ROUND I

Pounce(+10/-5), Bounce(+10)

1

• Amalgam, a popular word famous among chemistry students, was recently in news in relation with an incident happened in Kerala. Where was the amalgam formed?

• Shabarimala

• An alloy of mercury with another metal

• In 2017 January, a Chennai-based footwear manufacturer, Wishall International, demanded 10% customs duty draw back for an exported good. But the Centre and Revenue department refused his claim.

• The core of the dispute is the Centre’s order, that export of X attracts 10% customs duty drawback while export of B attracts only 5% drawback. But Delhi High Court involved in the matter and approved the claim of Wishal saying that his product is actually X. What was the controversy?

• Product Sandal

• Woman’s footwear without a back strap a “sandal”

• ”If we want to make something like that, we need to fork out a £7.6m in materials and £2.16m in labour costs to make an exact version. That adds up to £9.76m for a solid steel seat that weighs around 2.5 tonnes. But its exact value comes out of the dominance its owner deserves”.

• Description of the most valuable furniture item on screen. What?

Iron Throne

• Why exactly the registration of this stupid domain name iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwea.com

by a 22 year old UK man considered smart?

• Prevented Wannacry attack

• I

• In retail business, what do we call the temporary use of physical space, opening a short-term shop to create a long lasting impression with potential customers?

• Pop-up Shop

• This was a a classic ad catchphrase in 80’s, from American international fast food restaurant chain Wendy’s with a sharp jab at competitors Burger King and McDonald’s. Where’s the X? What?

ROUND II

Pounce(+10/-10), Bounce(+10)

• Coins were once made of pure gold and silver, and through everyday use were subject to damage. So cutting or filing a small amount off the coin would probably go unnoticed. The cut-off pieces would be melted into a bar and used to make counterfeit coins.

• To prevent the new coins from being clipped, In 1696 someone introduced the idea of adding text around their rim, a practise still followed today. Who was that iconic personality?

Isaac Newton

• In currency exchange theory, What term is used to compare thee average cost of goods and services between countries?

• Purchasing power parity

• Which economic intelligence agency was formed in India, in 1 May 1956 with a primary objective to impose two key acts of Government of India

1. Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 (FEMA)

2. Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 (PMLA)

• X is the study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers

• Psychologists call it as ‘The theory of social situations’. What is the equivalent term for the same in economics?

• Game theory

• There is an international financial institution called BIS which serves as a bank for all central banks, formed with a mission to serve central banks in their pursuit of monetary and financial stability,

• It is based in Basel, Switzerland. Expand BIS?

• What analytical tool used to describe price movements of a security was thought to have been developed in Japan by a rice trader Munehisa Homma and introduced to the western world by Steve Nison?

• Candle Stick chart

ROUND III

SOLVE BIZ ANAGRAM+5/Question, Total: 50 points

RULES

• Set of unscrambled words will be shown in the slides with a short phrase or description leading to the right answer

• Re-arrange these words and create right word

• Slides will be shown for 15 seconds

• 10 Questions | +5 for right answer | No negative marks

WAVES MOD

Property of God

WOOD FORM HUT

Passing of information from person to person

AS A BIN

Chairperson of GCPL

WILD LOGO

An intangible asset

TIGER STUNT

Human? Machine?

HAAY ASK

Sanskrit for ‘Never diminishing in value’

BOOK BEN ROD

Taj Malal, 3Roses, Red Label

THE LAKE

Investigative journalism

A BILL ENEMY

May be she’s born with it

MORE MUD MAN

A written message in business or diplomacy.

Answers

WAVES MOD

Property of God

DEVASWOM

WOOD FORM HUT

Passing of information from person to person

WORD OF MOUTH

AS A BIN

Chairperson of GCPL

NISABA

WILD LOGO

An intangible asset

GOODWILL

TIGER STUNT

Human? Machine?

TURING TEST

HAAY ASK

Sanskrit for ‘Never diminishing in value’

AKSHAYA

BOOK BEN ROD

Taj Malal, 3Roses, Red Label

BROOKE BOND

THE LAKE

Investigative journalism

TEHELKA

A BILL ENEMY

May be she’s ………………….

MAYBELLINE

MORE MUD MAN

A written message in business or diplomacy.

MEMORANDUM

ROUND IV:

IMAGE & INFOGRAPHICS

+5/Question, Total: 50 points

RULES

• All questions based on image shown in the slides. Write your answers in a paper

• 10 Questions | +5 for right answer | No negative marks

In 1919, who joined with D.W.Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford

to form this film production company?

These sketches were drawn in 1920. To design what?

What precious material was used for the creation of these sculptures?

‘Monument to the discoveries’. In which European country you can find this?

Historical Importance of these coins?

Antiochan Stater Tyrian Shekel

• In 2015 a Bangalore-based businessman, had paid a total of Rs 13 lakhfor a William IV Double Mohurs coin. It was the highest price ever paid for a coin in India.

• Besides these fact why these coin is important in the Banking history of India?

On screen appearance of Al Pacino. Identify the character?

ID the British luxury fashion house from the check clothing pattern

A Zurich based Company Climeworks built this factory. It’s a first of its kind attempt with a futuristic mission.

What is this? (Image follows…)

(…)

Cubans are using condom for a totally different reason. What?

ICE BQ Graphics

In 1919, who joined with D.W.Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford

to form this film production company?

These sketches were drawn in 1920. To design what?

What precious material was used for the creation of these sculptures?

Elephant tusk ivory

‘Monument to the discoveries’. In which European country you can find this?

LISBON

Historical Importance of these coins?

Antiochan Stater Tyrian Shekel

Judas’s Thirty silver coin

• In 2015 a Bangalore-based businessman, had paid a total of Rs 13 lakhfor a William IV Double Mohurs coin. It was the highest price ever paid for a coin in India.

• Besides these fact why these coin is important in the Banking history of India?

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA SEAL

On screen appearance of Al Pacino. Identify the character?

ID the British luxury fashion house from the check clothing pattern

A Zurich based Company Climeworks built this factory. It’s a first of its kind attempt with a futuristic mission.

What is this? (Image follows…)

Capturing CO2 from the air to turn it into a useful product

Cubans are using condom for a totally different reason. What?

Wine Production

ROUND 5

Pounce(+15/-15), Bounce(+10)

• In 2013, someone who decided to invest in Byju’sApp, enquired about the valuation of his business. Byju replied almost four times than the actual valuation and managed him to invest Rs500 million through their investment wing AARIN Capital.

• The parent company behind AARIN Capital also famous because of their 60 years long contribution to the Indian Higher Education segment. Identify the Business Group?

• A popular word in India during early 1930’s became a part of his name, because he was born at a time when India’s struggle for freedom reached a new dimension by demanding self ruleunder the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.

• He has written the biography of Indira Gandhi and was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1983.

• These are the two political connection of a famous business magnate who was born in 1931 in Punjab. Who?

Lord Swaraj Paul

Connect

• A negative impact is common to this song and a phenomenon called Cetacean stranding. In 2013, Something started in Russian social network community Vkontakte also became noted for same reason of negative publicity. What am I talking about?

Unusual suicides

B R SHETTY

• After 1996 World Cup, Indian World Cup Organising Committee claimed a huge loss of Rs 1.56 million. The worst part in the balance sheet was a payment of $28,80,000 to an agency called Half Moon Image Consultants without specifying what their role and kind of business in relation with the WC event.

• But the cricket audience would remember this company for a publicity stunt focused remark and a controversy followed claiming that a famous celebrity would be projecting the true beauty of womanhood while taking off her clothes in the opening ceremony. Who was the celebrity?

• This free economic zone located in the western end of Dubai is home to businesses from over 100 countries. It attracts more than 32 percent of the UAE’s foreign direct investment and contributes over 21 percent of Dubai’s GDP. What am I talking about?

ROUND VIAsset | Brand Dominance | Market

leadership

Pounce(+20/-20), Bounce(+10)

• In 2004 a company spent $100 million for a retailer targeted awareness program and $400 million for advertisement for a single brand in India.

• Same year they invested $150 million to import machineries in its Maharashtra plant just to revamp the packaging of that brand. And became a brand having most over engineered packaging in India.

• Their advertising expenditure increased rapidly in the following years, with the help of O&M India they created series of ads related with the consumer behavior patterns in a middle class joint familyusing the softest sales pitch ever .

• The parent company holds 70% of the market share in its segment and more than 30% is contributed by these brand alone.

• Story of the biggest brand repositioning experiment in Indian corporate history. Identify the brand?

• Logo of a crypto-currency with secure high-difficulty blockchainthat is 3 times faster than Bitcoin

• Its logo has been represented like an element in a periodic table.

• Because in fiction, this is known as a valuable mineral and a room temperature super conductor. Hence a solution to save the earth from its energy crisis.

• Name the crypto-currency designed to be fast, secure and rare?

• This person is probably more responsible for the creation of American middle class and the development of America as a great industrial power.

• He was perhaps the greatest environmentalist of his time, being considered as the ultimate recycler.

• When most of the oil refiners dumped oil wastes in nearby rivers, he believed that there would be a God given use for every particle in a barrel of oil and he was determined to find it. After the major product has been removed from oil his staffs found used for remaining components. That’s why we have ‘Gasoline as fuel’, ‘Tars for Road paving’ and bi-products to manufacture paints.

• Who?

JOHN D ROCKEFELLER

Two active campaigns targeting Indian youths from a brand positioned for confidence.

• #MomentsofIntensity:

• #Makeyourmove: To help you get closer to your crush

• Their brand communication follows… Identify the brand?

• Recently, One among the biggest Oracle database in world was formed in India with approximately 740 million user accounts and 500 tera-byte data. How can you connect the images following with this huge technical integration?

SBI merger with associated banks

A 3 step process to calculate something online. Screenshots follows(…)

In the first step you need to enter

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