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Govindkrishna Seshan Mumbai
1 Who is the founder of television channel, Cartoon Network?
 
2 What is the sporting connection between infotech companies Tata Consultancy Services and AMD?
 
3 Name the product launched by Food Specialities in 1983, which became an "instant" success and also resulted in successful extensions into other categories.
 
4 Before launching its light beer, this international company discovered that positioning itself as less filling as opposed to less fattening was a better strategy. The product was a runaway success in the 1990s. Name the brand.
 
5 Name the Indian print daily that opened shop in 1888. (Hint: In 1938, the then government closed down the paper and jailed its editor. It then, reopened after nine years when India became free.)
 
6 Name the company that organised the world's first travel excursion.
 
7 This Indian stationery manufacturer has been re-purchased four times by its owner. Name the brand and its original owner.
 
8 Which is the Indian company that provides complete software support to the A1 Grand Prix?
 
9 Which brand had Imran Khan and Sunil Gavaskar endorsing it in the same advertisement?
 
10 Name the four brothers who in 1956 started what is today the world's largest bicycle manufacturing company.

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First Published: Mar 07 2006 | 12:00 AM IST

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