Wednesday, July 20, 2011

QUIZ


1. This term is derived from Latin words ‘com’ meaning together and ‘merx’ meaning goods. – Commerce
2. A type of buyout wherein an investor, typically financial sponsor, acquires a controlling interest in a company’s equity and where a significant percentage of the purchase price is financed through borrowing. –Leveraged Buyout
3. Which bank was instrumental in starting the Pratham Grameen Bank. An initiative to spread banking to rural India. – Syndicate Bank
4. Print ad with caption ‘Every supermodel’s favourite airline’ (The hint given was the text font) – Indigo
5. What was started in 1834 at London’s East End by Charles Henry with initial emphasis on tea. – Harrods
6. Which organisation started the game ‘Moon Base Alpha’ to teach small children more about the moon. –NASA
7. Which famous politician was associated with Vedanta Resources before joining the cabinet in 2004. –  P. Chidambaram’ 
8. Photo Identify.   -                              Urusula Burns of Xerox


9. What started in India after a noted silver shortage after World War I which is been followed even today. – Introduction of Currency Notes’
10. Who invented the carbon microphone along with Alexander Graham Bell specifically being mentioned for his other prominent inventions. – ‘Thomas Alva Edison’
11. What did Father de Cruz bought from China in the early sixteenth century and introduced to the entire Europe. – Tea
12. Picture identify – ‘Muthuraman of Tata Steel’
13. A branch of mathematics deriving its name from the fact that it was specifically used within the state. –‘Statistics’
14. What did Reuben H. Donnelly start which is now widely being used in almost all the homes and offices. –Yellow Pages’
15. ‘Come out and play’ is the tagline for which sporting event occurred in 2010. – ‘Commonwealth Games’
16. Which Padmashree award winner wrote the book ‘How I taught my Grandmother to teach and other stories’ - ’Sudha Murthi’
17. What does NEFT stand for – National Electronic Fund Transfer’
18. What did Kailash and Sanjai Katkar started which is now one of the most  widely used security measures. – Quickheal’
19. In Danish this means ‘Krating Daeng’ . Which syrup is been referred to which was initially used as a medicine. –Red Bull’

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