1. What was founded by Herb Kelleher in 1973 in Dallas, Texas, USA? Answer South West Airlines 2.

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? Answer Wrecking Ball

3. 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? Answer Qwikys Coffee

4. Who endorsed the shaving product 'Erasmic', a brand owned by Hindustan Lever Limited, in 1970s? Answer Tony Creig

5. In business context what is claimed to the fame of Ahus, a town in Sweden? Answer Manufacturing base of Absolut Vodka

6. Which NRI businessman owns the Caparo Group? Answer Lord Swaraj Paul

7. Cannaught Plaza Restaurants and Hardcastle Restaurants have had the responsibility for the entry of Which MNC to India ? Answer McDonalds

8. 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? Answer Brilliant Tutorials

9. Which indian industrialist owned Tail Winds limited? Answer Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways 10. What were bulit under the project 178 ? Answer FIAT cars Siena, Siena Weekend and Palio 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. Answer Dr.Amar Bose 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? Answer BATA 13. Name the world's largest fully integrated Live Entertainment company? Answer SFX (Spectacular Fun eXcitement) 14. What is the name of Belgium's National Airlines? Answer SABENA - Societe anonyme Belge dExploitation de la Navigation Aeriene 15. What is the commercial Tradename of Monosodium Glutamate? Answer Ajinomotto 16.

Name the company founded by Acharya P.C. Ray and Rajshekar basu in the early 1920's? Answer Bengal Chemicals 17. Hindustan Motors' Ambassador adopted its model from Which British car model? Answer Morris Oxford 18. From the following lines identify the Corporate. "Since 1935, We have given millions of apples to countless daily visitors to the agency worldwide". Answer Leo Burnett 19. With which brand of healthcare house would Dr.Mukesh Batra associated? Answer Positive Health Foundation - First Corporate Homeopathic Clinic in India and the First ISO 9002 certified homeopathic clinic worldwide 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? Answer MTR - Mavalli Tiffin Rooms 21. Name the inventor of world's first safety elevator, whose name is synonymous with that category? Answer Elisha Graves Otis

22. Pharma biz. Which Indian pharmaceutical giant owned the Fortis Healthcare Limited? Answer Ranbaxy Ltd 23. Made in China. Which company's corporate culture is known as "Colourful Life, Excellent Products"? Answer Konka 24. Name the internationally acclaimed brand founded by Lionel Martin and Robert Banford in a small west London workshop? (Hint: Bond connection)

Answer Aston Martin 25. Big Blue is IBM. Which corporate is referred as 'Big Black' ? Answer UPS 26. Who owns the premium condom brand Mates and what's special about that brand? Answer Virgin. It is the only brand which is not sold under the name Virgin 27. We all know that Hotel Sixer is promoted by Kapil Dev. But which other cricketer owns 'Curry Leaves'? Answer Arvinda de Silva 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? Answer Six Sigma Academy Inc 29. Cathay Pacific airlines, claims to be the heart of asia, belongs to which group? Answer Swire group 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? Answer Mazda 31. Which is the world's First Patented product? Answer Epsom Salt 32. Which company claims itself that the only company in the world having the technology to produce the steel in-house for manufacturing Razor Blades? Answer Vidyut Metallics Ltd, owner of Supermax brand 33.

Name the oil major who first setup a refinery in India, introduced LPG and Bitumen to the nation and first company to introduced co-branded credit cards and rewards programme in petroleum sector? Answer Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 34. Which auto company plans to develop concept car 'Aria Coupe' and luxury sedan 'Magna'? Answer TELCO 35. What are 'Ethical Drugs'? Answer Drugs available only for the prescriptions from Physicians 36. Who founded the Amul milk co-operative in Gujarat in the year 1902? Answer Tribuvandas Patel 37. What was invented by Dr. Willis Haviland Carrier, an American engineer, in 1902? Answer Air Conditioner 38. Who is credited as the world's largest bicycle manufacturer? Answer Hero Cycles 39. The organization was founded by Charles Lazarus in the late 1940's as the first 'toy supermarket' which initially sold toys and furniture. Later it dropped furniture and concentrated only on Toys and later acquired by Interstate in 1966. After the bankruptcy of Interstate in 1974, more stores were opened in the process of reorganization. Identify the company? Answer Toys R Us 40. Nowadays Coffee pubs and parlors are become popular, thanks to the retail revolution. You may tasted 'mocha', 'cappuccino', 'espresso' etc. But what is 'Napoletana' coffee? Answer Nothing but Filter Coffee (Method of letting the weight of water itself pull it through the coffee powder) 41. A Sitter. What does BSA stand for as seen in BSA SLR cycles?

Answer Birmingham Small Arms 42. Which multinational owns the brands Georgia (Ice Coffee), and Aquaris (Isotanic drink)? Answer Coca Cola 43. Who introduced the world's first pocket tissue brand? Answer Kimberly-Klark under the name Kleenex 44. Forbes once stated that "it has significantly positioned itself as a leader in blending under one roof both the machines that carry info/entertainment into homes and the entertainment/info itself. There are bigger companies on the hardware side and bigger companies on software side, but none has gone so far integrating the medium and the message". Name the Company? Answer Sony 45. Name the Japan's leading cosmetics company, founded by Yshin Fukuhara in 1872 in Tokyo's Ginza district and the original inspiration came from the founder's American visit? Answer Shiseido 46. "To be success in business, be daring, be first, be different" is the guiding principle of which business woman? Answer Anita Roddick of The Bodyshop 47. Who is known as the 'Father of Mustang', a famous brand of car? Answer Lee Iacocca

48. Which corporation was built by three youngsters Tushar Jani, Clyde Cooper and Kushroo Dubash? Answer Blue Dart Express 49. America's first Insurance company Philadelphia Contributionship was founded in 1752 by which famous personality?

Answer Benjamin Franklin 50. If you have noticed the health drink advertisements or packs you may see the words RDA balanced formula. What does RDA stand for? Answer Recommended Dietary Allowance 51. The two pioneers in their field were working within 50 kms and both produced a motorized vehicle in 1850's. They never met each other but their companies merged after their death. Identify the duo? Answer Gottleib Daimler and Carl Benz 52. United States Patent and Trademark Organization, popularly known as USPTO, was setup by the Congress in 1970. For whom did it issue the first patent right? Answer Samuel Hopkins for his process of Soap making 53. With which famous brand would you associate The Spirit of Ecstasy? Answer Rolls Royce 54. Which advertising personality first idealized the concept of virtual office? Answer Jay Chiat 55. If you received an in-house journal named 'Docutalk', then for which company you are working? Answer Xerox 56. Which is the first business family in Asia to receive the Distinguished Family Business Award 2001 from IMD? Answer Murugappa Group 57. Which famous corporate's head quarters is known as 'Bush House'? Answer British Broadcasting Corporation

58. It was founded in 1918 when the founder was just 23. The founder along with his wife and brother-in-law began the business and their first product is an attachment plug. This electrical/electronics giant imports batteries from India and another unique product it imports and distributes is the popular 'Famous Grouse' Scotch whisky. Identify the company? Answer Matsushita 59. Connect Vauxhall Victor, Morris Oxford and Hindustan Motors? Answer Contessa and Ambassador brand models of HM were adopted from Vauxhall Victor and Morris Oxford respectively 60. Which company holds the rights to manufacture the products under the brand name "Harry Potter" after its worldwide success? Answer Warner Brothers

finance & economics quiz

1. In the world of trade and commerce what is special about the commissioning of Monte dei Paschi si Siena in Italy in 1742? Answer First Trading Bank in the world . 2. Which bank is promoted by 20th Century Finance Corporation and Keppel Tatlee Bank of Singapore in India? Answer Centurion Bank 3. Name the term used for depreciating a company's intangible assets? Answer Amortization 4. This term is derived from the Greek word 'Oikanomia' means "House Management". What is it? Answer Economy

5. What is known as the cost of living index which represents the goods and services purchased by consumers? Answer CPI - Consumer Price Index 6. How ABN-AMRO bank got it's present name? Answer ABN-Algemene Bank Nederland. AMRO- formed after the merger of Amsterdamsche Bank and Rotterdamsche Bank. Created after the merger of ABN & AMRO in 1991. 7. What is known as "Greenshoe Option" or "Overallotment"? Answer A typical underwriting agreement allows the underwriters to buy upto an additional 15% of shares at the offering price.The term originated from the Green Shoe company which first having this option. 8. Name the first Indian woman CEO of a Foreign Bank? Answer Tarini Vaidya of KBC Bank India & South Asia

9. Royal & Sun Alliance recently re-entered, after 29 years, to Indian financial market and it is the first foreign insurance company started operations here through a joint venture with an Indian company. Name the company? Answer Sundaram Finance 10. He is the pioneer in mutual fund industry and often referred as the Father of Index Fund investing. He created the first S&P 500 Index fund. Identify this famous person? Answer John Bogle 11. In Indian economic scenario what significant reform was introduced by the Indian Government on April 1, 1957? Answer Decimal Coinage System was introduced 12. Who founded the famous Wall Street Journal? Answer Charles Dow and Edward Jones

13. Name the first private sector corporate launched the gold fund in India? Answer Dundee Mutual Fund 14. Which financial services giant is referred as the "Thundering Herd"? Answer Merrill Lynch 15. What is an unusual service offered by Bank of Baroda at Tirupati? Answer Only bank in India to sell Prasada 16. What term became popular after the newspaper report of Watergate Scandal in the year 1973? Answer Money Laundering 17. How does the transaction termed when a company borrow money to lend it at a profit, taking advantage of a short term rise in interest rate? Answer Round Tripping 18. What is the exchange rate of one currency for another over a fixed period of time called? Answer Swap or Currency Swap

19. In which country's coins you can found the following lines imprinted, 'This is the root of all evils' ? Answer Vatican City 20. Name the person who introduced the 'Double Entry' book keeping concept? Answer Lucas Pacioli 21. Name India's largest Mutual Fund scheme which recently had a troublesome run and make the investors unhappy? Answer US 64 from UTI

22. Name this famous personality who founded Pratichi Trust with the use of his Nobel Prize money? Answer Amartya Sen 23. Who is the first woman became the President of Madras Chamber of Commerce? Answer Mallika Srinivasan 24. What is known as the purchase of insurance against losses because of currency fluctuations? Answer Hedging 25. If you are going for a 'Forward Contract' what will you do? Answer Sell or Purchase a specified amount of a foreign currency at a fixed rate of exchange for delivery or settlement on a specific time limit 26. Which successful investor is popularly known as "The Oracle of Omaha"? And his famous quote is "Rule No.1: Never loss money, Rule No.2: Never forget the Rule No.1" Answer Warren Buffet 27. Which is India's first Equipment Bank launched recently by SREI International Finance Ltd.? Answer Quipo 28. Currency trivia. In India where is the Paper for the currency manufactured? Answer Security paper Mill at Hoshangabad, Madya Pradesh 29. What do you call when a firm's actual bank balance is greater than the balance shown in the firm's book? Answer Payment Float 30. What is ANCOM? Answer Andean Common Market covering Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela

31. Who created SDR, Special Drawing Rights, in 1967 which deals with the reserve of international assets whose value is based on the widely used currencies? Answer International Monetary Fund 32. Which word was derived from the French word Bougette meaning 'Little Bag'? Answer Budget 33. What is known as the 'Slash Fund'? Answer Money spent for payment towards the influential persons for the benefit of organizations 34. What does 'Asset Tripping' mean? Answer Buying a company to sell its assets 35. Which is the only country having paper currency and have no coins and it introduced cheque only in 1997? Answer Vietnam 36. This agreement was introduced in 1946 that each government pledged to maintain a fixed exchange rate for its currency. This arrangement supposed to reduce the risk involved in international trade and transactions. Name the agreement? Answer Bretton Woods Agreement 37. In financial lingo what is a 'Bridge Loan"? Answer Temporary finance provided until the availability of long-term arrangements 38. What is a 'Credit Crunch'? Answer Supply of credit falls, though there is sufficient demand 39.

What is the rate of interest at which short-term funds are exchanged between banks in London called? Answer LIBOR, London Interbank Offered Rate 40. What is known as the working balance in foreign currency maintained by a bank in Country X with its correspondent bank in Country Y to facilitate delivery or receipt of currencies? Answer Nostro Account 41. Who is known as the Father of modern Economics? Answer Adam Smith 42. Which country's foreign market is known as 'Rembrandt Market'? Answer The Netherlands 43. Where is the European Central Bank located? Answer Frankfurt 44. In 1921 the three Presidency Banks in India named Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were amalgamated to form which other Bank? Answer Imperial Bank of India 45. Which is India's first Credit Rating Agency set up jointly by LIC, GIC, UTI, ICICI and Asian Development Bank in January 1988? Answer Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited, CRISIL 46. In money market, what is the term used for the non-convertible paper money? Answer Fiat Money 47. What are the Bonds that carry low ratings with correspondingly higher yields called? Answer Junk Bonds

48. Which country's currency is known as Drachma, which in Greek means 'to grasp'? Answer Greece 49. If you file the 'chapter number 11' in USA in the name of your company what would you do? Answer Filing Bankruptcy 50. CAMEL is an effective system of rating by the banks. The model insists five main criteria and based on these the financial health is evaluated on a scale of highest to lowest, 1 to 5. In that A means 'asset quality', M means 'management' and L for 'liability', then what are C and E refer? Answer Capital adequacy and Earnings