Landmark Quiz 2013 Chennai prelims

Landmark Quiz 2013 Chennai round prelims

1. Central hall of Parliament House

2. The Bible (Gutenberg)

3. Device invented in 1873- Typewriter

4. MS Subbulakshmi

5. Apple

 

6. Ashes Urn (Ivo & Florence Bligh) 

7. McBabbar- Rs 12 burger

8. Walt Disney font

9. Pacific Rim Nations

10. 'I think it's utterly mad; but if you think, it will work, go ahead'- Mr Verghese Kurein

11. Aerospace city in France- Toulouse
It’s related to an Indian city- Jaipur

 

12. Central African Republic (Q: Identify the African country highlighted in the map)

13. (i) Akbar    (ii) Pandit

14. Brotherhood without banners

15. Jim Morrison

16. Yannick Noah

17. Viji Krishnan

18. Omerta- Code of silence

19. The Salvation Army

20. .gif file format (invented by Steve Wilhite at CompuServe in 1987)

21. Introduced in 1985 in F1 cars- Camera (for on-board TV footage)

22. The Pied Piper of Hamelin

23. Michelangelo (hand)- prosthesis

24. Mandakani river (means ‘calm’ in Hindi)

25. Priyanka Chopra (debut song)

26. Jews & Zoroastrians (reservation in Iran Parliament) 

27. Window Tax- 1696
Term derived out of it- Daylight Robbery (robbing you of daylight)

28. The Panama Hat

29. A) The well of death

      B) The Centrifugal force

30. Creatures with bragging right
     A) Atlantic Sail fish (fastest creature in water)

     B) Peregrine Falcon (fastest in air)

     C) Cheetah (fastest on land)

31. Shonen Manga

32. Minecraft

33. T9- Text predictive software

34. American progressive metal band- Dream Theater

35. Mid Day Meal Scheme logo

36. Bungalow

37. Bhima & Hanuman (siblings from Ramayana and Mahabharata who confronted each other. They had a common father)

38. A) Death Star (Star Wars movie)
B) Richard Wagner

39. Sericulture (rearing of silkworms for the production of silk)

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2013 Chennai prelims

1.      Name this practice pioneered and introduced in the early mid-1980s by Nemichand Bamalwa & Sons of Kolkata, India, sparking a revolution in India, as it forced jewellers to indicate correctly the after-melting purity.

Ans. 22 carat purity

2.      Expand MS in MSLO, where LO stands for Living Omnimedia.

Ans. Martha Stewart

3.       “Discover Smart Drive 2011”. Which company’s campaign was this?

Ans. Ford Figo

4.      Oryx is the in-flight magazine of _______. It’s a middle-East airline.

Ans. Qatar Airways

5.       Identify him. A world-renown management institute is named after him.

Ans. Alfred Sloan.

6.      Name this energy & environmental engineering co. based in Pune. Mehar Pudumjee is the Chairperson and M.S Unnikrishnan is the current MD and CEO.

Ans. Thermax

7.      Thinkpad and Ideapad are offerings from?

Ans. Lenovo

8.      Japanese word translates into “Improvement” or “change for the better” It focuses upon continuous improvement.

Ans. Kaizen

9.      Formula for this consists of water, alkali & cassia oil was originally written on a Babylonian clay tablet way back in 2800 BC. (Pickbrain: There are zillions of manufacturers of this product in the world)

Ans. Soap

10.  Brewery brand

11.  Type of acquisition where the purchase price is financed through a combination of equity and debt.

Ans. Leveraged Buyout (LBO)

12.  Name the first commercial sponsor of the Olympic Games at the 1928 games in Amsterdam & has been an Olympics sponsor ever since.

Ans. Coca Cola

13.  "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich is a book about _______.

Ans. Facebook

14.  Who became the first betting firm to offer a loyalty scheme on 1 June 2008 & it was known as ‘Odds ON!?

Ans. Ladbrokes.

15.  Identify the gaming co. from the given joystick.

16.  What is Sachin Tendulkar’s insurance co.? (Pickbrain: Not his personal or family insurance, but the insurance co. that he endorses J )

Ans. Aviva

17.  What was originally subtitled “The Fast Dealing Property Trading Game”? (Pickbrain: These lines were always seen at the bottom of the board game)

Ans. Monopoly

18.  German logistics co. Deutsche Post purchased which international express mail services in 2002? (Pickbrain: The Company acquired went on to become more popular than the purchasing co.)

Ans. DHL

19.  “The pen the world prefers” is whose claim? (Pickbrain: It’s manufactured in Chennai, Tamil Nadu)

Ans. Reynolds

20.  Identify this multi-million record-selling artist. (Pickbrain: Related to royalty earnings for celebrities)

Ans. Ader

Weekly Business Quiz #26

1. If  “The Ultimate Driving Machine” is BMW, __________ is “The Simple Riding Machine”?
 

Ans. Bajaj Sunny Zip

2. "Designed for Humans" is the tagline of _______________?
 

Ans. Samsung S 3

3. Name the retail venture of Sahara India Parivar, set to launch on 15th Aug, which will offer completely unadultratrated best quality consumer merchandise.
 

Ans. Sahara Q Shop

4. Which co. bought Garware Motors' motorcycle business, entitling it the rights to market and sell Hyosung bikes in India?
 

Ans. DSK Group

5. Which co. will become the 1st motorcycle manufacturer in the world to employ ABS on its entire line-up as standard equipment?
 

Ans. BMW Motorrad

6. Name the official restaurant partner for the Olympics from 1976 Montreal Olympics.
 

Ans. McDonalds

7. Which Indian conglomerate bought a controlling stake in New York's 105-year-old Plaza Hotel for $570m?
 

Ans. Sahara Group.

8. Marissa Mayer, a former Google employee recently became the C.E.O. of _________?
 

Ans. Yahoo

  

9. Which Railway Station became the 1^st in the railway network to offer Blu-Fi, a combination of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi?
 

Ans. Bangalore

10. “Inspired Living” is the tagline of ___________?
 

 Ans. Haier