MBA admission 2014: GK questions on business & economics for MBA prep - Part 3
Q. Important Portals & their Founders
Google – Larry Page & Sergey Brin
Facebook – Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes
Twitter – Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass
Yahoo – David Filo, Jerry Yang
LinkedIn – Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue & Koonstantin Guericke
WhatsApp – Brian Acton and Jan Koum
Wikipedia – Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger
You tube – Steve Chen, Chad Hurley & JawedKarim
Blogger – Evan Willam Belli
Skype – Janus Friis, Niklas Zennström
Apple – Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne
Microsoft – Bill Gates, Paul Allen
Q. As per the data on FDI released by Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), which country was the biggest source of FDI into India during April 2000 to June 2013?
Mauritius
Q. What is Amazon’s service for delivering within 30 minutes called?
Prime Air ( Drone services)
Q. Who will replace Mike Duke as the next CEO of Wal-Mart from February 2014?
Doug McMillon
Q. Named as the Fortune businessperson of the year 2013, this Paypal founder is known as a terrific ‘business magnate, investor, and inventor’. Identify him and his three firms.
Elon Musk
Firms: SpaceX and led Tesla Motors and PayPal
Q. Which Indian telecom firm is using Auto drivers, milk and newspaper vendors to sell mobile recharge?
Uninor
Q. On August 14, 2013, the Government of India banned imports of gold coins and medallions in order to contain _____
Current Account Deficit (CAD)
Q. NAFED has floated a global tender to import onions to contain the rising price. Which is the major onion producing state in the country?
Maharashtra
Q. Which sector received highest FDI with $1 billion in April - June 2013 period, as the report of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)?
Pharmaceuticals sector
Q. Which female lifestyle brand has been sold by Future Group for Rs 450 crore?
Biba
Q. 'Dogfight' a book by Fred Vogelstein is the story of the fight between which two companies?
Apple and Google
Q. Which Public sector major has supplied over 700 steel wheels for the various temple chariots in Tamil Nadu?
BHEL, Trichy
Q. According to Forbes, which dead celebrity had the maximum earnings last year?
Michael Jackson
Q. Under what name would Reliance in partnership with 2 sisters Food Group , UK launch fast food restaurant chain in India?
Chicken came First
Q. Which group has launched a English General Entertainment Channel titled ‘Romedy Now’?
Times Television Network
Q. Eugene Fama, 2013 Economics Nobel prize winner, has been credited for helping to bring which popular mutual fund product?
Index Funds
Q. Which brand has replaced Thums Up as the largest selling soft drink in India?
Sprite
Q. Name the first woman to become the Chairman (chairperson) of State Bank of India
Arundhati Bhattacharya
