Weekly Business Quiz # 108

Q1. How did the Dev Anand production house Navketan get its name ? Ans. Named after Chetan Anands 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 Harrods London Ans. Amrapalis 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

Weekly Business Quiz # 107

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 Name this detergent brand that created waves in the 80s as competitor to Surf and is now being withdrawn.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

Weekly Business Quiz # 106

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 ObamaWen 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 Campbells 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 worlds 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 respectively

Weekly Business Quiz #105

Q1. Nehrus birthday on 14th Nov is celebrated as Childrens day and also as National ________ day. Fill in the blank. Ans. Metallurgists Q2. In which Indian cos mine have they found Indias 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

Weekly Business Quiz # 104

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

Weekly Business Quiz # 103

Q1. Which was the first bank to raise savings bank interest rate to 6 % after RBI deregulated it ? Ans. Yes Bank Q2. Name the first woman President and CEO of IBM who will take over from Sam Palmisano Ans. Virginia M Rometty Q3. Which Indian woman has appeared for the first time in the Forbes billionaires list ? Ans. Savitri Jindal Q4. Who has bought over the Ericsson stake in Sony ericsson joint venture ? Ans. Sony Q5. Which co has launched its first ATM that dispenses gold and diamonds at Phoenix Mills, Mumbai ? Ans. Gitanjali Jewels

Q6. 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 expert Q9. Which model of SUV has been launched in RA.ONE ? Ans. VW Touraeg Q10. Why is the closing down of Vaishnavi communications front page news ? Ans. Nira Radia Q11. As per a Mint study who was the highest paid non promoter executive in 2010 11 @17.3 cr ? Ans. Debu Bhattacharya