FORE GENESIS 2009Business Quiz Prelims

20 Questions

RULES• Feel free to guess, there are No negative

markings• If a question has two parts, part points will be

awarded to the teams that answer one part of the question correctly.

• The Starred questions are from Question no. 13 to Question no. 20. Incase of a tie these will be considered.

• Incase of tie with regard to starred questions, the team will be selected by sudden death starting from starred question 13 to Question no. 20.

Connect the images and name the company.

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Gammon India – Landmark projectsThe foundation of Gateway of India, The Longest River Bridge

across Ganges at Patna, Terminal Building for Sharjah International

Airport and the Longest Urban Flyover (5.3 Km) at Hebbal,

Bangalore.

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What did these two artists recently come together to create?

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The artists are Mike Ming and Derek Welch.They designed the Dell Studio 15 laptop cover designs .

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Mike Ming

Derek Welch

What is their claim to fame?

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a) Ad for which company and b) What is it depicting?

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FINANCIAL TIMES advertisement, depicting mergers and acquisitions.

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Located in Delhi, started in 1890, this shop boasts of being one of India’s oldest stores that sell a particular type of product. Identify the shop.

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Ram Chander & SonsThis is the oldest toy store in India. It is located at Connaught Place, Delhi.

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Who are these three people and which company did they start?Which company did these three men start?

6

They are Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblomand Robert Lynn

and they founded DHL – Dalsey HillblomLynn.

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a) Connect these images.b) What is the missing logo?

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DIAL – Delhi International Airport Ltd and the missing logo is GMR group.They are all partners of this joint venture are GMR Group (54%), Airports Authority of India (26%), Fraport & Eraman Malaysia (10% each).

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a) What are these called andb) Where are they used?

8

The Barnstar, given to recognize fine contributions to Wikipedia.

The Photographer's Barnstar is awarded to those individuals who tirelessly improve the Wikipedia with their photographic skills and contributions.

8The Barnstars on Wikipedia

The Editor's Barnstar, awarded to individuals who display particularly fine decisions in general editing.

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar, awarded to those that show a pattern of going the extra mile to be nice, without beingasked.

Why is Dadar to Pune 50p?

9

9The Tata Indicom

campaign

Identify the Author.

10

Philip Arthur Fisher

Philip Fisher is considered a pioneer in the field of growth investing. Morningstar has called him "one of the great investors of all time".

The best-known of Fisher's followers is Warren Buffett who has said on some occasions that "he is 85% Graham and 15% Fisher".

10

Which famous landmark in Delhi did this man lend his name to ?

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Duke of Connaught, Connaught Place

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Promotional campaign for?

12

The Limited Edition DVD of Memento is uniquely packaged to look like Leonard's case file from a mental institution, with notes scribbled by "doctors" and Leonard on the inside.

The DVD menus are designed as a series of psychological tests; the viewer has to choose certain words, objects, and multiple choice answers to play the movie or access special features. Leonard's "notes" on the DVD case offer clues to navigating the DVD.

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Connect

Connect the two images.

13

Two brands of biscuits from the Unibic Group.

One of them is obviously named Bradman considering its country of origin - Australia.

The other brand - Anzac (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) -gets its name from the fact that during WWI, women back home made them and sent them to their soldiers at war. Interestingly, a part of the proceeds from the sale of Anzac, will go into supporting Indian jawans and their families.

13

Which product connects these two people?

14

Mysore Sandal SoapMysore Sandal Soap is manufactured by the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL), a company owned by the Government of Karnataka in India. This soap has been manufactured since 1916 when Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the king of Mysore set up the Government Soap Factory in Bangalore. The main motivation for setting up the factory was the excessive sandalwood reserves that the Mysore Kingdom had which could not be exported to Europe because of the First World War.In 2006, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was selected as the first brand ambassador of the MysoreSandal Soap.

14

Kawasaki 704 eyeglass frame

15

Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin’s eyewear has been all the rage since her convention speech. Her specs are titanium frames designed by Japanese designer Kazuo Kawasaki.

The demand for the glasses have soared after her speech , similar to what happened to the predator series of glasses after the release of MIB

15

What is the claim to fame of this googledoodle?

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The 2009 Doodle 4 Google Competition saw school kids from all over U.S submitting designs for Google Logo based on the theme “What I Wish For The World” and 28,000 designs were received this year.And the winning logo is

16

What is this sculpture an inspiration for?

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The logo/trophy of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival.

The sculpture is the lion of the Piazza San Marco in Venice and it was the inspiration for the Cannes Lion trophy.

17

What does this map show?

18

Special Economic

Zones of India

18

Name the famous blog and the book written by this person.

19

Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman

19

Started as a machine tool manufacturing company after Indian independence, this company has diversified into various businesses. Though it is popularly known for one its products.

Which company?

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HMT - Hindustan Machine Tools

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