Easy Questions (level 1 & 2)
1. Question: Which vehicle took its name from the fact that it was
made to be used for general purposes?
Answer: Jeep (GP)
2. Question: Who invented jeans?
Answer: Levi Straus
3. Question: Which company owns 'Hotmail', the Internet based e-
mail system?
Answer: Microsoft
4. Question: Which was the first company formed to manufacture
motor cars?
Answer: Daimler
5. Question: Which car manufacturer uses a badge consisting of 4
interlocked circles?
Answer: Audi
6. Question: Excluding India name 2 other countries that use the
rupee as currency.
Answer: India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles and Sri
Lanka.
7. Question: What does CNN stand for on the TV or Internet?
Answer: Cable News Network
8. Question: Which company sponsors both Manchester United and
the England Cricket team?
Answer: Vodafone
9. Question: In which country was the Audi car first made?
Answer: Germany
10. Question: What did Martin Stone invent in 1888 that millions
of suckers use every day?
Answer: Drinking Straw
11. Question: Apart from water, what is the most widely
consumed drink in the world, Coffee, Tea or Coca-Cola?
Answer: Tea
12. Question: Which car company was once owned Jaguar?
Answer: Ford
13. Question: Which drink was named by its inventor after
rejecting the first six names that were offered?
Answer: 7 Up
14. Question: What was introduced by Barclays Bank for the 1st
Time on June 17th 1967?
Answer: First Cash Dispenser (ATM)
15. Question: What currency is used in Japan?
Answer: Yen
16. Question: What does the B stand for in BMW?
Answer: Bavarian or Bayerische
17. Question: Which Japanese electronics firm is named after a
word meaning sound?
Answer: Sony
18. Question: Which creature features on the logo of Bacardi
Rum?
Answer: Bat
19. Question: Which of the following is the smallest paper size;
A3, A4, or A5?
Answer: A5
20. Question: What colour is the M on the Mcdonald’s logo?
Answer: Yellow
21. Question: Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha or YKK for short
appears on nearly every what?
Answer: Zip
22. Question: Which car manufacture makes the engine for the
Mclaren F1 team?
Answer: Mercedes Benz
23. Question: Vespa and Lambretta are famous manufacturers of
what?
Answer: Scooters
24. Question: Which company invented the computer floppy disc
in 1970?
Answer: IBM
25. Question: Who are the engine suppliers for the 'Williams'
formula 1 team?
Answer: BMW
26. Question: What is the name of Microsoft's free e-mail
service?
Answer: Hotmail (not Outlook; that is software to collect any
Email)
27. Which company has tied up with farmers to launch India’s first
natural vanilla Cream in order to help farmers?
Amul
28. What was the name of the Mahindra Renault’s first car to
launched in India in January 2007?
Logan
29. Taglines of famous companies:
Putting News First- BBC
30. Chanda Kochhar is the executive director of ICICI Prudential
Life Insurance. Is it true or false?
False(ICICI BANK)
31. Name The Godrej woman.
Parmeshwar Godrej
32. Who is the publisher of the magazine GLADRAGS?
Maureen Wadia
33. Falguni Nayar is the MD of Kotak Mahindra Capital. True or
False?
TRUE
34. What is the role of Ekta Kapoor in Balaji Telefilms?
Creative Director
35. What is the name of company of Ranbaxy group providing
financial services?
Religare
36. Taglines Again… Name the product/company
No More Bounds- SONY Vaio
37. What is the name of the mini car was launched by General
Motors in the market?
Chevrolet Spark
38. RIL has decided to build a refinery in which country?
Yemen
39. The logo of which car company consists of four intersecting
rings, signifying the four companies that were merged to give rise
to the present company?
Audi
40. An animated character named Spot is used to promote which
brand of soft drink?
7’Up
41. Identify the slogans of the company:
Kal Par Control- AVIVA Life Insurance
42. Two-mega confectionary brands MahaLacto & Eclairs; are
owned by which company?
Nutrine
43. The home country of the world’s no.2 sports goods maker
Adidas is…
Germany
44. Which bank company has two brand ambassadors of their
own times- Sunil Gavaskar and Sania Mirza endorsing the same
product?
Deutcshe Bank
45. Who is the brand ambassador of the soft drink ‘Thums Up’?
Akshay Kumar
46. With whom would you associate the famous tagline: “Isko
Laga dala Toh Life Jhingalala”…
TATA Sky
47. Who has become the new brand ambassador of Belmonte
Sutiings & Shirtings?
Shahrukh Khan
48. Taglines of company:
The Engineer’s Choice- Ultra Tech Cement
49. ITC made its entry into the branded snack food market. Can
u name the product????
Bingo
50. New brand ambassador of Videocon company?
Sharukh Khan
51. Which petroleum company was first to export India’s
aviation turbine fuel?
Reliance Petroleum
52. Tarun Tejpal, was the executive editor of which magazine
quitted to set up Tehelka.com?
The Outlook
53. What is the old name of 3i InfoTech? what does it 3 I stands
for?
a. ICICI InfoTech is the old name
54. Which online matrimony site was founded by J. Murugavel,
who himself found his wife through the Internet?
Bharatmatrimony.com
55. Largest BPO in India
WNS Global Services
56. ‘India's Online Marketplace' is now ...?
Ebay India(formerly bazzee.com)
57. What is the full form of Intel?
Integrated Electronics
58. Who is the CEO of Pepsico Co.
Indra Nooyie
59. What does LG stands for?
LG - Lucky Goldstar
60. Mudra got Rasna as its 2nd customer, to catapult it in soft
drink market, what ad line did Mudra came up with?
I love u Rasna
61. What business exactly did reliance start in?
Textiles
62. Which food joints had a major ad Blitz with the "Hungry
Kya?' campaign?
Dominoz Pizza
63. From whom Hindustan UniLever took over Lakme?
TATA Group
64. Current chairman of the planning commission of India?
Manmohan Singh
65. Which product/service was promoted with the phrase "let
your fingers do the walking'?
Yellow Pages
66. Sidestreet, High street, Gotsby and Rituals are a range of
which eyeglass Company?
Rayban
67. Which company owns CMC Ltd?
CMC is a TATA Enterprise
68. Which company owns Dish TV?
Zee Group
69. Which telecommunications giant also owns the phone
making company beetel?
Bharti Telecom
70. What is the name of the news channel of Benett,Coleman n
Co. Ltd?
Times Now
71. Which group owns INOX cinemas??
Inox group
72. Which Indian brand name, set up by the Tatas, get its name
from a Leon Delibes opera about an Indian maiden called
Lakshmi?
Lakme
73. Jumbo King product in Mumbai?
Vada Pav
74. The bat is the registered trademark of which drinks
company?
Bacardi
75. Which company has opened "ProBiking" showrooms across
various cities in India??
BAJAJ AUTO
76. Which music channel owns VH1(music channel)???
M TV
77. Name the country to which the company originally belong
to?
Moser Baer India
78. Which car name translates as 'people's car?
Volkswagen
79. who is UK's biggest retailer?
UK's biggest retailer is MARKS N SPENCER......
80. Who is US's biggest retailer?
U.S's biggest retailer is Walmart.
81. ANZ in ANZ Grindlays stands for—
Australia and New Zealand Bank.
82. Which logo is the most tattooed in the world?
Harley Davidson
83. Which brand got its name from a Sanskrit word which means
"Priceless"?
Amul
84. RELIGARE MUTUAL FUND IS OWNED BY WHICH
COMPANY?
Ranbaxy
85. MAHINDRA & MAHNIDRA merged with WHICH
INTERNATIONAL AUTO MAJOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF
COMPACT CAR ?
RENAULT
86. WHICH COUNTRY RECENTLY BANNED CHINA TOYS?
INDIA
87. WAL-MART IS AMERICAN RETAIL SHOP. K-MART IS
FROM WHICH COUNTRY?
AMERICA
88. NAME THE INDIAN TWO WHEELER MAJOR INVESTED
IN SMALL CAR PRODUCTION?
BAJAJ
89. ARUN SARIN RESIGNED FROM WHICH TELECOM
COMPANY AS CEO?
VODAFONE
90. WHAT IS MAYTAS REFERS?
IT IS THE REVERSE OF SATYAM
91. One of the most effective and efficient forms of marketing is
abbreviated to the initials WOM; what is it?
Word Of Mouth
92. The financial ratio which divides a company's 'liquid assets'
by 'current liabilities' is known by what popular term?
Acid Test (or 'Quick Ratio')
93. What does the SWOT stand for in SWOT analysis?
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
94. What does the financial term ROI stand for?
Return On Investment
95. What does the business acronym IPO stand for?
Initial Public Offering
96. What does the PEST stand for in PEST analysis?
Political, Economical, Social, Technological
97. In marketing, what are the The Four P's?
Product, Price, Promotion, Place.
98. The iPhone was launched by which company?
Apple
99. Which Bollywood actor was at the centre of the 2007 Big
Brother TV Show racism uproar?
Shilpa Shetty
100. What country celebrated on August 15th 2007 its 60th
anniversary of independence from British rule?
India
101. Who became the new French president in 2007?
Nicolas Sarkozy
102. Which snack is brand is named after the Hindi word for
"crunchy"?
a. Kurkure (Snack meaning 'crunchy')
103. A PRISM OR PUNCTUATE
Unscramble the above for a twoword name of an organisation that
creates reel life situations.
a. Paramount Pictures
104. Which two companies merged to form the eyewear company
Essilor in 1972?
a. Essel and Silor (They merged to form Essilor in 1972)
105. Shilpa Shetty and her boyfriend Raj Kundra have bought 12
per cent stake in which Indian Premier League team?
a. Rajasthan Royals
106. A REHAB: WHY RISK HEAT
Unscramble the above for a twoword name of a company run by a
famous billionaire.
a. Berkshire Hathaway
107. BPL Mobile has changed its name to what?
a. Loop Mobile
108. HE SNIPES ARRANGER
Unscramble the above for a threeword term denoting some sort of
earnings on an investment.
a. Earnings Per Share
109. CAIRN HAD THEM
Unscramble the above for a twoword name of an outsourcing firm
in the news.
a. Tech Mahindra
110. What's the name of the famous traditional embroidery from
Lucknow?
a. Chikan (Traditional embroidery style from Lucknow)
111. Parle Agro's new lemon drink is called what?
a. LMN (Parle Agro's new lemon drink is LMN)
112. In banking jargon, what does CASA stand for?
a. Current account and savings account
113. Real lemon juice. No fizz. No artificial flavours. What is
PepsiCo's latest launch?
Nimbooz
114. THROWN EYE KISMET
Unscramble for a four-word name of a popular media product.
a. The New York Times
115. If the Internet Explorer is No. 1 in the list of top Web
browsers, which is the No.2?
a. Firefox Mozilla
116. If Ninja is a form of subprime loan, what does it stand for?
No Income, No Jobs and No Assets (Ninja as in a Ninja loan)
117. A FOB COKE
Unscramble the above to get one 'connect' word!
Facebook
118. 'Sponsors of Tomorrow' is the base line of which technology
major's latest ad campaign?
a. Intel ('Sponsors of Tomorrow' is the base line of its newest ad
campaign)
119. EURO POP, A SCREECHIEST ROW
Unscramble the above for a professional services firm.
a. PricewaterhouseCoopers
120. The Indian Institute of Planning and Management had
enlisted who to host its business and marketing quiz?
a. Shah Rukh Khan
121. 'The Taste of India' is whose baseline?
a. Amul
122. MAY ALL CAPS
Unscramble the above for a twoworded trade man.
a. Pascal Lamy
123. What is common to Frooti and Hippo?
a. Brands of Parle Agro (Frooti and Hippo, the latter is a recent
launch. It's a health snack brand)
124. GET TEXAN BRIEF FIN
Pranab gave it the boot. Unscramble for three words!
a. Fringe Benefit Tax
125. Dr Elattuvalapil ... Complete this 'The Metro Man' name.
a. Sreedharan (Dr E Sreedharan,)
126. Which airlines' new campaign is called 'Get More'?
a. SpiceJet
127. Which cellular company came up with the Ad Campaign
"Walk While You Talk"?
Ans. Idea
128. Which company's mascot is called the Tyre Man?
Ans. Michelin
129. How do we better know Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing Company ?
Ans. 3M
130. Which brand name is derived from the word 'polar'
suggesting coolness?
Ans. Polo
131. What does MBO or MBO's stand for?
Ans. Management By Objectives.
132. Which famous Russian tennis star is the sports brand
ambassador of Canon?
Ans. Maria Sharapova
133. Which brand of scooter when translated into Italian means
'wasp'?
Ans. Vespa
134. 'Powerful Indian' ad campaign is launched by which motor
bike brand?
Ans. Pulsar
135. Sergey Brin and Larry Page are the founders of which search
engine giant?
Ans . Google
136. Who is the (In)famous co founder of a Satyam company
(younger brother of the Satyam Ramalinga Raju)
a. Rama Raju
137. How do we know a company that called itself as 'Kwanon'
when it was founded?
Ans. Canon
138. Which animal would you find in the logo of the famous
apparel brand Lacoste?
Ans. Alligator
139. Which world famous premium brand is characterised by its
monogram with the stylised letters, `L' and `V'?
Ans. Louis Vuitton
140. Who is the first Indian to Score 300 runs in an innings?
Ans. Virendra Sehwag
141. Which Worlds largest motor vehicle company filed
bankruptcy in june 1st,2009.
Ans. General Motors
142. Who are the new brand ambassador for Reebok,India.
Ans. MS Dhoni and Bipasha Basu
143. Who is the appointed Union finance Minister of India?
Ans. Pranab Mukherji
144. Against whom did Deccan Chargers won the IPL twenty20
title?
Ans. Bangalore Royal Challengers
145. Which company’s logo is known as swoosh?
Ans. Nike
146. 2009 Australian open Men's singles title was won by?
Rafal Nadal defeating Roger Federer
147. Slumdog Miilionaire made an historic event in Indian cinema
history,A.R.Rahman bagged two oscars.Name the director of this
movie
Danny Boyle
148. Who is the newly appointed speaker of the lower house?
Ans. Mrs.Meira Kumar
149. Who won the Purple cap at the IPL season II?
Ans. R.P. Singh
150. Who is the ATS chief who died an an action against terrorists
in recent Mumbai attacks?
Hemant Karkare
151. Who is the new Home Minister of India and whom did he
succeed over?
P.Chidambaram the former Finance Minister.He Succeeded
Shiv Raj Patil
152. The little boy "Gattu" with a mischievous smile is a Mascot
of which paint Company?
Asian paints
153. The roaring lion "Leo" is the mascot of which production
house ?
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)
154. Name the company that manufactures the largest range of
storing batteries in the world.
Answer: Exide. Batteries
155. Name the company. Whose tagline is ‘Eat Fresh’?
SubWay
156. Rajendra Pawar, CEO of which Computer Training Centers.
NIIT
157. Which popular car audio system company's name when
translated into German means 'blue point'?
Ans. Blaupunkt
158. Name of the Family Store owned by Kumar Mangalam
Birla?
Ans: More
159. Actress Sameera Reddy is the nephew of which famous
liquor baron?
Ans. Vijay Mallya
160. Which Company brings CNBC Channel in India?
Ans. TV 18
161. Which famous Search Engine company is planning to release
Operating system ?
Google
162. NSDL stands for
National Securities Depository Limited
163. Finance term - ADR stands for
American Depositary Receipts
164. In the context of Mutual Funds, SIP stands for
Systematic Investment Plan
165. In the context of Mutual Funds, ELSS means
Equity Linked Savings Scheme
166. AMFI stands for
Association of Mutual Funds in India
1. The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was?
Ans: Mujibur Rehman
2. The highest mountain in the world is the?
Ans: Everest
3. The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of
the world is?
Ans: Mayan mar
4. The biggest desert in the world is the?
Ans: Sahara desert
5. The largest coffee growing country in the world is?
Ans: Brazil
6. The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is?
Ans: Durand line
7. The country which ranks second in terms of land area is?
Ans: Canada
8. The river Jordan flows out into the?
Ans: Dead sea
9. The biggest delta in the world is the?
Ans: Sunderbans
10. The Japanese call their country as?
Ans: Nippon
11. The country in which river Wangchu flows is?
Ans: Myanmar
12. The biggest island of the world is?
Ans: Greenland
13. The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the
world is?
Ans: Detroit, USA
14. The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is?
Ans: USA
15. The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is?
Ans: Malaysia
16. The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is?
Ans: Malaysia
17. The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the?
Ans: Mississippi
18. The country called the Land of Rising Sun is?
Ans: Japan
19. Mount Everest was named after?
Ans: Sir George Everest
20. The volcano Vesuvius is located in?
Ans: Italy
21. The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is?
Ans: Cuba
22. The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of?
Ans: Nepal
23. The largest ocean of the world is the?
Ans: Pacific ocean
24. The largest bell in the world is the?
Ans: Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow
25. The world's largest diamond producing country is?
Ans: South Africa
26. Australia was discovered by?
Ans: James Cook
27. The first Governor General of Pakistan is?
Ans: Mohammed Ali Jinnah
28. Dublin is situated at the mouth of river?
Ans: Liffey
29. The earlier name of New York city was?
Ans: New Amsterdam
30. The Eifel tower was built by?
Ans: Alexander Eiffel
31. The Red Cross was founded by?
Ans: Jean Henri Durant
32. The country which has the greatest population density is?
Ans: Monaco
33. The national flower of Britain is?
Ans: Rose
34. Niagara Falls was discovered by?
Ans: Louis Hennepin
35. The first Industrial Revolution took place in?
Ans: England
36. World Environment Day is observed on?
Ans: 5th June
37. The first Republican President of America was?
Ans: Abraham Lincoln
38. The country famous for Samba dance is?
Ans: Brazil
39. The name of Alexander's horse was?
Ans: Beucephalus
40. Singapore was founded by?
Ans: Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
41. The earlier name of Sri Lanka was?
Ans: Ceylon
42. The UNO was formed in the year?
Ans: 1945
43. UNO stands for?
Ans: United Nations Organization
44. The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on?
Ans: 15th August
45. The first man to reach North Pole was?
Ans: Rear Peary
46. The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was?
Ans: Guermica
47. The primary producer of newsprint in the world is?
Ans: Canada
48. World literacy day is celebrated on?
Ans: 8th September
49. The place known as the Roof of the world is?
Ans: Tibet
50. The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was?
Ans: Abdul Salam
51. The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was?
Ans: Margaret Thatcher
52. The port of Banku is situated in?
Ans: Azerbaijan
53. The largest river in France is?
Ans: Lore
54. The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was?
Ans: Ralph Johnson Bunche
55. The first British University to admit women for degree courses was?
Ans: London University
56. New York is popularly known as the city of?
Ans: Skyscrapers
57. The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is?
Ans: Korea
58. HCL tech. recently decided to open its new office in which country?
Ans: Israel at Yokenam.
59. BHEL has recently announced to open a new plant at which city in China?
Ans: Shanghai
60. Recently Dell has decided to shift its European manufacturing base from Ireland to
which country?
Ans: Poland
61. Tata steel(corus) decided to appoint a new CEO KIRBY Adams as a successor to whom?
Ans: Philipe Varin
62 . Nissan(Japan) will launch the small car in India by 2010 from its upcoming plant at
Chennai co developed with which company?
Ans: Renault (France)
63 . Law reform commission of which state headed by former SC judge VR Krishna Iyre
recommended legalizing Euthanasia and decriminalizing suicide?
Ans: Kerala
64. Amartya Sen, Sam Pitroda, Jagdish Bhagwati were the members of Man Mohan Singh's
which council recently ?
Ans: Global advisory council
65. Which two countries recently entered an agreement on resuming natural gas supplies to
Europe?
Ans: Russia and Ukraine
66. Recently In a miraculous escape Airbus A320 steered into which river in USA?
Ans: Hudson
67. If Obama is 44th President then Joe Bidden is …the vice president ?
Ans: 47th
68. 11Day National Cooperative Fair was hosted by which city in India?
Ans: Kerala
69. Recently PM Manmohan singh inaugurated 96t session of Indian Science congress in
which city?
Ans: Guwahti
70. Kate Winslet was nominated and later won Oscar in Best actress category for which
film?
Ans: The Reader
71. Who is Gujarat offspiner who is recently barred from playing Duleep trophy?
Ans: Mohnish Parmar
72. Bobby Zindal who was in news recently is a governor of which state?
Ans: Louisiana
73. "Creating a future Islamic Civilization" who has written this book?
Ans: Rashid Shah
74. Recently which bill was being given assent by President of India which restrains the
police from arresting a person for criminal offence for which the maximum sentence is up
to 7 years. Name of the bill ?
Ans: Criminal Prosecution code bill
75. Which state was recently brought under president rule and state assembly kept under
suspended animation?
Ans: Jharkhand
76. Which Indian state was recently ranked first for investment by World Bank?
Ans: Karnataka
77. Indian Air force recently ordered two squadron missile of medium range to BEL(bharat
electronics limited). What is the name of the missile?
Ans: Akash (Surface to air missile)
78. Recently conference of Chief Ministers on internal security was recently held at which
place?
Ans: New Delhi
79. Aiming to protect country's share in overseas market, government removed export duty
on which commodity?
Ans: Premium Basmati Rice
80. Which country recently launched telecom satellite for the first time?
Ans: Iran
81. Recently PM Manmohan Singh inaugurated Ezhimala Naval Academy at which place?
Ans: Kannur (kerala)
82. Recently Union Cabinet announced Rs.12513 crore project to improve road connectivity
in which border state?
Ans: Arunachal Pradesh
83. The largest museum in the world is?
The American museum of natural history.
84. The largest mountain range in the world is?
The Bhuena Bhaile
85. The country known as the Land of cakes is?
Scotland
86. The tallest tower in the world is?
C.N. Tower, Toronto, Canada
87. The country famous for its fish catch is?
Japan
88. Where is Montreal situated?
On the bank of River Ottawa.
89. What is the literal meaning of Renaissance?
The Revival
90. Which is the largest airport in the world?
The King Khalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia.
91. Which is the largest bay in the world?
Hudson Bay, Canada.
92. Which is the largest church in the world?
Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican city, Rome.
93. Which is the largest peninsula in the world?
Arabia
94. Which is the largest gulf in the world?
Gulf of Mexico
95. Which is the tallest statue in the world?
The Motherland, Volgograd Russia.
96. Which is the largest railway tunnel in the world?
The Oshimizu Tunnel, Japan.
97. The word ‘Quiz’ was coined by?
Jim Daly Irishman.
98. Adolf Hitler was born in which country?
Austria
99. Which is the country whose National Anthem has only music but no words?
Bahrain
100. Which is the largest cinema in the world?
The Fox theatre, Detroit, USA.
