ACSE Quiz Piyush

ACSE QUIZ COMPETITION

Department of Computer Science & Engineering CMR TECHNICAL CAMPUS (Approved by AICTE, New Delhi affiliated to JNTU, Hyderabad.)

Association of Computer Science Engineering (ACSE) “QUIZ COMPETITION” RULES There will be EIGHT TEAMS consisting six members each participating in this Quiz. There will be SIX ROUNDS in all. ROUNDS Round I

:

Do you know this?

(16 Questions)

Round II

:

My Computer (MCQ)

(16 Questions)

Round III

:

What’s Going on?

(14 Questions)

Round IV

:

Program

(12 Questions)

Round V

:

Eye Contact (Audio/Visual)

(10 Questions)

Round VI

:

How Much Quick You Are?

(One minute each)

Questions NOT answered by any team in Round I, III, IV and V will be PASSED to the next team for bonus points. Each correct answer will fetch you 10 points and each correct answer for passed question will add a bonus of 5 points. Questions will NOT be PASSED to the next team in Round II. Each wrong answer in Round II (MCQ) will have negative marking of 5 points. Round VI is a RAPID FIRE Round having 10 questions for each team to answer in maximum of 40 seconds. All Eight teams will play FIRST and SECOND Rounds. The team scoring LEAST POINTS will be ELIMINATED. In this way one team will be eliminated in each further round. Finally FOUR Teams will fight in FINAL RAPID FIRE ROUND. TOP TWO TEAMS WILL BE AWARDED! Questions Prepared By: Piyush K Dwivedi

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ROUND I

“DO YOU KNOW THIS?” 1. Which country is called the Land of Rising Sun? – Japan 2. Which is the biggest island of the world? – Greenland 3. If you are standing in green park stadium, then in which city actually you are? – Kanpur 4. Which is the biggest delta in the world? – Sunder bans 5. If RK Narayan is recognized as famous writer, then KR Narayanan is recognized as what? – President of India 6. Which country is known as land of Dragons? –China 7. In mobile phones, there is a specific equipment number called IMEI number. What does IMEI Stands for? – International Mobile Equipment Identity 8. On which day, World Engineer's Day is celebrated every year in remembrance of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya? - 15th September 9. Who was the first Republican President of America? – Abraham Lincoln 10. GATE is an entrance exam conducted annually for admissions to various science and technology post-graduate programs in India. What does GATE Stands for? - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Questions Prepared By: Piyush K Dwivedi

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ACSE QUIZ COMPETITION 11. After how many years, does Rajya Sabha dissolve? – Rajya Sabha never dissolves, only 1/3rd of its members retire every second year. 12. Who are the founders of Google? -Larry Page, Sergey Brin 13. In which months, the KHARIF CROPS usually shown? – July 14. What is the magnitude of electric field at the centre of a conducting shell? – Zero 15. What type of hybridization is found in H2O? – SP3 hybridization 16. If a, b and c are the sides of a triangle and s is the semi perimeter of that triangle, then what is the expression of Heron's formula for that triangle? – ඥ࢙ሺ࢙ − ࢇሻሺ࢙ − ࢈ሻሺ࢙ − ࢉሻ

Questions Prepared By: Piyush K Dwivedi

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ROUND 2

“MY COMPUTER” 1. IC chips used in computers are usually made of (i) Carbon (ii) Silicon (iii) Mica (iv) Lead Ans: (i) Silicon 2. Which of the following is not an example of Operating System? (i) Windows 98 (ii) BSD Unix (iii) Microsoft Office XP (iv) Red Hat Linux Ans: (iii) Microsoft Office XP 3. Which supercomputer is developed by the Indian Scientists? (i) Param (ii) Super 301 (iii) Compaq Presario (iv) CRAY YMP Answer: (i) Param 4. Check the odd term out: (i) Internet (ii) Linux (iii) Unix (iv) Windows Answer: (i) Internet 5. The errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are (i) Syntax error (ii) Semantic error (iii) Logical error (iv) Internal error Answer: (i) Syntax error Questions Prepared By: Piyush K Dwivedi

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ACSE QUIZ COMPETITION 6. To move to the bottom of a document, press... (i) Auto Summarize (ii) Home key (iii) Ctrl key + End key (iv) End key Answer: (iii) Ctrl key + End key 7. What displays the content of the active cell in Excel? (i) Name box (ii) Row Headings (iii) Formula bar (iv) Task pane Answer: (iii) Formula bar 8. By default, your documents print in - mode. (i) Landscape (ii) Portrait (iii) Page Setup (iv) Print Preview Answer: (ii) Portrait 9. What do you press to enter the current date in a cell? (i) CTRL + ; (semicolon) (ii) CTRL + SHIFT + :(colon) (iii) CTRL + F10 (iv) CTRL + F11 Answer: (i) CTRL + ; (semicolon) 10. Silicon Valley of India is located in (i) New Delhi (ii) Bangalore (iii) Hyderabad (iv) Mumbai Answer: (ii) Bangalore


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ACSE QUIZ COMPETITION 11. A temporary storage area, attached to the CPU, for I/O operations, is a (i) Channel (ii) Buffer (iii) Register (iv) Core Answer: (ii) Buffer 12. MS-DOS is the name of a/an (i) Application software (ii) Hardware (iii) System software (iv) None of these Answer: (iii) System software 13. The retrieval of information from the computer is defined as (i) Collection of data (ii) Data retrieval operations (iii) Output (iv) Data output collection Answer: (iii) Output 14. Who was the inventor of mechanical calculator for adding numbers? (i) Charles Babbage (ii) Peano (iii) Newton (iv) Pascal Answer: (iv) Pascal 15. Which of the following is the universal gate? (i) NAND-Gate (ii) OR-Gate (iii) AND-Gate (iv) NOT-Gate Answer: (i) NAND-Gate Questions Prepared By: Piyush K Dwivedi

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ACSE QUIZ COMPETITION 16. The translator program that converts source code in high level language into machine code line by line is called – (i) Assembler (ii) Compiler (iii) Loader (iv) Interpreter Answer: (iv) Interpreter

ROUND 3

“WHAT’S GOING ON?” 1. Who took over as the new chief of Indian army after the retirement of Gen V K Singh? – Gen Bikram Singh 2. Global rating agency Fitch downgraded which bank’s credit rating outlook to negative from stable? -Indian Bank 3. Which planet crossed the sun on 5th June 2012 making one complete orbiter rotation? –Venus 4. Which 2 cricketer of India’s World Cup winning squad were conferred with Eklavya award by Gujarat Government recently? -Yusuf Pathan and Munaf Patel 5. Who is the Mascot of London Olympics 2012? – Wenlock 6. Who will lead Indian hockey team in Olympics 2012? -Bharat Chetri 7. Which search engine has signed a deal with Encyclopedia Britannica to bring richer content to its search results? -Microsoft search engine Bing Questions Prepared By: Piyush K Dwivedi

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ACSE QUIZ COMPETITION 8. Who becomes 4th Prime Minister of Greece in 8 months time? -Antonis Samaras 9. What is the importance of June 30th 2012? -The last minute of 30th June 2012 will be 1 second longer and will be known as ‘leap second’ 10. Which department in India plans to set up 1000 ATM’s across 6 states? -Postal department 11. Which education council in India would have its own job portal for the students of technical and professional institutions? -All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) 12. Which Indian state’s 100th anniversary was celebrated recently? –Bihar 13. Which cricket player and lady actor took oath for Rajya Sabha membership in India? - Sachin Tendulkar and Rekha 14. India has recently decided to allow Foreign Direct Investment from which Asian country? -Pakistan


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ROUND 4

“PROGRAM” 1. C++, originally called 'C with classes' was developed in 1979 at Bell Labs by whom? - Bjarne Stroustrup (pronounced as “B-yar-ne Strov-stroop”) 2. Which programming language was used for writing the popular operating system UNIX? –C Language 3. Which of the following languages was developed first? PASCAL, COBOL or BASIC? – Cobal 4. Linux was started in 1992 by a Swedish hacker. Who was he? - Linus Torwalds 5. In Windows XP, what does XP stands for? -eXPerience 6. MP3 is a short form for MPEG Audio Layer 3, where MPEG stands for what? -Motion Picture Experts Group 7. What Seagate company manufactures? -Hard disks 8. What is a superclass? - Superclass is a class from which another class inherits. 9. Name the first block-structured language which was introduced in 1960. -ALGOL 60 10. In terms of what, OOP promotes a way of programming that allows programmers to think? – Object Questions Prepared By: Piyush K Dwivedi

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ACSE QUIZ COMPETITION 11. The use of the break statement in a switch statement is compulsory. True or False? – False, it is optional 12. What do we call, when the compiler cannot differentiate between two overloaded constructors? - Ambiguous

ROUND 5

“VISUAL” 1. This is the logo of which famous company? -WIPRO

2. Identify the person, Who has been appointed as Chief Election Commissioner to take over S.Y.Quraishi from June 10th 2012? -V S Sampath


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ACSE QUIZ COMPETITION 3. Name this personality who has died recently. -Steve-Jobs

4. Name the Ports. -P/S-2 Ports

5. Name the missing Tab of Microsoft Word 2007, in which shown menu bar appears. -Insert


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RAPID FIRE I 1. Khadakwasla is famous for which training academy? –National Defence Academy in Pune 2. What does PIN in postal address stands for in India? – Postal Index Number 3. Who was the first home minister of independent India? – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel 4. Which river is called as Dakshin Ganga? –Godavari 5. Who wrote the famous book ‘Panchtantra’? – Vishnu Sharma 6. Dr. Manmohan Singh has never been the Finance Minister of India. Am I serious or joking? – Joking 7. On which day, World literacy day is celebrated? – 8th September 8. What is the maximum strength of Rajya Sabha? -250 9. Which state in India has longest coastline? – Gujrat 10. Spell the word ‘lieutenant’.


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RAPID FIRE II 1. In which state of India, the Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary is situated? - Asom 2. What is the Full Form of BSNL? – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited 3. Which year Dandi March took place? -1930 4. Agra is situated on the bank of which river? –Yamuna 5. Who wrote the famous book ‘The Tale of Two Cities’? – Charles Dickens 6. Calcutta was the capital of India before New Delhi. Am I serious or joking? – Serious 7. On which day, World AIDS Day is observed? – 1st December 8. Who appoints the Chief Minister of a state in India? –Governor of that state 9. Which is the India’s Longest Dam? – Hirakud Dam, Odisha 10. Spell the word ‘Assassination’.


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RAPID FIRE III 1. Which state of India is also known as Land of Five Rivers? - Punjab 2. What is the Full Form of ECG? – Electro Cardiogram 3. On which date Mahatma Gandhi ji was assassinated? – January 30, 1948, Birla House 4. Which Symbol will be printed on pressing ‘Shift + 2’? –@ (at the rate) 5. Who wrote the famous book ‘Anand Math’? – Bankim Chandra Chatterji 6. Gandhi ji was given Bharat Ratna in 1952. Am I serious or joking? – Joking 7. On which date, next Earth day will be celebrated? – 22 April 2013 8. What is the minimum age for contesting the elections of President of India? –35 years 9. Which is the Largest Epic? – Mahabharata 10. Spell the word ‘Vacuum’.


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Rapid Fire IV 1. The land of White Elephants is better known as ? - Thailand 2. What is the Full Form of RADAR ? – Radio Detection And Ranging 3. With which musical instrument will you relate Ustad Bismillah Khan? - Shehnai 4. Which two computer keyboard keys have the bumps or nipples to helps users for correct positioning of hand? – F and J keys 5. Who wrote the famous book ‘Gulliver's Travels’? – Jonathan Swift 6. India is a permanent member of UNO. Am I serious or joking? – Joking 7. On which date, National Science Day is celebrated? – 28 February 8. How many fundamental rights are there in Indian Constitution? – SEVEN 9. Which is the Longest Canal in the World? – Suez Canal 10. Spell the word ‘Pneumonia’.


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TIE BREAKER 1. Name the spacecraft which returned to earth to end historic trip. -SpaceX Dragon 2. H2O is liquid, but H2S is what? –Gas 3. Which is the most reactive element in sixth group? –Oxygen 4. Glass is made out of what? –Sand 5. What does the computer known as which has incorporated the characters of analog and digital computers? - Hybrid computers 6. What is the translator program that translates each line of the source program as it run? –Interpreter 7. What sign of the zodiac is representing by a goat? –Capricorn 8. In a share market what do the ‘Bull’ and ‘Bear ‘represent? -Upward trend and Downward trend in prices respectively 9. Which musical instrument is reputed to be the oldest in the world? -The Drum 10. It is the way of identify and locate computers connected to the INTERNET. Name it. -Domain Name 11. What is DNA? -Deoxyribonucleic Acid


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ACSE QUIZ COMPETITION 12. How many legs do butterfly have? –6 Legs and 2 pair of wings 14. The Eiffel Tower was built by whom? –Alexander Eiffel 15. Which is the largest Library in the world? –United States Library of Congress, Washington DC 16. Which is the highest Waterfall in the world? –Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela 17. Who is the Author of Harry Potter ? –JK Rowling 18. In which Sports do players take long and short corners? –Hockey 19. Who was the first woman Governor of India? –Sarajini Naidu 20. How many words can you make from a five letter word by shuffling the places of each alphabet when repetition of letters is not allowed? -5! = 120 21. The speed of computer mouse is measured in which unit? –Mickey 22. What is the common name for Ascorbic acid? –Vitamin C 23. Which useful household item is made up of Naphthalene? –Mothballs 24. Which bird is the International Symbol of Happiness? –Bluebird 25. Who is the first man to climb Mount Everest without Oxygen? –Phu Dorji Questions Prepared By: Piyush K Dwivedi

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