🇮🇳 India in Computing कंप्यूटिंग में भारत
9 exam-ready facts · 9 MCQs
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PARAM 8000 (1991) is regarded as India's first supercomputer; it was built by C-DAC, Pune.
C-DAC = Centre for Development of Advanced Computing. The effort was led by Vijay Bhatkar.
Practice (1)
Q1Which organisation built PARAM 8000, India's first supercomputer?
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Correct answer: D — C-DAC
PARAM 8000 was built in 1991 by C-DAC, Pune, under Vijay Bhatkar. -
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TIFRAC was the first computer developed in India, built at TIFR (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), Mumbai, and commissioned in 1960.
It was named TIFRAC (TIFR Automatic Calculator) by Jawaharlal Nehru.
Practice (1)
Q2Which was the first computer developed in India?
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Correct answer: A — TIFRAC
TIFRAC was built at TIFR, Mumbai and commissioned in 1960. PARAM 8000 is India's first supercomputer. -
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Sabeer Bhatia co-founded the Hotmail email service with Jack Smith in 1996.
Microsoft acquired Hotmail in 1997.
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Q3Who co-founded Hotmail?
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Correct answer: B — Sabeer Bhatia
Sabeer Bhatia launched Hotmail with Jack Smith in 1996. -
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Vinod Dham is called the 'Father of the Pentium chip'; he played a leading role in developing the Pentium processor at Intel.
Practice (1)
Q4Who is called the 'Father of the Pentium chip'?
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Correct answer: C — Vinod Dham
Vinod Dham led Pentium development at Intel. Ajay Bhatt is a co-inventor of USB. -
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Public Internet service in India was launched by VSNL (Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited) on 15 August 1995.
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Q5Who launched public Internet service in India?
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Correct answer: B — VSNL
VSNL launched it on 15 August 1995; BSNL was formed in 2000. -
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The Information Technology Act, 2000 is India's main law on cybercrime and electronic commerce; it came into force on 17 October 2000.
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Q6Which is India's main law on cybercrime?
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Correct answer: B — Information Technology Act, 2000
The IT Act, 2000 is the main law; the Telegraph Act is an older law from 1885. -
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CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) is the national nodal agency for responding to cyber security incidents; it works under the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).
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Q7Under which ministry does CERT-In work?
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Correct answer: D — Ministry of Electronics and IT
CERT-In works under MeitY. -
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Nandan Nilekani is a co-founder of Infosys and was the first chairman of UIDAI (Aadhaar) in 2009.
Practice (1)
Q8Who was the first chairman of UIDAI (Aadhaar)?
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Correct answer: A — Nandan Nilekani
Nilekani was UIDAI's first chairman; Narayana Murthy was Infosys's founding chairman. -
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Sundar Pichai became CEO of Google in 2015 and CEO of Alphabet Inc. in 2019.
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Q9Sundar Pichai is CEO of which company?
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Correct answer: C — Google/Alphabet
Pichai heads Google/Alphabet; Satya Nadella heads Microsoft.