1. • 26 written questions. Exchange sheets when
you are done
• 3 points per question. No negatives
• For 10-14 correct answers, additional 3
points, for 15-20 correct answers, additional 6
points, for 21-26 correct answers, additional 9
points
2. 1.
• X, which is five fee high and eight feet long and
which weighs over a tonne, was sculpted by
Bhagwan Rampure, an artist from Solapur. X was
installed on January 12, 2008 as a symbol of good
luck amidst much fanfare. However, after just 10
days, there were demands to pull X down, as it was
deemed as a panvati, harbinger of bad luck. What is
X?
3. 2.
• X's origins lie in a "daylong brainstorming
session" held by board members of the
podcasting company Odeo. The developers
initially considered "10958" as a five-character
American SMS short code, but later changed it
to "40404" for "ease of use and memorability.
One of the founders of X later went on to
found another popular venture called
“square”. What is X?
4. 3. The organization below used to own X till January 2006. It sold
off X to a consortium led by Kalanidhi Maran, Hyderabad-based
IT company ValueLabs and NDTV. What is X?
6. 5.
• 5 joint ventures or associate
companies, Munjal Showa, AG
Industries, Sunbeam Auto, Rockman Industries
and Satyam Auto Components supply a
majority of components of which company?
7. 6.
• In 1992, the families had planned a simple
event without fanfare. But PV Narsimha Rao
found out about it and gate-crashed. He even
scolded his two prized secretaries for not
inviting him. The bride was Anupama. Who
was the groom?
8. 7. Just name the company where the bride’s father is the CEO
10. 9
• In the 2013 movie Krish 3, after the final fight
between Krish and Kaal, one of the buildings
that survived housed a interior designer store
“The Charcoal Project”. Who is the principal
owner?
12. 11.
• Bal Thackeray was fired from this organization
because of his attacks on southern Indian
immigration into Bombay. When RK Laxman
was asked not to make fun at
communists, Laxman left the organization and
joined The Times of India. The organization
was established in 1930 by Swaminathan
Sadanand, who also acted as its first editor.
Which organization?
16. 15.
• In 1955 Delta Air Lines pioneered the usage of
X at its hub in Atlanta, Georgia,in an effort to
compete with Eastern Air Lines. In the mid-
1970s FedEx adopted X for overnight package
delivery. Ann Markusen, an economic
geographer spoke of X as a model where core
businesses would be at the center and
ancillary industries on the periphery – citing
Silicon Valley as an example. What is X?
17. 16.
• X the second largest film industry in the world
in terms of number of annual film
productions, placing it ahead of the United
States and behind the Indian film industry.
What is X / identify the country in which X is
located?
18. 17.
• “The new law of evolution in corporate America
seems to be survival of the un-fittest. Well, in my
book you either do it right or you get eliminated.
• In the last seven deals that I've been involved
with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who
have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars.
Thank you.
• I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a
liberator of them! The point is, ladies and
gentleman, that X -- for lack of a better word -- is
Y”
• ID X and Y.
19. 18.
• Which book was pulled off the shelves by its
publisher Little, Brown and Company in
April, 2006, just weeks after its release
because of charges of plagiarism?
20. 19. There is a café at IIM-A which has the name
TANSTAAFL. Why such a name?
21. 20. Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is a New Zealand
multinational dairy co-operative and New Zealand’s largest
company. The company is responsible for approximately 30% of
the world's dairy exports. Who owns it?
22. 21. Economists are predicting the next big economies after BRICS
will be MINT. What does MINT stand for? (naming 2or 3 will get
half points – naming one wont get any)
23. 22. Rohit Chadda is an IIM Calcutta alumnus from 2009 batch. He
worked at BoFA-ML NY post graduation before co-founding what
(he is now the India product head)? His brother, film-actor Mohit
(of SRK-Sushmita Sen starrer “Dulha Mil Gaya” fame) is also part
of the same venture, (Hint: There is a KQF connection)
27. 26.
• Dr. Raj Krishna was a DSE professor and
former member of the planning commission.
However, his claim to fame is introducing a
particular phrase to the Indian economic
lexicon, which is slowly making a comeback to
op-eds after almost 2 decades. Which phrase?
29. 1.
• X, which is five fee high and eight feet long and
which weighs over a tonne, was sculpted by
Bhagwan Rampure, an artist from Solapur. X was
installed on January 12, 2008 as a symbol of good
luck amidst much fanfare. However, after just 10
days, there were demands to pull X down, as it was
deemed as a panvati, harbinger of bad luck. What is
X?
31. 2.
• X's origins lie in a "daylong brainstorming
session" held by board members of the
podcasting company Odeo. The developers
initially considered "10958" as a five-character
American SMS short code, but later changed it
to "40404" for "ease of use and memorability.
One of the founders of X later went on to
found another popular venture called
“square”. What is X?
33. 3. The organization below used to own X till January 2006. It sold
off X to a consortium led by Kalanidhi Maran, Hyderabad-based
IT company ValueLabs and NDTV. What is X?
37. 5.
• 5 joint ventures or associate
companies, Munjal Showa, AG
Industries, Sunbeam Auto, Rockman Industries
and Satyam Auto Components supply a
majority of components of which company?
39. 6.
• In 1992, the families had planned a simple
event without fanfare. But PV Narsimha Rao
found out about it and gate-crashed. He even
scolded his two prized secretaries for not
inviting him. The bride was Anupama. Who
was the groom?
45. 9
• In the 2013 movie Krish 3, after the final fight
between Krish and Kaal, one of the buildings
that survived housed a interior designer store
“The Charcoal Project”. Who is the principal
owner?
49. 11.
• Bal Thackeray was fired from this organization
because of his attacks on southern Indian
immigration into Bombay. When RK Laxman
was asked not to make fun at
communists, Laxman left the organization and
joined The Times of India. The organization
was established in 1930 by Swaminathan
Sadanand, who also acted as its first editor.
Which organization?
57. 15.
• In 1955 Delta Air Lines pioneered the usage of
X at its hub in Atlanta, Georgia,in an effort to
compete with Eastern Air Lines. In the mid-
1970s FedEx adopted X for overnight package
delivery. Ann Markusen, an economic
geographer spoke of X as a model where core
businesses would be at the center and
ancillary industries on the periphery – citing
Silicon Valley as an example. What is X?
59. 16.
• X the second largest film industry in the world
in terms of number of annual film
productions, placing it ahead of the United
States and behind the Indian film industry.
What is X / identify the country in which X is
located?
61. 17.
• “The new law of evolution in corporate America
seems to be survival of the un-fittest. Well, in my
book you either do it right or you get eliminated.
• In the last seven deals that I've been involved
with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who
have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars.
Thank you.
• I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a
liberator of them! The point is, ladies and
gentleman, that X -- for lack of a better word -- is
Y”
• ID X and Y.
62.
63. 18.
• Which book was pulled off the shelves by its
publisher Little, Brown and Company in
April, 2006, just weeks after its release
because of charges of plagiarism?
64. • How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and
Got a Life by Kaavya Vishwanathan
65. 19. There is a café at IIM-A which has the name
TANSTAAFL. Why such a name?
66. • 'There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch‘ is
the expansion of the same
• “No Free Lunch” gets points
67. 20. Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited is a New Zealand
multinational dairy co-operative and New Zealand’s largest
company. The company is responsible for approximately 30% of
the world's dairy exports. Who owns it?
71. 22. Rohit Chadda is an IIM Calcutta alumnus from 2009 batch. He
worked at BoFA-ML NY post graduation before co-founding what
(he is now the India product head)? His brother, film-actor Mohit
(of SRK-Sushmita Sen starrer “Dulha Mil Gaya” fame) is also part
of the same venture, (Hint: There is a KQF connection)
78. The Faraway Tree – designer candle
store by Dimple, novel by Enid Blyton
79. 26.
• Dr. Raj Krishna was a DSE professor and
former member of the planning commission.
However, his claim to fame is introducing a
particular phrase to the Indian economic
lexicon, which is slowly making a comeback to
op-eds after almost 2 decades. Which phrase?
