The Bangalore Quiz group | BQG Business | How to Prepae for tough business quizzes

How to prepare for Brand Equity, Tata Crucible and other major business quizzes.

Way # 1: Buy every copy of BusinessWeek, Business World, Business Today, Forbes, The Economist etc. and go through every page + surf the net ceaselessly 24 hours a day, bookmarking / trying to grab every business article that you can find and then cram all that into your head hoping to remember all of it etc etc etc.

If you opt for Way # 2, you leave the horrendous task of quiz data mining to us. We sift through the ore and drop little nuggets of terrific questions into your lap every day.

Take a look at our sample BQG Business Quiz. (This is an actual quiz that was sent to our BQG BUSINESS subscribers.)

First of all you'll see that there is a lot of imagery involved in our quizzes. That's because we feel that imagery aids recall.

You might think that all of India's top quizzers do their own independent research but that's probably not so. They are, (almost) all of them, members of BQG BUSINESS.

I get mails from them everyday. Here's an actual mail that I received some time back which reads as follows:

This time I am all charged up to do well in Tata Crucible after having lost in the National Finals last yr and finishing 3rd in Brand Equity from Pune this yr. The latter by Derek being a mixture of General and biz both..

1. By DD / Bangalore cheque payable to SPARK CONSULTANTS. (DD must be payable at Bangalore). Courier it to Prakash Subbarao, 208, 36th cross, Jayanagar 8th block, Bangalore 560082 (Tel: 26639945)

OR

2. Deposit cheque of any bank into any SBI bank branch: (This is a core banking account. You can deposit a cheque giving the below details into any SBI branch in India. If you are depositing cash, add Rs. 25 for inter-city transfer fees. You can also make Electronic Funds Transfers to this account).

Account Name: Prakash Subbarao
Account Number: 00000010867554222 Branch: SPL PBB, BANGALORE (Branch code: 06866)
State Bank of India, Specialized Personal Banking branch, Bangalore 5600001

3. Pay into bank account: (Electronic Funds Transfer)

Account Name: Prakash Subbarao
Account Number: SB 4674
Indian Overseas Bank, Jayanagar V Block branch, Bangalore 560041. (Branch code IOBA0000346)

4. For International Funds Transfers: Transfer funds via Western Union to any Jayanagar, Bangalore outlet. Please email us and advise the transfer pin code.

If you have any queries, please feel free to email Prakash or call him on his cell (9019548565).

Just a suggestion.........can we have some good current affairs sets of quizzes in between the amazing quizzes you come up with everyday........I will be really happy to enroll for more of mind blowing stuff (quizzes) from your end......

Splendid quiz. One of the best in business thought & fundas (Re BQG BUSINESS QUIZ # 112)

I have been an ardent follower of your quizzes since a long time. Was out of India since couple of years .. back in India and wanting to get some excitement back in life..

The quizzes that I got so far (BQG BUSINESS) are awesome. They cover a lot of

topics and for a regular quizzer like me, it is just what I need.

Vinod Hariharan, April 2009

Just came back from Brand Equity cochin round where we finished 3rd.missed the second in the last buzzer round...I find that yr questions are infinitely better (than Derek O'Brien's)......

There's no doubt about it. Hats off to your research work and the umpteen no of themes you come up with on a regular basis turning them to real good quizzes.

I won the TATA Crucible Bangalore Regional Round (TATA Track) held on Aug 31st, 2008 & qualified for the National Finals. This is the first time that a TATA Elxsi team is making it to the nationals...The Bangalore Quiz group has been of great help in this victory...

Ajay Rao, September 2008

I have been a recent member and let me tell you, I enjoy being a part of the group, every bit of it. I look forward. to the Quizzes sent and as and when I get time, try to send replies to them. I share the quizzes with my wife and my 8 year old daughter, which I feel expands their horizon of knowledge. Working in a Bank can be mundane, sometimes, so Quizzing helps me revitalize myself. I had been an active quizzer till 7 years back, having won ET Brand Equity, Sportsworld Sports Quiz & North Star when I was a college student.

Angshuman Chatterjee, August 2008

I am very glad to say that I've enjoyed every quiz posted, especially the quizzes relating to Technology and Business. Each quiz has helped me learn new things and I can proudly say that I won a couple of Tech quizzes and managed to reach the finals of many quizzes that were conducted in the college fests and the credit undoubtedly goes to BQG. I have just finished my engineering education (B.E.) and joining Infosys next month. So, I am confident that BQG quizzes would definitely help me in winning corporate quizzes also. More than winning it's the learning part that has been very satisfying. It has been a wonderful and memorable journey with BQG. Thank you and continue the good job.

Jayaprakash B.R., August 2008

The Bangalore Quiz Group (BQG) under your mentoring and guidance has stayed true to its course & content...It almost inspires me to type a take on the famous MasterCard Advertisement:

"For Drama, Histrionics & Entertainment et al....there are numerous Quiz Avenues but for serious content there is always - BQG"

Amit, November 2007

Hello Sir...it gives immense pleasure to tell u that I was one of the 8 finalists at BT Acumen South zone B-school Alumni Quiz...I am highly indebted to your brilliant quiz group for that...Couldnt ask for a better Diwali gift...

Ajay Rao, November 2007

I work for Satyam in Chennai. Your quizzes are awesome. Though my primary area of interest is only biz, I check out all your other topics too, as I find most of the questions intriguing and interesting too. I am awestruck to see the kind of consistency that you have been showing. Hats off Prakash!!!

Sandhya Raghunathan August 2007

I have pleasure in informing you that we (myself and Bhaskar, representing Satyam) have won the Hyderabad leg of Tata Crucible. Thank you for your wonderful quizzes, which have been an inspiration to me. Please keep up the good work.

Murali Duggineni, August 2007

My kudos for the series of B-quizzes that you have introduced upstream of Tata Crucible.

Gautam Ghosh

I would fall short of words describing BQG. It is the best quiz group I could have ever found, though I have joined in a bit late . I have found the B-E PREPARED QUIZ SERIES to be the most interesting primarily for my inclination to biz quizzes.

BQG truly lives up to its USP of Six Sigma Quizzing Quality and I wish this continues for times to come. Good Luck and Wish you a Happy New Year

Regards

Sachin Kadam