Business Quiz
By ASHIK JOSE
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1. In 1946, Masaru Ibuka started an electronics
shop in a bomb-damaged department store
building in Tokyo. The company had $530 in
capital and a total of eight employees. The
next year, he was joined by his colleague,
Akio Morita, and they founded a company
called Tokyo Tsushin .The company built
Japan's first tape recorder, called the Type-G.
In 1958 the company name was changed to
its present name. What is the present name?
SONY
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2. As per the Indian FDI policy for insurance,
FDI is allowed only upto 26%. Aviva is a
British company/brand. Name its Indian
partner who owns 74%.
Dabur
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3.Which retail chain started life as a butter
manufacturer in Ooty in 1905 by Muthuswami
Mudaliar ?
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4. European company,into forest products for the
first 130 years of its existence, diversified into
television manufacturing in the eighties, but lost
money there, burnt its fingers making computers
and ultimately sold the computer division, faced a
slump during the Russian recession of the early
90s, went deep in the red, and its CEO committed
suicide The new CEO decided to change the
business they were in ,and virtually reinvented the
company Name the company
NOKIA
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5.Which unlikely company manufactures a
soap named Santoor ?
WIPRO
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6.On September 14, 2012 X signed a
contract with Indias oldest Football club
Mohun Bagan Football Club according to which
X will be the kit sponsor for this renowned
Indian club for the next 2 years. This will be
the first time X will be sponsoring a sports
team in India. Which company is X?
FILA
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7. X a PSU headquartered in Dehradun have been
sponsoring I- League ( Indian football league) from
2002. They were also the sponsor for the Indian
contingent for London Olympics along with Amul. It
is also one of the largest publicly traded companies
by market capitalization in India. X has been
ranked 357th in the Fortune Global 500 list of the
world's biggest corporations for the year 2012.
Name X.
ONGC( Oil and Natural gas corporation)
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8. X is a Mumbai based Indian company
incorporated on November 11, 1997 as Acme
Clothing Private Limited. The brand X was
launched in March 1998 and is currently one of
the biggest retail apparel brands in India based in
Mumbai. X was the official clothing sponsor of
Kings XI Punjab in the inaugural edition of Indian
Premier League and the official sponsor for
clothing of all the teams in Indian cricket league.
Name X
Provogue
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9. X was founded as a restaurant by Parampalli
Yajnanarayana Maiya and his brothers in the year
1924.In the mid 1970s when India was under
emergency, a Food Control Act was introduced
which mandated that food was to be sold at very
low prices. This move made it difficult for X to
maintain high standards in its restaurant
business and forced it to diversify into the instant
food. Having its origin in the city of Bangalore, it
has a restaurant located on the Lal Bagh Road in
Bangalore. X also claims to be the inventor of
the popular South-Indian breakfast item, Rava
Idli. What is X?
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MTR ( Mavalli Tiffin rooms)
10. A young entrepreneur, K.M.Mammen
Mappillai, opened a small toy balloon
manufacturing unit in a shed at Tiruvottiyur,
Madras (now Chennai). Although the factory
was just a small shed without any machines, a
variety of products, ranging from balloons and
latex-cast squeaking toys to industrial gloves
and contraceptives, were produced. By the
close of 1956, the company had become the
market leader with a 50% share of the treadrubber market in India. How is the company
known today?
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MRF
11. X was developed and first produced by
the National Biscuit Company (today known as
Nabisco) in 1912 at its Chelsea factory in New
York City, which was located on Ninth Avenue
between 15th and 16th Streets. It was first
introduced in India in March 2011 by Y a
major chocolate brand recently acquired by
Kraft. What is X and Y?
X- Oreo Biscuits
Y- Cadburys
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12. X , is a major German multinational
company that produces athletic shoes,
footwear, and sportswear. The company was
formed in 1924 as Gebrder Dassler
Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler. The
relationship between the two brothers
deteriorated until the two agreed to split in
1948, forming two separate entities, Adidas
and X. Both companies are currently based
in Germany. What is X?
PUMA
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13. Udaya Kumar an IIT pass out and a Bachelor
in Architecture graduate from Anna university
shot to fame on 15 July 2010 for designing
something in India. What was that something?
Indian Rupee symbol
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14. X is a Indian consumer goods company
providing consumer products and services in the
areas of Health and Beauty based in Mumbai. During
2009-10, the company generated a Turnover of
about Rs.26.6 billion (USD 600 Million), in respect of
its food, hair care and skin care related activities.
The organisation holds a number of brands including
Parachute, Saffola,Nihar, Mediker, Revive, Manjal,
Kaya Skin Clinic, Aromatic, , Eclipse, Xmen, Hercules,
Caivil, Code 78 and Black Chic. What is X?
MARICO
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15. X was founded in 1937 by Gangabisenji Agrawal
in Bikaner ,Rajasthan. Its products are exported to
several countries worldwide including Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka, Singapore,
United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
In additional to these, X has its own outlets where it
sells sweets and eatables. It also has a range of
restaurants in and around Delhi. Raj Kachori is one of
the most popular snacks sold by X, often eaten
mixed with different kinds of sweet and sour
chutneys. What is X?
Haldirams
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16. The company was established in 1892, with an
investment of Rs. 295.Initially, biscuits were manufactured
in a small house in central Kolkata. Later, the enterprise
was acquired by the Gupta brothers mainly Nalin Chandra
Gupta, a renowned attorney, and operated under the
name of "V.S. Brothers." In 1918, C.H. Holmes, an English
businessman in Kolkata, was taken on as a partner and X
was launched. The Mumbai factory was set up in 1924 and
Peek Freans UK, acquired a controlling interest in X.
Biscuits were in big demand during World War II, which
gave a boost to the companys sales. In 1982 the
American company Nabisco Brands, Inc. became a major
foreign shareholder. Which company is X?
Britannia
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Identify These Logos
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NSE ( National
stock exchange)
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WORLD
BANK
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British
Petroleum
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Bank of
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Union Bank of
Switzerland
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Deutsche
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