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Business and Tech Leaders

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Business and tech leaders covers prominent founders, chief executives, and economists who shaped global industries. This section features questions on leaders of major technology corporations and financial institutions. It is a highly scoring topic in general awareness.

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Business and Tech Leaders Questions

Multiple choice

Principle of innovation was given by

  1. Steve Jobs

  2. H.N. Hansen

  3. Koontz o’donnel

  4. Joseph Schumpeter
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Steve Jobs has given 7 principles largely responsible for success through innovation. These are described in his book, “The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs”.

Multiple choice

Richard Zennino is the CEO of

  1. BMW

  2. Honda Motors

  3. Nestle International

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Richard Zennore is not associated with BMW, Honda Motors, or Nestle International. The name does not correspond to a known CEO of any major automobile or food corporation.

Multiple choice

Kaushik Roy was the CEO of

  1. Cafe Coffee Day

  2. Barista

  3. Costa

  4. Coffee World
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Kaushik Roy served as the CEO of Coffee World, a coffee chain operating primarily in South India. Coffee World was known for its cafes and coffee retail outlets.

Multiple choice

Who founded the Rotary Club?

  1. Michael Kalashnikov

  2. Paul Harris

  3. Pat Barker

  4. Paul Crutzen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Paul P. Harris founded the Rotary Club in Chicago in 1905. The name 'Rotary' came from the practice of rotating meeting locations among members' offices. Paul Crutzen is a Nobel laureate in atmospheric chemistry, Michael Kalashnikov is associated with firearms, and Pat Barker is a novelist.

Multiple choice

Who among the following has been ranked at the top position in Thinkers 50' s list of the world' s greatest management thinkers alive?

  1. Alan Greenspan

  2. C. K. Prahalad

  3. Bill Gates

  4. Michael Porter
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

C.K. Prahalad was ranked at the top position in Thinkers50's list of the world's greatest management thinkers alive. He was renowned for his work on core competence and the fortune at the bottom of the pyramid. Thinkers50 is a prestigious biennial ranking of global management thinkers. Alan Greenspan (former Fed Chair), Bill Gates (tech entrepreneur), and Michael Porter (strategy expert) are influential figures but did not hold the top rank in the specific timeframe this question references.

Multiple choice

O'Neal, who received a salary of $46 million in the year 2006, was the CEO of

  1. Merrill Lynch and Co.

  2. Ernest & Young

  3. Nasdaq

  4. Dow Jones
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Stanley O'Neal was the CEO of Merrill Lynch & Co. in 2006 and received approximately $46 million in total compensation that year. He was a prominent Wall Street figure before resigning during the 2007 financial crisis. The other firms are major financial companies but not associated with O'Neal.

Multiple choice

Forbes Asia's Businessman for the year 2006? was

  1. Anil Ambani

  2. Nandan Nilekani

  3. Sunil Mittal

  4. Vijay Mallya
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys, was named Forbes Asia's Businessman of the Year for 2006 for building Infosys into a global IT powerhouse. He later became the founding chairman of UIDAI. Anil Ambani, Sunil Mittal, and Vijay Mallya are prominent businessmen but were not the 2006 awardees.

Multiple choice

In 2009, the Forbes magazine listed _________ world's eight richest person.

  1. K.V Kamath

  2. Anand Mahindra

  3. Lakshmi Mittal

  4. Sreekesh Goyal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Lakshmi Mittal was ranked as the world's eighth richest person in Forbes magazine's 2009 list. The Indian-born steel magnate was consistently featured among the world's wealthiest individuals, with his fortune primarily derived from ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaking company.

Multiple choice

Name the chairman and the president of the BYD Co. Ltd?

  1. Chiang Ho

  2. Xinof Hi

  3. Wang Chuanfu

  4. Chon Li
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Wang Chuanfu is the founder, chairman, and president of BYD Co. Ltd, a major Chinese electric vehicle and battery manufacturer. He started the company in 1995 and built it into one of the world's largest EV producers.

Multiple choice

Bill Gates, one of the richest persons in the word, is in the trade of

  1. Computers

  2. Textiles

  3. Tele-communication

  4. Machinery
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft Corporation, which is a computer software company. While he has diverse business interests and philanthropic activities through the Gates Foundation, he is most famously associated with the computer and software industry. This makes 'Computers' the correct answer.