The document provides rules for a tech quiz prelims round, including that there will be 20 questions total, 5 of which will be worth 2 marks each and the rest 1 mark each. The top 6 teams from this round will qualify for the finals round. It then provides 20 multiple choice questions related to technology and asks participants to provide the answers.

1. TECH QUIZ
P R E L I M S

2. RULES FOR PRELIMS.
• 1. THERE WILL BE 20 QUESTIONS IN THIS ROUND.
2. OUT OF WHICH 5 WILL BE STAR MARKED RANDOMLY.
3. THE STAR MARKED QUESTIONS WILL BE OF 2 MARKS EACH
AND THE REST 15 QUESTIONS WILL BE 1 MARK EACH.
• 4. TOP 6 TEAMS FROM THIS ROUND WILL QUALIFY FOR THE
FINALS ROUND.
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE TEAMS.

3. QUESTION 1
• _________are set to be used at this year's World Cup in Russia
after football's lawmakers voted to approve the technology.
• _________has been trialled in some domestic English cup games
this season, and has been used in Germany and Italy.
• FILL UP THE BLANKS WITH ONLY ONE ANSWER.

4. ANSWER 1
•VAR - Video Assistant
Referees.

5. QUESTION 2
“Spectacles” are smart glasses that capture 10 seconds video.
The glasses will allow the video to sync wirelessly to a user’s
phone for sharing purposes. Which photo sharing platform
launched spectacles ?

6. ANSWER 2
•SNAPCHAT

7. QUESTION 3
• X is an e-commerce entity based in Seattle,Washington . It is
named after the largest river. Identify X.

8. ANSWER 3
•AMAZON

9. QUESTION 4
• X is a location based augmented reality game developed by
Niantic . It is the most downloaded mobile game in its first
month. The game has been downloaded 130 million times since
its initial launch on 6 July 2016.
• Identify X.

10. ANSWER 4
•POKEMON GO

11. *QUESTION 5
• What is so special about this phone from SONY ERRICSON ?

12. *ANSWER 5
• FIRST PHONE WITH FRONT CAMERA

13. QUESTION 6
• In the context of 4G wireless technology, expand VOLTE ?

14. ANSWER 6
•Voice Over Long Term
Evolution

15. QUESTION 7
• It is named after a former American NBA player Larry Bird .
What is being spoken about ?

16. ANSWER 7
•TWITTER LOGO

17. QUESTION 8
• THE VOICE ASSISTANT OF THIS AMAZON PRODUCT IS

18. ANSWER 8
•AMAZON ALEXA

19. QUESTION 9
• FOUNDED - September 4, 1998 , Menlo Park , California, U.S
• FOUNDERS – Larry Page and Sergey Brin
• WHAT IS BEING TALK ABOUT ?

20. ANSWER 9
•GOOGLE

21. *QUESTION 10
The company X began in the wake of world war II. The
company had $530 and a total of 8 employees . The initial
name of the company was Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo . It built
Japan’s first tape recorder , called Type-G. It then went on to
capture the entire technological market .
Identify X.

22. *ANSWER 10
•SONY

23. QUESTION 11
• It is a smallest controllable element of a picture represented on
the screen. The word is portmanteau of picture and element.
What is being spoken about ?

24. ANSWER 11
•PIXEL

25. QUESTION 12
• Identify this Google Product ?

26. ANSWER 12
•GOOGLE ADSENSE

27. QUESTION 13
• Though humankind got along just fine without __________ before
they were developed in the late 1940s, this technological
invention has been a major game changer in terms of food
preparation and the office break room. Not only _________
modernized the way we eat, they've also made meals far more
convenient -- read quicker -- to prepare.
• FILL UP THE BLANKS WITH ONLY ONE ANSWER.

28. ANSWER 13
•MICROWAVE OVEN

29. QUESTION 14
• X is a set of communication protocols that enable two electronic
devices, one of which is usually a portable device such as a
smartphone , to establish communication by bringing them
within 4 cm (1.6 in) of each other.
• IDENTIFY X.

30. ANSWER 14
• NFC- NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION

31. *QUESTION 15
• Identify the person?
• He is an American entrepreneur born on February 24, 1955
• He’s best known for Pioneer of the personal computer
revolution
• “I was lucky to get into computers when it was a very young and
idealistic industry. There weren’t many degrees offered in
computer science, so people in computers were brilliant people
from mathematics, physics, music, zoology, whatever. They
loved it, and no one was really in it for the money […] There are
people around here who start companies just to make money,
but the great companies, well, that’s not what they’re about.”

32. *ANSWER 15
•STEVE JOBS

33. QUESTION 16
• ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd., stylised as ______, is an Indian origin
online transportation network company. It was founded as an
online cab aggregator in Mumbai, but is now based in
Bangalore.
• ______was founded on 3 December 2010 by Bhavish Aggarwal,
currently CEO, and Ankit Bhati.
• FILL UP THE BLANKS WITH ONLY ONE ANSWER.

34. ANSWER 16
•OLA CABS

35. QUESTION 17
• X is a programming language which is named after a dangerous
reptile..
• It was developed by Guido Von Rossum.
• IDENTIFY X.

36. ANSWER 17
•PYTHON

37. QUESTION 18
• What does this company make and what is its full form ?

38. ANSWER 18
•VIDEO GAMES AND
ELECTRONIC ARTS

39. *QUESTION 19
• Which Indian gave the famous slogan “Roti , kapda , makaan ,
bijli and bandwidth” ?

40. ANSWER 19
•DEWANG MEHTA

41. *QUESTION 20
• What is special about this image ?

42. *ANSWER 20
•This is the world’s first ever
web page .