Convergence 2023 Prelims, Jigisha 2023

Rules
● The quiz will consist of a Preliminary
and a Final Round.
● The Prelims will consist of
26questions, and each question will
carry one mark.
● The top 8 teams will advance to the
final round.
● Use of any unfair means (use of
google or other unfair means will
result in instant disqualification.)
● Questions for J , I, G, S, H, A will be
star marked questions, and will be
used as tie breakers.

Ane bale kuch ghante QMs hi bhagwan hai
The main RULE of Quiz

A*
In an effort to hire new engineers,
this cloud technology giant used
Tinder to hire new engineers for
their team.
Which company ?

Connect these to a famous Indian startup.
How are they related to the company ?
B

● In October 2015, a computer Go program called AlphaGo, developed by a certain
Google subsidiary “D”, beat the European Go champion Fan Hui, a 2 dan (out of 9
dan possible) professional, five to zero.
● In March 2016 it beat Lee Sedol—a 9th dan Go player and one of the highest ranked
players in the world—with a score of 4–1 in a five-game match.
● In the 2017 Future of Go Summit, AlphaGo won a three-game match with Ke Jie,
who at the time continuously held the world No. 1 ranking for two years It used a
supervised learning protocol, studying large numbers of games played by humans
against each other.
Simply identify this subsidiary of Google, whose “intelligence” has outplayed
humans in various arenas such as DoTA, Chess, shogi, and many more fields.
D

A cautionary tale of unchecked corporate greed and the
need for ethical business practices, the X scandal stands
as among the biggest scandals in American history. In
the late 1990s, this company employed deceptive
accounting practices to inflate its earnings and conceal
massive debts, leading to its bankruptcy in 2001.
The American company was also involved in India when
in December 1993, X finalized a 20-year power-purchase
contract with the Maharashtra State Electricity
Board.The contract allowed X to construct a massive
2,015 megawatt power plant south of Mumbai. The
company went bankrupt before the contract could be
completed, however.
Identify X.
E

Called the ‘scammiest of all scams’ in 2016, this product ‘F’ was sold
for a shockingly low amount, going as low as Rs 251. Sold by Ringing
Bells Private Limited, this product was so hyped that it crashed its
site on its first day. Critics argued this product to be a Ponzi scam,
while the company claimed that it would gain it justified its shockingly
low price through ads distributed through its device.
What is this device called, whose name is incidentally also a reminder
of a not so distant day of celebration ?
F

One of the biggest hype fails of the 2010s, this product was
launched by Google. Developed by Google’s secretive facility
“Google X”, this product was supposed to be a revolutionary new
computing platform. While some tech enthusiasts took to it, it was
also widely mocked for its geeky appearance, limited
functionality, and potential role in violating the privacy of people
around the user. The price of the product did not help either.
What is this product ?
G*

In 1976, a group of eight engineers, all former employees of Delhi Cloth &
General Mills, led by a certain entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu, started a
company that would make personal computers. Initially floated as
Microcomp Limited, The entrepreneur and his team (which also included
Arjun Malhotra, Ajai Chowdhry, D.S. Puri, Yogesh Vaidya and Subhash
Arora) started selling teledigital calculators to gather capital for their main
product. On 11 August 1976, the company was renamed ‘H’, which is the
name it is known as today.
Identify ‘H’.
H*

I*
In 1982, students at Carnegie Mellon University updated a Coke machine to
demonstrate this concept. It is said that Mike Kazar, David Nichols, and other
graduate students Ivor Durham and John Zsarnay could check from their desks if the
machine was loaded with cold Coke before they made their walk.
What kind of technology I'm referring to?

J*
This term, which has its origins in Punjabi, was admitted into the Oxford English
Dictionary and refers to quadricycles powered by diesel engines that were originally
designed to power agricultural irrigation pumps. In certain parts of India, they are
known as kuddukka and pietereda. The term has now come to represent a business
principle, thanks to a book authored by Jaideep Prabhu that popularized it among
foreign audiences.
Identify the term.

K
“X” is an open source system to deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications
anywhere. The name “X” originates from Ancient Greek, meaning 'helmsman' or 'pilot’.
“X” is Originally designed by Google, the project is now maintained by the Cloud
Native Computing Foundation.
Identify “X”.

L
A former Microsoft engineer and two other co-founders created Valyoo Technologies with the
goal of genuinely adding "value" to their users' lives. The company discovered that only 170
million of the 600–700 million Indians who needed a particular product actually used it.
Which renowned e-commerce website was introduced by Valyoo Technologies in 2010 in an
effort to address this consumer issue?

M
This artist's social media handle was blocked in
November 2021 by a tech giant for "pretending to be
someone else" despite the fact that her account was
created in 2012 and had been very active since it
documented all of her artistic work. The actual
reason for disabling the account was an
announcement made in late October 2021.
What was her social media handle named?

N
Who is reliving his moments in an interview with Arnab Goswami ?

P
The very first prototype of this device was a piece of wood, which rested on the pocket of
Jeff Hawkins, who would occasionally take it out, pretending to take notes. The sole
purpose of this prototype was to decide on the best "form factor" for this new
groundbreaking device.
Recently Imax developed a control software that emulates this two-decade-old device for
the release of Christopher Nolan’s three-hour “Oppenheimer” epic.
What device am I talking about?

Q
❑ “Q" is an Indian online marketplace and classified advertising company, based in
Bangalore, India.
❑ After a venture capitalist from Mumbai named Matrix Partners India invested in Kijiji India
in 2008, Kijiji India was split off from Kijiji International, reorganized as a separate
business, and rebranded as “Q" which was controlled by Matrix Partners and eBay Inc.
Over a thousand Indian cities have entries on “Q" in more than a dozen different
categories, including mobile phones, furniture, vehicles, real estate, employment,
services, and education.
❑ Zefo and Commonfloor are two of “Q"'s subsidiaries.
The tagline of this company is ‘Aasaan Hai Badalna’.
Identify “Q" ?

R
This IT Services and IT Consulting firm, formed in 1991, provides its clients with best-
in-class solutions. The company offers solutions to financial institutions, payment
network providers, payment processors, and software companies that sell payment-
related goods. It has the luxury of developing innovative payment platforms in India,
such as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Bharat Billing Payment Solutions, an
integrated online platform for all bill payments in India. The company has operations
on three continents, with its US headquarters in Silicon Valley, offices in the United
Kingdom, and its corporate headquarters in Kolkata, India. Identify this company.

S*
This is a tweet by Donald Trump
but according to the rules of Java
Programming Language there is
something wrong in it.
The mistake is mentioned by the
person who replied.
What do you call this kind of
mistake?
Bonus Fact : - The name of this song
311 and the kind of mistake is same.

T
"More people buy “T” than
any other _ _ _ _ _ in the
world.“
This is an commercial of “T”
featuring a skiing test in Sun
Valley, Idaho.
The presenter is John
Cameron Swayze. Spot aired
March 1971.
Give me “T”.

The list of “U” is majorly reported by
1. TechCrunch
2. Forbes
3. VentureBeat
4. Inc magazine
5. CB Insights
& majorly maintained by
1. The Wall Street Journal
2. Fortune Magazine
3. CNNMoney/CB Insights
4. TechCrunch
5. PitchBook/ Morningstar
6. Tech in Asia
ID “U”. / List of what ?
U

V
The erection and caissoning of the bridge was done by the noted Kutchi-Mestri railway
contractor and industrialist Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja. His nameplate can still be seen on each
girder of the bridge. The construction of bridge started in year 1926 and was completed in
year 1931.The fabrication of the bridge was done at works of Braithwaite & Company,
Calcutta.
The bridge was by far the most expensive and the most difficult of the railway bridges to be
constructed in India up to that time. The bridge was constructed at a total cost of ₹1.14 crore.
The first train that ran across the bridge was named Jagmal Raja _ _ _ _ _ _ Express by the
British, acknowledging the feat of Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja.
What is the official name of this bridge?

W
This term describes the next generation of World Wide Web. It was coined
in 2014 by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood, and the idea gained interest
in 2021 from cryptocurrency enthusiasts, large technology companies,
and venture capital firms. What is the term?

X
This is a startup founded by Elon Musk. Although the exact goods or services it will
provide are unknown, Musk has stated in interviews that this won't only be a research
operation. The business intends to create its own large language model (LLM) and
promote it as a rival to Bard and ChatGPT. Musk, who was one of the original
founders of OpenAI, has criticized the company for adding safeguards to the
chatbot’s responses. He has previously discussed plans to build an AI model called
Truth-GPT to challenge what he dubbed the “politically correct” generative AI
systems that have become mainstream, and it’s very possible that Truth-GPT will be
the initial focus of this company.
Name the start up.

Y Connect these with an entity

Z
Since its launch in June 2000, NET-A-PORTER
has delivered incredible fashion for incredible
women. With more than 800 of the world’s most
coveted designer brands, including Gucci, Chloe,
Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, Isabel Marant, Prada,
and Stella McCartney, 200 specialist beauty
brands, and new arrivals on site three times a
week, NET-A-PORTER is the world's premier
luxury fashion destination.
Since the launch NET- A - PORTER had been
compiling the definitive guide to the year’s best
dressers.
This is the top 11s list of 2018.
Identify the 9th name.
1. Zoë Kravitz
2. Margot Robbie
3. Dakota Johnson
4. Meghan Markle, Duchess
of Sussex
5. Tilda Swinton
6. Saoirse Ronan
7. Rihanna
8. Yara Shahidi
9. Z _ _ _ _ _ _
10.Sarah Paulson
11.Emma Stone

A
In an effort to hire new engineers,
this cloud technology giant used
Tinder to hire new engineers for
their team.
Which company ?

● In October 2015, a computer Go program called AlphaGo, developed by a certain
Google subsidiary “D”, beat the European Go champion Fan Hui, a 2 dan (out of 9
dan possible) professional, five to zero.
● In March 2016 it beat Lee Sedol—a 9th dan Go player and one of the highest ranked
players in the world—with a score of 4–1 in a five-game match.
● In the 2017 Future of Go Summit, AlphaGo won a three-game match with Ke Jie, who
at the time continuously held the world No. 1 ranking for two years It used a
supervised learning protocol, studying large numbers of games played by humans
against each other.
Simply identify this subsidiary of Google, whose “intelligence” has outplayed
humans in various arenas such as DoTA, Chess, shogi, and many more fields.
D

A cautionary tale of unchecked corporate greed and the
need for ethical business practices, the X scandal stands
as among the biggest scandals in American history. In
the late 1990s, this company employed deceptive
accounting practices to inflate its earnings and conceal
massive debts, leading to its bankruptcy in 2001.
The American company was also involved in India when
in December 1993, X finalized a 20-year power-purchase
contract with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board.The
contract allowed X to construct a massive 2,015
megawatt power plant south of Mumbai. The company
went bankrupt before the contract could be completed,
however.
Identify X.
E

Called the ‘scammiest of all scams’ in 2016, this product ‘F’ was sold
for a shockingly low amount, going as low as Rs 251. Sold by Ringing
Bells Private Limited, this product was so hyped that it crashed its site
on its first day. Critics argued this product to be a Ponzi scam, while
the company claimed that it would gain it justified its shockingly low
price through ads distributed through its device.
What is this device called, whose name is incidentally also a reminder
of a not so distant day of celebration ?
F

One of the biggest hype fails of the 2010s, this product was
launched by Google. Developed by Google’s secretive facility
“Google X”, this product was supposed to be a revolutionary new
computing platform. While some tech enthusiasts took to it, it was
also widely mocked for its geeky appearance, limited functionality,
and potential role in violating the privacy of people around the
user. The price of the product did not help either.
What is this product ?
G

In 1976, a group of eight engineers, all former employees of Delhi Cloth &
General Mills, led by a certain entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu, started a
company that would make personal computers. Initially floated as
Microcomp Limited, The entrepreneur and his team (which also included
Arjun Malhotra, Ajai Chowdhry, D.S. Puri, Yogesh Vaidya and Subhash
Arora) started selling teledigital calculators to gather capital for their main
product. On 11 August 1976, the company was renamed ‘H’, which is the
name it is known as today.
Identify ‘H’.
H

I
In 1982, students at Carnegie Mellon University updated a Coke machine to
demonstrate this concept. It is said that Mike Kazar, David Nichols, and other graduate
students Ivor Durham and John Zsarnay could check from their desks if the machine
was loaded with cold Coke before they made their walk.
What kind of technology I'm referring to?

J
This term, which has its origins in Punjabi, was admitted into the Oxford English
Dictionary and refers to quadricycles powered by diesel engines that were originally
designed to power agricultural irrigation pumps. In certain parts of India, they are
known as kuddukka and pietereda. The term has now come to represent a business
principle, thanks to a book authored by Jaideep Prabhu that popularized it among
foreign audiences.
Identify the term.

K
“X” is an open source system to deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications
anywhere. The name “X” originates from Ancient Greek, meaning 'helmsman' or 'pilot’.
“X” is Originally designed by Google, the project is now maintained by the Cloud Native
Computing Foundation.
Identify “X”.

M
This artist's social media handle was blocked in
November 2021 by a tech giant for "pretending to be
someone else" despite the fact that her account was
created in 2012 and had been very active since it
documented all of her artistic work. The actual reason
for disabling the account was an announcement made
in late October 2021.
What was her social media handle named?

R
This IT Services and IT Consulting firm, formed in 1991, provides its clients with best-
in-class solutions. The company offers solutions to financial institutions, payment
network providers, payment processors, and software companies that sell payment-
related goods. It has the luxury of developing innovative payment platforms in India,
such as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Bharat Billing Payment Solutions, an
integrated online platform for all bill payments in India. The company has operations on
three continents, with its US headquarters in Silicon Valley, offices in the United
Kingdom, and its corporate headquarters in Kolkata, India. Identify this company.

S
This is a tweet by Donald Trump
but according to the rules of Java
Programming Language there is
something wrong in it.
The mistake is mentioned by the
person who replied.
What do you call this kind of
mistake?
Bonus Fact : - The name of this song
311 and the kind of mistake is same.

V
The erection and caissoning of the bridge was done by the noted Kutchi-Mestri railway
contractor and industrialist Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja. His nameplate can still be seen on each
girder of the bridge. The construction of bridge started in year 1926 and was completed in year
1931.The fabrication of the bridge was done at works of Braithwaite & Company, Calcutta.
The bridge was by far the most expensive and the most difficult of the railway bridges to be
constructed in India up to that time. The bridge was constructed at a total cost of ₹1.14 crore.
The first train that ran across the bridge was named Jagmal Raja _ _ _ _ _ _ Express by the
British, acknowledging the feat of Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja.
What is the official name of this bridge?

X
This is a startup founded by Elon Musk. Although the exact goods or services it will
provide are unknown, Musk has stated in interviews that this won't only be a research
operation. The business intends to create its own large language model (LLM) and
promote it as a rival to Bard and ChatGPT. Musk, who was one of the original founders
of OpenAI, has criticized the company for adding safeguards to the chatbot’s
responses. He has previously discussed plans to build an AI model called Truth-GPT
to challenge what he dubbed the “politically correct” generative AI systems that have
become mainstream, and it’s very possible that Truth-GPT will be the initial focus of
this company.
Name the start up.

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