Questions in this quiz: Made in India

1. Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group, started his first business venture in 1868. What was the original line of business? — Options: Steel manufacturing, A trading firm dealing with the Far East and Britain, A textile mill in Nagpur, A hydroelectric power utility
2. The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai was opened in 1903. Which legend is most commonly cited as the reason Jamsetji Tata built it? — Options: To host the Prince of Wales during his 1905 India tour, To win a bet with a British rival hotelier, He was refused entry to Watson's Hotel because Indians were not allowed, To celebrate the launch of the Empress Mills
3. Dhirubhai Ambani famously began his career not in textiles but working abroad as a young man. What job did he hold before returning to India to start what became Reliance? — Options: A clerk at a shipping office in Singapore, A pump attendant and clerk at a Shell station in Aden, Yemen, A textile trader in Manchester, England, A spice exporter in Zanzibar
4. Infosys was founded in 1981 by seven engineers with an initial capital of just $250. Which of these well-known Indian tech leaders was NOT one of the seven co-founders? — Options: Nandan Nilekani, N. R. Narayana Murthy, Azim Premji, S. Gopalakrishnan
5. Wipro's name is an acronym derived from the company it grew out of. What did the original 1945 firm, founded by M. H. Hasham Premji, manufacture? — Options: Vanaspati (hydrogenated vegetable cooking oil), Soap and detergents, Industrial dyes, Tea and packaged spices
6. Tata Consultancy Services, today one of the world's largest IT firms, was founded in 1968. What was its original purpose within the parent group? — Options: To export Indian programmers to American clients on contract, To handle electronic data processing for other group companies, To build hardware for the Indian defence sector, To run a chain of computer training institutes
7. The Mahindra Group was co-founded in 1945 by two brothers, J. C. and K. C. Mahindra, along with a third partner whose surname was retained in the company name until 1948. Why did that partner leave? — Options: He died in a road accident shortly after Independence, He migrated to Pakistan after Partition and became its first Finance Minister, He was bought out after a dispute over the Willys Jeep licence, He left to start his own steel-trading business
8. Which Indian conglomerate's flagship aviation arm began life in 1932 as a mail-carrying service before being nationalised, and was returned to the founding family in 2022? — Options: Reliance Industries, Tata Group, Aditya Birla Group, Adani Group
9. In the textile industry, what made Reliance's 'Vimal' brand revolutionary in 1970s India? — Options: It was the first fully khadi brand to be exported internationally, It introduced branded, ready-to-stitch polyester fabric sold via an exclusive franchise dealer network, It was the first to use only Indian-grown long-staple cotton, It was the first to be advertised on Doordarshan in colour
10. ITC Limited, today known for cigarettes, hotels and FMCG, was incorporated in 1910 under a name that reveals its colonial origin. What did the original 'I.T.C.' stand for? — Options: Indian Trading Corporation, Imperial Tobacco Company of India, International Tea Consortium, Indo-Ceylon Tobacco Company