Business quiz

1. BUSINESS QUIZ Naveen Joshi MBA, 30-1-2013

2. ROUND 1: ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS Questions in this round will have Abbreviations and Acronyms This round will have 2 Chances for the teams ( i ) Clock Wise and (ii) Anti-Clock Wise Each question carries 5 Points No Negative Points No Passing of the questions

3. 1 . KYC – Refers to due diligence activities that financial institutions and other regulated companies must perform to ascertain relevant information. What does ‘KYC’ stand for? Know Your Cost Know Your Currency Know you Customer Know your Capital

4. (c) Know Your Customer

5. 2.HTC Corporation is a Taiwanese manufacturer of smart phones and tablets. What does ‘HTC’ stand for ? (a) High Tech Channel (b) High Transmission Computers (c) Heavy Technology Corporation (d) High Tech Computer

6. (d) High Tech Computer Corporation

7. 3 . ITC Limited is an Indian public conglomerate company head quartered in Kolkata. What does ‘ITC’ Stand for? (a) Indian Technical Corporation (b) Imperial Tobacco Company of India (c) Indian Tobacco Company (d) Industrial Technical Corporation

8. (c ) INDIAN TOBACCO COMPANY

9. 4. IMF – Which is an international organization head quartered at Washington, D.C., USA. What does ‘IMF’ Stand for? (a) Industrial Monetary Finance (d) International Monetary Finance (c) Industrial Monetary Fund (d) International Monetary Fund

10. (d) INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

11. 5. JVC Ltd – Which is a Japanese international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan. What does ‘JVC’ Stand for? (a) Victor company of Japan (b) Japanese Venture corporation (c) Japanese Vehicle Corporation (d) Japan Venture for consumers

12. (a) VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN

13. 6. AMUL – A Brand which spurred ‘White revolution’ is an Indian dairy cooperative, based in Gujarat. What does ‘AMUL’ stand for? (a) Amrit Milk Union Limited (b) Anand Milk Union Limited (c) Amulya Milk Urban Limited (d) Anand Milk Urban Limited

14. (b) ANAND MILK UNION LIMITED

15. 7. HCL – Which is a leading global Technology and IT enterprise started in 1976 with annual revenues of US $ 5.3 Billion. What does ‘HCL’ stand for? (a) Hindustan Chemicals Limited (b) Hindustan Computers Limited (c) Hindustan Computer Language (d) None of these

16. (b) HINDUSTAN COMPUTERS LIMITED

17. 8. CSC – Which is an American Multinational Corporation that provides information technology services and professional services refer to? (a) Computer Sciences Corporation (b) Computer Systems Corporation (c) Computer s sciences for consumers (d) None of these

18. (a) COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION

19. 9. IRDA – Which is an autonomous apex statutory body which regulates and develops the insurance industry in India stands for ? (a) Insurance Regulatory and Deployment Autonomy (b) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (c) Insurance Regulatory and Deployment Authority (d) Indian Regulatory and Development Authority

20. (b) INSURANCE REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

21. 10. The CII – is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organization, seeking to play a proactive role in India’s development process. What does ‘CII’ Stand for ? (a) Committee of Indian Industries (b) Community of Indian Infrastructure (c) Confederation of Indian Industries (d) Confederation of Indian Infrastructure

22. (c) CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRIES

23. 11. MRF – is a major tyre manufacturing company which is also the sister concern of the leading Malayalam daily ‘Malayala Manorama’ – stand for ? (a)Madras Rubber Factory (b) Malayala Radial tyre Factory (c)Madras Radial Factory (d) Madras Regency Factory

24. (a) MADRAS RUBBER FACTORY

25. 12. SAP AG is a German multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. What does ‘SAP’ stand for ? (a) Systems Application and Products in Data Processing (b) Software Application and Products in Data Processing (c) System Analysis and Programming in Data Processing (d) Software Application and Programming

26. (a) SYSTEMS, APPLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS IN DATA PROCESSING

27. 13. WIPRO Ltd – Which is the second largest IT services company in India located in Bangalore stand for ? (a) Western Indian Programming Organization (b) Western India Palm Refined Oil (c) Western Indian Palm Refinery Outlet (d) Western India Palm-Olive Refinery Outlet

28. (b) WESTERN INDIA PALM REFINED OIL

29. 14. Yahoo ! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in California, USA. The company is best known for web portal and search engine. What does Yahoo stand for ? (a) Yet another Hierarchical Officious Oracle (b) Yet Another Hierarchical Organized Oracle (c) Yet Another Hypertext Organized Oracle (d) Yet Another Helpful Operation Origin

30. (a) YET ANOTHER HIERARCHICAL OFFICIOUS ORACLE

31. 15.TATA DOCOMO – is in joint collaboration with NTT DOCOMO, INC, Which is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. What does ‘DOCOMO’ refer to? (a) do communicate through mobile operators (b) doing communications on mobiles (c) do communications over the mobile network (d) development of communication and mobile operations

32. (c) DO COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE MOBILE NETWORK

33. 16. The P&G – which is multinational consumer goods company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. USA stand for ? (a) Practor & Gambell (b) Proactive & Gentle (c) Proctor & Gamble (d) Proactive & Gimbel

34. (c) PROCTER & GAMBLE

35. Round 2: COMPANY SLOGANS This round will have questions related to Company slogans, taglines, punch lines etc., This round will have 2 Chances ( i ) Clock-Wise and (ii) Anti-Clock Wise The teams will have to bid scores before the question given to a team The Minimum points to bid score is 5 Points and Maximum points to bid score is 10 Points It has Negative Score of points bid by the team

36. 1. “American by birth. Rebel by choice” – is the tagline for which of the following ? (a) Fisher-Price (b) Grey Poupon (c) Harley Davidson (d) Greyhound

37. (c) HARLEY DAVIDSON

38. 2. ‘Drivers Wanted’ – is the tagline for which of the following Automobile companies? (a) Mercedes Benz (b) BMW (c) FIAT (d) Volkswagen

39. (d) Volkswagen

40. 3. I’M LOVIN’ IT – Goes with which of the following brands? (a) Taco-Bell (b) Pizza Hut (c) Subway (d) McDonald’s

41. (d) McDonald’s

42. 4. Which of the following news broadcasting company uses the tag line “THE MOST TRUSTED NAME IN NEWS” ? (a) CNBC (b) CNET (c) CNN (d) BBC

43. (c) CNN – Cable News Network

44. 5. “A FRIEND YOU CAN BANK UPON” is the tagline of which of the following Indian Bank? ( a) Indian Bank (b) Karnataka Bank (c) Central Bank of India (d) Vijaya Bank

45. (d) Vijaya Bank

46. 6. “THE TASTE OF INDIA” Is the punch line of which of the following companies? (a) Vijaya Diary (b) Amul (c) Nestle (d) Cadbury

47. (b) AMUL

48. 7. “YOUR PERFECT BANKING PARTNER” is the tagline for which of the following banks? (a) HDFC (b) IDBI (c) Federal Bank (d) ICICI

49. (c) FEDERAL BANK

50. 8. “SENSE AND SIMPLICITY” is the tagline for which of the following companies? (a) Kodak (b) Phillips (c) Samsung (d) Panasonic

51. (b) PHILLIPS

52. 9. “THE WORLD’S ONLINE MARKETPLACE” is the tagline for which of the following online shopping store? (a) eBay.com (b) Flipkart.com (c) Amazon.com (d) Future Bazaar.com

53. (a) eBay.com

54. 10. Which of the following Airlines company follow the tagline “FLYING FOR EVERYONE”? (a) Air Deccan (b) Kingfisher Airlines (c) Spice Jet (d) Air India

55. (c) SPICE JET

56. 11. “COUNT ON US” is the slogan used by which of the following Automobile companies? (a) Maruti Suzuki (b) Mahendra (c) Tata Motors (d) Hyundai

57. (a) MARUTI SUZUKI

58. 12. “CARING FOR LIFE” – is the punch line used by which of the following pharmaceutical companies? (a) Glaxo Smith Kline (b) Cipla (c) Ranbaxy (d) Dabur

59. (b) CIPLA

60. 13. “PEACE OF MIND. GUARANTEED” – is the tagline used by which of the following companies? (a) Godrej Locks (b) Sheel Locks (c) Link Locks (d) Epson Locks

61. (a) GODREJ LOCKS

62. 14. Which of the following Automobile companies uses the tagline “TOUCH THE PERFECTION”? (a) Honda (b) Hyundai (c) Toyota (d) Tata Motors

63. (c) TOYOTA

64. 15. Which of the banking companies uses the punch line “ONE FAMILY ONE BANK”? (a) Punjab and Sind Bank (b) Oriental Bank of Commerce (c) State Bank of India (d) Bank of Maharashtra

65. (d) BANK OF MAHARASHTRA

66. 16. “OBSESSED WITH QUALITY SINCE 1897” is the tagline used by which of the following companies? (a) Sansui (b) Benz (c) Skoda (d) Toyota

67. (c) SKODA

68. Round -3.LOGO IDENTIFICATION This round consists of questions related to companies' Logos This round will have two chances for the teams ( i ) Clock-Wise and (ii) Anti-Clock Wise Each Question carries 10 Points No Negative Points for the Questions attempted No Passing of the Questions

69. 1. Identify this American Global coffee company ? (a) Kello America (b) Starbucks (c) Café Coffee Day (d) Barista

70. (b) STARBUCKS

71. 2. Identify this French multinational vehicle manufacturer (a) Renault (b) Skoda (c) Logan (d) Mahendra

72. (a) RENAULT

73. 3. Identify this International Organization (a) UNICEF (b) UNESCO (c) HELPAGE INDIA (d) NATO

74. (a) UNICEF

75. 4. Identify this Four wheeler manufacturing company? (a) FIAT (b) LAMBHORGINI (c) SKODA (d) LAND ROVER

76. (c) SKODA

77. 5. From this cropped image given below, identify the brand? (a) Sony Ericson (b)Motorola (c)Dell (d)Siemens

78. (c) DELL

79. 6. Identify this Food Chain Restaurant Brand? (a) Café Bell (b) Baskin Robbins (c) Cheese Cake Factory (d) Taco Bell

80. (d) TACO BELL

81. 7. Identify the Brand name from the cropped image given below? (a) BENZ (b) Audi (c) Volkswagen (d) BMW

82. (d) BMW

83. 8 . Identify the fashion brand from the image given below (a) Gucci (b) Prada (c) Luis Philippe (d) Tommy Hilfiger

84. (d) TOMMY HILFIGER

85. 9. Identify this FMCG Brand ? (a) Bingo (b) Lays (c) Kurkure (d) Haldiram’s

86. (b) LAYS

87. 10. Identify the name of this bank from the image given below? (a) Bank of America (B) Royal Bank of Scotland (c) Bank of Austria (d) Bank of England

88. (a) BANK OF AMERICA

89. 11. Identify the networking site from the picture given below (a) Twitter (b) Firefox (c) Skype (d) Cloud Computing

90. (c) SKYPE

91. 12. Identify the ‘FMCG’ Brand from the picture given below: (a) L'Oreal (b) Pantene (c) Garnier (d) Sunsilk

92. (a) PANTENE

93. 13. Identify the Automobile brand from the picture given below: (a) Volkswagen (b) Bajaj (c) BMW (d) Suzuki

94. (b) BAJAJ

95. 14. Identify the group from the image given below: (a) Lancer Group (b) Ducati Group (c) Mitsubishi Group (d) Lamborghini Group

96. (c) MITSUBHISHI GROUP

97. 15.Guess the logo from this image : (a) AT & T (b) Telenor (c) Zenith PC (d) HTC

98. (d) HTC

99. 16. Guess the logo from this image: (a) Amazon (b) Adobe (c) American Express (d) Apple

100. (b) ADOBE

101. Round 4:PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE This Round will have questions related to Products and Services of various brands This Round will have two chances ( i ) Clock-Wise and (ii) Anti-Clock Wise Each Question in this round carries 10 Points It has Negative Marking 10 Points in case of Wrong Answer Passing of the question is allowed Points for the Passing Question is 5 Points

102. 1. Which of these is not a Cavin kare brand? (a) chick (b) Nyle (c) Dove (d) Meera

103. (c) DOVE

104. 2. Which one of these soaps is an ITC brand? (a) Vivel (b) Lux (c) Faa (d) Lifebouy

105. (a) VIVEL

106. 3. Complan comes from: (a) Glaxo Smith Kline (b) Kissan (c) Heinz (d) Parle

107. (c) HEINZ

108. 5. Second largest cigarette selling company in India ( a) Godfrey Phillips India (b) Vazir Sultan Tobacco (VST) (c)  Golden Tobacco Company (GTC) (d)  ITC Ltd

109. (a) GODFREY PHILLIPS INDIA

110. 6. Which one of these tea brands is not from HUL? (a) Taj Mahal (b) Brooke Bond (c) Lipton (d) Agni

111. (d) AGNI

112. 7 . Overall market leader in branded Atta (Wheat flour) is: (a) Aashirvad (b) Annapurna (c) Shakti- bhog (d) Pills burry

113. (a) AASHIRVAD

114. 8. Parachute hair oil is a brand of which company? (a) Cavin Kare (b) Marico (c) Godrej (d) Shalimar

115. (b) MARICO

116. 9. Sunfeast brand is associated with company? (a) Parle Agro (b) Britannia (c) ITC Ltd (d) Hindustan Unilever

117. (c) ITC Ltd

118. 10. Kwality walls (ICE CREAM) brand is associated with which FMCG company?   (a) Hindustan Unilever (b) Britannia (c) Baskin Robbins (d) ITC

119. (a) HINDUSTAN UNILEVER

120. 12. The cookies ‘Hide and seek’ is manufactured by which company?   (a) ITC (b) Nestle (c) Britannia (d) Parle Agro

121. (d) PARLE AGRO

122. 14. The ‘Beta’ range of pens belongs to:   (a) Cello (b) Luxor (c) Parker (d) Reynolds

123. (a) PARKER

124. 15. ‘ Eno ’ is Manufactured by which of the following companies? (a) Glaxo SmithKline (b) Ranbaxy Ltd (c) Cadila (d) Johnson and Johnson

125. (a) GLAXO SMITHKLINE

126. 16. Aquafina Leading Mineral water brand belongs to: (a) ITC (b) Parle (c) Coca-Cola (d) PepsiCo

127. (d) PepsiCo

128. Round 5:COMPANY EXECUTIVES This round Consists of questions related to Company Executives (CEO, Managing Director, Chairman) etc.. This round will have two chances for the teams ( i ) Clock-Wise and (ii) Anti-Clock Wise Each question in this round carries 5 points No Negative points for the wrong answer No Passing of the question

129. 1. Who is the owner/CEO of Google (Search Engine)? (a) Jimmy Donal (b) Salar Kamangar (c) Eric Emerson Schmidt (d) Larry Page

130. (d) LARRY PAGE

131. 2 . Who is the president and CEO of ‘Adobe Systems’? (a) Evan G. Greenberg (b) Shantanu Narayan (c) Ian King (d) Dave Peacock

132. (b) SHANTANU NARAYAN

133. 3.Who among the following is the founder, Chairman and Managing Director of ‘ Bharati Enterprises’ ? (a) Kumara Mangalam (b) Pavan BharatiBansal (c) Kishore Biyani (d) Sunil Bharati Mittal

134. (d) SUNIL BHARATI MITTAL

135. 3. Who among the following is the CEO and chairman of the board for ITC Ltd ? (a) Y. C. Deveshwar (b) Pawan Munjal (c) Y. C. Rajan (d) Shashi Ranjan Das

136. (a) Y.C. DEVESHWAR

137. 4. Who among the following is the CEO of Yahoo (Search Engine) ? (a) Louis Stanford (b) Michael Roger (c) David C Novak (d) Marissa Mayer

138. (d) MARISSA MAYER

139. 5. Who is the President and CEO of Bank of America? (a) Liza Roger (b) Brian Moynihan (c) Marissa Stanford (d) Fredrick Christ

140. (b) BRIAN MOYNIHAN

141. 6. Rahul Bhatia, who was chosen for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award is the Managing Director of : (a) Qualcomm Communications (b) Jet Airways (c) Vodafone (d)   InterGlobe Enterprises

142. (d) INTERGLOBE ENTERPRISES

143. 7 . Who among the following stepped in as CEO of Apple Inc after Steve Jobs death ? ( a) Eva Jobs (b) Tim Cook (c) Tim Jobs (d) Erin Jobs

144. (b) TIM COOK

145. 8. Jeff Bezos is the CEO & Founder of which of the following Companies? (a) Amazon.com (b) Monster.com (c) Bing.com (d) AMD

146. (a) AMAZON.COM

147. 9. Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi is the chairman and CEO of which of the following companies? (a) Coca-Cola (b) PepsiCo (c) Starbucks (d) Parle Agro

148. (b) PEPSICO

149. 10. Who among the following is the CEO of ICICI Bank? (a) Chanda Kochhar (b) K V Kamath (c) Ekta Kapoor (d) Naina Lal Kidwai

150. (a) CHANDA KOCHHAR

151. 11. Who among the following is the chairman and managing director of Biocon Limited ? ( a) Naina Lal Kidwai (b) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (c) Indu Jain (d) Neelam Dhawan

152. (b) KIRAN MAZUMDAR SHAW

153. 12. Who among the following is the founder of Wikipedia? (a) Lawrence Mark and Jimmy Donal (b) Jim Warner (c) John Warner (d) Alexander Mills

154. (a) LAWRENCE MARK AND JIMMY DONAL

155. 13. Who among the following is the CEO of Bajaj Auto? (a) Rajiv Bajaj (b) Ravi Bajaj (c) Both of them (d) None of them

156. (a) RAJIV BAJAJ

157. 14. Who among the following is the CEO of Wipro Technolgies ? (a) T K Kurien (b) Azim Premji (c) Ashok Ganguly (d) Ratan Tata

158. (a) T K KURIEN

159. 15. Who among the following is the Joint Managing Director and creative director of Balaji Telefilms ( production company) (a) Gauri Khan (b) Suzanne Khan (c) Ekta Kapoor (d) Jithender Kapoor

160. (c) EKTA KAPOOR

161. 16. Who among the following took over as the CEO of Infosys after Kris Gopalkrishnan? (a) Nandan Nilekani (b) S.D. Shibulal (c) N.S. Raghavan (d) N.R. Narayana Murthy

162. (b) S.D. SHIBULAL

163. Round 6: Personality Identification This Round will have questions related to brand ambassadors and Personality Identification This Round will have only 1 Chance ( i ) Clock-Wise Teams in this round will have to bid questions in advance Teams can either bid for 5 Points, or 10 Points Negative marking based on the Points bid by the team No passing of the questions

164. 1. Who among the following is the brand ambassador for mobile store ‘UNIVERCEL’? (a) Katrina Kaif (b) Salman Khan (c) Mahesh Babu (d) Venkatesh

165. (c) Mahesh Babu

166. 2. Identify the name of this personality from the picture given below : (a) Ratan Tata (b) Nandan Nilekani (c) K.V. Kamath (d) Ajim Premji

167. (a) RATAN TATA

168. 3. Which of the following pair of celebrities endorse phone brand ‘KARBON’? (a) Sachin Tendulkar and Tammana Bhatia (b) Virat Kohli and Tammana Bhatia (c) Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif (d) Virat Kohli and Katrina Kaif

169. (b) VIRAT KOHLI AND TAMMANA BHATIA

170. 4 . Who among the following celebrities is the brand ambassador for ‘SLICE’? (a) Anushka Sharma (b) Katrina Kaif (c) Deepika Padukone (d) Anushka Shetty

171. (b) KATRINA KAIF

172. 5. Who among the following celebrities is the brand ambassador for ‘KALYAN JEWELLERY’ (a) Nagurjana (b) Mahesh Babu (c) Katrina Kaif (d) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

173. (a) NAGARJUNA

174. 6. Identify this famous personality from the picture given below (a) Azim Premji (b) Kumara Mangalam (c) K.V. Kamath (d) Nandan Nilekani

175. (a) AZIM PREMJI

176. 7. Who among the following is the brand ambassador for ‘Boost’? (a) M.S. Dhoni (b) Sachin Tendulkar (c) Saina Nahiwal (d) Sania Mirza

177. (b) SACHIN TENDULKAR

178. 8. Which among the following pair of celebrities endorse ‘WHIRLPOOL’? (a) Ajay Devgan & Kajol (b) Surya & Jyotika (c) Sharukh Khan & Gauri Khan (d) Hrithik Roshan & Suzzane Khan Roshan

179. (a) AJAY DEVGAN & KAJOL

180. 9. Who among the following celebrities endorse ‘GUJARAT TOURISM’? (a) Amitabh bachchan (b) Narendra Modi (c) Amar Singh (d) Shatrugun Sinha

181. (a) AMITABH BACHCHAN

182. THANK YOU & CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF QUIZ