The document contains the details of the Business Quiz Finals event organized by Thiagarajar School of Management in Madurai. It provides the schedule of the quiz with 4 rounds including prelims, finals, audio-based questions and a rapid fire round. It also includes 15 sample questions from the prelims round 1 covering topics like business terminology, companies, brands and current affairs. The rules for participation and scoring for each round are clearly defined.
4. Round - 1
Ground Rules
Mixed Bag Round
Total no of questions: 15
10 points for direct answer and 5 points for pass
Quiz Master’s decision is final
5. Business Quiz - Prelims
Question - 1
Round 1
Which term derived from East Asia describes a
supposedly valuable possession whose upkeep
costs exceed its usefulness, and it is therefore a
liability?
6. Business Quiz - Prelimsuestion
Q 1
Round 1
Answer
White Elephant
7. Question - 2
Round 1
Name the founder of the logistics company 360.
9. Question - 3
Round 1
Hall of Fame : He is the inventor of
First __________ in the world.
What are we talking about ?
10. Question - 3
Round 1
Answer
Digital Camera
(Mr. Steve Sasson from Kodak is
the inventor of Digital Camera)
11. Question - 4
Round 1
In 1833, Marcus Samuel opened a small shop in
London's East End selling sea shells to Victorian
natural history enthusiasts. Which oil company has
its origins in this modest beginning?
13. Question - 5
Round 1
In 1949, a young entrepreneur opened a small toy
balloon manufacturing unit in a shed at Tiruvottiyur,
Madras (now Chennai). Although the factory was just a
small shed without any machines, a variety of products,
ranging from balloons and squeaking toys to industrial
gloves and contraceptives, were produced. Which multi-
billion dollar company had such a humble beginning?
17. Question - 7
Round 1
Celebrity endorsements began way
back in the 19th century when
Queen Victoria endorsed a product.
The brand is still in existence
today. Name it.
23. Question - 10
Round 1
HUL was recently found guilty of making tall claims in
one of its food product’s advertisement and the ad was
banned by Ministry of Health. Name the product.
38. A–Q-2
Round 1
This home grown company was founded in 1947 In the
year 1947 by Mr. N. Balusamy Chettiar, father of Mr.
Balarama Govinda Das, Mr. Ba Ramesh and Mr. N.B.
Kumar. This company is an established brand in Tamil
Nadu and currently operates five retail outlets.
( Strong connection with Madurai )
It recently went public through its IPO.
Identify this company.
44. Round - 2
Ground Rules
Match the Following
Total no of question set: 5
Each team will get one set and each set has 5 questions
Answers will be shown in jumbled order. Teams should
match the correct answer and justify it
3 Points for each correct matching and 3 points for each
correct justification - 30 Points in total
Questions/sets do not pass
Strictly only one chance
Quiz Master’s decision is final
46. Business Quiz - Prelimsuestion
Answer Q 1
Round 2
1. Colors & Rajdeep Sardesai.
Connect is ViacomTV18. Both Colors and CNN-IBN are owned by TV18.
2. Wall Street Journal & Hindustan Times
Connect is “Mint” – The Business Daily jointly run by WSJ & HT
3. BBC & Mid Day
Connect is “Radio one FM” – Jointly owned by BBC & Mid Day
4. Reuters & Times of India. Connect is “Times Now”
5. Bloomberg & UTV. Connect is “UTVi” – The business news
channel jointly owned by Bloomberg & UTV
48. Business Quiz - Prelims
Answer Question - 2
Round 2
1. Deccan Chargers & Odyssey
Both are owned by Deccan Chronicle Group
2. Landmark & Croma
Both are retail ventures of TATA Group
3. GMR & CWG 2010 . Connect is New Delhi. New Delhi Airport is operated by
GMR and New Delhi is venue of CWG 2010
4. Uninor & Nobel Prize. Telenor and Nobel are based out of Norway
5. Del Monte & Airtel . Connect is “Bharti”.
Del Monte’s products are marketed in India by Bharti
52. Business Quiz - Prelims
Answer Question - 4
Round 2
1. Amitabh Bhachan and SRK : Connect is Videocon. ( AB for Videocon
D2H and SRK for other consumer electronics products)
2. Vidya Balan and Hrithik Roshan: Connect is Godrej. ( Vidya Balan
endorses Good Knight and Hrithik endorses Cinthol )
3. Sri Devi and Madhavan : Connect is Alukkas Jewellery.
4. Asin & Aamir Khan : Connect is Tata Sky
5. Lara Dutta and Trisha : Connect is Colgate Salt Tooth Paste
54. Business Quiz - Prelims
Answer Question - 5
Round 2
1. Tally & Mukesh Ambani : Mukesh is a stake holder in Tally Solutions
2. Apollo & Aircel : Reddy family has personal stake in Aircel
3. Rajasthan Royals & Star TV : Murdoch’s son has personal stake in
Rajasthan Royals
4. Unilever & Narayanamurthy : Murthy is a non-exec board member of
Unilever
5. Heritage Foods & Chandrababu Naidu :
Heritage Foods is owned by Naidu family
64. Business Quiz - PrelimsRound 3
Ground Rules
Audio based questions
Total no of questions: 5
10 points for direct answer and 5 points for pass
Quiz Master’s decision is final
65. Business Quiz - Prelims
Question - 1
Round 3
Identify this personality being honoured with
Doctorate of Commecial Science .
Click on the Audio file Icon :
80. Round - 4
Ground Rules
Rapid Fire Round
Identify the logos and Personalities
Open to all 5 teams on stage
Total time : 45 secs
Total no of questions : 15
2 points for every correct answer
Answer to be written on the answer sheet
Quiz Master’s decision is final
