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Q1) This Company started off in 1861 solely with the purpose of
manufacturing guns and other firearms.
It slowly branched out into the manufacture of motorcycles,
motorcars and bicycles. At its peak, it was the
largest motorcycle producer in the world. It has slowly declined
thereafter, but cycles bearing their brand
name are still being manufactured and distributed within India
by TI Cycles of Indiahowever with no
direct connection to the original company. Name the company.
Q2) Gazovaya Promyshlennost means gas industryin a particular
language. A company, which is the
largest extractor of natural gas in the world, derives its name
from that phrase. Name the language and
the company we are talking about?
Q3) Identify him.
Q4) The project X is the first of its kind in post-independence
India. It was implemented jointly by three
institutionsa state Government entity, L&T and Scomi. Scomi
was previously involved in the
implementation of a similar project in its home country,
Malaysia. Quite recently, the project X was
officially inaugurated by a very famous BITS alumnus. Identify
X.
Q5) 2009 saw a fairly astonishing coincidence; an American
insurance company with a three-lettered logo
was replaced as the shirt sponsor of a sports team by another
American insurance company with a three-
lettered logo. Which sports team are we talking about?
Q6) In the Middle Ages, French merchants carried their money in
a bougette, or "little bag". Their
monetary resources would thus, be confined to that bag. A very
common English word, normally used inan economic or financial
context, has been derived from the word bougette. Which word?
Q7) The Shapoorji Pallonji Group is a rather conspicuous name on
campus. Mr. Pallonji Mistry was the
chairman of the group until his elder son Shapoor took over, a
couple of years ago.
Interestingly, Mr. Pallonji is currently not an Indian citizen.
He gave up his Indian citizenship in 2003 for
obtaining the citizenship of another countryhis wifes home
country. Identify the country.
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Q8) Some of the Delhites here might be aware of the small world
machinesinstalled in a few of Delhis
malls. Similar machines were also installed in some malls in
Lahorewith 3D touchscreens to encourage
shoppers from both countries to interact with their
counterparts. They could join hands, wave, draw peace
signs and even dance together.
Which companys marketing campaign are these small world machines
a part of?
Q9) A Los Angeles based frozen yoghurt restaurant chain recently
forayed into India by opening stores in
Mumbai, Bengaluru and Chennai. In the Indian markets, it faces
stiff competition from an Indian chain of
frozen yoghurt restaurants with a name which sounds incredibly
similar to theirs. Identify both restaurant
chains.
Q10) It was Warren Buffet and Bill Gates who together, initiated
this campaign to get the wealthiest
people in the world to commit to giving a majority of their
wealth to philanthropy. About 120 individuals
and families have already committed to this cause. Name this
initiative.
Q11) Starbucks took its name from a character in a famous novel.
Identify the novel.
Q12) Sharp is one of the better known television manufacturers
in the world. Its founder, Tokuji
Hayakawa also has a few inventions credited to his name one of
which led to the company getting its
nameSharp. What invention?
Q13) Macau is one of the two special administrative regions of
the Peoples Republic of China. Taxation
revenues from a particular industry in Macau account for a
staggering 70% of the total revenue of its
Government. Which industry?
Q14) This French company publishes a Red Guide annually which is
regarded as the best restaurant
and hotel reference guide. It also presents a select few
restaurants with starsfor excellence. These stars
often have a huge bearing on the popularity of a restaurant.
Name this company whose core business is
something totally unrelated to the food business.
Q15) The Chemical Industrial and Pharmaceutical Laboratorieshow
do we better know it as?
Q16) Deepak Mohoni is the founder of market advisory firm
Trendwatch India. He frequently features on
channels like CNBC TV18 and NDTV Profit and also writes analysis
columns for newspapers.
A few years ago, he was involved in a trademark dispute with the
BSE. For what?
Q17) Rajan Pillai was a flamboyant Indian businessman. In the
mid-1980s, he took control of the Asian
subsidiaries of Huntley & Palmer, the British biscuit
manufacturing company which controlled Britannia
Industries, India's largest bakery and biscuit- making
concern.
His luck started to run out in the 1990s and when he was unable
to pay creditors back their money.
Owing to this, he was arrested and sent to the Tihar jail in
1995. He died in custody just four days afterhis arrest.
What was Rajan Pillai popularly nicknamed as?
Q18) Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao was an Indian journalist,
nationalist, politician and a social reformer.
He campaigned for the Indian freedom struggle in Andhra Pradesh
through a weekly he founded
Andhra Patrika,in 1909.
