Tata Crucible Questions and Answers – Nagpur Edition – 2011 Corporate Round

1. This term is derived from Latin words ‘com’ meaning together and ‘merx’ meaning goods. – Commerce

2. A type of buyout wherein an investor, typically financial sponsor, acquires a controlling interest in a company’s equity and where a significant percentage of the purchase price is financed through borrowing. – Leveraged Buyout

3. Which bank was instrumental in starting the Pratham Grameen Bank. An initiative to spread banking to rural India. – Syndicate Bank

4. Print ad with caption ‘Every supermodel’s favourite airline’ (The hint given was the text font) – Indigo

5. What was started in 1834 at London’s East End by Charles Henry with initial emphasis on tea. – Harrods

6. Which organisation started the game ‘Moon Base Alpha’ to teach small children more about the moon. – NASA

7. Which famous politician was associated with Vedanta Resources before joining the cabinet in 2004. –                  ’P. Chidambaram’ 

8. Photo Identify.  - Urusula Burns of Xerox

9. What started in India after a noted silver shortage after World War I which is been followed even today. – ‘Introduction of Currency Notes’

10. Who invented the carbon microphone along with Alexander Graham Bell specifically being mentioned for his other prominent inventions. – ‘Thomas Alva Edison’

11. What did Father de Cruz bought from China in the early sixteenth century and introduced to the entire Europe. – Tea

12. Picture identify – ‘Muthuraman of Tata Steel’

13. A branch of mathematics deriving its name from the fact that it was specifically used within the state. – ‘Statistics’

14. What did Reuben H. Donnelly start which is now widely being used in almost all the homes and offices. – ‘Yellow Pages’

15. ‘Come out and play’ is the tagline for which sporting event occurred in 2010. – ‘Commonwealth Games’

16. Which Padmashree award winner wrote the book ‘How I taught my Grandmother to teach and other stories’ - ’Sudha Murthi’

17. What does NEFT stand for – ‘National Electronic Fund Transfer’

18. What did Kailash and Sanjai Katkar started which is now one of the most  widely used security measures. – ‘Quickheal’

19. In Danish this means ‘Krating Daeng’ . Which syrup is been referred to which was initially used as a medicine. – ‘Red Bull’

20. Stamp commemorating what. – ’100 years of Darjeeling Toy Train’