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Tuesday, March 7, 2006

BiZ- DoM @ Vamnicom Round 1 Question

1. As a means of distinguishing itself from its rivals, what modern-day practice was started by Financial Times in 1893?
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2. What product is manufactured by Amara Raja industries Ltd and under what brand name is it sold.?
Amaron batteries

3. Which famous personality founded the first American insurance company Philadelphia Contributionship in the year 1752 who also played an imporatnt role in the Declaration of Independence (1776) and drafting the American Constitution (1787)?
Benjamin Franklin

4. Name the brand of Beer which got its name from the brewery which was founded on the Banks of the river Amstel?
Amstel beer

5. Which corporate wife manages the Harkishan Das Hospital at Mumbai, which their family acquired a few years ago?
Nita Ambani

6. What was Sunil Bharti Mittal’s first business?
Selling cycle parts

7. Mr. Nimesh Kampani, who played an important role in the division of the Reliance group, is associated with which company?
JM Morgan Stanley

8. HR (human resources) software, ‘Adrenalin’ is owned by which company?
Polaris

9. One of the following woman executives is not associated with ICIC Bank, Identify her.
HA Daruwala

10. Which of the following companies does not have equity stake in the light commercial vehicles manufacturer Swaraj Mazda?
Isuzu

11. Which company has acquired mobile handset business of Germany-based Siemens?
BenQ

12. The beginnings of this company can be traced back to 1895. The company was then called J.W. Foster and Sons . It rose to fame after the 1924 Olympics and the film Chariots of Fire. Name it.
Reebok.

13. HLL’s Close Up is the first Indian brand to advertise in which US portal ?
MSN

14. The most widely understood term in the world is Okay. Which is next in the list?
Coca Cola

15. 334, Thambu Chetty Street, Chennai. Which company are we talking about?
MRF

16. One of the oldest German industrial establishments, it made the first pencils as early as 1761. Name this famous stationery brand?
Faber Castle

17. Which company owns the rights for the song “Happy Birthday to You”?
Warner Chappel Music

18. Which famous Indian's ashes lay in the main branch of the State Bank of India in Cuttack, from 1950 to 1997?
Mahatma Gandhi

19. Automobile giant Toyota has announced to build a small cars factory in India in association with which company?
Daihatsu

20. Who among the following has quit as president of Coca Cola India?
Sanjay Gupta

21. Intelenet Global Services is the business process outsourcing venture of which bank?
HDFC

22. Two mega confectionery brands -Maha Lacto and Eclairs – are owned by which company? Nutrine

23. To which fashion house did the minister Maneka Gandhi address her remark, "The skin of the python is no less precious to the snake than fur is to the fox"?
CALVIN KLEIN

24. Which Indian utility vehicle is named after a Spanish dance and the lively music that accompanies it?
Bolero from Mahindra & Mahindra


25. What do you call a web site that hasn't been updated for a long period?
Cobweb site

26. (***) In 1952, inspired by the workings of the ball-point pen, which form of fashion accessory was introduced into the market?
[Ans: Roll-on deoderant sticks]

27. (***)501, 505, 529, 550, 559 & 560. Just numbers? These are a few of this company's model numbers for their products. 2 mules could not pull them apart.
Levi Strauss.

28. (***)This businessman moved from New York to San Francisco during the gold rush, not to pan for gold but to sell supplies to miners. In the ensuing years, he made his riveted 'waist overalls' famous. Who was he?
Levi Strauss.

29. (***)What was coined by Deepak Mohoni (B. Tech. IIT Kanpur, MBA - IIM Calcutta), rated as India's foremost market strategist by many investors, around 1990 while writing market analysis columns in the Economic Times and Business World . This word gained popularity within few years . And today it appears in every paper
Sensex

30. (***)This firm as we know it today is the result of a series of mergers of ancestor organizations. The oldest originating company was founded in 1849 in England as Harding & Pullein. Identify this firm
Ernst and Young

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