It's been six long months since I have even signed into my blog... and ryt now getting back to this time pass of mine has been motivated by an unknown visitor. :) I juz came to know thru a friend of mine dat there are people who do follow dis blog and so I have decided to restart it.... Thnx Balaji of Anna University for mentioning this blog :)

Our department had a small quiz conducted by the students themselves two months back. I am posting 25 questions which was part of the prelims. Answers are requested to be sent to yahoo mail  or to sadiyasalim@aol.in. the general feedback was it was a bit tough,... Hope to get a good response :)

Answers to be posted in a week....

1)     * Ruben Rausing invented the ‘ tetrahedron – shaped,cardboard carton for holding liqiuds in the year 1952. Identify the famous company run by Rausing family?

2)     Which indian company introduced the eight hour work day even before the system was made mandatory in most western countries?

3)     Which company has banned the term cell phone and instead uses the term ‘personal network device’?

4)     Europes largest car manufacturer VolksWagen and the maker of Beetle launched its locally assembled car in India. What is it called?

5)     Which sports good company make cricket bats by the brand name s Ballistic, Stealth, Velocity and Atomic?

6)     Which company entered into the hospitality sector with its luxury resorts and SPA’ The Serai?

 7)     Over the past decade, M TV has become one of the more, if not the most, popular music channels in India Who owns this channel. The company in question also owns Nickledeon, the childrens channel?

8)     * Who is the world’s largest provider of exchange traded funds in the world?

9)     Richard Branson usually associated the word Virgin with almost all of his business ventures. However the only exception was when he launched his condoms brand, he came up with this other name. Now what is the name of this brand? 

10) He called his wife ‘The believer’ because she encouraged him at a time when everyone else called him crazy…who is he?

 11)  Which group’s history tracks back to a family of shipbuilders in Surat in the  mid 1700’s

12)  Which Hollywood studio did Coca-Cola acquire in the early 1980’s?

13)  *Known as ASDA in UK, Seiyu in Japan

14)  The founder of which brand , now a part of P & G,once said “ I have done more than anyone else to change the face of mankind”?

 15)  * Hyssenkrup is the world’s largest manufacturer of autoparts. Which Indian company is the second largest? 

16)  Which Indian company has in-house magazine ‘namaste’?

17)  If you were to buy WIT on the New York Stock Exchange, which Indian company’s equity would you be investing in?

 18)  Which is the first company to manufacture tractor in India?

19)  What was formed under the banyan tree at Hormiman circle?

20)  Which company entered India by the name Hindustan Milk Food Company?

21)   Name the famous personality who founded Pratichi Trust with the use of his  Nobel Prize money.

 22)  Which is the parent company of the distributor of Blaupunkt in India?

       23)  The colours define the corporate. In this logo blue denotes imagination, red for action, yellow for joy nd it was designed by Chetan, a child from Spastic Society of India. Name it.

 24)  What does the abbreviation FFP stand for as in airlines jargon?

 25)  What was known as the Blue Ribbon Sports company earlier?