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Tata Crucible Corporate 2013 Guwahati Prelims

 

Tata Crucible Corporate 2013 GuwahatiPrelims

Via Kapinjal Chowdhury

TATA CRUCIBLES CORPORATE GUWAHATI REGIONALS 2013-09-20

PRELIMS

 

1.”My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions”  Which Management Guru and author said these lines?

Answer- Peter Drucker

2. While at Ford this executive created “56 for 56” campaign offering loans on 1956 model year cars with 20% down payment at 56$ in monthly payments for 3 years. Who?

Answer- Lee Iocoacca

3.” To remove water from a boat by repeatedly filling a cantilever & emptying it over the side” Which management term evolved from this which is done to mean a company when it sinks?

Answer- Bail-out

4. Country club India has signed with which celebrity as it’s new brand ambassador?hint- glamorous sportsperson

Answer- Sania Mirza

5.

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Author?

Answer- Bill Gates

6. Canara Bank has eclared Kunjupannai village in Nilgiri district as _________ free. Fill in.

Answer- Money lending.

7. Ashish Hemrajani and Parikshit Dar are the founders of which entertainment portal in India?

Answer- bookmyshow.com

8. Which pharma giant has come up with an agreement with the puducherry govt for  to improve awareness of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, hypertension etc.?

Answer- Abbott

9. Philosophy of which Brand, “ Leather , sport and a tradition of refined elegance”

Answer- Hermes

10.

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Name the person.

Answer- driving license of JRD TATA.

11. Which publisher began it’s operation  by purchasing “dress” in 1913

Options- conde nast / vogue/ Time

Answer- conde nast.

12. Which anti-virus was developed by Pavel Baudis and Eduard Kucera in prague which means ‘huge reach’?

Answer-  Avast.

13. Which sportswear company named a former footballer Bjorn gulden as it CEO?

Answer- PUMA

14. Which marketing field studies “consumers’ sensorimotor, cognitive, and affective response to marketing stimuli”?

Answer- Neuro Marketing

15.  Logo of

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Answer- Mcaffe

16.  This Indian worked for IBM in India from 1973 to 1976, then moved to the United States, where he earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1978. He joined McKinsey & Co., but returned to India in the early 1980s.. He now works as the president of Berkshire Hathways. Who?

Answer- Ajit Jain.

17. What was Jawarharlal Nehru referring to when he was expressing his views for a particular event held in 1957 by these words “ silent, but far reaching revolution”?

Answer- Decimalisation of Currency.

18. Which fashion designer, textile maker, craftsman was awarded the padmishri in 2013?

Answer- Ritu Kumar

19. Whose concept “ Fortune at the bottom of the pyramid”?

Answer- C K Prahlad.

20  Who?

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Answer- Yash Birla

That’s all!

 

Kapinjal  Chowdhury  graduated this year from Assam Engineering College, Guwahati and presently stays at Hyderabad. He is an avid quizzer and along with his twin kamanasish won several quizzes across the state and the country. He is the founder of ASSAM QUIZ ASSOCIATION and writes a quiz blog namely aecqfactor.com which is the first quizblog from northeast, India!

Tata Crucible Corporate 2013 Kochi Prelims

1)Which sauce does Mcilhenny company produce?
Tabasco

2) Anthony Stockholm was the first president of the this stock exchange.

New York Stock Exchange

3) Cool Pix – model

Priyanka Chopra

4)Justin Timberlake bought a stake in this social networking site.

Myspace

5) Book cover.

6) Hoonur is the talent-hunt division of __

Balaji Telefilms

7) Keith Shepherd created this video game.

Temple Run

8) V S N Ramalinga Chettiar, G B C Muthuveera Chettiar, K B Muthuveeranna Chettiar, K N Muthugopal Chettiar, K S Varadarajulu Chettiar, T Sundararajulu Chettiar and Palayam M Balagurumurthy Chettiar founded this bank.

Lakshmi Vilas Bank

9) We pluck the lemon ad – brand?

Volkswagen

11) Ad.


11) TFM in soaps – Total Fatty Matter
12) IBM started this printing company, and divested in 1991 – Lexmark
13) Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Len Adleman founded __ RSA.
14) This in its earliest form, was created in the 1940s by Mr. Pietro Ferrero, a pastry maker and founder of the Ferrero company.
Nuttella
15) Lady CEO – first in the history of this company. Virginia M. Rometty. IBM
16) The name means wasp in Italian. Vespa

17) Mindtree origin funda

18) 2012 South Africa currency notes with his face – Mandela
19) <Not very clear> Fortis and some Australian deal

20) Identify.

Amancio Ortega, Zara founder.

Via Anil Raghavan.

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Coimbatore Prelims and Finals

Via the good folks at Crucible Chronicles.

Coimbatore Prelims – http://cruciblechronicles.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/coimbatore2013/
Coimbatore Finals – http://cruciblechronicles.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/tata-crucible-corporate-quiz-2013-coimbatore-external-track-questions/

Business Line Quiz_Cerebration_ Coimbatore Prelims

Business Line Quiz_Cerebration_ Coimbatore Prelims

 

Courtesy: Sethu Madhavan

  • Lakshyam (Book to Practice) is a unique Campus initiative from which Service provider

Air cell

  • In 1991 which media personality was the times person of the year

Ted Turner

  • ID..

Shika Sharma – Axis Bank

  • Which Indian Businessman was an integral part of freedom movement (Something like that)

Jamnalal Bajaj

  • Which Ketchup brand came up with Sketch up Contest… Art through Ketchup

A.Del Monte

B.Maggi

C. Heinz

  • Mia.. “Loves To Go to Work”… Mia is a brand of designer Jewellery from?

Tanishq

  • What are D&E Markets? (Clue: IT Sector)

Developing and Emerging Markets

  • Which Football Club was founded at the Rising sun Pub?

Chelsea

  • Which British Food and Clothing retailer in Tie-up with reliance Retail

M&S

  • Business Trademark Logo of

The Art of living

  • Founder of which Italian fashion brand said “ I learnt marketing from US and creativity from Italy”

Renzo Rosso (Diesel)

  • Tic Tac is from?

Ferroro

 

  • Cutting through Complexity?

KPMG

  • 1978 3M did a sample testing which resulted in a huge success of this brand?

Post It

  • ID?

Sergy Brin

  • Capresse is imported luggage from

VIP

  • 1959 which Finance Minister was the recipient of the Magsaysay Award

CD Deshmukh

  • Logo of     Drop Box
  • Gateway Development Award was given to this large group for their contribution to Rural support ( Didn’t note the year)

ITC

  • Pic of Airline with the words Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

Virgin Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AIMA (All India Management Association) Quiz – 2012_ Kolkata Prelims

AIMA (All India Management Association) NMQ– 2012_ Kolkata Prelims

Courtesy: Rabi Sankar Saha with updates from Sudhanshu Sekhar Panda

1. Which Group’s initiative?

2. Id (Sculptor with a difference)

3. Whose initiative to fight cancer?

4. ‘How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company’ is the byline of which famous book by a prominent Business Personality?

5. Logo with the by-line ‘Hope for the Poor’

6. What’re they collectively called?

7. Whose initiative?

8. CEO of which Co.? (Most of us use it)

9. Photo of the US presidential candidates (other than Democratic & Republican candidates)

10. Id the Economist who got the Nobel for his work on Decision Making?

11. The lady named Aditi Mukherji, is the first Indian to win which Prize for Hunger & Poverty alleviation for her work?

12. Which event is get sponsored by the Co. for last 24 Yrs?

13. Cycle Brand promoted in the movie ‘Student of the Year’?

14. Whose Ad?

15. Whose tagline is ‘Ready for Real Business”? (Clue: Almost all of us have used it)

16. Air Asia introduced what in its long haul Flights at Seventh Row?

17. Speedee was an earlier mascot for a particular type of Service which was later phased out. Which Co.?

18. Ambur, Vaniyambadi, Kacchi & Tahari are varieties of what?

19. If you’re working for a Co. named Paddy Power, then what type of work you do?

20. List of countries with some statistical data- Countries -Biggest guzzlers of Alcohol(ethyl alcohol) per yer per person in 2012

21. The book talks about which particular industry?

22. Established in 1960 by John Bissell & equal shareholders funda. Which Co.?

23. Joint initiative by TOI & which Bangaladeshi Newspaper?

24. Which’s the world’s richest Sport Team? (options were Man U, Dallas Cowboys etc.)

25. Ad. of American Express Bank

26. Photo of Reid Hoffman:founder of Linkedin

27. Which Bollywood Movie made thrice in three different languages & the name roughly translated to ‘Roughe’?

28. ‘The Answer Lies Within’ is the by-line of which Bollywood Movie?

29. Clip of the movie Barfi – which winter wear brand has been promoted in the movie?

30. Clip of the movie ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ – which brand is endorsed by both Katrina & Salman?

Answers:
1. Sahara Group
2. Sudarsan Pattnaik
3. Yuvraj Singh
4. Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew Grove
5. Bandhan
6. BRICS
7. MSD
8. Twitter (Dick Costolo, the CEO)
9. US presidential candidates (other than Democratic & Republican candidates)
10. Daniel Kahneman
11. Norman Borlaug Award
12. Paralympic Games
13. BSA
14. United Colors of Benetton
15. Xerox
16. Quiet Zone
17. McDonald’s
18. Biryani
19. Betting
20. Countries -Biggest guzzlers of Alcohol(ethyl alcohol) per yer per person in 2012
21. Indian American Motel Owners
22. Fabindia
23. Prothom Alo
24. Man U
25. Ad. of American Express Bank
26. Photo of Reid Hoffman:founder of Linkedin
27. Wanted
28. Talaash
29. Monte Carlo
30. Relaxo

IIM Ahmedabad Business Quiz_ Movin Miranda_ Prelims

IIM Ahmedabad Business Quiz_ Movin Miranda_ Prelims

Courtesy: Abhishek Rane

1. This is a placeholder term used in software or for a mechanical contrivance. Used very commonly in WIMWI. What is the term?

2. A clothing line after in London, Debenhams called 5G along with the logo.

3. An ad image of the food company and the star. Identify.

4. Identify. Brand and who is the tribute to?

5. One of the highest selling audio books of all time. The audio version has sold more than 1.5 million copies. First Published in 1989. It has sold more than 25 million copies in 38 languages worldwide.

6. First ever Neon Advertising sign was for which brand.

7. Identify the brand. It was a part of an American phrase for an improbable legal defense.

8. Print Ad. Identify.

9. The first of these were made by 600 artisans called Casellis in Modena, Mantua. Cistercian monks created them in the shape of wheels. Identify.

10. Video of ‘Pirates of Penzance’. Which recent ad is inspired from it.

11. All 7-11s have this as you enter the store. It is a two word term that describes acute head pain. It was trademarked by 7-11 in 1994.

12. First designed and invented in Japan by Toyota. They were used in the automotive industry to track vehicles during the manufacturing process, and was originally designed to allow components to be scanned at high speed. The information encoded can be made up of four standardized kinds (“modes”) of data (numeric, alphanumeric, byte/binary, Kanji). What was designed by the Toyota subsidiary Denso?

13. This IKEA ad created controversy when it was featured in the Middle East. What’s the story?

14. What is so special about this Manet painting in terms of brands.

15. What is so special about three McDonalds outlets in Amritsar, Ghatkopar and J&K?

16. One of the oldest organizations in the world of its kind. It was chartered in 1960. It is one of the richest institutions of its type in the world.

17. Visual : Graph – Fastest growing cities by 2020.. Hint: One of the fastest growing cities in the world not too far from Ahmedabad.

18. List of names in a patent Backus, Karl; Sheng, Rosa; McDonald, Ben; Waltner, Michael;. Identify the missing name and what was the patent for?

19. It is a green coloured French liqueur made by the Carthusian Monks since the 1740s. It is composed of distilled alcohol aged with 130 herbal extracts. It is one of the handful of liquors that continues to age and improve in the bottle. Name it.

20. Identify the logo.

21. A multinational conglomerate founded in 1938. Identified with the word South Korea. It initially started selling dry fish and noodles. The founder passed away in 1987. Identify

22. “After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive.” Famous quote from a book and by whom.

23. Based on a process discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1770, he formed a business and in 1792 moved to London..carbonated soda water.. Who?

24. What is the map all about?

The legacy of the it is remembered today in several names, for example the German airline Lufthansa

25. It was founded by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. It was acquired by Condé Nast Publications in October 2006. In September 2011, it was split from Condé Nast, and now operates as a subsidiary of Condé Nast’s parent company, Advance Publications. What?

26. Identify this image. What does it represent? Remained unaltered for many years..

27. Apparently this was coined as an advertising slogan to promote a very bitter fruit that no one was really interested in having. Which fruit?

28. A voice over of a person talking about Brylcream. Identify.

29. What are Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s day also known as?

30. A clip from a Bollywood movie in which Gulshan Kumar of T-Series is spoofed by a film produced by Venus Cassettes.

31. The firm that started management consulting. Identify.

32. It is called as Syrah in France/ Turkey. Due to a spelling mistake of the grape in Australia it is now known by this name in Australia. Identify.

33. It is an American think tank organization based in Washington, D.C. that provides information on issues, attitudes and trends shaping the United States and the world. In 1990, Donald S. Kellermann was named to serve as the first director of what was initially known as the Times Mirror Center. It was then part of the opinion polling operation run by Times Mirror, the parent of the Los Angeles Times. It played a significant role in the recent US Presidential Elections.

Answers
1. Widget
2. Steve Redgraves. 5 Olympic Golds.
3. Dunkin Donuts, Le Bron James
4. Mont Blanc, Alfred Hitchcock
5. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
6. Cinzano
7. Twinkies Defense
8. Filet-o-Fish, McDonalds
9. Parmesan Cheese
10. Indigo Airlines
11. Brain Freeze Slurpies
12. QR Codes
13. The woman in the original ad was photo shopped out of the image in Middle East.
14. The Bass Red Triangle in the Painting. The Bass Red Triangle was the first trademark to be registered under the UK’s Trade Mark Registration Act 1875, as trade mark number 1.
15. All Vegetarian Outlets
16. Harvard Business School
17. Surat
18. Steve Jobs, Istore glass staircase
19. Chartreuse
20. Oceanic Airlines from the TV Series Lost.
21. Samsung
22. Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman is the character
23. Jacob Schweppe
24. Hanseatic League
25. Reddit
26. The new Monopoly token is a sack of coins
27. An apple a day keeps the doctor away
28. Farookh Engineer
29. Hallmark Holidays
30. Venus vs Tips (Tseries rivalry)
31. Booz and Company, Booz Allen Hamilton
32. Shiraz
33. Pew Research Centre

The Brand Equity Quiz 2012 – Hyderabad Round – Prelims

The Brand Equity Quiz 2012 – Hyderabad Round – Prelims

Courtesy: Soubhagya Jena

BEQ prelims
1. Parvati played dice with Lord shiva and decreed that whoever gambled on_____ night will prosper throughout the year?—Diwali
2. Crocs shoes name origin du to toughness of crocodiles
3. The highest award in India for nurses is named after which benevolent lady.?—Florence nightingale
4. _________ peter to pay paul.—Rob
5. He works as a “bronto crane operator” at Slate Rock and Gravel Company. His residence is 345, Cave stone road, Bedrock?—Fred flintstone
6. Sveriges Riksbank is the central bank of which country?-Sweden
7. Manak bhavan is the name of the HQ of Bureau of Indian standards. In which city is it located?—Delhi
8. In 1921, who was gifted a single gram of pure radium, that was bought from donations collected from American women?—Marie curie
9. Rotary International received its largest donation from the gates foundation for eradication of which disease?—POLIO
10. Biz Stone is writing a book” Things that little bird told me”. He is the famous co-founder of?—Twitter
11. First cut of Indian budget is presented to finance minister on___sheets?—Blue
12. Which website’s mission statement is” YOU to discove and shape the world through video”- Youtube
13. Roger Federer logo description
14. Who introduced the bright yellow packaging of Kodak?—George Eastman
15. Antrix is one stop shop for space products in India. Serious or joking?—Serious
16. Which of these is the oldest-sensex, Nikkei, ftse, dow jones index–?—Dow Jones index
17. Which TV series connects-rahul roy,Ashutosh Kaushik, Vindu Dara singh, Shweta Tiwari, Juhi Parmar?—Big Boss
18. American Business magnet famous for his phrase ”you’re fired”. HE has recently filed for bankruptcy?-Donald Trump
19. Some question on Korvai technique of weaving of sarees. It is used in making which sarees—Bomkai, Paithani, Kanjeevaram?—Kaanjevaram
20. Cabrales,pesto,Zamorano,manchego and Palmero are different types of ___?—cheese
21. Vishwananthan Anand ad for NIIT
22. Ramoji rao pic
23. Logo of Dove
24. Audio of few lines of anovel. Id the novel?—Oldman and the sea by Ernst Hemingway
25. Song played. Id the singer?—Rihanna
26. Whose portrait has graced the currencies of 33 countries, th maximum for a person?—Queen Elizabeth
27. In 1903-04, coins were made by machines for the first time featuring which monument on the obverse?—Charminar
28. Al Ries said _____did not invent computer. Sparky rand did. But_____ was the first to build computer in the prospect’s mind?—IBM
29. In CIVETS countries, what is V?—Vietnam
30. In order to get blood samples for his experiments on malria in Secunderabad, which nobel prize winner lured people by offering 2-3 annas?—Ronald Ross

AIMA (All India Management Association) Quiz – 2012

13th National Management Quiz

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