Business Quiz - 91

1)* X was designed by the Giles Gilbert Scott's, which was first introduced following a competition in 1924. It is often seen as a British cultural icon throughout the world. In 2006, it was voted one of the Britain's top 10 design icons. Despite a reduction in their numbers in recent years, these can still be seen in many places throughout the UK and in current or former British colonies around the world. But after 90 years later, X is becoming obsolete and recognising their cult status some are being preserved for entrepreneurs and communities re-purpose as these places are being used as a place to start libraries, Art Gallery and cafes. 

ID what I am talking about which is a popular backdrop for thousands of selfies in today world? 

-  Red Telephone Box

Business Quiz - 90

Jagjivan Ujamshi Mulji, known for his sugar trading firm in India before independence. Popularly known as 'Sugar Bapa', he nurtured the culture of fair-price shops for an efficient distribution network of sugar in the country. But today his founded company way back in 1948 is India largest company in its segment, It is known to give India its first Oil Tanker in 1956. Id this company by its logo? 

- The Great Eastern Shipping Company

Business Quiz - 89

1) He is dubbed as China's Warren Buffett by local media, his career started at a state-run vacuum tube plant, before venturing into the field of homegrown electronics. His first product was the “Subor”, a copycat of Nitendo’s Famicom (a gaming console). Since there wasn't any local competition back in the 1990s, “Subor” skyrocketed in terms of popularity. Later, he went on to start BBK, which was primarily popular for creating VCD, MP3 players and DVD players. By 2001, this company had become the world’s largest DVD manufacturer later the company has become a famous OEM manufacturer for overseas brands and today it is equally famous for two its famous brand. ID these brands and person in the visual? 

- Duan Yongping and Oppo, Vivo

2) He served as 25th Secretary of the Treasury (1861-1864) of US. He is best known for introducing first paper currency as well as national bank in the country. In 1877, which famous financial entity was named after him although he did not have any connection with this entity. It this financial institution named after him? 

- Chase National Bank named after him 'Salmon P. Chase'

 3) Id this financial service provider by its Logo & formerly known by what name ? 

- Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay: An affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group

Business Quiz - 88

This company formed in 2013 by Iagnemma and Emilio Frazzoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers. This company came in limelight in August 2016. Why this company was in news?  

-  It is known for launching world first self-driving taxis in the Singapore

Business Quiz - 87

1) This brand was launched in India on independence day in 1952, 2 yr back this company came up with a campaign titled #AliveIsOffline which urged its consumer to get off the internet, keep the smartphones away and see this world without World Wide Web. ID which brand came up with this campaign which is an extension of one of its previous campaign which is more popular even today? 

- Cinthol

2)  This non-profit economic think tank was started in mid 1950's as a public-private partnership. The Ford Foundation provided strong financial support in the early years, combined with support from the Finance Ministry and Tata Sons. Id this institution which is today headed by Nandan Nilekani ? 

- NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research)

3) Established on 16 July 1968 by the Government of Singapore to take over the industrial financing activities from the Economic Development Board, today this Singapore based multinational banking and financial services corporation is considered as the "Safest Bank in Asia”. Id this financial institution having the tagline "Living, Breathing Asia"? 

- DBS Bank

4) This is one of the oldest and most common ideograms in Western culture and originally stood for the planet Mars in the Roman Empire. As such, the ideogram has long been the symbol of the iron industry so a famous Sweden based company adopted it as its logo by creating an association with the Swedish Iron Industry. Id the brand? 

- Volvo

Business Quiz - 86

He is a prominent Indian administrator chiefly known for his work in the broadcasting and

outsourcing industries who has served 2 decades of his career at ISRO served as in Central board of directors of Reserve Bank of India. Id this person who is also best known for launching Discovery Channel in South Asia in mid-1990's?

- Kiran Karnik

Business Quiz - 85

Alfred W Jones started his career as a Diplomat, sociologist, journalist before started to invent something big what most of the billionaires adopt today in the financial world. While working for Fortune Magazine as investigating financial strategies, he devised and implemented an investment strategy that would forever brand him as “the father of the________industry.  His strategy did not come into the mainstream until the late 60’s when George Soros and Warren Buffet adopted Jones’ strategy. What investment technique did he come up with in late 1940's which is so famous today, adopted by an elite group of investors? 

- Hedge Fund 

Business Quiz - 84

He is former Brazilian tennis player also played at Wimbledon. In 1970's he founded an investment bank in Brazil which he sold to Credit Suisse before starting his investment firm in 2004 which is known as the architects of the some of the biggest mergers of household names in American food industry in recent time. Apart from it, his investment firm is majority shareholder at Anheuser-Busch. Id this Brazilian businessman who is 19th on the Forbes list of world billionaires with the fortune of $29 bn & his investment firm?

- Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazil wealthiest person started 3G capital

Business Quiz - 83

1) This firm founded in 2004, the name is derived from the two statistical term and having the slogan of "Do The Math"? 

- Mu Sigma Inc

2) Brendan O’Regan convinced the Irish government to pass a law that made Shannon Airport as technically not a part of Ireland, law was passed in 1947 and it became the world first of its kind Airport to conceive an idea which was later followed by Hong Kong in 1960, Hawaii in 1962 and widely popular in today world. What is the idea or what make the Airport to be first of its kind ? 

-  Duty-free airports

3) Id the person ? 

- Russi Mody

4) Initially, this scheme was introduced by Department of Post, 132 years back as a welfare scheme to benefit its employees. Later on, this scheme was available to the State, Central govt. and PSU's employees. It was the first time when such services were extended to female employees also. What is this introduced by Postal Dept. in 1884 which has around 6.5 million users till now in the country?

- Postal Life Insurance 

5) The first recorded usages of this practice was in 1988 by Microsoft when Paul Maritz ordered to its employees to use company product internally first before launching into the market. Today this practice is widely used in software industry. What is the term is coined for such practices? 

- Eating your own dog food or Dogfooding

6) What was established in 1940 which was actively encouraged by the Kingdome of Mysore and estd under the Mysore Companies Act as a private Ltd company, Walchand had fist approached share holders of his own company?  

- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

7) Id this apparel brand from its logo and name its parent company ? 

- Bean Pole, a South Korean fashion brand owned by Samsung’s  

Business Quiz - 82

1) One of the earliest use of the term ______ ______ found in 1989 in PC User magazine in an article about the adoption of Macintosh SE versus Compaq. It is a practice which is generally adopted by every company as a marketing tool which was first used by "Hotmail" in 1996. Id what is this marketing tool which is widely used today ?   

- Viral Marketing

                           

2) Id the missing title ? 

- The World is Flat

3) Connect ? (Person on the right is a scientist who exposed something recently) 

-  Volkswagen's emission test scam. (Leonardo DiCaprio is set to work on a movie based on the scam & Arvind Tiruvengadam who exposed the scam with his team)

4) What was created by Dr. C .F. Rehnborg in 1930's sold as the California Vitamin Company later renamed in 1939 which is currently manufactured by Access Business Group ? 

- Nutrilite

5) Id the innovator who helped to chart the course of the automobile through the first decades of the twentieth century? 

-  Ferdinand Porsche

6) What was this first introduced in India on 7 April, 1860 by James Wilson ( who founded The Economist & Standard Chartered Bank) ? 

- Indian Budget

7) His forthcoming books are 'Think with Me - How to make our country ideal', & 'Reflections from Tihar - A book on Tihar Jail' which are to be released soon. Who is this, one of his book recently topped the non-fiction category of Nielsen best-seller list ? 

- Subrata Roy

Business Quiz - 81

1) Who has launched a perfume brand in India which literally mean as the "good smell of socialists". Each bottle of  perfume captures the fragrance of four different cities—Agra, Lucknow, Benares and Kannauj,” Who launched this  perfume line ? 

- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav

2) In the second budget of Yashwant Sinha in 1999, which also happened to be the last budget of the twentieth  century made a historic departure from a practice that had been followed by all his predecessors since Independence.  All Finance Ministers succeeding him have stuck to the new practice started by Y. Sinha since then. What practice was given up ?  
-  Announcing the budget at 5PM. Instead it's being announced at 12PM since then.

3) Connect ? 

- Hamleys collaboration with Grofers for toys delivery. 

1. William Hamley founded Hamleys toys store.
2. French Ludendo Groupe bought Hamleys' business in 2012
3. Hamleys were supposed to start partnership with Reliance
4. Grofers became their online partner in India for toys delivery

4)  IVY PARK is a new sportswear brand named after founder daughter, Id who came up with this brand ? 

- Beyoncé

5) What is so special about this Lego work, who is named Professor C. Bodin ? 

-  First female scientist mini figure by Lego

6) This group founded in mid 1960's  by Lala Rattan Chand has today blossomed into one of the largest Textile Business houses in India. They're the second largest producer of sewing thread in the country. Which group?

-  Vardhaman group

7) Id this central bank of which nation which is the first central bank in the world to introduce a dedicated hotline for the general public to complain any banking related problem also first central bank in the world to issue a "Green Banking Policy". Id this from its logo ? 

- Bangladesh Bank

Business Quiz - 80

1) After his failure to get admission at IIT, he completed his bachelor degree from the Uni of Pennsylvania later received his business degree from the Wharton School. He also started a detergent company while in college and its products sold across 4000 Walmart stores there. After a very brief period at Microsoft he came back to India he started an offline coupon book business named Money Saver. Who is this and what did he start ? 

- Kunal Bahl started Snapdeal

2) Id the person and what did he start in 1890 ? 

- Mahadeo Havaji Bachche known for starting Mumbai Dabbawalas

3) What was invented by a US based in 1960 under an initiative "Project Muscle". Which as marketed as 'Chemcor'. The product was used until the early 1990's in automotive, aviation and Pharmaceutical industry. Id what I am talking about 

- Gorilla Glass

4) The brand name is a phonetic translation of "well-loved" in French. This brand was launched in 1947 by Godefroy Manufacturing, taken over by Unilever in 2010. In 2014, company launched a campaign called "Runaway Insiders" in which gave women a personal point of view of the latest trends and how they can achieve various professional looks at home. Id the brand 

- TRESemmé

5) Id the book from its cover page which suggested methods were put in use in the UK civil service ? 

- Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono

6) This group 2nd major venture was a Chemical Enterprises and today it is leading player in the field of industrial and domestic adhesives, marketing its products under the successful brand name Dendrite. It also entered the hospitality business in early 2000's under the brand name 'The Senator'. Id the group which also having the presence in Real Estate biz, Software, Rubber plantation etc. 

- P. C. Chandra Group

7) This is a Publishing company specialises in producing visual travel guides to Indian destinations. Which is its parent company  ?

- Eicher Group

Business Quiz - 79

1)  It was known by the code name "Revolution" until 2006 later they changed its name as it is not an ideal name, its long and in some culture its hard to pronounce. So changed to something which is short and easy to remember thus they came up with _ _ _ . Two of its lower-case character resemble two people standing side by side (represent user of it). id what I am talking about ? 

- Wii gaming console by Nintendo 

2) Id the company named after his Sir name ? 

-   Avis, a car rental company

3) Who is this Indian featured in an advertising campaign of  Adidas alongside David Beckham & Jonny Wilkinson back in 2004 and once again appeared in the ford campaign named "Unlearn" recently ? 

- Fauja Singh

4)  Which US based some sort of apparel brand, call its sales force as "Comfort Specialist Consultants" ? 

- Jockey

*5) An American entrepreneur and one of the pioneer and inventor of a beverage which doubled his business in a year but just after that he sold it & its trademark to a Seatle based company in mid-1990's. As the company having no knowledge of mass-produced bottled based drink business and poor distribution channel, they inked a deal with Pepsi to came up with its ready-to-drink version. Id the person in pic & product he invented which is very famous in today world ? 

- George Howell, Frappucino

6) This letter went viral written by Charlotte Benjamin’s in early 2014 in which, she complains to X that " there are more ______ boy and barely any _____ girl. Addressing the 'X' she compares  how “all the girls sit at home, got to the beach, and shop, and had no jobs,” while the boy figures “went on adventures, worked, saved people, and had jobs,” adding they “even swam with sharks”. This letter once again in the bring X in the dock over its gender inequality approach. To whom she was addressing to  ? 

- Lego

7) id the mascot of which famous auto brand ? 

- Buick 

Business Quiz - 78

1) "Make in India" is dream project of NDA govt. which company came up with "Made for India" campaign back in late 2000's? 

- Nokia for its mobile, Nokia- 1100, interestingly Make in India & Made for India campaign are made by one person V Sunil. 

2) It began, in 1979, as a mad idea of starting a cable channel to televise local events throughout the state of Connecticut. Today, X is arguably the most successful network in modern television history, spanning eight channels in the Unites States and around the world. Id the company, I am talking about which history has been chronicled in a book named "These Guys Have all the Fun"?  

- ESPN

3)   This couple raised some fund & opened their first store in San Francisco, selling Levi’s jeans and music records. Id the brand they founded which first to be named as "Pant and Discs" but had to change the name when his wife suggested to call it ______. Id this famous fashion brand they founded?  

- The Gap founded by Donald & Doris Fisher

*4)  Idea of this newspaper was conceived by three friends a Journalist, Advocate and Homeopath named 'Theodre La Touche, B. R Chari and Sarojini Naidu’s son,  M.N. Jaisoorya respectively. Id which newspaper came in existence in 1938 which has retained its position as the leading newspaper and has only grown stronger as the ‘people’s paper’?

- The Deccan Chronicle

5) What patent was filed by two student of Drexel institute of Tech. in 1949 which IBM refused to buy and make any kind of funding for their project and the patent was later purchased by RCA. What is this, I am talking about which get its peak period in early 1980's when US Army began using it and today Federal Express is the largest user of this. Id what ? 

- Barcode by Bernard Silver and Norman Woodland

6) This company was founded by JN Radhakrishna Rao in 1948, as a laboratory as its name suggests in its early period. In Sanskrit company name mean 'drink of Gods. Id the company?   

- Amrut Distilleries Ltd

7) Id this Health care, Biotechnology company with the goal of combatting aging and associated diseases and so slogan is "We're tackling aging, one of life's greatest mysteries". Id the company from its logo and its parent company? 

- Calico owned by Google

Business Quiz - 77

1)  This brand was created by Linwood Burton, a marine ship cleaning businessman along with his friend Mathusan Chandramohanrich a rich entrepreneur from Sri Lanka. Later sold to P&G. Id what product is this which became best-selling product in its category within the 6 months of its introduction in late 1950's ? 

- Mr. Clean

2)  Industry recognised them as "Advertising Statesmen". Which advertising agency was founded by them in Philadelphia in mid-1923. The Company is responsible for some of the advertising's most memorable pieces such as  "No Rolls-Royce has ever worn out,",  "The Instrument of the Immortals," of Steinway's. Id the company founded by them ?

- Young & Rubicam Advertising Agency by  John Orr Young, Raymond Rubicam

3) This is a 3200 kg, 16-foot-long bronze sculpture created by an Italian-American artist & declared it a  symbol of the ''strength and power of the American people.''. Id what I am talking about?

-  Charging Bull Sculpture in Lower Manhattan

4) Which air charter company was founded as Megapode Airlines Ltd. in 1993. Later changed its name to X. Id which Airline having its operation on more than a 150 airports in 56 countries? 

- Taj Air 

5) Which company named its products after some person, places like it named its 'Bathroom articles' after Scandinavian lakes, rivers and bays. 'Children's items' after mammals, birds. 'Curtain accessories' after mathematical and geometrical terms. 'Kitchen utensils' after foreign words, spices, herbs, fish, mushrooms, fruits or berries. Chairs, Fabrics after men's & women names. 

This system of naming its items is so complex, most of the customer get mystified. To overcome this problem company came up with a more efficient way to decode purchases by providing their own in-house dictionary of its products. ID the company and why they named its product so ? 

-  IKEA as founder Ingvar Kampard was suffered from dyslexic so who wanted to avoid relying on numbers.

6) Id which Airline was started by him in 2005 which ceased its operation in 2010 ? 

- Paramount Airways

7) Id the logo of which company ? 

- TVS Tyres

Business Quiz - 76

1) Which is this only company in its category to get Superbrand status in India founded in mid-1930's and Sir Noworji Saklatwala served it as a first chairman of this company along with some prominent industrialists who were in board of directors -  J R D Tata, Walchand Hirachand, Akbar Hydari, Sir Homy Mody etc. Id the company? 

-  The Associated Cement Companies Ltd. or ACC Ltd.

*2) Wallis Warfield Simpson was the 1st woman in 1937, Queen Elizabeth II was the 2nd one in the list in 1953, Corazon Aquino (President of the Philippines) was the 3rd  in 1986. Who is 4th woman in the list and what is this all about? 

- Angela Merkel in 2015. They are only 4 women named as Times' Person of The Year in the respective years.

3) Which iconic brand has lent its names to some bars and residential projects in the country such as F-Bar and F-Crown home and now set to start Salons/beauty parlour business in India under brand name F-Salons. How do we better know this brand very well which is also working on launching F Accessories includes categories such as semi-precious jewellery, handbags and shoes ? 

- Fashion TV

4) In 2012, France imposed a 300% tax on palm oil which consumption was fuelling obesity in youngsters. It is the main ingredient of X and hike in the tax rate caused a mini revolution among its consumer. Later this tax was dubbed X Tax. Again in 2015 France Environment minister had to offer apologies after urging the public to stop eating this as it was causing deforestation. Id this X product ?  

- Nutella

5) X revealed in one of his interview that he had approached the  Duke's, requesting them to share the formula of Y with the promise not to make it in India, which was later turned down. X decided to come up with his own formula which used to contained brominated vegetable oil. After worldwide reports of ill effects of BVO its usages was banned in India and X had to change the formula and reintroduced it. Id what product is this ? 

- Limca

6) This plant had been found in Egyptian tombs dating back to 4000 BC its usages were improving hair growth and body ointments. In India this plant has been documented in 2000 BC and has been used in local medicine (Unani, Ayurvedic etc) since then. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini used these plant as a method to punish his dissidents and opponents who were forced to ingest it in large amount which led to death. According to, 2007 edition of Guinness World Records, this plant is the most poisonous in the world.

   In the business world, a famous brand originated in 1960, named after this plant as its seeds are the main ingredient in its products. ID the company? 

- Castrol from Castor plant 

7) How do we know this brand today? 

-  Zomato 

Business Quiz - 75

1) This company was started by two insurance salesmen  L. Upton and E. Upton in 1911, initially as "Upton Machine Company". In 1960's this company won a contract from NASA to develop the food and waste management system for "Project Gemini". Id which company I am talking about having slogan "Every Home… Everywhere… with Pride, Passion and Performance"

-  Whirlpool Corporation

2) Which public sector  company having slogan of "THODA SIMPLE SOCHO" ? 

- National Insurance Company

3) This concept of marketing was first publicised in Seth Godin’s book, “__________: Turning Strangers into Friends and Friends into Customers”, in 1999. This marketing concept widely used by  Facebook, Youtube, Google and other e-commerce companies in today world. How do we know this concept very well ?  

-  Permission Marketing

4) Which business empire named after his surname ?

- Oberoi Group, Mohan Singh Oberoi 

5) Give me the overall connection ?

- Bill Gates, Prince Alwaleed, Isadore Sharp. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts founder Isadore Sharp sold the entire business to Bill Gates and Prince Alwaleed.

6) Id the personality ?

- A G Krishnamurthy

The logo is of DDB Mudra. It was founded by A G Krishnamurthy. Girl sitting with PAA is Rasana Girl (Taruni Sachdev) who was launched by A G Krishnamurthy & authored the book Dhirubhai Ambani: Against All Odds

7) Id the brand has been since 1850, well known for its tagline for last 32 years, The Best Part of Waking' Up is _______ in Your Cup" FITB ? 

- Folgers