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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

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Jerry Rao

  2. jayant kulbhushan

  3. justin graham

  4. Narayan murthy

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mphasis was founded by Jerry Rao in 2000. He is a well-known Indian IT entrepreneur and former Citibank executive who established Mphasis, which was later acquired by HP.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Harish Raman

  2. Sanjeev Bhikchandani

  3. Rajesh Singh

  4. Anshul Rathod

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sanjeev Bhikchandani founded naukri.com in 1997, making it one of India's first job portals. He is a prominent figure in the Indian internet startup ecosystem.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Jerry Yang

  2. Lin KIm

  3. Paolo Ramos

  4. Shammi Kapoor

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Yahoo! was co-founded by Jerry Yang (A) and David Filo in 1994. Jerry Yang is a Taiwanese-born American entrepreneur who started Yahoo! while at Stanford. The other options are incorrect.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Shiv Nadar

  2. Narayan Murthy

  3. Azim Premji

  4. L N MIttal

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

HCL Technologies was founded by Shiv Nadar (A) in 1976 as part of the HCL enterprise. He is one of India's most prominent IT entrepreneurs. Narayan Murthy founded Infosys, Azim Premji led Wipro, and L.N. Mittal is in steel.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Sameer Gehlot

  2. Sabeer bhatia

  3. John Simmons

  4. A K Ansari

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sameer Gehlot co-founded Indiabulls along with Rajiv Rattan in 2000, starting with real estate and expanding into financial services. Sabeer Bhatia founded Hotmail, while the other names are not associated with Indiabulls. Indiabulls grew into a major diversified financial services company.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Bill Gates

  2. Steve Jobs

  3. Sergey Brinn

  4. Mark Zuckerberg

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004 while he was a student at Harvard University, initially limited to Harvard students before expanding globally. Bill Gates founded Microsoft, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple, and Sergey Brin co-founded Google with Larry Page. Facebook became the world's largest social media platform.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Steve Dillon

  2. Steve wozniak

  3. Steve Smith

  4. Steve waugh

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer with Steve Jobs in 1976, with Wozniak being the technical genius who designed the Apple I and Apple II computers. The other options are fictional names or not related to Apple's founding. Wozniak's engineering expertise complemented Jobs' business vision.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. fire control system

  2. electronic voting machine

  3. laser cutting machine

  4. rocket inverter battery

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The question appears to refer to the team that designed the electronic voting machine (EVM) used in Indian elections. This is a significant technological achievement in India's democratic process.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. True

  2. False

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This statistic appears to be from a specific Forbes billionaires list from the early 2010s period. The numbers (1011 total billionaires, 14 women with 7 from China) reflect the demographic composition of that particular year's ranking. China's growing economic prominence was evident even then.