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India Business Quiz Business- Quizzes, News and more • Home • About • Global brands • Indian Brands • Indian Brands- II • Jargon buster • Visuals Weekly Business Quiz # 202 October 9, 2013 businessbaatein Uncategorized Brands, Business, India, quiz Leave a comment Q1. Which small town in USA is home to 67 Coca Cola millionaires who have been buying Coke shares since 1920s and have kept with them ? Ans. Quincy, Florida Q 2. Which healthcare venture is funded by Azim Premji in his personal capacity ? Ans. Health Care Global Q 3. Which PSU had supplied critical equipment for LHC thereby deserving some credit for the Nobel prize in Physics this year ? Ans. ECIL Q4. Which brand has replaced Thums Up as the largest selling soft drink in India ? Ans. Sprite Q5. Besides being Public sector banks what is common to Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, United Bank and SBI ? Ans. CMDs are women Q6. Which co recently lost its reign over the purple colour in a UK court against Nestle ? Ans. Cadbury ( Mondelez) Q7. After Enron went bust who owns and runs the infamous Dabhol power plant ? Ans. Ratnagiri Gas and Power Ltd , a JV of NTPC and GAIL Q8. Which cricketer will replace Dhoni as the new face of Big Bazaar ? Ans. Shikhar Dhawan Q9. What is ‘ Latte Art’ ? Ans. Art made on coffee cup while poring cream over coffee Q 10. After China which country stands No 2 as a.shoemaker of the world ? Ans. Vietnam Q 11Match the messaging apps to the country of their origin a. Line b. Whatsapp c. WeChat 1. China 2. Japan 3. USA Ans. Line – Japan, Whatsapp-USA, WeChat – China Q 12. In economics, what do we call someone who consumes more than a fair share of limited resources or shoulders too little cost ? Ans. Freerider Q 13.Which celebrity couple are endorsing Prestige kitchen appliances ? Ans. Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan Q 14. With whom has Archaelogical survey of India tied up to offer 360 deg virtual view of India’s 100 monuments ? Ans. Google Q 15. What is the unique feature of Flutter a Indians promoted firm acquired by Google for 40 Mn $? Ans. It can close apps or programs by gesture recognition Q 16. As per companies act what is.the ceiling for.no of investors to which a private placement can be done ? Ans. 49 Q 17. Which Ahmedabad based co has regd the MODI Kurta brand – mandarin collar shirts with an Indian twist ? Ans. Jade Blue Q 18. Which is India’s largest English language trade publisher ? Ans. Penguin Random House Q 19. ___ has made an “unprecedented decision” among automotive makers, it is eliminating the “cigarette lighter jack” and replacing it with USB ? Ans. Hyundai Q 20.Which Indian co will be the title sponsor for the New York City Marathon this year ? Ans. TCS Q 21. How is Tirumala Tirupati Devstahanams promoting walking among the devotees visiting the Balaji temple ? Ans. A free Laddoo Q 22. Which country is No 1 on global remittances for 2012 as per World Bank ? Ans. India with 70 bn $ Q 23. What is the approx cost per episide of 24 debuting in COLORS shortly ? Ans. Rs 3 Crore Q 24. Match the Indian IT cos to their european acquisitions 1 TCS 2 Cognzant 3 Infy a Equinox b Alti c Lodestone Ans. 1-b, 2, a, 3 -c Q 25. After wrinkle free trousers we now have stitch less shirts. Who has launched such shirts in India ? Ans. Arrow Q 26. Three of the top investors in Microsoft want to throw out BIll Gates as Chairman. What is Gates’ holding in Microsoft now ? Ans. 4.5 % Q 27. World economic forum publishes Human Capital Index. India is ranked 78th out of 122 countries. Which country is no 1 on this list ? Ans. Switzerland - Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter @go_mohan Share this: • Twitter 1 • Facebook 1 • Email • Print • More • Like this: Weekly Business Quiz # 201 October 3, 2013 businessbaatein Uncategorized Brands, Business, India, quiz 1 Comment Q 1. Name the IAS Officer who is incidentally a St Stephen, IIM-A alum who unearthed the Bihar Fodder scam. Ans. Anil Khare Q2. What is the subject of the movie ” Fire in the Blood” by Dylan Mohan Gray ? Clue: It has an Indian Business connection. Ans. Indian pharma industry’s contribution to bring down cost of AIDS treatement in Africa. CIPLA is mentioned Q3. With which company would you associate Colour Idea stores ? Ans. Asian Paints Q4. What is common to the iconic cars VW Beetle, Fiat 500 and BMW’s Mini Cooper ? Ans. Iconic cars popular elsewhere but failed in India Q5. With which Indian group has Polaris tied up to manufacture ATVs in India ? Ans. Eicher Q6. From which three streams of education are the Aditya Birla Scholars identified and awarded scholarships annually ? Ans. Engineering, Law and Management Q7. Who will become the first woman to become the Chairman ( chairperson) of State Bank of India after Pratip Chaudhuri retires ? Ans. Arundhati Bhattacharya Q 7. Due to the US govt shutdown many Federal employees will be on furlough . In simple words, what is a ‘furlough’ ? Ans. Unpaid leave Q8. In which highly successful TV series is Walter White a high school chemistry teacher who gets into Meth business and builds an empire ? Ans. Breaking Bad Q9. Apple has been rated as the most valuable brand for 2013 by interbrand. Which brand did it replace, a brand that was at the top since 2000 ? Ans. Coca Cola Q 10. Bitter Brew by William Knoedelseder is a book on the rise and fall of which major American company ? Ans. Anheuser Busch, makers of Budweiser Q 11. How did ‘Cappuccino’ get its name ? Ans. Colour of the robes of the Capuchin monks Q 12. Which brand has launched a TV which is supposed to have been co-created with Sachin Tendulkar ? Ans. Toshiba Q 13. Name the publication which was founded in July 1995 by David Talbot, often credited as the web’s first strictly online only magazine. Ans. Salon.com Q 14,What can you do by using the Google service goo.gl ? Ans. URL shortening Q 15. Which public sector co will implement India’s first chip fabrication facility to come up near Gandhinagar Gujarat ? Ans. Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation Q 16. What service was started by Google in 2002 when they realised their Search was not giving relevant results after 9/11 incident? Ans. Google News Q 17. What is Project Columbus launched by Hindustan Unilever Ltd ? Ans. Rural distribution expansion Q 18. In M & A lingo what is a ‘Bear Hug ” ? Ans. An offer made by one company to buy the shares of another for a much higher per-share price than what that company is worth. A bear hug offer is usually made when there is doubt that the target company’s management will be willing to sell. Q 19. What is the difference between a ‘samurai’ bond and a ‘sushi’ bond ? Ans. A Samurai bond is a foreign co making a bond issue in Japanese market and a ‘Sushi” bond is a bond issued by a Japanese issuer in a market outside Japan and denominated in a currency other than the yen. Q 20. Fabindia is test marketing a cola based on an unusual ingredient in some Indian cities. What is the ingredient ? Ans. Tulsi Q 21. According to Kellogg’s in US only 36 % of adults and 60 % of children have breakfast. So what innovation has Kellogg’s done ? Ans. Cereal bars on-the-go Q 22. In consumer behaviour what is ‘buyer’s remorse’ ? Ans. Sense of regret after making a purchase, usually a high value item like car or house. - Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter @ go_mohan Share this: • Twitter 1 • Facebook 4 • Email • Print • More • Like this: Weekly Business Quiz # 200 September 24, 2013 businessbaatein Uncategorized Brands, Business, India, quiz Leave a comment Q 1. What is the name of the tool started by Google for creating and comparing Governments across the world ? Ans. Constitute Q 2. Why there may be little or no 0 % EMI schemes for buying gadgets and durables this festive season In India ? Ans. RBI has asked all banks to stop such schemes.RBI is against the practice of banks tempting consumers to make big-ticket purchases by offering to break up credit card payments into EMIs. Q 3. Name the businessman of Indian origin behind Fairfax, the company that has acquired Blackberry Ans. Prem Watsa Q4. Which video game launched recently has totted up 1 Bn $ sales in 3 days, which is the fastest by any entertainment property, incl films ? Ans. Grand Theft Auto 5 Q 5. He is the richest Chinese. He owns AMC Theatres chain in US. He now wants to create a film complex bigger than Hollywood in China. Name him. Ans. Wang Jialin of Dalian Wanda Group Q6. Google has a new logo which does away with embossment and shadows. What font does Google logo use ? Ans. Catull Q7. The _______ Quarterly published articles on Enron as enthusiastically as Hello! runs pieces about the Beckhams. Fill in the blank. Ans. MckInsey Q8. Which husband and wife were the highest paid corporate executives in India last year ? Ans. Kalanithi and Kaveri Maran of Sun TV Q9. ‘ Grand brand ____’ by Balasubramanian and Ramakrishnan is a book about what or whom ? Fill in the blank. Ans. Rajini ( Rajinikant) Q 10. In arts or engineering, who is a Bricoleur ? Ans. Bricoleur is a person who constructs and creates a work from diverse range of things that are available at that particular time.