The document discusses various topics related to automobiles and motorsports: 1) It asks the reader to name the company that manufactures a certain car once popular in India. 2) It mentions a defunct Indian motorcycle company that changed its brand name. 3) It asks who are the current drivers for the Sahara Force India Formula 1 team.

1. THE AUTO QUIZ PRELIMS

2. 1
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they
would have said faster horses.”

3. 2. ID

4. 3.
The X emblem symbolises the amalgamation
of X with DKW, Horch and Wanderer.
Its similarity to a Olympic symbol caused the
International Olympic Committee to sue X in
International Trademark Court in 1995. This
led to the redesign of the emblem in 2009

5. 4.*
“I am having nightmares” - Chief U.N. climate
scientist Rajendra Pachauri. Nobel Peace
Prize winner.

6. 5.
It was once the most popular car in India as it
was perceived to be best suited to the harsh
Indian terrain. But following the Mumbai
terrorist attack, these cars were replaced with
bulletproof SUVs.
Name the company that manufactures them.

7. 6.
What was originally made by Vishwakarma for
Brahma, later gifted to Kubera by Bhrahma
and finally stolen by Kubera’s half-brother?

8. 7. Connect?

9. 8.
Name India's first indigenously developed
passenger car?

10. 9.*

11. 10. ID Logo

12. 11.
Ideal Jawa now a defunct company in Mysore
used to sell bikes under name Jawa.
What did they change their brand name to?

13. 12.
Louis, who worked as a mechanic, a racing car
driver, designed his own car and built an
overhead valve six-cylinder engine in his own
machine shop, decided to start a company
with Durant, William Little and Dr Edwin
Campbell. The company was established in
Detroit, choosing as the company's logo a
stylized Swiss cross, to honor his parents'
homeland. Name the company.

14. 13.
Name the two current Sahara Force India
drivers.

15. 14. *
As gas prices continue to rise -- along with
concern about harmful emissions -- hybrid
cars are increasing in popularity. But their
inception lead to a unique problem. To solve
this, Japan and US passed laws forcing
manufacturers to make changes to their cars.
What?

16. 15.

17. 16.
Two theories prevail as to why X uses "The
Doctor." One is that X adopted the nickname
upon having earned a degree, which in Italy
entitles one to use the title "Doctor". Another,
as spoken by Graziano himself, "The Doctor
because, I don't think there is a particular
reason, but it's beautiful, and is important, The
Doctor. And in Italy, The Doctor is a name you
give to someone for respect, it's very important,
The Doctor... important". X often jokes, however,
that the name arrived because in Italy, X is a

18. 17.
• Who is the sole tyre manufacturer of the F1
Gran Prix?

19. 18.

20. 19.*

21. 20.
This word comes from a French word meaning
“carbide”. The word means to combine with
carbon. In fuel chemistry, the term has the more
specific meaning of increasing the carbon (and
therefore energy) content of a fuel by mixing it
with a volatile hydrocarbon.
Whats the good word?