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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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Mukesh Ambani
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Anil Ambani
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Vijay Mallya
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Nita Ambani
B
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Explanation
Anil Ambani headed Reliance Natural Resources Limited after the Reliance empire split between brothers Mukesh and Anil. Mukesh leads Reliance Industries, while Vijay Mallya and Nita Ambani are unrelated to this specific company.
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Indra Nooyi
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Sunil Mittal
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K V Kamath
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Kumar Mangalam Birla
C
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K V Kamath was the CEO of ICICI Bank during its growth phase in the 1990s-2000s. Indra Nooyi led PepsiCo, Sunil Mittal founded Bharti Airtel, and Kumar Mangalam Birla leads the Aditya Birla Group.
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Sarath Babu
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Ramalinga Raju
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N Srinivasan
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Suhas Gopinath
D
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Explanation
Suhas Gopinath founded Globals Inc at age 14 and became one of the world's youngest CEOs of a multinational IT company. Sarath Babu is a food entrepreneur, Ramalinga Raju founded Satyam, and N Srinivasan is associated with India Cements.
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Rahul Bajaj
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Rathan tata
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N Srinivasan
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Suhas Gopinath
C
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N Srinivasan was the Managing Director and Vice Chairman of India Cements. Rahul Bajaj leads Bajaj Group, Ratan Tata led Tata Group, and Suhas Gopinath founded Globals Inc (an IT company, not cement).
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Google
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Twitter
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Facebook
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Microsoft
A
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Wael Ghonim, a Google executive, was a key figure in the 2011 Egyptian revolution. He administered the Facebook page 'We are all Khaled Said' that helped organize protests. Twitter, Facebook, and Microsoft were not directly associated with a protest leader.
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TCS
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Infosys
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Mindtree
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Wipro
C
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Explanation
Subroto Bagchi, author of 'Go Kiss the World', co-founded Mindtree in 1999 along with nine other IT professionals. The book is a memoir that narrates his journey from a small town in Odisha to becoming a successful entrepreneur in the Indian IT industry.
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TCS
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Infosys
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Wipro
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Mindtree
D
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Explanation
'Go Kiss the World' was written by Subroto Bagchi, who was one of the co-founders of Mindtree (now LTIMindtree). The book is a collection of his experiences and life lessons. TCS, Infosys, and Wipro were founded by other entrepreneurs.
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March 1998, Larry Page
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January 2001,Sergey Brin.
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February 2004,Mark Zuckerberg
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August 2005, Mark
C
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Facebook was launched in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg while he was a student at Harvard University. The other options (Larry Page, Sergey Brin) are Google founders, not Facebook. Option C is factually correct.
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computer software, programs, Windows,
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computers
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Steel
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Cars
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1) Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson
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2) David Filo & Jerry Yang
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3) Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn
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4) Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
B
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Explanation
Yahoo was founded in 1994 by David Filo and Jerry Yang, two Stanford graduate students who created a directory of websites called "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web." The other pairs are incorrect: Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson created Unix, Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn developed TCP/IP, and Steve Case founded AOL while Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.
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December 18, 1932
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December 8, 1932
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December 28, 1932
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December 2, 1932
C
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Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Industries and one of India's most successful entrepreneurs, was born on December 28, 1932. He built Reliance from a small textile trader into a massive conglomerate.
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Bill Gates
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Martin Cooper
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Orkut Buyukkokten
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Mark Zuckerberg
D
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Explanation
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 while he was a student at Harvard University, along with Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. It became the world's largest social networking platform. Bill Gates founded Microsoft, Martin Cooper invented the mobile phone, and Orkut Buyukkokten created Orkut (a Google social network).
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Warren Buffet
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Bill Gates
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Dave Thomas
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Jeffrey Immelt
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Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson
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David Filo & Jerry Yang
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Vint Cerf & Robert Kahn
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Steve Case & Jeff Bezos
B
Correct answer
Explanation
Yahoo was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, who were graduate students at Stanford University at the time. They originally named it 'Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web' before renaming it to Yahoo. Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson developed Unix, Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn developed TCP/IP, and Steve Case founded AOL while Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.