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A)
IBM
B)
Intel
C)
Apple
D)
Microsoft

Correct Answer :   Intel

MMX is a single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) instruction set designed by Intel, introduced in 1996 with their P5-based Pentium line of microprocessors, designated as "Pentium with MMX Technology".

It developed out of a similar unit introduced on the Intel i860, and earlier the Intel i750 video pixel processor.

A)
Hyderabad
B)
New Delhi
C)
Mumbai
D)
Bangalore

Correct Answer :   Hyderabad

Microsoft India Development Center is one of Microsoft's largest R&D centers outside the Redmond headquarters. Set up in Hyderabad in 1998, we represent Microsoft's strategy of globally shared development to build products and services.

A)
Gold
B)
Lead
C)
Chromium
D)
Silicon

Correct Answer :   Silicon

An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is an electronic circuit on one small plate ("chip") of semiconductor material, normally silicon. Such a circuit can be made very compact, having up to several billion transistors and other electronic components.

A)
LAN
B)
WAN
C)
MAN
D)
VAN

Correct Answer :   WAN

A Wide Area Network (WAN) is a network that covers a broad area (i.e., any telecommunications network that links across metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries) using private or public network transports. Business an-d government entities utilize WANs to relay data among employees, clients, buyers, and suppliers from various geographical locations. In essence, this mode of telecommunication allows a business to effectively carry out its daily function regardless of location.

A)
Access
B)
Excel
C)
Outlook
D)
Internet Explorer

Correct Answer :   Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note taking, a journal and web browsing.

A)
Norway
B)
Sweden
C)
U.K.
D)
U.S.A.

Correct Answer :   U.S.A.

WikiLeaks is an international, online, self-described not-for-profit organisation publishing submissions of secret information, news leaks, and classified media from anonymous news sources and whistleblowers.
 
Its website, launched in 2006 under the Sunshine Press organisation, claimed a database of more than 1.2 million documents within a year of its launch. Julian Assange, an Australian Internet activist, is generally described as its founder, editor-in-chief, and director. it is based in USA.

A)
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta(Kolkata)
B)
Indian Iron’& Steel Co. Ltd., Burnpur
C)
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
D)
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Correct Answer :   Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta(Kolkata)

A British-built HEC 2M computer, happened to be the first digital computer in India, which was imported and installed in Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, during 1955.

A)
10⁻³ m
B)
10⁻⁶ m
C)
10⁻⁹ m
D)
10⁻¹² m

Correct Answer :   10⁻⁹ m

Nanotechnology (sometimes shortened to “nanotech”) is the manipulation of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology works with materials, devices, and other structures with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres which is equal to 10⁻⁹ m.

A)
PASCAL
B)
FORTRAN
C)
COBOL
D)
BASIC

Correct Answer :   FORTRAN

The first programming languages predate the modern computer. At first, the languages were codes. The first modern programming language was FORTRAN (1955), the “FORMULA TRANSLATOR”, invented by John Backus, then COBOL,(1959) the Common Business Oriented Language, was used. Then PASCAL and BASIC came into existence.

A)
Tim Berners-Lee
B)
Robert Morris Jr.
C)
Bob Cohen
D)
Michel Derstuses

Correct Answer :   Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.