TATA CRUCIBLE CORPORATE EDITION 2015 – PUNE – PRELIMINARY ROUND QUESTIONS

Contributed by Prashant Singh Chauhan

1.A copy of Interview magazine, an Interview t-shirt, and a bottle of the Estee Lauder perfume "Beautiful" was dropped into his grave after his death. He had so many possessions that it took Sotheby's nine days to auction his estate after his death; the auction grossed more than US$20 million.

Ans. Andy Wharole

2.Which common Hindu/Indian surname derives from 'a piece of land' and referred to a
landowner/tenant farmer?

Ans. Patel

3. The Lok Sabha passed the 2011 budget proposals minus the 5% service tax on healthcare and diagnostic services provided by high-end hospitals that was withdrawn following widespread
criticism. What name was given to that tax?

Ans.Misery Tax

4.Question of John Nash

5.B.K.Modi brought global firms like Xerox, Disney, Olivetti, Guardian, Continental Tyres and Telstra to India before liberalization began in 1991.
What nickname did he earn because of this?-

Ans. JV Modi

6.Which is the world's most sold copyrighted book?-Guiness book

7.Hyderabad in Pakistan is the largest producer of these items in the world. Moradabad is India’s largest producer.-Bangles

8.Pic of Sarah Lee

9.What brand, first produced as a new bar soap, talc powders, was launched in 1954 by Henkel-subsidiary Dreiring?

Ans.FA

10. What portmanteau word for a type of lowpowered motorcycle was coined by Swedish journalist Harald Nielsen in 1952?

11. What was formed as Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company of Australasia Ltd in 1899, when the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company of the United Kingdom incorporated its Australian branch, formed in 1893, and floated it on the Australian stock exchanges?

Ansell corporation

12.Which famous ex RED now a BARCA star is
behind this online game?

-Gerard Pique

13. 1000 skyshot comes in a three-foot long box and is worth Rs 12,000. There is a smaller version too, it's called the 500 sky shots and is priced at Rs 7,000. It is one of India's most costliest______

Costlist Cracker of India Ques

14. What trademarked color motion picture process was founded in Boston in 1914 by Herbert Kalmus, Daniel Frost Comstock, and W. Burton Wescott?

Techni Color Corporation

15.First Indian Female CEO of fortune 500 company-SBI Cheif

16.New browser of Microsoft-Edge

17.What iconic design inspired by an Encyclopedia Britannica illustration was described by Andy Warhol as the design of the decade in 1960s, although it was already 50 years old at that time?

Coca Cola Logo

18.Percy Pig is a brand of pigshaped gummy raspberry, strawberry, cherry, and grape-flavoured confectionery products made under license in Germany for which company?

19.This University of Texas dropout earned $2000 at 12 years in his first business venture selling stamps. At 16, he earned $ 18000 selling newspaper subscriptions to The Houston Post. At 27, he achieved a great feat by going on top of a well-known list. Who?

Mr. Dell

20.Safe Roads CSR initiative by

-Mercedes Benz

TATA Crucible Corporate Edition 2015 – Navi Mumbai – Preliminary Round Questions

1. Which annual parade associated with a departmental store started in 1924 and was suspended between 1942-44 during World War-II, owing to need for rubber and helium in the war effort?

2. What does FS stand for FSI index?

3. What was test marketed as Exton and some believed its a portmanteau of two cities?

4. Identify this businessman.

5. TAG Heuer's 'Seafarers' had a special dial-with blue, green and yellow patterns for what two purposes?

6. In 1864, what did Webster's dictionary refer as "a coarse cotton drilling used for overalls" etc?

7. Kolkata based J. Thomas & Co. formed in 1851 as Thomas Marter & Co is the world's oldest auction house of what?

8. What is this?

9. In 1882, American Express started its expansion in the area of financial services by launching what business to compete with the United States Post Office?

10. Which pharmaceutical company's logo is made up of a capsule and two pills?

11. V. Balakrishnan, former CEO of Infosys came up with the idea to raise funds for AAP. He called the campaign selfie with what?

12. Which brand can be associated with this gentleman?

13. Which organization is responsible for cleanliness of the famous Kashi Viswanath temple at Varanasi?

14. What is the term used to denote the practice of doing business with clients by meeting them in Gyms, Fitness Centers or doing a Jog, Run or Marathon called?

15. What invention that revolutionized retail world was patented in 1949 as 'Bulls Eye'?

16. Which country has this currency?

17. What is the Persian word for "Place of prices'?

18. What cleaning brand by Unilever was first produced in 1929 by Wilfred Handley and sold door-to-door by salesman who refilled stoneware jars bought by the customers?

19. Which Bollywood actress owns "Kaema Sutra"?

20. Name the tea brand.

TATA CRUCIBLE CORPORATE EDITION 2015 – RAIPUR – PRELIMINARY ROUND QUESTIONS

Questions contributed by Ramani, who was the runnerup 

1.    What  was founded by Jonathan Gay, used in web page designing, animations etc ?
FLASH

2.    What was introduced by a Syrian at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair by Ernest A. Hamwi?
ICE CREM CONE

3.    What was known as  PAD a moniker for a very popular vehicle  brand of India ?
PREMIER PADMINI

4.    Identify the logo of this Indian air line, no more in operation ?

 DAMANIA AIRWAYS

5.    Whose  initiative is “U” Education ?
Ronnie Screwala of UTV fame

6.    The name of which brand of India means “Limitless Expanse”?
VISTARA

7 .  Makus Persson also known as Notch, whose company Mojang  founded this video game, later sold it to Microsoft?
MINECRAFT

8.    The ________ World, a book by Porter Erisman. Identify ?
ALIBABA

9.    In internet lingo in ‘TIL” if T is Today, I is I, what is L. TIL is Kaizen of internet.
Learned

10.    What was set up under “Young Plant” after WWI/
Bank of International Settlements


11.    What was founded by Richard Drew of 3M ?
Scotchtape

12.    Which chocolate brand names comes from the surname of the founder ? Has connection with the mountains?
TOBBLERONE  (Theoder Tobler)

13.    Question about origin of Seven seas cod liver oil

14.    Which company has acquired Dr. Lavesh Bhandari’s Indicus Analyticals ?
NIELSON

15.    This German company has huge presence in Austria & NZ. Also its manufacturing facilities were in Pondichery,T.N. ? Which company? HENKEL

16.    Identify the manufacturer ?

SONALIKA

17.    The logo of this commercial vehicle manufacturer is  is the Griffin, the weapon of the Swedish region. Identify the company?
SCANIA

18.    Which Eye wear company has launched a Campaign “One Obsession” ?
OAKLEY

19.    Kenyes said  ““____________ should be like watching paint dry or watching grass grow”.
INVESTMENT

20.    Which Japanese gaming company has launched this game ? ( Hint: First product Playing card).

NINTENDO

TATA CRUCIBLE CORPORATE EDITION 2015 – JAIPUR – PRELIMINARY ROUND QUESTIONS

Questions contributed by Leena Piplani

 1.    Furniture retailer, founded by Rajiv sharma and Ashish goel where Ratan Tata had invested.Name the company.
          Urbanladder
2.    A pencil brand, a female spirit of the clouds and water in hindu and buddhist mythology.
        Apsara
3.    Launched in mumbai in 1969,glass bottle in two variants- bubbly and still,failing in the market FELICE soon decided to exit the business. name the brand.
        Bisleri
4.    Dr. fix it pic.
5.    Ajay singh,co founder of spicejet gave a very famous slogan which was very much popular in 2014.
        Abki bar modi sarkar
6.    Which comapny launched Nimin soap in 2004 and withdrew in 2005. with a tagline of "tandurusti ka josh har pal".
        Godrej
7.    Some organisation call them first impression officer ,some call them service ambassador. who?
        Receptionist
8.    Dil ki deal - a campaign by?
        Snapdeal
9.    Bansibhai vaghani and Dinesh vaghani  started a company in 1972 as a small unit producing plastic items-tumblers,mugs and boxes.
        Milton.
10.    Arthur fielding and marc chavannas set out to create a new kind of wallpaper. they instead invented this which is used in shipping of the parcels.
        Bubblewrap
11.    Till recently for  about four years Tokyo based Mt .Gox was the largest and most important of its kind.what?
        Bitcoin
12.    Shri LALCHAND ___________?  tell a pharmacy brand.
        DADA
13.    Company was co-founded by illustrator artist Margaret evans and two others in 1930.
        Fisherprice
14.    Name the brand founded in 1973 by caberlotto family who were the owners of the football club F.C.
        lotto
15.    Baron alexandre lamfaussy,the cosmopolitan banker-died on 9th May.known as  the father of the _______ Currency?
        Euro
16.    Anjan lahiri pic- co- founder of a company with Mr. Ashok soota?
        Mindtree
17.    This brand came in 1970.the founder Ravi khurana,head at escorts.he witnessed a fatal accident  involving several of his collegues during a test ride which prompted him to start a helmet manufacturing unit.
        STUDDS
18.    In june last year,the network adopted the ancient Indian phrase" vasudhaiv kutumbkam".
        ZEE TV
19.    Which country launched the million reason campaign to woo indian tourists. country name is same as a very famous dish.
        Turkey
20.    Jaipur pink panther is owned by whom?
        Abhishek bacchan

TATA CRUCIBLE CORPORATE EDITION 2015 – HYDERABAD – PRELIMINARY ROUND QUESTIONS

Questions contributed by Naveen, the winner of this edition


1) What was designed to depict a winged woman holding on to atom and the statuette "has since become the symbol of the TV Academy's goal of supporting and uplifting the art and science of television: The wings represent the muse of art; the atom the electron of science”? Emmy Awards

2) The beluga whale was created by Yiying Lu, on which site did it become world famous? Twitter

3) The ‘formal’ American legal term for what is an incomplete financial instrument? Blank Cheque

4)   Dennis Rodman - Bad Boy Premium Vodka

5) Which famous writer was a junior employee at HSBC's London office in Lombard Street from 1900 to 1902, and used the bank as an inspiration for some of his early work, especially his 1910 novel Psmith in the City? PG Wodehouse

6) In 1925, what was sold by con artist Victor Lustig for scrap metal on two separate, but related occasions? Eiffel Tower

7) What name has taken a generic meaning and has come to be associated with great wealth. Gemologists use this classification to denote a diamond with a complete (or almost-complete) lack of nitrogen; the material is also referred to as "2A"? Golconda

8)

  Frank Sinatra - Reprise Records

9) In 1969, what was coined by Jack Trout as a game people play in today’s me-too market place" in the publication Industrial Marketing? Positioning

10) Which traveler introduced the concept of banknotes to Europe in 13th century? Marcopolo

11) It became a fashionable brand of the era, and became associated with Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack. Which Scotch whisky was requested by Sinatra, along with other spirits brands backstage at performances, also sponsored Frank Sinatra's Diamond Jubilee Tour in 1990? Chivas Regal

12) 

Mozilla Public License – Free Open Source

13) From 1947, when the first Indian budget was tabled to 1950, at which famous place were the budget documents printed? Rashtrapati Bhavan

14) Which company’s seven pointed star logo was inspired by a lone star in the sky which Captain Peter saw while praying when his wife was seriously ill? Maersk

15) "Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales" was founded in 1918 by brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and Joe Brandt. How do we know this company now? Columbia Pictures

16)

  Jahangir Khan – Unsquashable

17) Which company’s NYSE ticker symbol is TOM? Tommy Hilfiger

18) The Chinese name for what company founded by two former air force pilots comes from a Chinese idiom ‘Grand and Peaceful State’? Cathay Pacific

19)

  Celebration Florida – Developed by Walt Disney

20)

   Bellwether - Sheep that leads the flock