IIMB Vista 2012 Bizarre Barry O’brien
Here are the prelims questions. Most of the questions in the finals were more than awful to be even noted down, or to be published here. Cut off was 19 (on tie-breaker). Highest was 23. (We scored 22. :D)
Teams on stage: JK, Prasad Shetty, Srikanth (winners) | Samrat, Himmat +1 | Avinash Mudaliar, Siddhartha Banerjee, Nikhil Narayanan | Ajay Rao, Vinod Rajamani, Vinay Mudaliar (II)| Dhanno+2 | <I don’t know their names>
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1) This Indian was involved, and played a key role in the formation of the RBI.
2) Neutrogena is a brand from __
3) As per the latest IRS, the largest *read* newspaper
4) <Not this text, but something similar with examples>
Countries that are pursued by investors seeking potentially high returns who are able to accept the higher risks these type of markets would be exposed to. Some of the risks investors face in these frontier markets are political instability, poor liquidity, inadequate regulation, substandard financial reporting and large currency flucuations. In addition, many markets are overly dependent on volatile commodities.
5) Some 17million users, many branches, Indian organization
6) NEFT full form
7) Not final good, not raw materials – what?
8) Mahindra Bolero tagline
9) Court appointed person for a property, palace….
10) Many brands, jewellry company
11) Some quote on Bill Gates/Microsoft…word missing
12) David Ogilvy quote
13) First US University(disputed), started off with hotel management courses
14) Peculation is
15) Cheques are bounced due to ____ ____. Standard reason in India.
16) Israel currency pic – identify country
17)UEFA logo
18) Anu Agha pic
19) Currency note – one language masked – Sanskrit
20) Saina Nehwal -old pic – as a school kid
21) Unmukt Chand pic
22) Indian Bank logo
23) Preet Bharara pic
24) Andy Grove pic
25) Mike Duke of Walmart pic
26) Dubai stock exchange logo
27) East Bengal club logo
28) ‘India’s international bank’
29) Google TV logo
30) Connect – a plant image, located at Calcutta, Mumbai.., – ans was Mint (3 points)
1) BR Ambedkar
2) J&J
3) Dainik Jagran
4) Frontier Markets
5) India Post
6) National Electronic Fund Transfer
7) Intermediaries
9) Receiver
10) Gitanjali
11) Imagination
13) Cornell
14) Embezzlement
15) Insufficient Funds
28) Bank of Baroda