Thursday, October 11, 2012

Weekly Business Quiz #26



1. If  “The Ultimate Driving Machine” is BMW, __________ is “The Simple Riding Machine”?
 
Ans. Bajaj Sunny Zip

2. "Designed for Humans" is the tagline of _______________?
 
Ans. Samsung S 3

3. Name the retail venture of Sahara India Parivar, set to launch on 15th Aug, which will offer completely unadultratrated best quality consumer merchandise.
 
Ans. Sahara Q Shop

4. Which co. bought Garware Motors' motorcycle business, entitling it the rights to market and sell Hyosung bikes in India?
 
Ans. DSK Group

5. Which co. will become the 1st motorcycle manufacturer in the world to employ ABS on its entire line-up as standard equipment?
 
Ans. BMW Motorrad

6. Name the official restaurant partner for the Olympics from 1976 Montreal Olympics.
 
Ans. McDonalds

7. Which Indian conglomerate bought a controlling stake in New York's 105-year-old Plaza Hotel for $570m?
 
Ans. Sahara Group.


8. Marissa Mayer, a former Google employee recently became the C.E.O. of _________?
 
Ans. Yahoo
  

9. Which Railway Station became the 1st in the railway network to offer Blu-Fi, a combination of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi?
 
Ans. Bangalore

10. “Inspired Living” is the tagline of ___________?
 
 Ans. Haier

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Weekly Business Quiz #25


1. Which car manufacturer has launched a campaign called 'Waku Doki' with it's new brand ambassador Virat Kohli?

Ans. Toyota

2. Which recent film made with a budget of $185,000,000 from Pixar stable has the tagline 'Change Your Fate'?

Ans. Brave

3. “Flying for everyone is the tagline of __________?

Ans. Spicejet

4. Which pharma giant has settled the largest healthcare fraud case in US history for $3 billion?

Ans. GSK

5. Which bike from the stables of Suzuki means “Fresh Breeze” in Japanese?

Ans. Hayate

6. The CMD of which biotechnology co. calls herself, “An accidental entrepreneur”?

Ans. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Biocon

7. Beginning of Good Things is the tagline of ______________?

Ans. Peter England

8. The stock price of which co. surged nearly 8% at the stock exchanges on reports that the co. was close to finalising a technical tie-up with BMW’s motorcycle division BMW Motoradd?

Ans. TVS Motor Company

9. To which co. has Airtel given a contract to plan, design, supply and deploy Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network to offer 4G mobile broadband services?
Ans.


10. Name the CEO of Yahoo! Who resigned recently amid a ruckus over his academic credentials (company records mistakenly show that he holds a degree in computer science).

Ans. Scott Thompson

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Weekly Business Quiz #24


1. 'Tata Ace Zip' from Tata Motors falls under which category of automobiles?
Ans. Micro-Truck

2. Tata Elxsi has launched which contest on June 6, 2012 to promote design talent in India.
Ans. Ignite 2012

3. Tata’s Project Suryaprakash' has been launched to provide lighting and electricity to two remote villages in which state?
Ans. Maharashtra

4. Name the world’s largest selling soap brand that is being extended into Deodorant market.
Ans. Lux

5. Expand REVA.
Ans. Revolutionary Electric Vehicle Alternative.

6. Name the Russian billionaire who owns the Chelsea Football Club.
Ans. Roman Abramovich

7. Which company sponsored Viswanathan Anand who recently defeated Boris Gelfand to retain the World Chess title?
Ans. NIIT

8. Name the former CEO of P&G who wrote the book titled, “The Difficulty of being good”.
Ans. Gurucharan Das

9. Name the founder and Group C.E.O. of Future group who was inspired by Saravana Stores in Chennai to create the Big Bazaar chain of hypermarkets in India?
 
Kishore Biyani

10. Name the American financial services brand which belongs to the McGraw-Hill companies that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds?
Ans. Standard & Poor’s

Friday, June 22, 2012

Weekly Business Quiz #23


1. Expand ARAI

Ans. Automotive Research Association of India

2. Name the French maker of laminated canvas handbags which was named the world’s most valuable brand for a seventh consecutive year.

Ans. Louis Vuitton

3. Which company is the country’s largest small engine supplier in the three-wheeler space? (It is planning to diversify into small diesel engines for the passenger car space)

Ans. Greaves Cotton

4. Which company is considered the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products?

Ans. Kingston technology

5. Name the 1000 acre Information Technology Park which is considered the largest IT Park in Asia.

Ans. SIPCOT (Small Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu)

6. Which co. in April '12 forayed into the arena of flavoured lassi, with its brand Go Lassi? (All its products are made from 100% fresh cow milk)

Ans. Gowardhan

7. OPEN Magazine, the flagship brand of Open Media Network is the media venture of?

Ans. RPG Enterprises

8. Indian Organisations has a pyramid logo which reflects its mission of 'Building India'?

Ans.


9. Name the production house headed by Ekta Kapoor which produces shows such as 'Bade Acche Lagte Hain', 'Pavitra Rishta', 'Kasthuri', 'Yuggadi' etc..?

Ans. Balaji Telefilms

10. Which business division of Tata Sons has launched 'Lysaght Solution Center' to promote the Lysaght range of products across India?

Ans. Blue Scope

Friday, May 25, 2012

Weekly Business Quiz #22


1. Which brand means 'modernity' in Korean?

Ans. Hyundai

2. Which brand which is named after 'a person who is specially trained in the making and serving of 
coffee drinks'?

Ans. Barista

3. Name the digital music service launched by Flipkart, a shopping website.

Ans. Flyte

4. Name the US $12.5 billion group which launched Spark the Rise, a movement which aims to drive 
positive change.

Ans. Mahindra

5. Massey Ferguson is a brand from which 8,000-crore co., part of the Chennai-based Amalgamations Group?

Ans. TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd)

6. Expand IPCC (It’s a UN body; a group that represents the findings of more than 4000 scientists and the incumbent Chairman is Nobel prize winning- Dr Rajendra Pachauri)

Ans. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

7. Which company has the tagline, `Intelligence Everywhere?

Ans. Motorola

8. Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL) is a JV between Shyam Group of India and Sistema of _________.

Ans. Russia

9. Name the fashion accessories brand formed by the JV between Hidesign India & Future Ventures India.

Ans. Holii

10. Which co. is South India’s largest kraft paper manufacturer?

Ans. Sree Sakthi Paper Mills