Chhattisgarh State Level Quiz ‘13

IIMRAIPUR

October 2nd, 2013

Prelims

• Teams of Two Members each, both from the same institute.• Filling in complete team details in the answer sheet is

mandatory.• No electronic/other material is allowed to be used during

the conduct of the quiz.• The quiz shall have in-built tie-breakers within the set of

questions (marked with * Qns 16-20).• The top-scoring team from each of top four institutes shall

make it to finals directly, and two of the next 6 teams in line shall make it to the finals through a wildcard round.

• Regarding any disputes, the discretion of the Quizmaster is final.

RULES

• What is being blanked out?

1

• This Indian entity has more than 150,000 offices, more than half a million employees, and celebrated 150 years of existence in 2004. It unveiled a new logo on 23rd September 2008.

• What is the name of this brand?

2

• Named after a Belgian king, X was founded by Iranis in 1871.

• It started out as a wholesale oil store and has variously been a restaurant, store and pharmacy.

• It was mentioned extensively in the novel Shantaram

• It was one of the first sites attacked during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. Identify X.

3

• The first-ever India-specific marketing campaign in 1939 by Harvey Duncan of Lintas, ensured that the palm tree logo became familiar across the country.

• The campaign also featured innovative packaging – a square 10-pound tin, a round 5-pound tin and a special 1/4 pound tin for sampling, all in a distinctive green-and-yellow combination.

• For which venerable Indian product was this campaign launched?

4

• X Krishan Sikand better known by his mononym, X, was a multiple Filmfare and BFJA-winning Indian actor in Bollywood.

• His biography, “...and X”, a tribute to the fact that about 250 of his 350 movies had his name at the end of the credits, with the words "...and X" and sometimes "...above all, X".

• He has also been named in CNN’s “Top 25 Asian Actors of all time”.Name X.

5

• Identify the two people in the vintage Complan ad.

6

• According to myths, he was nicknamed X because, as a child, whenever he cried, it sounded in the fifth note (Pa) of the Indian musical scale. The word X means five (or fifth) in Bengali and Sanskrit. Another version is that when the veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar saw a newborn ___ uttering the syllable Pa repeatedly, he nicknamed the boy X.

7

• In Hindustani music, what four-letter word denotes the note that is strongly emphasized in a raga? The same word is also used for the primary accuser in a legal case.

8

• X, after graduating, worked with Monitor Group, the multinational management consulting firm co-founded by the strategy guru Michael Porter, for three years.

• He returned to India in late 2002, and became one of the directors of Mumbai-based technology outsourcing firm Backops Services Private Ltd.

9

• The ripe fruits of Elaeocarpus ganitrus are shown in the picture. How do we know the seeds of this fruit as?

10

• Which co is entering the carbonated soft drinks market with the launch of Cafe Cuba?

11

• These were age old brands of Calcutta Chemicals. Who owns these currently?

12

• Which sportsperson was recently signed up as brand ambassador by the Country Club India for its Fitness domain?

13

• Connect the two pictures.

14

• Fabindia is currently test marketing a cola based on an unusual ingredient in some Indian cities, and are planning to launch it very soon. What is its primary ingredient ?

15

• The historical Annandale ground (in pic) in Shimla, created huge controversy a couple of years back when it was proposed to be converted to a cricket stadium. Which sporting tournament was started at this Ground in 1888?

*16

• Anuj Dhar, moderator of a transparency website, had filed an RTI application in 2009 seeking the correspondence between the Indian embassy in Moscow and the external affairs ministry.

• The PMO refused to oblige, reportedly citing that this could lead to harming of foreign relations, and disrupt the nation’s harmony.What was it about?

*17

• The person in the picture is Deepak Mohoni, a stock market analyst. What was the term coined by him in 1989 which everyone of us use now?

*18

• What is special about this stamp commemorating the birth centenary of Lokmanya Tilak?

*19

• This I-League football club's (in the pic) name means “our own” in the local language. As can be seen from its logo, the club seeks to represent the entire North-East.

• Which club?

*20

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!