- Q1. Which was the first bank to raise savings bank interest rate to 6 % after RBI deregulated it ?Ans. Yes BankQ2. Name the first woman President and CEO of IBM who will take over from Sam PalmisanoAns. Virginia M RomettyQ3. Which Indian woman has appeared for the first time in the Forbes billionaires list ?Ans. Savitri JindalQ4. Who has bought over the Ericsson stake in Sony ericsson joint venture ?Ans. SonyQ5. Which co has launched its first ATM that dispenses gold and diamonds at Phoenix Mills, Mumbai ?Ans. Gitanjali JewelsQ6. In the context of IBM what is ‘TWO IN A BOX’ ?Ans. A team of two. One consultant and one salesman to handle a client.Q7. Who owns the sports car brands Porsche and Lamborghini ?Ans. The VW Audi group.Q8. Who is a SOMMELIER ?Ans. A wine expertQ9. Which model of SUV has been launched in RA.ONE ?Ans. VW TouraegQ10. Why is the closing down of Vaishnavi communications front page news ?Ans. Nira RadiaQ11. As per a Mint study who was the highest paid non promoter executive in 2010 11 @17.3 cr ?Ans. Debu Bhattacharya- Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter @go_mohan
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Weekly Business Quiz # 102
Q. In 2010 which was the new member introduced to the Johnnie Walker family ?Ans. Double black labelQ. 2What is unique about DYSON fans sold at over 25000 Rs each ?Ans. These are bladeless fans.Q3. Why has Shiney Ahuja slapped a case on Micromax ?Ans. Their ad shows a maid stealing a mobile with SHINY written on it.Q4. Who has received the TN govt contract for supplying laptops to govt school children ?Ans. LenovoQ5. No.one can escape the Ra.One blitz. Besides Red chillies who is the other producer of this movie ?Ans. Eros EntertainmentQ6. Marc Benioff of Salesforce calls the current IT revolution as SOCIAL. Expand the acronym .Ans. Speed-Open-Collaboration-Individual-Alignment-LeadershipQ7. Logos of which cos are shown upside down in the Wikileaks press conference as they announce they will no longer publish ?Ans. VISA, Mastercard, Paypal who refused to collect money for WikileaksQ8. What is HANS in the Formula one context ?Ans. Head and neck system. It supports the helmet.Q9. Maruti made Gurgaon. Manesar is unmaking Maruti. How ?Ans. Labour unrestQ10. There is no ‘Intel inside’ Apple or Android smart phones or tablets. Who designs the core processors for these devices ?Ans. Designed by ARM and mfd by SamsungQ11. Name the co behind the world’s first private spaceport at new mexico USA.Ans. Virgin GalacticQ12. Which co has set up a 30MW solar farm in Gujarat – claiming it to be Asia’s largest farm ?Ans. Moser BaerQ13. Which Bollywood actress is the new face of Titan ?Katrina Kaif- Compiled by G.Mohan twitter handle @go_mohan
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The Inside Story of the Sahara Force India deal
The occasion was the semi-final match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and New South Wales in Bangalore, during the just concluded CLT20 tournament. Vijay Mallya, as always, was cheering his team RCB from the pavilion. Then one of his close confidants, came and told him that Subrata Roy Sahara was also in the stadium watching the game. Vijay Mallya sent Roy an SMS inviting him to a drink after the game. Subroto Roy accepted.This is what transpired between Vijay Mallya and Subroto Roy Sahara in the Club House of Chinnaswamy stadium that night.Vijay Mallya (VM) : Hey dude ! How are you ?Subrata Roy Sahara (SRS) : Sahara Pranaam Mallya-ji.VM : So what brings you here Subrotoji ?SRS : I am used to being addressed as Saharasri.VM : Oh Sorry ! Yes, yes Saharasi. Just like my Guru wants to be called as Sri Sri.SRS : It’s OK.VM : How come you are here to watch an RCB match. Your team Pune Warriors, I don’t think made it to the Champions league.SRS : I just came to cheer my boys. You know, Sahara sponsors the Indian cricket team. The Indians in RCB team are my boys also.VM : That’s right, I forgot. You are not doing too badly as a sports sponsor.SRS : We have always been there for India. When ITC left the Indian cricket team in the lurch, we chipped in and became the sponsor in 2001. We recently beat Bharti to be the sponsor of the Indian team till 2013. We are also sponsoring a lot of Indian athletes for Olympic sports. You know, we sponsor the Indian hockey team also. For Sahara nation comes first. Hockey is our national sport, so Sahara is associated with it also.VM : I wonder as a Bengali, how come you are not into football. You must be knowing that both the top teams in Bengal , Mohun Bagan and East Bengal are sponsored by us.SRS : Mallya-ji I am as much a Bengali as you are. You are a Non-Bengali who grew up in Kolkata and I am a Bengali who grew up in UP.VM : Khoob Bhalo ! So, how come you bought an IPL team in the second round of auctions ?SRS : I was never keen on IPL. Just that my son Sushanto wanted it. You know boys will be boys. They need these toys.VM : Exactly. I also bought RCB for Sid. If I am the King of Good Times. He is the Prince. BTW, Saharasri, how is Amar Singh, our common friend.SRS : Mallyaji. I have many friends. Amarji is one of them. I like to help people. When Amar said his bade-bhaiya Amitji was having problem with money, I offered help. I don’t like to talk about it. We have friends in all political parties. In our humble house in Lucknow all are welcome.VM : I like your philosophy Saharasri. I also have a lot of political friends. Because of all the glamour surrounding us, I get too closely identified with some. That’s a problem.SRS : Talking about problems Mallyaji, I hear that your airlines is in trouble. In fact, I was to fly back to Delhi, this evening. Because your Kingfisher flight got cancelled, I am here, chatting with you.VM : You know airline business, having run it yourself. We thought it was an easy business. I had tied it up neatly. I acquired Deccan. I also made a pact with Naresh Goyal’s Jet. I knew, Indian Airlines will never be much of a competition. For clearances and preferential routes, our friend Praful was there. I forgot to consider IndiGo and Spicejet. We also got royally jacked by the crude oil price increase. We are having bit of a cash flow problem there.SRS : Cash flow problem for the liquor baron of India. Kya bol rahen hain aap ?VM : Chhodiye Saharasri. Some things are better not discussed in open. So Saharasri, I hope you will be coming for the Formula 1 in NOIDA this month. Isn’t it great, we are having F1 right here in India.SRS: Hopefully yes. In fact, I had been wanting to talk to you about this F1 team. My younger son Seemanto is very excited about car racing. Ever since I have bought an IPL team for Susanto, Seemanto has been asking for a F1 team. After some initial enquiries, he tells me that it was not easy to start an F1 team. Now you tell me, what your experience has been ?VM : Honestly, it has been a big struggle Saharasri. We bought a lowly placed team Spyker and renamed it Force India, five years ago.SRS : I like the name very much. But normally, you keep a liquor brand name like Royal Challenge or Kingfisher to do some surrogate advertising. How come you chose Force India ?VM : Excellent question. You know, I like to build brands. If you have heard me on the Kingfisher Airlines TV screen. I thought, I will first make a great F1 team brand Force india, then I can always launch a whisky or a beer in that name.SRS : Tell me something about the struggle.VM : In the last three years, we are always in the bottom of the race. We have had problems with the car. We have had problems with hiring good drivers. It is a very expensive business Sahararasri. I had grossly underestimated it. We are now struggling with the budgets. Though, this year our team is doing much better.SRS : Mallyaji, I realise that making a new F1 team is very expensive and time consuming. I am also keen on giving something to my son. Are you open for a partnership ?VM : Wow ! Why not ? I think, though our personalities are very different, we seem to share a passion for sport. I also need some immediate cash to take my team to the next level.SRS : Excellent ! Then that’s a deal. I will send my team to work out the details of valuation, pricing etc. For me, business is a matter of heart and not head. I think we share a good chemistry. Let us go for this partnership. Just a request Mallyaji, could you please add the name Sahara to the F1 team. You know, it is not for me. Sahara is a big parivaar. Everyone loves it.VM : Fantastic ! Sahara Force India, it will be. Well in time for the Indian F 1.The deal got concluded. No thanks to the cancellation of the Kingfisher flight.(This is a work of fiction)This post first appeared in The South reports ( http://www.tsr.net.co)businessbaatein
Weekly Business Quiz # 101
Q.1. Which publication proposed the idea of Occupy Wall Street and ran a campaign ?Ans. Adbusters from Canada
Q2. What is the name of the virtual personal assistant in iPhone4s that speaks in a woman’s voice in US and a man’s voice in UK ?Ans. Siri
Q3. What is the two pizza rule for teams at Amazon ?Ans. Teams should be small so that they can be fed by two pizzasQ4. Where did the current Occupy Wall Street movement originate on May 15 this year ?Ans. Madrid SpainQ5. October 16 is Steve Jobs day. Who has declared it ?Ans. California Governor Jerry BrownQ6. Name the creator of C programming language who passed away recently ?Ans. Dennis RitchieQ7. What will be the new name of the F1 team FORCE INDIA ?Ans.Sahara force indiaSubroto Roy and Vijay MallyaQ8. What is Microsoft’s fruity response to Apple’s iPhone ?Ans. MangoQ9. For which product advt, the unusual hero is the Cocoa bean ?Ans.BournvilleQ10. Apple is a frugal advertiser. It does not need to. For which Apple product was the memorable ‘Think Different’ campaign ?Ans. Macintosh in 1984Q11. Besides Apple, Jobs was a long standing member of which company board?Ans. DisneyQ12. Before starting Apple, for which video games co did Steve Jobs work for ?Ans. AtariQ13. What is the connection of Apollo hospitals to the 2G scam ?Ans. Reddys of Apollo have a stake in Aircel. Siva-Maxis deal is part of 2G scamQ14. Which small country in europe is stopping the euro package to go through ?Ans. SlovakiaQ15. What is the name of the new book from management author Jim Collins who gave Good to great ?Ans. Great by choiceQ16. Which foreign co has acquired 26 % stake in Max Healthcare recently ?Ans. Life Healthcare of South AfricaQ17. After 2008 all F1 cars have a 2.4 l V8 engine. Yeh engine kitna deti hai ?Ans. 4 miles per gallonQ18. In the TVC of FORD FIGO a direct comparison is made with which car of a competitor ?Ans. Maruti SwiftQ19. Which B-school of Indian origin in London has been shut down for visa problems ?Ans. TASMACQ20. Jagjit Singh besides being a singer was also a big collector of horses. Connect his two passions .Ans. His horses were named after his albumsQ21. For which brand of cough syrup did Jagjit Singh appear with Om Puri in the TVC ?Ans. TorexQ22. For their work on what area of Economics have the Americans Sargent and Sims been awarded the Nobel prize in Economics ?Ans. Macroeconomics-Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter @go_mohan
Friday, February 10, 2012
QNS FROM INDIABUSINESSQUIZ
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Quiz on India
1.The novel published in 1882 is set in the background of the horrors of a famine in Bengal,and has the central story line of a group of ascetics fighting against the soldiers of the East India Company.The novel was later translated into English and called The Abbey of Bliss.Identify this historical novel.
2.This fortress was setup by the British East India company on April 23,1639.It was the first fortress set up by the British in India Its main purpose was to have a port which was nearer to the Malaccan Straits to maintain their commercial interests in the trade of spice.Named after the patron saint of England,today it serves as an administartive building of the Government of the state where it is situated.Identify.
3.This state capital gets its name from the "Kew Hi" flower which grows on the nearby mountains.The name literally means "Men from the land where the Kew Hi flower grows" It was the site of an intense battle in 1944 during World War II ,and has a large cemetery for the Allied soldiers who lost their lives.
4.This company was set up in 1968 with FC Kohli as its first General Manager.One of its first projects was to provide punch card services to a sister concern.It later executed a project called Inter Bank Reconcillation System for the Central bank of India.Burroughs Corporation,one of the earliest manufacturers of business computers was its first international client.Identify the company.
5.Setup in 1836 in Calcutta this institution was initially run on a proprietary basis.Any one who paid Rs. 300 could become a proprietor.After independence the Government of India moved it to its present location shown in the image below.
6.In 1906, 'Banco Nacional Ultramarino' was entrusted with the responsibility of issue of paper money in India for certain regions. The early notes issued by the bank carried the seal of the bank. New denominations of 4 Tangas, 8 Tangas and One Rupia and 21/2 Rupias were introduced in 1917. Most issues carried the Commerce and Sailing Ships motifs common to many colonial issues. Indian symbols and motifs (architectural and exotic fauna) were adopted on some notes .Where were these notes used ?
7.What is located in a 28 storey building called Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers in Mumbai..
8.This medal was initially established as Ashok Chakra, Class II. Identify this award which is the peace time equivalent of the Mahavir Chakra.
9. What was this controversy about?
10. These are the obverse and reverse sides of a medal. Name the medal.
11. Identify this lady
12.Its origin is said to be from the Sanskrit word Vishu. It is celebrated thrice in a year:Rongaali or Bohaag (mid-April), Kati or Koongali (mid-October) and Magh or Bhoogali.It marks three distinct phases of the farming calendar for the native crop of the place.Bohaag marks the advent of the seeding time, Kati marks the completion of sowing and transplantation of the saplings and finally Magh marks the culmination of the harvesting period.What is being described?
13.According to some legends, the place derives its name from the local word for shepherd's hill. One of the most striking features of the fort in this place was supposed to be its perfect acoustical system by which a hand clap sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand portico, was heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a 300-foot high granite wall.Which place?
14 The name of this company/brand was suggested by the present MD of the company. Lowe Lintas designed the logo which resembles the shape of a type of card, the card indicating the businsess the company is into. Illayaraja composed the tunes, while Sonu Nigam sang the jingle. Which company/brand?
15. It won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004. To commemorate this achievement,Indian Post came out with two stamps later in the year featuring this. What is being
described?
2.This fortress was setup by the British East India company on April 23,1639.It was the first fortress set up by the British in India Its main purpose was to have a port which was nearer to the Malaccan Straits to maintain their commercial interests in the trade of spice.Named after the patron saint of England,today it serves as an administartive building of the Government of the state where it is situated.Identify.
3.This state capital gets its name from the "Kew Hi" flower which grows on the nearby mountains.The name literally means "Men from the land where the Kew Hi flower grows" It was the site of an intense battle in 1944 during World War II ,and has a large cemetery for the Allied soldiers who lost their lives.
4.This company was set up in 1968 with FC Kohli as its first General Manager.One of its first projects was to provide punch card services to a sister concern.It later executed a project called Inter Bank Reconcillation System for the Central bank of India.Burroughs Corporation,one of the earliest manufacturers of business computers was its first international client.Identify the company.
5.Setup in 1836 in Calcutta this institution was initially run on a proprietary basis.Any one who paid Rs. 300 could become a proprietor.After independence the Government of India moved it to its present location shown in the image below.
6.In 1906, 'Banco Nacional Ultramarino' was entrusted with the responsibility of issue of paper money in India for certain regions. The early notes issued by the bank carried the seal of the bank. New denominations of 4 Tangas, 8 Tangas and One Rupia and 21/2 Rupias were introduced in 1917. Most issues carried the Commerce and Sailing Ships motifs common to many colonial issues. Indian symbols and motifs (architectural and exotic fauna) were adopted on some notes .Where were these notes used ?
7.What is located in a 28 storey building called Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers in Mumbai..
8.This medal was initially established as Ashok Chakra, Class II. Identify this award which is the peace time equivalent of the Mahavir Chakra.
9. What was this controversy about?
10. These are the obverse and reverse sides of a medal. Name the medal.
11. Identify this lady
12.Its origin is said to be from the Sanskrit word Vishu. It is celebrated thrice in a year:Rongaali or Bohaag (mid-April), Kati or Koongali (mid-October) and Magh or Bhoogali.It marks three distinct phases of the farming calendar for the native crop of the place.Bohaag marks the advent of the seeding time, Kati marks the completion of sowing and transplantation of the saplings and finally Magh marks the culmination of the harvesting period.What is being described?
13.According to some legends, the place derives its name from the local word for shepherd's hill. One of the most striking features of the fort in this place was supposed to be its perfect acoustical system by which a hand clap sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand portico, was heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a 300-foot high granite wall.Which place?
14 The name of this company/brand was suggested by the present MD of the company. Lowe Lintas designed the logo which resembles the shape of a type of card, the card indicating the businsess the company is into. Illayaraja composed the tunes, while Sonu Nigam sang the jingle. Which company/brand?
15. It won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004. To commemorate this achievement,Indian Post came out with two stamps later in the year featuring this. What is being
described?
Quizzing
Q 1) Who is credited for the discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb ?
Q 2) Which feature film directed by Satyajit Ray is based on a novel by Munshi Premchand ?
Q 3) What term first appeared in the book ‘Mathematics and the imagination’ ?
Q 4) What is defined as a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness, relatively suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles ?
Q 5) In which city would you find this palace ?
Answers:-
1. Howard Carter
2. Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players)
3. Googol
4. Sleep
5. Bangalore Palace, Bangaluru
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
SPORTS QNS
1)Karsten ________ was born in Austrheim north of Bergen, Norway. His father was a shoemaker, and the family emigrated to Seattle in the United States. He became an engineer and founded Karsten manufacturing. He applied scientific principles to the design of a type of sports instrument, which had previously been based largely on trial and error and was also instrumental in starting something in 1990. What?
2)The British Chess Player John Cochrane played almost 450 games with Moheshchunder Bannerjee from 1848 to 1860 in Kolkata. Bannerjee was a very strong player, although he couldn’t excel at modern European chess. What is his most significant legacy to the Chess World?
3)Hormasji Dorabji __________ played cricket for the Parsees from 1900 – 1922. He later became the President of the Mumbai Cricket Association from 1930 – 1934 and again from 1943 till his death in 1946. After his death, the association decided to commemorate him a special way. What did they do?
4)The stadium in Kaiserslautern is named after a guy who played all his life for the club and also captained his country to it’s first World Cup win. Who is it named after?
5)X is depicted, but not named, by Vladimir Nabokov in his novel Lolita. He appears as a has-been tennis champion with “a harem of ball boys”, whom Humbert Humbert hires to coach Lolita, knowing that he will not try to seduce her due to his homosexuality.
6)Chap represented Karachi as well as Pak Crescent Club (famous for producing Zaheer Abbas.)He is eldest of three brothers. His younger brother , Raheel , is a Professional First Class Cricketer .He decided to go into the sport he is now famous for because of his uncle. Who is this guy?
7)On 1st May , 1971 , the day after the Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA championship , the Arabic term for ” generous, servant of the all-powerful” became an household name. What is this Arabic term?
8)What is common to Brad Klegg (Golf , 2008) , Michael Simmons(Football 1995) and Shiv Kumar Thind (cricket , 1997)?
9)If Paavo Nurmi was the ‘Flying Finn’ , who was the ‘Flying housewife” ?
10)This chap started racing quite late . He initially started with snowmobiles and finally ventured into Formula one.
Described as ‘the craziest devil I ever came across’ by Niki Lauda , this chap was one of the most talented drivers to ever drive an F1 car.
Who?
1) Solheim,Putter,PING Golf
2)The Indian Defence
3)Kanga League
4)Fritz Walter
5)Bill Tilden
6)Sohail Abbas
7)Kareem- Abdul Jabbar
8)All of them have been assaulted by sportspersons
9)Fanny Blankers-Koen
10)Gilles Villeueve
2)The Indian Defence
3)Kanga League
4)Fritz Walter
5)Bill Tilden
6)Sohail Abbas
7)Kareem- Abdul Jabbar
8)All of them have been assaulted by sportspersons
9)Fanny Blankers-Koen
10)Gilles Villeueve
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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
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
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
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