FInals of the Independence Day Quiz Arun Kandikonda and Ramsiva conducted . August 15, 2012

1. Mains
Arun
Ramsiva

2. Written Round
Round 1

3. 1)

4. 2)

5. 3)

6. 4)

7. 5)

8. 6)

9. Answers

10. 1)

12. 2)

14. 3)

16. 4)

18. 5)

20. 6)

22. Dry Questions 1
Round 2

23. 1)
• Vasundhara Jubilee Senorita.
• Whose venture? And what is its purpose?

24. Answer

25. • SBI
• Women Customers.

26. 2)
• In October and November 2011, X acquired
the websites Mime360.com and
Chakpak.com.
• In Feb 2012, X launched Y, a service similar to
iTunes and Amazon.

27. Answer

28. • Flipkart
• Flyte

29. 3)
• ____Movies.com - Gives information on all
happenings wrt movies.
• ____Loans.com - Helps to choose best financial
deals.
• ____Gamez.com - Website offering over 1000+
free online games.
• __________.com

30. Answer

31. • Way2
• Way2sms.com

32. 4)
• Future group will be launching India's first
cookies for kids under its own brand - Brand
Tasty Treat in collaboration with this company.
• Name the company.

33. Answer

34. • Disney.

35. 5) Venture by?
• Hy-Alfa is a hydrogen powered rickshaw, that can carry
a small load basically a replacement for three wheeler
pickups and passenger vehicles.
• The Hy-Alfa is the first vehicle of its kind in the world. It
runs on nothing but compressed hydrogen gas and is
incredibly engineered to run with absolutely zero
emissions, which makes it a pleasure to drive on
congested city roads. Hydrogen is, in fact, the
technology and fuel of tomorrow and is the long term
solution to pollution, energy security & CO2 emission
related concerns.

36. Answer

37. • Mahindra & Mahindra

38. 6)
• A Japanese peripheral manufacturer, was
named from. "Son of Electronic Printer"

39. Answer

40. • Epson

41. 4)
• The Company’s original name was Minnesota
mining and manufacturing company.
• Name changed when company changed its
focus to more innovative products.

42. Answer

43. • 3M

44. 5)
• From the founder’s name Dr.
Michael Cowpland who worked at Cowpland
Research Laboratory.

45. Answer

46. • Corel

47. 6)
• The latin word for sound.
• A slang word used by Americans to refer to a
bright youngster.

48. Answer

49. • Sony

50. 7)

51. Answer

52. • WWF, Save the Forests.

53. 8) Identify
• The company was launched in 1966 by Pierre Bellon
(Chairman) in Marseille, France, initially serving
company restaurants, schools and hospitals under
the name Societé d'Exploitation Hotelière
• The prefix of the company name was
retained, despite negative connotations in British
English

54. Answer

55. • Sodexho

56. Dry Questions 2
Round 3

58. Answer

59. • Supply and Demand

60. 2)His record has been broken twice. By
Indians. Name him/the record.

61. Answer

62. • Double Century in ODIs

63. 3)Barbie Doll inspired by?

64. Answer

65. • Katrina Kaif

66. 4)Translated version of?
• X
• X
• X _____
• X
• X
• X _____
• X

67. Answer

68. • Harry Potter

69. 5)Connect

70. Answer

71. • Agent Vinod

72. 6)Id the “Artist” of this comic strip.

73. Answer

74. • Saif Ali Khan, Hum Tum

75. 7)
• Which page on facebook currently leads the
list of the Most Liked Pages with over 54
million ‘likes’?

76. Answer

77. • Facebook.

78. 8)

79. Answer

80. • The Godfather

81. Picture Round !
Round 4

83. Answer

84. • NABARD

86. Answer

87. • Friedman

89. Answer

92. Answer

93. • IRDA

95. Answer

96. • Steam Engine

98. Answer

99. • IIM Bangalore

101. Answer

102. • Crisil

104. Answer

105. • SAARC