TeQuiz: Quiz to make you interested in the newspaper

Dear Students

HT says that to learn a new language , you must sing it aloud. But to encourage you to read HT or any other newspaper, I thought you need to go through this quiz just to realize the importance of newspaper reading first of all. 

TeQuiz: Quiz to make you interested in the newspaper

1. Which company has recently swallowed Satyam?

Tech Mahindra

2.Name the Japanese robot that can converse with humans who may assist astronauts in near future..

Kirobo

3. Which company’s online application Person Finder helped people to locate missing persons in Uttrakhand?

Google person finder in association with HILTRON or U Hill Electronic Corporation LTd with office at Rishikesh)

4.Which photo-sharing app allows users to send images which automatically ‘self-destruct’ after 10 seconds.

‘SNAPCHAT’ developed by Evan Spiegel and bobby Murphy(2011)

5. Which two rivals have recently collaborated for Cloud computing?

MS & Oracle for cloud computing

6.Which organization/undertaking in India has recently announced that it will train its drivers on simulators?

1. Tata 2. DTC 3. Indian AirForce  4. Indian Army

7.Which project is to be launched by the Indian Govt. that will emulate American surveillance system’PRISM’?

400 crore CMS project to track callers location

8.Regular phones can now access smartphone apps based on technology developed by:

1.An Israeli company Vasco De Co.

9. Which mobile phone company has recently offered free facebook messenger services?

Idea

10. What may usher in data revolution in India?

4G

11. According to a Wallstreet Journal report which co is working on service ‘Reader’ resembling ‘Flipboard’ that will bring Facebook content to mobile devices in the form of a newspaper?

Facebook

12. Why was Edward Snowden in news?

For disclosing highly classified NSA data.

13. What do we know Julian Assange for:

Wikileaks

14.Which company has launched balloons 20 km above earth’s surface to facilitate internet in the interiors?

It has earmarked New Zealand for the project.

Google

15.Which CEO remain ousted from his company for 11 years and joined back as interim CEO?

Steve Jobs