Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2015 Chennai prelims

1.      John D Rockefeller’s Standard Oil- set up in 1863 to refine oil for what special purpose?

Ans. Lighting lamps

2.      What essential part of celebrations & parades come from the Italian word for “small sweet?”

Ans. Confetti

3.      The ______ ceremony marks the beginning of printing of budget documents of India’s budget?

Ans. Halwa

4.      Farida Khambata – what first in the world of Tata?

Ans. First woman director on Tata Sons

5.      Name the car in India which is also the highest male singing voice.

Ans. Alto

6.      Originally made from buffalo- hide & thread, 1^st worn as early as 13^th century- earlier called Kapashi, Kachkadi.

Ans. Kolhapuri Chappal

7.      Whose co., MPL Communications owns copy rights to more than 3000 songs including Buddy Holly.

Ans. Paul McCartney

8.      Composer of Raag- Darjeeling?

Ans. Niladri Kumar

9.      SJM Holdings Ltd, with 9.7 bn in 2011, followed by LV Sands Corp, and Caesars Entertainment, top 3 cos in which category? (Giri: Focus on LV to get the ans)

Ans. Casinos

10.  Tax literally meaning ‘according to value’ in Latin- based on real estate (clue: 1^st word has only 2 letters)

Ans. Ad Valorem

11.  Euromonitor estimates the business to be $2 bn. 1^st in China, it has an atomizer, LED, battery and vaporizer (Giri: It’s the future of the world)

Ans. E-cigarettes

12.  Business leader, engineer, chemist, scientist, inventor. Founded Nitroglycerin Aktiebolaget AB in Sweden.

Ans. Alfred Nobel

13.  In 1963, who was the 1^st head of government to have appeared in famous Playboy interview series?

Ans. Jawaharlal Nehru

14.  Whose creators envisioned him in a 1933 short story as a bald & telepathic villain seeking world domination?

Ans. Superman

15.  Which brand that was started due to a hit to meat & pie sales. Slogan- Stop me & Buy one.

Ans. Wall’s ice cream

16.  Identify [logo]

Ans. Versace

17.  Famous hyphenated brand – noun & verb. I am stuck on _____ because  ____ is stuck on me.

Ans. Band-aid

18.  First version of what item, used of war – Korean placed it next to telephones to note messages.

Ans. White Boards

19.  Brand owned by Kimberly – Clarke – gets name from St. Andrews Mill.

Ans. Andrex

20.  Bharat Airways (1947), now non-operational, was owned by which renown business house?

Ans. Birla