Which of these is the first web-based e-mail service?

GMail
Yahoo Mail
Hotmail
Rediff Mail E. None of these

The correct answer is C. Hotmail.

Hotmail was the first web-based email service, launched in 1996 by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith. It was acquired by Microsoft in 1997 and rebranded as Outlook.com in 2013.

Gmail was launched in 2004 by Google. It is the most popular email service in the world, with over 1.5 billion active users.

Yahoo Mail was launched in 1997. It is the second most popular email service in the world, with over 250 million active users.

Rediff Mail was launched in 1998. It is the most popular email service in India, with over 100 million active users.

E is not an option.