ICT and Media Questions and Answers

Q: Why is the process of the merger of the self with the market involuntary ?

The merger is involuntary because Google and the other firms supply data to government without our knowledge (option B).The passage says the merging of the self with the market is partly involuntary, and goes on at once to name Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft as having supplied consumer data to the Government, and to speak of being watched “without our knowledge and involuntarily”.Option A (disinterested) and option D (necessary) are not reasons the passage gives. Option C only says Roberts holds the view, which restates the claim and does not explain why it is involuntary.

Q: How does Government have all data about individuals ?

Government has the data because government and market come together (option C).After saying that all information about each individual is available from birth to death, the passage states: “This was possible because government and market came together.” That sentence is the stated reason.Option A repeats how the data moved (Google supplied it) rather than why it was possible. Option B, control of the media, is not mentioned, and option D reverses the pairing: the passage joins government with market, not market with corporate bodies.

Q: According to Paul Roberts what are we eager to do now and what are we losing as a result ?

We are eager to watch the lives of others and are losing our privacy as a result (option A).The passage says “We are infant eager to watch the lives of others” (the printed word is ‘infant’, evidently for ‘in fact’) and then speaks of losing our privacy while we ourselves pay for the spectacle. Option A repeats both parts in the passage's own terms.Option D is close, but it speaks of getting information about others, whereas the passage speaks of watching their lives. Options B and C bring in knowledge, which the passage never says we gain or lose.

Q: With which decade would you associate the beginning of public access to internet in India ?

Public internet access in India began in the 1990s.Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), the government's international telecom carrier, launched India's first public internet service on 15 August 1995, offering dial-up accounts to ordinary subscribers. Before that the network in India was confined to research and academic users such as ERNET, the education and research network set up in the late 1980s.So the 1980s saw only academic networking, not public access, and by the 2000s and 2010s the internet was already spreading through broadband and then mobile data rather than beginning.

Q: Which ministry of the government of India is associated with the Digital India programme ?

The Digital India programme belongs to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.Digital India was launched in July 2015 to provide digital infrastructure, digital delivery of government services and digital literacy. It is coordinated by MeitY (formerly the Department of Electronics and Information Technology), which handles internet governance, e-governance and electronics policy.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting looks after broadcasting, films and the press, the Ministry of Culture after heritage and the arts, and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports after youth programmes and sport. None of them runs Digital India.

Q: Which of the following is not an internet browser software ?

The one that is not a browser is Google Internet.There is no browser called Google Internet. Google's web browser is Chrome, released in 2008.The other three are well-known browsers: Opera, from the Norwegian company Opera Software; Mozilla Firefox, the open-source browser of the Mozilla Foundation; and Safari, Apple's browser for macOS and iOS.

Q: The mobile operating system Android was developed by Android Inc and then bought over by whom in 2005 ?

Android Inc was bought by Google in 2005.Android Inc was founded in 2003 by Andy Rubin and others. Google acquired it in 2005, developed Android as an open-source mobile operating system, and the first Android phone came out in 2008.Microsoft and Apple are Google's rivals, with Windows Phone and iOS. Linux is not a company at all but the open-source kernel on which Android is built, so it could not have bought Android Inc.

Q: Which was the first bank to allow their users to send money to their facebook friends without knowing their account numbers ?

The key's answer is Kotak Mahindra Bank.Kotak Mahindra Bank's KayPay service was promoted as letting customers send money to their Facebook friends, as well as to phone contacts, without knowing the receiver's bank account number. It is widely cited as the first such service from an Indian bank, and the key credits Kotak with it.Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and Andhra Bank offered mobile and internet banking but are not the bank the key credits with first allowing money to be sent to Facebook friends.

Q: Which of the following is not an Android version ?

The one that is not an Android version is Orange.Android versions were long named after desserts in alphabetical order: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair (2.0), Froyo (2.2, frozen yogurt), Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean (4.1-4.3), KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat, Oreo and Pie.Froyo, Eclair and Jelly Bean (spelt 'Jelly Been' in the paper) are all real versions. Orange is a fruit, not a dessert name, and no Android version has carried it.

Q: In the context of concentration of ownership on internet what does the 'Long tail' phenomenon imply ?

The long tail implies a large number of websites attract very little user traffic.The term was popularised by Chris Anderson in 2004. Plot websites by traffic and a few giants at the head take most of the visits, followed by a very long tail of niche sites, each with only a few users. On ownership, this means attention is concentrated in a handful of big players even though the internet hosts countless independent sites.The other options misdescribe it. The tail is not a group of sites owned by a single owner or by established media houses; it is the mass of small, scattered sites. Nor does it attract very high traffic: high traffic belongs to the head of the curve, not the tail.

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Read the following passage and answer the next three questions :

Paul Roberts thinks a society that wants it “now” is untenable. According to Roberts the dangers are many. “With each transaction and upgrade, each device and click, life moves closer to us and the world becomes ‘our’ world. “Our society is in the process of merging the self with the market, he fear’s part of this merger is involuntary. Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft have supplied consumer data to the Government. Now the movements of each person, all information of each individual is available from the beginning of life till the end. This was possible because government and market came together. However, if we are being watched without our knowledge and involuntarily then we also have to admit that we also use the same system to monitor the lives of others. We are infant eager to watch the lives of others. We are thus bring our privacy and we are providing the money, resources ourselves. We have questioned our privacy and to be a spectator of this auction we pay.

Why is the process of the merger of the self with the market involuntary ?

A.Because we are disinterested
B.Because Google etc. supply data to government without our knowledge
C.Because Paul Roberts says so
D.Because it is necessary

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The merger is involuntary because Google and the other firms supply data to government without our knowledge (option B).

The passage says the merging of the self with the market is partly involuntary, and goes on at once to name Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft as having supplied consumer data to the Government, and to speak of being watched “without our knowledge and involuntarily”.

Option A (disinterested) and option D (necessary) are not reasons the passage gives. Option C only says Roberts holds the view, which restates the claim and does not explain why it is involuntary.

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How does Government have all data about individuals ?

A.Because Google supplied consumer data to government
B.Because government controls media
C.Because government and market come together
D.Because market and corporate come together

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

Government has the data because government and market come together (option C).

After saying that all information about each individual is available from birth to death, the passage states: “This was possible because government and market came together.” That sentence is the stated reason.

Option A repeats how the data moved (Google supplied it) rather than why it was possible. Option B, control of the media, is not mentioned, and option D reverses the pairing: the passage joins government with market, not market with corporate bodies.

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According to Paul Roberts what are we eager to do now and what are we losing as a result ?

A.We are eager to watch the lives of others and losing our privacy as a result
B.We are losing knowledge and involuntarily losing our privacy
C.We are losing privacy and are eager to gain knowledge
D.We are eager to get information about others and losing our privacy

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

We are eager to watch the lives of others and are losing our privacy as a result (option A).

The passage says “We are infant eager to watch the lives of others” (the printed word is ‘infant’, evidently for ‘in fact’) and then speaks of losing our privacy while we ourselves pay for the spectacle. Option A repeats both parts in the passage's own terms.

Option D is close, but it speaks of getting information about others, whereas the passage speaks of watching their lives. Options B and C bring in knowledge, which the passage never says we gain or lose.

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With which decade would you associate the beginning of public access to internet in India ?

A.1980s
B.1990s
C.2000s
D.2010s

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

Public internet access in India began in the 1990s.

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), the government's international telecom carrier, launched India's first public internet service on 15 August 1995, offering dial-up accounts to ordinary subscribers. Before that the network in India was confined to research and academic users such as ERNET, the education and research network set up in the late 1980s.

So the 1980s saw only academic networking, not public access, and by the 2000s and 2010s the internet was already spreading through broadband and then mobile data rather than beginning.

Discuss in Forum

Which ministry of the government of India is associated with the Digital India programme ?

A.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
B.Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
C.Ministry of Culture
D.Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The Digital India programme belongs to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Digital India was launched in July 2015 to provide digital infrastructure, digital delivery of government services and digital literacy. It is coordinated by MeitY (formerly the Department of Electronics and Information Technology), which handles internet governance, e-governance and electronics policy.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting looks after broadcasting, films and the press, the Ministry of Culture after heritage and the arts, and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports after youth programmes and sport. None of them runs Digital India.

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Which of the following is not an internet browser software ?

A.Opera
B.Mozilla firefox
C.Safari
D.Google Internet

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: D

The one that is not a browser is Google Internet.

There is no browser called Google Internet. Google's web browser is Chrome, released in 2008.

The other three are well-known browsers: Opera, from the Norwegian company Opera Software; Mozilla Firefox, the open-source browser of the Mozilla Foundation; and Safari, Apple's browser for macOS and iOS.

Discuss in Forum

The mobile operating system Android was developed by Android Inc and then bought over by whom in 2005 ?

A.Microsoft
B.Apple
C.Google
D.Linux

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

Android Inc was bought by Google in 2005.

Android Inc was founded in 2003 by Andy Rubin and others. Google acquired it in 2005, developed Android as an open-source mobile operating system, and the first Android phone came out in 2008.

Microsoft and Apple are Google's rivals, with Windows Phone and iOS. Linux is not a company at all but the open-source kernel on which Android is built, so it could not have bought Android Inc.

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Which was the first bank to allow their users to send money to their facebook friends without knowing their account numbers ?

A.Axis Bank
B.Kotak Mahindra Bank
C.HDFC Bank
D.Andhra Bank

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The key's answer is Kotak Mahindra Bank.

Kotak Mahindra Bank's KayPay service was promoted as letting customers send money to their Facebook friends, as well as to phone contacts, without knowing the receiver's bank account number. It is widely cited as the first such service from an Indian bank, and the key credits Kotak with it.

Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and Andhra Bank offered mobile and internet banking but are not the bank the key credits with first allowing money to be sent to Facebook friends.

Discuss in Forum

Which of the following is not an Android version ?

A.Froyo
B.Eclair
C.Jelly Been
D.Orange

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: D

The one that is not an Android version is Orange.

Android versions were long named after desserts in alphabetical order: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair (2.0), Froyo (2.2, frozen yogurt), Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean (4.1-4.3), KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat, Oreo and Pie.

Froyo, Eclair and Jelly Bean (spelt 'Jelly Been' in the paper) are all real versions. Orange is a fruit, not a dessert name, and no Android version has carried it.

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10.

In the context of concentration of ownership on internet what does the 'Long tail' phenomenon imply ?

A.A large number of websites owned by a single owner
B.A large number of websites attracting very high user traffic
C.A large number of websites owned by established mass media owner
D.A large number of websites attract very little user traffic

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: D

The long tail implies a large number of websites attract very little user traffic.

The term was popularised by Chris Anderson in 2004. Plot websites by traffic and a few giants at the head take most of the visits, followed by a very long tail of niche sites, each with only a few users. On ownership, this means attention is concentrated in a handful of big players even though the internet hosts countless independent sites.

The other options misdescribe it. The tail is not a group of sites owned by a single owner or by established media houses; it is the mass of small, scattered sites. Nor does it attract very high traffic: high traffic belongs to the head of the curve, not the tail.

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