business quiz 2012

BIZ QUIZ

Created by:Dhruv Mohan Jain & Ashish Chandel

(iiit jabalpur)

Date:27th March 2012

Prelim

Ques 1 : Name the Company.

• Founded in 1943 by 17-year old Ingvar Kamprad in Sweden.

• The company is the world's largest furniture retailer.

IKEA

Ques 2

• This is the tagline of “Once you pop, you can't stop .

Pringles

• Ymen born businessman. In 2010, he was named among the most powerful people in the world by Forbes in its list of "68 people who matter most".

• Forbes named him the 2nd richest sports owner.

• He is Director of Bank of America.• Has three siblings (a brother and two sisters).

QUES 3 : Name the personality .

Mukesh Ambani

Ques 4 : Eight Indian companies were among the list of world’s largest 500 companies . Name all of them.

• Indian Oil• Reliance Industries• State Bank of India• HPCL

ONGCBharat Petroleum

• Tata Motors• Tata Steel

Ques 5 : Name the chairman of this company.

• Last year this company toppled Reliance Industries as most valued company in India, ending its four year reign at the top. Four years ago RIL displaced ONGC from this position. Name the chairman of the company?

N C Jha

Ques 6 : Name the company.• This company was formed by a 7.7 Billion Euro merger that

took place on 30 November 1999. • MD (John Weston)of one of the parent company commented

in ’97 "Europe... is supporting three times the number of contractors on less than half the budget of the U.S.".

• It was a technology partner to the McLaren Formula One team for 11 years.

• It defines its "home markets" to be Australia, India, Saudi Arabia, the UK and the US.

• BAE Systems

Ques 7 : Connect

News Corp.

Ques 8 : What is TIMBI?

• The term and grouping was devised by Jack A. Goldstone in February 2011 as a replacement for the BRICS concept which following recent reports stating that Russia's and China's (the R and C in BRIC) growth would not be as strong as expected.

Turkey,India,Malaysia,Brazil and Indonesia

Ques 9 : Name the Event.

• The stock market trading activity held for an hour on the auspicious occasion of Diwali. Usually, the Sensex closes on a higher note.

• With this, the traders on Dalal Street welcome the New Year on a positive note.

Muhrat trading

Ques 10

• His first business venture was a magazine called Student at the age of 16.

• From record labels to megastore to airline to telecom , this person has touched many sectors and all with style.

• Have also starred in Friends and Baywatch.

Richard Branson

Ques 11

• 19 Which food joints had a major ad Blitz with the "Hungry Kya?” campaign?

Dominos

Ques 12 : Name the Parent company.

• In the United Kingdom as Asda, in Japan as Seiyu, and in India as Best Price.

Wal-Mart

Ques 13: Give the full form.

• From their website TJ has a variety of product such as bakery handloom and textile, apparel, furniture, pure mustard oil recycle handmade paper products, paintings, candles and lamps.

Tihar Jail

Ques 14 : Name the company?

• What is the Korean steel major that plans to set up a steel plant in Orissa, the biggest proposed FDI in India till date?

POSCO

Ques 15

• Name the company which is awarded the best place to work in India and the world. – According to fortune magazine

GOOGLE