The Strategist biz quiz

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1. What term is used to describe the practice of registering well-known names as domains on the Internet, hoping to sell them at high prices to the rightful owners?
   
   
2. The Indian Railways introduced a rail credit card in 1999 in association with which financial institution?
   
   
3. This 102-storeyed building shrunk in 1985. How?
   
   
4. Which Taiwanese building's shape draws on the Chinese character "Kao", which is the first letter of the name of the city in which it is located?
   
   
5. What was special about the newspaper Grand Trunk Herald?
   
   
6. To which retail brand do the labels Srishti and Annabelle belong?
   
   
7. Chandulal Mahadevia and Arthur Shorrock took over a small mill in Ahmedabad along with a third partner. Who was he?
   
   
8. The Rs 5,000 note was re-introduced in India in 1954. Which monument did it depict?
   
   
9. This banker financed two Swedish toolmakers to form this company and later took control and handed over the operations to his younger sons. The company is still owned by the family and is among the world's largest family-owned businesses. Name it.
   
   
10. What is the Bovespa?
    
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