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Sundar Pichai: The Quiet Rise to Google CEO

From a Chennai childhood to leading Google and Alphabet, test your knowledge of Sundar Pichai's career, key product launches, and AI strategy.

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Where was Sundar Pichai born?

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  1. Q1. Where was Sundar Pichai born?

    • Mumbai, India
    • Chennai (then Madras), India
    • Bangalore, India
    • Hyderabad, India
    Sundar Pichai was born on June 10, 1972, in Madurai and grew up in Chennai (then Madras), Tamil Nadu. His family didn't get a landline phone until he was 12, a story he often references.

  2. Q2. What did Pichai study at IIT Kharagpur?

    • Computer science
    • Mechanical engineering
    • Metallurgical engineering
    • Electrical engineering
    Pichai earned a degree in metallurgical engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1993. He went on to get an MS from Stanford and an MBA from the Wharton School.

  3. Q3. In what year did Sundar Pichai join Google?

    • 2001
    • 2004
    • 2007
    • 2010
    Pichai joined Google on April 1, 2004 — the same day Gmail was announced. He initially worked on the Google Toolbar and search-related products.

  4. Q4. Which Google product launch is widely credited as Pichai's career-making bet?

    • Google Maps
    • Google Chrome
    • Gmail
    • Google Plus
    Pichai championed building Google Chrome despite internal skepticism, and it launched on September 2, 2008. Chrome became the world's most popular browser by 2012 and remains so today.

  5. Q5. Pichai took over which Google product division in 2013?

    • YouTube
    • Android
    • Google Cloud
    • Search
    Pichai was put in charge of Android in March 2013 when Andy Rubin left the role. He kept his Chrome and Apps responsibilities while consolidating Google's biggest platforms under his leadership.

  6. Q6. On what date did Pichai officially become CEO of Google?

    • August 10, 2015
    • October 2, 2015
    • January 1, 2016
    • April 4, 2017
    Pichai officially became Google CEO on October 2, 2015, when Alphabet's restructuring took effect. Larry Page became CEO of the new Alphabet parent company on the same date.

  7. Q7. When did Pichai become CEO of Alphabet, Google's parent company?

    • June 2018
    • December 2019
    • February 2020
    • May 2021
    Pichai became CEO of Alphabet on December 3, 2019, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepped down from their executive roles. He retained his Google CEO role at the same time.

  8. Q8. What was Google's AI chatbot, released in 2023 to compete with ChatGPT?

    • Gemini
    • Bard
    • Duet
    • PaLM
    Google launched Bard publicly on March 21, 2023, as its answer to ChatGPT. It was later rebranded to Gemini in February 2024, named after the underlying multimodal AI model family.

  9. Q9. What honor did Pichai receive from the Indian government in 2022?

    • Bharat Ratna
    • Padma Bhushan
    • Padma Vibhushan
    • Padma Shri
    Pichai received the Padma Bhushan — India's third-highest civilian honor — in 2022 for his contributions to trade and industry. He was honored by the President of India in a special ceremony in December 2022.

  10. Q10. What was Google's December 2023 multimodal AI model launch?

    • Bard Advanced
    • Gemini
    • DeepMind Alpha
    • Lambda
    Google launched Gemini on December 6, 2023, in three versions — Ultra, Pro, and Nano. It was the first model built from the ground up to be multimodal, combining work from Google Brain and DeepMind teams.

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