October 2007 Main Quiz

1) Bobby Kooka’s claim to fame in Indian advertising is on account of a mascot he designed. Which one?

a) Air India Maharajah
b) Amul Butter Moppet
c) Asian Paints Gattu

2) Santa Fe’, Vera Cruz and Tiburon are some of the cars from whom?

a) Hyundai
b) Mitsubishi
c) Toyota

3) The Indian media giant Bhaskar has a FM radio channel. What is it called?


a) Indigo
b) S-FM
c) MyFM

4) What did Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University create in 1982 as a form of expression?

a) Official sign language for deaf and dumb
b) Shorthand
c) The Smiley

5) Sisley is a premium fashion brand from which apparel company?

a) Benetton
b) Levi Strauss
c) Raymond

6) Its India’s first interactive digital TV and Radio programming guide. What is it called?


a) EToday.com
b) ZipaZap.com
c) TimePass.com

7) IBM has a launched a free suite of applications to counter the MS Office Suite. What is it called?
a) Algol
b) Lotus Symphony
c) Convenio

8) Geri Halliwell’s song “It’s Raining Man…” forms the backdrop of which advertiser’s TV commercial these days?

a) Sony Ericsson
b) Maruti SX4
c) Windows Vista

9) S Gopalakrishnan better known as “Kris” in the company is the CEO and MD of which of these companies?


a) Mphasis
b) Infosys
c) iGate

10) What is the area of Zhongguancun in China famous for?

a) It’s the Silicon Valley of China
b) Has the world’s largest McDonald’s
c) It’s the global hub of Apple’s iPod production

11) Which city in Asia is tourist destination and advertises itself as the city of entertainment?

a) Macau
b) Genting
c) Dubai

12) A famous designer from the world of fashion. Who is this?


a) Yves Saint Laurent
b) Gianni Versace
c) Giorgio Armani

13) Pearson is an International Media Company which brings out which business daily?

a) Financial Times
b) Wall Street Journal
c) Business Times

14) Which Hindi Movie has the distinction of being the first one to have been shown at the United Nations?

a) Lage Raho Munnabhai
b) Swades
c) Mother India

15) That’s the logo of a famous publishing house. Which one?


a) McGraw Hill
b) Random House
c) Harper Collins

16) It’s a company that spends 7% of sales in R&D and registers 12 patents every working day. Who is this tech giant we are talking about?

a) McDonnald Douglas
b) Pratt & Whitney
c) Bosch

17) The slogan “________” of 3 R prescribes three strategies for reducing the environmental costs associated with waste materials. What is this slogan?

a. Reduce, Readjust, Realign
b. Replenish, Restrict and Redesign
c. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

18) Who/ what was the MTV India Youth Icon in 2007?



a) Abhishek Bachhan
b) Orkut
c) Multimedia Cell Phones

19) Invented by Frank Mcnamara in 1950, which was the world’s first credit card?



a) Barclay’s Bank
b) Diner’s Club
c) HSBC

20) Which car’s first model was called as the Landmaster?

a) Ambassador
b) Mahindra Jeep
c) Contessa

21) Whose logo is that?


a) Cisco Systems
b) Cathay Pacific
c) A previous logo of Nike’

22) What was manufactured in India from 1968 to 2000 by an erstwhile flagship company of Walchand Hirachand Group in their Kurla Plant in Mumbai?

a) Premier Padmini Cars
b) Chetak Helicopters
c) Shaktiman Trucks

23) Who is the world’s largest plasma TV maker?


a) Samsung
b) Matsushita
c) Sony

24) Ars Gratia Artis (meaning Art for the sake of Art in latin). On which logo would you see this inscribed?

a) MGM
b) Paramount Pictures
c) Columbia Pictures

25) Born in Cairo in 1960 to Egyptian and English parents, and raised in Canada. He has designed products for Alessi, George Jensen, Umbra, Kenzo, Prada, Issey Miyake, Method and so on. Who is he?



a) Karim Rashid
b) Charles Eames
c) Guccio Gucci

26) "Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation" is the motto of which of these media organisations?

a) BBC
b) CNN
c) Hindu