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    Weekly Business Quiz # 68

    March 1, 2011 by businessbaatein

    Q1. Who holds the record of presenting the union budget a record 10 times ?

    Ans. Morarji Desai

    Q2. Which finance minister first broke the old British tradition of presenting the unionbudget at 5.00 PM ?

    Ans. Yashwant sinha

    Q3. The big 4 audit firms are PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and E&Y. Name the 5th.

    Ans. Grant Thornton

    Q4. Today on why you will not find the well known IC codes on flight schedules ?

    Ans. All the air india flights will have AI only

    Q5. What is special about BABY GAGA ice cream being sold at a London parlour for 14 a scoop ?

    Ans. Made out of breast milk

    Q6. CMD of which Navratna PSU has been arrested while accepting bribe in the form of

    gold bricks ?

    Ans. Nalco

    Q7. If Rajdhani expresses are trains connecting to capital what are trains within a stateconnecting to the state capital ?

    Ans. Rajya rani exp

    Q8. Which ad agency has a CHARKHA at its reception and calls its office ASHRAMinspired by Gandhi ?

    Ans. BBDO INDIA

    Q9. In the online marketplace SPOTCLOUD what is bought and sold ?

    Ans. Spot market for cloud computing

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    Q10. Name the creator of AMAR CHITRA KATHA series. He passed away yday. Mytributes to the man who showed me the route to my roots.

    Ans. Anant Pai

    Q11. What % of world crude oil is supplied by LIBYA.? A. 1% B. 2% C. 5% D. 10%

    Ans. B. 2%

    Q12. What is the new high speed technology by intel to connect peripherals andcomputer called?

    Ans. Thunderbolt

    Q13. Under what brand name would Daimler market its trucks made in Chennai ?

    Ans. Bharatbenz

    Q14. Which MF has launched a debt scheme where the returns would go towards cancercure ?

    Ans. HDFC

    Q15. Which country promotes itself as NO. 1 to fight corruption ?

    Ans. GEORGIA

    Q16. Elevator pitch is a very short presentation of an idea. Where did it originate ?

    Ans. In Hollywood where scriptwriters narrated scripts on elevator

    Q17. With which state govt has TEAMLEASE tied up to create india first vocationaluniversity ?

    Ans. GUJARAT

    Q18. In which city have the pharmacy association written to doctors to improve theirhand writing or type the prescriptions ?

    Ans. Mumbai

    Q19. With the govt banning the packing of GUTKHA in plastic pouches which indiancity will be affected the most ?

    Ans. Kanpur

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    Q20. BP has announced the largest FDI in india thru the JV with RIL. Which was thelargest FDI before this ?

    Ans. POSCO

    Weekly Business Quiz # 67

    February 21, 2011 by businessbaatein

    Q1. With what type of film making would you associate 2D, 3D, CGI, FLASH formats ?

    Ans. Animation films

    Q2. Which brand has launched a new TV campaign bringing out Indians obsession withextracting value like reuse of wrappers ?

    Ans. Maruti

    Q3. In the list of top 10 MNCs operating in India cos from which country have the largestrepresentation ?

    Ans. Korea with 3 Hyundai, LG and Samsung

    Q4. Who are the co authors of EXECUTION who claim that they learnt business in theirfamilys shoe shops as kids?

    Ans. Ram Charan & Larry Bossidy

    Q5. If BAIDU is chinas leading search engine what is WEIBO ?

    Ans. Microblogging site like Twitter

    Q6. What is the opposite for synergy ? Where two plus two is barely three.

    Ans. Dysergy

    Q7. Charles Coffin CEO from 1892 to 1912 realised that his cos real products werentlight bulbs or electric motors but leaders. Which co?

    Ans.GE

    Q8. Why is indian govt signing agreements with Virgin islands, isle of man, Bermuda,the Bahamas etc ?

    Ans. To get info from tax havens

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    Q9. Which chilli has toppled the Indian BHUT JOLOKIA to become the hottest chilli inthe world ?

    Ans. Infinity from England

    Q10. With brands like Flying machine, FASTRACK, HERBALIFE which young cricketstar is the new toast of the ad world ?

    Ans. VIRAT KOHLI

    Q11. Unholy telecom alliances TATA- UNINOR , ADAG- SWAN , ESSAR __ ?

    Ans. LOOP

    Q12. Guts, Grit and Gumption is a book on the change in which Indian largeorganisation ?

    Ans. SBI

    Q13. Connect RELIANCE ,PEPSI, HERO HONDA LG to an event ?

    Ans. All sponsors of Cricket world cup 11

    Q14. Name the IBM super comp all set to win the quiz show JEOPARDY beatinghumans.

    Ans.Watson

    Q15. Life is short. have an affair is th etagline of which controvrsial social networkingsite promoting adultery ?

    Ans. AshleyMadison.com

    Q16. The 83 world cup which india won had a prize money of 30000 $. What is the totalprize money in the 2011 one. ?

    Ans. 6.1 million 200 times wow!

    Weekly Business Quiz #65

    February 8, 2011 by businessbaatein

    Q1. US retailer engages top designers to design everyday home items like tea kettles etc,mass produces them and sells at discount thereby competing with the likes of Wal-mart?

    Ans. TARGET

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    Q2. Which car major has launched a luxury sports sedan named KIZASHI ?

    Ans. Maruti Suzuki

    Q3. Name the low profile partner of Warren Buffett of over 40 years who shares his

    investment philosophy.

    Ans. Charlie Munger

    Q4. What brand of diamond jewellery is owned by the Mehtas of ROSY BLUE listed byLGT bank for stashing black money abroad ?

    Ans. ORRA

    Q5. What is KODAK courage ?

    Ans. Extra courage displayed when being clicked for a photograph

    Q6. What is innovative about THE DAILY launched by Rupert Murdoch ?

    Ans. First newspaper designed excl for iPAD.

    Q7. If Times of India has a job site called timesjobs.com, which media group owns thewebsite SHINE ?

    Ans. HINDUSTAN TIMES

    Q8. Under what brand is Pepsi launching cookies in the indian market ?

    Ans. Quaker

    Q9. As the internet runs out of IP addresses what new protocol will solve this problem ?

    Ans. IPv6

    Q10. Which guru once said with 20 hours of library research about a co he would knowas much about the business as the CEO?

    Ans. Michael Porter

    Q11. Which Indian hotel chain claims they dont sell rooms, they sell sleep ?

    Ans. ITC WelcomGroup

    Q12. Why is carbon black added to rubber while making tyres ?

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    Ans. To provide strength and durability

    Q13. Which indian co has brought out a cell phone for seniors with big keypad, largedisplay and an SOS button ?

    Ans iBall

    Q14. Who has taken charge as PMs advisor on skill development in a cabinet rank ?

    Ans. S.Ramadorai

    Q15. Why is french businessman BERGGUENEN called a homeless billionaire ?

    Ans. He has no house, lives in hotels and owns a pvt jet

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