Business Awareness

BUSINESS AWARENESS: (17 tests) 1.Which French impressionist painter is the inspiration for the latest range of shirts from Louis Philippe? Vinci Monet

Mondrian Van Gogh

2.Which famous personality is generally considered the world's first known billionaire? Benjamin Franklin George Washington John D. Rockefeller Paul Getty 3.Which celebrity endorser is common to the following products : American Express cards, Buick cars, Nike sports goods, Wheaties breakfast ? Oprah Winfrey Michael Jordan Jerry Seinfield Tiger Woods 4. Considered the world's oldest chemicals company, it was founded in 1758 and merged with Ciba a few decades ago, and recently merged with another pharmaceutical company to form Novartis. Name the company. Roche Geigy Hoeschst Sandoz 5. The production of oil has spawned a lot of wealth for many countries as well as businessmen. Which country is the world's largest producer of oil? Saudi Arabia Russia USA Kuwait 6.Name the world's single largest factory - a manufacturing unit within a physically enclosed space? Volkswagen in Wolfsburg General Motors in Detroit Boeing in Washington LG in Seoul 7.What is common to the following companies: FedEx, Delta Airlines, Merck? All had offices affected in the WTC attacks All have fired Andersen as their auditors Have more than 10 % Indian executives Have applied for setting up 100 % operations in India recently 8.Who has authored the latest business best-seller *Big Brands, Big Trouble? Al Ries Patricia Seybold Jack Trout David Aaker 9.Which famous American invented the bifocal lens in the late 1700s; an invention which revolutionized the optics market? Thomas Alva Edison Benjamin Franklin

Lou Gerstner

Andy Grove

10.Which famous pair of brothers were the first to fit a motor vehicle with tyres with inner tubes in 1885; a name today synonymous with automobile tyres? Michelin Thomas Allwyn Dunlop Goodyear 1 Monet 2 Rockfeller 3 tiger woods 4 Giegy 5 Saudi Arabia 6 Boeing in Washington 7 all fired Anderson as Auditors 8 Jack Trout 9 Benjamin Franklin 10 Goodyear 1.Which company recently announced a $54.2 billion quarterly loss - the highest ever quarterly loss in corporate history? Ford Motors AOL Time Warner

General Motors AT&T

2.Which company is planning a foray into the branded snacks market in India with the launch of its international brand 'Cheez-It'? Kellogs Heinz Proctor & Gamble HLL 3.In recognition of what aspect of business is the Malcolm Baldridge Award presented? Quality Advertising excellence HR practices Business ethics 4. Which famous company owns Royal Enfield motors, manufacturers of Enfield Bullet motorcycles in India? Eicher Mahindra&Mahindra Escorts TVS 5. Which famous Bollywood actress has started a business venture of marketing highpriced candles under the label, The Faraway Tree? Rekha Sushmita sen Moonmoon Sen Dimple Kapadia

6.Which famous company is credited to have developed the concept of nylon bristles for toothbrushes in 1938? 3M Colgate Ciba-Gigey Dupont 7.Which famous watch brand was launched in 1983 by hanging a 500-ft-long sign in the shape of a watch in Frankfurt? Swatch Longines Casio Rolex 8.What famous company was set up in July 1968 as NM Electronics in Silicon Valley, named after its two famous founders? Intel Microsoft Apple Sun Microsystems 9.Which famous brand is owned by a little known Acme Clothing? Polo John Sculley Provouge ColorPlus 10.Which company is known as Big Blue? IBM Pepsi

Bluetooth Inc Reliance

1 AOL Time Warner 2 Kellogs 3 Adevrtising Excellence 4 Eicher 5 Dimple Kapdia 6 Dupont 7 Swatch 8 Intel 9 Provouge 10 IBM 1.Beyond the Last Blue Mountain is the biography on which famous Indian business personality? Bharat Ram M.S.Oberoi

Aditya Birla J.R.D. Tata

2.Which company was founded in 1972 as GM Korea _ a 50:50 tie-up between Shinjin Motors and General Motors, US _ and took its new name in 1983?

Daewwo Motors Mazda

Kawasaki Hyundai

3.Which famous car sub-brand has a horse as its logo? Rolls Royce Ford Mustang Jaguar Audi 4. Which famous company owns Royal Enfield motors, manufacturers of Enfield Bullet motorcycles in India? Eicher Mahindra&Mahindra Escorts TVS 5. Which famous Bollywood actress has started a business venture of marketing highpriced candles under the label, The Faraway Tree? Rekha Sushmita sen Moonmoon Sen Dimple Kapadia 6.Which famous company is credited to have developed the concept of nylon bristles for toothbrushes in 1938? 3M Colgate Ciba-Gigey Dupont 7.Which famous watch brand was launched in 1983 by hanging a 500-ft-long sign in the shape of a watch in Frankfurt? Swatch Longines Casio Rolex 8.What famous company was set up in July 1968 as NM Electronics in Silicon Valley, named after its two famous founders? Intel Microsoft Apple Sun Microsystems 9.Which famous executive is supposed to have joined a leading company after this wellknown offer was made to him: `Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugar water or come with me and change the world?' Lee Iacocca, Coca Cola to Chrysler John Sculley, Pepsi to Apple Lou Gerstner, RJR Nabisco to IBM Andy Grove, Fairchild to Intel 10.What famous company owns the fragrance brands Faberge, Impulse, Elizabeth Arden and Karl Lagerfeld? P&G Revlon Unilever L'Oreal 1 M.S.Oberoi 2 Daewoo Motors

3 ford Mustang 4 Eicher 5 Dimple Kapdia 6 Dupont 7 Swatch 8 Intel 9 Jhon Sculley,Pepsi to Apple 10 UniLever

1.Which famous company was co-founded in 1936 by oil majors Texaco and Chevron in order to expand operations in the Asia- Pacific region? Caltex British Petroleum

Aramco Castrol

2.If Frito Lay offered Tazos, who offered Amazzos? Uncle Chips Funskool

Mattel Pepsi

3.What, according to its baseline, is ``Used by men. Enjoyed by Women''? Kohinoor Condoms Axe Deoderent kamsutra Condoms Jockey Undergarments 4.Which among the following is the costliest Crockery brand? Corelle Borosil Prestige Hitkari 5. What was first introduced by John McLaughlin, a chemist from Toronto, in 1904 after he greatly improved upon the colour and flavour of existing root beers? Pepsi 7-Up Gatorade Canada Dry 6.Which product ad was in the limelight for winning a silver at Cannes'? Fevicol M-Seal Dairy Milk Home Trade 7.Which category or brand name among the following is derived because of the miserly nature of the people of the country? Scotch Tape Danish Pastry Swiss Knife Irish Coffee 8.Which famous business house owns Kamsutra Condoms? Singhanias Dhoots

Ambanis 9.Shiv Nadar is a name famous in which field?'' Space aircrafts Advertising

Ruias Entertainment IT

10.whith which company would u associate Jerry Yang? SAP Google.com Amazon.com Yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 Caltex 2 Uncle Chips 3 Axe Deoderent 4 Corelle 5 Canada Dry 6 Fevicol(the Truck one) 7 Scoth Tape 8 Singhanias(J.K.Chem) 9 IT (HCL Technologies) 10 Yahoo.com 1.He was a successful investment banker at D.E. Shaw & Co, until he jumped into the world of Internet seeing its rising popularity, and has made it really big in the 1990s. Name him. Jeff Bezos - Amazon.com Scott McNealy - Sun Microsystems Linus Torvalds - Linux Sabeer Bhatia - Hotmail 2.The prancing horse is a symbol of Ferrari. Which brand used the symbol of a raging bull? Lambhorghini Ferrari, before it switched to the horse Lotus Bugatti 3.In the logo of which Indian bank would you find the picture of a dog? (The logo does not exist in that form now, even though the dog logo is associated with this brand) Bank Of India Syndicate Bank Bank of Baroda Dena Bank

4. Which brand used the famous ad line `Probably the only long-term relationship Marilyn ever enjoyed'? Lee jeans Pepsi Cola Levi's jeans Hamlet cigars 5. Which was the first paint factory to be set up in India, as early as 1902 near Calcutta Berger paints Asian paints Jenson&Nicholson Shalimar Paints 6.With which famous brand would you associate the icon of `Striding Man'? Prudential Insurance Marks & Spencer Midland Bank Johnny Walker whisky 7.Which category or brand name among the following is derived because of the miserly nature of the people of the country? Scotch Tape Danish Pastry Swiss Knife Irish Coffee 8.What famous company was founded in 1964 by a MIT professor as a result of his disappointment when he went shopping for a stereo system and found big differences between the specifications and the audio quality of a live performance? Bose Audio Sony K.L.Inc Panasonic 9.Which company has an Advertisement ``If you're over the middle of the Pacific, you want to be in the middle of four engines.'' Boeing Airbus KLM US Airways 10.He was the star salesman at Oracle under Larry Ellison for their database software until he quit in 1990 to set up his own firm. His company, which carries his name, is today the world leader in CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software. Name him? John Baan Sanjiv Sindhu Thomas Siebel Vinod 1 Jeff Bezos-Amazon.com 2 Lambhorghini 3 Syndicate Bank 4 Lee Jeans 5 Shalimar Paints 6 Jhony Walker Whisky 7 Scoth Tape 8 Bose Audio(Dr Amar Bose) 9 Airbus

10 Thomas Siebel 1. When he founded his company in 1939 along with his partner Dain in San Francisco's Bay Area, he effectively created the trend, which led to the creation of Silicon Valley decades later. He was the CEO of his company till 1978 and died of natural causes in 2001. Who are we talking about here? William Hewitt Thomas Wharton Charles Babbage Nthese 2. In January 2002, 12 countries in Europe will shift from their national currency to the Euro. Which of the following countries is not planning to shift to the Euro in the new year ? Finland Greece Spain UK 3.Which famous MNC is known for its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) which has been behind many technology inventions in the world, including laser printing, ethernet and GUI? Hewlett Packard Xerox IBM Oracle 4. About three years ago he was hailed as the symbol of India's managerial talent when he became the CEO of Standard Chartered Plc. Recently, he resigned from his post reportedly due to a boardroom culture clash. Who is he? Rana Talwar Rajat Gupta Mike Khanna Mukesh Pant 5. Jean Martin Folz, a relatively unknown corporate executive has been rated as the Businessman of the Year by Forbes magazine. Which organisation does he head? Volkswagaon Daimler Ford Mototrs Peugeot 6.Which Indian business group owns a controlling stake in Eveready Industries, the makers of the Eveready brand of batteries? Hindujas Rahejas Goenkas Khaitans 7. Which company is the world's largest food retailer with a sales turnover of close to $60 billion in 2000? Tesco Kroger Carrefour Sainsbury 8. Which Indian has been conferred the award of Businessman of the Year for 2001 by Business India magazine in its annual rating?

Karsanbhai Patel Dr Anaji Reddy

Dhirubhai Ambani N.R.Narayan Murthy

9.In which current business best-seller would you encounter Sniffy and Scurry the rats, and Hem and Haw the humans? What they dont teach you at Wharton Who moved my Cheese Emotional Intelligence Big Brands , Big Trouble 10. Which company owns and promotes the soap brand Margo, now extended to other skin-care products? Henkel Spic HLL Godrej Soaps Wipro Q.No Result Correct Answers 1 Williams Hewiit 2 UK 3 Xerox 4 Rana talwar 5 Peugeot 6 Khetans 7 Carrefour 8 dr Anji Reddy 9 Who moved my cheesae 10 Wipro 1.In which year did Coca-Cola decide to change its formulation, only to return to the original formulation after a huge furore in the market? 1985 1982 1990 1987 2.Henry Ford revolutionised the car market with the first mass- produced car, the Ford Model T. In which year was it launched? 1914 1910 1912 1908 3.Which company owns the beer brands Haywards 2000, Hi-Five and Lal Toofan? McDowell Shaw Wallace United Breweries Mohan Mekins 4. Which is the new Tamil movie channel recently launched by the Sun TV network? K TV Kolly TV Usha TV Vijay TV 5. Which company owns the footwear brand - Stryde?

Hindustan Lev Woodla

Bata Tata International

6.In which famous series of ads would you encounter the model Ava Mukherjee? Hamam Promise Dhara Ayurvedic Concepts 7.Lotus, Tivoli and WebSphere are software brands of which famous computer company? Lotus Inc Nowell IBM Microsoft 8.The software company I-flex Solutions was originally a division of which famous financial services company? ABN Amro Standard Chartard Citigroup Merryl Lynch 9.Which motivational speaker has been consistently high on the list of best-selling nonfiction books in India with his book You can Win? Spencer Jhonson Shiv Khera Aridham Choud Deepak Chopra 10.Which business or media group has a majority stake in the financial daily Business Standard? Reliance Bombay Dying Kotak Mahindra Goenkas(HT) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Detailed Analysis Q.No Result Correct Answers 1 1985 2 1908 3 Shaw Wallace 4 K-TV 5 Tata International 6 Ayurvedic Concepts 7 IBM 8 CitiGroup 9 Shiv Khera 10 Kotak Mahindra

1. Which famous industrialist was recently awarded the Padma Bhushan? Keshub Mahindra N.R.Narayan Murthy Azim Premji None of these 2. Which Business house has a majority stake in Mudra Advertising . Tata Nirma Reliance WPP 3.What famous car brand, originally from the former Czechoslovakia, was notorious for its shoddiness and lack of style until taken over by Volkswagen in the 1990s? Skoda Mustang Rovers Ferrari 4. Which company derives its logo from decorative oriental sea shells ? Shell Pearl Inc Microsoft Intel 5. What animal would you find in the tailwing of the Qantas aircrafts ? Tiger Lion Horse Kangaroo 6.He was the chairman of General Motors for close to 20 years in the 1940s and 1950s. His name adorns one of the most prestigious management schools in the world. Who is he? Bil Harword James Stanford Thomas Wharton Alfred Sloan 7. Name the famous brand of tissue owned by P&G. This brand is famous for its advertising icon Mr Whipple, once polled as the third `most recognised man' in the US in the 1970s. MR X Florina Charmin None Of these 8. Identify the odd one out: Old Spice, Pringles, Elizabeth Arden, Tide, Oil of Olay, Camay. Camay Oil Of Olay Elizabeth Arden Pringles 9.One of the world's largest retailers, this company with a dominant presence in the US recently announced that it was applying for bankruptcy. Name the company. Wal-Mart K-Mart Macy's Selfridges

10. Which cellular phone manufacturer has recently set up a new division, under the name Vertu, which will market super-premium cell-phones adorned with gold and platinum at prices over $20,000? Nokia Ericsson Siemens Motorola --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Q.No Result Correct Answers 1 Keshub Mahindra 2 Reliance 3 Skoda 4 Shell 5 Kangaroo 6 Alfred Sloan 7 Charmin 8 Elizabeth Arden 9 K-Mart 10 Nokia 1. Who is the largest producer of steel in the world ? Pohang Iron & steel Ispat International

Nippon Iron & steel None of these

2. _______ is the world largest vehicle maker . Ford Motors General Motors 3.Gold rates are decided in the city of _____ Washington London

New York Singapore

4. Who first coined the " Industrial Revolution " ? Arnold Tonybee James Buckner

Lenin Lincoln

5. Which Bank is called as mother of all world Banks ? Bank of America World Bank

Bank of Hong Kong Bank of England

Volkswagen None of these

6.Which corporate giant has its headquarters in Virginia House in Calcutta ?

Britannia Industries Dunlop Tyres

Kirloskar Cummins ITC India

7. Who is the father of " lateral thinking " in the the world of management ? Geniichi Taguchi Peter Drucker Edward de Bono Imao 8. " Chaebols " are big corporations in Japan South

Indonesia China

9.Which American business leader turned Chrysler Corporation around in the 80's ? Ron De Luca Hans Matthias Lee lacocca Lou Gestner 10. Name the richest Indian in Great Britain ? L.N. Mittal Lord Meghnad Desa

Shrichand Hinduja Lord Swaraj Paul

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Q.No Result Correct Answers 1 Pohang Iron & steel 2 General Motors 3 London 4 Arnold Tonybee 5 Bank of England 6 ITC India 7 Edward De Bono 8 South Korea 9 Lee Iacocca 10 L.N.Mittal

1.Which is the largest fresh Water Lake in India? Dal lake Chilka lake Wular lake Nal lake 2. Which is the southern most tip of India?

Kanyakumari Indira Point

Rameshwaram Kovalam

3. Which Sikh Guru was born in Patna? Guru Govind Singh Guru Angad

Guru Arjun Singh Guru Govind Singh

4. Who guided Chandragupta Maurya to become the ruler of the Magadha? Dhanananda Banabhatta Kautilya None of these 5. In which state is the Silent Valley located? Assam Jammu & Kashmir

Kerala Rajeev Gandhi - Benazir Bhutto

6. What is the first date of the national calendar? 1st January 1st April 1st July None of these 7. In which general election was the ballot paper introduced in India? 1956 1962 1969 1977 8.Which book did Greek ambassador Megasthenes write? The Republic In light of India Indica History of India 9.Which is the oldest mountain range in India? The Himalayas The Vindhya

The Aravallies The Satpura

10. In which state is India’s premier space launch center Shriharikota located? Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Kerala Tamilnadu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Q.No Result Correct Answers 1 WULAR LAKE 2 Indira Point 3 Guru Govin Singh

4 Kautilya 5 Kerala 6 1st April 7 1962 8 Indica 9 The Arravallis 10 Andhra Pradesh

1 MIRA, the technology that offers wireless internet connections, has been launched by: Sun Microsystem Intel Wipro Microsoft

2 A foreign bank can now take up to a____per cent stake in private banks: 74 49 26 100

3 IRCON has recently completed a 31.5 km long railway project in: Singapore Malaysia Thailand Bhutan

4 Name the organisation which became the first institutional promotion of Indian Chamber in Kazakhstan: FICCI Phd C of C CII Assocham

5 The hardest substances available on earth is Platinum Coal

Diamond Gold

6 Which gas is used for preparation of soda water ? Ammonia Carbon dioxide Hydrogen Nitric oxide

7 Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of proton electron neutron None of these

8 Atom bomb is based on the principle of nuclear fusion nuclear fission Both (a) & (b) above None of these

9 Atoms are composed of electrons only protons only electrons and protons electrons and nuclei

10 Glass is made of the mixture of quartz and mica sand and salt sand and silicates none of these

ANSWERS 1 MIRA, the technology that offers wireless internet connections, has been launched by: Correct Answer Microsoft 2 A foreign bank can now take up to a____per cent stake in private banks: Correct Answer 49 3 IRCON has recently completed a 31.5 km long railway project in: Correct Answer Malaysia 4 Name the organisation which became the first institutional promotion of Indian Chamber in Kazakhstan: Correct Answer CII 5 The hardest substances available on earth is Correct Answer Diamond 6 Which gas is used for preparation of soda water ? Correct Answer Carbon dioxide 7 Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of Correct Answer neutron 8 Atom bomb is based on the principle of Correct Answer nuclear fission 9 Atoms are composed of

Correct Answer electrons and nuclei 10 Glass is made of the mixture of Correct Answer sand and silicates 1 Modern Forensic scientists are using a most recently developed tool namely: NMR imaging Enzymology DNA Finger Printing Ultra Sound

2 Ronald is a clown promoting which company? Mc Donalds Seamens Golden Feng Bagpiper

3 In Mumbai and Delhi the MTNL has launched its wireless in Local Loop Service. Name it: Trump Ace Garuda WLL Trump

4 The role of the Spiderman has been enacted by ___ in the movie Spiderman: Tobey Maguire Kirsten Dust Tom Kindley None of these

5 Kaj, Ato and Nik were the official mascot of: Jules Rimet Cup 2002 World Cup Cricket 2002 National Swimming Championship 2002 Sydney Olympics

6 The first jackpot winner of India's online lottery competition: Harshwardhan Nawathe Nilesh Taware Karminder Soni all the three

7 First nonbanking finance company to be registered with RBI as bank is: Sahara Kotak Mahindra Golden Forest none of these

8 Digital music download has been launched by indiatimes and ___ a Singapore-based company. Sound buzz Bombay dreams Weber music Jazz music

9 World Ayurveda Congress is scheduled in November 2002 at ___ in India. Chennai Kochi Bangalore Silchar

10 Who among the following has authored the book 'Being Digital'? Prof Michael Dertouzos Nicholas Negroponte P.G. Garoolia Adrian Lamo

1 Modern Forensic scientists are using a most recently developed tool namely:

Correct Answer DNA Finger Printing 2 Ronald is a clown promoting which company? Correct Answer Mc Donalds 3 In Mumbai and Delhi the MTNL has launched its wireless in Local Loop Service. Name it: Correct Answer Garuda 4 The role of the Spiderman has been enacted by ___ in the movie Spiderman: Correct Answer Tobey Maguire 5 Kaj, Ato and Nik were the official mascot of: Correct Answer Jules Rimet Cup 2002 6 The first jackpot winner of India's online lottery competition: Correct Answer Nilesh Taware 7 First nonbanking finance company to be registered with RBI as bank is: Correct Answer Kotak Mahindra 8 Digital music download has been launched by indiatimes and ___ a Singapore-based company. Correct Answer Sound buzz 9 World Ayurveda Congress is scheduled in November 2002 at ___ in India. Correct Answer Kochi 10 Who among the following has authored the book 'Being Digital'?

Correct Answer Nicholas Negroponte

1 Movies is a short form of _______ Motion Pictures Motion Vision Motion view None of these

2 Who is nicknamed Thorpedo ? Ian Thorpe Graham Thorpe James Thorpe None of these

3 “ I got it gratis” means I got it free I got it gradually I got it great None of these

4 One of the most memorable advertising lines in the history of advertising, ‘Be all that you can be’ is expected to be changed soon with of the change of the ad agency. US Army Microsoft CIA US Government

5 Which famous retail store was founded in 1969 to retail only blue jeans (and nothing else) by Donald Fisher, inspired by his personal bitter experience in buying jeans ? The Gap Banana Republic Wal-Mart Wrangler Town

6 Which leading corporate executive is known for his books, High Output Management and Only the Paranoid Survive ? Jack Welch Lou Gerstner Andy Grove Sergio Zyman

7 One of the early pioneers of the mail order business, it was founded in 1893 in Chicago and produced the first of the large-scale catalogues in 1895 consisting of 532 pages. Name this pioneering retailer synonymous with large-scale retail formats and catalogues? Gap Sears, Roebuck & Co Marks & Spencers Wal-Mart

8 Which company has got the government approval for launch of its anti-impotence drug Coverta in India, its version of Pfizer’s Viagra? Cadila Dabur Ranbaxy Wockhardt

9 TV channel HBO stands for High Band Organiser High Band Output Hollywood Box Office Home Box Office

10 TV channel ' E -TV ' stands for Enna Television Ek Televisio Ennandu Television None of these ANSWERS

1 Movies is a short form of _______ Correct Answer Motion Pictures 2 Who is nicknamed Thorpedo ? Correct Answer Ian Thorpe 3 “ I got it gratis” means Correct Answer I got it free 4 One of the most memorable advertising lines in the history of advertising, ‘Be all that you can be’ is expected to be changed soon with of the change of the ad agency. Correct Answer US Army 5 Which famous retail store was founded in 1969 to retail only blue jeans (and nothing else) by Donald Fisher, inspired by his personal bitter experience in buying jeans ? Correct Answer The Gap 6 Which leading corporate executive is known for his books, High Output Management and Only the Paranoid Survive ? Correct Answer Andy Grove 7 One of the early pioneers of the mail order business, it was founded in 1893 in Chicago and produced the first of the large-scale catalogues in 1895 consisting of 532 pages. Name this pioneering retailer synonymous with large-scale retail formats and catalogues? Correct Answer Sears, Roebuck & Co 8 Which company has got the government approval for launch of its anti-impotence drug Coverta in India, its version of Pfizer’s Viagra? Correct Answer Ranbaxy

9 TV channel HBO stands for Correct Answer Home Box Office 10 TV channel ' E -TV ' stands for Correct Answer Ennandu Television

1 Ashoka's Dhamma can be best described as: Modified form of Brahmanism A socio-ethical code of conduct Propagation of Bhakti Modified form of Dharmasastra

2 Who was the founder of the City of Agra? Mohammad Tughlaq Alauddin Khilji Sikandar Lodhi Ibrahim Lodhi

3 After the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Peace Treaty was signed at: Versailles Berlin Vienna Paris

4 Which of the following States was NOT annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse? Satara Jhansi Awadh Nagpur

5 Which of the following Indian States is broadly as large as the European nationGreece? Tamil Nadu

Orissa Bihar Assam

6 Water from an artesian well flows up automatically due to: heavy rainfall in region volcanic activity hydrostatic pressure geothermal energy

7 A coal mining area of the Damodar Valley is: Korba Sambhalpur Singareni Raniganj

8 Which racial group does the tribals of Andaman Islands resemble? Negrito Mongoloid Alpinoid Nordic

9 If a country 'devalued' its currency, it would be having floating exchange rate system fixed exchange rate system exports would fall dirty float

10 The crucial determinant of the size of the market is: Monetary expansion inducement for investment Productivity Savings ANSWERS

1 Ashoka's Dhamma can be best described as: Correct Answer A socio-ethical code of conduct 2 Who was the founder of the City of Agra? Correct Answer Sikandar Lodhi 3 After the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Peace Treaty was signed at: Correct Answer Versailles 4 Which of the following States was NOT annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse? Correct Answer Nagpur 5 Which of the following Indian States is broadly as large as the European nationGreece? Correct Answer Orissa 6 Water from an artesian well flows up automatically due to: Correct Answer hydrostatic pressure 7 A coal mining area of the Damodar Valley is: Correct Answer Raniganj 8 Which racial group does the tribals of Andaman Islands resemble? Correct Answer Mongoloid 9 If a country 'devalued' its currency, it would be having Correct Answer fixed exchange rate system

10 The crucial determinant of the size of the market is: Correct Answer inducement for investment 1 Why did Indians decide to boycott the Simon Commission appointed to look into the working of the reforms introduced under the Act of 1919? Because: it intended to provide Communal representation to the untouc it denied the Congress the right to nominate a Muslim as a r it did not include any Indian as its member it accorded greater representation to the Muslims than their numerical strength

2 Cotton is facing competition from sugarcane in the black soil areas of Maharashtra. This is due to: the declining yield of cotton in this region a general change in the climate of this region with expansion of irrigation it is more profitable to go for the increasing demand for sugar and the rising price of sugar in the country

3 Ashok Leyland is owned by_____group: Hinduja Ambani Godrej Tata

4 Name India's first Euro 11 complete car: Matiz Santro Ambassador Indica

5 'The man of substance' is the promotional logo of which suiting shirting? Raymond Graviera Van Huesan Louise Phillipe

6 Mohan Bagan football tournament is promoted by: Shaw Wallace Mohan Meakens McDowell Seamars

7 Pick the wrong combination of Indian company and CEO: M.S. Banga-HLL Sunil Mittal-Bharti S. Lal-Royal Enfield A.M. Naik-Amul

8 The first MD of Konkan Railway Corporation under whom the Konkan Railway was built, now heads the Delhi Metro Project: B. Rajaram A.P.J. Abdul Kalam K.K. Gokhale E. Sreedharan

9 The subsidy per cylinder is Rs 90 after the rollback, so the subsidy given on LPG is: 26% 35% 30% 28%

10 India's first Cyber Cafe Coffee Day was opened in the year 1996 in: Delhi Bangalore Mumbai Kolkata ANSWERS 1 Why did Indians decide to boycott the Simon Commission appointed to look into the working of the reforms introduced under the Act of 1919? Because:

Correct Answer it did not include any Indian as its member 2 Cotton is facing competition from sugarcane in the black soil areas of Maharashtra. This is due to: Correct Answer with expansion of irrigation it is more profitable to go for 3 Ashok Leyland is owned by_____group: Correct Answer Hinduja 4 Name India's first Euro 11 complete car: Correct Answer Indica 5 'The man of substance' is the promotional logo of which suiting shirting? Correct Answer Graviera 6 Mohan Bagan football tournament is promoted by: Correct Answer McDowell 7 Pick the wrong combination of Indian company and CEO: Correct Answer A.M. Naik-Amul 8 The first MD of Konkan Railway Corporation under whom the Konkan Railway was built, now heads the Delhi Metro Project: Correct Answer B. Rajaram 9 The subsidy per cylinder is Rs 90 after the rollback, so the subsidy given on LPG is: Correct Answer 30% 10 India's first Cyber Cafe Coffee Day was opened in the year 1996 in:

Correct Answer Bangalore 1 Ashok Leyland is owned by_____group: Hinduja Ambani Godrej Tata

2 Name India's first Euro 11 complete car: Matiz Santro Ambassador Indica

3 'The man of substance' is the promotional logo of which suiting shirting? Raymond Graviera Van Huesan Louise Phillipe

4 Mohan Bagan football tournament is promoted by: Shaw Wallace Mohan Meakens McDowell Seamars

5 Pick the wrong combination of Indian company and CEO: M.S. Banga-HLL Sunil Mittal-Bharti S. Lal-Royal Enfield A.M. Naik-Amul

6 The first MD of Konkan Railway Corporation under whom the Konkan Railway was built, now heads the Delhi Metro Project:

B. Rajaram A.P.J. Abdul Kalam K.K. Gokhale E. Sreedharan

7 The subsidy per cylinder is Rs 90 after the rollback, so the subsidy given on LPG is: 26% 35% 30% 28%

8 India's first Cyber Cafe Coffee Day was opened in the year 1996 in: Delhi Bangalore Mumbai Kolkata

9 'You have the money. If only you had the time', is the baseline for: SBI PNB City Bank HDFC Bank

10 Which channel urges you to 'Profit from it'? BBC CNBC CNN DD and Sahara ANSWERS 1 Ashok Leyland is owned by_____group: Correct Answer Hinduja 2 Name India's first Euro 11 complete car:

Correct Answer Indica 3 'The man of substance' is the promotional logo of which suiting shirting? Correct Answer Graviera 4 Mohan Bagan football tournament is promoted by: Correct Answer McDowell 5 Pick the wrong combination of Indian company and CEO: Correct Answer A.M. Naik-Amul 6 The first MD of Konkan Railway Corporation under whom the Konkan Railway was built, now heads the Delhi Metro Project: Correct Answer B. Rajaram 7 The subsidy per cylinder is Rs 90 after the rollback, so the subsidy given on LPG is: Correct Answer 30% 8 India's first Cyber Cafe Coffee Day was opened in the year 1996 in: Your Answer Correct Answer Bangalore 9 'You have the money. If only you had the time', is the baseline for: Correct Answer HDFC Bank 10 Which channel urges you to 'Profit from it'? Correct Answer CNBC Business Quiz 1

1. Which company/group started ESOPs? 2. Times of India carried a blank front Sunday page some years back for the first time in its history? What was it for? 3. Every B-school student knows what is a PPO. But what is a PPO share? 4. What is five-finger discounting referred to in retailing? 5. The latest products in Insurance industry are KnR policies? What are they? 6. Everyone knows what e-mail is. What is we-mail? 7. What did the Bank of Sweden do to celebrate its centenary? 8. What is the origin of the word EPSON? 9. What does the word HITACHI mean in Japanese? 10. Which was the first U.S product to be produced and sold in the USSR? 11. If Coke is Big Red, which company is Big Red zero? 12. From October2001 all food companies must necessarily display what symbol in their packaging? 13. Which company in its country of origin was called as Millicento? 14. What is FASHION COEFFICIENT? 15. Why is DENA bank so called? 16. What are James Bonds on Wall Street? 17. Which US company's headquarters is known as the ‘sweetest' place on earth’? 18. If ‘Thing Big’ is to IBM, ’Think Small’ is to which company? 19. Shyam Benegal’s movie ‘Manthan’ had a record of having more than a thousand producers. Who were they? 20. What did Nestle do in 1938 on the request of the Brazilian Govt.? 21. For this world famous company, ‘Corporated Incorporated' and 'Limited Unlimited' were names considered but not adopted. What was finally adopted?

22. Ongio is a consultancy firm. It is a JV between 2 public sector companies. Name them. 23. Which company's logo is called the "spinning ectasy"? 24. Who owns a company called G.O.A.T?

*******************Answers to Business Quiz 1 Peninsular newspaper group Ad for indya.com Partly paid ordinary share Shop lifting Kidnap and Ransom policies Joint Internet account Launched the Nobel Prize in Economics Son of Electronic Printer Sun(Hi) + Rise(Tachi) Pepsi Cola Lucent A brown dot indicating that the food in NON-VEG Premier Padmini Tanishq jewellery aimed at the youth After its founder DEvkaran NAnjee Bonds that will mature in 2007

Hersheys Chocolate Company Volkswagen Beetle Contributions from cooperative society of farmers who form AMUL Invented Instant coffee Microsoft ONGC and IOCL BMW Mohd. Ali. 'Goat' stands for Greatest Of All Time