Tuesday, December 16, 2008

NTPC Electron North Zone Round Prelims

NTPC Electron North Zone round was a well planned and co-ordinated affair. The event was held at Power Management Institute (PMI) in Noida.
Quizmaster: Kunal Savarkar of Quizkraft
Prelim quesions
1) Who wrote the book "What they dont teach you at Harvard Business school"?
Mark McCormick
2) BSE building photo
3) Which city has an area also referred to as square mile?
London
4) Micheal Milken pic
5) Blackberry logo
6) Which Political / economic union was formed because of maastricht treaty?
European Union
7) At which place was the agreement that established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states in 1944 signed?
Bretton wood
8) What is the currency of Vatican?
Euro
9) Who gave the theory of "Management by Business Objectives"?
Peter Drucker
10) Which bank was founded in San Francisco by Amadeo Giannini in 1904?
Bank of America
11) Whom did Leonardo Di Caprio play in "The Aviator"
Howard Hughes
12) Rick Wagoner is the CEO of which company?
General Motors
13) He is a former trader who caused the spectacular collapse of the United Kingdom's oldest investment bank. He is currently the CEO of Irish football club Galway United.
Nick Leeson
14) This commonplace item was first patented by John Loud in 1888 and the modern patent was granted to Laszlo Biro in 1938. Itwas commercialized only in 1930's.
Ballpoint Pen
15) How do we better know "Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation "?
Freddie Mac
16) Which institution awards Nobel Peace Prize?
Bank of Sweden
17) Which Indian car was based on Morris Oxford?
HM Ambassador
18) Which alcohol brand was founded by Karan Bilimoria, an NRI settled in UK?
Cobra beer (any answer with cobra in it was given right e.g. Black Cobra)
19) Which US marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for his efforts to rebuild parts of Europe?
George Marshall
20) Who coined the word SENSEX?
Deepak Mohoni
21) Some date in 1990, what is the significance with respect to financial markets?
SENSEX crossed 1000 mark.
Sorry, can't recall the other 4 questions. The final questions will be uploaded in 2 days time.

5 comments:

  1. i have the south prelims will be updating them... seen some questions repeating from this quiz too!!!

    Aditya

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  2. i mean, the south prelims and the north

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  3. cutoff was around 18..we scored 19 nd got thru..!!

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  4. Most of these Questions are cut & paste of earlier Quizzes

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