Business Quiz Prelims- Stella Maris College,Chennai

1. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUSINESS QUIZ 19th SEPTEMBER 2018

2.  Department of Commerce, Stella Maris College, Chennai.  Rumaiza Fathima.

4.  20 Questions, 25 points in total.  Questions 11-15 are * marked to resolve ties. If again tie persists sudden death from first.  Questions 16-20 are double pointers.  Do not Google, Googlers will rot in hell. If caught red hand, immediate disqualification.  Quiz master’s decision will be final.

6.  Tamil Nadu’s flower growing industry used to be in its peak during the months of August- September.  Their supplies to Tirumala Temple and other certain functions used to be overshadowed by this certain once-a-year phenomenon leading them to exorbitant profits.  Sudden plunge in all these happened leaving them to a sharp drop in their turnover.  What reason?

7.  What historic occasion led Durex to come up with this much applauded ad?

8.  Alfred P Sloan, during his years at GM created a multi- divisional structure with each division being operated by a chief executive.  This resulted in a phenomenal growth, taming the market leader Ford Motors with a turnover of $1.5 billion.  They termed this organizational model as Federal __________ which was later recognized and promoted by management gurus like Drucker and Chandler.  FITB.

9.  Mammy two shoes is a heavy-set middle-aged woman. Her face still turns to be a mystery for many as it is rarely seen.  The lady is famous for her authoritative character and misbehavior towards her worker, where the worker’s task is often sabotaged by it’s arch rival.  She was thrown out of her work for racial remarks but called back later due to her popularity.  Whom are we talking about? popularity

10.  What made thisTata vehicle to be in the limelight during 2018 Asian Games?

11.  Assam – Bhutan bilateral trade receives a fresh attention after the inauguration of BorderTrade Centre at Darranga.  The market experiences unlikely heavy traffic in recent days for a product exported from India.  The availability of this product for a price around Rs.50 made this possible.  What product?

12.  “Because you can’t see the person who is sending you, are sometimes uncertain whether they are serious or joking.” This is from a Carnegie Mellon Bulletin board from 1982.  These lines were part of the decision to bring in something that’s ubiquitous today.What?

13.  The Sorrows of Young Werther is a Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s loosely autobiographical novel.  The novel served inspiration for a Tokyo based MNC when it was incorporated in 1948 which later expanded itself to candy manufacturing, financial services, beverages etc..  Which company, that could also attribute it’s name to a member of a 17th century English family (quiz master’s analogy)?  Image slide follows

15.  A 0.05% of tax is levied on all financial market transactions in order to raise resources for fighting poverty and climate change at home and abroad.  Named after a Daniel Defoe character, what tax is this?

16.  The royal doctor of Shah Jahan advised him to have additional spicy and oily food in order to nullify the effect of contaminated water fromYamuna that he usually drank.  This led to the creation of a much popular item in the royal kitchen.  What was created, where the modern version of this item is much popular in Chennai?

17.  One mode of testing the authenticity of these items is using Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.  The recent findings made it simple for artisans as well as its connoisseurs as Raman Spectroscopy is an apt method where it does not require the removal of frame and glass while testing the authenticity of these items.  A peak in the Raman graph could validate the use of fake unless it is a metal.  What is been tested?

18.  Sean Murray was eager to create a game that captured the sense of exploration and optimism of science fiction writings and art of the 1970s and 1980s  The classic 1984 video game Elite has inspired Sean as a child and inspired him to come up with some thing else of the similar nature. He was excited by the mix of galactic exploration, trading and space combat.  The asteroid mining, docking in space stations and getting chased by greedy space pirates also inspired him.  What?  Image Slide follows.

20.  Carvaan is a portable digital audio player with in-built stereo speakers and 5000 evergreen Hindi songs inside.  This was marketed by R.P. Goenka group under their new brand, christened to represent aptly what they do.  Which brand.  Image slide follows.

22.  What Japanese billion dollar industry, which goes for an unusual cheap price uses more papers than toilet papers?  [hint: at times, industry supplies for toilet papers too]

23.  Booz Allen Hamilton was hired in 1940 by the United States Secretary of the Navy with World War II preparations for a particular strategy that they devised.  The strategy is that the companies would be more successful if they could call on someone outside their own organizations for expert, impartial advice.  This has revolutionized the industry and created even a new job profile.  What did they come up with?

24.  Indian Copyright law gives credit to an author’s work for 60 years after the death of the author.  In 2008, this particular entity decided not to apply for an extension of all the writings by Gandhiji which were under their control, thereby making his words freely available to the world.  Which entity?  Also name the train 12655/12656 that travels Chennai Central – Ahmedabad daily with a similar name.

25.  Intriband is a USA based advertising company which was roped in by an Indian major for a face shift for the first time in 20 years.  The new look, and inspired by the Hindi melody ‘ Sau Saal Jiyenga’ the company decided to launch 50 new products in 12 months.  Which company? What specialty marked these changes?

26.  Leica is famous for it’s enlightened behavior toward its workers as pensions, sick leave, health insurance were already a part of their workers program.  During 1940’s countries like France, UK, Hong Kong etc witnessed large deployment of specific Leica employees.  Upon arrival in these nations, they received a Leica Camera and a stipend until they could settle themselves.  Who were these employees? And Why did this overseas expansion happen?

27.  Ramudu Bheemudu is a Telugu 1964 blockbuster, starring N.T.Rama Ramo. The film was the debut production of media moghul D.Rama Naidu under his Suresh Productions.  The film was remade in to several other languages where MGR starred in theTamil version in 1965.  Recently, the producers of the MGR film sued the grandson of Rama Naidu for using a similar title of a song from the movie which was also the title for another film in 1966, for his upcoming Telugu movie’sTamil release.  What title?  Who is the grandson?  Image slide follows.

29.  This 1918 American silent film was inspired from William John Locke’s novel of the same name.  The film featured Mary Pickford in the lead role, who is one among the founding member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  ID the film. What venture was established by her along with Charlie Chaplin?  Video.

31.  Tamil Nadu’s flower growing industry used to be in its peak during the months of August- September.  Their supplies to Tirumala Temple and other certain functions used to be overshadowed by this certain once-a-year phenomenon leading them to exorbitant profits.  Sudden plunge in all these happened leaving them to a sharp drop in their turnover.  What reason?

33.  What historic occasion led Durex to come up with this much applauded ad?

35.  Alfred P Sloan, during his years at GM created a multi- divisional structure with each division being operated by a chief executive.  This resulted in a phenomenal growth, taming the market leader Ford Motors with a turnover of $1.5 billion.  They termed this organizational model as Federal __________ which was later recognized and promoted by management gurus like Drucker and Chandler.  FITB.

37.  Mammy two shoes is a heavy-set middle-aged woman. Her face still turns to be a mystery for many as it is rarely seen.  The lady is famous for her authoritative character and misbehavior towards her worker, where the worker’s task is often sabotaged by it’s arch rival.  She was thrown out of her work for racial remarks but called back later due to her popularity.  Whom are we talking about? popularity

39.  What made thisTata vehicle to be in the limelight during 2018 Asian Games?

41.  Assam – Bhutan bilateral trade receives a fresh attention after the inauguration of BorderTrade Centre at Darranga.  The market experiences unlikely heavy traffic in recent days for a product exported from India.  The availability of this product for a price around Rs.50 made this possible.  What product?

43.  “Because you can’t see the person who is sending you, are sometimes uncertain whether they are serious or joking.” This is from a Carnegie Mellon Bulletin board from 1982.  These lines were part of the decision to bring in something that’s ubiquitous today.What?

45.  The Sorrows of Young Werther is a Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s loosely autobiographical novel.  The novel served inspiration for a Tokyo based MNC when it was incorporated in 1948 which later expanded itself to candy manufacturing, financial services, beverages etc..  Which company, that could also attribute it’s name to a member of a 17th century English family (quiz master’s analogy)?  Image slide follows

48.  A 0.05% of tax is levied on all financial market transactions in order to raise resources for fighting poverty and climate change at home and abroad.  Named after a Daniel Defoe character, what tax is this?

50.  The royal doctor of Shah Jahan advised him to have additional spicy and oily food in order to nullify the effect of contaminated water fromYamuna that he usually drank.  This led to the creation of a much popular item in the royal kitchen.  What was created, where the modern version of this item is much popular in Chennai?

52.  One mode of testing the authenticity of these items is using Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.  The recent findings made it simple for artisans as well as its connoisseurs as Raman Spectroscopy is an apt method where it does not require the removal of frame and glass while testing the authenticity of these items.  A peak in the Raman graph could validate the use of fake unless it is a metal.  What is been tested?

54.  Sean Murray was eager to create a game that captured the sense of exploration and optimism of science fiction writings and art of the 1970s and 1980s  The classic 1984 video game Elite has inspired Sean as a child and inspired him to come up with some thing else of the similar nature. He was excited by the mix of galactic exploration, trading and space combat.  The asteroid mining, docking in space stations and getting chased by greedy space pirates also inspired him.  What?  Image Slide follows.

57.  Carvaan is a portable digital audio player with in-built stereo speakers and 5000 evergreen Hindi songs inside.  This was marketed by R.P. Goenka group under their new brand, christened to represent aptly what they do.  Which brand.  Image slide follows.

60.  What Japanese billion dollar industry, which goes for an unusual cheap price uses more papers than toilet papers?  [hint: at times, industry supplies for toilet papers too]

62.  Booz Allen Hamilton was hired in 1940 by the United States Secretary of the Navy with World War II preparations for a particular strategy that they devised.  The strategy is that the companies would be more successful if they could call on someone outside their own organizations for expert, impartial advice.  This has revolutionized the industry and created even a new job profile.  What did they come up with?

64.  Indian Copyright law gives credit to an author’s work for 60 years after the death of the author.  In 2008, this particular entity decided not to apply for an extension of all the writings by Gandhiji which were under their control, thereby making his words freely available to the world.  Which entity?  Also name the train 12655/12656 that travels Chennai Central – Ahmedabad daily with a similar name.

66.  Intriband is a USA based advertising company which was roped in by an Indian major for a face shift for the first time in 20 years.  The new look, and inspired by the Hindi melody ‘ Sau Saal Jiyenga’ the company decided to launch 50 new products in 12 months.  Which company? What specialty marked these changes?

68.  Leica is famous for it’s enlightened behavior toward its workers as pensions, sick leave, health insurance were already a part of their workers program.  During 1940’s countries like France, UK, Hong Kong etc witnessed large deployment of specific Leica employees.  Upon arrival in these nations, they received a Leica Camera and a stipend until they could settle themselves.  Who were these employees? And Why did this overseas expansion happen?

70.  Ramudu Bheemudu is a Telugu 1964 blockbuster, starring N.T.Rama Ramo. The film was the debut production of media moghul D.Rama Naidu under his Suresh Productions.  The film was remade in to several other languages where MGR starred in theTamil version in 1965.  Recently, the producers of the MGR film sued the grandson of Rama Naidu for using a similar title of a song from the movie which was also the title for another film in 1966, for his upcoming Telugu movie’sTamil release.  What title?  Who is the grandson?  Image slide follows.

73.  This 1918 American silent film was inspired from William John Locke’s novel of the same name.  The film featured Mary Pickford in the lead role, who is one among the founding member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  ID the film. What venture was established by her along with Charlie Chaplin?  Video.

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