IT QuizDate-19,March,2017

By-Akanksha Singh

Q.1X was founded by Yogendra Vasupal (Yogi), Rupal Yogendra and Sachit Singhi in 2005 as Inasra, which then was rebranded as X in the year 2010. X is among the top players in India’s burgeoning travel and tourism ecosystem. In February, 2017, the company announced that it is suspending operations and would reboot with a different model. The company has been in trouble for some time in terms of its business.Cofounder Yogendra Vasupal was recently arrested by local authorities in Chennai on charges of defrauding an advertising agency. Identify X.

Ans-Stayzilla

q.2They are founders of which e-commerce company in India?

(Hint-They have been in news recently)

Ans-Shopclues founders Sandeep Aggarwal and Radikha

Aggarwal

q.3This device created by Minnesota based manufacturer Ideal Conceal, According to The Times, Ideal Conceal has already received 12,000 pre-orders for the device, which costs $395 (£325, €375) and is due to begin shipping during the first quarter of 2017. What is so special about the device?

Ans-It’s a pistol

q.4Yank Technologies, a startup headquartered in Columbia University’s startup lab, developed a router-like wireless charger, the X, capable of delivering power at a distance to multiple devices simultaneously. It works without wires, a charging pad, or a dock, and doesn’t require a physical connection between the charger and smartphone. Charging takes place over the air.Id X.

Ans-MotherBox

q.5The X, a computer worm was written by a Dutch programmer named Jan de Wit. It was designed to trick email users into opening a mail message purportedly containing a picture of a woman, while actually hiding a malicious program. “Here you have.;0)” was the subject line of the email.In the Friends episode "The One in Barbados, Part One", Ross Geller's laptop was infected by the X worm when Chandler Bing checked his email on it. The version of the worm in the episode was more malicious than the real thing, as it deleted Ross' entire hard drive, including his speech on paleontology, when it was opened. Id X.

Ans-Anna Kournikova

q.6Id the author of the famous book.

Ans- Ajit Balakrishnan Founder of rediff.com

q.7This is August,1981 full page ad run by Apple in Wall Street Journal welcoming which company to personal computer marketplace.

Ans-IBM

q.8X and Y used to film pop-culture spoofs, which they would then air internally in the company. These short masterpieces—which include parodies of “Night at the Roxbury” and “The Matrix” have leaked online throughout the years.Images in the next slide are from reenactment of Mike Meyer’s 007 spoof Austin Powers in which X appeared as Austin Powers and Y appeared as Dr. Evil.

Id both the personalities.

(images in next slide)

Ans- X-Bill Gates Y-Steve Ballmer

q.9Company Y parodies Google's own Chrome ads with a bouncing ball tracking how Google allegedly targets people with ads. It's identical to Google's own Chrome "___ ___________" ad, set to the same music and style.These are some screenshots of the ad.FITB and Id Y.

Ans-’Now Everywhere’...The company behind this was

Microsoft

q.10The X virus came in an e-mail note with phrase "X" in the subject line and contained an attachment that, when opened, resulted in the message being re-sent to everyone in the recipient's Microsoft Outlook address book and, perhaps more seriously, the loss of every JPEG, MP3, and certain other files on the recipient's hard disk.On May 4, 2000, the virus spread so quickly that e-mail had to be shut down in a number of major enterprises such as the Ford Motor Company.X attacked tens of millions of Windows personal computers on and after 5 May 2000 local time in the Philippines .The virus reached an estimated 45 million users in a single day.Image in the next slide.

Ans-ILOVEYOU Or Love Letter

q.11X in the medical world identifies a patient as a Y. Sometimes, in lieu of actual medical terminology, physicians use shorthands like ‘X’FDGB (Y, Fall Down, Go Boom) and ‘X’INAD (Y In No Apparent Distress) on patient records to describe the health statuses of hospitalized elderly females.A study published by Peter E. Dans, MD, of JHMS in 2002 found only 2 to 13 percent of surveyed medical classes considered usage of terms like ‘X’INAD and ‘X’FDGB to be helpful, whereas 30 to 50 percent of classes considered it harmful. Interestingly enough, such terms were used frequently for self-destructive or abusive patients.Now a days X is used in completely different context and is used by people a lot. Just tell me what X is.

Ans:- X-LOL Y-Little Old Ladies

q.12Ident-A-Kid franchisees sell parents credit-card-sized identification cards, along with electronic copies for cell phones.

X, an acronym for the largest child-identification program in the United States, but is now a popular acronym for "Y".

Ans:-IDK… I Don’t Know…

If u don’t know the ans then ur ans is correct… :p

Q.13Founders of which news app company.

Ans-Inshorts FoundersDeepit Purkayastha,Azhar Iqubal and Anunay Arunav(left to right)

q.14-X was founded in 1992 by Jeff Hawkins.. The company has gone through some rough patches in its history: its first PDA called Zoomer was a commercial flop.

-It was bought out by U.S. Robotics which was then bought by 3Com, and Hawkins, disgusted with office politics, left to create his own company Handspring. Then after splitting from 3Com , X merged with Handspring.Identify X.

Ans-PALM Computing Inc.

q.15Z (a recursive acronym for Z's not acronymed) is a freeware set of tools with a managed runtime environment that facilitates video game development and management.It is based on the .NET Framework, with versions that run on Windows NT, Windows Phone and the Xbox 360.The dots and lines in logo aren’t meaningless. -..- , -. and .- are morse codes for letters in Z. Identify Z.

Ans-Microsoft XNA

Q.16These are some features of the programming language X.

● Instead of True and False, it has keywords fact and lie.

● The language is completely case insensitive.

● If the running computer is from China, X will not compile. We don't want them stealing our American technological secrets.

● All programs must end with America is great.

● Easy to type with small hands.

Id the language.

Ans-TrumpScript

q.17Groups of working individuals are typically classified based on the colors of their collars worn at work… for example-

● Red collar jobs – Government workers of all types;derived from compensation received from red ink budget.

● Gold collar jobs – Highly skilled professionals who may be in high demand, such as chartered accountants, surgeons, anesthesiologists, engineers and lawyers.

● Chrome collar jobs - jobs that can be automated and carried out by robots

What are grey collar jobs?

Ans-Skilled technicians,typically someone who is both white and blue collar,an example includes IT workers. They are principally white collar, but perform blue-collar tasks with some regularity, such as engineers.

q.18‘Threat de Toilette’ is range of perfumes comes in different scents like Social Engoir,Mal-wear,Ransom and Phish.The company claims that the perfume “smells like fear” to serve as a reminder that users need to protect themselves from online threats. Which Russian software company is behind this?

Ans-Kaspersky

q.19What is the name of this team of six students famous for working on a project related to Indian Gov. also tell the project they worked on.

Ans-Team ‘Sanskriti’

q.20Name dating app that matches you with other users based on things you both dislike.The app is only about a month old, but it's amassed about 200,000 users in the US and abroad - it's the No. 1 lifestyle app in Germany right now, the company says - with plans to "take on Tinder."

Ans-Hater App