A short business quiz from an online session held in March 2020 covering domestic and international brands, advertisements and, current affairs.

1. Theme: Business
Date: 25 March 2020

4.  The Delhi Court stayed the
makers of the 2019
Bollywood film ‘_____: A
Signature that Ruined a
Career’ from screening,
exhibiting or marketing till
further orders.
 On which personality’s life
was the film supposedly
based on?

6.  Connect these brands to an iconic personality

8.  Which brand, currently held
by the family shown has
grown to associate itself
with Amitabh-Jaya
Bachchan, Manju
Warrier, Nagarjuna
Akkineni , Shiva Rajkumar
among others?

10.  This brand was launched by
freedom fighter Suresh
Chandra Dey in 1951 at
Jamshedpur.
 The brand aimed to sell
durable and affordable shoes
to the common man.
 Which brand?

14.  They are a type of female spirit of the clouds and
waters in Hindu and Buddhist culture. In Indian
mythology, they are supernatural female, often wives
of the Gandharvas, the court musicians of Indra. As
ethereal beings who inhabit the skies, they are often
depicted taking flight, or at service of a god.
 They and also called as Accharā in Pāli,
or Bidadari (Malay), Biraddali (Tausug), Hapsari/Apsari
or Widadari/Widyadari (Javanese),
and Helloi (Manipuri).
 What collective name for these female spirits is well-
known to most of us, thanks to Hindustan Pencil?

18.  In 1982, Meena Bindra started the
company from her home in New Delhi.
She took 8000 rupees loan to start a
small business.
 Some years later, Bindra allowed her
sons, Sanjay and Siddharth, to help her
to manage the business.
 The company opened its first standalone
store in Mumbai in 2004.
 It pioneered Bollywood merchandising in
India by providing costumes for NaTum
Jano Na Hum in 2004 and has covered
ten more projects, including
blockbusters such as Devdas, Hulchul,
and Baghban.
 Identify the company.

22.  As France was fighting inWorldWar II,
fashion journalists were unable to get
to Paris for their biannual style
excursions.
 Eleanor Lambert took the opportunity
to solidifyAmerica’s place among the
international fashion community.
 She pieced together a showcase of
American designers for the national
and regional media. She called the
event PressWeek.
 The creation of what, which is one
among the ‘Big 4’ in its category does
this story refer to?

28.  The studio’s name means
"wonderful" in German.
 Earlier short films made by the
founder, although not released
to the public, had the same
banner which was picked up
from the 2009 film Inglourious
Basterds.
 Name the studio and identify
its owner.

30.  KVarghese Mappillai got access to
English education and studied up
to F.A. with the financial support
of his father.
 After completing his studies,
Mappillai began working as a
treasury officer).
 Later on he took up the job of a
‘munshi’ in a CMS School for a
short period.
 His journalistic mind, and aptitude
for literature prompted him to
establish what?