Saturday, December 11, 2010

Quiz Circuit

Quiz Circuit: Business Leader's - Answers

Who is the CEO of ACC Limited?
Mr Kuldip K Kaura

Who is Onne van der Weijde?
MD of AMBUJA CEMENT

Which region in Airtel does Sanjay Kapoor head?
Sanjay Kapoor, CEO (India & South Asia)

Shikha Sharma is the CEO & MD of Axis Bank. Who is the Chairman?
Dr. Adarsh Kishore

Who is the CMD of BPCL?
Shri. R. K. Singh

Rahul Dhir is the CEO of which Energy company?
CAIRN INDIA

Who is the MD of CIPLA?
Dr. Y.K. Hamied

Dr. Kushal Pal Singh is the chairman of which company?
DLF Ltd.

G V Prasad and Satish Reddy. Which company springs to your mind when I refer to these two gentlemen?
DR. REDDY`S Laboratories. G V Prasad is the CEO and Satish Reddy is the MD.

Who is the CEO of HCL Tech?
Vineet Nayar

Who is the MD of HDFC Bank?
Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Brijmohan Lall Munjal is the Chairman of Hero Honda. Who is the CEO?
Mr. Pawan Munjal

Who is the CEO of HUL?
Mr. Nitin Paranjpe

Who is the Chairman of Hindalco?
Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla

Who is the MD of ICICI Bank?
Ms. Chanda D. Kochha

Of which organisation is Dr. Rajiv B. Lall the CEO & MD?
IDFC

What is NR Narayan Murthy's designation at Infosys?
Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor

Who is Y C Deveshwar?
Chairman of ITC

Who is the Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd?
Mr. Naveen Jindal

Of which company is Dr. Tsutomu Une the chairman?
RANBAXY LABORATORIES

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Quiz Circuit

Quiz Circuit: National Parks - Answers

1. Which National park enjoys protection under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 and was earlier the private shooting reserve of the Maharaja of Gwalior?
Madhav (Shivpuri) National Park

2. Which is considered to be Asia's largest inland salt-water lagoon?
Chilka Lake

3. Which animal has found a home at the Kaundinya Wildlife Sanctuary that is located in Andhra Pradesh?
The Elephant

4. Identify this National Park: It lies near our international border with Myanmar in Arunachal Pradesh and was declared a Tiger Reserve by the Government in 1983. It is only park in the World to have all the four species of big cats i.e. The Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and the Clouded Leopard.
Namdapha National Park

5. This National Park is the only home to the highly endangered Hangul or Kashmir Stag. It is located near Srinagar.
Dachigam National Park

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Quiz Circuit

Quiz Circuit: Silicon Valley - Answers

1. "People can share the location they are at with friends by “checking in” through an sms (or a smartphone app). Points are awarded for checking in at various venues. Users can then connect their accounts to their Social Networking Sites accounts, which can update when a check in is registered. By checking in a certain number of times, or in different locations, users can collect virtual badges. In addition, users who have checked in the most times at a certain venue will be crowned “Mayor” until someone surpasses their number. Various venues now offer special deals to users who are “mayors”. " This is a description of which website?
Foursquare

2. Dustin Moskowitz and Chris Hughes are co-founders of which very popular website?
Facebook

3. Which site claims that it is the largest Search Engine in China?
Baidu

4. What is the designation of David Filo at Yahoo?
Co-founder and Chief Yahoo

5. Here is a fun question: What is 'Duck Duck Go'?
It is a general purpose Search Engine

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Quiz Circuit

Quiz Circuit: Biz Quiz - Answers

1. "The Voice of India's Business Community" This is the tag line of which industry body?
FICCI.

2. Who inaugurated the ASSOCHAM's first conference?
Lord Chelmsford.

3. What is common to: Mr Venu Srinivasan, Mr K. V Kamath, Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, Mr R Seshasayee and Mr Yogesh C Deveshwar?
Past Presidents of the CII.

4. Who is the current President of ASSOCHAM?
Swati Piramal.

5. Which organisation publishes "Footfalls" on the Retail sector?
FICCI.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Quiz Circuit

Quiz Circuit - Cricket - Answers

In a world cup match played at Lord’s in 1975, Sunil Gavaskar played through the innings (facing 174 balls) and scored .... how much?
36 with a strike rate of 20.68

He hails from Dombivili and made a name for himself by taking a wicket with his first ball in Test cricket. He is also the only Indian bowler to achieve this feat. Identify him.
Nilesh Kulkarni

Which team won the ICC Women's Cricket Twenty20 Challenge 2010 after crushing Sri Lanka in the final?
West Indies

We all know that Bradman has the best average in test cricket – 99.94. Do you know who has the second highest average in test cricket?
Robert Graeme Pollock

Ok, time for some trivia. Which country do/did Sunil Dhaniram, WD Balaji Rao, Nitish Kumar, Hiral Patel and Parth Desai represent?
Canada