Which brand got its name from a Sanskrit word which means "Priceless"?

Amul from Amoolya

Name the personality who designed the famous Sunflower logo of Wipro?

Sombhit Sen Gupta

Which international corporate has 42 dots in its logo?

Sony

Identify this logo... an aviation group.... also a plateau in southern

India...

Deccan Aviation

Cannaught Plaza Restaurants and Hardcastle Restaurants have had the

responsibility for the entry of Which MNC to India ?

McDonald

Q1. Why have all the major cigarette factories in India stopped production for the last 2 days ?

Ans. Govt’s notice on warning pics on pkt not clear

Q2. Which state proposes to launch a Right to service act a first of its kind ?

Ans. Bihar

Q3. Godrej is acquiring the FMCG brands GENTEEL and SWASTIK SHIKAKAI from the Kothari family. Who were
the original creators of them

Ans. Sarabhais

Q4. India is no 2 in most emigrants. What is india’s rank globally in receiving immigrants ?

Ans. No 10

Q5. Which car model is fast replacing Ambassador as the official car for ministers, bureaucrats, generals ?

Ans. Maruti sx4

Q6. In which indian city a LITTLE KOREA colony is coming up thanks to 170 korean cos setting up shop there ?

Ans. Chennai

Q7. What is the service of GROUPONS the site acquired by Google for over 5 b $ ?

Ans. Free coupons for groups to get discounts in retail sites

Q8. With no formal academic qual what pioneering inst did Dasharath Patel create ? He passed away y’day.
Ans. National institute of design Ahmedabad

Q9. From whom has the RPG group acquired the global rights for marketing under the CEAT brand ?

Ans. Pirelli of Italy

Q10. What does Harsh Mariwala of Marico find wrong with engineer MBAs ?
Ans. Left brained and process driven
Q11. Why Julian Assange is being feted and called the Journalist of the year that too without writing a word. ?
Ans. Wikileaks

Q1. Why do farmers love the fungus MYCORRHIZA ?

Ans. These fungii helps roots to rejuvenate

Q2. In India where economy and value for money are often used as USPs, a small car is promoted as being
‘fittingly expensive’. Name it.

Ans. VW Beetle

Q3. Dubbed as a cross between the VODAFONE and VIDEOCON logos which co now wants a name for its new logo
a la NIKE’S Swoosh ?

Ans. AIRTEL

Q4. Besides being brokers what is common to Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Uday Kotak, Vallabh Bhansali and Manish
Chokhani ?

Ans. All from the same school Hindi Viya Bhavan in Marine Lines

Q5. As per Niira Radia who files the highest income tax returns amongst journalists ?

Ans. Udayan Mukherjee of CNBC. paid Rs 6cr tax last year

Q6.Who signed the first ever US patent in 1790 issued to Samuel Hopkins ?

Ans. George Washington

Q7. Connect Carrier , OTIS, Sikorsky and Pratt and Whitney to a Fortune 500 company

Ans. United Technologies

Q8. British PM wants to measure the Happiness Index of UK. Who has inspired him for the it ?

Ans Amartya Sen

Q9. Which popular personal finance TV host signs off with ‘People first, then money, then things’ ?

Ans. Suze orman on CNBC

Q10. Which term traces its origin to Willard Hotel Washington where President Ulysses Grant met people to
discuss policy matters ?

Ans. Lobbying

Q11. Which co has launched a new 3-in-1 suit fabric called HATRIC that has the best of cotton, silk and
polyester ?

Ans. Arvind
Q12. Praful Patel is charging airlines of ‘predatory pricing’. What does it mean ?

Ans. Anti competitive measure of pricing products at low prices

Q12. CEO of which housing finance co has been arrested in the ‘cash for loans ‘ scam ?

Ans. LIC housing finance

Q13. Which city is the first to launch mobile number portability (MNP) in the country ?

Ans. Rohtak

Q14. Which drink brand owned by Nestle is being launched in India by Coca cola ?

Ans. Nestea iced tea

Q15. Which well known international media house has launched its first magazine in india KNOWLEDGE ?

Ans. BBC

Visual Quiz

Identify these mascots and the brands they are associated with. Answers as comments.

Brands and their mascots

Q1. As per a recent survey by GMAC the agency for GMAT what is india’s rank for doing management education ?

Ans. No 4

Q2. Why has the Competition Commission of india imposed a fine of Rs 1 cr on Kingfisher airlines ?

Ans. For the deal with Jet airways

Q3. Which economist politician has written a book titled SATYAM SPECTRUM SUNDARAM ?

Ans. Dr SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY

Q4. Which sports car has models called BOXSTER, CAYENNE, CARRERA, PANAMERA etc ?

Ans. PORSCHE

Q5. Níira Radia is in the eye of the 2G spectrum scam. Name the corporate lobbying firm she heads.
Ans. Vaishnavi Communications

Q6. What is the stated reason for sacking Air India Express COO Pavan Arora ?

Ans. Fudging his CV and referencing Bauldof the Air India COO

Q7. One of the promoters of ENAM was in the limelight along side Harshad Mehta. After the scam he went off
media. Name him.

Ans. Nemish Shah

Q8. Why has Amar Bose of BOSE Corp sworn never to take his company public ?

Ans. To have freedom to plough money into research

Q9. In silicon valley who is the best paymaster ? This co is forcing Google to hike salaries .has launched a GMAIL
killer recently.

Ans. Facebook

Q10. How did the brand REEBOK get its name ?

Ans. Reebok is an Afrikans way of spelling African antelope Rhebok

Q11. Spectrum Raja has allegedly favoured SWAN telecom with 2G licences. Name the businessman behind
Swan.

Ans. Anil Ambani

Q 12. Bonus question : Identify these women and what connects them. Answers as comments.

POWER WOMEN QUIZ

Ans. 1. Nita Ambani 2. Anuradha Mahindra 3. Parameshwar Godrej 4. Maureen Wadia… The connection is all are
wives of well-known businessmen. They are celebrities and powerful women in their own right.

-Compiled by G.Mohan

Here are pictures of people from the world of business and management. All have a shining pate.
Identify them. Answers as comments.

Q1.Identify this NRI Businessman

Q2.Former Tech CEO, now Vice Chairman

Q3.Identify this original takeover tycoon

Q4.Dot-com entrepreneur
 Q5.Marketing Guru

Q6.Emerging markets fund manager

Q7Personal effectiveness guru

Q8.Monk who sells snake oil

Anil Agarwal 2. S .Ramadorai 3. Swraj Paul 4. Sanjeev Bhikchandani 5. Seth Godin 6. Mark Mobius 7. Stephen
Covey 8. Robin Sharma

Q1. Who said ‘Other than Enron, I do not think anyone came close to the complexity and magnitude of fraud as
we have here.’

Ans. Vineet Nayyar on SATYAM

Q2. How did Hyundai SANTRO get its name ?

Ans. From St Tropez where the strategy session was held

Q3. Which global CEO describes his management philosophy as ‘whatever works’?

Ans. Jeffrey Immelt of GE

Q4. After Anand Mahindra’s 10m $ which Indian business house has given 50mn $ to Harvard ?

Ans. Tatas

Q5. The commonwealth has 54 sovereign nations. Yet in CWG 2010 there were 71 teams. How ?

Ans. Each colony has a team

Q6. Which GOI dept recently released ads where in a cut paste job they have shown airplanes emitting Italian
tricolour instead ?

Ans. Income Tax deptt

Q 7.Mukesh Ambani will soon be moving into his own 27 storey mansion in south Mumbai. What is its name ?

Ans. ANTILIA

Q8. Which US fashion retailer brought back its original logo after receiving flak in Twitter and Facebook for its
new logo ?

Ans. GAP

Q9. Name the new Tata model which is a crossover. A cross between a sedan, MUV and SUV.

Ans. Tata Aria

Q10. Endiran / Robot is the most exp indian film at 40mn$. What is the budget of HOBBITT the most expensive
film being made ?

Ans. 500 m $

Q11. Name the largest movie rental chain in America. It filed for bankruptcy this September.

Ans. BLOCKBUSTER

Name the film star behind the production house and charity BEING HUMAN.

Ans. Salman Khan

There are over 62000 ATMs in India today. Which bank set up the first ATM in india in 1987 ?

Ans. HSBC

Which cricketer is the brand ambasador for Band-Aid?

Virendra Sehwag

Sachin Tendulkar

Saurav Ganguly

Yuvraj Singh
2. Which leadership guru coined the term 'transformational leadership'?

Pradep Sindhu

Phillip Kotlar

Samuel A Dipiazza

James MacGregor Burns

3. Which Television channel launched the first local programming initiative

in India in the form of reality show - Everset Se Takkar?

Discovery

National Geographic

Animal Planet

Nikelodian

4. What is the name of the new version of Hunadi Motors car?

Sunshine

Alto

Indica

Xing

5. What is the name of the 233cc Motorcycle launched by Hero Honda?

Karizma

Freedom

Dawn

Passion

6. Which air conditioning company has the slogan 'Inspire the Next'?

BlueStar
 Hitachi

Carrier

LG

7. Aditya Birla collaborated with which foreign company to roll out an

insurance scheme?

Vysya

SunLife

Sanmar

MaxNewYorkLife

8. Citi Bank co-brands cards for which oil company?

HP

IOCL

BPCL

IBP

9. What is series of showrooms set up by Reliance to sell Mobile phones

called?

IndiaWorld

WebWorld

Dhirubai Phones

Ambani Dream Center

10. Which company brings you CNBC Television channel in India?

Channel 7

TV 18

Mudra Arts
 Sony

11. Which fabric company has the slogan - 'India's Family Store'?

Pantaloon

Provouge

Hirawats

Peter England

12. Acme Clothing owns which famous brand?

John Player

Peter England

Provouge

Park Avenue

13. What is the name of the recent car released by Toyota in India?

Camry

Chervlet

Xing

Voyager

14. What is the e-Governance project of Andhra Pradesh Government called?

HARIS

I-SETU

eSeva

ELCOT

15. What is the name of the UK-based Tea company acquired by Tata Tea?

Tetley
 Gemini

Brooke Bond

Lipton

16. Which fabric brand has the slogan - 'Wear your attitude'?

Provouge

Peter England

Duke

Weekender

17. Hyundai is a car manufacturer based in ___ country

Japan

S Korea

N Korea

Taiwan

18. What is a computer network without wires called?

LAN

WAN

WiFi

EPABX

19. Netle is a company based in which country?

USA

UK

South Africa

India
20. Elle 18 range of cosmetics are marketed in India by which FCMG
company?

HLL

Colgate-Polmolive

Emami

Gillet

1. Which companies mobile phone are marketed with the slogan - Big inside.
Small Outside

Nokia

Sony

Samsung

Motorola

2. Which Indian Enterprise used the slogan - Improving the quality of Life.

Reliance

TATA

Birla

ITC

3. Which newspaper says You needn't read us to understand us?

Times of India

The Hindu

Indian Express

Malyalam Manorama

4. Which network marketing company sells with the slogan - Better Ideas-
Better Life

Amway
 SkyBiz

HLL

Nirma

5. What is the name of the mobile company which was acquired by Sony ?

Nokia

Erricson

DoCoMo

CellOne

6. Forester is the name of a car manufactured by

Ford

BMW

Chevrolet

Mitsubishi

7. Louie Philippe is the brand name of a

shirt

paper

car

luggage ware

8. Power is the name of oil from which of the following Oil gaints?

IOCL

HP

BPCL

Shell
9. Carrier is a leading name in the field of

Air Cooling

Air Conditioning

Refregiration

Icing

10. Which car gives you - Fun on the Run

Alto

Icon

Lancer

City

11. You read ____ news paper because - You deserve to know

Times of India

Hindustan Times

The Hindu

Bombay Times

12. Magic is the brand name of which Mobile pre-paid card?

AirTel

BSNL

MTNL

idea

13. Cerelac is the brand of which companies baby foods?

Kellogs

Nestle
 Johnson n Johnson

HLL

14. If you use this companys software - your question yourself - Where do
you want to go today?

Microsoft

SCO

Novell

Lotus

15. Colgate Fresh Energy Gel took paste says

Talk to Me

Rakshana Chakra

Fights with germs for long

None of these

16. 737-900 is the name of a

Mobile Phone from Motorola

name of a jet plane

looks like a telephone number in West Indies islands

name of a comet

17. Taj group of Hotels is a chain of hotels from which company?

GrandBay

Welcome

Tata

ITC
18. This company is - Applying Thought

Infosys

Wipro

Sun

Ernest & Young

19. Your neighbours will go envy if you own this television

LG

Samsung

Videocon

Onida

20. Harmony is the name of which companies textiles?

Reliance

Vimal

Digjam

Bombay Deing