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TCS IT Wiz 2013 Hyderabad Prelims

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1. Identify the logo- Ans- Microsoft Pixelsense. 2. Which web service headed by an Indian has the tagline "Present yourself"? Ans-Slideshare. 3. Which was the most searched Indian movie on Google in 2012? Ans-Ek tha tiger. 4. Expand mVOIP Ans-Mobile Video Over Internet Protocol. 5. Expand BOYD. Ans-Bring Your Own Device 6. Which term was coined by John Mc Carthy? Ans-Artificial Intelligence 7. Which popular comic strip by Scott Adams has been digitized and available online? Ans-Dilbert 8. Identify this eminent personality-   Ans-Som Mittal   9. Which brand of gadgets get their name from the unanimous black colour and keys which resemble seeds? Ans-Blackberry 10. Which technology is named after the stained teeth of King Harold Blatand? Ans-Bluetooth 11. Name this service-   Ans-Google Drive 12. Headed by Sam Pitroda it is an Indian think tank which looks over the possible policies related to education, research and reforms needed to make India competitive in the knowledge

Quiz Time 126

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1. If PS3 :  RSX 'Reality Synthesizer' then XBOX: ? (Hint:- RSX is graphics card) 2. Connect  (Hint-Open Sea) 3. Which law states that ' The cost of a semiconductor chip  fabrication plant  doubles every four years.'? 4. Identify  5. Fusion, Vishera and Phenom are the processors from which semiconductor giant? 6. Identify this device- 7. Which company is developing a project that aims    to bring internet access to everyone by creating an internet network of  flying balloons ? 8. X is a   is a private educational organization founded by  Sebastian Thrun.T he origin of the name comes from the company's desire to be "audacious for you, the student". Identify the company. 9. Identify this product from Microsoft- 10. X is a    technology that allows graphics and photos to be smoothly browsed, regardless of their size.  X is  powering Microsoft’s Silverlight, Pivot, Photosynth  and many other applications.Identify X.

Catechize-Prelim Results

Those who have qualified for Catechize-Finals are- 1.Harshil Vaidya 2.Krunaal Tavkar 3.Rahul Kamath 4.Suman Barnwal 5.Tapan Sharma 6.Krishnendu Mahapatra Congratulations to all the qualifiers and best of luck for the finals. The details about the finals will be declared tomorrow.

Catechize-Prelim Answers

Thanks for the splendid response. The results will be out today by midnight. Six top scorers qualify for the finals and the finals will be held on 1st August. Here are the answers to the Catechize-Prelims- 1. Kiip 2. Saul Bass 3. Flickr 4. Rotten Tomatoes 5. Deviant Art 6. WUBI(Windows based Ubuntu Installer) 7. Paula Scher 8. Mario PowerUps 9. TomTom 10. Retrogaming or Old house gaming 11. Amkette 12. Flipkart 13. Milky Way 14. Nvidia Shield 15. Sam Pitroda 16. Broadband 17. Flight Simulator 18. Intel 19. Library of Congress 20. Hedy Lamarr

Catechize-Prelims

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1. Owned by Brain Wong, it is a mobile advertising network that enables brands and companies to prompt consumers for commercial offers on virtual achievement. Identify the company. 2. Identify him-   3. Which popular photo sharing social network was started by Stewart Butterfield? 4. It was started by Senh Doung in 1998 with a purpose to create a site where people can get access to reviews from variety of critics in the US. Identify it. 5.'Where art meets application' is the tagline of which social network? 6. Name this application- 7. Who designed the windows 8 logo? 8. What on earth are Tanooki suit and Fire flower? 9. Identify this location and navigation giant-   10. Which term describes the hobby of playing and collecting older personal computers, consoles and arcade video games? 11. Rajiv Bapna in 1984 started this company as 'Allied Electronics and Magnetics Limited' . How do we know this company today? 12. 'We Read' is a social boom discovery tool by wh

Quiz Time 125

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1.Identify- 2.It was started by Joe Greenstein. The site allows users to view movie trailers as well as learn about the new and upcoming movies in the box office. It is now owned by Time Warner. Identify it. 3."Exceed your vision" is the tagline of which printing major? 4.Name it-   5. It is a computer algebra system developed by the Symbolics Computation Group. Name it. 6.What is Windows Aero? 7.Identify this social networking website- 8.Who is termed as the Mother of Internet?

Quiz Time 124

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1. Identify this user interface-   2. Who has been given 10 Million USD to promote Lenovo PCs in upcoming days? (Hint- Think Jobs) 3. Written by Florian Meissner it is a photo sharing mobile application for iOS, Android and Windows Platform. It is also referred as Europe's Instagram. Identify it. 4. Identify this P2P platform-   5. It is a side-scrolling endless runner video game developed by Adam Saltsman for the Experimental Gameplay Project. It is available on iOS, Android platforms. Name it. 6. Identify this game engine- 7. Identify this application-   8. X was started as bigshoebazaar.com by Nitin Agarwal and Manmohan Agarwal?

Quiz Time 123

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1-What was started by TOM ANDERSON and CHOIS DE WOLFE? 2-Which online payment site was started x.com? 3-"NEWS FOR NERDS STUFF THAT MATTERS" is the motto/tagline of which website? 4-What was started by ELAN MUSK,MAX LEVCHIN and PETER THIEL? 5- 'PLANKALKUL' programming language was created by--? 6-First computer with monitor and keyboard was?(Hint-Apple LISA/ PDP-1). 7-What is the term used for giving life to animated characters? 8-What is computer jargon? 9-Identify this team in the above picture?-(Hint-INTEL) 10-What is the claim to fame of  Nursing Constellation Plus (Skyscape) ios appstore?

Tough Time 15

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1)Where can you find  things like "anonymous anteater",   "anonymous gopher" & "anonymous beaver" ? 2)Id the logo 3)Which company makes    Writer, Sheet, Show, Creator, Meeting, and Planner products ? 4)What is so special about    ZTE Open launched on    July 2, 2013 in spain? 5)   X is an  anagram  of the word "movie".It  is a play on the word video, inserting the word "me" as a reference to the site's dedication to users.Identify the site? 6)Id the logo 7)Id this programming language ? 8)Which programmer has been given the title "   Benevolent Dictator for Life  "(BDFL) ? 9)Connect         10)Which domain name sold for a record $ 13,000,000 in 2010 ?  It is a  Guinness World Record !!!
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Guardian Underground Telephone Exchange Here is a ' working paper ' draft of an article on the Cold War era underground telecommunications infrastructure in central Manchester. It was co-written with Richard Brook and derived from a chapter in our 2012 Infra_MANC exhibition catalogue. The article has been accept for publication by the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society but might take a good few months (or longer?) before the next issue of their Transactions gets released. A plan Richard drew of the central cable and equipment tunnels lying under China Town in the city centre is shown above. It is quite an extensive underground space, as indicated by the photograph below showing the distances to the ends of the cable tunnels from the central core. More historic photos of the construction of the Guardian Exchange in the 1950s can be seen on George Coney's useful Cold War History in Manchester web pages.   A view of the Guardian cable tunnels,  taken by English He

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Quiz Time 122

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1)Which Japanese company's name has been derived  from its founder's first inventions i.e.  the Ever-Sharp  mechanical pencil ? 2)Id this google tool that allows you to search keywords in million of books? 3)Which    programming language developed by Google in hopes of eventually replacing JavaScript as the language of modern web apps? 4)X , then a doctoral student at MIT, created the program Sketchpad in 1963. The program is considered to be the father of modern computer-aided design (CAD), and a predecessor to  graphical user interface  — found in all computers, phones and MP3 players.Id X ? 5) X's first product were bicycle lamps named as National.It got its name from the television sets made for the US market.Identify X ? 6)Id him & what did he invent? 8)Connect     9)Relate to a websit "Fast beautiful Photo Sharing" ? 10)What is so unique/special about this phone ?