1. Compiled by G.Mohan http://businessbaatein.wordpress.com
India Business Quiz -2010
Compiled by G.Mohan

2. Themes Ad-en-Dum Global Brands Desi Chhap Filmi Chakkar
Fashion Passion
Khaas Khabar
Jargon Buster
Sarkar Raj
Stock talk
Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Finance fundas

3. Themes Guru Gyan Net Nuggets Toys for Boys Sports and Sponsors
Kuch Bhi
Aur Kuch Bhi

4. Ad-en-dum For Answers click
Which brand was first woven into a computer game (advergame) ?
MUDRA and BBDO India are ad agencies which are part of the second largest ad group in the world. Which one ?
Before film stars and cricketers came to ads, What pics were common in posters and calendars for indian products?
All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this stable L’OREAL end their ads with what tagline ?
A co. found that it was cheaper to put half page ads in classifieds than in the main paper. This forced newspapers to change their pricing policy. Name it.
This beauty modelled for Charmis cream. As a Pan-Am air hostess in 1986 she fought the hijackers and died. Name her.
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5. Global Brands
In the 1960s. IMPALA was an extremely popular car. This model was from which company ?
Audi, Hitachi, Samsonite. Diff countries different businesses. What is common?
The trademark _________________ should not be used while describing MSG – Monosodium Glutamate, says the caution notice. Fill in the blank.
Pick the odd one out…..FIESTA, FOCUS. FORTUNER, FIGO, FUSION.
Who owns the skin care brand Neutrogena ?
Which Indian car company is owned 50% by Chinese co. SAIC ?
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6. Desi Chhap
Which company acquired the DALDA brand from Hind Lever in 2004 ?
Analjit Slngh’s group is called the MAX group. Why ?
What Sonata is to Titan in watches, this brand is to Tanishq in jewellery. Name this value brand.
Name the tea company co-founded by Dwarkanath Tagore in 1839 and was India’s 1st joint stock co. It exists even today
Which was the first hybrid vehicle to be launched in India ?
Which is the only Indian product kept in the Museum of Modern Art in US?
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7. Filmi Chakkar For Answers click
Himanshu Rai founded Bombay Talkies in He used a unique financial structure to raise money. What?
Who said “Hollywood’s a place where they’ll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul.”
3 idiots. The engineering college and hostel shown in the movie was actually shot in a well known B-school. Which one ?
If Hindi film industry is Bollywood, telugu and bengali- Tollywood, tamil- Kollywood, what is the Kannada one called ?
How can movie goers make money on the Cantors futures exchange ?
Which co has multiple brands of jewellery, all of them endorsed by leading film stars like Kareena, Katrina, Bipasha ?
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8. Fashion Passion
Which luxury brand is credited with the creation of the ‘gaberdine’ fabric ?
Armani has sub-brands. What is the difference between Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani ?
UNIQLO which derives its name from ‘unique clothing’ is the largest clothing brand of which country ?
The designer brand Hermes has two popular styles of an accessory Kelly and Birkin. Name the accessory.
What according to Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer, is the democracy of fashion ?
Where will the world’s first ARMANI hotel open for business shortly ?
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9. Media Trivia What is the new name of the Businessweek magazine ?
This satellite radio service made famous in the movie LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI has gone off air after bankruptcy. Name this radio station.
Which is the largest read Indian daily as per IRS, 13 times in a row ?
Name the compact bilingual – Hindi and English-daily for the youth which is making waves in the Hindi belt.
Which media group has acquired the MID-DAY newspapers business from Ansaris ?
Based on a survey finding that 70% of viewers do not know what to watch on TV what new channel has been launched ?
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10. Jargon Buster What is ‘ MATURIALISM’ ? Who is a sub-lebrity?
Tirupati Laddu has a GI tag now. What is GI ?
What is crowdsourcing ?
As per Morgan stanley what are the newly emerging economies like Vietnam Bangladesh etc called ?
Sandwich makers in Subway are called sandwich artists. Lavatory cleaners as sanitation consultants, in HR terms what is this practice ?
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11. Sarkar Raj For Answers click
This govt owned network has 170 Million account holders and 154,000 branches in India. Name it.
Ministry of health GOI has a dept of AYUSH. Expand AYUSH.
Name the government agency which has prepared a National Anti- corruption strategy for a ‘Corruption free India’.
Which project of national imp is being launched in Oct 2010 by PM and Sonia from Tehsil Sahada, Dist Nandurbar, Maharashtra ?
Why has the cabinet secretary issued a note to ministries to go slow on using ‘GANDHI-NEHRU ‘ name for govt schemes ?
Between which 2 metros are 7 new cities being planned each bigger than Singapore as a mega industrial corridor project of GOI ?
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12. Stock Talk
Ram Niwas Mirdha Cong leader who died recently headed the JPC to probe the 1992 stock scam. Who was the chief villain of this scam ?
Church of England has sold its entire stake in Vedanta for non-fin reasons. What investment phil they follow?
What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
In the ’90s Chidambaram had resigned & was accepted by the PM PV Narasimha Rao. Why did he resign then?
In IPO jargon what is ASBA?
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13. Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Madison : advertising… Wall street: stock market…. Sand Hill Road : what ?
Who was the first issuer of Traveller’s cheque in the year 1891 ?
Who claimed his company was doing “God’s work” ?
On life insurance industry partners. Tata +AIG, Birla +Sunlife, ICICI + Prudential, HDFC + Standard life . Reliance and ?
Stanchart had a 30% stake in a PSU bank before its nationalisation. Name it.
What inspired India born scotsman Shepherd Barron to invent the ATM ?
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14. Finance Fundas For Answers click
What is an Islamic financial certificate called, similar to a bond in Western finance, that complies with Sharia, Islamic law.?
Who is the designer behind the Rupee symbol selected by Indian Govt ?
What is Gompertz law given by mathematician Benjamin Gompertz in 1825?
In investment circles who is referred to as Mrs. Watanabe ?
Which telecom provider has been given RBI clearance for a limited banking facility thru cell phones ?
What was the original business of Berkshire Hathaway when Warren Buffett acquired it in 1965 ?
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15. Guru Gyan For Answers click
Name the Indian economist who has said that ‘privatisation by stealth’ has created many billionaires in india ?
Who is the author of the book ‘Employees first customers second’ published by Harvard press ? Clue: CEO of an Indian tech co.
Nitin Nohria the newly appointed dean of HBS is son of Mr K.K Nohria. Nohria Sr. was the Chairman of an Indian Engg co. Which one ?
Name this India born strategy guru who is credited with ‘core competence’ and ‘Bottom of Pyramid ‘. He passed away recently.
Which management guru once said ‘In all of recorded history there has been not one economist who had to worry about where his next mealwould come from’ ?
Which first generation entrepreneur’s autobiography is titled ‘ SIMPLY FLY’ ?
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16. Net Nuggets
Which social networking platform that started in the living room of Reid Hoffman in 2002 announced 7 mn members in India recently ?
What is a WHUFFIE ?
Who or what has the Wired magazine nominated for Nobel Peace prize this year ?
“It’s hip to be rural’ People who have never seen a farm are farming virtually on this killer app on FACEBOOK. Name it.
What is a ‘digital will’ ?
What is social notworking ?
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17. Toys for Boys For Answers click
SWYPE may soon replace T9 in all cell phones. What does T9 do ?
Signature tune for which indian telecom service has become the world’s most popular mobile music download?
Peter Bentley of London has developed an app for iPhone which is a rage among doctors. What does the application do ?
Which gaming console used MEMS accelerometer technology for the first time that helps play a video game with the whole body ?
Why is EU planning to impose a ban on sex toys ?
Warcraft and Second life are the most popular MMORPGs.What are MMORPGs ?
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18. Sports and Sponsors Connect Accenture, Buick and Nike
Which EPL match had the first live 3D broadcast on Skysports ?
Connect QANTAS, GULF AIR, SINGTEL and PETRONAS
Van Schalwyk a plastic factory worker patented it in His co Masincedane sport is doing well this FIFA. What is his product?
Which sport star owns the company FOOTWORK PRODUCTIONS ?
What is the name of new T20 league in Australia on the lines of IPL ?
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19. Kuch Bhi What is the unique distinction of the firm HANDOO AND HANDOO?
Why was the satellite phone IRIDIUM named so ?
You know who is a Chairman. What about MAN CHAIR ?
In Parliament when Sushma Swaraj commented CAT KO MOUSE KHA GAYA. What was she referring to. ?
What is UN Population fund’s prescription for combating global warming?
What is the term used to describe food which produces healthy bacteria in the stomach ?
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20. Aur Kuch Bhi For Answers click
Which Mulk Raj Anand novel has a title that evokes the tea gardens in Assam where the narrative is set?
N Srinivasan of india cements donated Rs. 9 cr to Tirupati temple to buy a machine. What can this machine produce?
If IC is Air india,9W -Jet airways, IT- Kingfisher, 6E-Indigo then BZ is ?
Bhut Jolokia has entered Guinness Records for having over 1 mn Scoville units of a property. What ?
Which crisis has been described by IATA chief as a crisis ‘bigger than 9/11' for the aviation business?
Ale, lager, bitter, stouts, pilsner are some of the 180 ways of doing what ?
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21. ANSWERS

22. Answers to Ad-en-Dum
Mcdonalds in 1973 as a part of a DEC game Moonlander.
Omnicom
Hindu Gods & goddesses. Baby Krishna on Woodwards and Vishnu on sunlight
Because you’re worth it.
SU-KAM
Neerja Bhanot
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23. Answers to Global Brands
General Motors CHEVROLET
Born in 1910.All are celebrating their centenary this year
AJI-No-Moto
FORTUNER is from TOYOTA. Rest are FORD models
Johnson and Johnson
General Motors India is a 50:50 JV between GM and SAIC
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24. Answers to Desi Chhap BUNGE INDIA
First letter of his parents’ names Mohan and Avtar and X for others.
GoldPlus.
The Assam company
Hybrid vehicle is a dual powered one. Suvega moped used petrol and pedal (Googly)
Hawkins pressure cooker
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25. Answers to Filmi Chakkar
Joint Stock company and listed it on BSE with an authorised capital Rs 25 lakh
Marilyn Monroe
IIM-Bangalore
SANDALWOOD
By placing bets on the box office performance of soon to be released movies
Gitanjali
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26. Answers to Fashion Passion
Burberry
Giorgio is for age group and Emporio for 25-35
Japan
Ladies hand bags
Jeans
BURJ KHALIFA , Dubai – world’s tallest building- half a mile tall
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27. Answers to Khaas Khabar
Bloomberg Businessweek
Worldspace
Dainik Jagaran
iNext
Jagran Prakashan
What’s on India
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28. Answers to Jargon Buster
Mature materialism. When brands take a ‘do good path’ to appeal to consumers
A non-entity hailed as a star. For example Winners and finalists of reality TV shows
Geographical indicators. Spurious mfrs of laddus from other places cannot claim them to be from Tirupati
Sourcing not from a person or firm but openly from public or crowd by instituting rewards. Jeff Howe of Wired. Innocentive is one platform
Frontier Economies
Title fluffing
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29. Answers to Sarkar Raj India Post
Ayurved, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy. All traditional medicines.
Central Vigilance Commission
UID Aadhar
Poor implementation damages the family ‘brand’ name
Delhi and Mumbai
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30. Answers to Stock Talk Harshad Mehta Socially responsible investing
Indian depository receipt. Stanchart bank
PC had invested in the scam tainted FAIRGROWTH
Application supported by bid amount. money is transferred to issuer only to the extent of and after allotment
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31. Answers to Sabse Bada Rupaiya
Venture capital industry
American Express
Lloyd C.Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs
No one. Googly
Allahabad Bank
A chocolate vending machine
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32. Answers to Finance Fundas
Sukuk
Udaya Kumar from IIT Mumbai
An actuarial law that says chance of dying doubles every nine and quarter years
A small investor ,often a housewife, speculating in currency.
Bharti Airtel
Textiles
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33. Answers to Guru Gyan Raghuram Rajan Vineet Nayyar Crompton Greaves
C.K.Prahlad
Peter Drucker
Capt. Gopinath of Air Deccan
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34. Answers to Net Nuggets Linkedin
Social currency to measure online reputation like google hits.
The Worldwide web
Farmville
A will to bequeath digital assets like private s , digital music photos , videos etc
Surfing social networking sites instead of working
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35. Answers to Toys for Boys
Typing text messages quickly on cellphones
Airtel, composed by AR Rahman
Makes the phone a stethoscope
Nintendo Wii
They are made of PVC, which is bad for environment
Massive multiplayer online role playing games
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36. Answers to Sports and Sponsors
Tiger Woods endorses all these brands.
Arsenal vs Man-U on 31st JAN 2010
Title sponsors of F1 Grandprix at Australia, Bahrain, Singapore and Malaysia respectively
Vuvuzela
David Beckham
Big Bash League
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37. Answers to Kuch Bhi
India’s first LLP – Limited Liability Partnership firm
The original design had 77 satellites. Iridium is the 77th element in the periodic table.
A chair kept in the mall for the man to sit while his shopaholic wife/partner is busy
The online CAT fiasco for the IIM entrance 2009
Free condoms!
Probiotic – yogurt is the most popular food of this kind.
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38. Answers to Aur Kuch Bhi Two leaves and a bud 5 lakh LADDUS a day
Blue Dart Aviation
It is the world’s spiciest chilli. Scoville is the unit for spiciness
Volcanic ash in the Iceland sky
Brewing beer
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39. Acknowledgements BIG THANK YOU TO ALL Rajib Sarkar G.Krishna Kumar
All the friends on LinkedIn and Twitter who participated regularly and encouraged me
Newspapers, news channels, magazines, websites that were the source of all these information
BIG THANK YOU TO ALL
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