SCT IEEE Quiz 2011

Tech QuizIEEE Students Chapter,Sree Chitra Thirunal College of Engineering,Trivandrum,Kerala

Questions Prepared by :

Govind Maheswarangovindmaheswaran@gmail.comfacebook.com/govindmaheswarantwitter.com/RestlessMystic

To the pointRound 1

1. The noise created when an electric guitar picks up sound from a speaker connected to an amplifier and regenerates it back through the amplifier, is also the shortest word in the English language that contains all the letters that makes the musical notes , except g. What word are we talking about?

FEEDBACK

2. A bit is the basic unit of information in computing , in binary systems. What is the corresponding unit in a Computing system following Quantum computing paradigm..?

QUBIT

3. This sporting term comes from a military term for a man trapped behind enemy lines, where he is said to be "away from the strength of his side". What term that is widely used in cricket and football , referring to preventing players from getting an unfair attacking advantage?

Off Side

4. The MKV format is an example of M___________ Multimedia Container (MMC). MMC is an open standard container format, that can hold unlimited number of video, audio, picture or subtitle tracks in a single file. The name MMC is derived from that of a Japanese doll, which is made by nesting the same doll within dolls. Tell me the Expansion of M in MMC/MKV/MK3D/MKS.

Matroska

5. It has existed as an island in its current form longer than any other island in the world, having first formed when it separated from India around 90 million years ago. Which island nation are we talking about?

Hint : I like to move it move it..

Madagascar

6. The word Lumia means ‘prostitute’ in Spanish language. Why was the word trending in google searches on the last week of october 2011.

Nokia announced the name of its 1st Win7 smartphone as Lumia

7. “Mammon slept. And the beast reborn spread over the earth and its numbers grew legion. And they proclaimed the times and sacrificed crops unto the fire, with the cunning of foxes. And they built a new world in their own image as promised by the sacred words, and spoke of the beast with their children. Mammon awoke, and lo! it was naught but a follower.”

from The Book of __________, 11:9(10th Edition)

Fill In the blanks..

The Book of MozillaType about:mozilla in firefox browser to see the

book of mozilla page.

8. The product ‘A’ was launched in India on October 5th, for the use of Indian students. Originally named ‘Saakshat’, It’s a combined venture of the Govt. of India, IIT- Rajasthan and a certain London Based Company. Identify A.

Aakash

9. India adopted the Rupee-Paisa System of money on April 1 1957. Name the system that existed prior to that.

The Anna System1 Anna = 1/16 Rupees

10.In the Deep Purple album Bananas there is a tribute to an Indian who died in 2003. Who?

The picture that is…Round 2

1. Identify this mobile application..

(Strictly No Clues… :p )

2. If you are a windows user, what four word phrase do you use that conveys the same effect as the one depicted in this picture.

Blue Screen Of Death

3. No, the penguin is not wearing a backpack containing water bottle. What else is it wearing. (Name or Description will do)

Critter Cam Crittercam is a small package of instruments

including a camera that can be attached to a wild animal to study its behaviour in the wild. Crittercam was invented by National Geographic marine biologist Greg Marshall in 1986.Since then it has been employed in studies on over 40 marine and terrestrial animals.

The smallest animal yet to carry Crittercam is the Emperor Penguin. Information and footage from Crittercam was used in the Oscar-winning documentary March of the Penguins.

4. Sure, we engineers are crazy.. But why is the bridge constructed like this?

Lotus Bridge, connecting China and Macau

China is a Right hand drive country, and Macau is Left-Hand drive. So,its required that a vehicle passing throught the bridge is required to switch its side before reaching the other end of the bridge.

5. Identify…

Heena Rabbani KharMinister of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan

6. With which (in)famous personality can we associate this house?

Osama Bin Laden Was killed at this house in Abattabad, Pakistan.

7. What is the speciality of this robot..?(Observe, but don’t get mislead by the dumb-bells)

AstrorobonautThe NASA robot that tweets from Space.

8. USS Newyork – Why was this ship in news even while it was under manufacturing.

The steel taken from the remaining of World Trade center was used to build the ship

That’s All fOlks….

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