1. When India Inc sought investment from abroad, some of India's homegrown business tycoons came together to protect the interests of local companies. They were referred to as the Bombay Club. Who was the leader of that club?
a) Rahul Bajaj
b) Kumaramangalam Birla
c) Ratan Tata
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Wrong!The correct answer is Rahul Bajaj.
Hari Shankar Singhania and Ashok Jain were the others who sent out letters to industrialists suggesting they meet up. 14 people finally met and the Bombay Club was born. Rahul Bajaj was the most vocal member of the club and he became its de-facto leader.
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Hari Shankar Singhania and Ashok Jain were the others who sent out letters to industrialists suggesting they meet up. 14 people finally met and the Bombay Club was born. Rahul Bajaj was the most vocal member of the club and he became its de-facto leader.
2. With which leading Indian brand is the name of the entrepreneur Karsanbhai Patel associated?
a) Ariel
b) Henko
c) Nirma
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Wrong!The correct answer is Nirma.
A chemist who started his career making detergents at home, Karsanbhai Patel is valued at over Rs 3,000 crore today. At Rs 6 a kg, Nirma is named after his daughter and the product took on giant Hindustan Lever with a fair amount of success.
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A chemist who started his career making detergents at home, Karsanbhai Patel is valued at over Rs 3,000 crore today. At Rs 6 a kg, Nirma is named after his daughter and the product took on giant Hindustan Lever with a fair amount of success.
3. Dhirubhai Ambani started his career as a gas attendant in which place?
a) Jamnagar, Gujarat
b) Aden, Yemen
c) Mumbai, Maharashtra
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Wrong! The correct answer is Aden, Yemen.
The stuff of legends, Dhirubhai Ambani's story is known to every single Indian today. Starting off as a small time trader, Ambani who passed away on July 6 last year changed the stock market in India and built his empire to become India's only private company on the Fortune 500 list.
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The stuff of legends, Dhirubhai Ambani's story is known to every single Indian today. Starting off as a small time trader, Ambani who passed away on July 6 last year changed the stock market in India and built his empire to become India's only private company on the Fortune 500 list.
4. Harvard Business School conducted a special case study on how this person was able to build up a Rs 500 crore business empire without a single ad or promotional campaign. Who was he?
a) N R Narayana Murthy
b) Dhirubhai Ambani
c) Lakhubhai Pathak
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Wrong!The correct answer is Lakhubhai Pathak.
Despite building an empire out of the pickle business, Lakhubhai Pathak remains known in India for his allegation against former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao. Pathak accused Rao of cheating after he paid $100,000 to godman Chandraswami to secure a paper pulp contract in India on Rao's assurance.
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Despite building an empire out of the pickle business, Lakhubhai Pathak remains known in India for his allegation against former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao. Pathak accused Rao of cheating after he paid $100,000 to godman Chandraswami to secure a paper pulp contract in India on Rao's assurance.
5. One of India's biggest businessmen is the only grandson of Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Who is he?
a) Nusli Wadia
b) Habil Khorakhiwala
c) Arvind Dubash
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Wrong! The correct answer is Nusli Wadia.
Nusli Wadia's mother was Mohammed Ali Jinnah's daughter. Jinnah's wife Ruttee was a Parsi, but the two separated soon after their daughter was born. The daughter married Neville Wadia, Nusli's father, before World War II.
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Nusli Wadia's mother was Mohammed Ali Jinnah's daughter. Jinnah's wife Ruttee was a Parsi, but the two separated soon after their daughter was born. The daughter married Neville Wadia, Nusli's father, before World War II.
