Tata Crucible Corporate Edition 2016 – Gurugram– Regional Round Questions
Results:
- WINNER: Deloitte : Rohan Khanna & Karun Sethi
- RUNNER UP: P&G : Abhishek Kumar & Samprati
Regional Round Questions:
Q.1. In 1863 recipe for “A Sinee Kabaub” in Godey’s Lady’s Book, the most popular magazine of the Civil War era. A neat illustration of chunks of beef threaded on a skewer (the concept of the kebab was also new) was accompanied by instructions to strew the meat with “a small quantity of fine curry-powder” and “expose the same before a clear, fierce charcoal fire, basting the whole with a bunch of fowls’ feathers introduced into fresh ____ till done brown”. At the bottom were instructions on how to make ____. What is unusual about this recipe that introduced something very commonly used in India?
Ans. Ghee
Q.2. Identify the personality.
Ans. Chris Sacca
[Christopher Sacca is a venture investor, company advisor and entrepreneur as well as a former lawyer.He is the proprietor of Lowercase Capital, a venture capital fund in the United States that has invested in seed and early-stage technology companies like Twitter, Uber, Instagram, Twilio and Kickstarter. ]
Q.3. Crack the formula
Ans. ASUS
[HOT STAR, NEWS CORPS, UNILEVER, TIMES]
Q.4. Which entity is named after N N Mohan?
Ans. Mohan Meakins
Q.5. Who dabbled as an advice columnist penning a series of newspaper columnist, penning a series of newspaper columns on workplace dilemmas that earned him the nickname “ Dear Abby of the Workplace?”
Ans. Andy Grove
Q.6.What was this graph all about?
Ans. Graph that inspired Super Mario
Q.7. Which company , now owned by the Tatas, was established in 1994 by Joe Swart & Jonathan Kelsey?
Ans. Joekels
[3rd largest tea business in South Africa]
Q.8. Analytical question.
Ans. BBC
[FORBES, EDWARD DE BONO, CITROEN]
Q.9. Identify the connect:
Ans. The Honest Company
[Honest Company logo, Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (US beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist) : Brand Ambassador, Christopher Gavian (co-founder) , Jessica Alba -founder (video)]
Q.10. Leveraging the Kumbh, which brand kicked off its campaign titled ‘Shubh Bhojan ki Shubh Shuruwat?
Ans. Tata Salt
Q.11. Identify this entity headed by this business scion.
Ans. Jaypee Group [Manoj Gaur, Executive Chairman]
Q.12. His name is Bernie Goldhirsh. Which magazine did he start in 1979?
Ans. Inc. magazine
Q.13. Analytical Question.
Ans. BHEL
[SYMBIAN, HTC, GOOGLE, T-MOBILE]
Q.14. The story goes like this: Theophilus Van Kannel, an Amercian inventor, hated chivalry. There was nothing he despised more than trying to walk in or out of a building, and locking horns with other men in a game of “oh you first, I insist.” But most of all, Theophilus Van Kannel hated opening doors for women. What did he create?
Ans. Revolving Door
Q.15. Which entity does he head?
Ans. Rajesh Export (Rajesh Mehta )
Q.16. Identify the connect:
Ans. Mcvitie’s
[Logo of United Buscuit (owner of brand), McVitie & Price made the wedding cake for Princess Elizabeth & Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, Alexander Grant devised & produced the first and original ‘Digestive biscuit’ , Kajol – Brand Ambassador]
Q.17. These are the famous people who were collectively called “The Associates”. Their names were Collis Potter Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker & ___________. The missing 4th person lent his name to a huge university in the US. Who was he?
Ans. Leland Stanford [first from left hand side]
Q.18. Which brand was launched in 2006 by self-confessed tea enthusiasts, Louise Cheadle & Nick Kilby with funding by Tata Global Beverages?
Ans. Teapigs
Q.19. This retailer traces its history to 1778 when William Clark established a drapers store at 44 Wigmore Street in London’s West End selling expensive fabrics, bonnets, gloves and parasols. Name the retailer from London?
Ans. Debenhams
Questions contributed by Debasish Mandal of BHEL, Bhopal