This document contains 22 multiple choice business quiz questions. The questions cover a range of topics including companies that were founded, acquired, products, people, and other business-related trivia. The questions are numbered Q.1 through Q.22 and include short descriptions or clues for identifying the answers.
6. C K Prahalad
("Praja" from a Sanskrit word
"Praja" which means "citizen" or
"common people"). The company
had goals of providing unrestricted
access to information for people at
the "bottom of the pyramid" and
providing a test bed for various
management ideas.
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21. The logo is of DDB Mudra.
It was founded by A G
Krishnamurthy. Girl sitting
with PAA is Rasana Girl
(Taruni Sachdev) who was
launched by A G
Krishnamurthy & authored
the book Dhirubhai
Ambani: Against All Odds
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22. After his failure to get admission at IIT, he
completed his bachelor degree from the
Uni of Pennsylvania later received his
business degree from the Wharton School.
He also started a detergent company while
in college and its products sold across
4000 Walmart stores there. After a very
brief period at Microsoft he came back to
India he started an offline coupon book
business named Money Saver. Who is this
and what did he start ?
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Q.7)
25. Which
Newspaper
is being
talked
about?
Idea of this newspaper was conceived
by three friends a Journalist, Advocate
and Homeopath named 'Theodre La
Touche, B. R Chari and Sarojini
Naidu’s son, M.N. Jaisoorya
respectively. Id which newspaper came
in existence in 1938 which has
retained its position as the leading
newspaper and has only grown
stronger as the ‘people’s paper’?
25
Q.8)
28. Which is this only company in its
category to get Superbrand status
in India founded in mid-1930's and
Sir Noworji Saklatwala served it as
a first chairman of this company
along with some prominent
industrialists who were in board of
directors - J R D Tata, Walchand
Hirachand, Akbar Hydari, Sir Homy
Mody etc. Id the company?
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Q.9)
31. X revealed in one of his interview that he
had approached the Duke's, requesting
them to share the formula of Y with the
promise not to make it in India, which was
later turned down. X decided to come up
with his own formula which used to
contained brominated vegetable oil. After
worldwide reports of ill effects of BVO its
usages was banned in India and X had to
change the formula and reintroduced it. Id
what product is this and name the person?
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Q.10)
34. In 2012, a petition was created on
the White House website through a
campaign "We The People" asking
to end the ban on the import and
sale of X in the United States.
However the petition failed to meet
the required number of signatures
and was therefore declined. For
what the petition was filed ?
However in 2017,it was ultimately
banned in US. 34
Q.11)
37. This retail giant is operating two sophisticated
criminal forensics laboratories, one at its
headquarters and the other in Las Vegas.
Originally, the lab was created with the role of
investigating internal instances of theft and
fraud and other criminal actions that have
occurred on its own properties. Eventually the
company started offering free services to law
enforcement agencies like FBI, US secret
service etc across country. Id this Retail giant ?
37
Q.12)
40. This small company founded by two
brother Forrest & Leroy Raffel,
rapidly grew to become one of the
country's leading foodservice
consulting firms. They initially wanted
to call their restaurant "Big Tex" but
as the name was already in use they
came up with X which stands for
R.B., the initials of (Raffel Brothers).
Id which famous fast food chain
started by them ?
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Q.13)
43. As X may not have been the best choice
for astronauts as the flakes of it drift in
microgravity where they could pose
threat to the astronauts and equipment in
space station. An American inventor and
politician Paul Fisher came up with Y
and in mid 1960's patented this as AG-7.
After its successful use NASA and Soviet
Space Agency ordered this in bulk for
there future projects. ID the what I am
talking about ?
43
Q.14)
51. Bill Gates, Prince
Alwaleed, Isadore Sharp.
Four Seasons Hotels and
Resorts founder Isadore
Sharp sold the entire
business to Bill Gates and
Prince Alwaleed
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52. The brand name is a phonetic
translation of "well-loved" in French.
This brand was launched in 1947 by
Godefroy Manufacturing, taken over by
Unilever in 2010. In 2014, company
launched a campaign called "Runaway
Insiders" in which gave women a
personal point of view of the latest
trends and how they can achieve
various professional looks at home. Id
the brand?
52
Q.17)
55. It was known by the code name
"Revolution" until 2006 later they changed
its name as it is not an ideal name, its long
and in some culture its hard to pronounce.
So changed to something which is short
and easy to remember thus they came up
with _ _ _ . Two of its lower-case
character resemble two people standing
side by side (represent user of it). id what I
am talking about ?
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Q.18)
58. What was founded by E. E. Moreau who came
to Allahabad as a representative of Bird &
Company, He and Allahabad Railway Station
one day, keenly observed the attitude of the
long-distance travellers, especially the English
and founded a famous publishing house X.
Realizing the suitability and impact of using an
English name for his firm, he approached
Arthur Henry to lend his name and goodwill as
he was already a well-established figure in the
England. Id which publishing house which is
better known for some other similar business
activity.
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Q.19)
61. Which retail store was founded by
Mr.Selvarathinam in Chennai in late
1990's, which is today largest family
owned business retail chain in India.
According to Kishore Biyani, it is
India’s No 1 retail store in one
locality. Which retail chain is this
entered in ice cream business in mid
2000's under brand name "Jamai"?
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Q.20)