1. ______ is the founder of Facebook ?

Mark Zuckerberg

Brian Acton

Jimmy Wales

Larry Page

Answer: Mark Zuckerberg

Explanation:

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg. . It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies along with Amazon, Apple, and Google.


2. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and _______ ?

Peter Thiel

Steve Wozniak

Sergey Brin

Elon Musk

Answer: Sergey Brin

Explanation:

Google was founded in September 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University in California.


3. Who is the founder of the biotech Indian company called ‘Biocon’ ?

Indu Jain

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Ratan Tata

Mukesh Ambani

Answer: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Explanation:

Biocon Limited was incorporated in the year 1978 as a joint venture between Biocon Biochemicals Limited of Ireland and an Indian entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. Biocon manufactured and exported enzymes to the USA and Europe during the year 1979 as first of its kind.


4. Which of the following was invented by Walter Hunt ?

Ship

Safety pin

Scooter

Safety lamp

Answer: Safety pin

Explanation:

Walter Hunt invented the safety pin in 1849.He also invented a sewing machine in 1833.


5. Jeff Bezos is the CEO of ?

Myntra

Amazon

Snapdeal

Flipkart

Answer: Amazon

Explanation:

Jeff Bezos is the CEO of Amazon.


6. Who among the following invented the aeroplane ?

Auguste and Louis Lumière

Alexander Graham Bell

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Louis Pasteur and Alexander Fleming

Answer: Orville and Wilbur Wright

Explanation:

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the aeroplane.


7. Who among the following is the co-founder of Twitter ?

Tim Berners-Lee

Jack Dorsey

Narayan Murthy

Bill Gates

Answer: Jack Dorsey

Explanation:

Twitter was founded by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams in March, 2006.


8. Who among the following founded the Bombay Stock Exchange ?

Ashishkumar Chauhan

Premchand Roychand

Vikramjit Sen

Roychand Deepchand

Answer: Premchand Roychand

Explanation:

The Bombay stock exchange was founded by Premchand Roychand. He made a fortune in the stockbroking business and came to be known as the Cotton King, the Bullion King or just the Big Bull.


9. Select the correctly matched pair of names of the company and its founder ?

ITC – GD Birla

Wipro – Mohammed Hashim Premji

Infosys – Azim Premji

Reliance – Mukesh Ambani

Answer: Wipro – Mohammed Hashim Premji

Explanation:

ITC was initially a British owned company registered in Calcutta. Mohammed Hashim Premji is the founder of Wipro. Infosys was founded by N.R Narayana Murthyy, Nandan Nilekani, S.D. Shibulal, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Ashok Arora, N.S. Raghavan and K.Dinesh. Dhirubhai Ambani was the founder of Reliance.