares more than its authorised capital, mentioned in the prospectus, on over subscription?

Identify these logos

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20. Bombay Stock Exchange: SENSEX, London Stock Exchange:__________

21. Adolf Adi Dassler: Adidas :: Rudolf Dassler: __________

22. Who is the highest paid CEO in India?

23. Who is the famous promoter of “Ciniblitz”?

24. Name the company that entered into contract with Dhoni for his commercial rights of Rs 210 crores?

25. Until 1925 Ford sold its car in only one colour. Which one?

26. Pramod Batra a graduate from Minnesotyta has written book called "Simple Management wisdom is more effective", who is the subject?

27. Who is the only Chartered Accountant to have received the prestigious Padma Shri s?

Identify these Personalities

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30.X is India’s second largest real estate company and Y is a Norway-based Company, the 6th largest mobile communications group in the world. They both now entered in to a JV to provide Telecommunication service in India, with the name Z. Y also has a JV with Grameen Telecom Corporation in Bangladesh with the name “Grameenphone”. Identify X, Y, Z

Answers:
1.Accenture
2.Xerox
3.Kraft Foods
4.Lee
5.Samsonite
6.Twitter
7.Tokyo,Japan
8.Equipav
9.AIG
10.Fast Track
11.International Business Machines
12.Spicejet
13.Y-YET A-ANOTHER H-HIERARCHIAL O-OFFICIOUS O-ORACLE
14.Naveen Jindal
15.Nike
16.Greenshoe Option
17.The World Bank
18.Eureka Forbes
19.Boeing
20.FTSE 100 Index(footsie)
21.Puma
22.Kalanidhi Maran
23.Vijay Mallya
24.Rhiti Sports Management
25.Black
26.Lalu Prasad Yadav
27.T.N. Manoharan
28.Warren Buffett
29.Ben Bernanke
30.X-Unitech Y-Telenor Z-Uninor

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

business quiz 1

1. Who is the famous CEO of Berkshire Hathaway?

2. X is one of India's largest steel producer and Y is a Anglo-Dutch steelmaker. X purchased Y for $7.6 billion. Identify X and Y?

3. Identify the personality?











4. Identify the company with the Tagline: "Zindagi ke saath bhi, Zindagi ke baad bhi"

5. Who is the present Governor of RBI?

6. Which is the oldest stock exchange in Asia?

7. Identify the logo:









8. Who is the author of Simply Fly?

9............ is a period of general economic decline; typically defined as a decline in GDP for two or more consecutive quarters. It’s accompanied by a drop in the stock market, an increase in unemployment, and a decline in the housing market.

10. Who is the President of World Bank?

11. Name the regulating body of Securities market in India?

12. Which is India's largest real estate developer (by value)?

13. Name the latest company (American Multinational Corporation that manufactures a wide range of consumer goods) that became the sponsors of Olympics?

14. Connect: Sterlite. Sesa Goa. Hindustan Zinc Ltd. BALCO

15. Name the famous Bangladeshi banker and economist who won Nobel Prize for microfinance?

16. Which Indian company holds the (top rank among Indian companies) 125th position among FORTUNE 500 companies?

17. Name the Indian company that was acquired by Daiichi Sankyo?

18. Which is the parent company of Pantaloons Retail India?

19. Founded by Sam Walton X is the largest company public corporation by revenue. Identify X.

20. Name the international chain of Hotel which was in trouble after Rajasthan High Court ruled a case against them alleging 'deceptive similarity' in name with that of an Indian hotel group in the state?

Answers:
1.Warren Buffet
2.X-Tata Steel Y-Corus Steel
3.Rakesh Jhunjunwala
4.LIC
5.D Subbarao
6.Bombay Stock Exchange
7.National Stock Exchange
8.Capt. Gopinath
9.Recession
10.Robert Zoellick
11.SEBI
12.DLF
13.Procter & Gamble
14.Vedanta Group
15.Mohd Yousuf
16.IOCL
17.Ranbaxy
18.Future Group
19.Walmart
20.Hilton Hotel