Verve Prelims

HI guys..... Warm welcome once again. St Aloysius held a Man Meet and as a part of the meet, there was a biz quiz. My friends Sandeep n Vineeth attended it, and as usual, came out in flying colors. Congrats guys, you guys are really something... Keep this up.So here are the questions asked for the prelims.

Have fun quizzing guys,

1. R.K Shanmukhan Shetty:1947::_________:2008
2. After more than 20 years of service, it let go of its famous tagline in favor of a new logo and tagline. Its new tagline is "Leap Ahead', with the same swoop around the word that has encircled the old tagline.
3. Which automobile brand derives its name from an animal whose scientific name is "Panthera Onca"
4. JP Associates have been signed to build something for the first time in India in Greater Noida. What is it?
5. Who first abolished Jizya, a per-capita tax levied on non-Muslims in India?
6. What are minglebox,ibibo,indyarocks,desimartini,bigadda?
7. What is the outcome of Young Underwear and Hindustan Supermarket?
8. Which Chennai based institution offers - Foundation, Fluent, Pro, Accent, Sureshot
9. In 1989, he spent nearly 7 million dollar of his company's funds to buy a corporate jet and named it 'The indefensible'. The reason: He himself has been critical of such purchases by corporate chiefs.. Who is HE?
10. The company was founded in Zlin, Czhechoslvakia and soon came to have other centres, known as Zkin Satelittes, such as Mohlin (Switzerland) Hellocourt (France) Tilbury (england) Best (Netherlands) Belcamp (USA) and one centre on the South Western outskirts of Kolkatta. Identify the company.
11. It lies over 330 acres in Konappana Agrahara and Doddathogar villages. It was a brainchild of R.K Baligathe first Chairman and MD of Keonics.What?
12. Whats manufactured in H,F,B,HB,4H,2B,7b
13. The first record was held bu Agricultural Bank of china at Naqu. The record was held by the UTI bank at Thegi, but it is to be overshadowed soon by Union Bank of India at Sherathang. What are we talking about?
14. Which brand derives its name from Greek meaning 'a circle of animals'
15. Launched as Chocolate Crisp, it was later changed to an 18th century London Club. Name the brand?
16. What is calculated using the Free float Market Capitalisation methodology? As per this, the level of index at any point of time reflects the Free float market value of 30 stocks relative to a base period.
17. It is a world leader in the development of removable data sorage media,incorporated in 1983, the ccompanys is today one of the leading technology companies in Idian and ranks three in the optical storage media manufactures in the world. Headquartered in New Delhi, it has abroad and robust production of floppy diskd, CDs and DVDs.
18. It's birth orginates in 1883 when there was a delay in shipment of white paper . In 1986, Rueben H Donnelley published the first version. today it is business in US accounts for more than $ 14 billion. In US alone there are 2300 of them produced by 250 piblishers. What?
19. This 'Bring Back to Life' product contains Levovogestrel - a progestogen which prevents the implantation of egg in the uterus, stop egg being released from ovary, prevents sperm fertility.
20. Connect: one of India's international fashion mag, american Jazz record label, an energy drink, an online radio.

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