business quiz finals (octaphi club, jindal global business school)
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OCTAPHI CLUBpresents
Business Quiz
Round 1- Trivia (Clockwise)
Rules
Total 4 questions.
Direct answers- 10 points
Pass answers- 5 points
1. There are several theories behind the origin of ‘X’. One theory refers to
Mark X, who filed a US Patent 22, 86,644 “Method and Apparatus for
Processing Potatoes on March 5th. 1937. They were originally developed by
Procter & Gamble (P&G), who first sold the product in 1967. The acquisition
of X makes Kellogg the second largest savory snacks company in the world.
Identify X.
Answer
2. This company originates from a merger of two companies, one an established manufacturer named “Lux” a Stockholm-based company used to make large kerosene
lamps for railway stations and the other a younger company founded by a vacuum salesman
named Svenska. After their merger in 1918 name was changed to “X”, later spelling was
changed in 1957.
Identify the company.
Answer
3. This company produced 381 million tyres in 2011, making them the world's largest
tyre manufacturer by number of units produced. In spite of the figures big tyre giants such as MRF, Bridgestone, and Goodyear do not consider X to be a threat.
Identify the company?
Answer
4.) Which brand hosts parties at night clubs around the world as part of its global
marketing campaign to promote its casual range by dubbing the events as ‘After Hours
Athletes’?
Answer
5. Which two Sri Lankan cricketers own a sea food restaurant chain called ” Ministry of
Crab ” ?
Answer
Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena
Round 2- Taglines (Anti- Clockwise)
Rules
Total 4 questions.
Direct answers- 10 points
Pass answers- 5 points
“Manufacturing to Retailing”
Answer
“A friend you can bank upon”
Answer
“ Your Vision, Our future”
Answer
“ Inspire the next”
Answer
“American by birth. Rebel by choice.”
Answer
Round 3- Logos (Clockwise)
Rules
Total 4 questions.
10 points for the direct answers.
5 points for the pass questions.
Answer
Bank of America
Answer
Dunlop
Answer
Vistara Airlines
Answer
Asian Paints
Answer
Round 4- Advertisements (Anti-Clockwise)
Rules
Total 4 questions.
10 points for the direct answers.
5 points for the pass questions.
-5 for the wrong answers.
Answer
Answer
Answer
Answer
Answer
Round 5- MCQ
Rules
Total 4 question.
5 points for the correct answer.
No pass.
1.) Which company recently rated as India’s most admired company in a
Hay Group survey for Fortune India?
a.) Parle
b.) Dabur
c.) ITC
d.) Hindustan Unilever
Answer
c.) ITC
2.) Which communication company was founded by the founders of
the peer to peer sharing network Kazaa?
a.) Viber
b.) Hike
c.) WhatsApp
d.) Skype
Answer
d.) Skype
3.) Where is the Headquarters of Asian Development Bank (ADB)?
a.) Manila (Philippines)
b.) Colombo (Sri Lanka)
c.) Dhaka (Bangladesh)
d.) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Answer
a.) Manila (Philippines)
4.) Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan is a brand ambassador of which bank?
a.) HDFC Bank
b.) Axis Bank
c.) ICICI Bank
d.) Canara Bank
Answer
d.) Canara Bank
Round 6- Connect
Rules
a.) Total 4 questions
b.) 10 points for the correct answer
c.) No pass
Harun Rashid Khan Urjit PatelS.S Mundra R. Gandhi
Answer
Current Deputy Governors of RBI
Answer
Ventures started by husband-wife duos.
a.) Kaspersky was founded by Natalia Kaspersky and Eugene Kaspersky.
b.) Flickr was founded by Stewart Butterfield and then-wife Caterina Fake.
c.) Cisco Systems was founded by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner.
Answer
Company name derived from Geographical entities
Evian: Named after Évian-les-Bains, on the south shore of Lake Geneva.
Himalaya: Named after the Himalayan mountain range.
Adobe: Named after Adobe creek in USA.
Tatra: Named after Tatra Mountains in Europe (Poland and Slovakia).
Aston Martin: Named after Aston Hill in United Kingdom.
MontBlanc: Named after Mont Blanc, in Alps.
Toblerone: Named after Toblerone Mountain (also known as Matterhorn
High Mountain) in Switzerland.
Amazon.com: Named after Amazon River in South America.
Answer
L’Oreal
Round 7- Rapid Fire
Rules
a.) 15 questions to be answered in 90 seconds.
b.) 10 points for each correct answer.
c.) Bonus 20 points if all the answers are correct.
d.) Bonus 15 points if 10 or more answers are correct.
e.) -5 for wrong answer.
1.) Full form of NBFC.
Ans.) Non-Banking Financial Companies
2.) Who authored the book “My Years at General Motors”?
Ans.) Alfred Sloan
3.) Which brand of instant tea and coffee shares its name with a state in the US?
Ans.) Georgia Tea
4.) In Turkish, what means "the holy meeting place?“
Ans.) Orkut
5.) Parent company of Kwality Wall’s?
Ans.) Hindustan Unilever
6.)Which company invented the term ‘Civil Servant’?
Ans.) East India Company
7.) Which bank was formerly known as UTI Bank?
Ans.) Axis Bank
8.) Which family owns the Pune based vaccine maker Serum Institute of India?
Ans.) Poonawalla
9.) Which website got an overwhelming response last year to its onion offer at Rs 9/kg leading to the site crashing for 10 minutes?
Ans.) Groupon
10.) NIKKEI and TOPIX are indices related to which country’s stock market?
Ans.) Japan
11.) Which retail chain started life as a butter manufacturer in Ooty in 1905 by Muthuswami Mudaliar?
Ans.) Nilgiris
12.) Who has launched a music label to promote quality music under the name of ‘LM Music’?
Ans.) Lata Mangeshkar
13.) “Live for Likes” is the new tagline for which e-retailer?
Ans.) Myntra
14.) Which Hollywood superstar owns a production house called Play Tone?
Ans.) Tom Hanks
15.) Which MNC is nicknamed "The Big Australian "?
Ans.) BHP Billiton
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