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Indian car rental market may be segmented under four broad categories. First, the most popular segment is of a fuel conscious and mileage hungry consumer who prefers a chauffer driven car. To extract maximum benefit from hired car, consumer representing (5) mileage per liter of fuel that he has paid for. Consumer of this segment is very price sensitive and wants maximum value for money even if he may rent an by unorganized players. Branded players are lagging behind to true this segment because (10) Indian marker, organized car rental industry is crawling for the last couple of years to position itself as a most sought after option to meet segment requirements. Hertz India is also practicing the same. To position itself perfectly in the mind of the targeted segment, it has gone for multiple strategic routes to win over different segments. The major external influencing factors for the consumer in this segment may (15) be the firm’s marketing efforts to establish itself as a service provider with value for money. Due to their association with renewed airlines and hotels, Hertz, to a lot many people means faith. This may help Her to create an impression in the mind of this segment that they will definitively be cheated and get their value, even if it means spending a little extra. Further, it is trying to educate this segment about (20) benefits of self-driven car as a medium of hassle-free journey by projecting a premium value for money image and with a fleet nix of compact and luxury cars (such as Ikon, Accent and Esteem). Second, a sizable amount of people are there who usually use their own compact or three box mid size car but prefer to enjoy the riding thrill of SUV (sports ?Utility Vehicles) (25) like Ford Endeavor/Honda CRV/GM Chevrolet or a Luxury car like a Mercedes/Camry for a shorter time span. Upcoming new generations urban executive of large corporate in India with a high disposable income and proactive to enjoy all new things in life and to make it more adventurous and eventful represent this segment. To them renting a self-drive car and driving off to a palace of their choice in a (30) Mercedes /SUV gives them an experience off to a place of their choice in a holiday. Under this same self-drive segment, another type of consumers are frequent international travelers (including foreign tourists) who prefer their privacy and independence and wish to choose their own routes/ car model at the time of exploring destination. They love their freedom & space in life whereever they (35) travel without any barrier like being driven by a chauffer. Equipped with their internationally accepted credit cards, an international driving permit or license, they prefer advance car rental booking by logging on the car rental company’s website and thereafter just picking up the keys of their booked car once they enter a new country/city. They are adventurous, driving enthusiast, belonging to the uppermiddle (40) class, have brand loyalty about their car rental agency. In this self-driven segment, Hertz India is trying to position itself as a contemporary service provider by offering both economy cars and SUV’s (Scorpio and Tata Safari). To win over occasional self-drivers of SUV type cars and frequent travelers. Hertz uses slogans like “Break free” or “Drive the World’s #1” regularly in travel magazines to portrait the quality of its cars, (45) and the range it offers. Third segment consists of instructional consumers, mainly hotels in big cities and air service providers. Institutional consumers prefer quality and service assurance to offer maximum possible service to their customers. In India, all big car rental agencies have contract with start hotels to offer rental service to them. In this segment, Hertz has (50) prominent clienteles like Taj Group of Hotels, Marriott and Jet Airways. Further, they have contract with hotels like Shangrila in Delhi, and Renaissance and JW Marriott in Mumbai to provide all car rental requirements of them. Their other clients are Carlson Wagonlit, BTI Sita, Thomas Cook and online travel sites like Make my trip, India times and Travelgutu. according to their deal with Jet Airways, it allows Jet (55) Privilege members to earn ‘miles’ every time they use Hertz car rental service. for every Rs. 1000/- spent on Hertz rentals, a Jet privilege member earns 100 JP Miles and special discounts are given to platinum, gold and silver card holders. In recent past ‘fleet management’ is coming up a s a possible fourth target segment for car rental companies in India. Word wide cars are not purchased but only leased and (60) this trend is getting its root in Indian market also. It means the management of a fleet of vehicles, using certain tools, to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness. To win over consumers of this segment, services should be professional and a fleet management company should address all the issues a company might deal a\with pertaining to managing its fleet. In India, Lease plan Fleet Management (65) India (LPFM), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Leas plan Corporation, Natherlands is pioneer in this focusing more on car rentals than on fleet management. Though it provides chauffeur-driven cars to many companies like IBM, Sony, KPMG, Compaq, there is a huge scope in this segment for future growth. this segment demands (70) Customized service in terms of vehicle acquisition, fuel management, vehicle financing and maintenance, resale of the cars at the end of the contract period etc.
[1] The primary purpose of this passage is to:
(A) Illustrate how Hertz could plan for the Indian market and maximize profits
(B) Illustrate buying behavior of unorganized sectors offering car rental services
(C) Illustrate segment opportunities for a new entrant in car rental business
(D) Illustrate consumer awareness and views about options available in car-rental business in India.[2] ‘Self-Drive’ concept may be a lucrative option to a manager to true Indian consumers because:
(A) Collectivist culture motivates Indian consumers to opt for self drive
(B) Indian roads encourage consumers to experience joy of long drive
(C) Indians may enjoy driving comfort of SUV as they don’t have capacity to own it
(D) A sizeable number of Indian consumers aspire to enjoy new things in life[3] As a business manager of a car-rental company, you may popularize ‘self-drive’ concept to international travelers because:
(A) they know Indian roads and want to explore new places by their own
(B) They dislike concept of chauffeur as Indian chauffeurs are not every professional
(C) Individualistic culture discourages them to travel in group
(D) They can easily book their cars through website of car rental agencies[4] As a business manager of a globally recognized ‘car-rental’ agency if you like to tap institutional consumers of India, you should not:
(A) Banks on your globally recognized ‘brand name’ to ensure sale
(B) Make a list of your global clientele to impress your prospective consumer
(C) Consider offerings of your competitors to formulate your value proposition
(D) Accept service assurance not as a major influencer behind buying decision[5] As a business manager you think ‘fleet management’ a profitable segment for organized sector to explore in India because:
(A) Companies want to associate with ‘brand name’ and unorganized players are lacking here
(B) Their is a huge scope as competition is low in this filed
(C) Everywhere in India logistics services are outsourced and companies are focusing on their core business
(D) This business demands gamut of customized services and organized professionals may only offer those[6] If you are to tap “first” segment of “car rental” business as a manger of a branded company, you should not:
(A) Advertise your brand name to communicate with consumers
(B) Compare your service conditions vis-a-vis your competitors to influence consumers
(C) Match price of your service with your companies from organized sector
(D) Cerate unique value proposition to position you away from your competitionasked in IIFT
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