1. Which business magnate successfully bid for Tipu Sultan’s sword in London auction in 2004?
A: Vijay Mallya
2. In which Maharshtrian town did Seth Walchand Hirachand start a confectionery factor in 1933?
A: Ravalgaon
3. Which company’s name is derived from the English word “legend” and the Latin word for “new”?
A: LENOVO
4. Which Asian currency consists of 100 pas?
A: KYAT
5. Which ingredient of chewing gum is obtained from the latex of sapodilla trees?
A: GUM(we googled this)
6. Whose global advertising campaign for the 2006 FIFA World cuo was “Impossible Team”?
A. ADIDAS
7. Who was the plaintiff in the famous case of Marshall Vs Marshall that went all the way up to the US Supreme court in 2006?
A. Anna Nicole Smith
8. What was launched in 1 August,1981 in the US with the music video of VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR?
A. M TV
9. Which sports star is the CEO of the interior design firm “V Star Interiors” located in Florida?
A. VENUS WILLIAMS
10. What brand was created after the founder was inspired by the discovery of airborne germs as a source of infection by Sir Joseph Lister?
A. LISTERINE
11. Who sponsors the ICC Elite Panel of umpires?
A. EMIRATES AIRLINES
12. S2 is a fragrance launched by which celebrity?
A. SHILPA SHETTY
13. Maruti’s latest Zen model is called Estilo. What does the word Estilo mean in Spanish?
A. Style
14. Who produced the Bengali film “Dosar” that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2007?
A. ARINDHAM CHOUDHARY
15. What according to Stephen Covey is the first effective habit of highly effective people?
A. PROACTIVE
16. From June 2007,Wal-Mart has begun retailing products of which computer giant, known for its direct sales model?
A. DELL
17. Which TATA group of company is a joint venture between the group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation?
A. TITAN
18. According to the celebrated American columnist Thomas Freidman, there are two basic responses to globalization. One is Al-Qaeda. Which is the other?
A. INFOSYS
19. Which company was formed as Racal Telecom Ltd in 1984?
A. VODAFONE
20. Developed by Mark Burnett, which TV show popularized the catch phrase, “You’re Fired”?
A. APPRENTICE
21. Which national cricket team did Ispahani Mirzapore Tea sponsor in the 2007 Cricket World Cup?
A. BANGLADESH
22. Which university recently awarded an honorary law degree to one of its dropouts, Bill Gates?
A. HARVARD
23. Which financial publication is famous for the Big Mac Index, which uses the price of a big hamburger sold by McDonald’s as an informal measure of exchange rates?
A. THE ECONOMIST
24. Which organization runs a worldwide restaurant chain called “Govinda’s”?
A. ISKON
25. Which Delhi based company was incorporated as American Universal Electric in 1963 and came out with a successful IPO in 2007?
A. DLF
26. Who suggested the Red Hot Stove Rule to guide managers in enforcing discipline?
A. This is for you- Google this out….!!!!
27. Which company created the reality TV show “Big Brother”?
A. ENDEMOL
28. From the Latin word for “to weigh”, what term is used for a fixed payment or salary, particularly that of a clergyman?
A. STIPEND
29. Wi-Fi is a common feature in many hotel lobbies and airports; what is the full form Wi-Fi?
A. Wireless-Fidelity
30. Which website would you reach if you key in the URL http://216.239.51.100?
A. GOOGLE
Anubhav & Vijay
ICTM,Pune