Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Trivandrum Prelims

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Trivandrum Prelims

Via Mr. K T Rajagopalan

PRELIMINARY ROUND

  1. Name the philanthropist who donated USD 1 billion to the UN Foundation and was/is its Chairman. [Ted Turner
  2. When introduced in the market in the early years of the 20th century, it was called Sunlight Flakes but soon its name was changed to a Latin word meaning ‘light’. Which existing soap brand are we talking about? [Lux
  3. What was Axis Bank called when it was set up in 1994? [UTI Bank
  4. Which was the first toothpaste to be packed in collapsible tubes? [Colgate
  5. Which entity came out with the ‘Hang me again’ referring to the farmers’ suicide in Maharashtra? [Times of India
  6. Which is the media company set up by Harish Thawani which shares its name with the broom stick in the Harry Potter series? [Nimbus
  7. Who is the sponsor of the jersey of FC Barcelona? [Qatar Foundation
  8. Which hospitality chain was named by Capt C P Krishnan Nair after his wife? [Leela
  9. Which watch company brought out a segment of watches called the G-Shock that failed in Japan but was a success in India? [Casio
  10. Visual – Time magazine cover: Who was recently on the cover page of Time Magazine with the theme ‘Woman Rising’? [Cheryl Sandberg
  11. Which energy drink was developed by the University of Florida for proving instant energy to its sportspersons? [Gatorade
  12. Which product comes in 57 varieties? [Heinz
  13. Who owns the Kodanad Tea Estates in Nilgiris? [Dr J Jayalalithaa
  14. By what name do we know the London Financial Guide? [Financial Times
  15. Visual – mugshot: Nike Oppenheimer owns which company? [De Beers
  16. Who was the Finance Minister of India in 1991 who presented the budget in tough times –  when we had the forex crisis, 1999 when the Pokhran blast was done, 2000 when the Kargil War took place and in 2001 when Gujarat riots took place? [Yashwant Sinha
  17. Which publishing company was set up in 1844 as a building and construction company and now has the slogan ‘Always learning’? [Pearson
  18. Which whiskey producer died of an infection from a wound he received on his leg when, in a rage, he kicked a safe that would not open? [Jack Daniels
  19. Which company has recently added a plus sign as a tagmark to indicate that it is ‘more fun, more music, more exciting’? [VH1+
  20. Visual – Two-part print ad (1) one showing a kid watching TV and (2) the kid seeing the mother at the door turning the TV off using the remote and peering into his book. Which product? Hint: it is supposed to reflect the quick response of the product. [Fevikwick

 

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Guwahati Finals

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Guwahati Finals

Via Kapinjal Chowdhury

GLOBAL QUOTIENT

1.  This kind of tax existed in 18th and 19th century and introduced in 1696 under William 3 because of the fact that people have more number of ventilation in their house and thus tax was levied. What?

Answer- Window Tax.

2.  Which English word derived from the adjective ‘To form or gather into a mass or whole’?

Answer- Conglomerate

3. In the early 1900’s , exactly in 1907 ________ created in Gujrat by the Gandhi family. 2 years agothis was in news for a character Ranchod Gandhi and they used have a specialisation in fountain company. Fill in.

Answer- Vadilal Icecreams.

4. According to the trademark, it is defined as a means of scratch or group around to find, collect and put together. What?

Answer- Scrabble.

5. Famous car launched by this gigantic corporation means ‘sport of the kings’ that shared it’s name with a famous confectionary brand.

Answer- Polo.

6. Nencn Kona was the first officially allowed commercial from US to USSR. What?

Answer- Pepsi Cola.

 

 

 

1. Old logo of ICICI bank

2.  Which company uses this image on their logo?

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Answer- Texas Instruments . ( only company to use a flag in it’s logo)

3.  ID her who recently been into a retail hospitality venture.

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Answer- Shruti Shibulal daughter of S. D Shibulal of Infosys . she is into Tamara real estate holdings.

4.  ID this Indian Ad guru.

 

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Answer- Sam Balsara

5.  Name the Indian.

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Answer- Satyajit Ray

6.

Which company in news wrt India?

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Answer- POSCO steel, region is Pohang in south korea.

 

TATA ROUND

1. If F.C Kohli was the first to be choosen by JRD Tata, who was the second?

Answer – Nani paikekar. 2nd ceo of TCS.

2. which Tata company funded lifeline Express ?

Answer- Voltas.

3. Which TATA Brand gets it’s name from “is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium  and other ionized gases?

Answer- NEBULA from Titan.

4. Which TATA company launched ‘Ecoplus ‘ which is Acrylic Distemper  water based,interior finish.

Answer- TATA pigments.

 

Lateral Connection

 

1. Mastricht treaty, flaf of EU, the person behind the whole concept

Answer- EURO

2.  NDTV, pic of siddharth varadarajan, G subramanium iyer

Answer- the Hindu

3.  pic of dove, Darwin, python and issac newton

Answer- Apple.

4. Maxtor, STX, Logo of Seagate, founder of Seagate

Answer- Seagate

 

Last round

1.  Little People, Laugh & Learn, Imaginext, Loving family. Brands of which MNC?

Answer- Fisher price.

2. GritGuts and Gumption: Driving change in a state-owned giant is a book written by Rajesh Chakrabarti.

Which Indian Bank?

Answer- SBI.

3.  The power of an Idea by Paul chutkow is described as the story of which untold company formed in America?

Answer- VISA.

 

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!