Sweet Short & Simple (3S) Quiz No.8: Prepare Tata crucible

Q1. Expression is a monthly magazine, published in English and Thai in alternate months, for the Platinum and Gold card members of ______

Q2. It is the invisible charge that consumers pay to banks in establishments that accept payment cards. What is being referred here?

Q3. This Italian fashion brand dressed the AC Milan and Chelsea Soccer sides in the past as well as Italy’s national team. It’s now sponsoring the Milano Thunder Boxing team. Which brand?

Q4. In 1970s Denmark faced a severe energy crisis as crude oil supply from Middle East had almost stopped. The government was forced to ban use of elevators in buildings and make people stop using cars to save energy. This acute shortage of oil led to the rise of which energy in Denmark?

Q5. It’s a volume index which measures the quantity of goods produced. However, in the 287-item index, there are 33 items for which the data is calculated in value terms, which need to be converted into a volume-based index. Which index is being referred here?

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Sweet Short & Simple (3S) Quiz No.7: Prepare Tata crucible

Q1. He made gains of about $1 billion from his entry and exits in telecom Aircel, RPG Cellular and Dishnet. Similarly, he bought Barista, the coffee chain, for Rs 65 crore in 2004 and sold it for Rs 500 crore in 2007. Who is this friendly investor who has stakes in KS Oils and Ruchi Soya?

Q2. About 236 Satya Bharti Primary Schools, which impart free English-medium education, are operation in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Tamilnadu. Whose CSR initiative is this?

Q3. To study urban development issues Mr. Wilhelmson visited Mumbai and Kolkata in 2005 and his interaction with women living on Mumbai’s pavements inspired him to design Peepoo. What is peepoo?

Q4. Which International casual dining restaurant chain founded by Alan Stillman in 1965, which features standard American cuisine, bar food, alcoholic beverages and in India it is planning to treble its outlet count by 2015?

Q5. It is known as Detroit of India for its large concentration of automakers like Hyundai Motors India, BMW India and Ford Motor India besides mobile handset manufacturer Nokia India; recently labors disputes have rocked this city. Which city of India?

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Sweet Short & Simple (3S) Quiz No.6: Prepare Tata crucible

1. Whom did Bruce Barton’s book, The Man Nobody Knows portray as a salesman?

2. In the world of branding, what is ‘The Perception Gap’?

3. It is a term originally referred to the four economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea (South), and Taiwan, which are all known for their very high growth rates and rapid industrialization following Japan from the late 1960s onward.

4. What is/are 'banana wars'?

5. One of the most remarkable groups of springs is near Guelma. There are two principal sources. Their waters unite in one stream whose course is marked by gigantic limestone cones, some of which are 36 ft. high. The water, which is at boiling point, falls into natural basins of a creamy white colour, formed by the deposit of carbonate of lime. What is the Arabic word for these springs?

Sweet Short & Simple (3S) Quiz No. 5: Prepare Tata crucible

1. This product, launched by Sony in 1998, was a portable storage device that could be attached to a personal computer easily. The brand name has now become a generic term used to describe all such products. What was the brand name?

2. Which term was coined by the Economist in 1977 to describe the decline of the manufacturing sector in the Netherlands after the discovery of natural gas in 1960's?

3. In 1908, leading figures such as Bhai Vir Singh, Sir Sunder Singh Majitha and Sardar Tarlochan Singh founded this to help the weaker section of the society in their economic endeavours to raise their standard of life. In spite of the fact that all its major operations were left in Pakistan and only a few outlets remained in India after partition.It was the one of the few in northern India who has honored the obligations of the migrating people from Pakistan.

4. This company was found by Tomas ______.in Zlin,(the then austro – hungarian empire)in the year 1894.Its present headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland.

5. This brand had it’s beginning when three dreamers in Karnal, now in Haryana, thought of producing a Indian brand of footwear a basic necessity available to their countrymen.

PrePare Tata Crucible 8: News You Can Use

L'Oreal, the French cosmetic brand, plans to set up a research & development centre to develop products specifically for the Indian market. The company has also converted its scientific testing centre at Mumbai into a research centre. It also plans to tie up with 10,000 beauty salons in India over the next two- three years.

Ballarpur Industries has signed a share purchase agreement with Premier tissues (PTIL) to acquire the entire paid up capital of the company. The acquisition will be for an aggregate consideration of up to Rs76.5 crore. PTIL is in the business of tissue paper and related products under the brand names premier and Royal.

Future Group and Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) plans to foray into the Indian pasta market. Future Group will launch its pasta under the Tasty Treat brand. Tasty Treat pasta is made of suji and will be available in variants like masala, cheese and pizza style. The product will be priced at Rs12-15 a packet. HUL plans to launch pasta under the Knorr brand.

Elder Health Care, the FMCG arm of the Rs 800-crore Elder group, is targeting a turnover of Rs 125-crore and has earmarked Rs 40-crore for an advertising blitz aimed at strongly pushing its three top brands -- Tiger Balm, Fuel deodorant and FairOne Cream -- this fiscal.

Having acquired mouthwash brand Listerine from Pfizer in 2008, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is now investing in growing the brand and category in India. Listerine that existed both as a prescription and preventive oral care brand in the past is now restricted to the OTC (over-the-counter) segment in the country.

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- Novartis launching its Arogya Parivar (healthy family) programme
- The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), at Rs 1,20,000 crore the largest-ever urban spending initiative in India, is spawning many such success stories—but not in the numbers it should.
-With 62 of its alumni now billionaires, Harvard tops Forbes’ list of ‘Billionaire Universities’, followed by Stanford that boasts of 28 billionaire graduates. Harvard’s billionaire alumni are an accomplished group. They include Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and media tycoon Sumner Redstone.
-London’s Black Cabs have come out top in a quality survey of taxi services in the world’s biggest cities.Fifty-six percent of travelers surveyed by Hotels.com said that London’s cabs offer the best service, followed by New York and Tokyo.

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􀀹 Walt Disney’s first foray into business was the founding of the ‘Laugh-O-gram’ corporation in 1921 which went bankrupt barely two years later
􀀹 Nintendo started as a playing card company in 1889 in Japan and literally means ‘Leave luck to
Heaven’
􀀹 In the mid 80s, the Beatles’ song ‘revolution’ was licensed for a TV commercial, Nike, the first time ever that a Beatles’ song had been licensed for advertising purposes
􀀹 The Singapore Girl of Singapore Airlines was the first commercial symbol to be displayed at
Madame Tussaud’s wax museum
􀀹 King Camp Gillette once said ‘I have done more than anyone else to change the face of mankind’

PrePare Tata Crucible 5: News You Can Use

1. Virgin founder Richard Branson has announced the creation of a new magazine solely for mobile devices. Called Maverick, the magazine will take the form of an iPad app, and cover business, technology and travel.

2. ITC's Y.C.Deveshwar has been presented Global Leadership award by U.S.-India Business Council for his efforts towards empowering India's rural agricultural community and conserving the environment.

3. Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation(KSRTC) bags Golden Peacock Eco-Innovation Award 2010 for implementing ethanol blended diesel in over 1000 buses.

4. Kerala State Electricity Board is set to launch a free and open source accounting software, Structured and Real-time Accounting System(SARAS) designed and developed by the employees of the board.

5. Apple iAd set to compete with Google in ad market

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1. Reliance launches India's first Mobile Jockey Portal. The Mobile Jockey would be equipped with lots of Chat subjects like: Page 3 (Media Gossips), Naye Andaaz (Current trends), Fashion, Marriage, Education and Food recipe. Other interesting topics that can be covered during the conversation include: General topics, Friendship, Current events, Trends in Present Life, Personality Grooming, Movies and Music, Career & Household tips.

2. The Reserve Bank of India has finally approved Nokia Mobile Money services that enable consumers to transfer money to other individuals by using their mobile devices. Yes Bank has launched this service in India specifically for unbanked and under-banked consumer segments. Mobile Money Services will also allow consumers to pay utility bills as well as recharge prepaid SIM cards (top-ups), and later on also pay merchants for goods and services by using their mobile devices. Supported by Obopay's payments platform, the first-of-its-kind service provides the ability to initiate mobile payments through multiple channels i.e. SMS, IVR, WAP, JAVA and FIRE.

3. Dubai’s state-owned low-cost airline, Flydubai, has commenced its India operations with thrice-weekly flights to-and-fro Lucknow. Flydubai commenced operations in June 2009. It has eight aircraft and connects 17 international destinations. The company plans a fleet of 50 planes by 2016.

4. Rajasthan has launched an e-governance initiative that aims to communicate essential information to the underprivileged using mobile phones. Named as "e-Speech Application through Network for Automated Communication Help and Response", the application is developed through a collaboration between RajCOMP, the state's computer agency and OneWorld Foundation-India.

5. The majestic Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi, has added more gold to its ornate decor as it becomes home to the world's first "Gold To Go" vending machine. "The reason we chose Emirates Palace is because it really fits with the surroundings here," said German entrepreneur Thomas Geissler, creator of the "Gold to Go" brand and chief executive of Ex Oriente Lux.

PrePare Tata Crucible 3: News You Can Use

1. Emami Biotech Ltd, part of Rs 3,000-crore diversified Emami Group of Companies, has announced the launch of its edible oil brand, Healthy and Tasty, in Chennai.

2. Barista Lavazza has sign a pan-India deals with oil companies like HPCL, IOCL and BPCL to open up more outlets on highways by the year ahead.

3. Vidya Balan is the brand ambassador for GoodKnight.

4. Media firm NDTV today said it has entered into an exclusive distribution deal with international kids' TV channel KidsCo, under which it will represent the channel in India.

5. BSE ties up with Google for online ads

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"PrePare Tata Crucible- the Gyan"

Frank Seiberling, the founder of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, suggested the use of Winged foot of Mercury, the swift messenger of the Gods, a connotation of speed, as his company’s trademark.

Nobel Laureate Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman along with Dr. Krishnamurthy started a company called Travancore Chemical and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in 1943.

Ken Follett has written a book ‘On the wings of Eagles’ which deals with the true story of how 40 odd employees of an American Company EDS corporation escaped from Iran when caught in the Islamic Revolution. Ross Perot, who owns EDS, appears throughout the book.

17 year old Rudyard Kipling roamed India as Assistant Editor of the Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore. He then wrote ‘Soldiers Three’ a series of short tales that launched a pervasive, nation wide enterprise which exists to date–The A.H. Wheeler Publishing House and chain of bookstores.

Walt Disney’s first foray into business was the founding of the ‘Laugh-O-gram’ corporation in 1921 which went bankrupt barely two years later.

Nintendo started as a playing card company in 1889 in Japan and literally means ‘Leave luck to Heaven’.

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1. Fortis Healthcare, promoted by Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh has pulled out of the controlling battle with Khazanah, a Malaysian Fund for which hospital chain?

2. Which Indian FMCG major bought the Hobi Kozmetik Group, a Turkish market leader in hair-gels consisting of brands like Hobby & New Era in haircare and skincare category?

3. It is the measure of a bank’s financial strength expressed by the ratio of its capital to its risk weighted credit exposure (loans). It is also called as CRAR- Capital to Risk Weighted Asset Ratio. What I am talking about?

4. The cosmetics which are made in strict accordance with Islamic law, using plant extracts and minerals instead of alcohol and animal products are called as what?