BUSINESS AWARENESS: (5 tests)

1. " The power to give " is a caption of _______

BPL Excel
National Panasonic
ICICI Credit cards
Standard Chartered

2. This is not a Govt. of India Enterprises

Steel Authority of India Ltd.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
Mazagon Dock Ltd.
None of these

3. Choose the wrongly matched pair of CEO's

ICICI - K.V.Kamath
Cadbury India - Mathew Cadbury
Reliance Petrochemical - Anil Ambani
HDFC -Deepak Parekh

4. Which of this is not a producer of steel ?

SAIL
TISCO
Jindal Strips
TELCO

5. In year 2000 India's Fiscal Deficit was budgeted at ______

5.6%
5.9%
12%
4.0%

6. The merger of Allied Signal Inc. & Honeywell Inc., named as

Honeywell operates in_____
Aircraft Engine
Chemicals
Industrial Control Equipments
All of the above

7. In 2000, what % of FDI was directed towards Telecom activities ?

20%
10%
49%
25%

8. The greatest contribution to the Indian Treasury is by ____

Corporation tax
Income tax
Exicse
Borrowing

9. Which Company owns Bisleri brand of mineral water?

Coca-Cola
Pepsico
Parle Agro
Bisleri Inc

10. This is not a company which deals in oil (petro)

Shell
Exxon
BP
None of these

1 ICICI Credit Cards

2 None of these
3 Anil Ambani
4 TELCO
5 5.9%
6 All of the above
7 49%
8 Borrowing
9 Parle Agro
10 None of these

1. Which of this is not an ITC Brand ?

Wills
Gold Flake
Charms
Bristol

2. " Blue Chip " companies are indicator of

the predominance of blue collar workers in them
the American companies listed in the stock exchange
the most valuable scrips in the market
cutting edge computer chip companies

3. Which product and brand name is advertised with the line " Discover
a passion " ?
Signature Whisky
Classic cigarettes
Adidas sportswear
Royal Challenge Golf
4. Before investing in India securities
RBI
IMF
SEBI
BSES

5. Ariel detergent is owned by-

Hindustan Lever Ltd.
Procter & Gamble
Godrej Soaps
Johnson & Johnson

6. Who is the author of the famous Management book " The seven Habits
of Highly
Effective People " ?
Peter Drucker
Steve Covey
Henry Ford
David Ogilvy

7. India's biggest Advertising agency in terms of billings is

Lintas
Mudra
O&M
HTA

8. After independence, under the fixed exchange rate system, the Indian
Rupee was linked to
the British Pound
the American Dollar
Gold standard
Silver measure

9. The import percentage of Indian total Foreign Trade is approximately

50%
<25%
10%
90%

10. The Tobin tax can be applied on

imports
exports
Forex dealings
agriculture
1 Charms
2 the most valuable scrips in the market
3 Classic cigarettes
4 BSES
5 Procter & Gamble
6Steve Covey
7HTA
8the British Pound
9 50%
10 Forex dealings

1. Which Company Took over Hidustan Zinc Ltd?

Binani Zinc
Reliance
Gujrat Ambuja
Sterlite

2. What is the corporate entity of the ISRO?

Space Sanchar Nigam Ltd
Antriksh Corporation
Nakshatra Nigam Ltd
Mahajagatik Pradhikaran

3. Which Commerce Minister evolved the concept of the ‘navaratna’-s?

Ramakrishna Hegde
Pranab Mukherjee
P. Chidambaram
Murasoli Maran

4. What does the term ‘Hyundai’ mean?

Have a nice day!
Good Day!
I appreciate it!
I am the King

5. About which car was the following said: ‘The people can have it in
any colour as long as it is black.’
Rolls Royce Silver Sword
Ford Model T
Mercedes Benz
Hyundai Accent

6. Who wrote the motivational classic How to Win Friends and Influence
People?
Peter S. Drucker
Edward de Bono
Dale Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller

7. What is the technical term for 'a buying spree' vis-à-vis the shares
of a particular company?
rally
jamboree
pickup
tezi

8. Which media group has the motto 'Let truth prevail'?

Synergy Communications
New Delhi Television
Bennett, Coleman & Co.
Fox News

9. What does Section 80 of the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961 deal with?
exemptions
TDS
deductions
rebates

10. What was the pre-Independence constitutional draft prepared by top

Indian industrialists called?
the 13-point Plan
the Calcutta Plan
the Bombay Plan
the Delhi Plan

1 Sterlite
2 Antriksh Corporation
3 Murasoli Maran
4 I appreciate it!
5 Ford Model T
6 Dale Carnegie
7 rally
8 Bennett Coleman & Co.
9 deductions
10 the Bombay Plan

1. With which field are the terms B2B and B2C associated ?
securities trading
shipping
international trade
Information Technology
2. Name the first proponent of computer networking and
interconnectivity ?
Bill Gates
J. C. R. Licklider
Leonard Klienrock
Gordon Moore

3. Where in India does the Enfield Motorcycle Co. have its plant ?
Mumbai
Bangalore
Pune
Chennai

4. The name of which brand of car means 'sky' in Italian?

Alto
Uno
Cielo
Baleno

5. What is the core business of the Kirloskar - Cummins group?

automobile engines
compressors
precision instruments
None of these

6. Which IIM was set up with a grant from the Ford Foundation?
Lucknow
Ahmedabad
Calcutta
Bangalore

7. Where is the World Economic Forum headquartered?

Zurich
Geneva
Davos
Munich

8.Which country started off the Industrial Revolution?

France
the USA
Great Britain
Germany

9. Which state is called the ‘bread basket’ of India ?

Punjab
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Haryana

10. With which famous Lifestyle brand would u associate the little
known company Mirza Tanneries

Red Tape .
Phoenix
Calvin Klein
Lee Cooper

1 Information technology
2 J.C.R Licklider
3 Chennai
4 Ceilo
5 compressor
6 Calcutta
7 Davos
8 Great Britain
9 Punjab
10 Red Tape Shoes

1. Which controversial President of Ford Motors Inc. later came to head

Chrysler Corp.
and turned it around from a lose making organisation to a profit
making organisation ?
Henry Ford II
Bill Ford
Robert McNamara
Lee lacocca

2. Which automobile manufacturer brought out the Mustang in 1964 ?

Rolls Royce
Chrysler
BMW
Ford

3. Who in corporate parlance are the " bean counters " ?

trade unions
management trainees
shop floor workers
financial controller

4. Of which organisation is Rajendra Pawar the CEO ?

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Amway India
NIIT
IDLX

5. What in share market parlance, is an OTC transaction ?

Official Trade Certificate
Over the Counter
Open Trade Counter
Of the Chamber

6. " Agni ", "Brahmaputra", "Chakra Gold" and " Gemini " are four
brands of which product ?
Bidi
Cheroot
Tea
Coffee

7. Francisco Pereria de Moura (1925 - 98) was the founder of modern

economics in -------
Angola
Brazil
Portugal
Spain

8. K.B. Dadiseth is with Hindustan Lever, where did Darbari Seth belong
?
the Goenkas
Infosys
the Tatas
the Birlas

9. What is the full form of CSO?

Central Survey Office
Chair of Survey Oceanography
Central Statistical Organization
Chair of Statistical Operations

10. J. Thomas & Co. is India's oldest and largest tea auction house. It
is located in --------
Cochin
Mumbai
Coimbatore
Calcutta

1 Lee lacocca
2 Ford
3 financial controller
4 NIIT
5 Over the Counter
6 Tea
7 Portugal
8 the Tatas
9 Central Statistical Organization
10 Calcutta