By Geetanav Ojha
1. What was set up in Kandla, Gujrat in India in 1965 for the first time with a land covering of 1.2 square miles?
Answer: KASEZ, the first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in India
2. It began as a restaurant in 1940 in San Bernardino, California with two brothers named Dick and Mac starting it. It became famous in 1948 for the introduction of “Speedee Service System” and its original mascot was a man with a chef’s hat on top of a hamburger shaped head whose name was “Speedee.” Later Ray Crock purchased it and brought about a revolution in the industry. What started in 1940?
Answer: McDonald Food Chain Restaurants
3. He was born on 28th January 1940 in Mexico City, Mexico. He is a businessman and philanthropist and is largely focused on the telecommunications industry. His net worth is around US$60 billion through his holdings and controls Teléfonos de México (Telmex), Telcel and América Móvil companies. Whom are we talking about?
Answer: Carlos Slim Helu, the second richest man
4. It started its operations in 1997 as the India-based business process services operation for GE Capital. In 2005, with equity investments from General Atlantic and Oak Hill Capital Partners, it became an independent company and was rebranded to the present name. Today it is the largest BPO company of India. Which company?
Answer: Genpact
5. This company was established in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids in the town of Tampere, in south-western Finland. The present day headquarters are located by the Gulf of Finland in Keilaniemi, Espoo, was constructed between 1995 and 1997. The name of the company comes from the town where it was first established and also the river which flowed by this town. Name the company.
Answer: Nokia
6. It was established as “The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association” in 1875 and was the oldest of its kind in Asia. What?
Answer: The Bombay Stock Exchange
7. He is considered as the king of retail in India and heads the Fortune group of companies which has the famous retail outlets like Pantaloon, Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar and Shoe Bazaar as its subsidiaries. Whom am I referring to?
Answer: Kishore Biyaani
8. Who was the first finance minister of independent India?
Answer: Sir R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
9. It was called the Imperial Bank of India until 30th April 1955 and was the result of the amalgamation of the Bank of Bombay, Bank of Madras and the Bank of Bengal. How do we know it today?
Answer: State Bank of India (SBI)
10. The first mechanical form of this machine was developed and built by Luther George Simjian and installed in 1939 in New York City by the City Bank of New York, but removed after 6 months due to the lack of customer acceptance. De La Rue developed the first electronic form of this machine, which was installed first in Enfield Town in North London, United Kingdom on 27 June 1967 by Barclays Bank. Which machine?
Answer: Automated Teller Machine (ATM
Quiz questions on Business, Sports:
1. Land of thousand lakes: Finland
2. Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar set a new UK League record for not conceding a goal for minutes.
3. US Unemployment rate: (Business India)
At the beginning of the presidential terms of Bill Clinton and George Bush: 7 and 4.
At the end of the presidential terms of Bill Clinton and George Bush: 4 and 7.
4. Only one Business man got Bharat Ratna: JRD Tata
5. First Businessman to be awarded with Padma Bhushan: Jehangir Gandhi.
3 Business quiz questions:
1. Which was the first bank to start ATM service in India?
Answer: HSBC in 1987
2. Ezee day stores belong to which company?
Answer: Bharti enterprises
3. Who is the major stakeholder in Tata group of companies?
Answer: Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry and he has 18.5% stake
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