This document contains 33 multiple choice business quiz questions and their answers. It covers topics like companies (Religare, Apollo Hospitals, LG India, Bata, Mahindra), business leaders (R.S.V. Murthy, K.V. Kamath, C.K. Prahalad, Aravind Adiga), acquisitions (Fortis Healthcare, Diaggio, Tata, Ford), and business strategies (Blue Ocean Strategy, Sarbanes-Oxley Act). The questions identify owners, products, locations, and people related to various business organizations around the world.

1. BUSINESS QUIZ

2. Q.NO: 1: RELIGARE MUTUAL FUND
IS OWNED BY WHICH COMPANY?

3. ANS:
RANBAXY

4. Q.NO: 2: WHICH COMPANY BOUGHT
MAJOR STAKES OF APOLLO
HOSPITALS RECENTLY?

5. ANS:
FORTIS HEALTHCARE

6. Q.NO: 3: NAME THE TELEVISION
PRODUCED BY LG(INDIA)
EXCLUSIVELY FOR RURAL INDIA?

7. ANS:
SAMPOORNA

8. Q.NO: 4: BATA IS FROM WHICH
COUNTRY ?

9. ANS:
CZECH REPUBLIC

10. Q.NO: 5: MAHINDRA & MAHNIDRA
SPERATED FROM WHICH
INTERNATIONAL AUTO MAJOR IN
THE PRODUCTION OF COMPACT
CAR ?

11. ANS:
RENAULT

12. Q.NO: 6: THE COMPANY VERY
FAMOUS FOR THE ADOPTION OF
BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY ?

13. ANS:
IBM

14. Q.NO: 7: WHO IS NEWLY APPOINTED
CEO OF SATYAM ?

15. ANS:
R.S.V. MURTHY

16. Q.NO: 8: WHO IS THE PRESENT EX-
OFFICIO CHAIRMAN OF ICICI ?

17. ANS:
K.V. KAMATH

18. Q.NO: 9: WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF
THE PRINCIPLE “CORE
COMPETENCY” AND “BOTTOM OF
PYRAMID” ?

19. ANS:
C.K.PRAHALAD

20. Q.NO: 10: NAME THE PERSON (AN
INDIAN BORN AMERICAN) WHO GOT
BOOKER PRIZE THIS YEAR ?

21. ANS:
ARAVIND ADIGA

22. Q.NO: 11: NAME THE TWO COMPANY
INVOLVED IN 2G SPECTRUM
LICENCE?

23. ANS:
SWAN & UNITECH

24. Q.NO: 12: WHICH COUNTRY
RECENTLY BANNED CHINA TOYS?

25. ANS:
INDIA

26. Q.NO: 13: WAL-MART IS AMERICAN
RETAIL SHOP. K-MART IS FROM
WHICH COUNTRY?

27. ANS:
AMERICA

28. Q.NO: 14: NAME THE THREE TOP
BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS OF
THIS COUNTRY WHO IS ALSO
RAJYASABHA MEMBERS?

29. ANS:
ANIL AMBANI(ADAG),
VIJAY MALLAYA
(UB GROUPS) &
K.G.CHANDRASEKAR
(BPL TELECOM)

30. Q.NO: 15: NAME THE COMPANY
WHICH BOUGHT MAJOR SHARES OF
RANBAXY RECENTLY?

31. ANS:
DIAGGIO (KOREA)

32. Q.NO: 16: NAME THE INDIAN TWO
WHEELER MAJOR INVESTED IN
SMALL CAR PRODUCTION?

33. ANS:
BAJAJ

34. Q.NO: 17: WHAT IS THE
DEABBREVIATION OF HUTCH?

35. ANS:
HUTCHISON
WHAMPOO

36. Q.NO: 18: NAME THE COMPANY GOT
GLODEN PEACOCK AWARD FOR
BEST CORPORATE GOVERNANCE?

37. ANS:
SATYAM

38. Q.NO: 19: NAME THE COMPANY
PROMOTED BY RELIANCE IN
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ?

39. ANS:
ADLABS

40. Q.NO: 20: WHICH SOUTH KOREAN
COMPANY’S AUTO DIVISION
BOUGHT BY TATA RECENTLY ?

41. ANS:
DEAWOO

42. Q.NO: 21: ARUN SARIN RESIGNED
FROM WHICH TELECOM COMPANY
AS CEO?

43. ANS:
VODAFONE

44. Q.NO: 22: WHAT IS SARBANES-
AXLEY ACT?

45. ANS:
IT IS AMERICAN
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE ACT

46. Q.NO: 23: SPENCERS IS OWNED BY
WHICH GROUP?

47. ANS:
RPG

48. Q.NO: 24: LAND ROVER & JAGUAR
ACQUIRED BY TATA FROM WHICH
AUTO MAJOR ?

49. ANS:
FORD

50. Q.NO: 25: NAME THE BOOK
AUTHORED BY INFOSYS CO-
CHAIRMAN NANDAN NILEKANI?

51. ANS:
‘Imagining India – Ideas
for the New Century’

52. Q.NO: 26: WHO IS THE FATHER OF
INDIAN BPO?

53. ANS:
RAMAN ROY –(Quatrro)

54. Q.NO: 27: WHO IS RATED AS BETTER
MARKETING GUIDE BY FORBES
MAGAZINE?

55. ANS:
NIRMALYA KUMAR (ANDHRA
BORN & DEAN, LONDON
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS)

56. Q.NO: 28: WHAT IS MEANT BY BLUE
OCEAN STRATEGY (BOS)?

57. ANS:
BOS is the simultaneous
pursuit of differentiation
and low cost. The aim of
BOS is not to out-perform
the competition in the
existing industry, but to
create new market space
or a blue ocean, thereby
making the competition
irrelevant.

58. Q.NO: 28: NAME THE THREE PEOPLE
IN NEWLY APPOINTED BOARD OF
SATYAM?

59. ANS:
NOTED BANKER
DEEPAK PAREKH
(HDFC), IT EXPERT
KIRAN KARNIK AND
FORMER SEBI MEMBER
C ACHUTHAN

60. Q.NO: 29: NAME THE FINANCIAL
FIRM RUNNING BY WORLD’S
RICHEST MAN WARREN BUFFET?

61. ANS:
Berkshire Hathaway

62. Q.NO: 30: WHICH COUNTRY’S
COMPANY SAINT GOBAIN IS?

63. ANS:
FRANCE

64. Q.NO: 30: WHO HOLDS MAJOR
SHARE IN TROUBLED RETAIL
MAJOR SUBHIKSHA?

65. ANS:
WIPRO (PREMJI
HOLDINGS)

66. Q.NO: 31: WHICH COUTRIES IN THE
WORLD HAS MAJOR PLANTS OF
NIKE, REEBOK & ADIDAS?

67. ANS:
VIETNAM & INDONESIA

68. Q.NO: 32: WHO CONSIDERED AS
METRO (METRO RAIL PROJECT)
MAN OF INDIA?

69. ANS:
Ellatuvalapil Sreedharan

70. Q.NO: 33: WHAT IS MAYTAS
REFERS?

71. ANS:
IT IS THE REVERSE OF
SATYAM

72. Q.NO: 33: WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME INDIAN SENSEX IN THE POINT
OF 21,000?

73. ANS:
JAN-2008