Rajagiri tech quiz prelims with answers
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Rashmi Sinha from Lucknow, along with her husband and brother, set up a professional networking website that was later acquired by LinkedIn in 2012. The website logo provided a clue to the site's identity. Additionally, in 1982, programmers at Carnegie Mellon University connected a Coke vending machine to the internet so its contents and temperatures could be monitored remotely, giving rise to the concept of an "Internet of Things".
Rajagiri tech quiz prelims with answers
- 2. Lets start with an Indian Techie Success story Rashmi Sinha,who hails from Lucknow with the help of her Husband and her elder brother set up a website for helping professionals to connect. It was acquired by Linkedin in 2012. What website are we talking about. Logo has the clue to the site Q-1
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- 4. Think laterally Now, a moon, a lover refulgent in flight How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics See, I have a rhyme assisting my feeble brain, its tasks sometimes resisting. Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling In mystic force, and magic spelling These are all examples of Piems?What are they used for? Q-2
- 5. Think Laterally To memorise the Value of Pi π = 3.1415926535897932384626433 832795028841971693993751058 209749...
- 6. The Coke Technology In 1982,In Carnegie Mellon University(CMU),Programmers after working for long hours had to walk a long distance to the nearest Coke vending machine,often to find it empty or filled only with Soda. Something needed to be done about these wasted trips to the machine. Soon, conversation spun into action. The CMU Coke machine was filled with a number of microswitches and connected to the Internet. And soon, its contents and their temperatures could be found by anyone who could reach the IP address: 128.2.209.43. What Phenomena did this give birth to? Q-3
- 8. Lets check your chemistry The Origin of this brand is unclear but some Theories are: It has a Ph level of above 7 It contains seven ingredients Sugar, carbonated water, essences of lemon,Essence of lime oils, citric acid, sodium citrate, and lithium citrate. It contains Lithium which has approximate atomic mass of 7. Identify this brand? Q-4
- 10. Identify Samosely are group of self settlers in Ukraine living in a zone of alienation after 1986. The zone contains a number of abandoned towns and villages whose current population is made up of people who either refused to evacuate the area or secretly resettled in the relatively unprotected region after it was cordoned off. Which area are we talking about? Q-5
- 12. The Indian Whats app What messaging platform did Kavin Bharati Mittal start in 2012 that has nearly 100 million users currently? Q-6
- 14. The Turing award Who are referred to as the Steel Collar workers? Q-7
- 15. Answer ROBOTS
- 16. The first victory of a computer On May 11,1997, the chess champion Garry Kasparov was defeated by a computer becoming the first computer to beat a Human. Name the computer? Q-8
- 17. Answer to Kasparov IBM DEEP BLUE
- 18. Rare honour This scientist had the rare honour of being the second person to have a element named after him while still being alive.Identify the person Q-9
- 20. Identify This moth species of Genus Neopalpa ocurring in Southern California and Northern Mexico was first described by Canadian Scientist Vazrick Nazari . This moth has propensity to spin in circles on leaves. The upper surface of the moth has forewings in orange- yellow except for dark brown patches on the fringe and anterior portions . What did Nazari name the Moth based on the moths head cover Q-10
- 21. Name the Moth
- 23. Identify Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao (died 1988) was a Telugu author,wrote this piece and gave to nationalist leader Tenneti Viswanadham, who forwarded it to the then Education Minister of Andhra Pradesh, P.V.G. Raju who was also the Raja Saheb of Vizianagaram.Raju then took it to the National level. What are we talking about? Q11
- 24. National pledge India is my country. All Indians are my brothers and sisters. I love my country, and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage. I shall always strive to be worthy of it. I shall give my parents, teachers and all elders respect and treat everyone with courtesy. To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion. In their well being and prosperity alone lies my happiness
- 25. Identify This is the logo of Institute of National importance set up by PC Mahalanobis in 1931 in Calcutta being deeply influenced by wisdom and guidance of Rabindra Nath Tagore? Name the Institute Q-12
- 26. Answer
- 27. Just crack it Norman Woodland was inspired by the Morse code and developed a classifying method.He adapted technology from optical soundtrack in movies using an incandescent light bulb shining through paper onto photo multiplier tube to read it He filed a patent application for "Classifying Apparatus and Method". What are we talking about Q-13
- 28. The right answer BAR CODE
- 29. Identify This is the logo of consortium launched by Google?What is it called? Q-14
- 30. The right answer Open Handset Alliance
- 31. Identify Which film won the best Feature film award at 64th National Film award for films made in 2016? Q 15
- 32. Kasaav
- 33. The tech in sports What is Dr. Paul Hawkins contribution to the world of sports ? Q 16
- 34. Answer Hawk Eye
- 35. Yersinia pestis? Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis) is a Gram-negative, rod- shaped coccobacillus, a facultative anaerobic organism that can infect humans.Y. pestis was discovered in 1894 by Alexandre Yersin, Swiss/French physician and bacteriologist from the Pasteur Institute. What disease does it cause? Q-17
- 37. Question 18 What are Sunway TaihuLight,Tianhe- 2,Titan,Sequoia,Cori types of ?
- 39. Identify the state Which state derives its name from Sanskrit word which mean abode or place of residence Q19
- 41. Root of the name The American multinational computer software company’s company name comes from the name of a stream originating on Black Mountain in Santa Clara County, California, United States, which ran behind the houses of John Warnock and Charles Geschke, the founders of this company. Which company am I talking about? Q 20
- 42. Root of the name
- 43. Identify It is of cylindrical form, with diameter and height of about 39 mm, and is made of an alloy of 90 % Platinum and 10 % Iridium.This is kept in Sevres,Paris. What is this a protype of ? Q 21
- 44. Answer KILOGRAM
- 45. Tribute to an engineer On whose Birthday is Engineers Day (Sept 15) celebrated? Q 22
- 46. M. Visvesvaraya
- 47. The only novel Who wrote the Fiction Novel “Foot lights” in 1948 which is his only Work? Q23
- 48. Charlie Chaplin
- 49. Tech to revolutionise travel Q 24 This technology proposed by Billionaire Elon Musk in 2013 in which Pods travel in a sealed tube at high speeds of more than 1000 kilometres per hour is powered by Magnetic propulsion and making use of solar energy. What is the name of this technology which will be launched in India by 2020?
- 51. Its Monetization !!!! For whom is QUIDS the currency been developed? Q 25
- 52. The quid is for Space Travellers Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination (QUID)
- 53. Take a guess Which company has developed the “Project LOON “whereby Internet is provided to Rural and remote areas through aerial wireless networks created by High Altitude balloons Q 26
- 54. Its Loony project Google Google itself found the idea of providing Internet access to the remaining 5 billion population unprecedented and crazy/loony
- 55. Guess the term John McCarthy was a towering figure in computer science at Stanford most of his professional life. In his career, he developed the programming language LISP, played computer chess via telegraph with opponents in Russia and invented computer time-sharing? What term did he come up with in 1955? Q 27
- 57. The 20 year old space craft NASA unmanned Spacecraft Cassini Huygens launched in 1997 to the planet X is named after 2 astronomers Giovanni Cassini and Christiaan Huygens who did major studies on the planet X? Which planet are we talking about? Q 28
- 58. Saturn
- 59. Google doodle In whose honour on his 200th Birthday was this Google Doodle released Q-29
- 61. Last question What is the smallest detectable movement of a mouse cursor on a screen called? Q-30
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- 64. Thank you.. Lets await the results