- 1. When was Microsoft founded?
A) 1965
B) 1995
C) 1985
D) 1975
- 2. Who are the co-founders of Microsoft?
A) Bill Gates and Paul Allen
B) Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin
C) Larry Page and Sergey Brin
D) Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
- 3. In which city was Microsoft founded?
A) Seattle
B) Silicon Valley
C) Albuquerque
D) New York City
- 4. What was the original name of Microsoft?
A) SoftTech
B) PersonalSoft
C) Micro-Soft
D) SoftWorks
- 5. Who served as the CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014?
A) Paul Allen
B) Satya Nadella
C) Steve Ballmer
D) Bill Gates
- 6. What is the name of Microsoft's cloud computing platform?
A) Office 365
B) Skype
C) Azure
D) OneDrive
- 7. Which famous tech company did Microsoft acquire in 2016?
A) Twitter
B) WhatsApp
C) LinkedIn
D) Snapchat
- 8. What was the name of the first graphical user interface released by Microsoft?
A) Mac OS
B) Linux
C) MS-DOS
D) Windows 1.0
- 9. What is the name of Microsoft's personal digital assistant?
A) Alexa
B) Siri
C) Cortana
D) Google Assistant
- 10. What is the name of Microsoft's web browser introduced in 2015?
A) Chrome
B) Microsoft Edge
C) Internet Explorer
D) Safari
- 11. What is the name of Microsoft's productivity suite?
A) Word
B) Office
C) Excel
D) Works
- 12. Which gaming console was released by Microsoft in 2001?
A) Nintendo GameCube
B) Xbox
C) Dreamcast
D) PlayStation 2
- 13. What is the name of Microsoft's collaborative workspace app?
A) Trello
B) Asana
C) Teams
D) Slack
- 14. Which of the following is a popular Microsoft database product?
A) Oracle Database
B) MongoDB
C) SQL Server
D) MariaDB
- 15. What is the name of Microsoft's online gaming service for Xbox users?
A) PlayStation Network
B) Steam
C) Nintendo Switch Online
D) Xbox Live
- 16. Which popular video calling software was developed by Microsoft?
A) Facetime
B) Zoom
C) Skype
D) Google Meet
- 17. What is the name of Microsoft's digital notebook software?
A) Notion
B) Google Keep
C) Evernote
D) OneNote
- 18. Which technology company did Microsoft famously provide financial support to in the mid-1990s?
A) Amazon
B) IBM
C) Google
D) Apple
- 19. What is the name of the file synchronization and cloud storage service developed by Microsoft?
A) Dropbox
B) OneDrive
C) Google Drive
D) iCloud
- 20. Which concept was introduced by Microsoft as a design language for the Windows interface?
A) Material Design
B) Metro
C) Flat Design
D) Skeuomorphism
- 21. What is the name of Microsoft's search engine?
A) Bing
B) DuckDuckGo
C) Google
D) Yahoo
- 22. Which technology company did Microsoft acquire in 2013 for $7.2 billion?
A) HTC
B) Nokia
C) Motorola
D) BlackBerry
- 23. What is the headquarters of Microsoft located?
A) Redmond, Washington
B) San Francisco, California
C) Austin, Texas
D) Boston, Massachusetts
- 24. Which popular software for browsing the internet is developed by Microsoft?
A) Google Chrome
B) Safari
C) Internet Explorer
D) Firefox
- 25. Which acquisition by Microsoft for $7.5 billion in 2018 focused on providing open-source software and services to developers?
A) Minecraft
B) Skype
C) LinkedIn
D) GitHub
- 26. What was the first product launched by Microsoft in 1975?
A) Outlook
B) BASIC Interpreter
C) Microsoft Windows
D) Excel
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