Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2017

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2017

Chennai prelims

1.      Arumugam Muthusamy Mudaliar carried letters and cheques for the British from Coimbatore to the hill stations of Ooty and Coonoor. As he was flooded with requests to carry dairy products and other items, he opened a small shop in 1905, after buying the butter business of an Englishman in Vannarpet and soon, "_______" was established. (Giri: I overemphasized the year 1905)

Ans. Nilgiris

2.      __________ is an international service organization founded by Melvin Jones in 1917. It has more than 1.4 million members in over 200 countries around the world. The organization aims to meet the needs of communities on a local and global scale. (Giri: There are 3 in Chennai)

Ans. Lions Club

3.      WKE logo – American Production House

Ans. Wieden + Kennedy

4.      Bank started by Amadeo P. Giannini as ‘Bank of Italy’ in 1904. It’s the world’s largest commercial bank. (Giri: It has nothing to do with the country mentioned in the name)

Ans. Bank of America

5.      History of the railroads & canals of America. Index known to show measurement of financial operations of companies. It became __________.

Ans. Standard & Poor (S&P)

6.      Restaurant chain owned by JAB Holdings, Vernon Rudolph. Famous for doughnuts and whipped crème. (Clue: Crème drift)

Ans. Krispy Kreme

7.      Una (dog) is the mascot of which Chinese mobile manufacturer?

Ans. One Plus

8.      Video sharing site founded by Jake Lodwick & Zach Klein in Nov 2004. It’s also an anagram of the word movie.

Ans. Vimeo

9.      _____ is a South Korean word for group of companies. Similar to English word ‘conglomerate’

Ans. Chaebol

10.  Revenue Secretary of India – responsible for the state of Indian financial condition in the past 6-8 months. (GST)

 

Ans. Hasmukh Adhia

11.  Founded in 2006, _____ is an Argentinian global online marketplace. Fabrice Grinda and Alec Oxenford founded the company as a Craigslist alternative for the world outside of the United States. South African media group Naspers, acquired a majority stake in this company. (clue: 3 letter word)

Ans. OLX

12.  The 1971 Pecten maximus logo, which is still used today, was designed by the French-born Raymond Loewy. Can be found in sea/ocean. (Giri: You can see this when you drive around the city)

Ans. Shell Corporation

13.  The line ‘The customer is always right’ was created by which US retailer? (Giri: They didn’t care to patent it. Hence it’s freely being used everywhere)

Ans. Selfridges

14.  Housing complex in Kolkata is an initiative by which gigantic construction company in India. All projects under Joyville aim to bring in happiness and a strong sense of social connect among people. (Joyville logo shown)

Ans. Shapoorji Pallonji Group

15.  Started out in 1892 with just Rs 265 as a tiny operation in a modest house. It was later acquired by Gupta Bros. It was incorporated in 1918, after English businessman C.H. Holmes teamed up with the Guptas. (Giri: It’s competitor is also headquartered in Kolkata)

Ans. Britannia

16.  Founded in 1833 by Joseph-Auguste Pavin de Lafarge in Le Teil (Ardèche), to exploit the limestone quarry. MS Dhoni was once its brand ambassador.

Ans. La Farge

17.  Which Swiss-based luxury brand owns Mont Blanc, Dunhill, and Cartier. It was founded in 1988.

Ans. Richemont

18.  A product of Reckitt Benckiser – dissolvable form of aspirin.

Ans. Disprin

19.  The triumph of The American Imagination – corporation known for creativity & innovation.

Ans. Walt Disney Corporation

20.  Aryabot – World’s first satellite air conditioner launched by which Indian company?

Ans. Videocon

Great Lakes Business Quiz 2016 prelims

Prelims

1) In early 1940s, which popular term meant the largest of aerial bombs, single bombs capable of destroying a whole city area was also known as ‘cookies’ during the firebombing of Hamburg? 

Ans. Blockbuster

2) 

Ans. Burger King ad

3) Which famous Indian’s fiction book was called ‘The Hotel Rivera’? 

Ans. RK Laxman

4) Which country first introduced tobacco packaging warning messages?

Ans. Australia

5) Identify the author: (Giri: This is probably the only book in which Bipasha Basu and Abhishek Bachchan's remarks have appeared on the front cover) :)

Ans. Raj Kundra

6) What formula is this used for?

Ans. Temple Run scoring formula

7) Which businessman appeared as FDR in the short film '1944'?

Ans. Steve Jobs

8) Which brand named after Nihal & Vijay Kharbanda is the official apparel partner of Bharat FC in i-League?

Ans. Nivia

9) Pasta Gianduja was the first variant of which international brand started by Pietro, a baker in Alba, Italy? 

Ans. Nutella

10) Which company headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany was sued in 1995 by International Olympic Committee in the International Trademark court for their logo? 

Ans. Audi 

11) Russia introduced it in 1704; the US introduced it in 1792. What was introduced in India in 1957?
Ans. Decimalization of Indian rupee

12) Which company started as Kraftfahrzeug Trunkenpolz Mattighofen in 1934 in Austria, but was later renamed when a businessman named Ernst Kronreif invested in it? 

Ans. KTM

13) What co. did the duo start?

Ans. Quora

14) Which term means a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry derives from the title applied by Foreigners to the bosses of Japan in the 18^th century?

Ans. Tycoon

15) Who is the only Indian to have won both the ‘Bharat Ratna’ and ‘Nishaan-e-Pakistan’, the highest civilian award in Pakistan? 

Ans. Morarji Desai

16) Ananda Vikatan’s founder SS Vasan also set up ___________ ___________?

Ans. Gemini Studios

17) Which two word term was first used in Chicago Tribune at Christmas Eve 1986 and meant doing an act specifically for the reason of cheering oneself up? 

Ans. Retail Therapy

18) Which Geneva headquartered organization adopted its abbreviated name in reference to a Greek word meaning ‘equal’? (Giri: Every organisation wants to earn it)

Ans. ISO

19) For which company Evelyn Venable lend her face? (clue: entertainment)

Ans. Columbia Pictures

20) CVC Capital Partners holds the controlling stake of 35% in Jersey based ‘Delta Topco’, the parent company that holds the license the run what event until 2110? 

Ans. Formula One

21)

 

Ans. Silicon Valley TV Series

 

22) Which currency replaced the Indian Rupee in Bhutan from 1974? 

Ans. Ngultrum

23) 

Ans. Nike MAG patent

24) ‘Sarah Whitehead’ also known as the ‘Black Nun’, a woman whose ghost is said to have haunted which famous bank giving the bank its popular nickname ‘The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street’? 

Ans. The Bank of England

25) 

Ans. Survey of India Logo

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2015 Chennai finals

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2015 Chennai finals

1.      [image] this painting portrays which modern day wedding tradition?

Ans. Gifting diamond ring

2.      In 1854 what was demonstrated for the first time at the New York Crystal Palace, the iron-and-glass exhibition hall at the center of the World’s Fair that changed the construction industry forever?

Ans. Lifts (by Otis)

3.      What did James Montgomery Flagg design which later went on to be called “poster of the century.” It was first depicted in the July 6^th, 1916 issue of the Leslie Weekly.

Ans. Uncle Sam

4.      Which company was founded in 1876 to provide a solution to the blisters that lumberjacks were experiencing caused by poor quality woollen socks?

Ans. Jockey

5.      How do we better know “South Asian Audio Visual Network?”

Ans. Saavn

6.      Complete the title of this book with a personality, on whose company this book is based on?

Ans. Murdoch

7.      Connect: Logo of a Tata company, pic of R. Ramanan, CEO and MD 

Ans. Tata CMC

8.      “Trade with Trust” is the tagline of?

Ans. MCX

9.      [image] of ships

Ans. Wadiya’s

10.  Which Tata company began its journey commissioning its first project in February, 1915 at Khopoli, Maharashtra?

Ans. Tata Power

11.  In February 1978 what magazine was launched and became India’s first business magazine that is still in print?

Ans. Business India

12.  An offshore investment fund, typically formed as a private limited partnership, that engages in speculation using credit or borrowed capital?

Ans. Hedge Fund

13.  In 1907, the California Fruit Growers Exchange went to see Albert Lasker at the Lord & Thomas advertising agency as one of the fruit crops they were growing in abundance but nobody was buying it, Lasker branded the Exchange as Sunkit and told Sunkit to popularise what to increase the sale of the fruit?

Ans. Orange

14.  Which company’s IT initiative is this? [image: logo]

Ans. India Cements

15.  Connect: Robert Bosch, Tata Nano and an ad.

Ans. Bosch

16.  Personality that appeared as Air Hostess in Air India ad. [image]

Ans. Parmeshwar Godrej (wife of Adi Godrej)

17.  Who is on the left [image]

Ans. Professor Simply Simple (fictional character by Tata Asset Managment)

18.  A company that was once making a takeover attempt but ends up discussing a merger with the target company is called _____ ______.

Ans. Yellow Knight

19.  What is a Google Tax?

Ans. A levy on company profits which have only online presence in a bid to divert funds deposited in tax heavens

20.  [Rare picture of a famous person]

Ans. Kasturi Rangan Iyengar, founder of Kasturi & Sons

21.  What in India was founded in 2000 as a website, changed itself to a tabloid-format newspapers in 2004 and switched to a magazine in 2007?

Ans. Tehelka

22.  Project Last Mile is an initiative from which MNC?

Ans. Coca Cola

23.  Connect: classmate ad, mint-o, Surya Nepal

Ans. ITC

24.  [image of a personality]

Ans. Gemini Ganesan/ Gemini Studios

Audience questions

1.      Who owns the site r.com?
Audience: Ronald Regan, Richard Nixon, Roosevelt, Richard Branson, Rahul Gandhi
Giri: Think cheeky. He is more powerful than all the US presidents put together :)

Ans. Rajnikanth

2.      Which entity had a clash with HSBC over the rights of using HSBC?
Giri: Think local.

Ans. Hotel Saravana Bhavan Corporation