ADMISSION TEST FOR PROGRAMME 2008-10

88. Which of the following statement is true?
A. Google’s growing popularity has been a threat to other players operating in that
market segment like Yahoo and Ask Jeeves, as Google eroded their market share.
B. According to Google its decision to considerably relax its industrial design policy
in the US was geared to satisfy its clients.
C. One of the major challenges for Peter Sealey has been to expand the Google
Empire while keeping its existing internal work culture intact.
D. Google’s business potential is likely to be threatened seriously if the capacity,
accessibility and quality of the Web search offered by its competitors like
Microsoft or Yahoo becomes superior than the same offered by it.
89. Which of the following Statement is false?
A. Google has been potentially vulnerable to external competition owing to its
exclusive reliance on advertising for resource generation.
B. By writing “the noun that became a verb”, the author indicates the growing
popularity of the search engine.
C. “non-intrusive” in the current passage refers to the advertisement format that does
not directly hamper or distract the flow of operation of the person working in the
computer.
D. The legal dispute between Google and the automobile giant Geico during May
2004 centered on the advertising system and the trademark policy adopted by the
latter.
90. What conclusion can you form about ‘Altavista’ from the passage?
A. It has been a partner of Google.
B. It has been a Competitor of Google.
C. It cannot be concluded from the passage.
D. It was a partner of Google initially, but later emerged as a major competitor.
91. Which of the following sentence is false?
A. Google has not been keen to undertake any major analysis on the popular
impression about the Google brand.
B. Google’s resolution to provide the search engine and programming to collaborators
like America Online ensured significant revenue for both sides involved.
C. Google’s perceived concern over Intellectual Property issues in the passage has
been quoted from a confidential company report.
D. With increase in the volume of Google’s total annual revenue, it was anticipated
by the management that the annual growth rate of their business may decline.
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