Here are the questions from this year's Tata Crucible Corporate Ahmedabad edition.
Prelims
1. Name the cosmetics company started recently by Darshan Patel, who has been the co-promoter of Paras Pharma.
2.Defiance Technologies Ltd., a product engineering and enterprise solution provider from the Hinduja Group, has set up a social media command centre dedicated exclusively for which automobile giant?
3. Which Indian company from the computer education sector offers a scholarship called "Turning Point"?
4. Which CEO of an Indian IT company has stepped into the world of philanthropy with an initiative called 'Sampark'?
6. Mumbai based company 'The Shirt' is the exclusive apparel partner for which popular toy franchise?
7.Which brand launched the Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted watches in India?
8. The patent of which common stationary item was sold by William Middlebrook to the Cushman-Dennison firm in 1899, and later trademarked by the in 1904?
9.Which Union Miniater heads the CeeJay Group, and is nicknamed as 'The Beedi King'?
11. Which magazine was started by Princeton graduate Arthur Baldwin with the mission to serve as a "cultural barometer, putting fashion in the context of the larger world we live in- how we dress, live, socialize; what we eat, listen to, watch; who leads and inspires us."?
12. Which company's over 100 products, dating from 1946 through 1999. re archived at the Smithsonian Museum? The first product of the company was called the Wondernian Bowl.
13. Which Asian sports star was #2 on the Forbes List of top 10 earning female sportspersons in the Olympics, behind Maria Sharapova?
14. Which iconic mascot was created by Green Lantern creator Martin Nodell, and features a famous tummy poke in every ad?
15. The logo of which financial service provider was inspired by the Rock of Gibraltar?
16.Which Indian enterprise was named after the spacecraft which landed first on the moon, because of the promoter’s vision of being the first and the foremost in all its chosen fields?
17. Kenneth Daigneau was paid $100 for suggesting which 4-lettered word to the Hormel Foods?
18. Which retail store chain started as The Golden Rule store with Guy Johnson and Thomas Callahan as two other founder partners?
19.Abram Games created the logo for which multimedia conglomerate [called the Bat's Wings] , which was changed in 1961?
21. In 1846 Sir Harry Lumsden raised a Corps of Guides for frontier service from British Indian recruits at Peshawar. What did he introduce then, which was quickly adopted by the British Army as well as by the Indian Army later?
22. SS Nadkarni,RH Patil and Ravi Narayan headed which financial institution in the country after leaving their jobs at IDBI bank?
23. What kids' clothing brand was started by Prakash Lakhani in 1980 with just 4 stitching machines?
24. ________________ is an Internet content delivery network started by MIT graduate student Daniel M. Lewin, and MIT Applied Mathematics professor Tom Leighton, who was latter killed aboard Flight 11 in 9/11 attacks.
25.Which Indian actress endorses the Yamaha Ray?
Answers:
1.ViNi Group
2. Nissan
3.NIIT
4.Vineet Nayar [HCL]
5.Nokia Talk/ Nokia Luna
6. Barbie
7. Zook by Fasttrack
8. U-Clip
9. Praful Patel
10. Victorinox
11. Vogue
12. Tupperware
13. Li Na [China]
14. Pilsbury Doughboy
15. Prudential Group
16. Apollo Hospitals
17.Spam [Only 1 team got it correct!]
18. J.C Penney
20. Aditya Mittal
21. Khaki uniform
22. National Stock Exchange
23. Gini & Jony
24. Akamai Technologies
25. Deepika Padukone
