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  • 1. What is required to sign up for Telegram?
A) An email address
B) A social media account
C) A username only
D) A phone number or an anonymous +888 number
  • 2. Can a user's phone number be seen by everyone on Telegram?
A) Yes, it is always visible to all users.
B) Only verified accounts can see other users' numbers.
C) Phone numbers are never shared on Telegram.
D) No, it is hidden by default and only visible to the user's contacts.
  • 3. How long does a Telegram account remain active before being deleted?
A) 12 months without any change possible.
B) 6 months with no option for extension.
C) Up to 18 months, depending on user settings.
D) Indefinitely unless manually deleted.
  • 4. What is the maximum file size that can be sent via Telegram?
A) 4 GB with Premium, otherwise 2 GB
B) 1 GB
C) 5 GB
D) 10 GB
  • 5. Can messages in private chats on Telegram be edited after being sent?
A) No, they cannot be edited once sent.
B) Only within the first 24 hours.
C) Editing is possible indefinitely.
D) Yes, for up to 48 hours.
  • 6. What happens when a user changes their phone number in Telegram?
A) The account is reassigned to the new number without exporting data or notifying contacts.
B) All messages are deleted and contacts are notified.
C) A backup of all data is sent to the user's email.
D) The old number remains associated with the account.
  • 7. Can Telegram users import chat history from other messaging apps?
A) No, importing from other apps is not supported.
B) Only from WhatsApp.
C) Only to WhatsApp.
D) Yes, from WhatsApp, Line, and KakaoTalk.
  • 8. What feature allows users to continue typing a message across different devices?
A) Cross-device messaging
B) Draft save
C) Message sync
D) Cloud draft
  • 9. How can Telegram messages be translated?
A) Translation is not available on Telegram.
B) Messages must be sent to a translator bot.
C) Only by copying and pasting into a translation service.
D) By opening the context menu or with one click for Premium users.
  • 10. What type of encryption does a Secret Chat use?
A) Encryption only for text messages.
B) No encryption, it is stored on Telegram's servers.
C) Standard encryption available to all chats.
D) End-to-end encryption with perfect forward secrecy
  • 11. Can Secret Chats be accessed from multiple devices?
A) Yes, they can be accessed from any logged-in device.
B) They are stored in cloud storage for access anywhere.
C) Only two devices at a time.
D) No, they are accessible only on the device where they were started.
  • 12. What happens to messages in Secret Chats when the user logs out?
A) The chat self-destructs.
B) Only media files are deleted, text remains.
C) They are backed up to Telegram's servers.
D) Messages remain accessible until manually deleted.
  • 13. Can users schedule messages on Telegram?
A) Only Premium users can schedule messages.
B) Scheduling is only for group chats.
C) No, messages must be sent immediately.
D) Yes, they can be sent at a specific time or when the recipient is online.
  • 14. What format do Telegram stickers use?
A) .tiff and .svg
B) .gif and .bmp
C) WebP or WebM
D) .png and .jpg
  • 15. Can reactions be used in group chats on Telegram?
A) Reactions are always available in all chat types.
B) No, reactions are only for private chats.
C) Only Premium users can use reactions in groups.
D) Yes, but they must be enabled by admins.
  • 16. How can Telegram messages be forwarded without revealing the original sender?
A) Forwarding always reveals the sender's identity.
B) Only media messages can have hidden senders.
C) This feature is not available.
D) By selecting the option to hide the sender's identity.
  • 17. Can Telegram users organize their chats into folders?
A) Folders are only available for group chats.
B) No, chats cannot be organized into folders.
C) Yes, with options like 'Unread' and 'Muted', or custom separations.
D) Only Premium users can create chat folders.
  • 18. What is a feature exclusive to Telegram's Secret Chats?
A) Reactions with special effects.
B) Sending files up to 10 GB.
C) Importing chat history from other apps.
D) Self-destructing messages after being read.
  • 19. On what date was Telegram removed from the App Store in 2026?
A) 5 August 2026
B) 1 August 2026
C) 3 August 2026
D) 4 August 2026
  • 20. What was the reason given by Apple for removing Telegram from the App Store?
A) Security vulnerabilities in the app
B) Content violating its guidelines against child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
C) Data privacy concerns
D) Inappropriate advertising content
  • 21. How many groups and channels associated with CSAM did Telegram block during 2026?
A) More than 337,900
B) Less than 50,000
C) Approximately 500,000
D) Over 100,000
  • 22. What did Durov criticize Apple for?
A) Not removing the content quickly enough
B) Ignoring user complaints
C) Failing to apologize publicly
D) Removing Telegram before contacting the company
  • 23. In October 2013, how many daily active users did Telegram announce it had?
A) 200,000
B) 100,000
C) 500,000
D) 50,000
  • 24. How many monthly active users did Telegram have by March 2014?
A) 50 million
B) 35 million
C) 45 million
D) 25 million
  • 25. What event in South Korea contributed to a surge in Telegram's user base in October 2014?
A) Internet blackout
B) Cyber attack
C) Government surveillance plans
D) New app release
  • 26. In February 2016, how many monthly active users did Telegram report?
A) 100 million
B) 120 million
C) 80 million
D) 150 million
  • 27. As of March 2018, what was the number of Telegram's monthly active users?
A) 220 million
B) 250 million
C) 180 million
D) 200 million
  • 28. By October 2019, how many monthly active users did Telegram have?
A) 250 million
B) 400 million
C) 350 million
D) 300 million
  • 29. As of January 2021, how many monthly active users did Telegram approximately have?
A) 600 million
B) 400 million
C) 500 million
D) 550 million
  • 30. What percentage of Telegram's total installs came from India in August 2021?
A) 15%
B) 22%
C) 18%
D) 30%
  • 31. In June 2022, how many monthly active users did Telegram report?
A) 600 million
B) 700 million
C) 750 million
D) 800 million
  • 32. When did Telegram surpass 1 billion monthly active users?
A) January 2026
B) July 2024
C) December 2024
D) March 2025
  • 33. Where are Telegram's headquarters located as of 2024?
A) Dubai, United Arab Emirates
B) Saint Petersburg, Russia
C) London, United Kingdom
D) Berlin, Germany
  • 34. What was the largest market for Telegram as of March 2025?
A) India
B) Russia
C) United States
D) Brazil
  • 35. What was Pavel Durov's previous venture before founding Telegram?
A) WhatsApp
B) Facebook
C) The Russian social network VK
D) Instagram
  • 36. In what year did Pavel and Nikolai Durov leave VK due to government pressure?
A) 2014
B) 2015
C) 2016
D) 2013
  • 37. What protocol is the basis for Telegram Messenger?
A) Signal Protocol
B) MTProto
C) ZRTP
D) Open Whisper Systems
  • 38. How many legal requests from India did Telegram process between January to September 2024?
A) 10,000
B) 203
C) 5,000
D) 6,992
  • 39. What type of messaging does Telegram channels support?
A) Private messages
B) One-way feeds
C) Group discussions
D) Two-way chats
  • 40. Which service moved from WhatsApp to Telegram in December 2019?
A) Financial Times
B) The New York Times
C) Bloomberg News
D) Business Insider
  • 41. What feature allows Telegram groups to create subgroups dedicated to various subjects?
A) Creating channels
B) Enabling content protection
C) Splitting into topics
D) Using bots for moderation
  • 42. When were one-on-one calls first available on Telegram?
A) In June 2021
B) In December 2020
C) In August 2020
D) Since 2017
  • 43. When were group voice chats added to Telegram?
A) Since 2017
B) In August 2020
C) In December 2020
D) In June 2021
  • 44. What feature is supported by both group voice and video chats on Telegram?
A) Picture-in-picture video
B) Automatic call recording
C) Real-time translation
D) Background music
  • 45. What can be integrated with third-party apps like OBS Studio and XSplit on Telegram?
A) Livestreams in channels
B) Private messages
C) Group voice chats
D) One-on-one video calls
  • 46. What is a feature of Telegram's group video chats?
A) Virtual backgrounds
B) Automatic translation
C) Background music
D) Noise suppression
  • 47. When were video stickers added to Telegram?
A) August 2019
B) June 2022
C) January 2022
D) May 2024
  • 48. What type of emoji did Telegram introduce in August 2019?
A) Animated emoji
B) Interactive emoji
C) Video stickers
D) Static emoji
  • 49. When were interactive emoji added to Telegram?
A) June 2022
B) May 2024
C) September 2021
D) August 2019
  • 50. When were reactions first added to Telegram?
A) 2023
B) 2019
C) 2021
D) 2022
  • 51. In which month and year did free users gain access to more emoji reactions?
A) May 2024
B) September 2022
C) June 2022
D) August 2019
  • 52. When were People Nearby and Groups Near Me features removed from Telegram?
A) 2022
B) 2024
C) 2021
D) 2023
  • 53. When was Telegram Premium launched?
A) May 2024
B) 19 June 2022
C) January 2022
D) September 2021
  • 54. Which platform allows users to purchase Telegram Premium with cryptocurrency?
A) PayPal
B) Fragment
C) Google Wallet
D) Apple Pay
  • 55. What is one of the features available to Telegram Premium users?
A) Automatic translation for all messages
B) Free stickers for all chats
C) Unlimited voice message transcription
D) Access to all third-party apps
  • 56. What is one way users can obtain Telegram Premium subscriptions?
A) Winning them through official Channel Giveaways
B) Downloading from third-party websites
C) Requesting them as a gift from friends
D) Purchasing them on Amazon
  • 57. When were message effects introduced in Telegram?
A) August 2019
B) September 2021
C) June 2022
D) May 2024
  • 58. What are Collectible Gifts registered on the TON blockchain as?
A) Blockchain assets
B) Cryptocurrency
C) Digital tokens
D) NFTs
  • 59. Which rapper partnered with Telegram to release a set of limited edition collectible gifts in July 2025?
A) Drake
B) Kanye West
C) Snoop Dogg
D) Jay-Z
  • 60. What system did Telegram begin using for new sets of collectible gifts in November 2025?
A) Pay-per-use
B) Auction-based system
C) Fixed pricing
D) Subscription model
  • 61. What is the maximum file size for images and videos that can be uploaded to Telegraph articles?
A) 15 MB
B) 5 MB
C) 20 MB
D) 10 MB
  • 62. Which university team provided a formal correctness proof for MTProto 2.0?
A) Harvard University
B) Stanford University
C) MIT
D) University of Udine, Italy
  • 63. What tool did the University of Udine team use to verify MTProto 2.0?
A) OpenSSL
B) ProVerif
C) CryptoVerif
D) EasyCrypt
  • 64. What type of attack is possible if users do not verify key fingerprints?
A) SQL injection
B) Brute force attack
C) Cross-site scripting (XSS)
D) Man-in-the-middle attack
  • 65. What model did the University of Udine team use for their verification?
A) AES model
B) Computational model
C) Symbolic Dolev-Yao model
D) OpenSSL model
  • 66. Which audio formats are supported by Telegram's built-in media viewer?
A) MP3, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, AAC
B) ALAC, DSD, MPC
C) WMA, APE, Musepack
D) RA, MOD, S3M
  • 67. Which non-traditional platform does Telegram support through the Telekram client?
A) KaiOS
B) Palm OS
C) Windows Phone
D) BlackBerry OS
  • 68. What functionality do Telegram's public APIs allow developers to create?
A) Social media platforms
B) Online shopping websites
C) Their own instant messaging applications
D) Video streaming services
  • 69. What external service does Telegram offer functions to integrate with for making payments?
A) Venmo
B) Square
C) Stripe
D) PayPal
  • 70. What is the name of Telegram's confidential compute network for running open-source models?
A) OpenAI Network
B) AI Hub
C) Telegram Cloud
D) Cocoon
  • 71. Which AI feature allows users to summarize long posts in Telegram channels?
A) AI translators
B) AI summaries
C) AI editors
D) AI stylizers
  • 72. What was the value range of Telegram according to press reports before the bonds placement?
A) $30–40 billion
B) $20–30 billion
C) $10–20 billion
D) $40–50 billion
  • 73. Who was responsible for developing the codebase behind TON?
A) Nikolai Durov
B) External developers
C) Pavel Durov
D) The Telegram team
  • 74. What was Telegram's native cryptocurrency called?
A) DurovToken
B) TelegramCoin
C) Gram
D) TONcoin
  • 75. Which type of chats on Telegram uses end-to-end encryption?
A) All user messages
B) Group Chats
C) Secret Chats
D) Channel Posts
  • 76. What did Filippo Valsorda call the flaw in MTProto v1?
A) A necessary feature for server management.
B) A minor inconvenience with no real impact.
C) An enhancement to user privacy.
D) The most backdoor-looking bug he had ever seen.
  • 77. Who warned about Russia recruiting saboteurs through Telegram?
A) Pavel Durov
B) Maia Sandu
C) US officials
D) Martin Jäger
  • 78. Which country's president denounced Telegram for refusing collaboration against illegal activities?
A) Brazil
B) Moldova
C) France
D) Myanmar
  • 79. What action did Telegram take in December 2016 regarding ISIS-related content?
A) Began publishing daily moderation statistics.
B) Stopped all communications on the platform.
C) Banned all users related to ISIS.
D) Collaborated with the US government.
  • 80. Who announced the appearance of a Telegram bot selling personal data of Ukrainian citizens on May 11, 2020?
A) Volodymyr Flents
B) Hyderabad Police
C) Mykhailo Fedorov
D) Apple
  • 81. What app's data was reportedly contained in the Telegram bot that sold personal information of Ukrainians?
A) WhatsApp
B) Telegram itself
C) Facebook
D) Diia application
  • 82. How many people were confirmed to be involved in criminal activity related to the Telegram bot selling Ukrainian data?
A) 25
B) 30
C) 15,000
D) 350,000
  • 83. What type of content led Apple to block a Telegram bot in 2020?
A) Child abuse content
B) Deepfake pornography
C) Copyrighted media
D) Terrorism-related content
  • 84. What type of fraud is most commonly associated with Telegram, as mentioned in the text?
A) Prepaid tasks scams
B) Identity theft
C) Phishing attacks
D) Credit card fraud
  • 85. From which country did the prepaid task fraud that duped Indian citizens originate?
A) China
B) Spain
C) Russia
D) Singapore
  • 86. What was the judge's final decision regarding the temporary blocking of Telegram in Spain?
A) The order was modified to include more restrictions
B) The order was delayed indefinitely
C) The order was upheld permanently
D) The order was annulled as 'disproportionate'
  • 87. Under which act is Telegram required to provide updated user numbers in the EU?
A) Digital Services Act (DSA)
B) Telecommunications Act
C) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
D) Consumer Rights Directive
  • 88. Which German public media broadcaster closed its Telegram channel in August 2025 due to advertisement issues?
A) BR
B) ARD
C) NDR
D) ZDF
  • 89. What was the name of the NDR's closed Telegram channel that published news summaries?
A) NDR Info
B) Deutschland Nachrichten
C) tagesschau
D) ARD News
  • 90. Which agreement places strict rules on how German public media broadcasters may generate revenue from advertisements?
A) Rundfunkstaatsvertrag (Interstate Broadcasting Agreement)
B) Digital Services Act
C) Telecommunications Act
D) General Data Protection Regulation
  • 91. What type of advertisements were described as 'shady' or 'fraudulent' on the NDR's Telegram channel?
A) News articles
B) Sports bets
C) Technology gadgets
D) Product placements
  • 92. Which marketplace did Telegram block in 2025 for being used by online scammers?
A) TrustShield
B) Huione Guarantee
C) FraudSafe
D) ScamNet
  • 93. Which nationalities primarily composed the criminal network found on Telegram?
A) American nationals
B) Russian nationals
C) German nationals
D) Chinese nationals
  • 94. What type of terminology did the group use to refer to their victims?
A) Medical terminology
B) Financial terminology
C) Automotive terminology
D) Legal terminology
  • 95. Which OSINT service can retrieve information from multiple sources using a Telegram ID?
A) 'InfoTrack'
B) 'SpyNet'
C) 'DataHunt'
D) 'Glaz Boga'
  • 96. Which celebrity has used Telegram channels?
A) Leonardo DiCaprio
B) Arnold Schwarzenegger
C) Tom Cruise
D) Brad Pitt
  • 97. Name a politician who has used Telegram channels.
A) Angela Merkel
B) Narendra Modi
C) Emmanuel Macron
D) Joe Biden
  • 98. Which country's former president is known to have used Telegram?
A) Colombia (Iván Duque)
B) Argentina (Mauricio Macri)
C) Brazil (Jair Bolsonaro)
D) Chile (Sebastián Piñera)
  • 99. Which former Mexican president has used Telegram?
A) Enrique Peña Nieto
B) Carlos Salinas de Gortari
C) Felipe Calderón
D) Andrés Manuel López Obrador
  • 100. Which former Singaporean Prime Minister has used Telegram?
A) Lim Hng Kiang
B) Lee Hsien Loong
C) Goh Chok Tong
D) Tony Tan
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