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Business and Tech Leaders
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Business and tech leaders covers prominent founders, chief executives, and economists who shaped global industries. This section features questions on leaders of major technology corporations and financial institutions. It is a highly scoring topic in general awareness.
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Business and Tech Leaders Questions
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manmohan shetty
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sarvepillai vekatareddy
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michael dell
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kevin rollins
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bujjinathan jack
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jeff bezos
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ramareddy kuse
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kureshi irwin
B
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Explanation
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 as an online bookstore and built it into the world's largest online retailer. The other options appear to be fictitious or garbled names with no relation to Amazon's founding.
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meg whitman
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chanda sahib rame
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yenkatapalli
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megna roy
A
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Meg Whitman served as eBay's CEO from 1998 to 2008, making her the most prominent CEO in the company's early growth period. The other options listed are not associated with eBay's leadership.
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linus torvalds
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john travolta
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sidde gowda
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elton john
A
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Linus Torvalds created the Linux kernel in 1991 while a university student in Finland. John Travolta is an actor, Sidde Gowda is not a notable figure in computing, and Elton John is a musician.
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Steven jobs
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Steven spielberg
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Steve michalski
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Shaun tait
A
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Steve Jobs (spelled as 'Steven Jobs' in the option) purchased Pixar in 1986 and owned it until Disney acquired it in 2006. Spielberg and Michaelski are filmmakers, and Shaun Tait is a cricketer.
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Richard Stallman
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Linus Torvalds
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Denis Richie
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Sir Uni John
B
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Linus Torvalds created the Linux kernel in 1991 while he was a student at University of Helsinki. Richard Stallman founded the GNU project, Dennis Ritchie created Unix and C. Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Option B is correct.
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China Mobile
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Vodafone
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América Móvil
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Orange
A
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China Mobile is the world's largest mobile operator by subscriber base, with over 900 million subscribers. Vodafone (UK-based), América Móvil (Latin America), and Orange (France-based) are all major telecommunications companies but have fewer subscribers compared to China Mobile.
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China Mobile
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Vodafone
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América Móvil
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Orange
A
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China Mobile is the world's largest mobile operator by subscriber base, with over 900 million subscribers. It's a state-owned telecommunications company in China and dwarfs other international operators.
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Abhishek Roy Bardhan
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Raminder Singh Kohli
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R S Ravindra
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Hrishikesh Deshkar
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Mike Young
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John Wright
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Jonty Rhodes
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Robin Singh
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Mark Zuckerberg
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Orkut Buyukkokten
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Jack Dorsey
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Ramu Yalamanchi
A
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Carol Bartz was appointed as the CEO of Yahoo in 2009, serving until 2012. The other companies listed had different CEOs during that period.
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Sportsperson
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Inventor of Velcro
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American Actor
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Co founder of Google
D
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Sergey Brin co-founded Google together with Larry Page in 1998 while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. Google revolutionized internet search and became one of the world's most valuable and influential technology companies, expanding into numerous products and services.
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Larry Page
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El Ne Ghar
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Louis Phillip
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Larry Ellison
D
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Larry Ellison is the co-founder and former CEO of Oracle Corporation, serving from 1977 to 2014. He is now the CTO and executive chairman. Larry Page is associated with Google, not Oracle.
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WB international
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Buffett Shares
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Berkshire Hathaway
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Warren holdings and Inc.,
C
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Warren Buffett is the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, the multinational conglomerate holding company he has built since 1965. WB international, Buffett Shares, and Warren holdings and Inc. are all fictional or incorrect company names not associated with Buffett.