The Strategist Quiz (#443)

1. Which corporation is considered to be the first one to use the technique of benchmarking in the late 1970s? It took all the key parts of business, from production to sales and maintenance and measured them against their counterparts in other companies abroad as well as at home.
    
2. Which Indian company is known to have declared uninterrupted dividends for over 125 years?
    
3. The Infant Hercules painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds during the 1870s is still associated with which brand? It is still found on its packaging.
    
4. This person is regarded as the founder of the concept of a press agency. He translated information from abroad for the French national press and founded a first of its kind agency in the 1820s. Name him.
    
5. Which company is purported to be having one of the largest corporate installations of solar panels on the planet that will enable its HQ building to run entirely on renewable energy?
    
6. This nation's name when translated to English means "the country of honorable people" or incorruptible people. Name a startup company that has drawn inspiration from it.
    
7. Whose magazine is titled i3?
    
8. Who sponsored the formation of HDFC and managed its first public issue?
    
9. Much before Digital technologies invaded the tech space which company launched an ad campaign with this punch line: "Success. Not Software"
    
10. Identify the brand from its logo?
    

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