SSN INSTINCTS BUSINESS QUIZ PRELIMS

-------X------- hails from Moolaipozhi village in the former Tirunelveli District of TamilNadu in 1946. He received his engineering degree from PSG College of Technology in 1968 and started his career in DCM's calculator division. ln 1976 he founded a company with an investment of Rs 187,000 from the 6 other founders and added Uttar Pradesh government as a equity partner. In 1996 -------X------ founded ---Y--in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in the name of his father. Give X & Y X SHIV NADAR Y Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSNCE) Expand FUNT in the context of the current economic crisis Financially untouchable Which was the first fully privately owned Television channel in India when it emerged in 1993. It remains the most viewed TV channel in the world in its language and is part of Rs 16000-crore network SUN TV Identify

Bobby Kooka His parents are the promoters of hitech group of companies and he studied at the Doon school, Dehradun and later at St.Stephens school, Chandigrah. He did his BBA from university of Colorado. Identify the person and the company in which he is the CEO. Abhinav Bindra and Abhinav futuristics

The first board of directors of Reserve Bank of India

Until 1993, AIR a government undertaking, was th e only radio broadcaster in India. The government then took the initiative to privatize the radio broadcasting sector. Which was the first private FM station to be launched? Radio Mirchi

This company's name is actually taken from a Hebrew name meaning Spring or Renewal. The Company was formerly called CGNU, and was created by a merger of Norwich Union and CGU plc in 2000. In May 2008 it became Norwich Cit y Football Club's main sponsor. Name the company. Aviva X asked that its logos be removed in scenes taking place in the slums. The company, according to Danny Boyle, did not want to be associated with the poverty-stricken area, fearing that that might taint its image. Identify X Mercedes Benz Identify

CPCL The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management. How do u better know this as ? DILBERT PRINCIPLE X was a Scottish born American steel baron in the late 19th and early 20th century who later sold his steel empire to JP Morgan, leading to the formation of US Steel, and became a philanthropist. Identify X Andrew Carnegie A branch of this company is descended from the industrial glassmaker Boussois-Souchon-Neuvesel (BSN), which was founded by the family of Antoine Riboud. After a failed attempted takeover battle for its larger rival Saint-Gobain, Riboud transformed it into one of Europe's leading groups in the 1970s through a series of acquisitions and mergers. Which co are we talking about? Groupe Danone In 2005, he featured in a Chrysler Advertisment with the legendary Auto Industry veteran Lee Iacocca, wherein he gave his own version of Iacocca's famous pitchline, "If you can find a better car, buy it." as " If the ride is more fly, then you must buy " Later Iacocca confessed - " I didn't understand half the things he was telling me, but it was fun." Name this person behind the clothing line " Rich & Infamous " Snoop Dogg In 1907 there was a great need in America for private messenger and delivery services. To helpmeet this need, an enterprising 19-year-old, borrowed $100 from a friend and established a company. James E. (Jim) Casey borrowed $100 from a friend and established the X in Seattle, Washington. This is currently known to us as UPS. American Messenger Company In many ways, the entire business of brand building in India started with Xs first ad for West end Watches.

X also advertised the now defunct gripe water brand, Ramthirth Brahmi Oil, the first indian color ad. Identify X Dattaraman n Co. The Harmsworth brothers (John, Alfred & Harold) founded 3 newspapers : the Glasgow daily record, the Daily Mail, and the Daily Mirror (which was the first newspaper exclusively for women).However ,they are remembered in the world of beverages thanks to an exercise regimen using an Indian device which they popularized in Britain(by extensive advertorials in their newspapers) .What everlasting contribution to design did they bring about? The Perrier Bottle design was based on the Indian Clubs used by the Harmsworth brothers for their exercise regimen X was founded in 1897 and has been published daily ever since. X, a newyork magazine is printed in tabloid format. Jameson, who began his journalistic career as a reporter for X while still in high school, is the editorin-chief. Jameson purchased the then-floundering company with inheritance funds, from his recently deceased father-in-law and turned the paper into a popular success. Identify X. Daily Bugle, of Spiderman fame!

1. The company uses this punch line even in India Vorsprung durch Technik. AUDI 2. Identify.In 1981, Michael X co-founded a company called Innovative Market Systems. This company was later renamed as X, the surname of Michael X. The company X went on to become a USD 4.7 bn $ company with one-third of the entire market share. Michael X gave up his CEO position in 2001, in order to run for the elections (to a mayoral position), which he subsequently won. Identify X. Michael Bloomberg 3. The logo of which famous brand features the Visconti family's red cross and biscione (human child-bearing serpent) coat of arms emblazoned over the great door of Castello Sforzesco. Alfa Romeo 4. After being modified into a jointstock company in 1991-92, this company has gone on to become the fourth largest corporation in the world. Identify the company. Gazprom 5. This Airliner started operations with flights to Karachiand Mumbai followed by Delhi. In the beginning, two Airbus A300 and Boeing 737-300 were leased from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for operations. Identify this Airline operator. Emirates Airlines 6. I am a businessman from Texas, who is best known for seeking the office of President of the United Statesin 1992 and 1996. I founded EDS in 1962 and then sold the company to General Motors in 1984. If that was not enough, I also founded, in 1988, a company which has been ranked number two company in the information technology services category on its list ofAmerica's Most Admired

Companies for the past two years by Fortune Magazine and is still one of the largest IT companies worldwide. Identify me. Ross Perot 7. Once the contract manufacturing arm of Taiwan's Acer Computer Corporation, this Corporation has come into its own as a leading manufacturer of computer peripherals and digital media equipments. After splitting off from Acer in 2001, it has begun a push to establish its own brand which is marketed under the slogan "Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to Life. Identify the company. BENQ 8. This family is the founder of Anglo American PLC, which is the largest share holder in De Beers. As cricket players and enthusiastic supporters of the game, the current heirs maintain a cricket ground at Randjesfontein and their sponsorship of the first warm-up tour match between a team under their family name and overseas teams touring South Africa that year is a regular feature of sorts. What family are we talking about? Oppenheimer family 9. This company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation. It is the world's largest producer of guided missiles and makes of missiles such as Patriot, Maverick, Sidewinder and Tomahawk. Its name literally means Light of the gods" in Greek. What company are we talking about?Raytheon 10. The company's history dates back to the 1870s and includes engineering feats such as the transplantation of the Abu Simbel rock temples in Egypt to save them from the rise of the River Nile caused by the Aswan High Dam. However, the company's reputation was tarnished by World War II, when it built the Fhrerbunker in Berlin, scene of Adolf Hitler's suicide. Identify the company. Hotcheif 11. It is probably of the worlds largest environment companies and one of the first private waste management companies to get a contract in India(Chennai to be specific). Its current name is derived from Aeolus, the keeper of the winds in Greek mythology. The reference to air is heightened by the first letter of its name, which is also the first letter of the French word for the wind. Earlier it was a part of amedia conglomerate Compagnie Gnrale des Eauxwhich had activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications, the Internet, and video games. Identify the company. Veolia Environment 12. The company X was formed by Henry.M.Leland, who was one of the founders of Cadillac. In 1917, he left Cadillac to form X and named it after his long-time hero and legendary American President X. Identify X.Lincoln 13. This San Francisco-based company which trades on NYSE now under the symbol V raised $17.9 billion in March 2008 to complete the largest IPO in U.S. history Name it. VISA 14. ES/A Purple is produced by De La Rue identity systems. What is it used for? Election Ink 15. Which telephone operator was the first company to launch Googles Android based phones? Which companys handset did they use? T Mobile, HTC 16. Saravana Stores has used its brand name for all its ventures except this one which started few years back.Now it is present in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and has gained considerable market share.Which Saravana Brand? Jamaai

17. Which Indian corporate group with revenue of approximately USD 2.4 billion has the tagline SOLID DRIVEN? MURUGAPPA GROUP 18. This company holds the largest market share in a product category in India. The brand name of this company was first used by Romans to denote an island group off the coast of North-West Europe. Identify the brand. Britannia 19. A man named Israel Beer Josaphat began a continental pigeon post 1849 at Aachen, Germany, and in 1851 set up a news agency in London. In 1858 he persuaded the press to use his news telegrams, and turned it into a worldwide service. Who?REUTERS 20. In 1870, a chemist was experimenting with charcoal to find out if it had any inherent medicinal properties & one night he left a chuck of charcoal near to an open bottle of Iodoform accidentally. The following morning he found that the charcoal had absorbed the fumes from the bottle entirely. This led a businessman to use charcoal filtration in his process & achieve a good quality which made his product to be differentiated in it's market and he went on to mint millions of money. Which product did the businessman make?SMIRNOFF 21. This bank turned financial-services company was in the top 50 ranks of the Fortune Global 500 list; before going defunct in late 2008! It was finally acquired by a bank that paid 7 times what a rival bank was willing to pay. Name the company. WACHOVIA 22. This NYSE-listed company was founded in the late 18th century and close to 3000 other companies do business with them. It was the most (in)famous entity in the stock market crash of 1929, and is often blamed for the Great Depression. Its main building is located near the Wall Street. Which company are we talking about? NYSE 23. This area located on the south bank of the Haldi River, for all its popularity doesnt have a railway connection ? Identify this place. Nandigram 24. This person is said to have originated the idea of free marketing wherein you sell something at a cheaper rate if it gives you successive business. He once said, ''I have done more than anyone else to change the face of mankind. Who is this person ? King Camp Gillette

##Which cosmetics use was practically non-existent until the mass production of plastic shoes revealed toes for the first time in the late 1940s? Nail Polish ##This was founded by Time co-founder Henry Luce in February 1930, four months after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 that marked the outset of the Great Depression. Briton Hadden, Luce's partner, wasn't enthusiastic about the idea, but Luce went forward with it after Hadden's October 15, 1929 death. Name this magazine. Fortune ##Canada-based Harlequin Enterprises has set up a subsidiary in India to print and distribute which well-known fiction brand? Mills&Boon

##There is some confusion over whether he was named after a scientist or a comic book character. In the book Rebel Code, he is quoted as saying that he thinks he was named equally for both, noting that this makes him half Nobelprize-winning chemist and half blanket-carrying cartoon character. Who? Linus Torvalds ##This publishing company is a for-profit subisdiary of the Washington Post Company, founded in 1938 by it eponymous founder who started the business by tutoring students for the New York State Regents Exam in the basement of his Brooklyn home. The company today provides higher education programs, professional training courses, test preparation materials and other services for various levels of education. Identify this company. Kaplan ##In the 1930s, the now defunct ___ ____ company did something for the first time in the history of stock options. It issued an IPO and then gave its share underwriters the option of selling additional shares in a registered securities setting. The option could vary in size upto 15% of the original IPO. Since that time, an "over-allotment option" similar to this has been called ____ ____ in the name of the company that first did this. Fill in the blanks. Green shoe ##Duchy Originals the natural, organic product brand which is to make an entry into India and US this year as part of its $5 billion expansion was founded by whom? Prince Charles ##Which MNC lighting company (now globally bought over by Havell's except in some markets where Osram owns it, making it the largest Indian takeover of an electric company) started in the US state of Pennsylvania, and was quite popular in Indian in the 1980s in a joint venture with an Indian company? Sylvania ##What was originally built by LA Times publisher Harry Chandler as an epic $21,000 billboard for his upscale real estate development in 1923? The Sign soon took on the role of giant marquee for a city that was constantly announcing its own gala premiere.Hollywood Sign ##In 1967 he joined the technology company of Bolt Beranek and Newman where he helped develop the TENEX operating system. His pioneering achievement was dismissed by colleagues as Don't tell anyone! This isn't what we're supposed to be working on. Who? Ray Tomilson,the guy who fonded E-Mail ##Which organization has its history succinctly depicted on this stamp? Kirloskar

##In 1928 "Blacksmith Hansen" and his son Peder Hansen establish Dansk Staalvindue Industri which manufactured stee l window frames for industrial buildings.Peder Hansen later left this and together with nine other people established another company whose name was quickly abbreviated to what? VESTAS ##Which company with estimated revenues of 1 billion USD and the first or second most desired job for recent MBA graduates since 1996, has no official HQ? McKinsey ##This is the rollback man. Whose logo? Roll Back man

##He taught mathematics to Leonardo da Vinci, wrote a chess book but his fame rests on having laid down the fundamentals of double entry accounting. Who? Luca Pacioli
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from a 1990 work - XY are the collective learning in the organisation, especially how to co-ordinate diverse production skills and integrate multiple streams of technologies...XY is communication, involvement and a deep commitment to working across organisational boundaries...XY does not diminish with use. Unlike physical assets, which do deteriorate over time, XY are enhanced as they are applied and shared. XY being which term being introduced in this 1990 work for the first time?
Core Competancy ##What was started by these people? Twitter

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 Yelloware brands associated with which company? 7. Name the Indian company that features as a top ranker on multimedia guru Robi Roncarellis 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 companys first two CEOs are John Morgridge and John Chambers. The company was a 2002-03 recipient of the Ron Brown Award. Name this company which also bought IBMs 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 worlds 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 its 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-todrink 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.Whats 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

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1.Dr Pratap C Reddy 2.HCL TECHNOLOGIES 3.MTV 4.SIVAJI 5.BAJAJ 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.RUBIKs 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