Tuesday, December 23, 2008

SQC Business Quiz

No fooling around with useless content . We get right away with a Biz quiz . Questions of the Anna University-TVS Students Quality Club Biz Quiz .

Questions.

1.*He received his premedical degree from the prestigious Madras Christian College and his medical degree from Stanley Medical College, both located in Chennai, India. He is a trained cardiologist with international experience. He set up the first chain of corporatized Hospitals in Chennai starting from 1982. Who is he?

2. In the largest acquisition by an Indian Technology services firm, which Indian company has made a Rs.3269 crore cash offer to acquire the UK based Axon Group Plc.?

3. *“Meet Or Delete” a social networking site is operated by HP along with which other media major?

4. This was the first Indian movie of which Singapore Airlines bought rights to show on its planes. Name it.

5. *This manufacturing company received award for increasing shareholder value in February 2008. This auto giant withdrew its bid for a Maruthi project following a change in management at its headquarters. What is this company?

6. Tab, Mr. Pibb, OK, Minute Maid, Fruitopia and Mellow Yellow are brands associated with which company?

7. Name the Indian company that features as a top ranker on multimedia guru Robi Roncarelli’s list of global animation making movies like Sinbad?

8. If one buys an Onida TV, one would be doing business with which company?

9. Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan, apart from being Indian cricketers, also have a common business domain. What do they own? Name their establishments too.

10. Name the company which holds the distinction of being the only Private Sector company in India to hold several of its Annual General Meetings in stadiums.

11. The first was built with borrowed wood near Pasadena by two brothers, who wanted to pursue a career in Hollywood. There is one at the North Pole, and a floating one on a steamer at St. Louis. What are we talking about? .

12. Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner, a married couple who worked in computer operations staff at Stanford University, later joined by Richard Troiano, founded this company in 1984.This company’s first two CEO’s are John Morgridge and John Chambers. The company was a 2002-03 recipient of the Ron Brown Award. Name this company which also bought IBM’s network business?

13. Ja-Ri Corporation was the original multi-level marketing distributorship for Nutrilite nutritional products, founded by Richard M. DeVos and his childhood friend Jay Van Andel in 1950s in a garage. With what name this company is now known as?

14. * In 2008, this company launched iMobile, a comprehensive Mobile banking solution. iMobile is considered to be a breakthrough innovation in Indian Banking which allows a customer to do all possible transactions through a GPRS-enabled mobile phone. Name this first Indian company to be listed on big board at New York Stock Exchange.

15. HIT Entertainment, Inc. holds the Co pyrights for the world’s largest selling copyrighted book. Which one?

16. What toy, first introduced at the Nuremberg Toy Show in 1979, sold over 100 million units by 1982?

17. * This company began manufacturing televisions and telecommunications equipment, demonstrating it’s potential and future business area. On incurring heavy losses, this company concentrated 100% on Healthcare Business group Started Sales and Service Support for PIX and re branded the Service operations under "SURE CARE" brand .Which is this Indian company that was also the first to issue American Depository Receipts?

18 . Identify the Print Ad










19. * This company has produced numerous business leaders for corporate India. It is referred to as a 'CEO Factory' in the Indian press for the same reasons. Its leadership building potential was recognized when it was ranked 4th in the Hewitt Global Leadership Survey 2007. Which is this first Indian company to set up a website exclusively to scout human assets, facilitate cross border recruitments etc?

20. * Which company did Nestle join forces with to develop the international market for “ready-to-drink” tea and coffee, now significant only in Japan?

21. This company is a multinational vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on 24 February 1982.It was predominantly a vendor of technical workstations, competing successfully as a low-cost vendor during the Workstation Wars of the 1980s. It now has shifted its hardware product line to emphasize servers and storage.Scott McNealy is associated with this company. Identify this company?

22. * The Wall Street Journal has coined a term which means public confession as a form of therapy. The coinage of this term bears testimony of the extreme popularity of this person and his/her mode of dealing with personal pain.What’s the term called?

23. Which brand of shirts gets its name from the fact that the first batch after production was over dyed?

24. At Stanford, he was inspired by entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs and Scott McNealy eventually deciding to become one himself. Instead of pursuing a Ph.D. after his Masters, he decided to join Apple in 1991.Name this Indian who is the man behind free e-mail service.

25.Connect


Type in your answers as comments . Lets see how much you score ! Answers will be up in a week .


10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Q2.HCL
Q3.MTV
Q4.SIVAJI
Q6.COCO-COLA
Q8.MIRCH ELECTRONICS
Q10.RELIANCE
Q15.GUNIESS BOOK

BIZCRAZY said...

2. HCL
6.Coca Cola
8.MIRC Electronics
18. Maggi

uth said...

is this kalaiselvam or someone else from ceg.

answers
1. dr.pratap reddy
2. hcl
3. mtv
4. sivaji
7.pentafour
8. mirc electronics started by mirchandani
9. restuarants
10.reliance
11.atm?
13.amway
14.icici
15. guiness world records
16. rubiks cube
17.bpl
18. aditya birla group
24. sabeer bhatia

Anonymous said...

My answers:

1. P C Reddy
2. Infosys
3. MTV
4. Sivaji The Boss
5.
6. Coca Cola
7. Pentafour
8. Mirc Electronics
9. Restaurants..Tendulkars, Souravs and Zaks
10. Reliance ???
11. McDonalds
12. CISCO
13. Amway
14. ICICI ???
15. Guiness Book of World Records
16. Rubiks Cube
17. BPL
18. Maggi
19. HUL
20. Coke ????
21. SUN
22. Ophrafication
23. ColorPlus (Crucible Q)
24. Sabeer Bhatia
25. Abhinav Bindra

bouncer said...

14 is satyam,I think

Anonymous said...

1) Dr. Pratap. C. Reddy ( Apollo hospitals)
2) HCL
3) MTV
4) Sivaji
5) BAJAJ
6) Coca cola
7) Pentamedia graphics.
8) Mirc electronics
9) Restaurants
10) Reliance
11)
12) Cisco
13) Amway
14) ICICI
15) Guisness book of world records
16) Rubik's cube
17) BPL
18) Maggi
19) Hindustan Unilever limited
20) Coke
21) Sun microsystems
22) Oprahfication
23) Colorplus (good question :))
24) Sabeer Bhatia
25) Abhinav Bindra

Anonymous said...

1.Prathap Reddy
2. HCL
3.
4.Sivaji
5.
6.Coca Cola
7.tata elxsi
8.
9. Restaurantaeur
10.Reliance
11.Aeroplane
12. Cisco
13.Amway
14. Infosys
15.Guiness Book
16.Barbie doll
17.
18.
19.tata
20.
21.SUN Microsystems
22.
23. Bombay Dyeing
24. Shabeer Bhatia
25. Abhinav Bindra

Anonymous said...

1.Dr Pratap C Reddy
2.HCL TECHNOLOGIES
3.MTV
4.SIVAJI
5.
6.COCA COLA
7.PENTAFOUR
8.MIRC ELECTRONICS
9 RESTAURANTS
Sachin Tendulkar - Tendulkar's
Saurav Ganguly - Saurav's
Zaheer Khan - ZK's

10.RELIANCE INDUSTRIES
11McDonalds
12. CISCO
13AMWAY
14.ICICI BANK
15.GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
16.RUBIK’s CUBE
17.BPL
18.MAGGI
19.HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED
20.COCA COLA
21.SUM MICROSYTEMS
22. OPRAHFICATION
23.COLOUR PLUS
24 SABEER BHATIA
25.ABHINAV BINDRA

Aniruddha Biswas said...

1.Pratap Reddy,Apollo Hospitals
2.HCL
4.Sivaji - The Boss
8.Mirc Electronics
9.Restaurant Owners
Tendulkar's , Sourav's - The Food Pavillion, ZK
10.Reliance Industries
12.Cisco
14.ICICI
18.Maggi
21.SUN
24.Sabeer Bhatia

Anonymous said...

1. DR.Pratap c Reddy
2. HCL Technologies
3.
4. Sivaji the boss
5. Chrysler
6. coke
7.
8. MIRC Electronics
9. All owns hotel chains
10. Reliance
11.
12. Cisco
13. Amway
14. ICICI bank
15. Guinness world records
16. Bunny
17.
18.
19. HUL
20.
21. SUN microsystems
22.
23.Colorplus
24. Sabeer Bhatia of HoTMaiL