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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Hardcore Biz quiz QC 1......

1....
Zulfiqar Ali bhutto pakistani politician who served as the president of pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and prime minister of pak from 1973 to 1977 . Father of benazir bhutto and founder of pakistan peoples party (PPP), the largest and most influential political parties of pakistan has worked for this company X which in 1990's became the sole member firm of ernst and young in india....

This company X is.....

2....
In 1865, Samuel Lowell X , an accountant went into partnership with william hopkins holyland and edwin Y. Holyland left shortly to work alone in accountancy and the firm was known as X Y and co.

In 1874 William Z established his own practice in london which became Z brothers seven yrs ltr when his 3 brothers joined.
Z & labyrand resulted as a merger in 1957 between Z brothers & co; Lybrand, ross bros & montgomery and a canadian firm Mc donald, curie and co.

In 1998 X Y Z and labyrand merged to form "A" in an attempt to gain a
scale that would put the new firm in a different league..

A is......?
( Temme X,Y and Z also....)

3....

identify this US tv add for which brand.....(owned by unilever since 2003......)



4.... (a sitter......)
The X company was founded by king C . X in 1901. On October 1, 2005, Procter & Gamble finalized its purchase of The X Company. As a result of this merger,
the X Company no longer exists.
current x products are....
venus, designed for women
venus divine
venus embrace
venus vibrance
good news!
blue 2(in romans)
and many others...
In 1999 the brand value of this company was equal to 37 % of the company's value,
which is the same as diamler chrysler, 1 of the worlds largest car manufacturers..

X.....??

5.....

identify this icon......(a little tuf one......probably!!)



6....
This word X is slang for a low-paying, low-prestige job that requires few skills and offers very little chance of intra-company advancement.
The term X derives its name from McDonald's, but is used to describe any low-status job — regardless of the employer where little training is required..
"X" was in use at least as early as 1986, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines it as "An unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects"

The word X is....

7...
He is the 1st ever parsi in the house of lords, the upper house of the parliament of UK. In 2008 he was awraded the pravasi bharatiya samman by the president of india.

who is he......?
(think in the world of bussiness.............. :)

8....
whose slogans are "first in business worldwide"

"fast, accurate, actionable, unbiassed" .......??

9....
This company was 4 times awarded the national medal technology first in 1990, for its invention of "high-performance man-made polymers such as nylon, neoprene rubber, "Teflon" fluorocarbon resin, and a wide spectrum of new fibers, films, and engineering plastics"; The second for 2002 "for policy and technology leadership in the phaseout and replacement of chlorofluorocarbons"

In 1974, Gerard Colby Zilg, wrote "X: Behind the Nylon Curtain", a critical account of the role of the X's family in American social, political and economic history.
The book was nominated for a National Book Award in 1974

This company X is......?

10....(sitter and most crackable..........)
The slogan "The possibilities are infinite" can be found below the company's logo on major advertising and ties up, with the small logo above the letters J and I of the word X. This smaller logo, similar to a sideways figure eight, represents the symbol for infinity....

The company whose logo i m referring to.......??


Scores of TATA CRUCIBLE 2008 KIIT EDITION...

Manas Nayak.......19.5 ( A clean sweep dude......great ans and way of answering as well....)
Anubhav Chatterjee..... 5 (nice attempts dear.....)
manasa.....2 (1+.5+.5)
Rohit Jain.... 2 (nice attempts too....)

Special Thanxs to Neelakantan for pointing out some technical mistakes in the postings of the questions....Tanx a ton dude.... :)

keep posting......

exalt quiZing............!!

~ regards abhi....


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