Quiz # 12 - Questions related to business and economics

Que 1: Whose tagline is this? ‘Throughout history we have presented pictures in a yellow box’

          A. Archies                                  B. National Geographic Channel

          C. Eros International                  D. Walt Disney

Que 2: The X effect is based on the commonly accepted perception that you get what you pay for. In the 1950s, Coca Cola was twice as expensive as Pepsi. Yet, Pepsi sales increased after they raised the price of the soda. What is ‘X’ effect?

          A. Premium Effect                       B. Platinum effect  

          C. Chivas Regal Effect                  D. Old Wine Effect

Que 3: The picture of the only woman on US dollar bills is…..?

          A. Martha Washington (Wife of George Washington)

          B. Abigail Adams (Wife of John Adams)  

          C. Martha Jefferson (Wife of Thomas Jefferson)                                        

          D. Dolly Madison (Wife of James Madison)

Que 4: Who is called as “Oracle of Omaha”?

          A. Benjamin Graham                    B. George Soros      

          C. Jim Rogers                               D. Warren Buffet

Que 5: Which is the largest stock exchange of the world as per market capitalization?

          A. NASDAQ                                          B. New York Stock Exchange

          C. Shanghai Stock Exchange                 D. London Stock Exchange Group

Que 6:  In 1952 Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was concerned that Indian women were spending precious foreign exchange on this particular category of products and imposed a ban on import of them. Later after a huge protest from Indian women, he requested JRD Tata to manufacture them in India. Subsequently this brand was formed?

          A. Revlon                                             B. Loreal

          C. Lakme                                             D. Maybelline

Que 7: To which political party did Aung San Suu Kyi belong, which won a sweeping victory in the Myanmar general elections, 2015?

          A. National League For Democracy (NLD)          

          B. Union Solidarity and Development Party

          C. Arakan National Party

          D. Aung San National Party

Que 8: Parent company of ‘Google’ is?

          A. Microsoft                               B. Alphabet 

          C. Google. Inc.                            D. abc Inc.

Answers: 1-b,            2-c, 3-a,   4-d,    5-b,    6-c,    7-a,    8-b

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