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Technology Brands and Products
2,296 Questions
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
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Cisco
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Sun Microsystems
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Apple
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Polaris Software
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Apple's iconic "Think Different" campaign from 1997 celebrated creative individuals who changed the world. This tagline became one of the most famous advertising slogans in history. Cisco, Sun Microsystems, and Polaris Software are not associated with this slogan.
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Apple Macintosh
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Ericsson
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Nokia
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Siemens
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Nokia used the tagline 'We call this human technology' to emphasize their focus on user-friendly, people-centric mobile devices. This campaign highlighted how Nokia technology was designed to fit naturally into human life and relationships.
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Accenture uses 'High Performance Delivered' as their tagline to emphasize their commitment to delivering measurable business results and excellence. This positions them as results-oriented consultants rather than just advice providers.
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IBM
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Compaq Corp
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Dell
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Microsoft
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HP
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This is the correct answer. IBM uses blue color in products, packaging, and logo and is called Big Blue.
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Vodafone Group is indeed a British multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest mobile network operators with presence across multiple countries.
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Blue Gene
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Road Runner
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Apple
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Gen-X Turbo
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steel
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cement
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telecom
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shoe
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Sprint Nextel was a telecommunications company that provided wireless voice and data services. It was not involved in steel production, cement manufacturing, or shoe production.
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WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) is a different type of technology compared to 3G, 4G, and LTE, which are all mobile telecommunications standards. WiMax was designed as a broadband wireless alternative to cable/DSL, while the others are cellular network technologies that evolved through generations (3G, 4G) with LTE being a 4G standard.
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Ernest and Young
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Genpact
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Accenture
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HP
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Andersen Consulting separated from Arthur Andersen in 2000 and rebranded as Accenture. The name 'Accenture' was coined from 'Accent on the future'. Ernest & Young is a separate firm (EY), Genpact is a BPO company, and HP is a technology corporation.
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'Inspire the Next' is Hitachi's corporate tagline, emphasizing innovation and future technology. Hitachi is a Japanese multinational conglomerate. The other options are also electronics companies but this tagline belongs to Hitachi.
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Airtel (Bharti Airtel) used 'Express yourself' as its tagline, emphasizing communication and self-expression. Vodafone uses 'The power to be your best', RIM (BlackBerry) used different taglines, and Idea used 'What an idea!'.
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Nokia
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Motorola
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Sony Ericsson
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Samsung
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Nokia's N Series was a premium line of multimedia smartphones launched in the mid-2000s. Nokia was a Finnish telecommunications company known for its mobile phones during that era.
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Compaq
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Amazon
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BenQ
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Dell
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Microsoft
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Dell launched its tablet computer 'Streak' in 2010 as an early competitor to Apple's iPad. The Streak featured a 5-inch screen and was positioned as a hybrid between a smartphone and a tablet, though it struggled to gain market traction against the iPad's dominance.
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Sterling Computers
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IBM
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Wipro Personal Computing
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HCL Infosystems
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Micromax
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HCL Infosystems relaunched its Beanstalk series of desktop PCs in India in 2010. The Beanstalk brand was originally popular in the 1990s, and HCL revived it to target the home and small office segments with affordable, feature-rich desktop computers.
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Apple
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Microsoft
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Google
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Oracle
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The Nexus One was introduced by Google in January 2010. It was manufactured by HTC and was Google's first attempt at selling a consumer phone directly. Apple had the iPhone, Microsoft had Windows Mobile phones, and Oracle was not in the smartphone hardware business. The Nexus One was part of Google's Nexus line of Android devices.