📧 MCQs on E-mail Invention (Exam Oriented)
1. Who is known as the inventor of e-mail?
A) Tim Berners-Lee
B) Ray Tomlinson
C) Bill Gates
D) Vint Cerf
✅ Answer: B) Ray Tomlinson
2. In which year was e-mail invented?
A) 1965
B) 1969
C) 1971
D) 1985
✅ Answer: C) 1971
3. The first e-mail was sent over which network?
A) Internet
B) ARPANET
C) LAN
D) World Wide Web
✅ Answer: B) ARPANET
4. Who introduced the “@” symbol in e-mail addresses?
A) Steve Jobs
B) Ray Tomlinson
C) Mark Zuckerberg
D) Larry Page
✅ Answer: B) Ray Tomlinson
5. The “@” symbol in an e-mail address separates:
A) Domain and country
B) User name and password
C) User name and domain name
D) Server and protocol
✅ Answer: C) User name and domain name
6. Ray Tomlinson worked for which company when he invented e-mail?
A) Microsoft
B) Apple
C) BBN Technologies
D) IBM
✅ Answer: C) BBN Technologies
7. The first e-mail message was:
A) Hello World
B) Test Message
C) QWERTYUIOP
D) Unknown/random characters
✅ Answer: D) Unknown/random characters
8. ARPANET was developed by:
A) NASA
B) U.S. Department of Defense
C) Google
D) IBM
✅ Answer: B) U.S. Department of Defense
9. E-mail became widely popular during:
A) 1960s
B) 1970s
C) 1980s
D) 1990s
✅ Answer: D) 1990s
10. The invention of e-mail is considered a milestone in:
A) Hardware development
B) Networking and communication
C) Operating systems
D) Database management
✅ Answer: B) Networking and communication
11. Ray Tomlinson sent the first e-mail between:
A) Two different computers
B) Two mobile phones
C) Two websites
D) Two satellites
✅ Answer: A) Two different computers
12. The full form of ARPANET is:
A) Advanced Research Project Agency Network
B) Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
C) American Research Program Network
D) Applied Research Project Agency Network
✅ Answer: B) Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
13. E-mail was invented before:
A) World Wide Web
B) Telephone
C) Television
D) Radio
✅ Answer: A) World Wide Web
14. The World Wide Web was invented by:
A) Ray Tomlinson
B) Bill Gates
C) Tim Berners-Lee
D) Charles Babbage
✅ Answer: C) Tim Berners-Lee
15. The first e-mail was sent in the country:
A) UK
B) USA
C) Germany
D) Japan
✅ Answer: B) USA
🎯 Most Important Exam Facts
✔ Inventor → Ray Tomlinson
✔ Year → 1971
✔ Network → ARPANET
✔ “@” symbol introduced in email → Ray Tomlinson
✔ Before WWW (1991)