Soapy Grey Matter: Tata Crucible: Corporate Quiz: 2011

Here are the questions from this year's Tata Crucible Corporate Ahmedabad edition.

Prelims

Which is the most paid visited monument in the world?
Zaibatsu is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan. 3 of the Big Four are Mitsui, Mitsuibishi and Yasuda. Which is the fourth?
Which glossy weekly magazine started in 1882 at Arorbans Press, Lahore?
Identify the lady.
Which city’s name appeared in Citibank’s name when it was founded in 1812?
“The extra half an inch: Hair, heels and everything in between” is the book written by which global celebrity?
How do we better know this company which started its life in 1976 by name of Multitech? [
Why were only 241 fountain pens issued Mont Blanc for its special Gandhi 241 series?
Who is currently #9 on Forbes list of Richest Fictional Characters, based on the value of realty in Atlantic City?
Kuensel was the only newspaper of which country till year 2006? [Hint: Happiness is very important to the country!]
A controversial breast milk ice cream was named after a celebrity. What was it's name?
Book based on which historical character?
What word comes from “bench” in Italian?
Who funded C V Raman for his nobel winning research?
Who was the founder of H.D.F.C?
Identify this Management guru.
The tag line of which brand is “ The good looking rascal rules”?
“The softest pillow is a clear conscience”. Whose words?
“Major banks should not only be socially controlled but also publicly owned”.
Who said it?
Which company does she lead? [Hint: Competitor of iPhone!]

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