Quiz Category · Technology
Technology
Computing, the internet, gadgets, and innovation.
Quiz yourself on the people, products, and milestones that shape modern technology.
Technology as a quiz category covers four overlapping strands: computing fundamentals (hardware, operating systems, programming languages, networks), the history of the industry (the founding of major companies, the people behind landmark products, acquisitions and IPOs that changed market structure), the consumer internet and mobile era (search, social platforms, the smartphone, streaming, payments), and recent developments in artificial intelligence, cloud, and semiconductors. Easy rounds stay with names everyone recognises — the founder of Microsoft, the year the iPhone launched, what HTML stands for. Medium rounds expect knowledge of less obvious origins: which company built the first relational database, who coined a term that became standard usage, which CEO ran which firm during a particular decade. Hard rounds reach into the technical and the specific — the protocol behind a particular service, the architectural difference between two processor families, the year a programming language was released versus the year it became popular. The category is staple revision material for the science-and-technology section of UPSC and SSC current affairs, and a good ground for software engineers, students in CS programmes, and anyone whose work depends on technology they have never had to explain.
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10 questions per round24 technology questions with answers
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01 Which of the following is a cloud storage provider? easy
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The correct answer is A. Dropbox.
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02 What is the largest unit of digital information? easy
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The correct answer is D. Terabyte.
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03 What is the main purpose of a firewall? easy
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The correct answer is C. Prevent unauthorized access.
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04 What does IoT stand for? easy
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The correct answer is A. Internet of Things.
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05 What is the main function of a keyboard? easy
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The correct answer is B. Input text.
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06 Which of the following is an example of a mobile app? easy
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The correct answer is C. WhatsApp.
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07 What does SSD stand for? easy
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The correct answer is A. Solid State Drive.
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08 What is virtual reality? easy
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The correct answer is B. A simulated environment.
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09 What is the primary role of a DNS server? medium
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The correct answer is C. Domain name resolution.
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10 What is a characteristic of a server? medium
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The correct answer is C. Designed to serve multiple clients.
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11 Which technology is designed to reduce latency in data centers? medium
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The correct answer is A. Edge computing.
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12 What does the term 'malware' refer to? medium
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The correct answer is B. Malicious software.
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13 Which of the following coding languages is primarily used for backend web development? medium
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The correct answer is B. Python.
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14 What is the main function of a GPU in a computer? medium
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The correct answer is A. Processing graphics.
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15 Which of the following is a common feature of a smartphone? medium
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The correct answer is B. Touchscreen interface.
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16 What was the first web browser popularized among the general public? medium
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The correct answer is C. Netscape Navigator.
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17 Which cloud service allows users to rent virtual machines on demand? hard
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The correct answer is C. c) IaaS.
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18 What does 'IoT' stand for in technology? hard
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The correct answer is B. b) Internet of Things.
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19 Which of the following devices is used to convert digital signals to analog signals? hard
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The correct answer is A. a) Modem.
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20 What does the term 'sandboxing' refer to in software development? hard
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The correct answer is A. a) Isolating code execution.
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21 Which of the following is an essential characteristic of Agile software development? hard
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The correct answer is C. c) Iterative development.
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22 What does the term 'latency' refer to in cloud computing? hard
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The correct answer is B. b) The time taken for a data packet to travel.
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23 What is the main component of the CPU responsible for performing arithmetic and logic operations? hard
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The correct answer is C. c) ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit).
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24 Which programming language is known for its emphasis on functional programming? hard
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The correct answer is C. c) Haskell.
The full technology pool runs to 342 questions — 113–115 questions per difficulty across easy, medium and hard. Each round you play is shuffled fresh, so the same ten never come up twice in a row. Pick a difficulty above to start a timed round, or scroll on for related categories.
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About the technology quiz- What does the technology quiz cover?
- Computing history, internet milestones, programming languages, major tech companies, mobile and consumer technology, and recent developments in AI and digital infrastructure.
- Are programming questions included?
- Some — at the level of general literacy (what year Python was released, which company created C++, what HTTP stands for). We don't test code or syntax.
- Are recent AI developments covered?
- Yes — major releases, well-known models, and the companies behind them appear at medium and hard levels.
- Is this useful for a tech-industry interview prep?
- Not directly — interview prep requires specific technical depth. This category builds general tech literacy, which is useful background but not a substitute for studying a particular language or framework.