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India Business Quiz -2010
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
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6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
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SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
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2.
3.
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6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
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5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 2
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
Back
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
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regularly and encouraged me
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Slide 5
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
Back
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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Slide 7
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
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Slide 8
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 9
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
Back
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
Back
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
Back
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
Back
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
Back
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
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Slide 11
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
For Answers click
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
Back
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
Back
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
Back
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
Back
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
Back
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
Back
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
Back
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
Back
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
Back
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
Back
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
Back
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
Back
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
Back
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Slide 14
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 15
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Rajib Sarkar
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Slide 18
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
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Slide 19
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Slide 20
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
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Slide 21
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
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Slide 22
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
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Slide 24
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 25
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
Back
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
Back
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
Back
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
Back
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
Back
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
Back
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
Back
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
Back
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Slide 27
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
For Answers click
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 28
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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Slide 29
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
Back
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
Back
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
Back
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
Back
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
Back
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
Back
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
Back
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
Back
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
Back
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
Back
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
Back
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
Back
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
Back
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
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India Business Quiz -2010
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
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Slide 31
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
Back
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
Back
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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Slide 33
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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G.Mohan – [email protected]
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Slide 34
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
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Slide 37
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 38
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
Back
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
For Answers click
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
Back
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
Back
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
Back
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
Back
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
Back
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
Back
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
Back
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
Back
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Slide 4
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
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Slide 5
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 6
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Slide 8
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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Slide 11
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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Slide 13
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
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Slide 14
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 15
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
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G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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Slide 16
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
Back
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
Back
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Slide 17
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
For Answers click
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 18
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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Slide 19
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
Back
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
Back
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
Back
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
Back
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
Back
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
Back
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
Back
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
Back
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
Back
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
Back
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Slide 20
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 21
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 22
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
Back
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
Back
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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Slide 24
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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Slide 26
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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G.Mohan – [email protected]
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Slide 27
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
For Answers click
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 28
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Rajib Sarkar
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All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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Slide 29
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
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Slide 30
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
For Answers click
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 31
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
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Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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Slide 32
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
Back
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
Back
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
Back
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
Back
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
Back
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
Back
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
Back
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
Back
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Slide 33
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
For Answers click
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 34
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
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Slide 35
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
Back
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
Back
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
Back
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
Back
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
Back
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
Back
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
Back
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
Back
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
Back
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
Back
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
Back
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
Back
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
Back
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
Back
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
Back
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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India Business Quiz -2010
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
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Slide 37
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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Slide 38
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Themes
Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
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6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
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Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
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6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
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6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Slide 39
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan
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Themes
Ad-en-Dum
Global Brands
Desi Chhap
Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas
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Guru Gyan
Net Nuggets
Toys for Boys
Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
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Ad-en-dum
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Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the
second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were
common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this
stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds
than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their
pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess
in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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Global Brands
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In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car.
This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different
businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used
while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says
the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER,
FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese
co. SAIC ?
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Desi Chhap
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6.
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind
Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to
Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath
Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It
exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in
India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of
Modern Art in US?
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Filmi Chakkar
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6.
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in 1934. He used a unique
financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand
dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was
actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood,
tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange
?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by
leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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Fashion Passion
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6.
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the
‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between
Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’
is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an
accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer,
is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for
business shortly ?
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Media Trivia
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6.
What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie
LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after
bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13
times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily
for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY
newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not
know what to watch on TV what new channel has been
launched ?
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Jargon Buster
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What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ?
Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly
emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh
etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called
sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation
consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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Sarkar Raj
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This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and
154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anticorruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM
and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow
on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger
than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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Stock Talk
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5.
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died
recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock
scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in
Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment
phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was
accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why
did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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Sabse Bada Rupaiya
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6.
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market….
Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year
1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla
+Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life .
Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its
nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to
invent the ATM ?
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Finance Fundas
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6.
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in
Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian
Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz
in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited
banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when
Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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Guru Gyan
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6.
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by
stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’
published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K
Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which
one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core
competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there
has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next
mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘
SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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Net Nuggets
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6.
Which social networking platform that started in the
living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn
members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for
Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm
are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK.
Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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Toys for Boys
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SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the
world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a
rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for
the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are
MMORPGs ?
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Sports and Sponsors
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6.
Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on
Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and
PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in
2001. His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA.
What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK
PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the
lines of IPL ?
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Kuch Bhi
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6.
What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO
AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN
CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT
KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for
combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces
healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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Aur Kuch Bhi
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Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens
in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to
buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then
BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn
Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger
than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing
what ?
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ANSWERS
Answers to Ad-en-Dum
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5.
6.
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC
game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna
on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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Answers to Global Brands
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6.
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary
this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD
models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM
and SAIC
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Answers to Desi Chhap
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and
Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega
moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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Answers to Filmi Chakkar
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with
an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of
soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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Answers to Fashion Passion
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5.
6.
Burberry
Giorgio is for 35-50 age group and Emporio for
25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest
building- half a mile tall
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Answers to Khaas Khabar
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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Answers to Jargon Buster
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5.
6.
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’
to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and
finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from
other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from
public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of
Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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Answers to Sarkar Raj
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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Answers to Stock Talk
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Harshad Mehta
Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is
transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after
allotment
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Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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Answers to Finance Fundas
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every
nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in
currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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Answers to Guru Gyan
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Raghuram Rajan
Vineet Nayyar
Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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Answers to Net Nuggets
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Social currency to measure online reputation like google
hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private emails ,
digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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Answers to Toys for Boys
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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Answers to Sports and Sponsors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain,
Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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Answers to Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th
element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his
shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Two leaves and a bud
5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for
spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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Acknowledgements
Rajib Sarkar
G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated
regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were
the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
G.Mohan – [email protected]
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