TATA CRUCIBLE CORPORATE EDITION 2012 CHANDIGARH

Runners up: Bharat Petroleum

Winners: Cavin Care

PRELIMS QUESTIONS:

1] During this company’s early days in 1684, it received an impressive order of 357 mirrors for the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. Name the company as we now know it.

2] Which brand has roped in Gautam Gambhir, Vijender Singh, Sushil Kumar, Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal  as brand ambassadors?

3] Fill in the Blank.

4] Complete the tourism promotion ad line “AMAZING ................ ALWAYS AMAZES YOU.”

5] Vibha Rishi , who is currently is an executive director, Customer Strategy at Future group created which famous campaign for PepsiCo during 1996 Cricket World Cup when Coca Cola was the official sponsor.

6] Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra took over as the chairman of an Indian Financial Institution in June 2012.Which one? (Clue: He could be in the news for the next round of FDI discussions in India)

7] ID the Company from this ad.

8] The iMac was codenamed C1.What did C stand for?

9] In hotel business, what is RevPAR?

10] What is the Sanskrit word for SILVER which has also led to an English word? (Hint given :connected  to SHER SHAH SURI)

11] Id this  Ad Campaign.

12] Numismatics is the hobby of collecting what?

13] Which word was first published in 1960s by Frederic C Billingsley to describe the photographic elements of a television image?( The term is quite popular in the computer and digital era)

14] Expand GPRS.

15] In 1969 Neil Armstrong spoke the famous words,”one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind” from the moon on a ..................... transceiver. Which transceiver company?

16] Id the Brand from these characters.

17] Name the laptop (specific name) modelled after Japanese BENTO Tiffin boxes.

18] What does IBIBO stand for?

19] What modern term is used to describe a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio files that can be either downloaded or streamed online through a computer or a hand held device?

20] Identify this business tycoon.

Cut off was 14.Final 6 teams were as follows

1.Cavin Care -Nishit and Abhilash

2.Pioneers & Partners- Syed Rahman & Samir 

3.SBI- Sachin Luthra & Karan

4.Infosys-Jasmeet & Vibhor

5.Bharat Petroleum-Nagendra & Nagesh

6. Zscaler- Lalit & Sandeep

Tata Crucible Corporate edition 2012  winners-

Chandigarh 2012 Champions- Cavin Care (Nishit and Abhilash)

Chandigarh 2012 runner up-Bharat Petroleum (Nagendra and Nagesh )

ANSWERS:

1] Saint Gobain

2] Emami Fast Relief

3] P.Chidambaram (sequence being that of Finance ministers of India)

4] Thailand

5] Nothing Official about it

6] LIC (Life Insurance Corporation Of India)

7] Sony Cyber shot

8] Consumer/Customer

9] Revenue per Available Room

10] Rupiya  (Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century by Sher Shah Suri.   The term is from rūpya-, a Sanskrit term for silver coin.]

11] Liril

12] Coin collecting

13] Pixel

14] General Packet Radio Service

15] Motorola

16] Amaron

17] ThinkPad

18] I Build I Bond

19] Podcasting

20] Aditya Mittal