Tata Crucible 2011 : Corporate Round : Ahmedabad - Prelims

Contributed by Soubhagya Jena, who came third.

1. Which is the world's most visited paid monument?
2. Mitsubishi, Mitsui,and yatsuda were the 3 biggest zaibatsus(biz conglomerates),which was the 4th biggets one?-sumitomo/yamaha/zynga
3. It began more than 100 years ago, in 1882, in Lahore, the capital of undivided Punjab by the name of Arorbans Press.how do we know it today?
4.Amrita patel pic
5. the original name of citi bank contained the name of which city?
6.Her second book, a fashion advice guide, entitled That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything In Between, was published on 27 October 2006.[46] That Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything In Between includes tips from her on fashion, style and beauty. Which celebrity?
7.This co. started out as Multitech international?
8.What was the funda behind Mont blanc taking out only 241 pens of teh limited gandhiji audition?
9.Trivia about the wealth of a fictional character living in Atlantis city. Which chaarcter?
10.Untill 2006, kuensel meaning clarity was the only news paper in this country?
11.baby gaga ice cream trivia
12.
13. Derivation of the word bank from the italian for bench trivia
14. Who funded the research of C V raman?
15. Who was the founder of HDFC?
16.Ken blanchard pic?identify.
17. tagline --the good looking rascals .identify the brand?----------John Miller
18. narayan murthy trivia.
19. A statement On AIR in 1969 regarding nationalisation of banks. Who said it----------Indira gandhi
20. HTC ceo chief...pic

Brand Equity QuiZ: 2011: Delhi

Contributed by Sukhwinder singh, whose team was 7th (just missed by one question!!).

1. Which Bollywood celebrity, apart from Shah Rukh Khan, rang the NASDAQ bell?

2. In response to Henry Ford's letter, which gift did Gandhiji gave to Ford:
a) Khadi Shirt
b) Charkha
c) Kashmiri Shawl

3. Who from the following gave the Voice for Simpsons:
a) Mohd Yunus
b) Amartya Sen
c) Martin Sorell

4. Which Indian leader is said to have popularized the Sambalpuri sarees. She was a sort of first brand ambassador for Sambalpuri sarees by flaunting it in public functions?

5. In India which subject has the most enrolment:
a) Arts
b) Commerce
c) Science

6. On the death of which inventor were all lights dimmed in the US for a minute on 21.10.1931 as a mark of respect?

7. Which event raised $250 million for the children with the tagline, `Beauty with a Purpose’?

8. Created by ICICI, which was the first Credit rating agency of India?

9. In which novel of Premchand the protagonist Hori Mahto desired to have a cow like everybody else? (not sure of the complete question)

10. Who is the richest Chief Minister in India with a declared wealth of Rs.86 crores?

11. Which ruler issued coins depicting himself as Sikandar-al-Sami?
a) Alla-ud-din Khilji
b) Akbar
c) Sher Shah

12) About 13 billion dollars is spent by the Americans on which apparel
a) T-Shirts
b) Caps
c) Jeans

13. Which software’s initial name was “Sky Peer to Peer” ?

14. Which is the richest football league in the world?
a) EPL
b) La Liga
c) Bundesliga

15. DMRC has introduced two educational games for young commuters on the Delhi Metro. One is Ludo, what is the other ?

16. Who is the most expensive female artiste in India
a) Amrita Shergil
b) Anjolie Ela Menon
c) Reema Bansal

17. 24th February is celebrated as the Excise Day in honour of the Central Excise and _____ Act, 1944

18. John Bissel's baby celebrated 50 years in India. Give the 8 letter word?

19. Which British beer is named after a reptile?

20. Name the Philippine Award instituted out of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.


21. Visual – OREO biscuits
22. Visual – Max Factor

23. Print Ad – Tanishq (showing Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan)
24. Audio – Song from Chillar Party movie
25. Audio – Sushma Swaraj's speech

Following five questions are from Idea zone:

26. A word in Japanese meaning "great prince" is applied to business magnets. What word?

27. Izzat ka _________ is a popular phrase in India.

28. Which King of the Solar Dynasty sold his wife and sons to Vishwamitra to pay off his debts that he owed to Vishwamitra?


29. In 2009 a street between College Street and Dartmouth Avenue was named after?


30. The most amounts are spent in the US for fighting which disease ?

a) HIV

b) Heart Disease

c) TB

AQAD - 397

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Tata Crucible Corporate Mumabi 2011 - Final Round

Tata Track 

Won by TCS - Aniruddha Dutta and Priyambad P.

Runner Up TCS - Pravin and Ankit  

Non-Tata Track 

Won by Deutsche Bank - Rajiv Rai and Uttam Rao

Runner Up Deloitte - Siddhartha and Ankush

Random Qs

- What connects Saharan Blend, Minas, Iran Heavy, Basara Light, Kuwait Export etc.  

- This corporation came into being on July 7, 1948 by an Act of the Constituent Assembly of India. It is modeled on the Tennessee Valley Authority of the USA. Jawaharlal Nehru, prime minister of India, Dr. B.C.Roy, chief minister of West Bengal and Sri Krishna Sinha, chief minister of Bihar, took personal interest to ensure early success of the project. 

- It was the Brainchild of K F Rustamji, IPS. He became the first Director General of it and their motto is “Duty unto death”. 

- Identify it.

- Name the brand.

- Name the organization.

 
-  Connect 3 Pics

TC Corporate Mumbai 2011 - Prelim Qs

Brand Ambassador -Karan Johar: Lloyd

Bollywood Director Karan Johar has joined hands with Lloyd to promote its 5 new models in LED series including 3D LED TV in 55 inch screen size.

Tata Crucible 2011 : Corporate Round : Mumbai Region - Prelim

Mumbai Regional round saw 25 Qs in Prelim round. Take a look and check if you would have been in Mumbai, what would be your scorecard?

Mumbai Prelims

1. Which landmark and world heritage site in India conceptualized by Mr. F W Stevens which has statues representing “Progress’’, “Engineering & Science”, “Shipping & Commerce” and “Agriculture”?

2. Name the clothing brand controlled by Torreal and started by 3 brothers as Sholemay Ltd. Trading in London.

3. Which company sponsors the “Delivery Man Award”, presented by major league Baseball to the best relief pitchers in the league in the US?

4. Which organization's story?

5. Name the person who coined terms like Confusopoly, BOCTAOE and Philosotainment.

6. What does SB stand in Nike SB?

7. He is the only Indian to be featured in an eighties BBC series on the World’s best managers?

8. Whose HQ is this?

9. Name the CEO of Digital Domain, a visual effects production & technology company.

10. In which Victorian Novel, Mr. Jarvis Lorry is a clerk at Tellson’s Bank in London?

11. On December 31 1970, who advertised its last cigarette advertisement in US, which aired on the “Tonight Show”?

12. Identify the person from the brand. 

13. Which was the 1^st book published by Mysore based publishing firm Indian Thought Publications in 1943?

14. What process involving Pumice and Chlorine was invented in Italy by the Rifle Jeans Company?

15. Which famous locomotive with a name allegorical to that of Queen Elizabeth I was manufactured by Kitson, Thompson & Hewitson, UK for East Indian Railways?

16.The…………….way.

17. What name is to wine that is made from grapes that were all, or primarily grown and harvested in a single specified year?

18. In which film does Alfred Hitchcock make a cameo as model in a newspaper ad for Reduco Obesity Slayer?

19. Name the brand which was once advertised as “The watch that made the dollar famous”.

20. Identify the advertiser.

21. Who once wrote an article “More than 100 million women are missing” in New York Review, on mortality issues and etc specifically targeted on Asia?

22. Which upscale area is named after the Silver Coin mint established there in 1612 during the Edo periods?

23. Which international financial centre’s name literally means “fragrant harbor” in English?

24. Which company has the copyright over the name “Seal Team 6”, the Navy Seal which was in the operation to kill Osama Bin Laden?

25. It was started in 1984 in Mumbai by R S Kamath as Kamath Ourtimes Ice Creams Pvt. Ltd.

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Teams who qualified for the Stage:-

Tata Track - 2 TCS teams, Tata Chemicals, Tata Power, Tata Capital, Tata Advance Systems

Non-Tata Track - Deutsche Bank, Deloitte, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, BPCL, Questa Software Systems

Tata Crucible Corporate 2011 Mumbai Final Round Qs

TATA CRUCIBLE 2011 CORPORATE EDITION MUMBAI

Tata Track: Same old story (Aniruddha Dutta and Priyambad P.)

Non-Tata Track: Rajiv Rai and Uttam Rao

TC Mumbai Corporate 2011 Prelims 

TC Mumbai Corporate 2011 Final Qs

Brand Ambassador -Dia Mirza: Panasonic

Panasonic unveiled a range of special offers for a nationwide campaign ahead of the festive season.

QuiZZInG for Beginner (QFB) By Srishti Jain Part -4

1. What does the characteristic “i” used for the first time with Apple’s iMac stands for?
2. What was Yahoo! Originally called?
3. With which company has Reliance Industries recently tied up with to pursue opportunities in homeland security?
4. Which company was founded before HCL leading to HCL’s formation?
5. What is the name of Jet Airways’ parent company?
6. Which global business newspaper was launched as the London Financial Guide in 1888?
7. Which company tops the WWD Beauty Inc’s list of world’s top 100 beauty companies for 2010?
8. Who was recently fired over the phone by Yahoo Inc chairman Roy Bostock?

TATA CRUCIBLE 2011 CORPORATE EDITION CHENNAI REGIONAL ROUND

Compiled by: G.B.Jayakumar, Chennai

Prelims:
1. 500 millionth piece manufactured by Nokia s Chennai facility signed by whom?
2. Chandramogan - born in Thiruthangal in Tirunelveli started business named the company after a
common person name - he likes playing badminton and has won veteran's championship for two years. Name the brand.
3. River Noyyal is at receiving end of all pollutants from industrial units in the region. Name this town,
units of which are currently involved in a legal tangle with environmental organizations.
4. Whose ad campaign? [Be Stupid]
5. Origin of word meaning Path / route
6. During Warren Buffet s visit to India he was asked If you were to be reborn, what would you like to be
reborn as? . He replied Probably I could be reborn as ___________ s boyfriend .
7. Which company did Chad Hurley & Steve chen recently acquired from Yahoo!?
8. Which international airlines renamed it s airline name in Nigeria as Air Nigeria ?
9. Which country has the Game Rating Board which has legal powers to ban any computer game?
10. World of Diamonds, to choose the price of diamond 4C s are used? Colour, Clarity, Cut & ___
11. Company started in 1887, It s well known credo , a 303 word statement that has helped define
company culture since being crafted in 1943 by founding family descendant is carved in Granite at
company HQ new employees master the credo.
12. Maggi Ad
13. Which Group s entry into finance when Dr.Parvinder singh acquired Empire finance in 1995. Now a
financial super market.
14. When Thomas Wakley founded The ______ in 1823, he announced "A ______ can be an arched
window to let in the light or it can be a sharp surgical instrument to cut out the dross and I intend to
use it in both senses". This philosophy remains at the heart of the journal today. Which Journal?
15. Bank founded in Chennai in 1907 by Krishnaswamy Iyer.
16. Principal sponsors of this Team? [Dutch Cricket Team]
17. Started by Sai Ramakrishna in 1994 in Bangalore world s largest flower exporter
18. Kumaravel is Co-founder & managing director of unisex beauty salon chain, Naturals. He integrated
Naturals with his brother s Limelite, Green Trends under a Chennai based Group. Name it.
19. Trevor Beattie s famous 4 letter fashion brand?
20. Identify them?

21. Founded by Kodandaraman, Chandrasekar, Srinivas in Chennai. They named their company in
tribute to Swami Vivekananda. Identify the company.
22. Started under the leadership of A.K.Gopalan in 1957 restaurant chain with over 400 outlets.
23. The Babylonians developed a system which was practised by early Mediterranean sailing
merchants. If a merchant received a loan to fund his shipment, he would pay the lender an
additional sum in exchange for the lender's guarantee to cancel the loan should the shipment be
stolen or lost at sea. Which concept?
24. Product of Hicks India with baseline The right degree of truth .
25. Initial product name Rocky Soldier / marine , Skip Sailor and Ace Pilot .