BEGINNER'S QUIZAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY QUIZ BY,

NATIONAL MODEL STUDENTS.

RULES

• There are totally four rounds. Anti clockwise, clockwise, written round and @TCS.

• There is no pounce.

• No negative markings.

ANTI-CLOCKWISE ROUND

1ST QUESTION

• This website x was created by y who moved to India from the United States with her children. Despite having many relations in Chennai she couldn’t find a school and a doctor for her children so she developed the website along with her husband. This website is based on two cities.

• Identify x

• Identify y

1ST QUESTION

• This website x was created by y who moved to India from the United States with her children. Despite having many relations in Chennai she couldn’t find a school and a doctor for her children so she developed the website along with her husband. This website is based on two cities.

• Identify x = bharatmoms.com. The 2 cities are Chennai and Hyderabad

• Identify y = Bhavai Raman

2ND QUESTION

• X created the first virus that infected apple II computers. The virus is also one of the first large scale self spreading personal computer viruses. He also created a famous web search engine y.

• Identify X

• Indentify y

2ND QUESTION

• X created the first virus that infected apple II computers. The virus is also one of the first large scale self spreading personal computer viruses. He also created a famous web search engine y.

• Identify X= Richard skrenta

• Indentify y= Blekko

3RD QUESTION

• Who are these 2 famous people who co founded a web search engine that holds 60 percent of the Russian shares and is traded as YNDX in NASDAQ.

3RD QUESTION• Who are these 2 famous people who co founded a web search engine that holds 60 percent of the

Russian shares and is traded as YNDX in NASDAQ.

• Arkady Volozh Ilya Segalovich

4TH QUESTION

• Robert Tappan Morris was the person to be arrested on a particular act for his mistake. Identify the act under which he was arrested and on the December month of which year?

4TH QUESTION

• Robert Tappan Morris was the person to be arrested on a particular act for his mistake. Identify the act under which he was arrested and on the December month of which year?

• The computer fraud and abuse act on December 1990 for creating the Morris worm.

5TH QUESTION

• X is known as the bad boy of Indian start ups for his controversies. He created many websites such as Exambaba.com and Y. The website exambaba.com was asked to shut down by IIT Bombay because it contained its question papers. X also studied in IIT Bombay. Y got 8 million dollars in a particular field after one week after its launch. X was ousted from Y by the board of its directors. X started another website known as Intelligent interfaces which has many prominent angel investments from flipkart, pay tm, youwecan and micromax. Identify X and Y.

5TH QUESTION

• X is known as the bad boy of Indian start ups for his controversies. He created many websites such as Exambaba.com and Y. The website exambaba.com was asked to shut down by IIT Bombay because it contained its question papers. X also studied in IIT Bombay. Y got 8 million dollars in a particular field after one week after its launch. X was ousted from Y by the board of its directors. X started another website known as Intelligent interfaces which has many prominent angel investments from flipkart, pay tm, youwecan and micromax. Identify X and Y.

• X= Rahul Yadav

• Y= Housing.com

6TH QUESTION

• Who is credited as the father of supercomputing. He also developed the first supercomputer the Cray 1 which had a speed of 160 MFLOPS. FLOPS is the unit of speed used to measure the speed of supercomputers. What is the full form of FLOPS and who is the father of supercomputing?

6TH QUESTION

• Who is credited as the father of supercomputing. He also developed the first supercomputer the Cray 1 which had a speed of 160 MFLOPS. FLOPS is the unit of speed used to measure the speed of supercomputers. What is the full form of FLOPS and who is the father of supercomputing?

• The father of supercomputing is Seymour Roger Cray

• Full form of flops- Floating point operations per second.

7TH QUESTION

• This is the robot kismet developed in the late 1990s in the massachusetts institute of technology by X. this was developed for the experiment for affecting computing. This robot regulates and emphasizes emotion. The word kismet is from a turkish word meaning Y.

• Identify X and Y.

7TH QUESTION

• This is the robot kismet developed in the late 1990s in the massachusetts institute of technology by X. this was developed for the experiment for affecting computing. This robot regulates and emphasizes emotion. The word kismet is from a turkish word meaning Y.

• X= Dr. Cynthia Breazeal

• Y= fate

8TH QUESTION

• X was the programming language developed by Bob Brener. X was the first programming language with a feature called “picture clause”. Identify the programming language?

8TH QUESTION

• X was the programming language developed by Bob Brener. X was the first programming language with a feature called “picture clause”. Identify the programming language?

• The programming language is COMTRAN.

9TH QUESTION

• X is an advanced natural chat-bot developed by Microsoft. It is also referred to as the microsoft’s little ice.

• Identify X.

9TH QUESTION

• X is an advanced natural chat-bot developed by Microsoft. It is also referred to as the microsoft’s little ice.

• Identify X.

• X is xiaoice.

10TH QUESTION

• Japan’s national science museum is exhibiting a new robot called X. It runs on neural network powered by 42 pneumatic sensors, and electrical actuators. It’s the first robot to have such features. Identify X.

10TH QUESTION

• Japan’s national science museum is exhibiting a new robot called X. It runs on neural network powered by 42 pneumatic sensors, and electrical actuators. It’s the first robot to have such features. Identify X.

• X is Alter

CLOCKWISE ROUND

1ST QUESTION

• This website x is a famous satirical website of another famous website that we all almost use everyday. This satirical website spans with 75 languages. The German version of this website joined this website x in 2010. The name of the German version is stupidedia. Identify the website x.

1ST QUESTION

• This website x is a famous satirical website of another famous website that we all almost use everyday. This satirical website spans with 75 languages. The German version of this website joined this website x in 2010. The name of the German version is stupidedia. Identify the website x.

• X is uncyclopedia the satirical website of wikipedia.

2ND QUESTION

• X is a famous Chinese transportation company which resulted as a merger of 2 famous rival Chinese transportation company. One rival company is backed by ten cent and the other is backed by alibaba. This company also bought the Chinese version of this famous American based transportation company. Apple also invested 1 billion USD in this company very recently. Identify X a famous Chinese transportation company.

2ND QUESTION

• X is a famous Chinese transportation company which resulted as a merger of 2 famous rival Chinese transportation company. One rival company is backed by ten cent and the other is backed by alibaba. This company also bought the Chinese version of this famous American based transportation company. Apple also invested 1 billion USD in this company very recently. Identify X a famous Chinese transportation company.

• X is didi chuxing

3RD QUESTION

• In 1984when economics were booming the Newsweek magazine declares it “the year of the yuppie” and in UK the filofax personal organizer is the must have accessory of all urban professionals in London, though Dr. David Potter is planning to make a leather bound paper- based Filofax obsolete.

• What is it?

3RD QUESTION

• In 1984when economics were booming the Newsweek magazine declares it “the year of the yuppie” and in UK the filofax personal organizer is the must have accessory of all urban professionals in London, though Dr. David Potter is planning to make a leather bound paper- based Filofax obsolete.

• What is it?

• Palmtop PC

4TH QUESTION

• What does NLS stand for?

4TH QUESTION

• What does NLS stand for?

• NLS stands for oNLine System

5TH QUESTION

• In 1960 cinematographer Morgan Heiling built a single console that was a virtual reality head set.

• What is it?

5TH QUESTION

• In 1960 cinematographer Morgan Heiling built a single console that was a virtual reality head set.

• What is it?

• It is a sensorama

6TH QUESTION

• ATM: Automated teller machine

• ATM: X

• X is the full form of the ATM that is used in computers. Identify X.

6TH QUESTION

• ATM: Automated teller machine

• ATM: X

• X is the full form of the ATM that is used in computers. Identify X.

• X= Asymmetrical Transfer Mode

7TH QUESTION

• It was first created by Bucky Schwartz, First it used Internet protocol(IP). It was first head quartered in Holon, Israel. What is its significance?

7TH QUESTION

• It was first created by Bucky Schwartz, First it used Internet protocol(IP). It was first head quartered in Holon, Israel. What is its significance?

• It’s the first internet messenger.

8TH QUESTION

• Now he is the technological officer of R&D.

• He was born on December 20,1975

• He is the CTO of a company created by the co funders zip2.

• Who is he?

8TH QUESTION

• Now he is the technological officer of R&D.

• He was born on December 20,1975

• He is the CTO of a company created by the co funders zip2.

• Who is he?

• He is JB Straubel

9TH QUESTION

• The erisson R380 was marketed as the first symbian OS operated device.

• Before that a phone marketed as smart phones used symbian OS, but there was no evidences?

• What is it?

9TH QUESTION

• The erisson R380 was marketed as the first symbian OS operated device.

• Before that a phone marketed as smart phones used symbian OS, but there was no evidences?

• What is it?

• Psion smartphones

10TH QUESTION

• A Bengaluru hacker named Anand Prakash was awarded $15000 for finding a bug in the login system of X. Identify X.

10TH QUESTION

• A Bengaluru hacker named Anand Prakash was awarded $15000 for finding a bug in the login system of X. Identify X.

• X is facebook

WRITTEN ROUND

1ST QUESTION

• It was the first company to broadcast total eclipse using only solar energy, what company is it?

1ST QUESTION

• It was the first company to broadcast total eclipse using only solar energy, what company is it?

• Panasonic

2ND QUESTION

• “The internet is a opportunity for best products to win. Java is great technically and people want it”. Who quoted this?

2ND QUESTION

• “The internet is a opportunity for best products to win. Java is great technically and people want it”. Who quoted this?

• Bill Joy the co-founder of Sun Microsystems.

3RD QUESTION

• Which happening entity recently had a $ 200 million funding , at a $ 3.7 billion valuation with Kleiner Perkins as the lead investor?

3RD QUESTION

• Which happening entity recently had a $ 200 million funding , at a $ 3.7 billion valuation with Kleiner Perkins as the lead investor?

• Twitter

4TH QUESTION

• iCANN a company that is responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces of the internet made a very announcement that allowed companies to have something which will make .com domains obsolete. What did they allow?

4TH QUESTION

• iCANN a company that is responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of several databases related to the namespaces of the internet made a very announcement that allowed companies to have something which will make .com domains obsolete. What did they allow?

• They allowed domains such as .google and .apple

5TH QUESTION

• What is the name of the award ‘ celebrating the achievements and failures of the information security’ given away at the annual black hat security conference?

5TH QUESTION

• What is the name of the award ‘ celebrating the achievements and failures of the information security’ given away at the annual black hat security conference?

• Pwnies award

@TCS

1ST QUESTION

• Roshy John was a practice head of robotics and cognitive skills system at TCS, and his 29 member team created a driverless car which is a modified X. X is a car that Roshy John modified and created the driverless car.

• Identify X.

1ST QUESTION

• Roshy John was a practice head of robotics and cognitive skills system at TCS, and his 29 member team created a driverless car which is a modified X. X is a car that Roshy John modified and created the driverless car.

• Identify X.

• X is Tata Nano

2ND QUESTION

• TCS and a leading Japanese company signed definitive agreements to merge TCS Japan, ITF and NTSC. TCS will hold 51% and the Japanese company will hold 49%of the merged entity. Identify the Japanese company.

2ND QUESTION

• TCS and a leading Japanese company signed definitive agreements to merge TCS Japan, ITF and NTSC. TCS will hold 51% and the Japanese company will hold 49%of the merged entity. Identify the Japanese company.

• The Japanese company is mitsubishi

3RD QUESTION

• TCS is Major Sponsor of the at the Asia CEO Awards 2016, the largest business awards event in X country. Identify the country X

3RD QUESTION

• TCS is Major Sponsor of the at the Asia CEO Awards 2016, the largest business awards event in X country. identify country X.

• Philippines

4TH QUESTION

• TCS and X will collaborate to showcase Y. This will live demo of TCS precision farming platform along with X powered gateways and drones.

• Identify X

• Indentify Y

4TH QUESTION

• TCS and X will collaborate to showcase Y. This will live demo of TCS precision farming platform along with X powered gateways and drones.

• X= Intel

• Y= Internet of things solution

5TH QUESTION

• TCS started as a company manufacturing X for its sister company Y working on an Inter-Branch Reconciliation System for the Central bank of India and providing bureau services to unit trust of India.

• Identify X

• Identify Y

5TH QUESTION

• TCS started as a company manufacturing X for its sister company Y working on an Inter-Branch Reconciliation System for the Central bank of India and providing bureau services to unit trust of India.

• X is punched cards

• Y is TISCO(Tata steel)