Business quiz updates

Q1. How did the Dev Anand production house Navketan get its name ?

Ans. Named after Chetan Anand’s son Ketan

Q2. Which indian businessman has just released his auto biography titled WHATEVER THE ODDS ?

Ans.  KP Singh of DLF

Q3 .Which co was called as ‘the No.1 wholesale seller of plumbing supplies’ by NYT mockingly?

Ans.  Microsoft

Q4. Which is the first indian brand of jewellery to be sold at Harrod’s London

Ans. Amrapali’s

Q5. In a case filed by SAS a European court has ruled that a programming language cannot be copyrighted. Why ?

Ans. Programming language has been compared to a language

Q6. Recently a car Honda Brio loved you back. Now a snack loves you back. Name the brand.

Ans. Britannia Nutrichoice snacks 

 Q7. KHALO EVERY , KHALO EVERY, KHALO EVERYDAY set to KOLAVERI rhythm is an ad from which brand ?

Ans. Amul butter

Q8. Connect Equis, AMBA, AASCB …

Ans. All are B-School certifications  for Europe, UK and US respectively

Q9. Who has Amul sued for copyright issues for use of A+ ?

Ans. Nestle

Q 1. For which publication did late Mario Miranda create such endearing characters like Miss Nimboopani, Miss Fonseca, Moonswami etc?

Ans. Illustrated weekly of India 

Q2. Tvc of which brand uses a very old S D Burman song on Maa ?

Ans.Fortune oil from Adani

 Q3. In the 70s Rekha appeared in the ad for which soft drink ?

Ans.  Gold spot.

Q4. Fill in the blank. Pranabda said the economy is difficult, but we dont have to eat __.

Ans.  Lizards

Q5. What are EMOJIs ?

Ans. These are graphic symbols in smart phones to express emotions. Next generation emoticons.

 Q6. After seeing a decline in the Oct IIP numbers which agency may lose its contract to compute IIP ?

Ans. Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy ( CMIE )

Q7. Why have the automobile cos purchased large quantity of platinum ?

Ans. Catalytic converters

Q1 Which co has decided to withdraw its logo from London Olympics after protests from many incl india ?
Ans. Dow chemicals
Q2 Which two brands have eaten into the market share of Britannia in biscuits recently ?
Ans. Oreo and Sunfeast
Q3. Connect Lee Iacocca Steve Jobs and now the RIM Co CEOs ?
Ans. All took 1 $ salary as CEOs of loss-making cos
Q4. Who has authored the marketing book CULT which even Steve Jobs would have loved ? Alas Jobs is not alive to refute it!
Ans. Arindam Chaudhuri
Q5. Name this nearly 300 year old brand that is the first name in Cognac
Ans. Remy Martin
Q6. Which hot internet gaming company had a lukewarm IPO recently ?
Ans. Zynga of Farmville fame
Q7. Using what example has Rahul Gandhi tried to explain the benefits of FDI in retail to the farmers in UP ?
Ans. Converting potato into Potato chips is remunerative
Q8. Who is the new Union Civil Aviation minister ?
Ans. Ajit Singh
Q9. Which car co owns the web-site http://www.thinkblue.co.in ?
Ans. Volkswagen
Q10. As per the New Companies Act how many persons are required minimum to start a company ?
Ans. One
Q11. Which star channel is closing down and being relaunched as LIFE OK ?
Ans Star One
Q12. What is unique about RANG DE
Ans. A onlne microlending co that collects voluntary contributions from many to lend

Q13. Which popular tool was created by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin in the ’80s and later acquired by MS for 14m $. It was also the first to receive VC funding from Apple ?
Ans.Powerpoint
Q14. Expand HDMI ?
Ans.High Definition Multi-media interface
Q15. Richard Branson has described his unrelated businesses as based on a growth philosophy of ABCD. What is ABCD ?
Ans.Always Be Connected Dots

Q1. What new SUV has been launched with Big B endorsing it ? Hope it is not another Versa !

Ans. Force One

Q2. Which FMCG co will soon have Prabha Parameswaran as MD ?

Ans. Colgate Palmolive India Ltd

Q3. Which big group is rumoured to take over the media group Network 18?

Ans. Reliance

Q4. Which is the only item sourced by Rolls Royce from india ?

Ans. Malabar wood

Q5. Which car group is likely to replace Toyota as the largest car mfr in the world ?”

Ans. Volkswagen

Q6. What is the interest rate in EPF being proposed for 2011 12 ?

Ans. 8.25 %

Q1. The campus placements in IIMs have been likened to what by Tata HR Chief Satish Pradhan ?

Ans. Cattle at Pushkar fair

Q2. Connect Bandit, intruder, Hayabuza..

Ans.Suzuki motorcycles

Q3. Name this luxury car model which Daimler has decided to withdraw from india ?

Ans. Maybach

. Q4Cyrus Mistry is the first Non-Indian national to head the Tatas. What passport does he have ?.

Ans. Irish

Q5. Name this detergent brand that created waves in the ’80s as competitor to Surf and is now being withdrawn.

Ans. Nirma

Q6. What is the day after Thanksgiving day called in the US ? Why is this day important for retail industry ?

Ans. Black Friday. Discount season

Q7. Verghese Kurien, the milkman of India celebrates his 90th birthday today. An easy question. How did AMUL get its name ?

Ans. Anand Milk Union Ltd

Q8. Under what brand has tanishq launched a range of low-priced jewllery for working women ?

Ans. Mia

Q9. Which co has launched the music of 3 that has the “Why this KOLAVERI di” tamil song that has gone viral ?

Ans. Sony Music

Q10. In Money market lingo, what is TED spread ?

Ans. The gap between LIBOR & US 3m treasury bill

Q11. Who has been named as the successor to Ratan Tata ?

Ans. Cyrus Mistry

Q12. Why is a 1967 study by psychologist Stanley Milgram relevant for today’s social networking world ?

Ans. The  concept of 6 degrees of freedom that separates any two humans

Q13, Name the man behind JaxtrSMS the free SMS service ?

Ans.Sabeer Bhatia

Q14. Which smartphone operating system is also known as ‘ice cream sandwich’ ?

Ans. Android 4.0

Q15. Theodore Forstmann who died recently coined the phrase ” Barbarians at the gate”. Who did he refer to as barbarians ?

Ans. The guys who do Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs)

Q1. In the Boost ad, a young boy appeared with Kapil Dev. He also went on to don the India cap. Name him.

Ans. Nikhil Chopra ( Source :GSK web-site)

Q2. The former telecom minister Sukh Ram has been convicted for receiving a bribe for a cable contract. What was the amount of the bribe ?

Ans. 3  lakh

Q3. What is TATA FIRST DOT ?

Ans. A platform for student startups

Q4 Which group has entered the retail sector with plans to launch over a lakh of small grocery outlets under the Q Shop name ?

Ans. Sahara

Q5. Which global brand has launched a controversial ad campaign showing Obama-Wen Lip kiss ?

Ans. Benetton

Q6. Raghuram Rajan and Pratap Bhanu Mehta have been awarded prizes for Economics and Pol Science. Name this prestigious prize.

Ans. Infosys Prize

Q7. My fathers watch was one. My alarm clock was one. Name this old swiss brand acquired by Titan for a mere 2 m euros.

Ans. Favre Leuba

Q8. Name this artist who accounts for 17% of contemporary art sales. His first exhibition was 32 paintings of Campbell’s soup cans.

Ans. Andy Warhol

Q9. Name this 100 year old car brand named after a swiss born racing driver and has a “bow-tie’ badge on its bonnet.

Ans. Chevrolet

Q10. Exxon Mobil is the world’s largest listed oil co. But it is only 11th if unlisted oil cos are included in terms of oil reserves. Name the #1 .

Ans. National Iranian Oil Co (NIOC) of Iran

Q11. How do we know this Korean conglomerale that started life as a noodle co and is today a group of 83 cos under a holding co Everland ?

Ans. Samsung ( it means three stars in Korean)

Q12. Add the next one in this series Archana, East West, Damania, NEPC, Paramount…

Ans. Kingfisher ( airlines)

Q13. Einstein is normally associated with theoretical physics. For which home appliance he has a joint patent with Leo Szilard?

Ans. Refrigerator

 Q14. What is common to the following @TCS , Infy Bubble, Cognizant 2.0, World of W, U&I ?

Ans. Social networking platforms of Tech cos. TCS, Infosys, CTS, Wipro and HCL respectivelyQ1. Nehru’s birthday on 14th Nov is celebrated as Childrens day and also as National ________ day. Fill in the blank.

Ans. Metallurgists

Q2. In which Indian co’s mine have they found India’s biggest diamond weighing 37.68 carat ?

Ans. NMDC, Panna Mines

Q3.______ is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. ‘ said J Paul Getty. Fill in the blank.

Ans. Money

Q4. Which investment guru says ‘risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings’ ?

 Ans. Warren Buffett

Q5. Web sites like Huffingtonpost and Firstpost do ‘curation’ ? What is it ?

Ans. Selecting news from various sources and presenting it

Q6. What is the new interest rate and new limit on PPF announced by govt yesterday ?

 Ans. From 8.0 to 8.6% and Rs 70,000 to Rs 1,00,000

Q7. The paints industry brings creative people in Paris to forecast colour trends. For 2011 it was Lime Twist. What is it for 2012 ?

Ans. Tea Dance ( a shade of red)

Q8. Name the Bollywood star who has been signed up by West Bengal state as its brand ambassador.

 Ans. Shahrukh Khan

Q9. Which silicon valley hot start up has asked its under performing employees to surrender the shares given or get fired ?

 Ans. Zynga

Q10. Which co has now got the dubious distinction of posting the highest ever loss in a quarter by a listed co ? (Rs 7845 cr only)

Ans. Indianoil

Q11. Name this Indias largest herbal drugs co that wants to remain unlisted to focus on the ‘long term’.

Ans. Himalaya drugs

Q12. Name the insurance co with whom TCS has signed the biggest IT deal by an indian co.

 Ans. Friendslife

Q13. Of the 175 routes in which our flag carrier Air India flies which are the only 2 routes it makes money ?

 Ans. Delhi-tokyo and Tokyo-Delhi

Q14. Why does Narendra Modi  agree to the govt theory that high inflation is being caused by higher GDP. As per NaMo what is GDP ?

 Ans. Gas, diesel, petrol

Q1. Which drink traces its origin to “uisce beatha” (Scottish Gaelic) meaning ‘the water of life” ?

 Ans. Whiskey or Whisky

Q2. In 1984 there were just 3 IIMs, A B & C. In 2011 there are how many IIMs ?

 Ans. 13

Q3. ‘A diamond is forever’ was created in 1947 and named the greatest ad line of 20th century by Ad age. Name the brand.

 Ans. De Beers

Q4. Who is the largest registrar for internet domain names globally ?

 Ans. Verisign

Q5 .As per the EDS bill 2011 in how many years all govt of india services will be delivered electronically?

 Ans. five yrs

Q6. Which US co. Owns the brands Diesel, Timberland, Ernemildo Zegna etc ?

 Ans. Kenneth Cole

Q7. The question that got Sushil Kumar 5Cr in KBC. Which colonial power left India from Nicobar islands in 1868 ?

Ans. Denmark

Q8. From Dec 1 which indian city will be the only US consulate to accept and process L visas ?

 Ans. Chennai

Q9. Which international ad group has acquired the controlling stake in MUDRA that used to pride itself as a rare indian agency ?

Ans. Omnicom

Q10. Which global brokerage that runs a TVC claiming to guide thru the investing jungle is itself filing for bankruptcy ?

Ans. MF Global

Q11. Who once said ‘womens’ role is in the kitchen dressed in white like all other domestic appliances ‘?

Ans.  F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone