Saturday, September 25, 2010

TATA CRUCIBLE CORPORATE EDITION 2010 [CHANDIGARH]


History was written in the books of tata crucible as a team comprising of 2 doctors from THE ARMED FORCES MEDICAL SERVICES WON THE CHANDIGARH ROUND,becoming the first team from armed forces to win the corporate crucible........their final score was 80......way ahead of IDEA CELLULAR who came second after a tie breaker.
Will post the final round questions in coming days....for now here are the Prelim questions::

1] Founder of Coca Cola ASA CANDLER developed which popular marketing practice coming from French words for ‘to cut’?

2] UK’s IMPERIAL TOBACCO and mumbai based BARAKAT FOOD & TOBACCO PVT LTD. have recently entered into an import and distribution agreement for which brand of cigarette in India?

3] Born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, U.S how do we better know Mr. Samuel Moore...?[hint::retail]

4] It was designed by Robert tor Russell, chief architect to the  government of india based upon an outline by  W.H Nichollas in 1932 as a central business place and named after a duke. What?

5] “How he lost a fortune & found a wife” is a book about X’s adventures in china. X is Australian born American business magnate . Give X..

6] This Gujarat based  pharmaceutical company was founded by UTTAMBHAI MEHTA, a medical representative who quit his job at SANDOZ(india) because of his illness.

7]This telecommunication medium was invented in 1966 by two british scientists CHARLES KAO & GEORGE HOCKHAM while working for british company STANDARD TELEPHONES & CABLES LTD.what?


8]Which brand of Skincare & acne medication was invented in U.S in 1950 by IVAN COMBE with help of chemist KEDZIE TELLER?

9] For which profession did H.G WELLS say that it is legalized lying ?

10] Which eponymous law says that “bad money drives good money out of circulation”? (options were given by GIRI ::ADAM’S LAW,GRESHAM’S LAW,MOORE’S LAW)

11] What product/device invented by Whitcomb Judson in 1893 originally used in shoes, met with little success initially but later on went on to have great demand.

12] Which company started off as ‘FAMOUS PLAYERS FILM COMPANY’ in may 1912?

13] NIKO BELLIC is the main protagonist of this VIDEO GAME He is a 30-year-old former soldier who wants  to escape his troubled past and pursue the "American Dream" .NIKO BELLIC  was persuaded to move by his cousin Roman, who claimed to be living a life of luxury, with beautiful women, sports cars and lots of money. Which game?

14] What terms are used  in ‘software release life cycle’ which comes from the names used in an IBM hardware product test conventions?


15]American ice cream company BEN & JERRY’S  released a flavour called “TOTALLY NUTS”.To which fictional character was this flavour dedicated?


16] ID THE FAMOUS ECONOMIST














17]Id the guy from the world of advertising....














18] ID THE LOGO.....










19] NAME THE PRODUCER...











20] PRINT AD FOR WHAT ........








  


ANSWERS::

1]Coupons
2]Davidoff
3]Sam Walton (founder of WalMart)
4]Connaught Place
5]Rupert Murdoch (news corporation)
6]Torrent Pharmaceuticals ltd
7]Optical fiber
8]Clearasil
9]Advertising
10]Gresham's law
11]Zip/zipper
12]Paramount pictures
13]Grand Theft Auto 4
14]Alpha & Beta versions
15]Dilbert
16]John Maynard Keynes
17]Piyush Pandey
18]Delhi Metro
19]Anil kapoor
20]Surf Excel

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