Sunday, June 20, 2010

Business Quiz




Question:What is the commercial tradename of Monosodium Glutamate?
                                  
                           Ajinomotto

Question: What was the surname of the French brothers who founded a tyre company in 1888.Answer: Michelin

Question: Who are the engine suppliers for the 'Williams' formula 1 team?Answer: BMW


Question: Who had Skytrain printed on the side of his aircraft?Answer: Sir Freddy Laker


Question: What is an assembly of Cardinals called?Answer: Conclave


Question: Which company's name is short for Durability, Reliability and excellence?Answer: Durex


Question: The imprisonment of Nick Leeson followed the collapse of which bank?Answer: Barings


Question: Which American car firm made the Corvette?Answer: Chevrolet


Question: What did Albert Parkhouse invent that is one of the most stolen items from hotels?Answer: Coat hanger


Question: What is the name of Microsoft's free e-mail service?Answer: Hotmail (not Outlook; that is software to collect any Email)


Question: What was the name of the restaurant chain opened by Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Swartzeneger?Answer: Planet Hollywood


Question: Which is the World's most popular brand of cigarette?Answer: Marlboro


Question: Which mobile phone company shares its name with a fruit (it's Australian)?Answer: Orange


Question: Who was responsible for bringing down Barings Bank?Answer: Nick Leeson


Question: Who invented the lift/elevator in 1853?Answer: Elisha Otis


Question: What is the metal or plastic end of a shoelace called?Answer: An aglet


Question: P&O, the shipping line, stands for what?Answer: Peninsular and Oriental


Question: Which country is home to Grolsch lager?Answer: Holland (The Netherlands)


Question: Ron Dennis has been the manager for many years of the team behind which Formula One motor racing car?Answer: McLaren


Question: In 1996 what overtook Coca-Cola as being the most well known brand name in the world?Answer: McDonalds


Question: In the USA what name was given to a seller of illegal alcohol?Answer: Bootlegger
 

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Business Quiz

Name the auther - "Pakistan The Gathering storms"
                     
                        Benazeer Bhuto

Bently's most fastest and powerful car which was released resently?
                       Continental super sports

India's best fuel eficient car on 2010?
                       Hyundai  i10

Friday, June 4, 2010

Business Quiz


What was found by Rose and Norriss mc wither bros. ?
        Guinness book of records


Name the sponsor of Force India F1 race team?
        Kingfisher


Inccredible india is a tagline associated with the ads of which industry?
        Indian tourism.


What is counter trade?
        A trade between two countries by which goods are exchanged for other goods rather than for hard currency.


Which two companies,one an electronic company other an automobile company have their names meaning sound?
        Sony&Audi


Which bank provided first internet banking service in India?
        ICI CI bank


Which former Indian finance minister served as governer of RBI in 1982-85
        Manmohan Singh


Which magazine is described as the Bible of fashion world?
        Vogue


In India on what basis the inflation rate is calculated?
        Wholesale Price Index(WPI)


Minister of corporate affaires?
        Salman Khurshid
Richest women in India?
        Savitri Gindal


"You press the button,we do the rest"
                -Kodak


Which company has patented number 31
        Baskin Robbins


Which company started/ownes controcosts?
        Microsoft


Books by Bill Gates?
    1.The Road Ahead
    2.Inside Out
    3.Bussiness@the speed of thought


Whose book is "Imagining India"?
        Nandan Nilekani


        Co-chairman of infosis technologies Ltd.




        Chairman-Unique Identification authority of India(UIDAI)


Brand name of UIDAI?
        ADHAAR


MD and CEO of ICICI bank?
        Chanda cochar


Baharia paints and travels is owned by …………………………..?
        Pakistan Army




Question: Which vehicle took its name from the fact that it was made to be used for general purposes?Answer: Jeep (GP)


Question: What is the name of the mascot on the bonnet of a Rolls Royce?Answer: The spirit of ecstasy


Question: Who invented jeans?Answer: Levi Straus


Question: Which company owns 'Hotmail', the Internet based e-mail system?Answer: Microsoft


Question: South Africa is the world's largest producer of 3 metals. Platinum and Gold are 2 of them, what's the third?Answer: Chromite


Question: Which designer is credited with inventing the mini-skirt?Answer: Mary Quant


Question: Which car is featured in the film Back to the Future?Answer: De Lorean


Question: The Baht is the monetary unit of which country?Answer: Thailand


Question: What is the national airline of Spain?Answer: Iberia


Question: Which was the first company formed to manufacture motor cars?Answer: Daimler


Question: Which car manufacturer uses a badge consisting of 4 interlocked circles?Answer: Audi


Question: In which country is Sikorsky Helicopters' head office?Answer: America


Question: What is the currency of Turkey?Answer: Lira


Question: Which company manufactured Lancaster bomber?Answer: Avro


Question: How many old pennies were there in Half a Crown?Answer: 30


Question: In which country are Saab cars manufactured?Answer: Sweden


Question: Excluding India name 2 other countries that use the rupee as currency.Answer: India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles and Sri Lanka.


Question: London's Drury Lane is associated with which industry?Answer: Theatre


Question: What commodity is traditionally measured in units called a Truss?Answer: Hay/Straw


Question: What is the national airline of Spain?Answer: Iberia