Pickbrain descended onto the city to conduct an exciting Corporate Edition of every quizzer's dream,Tata Crucibles.
Infosys,after a faltering start went on to finish the proceedings in great style.The winners took home a crash prize of Rs 75,000 and will represent Chandigarh at the National Finals.They were closely followed up by the team from Western Command,Indian Army.
Following are the questions asked in the preliminary round:
1)The question had details of the Caparo Group and the name of the owner was asked.
Answer: Lord Swaraj Paul
2)Expand MNP.
Answer: Mobile Number Portability
3)Swayam Infotainment is headed by the daughter of which Indian politician ?
Answer: Lal Krishna Advani
4)The logo of the company RIM was shown and the name of its major global brand was asked.
Answer: Blackberry
5)Whose media arm is Mumbai Mantra Media ?
Answer:Manhindra & Mahindra
6)Which company's evolution is described in the book "It Happened in India" ?
Answer: Future Group
7)Ben Southall was the find of this peculiar search . What ?
Answer: Best Job in the World
8)An ad of Lifebuoy.
9)"The Fan Of India" was the campaign of ?
Answer: Barclay's
10)Which brand has the tag line "100 % juice,nothing else" ?
Answer: Parle Agro
11)The book "Married to the mouse" by Richard E. Foglesong is based on which global giant ?
Answer: Walt Disney
12)Which company's brands include Safi/Roohafza/Pachnol ?
Answer:Hamdard
13)Who along with Bill Gates founded Microsoft ?
Answer: Paul Allen
14)Cover page of the book "Screw It,Let's do it" was shown and the name of the author was asked ?
Answer:Richard Branson
15)Which sport team has Airtel partnered ?
Answer:Manchester United
16)Uncannies was launched in India by which famous Internet portal ?
Answer:Yahoo!
17)Identifying the advertisement- Union Bank
18)Identifying the advertisement- Godrej
19)Name the president of World Bank.
Answer:Robert Zoellick
20) Precept is the golf management division of which tyre manufacturer ?
Answer:Bridgestone
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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4 comments:
how much the cut-off would have been?????? any ideas??????
Hi
I met Pickbrain after the quiz - he said it was 13 but felt the level has to improve. In his view this prelim shd score 15+ easily.
Dheeraj
asked giri..the cut off was 12..
Wonder why people keep on calling the quiz as Tata Crucibles :)
Is the QM Giri Balasubramaniams :)
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