Which famous place gets its name from the original location of a stockade built by Peter Stuyvesant of Dutch West Indian Company in 1653 to keep out the attacking English colonists and Red Indians?
This term is used in macroeconomics as any reductions in the private consumption or investment due to increase in government spending. What is the term we are talking about?
This term is often used for a stock market investor who waddles off on settlement day without settling his account. All such defaulters are black-boarded and struck off the list. Sometimes it is used for one who cannot pay his debts, one who trades without money. What is this term?
This person was the founder of the first major company to trade goods on the Internet and he made it to Time Person of the Year in late nineties.Who is this person we are talking about?
X is hospitality company started in 1927 in Washington and today it is more famous as a hotel chain. It is headquatered in Y. Currently it has 37 hotels operating under this brand. Identify X and Y.
Hint: It was in news recently due to some terror attacks.
X got underway with Douglas aircraft. Objective analysis, effective solution they say. Motto is to provide scientific knowledge. What are we talking about?
This is a mathematical algorithm for scheduling a set of project activities. It is used commonly in the fields of construction, engineering, plant maintenace among others. It was developed by the Dupont Corporation in the 1950s. What is this technique?
Hint: She is in the list of 100 most influential women
Ans: Laura Bush
X was born on 28 Oct 1955. X is on the list of 100 most powerful women (Forbes). X has been a board member of federal reserve bank of New York and Motorola. Identify X.
A and B founded an electronics comany. They wanted to name it C but it sounded similar to more noise - an ill suited name for electronics company since it means interference. So then they used the name NM Electronics for a year then they changed the name to D. D is now a major semiconductor company. what are A, B, C and D?
Ans: A- Gordon Moore B- Robert Noyce C- Moore Noyce D- Intel
Ans: Rahjasthan Royals Rudolf Dessler(Founder Chairman, Puma) Deepak Parekh(Chairman, HDFC Group ) S. Ramadorai(CEO, TCS) All these companise are sponsers of Rajasthan Royals
His company name was grow more. Was famous for his Lexus which was not launched in India till then. Died in 2002 due to heart attack. India can never forget him. Who is this famous person? Ans: Harshad Mehta
X was called Y till Jan. 1,2001. Y was allegedly involved in Enron scandal so to rechristen itself it changed its name to X. X is headquartered at Bermuda. What are X and Y? Ans: X-Accenture Y-Anderson Consulting