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Lakme

In 1952, Lakmé - India's first beauty brand was born. For this venture, the Tatas tied up with the French cosmetic house Renoir.
An interesting story about the brand is its christening. During discussions between the Indian and French teams, the name 'Lakmé' was mooted by one of the young members on the Renoir team. Apparently there was an opera running in Paris at that time which was titled 'Lakmé' with the story set in India. Three Frenchmen fighting the British soldiers in the Sunderbans, West Bengal sought refuge in a temple, wounded and dying. The temple was of Goddess Laxmi and the name 'Lakmé' was born.

Tata crucible 2008 CampUs -Lucknow edition

Finally the city of Nawabs experienced Tata Crucible Student round; qts were quite easy going by the normal TC difficulty level. Here are few of the prelims qts.

1. in which company managing director is called as the managing worker?
2. which finance minister in 2000 was the one to present the budget at 11:00am instead of usual time of 5:oo pm since Britishers left?
3. kaya skin care is the brand of which company?
4. concor is the entity of which indian company?
5. maxx is the brand owned by which indian automobile giant?
6. shakti diesel is the brand of which company?
7. essel propack is the part of which company?
8. torani family owns which business ?

TATA CRUCIBLE 2008 -- Ahmedabad

Contributed by : Madhav Das [ Our Shiv's elder Brother] who works with ISRO.

q1. "choice is Simple"
a1. Deccan aviation"

q2. "Managing the next society"
a2. Drucker

q3. "St. Bernadinho is the patron saint of what "
a3. Advertising.

q4. who made sensei coffee maker ?
a4. PHILIPS

q5. Modernity in korean means what?
a5. Hyundai

q6. Speedy Service system ?
a6. McDonalds.

q7. In TATA round..... Pepsi entered india in 1988 ... whom did they collabarate with.?
a7. Voltas...... is a TATA company.... voltas was used to cool the pepsi.


q8. identify the ad campaign featuring amitabh and a small kid.
a8. it is Dabur hajmola.

q9. Name the magsasay award winner for invention of sulabh toilets in india.
a9. Forgot to note down ... it is a lady.

q10. some Question related to Virgin Galactic and Superman returns....donno
exactly what it was.
a10.

q11. What eureka Forbes mean .
a11. Euro Champs.

q12. Power corp "Enron" punchline ?
a12. Forgot to note down.

q13. Punchline of Domino's Pizza?
a13. Pizza Tigers.

q14. White revolution related to which comapny.
a14. Mother Dairy.

q15. Brand Ambassador of Himachal Pradesh.
a15. Dalai Lama.

q16. What did Percy Spencer of Raytheon Corp invent?
a16. Microwave Oven.

q17. Who makes F16 aircraft ?
a17. Lockheed Martin.

q18. what do Iand K stand for in Ikear.
a18. Ingvar and Kampwar... something like that...i donno what it is.... i
think it is an alloy of metals...

q19. Largest selling copyrighted book.
a19. Guiness Book of world records...

q20. Maxwell, Dynax, Alpha..... are names of what.
a20. Minnesota Camers...... i donno what ques this is.

q21. Better products , Bettter Value, Better ....... something ?
a21. Karsanbhai patel, Nirma

q22. Ahead Software related ques.
a22. it makes "Nero".

q23. Founder of Wikipedia.
a23. Jimmy Wales..... he is in Coimabatore today....visitng PSG Institute of Tech.

q24. Name the game patented in Britain as "Heaven and Hell"
a24. Snakes and Ladder.

q25. Auto giant which has its punchline as "innovative engg Impossible Dreams"
a25. forgot to note down.

q26. Heritage company owner who is also a popular politician.
a26. Chandrababu Naidu.

q27. Duetche bank has a '/' in its symbol which stands for progress.
a27.

q28. Unilever pateneted vaseline ....Robert Cheesborough
a28.

q29. Video .... identify the media house which produced this movie....actually they played a song of the movie.
a29. UTV

q30. Video showing a spoof on Harbhajan and rahul dravid
a30. HSBC Bank.

q31. Video showing amitabh bachan in ad
a31. Dabur Hajmola.

q32. identify th personalty
a32. Vikram Pandit.

q33. Name the airline which has Raffle class.
a33. Singapore airlines

q34. Mundra port promoted by whom
a34. Adanis

q35. who coined the term lateral thinking and parallel thinking
a35. Edward de Bono.

q36. Whose logo is "Power of local thinking"
a36. forgot to note down

q37. identify the personality from the picture
a37. it is Zig Ziglar

q38. Some ques related to Face book....i think it was how many years since facebook came into existence.
a38.

q39 Who passed from London School of Economics in 1923 and wrote the book " The problem with the Indian Rupee.?
a39. Dr. B R Ambedkar.

q40. 888 is associated with what.
a40. 8 Aug 2008 ...starting of beijing olympics.

q41. Punchline of vodafone.

बिज्दोम Jan

Hi, this is Ankit Joshi, 1st yr VAMNICOM. This is my first post to Bizdom blog, so if you find any mistake(s) in this quiz then please kindly inform me. नोट: Answers to those who reply.


1. What was created in 1982 on the lines of Disneyland as a landmark to remember the Asiad Games mascot?




2. This is a subsidiary of British Airways, due to start flying between Europe & US. What is that?



3. It’s a car produced by the X. It was the company's first attempt at building a car. The car was considered fairly advanced during its time and had many features which were not common among cars in India at the time including power windows, power steering and a tachometer. What is “X” & named the car.




4. It’s a PS-2 social game for family & friends launched by Sony Computer Entertainment. What I am talking about?




5. The brand started life in early 1990’s, when Delhi based family, which has been in the food processing business over the past five decades & counts the likes of Nestle, ITC, Cadbury, Domino’s Pizza & Britannia among it’s customer for processed flour-began selling wheat bran & oat bran under the new names X & Y. Name the brand & its products X & Y.




6. Established in 1945 by Shri K P Hormis, during its early phase it took over various banks like the Cochin union bank ltd., the Alleppey bank ltd. & etc. It stood first among traditional banks to lists its shares in London Stock Exchange.




7. It was the first automobile (SUV) fully designed and produced in India. The vehicle also forms the basis for DC Design's Arya Concept vehicle. Name that SUV.




8. The car was a brainchild of S. Karivardhan, it’s a single-seater, open wheel class in motorsport made and raced in India. Top Indian drivers have started their career racing in it, most notably Narain Karthikeyan, Karun Chandhok and etc.



9. He is from rice-farming family, grew up in stark poverty when his country was ruled by Japan. He was the first to export his country made car to the US. He proved his skill by building the first cross country expressway in 1960 when the World Bank had termed it economically unfeasible, who was he?




10. The last one is connect one, go & crack it.

december's Bizdom

Hi all,encouraged by a gud no of responses, I decided to continue this series by making another quiz,Hope this will also be appreciated by you all.


Pls note : answers to only those who reply

Q.1.CRAMS companies are a very important part of the outsourcing industry ,in the recent times it has done well in the pharma sector.the question is what are CRAMS?


Q.2.TimeOut is another of its kind from this Indian giant,it is different from the existing players in it’s space it has its own USP such as Karaoke studio where customers can sing and record their voice in a professional quality recording studio.Which company owns TimeOut?


Q.3.Who has been named as the president of the outdoor jury for next year’s Cannes lions advertising festival?


Q.4.Which stores’ customer service and tech help is named “geniuses” and “concierges”?


Q.5. Araku Emerald is brand of a product which is the first of its kind in the country promoted by non-governmental and non-profit organisation, Naandi Foundation, in partnership with a host of regional, national and global partners — the Integrated Tribal Development Authority (ITDA)and the tribals of Paderu etc.What is so unique about this product?


Q.6.Which state recently has been included in the list of 'Total Banking State'?


Q.7. Water sports will be the new vehicle for this company to build up its brand value. This company is all set to sponsor India’s RS X class windsurfer Ashutosh Tripathi on his maiden voyage to New Zealand for the 2008 Olympics qualification rounds.Which company?


Q.8. ______ Heart is for the health conscious It is enriched with Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E, and helps to bring down serum triglycerides and LDL cholesterol. The cholesterol level is 24 per cent less than in any other ordinary product of this category.______ Active is another of it’s brand with a high content of DHA, Vitamin E and organic selenium, all nutrients that have a positive impact on health. fill in the blank(company’s name) and also name the product.


Q.9. ‘Sambhav’ prepaid card has been launched by Vodafone Essar.What’s so special about this prepaid card?