general +business quiz

GENERAL QUIZ

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It began life in Brazil as a one-time marketing plan to sell pre-packaged music on Nokia 5310 phones – where two different Brazilian artists recorded a show fusing different styles of music. What?

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Give Funda.

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This best-selling reader-friendly series began in 1991with a book by computer science writer Dan Gookin. The book, with its characteristic standard format devised by Gookin, and cartoons by Rich Tennant, became popular due to the rarity of beginner-friendly materials for using “X”. While initially the series focused on software and technology topics (and still does), it now includes many general and diverse topics such as acne, chess, and fishing. Name this series and what is “X”?

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Who is sitting on the right of Gandhi?

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• Charlie Chaplin

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The Government of India’s MSTC (Metal and Scrap Trading Corporation) conducted an e—auction worth Rs 133 crore last year on behalf of an unusual biological product mainly obtained from a place in South India. Together with other places producing this, the trade in this commodity reached Rs 700 crore last year. What product is this that is popular in the West in the fashion industry?

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Connect

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• Daryl Harper and Simon Taufel, ICC umpires from Australia

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• Kathryn Stockett- author

• Reliance Entertainment- Studio

• Octavia Spencer – won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the movie

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Brownie Wise

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In 2010, Urs Holzle sent around an urgent internal memo warning that the company would be crushed if it didn’t figure out its social strategy. The team named their social project “Emerald Sea” after this painting of a wave knocking a ship over and then recreated that painting outside the elevators where they worked. What was the outcome of this project?

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In September 2010, a certain range of furniture and other interior accessories were launched at Paris trade show. Some of these items were named Radcliffe desk, Bodleian book case, Harry Potter table, etc. The Critics were quick to label it as vulgar and cheapens it image. Whose venture?

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Jim O’Neill, an economist with Goldman Sachs, coined the acronym ‘BRIC’ to refer to Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Now he has come up with ‘MIST’, a next set of emerging economies.Expand MIST

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• Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, and Turkey

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• The previous logo was in the shape of a ring. The reason why the company decided to go for the black and white colour combination was that the agency had sent a coloured logo but since the company had a black and white fax machine hence they received it in black and white and thought it to be selected by the agency. The design and colours both were liked and approved and hence they had a black and white Logo. Which company?

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• This term comes from the Greek word for ‘household management’. The term eventually came to be used in a much more generalized connotation. Which term?

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• Economics

• One of the reasons for this car brand’s name was that it was said to give zero engine noise. Which brand?

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• ZEN

• The founder of this drink brand used to send ripe Florida citrus oranges in gift boxes from Florida to the rest of US. He realized that he could send only the best and biggest fruits in his gift boxes, and that the relatively smaller ones were going waste. He therefore decided to make this beverage out of the relatively smaller oranges. Which drink is this?

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• Tropicana

• Which Indian brand, originally based in Morvi , Gujrat, is the world’s largest selling clock brand?

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• Ajanta

• X was used by NASA to help insure the successful launch of the Apollo 8 spacecraft in 1968. The rocket had a rubber strip holding together a covering that protected a measuring instrument. NASA needed a means to insure that the rubber strip could slide off freely during the rocket’s launch. A NASA engineer used some X that he brought in from home. It did the job so well that he planned to use it on all subsequent Apollo launches.

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• JOHNSON’S® Baby Powder

• ____________ became the first infant formula manufacturer to be included in the London Stock Exchange’s responsible investment index. This company was started by a trained pharmacist and is also one of the main shareholders of L'Oréal, the world's biggest cosmetics company. It was the first company to develop policies based on the WHO Code and apply them across our entire operations in developing countries.

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• Nestle

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