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Q.1 Although its official headquarter is in Luxembourg, it is in fact run from London,

namely: Berkeley Square House, 7th Floor, Berkeley Square, London.

Identify this merged entity formed in 2006.

1.Arcelor Mittal

Q.2 X was formed through the merger of Koninklijke Hoogovens and British

Steel in 1999. In January 2007, Y purchased a 100% stake in the X Group at 608pence per share in an all cash deal, cumulatively valued at US$12.04 billion.

What is the present name of this group now? 2.TATA STEEL EUROPE ( XCorus, Y-

Tata Steel)Koninklijke Hoogovens

The company briefly merged its IJmuiden steel plant with German steel

companyHoeschfrom 1972 forming the joint ventureEstelbut demerged in 1982. In 1999, the company merged

with the largerBritish Steelto createCorus Groupsteel company. The Alumium production assets were sold off

during the Corus period. In 2007, Corus Group was purchased by India-based Tata Steeland was renamedTata

Steel Europein 2010. The IJmuiden steel works thus now is a part ofTata Steel Europe.

Corus Group was formed through the merger ofKoninklijke HoogovensandBritish Steelon 6

October 1999 British Steel British Steel PLC was a majorBritishsteelproducer. It originated as anationalisedindustry, the British Steel Corporation (BSC),

formed in 1967
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Q.3 X is the plural form of the word ______, which means snow in the Finnish

language. Identify X which brought together two major companies in the

Technology world.3. LUMIA (NOKIA+MICROSOFT)

Q.4 A direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company, XY was formed in1999, by the

merger of X and Y. XY is the largest company in the world by revenue. 4. EXXONMOBIL

Q.5 What refers to an arrangement where private company acquires a public company in

order to acquire the status of a public company?

The corporate shell of REO Motor Car company, in what amounted to a reverse "hostile"takeover, was forced by dissident shareholders to acquire a small publicly traded company,

Nuclear Consultants. Eventually this company became the modern-day Nucor.

US Airways was acquired by America West Airlines, with the goal of removing the former from

Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Armand Hammer, world-renowned oil magnate and industrialist, is generally credited with having

invented the Reverse Merger. In the 1950s, Hammer invested in a shell company into which he

merged multi decade winner Occidental Petroleum.

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Armand Hammer(May 21, 1898[2]

December 10, 1990) was an American business manager and owner, most

closely associated withOccidental Petroleum, a company he ran for decades,

Q.6 After its acquisition by Kingfisher Airlines in 2007, which airline renamed itself into

Simplify __________ with its new tagline being : The Choice Is Simple. In August 2011,

it rebranded itself to Kingfisher Red. Name the original airline company being talked

about. 6. AIR DECCAN (SIMPLIFY DECCAN)

Q.7 Which was the first non-German marquee of the Volkswagon group, a Spanish

carmaker (whose name translates to Spanish Touring Car Company in English) it acquired

in 1986? 7. SEAT ( Sociedad Espaola de Automviles de Turismo)

Q.8 X Started as the Graphics Group in 1979 and then turned into a

corporation in February 1986 with funding by Steve Jobs, shortly after he

left Apple Computers. The Walt Disney Company bought X in 2006 at a

valuation of $7.4 billion, which made Steve Jobs as Disney's largest individual

shareholder at 7% and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. Identify X.

8. PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIO Pixar Production Logo

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The Pixar production logo is a sequence that appears at the beginning and end of mostPixarproductions

movies, and featuresa playful desk lamp.The 1986 short filmLuxo, Jr.isthe source of the small hopping desk lamp included in Pixar's logo.

Sequence

Luxo Jr., without his cord, serves as the mascot for Pixar Animation Studios, appearing in its production

logo before and after each film. He hops in from the right, stops next to the I in PIXAR, and jumps on it until

he has completely squashed it down, as he did to the rubber ball in the short.

Luxo Jr.

Luxo J r. is a 1986 Americancomputer-animatedshort filmproduced byPixarand directed byJohn Lasseter.

The short film, which runs two minutes, revolves around twodesk lamps: a larger lamp and a smaller lamp.

John LasseterJohn Alan Lasseter(born January 12, 1957) is an Americananimator,film directorand thechief creative

officeratPixarandWalt Disney Animation Studios.

Q.9 Mahindra & Mahindra formed a joint venture with which USA company in 2005 to

produce Indian commercial vehicles (trucks and bases) under the brand names LoadKing,

CabKing and Tourister? 9. NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL
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Q.10 Which Indian company based in Gurgaon,Haryana has made three acquisitions till

now - Travel Services International (TSI) , MagicRooms.in &

BuzzInTown.com, all for undisclosed amounts? 10. YATRA.COM In June 2012,

Yatra.com announced its plans to fully acquire Travelguru.com from Travelocity Global .[

Q.11 An Indian company X acquired Y, making the combined entity the world's

largest rolled-aluminium producer in 2007.Ys mission statement is To make the world lighter, brighter and better and it

is headquartered in the same city as The Coca-Cola Company. Identify X and Y.

11. X- Hindalco, Y-Novelis Company history

The Novelis company was spun-off fromCanadianmining and aluminum manufacturer,AlcanInc. and

incorporated in 2005.[4]The company was acquired by India'sHindalcoIndustries for $6 billion in

2007.[5]The acquisition made Hindalco one of the world's top integrated aluminum players.[6]This makes

Novelis a member of theAditya Birla Group.

Q.12 Named after company co-founder Louis _________, a Swiss-born auto racer, the

company was merged into General Motors in 1917 and survives only as a brand name

now.

12. CHEVROLET

Q.13 Hotjobs.com, was an online job search engine providing tools and advice for job

seekers, employers, and staffing firms. It was acquired by X in 2002, but was then

acquired by Y in 2010. HotJobs was later shut down and merged into Y. X and Y?

13. X- Yahoo! , Y- Monster.com
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Q.15 Named after its founded Thomas _____________, it started as a supermarket chain

in Scotland before it was sold off to Argyll Foods (a supermarket operator in UK) to allow

the company to focus solely on its current product and become one of the famous brands

in its category. Which company owns this brand now?

15. UNILEVER (Brand Lipton)

Q.16 PakTel was the first company granted the license to carry out cellular operations

in Pakistan. Which company, worlds largest mobile phone operator with 655 million

subscribers, purchased PakTel in 2007?

16. CHINA MOBILE

Companies

Q.1 This company was named after _______

Figure 1Jerry Greenfield (left) and Ben Cohen (right) in 2010.

Cohen and ______ Greenfield, who founded an ___________ parlour in 1978 after

completing a correspondence course on___________ making from Pennsylvania State

University. The company finds a special mention in a YashRaj romcom released in 2005

leading to a famous track from the movie. Identify the company. 1. BEN & JERRYs (blank

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Q.2 Carlo, Bindo, Alfieri, Mario, Ettoro and Ernesto are the

six _________ brothers. Identify the Italian company. 2. MASERATI Maserati (Italian

pronunciation:[mazerati]) is anItalianluxury carmanufacturer established on December 1, 1914,

inBologna.[2]

The company's headquarters are now inModena, and its emblem is atrident. It has been owned

by the Italian car giantFiat S.p.A.since 1993.

Wadia Group The Wadia Group is one of theoldest conglomerates of corporateIndia.

[2]It was founded by SirLovji Nusserwanjee Wadiain 1736.

Lovji Wadia secured contracts with theBritish East India Companyto build ships and docks in Bombay

in 1736
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Bombay Dyeing The textile flagship of India.

Bombay Realty- Handles the land management and development of Wadia Group land ownings..[4]

Britannia Industries A company famous for its Britannia and Tiger brands of biscuit, which arepopular throughout the country. Britannia has an estimated 38% market share.

Go Air A low cost airline operating fromMumbai.

National Peroxide,hydrogen peroxidemanufacturer in India.

The Wadia Group also edits thefashion magazineGladragsand conducts the annual Gladrags

Megamodel hunt in Mumbai

Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (Unknown 1774)
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Q.18 Identify the insurance company from its mascot.

MetLife, Inc. is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, orMetLife, for short, and

its affiliates. MetLife is among the largest global providers of insurance,annuities, andemployee

benefitprograms, with 90 million customers in over 60 countries.[2][3]

The firm was founded on March 24, 1868
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Figure 2The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company tower, which previously served as company headquarters, was featured in

its advertising for many years.

Q.17 The largest supplier of logistics vehicle to Indian Army has entered into a

Joint Venture with which Japanese company for launching a Light Commercial

vehicle, 'DOST'?Ashok Leyland Nissan

Q.15 Which brand markets its products under several sub-labels such as, Exchange, Junior, Collezioni? 15.

ARMANI


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Q.13 In 2007, which company demerged its R&D arm and listed it separately on the stock market as

'SPARC', focussing on new product entities and new drug delivery system? 13. SUN PHARMA

Dilip sanghvi

Q.12 One of the famous logos of BizWorld has an image of a twin-tailed mermaid, or siren as shes

known in Greek mythology" on it. In 2011, the company removed its wordmark around the siren,

enlarging the siren and made it completely green. Identify the company. 12. STARBUCKS

Q.11 There are many companies which love to hate Microsoft. The principal enemies of

Microsoft are commonly referred to as NOISE (Netscape, Oracle, IBM , Sun Microsystems

and E_____________). What does E stand for? 11. EVERYONE ELSE

Q.10 Which company has run these ad campaigns in recent past : The Way The World

Works , Be Absolutely Sure and The World On Time ? 10. FEDEX

Q.9 Which company, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. created these two

famous video games: Grand Theft Auto series and Max Payne?


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9. ROCKSTAR GAMES

Q.8 An Indian design company named after

its founder has designed a special version of

Tata Nano in 2010 and it also designed the

car used in the movie Tarzan: The WonderCar directed by Abbas-Mustan. Dilip ChhabriaHe is qualified in Transportation Design from theArt Center College of Design,Pasadena,

California,U.S.and worked withGeneral MotorsUSA in their Design Centre. He also started his own auto

accessory business and became one of the largest auto accessory manufacturers in India.[citation needed]

His company made the first prototype for theAston Martin Vanquishwhich appeared in theJames

BondmovieDie Another Day

In 2010 he designed a special version ofTata Nano. In August 2012 DC gave a complete external and internal

make over toMahindra XUV 500with seating chairs made to recline up to 150 degrees and enhanced lounge
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lighting

Q.7 Currently owned by an American consumer and commercial products company and

headquartered in Sussex, England, this company received a patent on his "Lucky Curve"

feed in 1894. Name the company endorsed by Amitabh Bachhan in India. 7. THE PARKER

PEN COMPANY


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Q.4 Which companys premier product is sold under these different brand names -

Formula One, Terreracer, Link, Carrera, Monaco and Grand Carrera?

4.

TAG HEURQ.3 Googles headquarters is named after a combination of two words : Google and

________ . It is reference to a very large number: 10 raised to the power of Googol(

which is itself 10 raised to the power of 100) from which Google derives its name. Namethe headquarters. 3. GOOGLEPLEX (the number being GOOGOLPLEX) "Googleplex" is

aportmanteauofGoogle and complex, and a reference togoogolplex, the name given to thelarge

number1010100

, or 10googol

.

Q2. Which management guru did The Economist call 'Euroguru'? 2. Sumantra Ghoshal

Q5. Dubbed as Madame La Gaffe by the local press, she became the 1st woman head of a

major organisation in 2011. Identify her. 5. Christine Lagarde
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Q9. She is Elinor Ostrom who passed away in 2012. What trivia does

she hold in the history of Economics? She was awarded the 2009Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic

Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, which she shared withOliver E. Williamson, for "her analysis of economic

governance, especiallythe commons".[6]

She was the first, and to date, the only woman to win the prize in this

category. Her work was associated with thenew institutional economicsand the resurgence ofpolitical economy.

7. John Nash - The film made on his life, A Beautiful Mind is based on the unauthorized biography of the

same name written by Sylvia Nasar won four Academy Awards in the 74th Oscars in 2002. John Nash won

Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994.

Q11. B.Sc Hons in Physics from IIT Kharagpur

M.Sc Degree in Physics from IIT Kharagpur

Masters Degree in Economics from Ohio State University,USA

Humphrey Fellowship Program from Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ph.D in Economics from Andhra University

Today, he occupies the top position in one of the most famous Indian institutions. Who?

Q.4 Who said this the five most dangerous words in business may be everyone else is doing it?4.

Warren Buffet

Q.5 Which Nobel Prize laureate from India coined the term "missing women" to describe

the large number of women in the world who are literally not alive due to family neglect

and discrimination? 5. Amartya Sen

Q.6 Identify this business personality. 6. Ajay Bijli

Q.7 In the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards 2012, who was adjudged the Creative

Entrepreneur of the Year?
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7. Shahrukh Khan

Q.10 Sir Nowroji Saklatwala was the first Chairman of Cricket Club of India since its inception in 1933, till

his death in 1938 and was instrumental in development of Barbourne Stadium, for which he also donated

a large sum of money. He had also played for Parsees team during year 1904-05. But left playing active

cricket due to his business pre-occupations. Which Business group did he head as its Chairman from 1932-

1938 consolidating it after the Great Depression era? 10. Tata

Q. 11Which American industrialist and philanthropist ,founder of one of the biggest

companies of 19th

century, penned the following words to sum up his life :

I was early taught to work as well as play,

My life has been one long, happy holiday;

Full of work and full of play-

I dropped the worry on the way-

And God was good to me everyday.11. John D. Rockefellar

Q.12 During his high school years, he under the company name Intelligent Media Group

built a music player called the Synapse Media Player that used artificial intelligence to


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learn the user's listening habits. Microsoft and AOL tried to purchase Synapse and recruit

him, but he refused. Who?

12.Mark Zuckerberg

Q.16 Identify this Amerian industrialist. 16. Henry Ford


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Q.19 Who designed the mascot 'Gattu' for Asian Paints? 19. RK Laxman

Q.20 Which ad guru wrote the tagline 'The Tyre with Muscle' for MRF? 20. Alyque Padamsee


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He is probably best known in the

English-speaking world for playingMuhammad Ali Jinnahin the filmGandhi. Besides being involved in Indian

theatre as an actor and producer, Padamsee is well known as an advertising professional who headed the

advertising companyLintas.[
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A Double Life (autobiography) Padamsee created Lalitaji for Surf, Cherry

Charlie for Cherry Blossom Shoe Polish, the MRF Muscle Man, the Liril girl in

the waterfall, the Kamasutra couple, Hamara Bajaj, the TV detective Karamchand

, the Fair & Handsome brand, etc

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