Here is the set of the prelims conducted by me for the BIz-Tech quiz, organised by the Department of Business Administration, UEM Kolkata, along with Pragya, the Quiz Club of UEM Kolkata. There are 30 questions.
6. 4
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Logo of which modern day
institution has been inspired from
this?
7. 5
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This Retail Store Started in 1991
in Mumbai. Since then it has
opened 47 stores across India and
has been awarded “Hall of Fame”
and won “Emerging Market
Retailer of the Year”, by World
Retail Congress at Barcelona in
2008. Identify The Retail Store.
8. 6
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In 2013, GO AIR came up
with an idea to recruit cabin
crew, which would help them
save Rs 2.5 – 3 crores
annually on fuel expenditure.
What was the much-debated
idea?
9. 7
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In 2007, the e-
newspaper named
‘Billion Beats’ was
started by which
famous Indian
personality?
10. 8
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On December 3rd 2018, a show
on Red FM named “Ask
Rashmi” created history,
leading to them winning the
India Radio Forum 2019 Award
for “Most Creative Campaign”
category. Who is Rashmi and
what history is being talked
about?
11. 9
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Koenig Solutions is an offshore
IT training company based in
Moti Nagar area of New Delhi.
In 2013, it came into limelight
for one of its former trainees,
who had used his acquired
skills to cause a major turmoil
in the USA. Identify the
trainee.
12. 10
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This ATM in Kemp Fort Mall, Bengaluru is the first
of its kind in India. What is special about this ATM?
14. 12
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This app was launched by
the Income Tax Department
in 2017, by then Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley. It
helps in many aspects,
including tracking of TDS,
gives updates on tax filing
dates, linking PAN with
Aadhar etc. Name the app.
15. 13
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Name an unlikely IT company
which produced these weapons
during World War II.
16. 14
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This Tech magnate owned the
domain ‘X.com’ in 1999, which
was used to host his online bank
of the same name. Later he sold
the domain to PayPal. In 2017,
he bought back the domain
name, although the bank does
not exist anymore. Who is he?
17. 15
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Name the Bank which
set up the first ATM in
India, at Andheri East,
Mumbai in 1987.
18. 16
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Name the currency
which has been tagged
as “ Asia’s worst
performing currency”
by BloombergQuint in
2019.
19. 17
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Basketballer Kobe Bryant,
who spent almost 20 years at
the Los Angeles Lakers ; as
well as many other NBA stars
was one of the key advisors
and testers for the creation of
a device, especially the fitness
aspects of it. Identify the
product.
20. 18
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Susan Bennet, Jon
Briggs , Karen
Jacobsen all under the
names “Samantha”,
“Daniel” and “Karen”
are famous for what?
21. 19
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Which modern-day IT
company started out as
‘Western India Palm
Refined Oil Limited’ in 1945
? Santoor soap is one of
their famous products which
is still available today. (The
company recruited students
from UEM last year)
22. 20
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A was an early web search
engine founded in 1995. It
was once one of the most
popular search engines, but
it lost out to Google, was
purchased by Yahoo! in 2003
and was later shut down.
Name A.
24. 22
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This IT company has
partnered with Government
of India in order to open
Passport Seva Kendras and
handle digital processes to
issue passports to Indians.
Identify.
25. 23
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1726 Leadenhall Street, London
was the headquarters of a
famous company, until 1858,
when the erstwhile British
Government took control of its
possessions and demolished the
building there. The Lloyd house
stands there today. Identify the
initial company.
26. 24
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“Me at the Zoo” was the name
of the first content uploaded
to this site in 2005. Co-
founded by a Bengali-origin
man, it was acquired by
Google in 2006 and is now the
second most popular website
in the world, ranked after
google.com. Name the site.
27. 25
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This Google Doodle was made
on 15th September on the
birthday of Sir M
Visveswaraya. What is the day
celebrated as in India?
29. 27
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Name the Indian bank having the tagline
“The Banker to Every Indian”. Its logo is
allegedly inspired from Kankaria Lake,
Ahmedabad
31. 29
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Kenichiro Yoshida became the CEO of
which electronics-MNC in February
2018?
32. 30
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A tech-based multi-
faceted company is the
link between the
following images. Name
the company. (Images
in next slide)
43. 5
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This Retail Store Started in 1991
in Mumbai. Since then it has
opened 47 stores across India and
has been awarded “Hall of Fame”
and won “Emerging Market
Retailer of the Year”, by World
Retail Congress at Barcelona in
2008. Identify The Retail Store.
45. 6
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In 2013, GO AIR came up
with an idea to recruit cabin
crew, which would help them
save Rs 2.5 – 3 crores
annually on fuel expenditure.
What was the much-debated
idea?
49. 8
PREPARED BY SABYASACHI GANGULY
On December 3rd 2018, a show
on Red FM named “Ask
Rashmi” created history,
leading to them winning the
India Radio Forum 2019 Award
for “Most Creative Campaign”
category. Who is Rashmi and
what history is being talked
about?
51. 9
PREPARED BY SABYASACHI GANGULY
Koenig Solutions is an offshore
IT training company based in
Moti Nagar area of New Delhi.
In 2013, it came into limelight
for one of its former trainees,
who had used his acquired
skills to cause a major turmoil
in the USA. Identify the
trainee.
57. 12
PREPARED BY SABYASACHI GANGULY
This app was launched by
the Income Tax Department
in 2017, by then Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley. It
helps in many aspects,
including tracking of TDS,
gives updates on tax filing
dates, linking PAN with
Aadhar etc. Name the app.
61. 14
PREPARED BY SABYASACHI GANGULY
This Tech magnate owned the
domain ‘X.com’ in 1999, which
was used to host his online bank
of the same name. Later he sold
the domain to PayPal. In 2017,
he bought back the domain
name, although the bank does
not exist anymore. Who is he?
67. 17
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Basketballer Kobe Bryant,
who spent almost 20 years at
the Los Angeles Lakers ; as
well as many other NBA stars
was one of the key advisors
and testers for the creation of
a device, especially the fitness
aspects of it. Identify the
product.
69. 18
PREPARED BY SABYASACHI GANGULY
Susan Bennet, Jon
Briggs , Karen
Jacobsen all under the
names “Samantha”,
“Daniel” and “Karen”
are famous for what?
71. 19
PREPARED BY SABYASACHI GANGULY
Which modern-day IT
company started out as
‘Western India Palm
Refined Oil Limited’ in 1945
? Santoor soap is one of
their famous products which
is still available today. (The
company recruited students
from UEM last year)
73. 20
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A was an early web search
engine founded in 1995. It
was once one of the most
popular search engines, but
it lost out to Google, was
purchased by Yahoo! in 2003
and was later shut down.
Name A.
77. 22
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This IT company has
partnered with Government
of India in order to open
Passport Seva Kendras and
handle digital processes to
issue passports to Indians.
Identify.
79. 23
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1726 Leadenhall Street, London
was the headquarters of a
famous company, until 1858,
when the erstwhile British
Government took control of its
possessions and demolished the
building there. The Lloyd house
stands there today. Identify the
initial company.
81. 24
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“Me at the Zoo” was the name
of the first content uploaded
to this site in 2005. Co-
founded by a Bengali-origin
man, it was acquired by
Google in 2006 and is now the
second most popular website
in the world, ranked after
google.com. Name the site.
83. 25
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This Google Doodle was made
on 15th September on the
birthday of Sir M
Visveswaraya. What is the day
celebrated as in India?
87. 27
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Name the Indian bank having the tagline
“The Banker to Every Indian”. Its logo is
allegedly inspired from Kankaria Lake,
Ahmedabad
93. 30
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A tech-based multi-
faceted company is the
link between the
following images. Name
the company. (Images in
next slide)