Q Which management guru with a background in medicine wrote a book called the "Mechanism of Mind"? A Edward De Bono Q Top Gear, launched recently by Worldwide Media Ltd., is a joint venture between Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd. and which organization / company? A BBC Worldwide (Since its inception in 1993, Top Gear is one of UK's leading auto magazines) Q Which famous publication devised the Big Mac Index? A The Economist Q Retail giant Wal-Mart is known for its worldwide strategy of EDLP. Expand EDLP. A Every Day Lower Prices Q Which management guru became known for his pioneering research on national and organisational cultures? A Gert Hofstede Q Which clothing brand was the first to introduce the concept of fashion store by day and bar by night in India? A Provogue Q Which Indian company has a customer relationship programme called Passport Programme? A Hero Honda Q Which company employees hundreds of thousands of American teenagers to popularise a new launch? A P&G Q Which company organises a Challenge Bibendum car show? A Michelin Q Project Tejasvani is an initiative by which company to empower its women employees? A Tata Steel Q Which tech (net) company organises a Codejam Competiton to find the best programming talent? A Google Q Which billionaire is associated with the Open Society Institute which donates large sums to various organisations the world? A George Soros Q Which new advertising methodology was used by Sony to promote its show ‘Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin’ at Mumbai in November 2003? A 'Flash mob' where a few dozen people converged at Apna Bazar and chanted ‘Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin’. Q In 2003, which brand had created an advertisement character called Terry Tate? A Reebok Q As the net gathered momentum, Jack Welch asserted that there should be a new G.E. way. He named it dyb.com. What does it stand for? A ‘destroy your business’ i.e. blow the damn thing up before the competition does. Q “Nuts – Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success” (by Keven and Jackie Freiberg) is about which company ? A Southwest Airlines 1. Satyam, Sharam, Scandalam -- Who ran this ad? Amul
2. Showed the picture of a green and purple train -- Non Stop Air Conditioned from city to city -- what is the name of this train? Duranto 3. Cineblitz cover -- With which Airline would you connect this magazine Kingfisher 4. Google Doodle of the 40th year of Moon Landing -- ID 5. Complete the tagline --- There are somethings money can buy -- for everything else there is ----------------Mastercard 6. Q5,Q7,TT,R8 are brands of which automobile company? Audi 7. Pic of Devi Shetty 8. Pic of Arvind jaadhav 9. Pic of Lord Megnad Desai 10. Territorial Army's Lieutenant --- South Indian Actor -- Who? Mohan Lal 11.Who will be replacing David Backham as the Global Ambassador of Motoralo for a contract of 23 Crores? A.R.Rahman 12. CISF Logo shown -- which Indian Private company is the first company to get protection from this agency? Infosys 13.askforOriginal.com is whose website? Microsoft 14. Snow Leopard is the new OS from which company? Apple 15. Connect Ruchi, Chinni, Maa , Coty? CavinKare Where did Sachin meet Michael Schumacher and was presented with the keys of a Ferrari for equaling Sir Donald Bradman’s feat of 29 Test centuries? Silverstone In which year Sachin did win the Wisden cricketer of the year award? 1997 In 2002, Fiat launched a variant of its car brand which was named after Sachin and featured his signature on its bonnet. Name the Car. Palio S10 Sachin and Kambli were involved in a involved in world-record unbroken 664-run partnership for Shardashram Vidyamandir against St Xavier's High School .Which batsman was padded up to bat next but didn’t get the chance to do so? Amol Muzumdar What record did Sachin achieve when he scored 5 runs in the third and final Test against Pakistan in Bangalore in 2005? He became the highest run getter for India in test cricket
Sachin Tendulkar became the first person to be adjudged run out by a third umpire in test cricket. Which umpire made the referral to the third umpire? Cyril Mitchley Who replaced Sachin tendulkar as the opener for the match against Zimbabwe in the 1999 world cup after he was forced to miss the match due to the demise of his father? Sadagopan Ramesh In which tournament did Sachin register his first ODI century? Singer Cup in 1994 at the Premadasa Stadium Who was the bowler to get Sachin out stumped for the first time in test cricket? Ashley Giles According to Sachin himself what is his favourite cricket ground? The SCG When Sachin made his ODI debut against Pakistan two other Indian players also made their debuts. Name both of them. Vivek Razdan and Salil Ankola Against which country has Sachin made the most number of runs in ODIs? Sri Lanka, 2381 Sachin's best ever bowling performance was against Australia when he took 5/32 at Kochi. At which venue did he produce his second best bowling performance of 5/50? Nehru Stadium, Kochi For which club did Sachin play after missing the tour of the Caribbean in order to regain fitness for a possible comeback in August 2006? Lashings world XI
During India's historic tour of Pakistan in 2004, Tendulkar went public with his disappointment at not being able to score 200, when Rahul declared the match with 16 overs remaining on Day 2 when Sachin was still unbeaten on 194. Where was this match played? Multan He became a professional Tennis player at the age of 17, and became the Italian Tennis Champion defeating the pre-eminent Italian Player of his time Nicola Pietrangeli. He is however better known as the founder of a company formerly known as Sandys S.P.A. Who is this person? Sergio Tacchini -- the Sports Clothing designer is the correct answer. Identify this person , who worked for L'Avveniere Del Lavoratare in Switzerland and was arrested by the Bernese Police because of his advocacy of a violent general strike, Mussolini 1. With which company will you associate ‘Project 10 to 100th’? Ans – Google 2. Which Bollywood actor has become the brand ambassador of the Indian Boxing Association? Ans – Sanjay Dutt 3. As per Indian state hunger index, which state is placed last? Ans – Madhya Pradesh 4. With which company will you associate the initiative ‘one component one gram’? Ans – Maruti 5. Which ad agency has won the maximum awards in Effie 2008? Ans – JWT 6. Who has recently been voted the sexiest woman of Asia? Ans – Katrina Kaif 7. Whose corporate motto is: Performance with Purpose? Ans – Pepsi 8. In the song ‘Pappu can’t dance sala’, which are the 2 brands mentioned? Ans – Rado & Gucci 9. Who has been recently chosen as the President of the Editors’ Guild in India? Ans – Rajdeep Sardesai 10. With whose spouse will you associate ’23 & Me’?
Ans – Sergei Brin 11. With which company will you associate an environment friendly program called WOW? Ans – ITC 12. What is the name of the train that runs between Dhaka & Kolkata? Ans – Maitri Express 13. Expand SWITCH. Ans – Satyam, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, HCL 1.Which Clothing uses a logo known as omini ? Ans.Kappa 2.Miramax films is an art house/independent film divison of which co.? Ans.Walt disney 3.Which Film production co was founded by director Mira nair in 1989.But it ended up in a controversy due to its name.But finally she won.Which co ? Ans.Mirabai films 4.Which co has its logo on indian hockey team's t-shirt ? Ans.Sahara 5.14% alcohol by volume in samich lans(santa clause) is one of the strongest beers, originally brewed in zurich.Name the only country other than zurich which also claims the same? Ans.Austria 6.Claudia schiffer made her american debut in the advertisement of which jeans? Ans.GAS JEANS, Guess Jeans 7.Which pharma co.s name derived from latin for 'new skills' ? Ans. Novartis 8.Neck n tie are exclusive outlets at airports from which clothing co. Ans.Raymond 9.Which bird is the symbol of swarovski ? Ans.Swan 10.Song from bachna e hasino.Identify the producer. Ans.Yash raj films
1. Which co. HQ is at-New Orchard Road Armonk, New York Ans. IBM 2.N.S.A (national Security Agency) of America offers certificates like CNS 4001, for which white head certification? Ans. Ethical hacking 3. Which is the only indian co which is sponsoring FIFA at technological front ? Ans. Satyam 4. Mahatrooper champion, commando are tyre barnds of which co. ? Ans. Appolo Tyres 5.What is the full form of MRF ? Ans. Madras Rubber Factory 6.Cerelac is owned by which Company ? Ans. Nestle Monster.com (The mascot is Trumpasaurus) If you figure out what this statue is in front of a famous financial institution, you can name the street. Which is this street?
Threadneedle Street (The statue is of the Duke of Wellington in front of Bank of England) Facebook is the connect (This scene is from the movie The Social Network, which is the Facebook story. Ben Mezrich's book The Accidental Billionaires is about Facebook.) Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple He heads a country which boasts of the world's highest deposits of a metal, which can help cut the world's reliance on fossil fuels. Which country and what metal? Bolivia and lithium (He's Evo Morales) Which Asian brand will soon own a majority stake in a stationery brand promoted by the Dandekar family?
Kokuyo (The Japanese brand will soon own a majority stake in stationery brand Camlin) The full form of PVR (the multiplex brand) is ...?
Priya Village Roadshow (PVR's full form) Lavasa (Calls itself ''India's first planned hill city'') The Omnicom Group (Its NYSE symbol is OMC)
In 1993, Philip Morris made an announcement about its products that created turmoil, with stock prices for a set of consumer product companies plummeting - what is this day known as?
Marlboro Friday Pixel (Tata Motors' new concept car unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show) SoBe, a soft drink brand now owned by Pepsi. Lizzard Fuel and Lizard Lava are some of its flavours This logo belongs to an Indian business group that derives its name from Sanskrit and French. The three cogs in the ratchet wheel symbolise values. Identify it. --- The Avantha group owned by the Thapars Accenture. The elephant and the frog appear in its latest ads where they have replaced golfer Tiger Woods. Mao Ze Dong and Hitler featured in a condom ad created by Grey Worldwide for German pharmacy chain Morris Pharmacies All are companies taken over by Google. Docverse, Doubleclick, Dodgeball and Picasa Mahindra Flyte Scooter played a brand cameo in 3 Idiots Typhoo, the tea brand owned by Apeejay group. Typhoo is, in part, the Chinese word for doctor Dr. Fixit and Roff, both products for the construction industry from Pidilite, the makers of the famous Fevicol Galleon Group, one of the largest hedge fund management firms headed by Raj Rajaratnam caught in the insider trading scandal Logo for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009. It was designed by Troels Faber and Jacob Wildschiødtz of NR2154, a design studio based in Copenhagen. The design is based on graphs of scientific climate data, showing predicted temperature changes, and there are 192 lines, one for each UN member state. The Dummies Man found on “For Dummies” books by Hungry Minds, which is now owned by Wiley Kalashnikov Russian Vodka, named after General Mikhail Kalashnikov who invented the AK-47 in 1947 Name this US company and its Indian parent company: It owns premium brands called Hi-Val and Checkers----Established in 1994, by ITC Limited, King Maker Marketing is a leading supplier of premium quality, value-priced cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco for the US market Miss Universe Organisation owned by Donald Trump Which famous company was co-founded in 1936 by oil majors Texaco and Chevron in order to expand operations in the Asia- Pacific region? Caltex The Yamaha Corporation is a multinational conglomerate based in Japan. It has products ranging from musical instruments, motorcycles to electronics. The company’s origin as a musical instrument manufacturer is reflected in its logo — a trio of interlocking tuning forks.
A.1.Which company's new initiative is called Project Samruddhi? 2.With which auto company would you associate Blue On? B.1.This company launched its Family Moments campaign,a marketing in store and digital initiative designed to provide more options for the family.Name the company. 2.Which World heavyweight champion has been signed by Sanghvi brands,a real estate company to share his expertise on health topics? C.1."Your moment is waiting".This tagline is used by which state's tourism board? 2.According to World economic forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2010-11 which company has got the top slot? D.1.Which bank as a part of green office project 'Hum Aur Haryali' has opened Mumbai's first solar powered ATM? 2."Power and Productivity for a better world." is the tagline for which company? E.1.According to Newsweeks's 2010 Green ranking which company has got the top slot? 2.Which famous model hosts the reality tv show "Project Runaway"? F.1.Which company owns the global football talent search "The Chance"? 2.Which actress endorses the Goa tourism? 1.Which car has been chosen as the Green Car of the year 2011? 2.Which organization publishes magazine called TUNZA? 3.Expand LEED which is a green building certification system. 4.People,Planet,Profit report has been prepared by the organization Sustainibilty for which company? 5.Gobar Times is the children supplement for which environment magazine? 6.Brazil,Netherland,Portugal,USA,South Korea,Austrailia,New Zealand,Serbia and Slovenia.what was so unique about these teams participating in FIFA world cup ? This was the most exciting round or probably the only round of this finals which I loved playing even when we were not on stage.In this round the tagline of a company was presented in a jumbled manner and the name of the company had to be guessed by cracking that jumbled line and to be filled in the desired no. of slots. 1.Laughingly Wise Today. _ _ _ _ _ 2.A fat Sedition. _ _ _ _
3.Is Blooming Pithiness. _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.Wifely Oaf. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5.Raunchily Ace Of Aged Inane. _ _ _ _ 6.Wet Poor You. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7.Win Both The Debts. _ _ _ _ & _ _ _ _ _ _ 8.Cleverer Of High Minded Rape. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.Why were Chitra and Khalijia were in news recently? 2.Management Innovation eXchange(MIX) is a project run by which famous business guru? 3.This game called 'Mokshapat" was created by saint Gyandev.How do we know it today? 4.With which innovation would you associate Harvey Ball? 5.Why are Babushka phones popular in Russia? 1.June 17,1862 W.V. Adams patented something that used adjustable ratchets.what? 3.Who is being described here? Young, enthusiastic and determined Thinks cricket is the best game in the world Loves playing Street cricket and would play it 24/7 if he could Worships his cricket heroes, their technique, skill and character Understands there is a lot to learn, works hard at it, step by step Learning to master the art of concentration Dreams of playing in the ICC Cricket World Cup one day Age: 10 (human years) 4.A video from the movie Avatar was shown and then it was asked that which tribe has been affected by Vedanta's Niyamgiri project? 5.A video from Golmaal 3 was shown and then it was asked to expand TISA. In the movie Karthik calling Karthik Farhan Akhtar's transition occurs at which retail store? 7.Expand LGBT.
A few questions from the prelims of the AIMA quiz
1. Satyam, Sharam, Scandalam -- Who ran this ad? Amul 2. Showed the picture of a green and purple train -- Non Stop Air Conditioned from city to city -- what is the name of this train? Duranto 3. Cineblitz cover -- With which Airline would you connect this magazine Kingfisher 4. Google Doodle of the 40th year of Moon Landing -- ID 5. Complete the tagline --- There are somethings money can buy -- for everything else there is ----------------Mastercard 6. Q5,Q7,TT,R8 are brands of which automobile company? Audi 7. Pic of Devi Shetty 8. Pic of Arvind jaadhav 9. Pic of Lord Megnad Desai 10. Territorial Army's Lieutenant --- South Indian Actor -- Who? Mohan Lal 11.Who will be replacing David Backham as the Global Ambassador of Motoralo for a contract of 23 Crores? A.R.Rahman 12. CISF Logo shown -- which Indian Private company is the first company to get protection from this agency? Infosys 13.askforOriginal.com is whose website? Microsoft
14. Snow Leopard is the new OS from which company? Apple 15. Connect Ruchi, Chinni, Maa , Coty? CavinKare ======================================================================== 1. English singer/composer, brain child behind rocket record co. in 1972. Has a unique record, they are the only co. that has a trade mark to a song , that was sung only once in public? 2. Which former airhostess was Lakme’s first Indian model? 3. Which co. did Sunil Mittal get into an agreement in 1983 to manufacture the co’s push button telephone models for the Indian market? Later the co. went onto forge alliance with Nokia. 4. Picture of this famous Huge Entrepreneur. 5. Whose Tagline goes “ No Flavour Finer” The product carries a G I Tag and makes India proud? 6. The Vanilla Beans are used in the Ice Cream Industry. Which Country produces 80% of the world’s Vanilla Beans output?(Clue – Children will know from Cartoons) 7. On 5th April 2011, who announced about his new IT Venture “Happiest Minds Technologies Pvt Ltd” ? 8. Picture of a Logo – whose? (Probably the Toughest question- QM) 9. What term now used in media comes from the name given by the London based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Well Co to the compressed Tablets ? 10. Which Asian Country with Voice based revenues of $ 5.70 Billion has overtaken India as the Call centre capital of the world ? 11. Who is the main Holding company of LMVH, owning 42.38% of its Shares and 59.30% of its Voting rights? (Clue – Huge Brand) 12. From the Education Sector. Old Company. Whose Logo? 13. First example of an Indian company hiring a local face to endorse its brand exclusively in another Country. Dabur has roped in which Pakistani cricketer for its brand – Hajmola? 14. Which nation gets its top level internet domain as .Ch ? 15. He has donated a majority of his company’s shares to M.I.T to fulfill his desire. Under the terms of the Gift, M.I.T cannot sell its shares & will not participate in its management or governance of the Company but can get annual dividend on its shares. Identify this gentleman.? (Huge Indian name)
16. Arabian Logo . Identify ? (New tourism destination in the middle east. Did not get effected by the recession) 18. Which electronic commerce company would be associated with Andrew Mason? 19. This Company is recognized as India’s biggest chain of Family Clubs by the Limca book of world records. They boast of having around 600 corporate members including Microsoft, Brooke bond Lipton, CMC,etc….. 20. Very much native Logo. ANSWERS 1. Elton John 2. Maureen Wadia 3. Seimens 4. Cecil Rhodes 5. Darjeeling Tea 6. Madagascar 7. Ashok Soota 8. Competition Commission of India 9. Tabloid 10. Philippines 11. Christian Dior 12. Aptech 13. Shahid Afridi 14. Switzerland 15. Amar Bose 16. Abu Dhabi 17. Vasan Eye Care 18. Groupon 19. Country Club 20. Nigiris
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Which brand changed its positioning recently to ‘Your Move’?
Ans- Reebok 2)
In the range of sunglasses, what does M in MDG stand for? (DG-Dolce & gabbana)
Ans- Madonna 3)
Baby Shop. Iconic brand. Lifestyle stores
Ans- Landmark Group 4)
Tech support of stores- ‘Genius Bar’
Ans- APPLE 5)
Record label- SICO Music headed by
Ans- Simon Cowell 6)
Deccan Queen became the 1st train to be offered what?
Ans- ISO certification 7)
In 1984, this country’s govt.- celebrated 450th anniversary of Canada’s discovery- Kirk Soleil
Ans-Quebec Group 8)
Vice chairman of TCS
Ans- S Ramadorai 9)
Darjeeling tea. 1st in India to get what?
Ans- GI 1) Demonstrated at Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia. Emperor Alcantara-‘To be or not to be’ –Line 42 in Hamlet Ans- Telephone- Alexander graham bell 2)
He accepted the Webby award with the speech-‘Every character counts. Thank you.’
Ans- Jack Dorsey of Twitter
3) This was created at Sun Shadows in 1956. Titled ‘Million dollar quartet’- Johnny Cash, Jerry Lewis and the most famous being..
Ans- Elvis Presley 4) He is acknowledged by the world as architect of bi-racial trade house. Opium trade in China- burnt in England Ans- Dwarkanath Tagore 5)
This sport popularized by David Attenborough in 1960s to explain superior aspects of color TV
Ans- Snooker 6)
How do we know the humanized version of the Turing test?
Ans- CAPTCHA 1)
‘Yaari Dosti’ Hindi print ad.
Ans- Durex 2)
Firm behind desi version of ‘America’s Next Top Model’
Ans- Red Chillies Entertainment 3)
Identify 2 companies in the logo
Ans- ADANI WILMAR 4)
Tic-Tac is a brand from which confectionary major.
Ans- Ferrrero Roche 5)
What started through these 3 cartoon characters
Ans- Kelloggs 6)
PEPSI A.M. Reason for branding.
Ans- Drink in the morning to get over a hangover 1)
Which world leader in carbonated drink category- used the services of Tata Elxsi
Ans- Coca Cola 2)
What is the specific name of add-on package in Tata Sky having WB,MGM,TCM,Lumiere
Ans- Tata Cosmo Pack 3)
In June, Croma Zip opened at which International airport
Ans- Delhi 4)
Scandia & Arvind Group- Agent to handle tableware marketing in North india
Ans- Tata Ceramics 1)
Ja-Ri Corp., Cristiano ronaldo ad, product pic
Ans- Amway 2)
Jump the q, prahlad kakkar,
Ans- Kyazoonga.com 3)
WOW, IKNO, Capstan, krazzy 4 song
Ans- ITC 4)
V3, 20-20, Signore Felice ____,
Ans- PARLE 1)
Started in Chicago-1928 with a battery eliminator
Purchased patents for automatic radio. Gets current name from William Lear World’s 1st walkie talkie in 1940 Ans- Motorola 2)
Instrument-1930s – radio comedian Bob Bruno – inventor 20 yrs. Earlier
Portable anti-armor rocket launcher Ans- BAZOOKA 3)
Started in 1899 by Swiss, English and Catalan men- Joan Gamper.
In its domain- revenue of 365 mill from its 2008-09 season Ans- Barcelona
