The document describes problems with early CRT monitors displaying constant images for long periods, causing discoloration of the glass surface. It then asks a series of identification and connection questions related to technology and computing topics.

2. Round
I

3. Why was this company in news ??

4. What is so much special about the
Sony’s latest phone Xperia Sola??

5. What was developed so as to
tackle the following problem ??
Early CRT monitors had problems with the
same image being displayed for a long
time. The phosphors used to make the
pixels in the display would discolor the
glass surface of the CRT when they
would glow at a constant rate for a long
period of time. This discoloration would
then be visible as a faint image
overlaying whatever else was displayed
on the monitor.

6.  What was the most significant change
in the Google logo till date ??

7. Identify the person !!
 This man was
working at
HP, when he
founded the
company that made
him famous.
 He also established
a company named
Wheels of
Zeus, which
manufactures
devices that uses
GPS and smart
tags track down

8. Give the name of the object
shown in the image??
 The image is of X
that was awarded
the National Medal
of Technology and
Innovation for 2008
by US President
Barack Obama.
 It can reach
operating speeds
of pentaFlops.

9. This logo is found on devices
certified for what ??

10.  Tesco, the British multinational grocery
and general merchandise retailer
revolutionized the supermarket
experience for their customers in
South Korea in June 2011.
 How??

11. Round II

12. Id X and Y
 X called Y as the only preposition
available on the keyboard.
 X in 1967 he joined the technology
company BBN Technologies and
developed a revolutionary
communication system.
 At first, his system wasn't thought to be a
big deal. When X showed it to his
colleague Jerry Burchfiel, he said "Don't
tell anyone! This isn't what we're
supposed to be working on.“
 Y was initially used in business
transactions.
 Y was popularized by X’s invention.

13. Id both X and Y
 X engineer, author, and a science
pioneer in the semiconductor
industry, also known as "guy who drove
the growth phase of Silicon Valley".
 X on becoming CEO of the biggest
semiconductor company (Y) of
today, transformed it into the giant as we
know it today.
 X and his two mates left Fairchild
Semiconductors in 1968.
 X is idolized by Steve Jobs who asked
for his advice when he was planning to
return to Apple.

14. This is the mail sent by X to Y to

establish anIndia no big school of research in the fundamental
There is at the moment in
institution Z?
problems of physics, both theoretical and experimental. There
are, however, scattered all over India competent workers who are not doing
as good work as they would do if brought together in one place under proper
direction. It is absolutely in the interest of India to have a vigorous school of
research in fundamental physics, for such a school forms the spearhead of
research not only in less advanced branches of physics but also in problems
of immediate practical application in industry. If much of the applied research
done in India today is disappointing or of very inferior quality it is entirely due
to the absence of sufficient number of outstanding pure research workers
who would set the standard of good research and act on the directing boards
in an advisory capacity ... Moreover, when nuclear energy has been
successfully applied for power production in say a couple of decades from
now, India will not have to look abroad for its experts but will find them ready
at hand. I do not think that anyone acquainted with scientific development in
other countries would deny the need in India for such a school as I
propose.The subjects on which research and advanced teaching would be
done would be theoretical physics, especially on fundamental problems and
with special reference to cosmic rays and nuclear physics, and experimental
research on cosmic rays. It is neither possible nor desirable to separate
nuclear physics from cosmic rays since the two are closely connected

15. Id X
 X was developed in 1983 by Richard
Stallman and was the original focus of
FSF.
 X is a recursive acronym.
 X name was inspired by a song by
Flanders and Swann.
 This is X’s logo, based on its
name.

16.  Identify this popular website ??
 The domain name for this website was
previously taken by Garfield.com (of
garfield comics).
 Its launch on 31 March 2004 was
considered a hoax as the company
was popular for april fool’s day joke.
 Its one of the biggest communicating
site whose idea was pitched by Rajen
Sheth.

17. Id X or Y
 X is a very popular war dialing program
in the mid 90s, a war dialing program is a
program that searches for open
modems/telephone exchange lines by
dialing every phone no. in range.
 X’s name resembles a popular grammy
winning rap artist of that time.
 Y or Minor Threat (alias) was sentenced
to 70 months of jail and was probably the
first person to be banned from the net till
2003.

18. ID X
 X was established on 24 June 1998 as
a partnership between
Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, and Psion
to exploit the convergence between
PDAs and mobile phones.
 X was then bought completely by
Nokia on 24 June 2008.

19. ID X
 X is an organization that archives web
pages, it was established in 1996 by
Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat.
 X was popular for its toolbar that ranks
pages.
 X’s name is based on the Library of
Alexandria as it is like it in the modern world.
 In 1998, the company donated a copy of the
archive, two terabytes in size, to the Library
of Congress.
 X was bought by Amazon.com for
US$250million in 1999.

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29. Round
IV

30. What revolutionary technology
am I talking about ??
 Jamie Link was doing her doctoral
work in chemistry at the University of
California, San Diego, one of the
silicon chips she was working on
burst. She discovered
afterward, however, that the tiny
pieces still functioned as sensors.
These particles can be used to
monitor various amounts of data.

31. This is the snapshot of a very famous
ad campaign, telling us about one of
the most famous Indian, in the world
of computing. Who am I talking about
and why is he is so famous??

32. Id X
 X was the fifth domestic appliance to
be electrified after sewing
machine, fan, tea kettle and toaster.
 X’s invention story was back in news
last year because of a movie named
Hysteria.
 X was initially marketed as a medical
device but has now reached beyond
these boundaries.