Business Quiz Dec 2013

Quiz Dec 2013

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Compiled by Rakesh

The recently held assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan had something unique being introduced for the first time –What?

Q 1

NOTA option

Voters had the option to reject all candidates by voting for “none of the above” (NOTA)

A 1

____ is a fruit-flavored drink. Originally formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell in 1957, it was first marketed in powdered form in 1959.

Sales of ____ were poor until NASA used it on John Glenn's Mercury flight, and subsequent Gemini missions.

Since then, it was closely associated with the U.S. manned spaceflight program, leading to the misconception that ____ was invented for the space program.

Identify the drink.

Q 2

Tang Drink

A 2

First Amazon talked of it, then we saw Deutsche Post DHL testing a similar concept.

Delivery of goods by _______ is something that’s turning heads and creating lots of excitement.

Well there are lot of legal issues before the concept takes off.

What is this new future delivery concept ?

Q 3

∗ Delivery of items by drones

∗ Deutsche Post DHL, used ‘ Paketkopter ‘ to transport and deliver a box of medicines

∗ Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, is testing unmanned drones to deliver goods to customers

A 3

Identify the company behind the snacks.

Q 4

∗ DFM Foods introduced CRAX Corn Rings in 1984.

∗ CRAX corn rings was the first product of its kind to hit Indian retail shelves

A 4

Volkswagen Vento Skoda Rapid

Nissan Micra Renault Pulse

Nissan Sunny Renault Scala

Do you find something similar. Identify the concept used in Automobile Industry from the clues.

Q 5

∗ Cross Badging

∗ A car manufactured and sold by company X is also sold by company Y by making cosmetic changes. For instance a different logo, change in headlights, taillights, bumpers and so on.

A 5

∗ $ Dollar

∗ # Hash

∗ * Asterisk

∗ & ampersand

∗ @ ------????????

Q 6

Ampersat

A 6

Acronym for the company name stands for "Do communications over the mobile network.“

Identify the company.

Q 7

DOCOMO

A 7

Famous soap makers –Identify the company from the logo.

Q 8

Cholayil Makers of Medimix soap

A 8

No its not Rajnikant who is facing the bullets.

But a historical event.Identify the person or event.

Q 9

W.H. Murphy and his associate demonstrating their bulletproof vest on October 13, 1923

A 9

Who’s autobiography is 'Unbreakable' ?

(For clues have a close look at the photo)

Q 10

Ace boxer and Olympic bronze medallist Mary Kom

A 10

Who is the owner of the helicopter company apart from Govt. of India?

Q 11

ONGC

Pawan Hans Ltd.,the national helicopter company ofIndia was incorporated in 1985. Presently theshareholding of the Government of India is 51% and Oiland Natural Gas Corporation is 49%.

A 11

Who are Googlegangers ?

Q 12

A person who shares your name and shows up in results ,when you google your name on internet search engine.

A 12

A Funny and creative Ad showcasing shampoo.

Identify the brand or parent company.

Q 13

Timotei Shampoo is the brand

Owned by Unilever

A 13

This musical instrument is thought to have beeninvented by the Sufi poet and musician Amir Khusro inthe 13th century, originating from the need to havesomething that could be played from the top in thesitting position to enable the more complex rhythmstructures that were required for the new Indian Sufivocal style of chanting and Zikr.

Amir Khusro supposedly created the ___ by splittingthe mridangam or the pakhawaj into two.

Q 14

Tabla

A 14

The persons below had a special distinction

Neils Bohr (1922) and son Aage Bohr (1975)

Manne Siegbahn (1924) and son Kai M. Siegbahn (1981),

J.J. Thomson (1906) and son George Paget Thomson (1937)

William Henry Bagg and son William Lawrence Bragg (1915)

Can you tell what ?

Q 15

Father & Son All awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

A 15

The original intent of this rule was to ban banks whoaccept federally insured deposits (like your savingsaccount) from making speculative bets with thatmoney.

Banks should be able to make home loans, for instance,but speculating on stock prices would be banned.

In short, this rule prohibits banks from trading for theirown profit rather than on behalf of customers.

What are we speaking of ?

Q 16

Volcker Rule

A 16

This person got his first patent for a telegraphic vote-recording machine for thelegislature. Each legislator would move a switch on the machine that wouldrecord his vote on a particular bill.When a business partner brought the invention to Washington D.C., this iswhat Congress had to say about it:The chairman of the committee, unimpressed with the speed with which theinstrument could record votes, told him that "if there is any invention on earththat we don't want down here, that is it." The slow pace of roll call voting inCongress and other legislatures enabled members to filibuster legislation orconvince others to change their votes.

Thus the inventor’s vote recorder was never used.But Failures never loweredhis fighting spirit or determination.

Who is this great inventor?

Q 17

Edison

A 17

Another question from the Edison era.

Edison was embroiled in the "War of Currents" with GeorgeWestinghouse and Nikola Tesla.

Edison had promoted the use of direct current (DC) forelectric power distribution, whereas Westinghouse and Teslawanted to use alternating current (AC).

To demonstrate that his DC system was better and "safer,"Edison noted that AC had a lethal potential.

He used an opportunity and demonstrated the destructivepower of AC. What did he do?

Q 18

In 1903, a circus elephant named Topsy at Coney Island'sLuna Park went berserk and killed three people including anabusive trainer, who tried to feed her a lighted cigarette.

The elephant was considered a threat and the ownerswanted it executed. When animal advocates protested theproposed method of killing , Edison saw a publicityopportunity and suggested electrocution with AC.

Topsy was electrocuted with 6,000-volts AC. She died"without a trumpet or a groan" within seconds. But Edisonfailed to create a negative publicity about AC.

A 18

Easier one- Identify the persons involved in the chat

Q 19

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates

A 19

Connect

Q 20

Jyothy Labs

A 20