BUSINESS QUIZ PACK - 01

Q No.01 : What was founded by Herb Kelleher in 1973 in Dallas, Texas, USA?
ANS : South West Airlines
Q No.02 : The former chairman of Proctor & Gamble, Edwin L.Artzt got a nickname for his demanding and harsh treatment of his subordinates. How he nick-named?
ANS : Wrecking Ball
Q No.03 : Shasi Chimala sold his IT startup Indigo Technologies to Chennai based SSi technologies before eyeing into his new venture which is totally unrelated to his previous field. Name it?
ANS : Qwikys Coffee
Q No.04 : Who endorsed the shaving product 'Erasmic', a brand owned by Hindustan Lever Limited, in 1970s?
ANS : Tony Creig
Q No.05 : In business context what is claimed to the fame of Ahus, a town in Sweden?
ANS : Manufacturing base of Absolut Vodka
Q No.06 : Which NRI businessman owns the Caparo Group?
ANS : Lord Swaraj Paul
Q No.07 : Cannaught Plaza Restaurants and Hardcastle Restaurants have had the responsibility for the entry of Which MNC to India ?
ANS : McDonalds
Q No.08 : N.Thanu got a double first class in BA from Loyola College, Madras. He worked as an illustrator in Ananda Vikatan and later with The Indian Express and Swarajya. Which famous organisation was founded by him?
ANS : Brilliant Tutorials
Q No.09 : Which indian industrialist owned Tail Winds limited?
ANS : Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways
Q No.10 : What were bulit under the project 178 ?
ANS : FIAT cars Siena, Siena Weekend and Palio
Q No.11 : This famous business personality earn money by repairing toy trains when he was at 13. His father escaped from the British Police in 1920 and landed in USA with $20 in his pocket and later married an American school teacher and settled in Philadelphia. His corporate headquarters is known as "The Mountain". Identify him.
ANS : Dr.Amar Bose
Q No.12 : Which famous corporate was founded in 1894 in Zlin and made its presence in India in 1931 and commenced the manufacturing of shoes at Batanagar plant in 1936?
ANS : BATA
Q No.13 : Name the world's largest fully integrated Live Entertainment company?
ANS : SFX (Spectacular Fun eXcitement)
Q No.14 : What is the name of Belgium's National Airlines?
ANS : SABENA - Societe anonyme Belge dExploitation de la Navigation Aeriene
Q No.15 : What is the commercial Tradename of Monosodium Glutamate?
ANS : Ajinomotto
Q No.16 : Name the company founded by Acharya P.C. Ray and Rajshekar basu in the early 1920's?
ANS : Bengal Chemicals
Q No.17 : Hindustan Motors' Ambassador adopted its model from Which British car model?
ANS : Morris Oxford
Q No.18 : From the following lines identify the Corporate. " Since 1935, We have given millions of apples to countless daily visitors to the agency worldwide ".
ANS : Leo Burnett
Q No.19 : With which brand of healthcare house would Dr.Mukesh Batra associated?
ANS : Positive Health Foundation - First Corporate Homeopathic Clinic in India and the First ISO 9002 certified homeopathic clinic worldwide
Q No.20 : Initially it was started as 'Brahmanara Coffee Club' in 1924 and changed the name in 1951 to the present one. In 1976, during emergency, it started instant foods business due to the price controls imposed by the Indira Gandhi Government. Identify this successful desi company/brand?
ANS : MTR - Mavalli Tiffin Rooms
Q No.21 : Name the inventor of world's first safety elevator, whose name is synonymous with that category?
ANS : Elisha Graves Otis
Q No.22 : Pharma biz. Which Indian pharmaceutical giant owned the Fortis Healthcare Limited?
ANS : Ranbaxy Ltd
Q No.23 : Made in China. Which company's corporate culture is known as "Colourful Life, Excellent Products"?
ANS : Konka
Q No.24 : Name the internationally acclaimed brand founded by Lionel Martin and Robert Banford in a small west London workshop? (Hint: Bond connection)
ANS : Aston Martin
Q No.25 : Big Blue is IBM. Which corporate is referred as 'Big Black' ?
ANS : UPS
Q No.26 : Who owns the premium condom brand Mates and what's special about that brand?
ANS : Virgin. It is the only brand which is not sold under the name Virgin
Q No.27 : We all know that Hotel Sixer is promoted by Kapil Dev. But which other cricketer owns 'Curry Leaves'?
ANS : Arvinda de Silva
Q No.28 : Which organization was founded by Dr.Mikel Harry and Richard Schroder in 1994 at Scottsdale, Arizona and their first clients are GE and Allied Signal?
ANS : Six Sigma Academy Inc
Q No.29 : Cathay Pacific airlines, claims to be the heart of asia, belongs to which group?
ANS : Swire Group
Q No.30 : This famous Japanese corporation first started as a tiny cork manufacturer in Hiroshima in 1920, and was known as Tokyo Cork Togyo Co Ltd. How it is known today?
ANS : Mazda