IT Quiz

A knowledge initiative started by Tata Consultancy Services in 1999, it is the biggest interschool IT Quiz in India for students from class 8 to 12. The quiz aims to build awareness, emphasize the importance of IT skills and enable students to look at technology from innovative perspective. TCS IT WIZ has brought a massive shift in the world of quizzing. The quiz works as an alternative learning tool for students in an outside classroom environment. This is the third quarter final of TCS IT WIZ 2020, India’s biggest and toughest technology quiz for schools consisting of 4 techies from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh region.

First Round : Digital Readiness

” To test the knowledge of modern era technical giant “.

1.

10 years ago, this phrase was coined with the revolutions that this world has been seeing along with the evolution of technology. What does the term mean?

Ans. People used the internet to drive home their messages, social campaigns and mobilise support which was called clicktivism 

2.

This picture shows the Warty Warthog, the Breezy Badger and the Karmic Koala. What are they?

Ans. Versions of Ubuntu 

3.

Identify the instrument

Ans. DynaTAC 

4.

Why was the word ” Sans ” used?

Ans. All other fonts before them like Times New Roman came with a stroke at the end which was called Serif. The above mentioned fonts do not contain Serif and hence are called Sans – Serif fonts ( meaning without the Serif ) 

5.

Which great personality would you associate with this tone generator?

Ans. Steve Wozniak 

Second Round : Borderless Learning

” To democratise the technical learning in today’s seamless world “.

1.

Which great company was created by this man?

Ans. Samsung 

2.

Which great company was created by this man?

Ans. Netflix 

3.

What is this company better known as?

Ans. IBM 

4.

Identify the company by it’s logo

Ans. Tech Crunch 

5.

Which entity in India runs ” Her Story “?

Ans. yourstory.com 

Third Round : @TCS 

” Unfolding awareness about TCS budding business and absolute history “.

1. After the famous Mr. Kohli, who became the second CEO of TCS?

Ans. Subramaniam Ramadorai 

2. Tata consultancy services has a rich and diverse network that provides value to it’s customers for an entire technology landscape called COIN. What is the full form of COIN?

Ans. Co – Innovative Network 

3. TCS has something called the GNDM. It’s basically a model which they have always pursued, the clients choose the sourcing strategy which is the best suited to their business needs. What does GNDM stand for?

Ans. Global Network Delivery Model 

4. Which former CEO of Tata Consultancy Services has gone on to become the chairman of Tata Company?

Ans. Natarajan Chandrasekaran 

Fourth Round : Analytics and Insights 

” Many images are shown and the analysis and insights of techies on the technical giant are seen “.

1.

What is the overall answer for these?

Ans. Flipkart 

2.

What is the overall answer for these?

Ans. Sony 

3.

What is the overall answer for these?

Ans. MindTree 

4.

What is the overall answer for these?

Ans. Philips 

Final Round : Multi Experience 

” Scrutinising the knowledge of technical giant in much wide level “.

1.

Identify the person

Ans. Amar Bose 

2.

He is the creator of TCP/IP protocol. Identify the person

Ans. Vint Cerf 

3.

Identify the company by the font

Ans. Disney 

4.

Which language is used by the aliens in the Star Trek series?

Ans. Klingon 

Tie breaker question.

Intel always named it’s microprocessor as 4004, etc. but one of them was not named as per the series because there was a patent issue. What is the name of the microprocessor?

Ans. Pentium