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Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Dennis Richie

  2. Bjarne Stroustrup

  3. James Gosling

  4. Gregg

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

Dennis Ritchie created the C programming language at Bell Labs in the early 1970s. C became one of the most influential programming languages and served as the foundation for many modern languages including C++, Java, and Python.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Dennis Richie

  2. James Gosling

  3. Sagwatch

  4. Rolan

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

James Gosling developed Java at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. Java was designed as a general-purpose, object-oriented language that could run on any platform through its 'write once, run anywhere' philosophy using the Java Virtual Machine.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Dennis Richie

  2. James Gosling

  3. Sagwatch

  4. Rolan

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

James Gosling developed Java at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. Java was designed as a general-purpose, object-oriented language that could run on any platform through its 'write once, run anywhere' philosophy using the Java Virtual Machine.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Alan Kooper

  2. James Gosling

  3. Dennis Richie

  4. Bjarne Stroustrp

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

Alan Cooper is considered the founder of Visual Basic. He created the original visual programming concept that later became Visual Basic at Microsoft. Visual Basic revolutionized Windows application development by making it accessible to non-programmers through its drag-and-drop interface.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. N. Chandrasekharan

  2. S. RamaDorai

  3. Ratan Tata-1

  4. Ratan Tata

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

N. Chandrasekaran (Chandra) served as CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) from 2010 to 2017 before becoming Chairman of Tata Sons. Under his leadership, TCS became India's most valuable company. S. Ramadorai was a former CEO and Vice Chairman, while Ratan Tata was Chairman of Tata Group, not TCS CEO.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. John Chambers

  2. Vivek Paul

  3. Samuel

  4. Alan Kooper

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

John Chambers served as CEO of Cisco Systems from 1995 to 2015, leading the company through its period of massive growth in networking equipment. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential CEOs in the tech industry during that era.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology
  1. Bill Gates

  2. Steve Jobs

  3. Steven Jobs

  4. Francisco D' Souze

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

Steve Jobs was the iconic CEO of Apple who co-founded the company and led it through the launch of revolutionary products like the iPod, iPhone, and iPad during his second tenure from 1997 until his death in 2011. Note that option C 'Steven Jobs' refers to the same person but 'Steve Jobs' is the more common spelling.