India Business Quiz

Q1 What innovation is credited to American trucking magnate Malcolm Maclean in 1956 ?

Ans. Containerisation

Q 2What is Qi ( pronounced Chee) charging ?

Ans. Inductive charging of mobile phones

Q 3 Which co now in news for an IPO started life as A & M Communications Pvt Ltd in 1993 ?

Ans. Just Dial

Q 4 Which blogging platform was founded in 2007 by David Karp and is going to be acquired by Yahoo for 1.1 billion ?

Ans. Tumblr

Q 5.The NBA team Sacramento Kings has been acquired by a businessman of Indian origin for over 500 Mn $. This man was even called his ‘guru’ by Steve Jobs. Name him.

Ans. Vivek Ranadive

Q 6 When the big but obscure insurance company, wanted to come up with an idea for its identity, they discovered that their name sounds like a duck’s quack. They created a duck character which has since become an advertising icon recognised in the Madison avenue’s walk of fame. Identify the company.

Ans. AFLAC

Q 7. Abdul Mueed the head of Hamdard has a designation of Chief Mutawalli. His sons are called Mutawallis. Why such designations ?

Ans. Waqf 

Q 8 Jim Collins in the landmark book Good to great outlined the “Hedgehog principle” . What does it mean and why such a name ?

Ans. Hedgehog which saves itself by winding when any animal attacks likewise it refers to sticking to what one is best at i.e., ones core competency.

Q9. Which entrepreneur connects Fairever cream, Garden snacks, Maa fruit juices and Veg Nation chain of restaurants ?

Ans. C.K.Ranganathan of Cavin Kare

Q 10. Xavier Niel has opened a coding school in Paris where students would be taught coding free. It would not award any degree or diploma. There will be no lectures. For 1000 seats, they have received 50,000 applications. The school is curiously called ’42′. Why is it called ’42′ ?

Ans. In the Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy 42 is the ultimate answer to everything in life, universe, everything.

Q 11. The Financial Times described it as “one of the most prominent admissions of failure for a new mass-market consumer product since Coca-Cola’s New Coke fiasco nearly 30 years ago.what are we talking about ?

Ans. Microsoft’s Windows 8

Q 12. What began in the 17th century in Europe, where they were used to announce the impending arrival of prosperous or aristocratic people to their local town or even their home ?

Ans. Visiting cards

Q 13. Sony Corp has turned in a profit after many years. What is the single biggest reason for the profit ?

Ans. weaker yen

Q 14. In his classic The Theory of the Leisure Class, published in 1899, he argued that once the basis of social status became wealth itself – rather than, say, wisdom, knowledge, moral integrity, or skill in battle – the rich needed to find ways of spending money that had no other objective than the display of wealth itself. He termed this “conspicuous consumption.” Who coined the phrase “conspicuous consumption” ?

Ans. Thorstein Veblen

Q 15. What unique policy has been adopted by the UK magazine Boots’ Health and beauty, which may become the norms for other mags too ?

Ans. No airbrushing or digital enhancement of models’ photographs

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http://www. Greendust.com  is in the business of reverse logistics.What is reverse logistics ?

Ans. Reverse logistics is the distribution channel from consumer back to the producer usually for disposal or repair

In colloquial speak if Bain consultants are called Bainies, what are consultants of BCG and McKinsey called ?

Ans. BCG guys are Brainies and McKinsey guys are vainies

In which business are the companies Sport Mechanics, Sporting Minds and Kadamba leaders ?

Ans. Sports Analytics

Who is the first person to speak at Harvard without having a written script ? Hint: He is not a businessman.

Ans. PSY

One company has figured in the fortune 500 every year since 1955. Only in 2012 it did not appear. name it.

Ans. Eastman Kodak

There are only 3 companies which have occupied the top slot in Fortune 500 ever since 1955. Name them.

Ans. General Motors, Exxon Mobil and Wal-Mart

Name this American icon which started in 1904 and got dissolved in 2003. Part of the first Fortune 500, it supplied armours and rails.

Ans. Bethlehem Steel

Which two Indian companies are allegedly involved in the cyber heist worth billions of dollars ?

Ans. Enstage and Electracard

Which vehicles will replace Maruti Gypsy in the Indian Army ?

Ans. Mahindra Scorpio and/or Tata Safari

Who has written the Foreword for Shobha Dondre’s book Dhandha : How Gujaratis do Business ?

Ans. Narendra Modi

It started in 1898 as Chicago Butter and Egg Board, an agri exchange. Today it is many times bigger than CBOT. How do we know it today ?

Ans. CME, formerly known as Chicago Mercantlie Exchange

Which group was the major occupant of Rana Plaza building that collapsed in Savar, Bangladesh leading to over 1000 deaths ?

Ans. New Wave Group

ITC Chief YC Deveshwar has bought a house in New Delhi for Rs 85 crore only,Who was the seller ?

Ans. Aman Mehta of HSBC

Who owns the rights for compiling the HSBC purchasing managers index ?

Ans. Markit Group

Who will take over from Pascal Lamy as the next DG of WTO ?

Ans. Roberto Azevedo of Brazil

In airline trade, what is the difference between interline agreement and code-sharing ?

Ans.Interline agreements facilitates travel for guests who require flights with more than one airline to reach their final destination with single reservation. 

• Code share agreements allow multiple airlines to sell space on the same flight as if it were their flight. Only in code share agreements can frequent flyer points be given by flying another airline.

Which software products major would be the first major co to discontinue CD/DVD to ship software and move to cloud totally ?

Ans. Adobe

Nisaba Godrej, daughter of Adi Godrej, recently married her classmate from Wharton in a simple ceremony. What was the invite ?

Ans. Office memo

Which cartoon character connects McDonalds, Holicks, Reynolds and Max SuperMarkets ?

Ans. Chhota Bheem

As per the TRAI released data for December ‘ 12 what is the ARPU in Rs for a GSM mobile user in India ?

Ans. Rs 98

Narayana Murthy has summarised his business philosophy as PSPD. What does PSPD stand ? ( not to be confused with the Orient Fans acronym:-)

Ans. Predicatibility, sustainability, profitability, De-risking

Who started a co focused on the Indian market called Softronics and closed it when he realised the market was weak ?

Ans. Narayana Murthy

It was started by the owner’s son who said ” I certainly don’t think that we will earn much money on this, but at least it will allow us to take pictures for free.” They represented Kodak in Sweden. Their cameras became very famous and was used by NASA in the Apollo mission. These cameras were belovedly archaic, taking pictures in a square format on actual, physical film. Their iconic 503CW ceased production this week. Name this Swedish brand

Ans. Hasselblad

Identify this man.

Clue 1 : Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He landed in the UK in ’1960s. He only ate Cadbury’s milk chocolate for many days, because that was the only thing he was familar with in India.
Clue 2 : He is a manufacturing guru and… runs the Warwick Manufacturing Group in University of Warwick. He trains thousands of Indians and Chinese in cutting edge mfg.
Clue 3 : He was recognised by British govt and made a Labour Peer. He is Lord of Moseley.
Clue 4 : His closeness to Ratan Tata is clear when he says “She got rid of the automotive sector but kept the Jaguar because she knew there was a nugget there. And when it was finally disappearing, I went and told Ratan to buy it.” He also influenced Ratan in choosing Cyrus Mistry over other candidates.

Ans. Lord Kumar Bhattacharya

Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper. His co merged with Deering Harvester in 1902 to become International Harvester. This co was part of the first Fortune 500. Now this co is no longer in agriculture but is still part of Fortune 500. How do we know this co. today ?

Ans. Navistar

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Q 1What is participatory commerce on internet and who coined it ?

Ans. P-Commerce is a sales model that allows shoppers to participate in the design, selection or funding of the products they purchase…Mark Pincus of Zynga coined it in 2005

Q 2. Connect Rose Valley, MPS Greenery, I-Core , Sumangal to a business and region

Ans. Chit-funds and West Bengal

Q 3. Which Internet service was started by former Yahoo execs Jan Koum and Brian Acton in 2009. It claims to be bigger than Twitter today.

Ans.  WhatsApp

Q 4. Businessmen love owning media but most have failed. If Ambani: Observer , Thapar:Pioneer, Sanjay Dalmia:Sunday Mail, Vijaypat Singhania: ?

Ans. The Indian Post

Q5. In which city did India’s richest woman Savitri Jindal been served an eviction notice for vacating a govt house for non-payment of rent due

Ans. Chandigarh

Q6. Samsung had been doing a high decibel campaign OWN NOW. Which indian brand has started a campaign using the  slogan CAN OWN NOW ?

Ans. MicroMax

Q7. Which old brand from the Nissan Renault stable will return to India after 32 years ?

Ans. Datsun

Q8. Which airline calls itself India’s most democratic airline, because it has only one class of passengers ?

Ans. IndiGo

Q9. CCD has launched a CRUNCHY FRAPPE. it will be pleasured by what ? Name the brand.

Ans. Oreo

Q 10. Chris Gayle was dropped from a test bcoz he refused to remove his sponsors logo which was competing with team sponsor Digicel. Name the co.

Ans. Cable and Wireless

Q 11. Naresh Goyal started as a GSA . in airlines trade who or what is a GSA ?

Ans. General Sales Agent

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Sachin spl on his birthday. Sachin has a brand of sports fitness products in partnership with Future Group and Manipal group. What is the brand name ?

Ans. S Drive

When Sachin imported his Ferrari, the customs duty was waived. This led to a big controversy. Finally, who paid ?

Ans. Fiat

Sachin has two Restaurant brands, Tendulkar’s and Sachin’s. Which restaurateur is his business partner ?

Ans, Sanjay Narang of Mars Restaurants

With which brand has Sachin had the longest association since 1990 ?

Ans. Boost

Lebua hotels is entering India with 4 properties. To which country does Lebua belong ?

Ans. Thailand

Lakshmi Mittal is not only no longer the richest Asian in UK. He has been beaten by an Indian family . Which family ?

Ans. Hindujas

Which port is likely to be the first port in India to cross 100 mt cargo handling annually by the end of this year ?

Ans. Kandla or Mundra

Which brand is positioned as a mosquito repellant for children ?

Ans. Jungle Magic’s Banditz

NIP is a 100 year old global brand. In which product category ?

Ans. Baby products

What kind of training is imparted by the startup MBAx.me ?

Ans. technical training for MBAs who join tech cos.

In cryptography, Cesar cipher is one of the common methods of encryption. What is it ?

Ans. Encrypting by shifting letters. A shift of 1 makes HAL as IBM.

Which brand is launching a TV Commercial of over 3 mins built around the story of a Prison Break making it the longest TVC ever in India ?

Ans. Tata Sky +

What brand of tractors will be launched by SDF India from their factory in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu ?

Ans. Lamborghini tractors

What is special about the smart phone designed by Sumit Dagar of Kriyate Design Solutions ?

Ans. First smart phone for the blind

The Economist says this indian IT co has a co-chairman, who is a former bank boss not known for his lack of self-confidence. Name the co.

Ans. Infosys and K.V.Kamath

What is the unique offering of over 200 ‘Amma Unavagams’ in Chennai ?

Ans. 1 Rupee Idli sambar, 3 re sambar rice and Rs 5 curd rice

Who is the author of the book : Business Sutra, a very Indian approach to management ?

Ans. Devdutt Pattanayak

India received 69 bn $ of global remittances in 2012. What is India’s rank globally ?

Ans. India is No 1

Why has a restaurant Sarhad in Atari on the Indo-Pak border being studied by Harvard Business School?

Ans. It offers Punjabi cuisine from both sides of the border

Which is India’s largest selling dark rum brand and It’s not Old Monk ?

Ans. McDowell’s No 1 Celebration rum

What is the new name for The ISTA chain of hotels ?

Ans. Hyatt

Connect Hampton, Garden Inn, Waldorf Astoria, Embassy suites to a hotel chain

Ans. Hilton 

What is unique about Shagun TV a soon to be launched TV Channel ?

Ans. India’s first 24 hour matrimonial channel

Which MNC has a corporate tag line. Good Food.Good Life.

Ans. Nestle

Why are airport cos GMR and GVK protesting against the increasing access to Etihad by Indian govt ?

Ans. If Etihad is given more access, Abu Dhabi will become the hub . Delhi and Mumbai airports can never become a hub.

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Q 1 Which group has a grocery retail chain called ‘Nature’s Basket’ ?

Ans. Godrej

Q 2 Which ethnic wear brand name can be seen on the helmets of both the rivals of today’s IPL match between Knight Riders and Sunrisers ?

 Ans. Manyavar

 Q 3 With which industrialist ( he even called him his 3rd son once) did RP Goenka collaborate to take over Dunlop ?

 Ans. Manu Chhabaria

 Q 4 Google paid 100 Mn $ in stock to retain this executive of Indian origin when he got an offer from Twitter. Who are we talking about ?

Ans. Neal Mohan

Q 5. Name this economist of Indian origin who has been named the best American Economist under 40.

 Ans. Prof Raj Chetty

 Q 6. Edifice watches are sold by the F-1 team Infiniti Red Bull Renault as officlal merchandise. Which co owns this brand ?

Ans. Casio

Q7.  IPL matches official broadcaster is SONY. Which competing TV channel is an official partner to IPL 6 ?

 Ans. Star Plus

Q8.  Raipur would be hosting an IPL match for the first time. It is a home ground for which IPL team ?

 Ans. Delhi Daredevils

 Q9. Which IIM has decided to go against the trend and has decided to cut fees for its flagship MBA programme ?

 Ans. IIM-Lucknow

Q10.  If we use the same definition of PC as used 5 years ago, last qtr was the worst in terms of sales. Which is the only brand that is growing ?

 Ans. Lenovo

 Q 11The cast of which TV serial figure in the TV commercials of Oreo and Clinic plus ?

 Ans. Parvarish on Sony TV

 Q 12The company that pioneered the use of one page memo, now uses “decision cockpit” for MIS. Name this company.

 Ans. P & G

Q 13  For 5 IPLs we were used to DLF Maximum. In IPL 6 who are the sponsors of ‘six’ or ‘maximum’ ?

 Ans. Yes Bank

Q 14.  Which two Sri Lankan cricketers own a sea food restaurant chain called ” Ministry of Crab ” ?

 Ans. Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene

 Q 15. Which car model was the largest selling model worldwide in 2012 ?

 Ans. Ford Focus

Q 16.  We use passwords all the time. What are pass-thoughts ?

 Ans.Where thoughts are used to authenticate a user to a computer. EEG signals are sent through a head-set to the computer from a Neurosky headset to a computer.

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Q 1.In TV Commercial of which brand is the husband cooking dinner and even removing stains using the detergent ?

Ans. Dettol

Q 2. What is artisan food ?

Ans. Food preapred in small quantities by hand.

Q 3. The author Ravi Subramanian who has written many thrillers around banking is the CEO of an NBFC when he is not writing. Which firm ?

Ans. Shriram City Union Finance

Q4. Which bank has created a forum a la Davos called ‘Presidium’ where industry leaders will exchange views about the world and economy ?

Ans. Kotak Mahindra bank

Q5/Which industry captain has taken from AdI Godrej as the head of CII ?

Ans. Kris Gopalakrishnan of Infosys

Q6. What is the unique contribution of Munich based Giesecke and Devrient to cellphone technology in 1991 ?

Ans. SIM Card

Q7. Which city in the world had the first commercial automated cellular network in 1979 ?

Ans. Tokyo Japan

Q8. Why has Bajaj Auto sued John Abraham’s production firm ?

Ans. Copyright infringeement for using “Hamara Bajaj”

Q9. Which Indian sportsperson is behind xix Globosport which will manage Andy Murray as its first client ?

Ans. Mahesh bhupathi

Q 10. Which was the first magazine in India to institute a car of the year award way back in 1996 when Indian market had so few models ?

Ans. Business Standard Motoring

Q 11 Which national institute awards the national award for excellence in Corporate Governance ?

Ans, Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Q 12. In US, tag lines can also be trademarked. Who owns the common greeting ‘Whassup !’ ?

Ans, Annheuser Busch for Budweiser

Q 13. What is the product behind the brand Zoiro, which has a tag line ‘One Life’ ?

Ans. Men’s underwear

Q 13. What is the unique offering of the portal ‘Pik a venture’ ?

Ans. Crowd-funding for artistic ventures like films

Q 14. Which is the first train in which Indian railways are undertaking a trial for providing Wi-Fi ?

Ans. New Delhi Kolkata Rajdhani

Q 15. What is the major source of revenue for a IPL franchisee accounting for over 60 % of total revenue ?

Ans. telecast rights income shared by BCCI

Q 16. In 1985, Maruti introduced a petrol driven SUV Maruti Gypsy. On which Suzuki model it was based on ?

Ans. Suzuki Jimny

Q 17. Recently Ambanis signed a network deal. It was a deal between Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio. Who owns which Reliance arm ?

Ans. Reliance Jio by Mukesh and Reliance Communications by Anil

Q 18. How do the producers of the adult movie savitabhabhimovie plan to hold the premiere for the Indian audience ?

Ans. Internet premiere 

Q 19. Connect Big B, Nestlé & Hungroo to a brand…

Ans. Maggi Hungroo noodles

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