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The Strategist Quiz (#203)

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Gaurav Sri Krishna New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 2:09 AM IST

 

  1. What is the term used to describe software or hardware that is announced publically and actively promoted by a vendor even though it does not exist? 
     
  2. This Indian company began production of this product in the 1950s — when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described it as a symbol of India’s independence and industrialisation. It stopped production in 2009 due to obsolescence. Name the company and the product. The product was invented in 1867. 
     
  3. Which product adorns the legendary Madras stripes that are hand-painted by two brothers for all of its production that rolls out of the factory? This tradition is being maintained since 1901. 
     
  4. Which multinational launched an ayurvedic digestive candy brand called Chatpat Churanet in the late 1980s that failed? 
     
  5. Name the restaurant in India that is considered as the first one to use iPads as menu cards. Worldwide this phenomenon is catching on like wild fire. 
     
  6. Which business school’s base line is “Get the Smith Effect”? 
     
  7. What is and who has funded a Panic Button app for cell phones? Predominantly, can be used on Blackberry and low-end Nokia phones. 
     
  8. What is common to Nokia and the popular mobile game Angry Birds? 
     
  9. Which Indian government agency’s motto in Sanskrit reads Kosha Moolo Dandaha? It is taken from Kautilya’s Arthashashtra. 
     
  10. Identify the logos below. 

 

 

 

Ten all-correct entries will receive a copy of Jack M Kaplan and Anthony Warren’s Patterns of Entrepreneurship published by Wiley India (books courtesy: Wiley India). One lucky winner will also receive a cheque for Rs 2,000. Send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the postal address of the contestant. Last date for receiving entries: 31 May. Previous winners, employees of Business Standard and Wiley India and their families are not eligible to participate.

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First Published: May 30 2011 | 12:17 AM IST

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