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Ijoe Smart, Stupid Or On The Way?

Tick to see if you are doing well with your smartphone or just losing it

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Ijoe Smart, Stupid Or On The Way?
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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

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[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…

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[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

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Key: More as=Addicted. More bs=Safe.More cs=Nerdy/Tech savvy. More ds=Distraction is your middle name.

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