The headquarters of Microsoft Corporation is located at
- A.Cupertino, California
- B.Redmond, Washington
- C.Armonk, New York
- D.Seattle, Washington
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Redmond, Washington. Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen at Albuquerque in New Mexico, moved to the Seattle area in 1979 and has had its main campus at Redmond in Washington state ever since. Examiners frequently place three nearby American technology cities among the options, so the city must be learnt with the company rather than the state. Option A is wrong because Cupertino in California is the headquarters of Apple. Option C is wrong because Armonk in New York state is the headquarters of IBM. Option D is wrong because Seattle, though in the same state as Redmond and often confused with it, is the headquarters of Amazon, and it is only the city where Microsoft first moved before settling at Redmond.
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- C.Larry Page and Sergey Brin
- D.Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore
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- B.Pune
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- D.Western India Petroleum Products Limited
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- B.Shiv Nadar
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- B.John Warnock and Charles Geschke
- C.Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore
- D.Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner
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