THE STRATEGIST QUIZ

1. For which industry in India is the last Sunday in March very significant and why?
   
   
2. It was the vision and idea initiated by Tribhovandas Patel during the 1940s that went on to become a world-class Indian management innovation. Name it.
   
   
3. Which car's engines are built by a single person (engineer) at a time? To signify this, each engine carries an engraved plaque of the signature of its maker. Every customer, therefore, owns a custom-built model.
   
   
4. Where will you find the largest library, the longest jogging track and the largest dance floor on sea?
   
   
5. This world-famous product developed in 1967 is famous and as recognisable as Coca-Cola or Gillette. The prototypes were intended to be in black, red and green, but a machinist created a batch that finished off the remaining orange material in his machine. The company liked the orange colour best and launched the product with an ergonomic handle. Name it.
   
   
6. This company, which is part of the FTSE 250 Index, has a chain of railway station shops selling books, stationery, magazines and newspapers across the UK. What is it called and what is its contribution to the worldwide book publishing industry?
   
   
7. Name a European brand of water that is sold as an empty bottle "" the buyer fills it up on his own. It is sold in one of the few countries in the world where you can safely drink water directly from the tap, without any health risk.
   
   
8. The first big Mumbai market crash occurred in 1865, when dozens of companies and banks failed. Speculators had rung up stocks of a particular commodity, as supplies to the UK from the US had dried up because of the American Civil War. Name the commodity.
   
   
9. In the history of its operations, which US-based company had a team called the "knockout salesmen"? These men would sell machines that were copies of competitors' machines, which did not work. They were also instructed on how to sabotage competing machines that had already been purchased.
   
   
10. Which business group has long been a promoter and sponsor of arts magazine Marg (Modern Architectural Research Group)?
    
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