PRELIMS WITH ANSWERS

Q1

ID the logo of the automobile brand (edited image)

Answer : Vauxhall Motors

Q2

•Byron Carter, founder of Cartercar, came across a stalled motorist on Belle Isle in the middle of the Detroit River. He gallantly offered to crank the Cadillac car for the stranded driver. Because of an improperly set the lever, the crank kicked and broke Carter's jaw. Complications developed and Carter later died of pneumonia.

•When his friend , Henry Leland, who was the Cadillac chief, heard the news, he was distraught.

•He called Charles Kettering of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co. who thus invented one of the most important advancements the auto industry has ever known. It first appeared on Cadillacs in 1912.

Cars equipped with his invention sold like crazy. What was his invention?

Answer :

• Electric self-starter

Q3

An infamous deed by the chap on the right forced to bring about an innovation to these vehicles , starting with the one shown in the left pic.

Bullet proof popemobiles after the first attempted assassination of Pope John Paul by Mehmet Ali Agca

Answer :

Q4.

The Lamborghini V10 is a ninety degree (90°) V10 petrol engine which was developed for the Lamborghini Gallardo automobile, first sold in 2003.

Lamborghini Gallardo shares its 5.2 Ltr V10 engine with 3 other models of another famous brand.

Name the brand and any one of the models.

Answer :

The Audi R8 , S8 and S6

Q5

Identify and state claim to fame

Answer :

• Maria Teresa de Filippis, first woman to race in F1

Q6.

X is planning to launch a 125cc scooter in India, priced at a whooping Rs. 8 lakhs, with a lot of safety features including traction control system, Anti-Slip Regulator (ASR), front and rear disc brakes and ABS and is entirely assembled by hand.

ID X and the scooter model

Answer :

Vespa 946 by Piaggio

Q7.

If for Bugatti Veyron it is a W16 engine currently only produced by the Volkswagen group,what specific engine is found in the for Mazda RX-8

Just name the type of engine.

Answer : Rotary or Wankel engine.

Q8Identify this automaker and its model from this picture of their recent advertisements starring Ranveer Singh.

Answer : Maruti Suzuki Ciaz

Q9

The Maruti Zen is a 5-door hatchback produced and sold in India by Suzuki's Indian subsidiary Maruti Suzuki. It has acquired significant popularity in India since the nameplate was first introduced in 1993.

The word "ZEN" is an acronym standing for ____ ______ _____?

Answer :

ZERO ENGINE NOISE!!

Q.10

Name the maker and model which when launched in November 2009 became India's first clutch-free motorbike .

Answer :

TVS Jive.

Q11Google doodle commemorating the birthday of?

Answer : Aryton Senna

Q12

X will start manufacturing electric buses in India sometime next year, according to its managing director Vinod K Dasari

It will start making the Optare range of electric and hybrid buses – Solo and Versa -- in India at its plants in Alwar and Tiruchi

ID the company X.

Answer : ASHOK LEYLAND

Q13

• Air India's then commercial director Bobby Kooka and Umesh Rao, an artist with J. Walter Thompson Ltd created 'it' which was adopted in its present form in 1946.

• In 2014, the new Indian PM Narendra Modi reportedly asked the minister concerned to replace 'it' with something.

• What change did he suggest which reminds us of a political party among others?

Answer :

• Replacing the Air India Mascot 'The Maharajah' with something that represents the 'Aam Aadmi' i.e. the common man.

Q14________ Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek was the daughter of Austrian entrepreneur Emil Jellinek and his wife Rachel Goggmann Cenrobert. What connects her to the auto world?

Answer:

Mercedes Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek after whom the Mercedes cars named after .

Q15

_________ formerly Bajaj Tempo, is an Indian manufacturer of three-wheelers, multi-utility and cross country vehicles, light commercial vehicles, tractors, buses and heavy commercial vehicles. It was originally named Firodia Tempo Ltd. and later after partial acquisition by Bajaj Auto as Bajaj Tempo Ltd.

Fill in the Blank

Answer : Force Motors

Q16

• What indispensable feature in the development of and ergonomics (comfort systems) in all types of vehicles, from automobiles to aircraft do the following act as predecessors

1. Cadavers 2. Live subjects – in milder cases seminal in

developing mathematical models against which further research could be compared

3. Animals ( discontinued first by General Motors in 1993) after much protests by animal rights groups.

• Answer : Crash test Dummies!!

Q17 Sir William Lyons,known as "Mr. ________", was with

fellow motorcycle enthusiast William Walmsley, the co-founder in 1922 of the Swallow Sidecar Company, which became _________ Cars Limited after the Second World War.

ID this company which as its earlier name suggests had its beginnings as a “sidecar” manufacturer.

Answer : Jaguar cars Ltd

Q18

The gentleman in the picture (next slide) is Count Francesco Baracca , an ace of the Italian Air Force and national hero of world war 1 . Why is he a matter of interest for auto enthusiasts ?

Answer

• Count Francesco Baracca, standing by his SPAD XIII fighter with the prancing horse logo that later became the emblem of Ferrari

• He used to paint his planes with prancing horses

Q19 Identify

Answer

Jules Bianchi , the formula 1 driver who is critical

Q20• This is the logo of a sub-brand of X founded in 2011 to design and

manufacture plug-in electric vehicles• The first store opened in June 2012 at the London Park Lane showroom of X• Several models belonging to this brand have been showcased by X at the

Frankfurt Motor Show, and according to the ‘vision’ of this project , it is an initiative whose task it is to be the spearhead of the X Group to develop sustainable and future-oriented mobility concepts

• ID the sub-brand which includes X in its name.

Answer : BMW Project i

Q21Pictured below is a 1966 GMC Handivan on the outside with certain modifications on the inside. It was the brainchild of Dr. Craig Marks who headed up most of General Motors' advanced engineering projects. What is so special about it?

Answer• It was the first hydrogen fuel cell car ever

produced.

Q22

In December 2000 Girish Wagh was given a brief by Ravi Kant to create a new very light truck line that would add to ______'s current truck range. It was to be economical and to take on the three-wheeled cargo auto rickshaws in the Indian market. Based on this brief Wagh approached users of three-wheel cargo rickshaws and got their feed back on _____'s future four-wheel cargo vehicle.

The feedback revealed that future owners would prefer owning a four-wheeler cargo vehicle for the perceived prestige it would offer over a three-wheeled vehicle.

What product came about as a result of this?

Answer:

Tata Ace

Q23

• In the latest step in the automaker's on-going commitment for sustainability, Ford has upped the ante with the Fusion by putting an emphasis on sustainable materials like X and Y.

• X is used as a sound-absorbing material. The Ys are turned into foam for seat cushions, seat backs, and head restraints. The company estimates that the use of Y has reduced petroleum production by more than 5 million pounds and carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 million pounds annually.

• Give me X and Y.

Answer :• X- Denim and Y-Soy beans

Q24Just Identify the blank

Answer : MS Dhoni

Q25

This is an advertisement for an automobile company which went viral because of the stunt in the pic performed by a person

ID the person and the company