The document describes the rules and questions for a business quiz competition. It includes 20 multiple choice questions about business topics like companies, products, executives, and cryptocurrencies. The rules state there are 20 total questions with 5 star marked questions that could be used to break a tie. The top 4 scoring participants will qualify for the finals.

1. Business Quiz
The Prelims
Created & Conducted by :Ayush Awasthi

2. RULES
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20 Questions
5 Star Marked Questions to decide in case of a
tie (No. 5,10,15 & 20)
30 seconds for each question
Top 4 qualify to the finals
Decision of the Quizmaster is final

3. 1
Every major company in the world files for an
IPO.
Expand IPO.

4. ANSWER
Initial Public Offering

5. 2
Identify this MD of Tata Motors who died
recently

6. ANSWER
Karl Slym

7. 3
How do we better know the joint venture
agreement between Priya Exhibitors Private
Limited and Village Roadshow Limited ?

8. ANSWER
PVR Cinemas

9. 4
With which airline would you associate the
aircrafts Saffron, Chili, Coriander, Mint &
Pepper ?

10. ANSWER
Spicejet Airways

11. 5*
Harpo Productions is a venture by which
famous TV personality ?

12. ANSWER
Oprah Winfrey

13. 6
This brand is sometimes used as a slang term for
a African who thinks likes an American because
of the appearance of the product.
Name the brand.

14. ANSWER
Oreo

15. 7
Literally meaning "strait" in French and founded
in the 18th century, this American city filed for
bankruptcy in April 2013, easily the largest city
ever to do so, and also the largest debt ever
owed by a city.
Once a big name in the history of American
business, which city is this?

16. ANSWER
Detroit

17. 8
X was established in 1887 as a piano and reed
organ manufacturer as Nippon Gakki
Company, Limited.
The company's origins as a musical instrument
manufacturer is still reflected today in the
group's logo—a trio of interlocking tuning forks
.

18. ANSWER

19. 9
This is a logo of a sports company which was
linked to X, the wife of a famous Indian.
ID the in-news person

20. ANSWER
Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister
Shashi Tharoor

21. 10*
In which company would you find the
designations like Mighty Eagle, bird Whisperer,
Marketing Wingman etc. ?

22. ANSWER
Rovio !!!

23. 11
After the success of Bitcoin, there was another
cryptocurrency in the market.
It was modelled after the American hip hop
artist Kanye West.
What was the innovative name given to it?

24. ANSWER
CoinYe West

25. 12
The story begins in 1930s when HUL wanted to
start manufacturing something. At that time it
was imported in India by a memon family, Dada
& Co, under the leadership of Hussain Kassim
Dada. They insisted that the branded product
should reflect their name, hence in a bid to
establish their ownership of the brand HUL did
something. What did they do ?

26. ANSWER
They introduced ‘L’ to the Dada
resulting in DALDA.

27. 13
Identify the influential businessman who
surprised the world with his newest acquisition.
He will also be awarded Edison Awards this year
along with Elon Musk.

28. ANSWER
Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo

29. 14
His father was an electrical engineer who
graduated from the BIT, Mesra.
He spent most of his childhood in north Indian
towns.
He studied mechanical engineering from IIT and
then from 1989 he worked for Tata Steel. He
left that job in 1992 for a government job.
Who ?

30. ANSWER

31. 15*
Shobha De writes about X:
‘X has put ‘sex’ back into the limp Sensex that
makes him seriously hot. With X as bedfellow,
economy will be sizzling hot !’
Who is X ?

32. ANSWER
Raghuram Rajan

33. 16
Identify this app that has gone viral & has been
downloaded more than 11 million times.It is
based in Toronto, Canada and has 10 employees.

34. ANSWER

35. 17
Which fictional
company’s logo is this ?

36. ANSWER

37. 18
Which Dutch company, very popular in India
has a Simplicity Advisory Board ?

38. ANSWER
Philips

39. 19
Designer Paula Scher of the Pentagram design
firm turned to the executives in the room and
asked them: “Your name is ___. Why are you a
flag?” This led to a significant change.
What?

40. ANSWER

41. 20*
Mysore Paints & Varnish Ltd. is a company
located in Mysore.
It is the only company authorised to produce a
typical product, which is of a great importance
in the functioning of the country.
What is this product ?

42. ANSWER
Indelible Ink, used in elections