GK Workshop - 5

CLASS TEST 2: Business Awareness

1. He tried a variety of jobs before settling on being a milkshake-mixer salesman. A visit to a small restaurant in San Bernardino, California, inspired him to establish a fast food chain that later became world-famous. Quality, Service, Cleanliness, and Value were the four pillars on which he built his company. Identify the person. (a) Col. H. Sanders (b) Mac McDonald (c) Ray Kroc (d) Tom Monaghan At the age of 13, he formed the Lakeside Programmers Group with some school friends. Identify the person. (a) Larry Ellison (b) Steve Jobs (c) Ken Olsen (d) Bill Gates In 1974, he took a job with Atari. Identify the person. (a) Larry Ellison (b) Steve Jobs (c) Ken Olsen

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(d) Bill Gates

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At age of 27, he borrowed US$ 20,000 from his father-in-law and bought his first store in Newport, Arkansas. He got a pilot license in 1953 and used to fly from one store to another to oversee the operations of his growing chain of retail stores. In 1991, his company became the largest retailer in the US. Identify the person. (a) Ben Franklin (b) J C Penney (c) Richard Warren Sears (d) Sam Walton His first book, "The End of the Economic Man" was published in 1939. Identify the person. (a) Peter Drucker (b) F.W. Taylor (c) Michael Porter (d) Philip Crosby At 16, he went to work as an engineer for James Flower & Co. in Detroit. Identify the person. (a) Alfred Sloan (b) Walter Chrysler (c) Henry Ford (d) Lee Iacocca In 1976, she took a job with WJZ-TV as news co-anchor. Identify the person. (a) Whoopi Goldberg (b) Oprah Winfrey (c) Anita Roddick (d) Janet Jackson Though he was the heir to his family's rice wine brewing business, he decided to pursue his interest in consumer electronics and was the co-founder of the Tokyo Tshushin Kyogu company. Identify the person. (a) Eiji Toyoda (b) Akiro Kurusawa (c) Taichi Ohno (d) Akio Morita At school, he used to write computer programs for the school library to print out catalogue cards. Identify the person. (a) Scott McNealy (b) Pierre Omidyar (c) Jay Walker (d) Sergey Brin The Indian born, who was recently promoted as the President of Pepsi Co (a) George Zacharas (b) Indira Nooyi (c) Steven Kapoor (d) Madhavi Puri Buch Which Indian Entrepreneur was recently awarded the Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Award? (a) Adi Godrej (b) Anil Ambani (c) Azim Premji (d)NR Narayana Murthy

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India's weightage in Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) index has been cut to _____ %. (a) 4.4 (b) 5.5 (c) 6.5 (d) 7.0 The controversial MIP-95 mutual fund scheme belongs to ________ . (a) Alliance Capital (b) UTI (c) Prudential ICICI. The CEO of Zee Telefilms is ________. (a) Subahsh Ghai (b) Dheeraj Kumar

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(d) Kotak Mahindra

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(c) Jeetendra

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Which pharmaceutical company recently ventured into consumer goods sector? (a) Ranbaxy (b) Dr Reddys (c) Cipla (d) Novartis The recently appointed MD of Air India is___. (a) J N Gogoi (c) Arvind Jadhav

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(b) Michael Mascarenhas (d) Raghu Menon

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Which of the following airlines became the first Indian Based Airlines to operate flight to China? (a) Indian (b) Air India (c) Kingfisher (d) Jet Airways Allen Solly is a brand owned by which group of Companies? (a) Tata Group (b) Damani Group (c) Arvind Mills Group (d) A V Birla Group India's first electric car is known as _____. (a) Reva (b) Mewa

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(c) Bewa

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TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following services? (a) Telecom (b) Trade (c) Port

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At present for the ATMs in India, the most commonly used net-work communication mode is (a) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) (b) General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) (c) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) (d) Dial-in Connection Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India? (a) DBS Bank Ltd. (b) J. P. Morgan Chase Bank (c) Shinhan Bank (d) All are Foreign Banks Intel Company mainly produces (a) Hard disks (b) VCDs

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Who amongst the following is the M.D./Chairman of one of the major Steel Companies? (a) Shri L. N. Mittal (b) Shri K. K. Birla (c) Shri Vijaypat Singhania (d) Shri Mukesh Ambani The CAC 40 is the prominent stock index in which country? (a) Germany (b) France (c) Netherlands The first country to issue Postal Savings accounts in 1883 was ________. (a) Sweden (b) Poland (c) Belgium The 'Krona' is the currency of which nation? (a) England (b) Bulgaria
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The parent company of Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken is __________. (a) The Pizza Company (b) Greco Pizza (c) Pizza Nova (d) PepsiCo International The first general purpose credit card was issued by _________. (a) Abbey National (b) Diners Club (c) Capital One The telecom giant NOKIA belongs to which nation? (a) Finland (b) Norway (c) Germany

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(d) Virgin Money

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(d) France

Answer Keys
1. (c) 6. (c) 11. (d) 16. (c) 21. (a) 26. (d) 2. (b) 7. (b) 12. (a) 17. (d) 22. (d) 27. (c) 3. (b) 8. (d) 13. (b) 18. (d) 23. (d) 28. (d) 4. (d) 9. (b) 14. (d) 19. (a) 24. (a) 29. (b) 5. (a) 10. (b) 15. (d) 20. (a) 25. (b) 30. (a)

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