What do you use your smartphone for the most?
[a] To stay “connected”
[b] For work-related e-mails
[c] To check the news
[d] To take pictures and selfies
How attached are you to your smartphone?
[a] It goes with me even to the bathroom
[b] I turn it off after 11 pm
[c] I think about it if I’m stressed
[d] I’m multi-tasking all the time, I need my phone for that
How do you use your smartphone when out for dinner with friends or family?
[a] I just let it lie on the table with my fork
[b] That’s bad manners
[c] I check for messages every few minutes
[d] Dinner? I answer calls outside while everybody else eats
Checking “facts” on your smartphone in the middle of a conversation?
[a] Yes—that’s why they’re called smartphones—smarter than you and me
[b] I’d rather not know everything
[c] Sometimes, if I care enough
[d] I always fact-check stuff people say, but later
Can you remember numbers of your close friends, family members and some acquaintances?
[a] My smartphone remembers them for me
[b] Friends and family? Yes.
[c] Yes, and my dentist, the vet, the grocery store, the car helpline number, how many boxes are in the store room…
[d] We took an entire number series so that I don’t have to
How many new phone numbers can you recollect, of people you met over the last five years?
[a] None
[b] A few
[c] I memorise one daily day for if my phone crashes
[d] I try…but the numbers get jumbled
You use GPS to drive to work, appointments, dinners...
[a] How else can one navigate an ever-changing cityscape?
[b] I have fixed routes which I remember
[c] I plot different routes on the phone map and try new routes
[d] If my Map App fails, I fail to get to work
A man and a woman are travelling together. A fellow traveller asks the man: “What’s your relationship?” The man replies: “Her mother-in-law and my mother-in-law are mother and daughter.” What is their relationship?
[a] Acquaintances
[b] Father-in-law and daughter-in-law
[c] Mother and son
[d] Very good friends
A bat and ball cost Rs 1.10 altogether. The ball costs `1 less than the bat. What is the price of both?
[a] Bat: Rs 1 and ball Rs 10
[b] Bat Rs 1.05 and ball Rs 0.5
[c] Bat Rs 1.10 and ball Rs 0, because 0 is less than 1.10
[d] Bat Rs 100 and ball -110
Key: More as=Addicted. More bs=Safe.More cs=Nerdy/Tech savvy. More ds=Distraction is your middle name.
