Answers to last week's quiz (#162)

 

1. This brand was launched on August 15 and has been associated with cricket and Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Sachin Tendulkar, Saif Ali Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Virender Sehwag. Name it. 
   Pepsi
    
2. The idea of a truly Indian bank was first conceived by GD Birla after the historic Quit India Movement in 1942. A year later, the idea turned into reality when he founded such a bank. Name it. 
   UCO Bank (United Commercial Bank)
    
3. Between 1906 and 1911, Pingali Venkayya, the designer of the Indian national flag, researched on staple varieties of crops and came up with a study on a special variety of a commodity. With the British rulers taking notice, he came to be known as ____Venkayya. Fill in the blank . 
   Cotton
    
4. Which Indian car company produced its first vehicle in 1947?
   Premier Automobiles, Bombay
    
5. Which company is known as “midnight’s child” because it was incorporated 10 days after India was declared independent on August 15, 1947?
   Grasim
    
6. What system was introduced on August 15, 1972? It is in use even today. 
   The PIN code (Postal Index Number) system
    
7. Which is India’s first PSU?
   ITI (Indian Telephone Industries)
    
8. Name the first scooter brand that was introduced in independent India?
   Lambretta (in the picture)
    
9. This business family took over companies like Muir Mills in Kanpur, Ganges Manufacturing in Kolkata, and a famous Mumbai-based company, which is still one of its flagship brands, from the Sassoons. Name it. 
   The Singhanias, who took over Raymond Woolen Mills from the Sassoons in Mumbai
    
10. Identify the business group’s logo whose founder was born on August 15.
    Oberoi Hotels. Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi was born on August 15, 1898.

There were 31 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #162. The winners who will receive a copy of Patterns of Entrepreneurship are:Anirudh Chatterjee, Jamnagar; Sireesha Malladi, Kakinada; Kadiyala Subrahmanyam, Bangalore; Dilip Kumar Verma, Durg; Pawan Kumar Jhunjhunwala, Kolkata; Arun Saraf, Bilaspur; Renu, Raipur; Kamal Arora, Kolkata; Narayana Bhat, Mumbai; and R Chandrasekharan, Chennai. Anirudh Chatterjee also wins Rs 2,000.