X traces its history back to the late 19th century to the city of Geneva, Switzerland where Arthur X developed a reputation for making solid and durable pocket watches. X has been in the news recently owing to it's association with Y, a very famous event. Identify both.
Answer:X is Bandelier. Y is IPL 3. Cracked by the novice, Kaushik and Bala!
Connect:
This monk gives his name to what brand?
Connect(Sitter):
This company’s origins can be traced back to the Societa Scientifica Radio Brevetti X founded by three brothers, Adriano, Marcello and Bruno, in 1926 in Bologna. It initially manufactured vacuum tubes, condensers and other radio components. Production was maintained during World War II, despite the X factory being a repeated target for Allied bombing. After the war, they branched out into a completely different line of business and they have achieved considerable success in this field. Identify.
X is Ducati. Cracked by none.
Connect to a legendary personality:
Which was the first mass marketed magazine to be printed on carbon
neutral paper?
Answer: Rolling Stone Magazine. Cracked by Meenakshi and Kaushik!
X’s fledgling textile company, Y, was just starting to take off. His new line of polyester yarns was doing well, but India's shaky power grid and the rising cost of electricity offset any profits. So he decided to generate his own power. The rest as they say is history. Identify both.
Answer: X is Tulsi Tanti, Y Suzlon. Cracked by Kaushik!
The name X has been associated with the iron industry for more than 350 years . Located in Karlskoga, Sweden, it originates from the hammer mill “X" founded in 1646. The company was founded in 1873. In 1999 Saab purchased the Celsius Group, then the parent company for X. The company’s most famous owner was Alfred Nobel who owned the company from 1894 until his death in December 1896 and played a key role in reshaping it to a modern cannon manufacturer and chemical industry. Identify X.
Answer: Bofors. Cracked by Kaushik!
This group is a diversified business house with a predominant focus on infrastructure - power, roads and urban infrastructure. The Company also has a significant position in services and manufacturing. As contractors, this company commissioned the NagarjunasagarDam - the world's largest masonry dam - in the 60s. They built the first five star hotel in Hyderabad and were also behind the development of India’s first independent power plant. Identify.
Answer:GVK group. Cracked by Kaushik!
What in the world of business derives it's inspiration from the following coat of arms?
This was started by a group of six young men, led by G. Subramania Aiyer, a radical social reformer and school teacher from Thiruvaiyyar near Thanjavur. Aiyer, then 23, along with his 21-year-old fellow-tutor and friend at Pachaiyappa's College, M. Veeraraghavachariar of Chingleput, and four law students, T.T. Rangachariar, P.V. Rangachariar, D. Kesava Rao Pantulu and N. Subba Rao Pantulu started this with one British rupee and twelve annas of borrowed money. Over the years it has grown by leaps and bounds and has received international recognition. Identify.
Answer: The Hindu. Cracked by Kaushik!
Back after a long hiatus! Conducted a quiz at college today. I shall try reviving this blog by posting questions from it in the next few days. Starting with this:
Which is the only private sector supercomputer in the world?
Answer: EKA supercomputer, built by CRL(TATA group). Cracked by Dilip and Kaushik!
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