INFOTECH Quiz – 003

Select the appropriate answer from the two options.

1. As a teenager, his appetite for knowledge was so great that he read the entire "World Book Encyclopedia" series from start to finish. Who is he? Bill Gates / Steve Jobs
2. “I didn't have a computer until I was 19 — but I did have an abacus”. Who is he? One of the founders of WhatsApp -- Koum / Acton
3. Who said this? "It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them." Bill gates / Steve Jobs
4. John Sculley, earlier to becoming Apple's CEO was working with Coco Cola / Pepsi
5. I/O in Google I/O event stands for “Input/Output” / "Innovation in the Open".
6. Since 1997, the computer-based communication system of Stephen Hawking, the famous physicist who suffered from motor neuron disease has been sponsored and provided by Intel Corp. / Microsoft
7. Intel Curie – is a Low-Power Hardware Module from Intel for Wearable Devices / Smart Phones.
8. In mobiles, the rear / front camera is always of high resolution.
9. PerfKit Benchmarker from Google / Microsoft is an open source tool that evaluates virtual machine performance
10. Microsoft : Azure = Google : Web Services / Compute Engine

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INFOTECH Quiz - 002

Select the appropriate answer from the two options.

1. Facebook's newest tool, known as Safety Check / Safety Monitor, aims to allow people to quickly alert friends and family that they are safe after a natural disaster.
2. Google's founders were willing to sell to Yahoo / Excite for under $1 million in 1999—but Excite turned them down.
3. The first product that can truly be called a tablet computer was the GRiDPad, manufactured by GRiD Systems Corporation / Newton, from Apple.
4. The Intel Edison is a tiny computer offered by Intel as a development system for wearable devices / smart grids.
5. Bill Gates was a dropout from Harvard / Stanford
6. IBM / HP is working on a new type of computer called “The machine” that's much faster and more power efficient than today's current systems.
7. Pepperfry.com is an online restaurant guide / furniture retailer.
8. “Shop with a smile” is the tagline of the e-retailer Snapdeal / infibeam 
9. The time 10:08 is displayed on the screens of the mobiles from HTC and Intex / Asus.
10. Powershot is a camera brand from Canon / Sony

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10th Anniversary Celebrations of YouTube by CSI & IEEE CS & IEEE PCS at Chennai

The Computer Society of India, Chennai, IEEE Computer Society, Madras and IEEE Professional Communication Society, Madras  celebrated the 10th Anniversary Celebrations of YouTube by Screening and having a Discussions on “Best of YouTube” on 18th May 2015.

A select no. of video clips crowd sourced from the members of the organising societies and supporting organisations and others were screened.

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Following the screening of videos, an open quiz on YouTube was held and those answered the questions were rewarded with Rs. 50/= for each correct answer.

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Answers to INFOTECH Quiz - 001 to 010

Answers to INFOTECH Quiz - 001

1. Stanford
2. LibreOffice
3. Big Data
4. Reliably
5. Google I/O
6. London
7. Stephen Hawking
8. Directly
9. Billion
10. Vodafone

Answers to INFOTECH Quiz - 002

1. Excite
2. Safety Check
3. GRiDPaD
4. Wearable devices
5. Harvard
6. HP
7. Furniture retailer
8. infibeam
9. Intex
10. Canon

Answers to INFOTECH Quiz - 003

1. Bill Gates
2. Koum
3. Steve Jobs
4. Pepsi
5. Innovation in the Open
6. Intel Corp.
7. Wearable devices
8. Front
9. Google
10. Compute Engine

INFOTECH Quiz - 001

INFOTECH Quiz - 001

Select the appropriate answer from the two options.

1. The commencement speech of Steve Jobs at Stanford / Harvard was a famous one.
2. OpenOffice / LibreOffice,  is the free office suite from The Document Foundation.
3. The products:  Hive, Pig, Spark, Yarn, Storm are related to Big Data / Cloud Computing
4. ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) is a set of properties that guarantee that database transactions are processed reliably / speedily.
5. Google's annual software developers' conference is called as Google I/O  / Google DevCon.
6. Google has recently opened its first-ever branded shop in Newyork / London.
7. The movie “The Theory of Everything” is the bio pic of Alan Turing / Stephen Hawking.
8. The battery life of a phone is directly / inversely proportional to its mAh (miliampere hour ) rating.
9. The clock speed of  1 Gigahertz (GHz) equals to one billion / trillion cycles per second.
10. “Power to You” is the tagline of Vodafone / Airtel.

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Answers to GK Quiz - 001 to 010

Answers to GK Quiz - 001

1. Munnar
2. Anamudi
3. United States
4. Rajasthan
5. Meghalaya
6. Bank of Baroda
7. Lower
8. Gulzari Lal Nanda
9. Bharatiya Janata Party
10. AIDS Day

GK Quiz - 001

GK Quiz - 001

Select the appropriate answer from the two options.

1. The exotic flora found in the forests and grasslands of Munnar / Kodaikanal is called as Neelakurinji. This flower which bathes the hills in blue once in every twelve years.
2. Dodda Betta /Anamudi is the highest peak in south India standing at a height of over 2700 metres.
3. The third most populous country after China & India is United States / Indonesia
4. The largest Indian state in terms of area is Madhya Pradesh / Rajasthan
5. Shillong is the capital of Assam / Meghalya
6. “India's International Bank” is the tagline of Idian Overseas Bank / Bank of Baroda
7. In India, in official functions, the former presidents rank higher /lower than governors.
8. After Nehru, the prime minister of India was Lal Bahadur Shastry / Gulzari Lal Nanda
9. The largest political party in India is Indian national Congress / Bharatiya Janata Party
10. Every year, Dec 1st is observed as Worlds AIDS Day / Disabled Day

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