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  • businessbaatein 12:14 pm on January 24, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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    Weekly Business Quiz # 115 

     Q 1. To whom did President Obama say “Happy to meet a world leader who has an ear bigger than mine “?

    Ans.  Mickey Mouse

    Q 2. Which major data sharing site on the net has shut down after its founder was arrested ?

    Ans. MegaUpload

    Q 3. What is the contribution of John Brager’s Robot wisdom to social media ?

    Ans. The word blog

    Q 4. The men’s hair cream brand Brylcreem changed hands in India recently. Who is the new owner of this brand ?

    Ans.  HUL from Godrej Sara Lee

    Q 5. How is Oscar awards connected to the Kodak company ?

    Ans.  The award function is held at Kodak theatre in LA

    Q 6. As per Indian building by laws what is essential for those who seek permission to build houses in plots above 120 sq.m ?

    Ans. Plant a tree  

    Q 7. Moheet Nagrath, an Indian from Hyderabad, heads Global HR of which MNC globally ?

    Ans. Proctor and Gamble

    • Compiled By G.Mohan Twitter @go_mohan

     

     

  • businessbaatein 12:29 pm on January 19, 2012 Permalink | Reply
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    Weekly Business Quiz # 114 

    Q 1What signifiant change has been made in the duty structure for gold and silver in india recently ?

    Ans.  From a fixed amount to a % of price to take advantage of the rising prices

    Q 2. Name this Chief Yahoo of Yahoo who resigned from the board of the co he founded yesterday.

    Ans. Jerry Yang

    Q 3. Today large parts of the net have a black out protesting against SOPA and PIPA. Expand them.

    Ans. Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act

    Q4. How do we better know UBISLATE 7+ from Datawind ?

    Ans.  The AAKASH tablet

    Q 5. Name the two european countries that lost their AAA status given by S&P yesterday.

    Ans. Austria and France

    Q 6. What surgery was done on 30yr old woman Timmie Jean Lindsay of Texas in 1962 for the first time ? Today it is a full fledged industry

    Ans. Breast implant

    Q 7. How is the birth of the international finance industry and Renaissance intimately connected ?

    Ans. In Florence where bankers commissioned art to assuage their guilt arising out of moneylending

     Q 8. Which company invented the term ‘ civil servant’ ?

    Ans.East india company

    Q9.  Beer is to __ as wine is to France. Name the country.
     
    Ans.Belgium
     
    Q 10. Which group has signed an MOU with AP govt to set up a sports university on the outskirts of Hyd ?
     
    Ans. Yash Birla Group
     
     Q 10. In which new car did Farooq Abdullah drive down to FM’s office ?
     
    Ans. A solar powered Reva
     
     
     Q 11. Which ivy league business school has appointed an indian Soumitra Dutta as dean. ?
     
    Ans. The B-School at  Cornell University 
     
    Q 12. What is the minimum height for a building to be called a skyscraper ?
     
    Ans. 240m
     
    Q 13. Which product was once called “an armour against pleasure and a cobweb against infection” ?
     
    Ans. Condom
     
    - Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter @go_mohan
     
     
     

  • businessbaatein 2:38 pm on January 10, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Weekly Business Quiz # 113 

    Q 1Name the legendary footballer who said “ Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary . What matters is joy”. ?

    Ans. Socrates, the Brazilian footballer who died last month

     Q 2.Which ad agency did ad veteran Bal Mundkur who passed away yesterday found ?
     
    Ans. Ulka, now called Draft FCB Ulka
     
    Q3.As per UN what is the replacement rate of fertility ?
     
    Ans. 2.1 percent per annum
     
    Q4. Which is the worlds largest direct selling company ? Clue not Amway
     
    Ans. Avon
     
    q5. Which is the world largest natural gas company ?
     
    Ans. Gazprom
     
    Q 6. What connects G N Bajpai SA Dave UKSinha DR Mehta ?
     
    Ans. SEBI chiefs
     
    Q 7. In Hindustani music muslims are called ustads Hindus are called Pandits. What are PARSIS called ?
     
    Ans. Pandits
     
    Q 8. The govt has made hallmarking of gold jewellery a must in india. What is hallmarking ?
     
    Ans.  Certificate from BIS about purity
     
     Q 9.About what has Ratan Tata said that it is not a flop but it was a lost opportunity ?
     
    Ans. Tata Nano
     
    Q 10.Today is AR Rahman’s bday. For which bank ad does his mother Kareema Begum under the tag line ‘your dreams are not your dreams alone’ ?
     
    Ans. Union Bank of India
     
    Q 11. Name this heritage brand of cod liver oil from Merck.
     
    Ans. Seven seas
     
    Q 12. What are the two new ways of raising money by company promoters approved by SEBI recently ?
     
    Ans. Institutional Placement Programme and Block sale by promoters through stock exchanges
     
    Q 13. Name the four wheeler,not a car, launched by Bajaj ?
     
    Ans. Bajaj RE 60
     
    - Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter @go_mohan
     

  • businessbaatein 6:36 pm on January 3, 2012 Permalink | Reply  

    Weekly Business Quiz # 112 

    Q 1. If Ericsson is the technology leader in mobile phone networks who is considered the cost leader ?

    Ans. Huawei

    Q2. Name this indian start up led by Naveen Tiwari that is emerging as a strong competitor to Google in mobile advertising.

     Ans. InMobi

    Q3. Who are the partners of the finance e learning academy started by Mukesh Ambani ?

    Ans. PWC and HBS

    Q4.  On retirement of the metro man E Sreedharan who has taken over as the new DMRC chief ?
     
    Ans. Mangu Singh
     
     Q5. Fittingly in a year bad for business and markets which newspaper has chosen NOBODY as the businessman of the year ?
     
    Ans.  Financial Chronicle
     
    Q6. Which PE firm was the Republican nominee Mitt Romney a joint founder of ?
    Ans.Bain Capital
     
     Q7. Name this pioneering computer scientist who wrote a book called Mirror Worlds in 1991 where he foresaw the modern internet.
     
    Ans. David Gelernter
     
    Q8. What is RHEOLOGY a study of ?
    Ans. Flow of materials
     
    Q9. Name this innovator who created GMAIL, Adsense and gave the mantra ‘Dont be evil ‘ as the 23rd employee of Google.
    Ans.  Paul Burchheit
     
    Q10. What simple invention by Marc Koska has prevented an estimated 10m infections and 5m lives ?
     
    Ans. Auto disposable syringe
     
    Q11.Which govt authority has a NFO for a tax free bond that is currently on and is attracting lot of investments ?
    Ans.  NHAI and PFC
     
    Q12.  How are Deepti Salgaonkar and Neena Kothari linked to the Ambani family ?”
    Ans.  Sisters of Mukesh and Anil
     
    - Compiled by G.Mohan @go_mohan
     

  • businessbaatein 4:59 pm on December 31, 2011 Permalink | Reply  

    Happy New Year 

    Wishing all the readers of this blog a very Happy and Prosperous New Year. May all your wishes come true.

    Happy Quizzing !

    -G.Mohan

     

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