BUSINESS MINDS- 2013

(NTPC MANAGEMENT GAMES)

WRITTEN QUIZ
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANSWERING THE QUIZ

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All answers should be written in the question booklet only.

The participants may use additional sheet for rough work.
Participants are allowed to use calculator.
The Business Quiz shall start at 15:00 PM sharp.
The total time allocated for answering the quiz is 60 minutes.
The participants should return the filled up answer sheet after completion
of the quiz to HRD executive co-ordinating the entire event.
7. There is no negative marking. Questions marked *are tie-breakers. You are
advised to attempt them all.
8. Taking photocopy of the question paper is not allowed.
9. Every team member should sign on each sheet of the question booklet.
10.Kindly switch off your mobile phones. Use of mobile phones for any
purpose is strictly prohibited and will result in team disqualification.

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SECTION A:
[Instruction: Q1-30 are multiple choice questions. Each
question is followed by four answer options: viz (a) , (b) , (c), (d). Select the
most appropriate option and mention in the column titled Answer]

Q.N Question
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1
In India, the Kimberley Process Certification scheme
certifies which valuable mineral?
a) Platinum
b) Gold
c) Diamond
d) None of the above
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3*

Answer

While it started in Vancouver, Canada in 1971, which

organization is today based in Amsterdam and counts
2.8 million supporters worldwide?
a) Greenpeace
b) Red Cross
c) World Wide Fund for Nature
d) Cry
Huge aerial bombs used in the 1940s, which were
capable of destroying complete streets, were known
as?
a) Blockbusters
b) Daisy Cutters
c) Nalpalm
d) Bomblett
Which famous scientist said, Can anyone imagine
Moses/Jesus/Gandhi armed with moneybags of
carnegie?
a) Michael Faraday
b) Issac Newton
c) Albert Einstein
d) Galileo
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This technique was first published in a 1942 book by

this author How to Think Up and later popularized
by his another book Applied Imagination in 1953.
He co-founded the firm BBDO. Which technique did
he popularize?
a) Role play
b) Brainstorming
c) Mapping
d) Quality circles
HARD ROCK caf motto love all serve all is based on
whom?
a) Satya Sai Baba
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Mother Teresa
d) Swami Vivekananda
Indian -American Silicon Valley venture capitalist
Vinod Khosla has pledged half of his $ 1.4 billion
fortune to charity. He is the co-founder of which of
the following companies?
a) Google
b) Microsoft
c) Hotmail
d) Sun Microsystems
Which of the following books is not written by V.S.
Naipaul?
a) In a Free State
b) A Bend in the River
c) A House for Mr. Biswas
d) Development as Freedom
Identify the mismatched pair with regard to the FIFA
world cup football tournaments?
a) 2010 South Africa
b) 2014 Brazil
c) 2018 Russia
d) 2022 USA

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Which of these Chief Minister of an Indian State is an

IIT Graduate ?
a) Kiran Kumar Reddy
b) Okram Ibobi Singh
c) Manohar Parrikar
d) Omar Abdullah
Which poet wrote Rann beech chowkri bhar bharkar
chetak ban gaya nirala tha, Rana Pratapne ghore se,
pad gaya hawa ka pala tha ?
a) Maithlee Sharan Gupt
b) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
c) Shyam Narayan Pandey
d) Dwaraka Prasad Mukherjee
Which hill station in India has the oldest passenger
ropeway?
a) Rajgir
b) Darjeeling
c) Mount Abu
d) Joshimath
From which ancient text is the phrase Satyameva
Jayate taken?
a) Kena Upanishad
b) Kaushitaki Upanishad
c) Aitareya Upanishad
d) Mundaka Upanishad
The stone covering of which leaders tomb bore no
name, only the words Here Lies
a) Napoleon Bonaparte
b) Adolf Hitler
c) Julius Caesar
d) Alexander
Urea Stibamine was used to treat which disease
successfully by U.N. Brahmachari?
a) Malaria
b) Cholera
c) Kalaazar
d) Syphilis
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Which Indian Governor General took initiative of

establishing the Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary?
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Lord Curzon
c) Lord Minto
d) Lord Dalhousie
17 In the world of fashion, what are kitten, stiletto and
wedge types of?
a) Shoe Heels
b) Mini Skirts
c) Hair Pins
d) Necktie Knots
18 January 29, is Indian Newspaper Day. The day
commemorates the birth of the first newspaper in
India. What was the name of this newspaper?
a) The Statesman
b) The Bombay Chronicle
c) The Hindu
d) The Bengal Gazette
19 Which is the first Indian product to obtain the
Geographical Identification tag?
a) Coffee
b) Tea
c) Pepper
d) Bay leaf
20 Which famous 'lady in advertising' was drawn by
Eustace Fernandes?
a) Reynolds
b) Limca
c) Amul
d) Cadbury
21* The most number of world heritage sites are in which
continent?
a) Europe
b) Asia
c) Africa
d) Australia
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22* Union Government of India on 5 December, 2012

cleared the decks for transferring the prime 12.5 acre
United Mill land in Mumbai to the Maharashtra
government for building a state-of-the-art memorial
for an Indian revolutionary and political leader. Name
the political leader
a) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
b) B. R. Ambedkar
c) Subhas Chandra Bose
d) Balasaheb Thackrey
23

Rudolph, Santa Claus reindeer, was teased for

something by others which later proved to be very
useful for guiding path in the dark. What thing?
a) His glowing red nose
b) His glowing horns
c) His glowing eyes
d) His glowing face

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Scientists in northern Mexico discovered a new

dinosaur with a large prominent nose which lived
about 73 millon years ago. What is the name of this
new dinosaur?

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a) Latirhinus Uitstlani
b) Gigntoraptor
c) Khaan
d) Raptorex
Which of the following organization prepares rural
credit plans on annual basis for all districts in India
which in turn from the base for annual credit plans of
all rural financial institutions?
a) CII
b) RBI
c) SIDBI
d) NABARD

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If a share has a Beta Factor of 1, then it means :a) Its market price is below par
b) Its rise and fall corresponds exactly with that
of the market
c) Its rise and fall is opposite to that of the
market
d) Its market price is constant over a period of
time

27

ABC Pvt Ltd., purchased bonds of face value of Rs

2,00,000/- at a discount of 20% in the open market as
an investment and intends to hold these bonds to
maturity. The market value if Rs 1,80,000/- ABC
should account these bonds at
a) 1,60,000/b) 2,00,000/c) 1,80,000/d) 2,40,000/-

28

Which company became the first in Asia Pacific

region to remotely ring the opening bell at NASDAQ
on 31st August ,2006
a) Infosys Technologies Ltd
b) Wipro Technologies
c) TCS
d) SIFY

29

HDFC logo consists of four bricks, one red and three

white in a cyclical fashion. Each indicates one of the
four fold activities of HDFC Ltd. Which activity does
the Red brick in logo represent?
a) Housing
b) Environment Development
c) Finance
d) Recycling of Resources

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Which of the following statement is correct:

a) Accounting profit is the difference between
cash receipts and cash paid in a period
b) Accounting profit is the total of cash sales in
the year less the expenses for the period
c) Accounting profit is the difference between
revenue income and expenses for the period
d) Accounting profit is the difference between
revenue income and cash payment for the
period

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SECTION-B
[Instructions: The answer to Q31-40 may be written in the column
titled Answer
Answer
Q.No Question
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It is an important source of protein in Chinese
and East Asian cuisines with origins dating
back to Han dynasty. It is a food made by
coagulating soy juice and then pressing the
resulting curds into soft white blocks. Identify
Kumbum is a monastery found in which country?
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33*

Peter Sellers was the first to achieve this feat

in 1964, followed by Burt Reynolds, Steve
Martin, Donald Trump, Dan Aykroyd, Jerry
Seinfeld, Leslie Nielson, Gene Simmons, Seth
Rogen and Bruno Mars being the latest.
Which feat?

34

Name the German President who quit over a loan

scandal?

35

Which new advertising methodology was

used by Sony to promote its show Jassi Jaisi
Koi Nahin at Mumbai in November 2003?
Nuts Crazy Recipe for Business and
Personal Success (by Keven and Jackie
Freiberg) is about which company ?
The local word 'Lei' refers to a garland of
flowers or shells, etc., orginating in and
associated iconically with which island?
In 2000, while addressing the Indian
Parliament, Bill Clinton said The world is
divided between those who have seen ,
and those who have not. What was he
referring?
Which footwear uses crocodile skin to
manufacture shoes?

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40*

Who posted these lines in Twitter :-CEOs

incentive is not to learn, because hes not
paid on real value but on cosmetic value So
hes paid to be nice to the Wall Street
analysts. So this is where the problem starts.

Key answers Section A- Multi Choice Questions

1) C-Diamond
2) A- Greenpeace
3*) A- Blockbusters
4) C- Albert Einstein
5) B- Brain storming
6) A- Satya Sai Baba
7) D- Sun Microsystems
8) D- Development as Freedom
9) D- 2022-USA
10)C- Manohar Parrikar
11)C- Shyam Narayan Pandey
12)B- Darjeeling
13)D- Mundaka Upanishad
14) A- Napolean Bonaparte
15) C- Kalaazar
16) B- Lord Curzon
17) A- Shoe Heels
18) D- The Bengal Gazette

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19) B-Tea
20) C- Amul
21*) A- Europe
22*) B- B R Ambedkar
23) A- The glowing red nose
24) A- Latirhinus Uitslani
25) D- NABARD
26) B- Its rise and fall corresponds exactly with that of the market
27) A- 1,60,000/28) A- Infosys Technologies Ltd
29) C- Finance
30) C- Accounting profit is difference between revenue income & expenses
for the period
Section B- One line Answer
31) Tofu
32) China
33*) Men on Playboy cover
34) Christian Wulff
35) Flash Mob
36) South West Airlines
37) Hawaii
38*) Taj Mahal

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39) Crocs Inc

40*) Nassim Taleb

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