Business Quiz 6

Christ University Commerce Association Quiz

NOTE: Quiz by Kushal SS and Mithun Solanki

1. ”Badalte India Ke Badelta Classroom”. Which company came up with this Ad-Campaign?

2. The IIT-Guwahati PG student “UDAY KUMAR” shot into fame on 15th July 2010 for designing something that the nation is proud of today. What did he design?

3. Connect “Hyderabad, Mysore, Patiala, Indore, Sourashtra, Bikaner, Travancore”

4. RAGNAR FRISCH in 1933 came up with a term in “ECONOMICS” that dealt with performance, Structure, Behaviour and decision making of the entire economy. What did RAGNAR FRISCH come up with?

5. “X” claims itself to be “India’s No.1 multi brand pre-owned Car Company” which is owned by MAHINDRA group. Name “X”

6. People humorously call it “BETTER ITS NOT GOOGLE”, an internet service launched by Microsoft on June 1st 2009 to make its market share on the internet by competing with GOOGLE. What service did Microsoft launch?

7. Rashmi Bansal, an IIM-A graduate who runs the most popular youth blog called “YOUTHCURRY” published a book called “STAY HUNGRY STAY FOOLISH”-‘story of 25 IIM-A Entrepreneurs’ that created a wave in Indian Publishing. She recently launched another book that talks about 25 Non MBA Entrepreneurs, Name this book?

8. What connects “Mangaldeep, John players, Candyman, Ashirwad, VIvel”?

9. This is a 4 letter analysis that is shown in almost every business report. This technique is credited to Albert Humphrey, who led a convention at Stanford University in the 1960s and 1970 using data from Fortune 500 companies to develop this technique. This might be the first thing that might be asked in an Interview, What is this 4 letter technique?

10. On 8th June 2010 “X” acquired the business of “Y” in 15 countries of Africa to become one of the largest players in it sector. “X” is one of the most valued company in India and also a family run business. The parent company of “X” also has interest in retail, Insurance, Food. Name “X” and “Y”

11. This Company was originally called Coopers Inc., and was founded by Samuel T. Cooper in 1876 as a hosiery business. Cooper began the business when he learned that lumberjacks were suffering from poorly constructed wool socks. Later, this company moved onto manufacture of goods that this company is currently the leader. (This brand is something that most of the youth today is obsessed with). Name this company

12. After his course of Entrepreneurship, to encourage the budding entrepreneurs of India , Mr Narayana Murthy set up a venture capital firm recently. The name of this company its origin from the tamil word ‘kattumaram’, which is a type of a multi-hulled country boat comprising of two hulls, joined with some structure. It is used by the fishing community off the southern coast of Tamil Nadu. Name this Ventue Capital firm of Mr Murthy.

13. This is a multinational rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by Shorijo Ishibashi in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. This company is currently ranked No.1 tyre manufacturer in the global tyre market. The name of the company is originated from the Japanese word ishibashi meaning “stone bridge”

14. “Modular Object- Oriented Dyanamic Learnig Environment” is a free cost and opensource e-learning software platform, also known as Course Management System. This is one of the most popular applications used by the educational institutes including our own University. Name this Application.

15. How do we better know “AMAR RAJA Batteries” limited?

16.”Think” is the motto coined by Thomas J Watson while managing the sales and advertising departments at the National Cash Register Company, saying “Thought has been the father of every invention since time began. ‘I didn’t think’ has cost the world millions of dollars.” In 1914 he bought the motto with him to this company Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation, which today is better known as ..........?

17. Connect the following. “Mayabelline, Garnier, The Body Shop, Paris, Aishwarya Rai”.

18. He is the 10th and the current Dean of Harvard Business School. He was born in Nohar, Rajasthan, India. He graduated from St Columbia’s School in New Delhi, India following which he earned a B Tech in Chemical Engineering at the IIT Mumbai and earned a PhD in Management from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Identify this personality.

19. This concept was introduced by Clarence Saunders in the year 1937, it was a concept that was first of its kindand it intended to be a grocery shopper labour saving and cost reduction of the grocery upto 15%. Saunders named his project “KEEDOZLE” that he implemented at his store “Piggly Wiggly” which has revolutionized modern retail industry around the globe. What has this concept created?

20. In 1862 Cuban wine merchant Facunda ________, originated from Spain, acquired a distillery in Santiago de Cuba. This facility used the method developed by _______ for the refining sugar and liquor into the white-colored, mild rum. Because there were a large number of bats living under the roof of distillery, it was decided that it was appropriate to show the bats on the logo of his brand. It’s worth mentioning that fruit bats are a symbol of luck in Cuba.(same word fills all the blanks)



Answers:

1.Tata Sky
2.Rupee symbol
3.State Bank Of India
4.Macro Econonmics
5.Mahindra First Choice
6.Bing
7.Connect This Dots
8.ITC
9.SWOT Analysis
10.Bharti Airtel and Zain
11.Jockey
12.Catamaran
13.Bridgestone
14.moodle
15.Amaron
16.IBM
17.Loreal
18.Nitin Nohria
19.Super Market
20.Bacardi