Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Kolkata Prelims
Prelims
1. Rajat Gupta was at the helm of which Management Consultancy Firm from 1994 to 2003 which is also coming in news because of his recent Insider Trading Trial?
2. This Bank preceded the setting up of a Bank by a person named Ramakishen Dutt in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1828, the second one was incorporated in London in the year 1836 as an Anglo-Indian bank and the third one was registered in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the year 1864. Name it?
3. Coca- Cola doesn’t operate in three countries in the world yet,CubaandNorth Koreaare the two, which is the third one?
4. Which is the largest Fictional Co. in the world with a estimated sales of $1.7 Trillion?
5. This gentleman in the Pic has invented something which is popular in Kolkata?
6. Hotels.com came up with an index to measure cost of living in different cities around the world. What’s it called?
7. Which MNC has exited from a JV with Calcutta Metropolitan Group for a Project called Riverbank Projects? (Hint: the MNC is nowhere related to Real Estate)
8. The company was founded by Frenchman Thierry in 1837. Initially it specialized in saddles and leather goods & then they moved into their current Product Portfolios etc. WhichCo.? (Hint: think bag & scarves)
9. The Russian and Indian team from seismic exploration vessel Academic Arkhangelsky discovered this while mapping of the Gulf Cambay during 1964-1967 & they came the name because it sounds catchy. Which name?
10. Id the Entity from the logo?
11. This Greek word describes a measure of the sensitivity of the price of an option to a change in its implied volatility in stock market as well as the name of an Italian apparel maker. Which word?
12. They gave rise to the phrase Cause-Related Marketing or CRM in short in 1983 when they raised money for the restoration of Statue of Liberty by donating one cent on every transaction. WhichCo.?
13. Which retail brand was started by Mr. Nanu Gupta in Mahim in 1967 by selling Sewing Machines?
14. In 2003, at age 37, he founded Tribe.net & he mission is to engage people over internet. Who? (Hint: a dog is the shareholder in his currentCo.)
15. The gentleman below started in 1907 by selling Soda Fountain, later moved into some other products & his surname is the name of the Brand. Id?
16. This country overtook US to become the world’s largest food grocery market, valued at £607 billion. Which country?
17. Founded in 1960 by Suchet Singh, they gave the brand an English-sounding name as they thought it would work, as there was a craze for imported goods that sold at high prices. Id the brand?
18. Jack Trout touted this which is been originated by Xerox as the ‘ultimate competitive strategy’ & we use it very often nowadays in our Organizational use. Which word?
19. The book ‘The Coalition Of Competitors’ is written by a person whom we better knows as an IT Person although he earlier background is into in a different field altogether. Who?
20. Id the Professor below who’s synonyms with the definition of Poverty Line inIndia?
21. Which denim brand is owned by the Grotto family inItaly? (Hint: brand name is a generic word)
22. WhichCo.is investing $ 250,000 to improve health, safety and education in seven communities surrounding its operation in Chennai. Under the banner of “Operation Goodwill,” because the majority of their workforce comes from these areas?
23. Which Japanese electronics giant has made the Robot named Cocorobo?
24. This storage deviceCo.was founded by Dr. Eli Harari & Sanjay Mehrotra in 1988. Name it?
25. Id the writer of the book?
Answers
1. McKinsey & Company
2. Bank ofIndia
3.Myanmar
4. CHOAM
5. Rasgulla & the gentleman is Nabin Chandra Das
6. Club Sandwich Index
7. Bata
8. Hermes
9.BombayHigh
10. The Rockefeller Foundation
11. Kappa
12. American Express
13. Vijay Sales
14. Mark Pincus of Zynga
15. Vadilal & Vadilal Gandhi
16.China
17. Vi-John
18. Benchmarking
19. Kiran Karnik
20. Suresh Tendulkar
21. Gas Jeans
22. Ford Motor Company
23. Sharp
24. Sandisk
25. Jack Welch