TCS IT WIZ 2012 Bangalore Prelims questions with answers

Hi guys Yesterday I participated in TCS IT Wiz 2012 by TCS authored by PickBrain. Now I am going to share the prelim round questions with you guys, but after going through all the questions they had asked from (including stage finals and prelims) I made out that a few of the questions asked at other regions were almost asked even here with a twist at question. So read all the history about the companies/persons/logo/history etc of the question related with, so that you can at least make out with some correct answers. The cut off in Bangalore edition of TCS IT Wiz was 15. The winners got Samsung Note (each) and some other gifts like dinner @ taj Vivanta, certificate directly signed by the CEO of TCS, flight fares for both the team members and their escorts, haversack (a bag by TCS, where all the stuff was stored). I was able to answer twelve out of these correctly. Here goes the questions :

1. If Apple::Siri then Samsung:: ________ ?
A. S Vision

2. What is Android 4.1 titled?
A. Jelly Bean.

3. Name the social networking site that allows user to create their own social website and social network. (Options were given: Orkut, Ning, Vaidu)
A. Ning

4. What software is used in Apple as video calling one? (Only the picture below was given)















5. Peter Shu is founder of what portable storage device?
A. Transcend (Pendrives)

6. Drew Houston conceived the idea after repeatedly forgetting his USB Flash drive while he was a student at MIT. What creation did this lead to?
A. DropBox

7. The telecom company known as SouthWestern Bell Corporation (SBC) is today known as __________ ?
A. AT&T

8. Identify the game...

A. The Travian Wars, the browser game of the year.

9. Name the co-founder of Sun Microsystems who wrote "Why The Future Doesn't Needs You?"
A. Bill Joy

10. Where will you use .srt files?
A. Subtitle Files.

11. Identify the company she is related to or give the name of her...

A. Facebook / Priscilla Chan

12. Which co has given the name for an app, "Velu, the Welder", designed to help kids who drop out of schools?
A. TCS

13. Which Microsoft Project had a working title called Project Natal?
A. Kinect.

14. Identify......

A. Verisign

15. Who owns POGO.COM?

A. Electronic Arts (EA)

16.An X is a unit of info or computer storage equal to one sextillion or 10 to the power of 21 bytes. What is X?
A. ZetaByte

17. They gave a photo of the someone with his thumb naming Jeffery and himself called Chuck.
The image had the following saying:
Jeffery: Ultimate Gamer, Partly Consultant. (Above the Thumb) and Over the person Chuck: Regular Guy (I did not get the correct image of this, so just gave with words.) Identify the game related to this....

A. Tetris.

18. I don't remember this question (sorry! But I am sure the device of Nintendo DS was NOT shown)

19. Macsyma is a programming language that enables one to do problems in what?
A. Algebra

20. Identify the company she is associated with.

A. She is Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo.

So this is it, if any one know the 18th question please say it here by commenting or sending an email at f10f1111@yahoo.com.
Than you and hope I have given all the right ones.

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TCS IT WIZ 2012 preparations

Hi guys, as we (our school) has got a invitation from the TCS IT Wiz, India's biggest IT quiz for schools and colleges started since 1999s. And this is the third time I'm going and I am in Bangalore. The quiz is being conducted at Chowdiah memorial hall, Gayatri Devi Park extn, Vyalikaval (near sankey tank)
Well we got the invitation yesterday and already started preparing for this quiz, it is being conducted on Monday.13, aug 2012.

Here is the quiz format for 2012 quiz:


Prelim: This would be a common set of 20 questions for all the teams at the venue. Questions would be in the form of oral, visual and audiovisual.

Final: The top six teams from the written prelim would qualify for each regional final. Only the best team from each school will be called on stage in the event of multiple teams from the same school qualifying for the final.

This quiz being conducted by quiz master, Giri Balasubramaniam, also known as pickbrain.

Well in order get to the stage (stage finals) you need to do these.

Refer TCS IT Books provided by them.
TV ads of companies and business (make sure you record the taglines)
Refer Wikipedia.
TV shows (Like the Gadget Guru, etc)
Try to get the trending news of businesses.
Also try referring the previous prelims round question (I have placed a download link of the collection of all prelims conducted in all the states, including that of UAE)


The file contains.

Click to enloarge

Well click here to download and hope you get the prize. BEST OF LUCK. And anyone going to Bangalore TCS IT WIZ 2012, please comment here. I will get in contact with you guys.

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