TBQ-Tata Crucible Quiz-Current Affairs-Sample-12

Like.com allows users to search for jewelry, handbags, shoes, and watches. It has agreed to be bought over by which company?

Ans: Google

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah issued a decree to appoint David J. O’Reilly to the board of directors of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Aramco.Of which company was he a former Chief Executive and Chairman?
Ans: Chevron Corp.

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1) Which company has announced that it will fully acquire Bangalore-based Premier Tissues India for a consideration of Rs 76.52 crore, a deal that will make it the largest player in the domestic tissue paper market?

Ans: Ballarpur Industries (BILT)

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TATA Crucible Quiz Corporate Hyderabad 2010

Results out

Infy has won Hyderabad leg- Sridhar Reddy & Surender Reddy.

Quiz Format in Hyderabad

Prelims- 26 questions. Top score 16, Cut off 13

Top 5 teams direct qualifier.

Teams 6-11 battle out for the 6th place – Wild card round. 8 qs on buzzer

Finals

5 rounds

-1 round of dry questions
-1 round of visuals
-Tata Round- on buzzer 4 questions
-Lateral Connect- Buzzer- 4questions
– Last round on Buzzer-3 questions
15,10,5 points format (Last round)

6 finalists- Infy, Google, Mahindra Satyam, IBM, Microsoft, VSP

Google came 2nd, with our good-old Murali Duggineni (Mahindra Satyam) coming 3rd

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Update: Questions via Murali Duggineni(quinkie)

1. What was originated via the partnership of scientist Samuel Ruben and businessman Philip Rogers Mallory, who met during the 1920s. A famous brand connected with photography.
2. Li Ka-Shing, the Hong Kong based business tycoon, was referred to as which famous comic character?
3. United Artists was founded by D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and who else?
4. What version of Band-Aid was specially developed keeping the Indian market in mind?
5. Who is the ET Global Indian of the year 2010?
6. What is the name given to the system of financial incentives designed to keep an employee from leaving the company?
7. Who was the master of mint in England in 1717?
8. In the early 1900s, what did a New York socialite by the name Mary Phelps Jacobs develop?
9. What is the name given to a stock market crash where the loss is in excess of $ 1 billion?
10. What was established in 1972 by Air France “to provide a home away from home for its customers.”
11. Picture of Bindeswar Pathak
12. Pic of Capt Krishna Nair
13. Logo of Natwest Bank
14. An ad for Jockey
1. Duracell
2. Superman
3. Charlie Chaplin
4. Turmeric
5. Ram Charan
6. Golden Handcuffs
7. Newton
8. Bra
9. Flash Crash
10. Le Méridien

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TBQ-Tata Sample#7

1) The Pepsi project began in India in 1985 when Pepsi-Cola International submitted a proposal to the Indian government, which immediately rejected it. Pepsi then joined with a state-run company, Agro-Industries Corp., and the privately owned Tata Group. What was the name that was decided earlier for Lehar Pepsi?

Ans1: Pepsi Era
Extra: It was changed because Era wasn’t considered sufficiently “Indian.” The action cost Pepsi $150,000 in bottle fees.

2) Identify this brand. Absolute sitter.

Identify.
Identify.

Ans2: Moti Soap

3)The event was started in 1996 with Gold Flake as the title sponsor and in 2002 the Tatas became the title sponsor. Later,during the 2005-2009 period TN Govt. sponsored the event. Now, Aircel is the title sponsor. Which once coveted Tata ‘property’ is being discussed here?

Ans3: Tata Open, now Aircel Open

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TBQ-Tata Crucible Quiz-Current Affairs-Sample-11

1)TVS Electronic’s product Gold Bharat. Why is it in news?

Ans1: The first keyboard to have the Indian rupee symbol

2) Which company launched Cabriolet, a four-seater convertible with soft top, priced at Rs. 64.50 lakh?

Ans2: Mercedes Benz

3) Which operator launched a novel service, ‘Call n Tweet’?

TBQ-Tata Crucible Quiz-Current Affairs-Sample-10

1) Which company is soon coming into being as an initiative of 500 diamond units of Surat to source rough stones directly from the mines in Africa, Russia, Canada and Australia?

2) This brand is advertising itself as a ‘tear-proof’ and perfect mascara for all those fans shattered by Ricky Martin’s coming out of the closet. Which brand?

Which brand is being advertised?
Which brand is being advertised?

3) Which company has announced to acquire virtualized storage provider 3PAR for USD 1.15 B?

Ans1: Surat Diamond Sourcing India Ltd (SDSIL)
Ans2: Yardley TripleXXX lash mascara
Ans3: Dell

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TBQ-Tata Crucible Quiz-Current Affairs-Sample-9

Here are two questions from recent news. Sticking to the interweb this time.

1) “the vision of [dotcom] is to bring together all Muslims on the web towards a single platform, in a spirit of brotherhood, to create positive change within the Muslim world and humanity in general”. Name this website founded by Mustafa Patel as a social networking site for Muslims.

2)Which band decided to give away all seven songs of its new album ‘16/330 Khajoor Road’ for free, one song a month over the next seven months, in the form of mp3 downloads from its website?

Ans1 : Madina.com
Ans2: Indian Ocean

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TBQ-Tata Sample#6

1) On April 22, 1948, Dr. SP Mukherjee, the then Min. of Industries & Civil Supplies launched the first Telco first road-roller named ______?

2) Titan Industries Ltd recently launched the first of its small format retail stores. It was launched in Chennai. What’s it called?

Ans1: City of Delhi
Ans2: Titan One
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TBQ-Tata Crucible Quiz-Current Affairs-Sample-8

1) ‘intelligent-Gas Port Injection’ or i-GPI is the flagship CNG engine technology of which car maker?

2) Which company has agreed to buy Unica Corp. for about $480 million?

3) It traded under a variety of brands including Costa Brava Breakaways and Single Parent Holiday Savers. Name the Birmingham-based British travel company that collapsed recently.

Ans1: Maruti Suzuki-recently launched on 5 popular models

Ans2: IBM

Ans3: Sun4U

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