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Corporate organizations and industry questions test knowledge of major Indian brands, IT companies, and recent corporate acquisitions. Topics cover brand ambassadors, company histories, and industry milestones. This section is vital for the general awareness preparation of banking and administrative exams.

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Corporate Organizations and Industry Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are true regarding the information technology product BOSS developed to promote use of computing in India recently? I.          BOSS stands for Bharat Operating System Software II.         It is based on Linux III.        It was developed by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

  1. I only

  2. I and II only

  3. II and III only

  4. II only
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Bharat Operating System Solutions is a Linux based system developed by NRCFOSS (National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software)

Multiple choice

India was ranked 54th among 134 countries in the Networked Readiness Index (NR1) 2008-09. The index calculated by the Global Information Technology Report (GITR), evaluated the capability of nations to leverage Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for their overall benefit and economic progress. Which of the following prepares the GITR in partnership with INSEAD, a leading business school of Europe?

  1. World Economic Forum

  2. Forrester Research

  3. International Telecommunication Union

  4. World Trade Organisation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Denmark occupies the first position in the index and Chad comes last. As for India's neighbours, Pakistan occupies the 98th position and Nepal the 127th.

Multiple choice

Tata Group owned Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) has launched a project titled Eka plus plus (Eka�) which seeks to raise the processing power of its supercomputer Eka by at least ______

  1. three times

  2. four times

  3. five times

  4. six times

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

Eka was ranked the fourth fastest in the world by the US-based International Conference for High Performance Computing when it was developed in 2007. Since then, with many US companies developing faster supercomputers, Eka was pushed down to 13th position.

Multiple choice

Which US based Information Technology firm has been roped in by the Gujarat government as one of its strategic partners for Chief Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Rs. 73,000 crore Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) project recently?

  1. IBM

  2. Cisco Systems

  3. Hewlett-Packard

  4. Nortel Networks
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The project is a 50:50 joint venture between Gujarat Urban Development Corporation (GUDC) & IL&FS and is envisaged to come up over 1,000 acres of land at Shahpur village, located between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad.