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General Elections Quiz #1

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1) What was once called by Sukumar Sen as “curious senseless relic of the past”?

2) Sitter. Identify this movie, and why is this a question in this quiz?

 3) Among the innovative ideas implemented during the 1951 General Elections were the use of indelible ink, the use of multiple ballot boxes, one for each party — voters were supposed to drop their paper into the ballot box of their choice. Something else was a real stroke of genius — a trend that we continue even today. What?

4) This move by Sukumar Sen helped save Rs. 4.5 Crores during India’s second General Election (1957)?

5) Identify this man, and the party he lead in the 1951 General Elections. What was his party’s symbol?

Indelible Ink — Eleven Facts Every Indian Should Know

1) The indelible ink that’s used in our elections was developed by National Physical Laboratories, Delhi in 1962, and has been in use since the 1962 Lok Sabha elections.

2) Though formulated by National Physical Laboratories, Delhi, the manufacture of this indelible ink is licensed to, and carried out by Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd, a company founded company founded by Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV in 1937. The company is now owned by the Karnataka government. Source: Livemint

3) The company specializes in manufacturing quality indelible ink in association with the Election Commission, the National Physical Laboratory and the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC). It is the sole authorized supplier of this type of ink in India with an exclusive licence granted by the NRDC. Source: The Hindu

4) 20,140 litres of violet ink are to be used in the 2014 General Elections. The demand was about  19, 000 litres during 2009 general elections. Source: ECI

Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited in Mysore has received orders for supplying 2.2 million vials of indelible ink for the Lok Sabha elections. Photo: M.A. Sriram

[Image: Copyright The Hindu]

5) The making of this ink is a secret — at Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd, only the quality control manager knows the formula. He works in a secluded, and closed room. Source: ECI

6) The ink is applied on the voter’s finger as a line from the top end of the nail to the bottom of the first joint of the left forefinger with effect from 1/2/2006. Earlier, the ink was applied on the joint of nail and skin. Source: PIB

7) The ink is applied differently across the world — in India, it’s dabbed with a stick, while in Cambodia and Maldives, voters dip a finger into the ink, in Burkina Faso and Burundi, the ink is applied with a brush. In Turkey it is applied with nozzles and in Afghanistan with pens. Source: The Hindu

8) This ink contains silver nitrate which stains on exposure to UV light, leaving a mark that is impossible to wash off — it goes off when the skin cells are regenerated. Source: PIB

9) The use of indelible ink in India did not start in the 1962 elections, but in 1951, and is considered as a stroke of genius of the then Chief Election Commissioner, Sukumar Sen. Nearly 3.9 million (5 ml each) phials of this ink were used in the 1952 elections.  Source: The New Indian Express

10) Each bottle can mark 700 fingers. Source: Livemint

11) Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd exports indelible ink to 28 countries across the world including Turkey, South Africa, Nigeria, Nepal, Ghana, Papua-New Guinea, Burkina Faso, Canada, Togo, Sierra Leone, Malaysia, Cambodia. They have been exporting since 1976.

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2014_Hubli Prelims

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2014_Hubli Prelims

Courtesy: Ketan Naik

1. It was founded by Harry Pickup. Name this famous cleaning brand: Harpic

2.The founder was DR burman and was founded in kolkata. Name this brand: Dabur

3.Named after strepto bacillum bacteria,this brand is used in sore throat cure.: Streptsils

4.This mosquito repellent got name from dead one in german : Mortein

5.logo of search engine: bing

6.visual of famous doll after barbie : Mrs kitten??

7.Book visual written on famous leather product brand.:Gucci

8.Telegraph service was provided by whom?: Indian postal service

9. Which of these car was famous in UK: mini/nano/fiat

10. “Think outside the bun” is tagline of: Macdonald/dominos/taco bell

11.Ye hey rishton ka time tagline of?: Dominos pizza

12.Macharon pe war surakshit apka parivar. which brand?: All Out

13. Novel visual

14. Titan is entering into which new segment in its dealing with 2 wheelers? :helmet

15. Named after a person who determined the correct value of Absolute zero. Which brand? :kelvinator

16.pic duracell

RIP: Kalanthan Koya, the creator of Sharjah Shake

48 years ago when Kalanthan Koya opened Ameen Juice Shop at Moideen Mosque Jn, Calicut, it was probably Calicut’s first juice shop. He opened KPK Fruit and Cool Bar in Mananchira in 1980, and later opened shops at Kidson Corner and Stadium Jn.

KPK Fruit and Cool Bar came up with a juice made of ‘Njaalipoovan’ banana, frozen milk and sugar — the first customers were a set of guys watching Sharjah Cup in a shop next door. When asked the juice’s name, he just cooked up a name and said, “Sharjah Shake”. The name stuck! As they say, the rest is history.

The juice travelled far and wide — and is now a favorite among Malayalees across the world.

The juice shop that gave the world Sharjah Shake will stay on, but the man who created it, EP Kalanthan Koya is no more.

Here’s to all the Sharjah Shakes I ever had.

RIP.

TATA Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Chennai Finals (TATA Track)

TATA Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Chennai Finals (TATA Track)

Via Madanish Kanna

TATA TRACK FINALS

  1. Symbol for a brand.. – called omni – etc etc – KAPPA
  2. Highly caffeinated – citrus taste – coke – march 1979.. competition to mt dew. à MELLOW YELLOW
  3. Film co owned by disney. .—etc – MIRAMAX
  4. Internet magazine – unique list – franchise 500 – the entrepreneur
  5. What change did BJP change in the budget from british raj  – timing of the budget

2nd round

  1. VIRGIN airline – remembrance of steve jobs.. blanked out what – STAY HUNGRY STAY FOOLISH
  2. Ancient characters named yahoo – pic
  3. J Mehta – pic.. ID
  4. Print ad.. – NIVEA – CIVILIZE YOURSELF
  5. Roney jesus print ad – nike
  6. Pic – jeff taylor – monster.com

3rd round

  1. TCS – CBFL – adult literacy
  2. AGRICO – from TATA STEEL
  3. Hotel used same as SANOI – TAJ kunnur
  4. Quite supplier of crockery to rastrapathi bhavan – tata ceramics

4th round

  1. Irene Rosenfeld – Kraft
  2. Fist full of rice – vikram akula
  3. ChineseYuan bond – DIMSUM
  4. Thanda matlab cocola – Prasoon Joshi

5th round

  1. Delivering lifestyle – rocket entertainment – jabong
  2. Worked for CIA &  NASA –Snowden
  3. Willaim Rosenberg – Dunkin donuts

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Chennai Finals (External Track)

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Chennai Finals (External Track)

Via Madanish Kanna

1st round

1. Ted turner during one of his famous speeches – mentioned that “there would be 2 things in the future that would make all happy”. ID the things
Mobile phones & aeroplanes

2. Greece govt- ancient – during wars – inorder to lower the expenditure, what specific idea did they follow – origin of BYOD – Bring your own device
3. Who runs/owns the hotel chain called LAYA, sister entity of SOBER Islands.. ?
SRILANKAN army
4. Bandev mittal – 1961.. started sweet shop, also a BAJAJ dealer.. what is he famous for now?
Lovely professional univ, Punjab
5. WANALO – social site for online shopping…funda on name?
Want Need Love..
6. What is Nokia Life tools used for?
FARMER SMS tool

2nd round

  1. Child hold pic of Kiran Mazumdar shaw – ID
  2. Pic of an auto like tuk tuk.. whats so special of it?? Its official vehicle for ITALIAN PRESIDENT
  3. Queen of time – London, id location – Self ridges
  4. Logo of ZAIN telecom
  5. Six flags.. theme park.. n USA.. explain funda on name? its in texas and texas was under six diff govts previously
  6. Polska 1000 currency note – Copper nicus

 

3rd round

  1. Indian hotels – INDI
  2. Titan  watch named after a word.. – Japanese..- Tycoon
  3. Flavoritz.. what product..- tata salt
  4. Tata LOG.. funda

 

4th round

  1. Steve jobs + TOPCOM à GLADWELL
  2. FREE PRESS India + PREMIER padmini car + a logo à walchand hirachand
  3. Apprecentice + mid summers night dreamà play boy mansion

5th round

  1. Hamilton, prat & witne, wind power-UNITED TECH
  2. SCALP care, hand book-     HEAD & SHOULDERS
  3. Founders name of BLUE STAR.. given..

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Lucknow Prelims

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Lucknow Prelims

Prelims:

1. Who is behind “10000 Startups” in India? NASSCOM
2. Which Bollywood actor started in Military Censor office at the salary of Rs. 165? Dev Anand
3. In 1744, first mail order guarantee was started by whom in USA? Benjamin Franklin
4. What is “One buyer and many seller”? Monopsony
5. Ad picture with the tagline “Ride your way”? Honda
6. Who has started “project sentum’ in India to expand their market? Schwarzkoff
7. He is an ex-chief justice of Punjab, is investigating the walmart lobbying case.- Mukul Mudgal
8. Which is the only bank that hasLatin as their language in their ATM machine? Vatican Bank
9. What was started by Pestonjee Eduljee in Anand? Polson
10. Ad picture with the line, “Fusion of Rum & Coconut”- MALIBU
11. Which brand of comics was started by Deepak Chopra ? Virgin
12. Who is been appointed as the “Pleasure Ambassdor” for HUL’s Magnum ice-cream? Trisha
13. Which beer brnad has recently changed their bottle design as a bowtee one? Budweiser
14. What was started in 1993 as the first IT training org. in India? APtech
15. Some book cover that was written by Y V Reddy (clue given was that this ex-governor was from AP)
16. Who celebrate April 6th as the Care4food day? Tupperware
17. Which business guru is the author of “The Self Destructive habits of good co.”? Jagdish Seth
18. Modern coaches by Indian Railways- Anubhati
19. Named after the son of Phoebus/Helios is the a new offering from Volkswagen? Phaeton
20. Picture of Pia Singh (DLF)

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Navi Mumbai Finals

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Navi Mumbai Finals

Via Viraj Morabia

Final round Questions (it’s not framed)
1.Hugh Hefner..500$-Marilyn Monroe
2.Dented 5 in Mobile phones-Concept introduced for blind People
3.Silver shortage led to-currency notes
4.A club sandwich in Thailand- Body Massage
5.Michelin Guide
6.Bitter lemon

Visuals
7.Milton Plastic
8.Shakuntala Devi
9.Satish Babu -Emi on phone

Tata Round
10.Taj Vivanta …call new employees Viva (Girls) & Aviv (Boys)

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Kolkata Prelims

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Kolkata Prelims

Prelims

1. What in Gujarat is known as Chaar Bangadi?

2. Which book published in 1859 is the largest selling single volume book ever? (Clue: It sold 2 Million copies till date)

3. Which beautiful consort wrote a book titled ‘The Sandwich Swap’ in 2011? (Clue: Think Royalty)

4. Rellure a brand owned by the Reliance Life Science Pvt Ltd., is associated with which fruit?

5. Who’s the author of the book?

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6. First there were Harmony, Tempo and Allegro & then came Puma, Jaguar, Snow Leopard. What are these?

7. In gaming what does RMG stands for?

8. Which actor aspired to be a professional photographer & started his career as an apprentice in A. Das & Co., Delhi? (Clue: We’ve lost him recently)

9. Who has unveiled the new search engine named PLUS D (The Public Library of United States Diplomacy)? (Clue: Very much in news)

10. Who’s the advertiser?image004

 

11. What is jointly owned by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular?

12. AP market which of this coffee brands? (Options given: Araku/Tirumala/Telengana)

13. What unique thing has been started by Samoa Air?

14. Satya Rajpurohit, calligrapher and co-founder of Ahmedabad-based design firm Indian Type Foundry, says he arrived at the perfect ‘L’ after trying more than 400 strokes over 2-3 weeks. And they’ve trademarked the letter ‘L’. Whose logo? (Clue: Hospitality)

15. Id her? (Clue: CRISIL)

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16. Which series has inspired Martin Copper to conceive the idea of Mobile Phone in 1973?

17.After which everyday product this Hyundai’s this vehicle E4U designed?

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18. By exporting which fruit from the national tree of Bangladesh, India got INR 800 Cr Revenue?

19. This is a list ……per capita. What?

Monaco: 3/35,427

St Kitts and Nevis: 1/53,051

Guernsey:1/65,573

Hong Kong: 39/7.1 Million

Belize: 1/356,600

Cyprus: 3/1.1 Million

Israel: 17/7.8 Million

20. Which Indian Group’s next generation are these?

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21. Which job people who liked globetrotting wants, Heinrich Kubis was first in the world in 1912?

22. Which future Senator was the first to orbit the Earth in Mercury

23. A simple __________ from the White House wipes billions off US markets in the month of April, 2013?

24. Which adventurist Indian Businessman is the founder of the Super Car Club in India & set the record for the fastest lap at the Buddh International Circuit in Ferrari 458 Challenge?

25. Younger age Pic of  which head of a Global Financial Institution?

 

 

Christine Lagarde in her youth

 

 

 

Answers:

  1. Audi
  2. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  3. Queen Rania of Jordan
  4. Mango
  5. Benjamin Graham
  6. Apple OS
  7. Real-Money Gaming
  8. Pran Krishan Sikand
  9. WWF
  10. IndusTowers
  11. Julian Assange
  12. Araku
  13.  Charging Passengers by their Weight
  14. the Leela Group
  15. Roopa Kudva
  16. Star Trek
  17. Egg
  18. Mango (two questions on Mango in the Prelims itselfL)
  19. Billionaires
  20. PARLE (Chauhans)
  21. Flight attendant
  22. John Glenn
  23. Tweet
  24. Gautam Singhania of Raymond Group
  25. Christine Lagarde of IMF