Management Quiz MES

Political cartoon by Thomas Nast published in Harper’s Weekly in 1874. What famous emblem was evolved from this cartoon, that

was highly relevant in last couple of months?

Republican Party Elephant

Which European city is the destination of this train?

• London

• UBI is a potential source of income that could one day be available to all adult citizens, regardless of income, wealth, or employment status. The only requirement was that they had to be already receiving unemployment benefits or an income subsidy.

• This pioneering program will give out €560 (US$587) a month, tax free, to 2,000 citizens that were randomly selected.

• Which European country introduced world-first universal basic income experiment this way?

• Finland

ID What?

• India's largest liquor store

• New Delhi-based cybersecurity company Lucideus Tech, has in the past worked for organisations such as ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered, IndiGo and KFC.

• Recently they had around a dozen people working relentlessly for close to two months on the security of a particular task.

• The teams mandate was to ensure that all the security loopholes were plugged and the security of the product features will be safe, before it went live. Which product?

• This is an ordinance from 19th century Travancore ruler Queen Parvathi Bhai which is protected at krishnapuram Palace, Kayamkulam.

• Why this ordinance came in the light of discussion recently?

• 1816 Currency ban in Travancore

• The KVIC is a statutory body formed by the Government of India under Ministry of Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises.

• Recently they have appointed international fashion designer Ritu Beri as their advisor, to change their product image from boring to chic and started to partner with players like Raymond.

• What other practise they have followed in the year 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013 repeated in 2016, but resulted in a protest by KVIC employees recently?

Identify the personality sitting next to Mark Zuckerberg?

• “Just Read the Instructions”• “Of Course I Still Love You”

• Why these two phrases plays a revolutionary role in our efforts to prepare the human life in future?

SpaceX launch pads

• In 27 April 2007, Russia executed a series of cyber attacks that swamped websites of organizations in a Baltic country, including their parliament, banks, ministries, newspapers and broadcasters, amid the country's disagreement with Russia about the relocation of the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.

• The case was studied intensively by many countries and military planners as it may have been the second-largest instance of state-sponsored cyber warfare

• Against which country?

• Estonia

• “This isn't a simple story of colliding with an iceberg and sinking. It's a perfect storm of extraordinary factors coming together”. This is a recent statement about how Titanic sunk.

• If you can connect this revelation about Titanic with Game of Thrones, What are the common things I am expecting(Answer is not Belfast Titanic Studio)?

According to a recent study Titanic sank due to ICE and FIRE

1. Sept. 26 is the most common birthday in the United Kingdom.

2. People have more free time during X’Mas, New Year time and they will be more happier.

• A particular day in the month of January has been started to observe as International _____ ______ Day based on above facts.

• Which day?

• January 2• International Baby Making day

• Lotus Esprit car from James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.

• In 2013, Someone paid nearly $1m for this iconic vehicle with plans to make its movie transformation from car to submarine a reality.

• This is a hidden Easter egg feature found in the firmware system of one of his innovation, allowing you to transform the default display image into the famous “Lotus Esprit.”

• Identify the personality?

• Elon Musk

• GIPHY is the top source for the best & newest GIFs & Animated Stickers online. Greatest collection of images and video on the planet http://giphy.com/ is owned by a scientific organization. It’s a massive collection, so you’ll never see it all in a lifetime.

• Which organization am I talking about, has its own GIF channel in giphy.com?

• NASA

Connect Dharanikota at Amaravati in Guntur with the emblem

• Shah Rukh Khan recently shared the video or ad named as #Be my Guest and left all his fans wanting to catch a glimpse of their favourite star at a random restaurant, beach or while jogging.

• Images(…)

It was Sharukh’s personal invitation to a place. For what purpose this video was created?

Dubai

• News articles and Twitter postings for climate change or global warming.

• Time trends show daily trends for news articles and Twitter postings that included the terms climate change or global warming

• 1st spike Earth day 2015• 2nd Spike: November 2015, Lima, Peru hosted the 20th

yearly session of the Conference of the Parties, Paris Conference

• 3rd spike: February 28, 2016 what happened?

• A Belgian by birth, In his own day he was the world's most famous geographer but in addition he had interests in theology, philosophy, history, mathematics and magnetism.

• In 1569, one of his innovative creation simplified global navigation system.

• Who is he?

• Gerardus Mercator• Mercator Projection• The term "normal cylindrical projection" is

used to refer to any projection in which meridiansare mapped to equally spaced vertical lines and circles of latitude (parallels) are mapped to horizontal lines.

• In 2005, Former ICICI Bank chairman K V Kamath had been entrusted with a special task by one of his family friend.

• That task officially completed in March that year, and his recommendations were implemented successfully on 18th June 2005. On the same date famous business executive Anant Jain resigned as the director of IPCL. What happened on 18th June 2005?

• Reliance empire split

• Which real estate mogul, an Irish citizen, was the former chairman of ACC and currently owns Forbes Textiles, now residing at Malabar Hill, Mumbai?

Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry

Both entities are very popular in their segment regarding their very special X. Identify A&B

A• Their journey began

in 1939 under the visionary leadership of Govindan Panhikeyil along with his son P.M Valsan who opened their first establishment in Calicut.

B• Its original entity was

started as a confectionary in Ceylon during 2nd World war foujnded by Late Mr. M. K. Ahmed Haji in the year 1942

• Currently its business is overlooked by a woman named Sareena Azees in Thalassery.

• Asprey & Garrard Limited is a United Kingdom-based designer, manufacturer and retailer of jewellery.

• What special jewellery they designed in 1997 became widely popular as an exceptional gift item, currently manufactured with Sworovski blue crystal elements

Heart of the Ocean Necklace in Titanic

• Coca-Cola was a pioneer in recognizing X as a key asset to be protected. But in Europe, European Union General Court recently refused the same followed by their application in 2011.

• In a similar verdict, Court of Justice of the European Union denied the application from Nestlé also on 2016 Jan 16.

• Duracell, Toblerone chocolate, Pringles Potato Crisps are the successful cases. What are we talking about?

Trademark shapes

• It started for the first time for a malayalam movie ‘Rathrimazha’ by this person shown here.

• First successful attempt was ‘Traffic’.• Sandeep Varma, Gokul Nath, Krishnabhaskar

Mangalasseri were the trend setters in this market segment.

• What business am I talking about?(Images…)

• Online movie promotion

Connect

• All are French Companies

• This group of people, traditionally employed at dockyards, were behind the flagship of the British admiral Lord Horatio Nelson who defeated Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

• They made those legendary crafts exclusively of wood, and built without the use of any machines or power tools — only hand tools and indigenous devices are ever used. From sawing the wood to cutting and shaping to assembly and finishing, all operations are done manually.

• No formal plan, designs, sketches or illustrations are ever made to make even a huge vessel.

• Whom are we talking about?

• Beypore Khalasis

• The company’s 12,700-plus employees are shareholders and hold approximately 69 % of the company’s Rs. 13.94 crore equity capital.

• Tata retained an 18 % stake and the remaining 7 % is held by a trust and 6 % is held by ex-TTL employees and business associates.

• Identify the company from the administrative building shown in the next image

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Q19-• This city was part of the Sri Vijaya Empire until it

was invaded by the south Indian Emperor Rajendra Chola I in the 11th century.

• In 1819, Thomas Stamford Raffles arrived and signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah, on behalf of the British East India Company, to develop the southern part of the city as a British trading port.

• The English name of this city is derived from the Malay word meaning Lion City.

• Identify from the image?

Next

• Malay word -> Lion City -> Simhapura -> Singapore

What practice among startup depicted here?

• Elevator pitch

• In December 30, 2011 Friday, In South Pacific country Samoa Something happened for the first time, that affected the business there. All employers had to pay an extra day pay to the workers. It was the result of a geographical phenomenon.

• This geographical feature is actually Beypore Khalasis, but powerful enough to influence international trade and business. What? Or What happened in Samoa in 2011 December 30?

• International dateline shifted towards east and they lost a complete day.

• In October 2013, a very famous brand in India lost its reputation after certain complaints from its customers and it seriously affected their Diwali sales to downfall upto 30%. But later the strategies developed by the PR department of the parent company with Ogilvy and Mather help them to rose back to the previous position.

• O&M created a phenomenal advertising campaign as series of ads featuring TV actress Pallavi Subhash as central character. Their brand positioning strategy was truly innovative using a psychological approach to re-position brand name in relation with sweetness and emotion of family, love and festivals. This is one among the most successful case of advertising effectiveness in the Indian market

• This brand has the most over engineered packaging in India. Identify the brand (Image…)

Cadbury Diarymilk

• In the management context, meeting your customers/target audience/followers directly by wandering around the country can be considered as a successful leadership trait.

• Mahathma Gandhi, Emperor Akbar, Vivekananda, etc practiced this strategy even before they enter into their mainstream politics/reign.

• Someone followed the same strategy recently and started a journey at Dallas in the US state of Texas. Who?

• Aparigraha is a Budhist terminology used to denote the practice of ‘Amassing the wealth’.

• A recent report from Credit Suisse provides a shocking revelation about the effect of Aparigraha in the Global economy. What statement about the Global financial inequality am I talking about?

• Half of world's wealth now in hands of 1% of population

What is the connection• A work written by Plato

around 380 BCE, a Socratic dialogue,, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man.

• It is Plato's best-known work, and has proven to be one of the world's most influential works of philosophy and political theory, both intellectually and historically