General Awareness · Computer Knowledge
Technology Brands and Products
2,498 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
C
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BlackBerry was founded in 1994 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada by Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin under the name Research In Motion (RIM). The company developed its first wireless handheld device in 1999 and became famous for its email-focused smartphones with distinctive QWERTY keyboards.
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Nokia
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Motorola
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Sony Ericson
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Spice
A
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Nokia's 'Connecting People' tagline from the 1990s perfectly captured the mobile revolution's essence - bringing people together through communication. It became one of the most recognized brand slogans in telecommunications history.
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Microsoft
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Oracle
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IBM
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Intel
B
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Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle Corporation in 1977 and served as its CEO until 2014. He is one of the wealthiest individuals globally and Oracle is a major multinational computer technology corporation known for database software and cloud systems. Microsoft, IBM, and Intel are major tech companies but were not founded by Ellison.
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TCS
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Wipro
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Infosys
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Mahindra Satyam
B
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'Applying Thought' is Wipro's well-known corporate tagline introduced in the late 1990s. This slogan emphasizes the company's approach to applying thoughtful innovation and technology solutions to business challenges. TCS uses 'Experience Certainty', Infosys uses 'Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values', and Mahindra Satyam had different taglines.
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Microsoft
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LIC
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SOTC
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Bharti Airtel
C
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'You Look the World, We Look After You' is the tagline of SOTC (Sales Organisation to Travel Companies), a leading Indian travel and tourism company. The tagline emphasizes that travelers can explore the world while SOTC takes care of their travel needs. LIC's tagline is 'Yogakshemam Vahamyaham' (we protect your prosperity), while Microsoft and Bharti Airtel have different corporate messaging.
B
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Channel 9 is Microsoft's developer community platform, launched in 2004. It was named after the Apollo 9 mission and features videos, blogs, and forums for developers working with Microsoft technologies.
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Finance
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Navigation
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Electronics
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Engineering
D
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NESCO is primarily an electrical engineering company that provides electrical and electronics solutions. While 'Electronics' might seem plausible, 'Engineering' is the broader classification that encompasses their electrical infrastructure work.
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Motorola
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Stephen Mors
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Intel
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ATMEGA
C
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To answer this question, the user needs to have some knowledge about the different types of microprocessors and their manufacturers.
Option A: Motorola is not the correct answer. Motorola is a company that has manufactured microprocessors, but it is not the company that introduced the Pentium series of microprocessors.
Option B: Stephen Mors is not the correct answer. Stephen Mors is not a person or a company associated with the introduction of Pentium series of microprocessors.
Option C: Intel is the correct answer. The Pentium series of microprocessors were introduced by Intel, a well-known semiconductor manufacturing company.
Option D: ATMEGA is not the correct answer. ATMEGA is a microcontroller series developed by Atmel Corporation, and it is not associated with the Pentium series of microprocessors.
Therefore, the correct answer is:
The Answer is: C. Intel
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Cisco Systems
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Lucent Technologies
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Sun Microsystems
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Nortel Networks
C
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Sun Microsystems used the famous tagline 'The Network is the Computer' as its vision statement throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. This phrase captured Sun's core philosophy that computing power would shift from standalone desktops to networked systems and eventually to the Internet itself. The slogan predicted the rise of cloud computing, network-centric computing, and the Internet's transformative role. Cisco, Lucent, and Nortel were networking companies but this specific vision belonged to Sun.
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MIT
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Harvard
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Oxford
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Purdue
B
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Facebook was launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and was initially restricted to Harvard students. It gradually expanded to other Ivy League schools and then universities nationwide before becoming open to the general public. This exclusive university-only phase helped create initial buzz and social proof.
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Halloween
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22th anniversary of GOGOL
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Charles Darwin's birthday anniversary
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Burning Man festival
D
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Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin created the first doodle in August 1998 to indicate they were attending the Burning Man festival. The stick figure behind the logo was a playful 'out of office' message. Burning Man is an annual art and community festival in Nevada.
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RIM
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Sony
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Microsoft
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TOSHIBA
C
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Microsoft developed and launched the Xbox in 2001 to compete with Sony's PlayStation 2. RIM made BlackBerry phones, Sony makes PlayStation consoles, and Toshiba is an electronics conglomerate. The Xbox brand includes Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S consoles.
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CISCO
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Microsoft
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J P Morgan
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TCS
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Donkey Kong
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Space Invaders
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Pong
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Mario
C
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Pong is the correct answer as it was one of the first widely successful arcade games and was adapted for home consoles, making it a pioneer in home computer gaming. Donkey Kong, Space Invaders (though arcade-first), and Mario came later in the timeline of gaming history.
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Master System
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Cyberdrive
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SNES
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NES
B
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Cyberdrive is the correct answer as it is not a real game console - it appears to be a fabricated option. Master System (Sega), SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System), and NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) were all legitimate, popular gaming consoles from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.