Business Quiz 6

130) He is the pioneer in mutual fund industry and often referred as the Father of Index Fund
        investing. He created the first S&P 500 Index fund. Identify this person?
       John Bogle

131) Which financial services giant is referred as the "Thundering Herd"?
         Merrill Lynch

132) What term became popular after the newspaper report of Watergate Scandal in the year
        1973?
       'Money Laundering'

133) If you file the 'chapter number 11' in USA in the name of your company what would you do?
        You'll be filing for bankruptcy

134) What were built under the project 178 ?
        FIAT cars Siena, Siena weekend, and Palio

Business Quiz 5

TATA Quiz Questions with Answers:

1) Which international voluntary organization was founded by the present French minister for foreign affairs Bernard Kouchner?

Ans: Doctors without Borders

2) Which Indian was the richest man in the world in 1937 and appeared on the cover of Time magazine?
Ans: Nizam of Hyderabad

3) Ad Campaign
Ans: Happydent

4) Which legendary CEO owns a restaurant chain called Koo Koo Roo?
Ans: Lee Iacocca

5) Which television personality who in his early career did commercials for Doritos brand of chips is an automobile collector and writes a column in Popular Mechanics?
Ans: Jay Leno

6) ALFA Passenger, a new diesel powered three wheeler is by which company?
Ans: M & M

7) Which brand (foods) was sold by Marico to Good Food group of Denmark?
Ans: Sil Jam
 Which auto major launched S80 sedan and XC90 SUV in the Indian market?
Ans: Volvo

9) Hello Money, an innovative mobile banking service was launched and promises to take convenience to a new level. Which bank has introduced this concept?
Ans: Barclays Bank

10) Accor, is in talks to create neighbourhood hotels under the naem Formulae-1 with which Indian group, famous in the retail space?
Ans: A V Birla Group

11) Photo Ans: M Damodaran

12) Which is the first train to be branded as ‘Airtel Rajdhani Express’? (i.e which city to Delhi)
Ans: Bangalore

13) Tara International, an affiliate of Bengal Enamel has planned Tiny and Titu. What are they?
Ans:  Less than 1 lakh (Electric) cars

14) In the mid 40s I signed on for the Blue Books three month modelling course and was hired by Holga Steel (for some host party i think). Who am I?
Ans: Marilyn Monroe

15) Which Public-Private enterprise would the person in picture head (pic of Albert Bruener)?
Ans: Bangalore International Airport Limited

16) Which Indian fashion designers said ‘We dont make garments, we make heirlooms’?
Ans: Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla

17) Which Hollywood superstar owns a production house ‘play tone’?
Ans: Tom Hanks

18) Which Indian was elected to the board of aviation giant American Airlines?
Ans: Rajat Gupta

19) Which management guru explained synergy as 2 + 2 = 5?
Ans: Igor Ansoff

20) Which media conglomerate did Lowry Mays and Red McCombs found in 1972 and focuses only on radio?
Ans: Clear Channel Communications

21) Established by a British gentleman whose name it took in the year 1908. It was later managed by Dr M.N Mahadevan in 1955 . Which Bangalore ‘landmark’?
Ans: Cash Pharmacy

22) Which Indian film director , who owns ‘Sahyadri Films’ once worked as an ad executive at Lintas?
Ans: Shyam Benegal

23) Which apparel compnay has a CSR initiative ‘Being Family’ that it has trademarked to help families who adopt children?
Ans: Jockey

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

KBC

KBC

Fastest finger first:
I cant recall the actual question, but there was four films of Amir Khan which are to be arranged according increasing order of the year of release. The options were:
a.       Dil Chahta Hai
b.      Rangeela
c.       Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
d.      Faana
The correct order is:
c. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
b. Rangeela
a. Dil Chahta Hai
d. Faana

The winner is Vishal Malavia from Vapi. He came with is Father Amrit Lal.

After Shahrukh explained the rules, came the first question:

1)      Which of these is usually controlled by the feet of driver ( Cant remember the exact one, but it was something like this)
a)      Wipers
b)      Headlights
c)      Sorry cant remember 
d)      Accelerator.

Answer: Accelerator

2)      In soccer, which part of midfielders body should not touch the ball?
a)      Feet
b)      Chest
c)      Hands
d)      Head

Answer: Hands

3)      According to a patriotic song what type of 'chidiya' can be found in branches of trees of India?  ( Again cant remember the exact one, but it was something like this)
a)      Moti ki
b)      Chandi ki
c)      Hire ki
d)      Sone ki

Answer: Sone ki

Har seat hot seat question:]
What were the nine luminaries of Akbar's Court was collectively known as
a)      Nava Rasha
b)      Nava Ratna
c)      Nava Shad
d)      Nava Rang

BREAK

4)      What is your mode of transport when going to by the Delhi metro?
a)      Bus
b)      Car
c)      Train
d)      Ferry

Answer: Train

5)      What does 'Black Friday' refer Anurag Kashyap's film of the same name?
a)      BSE crash of 1992
b)      Bombay Blasts of 1993
c)      Assassination of  Rajiv Gandhi
d)      Gujarat earthquake of 2001

Answer: Bombay Blasts of 1993

Founders of The Companies

1."Tata Group" was Founded by Jamsedji Tata in 1868.

2."Reliance Industries" was Founded by Dhirubhai Ambani in 1977.

3."Microsoft" was Founded by Bill Gates, Paul Allen in 1975.

4."General Electric" was Founded by Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson and Edwin J. Houston in 1878.

5."American" International Group was Founded by Cornelius Vander Starr in 1919.

Business Quiz 3

1)  It wasn't the first time the No. 9 batsman was using this brand in a Test match. It was, in fact,
the second time! But it came under close scrutiny from rivals England during a Test match at Perth in December 1979. The batsman would later recount in hi s autobiography Menace that he was merely marketing the product. The No. 9 batsman was the business partner of Graham Monoghan, who is said to have developed the product for recreation use. Which product or brand are we talking about?
  
     Dennis Lillee with his aluminum bat

2) In the late sixties,X started his career with McKinsey and Co. After some years he moved on to American Express where he worked for 11 years quickly moving up to the No.2 position just behind Jim Robinson. In 1989, he moved on to become the CEO of Nabisco, a major company in the foods business. However most people know him better as the CEO of another gigantic company where he moved on to after his stint with Nabisco. Identify X.

Hint : X even wrote a book about the company we famously associate him with.

Lou Gerstner.IBM. book is “How to make Elephants Dance.”

3) The name of this 94 year old product translates into English as 'Soul enlightenment". Was 
created by Hakim Hafiz Abdul Majeed. What?
Rooh Afza

4) This Scottish veterinarian was very annoyed by the deep grooves that his son's tricycle left in his carefully tended lawn. He solved it by using a length of hose that he found lying around. Who and what was the solution?

John B. Dunlop, he converted the hose into a rudimentary set of tyres.

5) What name literally means 'prosperous rice field' in Japanese?
    Akio Morita

Foreign Companies Abbreviations

3M - Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
3PL - Third Party Logistics
A&W - Allen & Wright (Roy Allen and Frank Wright combined their initials to name A&W Root Beer in 1922)
AA - Author Alteration (a publishing term)
AAA - American Automobile Association

Business Quiz 2

Question: Which vehicle took its name from the fact that it was made to be used for general purposes?

 Answer: Jeep (GP)

Question: What is the name of the mascot on the bonnet of a Rolls Royce?

Answer: The spirit of ecstasy

Question: Who invented jeans?

Answer: Levi Straus

Question: Arthur Andersen is an Accounting Firm which has been dissolved following their involvement in

which scandal?

Answer: Enron Scandal

Question: Which Indian IT company is a Joint venture between BT and M&M?

Answer: Tech Mahindra

Visual Round 2

  

Budget At Glance 2011-12

Budget At Glance 2011-12


I-T exemption limit raised to Rs 1.80 lakh from Rs 1.60 lakh .

Exemption for senior citizens raised to Rs 2.5 lakh

Tax under women slab unchanged.

Tax exemption raised to Rs 5 lakh for senior citizens of 80 years.

To increase service tax on air travel

Micro Finance Topic

Definition :

The word Micro means itself is small.

Where as finance mean money.
 

The word Micro finance means motivating the people with small credit or loans.
 

Micro Finance is a finance, where small organization help the poor people financially.
 

The MFI’s (Micro Finance Institutions) like NGO’s helps the small business people internally.
 

It encourages the SMI’s.

Budget Analysis 2011-12

INDIA BUDGET 2010-11
HIGHLIGHT

CRITICAL INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS SET PACE FOR DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH

SCALED UP FLOW OF RESOURCES INFUSES DYNAMISM IN RURAL ECONOMY

GDP ESTIMATED TO HAVE GROWN AT 8.6% IN 2010-11

FISCAL DEFICIT KEPT AT 4.6% OF GDP FOR 2011-12

EXPORTS GROWN BY 9.6%, IMPORTS BY 17.6% IN APRIL-JANUARY 2010-11 OVER CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR

INDIAN ECONOMY EXPECTED TO GROW AT 9%  IN 2011-12.

Budget Analysis 2010-11

INDIA BUDGET 2010-11
HIGHLIGHT

THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET ESTIMATES IS RS.11,08,749 CRORE , AN INCREASE OF 8.6 PER CENT OVER LAST YEAR

THE PLAN AND NON-PLAN EXPENDITURE ESTIMATED AT RS.3,73,092 CRORE AND RS.7,35,657 CRORE RESPECTIVELY, AN INCREASE OF 15 PERCENT IN PLAN EXPENDITURE AND 6 PER CENT IN NON-PLAN EXPENDITURE OVER THE BE OF PREVIOUS YEAR

FISCAL DEFICIT  AT  5.5 PER CENT OF GDP WORKS OUT TO BE RS. 3,81,408 CRORE
ROLLING TARGETS FOR FISCAL DEFICIT  PEGGED AT 4.8 PER CENT AND 4.1 PER CENT  FOR 2011-12 AND 2012-13

NET MARKET BORROWING WOULD BE OF THE ORDER OF RS. 3,45,010 CRORE  LEAVING ENOUGH SPACE TO MEET CREDIT  NEEDS OF PRIVATE SECTOR
AGAINST A FISCAL DEFICIT OF 7.8 PER CENT IN 2008-09 , INCLUSIVE OF OIL AND  FERTILIZER BONDS, THE COMPARABLE FISCAL DEFICIT IS 6.9 PER CENT  AS PER RE 2009-10

GROSS TAX RECEIPTS ESTIMATED AT RS.7,46,651 CRORE AND NON-TAX RECEIPT ESTIMATED AT RS. 1,48,118  CRORE

Bank P O's

1. Which of the following statement (s) reflects India's stand on new World Trade Organization's proposal on the issue of the subsidy to agro products ?

(1) India would protect the interest of its poor farmers who can not bear the burden of the cost of the products if they have to sell them on cheaper rate.
(2) Indian industry needs more flexibility as compared to the industry in developed countries.
(3) WTO has set up a new committee under the chairmanship of Putin of Russia to look into the issue of subsidy and find out a solution to the problem acceptable to all the parties.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 & 2
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
2. Which of the following statement (s) is / are true about the 11th five year plan of India ?
(1) The highest priority is given to exports ,education and development of steel sector.
(2) The plan aims at achieving the growth at 10 % level by the end of the plan.
(3) The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana is revived in such a way so that it can be achieve a growth nof 4 % for agriculture sector.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 & 2
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
3. As per the figures released recently the Stock markets in emerging economies made handsome returns last year (2007-08). Which of the following stock markets amongst the BRIC nations registered highest increased (97 %) compared to its performance in 2006-07 ?
(A) Cina
(B) Brazil
(C) Russia
(D) India
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
4. Bayana which was in news recently is a place in -
(A) Uttar Pradseh
(B) Madhya Pradseh
(C) Bihar
(D) Haryana
(E) Rajasthan
ANS (E)
5. Which of the following statement (s) is / are correct about the Indo-Russia Bilateral Defence Ties ?
(1) Both the countries have decided to produce a fifth generation fighter aircraft and a multi role cargo plane.
(2) India has agreed to launch Russian missiles from its base at Chandipur incase some other nation attacks on Russia
(3) India and Russia were able to sort out differences over the utilization of Rupee debt fund which is of Rs. 8000 Crore at present.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 & 3 only
(E) None of these
ANS (A)

International Business

International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions (private and governmental, sales, investments, logistics,and transportation) that take place between two or more nations. Usually, private companies undertake such transactions for profit; governments undertake them for profit and for political reasons. It refers to all those business activities which involves cross border transactions of goods, services, resources between two or more nations. Transaction of economic resources include capital, skills, people etc. for international production of physical goods and services such as finance, banking, insurance, construction etc.

A multinational enterprise (MNE) is a company that has a worldwide approach to markets and production or one with operations in more than a country. An MNE is often called multinational corporation (MNC) or transnational company (TNC). Well known MNCs include fast food companies such as McDonald's and Yum Brands, vehicle manufacturers such as General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Toyota, consumer electronics companies like Samsung, LG and Sony, and energy companies such as ExxonMobil, Shell and BP. Most of the largest corporations operate in multiple national markets.

Areas of study within this topic include differences in legal systems, political systems, economic policy, language, accounting standards, labor standards, living standards, environmental standards, local culture, corporate culture, foreign exchange market, tariffs, import and export regulations, trade agreements, climate, education and many more topics. Each of these factors requires significant changes in how individual business units operate from one country to the next.

The conduct of international operations depends on companies' objectives and the means with which they carry them out. The operations affect and are affected by the physical and societal factors and the competitiveenvironment.

Vizual Business Quiz

    

Vivekananda

World's Top Ten Billionaries.

Rank     Name     Net Worth     Age     Source     Country of Citizenship


1    Carlos Slim Helu & family
Carlos Slim Helu & family
    $74 B    71    telecom    Mexico

2    Bill Gates
Bill Gates
    $56 B    55    Microsoft    United States


3    Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett
    $50 B    80    Berkshire Hathaway    United States


4    Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault
    $41 B    62    LVMH    France


5    Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison
    $39.5 B    66    Oracle    United States


6    Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Mittal
    $31.1 B    60    Steel    India


7    Amancio Ortega
Amancio Ortega
    $31 B    74    Zara    Spain


8    Eike Batista
Eike Batista
    $30 B    54    mining, oil    Brazil


9    Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani
    $27 B    53    petrochemicals, oil & gas    India


10    Christy Walton & family
Christy Walton & family
    $26.5 B    56    Walmart    United States

Business Quiz Questions

I


1. Who has been left out in this list FC Kohli, _____________, N Chandrashekharan.


Ans: S Ramadorai [CEOs of TCS]


2. Who is the CEO of London-based UK Tradecorp Ltd and has a stake in Indian sports.


Ans: Raj Kundra


3. Jasmine Soap which is [apparently] very popular in these parts, is a brand of which company?


Ans: Godrej


4. Which fabric has hooks and loops?


Ans: Velcro


5. It was started in 1952 by California based Pacific Mills and then became a part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf and Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996. Which event?


Ans: Miss Universe

Country - Country Air Lines

Worldwide Country Airlines "A"

Algeria
   Air Algérie
   Tassili Airlines


Angola
   TAAG Angola Airlines


Argentina
   Aerolineas Argentinas


Aruba
   Air Aruba


Austria
   Austrian Airlines

WebSites : Founders

WebSites        :  Founders


Youtube          : Chad Hurley & Steve Chen

Reddit             : Chris Slowe ,Alexis Ohanian ,Steve Huffman

Mixx                : Chris McGill

Facebook       : Mark Zuckerberg