Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Chennai Prelims
Courtesy: G.B.Jayakumar & Pratik Pandey
PRELIMS:
1. Luxury group owns the brands GUCCI, YSL, Redcats (PPR)
2. Amalgamation of word’s “Nordic Food”, World’s best restaurant in 2010 & 2011? (Noma)
3. Created modern espresso machine in 1934 (Illy)
4. Singapore Airlines low cost subsidiary. It’s name is short, sharp and snappy. Name resembles an Indian scooter brand. (SCOOT)
5. Identify the logo. (Groupon)
6. A location-based social networking website for mobile devices, such as smart phones. Created by Dennis Crowley whose similar “Dodge ball” was acquired by Google. Named after a playground sport. (Four Square)
7. Of the 1,000 people surveyed in theUK, 66 % have nomophobia, up from 53% 4 years ago. What is nomophobia? (No Mobile Phone Phobia)
8. A non-profit educational organization that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. Founded by Ralph C. Smedley. (Toastmasters International)
9. Which famous personality is behind the “Girl friend” perfume? (Justin Bieber)
10. Identify the author of the book. (Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman)
11. Originally formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell in 1957. Sales of this product were poor until NASA used it on John Glenn’s Mercury flight, and subsequent Gemini missions. Since then, it was closely associated with the U.S.manned spaceflight program. The brand is currently owned by Kraft Foods. (Tang)
12. Telecom service launched in 1995. Not so successful? (Pager service)
13. Established in 1932 as TBVF by late Mr. Vishnu. (Talwalkars)
14. Jersey Airtel and Guernsey Airtel are services offered under a partnership between Airtel &______? (Vodafone)
15. Identify this controversial project. (Lavasa)
16. Online Travel service of MSN and was later spun off in 1999. (Expedia)
17. Popularly known as Co-optex, it was established in 1935 and has a long and rich tradition in Handloom History that dates back over 77 years. Has a network of 203 showrooms spread all overIndiawith an annual turnover of around Rs.1000 Crore. (The Tamilnadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society Ltd.,)
18. Official Sportswear Partner to Wembley Stadium and exclusive football supplier to The FA at all levels of the game. (Umbro)
19. Which retailer has the “From the mountains” range of Jams & Chutney? (Nilgiri’s)
20. Identify the advertiser. (Hot Wheels)
21. Former chief technology officer @ Zynga, left the company to assume a similar role at ServiceNow, a company that offers software to automate enterprise IT operations as a service. (Allan Leinwand)
22. Which airline’s campaign “Our sign is a promise”? (Swiss Airlines)
23. Which company owns the “Optimus” range of mobile phones? (LG)
24. BALMEROL lubricants (Balmer Lawrie)
25. Identify the personality. (Sivasankaran – Siva Group)
