The document is a quiz consisting of 15 questions related to Indian brands, companies, and notable historical figures, with answers embedded throughout. It covers topics such as the origins of various brands, key figures in the Indian business landscape, and cultural references relevant to India. Each question encourages participants to identify brands or historical facts regarding India's commercial and cultural history.

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QM: Diganto Sarkar

3. Prelims
• 15 questions
• No negatives
• To be answered on Google forms
• Form will be closed soon after prelims get over
• In case of tie, time-stamp and internal tie-breaker to be
used
• Top 8 participants into finals

4. 1. Identify the BRAND.
Headquartered in Bengaluru and launched by Hector Beverages
in 2013, this company is funded by N.R. Narayan Murthy’s
Catamaran Ventures and Sequoia Capital. Hector Beverages
was founded in 2009 by Neeraj Kakkar, Neeraj Biyani, Suhas
Misra and James Nuttall.
The idea for the brand is said to have taken birth during one of the
office lunch that the co-founders would have together in the
early years. Mishra's mother would pack him a flask of Aam
Panna everyday and once while reaching out for the drink, as
they were mulling over business ideas, a brain wave to
commercially produce ethnic Indian drinks that were hitherto
unavailable in the market struck. And the idea was born thus.

5. 2. Identify.

6. 3 . Which renowned
company?
In the mid-1880s, Dr. S.K. Burman, an Ayurvedic
practitioner in Kolkata, concocted medicines for diseases
like cholera and malaria. He went on to set up X Ltd in
1884 to mass-produce his Ayurvedic formulations. His
son, C.L. Burman, set up its first R&D unit. The current
chairman, Dr. Anand Burman, and vice-chairman Amit
Burman, are part of the fifth generation of the Burman
family. The Burmans were among the first business
families in India to separate ownership from management
when they handed over the management of the company
to professionals in 1998.

7. 4. This has served as an inspiration
for logo of a prominent institution.
Which?

8. 5. Who?
It was created by Bobby Kooka, the then-commercial
director, and Umesh Rao, an artist with J. Walter
Thompson Limited in 1946. Kooka stated that, "We call
him a X for want of a better description. But his blood
isn't blue. He may look like royalty, but he isn't royal".
The company adopted X as its mascot in 1946. It was used
in promoting it although initially designed only for the
memo-pads. The X was given a makeover in 2015 and the
brand is represented by a younger version.

9. 6. The Indian Standard
Time(IST) introduced on
1st September, 1947,
passes through which
town which became
popular recently due to
yet another reason?

10. 7. Which app/software?
• X is the mobile e-Sports platform based in India. It is operated
by Bangalore-based Galactus Funware Technology Pvt. Ltd.
• It was founded in September 2018 by Sai Srinivas Kiran
Garimella and Shubham Malhotra, who earlier worked together
on Consumer Electronics company CREO.
• On 15 April 2019, X signed up as a member of All India Gaming
Federation (AIGF), which focuses on setting regulations &
policies to govern the gaming industry in India.
• In April 2019, it entered into a strategic partnership with flipkart
owned PhonePe. The partnership allows PhonePe users to play
its fantasy cricket game from within its app.
• In March 2019, X signed up Virat Kohli as their brand
ambassador for a duration of one year

11. 8. Where
have we all
seen this
picture?

12. 9. FITB.
The ____ were first introduced in 1954. The Clares was the
original name of it, named after The Times of
India critic Clare Mendonca. Readers of ____ were polled
to decide the winners, and over 20,000 readers spread
throughout India participated in the polls; trophies were
given to winners of the popular vote, in the first function,
held on 21 March 1954 at the Metro Theatre of Mumbai.

13. 10. Which company?
___ started as a 100% subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills (Tomco).
It was named after the French opera ___, which itself is the
French form of Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth) who is
renowned for her beauty. It was started in 1952 famously,
because then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was
concerned that Indian women were spending precious
foreign exchange on beauty products and personally
requested JRD Tata to manufacture them in India. Later it
was sold to HUL.

14. 11. Which company?
• The company specialized in film production and event
management. The business was plagued by financial
difficulties. The main reason for the bad performance of
X was blamed on the gross mismanagement of the
company by the then CEO, Sanjiv Gupta, who went on to
become the CEO of Coca-Cola India.
• The company burst into the limelight in 1996 when it was
responsible for bringing to India the Miss World Pageant,
but was then mired with controversy when the company
was not able to pay its dues.

15. 12. This is the philosophy of
which Indian company?
The sentence written below the company logo
is “Yogakshemam Vahamyaham”
from Bhagavadgita. Which means “I shall
ensure the safety and well-being of my
devotees”.

16. 13. What?
Formulated in 1906 in Ghaziabad, British India by Naqi Ali
Shah, and launched from Old Delhi, India. Currently, it is
manufactured by the companies founded by him and his
sons, Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan, Hamdard (Wakf)
Laboratories, India and Hamdard (WAQF) Laboratories,
Bangladesh. Since 1948, the company has been manufacturing
the product in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The name ____ is sometimes translated as "refresher of the
soul". It is said that this name was made up by the original
formulator, with possible cultural influences.
It was founded by Hamdard's founder Haqim Hafiz Abdul
Majeed.

17. 14. This is logo
of which GI
tagged product
in India
renowned all
over the world
for its ‘premium’
quality?

18. 15. How did the Tatas
‘immortalise’ him?
Sumant Moolgaokar (5 March 1906 – 1989) was
an Indian industrialist, known as architect of Tata
Motors. He was the chief executive of Tata
Engineering and Locomotive Company
(TELCO).He also remained Vice-Chairman
of Tata Steel and served as non-executive
chairman of Maruti Suzuki. He was awarded
the Padma Bhushan, third-highest civilian honour
by the Government of India in 1990.

19. ANSWERS

20. 1. Identify the BRAND.
Headquartered in Bengaluru and launched by Hector Beverages
in 2013, this company is funded by N.R. Narayan Murthy’s
Catamaran Ventures and Sequoia Capital.Hector Beverages was
founded in 2009 by Neeraj Kakkar, Neeraj Biyani, Suhas Misra
and James Nuttall.
The idea for the brand is said to have taken birth during one of the
office lunch that the co-founders would have together in the
early years. Mishra's mother would pack him a flask of Aam
Panna everyday and once while reaching out for the drink, as
they were mulling over business ideas, a brain wave to
commercially produce ethnic Indian drinks that were hitherto
unavailable in the market struck. And the idea was born thus.

21. Paper Boat

22. 2. Identify.

23. Imperial Bank Of India

24. 3 . Which renowned
company?
In the mid-1880s, Dr. S.K. Burman, an Ayurvedic
practitioner in Kolkata, concocted medicines for diseases
like cholera and malaria. He went on to set up X Ltd in
1884 to mass-produce his Ayurvedic formulations. His
son, C.L. Burman, set up its first R&D unit. The current
chairman, Dr. Anand Burman, and vice-chairman Amit
Burman, are part of the fifth generation of the Burman
family. The Burmans were among the first business
families in India to separate ownership from management
when they handed over the management of the company
to professionals in 1998.

25. Dabur

26. 4. This has served as an inspiration
for logo of a prominent institution.
Which?

27. IIM Ahmedabad

28. 5. Who?
It was created by Bobby Kooka, the then-commercial
director, and Umesh Rao, an artist with J. Walter
Thompson Limited in 1946. Kooka stated that, "We call
him a X for want of a better description. But his blood
isn't blue. He may look like royalty, but he isn't royal".
The company adopted X as its mascot in 1946. It was used
in promoting it although initially designed only for the
memo-pads. The X was given a makeover in 2015 and the
brand is represented by a younger version.

29. Air India Maharaja

30. 6. The Indian Standard
Time(IST) introduced on
1st September, 1947,
passes through which
town which became
popular recently due to
yet another reason?

31. Mirzapur

32. 7. Which app/software?
• X is the mobile e-Sports platform based in India. It is operated
by Bangalore-based Galactus Funware Technology Pvt. Ltd.
• It was founded in September 2018 by Sai Srinivas Kiran
Garimella and Shubham Malhotra, who earlier worked together
on Consumer Electronics company CREO.
• On 15 April 2019, X signed up as a member of All India Gaming
Federation (AIGF), which focuses on setting regulations &
policies to govern the gaming industry in India.
• In April 2019, it entered into a strategic partnership with flipkart
owned PhonePe. The partnership allows PhonePe users to play
its fantasy cricket game from within its app, thus giving a larger
audience reach to MPL.
• In March 2019, MPL signed up Virat Kohli as their brand
ambassador for a duration of one year

33. MPL

34. 8. Where
have we all
seen this
picture?

35. Currency Notes Of India

36. 9. FITB.
The ____ were first introduced in 1954. The Clares was the
original name of the award ceremony, named after The
Times of India critic Clare Mendonca. Readers
of ____ were polled to decide the winners, and over 20,000
readers spread throughout India participated in the
polls; trophies were given to winners of the popular vote. In
the first awards function, held on 21 March 1954 at
the Metro Theatre of Mumbai.

37. Filmfare

38. 10. Which company?
___ started as a 100% subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills (Tomco).
It was named after the French opera ___, which itself is the
French form of Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth) who is
renowned for her beauty. It was started in 1952 famously,
because then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was
concerned that Indian women were spending precious
foreign exchange on beauty products and personally
requested JRD Tata to manufacture them in India. Later it
was sold to HUL.

39. Lakmé Cosmetics

40. 11. Which company?
• The company specialized in film production and event
management. The business was plagued by financial
difficulties. The main reason for the bad performance of
X was blamed on the gross mis-management of the
company by the then CEO, Sanjiv Gupta, who went on to
become the CEO of Coca-Cola India.
• The company burst into the limelight in 1996 when it was
responsible for bringing to India the Miss World Pageant,
but was then mired with controversy when the company
was not able to pay its dues.

41. ABCL

42. This is the philosophy of
which Indian company?
The sentence written below the company logo
is “Yogakshemam Vahamyaham”
from Bhagavadgita. Which means “I shall
ensure the safety and well-being of my
devotees”.

43. LIC

44. 13. What?
It was formulated in 1906 in Ghaziabad, British India by Naqi Ali
Shah, and launched from Old Delhi, India. Currently, it is
manufactured by the companies founded by him and his
sons, Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan, Hamdard (Wakf)
Laboratories, India and Hamdard (WAQF) Laboratories,
Bangladesh. Since 1948, the company has been manufacturing
the product in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The name ____ is sometimes translated as "refresher of the
soul". It is said that this name was made up by the original
formulator of the drink, with possible cultural influences.
It was founded by Hamdard's founder Haqim Hafiz Abdul
Majeed.

45. Rooh Afza

46. 14. This is logo
of which GI
tagged product
in India
renowned all
over the world
for its ‘premium’
quality?

47. Darjeeling Tea

48. 15. How did the Tatas
‘immortalise’ him?
Sumant Moolgaokar (5 March 1906 – 1989) was
an Indian industrialist, known as architect of Tata
Motors. He was the chief executive of Tata
Engineering and Locomotive Company
(TELCO).He also remained Vice-Chairman
of Tata Steel and served as non-executive
chairman of Maruti Suzuki. He was awarded
the Padma Bhushan, third-highest civilian honour
by the Government of India in 1990.

49. Named Tata ‘SuMo’ after
him