Bizolympia'08 Prelims Seniors

BIZ’OLYMPIA ‘08

PRELIMS

1. Who was the official Communication partner for Beijing’08?

2. How do we better know Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd. ?

3. If it is IPO for stocks, what is it for mutual funds?

4. On October 17th 1973. Martin Cooper invented something, its dimensions are: 13x1.75x3.5inches what is the invention that we are talking about?

5. Which automobile brand when literally translated from Japanese means mountain leaves?

6.Who am I?

7. Which U.K based IT company was taken over by Infosys most recently?

8. Who sponsored the “Fair Play Award” in the IPL?

9. In the 1920s, the US Patent Office would only trademark emblems of manufacturers and merchants. Service companies were not permitted to trademark their emblem. This firm made a case to the US Copyright Office, arguing that its coat of arms was of unique artistic quality. It won and 'Truth Well Told' was copyrighted in 1926, making it the first emblem of a service company to be afforded government

10. This company was founded during the Second World War to construct runways. In response to the mass exodus after Partition, the company built India's largest refugee camp at Dubulia. It has also built the world's largest integrated leather complex at Calcutta. Identify the current owner of the company.

11. India's fourth largest English newspaper has launched a Bangalore edition with a baseline ‘For younger Minds’?

12. Identify this personality

13. A by-product of World War II was the discovery of this soap like product by a famous consumer goods company. The product, made from a soap like molecule without the potentially irritating alkaline element, is a ph-neutral, mild cleansing product. This product was first introduced in the US in 1957. How do we know this product?

14. What did George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks together buy for about 219 million pounds in March 2007?

15. Identify this print ad

16. Sildenafil citrate, a product by Pfizer is commonly known as ?

17. This philosophy advices firms to think and create products or services that allows them to compete in completely new markets with almost zero competition, probably at a lower cost providing higher value and commanding premium. what are we talking about?

18. Which semiconductor company has signed on chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand as their brand ambassador?

19. Royale, Nebula, Steel and recently launched Wall Street... which brand are we referring to?

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