Reading Comprehension Questions

Multiple choice

Advertising agencies are fast becoming partners to their clients.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

You need not require to create a separate community around your product from the scratch. You can very well use existing communities like Facebook which allow you to create applications and market your products. That way precious time and effort is saved and you can gain the community trust leverage of the customer, ie to say co --opetition rather than competition.

 Zapak used its gaming portal to sell its online games as downloads for as low as 99 Rs. by declaring a competition around T20 cup to its advantage. You can use community to do the same. There are different communities and one or the other will be more than eager or happy to strike a deal with real cash compared to the difficult Google adsense dollars.

Mass marketing has been rendered less alluring by new age marketing techniques like BTL marketing and Internet marketing which gives a more personalised, interactive and direct connect with the user increasing the tangibility and experiential quotient of the whole marketing campaign.

Realizing this trend many advertising agencies now offer a complete range of Integrated 360 degrees marketing solution, so you can approach an agency and get an update of how to increase your bottom-line without yourself working on the monstrous details of earning the Rupee.

Many agencies now make it a target to increase the bottom line of their clients. Cool marketing innovation by these advertisement agencies.

Well you could really gain by using internet communities to leverage your customer base. It could be something which could give you monetary leverage 0f 100-1000 times in Cash Generated. Identify a need of the customer related to your product. You could do something as simple as designing a game which educates the customer about your product or service benefits. And the same creates a Buzz around your product automatically.

Also do something new or different from your competitors. Be Humane to your customers and the customers always return even if they don’t need the product, for which you may need to only train your employees and keep them happy at workplace.

 

  1. True

  2. False

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

The passage states that many advertising agencies 'make it a target to increase the bottom line of their clients' and offer 'Integrated 360 degrees marketing solution.' This partner-like focus on client success indicates agencies are becoming partners rather than just service providers.

Multiple choice

You have to go to many agencies to get 360 degrees marketing solutions.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

You need not require to create a separate community around your product from the scratch. You can very well use existing communities like Facebook which allow you to create applications and market your products. That way precious time and effort is saved and you can gain the community trust leverage of the customer, ie to say co --opetition rather than competition.

 Zapak used its gaming portal to sell its online games as downloads for as low as 99 Rs. by declaring a competition around T20 cup to its advantage. You can use community to do the same. There are different communities and one or the other will be more than eager or happy to strike a deal with real cash compared to the difficult Google adsense dollars.

Mass marketing has been rendered less alluring by new age marketing techniques like BTL marketing and Internet marketing which gives a more personalised, interactive and direct connect with the user increasing the tangibility and experiential quotient of the whole marketing campaign.

Realizing this trend many advertising agencies now offer a complete range of Integrated 360 degrees marketing solution, so you can approach an agency and get an update of how to increase your bottom-line without yourself working on the monstrous details of earning the Rupee.

Many agencies now make it a target to increase the bottom line of their clients. Cool marketing innovation by these advertisement agencies.

Well you could really gain by using internet communities to leverage your customer base. It could be something which could give you monetary leverage 0f 100-1000 times in Cash Generated. Identify a need of the customer related to your product. You could do something as simple as designing a game which educates the customer about your product or service benefits. And the same creates a Buzz around your product automatically.

Also do something new or different from your competitors. Be Humane to your customers and the customers always return even if they don’t need the product, for which you may need to only train your employees and keep them happy at workplace.

 

  1. True

  2. False

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

The passage states that 'many advertising agencies now offer a complete range of Integrated 360 degrees marketing solution,' meaning you can approach a single agency for comprehensive solutions, not multiple agencies.

Multiple choice

BTL has more tangibility.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

You need not require to create a separate community around your product from the scratch. You can very well use existing communities like Facebook which allow you to create applications and market your products. That way precious time and effort is saved and you can gain the community trust leverage of the customer, ie to say co --opetition rather than competition.

 Zapak used its gaming portal to sell its online games as downloads for as low as 99 Rs. by declaring a competition around T20 cup to its advantage. You can use community to do the same. There are different communities and one or the other will be more than eager or happy to strike a deal with real cash compared to the difficult Google adsense dollars.

Mass marketing has been rendered less alluring by new age marketing techniques like BTL marketing and Internet marketing which gives a more personalised, interactive and direct connect with the user increasing the tangibility and experiential quotient of the whole marketing campaign.

Realizing this trend many advertising agencies now offer a complete range of Integrated 360 degrees marketing solution, so you can approach an agency and get an update of how to increase your bottom-line without yourself working on the monstrous details of earning the Rupee.

Many agencies now make it a target to increase the bottom line of their clients. Cool marketing innovation by these advertisement agencies.

Well you could really gain by using internet communities to leverage your customer base. It could be something which could give you monetary leverage 0f 100-1000 times in Cash Generated. Identify a need of the customer related to your product. You could do something as simple as designing a game which educates the customer about your product or service benefits. And the same creates a Buzz around your product automatically.

Also do something new or different from your competitors. Be Humane to your customers and the customers always return even if they don’t need the product, for which you may need to only train your employees and keep them happy at workplace.

 

  1. True

  2. False

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

The passage states that BTL and Internet marketing 'increasing the tangibility and experiential quotient of the whole marketing campaign,' unlike mass marketing which 'has been rendered less alluring.' Higher tangibility is a key advantage of BTL.

Multiple choice

Community marketing creates a buzz around the product or service.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

You need not require to create a separate community around your product from the scratch. You can very well use existing communities like Facebook which allow you to create applications and market your products. That way precious time and effort is saved and you can gain the community trust leverage of the customer, ie to say co --opetition rather than competition.

 Zapak used its gaming portal to sell its online games as downloads for as low as 99 Rs. by declaring a competition around T20 cup to its advantage. You can use community to do the same. There are different communities and one or the other will be more than eager or happy to strike a deal with real cash compared to the difficult Google adsense dollars.

Mass marketing has been rendered less alluring by new age marketing techniques like BTL marketing and Internet marketing which gives a more personalised, interactive and direct connect with the user increasing the tangibility and experiential quotient of the whole marketing campaign.

Realizing this trend many advertising agencies now offer a complete range of Integrated 360 degrees marketing solution, so you can approach an agency and get an update of how to increase your bottom-line without yourself working on the monstrous details of earning the Rupee.

Many agencies now make it a target to increase the bottom line of their clients. Cool marketing innovation by these advertisement agencies.

Well you could really gain by using internet communities to leverage your customer base. It could be something which could give you monetary leverage 0f 100-1000 times in Cash Generated. Identify a need of the customer related to your product. You could do something as simple as designing a game which educates the customer about your product or service benefits. And the same creates a Buzz around your product automatically.

Also do something new or different from your competitors. Be Humane to your customers and the customers always return even if they don’t need the product, for which you may need to only train your employees and keep them happy at workplace.

 

  1. True

  2. False

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

The passage states that using internet communities and designing something that educates customers 'creates a Buzz around your product automatically,' showing that community marketing generates natural buzz.

Multiple choice

Copying the market leader is a sure shot at success.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

You need not require to create a separate community around your product from the scratch. You can very well use existing communities like Facebook which allow you to create applications and market your products. That way precious time and effort is saved and you can gain the community trust leverage of the customer, ie to say co --opetition rather than competition.

 Zapak used its gaming portal to sell its online games as downloads for as low as 99 Rs. by declaring a competition around T20 cup to its advantage. You can use community to do the same. There are different communities and one or the other will be more than eager or happy to strike a deal with real cash compared to the difficult Google adsense dollars.

Mass marketing has been rendered less alluring by new age marketing techniques like BTL marketing and Internet marketing which gives a more personalised, interactive and direct connect with the user increasing the tangibility and experiential quotient of the whole marketing campaign.

Realizing this trend many advertising agencies now offer a complete range of Integrated 360 degrees marketing solution, so you can approach an agency and get an update of how to increase your bottom-line without yourself working on the monstrous details of earning the Rupee.

Many agencies now make it a target to increase the bottom line of their clients. Cool marketing innovation by these advertisement agencies.

Well you could really gain by using internet communities to leverage your customer base. It could be something which could give you monetary leverage 0f 100-1000 times in Cash Generated. Identify a need of the customer related to your product. You could do something as simple as designing a game which educates the customer about your product or service benefits. And the same creates a Buzz around your product automatically.

Also do something new or different from your competitors. Be Humane to your customers and the customers always return even if they don’t need the product, for which you may need to only train your employees and keep them happy at workplace.

 

  1. True

  2. False

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

 The answer is false. This information is not given.

Multiple choice

BTL marketing is same as mass marketing.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

You need not require to create a separate community around your product from the scratch. You can very well use existing communities like Facebook which allow you to create applications and market your products. That way precious time and effort is saved and you can gain the community trust leverage of the customer, ie to say co --opetition rather than competition.

 Zapak used its gaming portal to sell its online games as downloads for as low as 99 Rs. by declaring a competition around T20 cup to its advantage. You can use community to do the same. There are different communities and one or the other will be more than eager or happy to strike a deal with real cash compared to the difficult Google adsense dollars.

Mass marketing has been rendered less alluring by new age marketing techniques like BTL marketing and Internet marketing which gives a more personalised, interactive and direct connect with the user increasing the tangibility and experiential quotient of the whole marketing campaign.

Realizing this trend many advertising agencies now offer a complete range of Integrated 360 degrees marketing solution, so you can approach an agency and get an update of how to increase your bottom-line without yourself working on the monstrous details of earning the Rupee.

Many agencies now make it a target to increase the bottom line of their clients. Cool marketing innovation by these advertisement agencies.

Well you could really gain by using internet communities to leverage your customer base. It could be something which could give you monetary leverage 0f 100-1000 times in Cash Generated. Identify a need of the customer related to your product. You could do something as simple as designing a game which educates the customer about your product or service benefits. And the same creates a Buzz around your product automatically.

Also do something new or different from your competitors. Be Humane to your customers and the customers always return even if they don’t need the product, for which you may need to only train your employees and keep them happy at workplace.

 

  1. True

  2. False

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

The passage states that 'Mass marketing has been rendered less alluring by new age marketing techniques like BTL marketing and Internet marketing,' clearly distinguishing BTL from mass marketing as a newer, different approach.

Multiple choice

Co-opetition is same as competition.

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

You need not require to create a separate community around your product from the scratch. You can very well use existing communities like Facebook which allow you to create applications and market your products. That way precious time and effort is saved and you can gain the community trust leverage of the customer, ie to say co --opetition rather than competition.

 Zapak used its gaming portal to sell its online games as downloads for as low as 99 Rs. by declaring a competition around T20 cup to its advantage. You can use community to do the same. There are different communities and one or the other will be more than eager or happy to strike a deal with real cash compared to the difficult Google adsense dollars.

Mass marketing has been rendered less alluring by new age marketing techniques like BTL marketing and Internet marketing which gives a more personalised, interactive and direct connect with the user increasing the tangibility and experiential quotient of the whole marketing campaign.

Realizing this trend many advertising agencies now offer a complete range of Integrated 360 degrees marketing solution, so you can approach an agency and get an update of how to increase your bottom-line without yourself working on the monstrous details of earning the Rupee.

Many agencies now make it a target to increase the bottom line of their clients. Cool marketing innovation by these advertisement agencies.

Well you could really gain by using internet communities to leverage your customer base. It could be something which could give you monetary leverage 0f 100-1000 times in Cash Generated. Identify a need of the customer related to your product. You could do something as simple as designing a game which educates the customer about your product or service benefits. And the same creates a Buzz around your product automatically.

Also do something new or different from your competitors. Be Humane to your customers and the customers always return even if they don’t need the product, for which you may need to only train your employees and keep them happy at workplace.

 

  1. True

  2. False

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

Co-opetition combines cooperation and competition, meaning it is fundamentally different from pure competition. The passage highlights leveraging existing communities rather than competing directly.

Multiple choice

Which is/are the new age marketing techniques?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

You need not require to create a separate community around your product from the scratch. You can very well use existing communities like Facebook which allow you to create applications and market your products. That way precious time and effort is saved and you can gain the community trust leverage of the customer, ie to say co --opetition rather than competition.

 Zapak used its gaming portal to sell its online games as downloads for as low as 99 Rs. by declaring a competition around T20 cup to its advantage. You can use community to do the same. There are different communities and one or the other will be more than eager or happy to strike a deal with real cash compared to the difficult Google adsense dollars.

Mass marketing has been rendered less alluring by new age marketing techniques like BTL marketing and Internet marketing which gives a more personalised, interactive and direct connect with the user increasing the tangibility and experiential quotient of the whole marketing campaign.

Realizing this trend many advertising agencies now offer a complete range of Integrated 360 degrees marketing solution, so you can approach an agency and get an update of how to increase your bottom-line without yourself working on the monstrous details of earning the Rupee.

Many agencies now make it a target to increase the bottom line of their clients. Cool marketing innovation by these advertisement agencies.

Well you could really gain by using internet communities to leverage your customer base. It could be something which could give you monetary leverage 0f 100-1000 times in Cash Generated. Identify a need of the customer related to your product. You could do something as simple as designing a game which educates the customer about your product or service benefits. And the same creates a Buzz around your product automatically.

Also do something new or different from your competitors. Be Humane to your customers and the customers always return even if they don’t need the product, for which you may need to only train your employees and keep them happy at workplace.

 

  1. Mass marketing

  2. BTL marketing

  3. Internet marketing

  4. B & C

  5. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Multiple choice
  1. Bet

  2. Scheme

  3. Advantage

  4. Calculated risk

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

 Gambit refers to an action based on a calculated risk. In this sense, scheme is correct because it accurately describes what is being described. The calculated risk is putting it into play.

Multiple choice
  1. True

  2. False

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

The passage states that 'Google has added tens of new applications through Google Labs, but all of them turn out to be just incremental and no blockbuster product has been introduced,' indicating low innovation despite many new products.

Multiple choice
  1. True

  2. False

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

The passage states that 'They already have a Cloud Version of Office software' and discusses how Google could convert this to a Desktop version, confirming Google is already involved in cloud computing.

Multiple choice
  1. True

  2. False

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

The passage discusses Google's business risks and strategies, mentioning that China, Europe, and India will develop local search companies. However, it does not state or suggest that Indian customers are 'environment sensitive' - this appears to be unrelated content mixed into the question. Based strictly on the passage content, this statement cannot be verified as true.

Multiple choice
  1. True

  2. False

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

The passage explicitly states that Google could 'improve and refine search results by taking optional feedback from users' - this directly implies that the current search experience is not ultimate or perfect, as there is room for user feedback and improvement. The statement that Google search is 'the ultimate' contradicts the passage's suggestion for enhancement.

Multiple choice
  1. advertising

  2. search advertising

  3. cloud computing

  4. blog search

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

The passage explicitly states in the very first sentence that Google 'depends 99% on search advertising for its revenue.' This is a direct factual statement from the passage. Option B 'search advertising' matches this exactly, distinguishing it from general 'advertising' or unrelated options like cloud computing.

Multiple choice
  1. Incremental innovation

  2. Radical innovation

  3. Diversify revenue sources

  4. Both 2 and 3

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer