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Technology Brands and Products

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Technology brands and products cover consumer electronics, software history, and the ownership of popular applications. Questions often focus on smart devices, corporate taglines, and major industry acquisitions. This material helps candidates preparing for banking and SSC general awareness sections.

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Technology Brands and Products Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Nokia

  2. Sony

  3. Samsung

  4. Motorola

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

Samsung is the company that marketed its mobile phones with the slogan emphasizing compact design with powerful features. The slogan 'Big inside. Small outside' highlights the contradiction of small external size with large internal capabilities. Nokia was known for 'Connecting People', Sony for 'make.believe', and Motorola for 'Hello Moto' campaigns.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Nokia

  2. Erricson

  3. DoCoMo

  4. CellOne

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

Sony acquired Ericsson's stake in their joint venture Sony Ericsson to form Sony Mobile Communications. The company was originally a joint venture between Sony and Ericsson before Sony took full ownership. Nokia is Finnish, DoCoMo is Japanese (acquired by SoftBank), and CellOne is an Indian state-owned operator.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Microsoft

  2. SCO

  3. Novell

  4. Lotus

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

Microsoft's iconic 'Where do you want to go today?' advertising campaign ran during the mid-1990s, coinciding with the Windows 95 era and the rise of consumer internet adoption. This slogan captured the company's vision of personal computing as a gateway to digital exploration.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. LG

  2. Samsung

  3. Videocon

  4. Onida

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

Onida's famous tagline 'Neighbor's Envy, Owner's Pride' played on the psychology of social status and desirability. The campaign suggested owning an Onida TV would make neighbors envious of the owner. LG, Samsung, and Videocon are electronics brands but this specific campaign belonged to Onida.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. AMD

  2. Intel

  3. Nokia

  4. Qualcomm

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

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) was founded on May 1, 1969, by Jerry Sanders and colleagues. Intel was founded earlier (1968), Nokia (1865), and Qualcomm (1985).

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. AMD

  2. Intel

  3. Nokia

  4. Qualcomm

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

Intel underwent a major rebranding in 2006, introducing a new logo with the 'Intel Inside' tagline being de-emphasized. This was a significant change after nearly 40 years with their classic logo featuring the dropped 'e'.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. Apple Computer

  2. Microsoft

  3. Fraunhofer Gesellschaft

  4. Napster

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

The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer Institute) in Germany developed the MP3 format in the late 1980s and early 1990s, specifically researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits. Apple and Microsoft were not involved in MP3's initial development, and Napster was a file-sharing service that came later, not a technology developer.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. BPL-India

  2. Samsung

  3. ONIDA

  4. Toshiba

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

ONIDA used the famous tagline 'Neighbors envy, Owner's pride' featuring a devil character in their advertisements. This iconic campaign ran for years in India and made ONIDA a household name for color televisions. BPL, Samsung, and Toshiba used different marketing strategies and taglines.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Rainbow apple

  2. Rainbow apple with a bite

  3. Red apple

  4. Sir Isaac Newton under an apple tree

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

The very first Apple logo, designed by Ronald Wayne in 1976, depicted Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree with a poem border. It was replaced shortly after by the famous rainbow bitten apple designed by Rob Janoff.

Multiple choice general knowledge
  1. AT&T

  2. Cisco

  3. Lucent

  4. Sun Microsystems

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

The tagline "The Network is the Computer" was famously used by Sun Microsystems to describe their vision of network-centric computing. This slogan emphasized that in networked environments, the network itself becomes as important as individual computers.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Ericsson Mobile Communications

  2. Lucent Technologies

  3. Nokia

  4. Motorola

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

Bluetooth technology was first developed by Ericsson Mobile Communications in 1994. The name comes from the 10th century Danish King Harald Blatand (Bluetooth), who unified Denmark and Norway. Option A is correct.