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Weekly Business Quiz # 249
Q 1. Identify this serial entrepreneur, consummate deal maker who has been declared
bankrupt by the Seychelles Supreme Court.
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Ans. C.Sivasankaran
Q 2. Which company has acquired the appliances business of GE ?
Ans. Electrolux
Q 3. Which Indian businessman has launched a TV show in his own name to guide
entrepreneurs in a channel owned by him ?
Ans. Subhash Chandra of Zee TV
Q 4. Identify the persons in this picture.
September 9, 2014
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Ans. Dhirubhai Ambani, Anil, Mukesh and Kokilaben Ambani
Q5. What is the Rashtriya Gokul mission ?
Ans. Govt programme to protect indigenous breeds of cow
Q6. Among the app developers this product is creating a lot of buzz. Identify this logo.
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Ans. Docker App.
Q7. In response to which mascot did Sylvester DaCunha create the Amul girl 40 years ago ?
Ans. Polson dairy girl
Q8. This former Mayor of New York gets back to the top job once again to the company he
founded and even now owns 88%. Name him and his eponymous company.
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Ans. Michael Bloomberg of Bloomberg LLP
Q9. Name the Company and its CEO in picture.
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Ans. Neeraj Chandra of Atul auto
Q 10.What is the new model from Maruti Suzuki that has Ranveer Singh as its brand
ambassador ?
Ans. Ciaz
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Weekly Business Quiz # 248
Q 1. Which brand haa replaced Coca Cola as the best global brand as per Interbrand ?
Ans. Apple
Q.2.Name the brand has supported General Patton,Babe Ruth and Buzz Aldrin because it
believes in “Supporting Greatness”
Ans. Jockey
Q3. What is the name of the mobile job marketplace for blue collared workers and entry level
job seekers by Tech Mahindra ?
Ans. Saral Rozgar
Q4. Govt of India has announced that new domain names can be registered in Devanagari
script in 8 languages. This would be under what suffix ?
Ans. .bharat
Q5. Who has acquired Tim Hortons Canada’s largest fast casual restaurant chain recently ?
Ans. Burger King
Q6. Lipton logo also underwent a subtle change recently. The new logo colors and style are
painfully close to another global brand. Name it.
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Ans. Lays
Q7. Oxford dictionaries had a logo change recently. It seems quite close to another logo, shown
on the right. The other logo belongs to whom ?
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Ans. Beats by Dr.Dre
Q8. We have seen professional managers turning into entrepreneurs, the reverse is seen rarely.
This businessman started as an entrepreneur and created a JV in India with a global giant.
Come October 1 2014, he will be the CEO of the global company. Name this manager and the
company.
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Ans. Ramesh Tainwala, CEO of Samsonite Worldwide
Q9. This is Swami Pranavananda , he is also the CEO of a textile company in Chennai. What is
his real French name ?
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Ans. Christian Fabre
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Weekly Business Quiz # 247
Q1. How are the Bajaj Group and Aditya Birla Group related by marriage ?
Ans. Kushagra Bajaj, son of Shishir Bajaj of Bajaj Hindustan is married to Vasavadatta , sister of
KM Birla
Q2. With which business group would you associate Jatin Mehta who has the dubious
distinction of being the second biggest bank defaulter ?
Ans. Winsome Group
Q3. What is common to Boeing, Campbell Soup, General Motors, Kellogg, Proctor and Gamble,
Deere, IBM and Whirlpool ?
Ans. Companies that were in the original Fortune 500 in 1955 and remain in the 2014 list too
Q4. In which product category does the E-Commerce co. Pretty Secrets operate ?
Ans. Lingerie
Q5. Who has acquired the controlling stake in the e-learning and HR software company
August 26, 2014
Q5. Who has acquired the controlling stake in the e-learning and HR software company
SumTotal Systems ?
Ans. Skillsoft
Q6. Which site is the world’s second biggest professional social network after LinkedIn that is
popular in France and China ?
Ans Viadeo
Q7. With which Indian company has the American apparel retailer GAP tied up to launch
stores in India ?
Ans. Arvind
Q8. Why there will be significant changes in the advertisements for fairness cosmetics like Fair
& Lovely here onwards ?
Ans. Advertisement standards council of India says people with dark skin should not be shown
unsuccessful in any aspect of life, specially in relation to being attractive to the opposite sex,
matrimony, job placement, promotions and other aspects.
Q9. Name this CEO who runs a large IT co carrying his name prides himself by saying he runs ‘
the world’s largest startup’.
Ans. Michael Dell
Q10. In what business is a ‘ Katiyabaaz’ in ?
Ans. One who steals electric power from electric poles, a phrase used in Kanpur
Q11. As per new guidelines issued by Ministry of Urban Development, what major change in
streetlights will be made in the next 3 years ?
Ans. LED lights
Q 12. This Wharton School Alumnus has made a name for himself in a completely different
field. Identify him.
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Ans. Tarun Tahiliani
Q 13. What is special about this fork which is called Hapifork ?
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Ans. It has sensors that helps monitor eating habits. It also warns.
Q 14. Identify this Economist who is expected to be appointed as the Chief Economic Adviser
to Prime Minister Modi.
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Ans. Arvind Subramanian
Q 15. Where is the Lego House, which is modelled on the Lego bricks coming up ?
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Ans. Billund, Denmark
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Weekly Business Quiz # 246
Q 1. The banks have ordered a Forensic audit on Bhushan Steel. What is forensic audit ?
Ans, Audit that collects evidence suitable for use in a court of law.
Q2. Approx what % of its 67 billion $ revenue does Google earn from advertising ?
Ans. 90 %
August 20, 2014
Q3. What niche channel is being launched by Discovery in Hindi to enter the General
Entertainment Channels in India ?
Ans. Investigation Discovery- a suspense and crime channel
Q4. In which Indian City has Coca Cola started free home deliveries under its online
Coke2home project ?
Ans. Ahmedabad
Q5. With which artists would you associate the creative platform Qyuki ?
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Ans. AR Rahman and Shekhar Kapur
Q6. Under what brand name does CavinKare the marketer of Chik shampoo market its dairy
products ?
Ans. Cavin’s
Q7. In response to PM Modi’s suggestion what has Indian Overseas Bank, TCS and Bharti
decided to do as a part of their CSR initiative ?
Ans. Building toilets in rural schools
Q8. This device IBM Simon shown here celebrates 20 years. In what category was this a first ?
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Ans. World’s first smartphone
Q9. What was unique about the Ice bucket challenge taken by Bill Gates in aid of ALS ?
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Ans. Designing and building a contraption himself to pour the ice water
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Weekly Business Quiz # 245
August 12, 2014
Q 1. TRAI proposes to charge OTT services like Whatsapp, Viber etc as it is causing revenue
loss. What is the full form of OTT ?
Ans. Over the Top
Q 2. IIM Bangalore is the first Indian B School to launch free MOOC. in which platform will
they be available ?
Ans. EdX
Q3. Name this Mumbai based software and communications cos a high flier in 2011 with
Mundu app, but now has a winding up order bcoz of defaults
Ans. Geodesic
Q4. Which company has been rated as India’s most admired company in a Hay Group survey
for Fortune India ?
Ans. ITC Limited
Q5. Who tweeted “We should look at building Jhakaas (awesome),not Jugaad (make-do) for
building #WorldClassFromIndia (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/worldclassfromindia)” ?
Ans. Vishal Sikka, CEO, Infosys
Q6. What is common to Blockbuster, Borders, Circuit City, CompUSA ?
Ans. Bankrupt brick and mortar retailers of US
Q7. What is Omnichannel banking ?
Ans, A seamless customer experience across different banking channels like phone, tablet, Net,
ATM, branch etc
Q8. Vistara Airlines is going to be flying in the Indian skies soon. Who are the people behind it
?
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Ans. Tata and Singapore Airlines
Q9. Which group now owns the Barista coffee chain ?
Ans. Lavazza has sold it to Carnation Group
Q 10. Yale is in the news in connection with the Union HRD Minister. Yale is also a popular
brand name. In which products category would you find this logo ?
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Ans. Locks and security equipment
Q 11. Identify the logo and tell why this company is in the news lately.
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Ans. Bhushan Steel, in a bribing case the Vice Chairman has been arrested
Q 12. A British designer has built a luxury alarm clock, shown here. What is special about it ?
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Ans. An alarm clock that delivers coffee
Q 13. The Model shown here is Kapil Sharma. Name the advertiser.
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Ans. Olx.in
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Weekly Business Quiz # 244
Q 1. In which product category is Gurkha Black Dragon the most expensive brand selling for $
1,150 a piece ?
Ans. Cigar
Q 2. FM Arun Jaitley announced the formation of a new company 3PIndia in the budget. What
does 3P stand for ?
Ans. Public Private Partnership
Q 3. In which country has the public sector co ICVL acquired coal mines from Rio Tinto ?
Ans. Mozambique
Q 4. Nomophobia is addiction for what ?
Ans. Fear of being out of mobile phone contact
Q 5. Identify this management thinker/ author who is considered to be the pioneer in the study
August 5, 2014
Q 5. Identify this management thinker/ author who is considered to be the pioneer in the study
of Leadership. He taught at many universities including IIM C. He passed away recently. RIP.
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Ans. Warren Bennis
Q 6. Name this lady who has taken over as the first ever woman DG of Doordarshan recently
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Ans. Vijaylaxmi Chhabra
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Weekly Business Quiz # 243
July 30, 2014
Q 1. Which family owns the Pune based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India ?
Ans. Poonawalla
Q2. Why have Lego blocks been found in the shores of beaches in England over the last decade
?
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Ans. 17 years ago, on February 13, 1997, a ship called the Tokyo Express was enroute to New York
when it was hit by a massive wave. The impact of the wave dashing against the ship was such
that it washed 62 containers overboard. And around 5 million Lego pieces fell into the sea. Over
the years, washed up Lego pieces have been found regularly on the shores of Cornwall in England
and some other beached nearby.
Surprisingly most of the Lego pieces that the Tokyo Express lost to the sea were sea themed- lego
octopuses, sea grasses, scuba diving apparatus, and even dragons
Q3. What kind of disorder is textaphrenia ?
Ans. An illusion of having received a text message, even when there is none. Constant checking of
smart phones for fresh messages
Q4. In fashion speak, what is ‘ athleisure’ ?
Ans. Athleisure is a portmanteau of Athletics and Leisure…so it is clothing that can fit in gym as
well as for casual activities
Q5. The shares of Swift Transportation , the largest truckload carrier in US, crashed 14 %
because of a typical problem. What is the problem ?
Ans. Lack of drivers
Q6. ‘Jab Dard Kicks In, Dard ko Karo Kick ” is the tag line for which brand. Heavily promoted
in the Salman film Kick ?
Ans. Nise gel from Dr Reddy’s Labs
Q7. Name this unique institution set up by a special act of parliament in 1956 with HQ in
Mumbai, that was inspired by Gandhi’s vision of gram Swaraj. This commission has been
dissolved by the Modi Govt recently in order to reconstitute it.
Ans. KVIC or Khadi Gramodyog
Q8. Which business group will be acquiring the Hydel power businesses of Jaypee group for
Rs 12,300 crore from the Gaurs ?
Ans. Reliance ADAG
Q9. Aamir, Amitabh and Shahrukh are seen wearing the jersey of Jaipur Pink Panthers in the
Pro Kabaddi League. Who is the jersey supplier ?
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Ans. TK Sports
Q 10. This is a Bluetooth enabled smart shoe from a Hyderabad co Ducere.Name the brand.
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Ans. Lechal , Hindi for Take Me Along or Let’s walk is the right answer
Q 11. Identify this banker who will soon take over as the CEO of IndiaInfoline
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Ans. Rajashree Nambiar
Q 12. Identify the airline logo. Clue : in the news
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Ans. Air Algerie
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Weekly Business Quiz # 242
Q 1. Name the holding co that owns the fast food chains Domino’s Pizza, Papa John’s, Jack in
the Box etc.
Ans. Chipotle Mexican Grill
Q 2 Who has acquired controlling stake in the Forbes Media, the publishers of Forbes
magazine ?
Ans. Integrated Whale Investments, a Hong kong based Group
Q 3. Which Bollywood celebrity will be the brand ambassador for Banarasi sarees ?
Ans. Priyanka Chopra (https://www.facebook.com/priyankachopra)
Q 4. Why has Lufthansa and British Airways ordered their pilots to avoid flying over Ukraine ?
Ans. After the Malaysian airlines’ MH-17 crash over Ukrainian airspace
Q 5. Name this oldest paint co in South East asia which supplied paints for Rashtrapathi
Bhavan and Howrah Bridge. Its Howrah plant is closing.
Ans. Shalimar Paints
Q 6. Airbnb has unveiled a new logo called ‘ the belo’. Why has it become such a talking point
in social media ?
Ans.It looks like sexual organs and other parts of the human body.
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Weekly Business Quiz # 241
July 15, 2014
Q 1. In which country is multinational companies like Coca Cola giving an ‘environmental
hardship allowance’ to attract expatriates who want to leave the country because of smog ?
Ans. China
Q 2. Connect Adidas, Budweiser, Hyundai…
Ans. Sponsors of FIFA 2014 individual awards
Q 3. Which corporate house is behind the setting up of the Ahmedabad University ?
Ans. Arvind Lalbhai group
Q4. Which is the favorite business book of both Warren Buffett and Bill Gates ?
Ans. Business Adventures by John Brooks
Q5. Jehangir Pocha, editor of NewsX TV , passed away this morning. Prior to this, he was
associated as Editor of a business magazine. Name it.
Ans. Business World
Q6. Why did the Tesla boss Elon Musk say ” Ford is killing SEX ‘ ?
Ans. Because Tesla has model S and X. And they cant name their next model E as Ford will sue
them if they do so as they have the same name for their car model.
Q7. In 1960s, which engg company was started by approaching the region’s farmers for
investment. Even to this day big farmers around Karad own stake in it ?
Ans. Bharat Forge
Q8. Railway Minister has announced 5 new Jansadharan trains in this year’s railway budget.
What is spl about these trains ?
Ans. Unreserved Superfast trains
Q 9. Which Indian corporate is at the centre of a controversy where tickets bought by it for
FIFA matches were resold in the black market ?
Ans. Reliance Industries
Q 10. Identify the person on the right of Amitabh Bachchan.
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Ans. VSS Mani of Just Dial
Q 11. Maelys Castela has taken over as the CEO of a major European company. Name it.
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Ans. Akzo Nobel
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Weekly Business Quiz # 240
July 8, 2014
Q 1. CNBC has launched a Gujarati Business News channel. What is it called ?
Ans. CNBC Bajar
Q 2. Sydney has started installing ‘reverse vending machines’. What are these ?
Ans.It is a vending machine which accepts used cans and bottles for recycling. After a certain
quantity has been accepted it can be exchanged for bus tickets or a seat in the Sydney harbour etc.
Q3. What is the new name of ING Vysya Life Insurance ?
Ans. Exide Life Insurance
Q4. Which retail store chain is using the Modi tagline ” Achche Din aa gaye hain” in its
campaign ?
Ans. More Megastore
Q5. Govt wants to promote the use of debit cards issued by National Payment Corp of India.
What is the name of this network ?
Ans. RuPay
Q6. Name the management idea in org structure invented by Brian Robertson, a software
engineer in 2007 adopted by Zappos and others.
Ans. Holacracy
Q7. From which country is BlaBlaCar a sharing service that allows members to offer seats in
their cars when they are doing an intercity ride ?
Ans. France
Q8. Which international publication has decided to discontinue its India specific website India
Ink from June 30 ?
Ans. New York Times
Q9. TRAI has revised the minimum internet speed to be classified as broadband recently. What
is the new speed ?
Ans. 512 kbps
Q 10. This bookcase from IKEA is the largest selling single piece MDF furniture in the world.
What is its name ?
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Ans. Billy Bookcase
Q 11. Honda is launching an MPV in competition with Innova and Ertiga shortly. What is the
model called ?
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Ans. Honda Mobilio
Q 12. Bacardi has launched 2 new desi flavours under its Breezer range. what are these ?
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Ans. Aam Panna and Nimbu Pani
Q 13. British airways has introduced ‘ Happiness blanket’.What does it do ?
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Ans. It changes colour according to the mood of the person
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Weekly Business Quiz # 239
Q 1. Which company owns the Broadway chain of multiplexes ?
Ans. HDIL
Q2. In which City the staff of Wal Mart decided to unionise leading to the mgmt deciding to
shut it down ? Now Supreme Court has asked to compensate every employee.
Ans. Quebec City, Canada
Q3. Which US Conglomerate’s credit card business is called Synchrony Financial ?
Ans. Synchrony Financial
Q 4. After Amma mineral water, Amma salt and Amma unavagam what has been started by TN
Govt under the Amma brand name ?
Ans. Amma pharmacies
Q 5. Under what brand name has ITC launched breakfast cereals in direct competition to the
likes of Kellogg’s and Quaker ?
Ans. Sunfeast Farmlite
Q6. We recommend a good swish after grabbing a bite of Italian,” Listerine tweeted during the
Italy-Uruguay World Cup match. Explain
Ans. Uruguay football player biting an Italian player in a football game
Q7. IPS Academy has advertised in TOI Ascent for a M.O.D.I . What is its expansion according
to them ?
Ans. Man of Directorial Integrity
Q8. This Apple product bombed but this lead to a blockbuster product that was launched on
June 29, 2007. Name it.
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Ans. iPhone
Q9. RD Burman’s 75th birth anniversary was yesterday 27th June. His tunes continue to be
used even today. Which two wheeler brand uses this tune Aao Twist Karen from Bhoot Bangla
(http://youtu.be/uKE_JURJvDo) in a recent commercial ?
Ans. Ao Let’s Karen- Suzuki Let’s
Q 10. Identify this first gen entrepreneur credited with building India’s first private railway,
first private port in Gujarat and first Private SEZ in Maharashtra…
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Ans. Nikhil Gandhi
Q 11. This brand is linked to a very significant event that happened in India on June 25th.
Name the event and why was this brand called Double Seven.
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Ans. The significant event that happened was imposition of Emergency by Indira Gandhi on June
25 1975. After emergency was withdrawn, elections followed. In 1977. Janata Party came to power.
George Fernandez asked Coca Cola to leave India. Govt of India launched A cola through Modern
Foods. Janata party MP HV Kamath gave the name Double Seven to commemorate the party win.
Q 12. Identify him.
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Ans. Sundar Pichai of Google , who heads Android and other important divisions
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Weekly Business Quiz # 238
Q 1. Why is the outgoing Infosys CEO Shibulal being compared to Donald Trump ?
Ans. His investments in real estate
Q 2. Name this ”stupid’ app that has attracted millions of dollars and become a top app in the
Apple App Store
Ans. Yo
Q3. Facebook has launched Wedge as a part of its Open Compute Project. This product is
threatening to which IT major ?
Ans. Cisco
Q4. RBI has revised the ceiling for the amount of Indian currency notes which residents and
NRIs can carry abroad. What is the new limit ?
Ans. Rs 25,000
Q5. Pepsi recently won a trademark case against PSI Ganesh marketing. What brand was used
by them that was found too close to Aqua Fina ?
Ans. Aqua Fies
Q 6. Amazon has launched a smartphone Fire which will be available from July in US via AT &
T. What is the standout feature of these phones ?
Ans. 3D perspective that comes from 4 cameras in the front
Q7. Homi Bhabha’s Malabar hills bungalow has been auctioned for Rs 372 crore. Who will
receive the proceeds ?
Ans. NCPA
Q8. In which product category is Karex Berhad the world’s largest maker ?
June 24, 2014
Ans. Condoms
Q9. Which Indian company accounts for 14.7 % of India’s exports ?
Ans. Reliance Industries Limited
Q10. Where has the SHUT Clinic ( Society for Healthy Use of Technology), India’s first
Internet de-addiction centre been set up ?
Ans. Bangalore
Q 11. The ‘Kaan Khajura Tesan’ has received a gold in the Cannes Lions 2014. What is the
concept and who owns this ?
Ans. It is a radio station on the mobile phone in Bihar and Jharkhand where music and other
content is played free for 15 mins. These have ads too. HUL is the company
Q 12. The medical electronics major Medtronic has acquired Covidian for over 40 Bn $. One
reason is lower tax rates in that country. Which country ?
Ans. Ireland
Q 13. Which Indian company is behind the GenZe brand of electric scooters to be launched in
US this year ?
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Ans. Mahindra
Q 14. Why is the spray introduced recently in World Cup called 9:15 FairPlay ?
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Ans. This is a vanishing spray used by the referees to mark the distance of 10 yards, which is 9.15
metres..
Q 15. What is unique about this soon to be launched Harley Davidson model ?
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Ans. First electric bike from Harley
Q 16. What does this map of USA portray ?
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Ans. The map depicts the largest company in the state in terms of revenue
Q 17. What is special about these Lego toys ?
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Ans. Lego employees’ business card
Q 18. This is a display by the Customs at Kozhikode airport. What are they displaying ?
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Ans. They are displaying the nail cutters made of gold which were smuggled.
Q 19. Identify this picture. Year 1908.
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Ans. NYSE
Q 20. What popular event these days was pioneered in India by this brand as a sponsor way
back in 1982 ?
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Ans. India Open Marathon in Delhi
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Weekly Business Quiz # 237
Q 1. Vishal Sikka has been appointed as the CEO of Infosys. Prior to joining Infy in which
global co was he a CTO ?
Ans. SAP
Q2. Coca Cola has launched a low calorie Cola called Coca Cola Life first in Argentina and now
in Britain. What unique plant – based sweetener is being used to reduce the calories ?
Ans. Stevia
Q3. What surprising move has been announced by Tesla Motors that is making a lot of buzz ?
Ans, They have opened up all the patents on good faith to develop the electric car industry
Q4. Which global brand was the first company to feature a gay relationship in one of its ads ?
Ans. Ikea
Q5. Which is Brazil’s largest TV broadcast network ? Half the population of Brazil tunes in to it
each day.
Ans. TV Globo
Q6. What is the name of the new programming language launched by Apple which makes it
easier to write apps ?
June 17, 2014
Ans. Swift
Q7. Luxury car brands , If Lexus : Toyota, Acura : Honda then Infiniti : ?
Ans. Nissan
Q8. Which Swiss company wants to disrupt the watch industry by launching a self winding
mechanical watch named System51 ?
Ans. Swatch
Q9. Which unit of SAIL had a bad accident leading to 5 deaths and several injured
Ans, Bhilai Steel Plant
Q 10. Which company has come up with Powermat that will help in wireless charging of
mobile phones ? Select Strabucks in US will have these.
Ans. Duracell ( a division of P & G)
Q11. Modi has made yet another new coinage. B4B. What does it stand for ?
Ans. Bharat for Bhutan
Q 12. Under what private lable is Flipkart launching a Tablet to compete with the likes of
Kindle ?
Ans. Digiflip
Q 13. “Live for Likes” is the new tagline for which e-retailer ?
Ans. Myntra
Q 14. Which is the world’s largest best selling beer by volume in 2013 ? (Clue : It is a Chinese
brand)
Ans, Snow
Q15. CEO of which jute mill in Hooghly ( WB) was beaten to death by workers recently ?
Ans. Northbrook Jute Mills
Q 16. What does the psychographic group “Yummie” stand for ?
Ans. Young Urban Male
Q 17. Which Indian IT services company is associated with FIFA World Cup with over 100 staff
deployed in 12 venues ?
Ans. Tech Mahindra
Q 18. In networking lingo, what does SDN stand for ?
Ans. Software Defined Networking
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Q 1. Which country has decided to include drug trafficking, prostitution and drug smuggling
numbers in its economic output numbers from Oct 2014?
Ans. Italy
Q 2. Which fast food chain in India has started a fun campaign that says that Veg and Non -Veg
do not mix in their kitchen or elsewhere ?
Ans. KFC
Q3. Name the Italian firm which has been producing sticker albums for World Cup Soccer
since 1970. This year’s one has 640 stickers to collect.
Ans. Panini
Q4. The first ___ soup was launched in 1873, when the founder Carl Heirich ___, who till then
used to supply chicory to the coffee industry, started experimenting with drying vegetables
and seasonings to preserve nutrition and flavour. Fill in the blank with a famous brand.
Ans. Knorr
Q 5. McKinsey has an inhouse network called GLAM. What does it stand for ?
Ans. Gays and Lesbians at McKinsey
Q 6. After having scooters positioned for boys and girls separately, which brand has been
positioned as a unisex scooter ?
Ans. TVS Wego
Q 7. Which FMCG major had launched a biscuit brand called iBisc and it flopped miserably ?
Ans. ITC Ltd
June 10, 2014
Q 8. What is common to Nita Ambani, Nawaz Gautam Singhania, Bina Modi, Sarala Birla etc ?
Ans. All are wives of the promoters who have been inducted into the boards to meet the new
guidelines regarding women directors
Q 9. Which country has surpassed US to become the largest importer of oil ?
Ans. China
Q 10. Name the travel website where boh the Ambani brothers are investors, Anil first and now
Mukesh.
Ans. Yatra.com
Q 11. Name the deodorant brand from McNroe consumer products.
Ans. Wildstone
Q 12. ‘ India Pale Ale’ is a type of beer. Why was it called so ?
Ans. Ales that are strongly hopped to withstand long voyages to distant parts of the British
empire
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Weekly Business Quiz # 235
Q 1. Why is U.S. trademark registration 4,473,631, issued to one Paul Ingrisano of New York
become a subject of controversy ?
Ans. The Greek symbol Pi followed by . Has been given as a trademark to him. Hence others
cannot use the common symbol without paying royalty to him
Q 2. Name the on-demand software co created by former Peoplesoft leaders David Duffield
and Aneel Bhusri. It is now in the Top 20 s/w cos.
Ans. WorkDay
Q 3. Gujarat state had a scooter model that failed miserably. Name the brand.
June 3, 2014
Ans. Narmada
Q 4. Which brand of camera was first designed by Oskar Barnack working for Ernst Leitz in
1914 ? It is popular among photo journalists.
Ans. Leica
Q 5. Malcolm Glazer who passed away recently was the owner of which famous football club ?
Ans. Manchester United
Q 6. What were the names of the 3 steam engines that pulled 14 bogies between Boribunder
and Thane in April 1853, first rail journey in India ?
Ans. Sahib, Sindh and Sultan
Q 7. Name the video game character which is the inspiration behind the LG logo .
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Ans. Pacman
Q8. In the logo for Sony VAIO what is the message in the lettering ?
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Ans. VA stands for analog and IO for digital
Q9. In the Amazon logo, there are 2 subliminal messages being hinted with the yellow arrow.
What are they ?
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Ans. A to Z everything is available + a smile for good service
Q 10. Identify the person on the right of Satya Nadella. Name the company he founded.

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Ans. Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com
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Weekly Business Quiz # 234
Q 1. For last 6 years Mukesh Ambani has not increased his salary that he takes from RIL. What
is the value ?
Ans. Rs 15 crore
Q 2. In 1961 , HMT started manufacturing watches in collaboration with Citizen. The men’s
model was called HMT Citizen. What was lady’s model ?
Ans. HMT Sujata
Q3. Which well known statistician set up the statistics institutions, ISI, CSO and NSSO in
independent India ?
Ans, P.C.Mahalanobis
Q 4. Jeff Bezos leaves one empty chair in every conference room – for the most important
person . Who is it ?
Ans. The Customer
Q 5. McDonald’s has a new mascot. What is it’s name ?
May 27, 2014
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Ans. Happy
Q 6. Who is the industry leader in conversation with Nawaz Sharif and what is the occasion ?
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Ans. Subhash Chandra of Zee TV..launch of Zee Zindagi an Indo Pak channel
Q 7. Flipkart-Myntra merger. All the three are Bansals. Give their first names from Left to
Right.
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Ans. Sachin, Mukesh and Binny Bansals
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Weekly Business Quiz # 233
Q 1. Who founded the original ORG. Operations Research Group, India’s first market research
firm ?
Ans. Vikram Sarabhai
Q 2. “Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast
enough.” Who said this ?
Ans. Mark Zuckerberg
Q 3. Who said as Air India Chairman: “I want to be azad, and he (Ghulam Nabi Azad) wants
me to be his ghulam”.? This corporate titan is no more. RIP.
Ans. Russi Mody
Q 4. Capt CP Krishnan Nair of Leela Group is no more. On whom did he name his group as
Leela ?
Ans. His wife
Q 5. Which Indian website recently received the highest number of hits on a single day ?
Ans. Election Commission of India
Q 6. Name this Global brand that was started 50 years ago by the Ferrero family in Alba, Italy.
Italian govt is issuing a stamp for it.
Ans. Nutella
Q 7. In a mega deal AT & T is acquiring the pay TV co DirecTV. What is the value of this deal ?
Ans. US $ 48.5 Bn
Q 8. Priyanka Vadra has admitted that multiple DINs was a mistake committed inadvertently.
What is DIN under Companies Act ?
Ans. Director Identification Number
Q 9. Identify this logo.
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Ans. Astra Zeneca
Q 10. Who wrote the copy for this legendary ad for The Economist magazine. He is no more.
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Ans. David Abbott
Q 11. Why is this Kurl On advt attracting a lot of flak ?
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Ans. In bad taste as it uses Malala Yousafazai

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Weekly Business Quiz # 232
Q 1. The TIME name for the magazine is actually an acronym. Expand TIME
Ans. The International Magazine of Events
Q 2. Which popular slogan was given by advertising agency Soho Square for BJP in the 2014
election campaign ?
Ans. Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkar
Q 3. Who owns the trade mark Styrofoam used for making disposable cups, plates etc ?
Ans. Dow Chemicals
Q 4. One winter night in 1905, Frank Epperson left a mixture of soda and water with a stick in it
on his porch.What accidental discovery resulted
Ans. Popsicles
Q 5. Which MNC owns the brand name Chapstick often used as a generic name for all lip
balms ?
Ans. Pfizer
Q6. Who owns the brand name Breathalyzer also called as Drunk-O-meter ?
Ans. Indiana University Foundation
Q7. What packaging material developed by Sealed Air Corporation has become a generic name
for such packaging ?
Ans. Bubblewrap
Q 8. Jetski has become a generic name for personal watercraft. It is a brand. Who owns the
brand Jet Ski ?
Ans Kawasaki Heavy Industries
May 13, 2014
Q 9. Annual meeting of which company is called the ‘Woodstock for the Capitalists’ ?
Ans. Berkshire Hathaway
Q 10. Who has acquired the apparel brand Spykar recently ?
Ans. Future Lifestyle of Kishore Biyani

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Weekly Business Quiz # 231
Q1. Which popular app is developed by Iceland based Plain Vanilla Games ?
Ans. QuizUp
Q2. Name this Nobel prize winning American economist associated with study on human
capital. He passed away today. RIP
Ans. Gary Becker
Q3. Why has the CEO of American retailer Target resigned ?
Ans. Theft of 40 mn members credit card data
Q4. What ingredient is being removed by Coca Cola and Pepsi for its harmful health effects ?
Ans. BVO or Brominated Vegetable Oil
Q5. What does the logo efए on the jerseys of Mumbai Indians stand for ?
Ans. Education for All
Q6. What is the real name of the blogger Fake Jhunjhunwala who has authored the book ‘ How
to become a billionaire by selling nothing’ ?
Ans. Aditya Magal
Q7. As per new RBI guidelines, what penalty will be levied on bank depositors who fail to
maintain min balance ?
Ans. Nil
May 8, 2014
Q8. Which chain of veg restaurants was started by P Rajagopal ?
Ans. Saravana Bhavan
Q9. In a multi billion $ deal who will acquire the Consumer Care business of Merck ?
Ans. Bayer
Q10. Who is the author of the current Amazon best seller ” Capital in the twenty-first century ”
?
Ans. Thomas Piketty
Q 11. Which is the largest selling beer in US ?
Ans. Bud Light
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Weekly Business Quiz # 230
Q1.What tweet from Infy board member Kiran Mazumdar Shaw generated controversy for
which she apologised ?
Ans. Tweet on Rohan Murthy’s presentation at Infosys board meeting!
Q 2. What famous eye care brand is owned by Valeant which is trying to acquire Allergan ?
Ans. Bausch and Lomb
Q3. DoCoMo is exiting out of Tata Teleservices by selling its stake at a loss. Name the parent
company of DoCoMo.
Ans. NTT
Q4. SEBI is going to allow trading in 4 new types of bonds , one of which is covered bonds.
What are covered bonds ?
Ans. Securities created from public sector loans or mortgage loans where the security is backed by
a separate group of loans. Covered bonds typically carry a 2-10 year maturity rate and enjoy
relatively high credit ratings, depending on the quality of the pool of loans (“cover pool”) backing
May 4, 2014
the bond. Covered bonds are often attractive to investors looking for high-quality instruments
that offer attractive yields.
Q5. Which model has become the largest selling two wheeler in Indian market ?
ans. Honda Activa
Q6. One of the earliest E-Commerce sites Indiaplaza went offline recently. under what name
was it launched in 1999 in the height if dot com boom
Ans. Fabmart.com
Q7. Which luxury brand has an investment arm called L Capital ?
Ans, LVMH
Q8. Coca Cola is called Keko Koule in China. What does it mean in Chinese ?
Ans. Let your mouth rejoice
Q9. A WSJ headline says ‘ Otis finds ‘Reshoring’ is not easy ‘ . What is reshoring ?
Ans. Bringing back the manufacturing facility back to the home country after off shoring it earlier.
Q 10. What popular programming language was invented by Thomas E Kurtz and John G
Kemeny of Dartmouth college , 50 years ago ?
Ans. BASIC
Q 11. Why is there is a high likelihood of increased supply of alphonso mangoes in Indian
market this year ?
Ans. EU ban on Indian mangoes
Q 12. In which product category is Gerber,the No 1 brand in USA ?
Ans. Baby foods
Q 13. Which global co has recently promoted Rajeev Suri as its CEO ?
Ans. Nokia
Q 14. This car became the base for a very famous car later. What did this car become ?
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Ans. Batmobile
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Weekly Business Quiz # 229
Q 1. At a time when many companies are entering wearable devices market, which major co
has decided to move out of it ?
Ans. Nike Fuelband
Q 2. In US 2013, rank the advertising spend in various media in descending order
a) newspaper. b) broadcast TV c) Internet d) radio
Ans. c,b.a,d
Q 3. For excellence in what are the Mirchi KAAN awards given away every year ?
Ans. Radio advertising
Q 4. What is unique about the Indian site raftaar dot in ?
April 21, 2014
Ans. Largest Hindi search portal
Q 5. Successful in film placements, Castaway : Fedex, Ironman: Audi, Quantum of Solace :
Ford, Skyfall : ?
Ans. Sony or Aston Martin
Q 6. What is ‘masstige’ branding ?
Ans. Masstige branding is a marketing term meaning downward brand extension. The word is a
portmanteau of the words mass and prestige and has been described as “prestige for the masses.”
Q 7. Google has acquired Titan Aerospace. In what business is Titan in ?
Ans. Solar powered drones
Q 8, Which US co is paying up to 5000 $ for disgruntled employees to quit ?
Ans. Amazon
Q9. At a time when most Indian politicians are reporting more wealth, how come Obama’s
income has dropped ?
Ans. Royalty from books has dropped
Q 10. Google Glass is going on sale for one day only ie April 15. What is its price ?
Ans, 1500 $
Q 11. What is often used in.place of icecreams in in ice cream ads so that they do not melt ?
Ans. Mashed potatoes
Q 12. Name the Indian born scientist behind the 1 $ DIY microscope which can magnify 2100
times.
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Ans. Manu Prakash
Q 13. Which company has she taken over as CEO recently ?
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Ans. Network 18 Digital
Q 14. Name this legendary British designer behind this and many other logos who passed away
today
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Ans. Wally Olins
Q 15. This is taken from a recent TVC.Name the brand.
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Ans. Mother Dairy
Q 16. In what business is Gamesa in ?
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Ans. Wind turbines
Q 17. Why is Archie in the news ?
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Ans. He will die soon.
Q 18. This boy figures in an interesting TVC. Name the advertiser.
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Ans. Dr Fixit from Pidilite
Q 19. Identify the logo. Who owns it ?
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Ans. Heartbleed. Codemenicon

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Weekly Business Quiz # 228
Q 1 With which co would you associate Kalimati investments ?
Ans. Tata Steel
Q 2. Which two cement cos globally are going.to merge to create the largest cement co in world
?
Ans. Holcim and Lafarge
Q3. Who will become the second largest shareholder in Sun Pharma after the Sun-Ranbaxy
deal ?
Ans. Daiichi Sankyo
Q4. Which logistics company has prescribed its drivers not to turn left as a company policy to
save fuel and accidents ?
Ans. UPS
Q5.In which stock exchange is HomeShop 18 about to launch an IPO ?
Ans. NYSE
Q6. Among IIMs A, B and C , only one of them is going to raise the fees this year. Which IIM ?
Ans. IIM C
Q7. Exposure by Michael Woodward is an expose of scandals in which Japanese company ?
Ans. Olympus
Q8. Which company has trademarked the phrase “with friends” and has used other companies
over the use of it ?
Ans. Zynga
Q9. From April 3, USA has a new atomic clock that is the official time and frequency standard
for the country. What is the name of the clock ?
Ans. NIST-F2
April 10, 2014
Q 10. After Satya Nadella took over, Microsoft has announced that Windows OS will be given
free for devices below a certain screen size. What size ?
Ans, Less than 9 inches
Q 11. After PwC acquired Booz and Co, what is its new name ?
Ans. Strategy&
Q 12. What is the name of the virtual assistant which is included in the Microsoft Windows
Mobile 8.1 ?
Ans. Cortana
Q 13. RBI has granted two companies banking licences. Name them.
Ans. IDFC and Bandhan Financial Services
Q 14. Identify the logo and the product category in which it’s a market leader.
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Ans. Almonard , Industrial fans
Q 15. Independent India’s first voter Shyam Sharan Negi is featured in a TVC. Name the
advertiser
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Ans. Google
Q 16. Identify this new device launched by Amazon.
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Ans. Amazon dash. a device which can be used to place order on Amazon Fresh grocery store by
waving the device on to the item’s code or by voice recording.
Q 17. Who is the Indian partner of this co in the health insurance business ?
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Ans. TTK Healthcare

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April 5, 2014
Q 1. Which Bollywood actor turned MP is the new face of GoDaddy ?
Ans. Mithun Chakraborty
Q 2. Who or what is a “Yummy”, a new phenotype being used by marketers ?
Ans. Young Urban Male
Q 3. “Just as genes propagate in the gene pool so memes propagate themselves in the meme
pool by leaping from brain to brain.” Who coined the word “meme”?
Ans. Richard Dawkins
Q4. Which politician/minister asked Pepsi to add Lehar prefix to Pepsi when they launched it
in India 25 years ago ?
Ans. Sharad Yadav
Q5. HourlyNerd is making a consulting business out of renting McKinsey Moms. Who are
McKinsey Moms ?
Ans. McKinsey Moms are former McKinsey employees who left McKinsey to raise a family
Q6. What is the new name for Infotech Enterprises Ltd ?
Ans. Cyient Limited
Q7. Why has Narayana Murthy refused to campaign for his former colleagues Nandan
Nilekani and V Balakrishnan ?
Ans. He is an apolitical person and as Chairman Infosys has to work with whichever party is in
govt
Q8. Who has created a video which has gone viral using real life Ronald McDonalds to endorse
their breakfasts ?
Ans. Taco Bell
Q9. What Google product created by Paul Buchheit was launched 10 years ago on Apr 1 and
was thought to be a April Fool day hoax ?
Ans. Gmail

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Weekly Business Quiz # 226
March 25, 2014
Q 1. The Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was a Red-Eye flight. What is a Red- Eye flight ?
Ans. The flight which departs late in the night and reaches early morning. This causes sleep
deprivation hence red-eye.
Q 2. South Korean Tourism was promoted as ‘ The Land of the Morning Calm”. What is its new
tagline ?
Ans. Dynamic Korea
Q3. Who is making a film on “Manjunath” the IIM graduate who got killed for speaking
against corruption ? The film releases April 25
Ans. Sandeep Vohra
Q 4. Why has Mukesh Ambani’s luxury jet been grounded by DGCA in Delhi airport ?
Ans. Innumerable safety lapses and pilot not carrying licence.
Q5. What does AQUATM launched in Mankhurd , Mumbai vend ?
Ans. Water at Rs 1 per litre
Q6. Connect Littlewoods, Woolworths and now TESCO to an Indian group
Ans. Tata’s retail partners
Q7. Who will be managing the CPSE ETF created by Govt of India for disinvestment of select
PSU stocks ?
Ans. Goldman Sachs
Q8. What is the name of the model launched by Nissan to compte with Alto and Eon in India ?
Ans. Datsun Go
Q9. Which Indian airline has been.issued a.notice by DGCA for its in flight Holi celebrations ?
Ans. SpiceJet
Q 10. “I start with architecture, and Mark starts with products, and Steve Jobs started with
aesthetics.” Who is I here ?
Ans. Bill Gates
Q 11. What will be the OS from Google that will power the smart watch Moto 360 and LG G ?
Ans. Android Wear
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Weekly Business Quiz # 225
Q 1. Which cricketer has been roped in by Ramaraj shirts to promote their white shirts in the
North Indian market ?
Ans. R Ashwin
Q 2. Under which brand name does Pidilite industries market Gulaal during Holi ?
Ans. Rangeela
Q 3. Who is the sponsor for the NDTV Prime TV channel ?
Ans. Micromax
Q 4. Telecom regulators in Holland are allowing Network-agnostic SIM cards. What does it
mean ?
Ans. A SIM card that could be programmed on the fly to register to any network
Q 5. Which brand owns the site zindagi mili dobara dot com ?
Ans. Head and Shoulders
Q 6. Mercedes has reduced the price of its S Class in India by a whopping 21 lakhs. What is its
new price ?
Ans. Rs 1.36 crore
Q7. How did the toy brand Lego get its name ?
Ans. From the Danish phrase Leg Godt, meaning Play Well.
Q8. The first commercial cellphone Motorola Dynatac went for sale on March 13, 1984. What
was its price then ?
Ans. 4000 $
Q9. Identify the logo.
March 18, 2014
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Ans. Reebok’s new “delta’ logo
Q 10. Identify this scientist.
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Ans. Tim Berner Lee, the man who created www
Q 11. This is a traditional design now taken by Paul Smith and priced at 300 £. What is the
traditional design called ?
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Ans. Peshawari chappal
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Weekly Business Quiz # 224
Q 1. Which highly successful version of Windows will not be supported by Microsoft after
April 8. 2014 ?
Ans. Windows XP
Q 2. Why are women’s rights organisations crying hoarse about the employment conditions for
women cabin crew in gulf airlines like Qatar ?
Ans. Employment conditions regarding marriage and getting pregnant
Q3. 20 employees of which US firm were travelling by the ill fated Malaysian airlines plane ?
Ans. Freescale semiconductor
Q4. What is unique about the loan recovery firm Vasuli recovery ?
Ans. All women recovery agents
Q5. Vespa is going to launch India’s most expensive scooter Vespa 946. What is the indicative
price ?
Ans. Rs 8-9 lakhs
Q6. Which retail chain conducted a contest on twitter with the hashtag#With50RupeesICanBuy
(https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/with50rupeesicanbuy) that became a forum for voicing
India’s problems ?
Ans. Big Bazaar
Q7. When tsunami struck Japan, developers from which Korean company went to Japan and
created Line, a messaging app, in one and half months ?
Ans. Naver
Q8. Which are the only three major countries in which Google is not the number one search
engine ?
March 11, 2014
Ans. Russia, China and South korea
Q9. Who will operate the Mont Blanc single brand retail stores in India ?
Ans. Titan
Q10. Which city has beaten Tokyo to become the most expensive city in the world ?
Ans. Singapore
Q 11. Under what sub-brand has Cadbury’s launched a chocolate-peanut bar in competition
with Snickers ?
Ans. 5 Star Chomp
Q12. Where has McDonalds put this banner ?
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Ans. on the Sweden-Norway border
Q13. In which category is this brand the world leader ?
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Ans. Bananas
Q14. Identify this corporate honcho turned politico.
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Ans. Jaidev Galla of Amara Raja Batteries
Q15. Identify this media baron and his publication.
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Ans. Viveck Goenka , Indian Express ( Mumbai)
Q16. Mattel has launched an ‘average Barbie’ doll which is shorter and fatter than the original
Barbie. What is its name ?
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Ans. Lammily
Q 17. This selfie by the Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres is the most retweeted photo ever. It was
not a spontaneous picture but a part of the product placement strategy of a brand. Name it.
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Ans. Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Q 18. Many AP politicians have their roots in business and run businesses in parallel. Match
the politician to the business group
1. Y.S.Chowdary a. Lanco
2. G.Vivekanand b. Sujana
3. T.Subbarami Reddy c. Panyam Cements
4. L.Rajagopal d. Visaka
5. SPY Reddy e. Gayatri
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Weekly Business Quiz # 223
March 4, 2014
Q 1. Which co is the world’s biggest maker of screens for smartphones and tablet computers ? It
counts Apple and Sony among its customers
Ans. Japan Display
Q 2. Which country’s capital city has the Nay Pie Taw airport ?
Ans. Myanmar
Q3. Due to the collapse of which Japanese exchage for Bitcoins have Indians lost money to the
tune of Rs 100 crore ?
Ans, Mt Gox
Q4. For a special line for which brand was Lady Gaga not only the endorser but also the
Creative Director ?
Ans. Polaroid
Q5. For which brand of apparel and other merchandise does Mandhana Industries have an
exclusive franchise ?
Ans. Being Human
Q6. IITs and IISc are offering free online courses Ina newly started online course platform
called NPTEL. Expand NPTEL.
Ans. National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
Q7. Name the IAS officer who as the Executive Director of SEBI did the investigation and
therefore led to the arrest of Sahara chief .
Ans. KM Abraham
Q8. Which unlikely company has designed a tamper proof smart phone where the data is
totally secure ?
Ans. Boeing
Q9. Which popular Indian ecommerce site is run by Jasper Infotech private ltd ?
Ans. Snapdeal
Q 10. Google has launched a new service Oppia. What is it ?
Ans. An open source education tool
Q 11. Narendra Modi has proposed a Group of nations called ‘Sons of Sun’ where India will
take a lead. What is this group supposed to do ?
Ans.Sons of Sun is a group of countries who have high solar energy potential. This group will
come together to do R & D in solar power
Q 12. Arvind has tied up with Japan’s Goodhill. What will they manufacture and market in
Q 12. Arvind has tied up with Japan’s Goodhill. What will they manufacture and market in
India ?
Ans. Formal suits
Q 13. Who has taken over as the new chairman of ONGC ?
Ans. D.K.Saraff
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Weekly Business Quiz # 222
Q 1. As per the new SEBI code on corporate governance how many terms of 5 years can a
independent director be on BOD ?
Ans. 2 terms of 5 years each
Q 2. NTPC stock crashed due to a recent CERC order. Expand CERC.
Ans. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
Q 3. Embibe is one of the top recruiters in IIM A campus placement this year. In what business
is Embibe ?
Ans. Individualised coaching for IIT and CAT
Q4. Which company is behind India’s first Ayurveda journal ‘ Ayurveda Samvad’ ?
Ans. Dabur India Ltd
Q5. Which co has a TacOps team that swoops in and restores internet and telecommunications
in disaster struck areas as a CSR work ?
Ans. Cisco
Q6. Name the Canadian Indian behind the group Fetopolis which publishes many online
fashion and lifestyle magazines.
Ans. Raaj Kapur Brar
Q7. Mark Zuckerberg appeared for a meeting with a VC firm in his pyjamas That firm got
February 26, 2014
Q7. Mark Zuckerberg appeared for a meeting with a VC firm in his pyjamas That firm got
revenge with Whatsapp sale. Name it.
Ans.Sequoia Capital
Q 8. In what business is Cloudnine a innovative startup based out of Bangalore ?
Ans. Speciaity Maternity Homes
Q9. Why Pizza Hut is being called PeeZa Hut after a recent controversy ?
Ans. An employee was found peeing in the kitchen sink
q 10. Which public sector bank has accused that the Finacle software from Infosys has led to a
higher classification of NPAs in their books ?
Ans. United Bank of india
Q 11. Why did KFC not use its slogan ‘Finger lickin’ good’ in China ?
Ans. The Chinese translation became ” we will eat your fingers off ‘
Q 12 Which Indian city has recently inaugurated the world’s longest free Wi-Fi zone of 20 km ?
Ans. Patna
Q 13 .Bill Gates has invested in a San Francisco start up that is developing a Vegg..What is a
Vegg ?
Ans. Vegetable Egg
Q 14. One of The founders of Whatsapp was turned down by Facebook in 2009. Now his
creation has been bought by them for 19 Bn $. Name him.
Ans. Brian Acton
Q 15. In which country has a restaurant devised a pneumatic system to deliver burgers on the
tables of customers at 87 mph ?
Ans. Christchurch, New Zealand
Q 16. How did DHL use TNT and UPS its rivals to deliver large packages with ‘DHL is faster’
written on it to very difficult addresses in US ?
Ans. Black packages painted with thermal activated ink were given to the rival cos. At a higher
temp, DHL is faster underneath got revealed. Having accepted the packages they had to deliver.
Publicity for DHL at a low cost.
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Weekly Business Quiz # 221
Q 1. What word has been banned in the names of private companies by Ministry of Corporate
Affairs, GOI after the recent NSEL scam ?
Ans. National
Q 2. By purchasing Loop mobile , in which geographical market will Airtel improve its
marketshare significantly ?
Ans. Mumbai
Q3. Who has replaced Mukesh Ambani as the Chairperson for IIM B board of governors ?
Ans. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Q 4. Who has acquired the internet messaging company VIBER for 900 Mn $ ?
Ans. Rakuten
Q 5. Which country will soon implement a ban on two wheelers and three wheelers that may
impact Bajaj Auto adversely ?
Ans. Egypt
Q 6. Penguin the publisher of Wendy Doniger’s book “The Hindus” has decided to ‘pulp’ it .
What is ‘pulping” ?
Ans. Destroying copies
Q7 . What is the ‘project Apollo’ launched by IBM worldwide ?
Ans. Layoff of 13000 employees
Q8. Which Indian company is running a TV /Youtube campaign with the tagline “Husbands
are useless” ?
Ans. Asian Paints
Q9. This bride’s wedding attire made up of 5kg of exquisite gold jewellery has become the talk
of the social media. She is the daughter of CEO of which company ?
February 19, 2014
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/gold.jpg)
Ans. Muthoot Finance co.
Q 10. The charm of the Titanic continues..In which city has the Titanic Beach resort come up ?
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Ans. Antalya, Turkey
Q 11. Identify the founders of Snapdeal
Ans. Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal
Q 12. Sixty years ago on Feb. 6, 1954, slightly more than 1,000 people sat down in 100 different
places around the world to take a test for the very first time. It was the precursor to _______ .
Fill in the blank.
Ans. Graduate Management Admission Test ( GMAT)
Q 13. What is so special about the Firebrick Red M800, chassis no 2890893, that rolled off the
assembly line at Maruti’s Gurgaon plant on the 23rd of January 2014, and headed all the way
across to Rani Motors – a dealership in Shillong, Meghalaya.?
Ans. Last Maruti 800

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Weekly Business Quiz # 220
Q 1. What household chore does Bill Gates do every night ?
Ans. Doing the dishes
Q 2. What was created by the London bakery Peek Freans in 1874 to commemorate the marriage
of the Grand Duchess of Russia to Duke of Edinburgh ?
Ans. Marie biscuits
Q 3. CMD of which Indian PSU has written a book titled Management by idiots ?
Ans. NTPC head Arup Roy Chaudhury
Q 4. Which two cos in the tourism and hospitality space have announced a merger in India ?
Ans. Thomas Cook India and Sterling Holiday Resorts
Q 5. On which businessman’s invitation did Tiger Woods came to play golf at Delhi ?
Ans. Pawan Munjal of Hero MotoCorp
Q6. Who has acquired the Vaio division of Sony that makes and sells PCs and Laptops ?
Ans. Japan Industrial Complex
Q7. Municipal bonds of which US state has been downgraded causing turbulence in financial
mkts ?
February 11, 2014
Ans. Puerto Rico
Q8. Why are condom makers in India opposing the recent National Pharma Pricing Authority
order on condom pricing ?
Ans. A price ceiling of Rs 6.50 per piece
Q9. In which 3 telecom circles is the govt auctioning the spectrum in the 900 mHz band ?
Ans. Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata
Q 10. What important piece of tax legislation did Richard Stanger write as a 28 yr old working
in Jt Committee on taxation in 1977 ?
Ans. 401 (K) plan for retirement benefits
Q 11 . In 1976, during lunch time at Delhi Cloth Mills, DCM, a group of six young engineers in
the office canteen were discussing their work woes at DCM’s calculator division. Despite all
having jobs that paid them well, they were an unhappy lot — they wanted to do more, riding
on their own gumption. They decided to quit their jobs and start a venture of their own.What
company or group resulted from this .?
Ans. HCL Group

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Weekly Business Quiz # 219
Q1.Mumbai monorail begins its commercial operations recently. Which City has the busiest
monorail operations carrying 127000 passengers daily ?
Ans. Tokyo
Q2.In which City was the first ever motor show or auto show held anywhere in the world and
in which year ?
Ans. Paris in 1898
Q3.Who has acquired the Motorola Mobility business from Google for 2.91 Bn $ ?
February 4, 2014
Ans. Lenovo
Q4.The same man invented heroin and aspirin in the same year. Name the inventor and the
year. Via uberfacts
Ans. Felix Hoffman, 1897
Q5.Which Indian company owns the brandname Taral Gas ?
Ans. Petronet LNG
Q6.Who is the first celebrity to cross 50 million followers on Twitter ?
Ans. Katy Perry
Q7.Besides India, which emerging market economies are included in Fragile Five ?
Ans, Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil and South Africa
Q8.Why did Amitabh Bachchan stop endorsing Pepsi ?
Ans. As per Amitabh he stopped it after a school girl in Rajasthan told him why he was endorsing
a drink that his teacher said was poison.
Q9.As per the recent Indian Readership Survey TOI is no1 in English on readership. Overall
what is its rank incl Indian language newspapers ?
Ans. No 7
Q10.This audacious businessman says his company wants to surpass both Apple and Samsung.
Name him.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/lenovo.jpg)
Ans.CEO of Lenovo, Yang Yanging
Q11.In TVC of which product would you see these actors ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/hrithik.jpg)
Ans. OPPO Mobiles
Q 12.Identify this management Guru.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/kotler.jpg)
Ans. Philip Kotler
Q 13.This Hyderabadi is all set to become the CEO of Microsoft. identify him.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/satya.jpg)
Ans. Satya Nadella
Q 14.Adidas created a store like a shoe box to promote their very popular Stan Smith range of
shoes. Where was this store set up ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/adidas.jpg)
Ans. London
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Weekly Business Quiz # 218
Q 1. How does Google encourage its employees to volunteer in social projects ?
Ans. For every five hours of volunteering work done by Google employees, Google donates 50 $
to a charity of the employee’s choice
Q 2. Which former IIM Calcutta Professor and well known Management consultant has been
awarded the Padma Bhushan ?
Ans. Mrithyunjaya Athreya
Q 3. Rajesh Saraiya has been awarded the Padma Shri today. What is his claim to fame ?
Ans. India’s first Dalit billionaire
Q4. RBI prints currency notes. Govt of India mints coins. What is the upper limit for currency
denomination and coin denomination resply ?
Ans. RBI can issue currency notes upto a denomination of Rs 10,000 and GOI can issue coins upto
a denomination of Rs 1000 as per the current laws
.
Q5. Who recently in a game of chess checkmated Bill Gates in just 9 moves ?
Ans. Magnus Carlsen (https://www.facebook.com/magnuschess)
Q6. Which ad agency is behind the Congress election campaign with the headline “main nahin,
hum” ?
Ans, Dentsu India
Q7. Which Indian retail co has the tagline ‘Price”Less” Fashion’ ?
Ans. V-Mart
Q8.What unique innovation has been made by Indian co. Ventit that is being widely talked
about ?
Ans. Pizza Box
Q9.Which brand has launched new flavours imaginatively called ‘ cookie dough’ and ‘
marshmallow Krispy’ ?
Ans. Oreo
Q 10. Who has acquired the low-end server business of IBM ?
Ans. Lenovo
Q 11. When veg prices hit the roof, which brand ran a campaign saying ” Ab chicken sabzi se
bhi sasta” ?
Ans. Godrej Real Good Chicken
Q 12. RBI has announced that all currency notes issued before 2005 will go out of circulation
from 31/03/2014. How do you identify such a note ?
Ans. Only notes after 2005 will have their year of printing in the back in small font size
Q 13. As per a Tholons survey of top off shoring destinations Bangalore is no 1. Mumbai has
fallen from 2 to 3. Which City is in # 2 ?
Ans. Manila
Q 14. Which country has announced ambitious plans to roll out 5G telecom services by which a
movie can be downloadd in a second ?
Ans. South Korea
Q 15. Which MNC will be launching Pringles chips in India soon ?
Ans. Kellogg’s
Q 16. NSE has launched interest rate futures in the bond market. What are ‘ interest rate
futures’ ?
Ans. IRFs are similar to equity futures. Here the future contracts of ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ are of underlying
government bonds, similar to future contracts of stocks. The minimum contract value is pegged at
Rs 2 lakh and initial margin which you have to pay upfront is around three per cent. This works
out to Rs 6,000.
Q 17. Which American company has launched the INDIAN motorcycle in India ?
Ans. Polaris
Q 18. HSBC set up the first ATM in India. Where was it done ?
Ans. Andheri, Mumbai in 1987
Q 19. He was the third president of the union formed in 1920. During his tenure, he fought
with the management to appoint more Indians in key positions. In a letter written to the then
Tata Steel chairman NB Saklatvala on November 12, 1928, he said, “One of the most important
problems before the company is that it lacks senior officials from India. I have no doubt that if
you go ahead with your policy of Indianisation of Tata steel, you will be able to ingratiate
yourself with your Indian employees, your countrymen as well as with public leaders of all
shades of opinion.”
Who is he ?
Ans. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Q 20. With which chain would you associate Dr P C Reddy ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/apollo.jpg)
Ans. Apollo Hospitals
Q 21. Karl Slym, MD Tata Motors, RIP. When Karl was heading GM India, he appeared in
advts like this. Why did he have to appear in advts and reassure Indian buyers ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/karl.jpg)
Ans. Bankruptcy of GM, America
Q 22. This lady has been awarded a Padma Shri for her contribution in the Trade and industry
category. Identify her and her company.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/mallika.jpg)
Ans. Mallika Srinivasan of TAFE
Q 23. Which company owns this trademark worldwide ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/smiley.jpg)
Ans. The Smiley Company
Q 24. Which activist group ambushed Essar group for its mining activities in this unique way
by putting a huge banner in its HQ ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/essar.jpg)
Ans. Greenpeace
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January 21, 2014
Q 1. OLX is slowly emerging as the place to buy and sell used stuff online in India. Which was
the country to have the first OLX ?
Ans. Argentina
Q 2. Which tech major has acquired the internet security start-up Impermium which has two
indian founders ?
Ans. Google
Q 3. What is the unique service provided by the website www.idealist.org
(http://www.facebook.com/l.php?
u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.idealist.org%2F&h=ZAQGCR7of&s=1) ?
Ans. A place for seeking and offering volunteering opportunities
Q4. Which company has got a trademark on the word ‘candy’ forcing many companies to
withdraw their games which has candy in their name ?
Ans. King, the developer of Candy crush Saga
Q5. Which country’s citizens have the highest per capita tea consumption in the world ?
Ans. Turkey
Q.6. Which brand has launched a 3 min video on YOuTube which ends with ‘ Har Ghar, ____
Ghar ‘ .? Fill in the blank.
Ans. Amul
Q 7.In which song by which singer are lines like You wanna Bugatti ‘ You wanna Maserati’
‘You wanna Lamborghini’ urging people to work ?
Ans. Work Bitch by Britney Spears (https://www.facebook.com/britneyspears)
Q 8.Name the 6 countries that make up the emerging markets CIVETS, coined by Robert Ward
of EIU.
Ans. Columbia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa
Q 9. Coffee houses are places where people hangout. How has a coffee house in Moscow
decided to charge its customers ? It is becoming a trend now
Ans. Paying by time and not cups. Coffee and cookies are on the house
Q. 10 What is the unique business of Art Remba ?
Ans. Art on rent
Q. 11 Times Group has launched a Gujarati daily from Ahmedabad. What is its name ?
Ans. Nav Gujarat Samay
Q. 12Who is the publisher of Jitendra Bhargava’s book The Descent of Air India & has
apologised to Praful Patel and decided to withdraw the book?
Ans. Bloomsbury
Q, 13 Who has won the telecast rights for the FIFA world cup and other events for the next 5 yrs
for the Indian sub-continent ?
Ans. Sony Six
Q 15. With which foreign IT services major has HCL Tech announced a strategic alliance,
sparking rumours of a merger ?
Ans. CSC
Q. 16 In what business are the start-ups Notion Press, Cinnamon Teal , Pothi , Zorba ?
Ans. Self-publishing services providers
Q 17 Identify this logo
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/zumba.jpg)Ans. Zumba











Q 18. Teacher’s whiskey and other brands of Beam have been acquired by whom recently ?
Ans. Suntory of Japan
Q 19. Which tech major has acquired Nest , the makers of the smart thermostat and other home
automation products ?
Ans. Google
Q 20. Identify this Identify this Indian American and her achievement.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/kavya.jpg)
Ans. Kavya Manyapu, the only lady flight test engineer in the Boeing team building a space
exploration flight for NASA

Q 21. The two logos are frighteningly similar. One is Westland Publishing’s logo. Which is the
other one ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/wal.jpg)
Ans. Walgreen’s
Q 22. In this recent TVC what is Aishwarya promoting?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/aish.jpg)
Ans. Stemcell banking for LifeCell
Q 23. This is a diagram of a patent awarded to Amazon recently. What is the patent for ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/amazon.jpg)
Ans. Anticipatory shipping
Q24. Why is this company in the news ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/yara.jpg)
Ans. Yara is a fertilizer co which is involved in a corruption scandal with Kribhco for a JV in
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Weekly Business Quiz # 216
Q 1. In marketing, what is Osborne effect ? What is the origin of this term ?
Ans. Announcement of a later model under development leading to a fall in the sales of the
current model. Osborne computers had prematurely announced a later model which took a long
time coming. This led to the drop in sales of the earlier model also.
Q2. Where in Los Angeles was the first ever Golden globes awards ceremony held in 1944 ?
Ans, 20th Century Fox studios
Q3.CEAT India Ltd was set up in 1958 as a JV between CEAT of Italy and an Indian group. It
was later sold to RPG group. Name the Indian group.
Ans. Tata Group
Q4. Which two Tata companies invested in a JV with Bridgestone to create Bridgestone India
ltd ? .Now divested totally
Ans, ACC and TELCO ( now Tata Motors)
Q5. Maruti Suzuki will launch a hatchback Celerio soon. Which 2 hatchback models have they
January 14, 2014
Q5. Maruti Suzuki will launch a hatchback Celerio soon. Which 2 hatchback models have they
withdrawn from Indian market ?
Ans. estilo and A-Star
Q6. On Sankranthi people celebrate by flying kites. Which recent TVC features Amitabh
Bachchan flying kites ?
Ans. ICICI Bank Tab banking
Q7. Which two car cos came together to design the Dodge Dart, their first car designed together
?
Ans. Chrysler and Fiat
Q8. The Aam Aadmi bug seems to have bitten Hollywood too, where “a nobody will save
everybody” in The Lego Movie. Where will the movie have its premiere show ?
Ans. Legoland , California in Februrary, 2014
Q9. In terms of the latest headcount available which of the following tech majors, has the
largest no of employees ?
a) Apple
b) Google
c) Amazon
d) Microsoft
Ans. c. Amazon
Q 10. In the first 9 months of 2013 -14, in car sales in Indian market , market leaders are Maruti
and Hyundai. Which co occupies the third spot in terms of market share ?
A. Tata motors
B. Honda
C. Toyota
D. Volkswagen
Q 11. A new smartphone was displayed in CES 2014 that has UV radiation installed. What
problem is being solved with UV ?
Ans. Killing bacteria.
Q.12 What is the name of the PC launched by Intel which is the size of an SD card ?
Ans. Edison
Q.13 Expand IFTTT the name of a popular app
Ans. If This Then That
Q. 14 After growing continuously for how many years in a row did the Indian car sales
declined for the first time in 2013 ?
Ans. 11 years
Q.15 Google recently released the first interactive print ad for Moto X in a magazine. Which
magazine is carrying this ad in its january edition
Ans. Wired magazine
Q.16 In the year 2013, w.r.t 2012 PC shipments worldwide
a) grew by 5 %
b) grew by 10 %
c) declined by 5 %
d) declined by 10 %
Ans, D) Declined by 10 %
Q.17 Nachiket Mor committee on financial inclusion says PPIs can be converted into payment
banks. There are 27 PPIs in India. Expand PPIs.
Ans. Prepaid payment issuers
Q.18 Which private business group is the first corporate to use the Aadhar payments bridge to
pay salaries to its employees ?
Ans. Trident Group
Q 19. Binaca Geet Mala ,a popular radio programme of Hindi film songs hosted by Ameen
Sayani was for a long time sponsored by Hindustan Ciba Geigy Limited. It moved from Radio
Ceylon to Vividh Bharati later. When this programme was taken off air, brand had been sold.
Who was the final sponsor of this legendary radio show and what was its final name ?
Ans. Colgate Cibaca Geet Mala, Colgate Palmolive India Ltd
Q 20. What is the name of the first gun for women developed by Ordnance Factory, Kanpur ? It
is a 0.32 bore light weight revolver, weighing 500gm.
ans, Nirbheek
Q 20. What is the business of the firm Burson Marsteller and why it is in news currently in
India ?
Ans. Public Relations, Cong has hired the firm to improve image of Rahul Gandhi
Q 21. Identify the brand being advertised.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/jb.jpg)
Ans. J & B Whiskey
Q 22.Identify the brand being advertised. The 2 questions today are via @Brilliant Ads
(https://www.facebook.com/BrilliantAds)
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/luxor.jpg)
Ans. Luxor highlighter pen
Q 23. Identify the brand being advertised.
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Ans. Oral- B toothpaste
Q 24 Identify this CEO.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/vinod-dasari.jpg)
Ans. Vinod Dasari of Ashok Leyland
Q 25. What is unusual about the corporate logo of Shemaroo , the producer of movies ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/shemaroo.jpg)
Ans. The full name of the company is Shemaroo Entertainment Limited…It’s tagline is
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Weekly Business Quiz # 215
Q.1 Where was Jeff Bezos holidaying when he had to be airlifted for a medical emergency ?
Ans. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Q.2 Because of the earlier failures, what was the name given by ISRO chief to GSLV which was
successfully launched yesterday ?

Ans. Naughty Boy
Q.3 In order to help the Bangalore citizens today for auto strike, what is the discount being
offered by UBer taxi service ?
Ans. 75 % which makes it lower than auto fares
Q,4 Who has taken over as the President of the software industry association NASSCOM ?
Ans. R.Chandrasekhar
Q.5 What will be the broadband speeds in the 4G services soon to be launched by Reliance Jio
?
Ans. 49-51 Mbps
Q.6 Which Indian business community possessed assets worth Rs 1 lakh cr incl 3 lk acres land
in Myanmar but were evicted by the locals in’ 40s ?
Ans. Nattukottai Chettiars
Q.7 Where has TCS decided to set up the world’s largest corporate learning centre ?
Ans. Thiruvananthapuram
Q.8 Why are the Nigerian scams often called 419 scams ?
Ans. The relevant section in Nigerian criminal code for fraud is 419..hence they are called 419
scams
Q.9 Which affiliate of Amazon has decided to get rid of all roles and titles which it calls
Holacracy ?
Ans. Zappos
Q.10 Which country has joined the European Union and adopted Euro as its currency from 1st
January 2014 ?
Ans. Latvia
Q. 11 Which FMCG brand owns the web site www happygooddaytoyou dot com ?
Ans. Britannia Good Day
Q. 12 Name this banking chief who has quit her job as RBS in India to join Aam Aadmi Party .
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/meera.jpg)
Ans. Meera Sanyal
Q. 13 What will be unique about the Rs 500 notes to be launched soon by RBI bearing
Raghuram Rajan’s signature ?
Ans. Rupee symbol
Q. 14 One of the popular biscuits from Hyderabad is the Osmania biscuits. This sweet and salt
biscuit is sold in most Irani tea shops of Hyderabad. How did it get its name ?
Ans. Its creation is credited to dietitians of the Osmania General Hospital who came up with this
high energy solution to supplement the diet of patients. The unique taste of the Osmania appealed
to the Hyderabadi palate and within no time attendants and visitors were caught gobbling it
down with relish much to the chagrin of the patients and doctors. Little wonder that soon biscuits
pilfered from the hospital pantry were being sold at cafes in the vicinity of Osmania General and
with increasing popularity city bakers geared up to meet the demand. Ever since, successfully
dunking an Osmania Biscuit in a cup of Irani chai has been the ultimate test of provenance for all
who claim to be Hyderabadis.
Q.15 Identify the brand with the tagline “Handcrafted in Chennai”.
Ans. Royal Enfield
Q.16 Released in 1941, most pen enthusiasts consider this the greatest pen ever made. Name
the brand and the model.
Ans. Parker 51
Q. 17 Why did President Nixon reduce the speed limit from 70mph to 55mph in US highways
40 years ago ?
Ans. Oil shock of 1973
Q.18 This is the vintage ad for Le Sancy soap, which is now defunct. Its USP was that it lasted
long. Which company had launched this brand in the ’90s in India ? the ad is
courtesy Bhatnaturally (https://www.facebook.com/Bhatnaturally)
Ans. Hindustan Unilever, then known as Hindustan Lever Ltd or HLL
Q. 19 Why is this advertisement released 100 years ago significant ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/stpeters-tampa.jpg)




Ans. First commercial airline flight.
Q. 20. What is the name of this US retail chain in UK and why it had to change it ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/tj-maxx-storefront.jpg)
Ans. T.K.Maxx
Q 21. Britannia Nutrichoice is running a campaign where they are conveying that the biscuit is
the right balance between Tasty and Healthy. A similar campaign was very popular in the ’80s.
Whose storyline was like this :
Girl): I am too old for dolls, too young for the Disco
(Guy ) :But I think you’re just right for ________.
Name the brand.
Ans. Amul Chocolates
Q 22 . Identify this TV presenter , music entrepreneur who markets non film music events
through her firm Art and Artists.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/durga.jpg)
Ans. Durga Jasraj
Q 23 With whom has Pepsi tied up to launch a youth TV channel in India ?
Ans. MTV
Q 24 What is Google’s answer to the comic sharing service Bitstrips ?
Ans. Googlestrips is the right answer
Q25. Which retail chain in US is credited with introducing and popularising the Big Brown Bag
in 1973 ?
Ans. Bloomingdale’s
Q 26. Which brand advertised it in a sidewalk in New York ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/mrclean.jpg)
Ans. Mr Clean
Q27. Which online store is giving an AAM AADMI discount on Jhadus ?
Ans. Tradus.in
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Weekly Business Quiz # 214
Q 1 After graduating from IIT KGP, where did the newly appointed Delhi CM Arvind
Kejriwal take up a job ? He resigned this job and joined IRS
Ans. Tata Steel
Q2. Vape is a term increasingly being used and a term in fashion in 2013. What is ‘vape” ?
Ans. With e-cigarettes you do not smoke, you vape…comes from vaporising
Q.3 Which Hyderabad based vaccine mafr is the world’s lowest cost producer of Pentavalent a
very useful vaccine ?
Ans. Biological E Ltd
Q4. What is the oil accompanying the shale gas called which is obtained while fracking ?
Ans. Tight oil
Q 5. Who was the quiz master in the Vividh Bharati show Binny Double or Quits in the ’70s ?
Ans. Farooque Shaikh (May his soul RIP)
Q 6. Which telecom brand has launched music platform on the net called Discover which helps
bands to upload music and get college shows etc ?
Ans. MTS
Q7. Which app is being called the snapchat of file sharing ? A software that allows sharing files
for a short time and also allows unsharing
Ans, Younity
Q8. Over which company ‘s problems has WB CM Mamata Banerjee sacked her commerce
minister Partha Chatterjee ?
Ans. Haldia Petrochemicals
Q9. After Jayanti Natarajan resigned as the Envt minister, who has been given the charge of the
Environment ministry ?
Ans. Veerappa Moily
Q 10. In general insurance terms, what is the difference between theft and burglary ?
Ans. Burglary involves breaking into a house or building, theft involves no breaking into
Q 11. Which popular Indian music streaming service on the Net has decided to shut down
recently ?
Ans. Dhingana
Q 12. Which venerable institution of US whose policies have impact on financial markets
worldwide celebrate its 100th anniversary recently ?
Ans. Federal Reserve
Q 12. What is the newly imposed tax in Italy commonly called “Google Tax” ?
Ans.Italian companies will require to purchase their internet ads from locally registered
companies. The cos like Google will have to tie up with local companies thus generating some
revenue for the Italian govt
Q 13. Which restaurant chain has published this in their employees web-site causing the
company a great deal of embarrassment ?
Ans. McDonalds
Q 14. This is being voted one of the most unforgettable commercials of 2013. Name the brand
and the model.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/volvo.jpg)
Ans. Volvo trucks, Jean Claude Van Damme
Q 15. Identify this tech honcho who has quit a business career to pursue philantropy.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/vineet-nayar.jpg)
Ans. Vineet Nayar , HCL Technologies
Q 16. This is a scene where Deepti Naval is demonstrating a detergent to Farooque Shaikh.
Name the film. Farooque Shaikh RIP.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/chashme-baddoor.jpg)
Ans. Chasme Buddoor
Q 17. The IndiGo airhostesses all have a similar hairstyle. How and Why ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/indigonewlook-4.jpg)
Ans. Wigs, to save on time
Q 18. Identify the models in this vintage advt for Cadbury’s drinking chocolate. The ad is
courtesy @Bhatnaturally (https://www.facebook.com/Bhatnaturally)
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/cadburys-drinking-chocolate.jpg)
Ans. Jackie Shroff and Sangeeta Bijlani
Q 19. The latest Ad – Titan Joy of Gifting uses the famous Titan tune created by the students in
a classroom. The tune is an adaptation of a famous tune. Name it.
Ans. Mozart’s 25th symphony
Q 20. ’90 minutes > 24 hours’ is the slogan of what ?
Ans. TimesNow NewsHour
Q 21. It was founded in 1973 by Jayantrao Salgaonkar, an astrologer from the Konkan belt of
Maharashtra. It initially started as a hand-printed almanac for Marathi subscribers. The first
issue was sold to 10,000 subscribers. It gradually grew to become the largest selling publication
in the world, with around 19 million copies being sold annually. Name this publication. Have a
lucky 2014.
Ans. KalNirnay
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Weekly Business Quiz # 213
Q1 . What is the subject of the book “The TOI Story” by Sangita P.Menon Malhan getting
released tomorrow ?
Ans. The Times of India
Q 2. Which tyre brand has launched a special version of tyres to coincide with Dhoom 3 ?
Ans. CEAT
Q 3. How has Chaman Lal of Sadar bazar New Delhi gained with the popularity of AAP in
Delhi ?
Ans. AAP Caps
Q.4 What unique variant of Snickers was launched by Mars International in India first ?
Ans. 100 % vegetarian
Q 5. In the context of venture financing what is bootstrapping ?
Ans. Entrepreneur funding the venture with his own funds and borrowings from friends and
December 24, 2013
Ans. Entrepreneur funding the venture with his own funds and borrowings from friends and
relatives
Q6 Who has acquired the asset management co business of Morgan Stanley in India ?
Ans. HDFC MF
Q 7 In economics, what is “price gouging’ ?
Ans. a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities at a level much higher than is
considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock.
Q8 .As per their founders, what does the name Flipkart signify ?
Ans. Changing the way you buy
Q.9 For which Delhi based thinktank has Nandan and Rohini Nilekani donated Rs 50 crore
recently ?
Ans. NCAER , National council of applied economic research
Q. 10 “Hello {{name}} ” is an example of a Mustache web template…Why is it called so ?
Ans. Because there are many moustache like { } symbols in this template
Q. 11 In programming lingo what is an ‘Easter Egg” ?
Ans. Hidden message that the programmer puts while coding which gets revealed with a unique
command
Q 12. With whom did Dettol collaborate to carry out this campaign to promote kitchen hygiene
?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/dettol.jpg)
Ans. Mumbai
Q 13. Identify these billionaire brothers and their company.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/sudhir_samirmehta.jpg)
Ans. Samir and Sudhir Mehta of Torrent Group
Q 14. In US, the material used for making currency notes is a mix of cotton and paper. One
exclusive manufacturer supplies this paper since 1879. Name the co
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/check-out-the-sophisticated-features-of-
the-new-100-bill.jpg).
Ans. Crane and Co.
.Q 15. Identify this legendary designer who was known to be very superstitious. _____ enjoyed
playing with numbers. Number 8 became particularly magical. ____, situated in the 8th district
of Paris, comprised, “behind the original little townhouse”, “a new eight-floor building – eight
workshops – which was the double of another building, also of eight floors”, With its sensual
form, the number also marked the contours of this revolutionary silhouette: “clean and curved,
emphasised bosom, hollowed waist, accentuated hips”, evoking more a femme fatale than a
fatality…
Ans. Christian Dior
Q 16. Identify this company. In 1937, on a suggestion from Gandhi, Jamnalal Bajaj and
Jeewanlal Motichand of Calcutta, acquired a faltering steel rolling mill in Lahore and
expanded its facilities. The plant was lost when the subcontinent was partitioned, but the
company was successfully reorganised in Bombay after independence
Ans. Mukand Ltd
Q 17. What did Chennai housewife Savithri Anandaraman discover in a bottle of jam bought in
2000, that has led to a compensation of Rs 40,000 by HUL to her in 2013 by the Consumer court ?
Ans. Glass pieces in the jam
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Q 1 Which audio electronics co started life as Labor W in Germany a few weeks after the end of
WW II ?
Ans. Sennheiser
Q2. Govt of India is launching an Internet surveillance system developed by CAIR of DRDO.
What is it called ?
Ans. Netra
Q3. Which Indian CM used to run a boutique called Psychedelhi at Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi
in the 1960s ?
Ans.Naveen Patnaik
Q4. In the ’80s and ’90s Maruti 800 was in a seller’s market. So it produced more than 50 % of
its cars in one colour. Name the colour.
Ans. White
Q5. Michael Bloomberg after laying down office as mayor of New York is starting a
consultancy called Bloomberg associates. What will it do ?
Ans. Urban planning and advisory for undertaking projects similar to the ones done in New York
across the world
Q6. Government of India is launching a portal modelled on a UK site, which wants to be the
‘makemytrip’ of the job world. What is its name ?
Ans. National Career Service
Q7. President Obama recently used The Gatsby curve in his speech, an economics concept
based on the novel by Scott Fitzgerald. What is Gatsby curve ?
Ans. Gatsby curve is a graph that shows relationship between inequality and intergenerational
social immobility in various countries
December 17, 2013
Q 8. Who will be marketing Shelcal a popular calcium supplement in the Indian market ?
Ans. Torrent Pharma
Q 9. What is the reclassified Internet speed as defined by TRAI in India applicable from
October 2013 ?
Ans. 512 kbps
Q10. What is the new name for Bengaluru International Airport
Ans. Kempegowda International airport
Q 11. The founder of this group upset about poor quality produced by his factory, ordered
burning of 150,000 phones, fax machines and other devices in front of its employees way back
in 1995…today this company is a global leader in many electronics categories. Name the
company.
Ans. Samsung
Q 12. Against which sports celebrity is there a summons from Economic offences wing for
being involved in the Qnet multilevel marketing scam .
Ans. Michael Ferreira
Q 13. If Kolkata has its KC Das Rossogollas, Hyderabad has Karachi Bakery biscuits,
Coimbatore has its Krishna Sweets Mysurpa, Pune has its ___________ Chiwda . Fill in the
blank with a brand name
Ans. Laxminarayan
Q 14. Philips has had a turnaround by banking on innovation and relevance. What did they
change the device which made soya milk in China for the France market ?
Ans. Soup maker
Q 15. This US insurance company was created more than 150 years ago and
named after the most active volcano in Europe then. Name the company.

Ans. Aetna based on Mt Etna
Q 16. To cater to the growing traffic from china and. India where has Google
set up two large data centres in Asia ?
Ans. Taiwan and Singapore
Q 17. Which corporate entity was the owner of the Aston Martin involved in a
car crash at Peddar Road, Mumbai recently ?
Ans. Reliance Ports
Q 18. States are promoting themselves as investment destinations. If Gujarat
is vibrant! then Punjab is ?
Ans. Progressive Punjab
Q 19. Arrange the following Crude Oil carriers from the smallest to the biggest :
a) Very Large Crude Carrier
b) Suezmax
c) Panamax
d) Aframax
Ans. Panamax, Aframax, suezmax, VLCC
Q 20. She will be the first woman CEO of an auto major. Name her and her co.
Ans. Mary Barra of General Motors
Q 21. Srikantadatta Wodeyar, the last Maharaja of Mysore passed away today.
He was a designer too. Under what brand name were his sarees sold ?
Ans. Royal Silk of Mysore
Q 22. Crawford market, Mumbai. What unique place this building has in Indian history ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/crawford-market.jpg)
Ans. Crawford market was the first building to have electricity in India in 1882..Taj hotel came up
in 1903.
Q 23. This sketch was drawn on a napkin at the St Anthony’s Club , San Antonio, Texas in 1967
by its founders. This sketch was a business plan for which company ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/southwest.jpg)
Ans. Southwest Airlines
Q 24. Connect the Queen to the Bombay Mix…
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/queen-bombay-mix-2920479.jpg)
Ans. Queen complained that the guards picked up the nuts from the Bombay Mix in the palce
Q 25. Which talked about consumer ad is using the following script to break the stereotypes
which women face in the workplace ?
While a man is a “boss,” a woman is seen as “bossy.” Men are “persuasive,” while women are
“pushy.” If a guy works late, he’s “dedicated,” but a woman is “selfish.” A man who struts
down the street is “smooth,” but his female counterpart is “showy.”
Ans. Pantene ( Philippines) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOjNcZvwjxI)
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Weekly Business Quiz # 211
December 10, 2013
Q 1. D.Shivakumar will become the head PepsiCo!s Indian business. Which MNC was he
heading earlier ?
Ans. Nokia India and later Asia.
Q 2. A deadly drug similar to heroin is spreading wildly in Russia and Europe, it is called
Krokodil. Why such a name ?
Ans. Krokodil is cruddy homemade desomorphine, an opioid drug, used (mainly in Russia and
some Russian expat communities) as a cheap and very nasty alternative to heroin. Its effects are
similar to heroin, though much more damaging because of the impurities present from the sloppy
synthesis. It is called Krokodil because it damages the skin and makes it like Crocodile.
Q 3. What logo will the Indian cricket team, our men in blue, wear on their jersey from 2014 to
2017 ?
Ans. Star
Q 4. One of the survey agencies which got its exit poll results quite close to the actual results is
RNB Research. Under what name it publishes ?
Ans.Today’s Chanakya
Q 5. American Express was created by the merger of three companies. Two of the founders
went on to create a well known co known today as a bank. Name it..
Ans. Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo is the right answer. American Express was started as an express
mail business in Buffalo, New York, in 1850.It was founded as a joint stock corporation by the
merger of the express companies owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William G. Fargo
(Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company, the
successor earlier in 1850 of Butterfield, Wasson & Company).[1][2] The same founders also started
Wells Fargo & Co. in 1852 when Butterfield and other directors objected to the proposal that
American Express extend its operations to California.
Q 6. What popular image sharing service was created by Alan Schaaf in 2009 from a dorm room
in Ohio University, Athens ?
Ans. Imgur
Q7. A group of Disney employees joined the Disneyland project as engineers and were dubbed
Imagineers. Which Indian co uses “Imagineering” in advt
Ans. L&T
Q8. Mercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly known as AMG, engineers, manufactures and
customises Mercedes-Benz-branded vehicles. Expand AMG
Ans. Aufrecht Melcher Großaspach
Q9. Why has Go Air filed a case against IndiGo airlines ?
Ans. Go air has charged that indiGo’s website Goindigo.in is misleading and taking away
business from Go Air.
Q 10. Identify this power couple. One a tech entrepreneur! the other an author philanthropist.
Q 10. Identify this power couple. One a tech entrepreneur! the other an author philanthropist.
They meet each other at a quizzing event in IIT Bombay.
Ans. Nandan and Rohini Nilekani
Q 11. The slip-on shoes are commonly referred to as Loafers. How did it get this name ?
Ans. Loafer was the brandname given to the first slip on shoe designed by London based
Raymond Wildsmith for King George VI to wear inside the house. This brandname became a
generic name later.
Q 12. Shanghai is covered with smog. All weather reports talk about a specific reading PM 2.5 ,
which has reached alarming levels. What is PM 2.5 and what does it measure ?
Ans. Particulate Matter of 2.5 micrograms size – fine particles
Q13. The South African cricketers wore pink helmets made in Jalandhar, Punjab. What is the
brand name of this helmet ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/southafrican.jpg)
Ans. Shrey from TK Sports
Q13. Who is on the dining table with Alfred Hitchcock ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/alfred.jpg)
Ans. Leo The MGM lion
Q14. Identify the logo and the service.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/gce.jpg)
Ans.Google Compute engine, an Infrastracture as a service on the Clould launched by Google..It
will compete with Amazon web services
Q15. Where does Accelerate a call centre company employing 20,000 associates have its call
centre ?
Ans. From the homes of employees
Q 16. Which Historian first used the word ‘dismal science’ for the subject of Economics ?
Ans. Thomas Carlyle
Q17. Which FMCG company in India has sent tremors among advtg agencies
by asking for a sign-on bonus before the start of a campaign ?
Ans. Glaxo smithkilne

Q18. In trade finance, which currency has replaced Euro as the No 2 currency
for global trade after US dollar ?
Ans. China’s Yuan
Q19. What companies are called Blue ribbon companies by fortune magazine
?
Ans. To make Fortune’s list of Blue-Ribbon companies, a company must appear on at least 4
Fortune lists in a calendar year. Those include: the FORTUNE 500, Global 500, World’s Most
Admired Companies, 100 Best Companies to Work For, 100 Fastest-Growing Companies and
CNNMoney’s 100 Most Desirable MBA Employers. For Most Admired, a company must either
appear on World’s Most Admired Companies Top 50 overall, or rank in the top half of its industry
to count toward inclusion on the Blue-Ribbon list.
Q20. After watches, jewellery, spectacles, what category is Titan entering now
?
Ans. Helmets
Q21. What is the name of the new company created by Tata Capital and IFC to fund renewable
energy projects ?
Ans. Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd (TCCL)
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Weekly Business Quiz # 210
December 4, 2013
Q 1. Which site has beaten Facebook in terms of number of photos being uploaded daily ?
Ans. Snapchat
Q 2. What was the brand of pesticide being manufactured by Union carbide at Bhopal 29 years
ago which released the chemical MIC causing disaster ?
Ans. Sevin
Q 3. Which is India’s largest accredited stem cell banking company ?
Ans. Lifecell
Q4.In E-commerce what are Black friday and Cyber Monday ?
Ans. Black Friday is the day before Thanksgiving when there are large discounts on products for
which there serpentine queues at retail shops. Cyber Monday is the Monday after Thanksgiving
day
Q 5. What is Amazon’s service for delivering within 30 minutes called ?
Ans. Prime Air ( Drone services)
Q 6. This MNC was brought to India by none other than Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951. It ruled the
market with an 80 % market share for nearly 2 decades. It started facing charges that it was
bringing in old machines and leasing to govt departments at exorbitant rates. In 1977, it refused
dilution of its equity because of FERA and left India. It came back again in 1992 in a JV with
Tatas. Today the company is on its own and is one of the largest MNC employers in India with
over 100,000 employees. Name the co.
Ans. IBM
Q 7. In early ’90s which company had launched a potato chips brand called Binnie’s with the
tagline ‘Humko Binnie’s Mangta’ ? The launch was very successful but the company could not
keep up with the competition.
Ans. Jagatjit Industries Ltd.
Q 8. It was started by a journalist, social reformer, freedom fighter K.Nageswara Pantutu in
1893 in Mumbai. Even today Bombay is inscribed on its lid. This pain balm was popularised by
distributing it free-of-cost in music concerts. Apart from shifting its HQ to Chennai nothing
much has changed with the company. The company entered call centre and fruit drinks
business, but it is still known for its pain balm. Name the company/brand.
Ans. Amrutanjan
Q9. As winter sets in, more and more people particularly in eastern parts of India would be
looking for the familiar green tube of Boroline antiseptic cream. This cream is manufactured
by a GD Pharmaceuticals Ltd , a company almost known for Boroline only. What does GD
stand for ?
Ans. Gourmohan Dutta
Q 10. Which chemical co had introduced this brand Captain Cook in the ’90s ? This brand using
free flowing salt as a USP gave a good fight to Tata salt. The brand was later acquired by HUL.
Ans. DCW Ltd
Q 11. In The upcoming Martin Scorcese film The Wolf of Wall Street which real life character
is played by Leonardo Dicaprio ?
Ans. Jordan Belfort
Q 12. Name this historic paper company. It was set up in 1938 by the Hyderabad Nizam in a
place which was named after paper in urdu. It changed hands a few times. Since 1994 it is run
by the Poddars
Ans. Sirpur Paper Mills Ltd..
Q 13. Which country has been recently removed from the exclusive club which has AAA
ratings from all the three rating agencies S & P, Moody’s and Fitch ? It has been downgraded
by S & P.
Ans. Netherlands
Q 13. The Prestige Microchef Pressure cooker an innovation from Prestige sells well in Japan
and in USA but it has flopped miserably in India. Why has it failed as analysed by the
company ?
Ans. Indians do not wish to cook in plastic cookware
Q 14. Which Indian real estate group has acquired a property in London from Canadian high
commission for property development ?
Ans. Lodha Group
Q 15.Which bureaucrat turned entrepreneur has authored the book ‘ DRIVEN’ which is being
released shortly ?
Ans. Jagdish Khattar
Q 16. After Australia, which country has recently asked the cigarette mfrs to sell them in plain
packs only ?
Ans. Great Britain
Q 17. Name this Indian brand of drinks from Hector Beverages available in four flavours
Aamras, Jaljeera, Jamun Kala Khatta and Kokum.
Ans. Paper Boat
Q 18. What unique offer is being made by a restaurant named Abu Ghosh a
Arab Israeli restaurant near Jerusalem ?
Ans. Discount of 50 % fro keeping the mobile phone switched off
Q 19. What important milestone has the price of Bitcoin crossed recently ?
Ans. 1000 $
Q 20. Which leading business house has decided to withdraw its application for a banking
licence and RBI has accepted the same ?
Ans. Tatas
Q21. In a surprising move, Samsung the world leader in Android phones has decided to throw
its weight behind a new operating system. Name the operating system.
Ans. Tizen
Q 22. Name the Indian American who will take over as the president of the global rating
agency Standard and Poors.
Ans. Neeraj Sahai
Q 23. Amar Chitra Katha is launching a title on the life of Verghese Kurien on his 92nd
anniversary. Where is it being launched ?
Ans. IRMA, Anand
Q 24. Identify this businesswoman and her company
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/asha-gupta-is-first-woman-to-head-
tupperware-in-asia-pacific.jpg)
Ans. Asha Gupta, Tupperware
Q 25. Name the Indian business group associated with these cos sometime or the other.
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/khatau.jpg)
Ans. Khataus
Q 26. This drink will soon be launched in India. It is being called a Foreign Made Indian
Liquor. Why ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/midusstakliskesstonebottle.jpg)







Ans. The composition of Honey based alcoholic drink, Madhu Madya, is mentioned in Rig
Veda…this brand Stakliskes happens to be from Lithuania and the parent company holds the
patent for Honey based drinks..they are launching at India Intl trade fair in Delhi this coming
December
Q 27. What is this character promoted by Kone called ?
(http://businessbaatein.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/liftman.jpg)

Ans. Liftman

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Weekly Business Quiz # 209
November 26, 2013
Q 1. Which popular TV programme has taken this path ? The year it was first introduced in a
country. Brazil- 2007, Pakistan – 2008, India – 2011, Middle East -2012, Africa – 2013
Ans. Coke Studio
Q 2. Who will replace Mike Duke as the next CEO of Wal-Mart from February 2014 ?
Ans. Doug McMillon
Q 3. From the original S & P 500 index constructed in 1957, only original 68 companies remain.
Which is the latest co to be booted out ?
Ans. J.C.Penney
Q4. Which brand of microwaves used Mallika e kitchen TV show to promote microwaves in India
?
Ans. LG
Q5. Which Japanese group makes 90 % of all zippers produced in the world ?
Ans. Ykk group
Q6. What technological invention initially made for military use is being used by journalists to
cover events such as the recent Haiyan hurricane in Philipines ?
Ans. Drones or Unarmed aerial vehicles. These vehicles are being launched with on board
cameras which take pics of disaster sites or risky terrains
Q7. The world’s largest ship Prelude is under construction at a Shipyard in Korea. Where will it
be deployed and what will it be used for ?
Ans. Off Australian coast for producing Liquefied natural Gas
Q8. With which Bollywood star would you associate fruitwash and juicy lip balm ?
Ans. Anushka Sharma
Q 10.It was invented by Fielding and Chavannes in Hawthorne, NJ in 1957. It’s initial application
was to use as a wallpaper. Then it was used for greenhouse insulation. Both these applications
failed. It’s current use was thought of by Frederick W Bowers and sold to IBM. It has since been
used extensively. What are we talking about ?
Ans. Bubble Wrap
Q 11. With which state would you associate http://www.greatbackwaters.com?
(http://www.greatbackwaters.com?)
Ans. Kerala
Q 12. Who owns the company Buffalo networks pvt ltd, now in the news for a scandal ?
Ans. Tarun Tejpal and family
Q 13. What is the prize money which Magnus Carlsen received for winning the world Chess
championship ?
Ans. Rs 9.9 crore
Q 14. Which Indian organisation has developed this distress alarm called NIRBHAYA ?
Ans. BARC developed it and ECIL will manufacture it.
Q 15. In organisation culture lingo, what is an ROWE ?
Ans. Results only work environment
Q 16. In the field of higher education, a govt of India programme is called RUSA. Expand RUSA
Ans. Rashtriya uchchatar shiiksha abhiyan i
Q 17. Name this Gujarat based co which uses nano tech to make moisture resistant roads which
will have longer life. It is making border roads now.
Ans. Zydex Technologies
Q 18. Lakshminarayan Raghupathy of HLL Lifecare is one of the shortlisted scientists for the Bill
and Melinda Gates Challenge to design a better condom. What wonder material he wants to use
and why ?
Ans. Graphene. It is much thinner yet many times stronger than latex. It is also a better conductor
of heat
Q 19. Which car manufacturer is planning to ensure timely payments by making it possible for the
co to stop the car by remote control ?
Ans. Renault Electric cars
Q 20. He is disrupting many industries – Automobile, aeronautics and energy. This Paypal
alumnus is known for his audacity and tenacity. He has been named as the Fortune
businessperson of the year 2013. Identify him and his three companies.
Ans. Elon Musk
Q 21. How will the Tile app help its users ?
Ans. It has a small device which can be attached to any item like key or smart phone. It will help
locate the misplaced or stolen items.
Q 22. Which once popular music player software will be shut down by AOL, come December 20th
?
Ans. WinAmp Music Player
Q 23. Who said “If corporate pregnancy is going to be consequence of corporate mating, the time
Q 23. Who said “If corporate pregnancy is going to be consequence of corporate mating, the time
to face that fact is before the moment of ecstasy?
Ans. Warren Buffett remark about risk of acquisitions
Q 24. Shantanu Khosla heads the three Procter and Gamble companies in India. P&G Hygiene and
Health Care (which makes Whisper and Vicks), Procter & Gamble Home Products (Ariel and
Tide) and ____. Name the third co.
Ans. Gillette India Ltd.
Q 25. Who is known as the father of Leasing in India ?
Ans. Farouk Irani of First Leasing of India Ltd.
Q 26. What unique item is taken as a collateral by the Credem Bank, Italy ?
Ans. Parmesan cheese. It takes two years for it to be ready for sale. To keep the cash flow of
farmers smooth, the bank lends money against cheese.
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The findings from the just concluded Visitor Survey for the blog are being presented below. 110
persons responded to the online survey.
Majority of the visitors discovered the blog through Search Engines like Google (53 %).
41 % of the visitors visit the blog atleast once a week, nearly 31 % visit it daily.
The popularity of the blog is somewhat recent with 52 % havingvisited for the first time in the
last 6 months.
An overwhelming 72 % of the visitors are interested in trivia of all kinds including business.
Only 15 % said they were preparing for some competitive exams.
The most popular categories of Q & A are related to
1. Business Personalities 2. Indian Brands 3. Logos and Advertising
Legal Affairs is the least popular
The average ratings on a 5 point scale were as follows with 5 being excellent and 1 being Poor
Variety/Mix – 4.3
Difficulty – 4.0
Frequency of posts – 4.1
November 19, 2013
Look and feel- 3.9
Interactivity – 3.6
There were many interesting suggestions to improve the Quiz Blog, some of the more
frequently stated ones include
1. More visual questions including logos
2. More classical quiz questions
3. Improving interactivity by concealing the answer
4. Smartphone apps
51 % of the respondents are Employed. Followed by 22 % who are MBA students
The 18-24 age group comprises 48 % and 25-34 age group comprises 29 % of the total
respondents
97 % of the respondents are from India. 61 % of the visitors hail from the Top 8 Indian cities.
The Top 3 places from where the respondents hail include
1. Bengaluru
2. Mumbai
3. New Delhi
Thanks once again for responding to the survey. The feedback will be helpful in improving the
content and design. – G.Mohan
India Business Quiz
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