YOur Crucible Repository
Prelims and Finals
Why did Pliny the elder called India land of the Sink Of World’s gold? – There was a trade huge imbalance in favour of India which paved the way for gold.
It is a district in the west end of London. It is bounded by Fitzrovua to the west, Covent Garden to the south. It is famed as a fashionable residential area and as the home of numerous prestigious cultural, intellectual, and educational institutions. name this literary hub of London that lends its name to a famous publication company. – Bloomsbury
In the preindustrial era, they used to escort people from one place to another and carried a flaming torch to light the way for pedestrians at night. They were common in London in days before street lighting. Their name came from a term for the cotton tow that formed the wick of the torch. – Link Boy

Mac Tonight by McDonalds

Sylvania Electrics created COBOLT language

Brittania

By? – Tata International Ltd. (Bachi Shoes Division)

Mackmyra in collaboration with? – Microsoft

By? – Amzon

Whiz, a floor mopping robot by? – Soft Bank

First hotel operated by Conrad Hilton

Mahmee Founders – Sarena Williams invested in this.



Connect – Oyo



Connect – Flipkart Logo




Connect: Alibaba



Connect – Companies named after cities
A question on the investments by Tiger Global.
A question about glorification of long working hours – recently highlighted by Alexis Ohanian of Reddit.

Answer – Jayem Automobiles
A question about pice – smallest coin minted in India in 19th century.

Logo? – International Coffee Organisation
A question about Md. Azaharuddin being the brand ambassador for Zinda Telismath.
A question about “Reverse Innovation”.
This company was established in the year 1916, as a manufacturer and supplier of carbonated and non carbonated drinks by P.V.S.K.Palani Appa Nadar. Over the years, it battled Spencer’s, the British brand, Indian players such as parle, and then MNCs. Name the brand? – Bovonto

Created PUBG
This term is a brand name created to sound catchier than ‘IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence’. It was coined by the brand consulting firm Interbrand – WiFi
In Australia, what name is given to a backwater channel which forms a long, narrow lagoon? – Billabong
Cluster of 80 villages, has self made looms, Vinoba Bhave made it famous – Pochampally
Makers of cycle agarbatti
A question about acko – Insurance

Who? – Martha Washington
It is a subcategory of e-commerce and online retail for introducing new products, services, and brands to market by pre-launching online, sometimes as reservations in limited quantity before release, realization, or commercial availability. What is the term? – Pretail
A question about brands owned by Decathalon.

Madhukar is the founder of? – Medplus
Owns which media entity? – Asianet

Kellogs was blanked out

Zendesk was blanked out

Identify? – A M Naik
Logo? – Google news

Logo? – Dolby
Questions on Sharechat, Investopedia, Sampath Bank, Scott Adams.
The questions of prelims and finals of Coimbatore round of Tata Crucible were shared by PJ.