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PRELIM<br />

Bhubaneswar


Rules<br />

No Negative Marking<br />

Top 6 Teams in the FINALS<br />

In Built Tie Breakers<br />

Switch off all MOBILE PHONES


What publication is<br />

nicknamed 'the daily diary<br />

of the American dream'?<br />

1


What word did 7-UP use to<br />

advertise itself to carve a niche in<br />

a market flooded with cola drinks<br />

like Pepsi and Coke?<br />

2<br />

UNCOLA | NOCOLA| GOCOLA


S.Sivasankaran bought Sterling<br />

Computers(later Sterling Infotech)<br />

from which famous tennis playing<br />

family of India in the 1980s?<br />

3


From 1925-1934, which brand used<br />

the Eiffel Tower as the world's<br />

largest advertising sign, as recorded<br />

in the Guinness Book of Records?<br />

Citreon | Jaguar | BMW<br />

4


5<br />

Identify the automobile brand.


What was founded by a group of<br />

Europeans on April 24, 1865, as<br />

the oldest Joint Stock<br />

bank in India?<br />

6


It was launched in Nepal initially with the<br />

collaboration of Thai Foods Industries<br />

(means quick in Thai), and has led to<br />

establishment of a huge market for instant<br />

noodles in Nepal. Name the brand which is<br />

now famous in India.<br />

7


This brand is named after a royal<br />

house that first ruled France in the<br />

16th century and by the 18th<br />

century also held thrones in Spain.<br />

Hint: Think Biscuits<br />

8


Loosely modelled after the grip of the<br />

Colt .45, it was introduced in 1916 by Black<br />

& Decker. Forty-five years later, the company<br />

released a cordless version. Often used by<br />

carpenters what are we talking about?<br />

9


10<br />

This is the world’s first cell phone.<br />

Which company created this?


Park Tae-joon, a former army officer, was asked by<br />

South Korea's military leader to start a company in<br />

the late 1960s. It became one of the most revered<br />

creations of a government-backed businessmen who<br />

lifted South Korea out of postwar poverty and into<br />

affluence from the 1960s to 1980s. Name the<br />

company he started.<br />

Hint: Big newsmaker in India / this region<br />

11


Sylvan Nathan Goldman, a shopping magnate in<br />

Oklahoma, while trying to come up with ways to<br />

increase his sales, noticed that shoppers stopped<br />

buying the moment their baskets became heavy<br />

and loaded with food items.<br />

One evening in 1936 as he worked late in his<br />

office, his attention was drawn to two ordinary<br />

folding chairs there. What did he invent?<br />

12


In corporate jargon<br />

what is acquhiring?<br />

13


Which airline bearing its<br />

nations name has an in-flight<br />

magazine called Oryx?<br />

14


They are the minds behind<br />

“positioning”<br />

15


If you went to<br />

www.books.com, which<br />

bookstore would you get<br />

redirected to?<br />

16


Within two weeks of birth in 1981, his<br />

parents opened a savings account for him.<br />

With this strong connection, which bank is<br />

running a global campaign with the tagline<br />

‘Helping Roger Federer Relax Since 1981’?<br />

17


Each employee of the company is considered<br />

part of the cast working either onstage or<br />

backstage, hence all employees are<br />

considered 'Cast Members'. Which<br />

entertainment giant is this?<br />

18


Comprising 178 acres, the company HQ has<br />

gyms, a 400 m track, a pool, beach volleyball<br />

court and football pitch. Its buildings are<br />

named after athletes like Michael Jordan,<br />

Tiger Woods, Ronaldo and John McEnroe.<br />

Which company?<br />

19


Identify the Intel founder from<br />

this Google Doodle<br />

20


The Final<br />

Follows….

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