Q 01/05

Bata, which built Batanagar near Kolkata in the 1930s, was founded in 1894 in Zlín, a town in which country?

A) Netherlands

B) Germany

C) Czech Republic

D) Switzerland

Answer · why

C) Czech Republic

Czech Republic: the T. & A. Baťa Shoe Company started on 21 September 1894 in the Moravian town of Zlín, then Austria-Hungary, and Bata India was only...

Q 02/05

Wipro, now an IT giant, was incorporated in 1945 at Amalner in Maharashtra to make which product?

A) Cooking oil

B) Cotton yarn

C) Bath soap

D) Safety matches

Answer · why

A) Cooking oil

Cooking oil was the business of Western India Vegetable Products until Azim Premji, who took over at 21 in 1966, steered the firm into computers in th...

Q 03/05

MRF, India's largest tyre maker, was started in 1946 by K. M. Mammen Mappillai in Madras making what?

A) Garden hoses

B) Toy balloons

C) Rubber gloves

D) Rain boots

Answer · why

B) Toy balloons

Toy balloons came first; the company only moved into tread rubber in 1952, and the initials stand for Madras Rubber Factory.

Q 04/05

Which washing powder, priced at ₹3.50 a kilo against Surf's ₹13 in 1969, did Karsanbhai Patel name after his daughter?

A) Wheel

B) Ghadi

C) Rin

D) Nirma

Answer · why

D) Nirma

Nirma comes from Nirupama, Patel's daughter; the government chemist sold 15 to 20 packets a day on his way to the office, and the 'Washing Powder Nirm...

Q 05/05

Which cola, created in 1977 after Coca-Cola quit India rather than disclose its formula, was sold to Coca-Cola in 1993?

A) Thums Up

B) Double Seven

C) Gold Spot

D) Limca

Answer · why

A) Thums Up

Thums Up went to Coca-Cola in 1993 alongside Gold Spot and Limca for $60 million, and the returning giant ended up selling its old rival under the 'Ta...