1. TATA CRUCIBLETATA CRUCIBLE
PREPARATION QUIZ-2PREPARATION QUIZ-2

2. Q 1.
Someof theconsidered namesfor this
product/brand were:
iCUCyrix
iamfastest
GenuIn5
SWIFFT
RADAR1
Finally , thename…………… wasadopted

3. PENTIUM

4. Q 2.
 X ispowered by an ordinary 6 volt alkalinebattery
manufactured by Bharat ElectronicsLtd., Bangalore
and Electronic Corporation of IndiaLtd., Hyderabad.
Thisdesign enablestheuseof X throughout the
country without interruptionsbecauseseveral partsof
Indiado not/or haveerratic power supply.
 X wasfirst used in North Paravur ,Keralain 1982.
 X??

5. Electronic voting machines
(EVMs)

6. Q 3.
 X isaHungarian-born Jewish-
American businessman, engineer,
author and asciencepioneer in the
semiconductor industry.
 In 1968, along with the
colleagues Robert Noyce and Gordon
Moore, X co-founded Intel
Corporation after thethree
left Fairchild Semiconductor. Helater
becameCEO of Intel and wasa
pioneering figurein transforming the
company into agiant.

7. ANDREW S.GROVE

8. Q 4.
Identify thisfamous
ad campaign of the
80s…Bonusif you
can identify this
bombshell…

9. CALVIN KLEIN
BROOKE SHIELDS

10. Q 5.
What did thesetwo IIT/D grads
establish??

11. RAJENDRA PAWAR & VIJAY THADANI
NIIT

12. Q 6.
 It was1894, and 26-year old Václav Klement, a
bookseller, wasunableto obtain sparepartsto repair
hisbicycle. Klement returned hisbicycleto the
manufacturers, Seidel and Naumann, with aletter, in
Czech, asking for them to carry out repairs, only to
receiveareply, in German, stating: "If you would like
an answer to your inquiry, you should try writing in a
languagewecan understand". A disgusted Klement,
despitenot having technical experience, decided to
start abicyclerepair shop, which heand Václav
Laurin opened in 1895. Which company wasborn
henceforth?

14. Q 7.
 X wascreated by an English firm Peek Freans in
London in 1874 to commemoratethemarriageof
the Grand DuchessMariaAlexandrovnaof Russia to
the Dukeof Edinburgh. It becamepopular throughout
Europe, particularly in Spain where, following
the Spanish Civil War, X becameasymbol of Spain's
economic recovery after bakeriesproduced mass
quantitiesto consumeasurplusof wheat. In IndiaX
isstill quitepopular.

15. MARIE BISCUITS

16. Q 8.
X isa
global computer
software company
headquartered
in Karlsbad,
Germany. It is
perhapsmost well-
known for its burning
software, NBR. X
derivesitsnamefrom
thispainting::

17. X=NERO….NERO BURNING ROM
of course, NERO BURNIG ROME.
("Rom" is the German spelling of
"Rome")

18. Q.9
Connect thesetwo guyswith thebook:

19. FLIPKART.COM founders Sachin & Binny
Bansal
+
The first book to be sold on the website

20. Q 10
Connect :::

21. SIR RICHARD BRANSON
of VIRGIN
cameo in all these movies

22. Q.11
Identify thelady!!!

23. CHRISTINE LAGARDE
HEAD OF IMF

24. Q 12.
Which famousbusinesslaw camefrom this
comic strip!?

25. Dilbert’s Law
Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams stating
that companies tend to systematically promote
their least-competent employees
to management (generally middle
management), in order to limit the amount of
damage they are capable of doing.

26. Q 13.
X wasfounded asacard company in late
1889. Based in Kyoto, Japan, thebusiness
produced and marketed a playing card game
called Hanafuda. X continuesto manufacture
playing cardsin Japan and organizesits
own contract bridge tournament called the“X
Cup". X hasdelved into several small niche
businesses, such asacab company and love
hotelsbut itsglobal fameisattributed to
something quitedifferent.

28. Q 14.
St. Isidoreof Sevilleisapatron saint of
what??

29. INTERNET

30. Q 15.
Sholay’sGabbar singh endorsed aproduct.
Thiswasquiteuniqueasavillain waschosen
first timeto promoteabrand/product.
Namethecompany/brand.

31. Gabbar singh endorsed
Britannia's glucose biscuits to
push them above Parle in the
segment.

32. Q 16.
 In medieval England therewerenomadic mercenarieswho
wandered thecountry sideand would sell their servicesto
thehighest bidder. Thesewerehardened fighterswho lived
solitary livesin thewilderness. They did not havethe
luxury of servantsto polish their armor and it would
oxidizeto ablackish hue, and they cameto beknown as
black knights. At local town festivalsthey would have
exhibition jousting matchesin which thewinner of the
fight would win theloser’sweaponsand armor. Thelocal
gentry, softened by thegood life, would loseto theseblack
knights. Thenomadic knightsdidn’t havemuch usefor an
extraset of armor and would sell it back to them
immediately after thefight. Origin of what?

33. BLACK MARKET

34. Q 17.
 Theconcept behind X residesin theendorsements
and product linesfeaturing/backed by X. Ideally, X's
fansseeX using certain productsor releasing his/her
own brandsand flock to purchasethegoods. Asa
result, thecompaniesbehind theproductsexperience
increased sales. Companiesincluded in thisindex are
Parlux Fragrances(who manufactureX'sbrand of
perfumes), NewsCorp, TimeWarner and Amazon.
 X??

35. Paris Hilton Stock Index

36. Q 18.
What'sthefundabehind thisAmul butter ad??

37. DREAMWORKS Deal---Spielberg&
Anil Ambani

38. Q 19.
Though not asfamousasBirlasand Tatas, he
hasleft hismark on Indian business, who ishe
and to which businessgroup helendshislast
name?

39. LAXMANRAO KIRLOSKAR

40. Q 20.
 It wasfounded by GD Birla and Purushottam
Takkur in 1927, on theadviceof Mahatma
Gandhi .

41. FICCI

42. Q.21

45. Q 22.
With which company TATA Power isin a
joint ventureto producesolar power thus
making it thelargest solar power company in
Asia??

47. Q 23.
Which global giant hasentered into ajoint
venturewith TATA Global beveragesto cater
to theever rising coffeedemandsin India??

49. Q 24.
 In 1998 Tatasold of their 50% stakein thecosmetic
productscompany Lakmé to HLL for Rs200 Crore
(approx. 45 million US$), and created X from the
money it madethrough thesale. All shareholdersof
Lakméweregiven different sharesin X. Y, the
chairperson of Lakmé, went on to head X. Thereason
behind thesalewasthat Y( Co smetic Czarina o f
India ) saw agreater growth potential in retail, and
believed that it would bemuch moredifficult for an
Indian company to releasenew cosmetic productsin a
market that had opened up to global companies.
 GivemeX & Y.

50. X=TRENT/WESTSIDE
Y=Simone Tata

51. Q 25.
X wasIncorporated on 6th September 1954 at
Mumbai. TheCompany waspromoted by M/s.
___kart Brothersand Tatas
X isnow apart of the TataGroup. The
managing director isMr. Sanjay Johri.
X provided theair-conditioning for theworld's
biggest ocean liner, the RMSQueen Mary
2 and also theworld'stallest building, the Burj
Khalifa

53. QUIZ MASTER
SUYASH SENGAR