General Awareness : Telecommunication Quiz

1. Abbreviate "EDGE".

a) Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution
b) Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
c) Enhanced Demodulated Rates for Global Evolution
d) Enhanced Demodulates Rates for GSM Evolution

The Correct option is – b) Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution


2. Which company launched the first mobile phone ?

a) Motorola
b) Nokia
c) Apple
d) At&T

The Correct option is – a) Motorola


3. Who is considered as the inventor of the first practical mobile phone for hand-held ?

a) James Cooper
b) Smith Cooper
c) Martin Cooper
d) Royn Cooper

The Correct option is – c) Martin Cooper


4. Which company is considered as the first company to launch first smartphone ?

a) RIM
b) Nokia
c) IBM
d) Microsoft

The Correct option is – c) IBM

5. Which was the first phone that uses the Android mobile device platform ?

a) Dell Mini3i
b) HKC Pearl
c) Motorola i1
d) HTC Dream

The Correct option is – d) HTC Dream

6. In Telecommunications, PCM is known as

a) Pulse-case modulation
b) Pure-code modulation
c) Prime-code modulation
d) Pulse-code modulation

The Correct option is – a) Pulse-case modulation

7. Which company launched the first mobile phone ?

a) Motorola
b) Nokia
c) Apple
d) At&T

The Correct option is – a) Motorola

8. The first 1G network was launched in Japan by NTT in 1979. In which year , this 1G network was launched in USA ?
a) 1979
b) 1980
c) 1982
d) 1983

The Correct option is – d) 1983


9. Which is the world's largest individual mobile operator ?

a) Vodafone
b) Orange
c) Bharti Airtel
d) China Mobile

The Correct option is – d) China Mobile

10. In which year the first telephone switchboard(exchange) was invented ?
a) 1830
b) 1857
c) 1867
d) 1876

The Correct option is – d) 1876