BUSINESS QUIZ-I

(1)   Who is the currently the president of NASSCOM?

(a)    Mr. Rastogi (b) Mr. Kiran Karnik (c) Mr. Sunil Joshi (d) Mr. Shyam Munshi

(2)   Calvin Klein Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of which group?

(a)    Louis Phillippe (b) Raymond (c) Van Hueson (d) Reid & Taylor

(3)   Virgin Comics is all set to enter gaming zones in mobiles through which networks?

(a)    Hutchison Essar (b) Airtel (c) BSNL (d) Reliance Communications

(4)   Which company has tied up with farmers to launch India’s first natural vanilla

Cream in order to help farmers?

(a)    Havmour (b) Amul (c) Vadilal (d) Mothers Dairy

(5)   What is the name of the Mahindra Renault’s first car to be launched in India in January 2007?

(a)    Regan (b) Logan (c) Showgun (d) None

(6)   Which Indian company is the first to get listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange?

(a)    Bharti Enterprises (b) Infosys (c) TCS (d) Meghamani Organics Ltd.

(7)   Who is being appointed as the brand ambassador of OMEGA watches?

(8)   Who scored second fastest century in ODI after Shahid Afridi in 44 balls?

(a)    Mark Boucher (b) Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) R.Sarwan (d) Jaysuriya

(9)   Videocon Electrolux will set up a Greenfield facility at which place to manufacture

Air –conditioners?

(a)    Hyderabad (b) Uttaranchal(c) Haryana (d) Gujarat

(10) Which title after winning tennis legend Martina Navrotilova declared retirement from professional tennis this year?

(a)    French Open (b) Wimbledon (c) US Open (d) ATP Championships

(11) General Mushraf wrote the controversial book; “In The Line Of Fire”, but can you name the book that our president Dr. Abdul Kalaam had written some time back?

(12) Aegis is the BPO firm of which famous business group?

(a)    Cognizant (b) TCS (c) Essar Group (d) Infosys

(13) Which company made a deal with the famous Dabbawallahs in Mumbai to help them set up a supply chain system?

(a)    Mico Bosch India (b) Petronet (c) Tesco India Pvt. Ltd (d) Reliance India

(14) The name of the operation launched by Indian Navy in order to evacuate Indians and        Nationals of SAARC from the war ravaged country Lebanon was…?

(a)    Operation Bluestar (b) Operation SAARC (c) Operation Sukoon (d) None

(15) The leading camcorder electronics specialist Panasonic launched a unique product        few days back. What was it?

(a)    Flat-Screen Televisions (b) Broadband networks (c) Luxury Massage Chairs

(d) Mobile phones

(16) Whose slogan is ‘Shortcut To Fame’, (hint: The latest scooter in town)

(17) Whose punch line is “Your Potential, Our Passion”?

(18) Can u name the company who has launched the cool ‘Appy Fiz’ drinks in the market?

(a)    Pepsi (b) Coca-cola India (C) Dabur Real (d) Parle

(19) Who was given the Gandhi Peace Award 2005? He was been awarded on recent

2nd October 2006 on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti?

(a)    Megha Patkar (b) Archbishop Desmond Tutu (c) Angela Merkel (d) Dalai Lama

(20) Taglines of famous companies:

(a)    Putting News First-

(b)   What makes you Special? -

(c)    Spoil Yourself-

(d)   Spread The Smile-

(e)    Can’t live without-

Answers to above questions:

(1) b (2) c (3) d (4) b (5) b (6) d (7) Amitabh Bachhan (8) a (9) b (10) c (11) The wings of fire (12) c (13) a (14) c (15) c (16) Blaze (17) Microsoft (18) Parle (19) b

(20) Taglines

(a)    BBC

(b)   IBN

(c)    TATA Indigo

(d)    Sunfeast

(e)    Live-in-Jeans

BUSINESS QUIZ-II

THEME: WOMAN CORPORATE WORLD.

(1)   Who is the CEO of the Britannia Industries?

(a)    Falguni Nayar (b) Shikha sharma (3) Vinita Bali (4) Lalita gupte

(2)   With whom would you associate Renuka Ramnath?

(a)    ICICI Bank (b) HSBC (c) ICICI Venture (d) ICICI Prudential

(3)   Chanda Kochhar is the executive director of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance. Is it true or false?

(4)   With whom would you associate the NGO institution ‘SEWA’?

(a)    Amrita Patel (b) Elaben Bhatt (c) Falguni Parikh (d) None

(5)   Name The Godrej woman.

(6)   Who is the director of the TAFE group; she was given the Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 Award?

(a)    Radhika Roy (b) Zia Mody (c) Lalita Gupte (d) Mallika Srinivasan

(7)   Who is the head of the National Dairy Development Board?

(a)    Shikha Sharma (b) Tina Ambani (c) Amrita Patel (d) Hema Ravichandran

(8)   With whom would you associate Vedika Bhandarkar?

(a)    J.P. Morgan India (b) Deutsche Bank (c) SBI (d) ICICI

(9)   Who is the head of Human Resources Department in INFOSYS?

(a)    Kalpana Morparia (b) Shikha Sharma (c) Renu S. Karnad(d) Hema Ravichandra

(10) Tina Ambani, the wife of Anil Ambani runs a show annually in a year based on the world of Art. What’s called?

(a)    IMAGE (b) HARMONY (c) Arts &Crafts (d) Retreat

(11) Who is the publisher of the magazine GLADRAGS?

(a)    Simone Tata (b) Maureen Wadia (c) Usha Murthy (d) None

(12) Who discovered the cosmetic brand LAKME into India?

(a)    Rohini Nilekani (b) Simone Tata (c) Sudarshini Roy (d) Ramona Singh

(13) Who is the MD of Apollo Hospitals?

(a)    Renuka Ramnath (b) Bala Deshpande (c) Preetha Reddy (d) None

(14) Falguni Nayar is the MD of Kotak Mahindra Capital. True or False?

(15)    Who is the MD of ING Vyasya Mutual Fund?

(a)    Shobhna Maitra (b) Neelam Dhawan(c) Zia Mody (d) Kavita Hurry

(16)    Rohini Nilekani, wife of Infosys man Nandan Nilkani runs a foundation for poor children in and around Bangalore. Can you name it?

(a)    Infosys Foundation (b) Pratham (c) Akshara Foundation(d) None

(17) Who is the executive director of HDFC?

(a)    Swati Singh (b) Renu Roy (c) Renu Karnad (d) Naina Lal Kidwai

(18) Who is the head of UBS Securities?

(a)    Manisha Goitra (b) Swati Piramal(c) Madhabi Puri-Buch (d) Shikha Sharma

(19) Name the woman who recently resigned Nestle Company & currently the MD   of HSBC.

(20) Who is the head of STAR NEWS?

(a)    Vidya Chhabria (b) Lalita Gupte(c) Ravina Raj Kohli (d) Preeti Vyas

(21) What is the role of Ekta Kapoor in Balaji Telefilms?

(22) Who is the head of Center of Science and Environment in India?

(a)    Sunita Narain (b) Indra Nooyi (c) Shobhna Moitra (d) Ranjana kumar

Answers to the questions:

(1) c (2) c (3) ICICI Bank (4) b (5) Parmeshwar Godrej (6) d (7) c (8) a (9) d (10) b (11) b (12) b (13) c (14) True (15) d (16) c (17) c (18) a (19) Naina Lal Kidwai (20) c (21) Creative Director (22) a

Business Quiz – 3

(1)   Pantaloon Retail India entered into a joint venture with which company of US?

(a)    Mackay (b) Staples (c) Red Lounge (d) Smithey

(2)   Who is the new Chairperson of CBDT?

(a)    Indira Bhargava (b) Baljeet Matiyeni (c) Amitabh Khosla (d) Dr. Chitra Bharucha

(3)   Can u name the drink, which Rasna is going to launch against Pepsi’s Gatorade?

(4)   What is the name of company of Ranbaxy group providing financial services?

(a)    Relifinance (b) Ranfinance (c) Religare (d) Relifinancial Pvt. Ltd

(5)   Who is the CEO of UTI Bank?

(a)    Samir Bhatia (b) Madhuri Puri Buch (c) P.J. Nayak (d) P.K.Srivastava

(6)   Japanese major company Toshiba is planning to enter which segment?

(a)    Retail (b) Pharma (c) Mobile (d) Refrigerators

(7)   Who is the CEO of Cairn Energy India?

(a)    Ken Kutaragi (b) Rahul Dhir (c) Ray Taylor (d) None

(8)   Which company launched its online casual gaming portal Zapak.com?

(a)    TCS (b) Reliance ADA Group (c) Wipro (d) Bharti Enterprises

(9)   Delmonte, an economy brand in suitings & shirtings belongs to which famous brand?

(a)    Siyarams (b) Raymond (c) Reid & Taylor (d) S.Kumars

(10) Who is the brand ambassador of Birla Sun Life Insurance?

(a)    MS Dhoni (b) Kapil Dev (c) S.Tendulkar (d) None

(11) Taglines Again… Name the product/company

(a)    No More Bounds-

(b)   Shape your World-

(c)    Totally Integrated Automation

(d)   Do it Yourself Holidays-

(12) Apart from being lyrist, Prasoon Joshi is also an executive Chairman of which company?

(a)    Yashraj Films Pvt. Ltd

(b)   HLL

(c)    McCann Erickson

(d)   McCann Telecommunications

(13) What is the name of the mini car to be launched by General Motors in the market?

(a)    Chevrolet Mini (b) Chevrolet Spark (c) Chevrolet Spice (d) Chevrolet Icy

(14) Leading luggage segment leader Samsonite is planning to introduce the premium category shoes in India under the brand name?

(a)    Black Label (b) Blackey (c) Woodey (d) Black Dart

(15)     Dabur Pharma all set to launch a new Cancer Drug developed by them.

What is the name?

(a)    Bitaxel (b) Xeta-B (c) Nanoxel (d) Zeta-X

(16)     RIL has decided to build a refinery in which country?

(a)    India (b) Egypt (c) Africa (d) Yemen

answers for the questions:

(1)   b (2) a (3) Body Fuel (4) c (5) c (6) c (7) b (8) b (9) d (10) b

(11)Taglines:

(a) SONY Vaio

(b)   ZEN Estilo

(c)    SIEMENS

(d)   SOTC Holidays

(12) c (13) b (14) a (15) c (16) d

BUSINESS QUIZ-04

THEME: ADVERTISING SECTOR

1)      The logo of which car company consists of four intersecting rings, signifying the four companies that were merged to give rise to the present company?

(a)    Mercedeez Benz (b) Audi (c) Fiat Pagio (d) None

2)      An animated character named Spot is used to promote which brand of soft drink?

(a)    Appy fiz (b) Rasna (c) 7’Up (d) None

3)      In the very first ad of PEPSI done by Shahrukh khan which was the model present with him and now she has evolved into an actress?

(a)    Mahima Chaudhary (b) Juhi Chawla (c) Sandali Sinha (d) Karishma Kapoor

4)      In the 2000 film Cast Away; Tom Hanks plays the role of Chuck Noland, an engineer working with which real life organization?

(a)    Bluedart (b) Microsoft (c) Financial Express (d) Federal Express

5)      With whom would you associate the famous old slogan “Neighbors envy Owner’s Pride”?

(a)    BPL-India (b) Samsung (c) ONIDA (d) Toshiba

6)      Identify the car manufacturing company in the clip…

7)      Identify the slogans of the company:

Deewana bana de-

Play Safe-

Think Again-

It’s more than just oil-

Kal Par Control-

It’s the way you make me feel-

Makes a Life little Easier-

8)      Two-mega confectionary brands MahaLacto & Eclairs; are owned by which company?

(a)    Parry’s (b) Lotte (c) Cadbury (d) Nutrine

9) With which products would you associate MS Dhoni as a brand ambassador?

(a)    Kiwi Shoe Polish, Siyarams & Parle G

(b)   Siyarams, GE Money, Pepsi

(c)    Pepsi, Reliance Communications, Britannia

(d)   Royal Stag Gear, Kiwi Shoe Polish, Santro

10) Identify how many times the Pepsi bottle is tossed up between the hands of     workers in the ad.

(a)    6 times (b) 5 times (c) 7 times (d) 8 times

11) The home country of the world’s no.2 sports goods maker Adidas is…

(a)    US (b) Switzerland (c) Germany (d) Canada

12) Identify the product being introduced through the advertising…

13) Which is the first footwear brand in India to be associated with Disney characters in its Sandals?

(a)    Bata (b) Liberty (c) Action (d) Mochi

14) Which ad has two brand ambassadors of their own times- Sunil Gavaskar and Sania Mirza endorsing the same product?

(a)    Hyundai GETZ (b) Sunfeast Biscuits (c) Deutcshe Bank (d) ESPN

15) Which is the first ad that was being remixed; in short same wordings, same style and same concept but with new music and characters recently seen in television?

(a)    Lifebuoy Soap (b) Parle G (c) Bajaj Tubes and Bulbs (d) Vicks

(16) What name of the famous football group is printed on the kid’s Shirt shown in the ad?

(a)    Manchester United (b) Juventus (c) Arsenal (d) Liverpool

(17) Who is the new brand ambassador of the soft drink ‘Thums Up’?

(a)    Kunal Kapoor (b) Salman Khan (c) Siddharth (d) Akshay Kumar

(18) With whom would you associate the famous tagline: “Isko Laga dala Toh Life Jhingalala”…

(19) From where does Amitabh Bachhan get the bottle opener in the following ad?

Answers to the questions:

(1) b (2) c (3) c (4) d (5) c (6) Identification of car company in the clip

(7) Taglines of companies

(a)    SET Max

(b)   BISLERI

(c)    National Geographic

(d)   Castrol

(e)    AVIVA Life Insurance

(f)    Monte Carlo

(g)   Electrolux

(8) d (9) b (10) c (11) c (12) Question based on advertise shown on screen (13) c (14) c (15) c (16) b (17) a (18) TATA Sky (19) Ad-Question

BUSINESS QUIZ NO-04

1. Coca-Cola has India is all set to launch brand-led mall hangout space- Cole Red Lounge in which city of India?

(a) Mumbai (b) Ahmedabad (c) Pune (d) Kolkata

1. Which country launched the world’s first 4G mobile communication system?

(a)    Japan (b) Indonesia (c) India (d) China

1. India’s largest drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories collaborated with which global pharmaceutical major to include a wide range of therapeutics?

(a)    Cipla (b) Glaxosmithline (c) Torrent Pharma  (d) Zydus Cadilla

1. Who are the new Chairman and Managing Director of HPCL?

(a)    M.B. Lal (b) Arun Balkrishnan (c) Swaminathan Iyer (d) Sudarshan Krishna

1. The Tatas are planning to enter which segment of Business?

(a)    Textiles (b) Helicopter servicing Business (c) Aviation services (d) None

1. Bajaj Auto Ltd. is all set to launch their scooter (gearless) built on DTSI-segment. Do u know the name?

(a)    Bajaj Spice (b) Bajaj Kristal (c) Bajaj Contra (d) Bajaj Sega

1. First Flight Couriers, the country’s largest domestic courier company plans to foray itself in which segment?

(a)    Logistics (b) Retail (c) Finance (d) Design

1. Which product by the TIME Magazine has been declared as the greatest invention of the year 2006?

(a)    Ipod NANO (b) Google Search Engine (c) Orkut (d) YouTube

1. What was the name of the group, which in joint venture with Arvind Brands brought Tommy Hilfiger to India in 2004?

(a)    Aditya Birla Group (b) Vimal Suitings Ltd. (c) The Murjani Group (d) The Bombay Dyeing Group

1. Godrej’s Aadhar Chains has tied up with Bank to offer attractive agri-credit facility through its rural hubs?

(a)    HSBC (b) ING Vyasya (c) HDFC (d) ICICI

1. Who has become the new brand ambassador of Belmonte Sutiings & Shirtings?

(a)    Abhishek Bahchhan (b) Shahrukh Khan (c) Salman Khan (d) MS Dhoni

1. Which company has been conferred the Golden Peacock award 2006 for corporate social responsibility?

(a)    TCS (b) Tata Motors (c) Infosys (d) L&T

1. Taglines of various companies:

a)      Be Life Confident-

b)      The Engineer’s Choice-

c)      Zindagi Se Ek Kadam Aage-

d)     Mera Farz-

e)      Style it Soft-

f)       When you’re sure-

1. Who will be the new CEO of NDTV Group?

(a)    Arun Balkrishnan (b) Pranay Roy (c) KVL Narayan (d) Arun Shukla

1. Vodafone acquires Hutchison-Essar for how many $billion?

(a)    $18 billion (b) $17billion (c) $19billion (d) $19.5billion

1. Biocon has announced plans to set up a vaccine biopharma manufacturing plant in which city?

(a)    Andhra Pradesh (b) Calcutta (c) Gujarat (d) Vishakhapatnam

Answers to above questions:

(1) c (2) d (3) b (4) b (5) b (6) b (7) a (8) d (9) c (10) c (11) b (12) b

(13) Taglines of famous companies

(14) BHARTI life Insurance

(15) Ultra Tech Cement

(16) KOTAK Mahindra Life Insurance

(17) ING Vyasya Bank

(18) Parachute Hair Gel Cream

(19) Business Standard

(20) c (21) c (22) a

BUSINESS QUIZ-05

1. Which is the 1st Indian brand to sponsor MSN Messenger, most popular one-to-one messenger system on msn.com?

(a)    Close-up (b) Pepsi (c) Videocon (d) Nirma

1. FIAT, the Italian manufacturer, stands for?

(a)    Faccricca Italiana Automobile Toronto

(b)   Fabbrica Italiana Automobile Taranta

(c)    Fabrica Italia Automobile Tathiya

(d)   Fabbrica Italiana Automobile Torino

1. ITC made its entry into the branded snack food market. Can u name the product????

1. Retail Giant, Kishore Biyani stepped into another segment of retail business after successful launches of Pantaloons, Central etc. What is it?

(a)    Future first (b) Home Décor (c) Home Town (d) Future Home

1. Who owns the sore throat reliever brand “SMYLE”?

(a)    Glaxo Smithkline (b) Proctor & Gamble (c) Kopran Pharmacueticals (d) Sun Pharma

1. Who is the MD of Accenture (India)?

(a)    Shivani Pandya (b) Harsh Mankad (c) Harsh Manglik (d) Suresh Iyengar

1. Discount retailer Subhiksha has tied up with which networks company to deploy in out of home media network for its retail stores?

(a)    Sony (b) Jive Networks (c) MTV Network (d) Spice Entertainment Network

1. Godrej Consumers Ltd. has relaunched their soap product in the market. Name it.

(a)    Cinthol (b) Breeze (c) Vigil (d) None

1. Diversified FMCG Company Dhariwaal Industries plans to enter into which sector?

(a) Petroleum Sector (b) Power Sector (c) Telecom Sector (d) Soft drinks sector

1. Taglines of companies:

a)      Always Game-

b)      New Improved Life-

c)      You’re the fuel-

d)     Distinctly Ahead-

e)      Turn Work Into Play-

f)       Dikhane ko Jee Kare-

1. The ’Catch’ Brand of Spices is from which group in the market?

(a)    Spayran Spices Ltd. (b) MDH Group (c) Dharampal Satyapal Group (d) Ramdev

1. Which was the first car company to invent car bags for car safety during accidents?

(a)    FORD (b) MARUTI (c) HYUNDAI (d) GM

1. Which petroleum company was first to export India’s aviation turbine fuel?

(a)    ESSAR (b) SHELL (c) Reliance Petroleum (d) Bharat Petroluem

1. Which channel made its debut at 12:01 am on August 1st, 1981?

(a)    Channel V (b) DD India (c) MTV (d) None

1. Bajaj Auto plans to come up with a new segment of launch in their business by 2010. Which segment they would be focusing into?

(a)    Two wheeler gearless scooter market

(b)   Goods Carrier Market

(c)    High CC bikes

(d)   CNG rickshaws

1. Which Indian Car Company became the 1st to design & make a Sports utility vehicle in an American Market?

(a)    TATA motors (b) Hindustan Motors (c) Mahindra & Mahindra (d) Maruti Udhyog

1. What is the original name of ‘ACCENTURE’?

(a)    Accent Calling (b) Anderson’s accent (c) Anderson Calling (d) Anderson Consulting

1. Which company is behind the ‘Nature Fresh’ brands of Atta, maida and suji?

(a)    Kissan Annapurna (b) Dhariwaal Group of Companies (c) Cargil Foods (d) Pillsbury

1. ‘RADHE’, a retail store brand stores opened in Ahmedabad earlier belongs to which famous business group?

(a)    NIRMA (b) ZYDUS CADILLA (c) SUBHIKSHA (d) ITC

1. Which restaurant company owns the restaurant chains like ‘PIZZA HUT’, ‘KFC’, ‘TACO BELL’?

(a)  Starton Group of Hotels (b) Tricon Restaurant International (c) The Oasis International (d) The star group of Hotels

1. Tarun Tejpal, was the executive editor of which magazine quitted to set up Tehelka.com?

(a)    India Today (b) Frontline (c) Business Line (d) The Outlook

Answers to previous questions:

(1) a (2) d (3) BINGO (4) c (5) d (6) c (7) b (8) c (9) b

(10) Taglines

(a)    HERO Honda Karizma

(b)   Videocon

(c)    Maruti Swift

(d)   Bajaj Krystal

(e)    Motoming

(f)    Greenlam Laminates

(11) c (12) d (13) c (14) c (15) b (16) c (17) d (18) c (19) a (20) d (21) d

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BUSINESS QUIZ

INDIA & INTERNATIONAL WISE

BaseLine/Tagline/AdLine of Company/BrandsNo. Company TagLine/AdLine/BaseLine

1 AKAI Land of rising technology2 Gucci Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten3 Reid and Taylor Bond with the Best4 Pantaloons Where India Shops5 OCM Be Somebody6 Raymond The complete Man7 Graviera Suitings THE MAN OF SUBSTANCE8 Allen Solly Friday Dressing9 Crocodile Tough Guys, dress easy10 Wills LifeStyle Enjoy the Change

11 Parx (Raymond’s product) Catch up with life12 Air India Moving India Forward13 Lufthansa There is no better way to fly14 Air Sahara EMOTIONALLY YOURS15 Singapore Airlines A GREAT WAY TO FLY16 Thai Airways SMOOTH AS SILK17 Spice Jet Flying for everyone18 Kingfisher airlines Fly the good times19 Air Deccan Simplifly20 VOLKSWAGEN Think Small21 MARUTI SUZUKI Count on us22 Honda DIO FROM INDIA TO THE WORLD.AND TO YOU23 Bajaj Auto Inspiring Confidence24 Hero Honda CBZ Motorcycling Unplugged25 Hero Honda Passion Born in a studio, not in a factory26 Bajaj Pulsar Born in a gym, not in a studio27 Hyundai’s new ad Drive your way28 Ford Mondeo Redefined Aggression29 Toyota Touch The Perfection30 Bajaj spirit The college bike31 Ford Motors Built for the road ahead32 Honda The power of dreams33 SBI With you -all the way34 Punjab National Bank The name you can bank upon35 HSBC World’s local bank36 Citibank The city never sleeps37 UNION BANK OF INDIA Good people to bank with38 OBC Where every individual is committed39 BUSINESS STANDARD When you’re sure40 Hindustan Times Let there be light

41 Doordarshan Satyam Sivam Sundaram42 BSNL Connecting India43 Nokia Connecting people44 VSNL GATEWAY OF INDIA TO THE WORLD45 Tata Indicom Talk as you pay, pay as you talk-46 Airtel Express Yourself47 Trump (MTNL) The easy way to stay in touch48 Tally Power of simplicity49 Hughes Software Think skywards50 Apple Computers THINK DIFFERENT51 C A THE SOFTWARE THAT MANAGES e-BUSINESS52 Jobsahead.com FILL IN YOUR AMBITION53 Pagalguy.com Insanely Different54 Hitachi Inspire the Next55 Nikon At the heart of the Image56 Xerox THE DOCUMENT COMPANY57 Haier Inspired living58 Onida Neighbor’s envy, Owner’s Pride59 CROMPTON GREAVES Everyday solutions60 Godrej locks PEACE OF MIND.GUARANTEED61 LG EXPAND YOUR LIFE62 BluestarAC BREATHE EASY63 LG AC BREATHE HEALTHY64 Brooke Bond Cheers your senses65 Bournvita BALANCED NUTRITION.GREAT TASTE66 Samsonite Because you earned your wings67 DHL We move the world68 Tata Improving the quality of life69 Tata Empowering People70 Johnnie Walker whiskey Keep Walking71 Club Mahindra Holidays Holidays for a lifetime

72 Parryware Sparkling clean glamour rooms73 Virginia Slim Cigarettes YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY BABY74 Cholamandalam Insurance ENTER A BETTER LIFE75 Allianz Insurance THE POWER ON YOUR SIDE76 Harrod’s retailer, London ENTER A DIFFERENT WORLD77 PAI International A WORLD OF HOME APPLIANCES78 Power (fuel with energyboosters from HPCL) Unleash the power within79 D’dmas Art of Beauty80 Professional Tutorials Success Simplified81 Blue Star May your theatre always be House Full82 HYUNDAI ELANTRA Play a bigger game83 Harley-Davidson If you don’t have to answer to anyone, what would you do84 Accenture Innovation delivered85 Fed-Ex The World On Time86 Electrolux India Makes life a little easier87 Times of India Let truth prevail88 Energizer Keep going89 Tata Indica Spoil Yourself90 Lacoste Because what you are91 BUSINESSWORLD Magazine of the new economy92 ESSAR Steel 24 carat steel93 DHL WE make importing Smooth94 Kodak You press the button and we do the rest

Brand Ambassador of Company/BrandNo. Company/Brand Brand Brand Ambassador/ Endorsed

By/Ads1 SUNFEAST Shahrukh KhanWills Lifestyle2 John Players Hrithik RoshanAashirwadITC hotelsEXPRESSION greetingcardsITCChairman- YogiDeveshwarAIM match sticks3 WHIRLPOOL Kajol and Ajay Devgan4 RASNA Karisma Kapoor & Hrithik Roshan5 EPSON Printers Sushmita Sen6 NEWPORT Jeans Saif Ali Khan7 MARCO-RICCIShoes Sanjay Dutt8 LEVIS Jeans Levis 501 range of jeans Bipasha Basu &. Shahrukh Khan9 ACME Clothing PROVOGUE Fardeen Khan10 RADO Lisa Ray11 MOVADAO Twinkle khanna12 LONGINES Aishwariya Rai13 TAG HEUER Sharukh/Sushmita sen14 Reebok Kaif15 Castrol Ajay Jadeja and Rahul Dravid16 Veedol Vinod Kambli17 Dixcy and Amul MALLIKA SHERAWAT18 BUICK CARS Tiger Woods, Preity Zinta19 Kamsutra Condoms POOJA BEDI AND MARC

ROBINSON20 Mayur GAYTRI JOSHI21 MIRZA Tanners Ltd Red Tape Shoes Salman Khan22 FRANKFINN AIRHOSTESSACEDEMY Soha Ali Khan23 VEEDOL, PEPSI, EGGS,FOUR SQUARE, FIATINDIA (PALIO), NESTLENESFIT, PONDS CREAM, Vinod Kambli24 SONY ENTERTAINMENTTELEVISION,IBP,BADSAHA MALPANIGROUP TOBACCO,AC APPLE JUICE,CHANDRIKA BEUTYPRODUCTS Jacky Shroff25 CAMAY Soap Dia Mirza26 Max New YorkInsurance Rahul Dravid27 Liril Priety Zinta, Harishta Bhatt, TaraSharma.28 Air Deccan’s Common Man (R. K. Laxman’scartoon)29 CREAM BELL Icecream Saif Ali Khan30 Ultra Heat Treatment(UHT) Milk, ‘tetra pakIndia’ company andSamsung Tabu31 SKumars Tamarind (readymade

wear) Hrithik Roshan.32 Pizza hut Mallika Arora Khan33 Godrej ConsumerProducts and Bausch &Lomb Mona singh (JASSI)34 MALABAR GOLD(Kerala) Sania Mirza35 TATA TEA. HP, Lotto, andTata Indicom Sania Mirza36 RELAXO Chappls Aftab Sivdasani37 Yamaha John Abraham38 Indigo Nation UPEN PATEL.39 ASMI Diamonds KAJOL DEVGAN40 Speed/BPCLAMBI PURE (CarFreshener) Narain Kartikeyan41 AIS Glass Shoaib Akhtar42 TVS Surya -Tamil Movie actor43 Bank Of Rajasthan Hema Malini44 Canara Bank Venkatesh Prasad45 Bank Of Baroda Rahul Dravid46 Dena Bank Juhi Chawla47 ICICI Bank Amitabh Bachchan48 UTI Bank Mona singh (JASSI)49 Tata Tea Chakra Gold Tea Bhumika50 Pizza Hut, Hero HondaKarizma NANDANA SENComputer/IT/Mobile1) Which is the most expensive domain name to be auctioned on the net till date?Business.com for $8 mln [4.3 m pounds]

2) Why a name as queer as altavista.com had a price tag of 3+ million dollars?While Compaq owned the AltaVista technology some Marshall guy owned the domain name.So the sale was a settlement of a long-standing dispute between the 2 parties. In 1998, it wasthe highest recorded amt paid for a domain name, when digital owned AltaVista, the web add forit was altavista.digital.com[It was developed by Digital Corp. in 1995 then sold to Compaq. Now it's a part of overture (whichrecently discovered is a part of yahoo!) AltaVista means view from above, Altavista.com WASsold3.3mil$]3) What was Bill Gate’s and Paul Allen’s SAT score?Paul Allen: 1600, which was considered to be all-perfect.Bill Gate: 15904) Which school did Larry Ellison go to? When did he start Oracle?Ellison went to Univ of Chicago, dropped out after one semester. Also had gone to UIC, droppedout from there too… Oracle started of a CIA project in 1977. Ellison was 33 then. Oracle – 19785) Which company did Adobe buy recently and for how much?Macromedia for $ 4 billion6) Who founded Adobe along with John and when?December 1982, John Warnock and Charles Geschke7) Which Univ did Jhon study fromUniv of Utah (BS,MS,PhD )

Where is Adobe’s HQ and India center?

Headquarters: San Jose, California and India office at Noida9) Why did founders named Adobe so?Name of the river “Adobe Creek” that ran behind John’s house10) ‘Corporated Incorporated’ and ‘Limited Unlimited’ were names considered but notadopted. What was finally adopted ?Microsoft11) What was HP’s first product? When?Audio oscillator. (1938)12) Who is Andy Grove?Intel CEO13) What is the old name of 3i InfoTech? what does it 3 I stands for?ICICI InfoTech is the old name14) What is the consulting firm recently (not very recent) acquired by the electronics giantHewlett-Packard?Price Waterhouse Coopers15) Which online matrimony site was founded by J. Murugavel, who himself found his wifethrough the Internet.Bharatmatrimony.com16) Which new Mac. OS introduced by APPLE?TIGER17) What was IBM nicknamed as in 1960′s?Why?Big Blue, Due to its big size and blue color. Also the color of the it’s employees uniform, wasof blue color and they seemed to be present at most of the places. From original word. BigBrother

18) Founder of 6-sigma methodology?Motorola – actually brought in the practiceGE – developed n established it professionally19) Finally MS has launched what’s seen as life threat to Adobe. What’s itMetro. To be launched as part of Windows Longhorn. (Metro was Acrobat’s code name in devstages)20) Hewlett & Packard, the founders, were very particular about the quality to be perfect.When Carly was hired, she changed that to ….. (give name of what it is called)Adopt and Go. Keep the winners and ditch the losers21) HP – Compaq merger was challenged in court by one of the largest shareholders of HP,Who was the guy? (He lost of course)Walter Hewlett, Son of Bill Hewlett22) What was Accenture previously known as??Andersen Consulting23) What is the name of the annual newsletter that Microsoft publishes?10 Great Mistakes That Microsoft Did24) Expand WIPRO.West Indian Vegetable Products Ltd25) HP developed a programming language as competitor to Java. What did they name it?HP Chai26) How did Apple have its name?Actually, when Steve had to register the company name, he repeatedly asked the partners tocome up with some good name or else he will register it with

whatever comes in his mind.However, no one came up with any name till noon. When he was going for registration, he sawsomeone eating apple during break and that struck his mind. Hence, he registered companywith same name and kept the same half bite apple as its symbol. (Read it long back on somearticle about how some famous company got their names).27) What is the personal finance software that competes with MS Money and gives it a runfor its money? This is one of the very few companies/products that have taken Microsofton and survived to tell the tale.Quicken.28) Who is “Hughes” in “Hughes Software” (Think skywards)?Howard Hughes. [He created several companies in his lifetime, an offshoot of one was HughesNetworks. Hughes Software is primarily owned by Hughes Networks.]29) What is the full form of YAHOO!Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle[For Google : The company formed was called GOOGOL (derived from Googlplex). Howeverthe first contract cheque that the founders received was for GOOGLE. Hence the companycame to be known as GOOGLE.]30) Largest BPO in India? 2nd largest?Largest -WNS Global Services, 2 largest- Spectramind31) Name the person who pioneered Macintosh.Steve Jobbs, Steve Wozniak

32) Whose designed computer in garage took the world by storm?Steve Jobbs, Steve Wozniak33) ‘India’s Online Marketplace’ is now …?Ebay India(formerly bazzee.com)34) Which country has the domain name “.ch”?Switzerland [ its after the Latin name for Switzerland Confoederatio Helvetica (CH)]35) When MIT graduate Ray Tomlinson showed his invention to one of his colleagues healso told him: “Don’t tell anyone I did this! This is not what we are supposed to beworking on.” What did Tomilson invent?Email… [Ray Tomilson invented email and also popularized the '@' sign for email addresses.]36) Connect: Microsoft, Garry Kasparov & Irina Krush.World Internet chess championship[ In 1999, a 'Kasparov vs. The World' chess match was held on msn.com. Although anybody inthe world could suggest a move, literally the entire world went by teenage prodigy IrinaKrush's (15 yrs.) choice of moves.]37) Who coined the term “Information Superhighway”?Al gore Former US Vice-President38) Which famous software personality once admitted on the David Letterman show in theUS that he modified his school time-table program so that all girls would be in his classat any given time?Bill gates39) What major technology was developed by European

telecom major Ericsson in 1999?How did the technology get its name?Blue tooth. Ericsson named the technology after Danish king Harald Blatand, better knownAs Harald Blue tooth. The king gad a great desire for blueberries due to which his teeth wouldalways remain blue & hence the nickname.40) Which Internet term originally meant “harmless, creative fun”?Hacking41) US firm that I-flex bought last year?Supersolutions42) What is i-flex core banking solution platform called?Flexicube43) Which international software company has got so many Indians that it has got a specialIndian cafeteria?Oracle44) World’s richest bachelor isLarry Ellison[ According to Forbes, the richest bachelors(and hence the most eligible also) are SergeyBrin(31) and Larry Page(32), the famed 'google boys'. Each of them is worth $7.2 billion.and Lawrence Ellison(Oracle) is married with 2 kids.]45) Which Indian started his company on 3rd floor apartment at 10 St Paul Street,Cambridge Massachusetts? His wife was his first employee and the year was 1972.Narendra K Patni46) Infosys has decided to make a Public Offering Without

Listing in—-Japan47) Which computer Firm also manufactured clocks ?IBM .[From the close of the 19th century through 1958, IBM and its predecessors manufactured andsold a wide variety of devices and systems to record, use, transmit and display time. TheInternational Time Recording Company, makers of all types of timekeeping systems, was made adivision of the IBM Corporation . IBM sold the Time Equipment Division to Simplex in 1958.]48) What is common to a cursor, Dynamic RAM ( DRAM) , Floppy Disk and RISCarchitecture ?[IBM invented many of the core technologies used in all forms of computing, including the firsthard disk drive and the Winchester hard disk drive, the cursor (on computer screens), DynamicRAM (DRAM), the relational database, Thin Film recording heads, RISC architecture, the ScanningTunneling Microscope, and the floppy disk. The infamous Control-Alt-Delete keystroke (Bradly,2001: "I invented it, but it was Bill that made it famous"), also invented at IBM, is still frequentlyused on PCs running Windows operating systems.]49) What is the full form of Intel?Integrated Electronics50) Who is the famous brother in law of Gururaj Deshpande, the promoter of sycamorenetworks?

N R Narayana Murthy51) Who is the chairman & CEO of i2 Technologies?Founder-Chairman of i2 Technologies – Sanjiv Sidhu52) Which Indian played a lead role in the development of the Pentium Chip for Intel andalso the K6 chip for AMD?Vinod Dham (he’s from DCE)53) What designation the founders of Yahoo have? Also, name the founders.David Filo and Jerry Young designation is Chief Yahoo!54) Cool was codename for what. It was from a major software company based inWashington State, US.Cool is C# by Microsoft55) According to CNN, Internet, Cell phone, PC and Fiber Optics come at 1,2,3, and 4 in theTop 25 innovations in the technical world . Which innovation occupies the 5th position?e-mail56) What was coined on June 12, 1995 in an e-mail sent by a 52-year old MassachusettsProgrammer named David Eddy. He later said, “People were calling it CDC and Faddle.There were other contenders. It just came off my fingertips.” What am I referring to?Y2K57) IBM BCS bought which consulting major?PriceWater Coopers PWC58) Addition of “N” ; in the European version of Windows XP ; i.e. XPN signifies –it means Not included with windows media player.

59) At CEBIT-05 which company had it’s theme as “Heart of Technology”INTEL60) Which Indian businessman was part of the design team at Intel that designed the Intel80486 microprocessor?Rajeev Chandrasekhar of BPL61) Which university did Bill Gates drop out before establishing Microsoft ?Harvard62) When Carly Fiorina joined HP, she started the campaign to renovate its image. WhatExactly did she do?It was a video campaign showing the garage where Hewlett& Packard first made that oscillator,And then showing her in front of itIndia Business1) What would be the name of the airline brand which ROYAL AIRWAYS erstwhile modiluftairways is going to launch this summer?Spice Jet2) What is the name of the low cost airline floated by AIR INDIA?Air-India Express3) Which company has done an in house advertisement in AIR DECCAN? Also whichTelevision Company is written in AIR DECCAN flights?NDTV4) Which is the biggest passenger plane??Airbus A3805) What is the name of the holding company JET

AIRWAYS promoted by Naresh Goyal?Tail Winds [Registered in the Isle of Man, Mauritius, owns 99.99% in Jet Airways]6) Who is the started Air Deccan?Captain G.R. Gopinath7) Rono Dutta is CEO of which Airlines? He represented which Airlines in the past as CEO?Air Sahara [Previously United Airlines]

Which Airline associated with the Billionaire Howard Hughes, finally went under inJanuary 2001 and was bought over by American Airlines?TWA or Trans World Airline9) Busiest airport in the world?Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta US10) What was Spice Jet Ltd. previously known as ?Royal Airways [Modiluft Airways. of K.K.Modi Group]11) Who makes Mirage fighter jets?Dassault Aviation12) Some aero planes of which airline sported Meera Mehta’s “Paithan Sari Motif” ontheir tails for sometime?British airways13) IA signed a 120 Cr. deal recently with a company for providing aircraft maintenancessupport? Which company?Kingfisher Airlines [the airlines floated by liquor baron Vijay Mallaya started operations on Maywith a Banglore-Mumbai flight, said pricing would be not like Air Deccan but around 20%cheaper then Jet, Sahara and IA.]

14) V. Thulasidas is associated with which company?Air India, Managing Director15) Airline Code for King Fisher Airlines?IT (one of the better Q’s in the Quiz)16) Who is eyeing a 74% stake in AIR SAHARA??SpiceJet17) With which group ZEE group has done alliance 2 compete with Times of India in Mumbaiand other regions?Dainik Bhaskar group18) How do you know Indra Nooyie? Her recent achievement?CEO of Pepsi Co. Achievement is in a joint committee with CEO Steven Reinemund to developNorth American market19) Who is the highest paid CEO of India? Latest achievement?Vivek Paul –Wipro, Achievement is he has got a place in Barron’s list of top 30 managers ofthe world20) Liquor baron VIJAY MALLAYA owns a monthly magazine. Name it.CINEBLITZ21) Name the television channel of UTV.Hungama TV22) Which Bank was the main funding partner for Ambani when he started out?Syndicate bank23) Metal Junction, the dotcom for procurement and selling services of steel products andFerro alloys, is the venture between which two Indian steel

companies?Sail & Tata Steel24) Which Indian company recently forged a joint venture with the Michelin Group, one ofthe global tyre majors?Apollo tyres25) In which television channel does actor Jackie Shroff have a stake?SONY entertainment television26) Eureka Forbes is part of which group of companies?TATA Group27) Who has been the only Chairman of the Tata Group who wasn’t a Tata?Sir Nowroji Saklatvala28) Mudra, India’s 1st adv firm, started with only one customer? Which one?Reliance29) What’s the name of autobiography written by Mudra’s just retired CEO?THE INVISIBLE CEO by A.G. Krishnamurthy30) Recently which company has acquired the ColorPlus?RAYMOND (Gautam Singhania)31) When send an SMS and end up winning a free cruise in Singapore!’ this headline wasseeing in the print ad of which cellular phone service brand?Airtel32) Ravi Deol is the CEO of which company?BARISTA33) Currently with which company, Alcatel has tied-up to beef up its marketing anddistribution channel?

Agrani34) Which company has launched ‘most fuel-efficient’ bike?Hero Motors35) Ashwin Dani is the Managing Director of which company?Asian Paints36) Which agency currently handles HP Gas account?HTA37) ‘Now, 2 different talcs in the same pack!’ this headline was seeing in the print ad ofwhich talcum powder brand?Fair and Lovely38) The brand Galleria belongs to?Galleria is of THOMSON (claiming US’s no 1 TV company)39) Which brand has the “Whistle and win contest”?PRESTIGE40) After RELIANCE INFOCOMM, which company has now fallen into a row with BSNLregarding inter connectivity problems?Tata Indicom41) A company has agreed to pay somewhat like 100 crores to M.F.Hussain for his 100paintings? what is the name of the company?Swarup Group of Industries42) And who has been roped 2 endorse the paintings??FARDEEN KHAN43)Mr. M A Alagappan is the chairman of which Indian bicycle major?Tube Investement Cycles (TI cycles) [Part of the Murugappa Group]44) Which ad agency currently handles the ‘Outlook’

magazine account?Triton Communications45) which nationalized bank has signed a MoU with Bajaj Auto Limited to finance Bajaj two-Wheelers?Canara bank46) Which suiting brand has come up with a ‘Win 4 Sure’ offer, which entitles a consumer toan assured gift?GRASIM47) Which car major has recently launched ‘Petra’ in Indian market?FIAT48) Tobacco major ‘Godfrey Phillips’, is a flagship company of which group?K K Modi[Shri Krishan Kumar Modi (born on-August 27, 1940 at Patiala) is the eldest son of Late RaiBhadur Gujrarmal Modi (1902-1976), the Founder of MODI GROUP OF INDUSTRIESGodfrey Phillips India is a joint venture between K K Modi (36.67%) and Philip Morris (35.93%)of the US, Also K.K. Modi owns MODICARE. and he is ex-Chairman of FICCI]49) Which company owns The Black Berrys range of ready-made garments ?Mohan Clothing Company, Gurgaon50) The brand Keo Karpin belongs to which company?Dey’s medical51) What does BPL & LG stands for?LG – Lucky Goldstar

BPL – British Physical Laboratories52) What is the projected name of the new ZEE-DAINIK BHASKAR alliance newspaper to belaunched in Mumbai in June?DNA [DNA-Daily News & Analysis]53) Name the news channel owned by DAINIK JAGRAN?Channel 754) Which company was involved in a controversy for having used Adolph Hitler’s picture inits advertisement?Louis Philippe55) Where are the Head Quarters of Asian Development Bank?Manila56) Which company is India’s largest synthetic textile producer?Reliance57) Whats does TIPS stand in TIPS Cassettes Industries?To Improve and Promote Singing58) What is the name of the music label(company) owned by producer VASHUBHAGNANI?PUJA MUSIC59) Which is the largest traded e-commerce site in India?http://www.irctc.comtickets booking site of Indian Railways60) A comp painted whole of concord blue for ad campaign, which was it?PEPSI61) Mr. V. Leeladhar is the chairman of which nationalized bank?

Union Bank of India61) Which television brand has announced the launch of its ‘Gol do, Flat lo’ exchange offer?SAMSUNG62) What is the name of the mobile launched by NOKIA in India starting from 2lakhs to 17lakhs premium range. and who is the distributor for it?Mobile: Vertu, Distributor: Regent Watches & Jewellery Company, MUMBAI63) Tehelka.com is a part of which company?Agni Media Pvt Ltd64) Which company was launched by Manoj Prabhakar?Naturence Research Labs Pvt Ltd65) Why was Rajdeep Sardesai in news recently?Rajdeep recently left NDTV, considered to be his Alma mater is Times of India[He left NDTV n joined hands with TV18 group for BROADCAST news channel- a journalists'initiative. to be launched in September/October 2005]66) A recent magazine named this as “India’s best known and biggest brand overseas”,though it is not a brand in the conventional sense. Name the brand.IIT67) Which Indian confectioneries brand and Times Warner are involved in legal wrangleover the ‘Bunny’ logo?Nutrine68) What we know as Maruti Zen was launched worldwide by Suzuki in the 90’s underwhat name?

Alto69) In which fashion house did the minister Maneka Gandhi address her remark, “The skinof the python is no less precious to the snake than fur is to the fox”?Calvin Klein70) First ever IPO by some bollywood company?Mukta Arts71) Which publishing group owns Star News?ABP-Anand Bazaar Publications72) Once mudra high post guy was sittin watching a cric match, suddenly his mind gets anidea and he creates a first ever kind of its ad (by Mudra of course), a mega hit !! Can urecall the ad?it was only Vimal, match was between India & West Indies, so its the ad of Viv in Vimal andwas first ad with cricketers in suiting73) The Monte Carlo and Canterbury brands are owned by ?Mohan Clothing74) Which cloth manufacturing company has filed its IPO papers with SEBI ?Provogue [Acme Clothing]75) What would be the new name of Hindustan Lever Limited(HLL) ?Hindustan Unilever India76) Which former high profile CEO in India has started the firm SKA Advisory?Sunil Alagh of Britannia77) Which site is the 2nd largest online trading site after

icicidirect.com??http://www.indiabulls.com/78) Which are the two production companies floated by ShahRukh Khan??Dreamz Unlimited / Red Chillies Entertainment79) What is the name of the movies producing company of Birla’s?Name two moviesproduced by the same company?The company is Applause Entertainment Pvt Ltd.The two movies are Dev(Amitabh Bacchan) & Black80) Name two movies produced by Kishore Biyani’s Pantaloons?Hritik’s Na Tum Jaano Na HumCHURA LIYA HAI TUMNE(Esha Deol n Zayed Khan)81) Which actor is the MD of a BPO called as Pro-LeaseArvind Swami82) Which Indian company is the largest producer of denim in the world?Arvind Mills83) What is Joint Venture between NTPC and BSES knows as??UTILITY POWER TECH LTD [Incorporated 1996 -- NTPC 50% BSES 50%]84) Which Private group is the largest producer of white cement in India?85) Which Private group is the world leader in viscose staple fiber?86) Which Private group is the world’s largest single location palm oil refinery?(84)-(85)-(86) Aditya Birla Group [Cement-Grasim n Refinery-Pan Century]

87) ITC and HLL each has started CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives. WhatWere they?E-Choupal n Project Shakti88) Unlike reliance, which other Indian major solved the bro-bro fight btw themselveswithout going to the court?Bajaj89) How we know Bajaj Tempo today?Force Motors90) Bajaj Auto is going to re-launch one of their bikes. Which bike?Eliminator91) Who is Kinetic’s partner for bringing Acquila in India?Hyosung Motors92) What is the name of the new FM channel introduced by India Today?Red FM [on 26th June 2002 - Punch line - "Red is in your hand"]93) What is ‘Agfa’ the trade mark for?Pictures & Photo accessories94) Which company’s commercial is India’s first win at Cannes?Erricson Mobile[One black coffee, please' TV commercial by Ericsson when it launched the smallest mobilephone in 1996. (Ad director: Prasson Pandey)]95) What was the erstwhile name of the Ambassador?Hindustan Landmaster96) New model planned for Chevy?Chevy Trailblazer ss

97) Skoda’s recent launch??Skoda interiors Laurin & Klement98) STAR in STAR network stands for–Satellite Television for Asian Region99) TEN in TEN Sports stands for–Taj Entertainment Network100) Mudra got Rasna as its 2nd customer, to catapult it in soft drink market, what ad linedid Mudra came up withI love u Rasna101) What business exactly did reliance start in?Textiles102) What would be the new name of Bajaj Eliminator??Avenger103) What is common to the BSE and the Vadodara Stock Exchange?Both are located on Dalal Street104) 1st Indian Listing on Singapore Stock Exchange–Meghmani Organics105) Kinetic engg. is going to launch Rs.2 lakhs sports bike called–Comet 250106) Weekly Entertainment supplement of Hindustan Times–Brunch107) 1st PSU to come up with concept of Branded Fuel–BPCL108) Which company is marketing Royal Enfield?Eicher Group Sidharth Lal109) Which person is behind store chain `Westside’?Simone Tata

110) Which brand is related to `Westside’?Lakme111) Which food joints had a major ad Blitz with the “Hungry Kya?’ campaign?Dominoz Pizza112) Which company has 49% stake in `Fascel’?Hutchinson113) From whom Hindustan Lever took over Lakme?TATA Group114) By which name WESTSIDE was known earlier?Littlewoods[The Westside story really began in 1997, when the Tatas sold Lakme, their cosmeticsbusiness, to Hindustan Lever and acquired the Britain-based Littlewoods retail chain. A new entitycalled Trent Limited emerged from this move and Littlewoods was renamed Westside. TodayWestside has seven outlets, one each in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, NewDelhi and Kolkata.,Ahmedabad]115) Who is the Brand ambassador for Jolen(US company) beauty care in India?Pakistani Actress Meera [She unveiled the product in Bangalore recently]116) Which automobile company in India is going to unveil its new logo soon?Kinetic117) Fortune brand of hotels are owned by?ITC group118) Current chairman of the planning commission of India?Manmohan Singh

119) Who made the largest foreign acquisition by an Indian ever?Mr. P. Chatterjee [The Chatterjee Group in West Bengal, acquired Basell NV of Netherlandswith the help of Access Industries of US]120) How many companies does the Tata group own?91121) Who owns ‘the Marine Scope’ , ‘Twin city Times’ (Papers of San Francisco)?Vijay Mallya122) Which ex-Indian Cricketer owns the company ‘PDM Sports’?Ajay Jadeja123) HAL chairman?N R Mohanti124) What is the Korean steel major that plans to set up a steel plant in Orissa, the biggestproposed FDI in India till date?Posco Steel125) Which product/service was promoted with the phrase “let your fingers do the walking’?Yellow Pages126) Which publishing house launched a tea brand that subsequently failed called ‘Editor’sChoice’?Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd(TOI n ET publisher)127) Sidestreet, High street, Gotsby and Rituals are a range from whom?Rayban128) Videocon recently brought the electronic division of–Hyundai………exactly Hyundai Electronics India Ltd

129) Head of Bisleri? He owned lot more brands other than Bisleri…to which co. did he sell?Ramesh Chauhan. [He made a bundle selling ThumsUp,GoldSpot aadi to Coke back in theday]130) For which item is Tirupur well known as a huge exporter to many parts of the world?Knitted Garments131) Which company owns CMC Ltd?CMC is a TATA Enterprise132) Which place in India is well known for its Bio-Diesel Plant?Kakinada in AP133) Which group owns Business-World Magazine?Anand Bazaar Patrika134) What was so special about Naina Lal Kidwai when she did her MBA from Harvard in1984?She was the first Indian Woman to Graduate from the Harvard Business School, in 1982135) Who’s the chairman of Biocon India Ltd?Kiran Mazumdar Shaw136) While plans of POSCO, a steel major, has been mothballed, which another steel giant(and from which country) has awaken to make a mark at the dawn of emerging greatIndian Economy?LNM Steel. They’re looking at a Greenfield project in Jharkand that has the TATA’s cryinHoarse, And Posco is in trouble with its project in Orissa as they want to export much more

tones of iron ore from Orissa than the govt is willing to allow137) How do we Know MAKER CHAMBERS IV, 222 Nariman Point , Mumbai better as ?Reliance Industries has its HQ on 3rd floor , Maker chambers , Nariman Point .138) How do we know the Institution, Rippan Kapur started way back in 1979, with a mereRs 50/- ?Ripan Kapur started Child Relief and You ( CRY ) to help millions of destitute children acrosscountry . [Commendable entrepepreneurship by Ripan , who started this operation from hishouse dining table . His first fund raising event was "Buy a brick , Build a School" way back in1980 and was aimed at sensitizing privileged school children towards the needs of theirLesser-privileged counterpart .]139) How do we know “Burmah Shell ” today ?BPCL (A Government of India Undertaking ) was established in 1976, when the Burmah ShellOil Storage & Distribution Company of India was nationalized .140) How much are LUX Beauty soap models paid ?Nothing !!! It is a privilege for a models/actress to be in LUX Beauty soap opera.

141) Amartya Sen, seats high on Indian Government Order of precedence, than the ChiefElection Commissioner. Serious OR Joking?I am serious .[The Indian order of precedence is the protocol list at which

Indian government officials areseated according to their hierarchy. This is not the list of succession. Bharat Ratna carries nospecial title, but they do have a place in the order of precedence.1 President2 Vice President3 Prime Minister4 Governors of States in their governing states5 Former Presidents5a Deputy Prime Minister (if existing)6 Chief Justice of IndiaSpeaker of the Lok Sabha7 Union Cabinet MinistersChief Ministers in their governing statesDy. Chairman, Planning CommissionFormer Prime MinistersLeaders of Opposition of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha7a Bharat Ratna awardees8 Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary and High Commissioners ofCommonwealth accredited to India.Chief Ministers of states, outside their governing states.Governors of states outside their respective states.9 Judges of the Supreme Court9a Chief Election CommissionerComptroller and Auditor-General10 Dy. Chairman, Rajya SabhaDy. Chief Ministers of their statesDy. Speaker, Lok SabhaMembers of the Planning Commission

Ministers of State in the Union and Defence Ministry11 Attorney General of IndiaCabinet SecretaryLt. Governors within their Union territory12 Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full General or equivalent rank142) Grandpa King and Granny Queen. which organization gives away those titlesGrandpa King and Granny Queen - Beauty Contest for aged people by Helpage India.143) What was the name of Mahindra and Mahindra and where does that name came from?Mahindra & Mohammad. it was formed before independence, after independenceMr. Mohammad left India. so it was changed to Mahindra & Mahindra keeping M & M as same

144) Name of the DTH of Tata-Star venture? Also tell about the stake of both the parties.Space TV -- 80% Tata and 20% Star Group.145) Which company owns Dish TV?Zee Group146) Which Indian got listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the worldsyoungest self-made millionaire?Bunny Reuben147) Along with Gary Hamel, which Indian coined the term 'core competency'?C K Prahalad148) Which Indian sportsperson formed 'Hyde Park' Entertainment, a film production

company in Hollywood with David Hoberman in 1999?Ashok Amritraj149) Which businessman of Indian Origin is the Lord Paul of Marylebone? He was thefounder of which group of Industries?Lord Swaraj Paul, Caparo Group150) What was formed under the banyan tree at Horniman Circle?Bombay Stock Exchange.151) The first public sector share quoted in BSE?HPCL152) The first woman president of a stock exchange in India?Omana Abraham, Cochin Stock Excange153) Which top Indian honor did renowned cartoonist R.K. Laxman win recently?The Padma Bhushan154) DNA is being launched by ?Zee Bhaskar155) What is common to Kapildev, Mithun Chakravarthy, Zakir Hussain, Kamalahaasan?They all appeared in ads of finance ministry for VDIS (Voluntary Disclosure of IncomeScheme)156) Which telecommunications giant also owns the phone making company beetel?Bahrti Telecom

157) From whom did LN Mittal buy his palatial home in UK?Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One motor racing tycoon for $120 million from. [It is called

Billioner's lane where you would find the palaces of Queen, Elton Jhone and such likes.]158) Who was the first female sportsperson to endorse Pepsi?Sabatini159) This famous multinational company entered the Indian biscuit market & tookoperations of Nutrine confectionaries. Within two years of its launch it announced itsexit from Indian market. Name the company.Sara Lee160) What is the name of India’s first two way high speed internet device launched by BhartiBroadband?Skymantra161) when Steel Ministry in India was first formed? Who was the head of it then?The ministry of Steel was formed on 30th May, 1955 and the first steel minister wasKrishnamachari.162) The number of Agriculture Export Zones at present in India is?46163) What is an unusual service offered by Bank of Baroda at Tirupati?It’s the Prasada, the special darshan ticket holders collect their Ladoo at the bank counter164) Hindustan Motors’ Ambassador adopted its model from Which British car model?Morris Oxford165) Recently our Honorable PM has formed Knowledge

Commission. Who is the chairmanof the commission?Sam Pitroda of World Tel166) Khaitan’s (which) tea company bought which another Tea Company (which is theholder group)?Brijmohan Khaitan’s tea company McLeod Russel is buying Williamson Tea AssamHolding Company Borelli Tea Holdings Ltd, UK167) Can you tell the % growth for the following industries in 2004-05?Software – 34%Textile -29.4%BPO- somewhere near 31.5%168) Company ‘maharashtra scooters’ belong to which group?Bajaj

169) ‘Nobody cares as much’ is the tagline of which firm?Taj Hotels, Resorts & Palaces170) India’s first color TV was launched by which company & in which year?In 1983, through a technical tie-up with Toshiba of Japan, Videocon International Limitedlaunched India’s first Color Television171) Which Indian conglomerate’s logo is designed by Wolf Olins and it reflects the ‘FluidMotion’?TATAS172) Which famous Indian mascot was conceived and created by Bobby Kooka along with

Umesh Rao, an artist with J.Walter Thompson Ltd., Mumbai?Air India maharaja173) What is the exact designation hold by Mr.Piyush Pandey at O&M?Chairman and National Creative Director of O&M.174) Nirma has entered into an alliance with Procter & Gamble to manufacture anddistribute one of its brands in India. Which one?Camay175) In 2001, which Indian Industrial house obtained world rights to Allen Solly?Indian Rayon176) Who owns the majority stake in CNBC (name the TV channel)?Raghav Bahl’s TV18177) In which year did the Bournvita quiz contest make its debut?Bournvita Quiz Contest made its debut on radio in 1972 and moved to television in 1994178) Which agency did UTI hire to rebuild its image, after the fiasco of its US-64 scheme?FCB Ulka179) Who runs the Bangalore-based Stump Vision – the only company in India focused onproviding software solutions to the sporting fraternity?Anil Kumble180) What is the name of to be launched news channel of Benett,Coleman n Co. Ltd?Times Now

181) Which company owns Farex brand?Heinz

182) Which Indian economist or guru has signed up Sachin Tendulkar as its BA for 1 of itsorganization?Arindam Chaudhary for his GIDF(Great Indian Dream Foundation)183) K.Srikanth is endorsing which brand(also looking for product name)?LG, MAX184) Which group owns INOX cinemas??Inox group185) Which Indian actor has inspired the brands SK Gold and SK Silver?Shah Rukh Khan186) Ezee, Trilo & Key from Cussons India Ltd., was acquired by whom ?Godrej187) Which mercantile institution was set up by Sardar Dayal Singh Majithia on 19 May,1894, with an emblem of three mountain peaks?Punjab National Bank188) Which trading house was started in 1894 as a collaboration between Tata Sons andVolkart Brothers?Voltas189) The companies EID Parry, Carborundrum Universal and Coromandel Engineering areall part of which Indian business group?The Murugappa Group

190) What trade organization was founded by a group of industrialists led by G.D. Birla andPurushottam Thakur Das in 1927?FICCI [Federation of International Chambers and Commerce of India]191) Which industrialist, who was also responsible for setting up the VishakhapatnamShipyard, established the Hindustan Aircraft Ltd. in Bangalore in 1940?Walchand Hirachand192) Which Indian brand name, set up by the Tatas, get its name from a Leon Delibes operaabout an Indian maiden called Lakshmi?Lakme193) Which Calcutta-born industrialist contributed a sum of Rs 22000 in the twenties forC.V. Raman’s path breaking research, which won him the Nobel Prize?G.D. Birla

194) With the acquisition of which British owned hotel did M.S.Oberoi start his hotel chainin 1934?Cecil Hotel Simla195) Which company began in the late nineteenth century from a small house in Calcutta’sCotton Street, which served as Dr.S.K Burman’s free dispensary?Dabur196) Which business magnate pioneered the concept of a hospital as a corporate venture

through his Indian Hospital Corporation formed in 1982?Pratap Reddy197) What company was set up by T.P.G. Nambiar in 1963 to manufacture measuringinstruments like multimeters and oscilloscopes?BPL India Ltd198) Who resigned as a finance minister in 1958 following Justice Chagla’s report on theLIC Haridas Mundhra share imbroglio?T T Krishnamachari199) Gulf Oil and IndusInd Bank are group companies of which business house?The Hindujas200) Which Indian household brand name was initiated by Kaka Dandekar in 1930 as aSwadeshi product range, and was named after an American cigarette brand?Camel201) In 1984, which company became the first to be taken over by its worker’s union?Kamani Tubes Ltd202) In 1872 which Parsi master ship-builder who was originally from Surat, constructed thefirst docks in Bombay?Jamsedji Wadia203) Which Indian businessman entered into a collaboration with Carr Gordon and Princepto form India’s first foreign collaboration in 1833?Dwarka Nath Tagore204) When the Prince of Wales Museum started in 1922 the art collection of which business

house was the first major acquisition of the museum?Tatas205) PIT Stops are retail sales and Service Outlets for which automotive battery brand?Amaron

206) The Future of India-Politics, Economics & Governance; who wrote the Book ?Bimal Jalan207) “Eicher” Sold to which company?TAFE208) “Kool” is a brand name of which Cigar company ?R.J.Reynolds209) Jumbo King in BombayVada Pav .210) Who wrote the Jingle, “Naughty but Nice” for a Shampoo AdSalman Rushdie.211) Which city in eastern India was originally built for the workers of Sakchi and got itspresent name in 1919?Jamshedpur212) The bat is the registered trademark of which drinks company?Bacardi213) Which company has opened “ProBiking” showrooms across various cities in India??BAJAJ AUTO [Probiking showrooms will sell bikes all bikes with a power of more than 150ccwill be sold there, so as of now 2 bikes of Bajaj in the >150 cc segment, Pulsar 180 n

Avenger – Avenge too is 180cc DTSi engine]214) Who took a major stake in Landmark recently??Trent215) Which company may buy out 25% in Vivek’s (South India’s famous consumer durableshop)?Pantaloon216) PVR cinemas may be acquired by?Anil Ambani217) Which music channel owns VH1(music channel)???M TV218) Who owns Ayush therapy centers?Hindustan Lever219) Expand MTR.Mid Term Review

220) Which auto company owns Sunadaram Fasteners and Sundaram Clayton?TVS Group221) Who owns Kaya Skin Clinics?Marico Industries222) Which company got the Emerging company award in ET Awards?Jet Airways223) Sharukh Khan has been roped in as Brand Ambassador by which cosmetics companyEMAMI ( SRK is Brand Ambassador of LUX also)224) What is the name of the car to be launched by FORD this November?Ford Fiesta225) Which is India’s largest amusement park (theme park)?

which company owns it?Wonder-Laa, its from V Guard Group of Kochi [V Guard is into stabilizers, water heaters,Geysers n stuffs.]226) Which Indian company did Sumantra Ghosal worked for before taking up teaching?IOCL[ he had joined IOCL in the same batch when Subbir Raha (ONGC) and Prashanto Bannerji(GAIL) and Behuria joined IOCL in 1974 (a bit unsure +/- 2 years).Ghoshal was the first oneto leave the co. to make better future]