4. Rules:
The quiz will consist of a Preliminary and a
Final Round.
The Prelims will consist of 20 questions, and
each question will carry one mark.
The top 8 teams will advance to the final
round.
Use of any unfair means (use of Google or
other unfair means will result in instant
disqualification.)
Questions will be star marked
questions, and will be used as tie breakers.
7. Products of this company:
Nirodh, the first-ever condom brand produced in
India and is credited with the success of the family
planning initiative of the Indian Government.
Saheli, the world's first and only oral non-hormonal,
non-steroidal oral contraceptive, is taken as a weekly
pill.
Name the Indian healthcare product manufacturing
company(PSU) which manufactures these two.
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8. 2
People often think that the animal on the
Mozilla Firefox logo is a fox. This "firefox" is
actually another animal that is a
protected species in Asia. A mistake when
translating the animal’s name from
Chinese to English is how we got Firefox.
Name the original animal appearing in
the logo of Mozilla Firefox.
9. 3
“A planned attempt by a third party to associate itself
directly or indirectly with the Olympics Game to gain the
recognition and the benefits of being an official partner of
the Olympics” -
IOA describes this “illegal” marketing strategy in the same
exact words.
Nike are the masters of this strategy, instead of spending
hundreds of millions in securing official sponsorships they
hijack it and create public perception of being
associated with Olympics.
Name this marketing strategy which effectively
humiliated Adidas in 2012 Olympics.
10. Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel founded the
organisation in 1946 and served as its
chairman until his retirement in the 1970s.
He hired Verghese Kurien in 1949, initially
as the general manager, where Kurien
guided the technical and marketing
efforts of the cooperative.
Kurien briefly became the chairman of
the organisation following Patel's death in
1994, and is credited with the success of
the organisation’s marketing and success.
Name the organisation.
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11. 5
Originally started as a pilot project in 2014, this device was
developed by NPCI(National Payments Corporation of
India). The device employs a Radio Frequency Identification
Technology which automates a previously time consuming
and laborious process and saves time. This device system
has single handedly led a revolution in Indian infra and
boosted efficiency in operations.
Identify the device.
12. 6
In the early 60’s Cabin hotels became famous in Kolkata as these
served as the perfect place for women to hang out with their
families in privacy or as a meeting place for lovers also. In 1925
Balaram Jana started such a cabin named after his son in one of
the prime locations of Calcutta. Name this cabin which will
complete its 100 years next year and still running smoothly.
13. 7
Agnishwar Jayaprakash was a supremely
talented swimmer in his teens and youth. However
he later pivoted towards the tech world and
founded one of India’s premier drone startups.
Boasting Thala Dhoni as the brand ambassador
and CSK as an official partner, his startup was
making headlines. However lately his startup has
been accused of importing Chinese drones and
rebranding them to fit the Make in India narrative.
Simply give me the name of the startup
Agnishwar founded.
14. 8
“I have this great move called the Walrus
where I lie on top of my opponent and do
nothing.”
Identifythespeakerandthecontext
15. 9
The first chance to invest in a company when a
company becomes public, which allows the
company to raise equity capital from public
investors is called ______ ______ _____
Give exact term(full form).
16. 10
This joke programming language is designed to
create computer programs that are also hair
metal power ballads(songs). One of the reasons
Dylan Beattie made it is to stop recruiters and
managers from referring to people as “_________
programmers.” Name this programming
language inspired from the idea of rock’n’roll!
17. 11
“Namaskaram, Njan RJ Gregory”! The
state’s radio jockey introduces himself as
listeners tune into Sargakshetra 89.6 FM
Community Radio. The community radio
was launched last week in Mannanam,
Kottayam, by the CMI congregation of
the Catholic Church. What is special
about RJ Gregory ?
18. 12
This is a systematic approach to investing and
involves allocating a small predetermined amount
of money for investment at regular intervals
which makes this a feasible way of- purchased
cost averaging in the long run. Name this
approach.
Full form needed.
19. A Bengali confectioner, entrepreneur,
businessman and Bengali cultural icon of the
early 20th century. His name was inspired
from one of the Hindu God’s name.
He is considered to be the inventor of
‘Rasmalai’ and is associated with one of the
most successful confectionary chains in this
region.
Identify the person.
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20. 14
The Company holds the master franchise of
Popeyes, Dunkin Donut and Dominos
throughout the Indian subcontinent region.
Their homegrown casual Chinese dining brand
Hong’s kitchen is a famous and growing
restaurant chain from Delhi NCR.
Name the Company (You will see this name in
every dominos store)
21. 15
This is an advertisement for a Soft drinks
brand by Pure Drinks Group.
It was a market leader in India before the
liberalization policy came into action.
Thus the brand’s popularity declined and
in 2000
its major firms were closed and
production was reduced.
But in 2022 it got a revival when a big
conglomerate company took this over
and made this product easily available
again.
Identify the soft drink’s name.
22. 16
Identify the Brand and the
entrepreneur.
He was a teacher of Sukumar ray
in Presidency college.
24. 18
Some say Sin tax is the reason for their slow
growth.
In all other ways the company is just a perfect.
August 2023 demerger news gave it a push,
increasing its share price giving it a 3 years
ROE of 25.0%.
Name this Company headquartered in Kolkata
with a high dividend yield.
25. 19
X is an AI platform which implies to build, teach and use
intelligent systems. X was founded in 2014-15 by former
Microsoft engineers. X gets its name from ancient
japanese way of farming small trees in containers. X is “a
Machine Teaching service that abstracts the complexity
of AI and enables non-software Engineers to create
intelligent industrial control systems.”
Identify X.
26. Purnendu Chatterjee, a lesser-known Bengali
billionaire is one of the most successful Bengali
businessmen ever. He is the founder and
chairman of The Chatterjee Group, owning
numerous successful national and multinational
ventures. Name his premier venture which makes
him a business tycoon in one of the most export
oriented sectors in India.
One can see it's global headquarters in Salt Lake.
Name the company.
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