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Quiz on History

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the full forms of...

1.AIG

2.AMD

3.NASDAQ

a)

American International Group

b)

Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd

c)

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation

d)

Advanced Micro Devices

e)

Business Process Outsourcing

2.

After WWII (1939-45) which global automobiles came?

a)

Honda

b)

Fiat

c)

Benz & Company

d)

Lamborghini

3.

Select the leaves and nuts used in Coca-Cola.

a)

Coca leaves

b)

Coca nuts

c)

Kola leaves

d)

Kola nuts

4.

Which of the following brands are owned or licensed by Arvind Mills?

1. Flying Machine 2. Wrangler 3. Lee 4. Killer

a)

1,2,3

b)

1,2,4

c)

1,3,4

d)

2,3,4

5.

Which is the wrong author combination with his/her books?

a)

Sudha Murthy:

Dollar Bahu

b)

Vineet Nayar:

Employees First Customers Second

c)

Sam Walton:

God's Debris

d)

Nassim Nicholas Taleb:

Fooled By Randomness

6.

Which airline company has its slogan The Spirit of Australia?

a)

Spice Jet

b)

Qantas

c)

Lufthansa

d)

Cathay Pacific

7.

Select the slogan for Vicks.

a)

99.44% pure

b)

It takes a licking and keeps on ticking

c)

Vicks ki goli lo, khich khich door karo

d)

The uncola

8.

Select the option which is not a quotient of Glaxo Smithkline.

a)

Boost

b)

Figo

c)

Eno

d)

Horlicks

9.

Match the following books to their respective authors:

Books: A. A Prisoner's Scrapbook B. A Better India: A Better World C. Jalebi Management D. An Angel in The Cockpit

Authors: 1. Shombit Sengupta 2. Vijaypat Singhania 3. Narayana Murty 4. LK Advani

a)

A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2

b)

A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2

c)

A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2

d)

A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

10.

Carat is the unit of weight for diamonds and certain other precious gems.

How much is 1 carat?

a)

250 mg

b)

500 mg

c)

100 mg

d)

200 mg

11.

It was founded by JC Jacobsen in 1847. One of its old breweries in Copenhagen is open for tours and famous visitors include Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II. In 1975, it introduced the 'Probably the best lager in the world' slogan with voice over by Orson Welles. In India, its breweries are located in Altar, Aurangabad and Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh). Which brand?

(a)  

12.

What began its publication on November 7, 1665 as the Oxford Gazette? It claims to be the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom.

(a)  

13.

Fill in the blank: Film stars (a)   and Shahid Kapoor appeared together in the early Complan ads.

14.

An hotelier walked into this advertising guru's London office to advertise the opening of his hotel with just a $500 budget. The adman bought $500 worth of postcards and sent invitations to everybody he found in the local telephone directory. The hotel opened with a full house. "I had tasted blood", he mentioned in his book - Confessions of an Advertising Man. Name the adman.

(a)  

15.

Who was the first African- American to appear on the magazine cover?

(a)