<p>The self-proclaimed “toughest business quiz in India” for college students was held on Thursday at the Atria Hotel in Bangalore, hosted by IBS, a business school.<br /><br />It was advertised as a quiz for future managers and young graduates “who aspire to enter the business world.”<br /><br />But the winners were two young women, aged 19 and 20 years, the only females out of 12 finalists, whose ambitions were to become a restaurateur and a civil servant.<br /><br />“We were a bit smarter than everyone else,” laughed G Bindu Rao, who wants to follow her father into the civil administrative service once she turns 21. “And we didn’t have any <br />ego issues,” she said.</p>.<p>Her partner, Swathi G Kumar, agreed that they stood out for how well they worked together, particularly when surrounded by highly competitive males.<br /><br />And the question that clinched the contest played to their advantage. “The final, deciding one was about shopping,” Kumar said.</p>.<p>It was her first quiz competition, which she had entered on a whim “just to give everything a shot”. Their victory had been an upset, she said, with even the quiz master <br />commenting that “the girls” had “thrown up a big surprise.”</p>.<p>The pair won Rs 15,000, which they said might go into the stock market, or maybe the city markets for clothes.</p>.<p>The pair, representing Alliance Business Academy, were joined by more than 50 teams from engineering, law, business and commerce colleges.</p>.<p>As for answers, “Plutoed” is business slang for a demotion, a reference to Pluto losing its official standing as a planet. “Macintosh”, meanwhile, refers the McIntosh variety of Apple, a favourite among original employees.<br /><br /> And the answer that won the contest was that Toggle.com, Snapdeal and Grabbon were all examples of group buying companies.<br /></p>
<p>The self-proclaimed “toughest business quiz in India” for college students was held on Thursday at the Atria Hotel in Bangalore, hosted by IBS, a business school.<br /><br />It was advertised as a quiz for future managers and young graduates “who aspire to enter the business world.”<br /><br />But the winners were two young women, aged 19 and 20 years, the only females out of 12 finalists, whose ambitions were to become a restaurateur and a civil servant.<br /><br />“We were a bit smarter than everyone else,” laughed G Bindu Rao, who wants to follow her father into the civil administrative service once she turns 21. “And we didn’t have any <br />ego issues,” she said.</p>.<p>Her partner, Swathi G Kumar, agreed that they stood out for how well they worked together, particularly when surrounded by highly competitive males.<br /><br />And the question that clinched the contest played to their advantage. “The final, deciding one was about shopping,” Kumar said.</p>.<p>It was her first quiz competition, which she had entered on a whim “just to give everything a shot”. Their victory had been an upset, she said, with even the quiz master <br />commenting that “the girls” had “thrown up a big surprise.”</p>.<p>The pair won Rs 15,000, which they said might go into the stock market, or maybe the city markets for clothes.</p>.<p>The pair, representing Alliance Business Academy, were joined by more than 50 teams from engineering, law, business and commerce colleges.</p>.<p>As for answers, “Plutoed” is business slang for a demotion, a reference to Pluto losing its official standing as a planet. “Macintosh”, meanwhile, refers the McIntosh variety of Apple, a favourite among original employees.<br /><br /> And the answer that won the contest was that Toggle.com, Snapdeal and Grabbon were all examples of group buying companies.<br /></p>