Answers to last week's quiz (#145)

 

1. This business group’s corporate headquarters was built by an Italian who was the managing director of one of its group companies. His desire was to build a replica of the Hawa Mahal. Name this building and the business group that owns it.
   Ceat Mahal, RPG group’s headquarters in Mumbai, was built in 1974 by Angela Tealdo, Ceat's former MD
    
2. How many countries have amended their constitutions to include the human right to potable water?
   15 
    
3. Which was the first Indian pharma company to set up a joint venture in China during the early 1990s? 
   Ranbaxy 
    
4. Who used a small airship to drag a banner across the London skyline emblazoned with “BA can’t get it up” and why did they do so? 
   Virgin Atlantic. British Airways sponsored London’s Millennium Wheel in the late 1990s and on the day the wheel was to be raised the engineers had trouble lifting it. Virgin seized this opportunity and put up this ad. 
    
5. A vocational agency set up by a multinational in India has sent an entry to the Limca Books of Records claiming that it has made the largest shirt in India. It is more than 50 feet high and 35 feet wide. Name the agency and the multinational. 
   iLead, vocational centres set up by Hindustan Unilever 
    
6. Which Indian company was an equity partner of Pepsi when it entered India to launch its products? 
   Voltas India 
    
7. This company’s creations shared the stage with the discoveries of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Alva Edison at the Paris Universal Exhibition otherwise known as the World’s Fair in 1878. It is also one of IPL’s official partners. Name it. 
   Bandelier, the Swiss Watch brand 
    
8. Which state represents the largest beer market in India?
   Andhra Pradesh 
    
9. Whose guiding philosophy is “Love All — Serve All”? This chain set up its first outlet in London and is now owned by a native American tribe in the US. 
   Hard Rock Café  
10. This logo belongs to a unique organisation that celebrates its annual day on November 19. Identify it. 
    
     World Toilet Organisation, founded in 2001 

There were 24 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #145. The winners who will receive a copy of Strategic Management: Theory & Practice are:U S N Bhat, Mumbai; R Bharat, Chennai; R Yogesh Kumar Jain, Hyderabad; Atul Mathews, Bangalore; Srinivasa Murthy V, Hyderabad; Abhinesh Malaiya, Bhopal; T Rahul, Hyderabad; Prashant Malaiya, Ekkathuthangal; Rahul Kamble, Mumbai; and Rishabh Sinha, Hyderabad. U S N Bhat also wins Rs 2,000.