Monday 17 November 2014

Business Quiz Set - 32

1)  How we know such strategy when a firm, to avoid the competion concentrate on innovation or doing a business in unknown industry where no firms operate in so that they can expand freely without competition. How we know such strategy ?
- Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and RenĂ©e Mauborgne

2) What product idea was this, conceived by a salesman working in "Crown Cork and Seal Compny"  when he noticed bottle caps are always thrown away after bottle is used. And he recognized the opportunity in  a business of X product which is used a few times, then tossed away. Id the what came in existence which today has become a general need of everyone ?
- Saftey Razor by King C. Gillette

*3) This certification programme was introduced in France in 1985 as a pilot scheme in which French municipalities of different-2 region were awarded with this certification on the basis of sewage treatment, water quality provided by them to their citizen. Today this certification is awarded in which field on the basis of somehow similar to the earlier standard ? 
Blue Flag certification for beaches.

4) Variey of its product are sold under X  trademark  in India which is owned by a Govt entity, there are around 90 trademarks which have been registered under X name within India.  A German based company has also registered its product under X name in several EU countries and US which sells Shampoos, soap, oil, gel etc under this brand name. Id what trademark is this  Indian govt. set to dispute over it?
- Khadi

5) This first of its kind of entity were set up in Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in 1857. About a decade later demand rose for another one such entity in Lahore. But for years, the government kept putting off this proposal. So the people decided to raise money for this. Local rajas, doctors, lawyers, students, shopkeepers - all chipped in "Gullaks (piggy banks) were placed outside ration shops in which people would drop money” around 10K rupee was raised by this process. And It was first of its kind entity in the India estd in 1882. Tell me what I am talking about ?
- Punjab University 

*6) While Studing at Lehigh Univerity, he did modelling, he got  an offer of a role in a television crime serial 'Crime Scene Investigation' which he declined and programmed proved to be worldwide hit. When he was studing, he built a gadget with the help of his friend that fixed a nagging problem in cola dispensers as those who operate this dispensers never knew when the cola syrup inside the machine run out unless they opened it later X fixed this problem by giving a beep gadeget. And sold this device to the Coca-Cola. Tell me who is this model, innovator, owner of a Tenis sport team in India and executive of a company ? 
Mittu Chandilya, the CEO of AirAsia India

7) Id this how we know this entity today ?

- CII (Confederation of Indian Industry)






3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sent by Sumanth Patlolla

1) Focus strategy
2) Gillette's double-edged Safety Razors
3) The Blue Flag certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) that a beach or
marina meets its stringent standards
4) Khadi
5) Panjab University
6) Mittu Chandilya, the CEO of AirAsia India
7) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Brand Trivia Today said...

Answer by DEVWRAT DUBE via Email

1.
2. Gillete Razor. The salesman was GIllette.
3. Blue flag certification for beaches.
4.
5. Punjab university
6. Mittu chandilya (Air Asia's young CEO)
7. CII

Brand Trivia Today said...

Answer by Abhilashini via Email

1) Blue Ocean strategy
2) Safety razor by Gillette
3) Blue Flag certification for beaches meeting standards by FEE(Foundation for Environmental Education).
4) Khadi
5) University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
6) Mittu Chandilya, CEO of AirAsia India
7) CII, Confederation of Indian Industry