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      Originally made from buffalo- hide & thread, 1^st worn as early as 13^th century- earlier called Kapashi, Kachkadi.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

Weekly Business Quiz #19

1. To which French co. did Maharaja Appliances sell its 55% equity stake?
Ans. Groupe SEB

2. Which Japanese steel maker bought 15% stake in the Sajjan Jindal-controlled JSW Steel for over $1 billion?
Ans.

3. Which leading jewellery group has diversified its operations into the business of malls by launching ‘Mall of Joy’ with its 1^st one being unveiled in Kozhikode in March 2011?
Ans. Joyalukkas

4. Name the market research firm was founded in 1923 at Chicago.
Ans. ACNielsen

5. Name the American video game development and digital distribution company based in Washington which is known for its multi player platform 'Steam'.
Ans. Valve Corporation

6. Which Chinese Internet Company derives its name from a poem written more than 800 years ago during the Song dynasty?
Ans. Baidu

7. ________, formerly Android Market, is the online software store developed by Google for Android devices.
Ans. Google Play

8. Connect Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich.
Ans. Android versions

9. Match the following foreign investors who have stake in Indian writing instruments companies.
Mitsubishi Pencil- Cello
Kokuyo Co- Linc Pen & Plastics
BIC Group (France) - Camlin
Ans. Mitsubishi Pencil- Linc Pen
         Kokuyo Co- Camlin
         BIC Group- Cello

10. Which Chennai-based automotive conglomerate acquired 90% stake in Universal Components UK Ltd., a wholesale distributor of commercial vehicle parts, for Rs 100 crore?
Ans. TVS Group

Weekly Business Quiz #18

1. Which co. manufactures YObykes?

2. Which organization was established in 1927 and now has more than 2,50,000 units in its folds?

3. Which is India’s largest selling cooking oil brand? (It is by Adani Wilmar)

4. Indian Hotel Chain established by Roots Corporation Limited which is part of the Tata Group?

5. Which Tata company has topped the list of 50 most admired companies in a survey compiled by Fortune India recently?

6. Which Tata owned car manufacturing company has its manufacturing plant at Halewood near Liverpool in UK?

7. Which international brand of paint is produced by AkzoNobel (formerly Imperial Chemical Industries)? Its tagline is “Let’s Colour.

8. With which brand did Coca-Cola 1^st enter the powder drink market in India? It took it off shelves and re-entered the segment in 2011 with Fanta Fun Taste.

9. Hero MotoCorp in a move to make its own new engines has tied up with the world’s largest privately owned engine developer based in Austria. Name the co. 

10. Which co. has launched India’s 1^st credit-card shaped USB flash drive Zap weighing only about 10 grams?

Weekly Business Quiz #17

1. Which ambitious aircraft made its maiden flight between Tokyo and Hong Kong on Oct 26, 2011?

2. Which car was the official intervention vehicle at India’s F1 racing arena Buddh International Circuit?

3. Which product marks the entry of Tata Chemicals entry into the food staples sector?

4. Expand MetLife.

5. Which brand has Coca-Cola announced to revive? (It’s a clear lime drink it bought from Ramesh Chauhan 2 decades ago.)

6. Which is the world’s largest AC maker?

7. Which Indian Exchange will be the 1^st to launch public issue on Feb 22?

8. Which brand of milk is the largest private sector dairy brand in the country? (It is restricted to south India, particularly TN)

9. Which Indian conglomerate acquired debt-laden MGM for around $2 billion?

10. Which is the world’s largest office products firm?

Weekly Business Quiz #16

1. What’s the 110 cc bike launched by Honda at 2012 auto expo, in its step towards becoming the leading 2-wheeler maker in India?

2. Mr B Muthuraman, Vice Chairman, Tata Steel Limited has been conferred which prestigious award recently?

3. Name the founder of software co. Mphasis.

4. Bajaj Auto is set to launch bigger & more powerful Pulsar & KTM motorcycles over the next few years. Which country is KTM based in?

5. Name the 77-year-old CEO of the $1.5-billion Armani group.

6. US based Walt Disney Co. has completely acquired which Indian Software Communications Co.?

7. “Inspire the next” is the tagline of __________.

8. Which bank has partnered the CSMVS museum in Mumbai to restore and showcase Anvar-i-Suhayil?

9. Name the venture capitalist who was one of the co-authors of Mosaic, a web browser. He later co-founded Ning.

10. Which mobile company is the wholly-owned subsidiary of France Telcom? Its tagline is “The Future’s bright, the Future’s _________. (Think of a fruit.)