Claude Shannon
2.Name the first search application of primitive internet sites.
Veronica
3. Relational Software Inc. (RSI) is today better known as?
Oracle
4. From which fictional book was the name YAHOO taken from?
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver Travels
5. Which former Vice President of the United Sates coined the term ‘Information
Superhighway’?
Al Gore
6. Which present day computer technology has been named after 10th Century
Viking King Harold Blatand who united present day Denmark and Sweden?
Bluetooth- King Harold liked to eat
blueberries, which gave his teeth the colouration that lead to the nickname
“Bluetooth”
Which present day mobile manufacturing company’s earlier name was Galvin
Manufacturing Corporation?
Motorola founded by Paul V. Galvin
in 1928
Name the present name of this company which started off in 1906 as ‘Haloid Company’?
Xerox Corporation
Which present day mobile manufacturing company’s earlier name was Kyoto Ceramics?
Kyocera
What does ‘Nintendo’ mean in Japanese?
Nin-ten-do in Japanese means
“Heaven blesses Hard Work”
Identifythis business person? At the age of 27, he borrowed US $ 20,000 from hisfather-in-law and brought his first store in Newport, Arkansas. He got a pilotlicense in 1953 and used to fly from one store to another to oversee theoperations of this growing chain of retail stores. In 1991, his company becamethe largest retailer in United States.
Sam Walton of Wal-Mart
Identifythis business person? His first book ‘The End of the Economic Man’ waspublished in 1939. He spent over 18 months interviewing senior management atGeneral Motors which resulted in the publication of his best selling book , “TheConcept of Corporation” in 1946. In 1994, he was appointed as Godkin Lecturerat Harward University.
Peter Drucker, the father of allManagement Gurus
Identifythis business person? At 16, he went to work as an engineer for James Flower& Co. in Detroit. His first prototype automobile called the “Quadricycle’was built in his garden shed. He is widely credited to have revolutionized theautomobile manufacturing industry with introduction of the mass-productionassembly line system.
Henry Ford ofFord Motor Company
a) Organic
b) Octagonal
c) Obtrusive
Makoto Hagiwara of Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco is said to have invented what as an extension to Japanese desserts in 1909?
a) Fortune Cookie
b) Peanut Butter
c) Chocolate Waffle Cone
India’s first Hydrogen-powered 3-wheeler is brought to you by whom?
a) Sonalika Group
b) Bajaj
c) Mahindra
An Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remission of the oppressive toll imposed by her husband on his tenants. A brand of chocolates is named after her. Which one?
a) Godiva
b) Noka
c) DeLafee
What was founded in Washington, D.C. on January 13, 1888, by 33 explorers and scientists who were interested in "organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."?
a) Greenpeace
b) National Geographic
c) Nobel Foundation
Reportedly at the equivalent rate of Rs.0.54 per litre, where in the world do you get petrol at the cheapest rate?
a) Oman
b) Nigeria
c) Venezuela
It is arguably India’s answer to the Humvee. Called as Axe-SUV, who is bringing it out soon?
a) Mahindra
b) Eicher
c) Force Motors
Which duo among these owns a software company by the name StumpVision?
a) Sachin and Ajit Tendulkar
b) Anil and Dinesh Kumble
c) Irfan and Yusuf Pathan
Logo of a British luxury brand since 1856 - which brand?
a) St.Michael’s
b) Burberry
c) Harrods
Alpine, Nordic, Slalom are all variants of what?
a) Skiing
b) Golfing Clubs
c) Mountaineering Shoes
In the world of comics, what is the claim to fame of Edgar Rice Burroughs?
a) Creator of Commando Comics
b) Creator of Tarzan
c) Creator of Flash Gordon
What is SS as in SS Cricket Bats?
a) Super Strike
b) Sports Sun
c) Sareen Sports
Which business and media mogul among these is best associated as a part owner of the Atlanta Braves baseball team?
a) Ted Turner
b) Rupert Murdoch
c) Silvio Berlusconi
Acco, Swingline and Kangaro are all brands of what?
a) Staplers
b) Pencil Sharpeners
c) Carbon Paper
The Iberia Airlines is native to which country?
a) Portugal
b) Russia
c) Spain
Sanyo’s mobile phone business has recently been bought over by whom?
a) Kyocera
b) Motorola
c) Sony Ericsson
Which newspaper is the largest read Daily in India?
a) Dainik Bhaskar
b) Times of India
c) Dainik Jagran
Paul Otellini is the boss at -
a) HP
b) Intel
c) Motorola
What happened when Sir Hugh employed student twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London to work on an assignment in 1954?
a) Setting up of the Mensa Foundation
b) Brought out the first Guinness Book of Records
c) Founding of the British Council
Rico’s Engine Head Block, Sona Koyo’s Steering Column, Minda Group’s Electric Switches and Bosch’s Engine Management system go into the making of what?
a) Tata Nano
b) Reva/ G-Wiz
c) India world-premiered Hyundai i10
A lady from the world of fashion/ cosmetics. A lady who lends her name to a major brand. Who/ what brand?
a) Chanel
b) Donna Karen
c) Elizabeth Arden
What is unique about the Top 10 Best Selling Novels of Japan for the year 2007?
a) For the first time ever an English novel made it into the top 10
b) 6 of them were Digital Novels and sold as a CD pack
c) 5 of them were written on Cell Phones
B and O as in the acronym ORBO stand for Banking Organisation. What are O and R?
a) Organised Retail
b) Organ Retrieval
c) Organisational Research (and)
A company registered in Zlin, Czechoslovakia by the siblings Tomáš, Anna and Antonín in 1894. A global company/ brand today, they have their own museum in Toronto (as you see here). Which brand/ company?
a) Bata
b) Skoda
c) Prada
In space, no one can hear you scream – is the tagline of which famous movie?
a) Alien
b) Star Trek
c) Star Wars
A famous model endorsing HP – who is she?
a) Giselle Bundchen
b) Petra Nemcova
c) Laetitia Casta
1/1/08
January 2008 Main Quiz
Volvo is now in a joint venture with which of these Indian enterprises for production of commercial vehicles?a) Mahindra
b) Eicher
c) Ashok Leyland
You now have a Ferrari sub-brand laptop, thanks to whom?
a) Sony Vaio
b) Dell XPS
c) Acer
An ad featuring Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi – which one?
a) Louis Vuitton
b) Compaq
c) Durex
It was the first song to have been performed in outer space. They were astronauts aboard the Apollo IX on the 18th of March, 1969. Which song was it?
a) Merry Christmas
b) Silent Night
c) Happy Birthday
Which logo is that?
a) Logitech
b) Toyota Festival Special
c) Omega Sport
A new range of refrigerator from Samsung called Quatrocooling. What is unique about it?
a) Needs quarter the electricity of an average refrigerator to run
b) Compartments can be reconfigured as per users needs of food storage
c) Is programmable to indicate low quantity of specific items needing to be replenished
Philip Rosedale is best known as the creator of what?
a) Second Life
b) MSN Chat
c) Facebook
Which place of great business interest is this?
a) Times Square - NY
b) Wall Street - NY
c) Fleet Street - London
Many years back there was a fuel efficient popular cooking stove promoted by the Indian Oil. What was it called?
a) Nutan
b) Agni
c) Taap
Frank Nuovo, a design guru at Nokia was the brainchild behind what of these?
a) Camera Phones
b) Blackberry
c) Vertu Mobile
Some of the famous owners of this watch were Napolean Bonaparte, George Washington, Leo Tolstoy, Sir Winston Churchill and so on. Which watch are we talking about?
a) Breguet
b) Patek Philippe
c) Rolex
Madhu Sapre and Milind Soman had arguably appeared almost in the buff for which ad in the mid 1990s?
a) Tuff Shoes
b) Kamasutra Condoms
c) Axe Deo
Nepal’s currency note of Rs.500 does not bear the picture, name or sign of the royalty any more. How has it got replaced?
a) With the picture of Ganesha
b) With the picture of Mt. Everest
c) With the symbol of “Om”
Tiger Airways’ home base is which country?
a) Taiwan
b) Korea
c) Singapore
The Rhino is best associated with which of these brands?
a) Konika
b) CEAT
c) Nintendo
As related to mobiles, what is ARPU?
a) Area Range of Phone Usability
b) Average revenue per user
c) Anti-radiating phone usage group
Think of cars. The surname following the name Soichiro is the brand name of which car?
a) Suzuki
b) Honda
c) Toyota
Rake your brains. This scooter of yester years is of which make?
a) Vespa Nova
b) Lambretta
c) Bajaj Chetak
What if the term for a unit of energy as used in the International System of Units (SI)?
a) Watt
b) Newton
c) Joule
Which drink was originally called as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda"?
a) 7-Up
b) Canada Dry
c) Schweppes - Lemon
How is Lillian Bettencourt famous in the world of Business?
a) Is the richest woman in the world
b) Founded Body Shop
c) Is the first woman CEO of Ford Motors
Deepika Padukone also endorses a watch now. Which watch?
a) Tissot
b) Tag Heuer
c) Swatch
Among new words being used by British Doctors, what does “Disco Biscuit” mean as reported in the British Medical Journal?
a) The clubbers’ drug Ecstasy
b) Feel-Good Drugs
c) Vitamin Supplements
What on earth is that?
a) Narain Karthikeyan’s 2007 A1 GP Car
b) Michael Schumacher’s Benetton car
c) Ayrton Senna’s Williams-Renault
Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen got together and started what?
a) Hollywood Cafe
b) Dreamworks SKG
c) International Creative Artists
A designer of par excellence - Who is this?
a) Yves Saint Laurent
b) Calvin Klein
c) Roberto Cavalli
1. WHICH STATES CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY FEDERATION PRODUCTS (ICE CREAM, MILK GHEE ETC) ARE MARKETED UNDER THE BRAND NAME SARAS?
ANS. RAJASTHAN COOPERATIVE DAIRY FEDERATION
2. IF YOU ARE ‘MAKING SENSE OF INDIA ’, WHAT ARE YOU READING?
ANS. INDIA TODAY
3. FORTUNE MAGAZINE BEGAN ITS 500 LIST OF TOP ‘ U.S. ’ COMPANIES IN 1954. WHICH COMPANY HAS TAKEN THE TOP SPOT FOR MORE THAN 36 TIMES?
ANS. GENERAL ELECTRIC
4. WHAT IS MURPHY’S LAW IN MANAGEMENT?
ANS. THE THEORY THAT IF SOMETHING CAN GO WRONG, EVENTUALLY IT WILL GO WRONG.
5. WHICH MARKETING GURU GAVE US THE THEORY OF ‘MARKETING MYOPIA’ WHICH APPEARED IN THE HBR IN 1960. THIS ARTICLE IS ONE OF THE MOST REPRINTED ARTICLE OF HBR.
ANS. THEODORE LEVITT
6. WHICH TWO MANAGEMENT THINKERS HAS GIVEN US THE CONCEPT OF BALANCED SCORECARD?
ANS. ROBERT KAPLAN AND DAVID P NORTON
7. YOU MUST BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORL D . WHICH PERSON MADE THIS STATEMENT MANY YEARS AGO WHICH IS STILL RELEVANT?
ANS. MAHATMA GANDHI
8. DUET FILMS. WHICH FAMOUS CHARACTER ACTOR OF SOUTH OWNS THIS PRODUCTION COMPANY?
ANS. PRAKASH RAJ
9. ‘FIRST CHOICE’ IS THE LEADING PLAYER IN THE MULTI BRAND USED CAR MARKET. IT IS OWNED BY WHICH AUTO MAJOR ?
ANS. MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA
10. WHICH COMPANY GIVES THE TITLE OF ‘DISTINGUISHED ENGINEER’ TO EMPLOYEES WHO ACHIEVE A SUSTAINED RECORD OF INVENTION, GARNERING RECOGNITION ACROSS THE INDUSTRY FOR INSIGHT AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE ?
ANS. IBM
11. WHICH COMPANY LAUNCHED ITS SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE, “BIG ADDA”, INDIA ’S ANSWER TO SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES LIKE MYSPACE AND ORKUT ?
ANS. RELIANCE ENTERTAINMENT
12. NAME THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK “JALEBI MANAGEMENT : All Stakeholders Can Enjoy a Bite “ .
ANS. SHOMBIT SENGUPTA
13. THE ‘LIVING PLAN ET REPORT’ IS A PERIODICAL OF WHICH ORGANISATION ?
ANS. WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF)
14 IN WHI CH BUSINESS NEWS PAP ER WOULD YOU FIND THIS CARTOON STICKLISH SINGLES
ANS. HINDU BUSINESSLINE
15 WHAT TERM DEFINES AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WITH HIS SKILL AND ABIL ITY OBTAINS TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS IN A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS RATHER THAN A PERMANENT JOB ?
ANS. PORTFOLIO WORKER
16 WHICH MANAGEMENT THINKER IS KNOWN AS ‘MR. STRATEGY’ AND HAS DEVELOPED THE 3C ‘S MODEL. WHO ?
ANS. KENICHI OHMAE
17 KHAZANA IS THE INV ESTM ENT ARM OF WHICH COUNTRY ?
ANS. MALAYSIA
18 WHICH ACTIVIST’S BOOK IS ‘CHEW ON THIS. EVERYTHING YOU DIDN’T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT FAST FOOD’?
ANS. ERIC SCHLOSSER
19 WHICH MNC ’S GROWTH STRATEGY IN INDIA IS – PEOPLE, PLANET, PORTFOLIO, PARTNERS AND PERFORMANCE ?
ANS. COCA-COLA
20 NAME THE CELEBRITY AUTHOR OF THE BOOK “THAT EXTRA HALF AN INCH: HAIR, HEELS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN” .
ANS. VICTORIA BECKHAM
21. WHICH HIGH PROFILED PERSONALITY OWN THE MEDIA STARTER CURRENT TV AND AN ASSET MANAGEMET FIRM CALLED INVESTMENT GENERATION MANAGEMENT?
ANS. AL GORE
22. WHICH BANK HAS BROUGHT OUT THIS TWO COMICS RAJU AND THE MONEY TREE AND MONEY KUMAR FOR TEACHING BASIC BANKING TO CHILDREN?
ANS. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA
23 THE PINK SLIP AWA RDS INTRODUCED BY THE TIMES OF INDIA GROUP IS GIVEN FOR WHAT ?
ANS. CREATIVE EXCELLENCE IN RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING
24 WHICH COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED ITS NEW GLOBAL, CORPORATE BRAND IDENTITY ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN BASED ON THE THEME ‘LET’S GET IT DONE.’?
ANS. CITI
25 NATIONAL AIDS CONTROL ORGANISATION (NACO) HAS LAUNCHED – KYS- AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO HIV TESTING IN INDIA EXPAND KYS.
ANS. KNOW YOUR STATUS
26. WHAT DO THE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES CALL A PERSON WHO ROLLS PART OF THE BILL OVER TO THE NEXT MONTH ?
ANS. REVOLVER
27 WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MOVE MENT DEVOTED TO RALLYING AMERICAN CONSUMERS TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING BY SWITCHING LIGHT BULBS FROM STANDARD BULBS TO CFL BULBS ?
ANS. 18 SECONDS.
28 DENNIS HWANG IS THE MAN BEHIND WHICH OF GOOGLE’S FEATURES ?
ANS. GOOGLE DOODLE
29. THE STORY OF WHICH AIRLINE’S LEGAL FIGHT WAS TURNED INTO A CHILDREN’S BOOK,GUMWRAPPERS AND GOGGLES BY WINIFRED BARNUM IN 1983 ?
ANS. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
30 WHICH INDIAN COMPANY’S PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING INITIATIVES INCLUDES KONNECT,KNETWORKS, WARROOMS AND RFP KWEST ?
ANS. WIPRO
31. mycandymanclub.com HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY WHICH COMPANY IN INDIA TO LEVERAGE THE POWER OF THE INTERNET MEDIUM TO CREATE AN INTERACTIVE, EXPERIENTIAL PLATFORM?
ANS. ITC
32 IN OR DER TO SERVE THE RU RAL MARKETS, WHI CH OIL COMPANY HAS SET UP ‘KISAN SEVA KENDRAS’ (KSKs), TO SUPPLY OIL TO FARMERS ?
ANS. INDIANOIL CORPORATION
33 WHICH INSURANCE COMPANY HAS A UNIT-LINKED CHILDREN’S PLAN CALLED ‘ LITTLE MASTER ‘ ?
ANS. AVIVA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
34 ‘EARN YOUR STRIPES’ IS AN INITIATIVE OF WHICH COMPANY DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO BE MORE ACTIVE, EAT RIGHT AND WORK HARD TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS ?
ANS. KELLOGS
35. WHICH INDIAN MEDIA BRAND HAS INITIATED THE CONCEPT OF A BLOG DEDICATED TO WOMEN CALLED ‘BELIEVE BLOGS’ ?
ANS. FEMINA
36. WHICH JEANS BRAND WAS ESTABLISHED AS WEEKEND ROAD SIDE STALL BY THREE BROTHERS NITIN SHAH, ARUN SHAH AND MILAN SHAH ?
ANS. PEPE JEANS
37. Therefore the business has two – and only two – basic functions : marketing & innovation, marketing & innovation produce results, all the rest are costs. WHICH FAMOUS MANAGEMENT GURU’S QUOTE IS THIS?
ANS. PETER DRUCKER
38. “I solemnly swear and declare that every customer that comes within 10 feet of me, I will smile, look them in the eye, and greet them, so help me Sam.” Which legendary businessman required his employees to Take the ABOVE pledge?
ANS. Sam walton
39. “DYB : Destroy your business ….. change or die. When the rare of change inside the company is exceeded by the rate of change outside the company, the end is near.” Which legendary leader warned his employees with the above statement.
ANS. Jack welch
40. WHO HAS BECOME THE YOUNGEST ACTOR TO BE IMMORTALISED IN WAX AT THE MADAME TUSSAUDS MUSEUM ?
ANS. DANIEL RADCLIFFE
41. NAME THE AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS - A) CELEBRATING PERFECTION IN ADMINISTRATION, B) CELEBRATING PERFECTION IN EDUCATION, C) ENLIGHTENMENT AND INVINCIBILITY, D) SCIENCE OF BEING AND ART OF LIVING AND E) IDEAL INDIA.
ANS. MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI
42 WHAT IS NOTAN BUSHNELL’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE GAMING INDUSTRY?
ANS. FOUNDED ATARI
43. ‘THE ART OF CAN’ IS A HUN T FOR CREATIVITY AS PART OF WHICH COMPANY’S INTERNATIONAL ART COMPETITION ?
ANS. RED BULL
44 WHICH COMPANY HAS ONE SINGLE ENVIRONMENTAL SY STEM , ‘eKO’ SYSTEM, IMPLEMENTED AT ALL ITS OPERATIONS IN 202 COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD?
ANS. COCA COLA
45. ATTRACTING NEW RECRUITS WITHATRACTIVE OFFERS. WHAT IS THE TERM IN THE NEWS TO DESCRIBE SUCH A PHENOMENON.
ANS. GOLDEN HELLOS
1. This stock exchange was set up near Jonathan’s Alley. Which one? LSE
2. If you are travelling Raffles Class, which airline are you on? Singapore Airlines
3.
Identify the company from the picture. Mont Blanc
4.
This is the logo of which company? Fannie Mae
5. The Latin translation of this brand is “I put together” Lego
6.
Whose picture is this? Scott Adams
7. Finnish Rubber Company. What started thus? Nokia
8.
What is the name of this robot? Asimo
9. This tyre company founded by a certain John Boyd. The first product was a pneumatic tyre. Which company are we talking about? Dunlop
10. They are the official timekeeper to James Bond. Who? Omega
11. Which international courier package company was founded by Larry Hillblom, Adrian Dasley and Robert Lynn in 1969? DHL
12. American Express started offering this service in 1882 to compete with the US postal office. What are we talking about? Money Order
13. Picture of the Hulk’s foot covering a building. Glimpse of golden arches seen in the background. Whose ad? McDonalds
14.
Identify the company. Boston Consulting Group
15. Where would you find Clippy, Mother Nature, Links the Cat, and Rocky the Dog etc? Microsoft Office Help Icons
16. This sports goods company is associated with Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Michael Jordan etc. Which one? Nike
17. This was invented in 1937 by Colin Kininmonth and George Gray, who made the product by applying rubber resin to cellophane film. What? Cellotape
18. General Re, Dairy Queen etc. are owned by which holding company associated with Warren Buffett? Berkshire Hathaway
19. This ‘resort village’ chain was started in 1950 by former Belgian water polo champion, Gérard Blitz. The first village opened on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Identify this resort, which is associated with the concept of ‘fun holidays’. Club Med
20. This company recently changed their slogan from “Always low prices” to “Save Money. Live Better”. Who? Walmart
1. Which Hollywood studio is own by Coca- Cola? Colombia
2.Full form of DLF? Delhi Leasing and Finance
3.World's largest Investment bank? Goldman Sachs
4.Which is the first company that Narayana Murthy launched before Infosys? Softronics
5. What is the name of Hamish McDonald's biography of Dhirubhai Ambani? (this book is banned in India) Polyester Prince
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