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Quizit_cogni

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is regarded as the “Father of Modern Computing”?

a)
  1. Charles Babbage

b)
  1. Alan Turing

c)
  1. Claude Shannon

d)
  1. Bill Gates

2.

 Who invented the HTTP and HTML protocols?


a)

Larry Page

b)

Robert Elliot Kahn

c)

Tim Berners-Lee

d)
  1. Vint Cerf

3.

JANUS-1, the world’s first cloud-built satellite was launched by which country?


a)

USA

b)

UK

c)

India

d)

Japan

4.

Who invented the Hawk Eye technology which is widely used in cricket and tennis to aid the umpires?

a)

Ivan Sutherland

b)

Bob Sproull

c)

Paul Hawkins

d)

Gary Pittman

5.

What is the full form of CERN?

a)

Center of Energy and Research for Nations

b)

European Organization for Nuclear Research

c)

Council of Europe for Nuclear Research

d)

European Council on Nuclear Research

6.

Which of the following is the mRNA vaccine used against Covid-19 infection?


a)
  1. Sinovac

b)
  1. Moderna

c)
  1. Sputnik

d)
  1. Novavax

7.

There are 7 boys and 8 girls in a class. A teacher has 3 items viz a pen, a pencil and an eraser, each 5 in number. He distributes the items, one to each student. What is the probability that a boy selected at random has either a pencil or an eraser?


a)

2/3

b)

2/21

c)

14/45

d)

None of these

8.

Buses arrive at a specified stop at 15 minute intervals starting at 7 AM.if a passenger arrives at the stop at a random time between 7:00 and 7:30 AM, then the probability that the passenger waits less than 6 minutes is


a)

0.32

b)

0.36

c)

0.40

d)

0.45

9.

If in a regular polygon the difference between each internal and external angle is, than the numbers of sides of polygon will be ?


a)

8

b)

10

c)

12

d)

18

10.

In which year was the first IIT established?

a)

1949

b)

1953

c)

1951

d)

1950

11.

In which year was the Indian Institute of Science established?

a)

1893

b)

1898

c)

1909

d)

1911

12.

Which among the following was India’s first supercomputer?


a)

PARAM 9000

b)

PARAM 8000

c)

PARAM 7000

d)

PARAM 10000

13.

What is 297 mod 7?


a)

0

b)

3

c)

14

d)

6

14.

Who is the current CEO of Alphabet?

a)

Larry Page

b)

Sergey Brin

c)

Sundar Pichai

d)

Satya Nadella

15.

Which airline introduced a new software for real-time reporting of in-flight incidents?

a)

Indigo

b)

Emirates

c)

Etihad

d)

Air India

16.

Two independent random variables X and Y are uniformly distributed in the interval [–1, 1] . The probability that max [X, Y] is less than ½ is


a)

3/4

b)

9/16

c)

1/4

d)

2/3

17.

In the context of computing, a byte is equal to _____ bits ?



a)

4

b)

16

c)

24

d)

8

18.

Which color of light is ‘technically’ scattered the most (maximum) in the atmosphere?

a)

Blue

b)

Red

c)

Violet

d)

Yellow

19.

In which year did Apple introduce the very first iPhone?


a)

2009

b)

2007

c)

2006

d)

2004

20.

How many MBs are there in 1GB?


a)

1000

b)

1024

c)

1064

d)

1404