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BUSINESS MINDS- 2013

(NTPC MANAGEMENT GAMES)

WRITTEN QUIZ

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANSWERING THE QUIZ

1. All answers should be written in the question booklet only.

2. The participants may use additional sheet for rough work.

3. Participants are allowed to use calculator.

4. The Business Quiz shall start at 15:00 PM sharp.

5. The total time allocated for answering the quiz is 60 minutes.

6. 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

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Question Answer

1 In India, the Kimberley Process Certification scheme

certifies which valuable mineral?

a) Platinum

b) Gold

c) Diamond

d) None of the above

2 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

3* 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

4 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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5 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

6 HARD ROCK café motto “love all serve all” is based on

whom?

a) Satya Sai Baba

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Mother Teresa

d) Swami Vivekananda

7 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

8 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

9 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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10 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

11 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

12 Which hill station in India has the oldest passenger

ropeway?

a) Rajgir

b) Darjeeling

c) Mount Abu

d) Joshimath

13 From which ancient text is the phrase ‘Satyameva

Jayate’ taken?

a) Kena Upanishad

b) Kaushitaki Upanishad

c) Aitareya Upanishad

d) Mundaka Upanishad

14 The stone covering of which leader’s tomb bore no

name, only the words ‘Here Lies’

a) Napoleon Bonaparte

b) Adolf Hitler

c) Julius Caesar

d) Alexander

15 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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16 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

24 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?

a) Latirhinus Uitstlani

b) Gigntoraptor

c) Khaan

d) Raptorex

25 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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26 If a share has a Beta Factor of 1, then it means :-

a) It’s market price is below par

b) It’s rise and fall corresponds exactly with that

of the market

c) It’s 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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30 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”

Q.No Question Answer

31 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

32 Kumbum is a monastery found in which country?

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?

36 “Nuts – Crazy Recipe for Business and

Personal Success” (by Keven and Jackie

Freiberg) is about which company ?

37 The local word 'Lei' refers to a garland of

flowers or shells, etc., orginating in and

associated iconically with which island?

38* 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?

39 Which footwear uses crocodile skin to

manufacture shoes?

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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

40* Who posted these lines in Twitter :-“CEO’s

incentive is not to learn, because he’s not

paid on real value but on cosmetic value So

he’s paid to be nice to the Wall Street

analysts. So this is where the problem starts.”

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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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