General Knowledge Quiz

Amazon is primarily an e-commerce platform for online shopping, not a social networking site. MySpace, Orkut, and Twitter are all social media platforms designed for user interaction, content sharing, and networking. Amazon does have social features (reviews, wishlists), but its core function is retail commerce.

Akkineni Nageswara Rao, the legendary Telugu cinema actor, was indeed awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2010 for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema. He was a pioneer of Telugu cinema and appeared in over 250 films in a career spanning seven decades.

The CLS (clear screen) command is used in MS-DOS and Windows Command Prompt to clear the terminal screen. While Unix-like systems use 'clear', Windows systems standardized on 'cls'. The CD command changes directories, and ECHO displays messages.

The ATTRIB command in MS-DOS is used to display and change file attributes, including viewing hidden files. By using ATTRIB, you can see which files have the hidden attribute set. The LS command is Unix/Linux, not MS-DOS.

USB 2.0 has a maximum theoretical transfer rate of 480 Mbps (megabits per second) in High Speed mode. This was a significant upgrade from USB 1.1's 12 Mbps. Options A (12 Mbps) refers to USB 1.1 Full Speed, while B (64 Mbps) and C (256 Mbps) are not USB standard transfer rates.

Xargon is not a real antivirus company. AVG (A) is a well-known antivirus brand now part of Avast. Panda (B) is Panda Security, a legitimate Spanish antivirus company. Symantec (C) is the corporate name behind Norton Antivirus. Xargon appears to be a fictitious name created for this question.

Douglas Engelbart invented the first computer mouse in 1964 at Stanford Research Institute. Bill Gates (A) co-founded Microsoft, John Mauchly (C) co-designed ENIAC, and Robert Noyce (D) co-founded Intel. The mouse was demonstrated publicly in 1968 at the 'Mother of All Demos'.

MIMM is not a real type of computer memory module. DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module), SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module), and RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) are all actual memory module types used in computers. MIMM appears to be a made-up term.

GNOME is one of the most popular GUI desktop environments for Linux systems. LUI (A) is not a standard Linux GUI. GNU (B) is the project and free software movement, not a GUI. GPL (C) is the General Public License, a software license. GNOME provides the complete desktop interface with panels, windows, and applications.

A young elephant is called a calf. 'Cub' (A) typically refers to young bears, lions, or other carnivores. 'Kid' (B) refers to young goats. 'Whelp' (D) refers to young dogs or wolves. Calf is the correct biological term for young elephants, whales, and other large mammals.

Time Magazine named the personal computer 'Machine of the Year' in 1982, marking the first time a non-human received this designation. This recognized the PC's growing impact on society and business during the early 1980s computing boom.

A young ostrich is called a chick. Cygnet is for swans, kindle is for kittens, and joey is for marsupials like kangaroos.

Option D shows a Perl substitution operation using regex pattern /[0-9]+/ to match digits, which is a clear example of a regular expression. Options A, B, and C are basic variable assignments without any pattern matching.

EIDE (Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics) cables connect motherboards to storage devices like hard disk drives. Floppy drives use FDD cables, while sound cards and video cards use different interface connections.

A group of lions is called a pride. Herd is for cattle/elephants, colony is for ants/penguins, and mob is for kangaroos or emus.

A young pig is called a farrow. Piggy is informal, cub is for bears/lions, and foal is for horses/zebras.