Quiz 2009 1
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The document appears to be a quiz containing 100 multiple choice questions related to business, companies, and current events. It includes questions about the headquarters of various organizations like OPEC and the Asian Development Bank. It also has questions about companies like McDonalds, Citi Bank, Intel, and their founders or executives. The quiz concludes with a table listing the designation and name of various ministers in the Indian government.
Quiz 2009 1
- 1. Dept. of BBA, SHC, TPT. QUIZ 2009-2010 1. The head quarter of organization of petroleum exporting countries (OPEC) is at Vienna. 2. The slogan “The best a man can get” belongs to which company? Gillette 3. Which country owns, buys and consumes the most gold in the world? India. 4. At what percentage Indian Government has planned to achieve agriculture growth by the end of the eleventh five year plan? 4%. 5. Which city will host the Olympic Games in 2012? Landon. 6. Which was the first bank in India to introduce 24 hours ATM? Citi Bank. 7. Which was the first restaurant in India to open a Website? McDonalds. 8. UTI bank is now known as Axis Bank. 9. The abbreviation of BPO is Business Process Outsourcing. 10. The head-quarters of the Asian Development Bank is located at Manila. 11. TQM stands for Total Quality Management. 12. Pricing a product at high in the initial stage is called a market skimming strategy. 13. Expand UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 14. What is the full form of CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access. 15. A free rein leader is also known as Laissez Faire Leader. 16. Aveo is a car brand owned by General Motors. 17. The period of high inflation & low economic is termed as Stagflation. 18. The head quarter of Intel Corporation is located in California. 19. Which company was previously called C-T-R? IBM. 20. ‘Invent’ is the punch-line of HP. 21. “Nothing else will do” is the punch line of Scorpio. 22. Which is the Europe’s biggest bank? HSBC. 23. Expand ING – International Netherland Ground. 24. Expand MRF – Madras Rubber Factory. 25. Fiat Acronym is Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino. 26. Consumer’s day’ is : March 15. 27. Which country has the highest foreign exchange reserves? China. 28. Who was the founder of Air Deccan Airlines? Captain Gopinath. 29. Expand SIM – Subscriber Identity Module. 30. Expand GPRS – General Packet Radio Service. 31. Expand GSM – Global System for Mobile Communication. 32. Expand IVRS – Interactive Voice Response System. 33. Expand FICCI – Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industries. 34. Expand IMF – International Monetary Federation. 35. Expand ICICI – Industrial Credit Investment Corporation in India. 36. Expand SEZ – Special Economic Zone. 37. Expand ONGC – Oil and Natural Gas Commission. 38. Expand HSBC – Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation. 39. Expand SIDBI – Small Industries Development Bank of India. 40. Which was the first car manufactured in India? Hindustan 10. 41. Which company introduced the modern concept of 360 degree appraisal? General Electric Company. 42. Expectancy theory, Force = Valency x Expectancy. 43. Who is known as the father of Statistical Quality Control? William Edward Deming. 1
- 2. Dept. of BBA, SHC, TPT. 44. Who is the first woman became the president of Madras chamber of Commerce? Mallika Srinivasan. 45. What does ‘Asset Tripping’ mean? Buying a company to sell its assets. 46. Which International Corporate has 42 dots in its logo? Sony. 47. Expand CIPLA – The Chemical Industrial and Pharmaceutical Laboratories. 48. In which year was the first Nobel Prize presented? 1901. 49. What is the currency of Ethiopia? Birr. 50. What is the currency of Albania? Lek. 51. What is the currency of Bangladesh? Taka. 52. What is the currency of China? Yuan. 53. What is the currency of Iraq? Dinar. 54. What is the capital of Belgium? Brussels. 55. Which year was Sir C. V. Raman named as the physics Nobel laureate? 1930. 56. The WTO was earlier known as GATT. 57. Who is the chairman of Ashok Leyland? Mr. R. J. Shahaney. 58. In which year was Infosys Technologies Ltd. founded? 1981. 59. In which year Toyota cars came to India? 1997. 60. Motorola was founded in Chicago in 1928 by whom? Paul V. Galvin. 61. Who is the president of Motorola? Mr. Greg Brown. 62. Who is the Managing Director and the new President of Ford India? Mr. Michael Boneham. 63. ‘Make Every Day Exciting’ is the slogan of which company? Ford. 64. Who is the founder of Satyam Computer Services Ltd.? Mr. Ramalinga Raju. 65. Who is the CEO of Tata Consultancy Service? N. Chandra. 66. Who is the chairman of TATA? Ratan Tata. 67. In which year was Tata consultancy Service Ltd. established? 1968. 68. Who is the chairman of Reliance Communication? Anil D. Ambani. 69. Who is the founder of Reliance Group? Dhirubai H. Ambani. 70. Who is the Chairman of Hero Honda? Mr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal. 71. Who is the CEO of Hero Honda? Mr. Pawan Munjal. 72. Which company is the world’s third largest two wheeler maker? Hero Honda. 73. What is the slogan of Hero Honda? ‘Fill it-Shut it-Forget it’ 74. Who is the president and CEO of Nokia Corporation? Olli – Pekka Kallasvuo. 75. Who is the chairman of Nokia Corporation? Jorma Ollila. 76. Who is the founder of Nokia Corporation? Fredrik Idestam. 77. Who is the Chairman of Philips? S.M. Datta. 78. In which year the foundation of Philips were laid and where? 1891 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. 79. Who is the Managing Director of Sony India Pvt. Ltd.? Mr. Masaru Tamagawa. 80. In which year was Suzuki Motor Corporation established? 1909. 81. Who is the founder of Suzuki Motor Corporation? Michio Suzuki. 82. Who is the CEO of Suzuki? Osamu Suzuki. 83. In which year was LG (Life’s Good) founded and where? 1947, in Busan, South Korea. 84. Who is the CEO of LG? Koo Bon – Moo. 85. Who are the founders of Intel? Gordon E.Moore & Robert Noyce. 86. Who is the Chairman of Mahindra Ltd.? Mr. Keshub Mahindra. 87. Who is the Chairman of Vodafone? Sir John Bond. 88. Who is the CEO of Vodafone? Vittorio Colao. 89. Who are the founders of Kingston Technology Corporation? John Tu & David Sun. 2
- 3. Dept. of BBA, SHC, TPT. 90. In which year was Kingston Technology Corporation established? 1987. 91. In which year was HP (Hewlett-Packard) incorporated? On August 18, 1947. 92. Who is the founder of Microsoft Corporation? Bill Gates. 93. Who is the CEO of Microsoft Corporation? Gerard Kleisterlee. 94. Who is the founder of Philip Company? Gerard Philip. 95. Who is the CEO of Sony Corporation? Howard Stringer. 96. In which year was Sony Corporation founded? 1946. 97. Who are the founders of Sony Corporation? Masaru Ibuka & Akio Morita. 98. India joined the World Trade Organization on? Jan 1,1995. 99. Largest source of energy in India is? Hydroelectric. 100. India’s Maximum Tax revenue comes from? Excise duty. Designation Ministers Prime Minister Manmohansign Home Minister P. Chidambaram Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Railway Minister Mamta Banarjee Defence Minister A. K. Antony Communication & IT Minister A. Raja Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Information & Broad Casting Minister Ambika Soni Minister of State for Science & Prithviraj Chavan Technology HRD Minister Kapil Sibal National Heavy Industry Minister Vilasrao Rawat Sports Minister Moideen khan External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel State HRD Minister Purandeshwari Union Textile Minister Dhayanidhimaran State Finance Minister Anbhazagan State Higher Education Minister Ponmudi 3