Prelims of Magnate- The Biz and Tech Quiz held as part of Quizzing Zone in Flare 2012 at PDPU

1. MAGNATE
THE BIZ AND TECH
QUIZ
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2. Prelims
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3. 1. X is synonymous with oil rigs and refineries
and primarily acts as a safety device. This
word is also associated with an acrobatic
dance move, a Canadian fashion magazine
and as an aerial countermeasure against heat
seeking missiles. Id X.
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5. 2. This brand is owned by Pioma Industries
based in Ahmedabad. It launched an aerated
fruit drink Oranjolt in 2000 which failed due to
the fact that it had to be refrigerated at all
times. Identify this dominant brand.
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7. 3. The total volume of plastics, elastomers and rubbers
produced from these catalysts represents the largest volume
commodity chemicals in the world. These catalysts use
complexes of Ti or Zn or Hf and are employed to polymerize
terminal -1-alkenes.Id the catalyst
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9. 4. Which shower gel is sold using the
slogan "The original. If your
grandfather hadn't worn it, you
wouldn't exist."?
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11. 5. Due to X’s work, X’s papers dating from the fag end
of the 19 th century are considered too dangerous to
handle. They have to be kept in lead lined boxes, and
can only be handled using protective clothing. Id X.
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13. 6. Which famous company's name is
derived from the latin word for
sound and a 1950s American slang
for young boys?
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17. 8. Which company’s original name was Swallow
Sidecar Company and its name was changed after
WW II to avoid any unfavourable connotations of
the SS initials?
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19. 9. Taken from Kautilya’s Arthashashtra, which
Indian Governement agency’s motto in
Sanskrit reads “Kosha Moolo Dandaha”?
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23. 11. This was the first inexpensive industrial
process to make steel from molten pig iron
and the key principle involved the removal
of impurities by oxidation with air being
blown through the molten iron. Id this
process
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25. 12. What is the name given to the
state of matter in which matter
behaves like a fluid without viscosity
and having an extremely high thermal
conductivity?
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26. Superfluid
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27. 13. In banking parlance, expand CRR
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28. Cash Reserve Ratio
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29. 14.Logo of which company?
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31. 15. Due to the wartime needs of copper for
ammunition and the Manhattan Project, X was
made in zinc coated steel to reduce the dependence
on copper. This however resulted in problems of
rusting as the galvanisation process wasn’t efficient.
After a public outcry X was made from salvaged
shell casings. What is X?
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33. 16. I made my first public appearance in 2002
when I rang the bell to open trade sessions in
NYSE. I toured USA and Canada in 2003-2005 to
encourage students to study science. I conducted
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to support the
performing arts and appeared as a guest on the
British Quiz Show QI in 2011. Who am I?
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35. 17. What name is given to the ‘study of
mathematical models of conflict and
cooperation between intelligent rational
decision-makers’?
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36. GAME THEORY
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37. 18. He was the first Chairman of SBI and his nephew
was the father of India’s White Revolution. On the
other hand his son was the Founder Director of IIM
Ahmedabad. Identify this economist who also served
in independent India’s first Cabinet.
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39. 19. X began as an Ohio partnership formed by Y, his brother
William, Henry Flagler, chemist Samuel Andrews, silent partner
Stephen V Harkness, and Oliver Burr Jennings. By 1911, with public
outcry at a climax, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled
that X must be dissolved under the Sherman Antitrust Act and split
into 34 companies. Two of these companies evolved into Exxon,
and Socony which eventually became Mobil, Sohio and many
more. Id X and Y
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40. X- Standard Oil, Y- John D Rockefeller
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41. 20. Which word derived from a Latin word meaning
great person nowadays used in a different context
was specifically applied to the members of the Upper
House in the Apostolic Kingdom of Hungary ?
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42. MAGNATE
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