Farewell Economics Quiz

Q1. Founded as the Imperial Bank of India in 1806, it is the oldest commercial bank in the Indian subcontinent, the bank is famous for its scheme of "golden handshake", a lucrative voluntary retirement scheme for its employees. After 2008, the Government of India holds a majority stake in this bank (about 60%). Identify the bank.

Ans. State Bank of India

Q2. Started in 1959 with a seed capital of Rs.80, the company today has a turnover of Rs.500 crores anually. What is the famous product of the company Shri Mahila Griha Udyog _____ _____ (the blanks can be filled with the name of the product)?

Ans. Lijjat Papad

Q3. Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the Unites States of America was fondly known as Teddy. In this 1906 cartoon from the magazine "Punk", Roosevelt is shown grapplign with snakes that represent one of the largest and most dominant corporations in the world's economic history, a corporation that was eventually broken up in 1911. Identif the company.

Ans. Standard Oil (of John D Rockefeller Sr.)

Q4. Founded in 1976 in Calcutta, and again in 1989 in Indonesia as Ispat International, this company now has its headquarters in Avenue de La Liberte in Luxembourg and is headed by a person who was ridiculed initially for his inadequacies in the English language. Identify the company.

Ans. Mittal-Arcelor

Q5. Because Indian laws do not allow FDI in the retail sector, Wal Mart entered into an association with Bharti-Airtel to open wholesale cash-and-carry joints in India. On 31st May 2009, in which city in India was the first store of this much-anticipated JV opened to traders?

Ans. Amritsar

Q6. "X" founded his own company after he had worked for his brother's film production company. The first three films of this company were Daag: A Poem of Love, Kabhi Kabhie and Doosra Aadmi. Identify the company.

Ans. Yash Raj Films

Q7. He is a graduate from IIT-Delhi, Carnegie Mellon and Stanford Graduate School of Business, and out of the two companies that he co-founded, the lesser known one is Daisy Systems. He has a net worth of $1.5 billion and is recognised as one of the most influential men of Silicon Valley because of the second company that he co-founded. Identify this Indian.

Ans. Vinod Khosla

Q8. Created by Ogilvy and Mather and shot by Bangalore-based firm Nirvana films, it was one of the highlights of the Indian Premier League - II. Identify.

Ans. ZooZoos

Q9. This "medium of information" is among the world's most well-known brands, but has run into several controversies, most notably all muslim nations (except for Turkey), India, mailand China and other Asian and African countries. Identify.

Ans. Playboy

Q10. When this man decided to start his company, he just put a K in the beginning of his company's name and put a K at the end of the name and just arranged alphabets in-between the two K's. Which famous company was born thus?

Ans. Kodak