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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

Steve Ballmer is the CEO of

  1. Oracle

  2. Intel

  3. Cisco

  4. Microsoft
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Steve Ballmer served as the CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014, succeeding Bill Gates.

Multiple choice

Who wa the head of WTO in 2012?

  1. Supachai Panitchpakdi

  2. Keith Rockwell

  3. Dr. Incropera

  4. Pascal Lamy

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Pascal Lamy served as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 2005 to 2013.

Multiple choice

Who was the promoter of Paper Back?

  1. Sir Max Mallowan

  2. Sir Allen Lane

  3. Nirad Chaudhary

  4. Graham Greene
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Sir Allen Lane was the founder of Penguin Books and is credited with popularizing the paperback format in the 1930s, making quality literature affordable.

Multiple choice

Who is the father of Four C's of marketing?

  1. Philip Kotler

  2. Stanton, Armstrong and Clark

  3. Rath

  4. Robert Lauterborn
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Robert Lauterborn introduced the 4Cs model in 1990 as a way to shift the marketing focus from the seller's 4Ps to the buyer's perspective.

Multiple choice

What was the single biggest contribution of Paul Rand to IBM?

  1. He was the founder partner

  2. He turned it around

  3. He designed the IBM logo

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Paul Rand was a renowned graphic designer who created the iconic IBM logo, which helped define the corporate identity of the company for decades.

Multiple choice

Who is the CEO of McDonald's Corp (2011)?

  1. Doanld Short

  2. Cheryl Bachelder

  3. Alan Feldman

  4. Jim Skinner
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Jim Skinner served as the CEO of McDonald's Corporation from 2004 to 2012, overseeing a period of significant growth for the company.

Multiple choice

Who overtook Li Ka-Shing as Asia's richest person?

  1. Azim Premji

  2. Karl Albrekt

  3. Lakshmi Mittal

  4. Ingvar Kamprad
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Lakshmi Mittal, the steel magnate, gained significant global wealth in the mid-2000s, which led to him overtaking Li Ka-Shing as the richest person in Asia at that time.

Multiple choice

Sam Palmisano is the CEO of

  1. Exxon Mobil

  2. General Motor

  3. IBM

  4. PepsiCo
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Samuel J. Palmisano served as the CEO of IBM from 2002 to 2012. The other companies listed were led by different individuals during that period.

Multiple choice

The team at Intel that built the First Microprocessor was headed by

  1. Seymour Cray.

  2. Victor Poor.

  3. Stan Mazor.

  4. Marcian E (Ted) Hoff.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Intel 4004 microprocessor team was led by Federico Faggin, but Victor Poor is often cited for his early architectural contributions to the 8008 and the concept of the microprocessor.