Business:

1. Name the fund house that is planning to launch a small cap fund for the first time in India. . Sundaram Mutual Fund

2. India had to pledge its gold reserves to tide over the worst ever balance of payment crisis, when the nation had forex reserves just to cover a week's imports. When did this happen? 1991

3. Name the organisation that is involved in the promotion and marketing of platinum in India. Platinum Guild of India (PGI)

4. Name the first company to come out with a public offer through the book-building route. Hughes Software

5. From which company did Raymond acquire the ready-made garment brand `Colour Plus'? Ambattur Clothing Company based in Chennai

6. Only one life insurer in India offers a policy specifically designed for women. Name the policy. LIC's `Jeevan Bharti'. The policy offers a critical illness benefit that covers female illnesses

7. Who authored "Security Analysis" — the bible of fundamental analysis. He is also the mentor of Warren Buffett. Benjamin Graham

8. Which ad agency created the much-debated "India Shining" campaign? Grey Worldwide (India)

9. In which company did Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the President of India, start his career after passing out as an aeronautical engineer? Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bangalore. He started his career as a trainee in HAL.

10. "Mine's bigger than yours" is painted on the fuselage of the new stretch Airbus A340-600. Name the airlines that own this jetliner. Virgin Atlantic Airlines. The jetliner is the world's longest jetliner and is sixteen feet longer than a Boeing

11. The former chairman of Proctor & Gamble, Edwin L.Artzt got a nickname for his demanding and harsh treatment of his subordinates. How he nick-named? Wrecking Ball

12. Shasi Chimala sold his IT startup Indigo Technologies to Chennai based SSi technologies before eyeing into his new venture which is totally unrelated to his previous field. Name it? Qwikys Coffee

13. Which NRI businessman owns the Caparo Group? Lord Swaraj Paul

14. Cannaught Plaza Restaurants and Hardcastle Restaurants have had the responsibility for the entry of Which MNC to India ? McDonalds

15. N.Thanu got a double first class in BA from Loyola College, Madras. He worked as an illustrator in Ananda Vikatan and later with The Indian Express and Swarajya. Which famous organisation was founded by him? Brilliant Tutorials

16. Which indian industrialist owned Tail Winds limited? Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways

17. Which famous corporate was founded in 1894 in Zlin and made its presence in India in 1931 and commenced the manufacturing of shoes at Batanagar plant in 1936? BATA

18. Name the world's largest fully integrated Live Entertainment company? SFX (Spectacular Fun eXcitement)

19. What is the name of Belgium's National Airlines? SABENA - Societe anonyme Belge dExploitation de la Navigation Aeriene

20. What is the commercial Tradename of Monosodium Glutamate? Ajinomotto

21. Name the company founded by Acharya P.C. Ray and Rajshekar basu in the early 1920's? Bengal Chemicals

22. Hindustan Motors' Ambassador adopted its model from Which British car model? Morris Oxford

23. From the following lines identify the Corporate. "Since 1935, we have given millions of apples to countless daily visitors to the agency worldwide". Leo Burnett

24. With which brand of healthcare house would Dr.Mukesh Batra associated? Positive Health Foundation - First Corporate Homeopathic Clinic in India and the First ISO 9002 certified homeopathic clinic worldwide

25. Initially it was started as 'Brahmanara Coffee Club' in 1924 and changed the name in 1951 to the present one. In 1976, during emergency, it started instant foods business due to the price controls imposed by the Indira Gandhi Government. Identify this successful desi company/brand? MTR - Mavalli Tiffin Rooms

26. This famous business personality earn money by repairing toy trains when he was at 13. His father escaped from the British Police in 1920 and landed in USA with $20 in his pocket and later married an American school teacher and settled in Philadelphia. His corporate headquarters is known as "The Mountain". Identify him. Dr.Amar Bose

27. Name the inventor of world's first safety elevator, whose name is synonymous with that category? Elisha Graves Otis

28. Pharma biz. Which Indian pharmaceutical giant owned the Fortis Healthcare Limited? Ranbaxy Ltd

29. Made in China. Which company's corporate culture is known as "Colourful Life, Excellent Products"?Konka

30. Name the internationally acclaimed brand founded by Lionel Martin and Robert Banford in a small west London workshop? (Hint: Bond connection) Aston Martin

31. Big Blue is IBM. Which corporate is referred as 'Big Black’? UPS

32. We all know that Hotel Sixer is promoted by Kapil Dev. But which other cricketer owns 'Curry Leaves'? Arvinda de Silva

33. Cathay Pacific airlines, claims to be the heart of asia, belongs to which group? Swire group

34. Which organization was founded by Dr.Mikel Harry and Richard Schroder in 1994 at Scottsdale, Arizona and their first clients are GE and Allied Signal? Six Sigma Academy Inc

35. This famous Japanese corporation first started as a tiny cork manufacturer in Hiroshima in 1920, and was known as Tokyo Cork Togyo Co Ltd. How it is known today? Mazda

36. Which is the world's First Patented product? Epsom Salt

37. Which company claims itself that the only company in the world having the technology to produce the steel in-house for manufacturing Razor Blades? Vidyut Metallics Ltd, owner of Supermax brand

38. Name the oil major who first setup a refinery in India, introduced LPG and Bitumen to the nation and first company

to introduced co-branded credit cards and rewards programme in petroleum sector? Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

39. Which auto company plans to develop concept car 'Aria Coupe' and luxury sedan 'Magna'? TELCO

40. What are 'Ethical Drugs'? Drugs available only for the prescriptions from Physicians

41. Who founded the Amul milk co-operative in Gujarat in the year 1902? Tribuvandas Patel

42. What was invented by Dr. Willis Haviland Carrier, an American engineer, in 1902? Air Conditioner

43. Who is credited as the world's largest bicycle manufacturer? Hero Cycles

44. Nowadays Coffee pubs and parlors are become popular, thanks to the retail revolution. You may tasted 'mocha', 'cappuccino', 'espresso' etc. But what is 'Napoletana' coffee? Nothing but Filter Coffee (Method of letting the weight of water itself pull it through the coffee powder)

45. A Sitter. What does BSA stand for as seen in BSA SLR cycles? Birmingham Small Arms

46. Which multinational owns the brands Georgia (Ice Coffee), and Aquaris (Isotanic drink)? Coca Cola

47. Who introduced the world's first pocket tissue brand? Kimberly-Klark under the name Kleenex

48. Forbes once stated that "it has significantly positioned itself as a leader in blending under one roof both the machines that carry info/entertainment into homes and the

entertainment/info itself. There are bigger companies on the hardware side and bigger companies on software side, but none has gone so far integrating the medium and the message". Name the Company? Sony

49. "To be success in business, be daring, be first, be different" is the guiding principle of which business woman? Anita Roddick of The Bodyshop

50. Who is known as the 'Father of Mustang', a famous brand of car? Lee Iacocca

51. Which corporation was built by three youngsters Tushar Jani, Clyde Cooper and Kushroo Dubash? Blue Dart Express

52. America's first Insurance company Philadelphia Contributionship was founded in 1752 by which famous personality? Benjamin Franklin

53. If you have noticed the health drink advertisements or packs you may see the words RDA balanced formula. What does RDA stand for? Recommended Dietary Allowance

54. The two pioneers in their field were working within 50 kms and both produced a motorized vehicle in 1850's. They never met each other but their companies merged after their death. Identify the duo? Gottleib Daimler and Carl Benz

55. United States Patent and Trademark Organization, popularly known as USPTO, was setup by the Congress in 1970. For whom did it issue the first patent right? Samuel Hopkins for his process of Soap making

56. Which advertising personality first idealized the concept of virtual office? Jay Chiat

57. With which famous brand would you associate The Spirit of Ecstasy? Rolls Royce

58. If you received an in-house journal named 'Docutalk', then for which company you are working? Xerox

59. Which is the first business family in Asia to receive the Distinguished Family Business Award 2001 from IMD? Murugappa Group

60. Which famous corporate's head quarters is known as 'Bush House'? British Broadcasting Corporation

61. Connect Vauxhall Victor, Morris Oxford and Hindustan Motors? Contessa and Ambassador brand models of HM were adopted from Vauxhall Victor and Morris Oxford respectively

62. Which company holds the rights to manufacture the products under the brand name "Harry Potter" after its worldwide success? Warner Brothers

Finance:

63. In the world of trade and commerce what is special about the commissioning of Monte dei Paschi si Siena in Italy in 1742? First Trading Bank in the world

64. Which bank is promoted by 20th Century Finance Corporation and Keppel Tatlee Bank of Singapore in India? Centurion Bank

65. Name the term used for depreciating a company's intangible assets? Amortization

66. This term is derived from the Greek word 'Oikanomia' means "House Management". What is it? Economy

67. What is known as the cost of living index which represents the goods and services purchased by consumers? CPI - Consumer Price Index

68. How ABN-AMRO bank got it's present name? ABN-Algemene Bank Nederland. AMRO- formed after the merger of Amsterdamsche Bank and Rotterdamsche Bank. Created after the merger of ABN & AMRO in 1991.

69. What is known as "Greenshoe Option" or "Overallotment"? A typical underwriting agreement allows the underwriters to buy upto an additional 15% of shares at the offering price.The term originated from the Green Shoe company which first having this option.

70. Royal & Sun Alliance recently re-entered, after 29 years, to Indian financial market and it is the first foreign insurance company started operations here through a joint venture with an Indian company. Name the company? Sundaram Finance

71. Name the first Indian woman CEO of a Foreign Bank? Tarini Vaidya of KBC Bank India & South Asia

72. He is the pioneer in mutual fund industry and often referred as the Father of Index Fund investing. He created the first S&P 500 Index fund. Identify this famous person? John Bogle

73. In Indian economic scenario what significant reform was introduced by the Indian Government on April 1, 1957? Decimal Coinage System was introduced

74. Who founded the famous Wall Street Journal? Charles Dow and Edward Jones

75. Name the first private sector corporate launched the gold fund in India? Dundee Mutual Fund

76. Which financial services giant is referred as the "Thundering Herd"? Merrill Lynch

77. What is an unusual service offered by Bank of Baroda at Tirupati? Only bank in India to sell Prasada

78. How does the transaction termed when a company borrow money to lend it at a profit, taking advantage of a short term rise in interest rate? Round Tripping

79. What is the exchange rate of one currency for another over a fixed period of time called? Swap or Currency Swap

80. In which country's coins you can found the following lines imprinted, 'This is the root of all evils' ? Vatican City

81. Name the person who introduced the 'Double Entry' book keeping concept? Lucas Pacioli

82. Name India's largest Mutual Fund scheme which recently had a troublesome run and make the investors unhappy? US 64 from UTI

83. Name this famous personality who founded Pratichi Trust with the use of his Nobel Prize money? Amartya Sen

84. Who is the first woman became the President of Madras Chamber of Commerce? Mallika Srinivasan

85. What is known as the purchase of insurance against losses because of currency fluctuations? Hedging

86. If you are going for a 'Forward Contract' what will you do? Sell or Purchase a specified amount of a foreign currency at a fixed rate of exchange for delivery or settlement on a specific time limit

87. Which successful investor is popularly known as "The Oracle of Omaha"? And his famous quote is "Rule No.1: Never loss money, Rule No.2: Never forget the Rule No.1" Warren Buffet

88. Which is India's first Equipment Bank launched recently by SREI International Finance Ltd.? Quipo

89. Currency trivia. In India where is the Paper for the currency manufactured? Security paper Mill at Hoshangabad, Madya Pradesh

90. What do you call when a firm's actual bank balance is greater than the balance shown in the firm's book? Payment Float

91. Who created SDR, Special Drawing Rights, in 1967 which deals with the reserve of international assets whose value is based on the widely used currencies? International Monetary Fund

92. Which word was derived from the French word Bougette meaning 'Little Bag'? Budget

93. What is known as the 'Slash Fund'? Money spent for payment towards the influential persons for the benefit of organizations

94. What does 'Asset Tripping' mean? Buying a company to sell its assets

95. Which is the only country having paper currency and have no coins and it introduced cheque only in 1997? Vietnam

96. In financial lingo what is a 'Bridge Loan"? Temporary finance provided until the availability of long-term arrangements

97. What is a 'Credit Crunch'? Supply of credit falls, though there is sufficient demand

98. What is known as the working balance in foreign currency maintained by a bank in Country X with its correspondent bank in Country Y to facilitate delivery or receipt of currencies? Nostro Account

99. Who is known as the Father of modern Economics? Adam Smith

100. Which country's foreign market is known as 'Rembrandt Market'? Netherlands

101. Where is the European Central Bank located? Frankfurt

102. In 1921 the three Presidency Banks in India named Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras were amalgamated to form which other Bank? Imperial Bank of India

103.Which is India's first Credit Rating Agency set up jointly by LIC, GIC, UTI, ICICI and Asian Development Bank in January 1988? Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited, CRISIL

104. In money market, what is the term used for the non-convertible paper money? Fiat Money

105. What are the Bonds that carry low ratings with correspondingly higher yields called? Junk Bonds

106. Which country's currency is known as Drachma, which in Greek means 'to grasp'? Greece

Human Resource:

107.In HR parlance, who are 'Whistle-Blowers’? Individuals who report unethical practices by their employers to outsiders

108. Expand MPS, a scale used to measure the overall potential of workers' intrinsic motivation and used in the Job Diagnostic Survey developed by Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham? Motivating Potential Score

109. How do we better know the employment agencies and executive recruiters who locate suitable candidates? Head Hunters

110. What's the term used to describe an employee who is not tied to one country or company but moves around? Mobile Worker

111. Name the Process of Certifying the competence of a person, an employee, in an area of capability? Accredition

112. What are "Blind Ads" in HR parlance? Recruitment advertisements that does not have the name or identity of the Employer

113. Boulwarism is a popular negotiation strategy. Who developed this concept? General Electric Company

114. We all familiar with Buyback of shares. But while managing people what is 'Buyback'? Buying back of a personnel, who attempts to resign, with an offer of increase in salary or wages and/or other benefits.

115. Who proposed the 'Equity Theory' in the year 1960? J.Stacy Adams

116. What are 'Cafetaria Benefit Programs'? Flexible benefits that allow employee to select the fringe benefits and services that satisfy their needs.

117. ASA Framework was developed by Ben Schneider, a researcher from University of Maryland, and used in selection of personalities. What does ASA stand for? Attraction-Selection-Attrition

118. What is known as the relationship between what a worker gets from the job and what he contributes to the job according to the Equity Theory? Outcome/Input Ratio

119. In Clayton Alderfer's ERG Theory, R stands for Relatedness and G for Growth then what does E mean? Existence

120. Employees hired or contracted by organisations on a temporary basis to fulfill the needs of the labor for a specific period are known as what? Contingent Workers

121. What is the tendency of the personnel to experience and express their negative emotional attitude and generally perceive themselves and others surrounding them negatively called? Neuroticism

122. Who introduced the modern concept of 360 Degree Appraisal? General Electric Company

123. What is a 'Career Plateau'? A chance of obtaining a promotion or a position with more job responsibility is very small

124. Which internationally acclaimed Indian movie has been included as a case study for 'Human Behavior at Work' by Indian Institute of Management, Indore? Lagaan

125. Elton Mayo, one of the pioneers in human behavior studies, called the assumptions of McGregor as "Rabble Hypothesis". What are they? Theory X and Theory Y

126. Who is known as the "Father of 401k"? Ted Benna

127. What is MBGO and who proposed it? Management By Group Objectives by Likert & Fisher

128. Name the personality who introduced the concept of 'Bureaucracy' in 1922? Max Weber

129. We all are familiar with the concept ESOP, thanks to the IT revolution. But in HR what is ETOP? Environmental Threat and Opportunity Profile

130. In McKinsey's 7S Framework there are four 'soft variables', Staff, Skills, Style and Shared Values. What are the other three 'hard variables'? Strategy, Structure and System

131. Fill in the blank. In Expectancy theory Force = ________ x Expectancy? Valency

132. What is known as 'Great man Theory'? Leaders are Born and not Made

133. Who proposed the "Surplus Value Theory of Wages". The theory states the labor was an article of commerce, which could be purchased on payment of 'Subsistance Theory'? Karl Marx

134. Where is the famous 'Western Career Fair' taking place annually? Silicon Valley

135. Which theory is commonly referred as the 'Hierarchy of Human Needs'? Maslow Theory

136. Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham developed a framework to improve the effectiveness of communication. Name it? Johari Window

137. Name the person who called for the scientific selection of workers and 'Harmonious Cooperation' between labour and management? Henry L. Gantt

138. Where did Elton Mayo and F.J.Roethlisberger conduct their famous studies which dealt the influence of work groups on performance? Hawthorne Plant at Western Electric Company

139. In HR parlance what is known as an 'Agency Shop’? The union where employees do not have to join but they must pay union dues to keep their jobs alive

140. Who is known as 'The father of Social Systems Approach' to organisation and management? Vilfredo Pareto

141. The degree to which a person prefers doing two or more things simultaneously is known as what? Polychronic

142. Name the creativity-simulation technique which tries to make the strange familiar and the familiar strange? Synectics

143. An illegal strike called by employees who refuse to work during the term of a binding contract is known as 'Wildcat Strike'. State True or False? True

144. What does 'Theory X' and 'Theory Y' argues? The view of human nature and motivation

145. The degree to which people are willing to take chances is known as what? Risk Propensity

146. What does 'Peter Principle' state? In a hierarchy, people tend to rise to their level of incompetence

147. In Change management or general HR parlance what are Psychic Costs? Stress, Strain and Anxieties that affect the inner self of a person during a period of change

148. Which term is used to describe the use of a person's cultural reference points to evaluate others? Ethnocentrism

149. This term is derived from the typographer's word for a painting plate made from the previously composed type. Walter Lippman applied this word to perception in 1922. Since then it has became a term frequently used for perceptual errors. What is it? Stereotype

150. Who is widely recognised as the pioneer in Cognitive Theory? Edward Tolman

151. In an organisation if your feedback is like PIGS, what does it denotify? Positive, Immediate, Graphic, Specific

152. Expand COBRA? Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconicliation Act

153. Name the effect of successes made by unions at the negotiating bench influencing the wages, working conditions and other terms of employment benefits for workers who are not yet the members of unions? Spillover Effect

Marketing:

154. Name the marketing legend who first coined the word Privatisation in his book "The age of discontinuity"? Peter F.Drucker

155. This world famous direct marketing company was founded by Rich Devos and Jay Van Andel in 1959. Name it? Amway

156. What is "double branding" in marketing parlance? Usage of New and old brand names and logos

157. Which international soap brand was marketed as having a purity of 99 44/100%? Dove

158. Which company launched '.Beat' range of hi-tech watches in India? Swatch

159. Identify the company started by Finnish engineer Fredrik Idestam as a wood pulp mill and paper manufacturing company and then changed itself to a telecom major? Nokia

160. Name the First woman president of a stock exchange in India? Omana Abraham of Cochin Stock Exchange

161. In Food & Beverages industry who invented the Frozen Foods and launched it in 1930? Clarence Birdseye

162. Emile Jellinek is a part-time salesman who worked for Daimler. He was a keen racing driver and agreed to order 36 cars from Daimler if they were named after his daughter. A famous brand was born then. Identify it. Mercedes

163. Name the personality who is credited for the STD (Subscriber Trunk Dialing) revolution in India? Sam Pitroda

164. Who was the founder of India's first mutual fund company ITI, Investment Trust of India? Chandalal Motilal Kothari

165. What was known as the Blue Ribbon Sports company earlier? Nike

166. Which brand got its name from a Sanskrit word which means "Priceless"? Amul from Amoolya

167. Identify the brand which means 'Three Oceans' in English and has it's motto as "Saving the Earth and Serving its People". Sanyo

168. Sony get its name from the Latin word meaning 'Sound'. But which brand derives its name from a Japanese word for 'Sound'? Onkyo

169. Name the brand of pocket watch used by Mahatma Gandhi? Vintage Ingersoll

170. Which cricketer is the brand ambasador for Band-Aid? Virendra Sehwag

171. Which leadership guru coined the term 'transformational leadership'? James MacGregor Burns

172. Which Television channel launched the first local programming initiative in India in the form of reality show - Everset Se Takkar? National Geographic

173. What is the name of the 233cc Motorcycle launched by Hero Honda? Karizma

174. Which air conditioning company has the slogan 'Inspire the Next'? Hitachi

175. Aditya Birla collaborated with which foreign company to roll out an insurance scheme? SunLife

176. Citi Bank co-brands cards for which oil company? HP

177. What is series of showrooms set up by Reliance to sell Mobile phones called? WebWorld

178. Which company brings you CNBC Television channel in India? TV 18

179. Which fabric company has the slogan - 'India's Family Store'? Pantaloon

180. Acme Clothing owns which famous brand? Provouge

181. What is the e-Governance project of Andhra Pradesh Government called? eSeva

182. What is the name of the UK-based Tea company acquired by Tata Tea? Tetley

183. Which fabric brand has the slogan - 'Wear your attitude'? Duke

184. Hyundai is a car manufacturer based in ___ country S.Korea

185. Nestle is a company based in which country? South Africa

186. Which companies mobile phone are marketed with the slogan - Big inside. Small Outside Samsung

187. Which Indian Enterprise used the slogan - Improving the quality of Life. TATA

188. Which newspaper says You needn't read us to understand us? Malyalam Manorama

189. Which network marketing company sells with the slogan - Better Ideas- Better Life Amway

190. What is the name of the mobile company which was acquired by Sony ? Erricson

191. Forester is the name of a car manufactured by Chevrolet

192. Power is the name of oil from which of the following Oil gaints? HP

193. Carrier is a leading name in the field of Air Conditioning

194. Which car gives you - Fun on the Run Alto

195. You read ____ news paper because - You deserve to know Hindustan Times

196. Magic is the brand name of which Mobile pre-paid card? AirTel

197. Cerelac is the brand of which companies baby foods? Nestle

198. This company is - Applying Thought Wipro

199. Your neighbours will go envy if you own this television Onida

200. Harmony is the name of which companies textiles? Reliance

201. Which popular global IT company has the slogan"HighPerformance.Delivered"?Accenture

202. Which of the following popular microprocessor major went for a major re-branding exercise in 2006 after few decades of staying with the old logo? Intel

203. Which of the following logistics company is associated with Deutsche Post Blue Dart,

 DHL, Skypak, FedEx :DHL

204. Which Asset Management Company took a 49.9% stake in Sundaram Mutual Fund to enter into India via Joint Venture route? BNP Paribas

205. Which company bought IBM PC division in 2005? IBM

206. Which major Indian corporate group is popular as ADAG? Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group

207. What is the national currency of Malaysia? Ringgit

208. In Mutual Fund terminology, what is a SIP?  Systematic Investment Plan

209. What is the name of the BPO arm of IT major Satyam Computer Services Limited? Nipura

210. NASDAQ is acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

211. SEC means.. Securities & Exchange Commission

212. NSDL stands for National Securities Depository Limited

213. ADR stands for American Depositary Receipts

214. In the context of Mutual Funds, ELSS means Equity Linked Savings Scheme

215. AMFI stands for Association of Mutual Funds in India

216. Which Novel, published in 2005 tells the story of a poor young waiter named RamMohammadThomas? Book: Q&A, Author: Vikas Swarup

217. In 1944, his hand written theory was auctioned for 6 million dollars to donate to the efforts to win WW II. Name him. Albert Einstein

218. Who is the first recipient of the Distinguished Marketing Educator Award established byAmerican Marketing Association? Philip kotler

219. ) First official attempt to calculate what in India was made by Prof. Mahalanobis in 1948-49? National Income

220. My father was a former senior economist in Keynesian govt & I once worked in a BaskinRobbins ice cream shop. Who am I Barrack Obama

1. What psychological methodology does NLP stand for? Neuro-Linguistic Programming

2. David McLelland's motivational theory identified three principal motivational needs which he said each of us possesses to varying degrees, and which characterise our motivational behaviour; what are these three motivational needs? Achievement (n-ach), the need to achieve things; Authority/Power (n-pow), the need to have impact, influence and authority; and Affiliation (n-affil), the need for relationships,

interaction and acceptance among other people (or words to similar effect as these definitions)

3. Which organisation produces the UK's ABC1C2 (etc) Social Grade Classifications Statistics? NRS Ltd (National Readership Survey)

4. What does the selling acronym AIDA stand for? Attention, Interest, Desire, Action

5. Who developed the 'Equity Theory' of job motivation in the 1960's? J Stacey Adams

6. What does the financial abbreviation P&L stand for? Profit and Loss (Profit and Loss Account)

7. Who developed the ten stages of corporate life cycle, starting with Courtship and Infancy and ending in Bureaucracy and Death? Dr Ichak Adizes

8. The Ansoff matrix correlates what two aspects of business development from the 'new' and 'existing' perspectives? Products and Markets

9. In selling and communications, what do 'open questions' generally achieve? Open questions gather information, improve understanding, and build rapport by encouraging the other person to talk and explain things, including how they feel about things.

10. Albert Mehrabian researched and published a now widely referenced set of statistics for the effectiveness of spoken communications; what three types of communication did he identify and what percentages for each did he attach to each type in terms of the percentage of meaning

(or understanding) that each communication type conveyed from person to person in his study? Mehrabian's research stated that: 7% of meaning conveyed is in the words that are spoken; 38% of meaning conveyed is in the way that the words are said (paralinguistic); and 55% of meaning conveyed is in facial expression.

11. In business accounts and financial reporting, expenses which change according to scale of performance or usage or demand are known as what? Variable Costs

12. What is the name of Ingham and Luft's model and theory which deals with hidden and open areas of knowledge about a person? The Johari Window

13. The '360 degree' appraisal method collects feedback from whom, about whom? A '360 Degree' feedback appraisal collects the views from people who work with the appraisee, about the appraisee, including subordinates, peers, upline managers; effectively anyone who comes into contact with the appraisee and who is happy to provide constructive feedback about the appraisee's strengths and areas for improvement

14. What are the four levels of learning evaluation defined in Donald Kirkpatrick's model? 1. Enjoyment; 2. Transfer of learning; 3. Application of learning; 4. Effect of application (or words to the same effect as these four definitions)

15. What is the correct ascending order of these human needs according to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Esteem, Safety, Belongingness and Love, Self-Actualisation, Biological and Physiological? Biological and Physiological Needs (basic life needs - shelter, food, drink, sleep, etc); Safety Needs (security, protection, law, etc); Belongingness and Love Needs (family, affection, relationships, etc); Esteem Needs (achievement, status, responsibility,

reputation, etc); Self-Actualisation (personal growth, self-fulfilment, etc)

16. What part of our brains typically handles process-type functions, according to brain theorists such as Katherine Benziger? Left Basal (left rear)

17. What does the accounting acronym FIFO mean? First In First Out (a convention for writing down the balance sheet value of assets of the same type - oldest are written-off first)

18. One of the most effective and efficient forms of marketing is abbreviated to the initials WOM; what is it? Word Of Mouth

19. Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains divides learning development into three main aspects: Cognitive, Affective and Psychomotor; what might these three aspects of personal development more commonly be called? Knowledge, Attitude, Skills

20. Who wrote the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People? Dr Stephen Covey

21. The 'Big Five' personality dimensions, by which modern day psychologists believe every person's personality and behaviour tendencies can be measured are commonly abbreviated to the OCEAN acronym; what does OCEAN stand for? Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion/introversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism.

22. What are the four metaphorical terms used to describe products/services in Boston Matrix model according to market share and market maturity? Dog, Cash Cow, Problem Child and Star (or Rising Star)

23. The financial ratio which divides a company's 'liquid assets' by 'current liabilities' is known by what popular term? Acid Test (or 'Quick Ratio')

24. What three important things should be confirmed and understood before conducting a brainstorming ideas session? The purpose or aim of the exercise; a time limit; the fact that all ideas are welcome and to be respected (ie., sometimes the craziest-sounding ideas are the best ones).

25. What does the SWOT stand for in SWOT analysis? Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

26. What are the 'Four Functional Types' within Carl Jung's theory? Thinking, Feeling, Sensation, Intuition

27. With what was the Kyoto Summit concerned? Global climate change (in other words, greenhouse gas emissions)

28. What are the four sequential stages of the 'conscious competence' learning model? 1. Unconscious Incompetence, 2. Conscious Incompetence, 3. Conscious Competence, 4. Unconscious Competence

29. What is the '1st Law of Cybernetics' (aka the 'Law of Requisite Variety')? "The unit within the system with the most behavioural responses available to it controls the system." (or words to that effect)

30. What are the four main 'Temperament' types called within David Keirsey's Temperaments personality theory? Artisan, Idealist, Guardian, Rational/Rationalist

31. According to the Tannenbaum and Schmidt theory relating to delegation and team development, what must be reduced in order for the team's area of freedom (and growth) to increase? The manager's use of authority

32. What does the financial term ROI stand for? Return On Investment

33. Whose experiential learning theory comprises the learning styles named: Concrete Experience (feeling); Abstract Conceptualization (thinking); Active Experimentation (doing); and Reflective Observation (watching)? David Kolb

34. Daniel Goleman was responsible for popularising and defining what management and behavioural concept in his eponymously titled (ie., the title is also the subject) 1995 book? Emotional Intelligence

35. What is psychometrics? The science of measuring (or testing) personality type (or mental abilities)

36. What is the management technique that is commonly abbreviated to MBWA? Management By Walking About (or Wandering Around) - the term is generally attributed to Tom Peters (In Search Of Excellence, 1982) although it was probably part of a new management ideology first pioneered by a few bright American companies as far back as the 1940's

37. Large size hand-writing generally indicates what characteristics in the personality of the writer? Extraverted or out-going nature

38. Since October 2004, UK employers must follow a minimum process of three-stages for handling disputes with employees, including disciplinary and grievance matters; what are the basic minimum three stages required? 1. Write a letter to the employee explaining the issue; 2. Have a meeting with the employee to discuss the issue; 3. Hold or offer an appeal meeting with the employee if required.

39. Douglas McGregor defined two main styles of management; what did he call them and how are each of the two styles typified? X-Theory (or Theory-X) which is authoritarian, autocratic and repressive; and Y-Theory (or Theory-Y) which is participative, delegating, and developmental (or words to similar effect as these two descriptions)

40. Bruce Tuckman's theory about team development uses what four sequential rhyming words to describe the four stages of a group's progression? Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing

41. What are Howard Gardner's seven (original) Multiple Intelligences? Linguistic (words and language), Logical-Mathematical (logic and numbers), Musical (music, sound, rhythm), Bodily-Kinesthetic (body movement control), Spatial-Visual (images and space), Interpersonal (other people's feelings), Intrapersonal (self-awareness)

42. According to Herzberg's motivational theory, which of these are 'hygiene needs' (or 'maintenance factors') and which are true 'motivators': work conditions, salary,

achievement, advancement, work itself, responsibility, company car, status, recognition, and personal growth? Of the examples listed, hygiene needs are: work conditions, salary, company car, status. True motivators in the list are achievement, recognition, work itself, responsibility, advancement, and personal growth.

43. What does VAK stand for in the learning styles theory? Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic/Kinaesthetic (three different learning styles or 

44. What does the business acronym IPO stand for? Initial Public Offering, meaning the initial sale of privately owned equity (stock or shares) in a company via the issue of shares to the public and other investing institutions

45. What does the PEST stand for in PEST analysis? Political, Economical, Social, Technological

46. What do 'open questions' typically begin with? Open questions typically begin with Who, What, How, When, Where, and Why, (or for particularly capable or intelligent respondents, 'Tell me about...')

47. What visionary management thinker wrote The Age Of Unreason and The Empty Raincoat? Charles Handy

48. What are the names of the (nine) Belbin 'team roles'? Coordinator (was called 'Chairman'), Shaper, Plant, Monitor-Evaluator, Implementer (was called 'Company Worker'), Resource Investigator, Team Worker, Completer-Finisher, Specialist

49. In marketing, what are the The Four P's? Product, Price, Promotion, Place.

50. A lot of the traditional 20th century sales theory and training was influenced by the 1937 book 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'; who wrote it? Dale Carnegie.

51. Which of these is a 'soft' skill? Analysing, Monitoring, Budgeting, Counselling? Counselling. ('Soft' skills typically involve people and communications).

52. Integrity is essential in all functions, but is it most crucial in supervision, management, or leadership? Leadership. (Leadership which lacks integrity can bring down an entire corporation).

53. Staff performance appraisals work best if they are strictly an annual event - true or false? False. (A person's performance and progress and project work, etc., benefit enormously from more frequent appraisal discussions than once a year. Informal appraisals can be conducted as frequently as is helpful. Obviously the more frequent, the less formal, which is another benefit.)

54. Which tends to produce the highest percentage gross profit: mature high-volume products or new low-volume specialised services? New low-volume specialised services. (Mature markets tend to be more competitive which compresses pricing and margins. Mature products also have to be priced competitively to enable volume distribution, and to resist threats from newer better solutions. High-volume production requires competitive pricing in order to the maintain volumes necessary to support related large scale investment. Additionally customers and buyers are more informed and price-sensitive in mature markets.)

55. For effective time management what's the best frequency for checking your email inbox: constantly, every hour, two or three times a day? Two or three times a day. (Constant interruptions and distractions are extremely unhelpful for all proactive work, especially thinking, communicating, creating, planning, project managing, etc. Many organisations have developed the weird practice of continuous email checking or alerting, but that doesn't make it right. It's a question of managing your environment rather than let it manage you.)

56. It is said that "If you can't measure it then you can't..." what? Manage it.

57. Abraham Maslow developed the Hierarchy of what? Needs.

58. What does MBO or MBO's stand for? Management By Objectives.

59. A subordinate has raised a personal issue with you by email which is causing him/her obvious distress - what's the best means of communicating from this point: email, phone, face-to-face, text, letter? Face-to-face (in private). (It's extremely difficult to understand people - and to be understood - without face-to-face spoken communications. This is because tone of voice and body language, especially facial expressions, carry more meaning than words in all but obvious unemotional communications.

60. Putting interviewees under a lot of pressure at job interviews is generally helpful to the process of finding out about the person - true or false? False. (The purpose of interviews is to discover as much as possible about the person. When people are under pressure they clam up and/or mask their true characteristics. Interviews are artificial and pressurising enough without deliberately making them any more so.)

61. Experiential learning is most beneficial to people who have a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learning style preference? Kinesthetic (Also spelled Kinaesthetic. A person who prefers this style favours 'hands-on' learning. For effective teaching, training, development, etc., using an appropriate style of learning for the learner is as important as the learning content itself.)

62. Which is likely to motivate an enthusiastic capable team member most: doubling their target, agreeing additional responsibility, a bonus payment, a new car? Agreeing additional responsibility. (None of the others actually changes anything sustainably and purposefully in terms of what the person does, which crucially is linked to true achievement and growth.)

63. What's a simple way to find out the causes if staff turnover (number of people leaving) has gone through the roof in the last two months? Carry out exit interviews with the people leaving and ask them. (People are at their most revealing when the ties have been cut. Added to which you

are not dealing with rumour or opinions as might surface in staff surveys. Instead, exit interviews deal in facts, and enable very useful analysis if conducted with a reasonable number of leavers. Incidentally, staff turnover is normally shown as a percentage arrived at by dividing total leavers by total workforce. As a very broad guide, anything over 20% staff turnover in a year suggests serious problems. Anything less than 10% per year suggests stagnation.)

64. A company has a turnover of £11m. Its 'cost of sales' or 'cost of goods sold' (COGS) is £6.3m. Its overheads including fixed costs, depreciation (write-down of capital items) and any interest charges (on borrowings) are £3.5m. What is the company's percentage gross profit and percentage net profit before tax, and is this profit % for a company very high, very low or somewhat typical? 42.7% and10.9%, and it's somewhat typical. Explanation: Gross profit is Turnover less COGS (£11m less £6.3m) = £4.7m. Percentage Gross Profit (or 'gross margin') is £Gross Profit divided by Turnover (£4.7m ÷ £11m) = 42.7% . Net Profit before tax is Gross Profit less Overheads (£4.7m less £3.5m) = £1.2m. Percentage Net Profit is £Net Profit divided by £Turnover (£1.2m ÷ £11m) = 10.9%. Anything around 10% is a typical sort of net profit percentage achieved by businesses and corporations, although this perspective is just a simple hypothetical 'P&L' (profit and loss account) and takes no account of balance sheet or cash aspects, which together with the P&L provide the three main measures of business performance.

65. What acronym is useful when delegating a task to someone or agreeing an objective? SMART (Specific, Measurable, Agreed/Achievable, Realistic/Relevant, Timebound) - or extended to SMARTER (Specific, Measurable, Agreed/Achievable, Realistic/Relevant, Timebound, Ethical/Enjoyable, Recorded. It is important that 'agreed' is part of delegation process.)

66. If you assume responsibility for a mature, high-achieving confident team, which of the following is generally the best approach to take: stamp your authority on the group; introduce some new ideas of your own; give them space and

make yourself available if needed; or look for ways to cut costs? Give them space and make yourself available if needed. (A mature, high-achieving confident team can virtually run itself - which is every team-manager's aim. Why go backwards? If you start micro-managing or interfering you will waste your time that you could have otherwise used on strategic creative developments and opportunities, and you will upset the team members. Your priority is to understand the team so as to help them develop, ideally including the development of a successor for yourself. This will enable you to move on to your next opportunity.)

67. What's the relevance of hobbies on a person's CV? A person's hobbies often indicate their strengths, potential and character, aside from and beyond what might be suggested by their work experience and qualifications. A person's hobbies also give you the chance to get them talking about things they feel passionate about, by which you can often discover more about someone than discussing their work or qualifications.

68. What can 'closed' questions be used for? Getting yes/no answers; getting commitment (or 'closing' in selling); clarifying, qualifying and filtering. Ask a filtering. Ask a closed question if you need a short quick answer. If you want information and to listen and learn then ask 'open' questions (who, how, what, where, etc).

69. When planning the running order for a meeting is it generally best to put the big important items first or last or in the middle between smaller things? Big important agenda items should always go last - if you put them first you risk not having time left for all the small things, which could otherwise have been polished off quite quickly and easily, especially because people will be keen to get to the juicier items afterwards. Also people tend to do more posturing early in meetings - to 'have their say' even if they have nothing to say - which causes more problems for the big issues than the small ones. Later on in meetings, the dynamics and the emotions will typically have settled down a bit, which makes it easier to deal with the bigger issues. If there are other factors (guests with limited time availability

for example) you'll need to schedule accordingly, but generally it's best to cover the small things first. Ensure you leave adequate time for the big items later, which means strictly managing the time used for the early small things.

70. When conducting appraisals or counselling sessions it's best to sit at your desk with the other person facing you on the other side, so as to reinforce your authority - true or false? False. (Similar to job interviews - you want the other person to be relaxed and comfortable, not threatened. Desks create barriers; so sit around a low coffee table instead. Sitting directly opposite facing each other is a confrontational arrangement; it's best to sit at an angle of between 90-120 degrees; or think of 12:15 or 12:20 on the clockface. Using any method to reinforce or impose authority will increase emotions, which undermines the value of the communications.)

 

1. Holes in a standard round of golf? 182. The MS Windows computer operating system version that

succeeded Vista? 7 (Windows 7)

3. Greek 'monos'? 1 (from which we have the word/prefix mono, meaning one)

4. Total dots on a die? 21 (die is the singular of dice)

5. Square root of 576? 24

6. Total of the sides on a pentagon and a heptagon? 12 (pentagon 5, heptagon 7, also called a septagon)

7. Days of the average human menstrual cycle? 28

8. Lines traditionally in a sonnet? 14

9. Whole miles in a marathon running event? 26 (26 miles and 385 yards)

10. The number followed by .14159, fully known as pi, used to calculate the circumference and area of a circle? 3 (3.14159, rounded to five decimal places - pi is

an abbreviation of the Greek word for perimeter, which begins with the Greek letter , equating to p)

11. The first Apollo moon landing? 11 (Apollo 11)

12. "The Lord is My Shepherd..." psalm number? 23

13. Planets in our solar system? 8 (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)

14. American Presidents assassinated in office? 4 (Abraham Lincoln (killed by John Wilkes Booth in 1865); James Garfield (by Charles J Guiteau, 1881); William McKinley (by Leon Czolgosz, 1901); and John F Kennedy (by Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963)

15. Old Chinese method of counting on one hand, up to this number, using the thumb to touch the tip and three joints of each finger?16 (two hands enables counting to 32, for which western methods would require removal of shoes and socks..)

16. 'The curse of Scotland' diamonds playing card? 9 (9 of diamonds is linked with various Scottish stories of kings and battles, etc)

17. The age that Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Kobain all died? 27

18. A bronze desk (anagram)? 13 (bakers dozen)

19. A Nebuchadnezzar wine/champagne bottle equates to how many normal bottles? 20

20. The average age of a US combat soldier in the Vietnam war (also a 1985 Paul Hardcastle No1 hit song)? 19

21. Traditionally (UK/US) the years of a pearl wedding anniversay? 30

22. Legs of the largest group of species on earth? 6 (insects)

23. Considered unlucky in Italy, due probably to its rendering in Roman numerals being an anagram of Latin meaning 'to die'? 17(Roman numerals XVII is an anagram of Vixi, 'to die' in Latin - some Italian hotels have no floor 17 and room number 17, and Italian airlines do not always have plane seats numbered 17)

24. Red balls on a snooker table at the start of a frame (traditional full game version)? 15

25. Yards in a chain? 22

26. The dog Timmy made how many in Enid Blyton's 'Famous...' series of children's adventure books? 5 (Timmy plus Julian, Dick, Anne and Georgina, or 'George')

27. The Boeing Superfortress B-'what'-type of American aircraft that dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945? 29 (B-29)

28. Basic parts of the Chinese Taijitu symbol (related to Taoism philosphy and popular interpretations of yin and yang)? 2

29. British orbital motorway featuring the Dartford Crossing is the M-what? 25 (M25)

30. Diez, Tio, Zehn, and Zece (in Spanish, Swedish, German and Romanian)? 10

31. How many pieces are on the board at the start of a game of chess: 28; 32; 36; or 40? 32

32. How many presidents of France have there been? 7; 12; 23; or 35? 23

33. How many Horsemen of the Apocalypse feature in the Bible's Book of Revelation: 3; 4; 5; or 10,000? 4

34. How many players are (on the field) in a men's lacrosse team (one team not both teams): 7; 10; 11; or 13? 10

35. In the conventional western musical scale there are how many notes including sharps and flats, excluding those which repeat in a different octave: 7; 8; 12; or 13? 12 (A, A sharp or B flat, B, C, C sharp or D flat, D, D sharp or E flat, E, F, F sharp or G flat, G, G sharp or A flat)

36. How many times (as at 2010) has Roger Federer won the Wimbledon Men's Singles final? 4; 5; 6; or 7? 6

37. What number has the square root (to the nearest four decimal places) of 1.4142? 1; 2; 3; or 4? 2

38. How many people (as at 2010) have walked on the moon: 6; 9; 12; or 14? 12

39. In the Imperial Measurement system how many pounds are in a stone: 10; 14; 16; or 20? 14

40. What number Pennsylvania Avenue is the Whitehouse: 501; 1500; 1600; or 65000? 1600

41. A peculiar frequency of every how many years saw US presidents either assassinated or dying otherwise in office from the 1840s to the 1960s: 10; 20; 30; or 50? 20 (starting with William Harrison in 1841 through to John Kennedy in 1961 - Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt in 1981)

42. New York City comprises how many boroughs: 5; 6; 7; or 12? 5

43. The Earth's Equator is approximately how many millions of metres in length: 10; 20; 30 or 40? 40 (more accurately about 40,075 kilometres, or 24,900 miles)

44. How British King Georges have there been? 4; 5; 6 or 7? 6

45. What is the atomic number of oxygen: 1; 8; 35; or 86? 8

46. What is known as the 'Golden Number', the 'Divine Proportion' and other terms referring to its significance in nature and aesthetic balance: 1.618; 3.142; 7; or 33⅓? 1.618

47. The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, USA, said to be the highest-occupancy office building in the world accommodates roughly how many staff: 9,000; 15,000; 19,000; or 26,000? 26,000

48. A salmanazar (typically a big bottle of champagne) equates to how many normal bottles? 2; 5; 12; or 20? 12

49. It is now generally accepted that the human tongue can detect how many basic tastes: 3; 4; 5; or 6? 5 (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savouriness)

50. According to the singer Katie Melua, how many million bicycles are there in Beijing? 5; 9; 10; or 25? 9

51. Twain is an old English word for which number: 2; 3; 12; or 20? 2 (Mark Twain is said to have found his pen-name from the Mississippi ferrymen's call, 'By the mark twain', supposedly referring to the two fathom mark on a depth-line indicating safe water)

52. How many pennies were in a British pre-decimal pound? 120; 200; 204; or 240? 240 (see money slang and history for more fascinating money facts)

53. How many legs (including arms or pincers according to certain definitions) does a crab have: 6; 8; 10; or 12? 10

54. How many goals were scored in the 2010 FIFA World Cup: 75; 145; 185; or 255? 145

55. How many feet are in a furlong: 440; 550; 660; or 770? 660

56. How many rooms are on the Cluedo game board: 8; 9; 10; or 12? 9

57. How many fences (not the number of times they are jumped) are on the Aintree Grand National race course? 16 (all except two are jumped twice)

58. The core rules of the Muslim faith are known as the "... (how many) Pillars of Islam": 5; 7; 9; or 23? 5 (the rules broadly equate to: declaration of faith, prayer, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage, although like most religions precise interpretations vary in different branches of the faith)

59. In which year were Concorde planes retired from service: 1998; 2000; 2003; or 2006? 2003

60. What is the only number known to be both the sum and product of its factors: 4; 6; 8; or 9 (loose meanings are: factor = divisable part; sum = added together; product = multiplied together)? 6 (1+2+3=6 and 1x2x3=6)

 He tried a variety of jobs before settling on being a milkshake-mixer salesman. Hint 1) A visit to a small restaurant in San Bernardino, California, inspired him to establish a fast food chain that later became world-famous. Hint 2) Quality, Service, Cleanliness, and Value were the four pillars on which he built his company.

 a) Col. H. Sanders b) Mac McDonald c) Ray Kroc d) Tom Monaghan

The correct answer is " Ray Kroc of McDonald's "

2). At the age of 13, he formed the Lakeside Programmers Group with some school friends.

 a) Larry Ellison b) Steve Jobs c) Ken Olsen d) Bill Gates

Ans. Bill Gates of Microsoft. His charitable foundation is called the Gates Foundation. "

3). In 1974, he took a job with Atari.

 a) Larry Ellison b) Steve Jobs

 c) Ken Olsen d) Bill Gates

Ans. Steve Jobs of Apple Computers. iPods are the digital music players and iTunes is the online music store

4). The name of the company he established, when he was only 17 years old, is made up of the first letters of his name, the first letter of the name of the farm he grew up on, and the first letter of the name of his home village.Hint 1) He introduced flat-pack (self assembly) furniture in 1956, so that his customers could easily pack the furniture they purchased, into their cars.

 a) Terrence Conran b) Elton Mayo c) Ingvar Kamprad d) Ralph Lauren

Ans: Ingvar Kamprad of IKEA retail furniture chain. IKEA comprises of I(ngvar) K(amprad); E(lmtaryd) – name of his farm; A(gunnaryd)- name of his home village.)

5). At age of 27, he borrowed US$ 20,000 from his father-in-law and bought his first store in Newport, Arkansas.Hint 1) He got a pilot license in 1953 and used to fly from one store to another to oversee the operations of his growing chain of retail stores. Hint 2) In 1991, his company became the largest retailer in the US.

 a) Ben Franklin b) J C Penney c) Richard Warren Sears d) Sam Walton

The correct answer is " Sam Walton of Wal-Mart "

 

Smartphone apps that can access company data, graphical data analysis, energy-efficient data centers, enterprise clouds and smart energy grids: These will be the most important trends of 2010.

Trend 1: enterprise cloud computing Trend 2: mobile software apps

Trend 3: graphical data analysis

Trend 4: energy-efficient data centers

Trend 5: smart energy grids

Ramoji Rao founder of Eenadu group/Ramoji Group.

A. M. Murugappa Chettiar , founder of the Murugappa Group

Anant Koppar , founder, and former president, of Kshema Technologies

Brijmohan Lall Munjal  (1923- ), founder of The Hero Group, which owns Hero Motors

Dhirubhai Ambani  (1933–2002), founder of Reliance Industries

Ghanshyam Das Birla  (1894–1983), prominent member of the Birla family

G. Kuppuswamy Naidu , founder of Lakshmi Mills

Capt. G. R. Gopinath , founder of Air Deccan, vice-chairman of Kingfisher Red

Jamsetji Tata  (1839–1904), pioneering Indian industrialist, founder of the Tata Group of

companies

J. C. Mahindra , co-founder of the Mahindra Group

Karsanbhai Patel  (1945- ), founder of the Nirma Group

Kasturbhai Lalbhai  (1894–1980), textile baron, founder of Arvind Mills

K. C. Mahindra , co-founder of the Mahindra Group

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw  (1953- ), founder of Biocon, the first biotechnology company in

India

N. R. Narayana Murthy  (1946- ), co-founder of Infosys Technologies

Raj Anand  (1982-), founder of the Kwiqq and winner of Business Week Europe's Young

Entrepreneur 2007

Ramji Raghavan  (1958- ), Social Entrepreneur, founder of Agastya International

Foundation

Sabeer Bhatia  (1968- ), co-founder of Hotmail

Sam Pitroda  (1942- ), inventor, entrepreneur, policymaker

Shruti Kohli  (1982- ), Founder/Editor, MoneyQuin(an online finance magazine focused on

women & kids)

Subhash Chandra  (1950- ), chairman of the Essel Group, launched Zee TV, the

first Hindi satellite television channel

Suhas Gopinath  (1986- ), notable for founding Globals Inc., an Information

Technology (IT) company, at age 14

Sunil Mittal  (1957- ), chairman and managing director of Bharti Enterprises

Venkat Rangan , Founder of Yodlee.com and Vice Chancellor of Amrita University

T. V. Sundaram Iyengar  (1877–1955), founder of the TVS Group

Vijay Mallya  (1955- ), chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher

Airlines, member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament, and owner of several sports

franchises and teams {Bangalore Royal Challengers}

Vishal Gondal  (b. 1976), founder of Indiagames

Aditya Jha , Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist and philosopher; Active in Canadian

public affairs

Purnima Varadrajan , founder and CEO of iPOTT group of companies. Google for general

search iPOTT for software search.

Ujwal Makhija , founder and CEO of Phonon, an Indian pioneer in hosted telephony

services such as click-to-call.

P. Ponnudurai , Managing Director of Lion Dates Imnex Private Ltd, market leader in

packaged Dates(dry fruit).

Shruti Kohli

Sumit Gupta , founder BitRhymes.