![*QUESTION 15
• Identify the person?
• He is an American entrepreneur born on February 24, 1955
• He’s best known for Pioneer of the personal computer
revolution
• “I was lucky to get into computers when it was a very young and
idealistic industry. There weren’t many degrees offered in
computer science, so people in computers were brilliant people
from mathematics, physics, music, zoology, whatever. They
loved it, and no one was really in it for the money […] There are
people around here who start companies just to make money,
but the great companies, well, that’s not what they’re about.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/prelimsquiz-191111173626/85/TECH-QUIZ-31-320.jpg)
TECH QUIZ
- 1. TECH QUIZ P R E L I M S
- 2. RULES FOR PRELIMS. • 1. THERE WILL BE 20 QUESTIONS IN THIS ROUND. 2. OUT OF WHICH 5 WILL BE STAR MARKED RANDOMLY. 3. THE STAR MARKED QUESTIONS WILL BE OF 2 MARKS EACH AND THE REST 15 QUESTIONS WILL BE 1 MARK EACH. • 4. TOP 6 TEAMS FROM THIS ROUND WILL QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS ROUND. BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE TEAMS.
- 3. QUESTION 1 • _________are set to be used at this year's World Cup in Russia after football's lawmakers voted to approve the technology. • _________has been trialled in some domestic English cup games this season, and has been used in Germany and Italy. • FILL UP THE BLANKS WITH ONLY ONE ANSWER.
- 4. ANSWER 1 •VAR - Video Assistant Referees.
- 5. QUESTION 2 “Spectacles” are smart glasses that capture 10 seconds video. The glasses will allow the video to sync wirelessly to a user’s phone for sharing purposes. Which photo sharing platform launched spectacles ?
- 7. QUESTION 3 • X is an e-commerce entity based in Seattle,Washington . It is named after the largest river. Identify X.
- 9. QUESTION 4 • X is a location based augmented reality game developed by Niantic . It is the most downloaded mobile game in its first month. The game has been downloaded 130 million times since its initial launch on 6 July 2016. • Identify X.
- 11. *QUESTION 5 • What is so special about this phone from SONY ERRICSON ?
- 12. *ANSWER 5 • FIRST PHONE WITH FRONT CAMERA
- 13. QUESTION 6 • In the context of 4G wireless technology, expand VOLTE ?
- 14. ANSWER 6 •Voice Over Long Term Evolution
- 15. QUESTION 7 • It is named after a former American NBA player Larry Bird . What is being spoken about ?
- 17. QUESTION 8 • THE VOICE ASSISTANT OF THIS AMAZON PRODUCT IS
- 19. QUESTION 9 • FOUNDED - September 4, 1998 , Menlo Park , California, U.S • FOUNDERS – Larry Page and Sergey Brin • WHAT IS BEING TALK ABOUT ?
- 20. ANSWER 9 •GOOGLE
- 21. *QUESTION 10 The company X began in the wake of world war II. The company had $530 and a total of 8 employees . The initial name of the company was Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo . It built Japan’s first tape recorder , called Type-G. It then went on to capture the entire technological market . Identify X.
- 22. *ANSWER 10 •SONY
- 23. QUESTION 11 • It is a smallest controllable element of a picture represented on the screen. The word is portmanteau of picture and element. What is being spoken about ?
- 24. ANSWER 11 •PIXEL
- 25. QUESTION 12 • Identify this Google Product ?
- 27. QUESTION 13 • Though humankind got along just fine without __________ before they were developed in the late 1940s, this technological invention has been a major game changer in terms of food preparation and the office break room. Not only _________ modernized the way we eat, they've also made meals far more convenient -- read quicker -- to prepare. • FILL UP THE BLANKS WITH ONLY ONE ANSWER.
- 29. QUESTION 14 • X is a set of communication protocols that enable two electronic devices, one of which is usually a portable device such as a smartphone , to establish communication by bringing them within 4 cm (1.6 in) of each other. • IDENTIFY X.
- 30. ANSWER 14 • NFC- NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION
- 31. *QUESTION 15 • Identify the person? • He is an American entrepreneur born on February 24, 1955 • He’s best known for Pioneer of the personal computer revolution • “I was lucky to get into computers when it was a very young and idealistic industry. There weren’t many degrees offered in computer science, so people in computers were brilliant people from mathematics, physics, music, zoology, whatever. They loved it, and no one was really in it for the money […] There are people around here who start companies just to make money, but the great companies, well, that’s not what they’re about.”
- 33. QUESTION 16 • ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd., stylised as ______, is an Indian origin online transportation network company. It was founded as an online cab aggregator in Mumbai, but is now based in Bangalore. • ______was founded on 3 December 2010 by Bhavish Aggarwal, currently CEO, and Ankit Bhati. • FILL UP THE BLANKS WITH ONLY ONE ANSWER.
- 35. QUESTION 17 • X is a programming language which is named after a dangerous reptile.. • It was developed by Guido Von Rossum. • IDENTIFY X.
- 37. QUESTION 18 • What does this company make and what is its full form ?
- 38. ANSWER 18 •VIDEO GAMES AND ELECTRONIC ARTS
- 39. *QUESTION 19 • Which Indian gave the famous slogan “Roti , kapda , makaan , bijli and bandwidth” ?
- 41. *QUESTION 20 • What is special about this image ?
- 42. *ANSWER 20 •This is the world’s first ever web page .