2023 · Q59
Which one of the following pairs of events and years is not correctly matched?
General KnowledgeStatic General Awareness
- ALaunch of the first communications satellite : 1962
- BCompletion of a continuous around the world fibre -optic cable link : 1997
- CCreation of the SWIFT system for worldwide electronic interbank fund transfer : 1977
- DIntroduction of the World Wide Web (www) : 1995
Explanation
Pair D is wrongly matched: the World Wide Web was proposed by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and opened to the public in 1991, not introduced in 1995. A is right (Telstar 1, the first communications satellite, 1962), B is right (the FLAG fibre-optic link around the globe was completed in 1997), and C is right (the SWIFT network went live in 1977).