Saturday, 4 June 2011

Business Quiz 4

101) This person wrote about himself thus :"Principal virtues : keeps his nails clean. Principal faults
        that he has no family, is bad tempered and has a poor digestion. One and only wish : Not to
        be buried alive. Greatest sin : that he does not worship Mammon. Important events in his life :
        None". Who?


        Alfred Nobel

102) He called his wife ‘The Believer’ because she encouraged him at a time when everyone else
        called him crazy. John Kenneth Galbraith said this of him:” If there is any certainty as to what
        a businessman is, he is assuredly the things ________ is not." Thomas Alva Edison once told
        him ‘Young man, you have the right idea. Keep at it’. He got his greatest inspiration while
        watching Chicago meat-packers cut beef that moved past them on an overhead trolley. Who?

        Henry Ford - He got the idea of assembly line production while watching Chicago meat-
        packers cut beef that moved past them on an overhead trolley.

103) He has launched a university at Elk Grove Village, Illinois. President Nixon once met him and
        asked "What is it now, eight or nine billion?" To which he replied, "Mr. President, it is 12
        billion." When his company's market value surpassed U.S.Steel’s, Senator Lloyd Bentson
        complained ‘Something is wrong with our economy when the stock market is long on _____
        and short on steel’ At the age of 72, he acquired the San Diego Padres baseball team. Till the
        age of 52 he was a peddler of milk-shake machines. Who?

         Ray Kroc , He was the main force behind McDonalds. he has started a Hamburger
         University in Illinois. The answer for the blank is Burgers

104) An author, as a sign of gratitude to the nurse who had cared for his firstborn child, gave a
        script and asked her to sell it when she was in need of money. Years later, when the nurse
        was really in want of money, she sold it and lived in comfort for the rest of her life. The
        manuscript was the first part of a famous work of this author. Name the book and author?
     
        Book: Jungle Book Author : Rudyard Kipling.

105) Masaru Ibuka, after graduating in engineering, failed the entry examination for lifetime
        employment at Toshiba, and decided to start his own small business. He was fortunate to find
        a partner who had a flair for finance and salesmanship. Who was this partner? What was the
        company they started?
        Akio Morita was the partner & company was Sony

106) Who was the star of a film “Grime goes green’ along with John Cleese?
        Prince Charles

107) What is the difference between ‘Made in America’ and ‘Well Made in America’?
        ‘Made in America’ is a book on Wal-Mart by Sam Walton
        while ‘Well Made in America’ is a book on Harley Davidson by Peter C. Ried.

108) Which very famous personality name was deleted from the list of the Top Philanthropists for
         some unscrupulous reasons. And why ?

         Warren Buffet- because his charity was not at par with his wealth and others on the list
         Voted against his inclusion, he is famous for two things. First, for amassing the second-
         biggest fortune in the U.S. as one of the most talented investors the world has ever known.
         Second, for an aversion to spending a dime of that $41 billion on anything but the strictly
         necessary. That includes declining to provide his kids with fortunes of their own, collecting 
         yachts or racehorses, or giving large chunks of his wealth to worthy causes.

109) " Back to back ticketing" what is it and how come it is used intelligently.
          Back to back ticketing – is it buying round trip tickets like A -> B -> C & back but
          using only one leg of each trip ( for economical reasons).
         [ In simple words, it means, either you are intentionally using only a part of your itinerary or
           your itinerary is not used in sequential manner to save money and take advantage of 
           various discount offered by Airline which may not be available for general booking.]

110) You must have heard the famous ad of" saat swad main lijjat papad "!!! Where does that saat
         comes from?
         saat swad main lijjat papad – because started by seven seven sister members of Shri
         Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad, now it has more than 40000 sisters as its members.
         Incidentally, its Product ‘Papad’ is also available in 7 categories.




111) Jaggery was followed by potatoes then castor, black pepper, turmeric and hessian-what is
         this series.?
         Forward trading is allowed only on these commodities in India.

112) Richard Branson usually associated the word Virgin with almost all of his business ventures.
        However the only exception was when he launched this Condoms brand. Deciding that the
        word Virgin would not go down well with a Condoms brand, he came up with this other name.
        Now, what was the name of this brand??
       Mates condoms

113) The year was 1950. She had brought a big bag filled with merchandise, and she set it up and
        was in business at Neiman Marcus. Stopping everyone who came in the door, she said, "Try
        this. I', ___________, and these are the most wonderful beauty products in the world." Who?
     
       Estée Lauder, who founded the Estée Lauder Co. Today, it controls over 45% of the 
       cosmetics market in US department stores - three times the volume of its closest competitor.

114) This famous person's political involvement came with its share of controversy. Most notably,
         in 1975 he spent six days giving lectures on public policy in Chile and had one brief meeting
        with the right-wing dictator Augusto Pinochet. The result was a storm of protest. When he was
       awarded the Nobel Prize the next year, public objections came from all directions, including
       previous prize winners Linus Pauling and David Baltimore. Who?

       Milton Friedman, one of the greatest economist of all times

115) He has been a professor of Electrical Engg and Computer Science at the Massachusetts
        Institute of Technology for 35 years. His products have been used in GM Cars, Zenith and
       Phillips TV divisions, NASA space shuttles, the Queen Elizabeth liner, and Broadway theatres.
       His father fled from Calcutta where he was wanted by the British police for revolutionary
       activities. Who?

       Amar Bose (Bose Speakers)

116) He set up shop in 1859 as a dry goods trader. The business thrived in 1861 after the outbreak
        of the US Civil War, when the US Army bought a lot of grain and supplies from him. He was a
        regular at the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland and served as a Sunday School
        Superintendent. In 1881, he set up a trust of dozens of companies that controlled 80% of a
        particular industry. Other industries followed suit and this started off the first ‘Anti-Trust
        regulations’ in the USA. Who?


         John Rockefeller




117) Microsoft issues a ‘Certificate of Authenticity’ to guard against counterfeit software. It has a
        watermark with the image of a woman. Name the woman.
      
         Ada Byron

118) His wife Tove was six times Karate champion of Finland. He became famous for something
        he wrote as a student at the University of Helsinki. Name him.

       Linus Torvalds,Linux

119) In 1979, two American executives were imprisoned without charge in Iran when Ayatollah
        Khomeini deposed the shah of Iran. Their CEO sent in a bunch of company executives, led by
        a former commando called Arthur Bull Simons, who rescued them, freeing 13000 other
        prisoners in the process. This incident was later turned into a best-selling novel On Wings of
        Eagles by Ken Follett. Just name the CEO.


       Texas businessman Ross Perot of EDS.

120) Computer Peripheral Devices is a Bangalore based firm which manufactures electronic PCO
        call monitors, which are commonly used in STD booths across India. Which former Indian
        cricketer owns this firm?
  
        Brijesh Patel

121) Which business tycoon once said "I don't think Internet is going to change the world how
       people chew gum"?
       Warren Buffett

122) Big Ideas and Global Knowledge Portals are companies founded by__________.
        Dan Lifton founded big ideas... Derek O’Brien. Global Knowledge


123) Which song was used as the theme song for the launch of Windows 95? also give the name
       of the band by whom it was composed.
       Rolling stones-"Start Me Up"

124) Synergy Communications a Pvt Ltd co is floated by___________
        Siddharth Basu

125) Connect: Santoor,Glucovita & BabySoft.
         Wipro




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