The Strategist Quiz (#164)

 

1. Which perfume was invented by Giovanni Paolo de Feminis towards the end of the 17th century? 
    
2. Which was the first Indian housing finance company to be listed overseas? 
    
3. At the age of 19, DK of Old Delhi started making fountain pens, and today, his company exports pens to about 75 countries. Name the company DK founded. 
    
4. Name the brothers who founded a company in the early 1940s to sell Willys jeeps in India. 
    
5. Which company’s genesis is associated with a chemical engineer’s efforts to make India self-sufficient in manufacturing salt? Also, name the chemical engineer. 
    
6. In 1936, ten cement manufacturers came under one umbrella and created perhaps the country’s first notable merger. Name the company that was established. 
    
7. In 1895, who purchased a small grocery store for 26,000 Italian Lire in Turin — the origin of a famous global brand is linked to the store? 
    
8. What is popularly known as ‘hathiwala cream’ in parts of rural India? 
    
9. Name the Indian company that was founded in 1962 after its founder on a trip to Germany discovered that car seat cushions were being manufactured with rubberised curled coir from Sri Lanka. 
    
10. Identify the company from its logo. 
    

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