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Computer : An Introduction ■ The specialty of erasable optical disc is
- It is possible to overwrite
■ The full name of PC is - Personal computer
■ MICR is mainly used - In bank
■ Theoretically computer is divided into
■ The world's first electronic computer was - ENIAC
- In three parts
■ Father of computer - Charles Babbage
■ The input device is - Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner etc
■ Gigabyte is equivalent to - 1024 Megabyte
■ The biggest key of the keyboard in size is
■ Data is stored in the computer in the form of
- Space bar key
- In binary form
■ Comes under function Keys - From F1 to F12
■ Non impact printer is - Laser printer
■ The following technology is used in the mouse
■ Full name of DVD is - Digital versatile disk
- Optical technology
■ The following part of the laser printer should not
■ The term CRT is used in the context of which device
come in contact with sun light - Drum
- Monitor
■ Output device is - Printer, Plotter, Monitor etc
■ The Full form of the word LCD is
■ Another name of Mini Computer
- Liquid Crystal Display
- Midrange computer
■ The full name of CPU is - Central processing unit
■ Portable computer cannot be considered
■ Full name of ALU is - Arithmetic and logic unit
- To desktop computer
■ Which word is used for processor- Pentium, Itanium
■ The button that starts or stops a feature like Caps
■ The word is used for the primary memory of the
Lock is called - Toggle keys
computer - RAM
■ There are graphical objects which are used to display
■ This device can be used as a secondary memory
and open frequently used applications - Icon
- Pen drive
■ Temporary type of memory is
■ This unit is used to measure the speed of the
computer are - Megahertz/Gigahertz - Random access memory (RAM)
■ Operating system is - Linux, Windows, DOS ■ Protects your computer system from harmful
■ Computer language is - BASIC programs - Anti virus
■ To work with numeric keypad you have to press ■ The level of intelligence of computer is - 0 (zero)
- Num lock key ■ System software is - Operating system
■ In which device video games are played on the ■ A program that finds and removes unnecessary and
computer - Joystick unused disk space to limit operations
■ Providing the results given by the computer is the - Disk De-Fragmenter
work of - Output device ■ The largest unit of memory - Yotta byte
■ There is a magnetic memory in - EPROM ■ GUI is the short form of - Graphical user interface
■ MS-DOS is - System software ■ Is a basic text editing program and is generally used
■ Which memory data is destroyed on the power cut to vies and edit text files - Notepad
- RAM ■ Which button used to delete a single character from
■ Sharp memory between CPU and main memory the right side - Backspace
- Cache memory ■ Used other than function keys to create shortcuts is
■ The example of primary storage is done - Combination keys
- ROM, RAM, EPROM ■ The meaning of CD ROM is
■ Full name of EPROM is - Compact disc read only memory
- Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory ■ Help to protect your computer from various types of
■ Used in calculators, laptops and video games unwanted software - Windows firewall
- LCD panel ■ Alt + I + F is used for - Mathematical operations
■ Programs written in high level language are called ■ The input device of computer is - Keyboard
- Source code ■ The brain of the computer is - CPU
■ Super market management program ■ To cut the selected file the short cut key is - Ctrl + x
- Software application ■ 1 byte contains - 8 bit
■ The Unit of storage capacity of memory is ■ Low level language is also called
- Bit, Byte, Kilobyte and Megabyte - Machine language
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■ There are three main part of a computer, input unit, ■ Peripheral device display information to the user by
output unit and - Control processing unit - Monitor
■ An integrated (IC) is a small electronic device made ■ The first pair of audio headphones was made in 1910
is - Semi conductor material by - Nathaniel Baldwin
■ A computer program or software that is stored in a ■ When the processor is using programs and data they
computer corrupts the information it is called - Virus are kept in - Main memory
■ One gigabyte is equal to - 1024×1024 byte ■ The programs and data that the CPU is currently
■ Component of the motherboard is - Processor processing which computer memory is used to store
■ What is hardware and not software - Control unit them goes in - Internal memory
■ What are the devices that make up the computer ■ Permanent memory of a computer is called - ROM
system and what are the you can see or touch ■ The buffer used to accommodate the speed difference
- Hardware is called - Cache
■ Written programs that cause the computer to function ■ Who is used as a secondary storage system in
in the desired way - Software computer - Floppy
■ Mother boards are ■ In the context of computer software means
- Circuit board containing the CPU and - Computer program
other chips are attached ■ Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft corporation in 1975
■ Which work the computer does not do with
- Understanding - Paul G. Allen
■ Connects the CPU and other components on the ■ Which program is essential for the computer system
mother board to the mother board - System bus to work - Logistics
■ First mechanical computer designed by Charles ■ BIOS which is a part of PC operating system - ROM
Babbage was - Analytical engine ■ The full form of (POST) is - Power on self test
■ First electronic digital computer contain ■ Examples of word processing spread sheet and photo
- Electronic Valve editing are - Application software
■ The only computer made available for commercial (Microsoft Windows)
use was - Univac ■ Windows 98 supports - 32/64 bit
■ Where was the first computer installed in India ■ Windows XP can be installed in this mode
- Indian Statistical Institute (Kolkata) - NTFS and FAT 32
■ In which city India's first post office ATM has been ■ When windows 98 and XP are installed in a computer
opened - Chennai it is called - Dual booting system
■ In a hybrid computer what features are combined in ■ Install windows XP - Using [Link] file
these - Analog and digital computer ■ There is a button on the left corner of the task bar
■ On the basis of memory size and performance which
- Start button
type of computer is known as "Big iron"
■ The start button of windows is in the menu contain
- Mainframe computer
- Run command
■ Mouse, trackball and joystick are examples of
■ You can customize the task bar by
- Pointing devices
- Right mouse button menu on task bar
■ Optical character reader (OCR) and light pen is an ■ To bring the clock to the right corner of the taskbar
example of - Input device select - Show the clock
■ How many alphabets are there in the keyboard of the ■ In windows operating system when we delete the file
computer - 26 it goes - In the recycle bin
■ As a standard pointing device in the graphics user ■ To create a new folder on the desktop use the
interface is used - Mouse following command of the right button menu of the
■ To select the word click the mouse - Twice mouse - New command
■ Often used to select or highlight - Mouse ■ To change the display properties of windows in
■ Scanner scans - Both picture and text control panel click on - Display theme
■ Full form of OMR is - Optical Mark Reader ■ Accessories of windows have component
■ Output is - Which the processor gives to the user - System tools
■ Which group has only output device ■ Customizing windows for persons with disabilities
- Plotter, Monitor, Printer for this the following option is used - Accessibility
■ How is the display size of a monitor measured ■ Network set up wizard comes
- Diagonally - Under communication
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■ To establish on internet connection use the sub-option ■ To save the file use this command of the file menu
of the communication option given in the accessories lets use - save command
option of windows - New connection wizard ■ To set the size of the page according to your
■ Windows media player comes under the following requirement use-page - Set up command
section of accessories - Entertainment ■ Page set up command is used to set the margin
■ To watch the movie stored in VCD or DVD use around the page to set the - Margin tab
- Windows media player ■ Paper size use the following page setup command lets
■ The computer itself searches and removes use the option - Layout tab
unnecessary files stored in the hard disk for this we ■ To see the preview of the page use this command of
use the utility of the system tool - Disk cleanup file menu - Print preview command
■ To withdraw the file again from the recycle bin is ■ Use to close MS Word - Alt key + F4
done by - Restore ■ Use to cancel the command - Control + Z
■ File management input output management and ■ Use this key strokes to select the entire file
processor management are the main function of - Control + A
- Operating system ■ The command used to check spelling is in the
■ Windows to display various applications and - Tool Menu
documents on the desktop in shown - By icon ■ Recover the file itself use for this
■ The first screen of the interface after booting the - Auto correct command
computer in windows is called - Desktop ■ Used to insert date and time - Insert Menu
■ Can copy files and folders open files and delete files ■ Microsoft office is - Desktop application
and folders - In windows explorer ■ Word processing software is - MS-Word
■ Windows XP and Linux are example ■ To change the size of the text use the command
- Operating system - Ctrl + shift + >
■ The main window of the program in GUI is called ■ Editing, formatting, save, load, output mixing all
- Application window symptoms are - Word processing
■ The gateway of window xp is called - Desktop ■ MS view buttons in word are - Five types
■ File manager in windows operating system is called ■ Commands are used to save the document - Ctrl + S
- Windows explorer ■ To give double line space in a paragraph, we use
■ To cut, copy and paste is selected from - Edit Menu - (Ctrl + 2) command
■ The extension part to be added to the name of word ■ To convert the text to uppercase use
documents is - .doc & .docx - (Ctrl + Shift + A) command key
■ Edit Menu, File Menu and Help Menu components ■ The largest formatting unit in MS word is - Page
are - In the Menu bar ■ Allows to change the current setting on the computer
■ Minimum 1 GB RAM is required - For windows is - Control panel
■ A picture placed on the desktop is called ■ Synonyms of a word when typed in MS word is
- Desktop background, Screen saver received - Thesaurus
■ The bar present at the bottom of the desktop is called Microsoft Excel
- Task bar ■ A spreadsheet program is - Excel
■ The full form of FAT is - File allocation table ■ Title bar represents - Document title
■ An example of an operating system is ■ On menu bar provides us - Command
- Microsoft Windows ■ Go to the next worksheet - From sheet tab
■ If we are working in a window environment then the ■ If any menu command is preceded by (...) it will
desktop of the background area is called - The screen show us - Dialog boxes
■ The general meaning of 'OS' computer is ■ If a menu command has a triangle mark next to it will
- Operating system have - Sub menu
Microsoft Office ■ Shortcut key are necessary to use - Function keys
■ The operating system is which MS word is used ■ To open the task pen use the command
- Windows - View menu's task pen command
■ Use to open a new file - (Control + N) key ■ The following work can be done from office assistant
■ Use to open an already created file - Open command - Get help
■ The extension name of the text files created in ■ Office assistant is - In the window menu
notepad is - .txt ■ There are both rows and columns - In the worksheet

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■ The command is used to open a new workbook ■ Absolute cell reference is marked before - & marks
- New command of file menu ■ The cell address 4th row and 4th column will be - D4
■ Use of this period to end the content of the cell lets ■ Application software is - MS office
- Do-clear command or edit ■ Microsoft office's personal information manager
■ To insert new row use the command - Out look
- Insert menu key row command ■ A pre-designed document with a coordinating font
■ To erase the contents of a cell press key layout and background is a - Template
- Back space key ■ If you use a font that a browser if not aided by then
■ To delete a column or row use the delete the text - Will be displayed in the default font
- Command of the edit menu ■ Software used in wood processing - PageMaker
■ To insert a new cell use - Cell command ■ Which programs are used to create amount based
document is - Spread sheet
■ Used to copy cells - Command of edit menu
■ Customer inventory and payroll records of a business
■ Used to bring up the office clipboard view
is stored in file - Worksheet
- Menu office clipboard
■ Which type of software is like an accountants
■ Shortcut key to go to worksheet A1 cell is worksheet - Spread sheet
- Ctrl + Home ■ Which of the following is a Spread sheet application
■ The name of the worksheet can have maximum of program - MS Excel
- 255 characters ■ In MS Excel which function is used to find the
■ The maximum number of columns that a worksheet highest value under the list - Max
in excel can have is - 256 ■ Can be made in Excel
■ Excel's worksheet is called - Electronic spread sheet - Bar, Chart, Line graph & Pie chart
■ The cell where the pointer is present in excel is called ■ By default in Excel the text inside the cell is
- Active cell Horizontally aligned is called - Left align
■ Number in an excel worksheet default to the left ■ The default alignment of text is MS Excel is - Left
- In right alignment ■ The entire worksheet can be selected in excel
■ Default worksheet level is in excel worksheet - Ctrl + S + spacebar
- Book-1 ■ You can select the entire row by pressing in excel.
■ Appears on opening the new workbook - Shift + spacebar
- 3 worksheet ■ Key to create a chart from a selected cell range in
■ Address of the fourth row and seventh column will be excel shortcuts are - F11
- G4 ■ In MS Excel a function within a function is called
■ The smallest range of excel is - Cell - Nested function
■ The file created in excel are called - Workbook ■ To rename an excel worksheet
■ The bar of excel window to enter values and formula - On the worksheet tab double click and type new
called - Formula bar name
■ Below the title bar in excel - Menu bar ■ Professionally designed an empty document that
changed according to the needs of the user is
■ The figure formed by the intersection of column and
row is called - Cell - Template
■ In Excel it is a predefined formula that can perform
■ Excel worksheet 2003 contains - 65536 row
complex calculations provides shortcuts for
■ Extension name of the file in excel is - .xls
- Function
■ The command used to move a cell range from one
■ This feature of excel includes the function of
place to another in the same worksheet - Cut calculating average minimum, maximum and sum
■ The symbol "^" represent - Ambush operator - Calculate
■ Your excel 2007 file with extension is stored as ■ To enter the date present in a cell, press
- .xlsx - CTRL + (semicolon)
■ The text located in the upper margin of the page is ■ By using which option do you create charts is excel
called - A Header - Chart Wizard
■ To move the active cell to the next sheet command ■ In any wide sheets (spreadsheet) the address of the
used is - Ctrl + page down first cell is - A1
■ Use to go to the last row - Ctrl + ↓ ■ The address of the cell at intersection in the first row
■ A file that provides an application gateway in a ready & twenty seventh column will be - AA1
to use form - Templates ■ Presentation scripting software is - MS power point

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Microsoft Word ■ In word the feature which automatically detects

common errors is called - Auto correct
■ MS word is basically used ■ That feature of the word which determines the
- To prepare various documents amount of space between the characters automatically
■ Example of Microsoft words is adjusts between combinations allowing all the words
- Application software appear equally spaced is called - Kerning
■ Which component of MS-office is clearly Notepad ■ Considered to be the most intelligent CASE tool
- MS Word - Work bench
■ You can start Microsoft word by using the button ■ Which menu does the user select to print a document
- Program in word will select - File
■ The default body font in Microsoft word 2007 is ■ There are margins in the pair of
- Calibri font - Four (top, bottom, right, left)
■ In MS Word which key's can be used to select ■ In preview mode - View all pages in your document
multiple words lines or paragraphs in word - Control ■ Which short key is used to reach directly at the
■ These combination keys are used to copy and paste bottom of the MS word document - Control + end
respectively while editing the text document of MS ■ In MS word Ctrl + K is used - To insert a hyperlink
word - Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V ■ Delete text in MS word
■ Which key combination is used in MS word to - Select the text by pressing the delete key
perform a task as before - Ctrl + Z ■ When working in a text document of MS word it
■ To center align the selected text short cut key is selects the entire paragraph by default when the
- Ctrl + E mouse is clicked - Triple
■ The short cut key to respond to the action performed Internet and Web Browser
at the end of a document in MS word is - Ctrl + Z ■ Full name of LAN is - Local Area Network
■ Paragraph formatting in a word processor includes ■ Full name of WAN is - Wide Area Network
- Line spacing ■ Commonly used networks is - Wide Area Network
■ Using the 'Home key' in Microsoft word the ■ Now a days it is being used for LAN - Date switch
processor moves the cursor to the beginning of the
■ Crores of computers around the World are inter
-Line connected - By internet
■ If a word is repeated immediately how does MS-word ■ First Internet was started - In America
display will respond
■ The initial purpose of internet was
- Below the repeated word red wavy line
- To keep defense information secret
■ To save a document with a new name one will choose
■ The internet was started - 1970
- Click on file save as
■ The development work of internet was started
■ To open file in MS-word we use - Ctrl + O
- Dr. Kleinrock
■ The shortcut key for go to menu in MS-word is
■ Internet is considered to be the birthday
- Ctrl + G
- 1st January, 1983
■ The pre-designed format of text and color scheme is ■ World Wide Web was started in - 1990
- Template ■ The full name of IP address is - Internet protocol
■ To change the font in MS word use the short key ■ The digits are used in IP address - From 0 to 255
- Control + Shift + F ■ For the division of digits in internet protocol (IP)
■ Use the Short key for shift + tab address is used - .dot
- To go back through the options ■ The full name of DNS in internet is
■ If a number or letter is above the base line and is - Domain name system
smaller is called - Superscript ■ .gov domain name is used - Government institutions
■ To subscript the selected word in MS-word the short ■ .net domain name is used - To network
key is - Ctrl + = ■ Using the internet explorer go to - On the web
■ To extract a paragraph from a report you wrote, you ■ Web address is typed in this part of internet explorer
can - Highlight and delete - Address bar
■ In MS which key should be pressed to start a new ■ Internet explorer is available in the following
page in word - Ctrl + Enter operating system - Windows
■ You click B to make the text - Bold ■ Internet was started in India - August 15, 1995
■ To indent the first paragraph of your report you ■ The full meaning of e-commerce is
should use - Tab key - Electronic Commerce
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■ The combination of hardware and software is the ■ The most popular virus is - C-brain
process of saving a file from the internet to the ■ In the terminology of computer the terror of virus has
computer is called - Downloading been named - Electronic terrorism
■ The invertors of www is - Tim Berners Lee ■ These network mediums are used in WAN
■ Internet security is related to - CERT (Computer - Communication satellite
emergency Response Team) ■ The modem which is like a circuit board and which is
■ Real timed conversation which happens on computer integrated with the computer is added to
is - Chat - Internal modem
■ The address of a document or page on www is ■ The internet explorer is - Web browser
- URL ■ Maximum distance of LAN connections is - 1 km
■ The act of opening another web page by clicking on a ■ The computer network which is in the regional
word of the web page is called - Hyperlink national and international boundary spreads - WAN
■ Internet explorer, Mozilla firebox and Google ■ Illegal work done on the internet is called
Chrome - Web browser - Cyber crime
■ E-commerce means - Internet business accounting ■ The device used to connect telephone of PC is
■ The full form of HTML is - Modem
- Hyper Text Markup Language ■ Fire wall is used in computers - For protection only
■ The set of connections between the links in the local ■ One place is used by the employees of a company the
area is called - LAN classification of an exclusively private network going
■ Performs the work of routing in OSI model through would be - Local area network
- Network layer ■ The network of general importance is
■ The best web based e-mail service provider - Local area network (LAN)
recognized - Hot mail ■ LAN (Local area network) connected computers
■ The work of converting analog signal to digital signal - Share information and/or peripheral equipment
and converting digital signal to analog signal is ■ The world's largest network is - Internet
- Modem's ■ Telephone lines are used in the network - WAN
■ It is useful to send e-mail - SMTP protocol ■ Communication network which is used by large
■ To store files on a certain subject - Website organization in the regional national and global area
■ Full name of URL - Uniform Resource Locater - WAN
■ .gov, .edu and .net etc extensions are called- Domain ■ Who has the largest geographical area city is
codes categories
■ IRC in R stands for - Riley - WAN
■ FTP stands for - File Transfer Protocol ■ SWAN under the National e-Governance plan is
■ Private internal network of an organization is called - State wide area network
- Internet ■ The full name of Wifi is - Wireless fidelity
■ Google MSN and yahoo these are all - Search engine ■ Bluetooth technology allows
■ Web spiders and crawler are examples of - Search - Wireless communication between devices
■ Internet was started as - US security forces network
engine ■ Inter connected government, academic, corporate,
■ ISP means - Internet Service Provider public and a global system of personal computer is
■ Which web page interaction is available from the - Internet
website get done - Dynamic ■ The first network to sow the speed of the internet was
■ The highest cost is at this medium - Fiber optic - ARPANET (Advance Research
■ Addressing is used in LAN - Four byte Project Agency Network)
■ Social networking site is - Face book ■ Responsible for the development of advanced
■ One type of protocol is - UDP research projects for agency (ARPA) - Internet
■ To navigate a website the user has to go it is ■ The world's largest network is - Internet
necessary - In URL ■ Which country has the most internet used - China
■ Developed to build network of network - IP ■ Allowing an external organization to access internal
■ This is used to search the web page on www web pages if yes then it is used - Extranet
- HTTP protocol ■ A network that is used to connect LAN computers in
■ There is no uniform protocol - ASCII a building to connect with each other is done
■ Antivirus is - Program Code - Intranet
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■ The group of rules and guidelines used for the ■ Computer hacker is
internet is technically known as - Netikel - A person who for personal gain malicious
■ Raymond Samuel Tomlinson if famous for intentions does not follow computer
developing is - E-mail ■ Alta Vista is - A search engine
■ Who invented e-mail in India- V.A. Shiva Very Important Exam Question
Ayyadurai
■ Modern computer was first discovered - 1946
■ Pshama@[Link] is - e-mail address
■ Great revolution came in the field of computer - 1960
■ Full form of FTP is - File transfer protocol
■ The Hindi name of computer is
■ Computer is not unique in the network
- Sangnak (Computer)
- Work group name
■ Computer literacy day is celebrated on - 2 December
■ Host ID for class 'C' IP of address bits used for -8
■ The input unit of computer is
■ The post used by SMTP is - 25
- Mouse, Keyboard, Scanner
■ Internet explorer is - A web browser
■ 1 Kelobyte (KB) is equal to how many bytes
■ Which application do you use to get information from
the internet - The web browser - 1024 bytes
■ 1 Megabyte (MB) is equal to how many bytes
■ Which is the browser - Safari
■ To view information on the web you must have - 1024 KB
■ 1 Gigabyte (GB) is equal to how many bytes
- The web browser
■ Browser is - 1024 MB
■ IC used in computers chip are made of - Silicon
- The software for searching web pages on the
internet ■ The word HTTP in the internet address is the
expanded from of - Hyper text transfer protocol
■ In the third quarter of the year 2008 a new let's start
the browser - Chrome ■ The language used by children in a computer program
is often there is - Logo
■ Which web browser was developed by Google
■ A portable personal computer that fits on your lap it
- Chrome
is small it is called - Note book computer
■ Google chrome is - Web browser
■ Multi processing is - By more than one processor
■ Browser is used - For technical people
■ Optical memory is - C.D. Rom
■ Client side script usually refers to the execution on
■ CPU which unit is control, memory and the third
the client side by computer programs on the web
- Arithmetic/logic
- Web browser
■ CPU, ALU consist of - Registers
■ What types of files can be sent e-mail attachments is
■ Which part of the computer is used for calculation an
- All types file
comparison is - ALU
■ [Link] is - Website
■ A hardware device that converts data into meaning
■ Choose the odd one out - HTML
full information - Processor
■ Which is also called web there are millions of
■ There are three main parts of the processor
documents - World wide web
- ALU, Control unit and registers
■ Programs that serve HTML files and page- Web page
■ Which control the movement of signals between CPU
■ What services, e-commerce, e-learning, e-banking,
and I/O is - Control Unit
m-commerce etc is. - e-services
■ The function of the central processing unit of the
■ Provides information about the location of a
computer is - Calculation and processing
document in the internal - URL
■ Performs the operation - Arithmetic
■ Website address or URL is a unique name which
establishes the identity of a specific on the web page ■ Most of the processing takes place in the computer
- Website - CPU
■ W3C stands for - World wide web consortium ■ The main memory works in coordination with - CPU
■ Viruses that over time or on a specific date let's go it's ■ The micro processor which is the brain of the
called - Time bomb computer is called - Micro chip
■ Virus is usually found in hard disk but it is the ■ The result produced by the computer is - Output
situation keeps on changing - Viyana ■ The main components of CPU is
■ Which of these viruses spreads through dangerous e- - Control unit, Memory unit, ALU
mails - Js-night ■ What kind of intelligence has been given to the
■ Which of the category of virus does not replicate computer - Artificial
itself - Trojan horses ■ EDP is - Electronic Data Processing

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■ What is called information in computer - Data ■ Pattern of printed lines on most of the fire key
■ What is called data in computer products is called - Barcodes
- Symbols and numbers ■ The full form of OCR is
■ The data going into the computer is called - Input - Optical Character Recognition
■ Data processing means ■ The most common storage device for personal
- Preparing information for commercial use computer is - Floppy disk
■ In electronic device that converts data into ■ The input device used to get the printed diagram in
information processes by doing - Processor the computer is - Scanner
■ The first calculating machine is - Abacus ■ The first computer mouse was made
■ Who made the first mechanical calculator - Douglas Engelbart
- Blaise Pascal ■ When working on a document of PC the document is
■ The basic structure of computer was developed by stored temporarily in - RAM
- Charles babbage ■ Floppy disk is related to which type of memory is
■ The biggest fastest and most expensive computer is - External
- Super computer ■ What type of memory is RAM - Main memory
■ Commonly used computer is - Digital computer ■ What type of storage device are used in cell phones
■ CRY-1 is - Door computer goes - Cache
■ The use of multi-programming started with which ■ What type of storage in internal storage - Primary
generation of computer was - Third generation ■ CD is also known by what name other than computer
■ When was the world's first super computer made disc - Optical disk
- 1976 ■ The most common types of storage device are
■ The name of the first computer made in India is - Magnetic
- Siddhartha ■ What you can do with CD - Read and writing
■ Microprocessor is the computer of which generation ■ What device can understand the difference between
- Fourth generation program and data can - Micro processor
■ What type of computer is Param computer made in ■ DVD is an example - Optical disk
India - Super computer ■ The main memory of a computer is called
■ In which country the calculation plant Abacus was - Primary memory, Internal memory, Primary
invented - China storage
■ IMAC is a type of - Machine ■ The process of dividing a disk into tracks and sectors
■ The Analytical engine was built by is - Formatting
- Charles Babbage ■ File system resides permanently in
■ First punch card was used - Joseph Mary - Secondary storage
■ Who has contributed the most in the development of ■ Performs simple math for CPU - ALU
computer - Von Neumann ■ Through whom the information between the
■ Developed the integrated circuit chip - J.M. Kilby components of the motherboard travels - Data BUS
■ Which substance has a layer on the magnetic disk ■ The main board of the computer is - Mother board
- Iron Oxide ■ The place where accessories are connected to the
■ On what principle does digital computer work system unit is called there are - Port
- Calculation ■ IBM in computer full name of
■ Which organization has developed Param super - International business machine
computer developed in India - C-DAC ■ Which part connects special types of music devices to
■ The first electronic computer ENIAC was made by sound cards - MIDI
Presper Eckert - John Mauchly and Presper Eckert ■ Controls communication for the entire computer
■ Dot matrix is a - Printer system - Mother board
■ By which printer one character is printed in one ■ The hardware used to read the disc is - Disk drive
stroke - Line printer ■ Thin plate or board with electronic components is
■ The fastest speed printer is - Laser printer called - Circuit board
■ The full name of LCD is - Liquid crystal display ■ Expansion cards are inserted in - Slot
■ Displays the work output in the computer's memory ■ In what is the clock speed of the computer calculated
- Monitor - Bit
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■ What resides in the motherboard that connects the ■ The main language of Unix - Assembly
CPU to other components on the motherboard ■ Which software is used to work in computer goes
connects to - System bus - Application
■ Using which the first computers were programmed ■ The hardware of the computer is controlled by
- Machine language - System software
■ Basic computer language was developed by ■ What type of computer language is the compiler
- John G. kemeny - Low level
■ When was the basic computer language developed ■ Programs sold in the market for use in computers it is
- 1964 said - Software package
■ The representation of a program in the form of a ■ It works to converts the program written in the
picture is called - Flowchart assembly language of the computer into machine
■ Scientific computer language is - FORTRAN language - Assembler
■ Computer language COBOL is useful for ■ The technique or facility of making relation between
- Professional work hardware and software is called - Interface
■ The high level computer language similar to the ■ The basic program written in programming language
English language - COBOL is called - Source code
■ Inventor of computer language JAVA - Sun ■ CAD stand for - Computer Aided Design
■ MS word is an example of - Application software
Microsystem ■ A human readable representation of a program is
■ The computer language used on the internet is - called - Program code
JAVA ■ Converts and executed one statement at a time
■ The operating system called Unix is specially used - Interpreter
for ■ Restarting an already running computer is called
- Web servers - Re booting
■ Which programming language does not require a ■ What type of software is Linux - Open source
translator - Machine language ■ When two processors are installed in a computer it is
■ A mistake is an algorithm that gives wrong results it called is - Parallel processing
is called - Logical error ■ To access mainframe or super computer uses often
■ Number system to store computer data and perform use
calculations use - Binary - Terminal
■ Bit is the short from of - Binary digit ■ Protocol in which network components are connected
■ How many bits are there in a byte - 8 bit by a - Bus
■ The smallest unit of computer memory is called - Bit ■ What is the name of the network topology in which
■ How many digits are there in the binary number every possible node has bidirectional links - Mesh
system - 2(0, 1) ■ Unsolicited e-mail is called - Spam
■ The method of starting letters and symbols in bytes is ■ Network support and e-governance support to
called are - Coding system government bodies providing - NIC
■ Measure the length of a word in the computer - Bit ■ In computer terminology class means
■ In what form is information stored on a computer - An error in the program
- Digital data ■ The device which connects two or more networks is
■ Which is a program that makes use of the computer called - Gate way
become easy - A utility ■ The first page or main page that appears on accessing
■ Error in the program that would have produced a website is called - Home page
incorrect or in appropriate results are he is called ■ 'org' is related to which field - Organization
- Bug ■ .com domain is related to - Business organization
■ The primary purpose of software is to convert data ■ The full name of modem is
into - information - Modulator Demodulator
■ The process of finding errors in software code is ■ Full name of e-mail is - Electronic mail
- Debugging ■ The full name of internet is - International network
■ The physical structure of the computer is called ■ Who is called information high way - Internet
- Hardware ■ Who is considered the father of e-mail
■ The full name of DOS is - Disk operating system -Ray Tomlinson
■ When was the development of Unix - 1969 ■ The inventors of WWW are - Timberburnes lee
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■ The standard protocol of internet is - TCP/IP ■ The range of word length of a super computer is
■ The most popular internet activity is - 16 to 64 bits
- Communication ■ Number 7 is written in binary code - 111
■ Button to reload web page goes to - Refresh ■ Window is a type in computer - Operating System
■ Writting on e-mail is similar to - Writting letters ■ Computer virus is only one type of software which
■ Software contains lists of commands and options mainly destroy - To programs
- Tool bars ■ The world's fastest computer is - Frontier (USA)
■ Which company made MS office 2000 - Microsoft ■ What is Anupam - A super computer
■ The founders of Microsoft company are ■ Michelangelo virus is - Computer viruses
- Paul Allen, bill Gates ■ Applies to all computers - Machine language
■ Windows software was created by - IBM ■ What is apple - A fourth generation computer
■ MS is what type of software in windows - GUI ■ Super computer developed by Bhabha atomic
research center the project is - Anupam
■ Development of windows 98 in year - 1998
■ Fastest speed mimic of brain function the computer
■ The name of new version of android, Android 8.0 is
with - Quantum computer
- Oreo
■ Spam is a word related to which subjects - Computer
■ In July 2005 which company acquired Android Inc.
■ File is often called - Document
was acquired for millions of dollars - Google
■ The principle of working of computer is - Process
■ What is android - Operating system
■ The microprocessor which is the brain of the
■ The number of pixels displayed on the screen is computer is called is - Microchip
known - Color depth
■ The name given by the user to the document is called
■ Who is called the father of modern computer
- File name
- Charles Babbage ■ Changing existing document is called - Editing
■ Who shows your position in text - Cursor ■ In word processing it is said to move the text from
■ A rectangular group of cell in a worksheet is one place to another within the document- Cut and
- Cell range paste
■ The main folder of the storage device is called ■ How the data is organized in the spread sheet
- Root directory - Row and columns
■ Displays the contents of the active cell in Excel ■ The software for preparing text based document is
- Formula bar called - Word processors
■ A group of files stored in a computer is called ■ All the components of your computer are either
- Directory - Input or output
■ Support the list of date files of a database is called ■ _______ represents raw facts while data becomes
- Data directory meaningful - Data information
■ In MS office the software that corrects spelling in ■ Alphanumeric data in information system generally
word is called - Spell check _______ take the form of - Numbers and alphabetic
■ Text in the column is usually aligned - Left ■ Characters are stored as information on the computer
■ Chart can be made by using which option in excel - Digital data
■ All the machinery and equipment of the computer is
- Chart wizard
called _______ - Hardware
■ In which mode the document is printed by default
■ Is in computer hardware the actual
- Portrait
- Main memory and control unit
■ A directory in directory is called - Sub directory
■ Written programs that cause the computer to function
■ A group of interrelated records is called - Data base in a desired manner we do ________ is called
■ The keyboard short cut for new slide is - Ctrl + N - Software
■ Where was the super computer Param built - Pune ■ Software means ______ - Programs
■ What is Google - Search engine ■ _______ An example of computer software is
■ What is IBM - Company - Microsoft office
■ Whose contents are destroyed when the computer is ■ Data or information used to run a computer _______
turned of - Memory is called - Software
■ First generation computer was used - Vacuum tube ■ The part of the computer responsible for the
■ The main system board of computer is called processing of data happens - CPU
- Motherboard ■ Is the conversion of input into output by - CPU
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■ Another word for CPU is - Micro processor ■ _______ is Antivirus software - Norton
■ CPU performance is usually measured in - MHz ■ The name of the parent company of Google formed
■ Computer is MIPS in computer terminology means on 2 October 2015 is - Alphabet Inc.
- Millian instruction per second ■ Trojan is a type of - Malware
■ P symbol in CPU is - Processing ■ _______ actual telephone call between people on the
■ A part of the central processing unit is - ALU internal - Internal telephony
■ Write new data in register the action of ■ Mobile phone was invented by - Martin cooper
- Erases the first contents of the register ■ MMU is the expansion of
■ Program counter register is an essential part of - Memory management unit
- Cache memory ■ Face book was started in the year - 2004
■ CPU has direct access to memory - RAM ■ Any online demo is - An active user interfaces
■ Program counter (PC) register are stored in ■ India-born Surdar Pichai is the Chief Executive
- Execute address of the next instruction Officer (CEO) of the company - Google
■ The main function of CPU is ■ Laser was invented by - Theodore Maiman
- Program instruction execution and processing ■ Concept of key stored programme was introduced by
data and information - John Von Neumann
■ Computer _______ sums up and compares data ■ In the context of software application CRM meaning
- On CPU is - Customer Relationship management
■ The function of the central processing unit of the ■ The full from of API is
computer is - Calculating and processing - Application programming interface
■ The microprocessor which is the brain of the ■ A device for recording spoken words in type is called
computer also it is called - Microchip - Dictaphone
■ Another name of computer chip is - Microchip ■ The full form of CAS is - Conditional Access
■ Under the brand name Pentium sold System
- Microprocessor ■ In the context of computer parts the term chip
■ Intel name is a - Computer processor company Jewelry means - Old junk computer of no use
■ A microprocessor at 8 bit word length _______ bit ■ SMS stands for - Short messaging service
data can simultaneously process -8
■ The first SMS was sent over the network - Vodafone
■ Is not a peripheral device - Motherboard
■ Father of SMS is - Matti Makkonen
■ For doing calculations in the computer _______
■ Associative memory in information technology is
mainly is liable - Arithmetic logic unit
called - Content addressable Memory
■ _______ manages computer resources - Control unit
■ In computer system a complete schemes are used to
■ The _______ part of the computer is called the
protect items in the sense of - Password
central nervous system - Control unit
■ The waste generated after the functionality of
■ The information travels from mother board to
personal computer is over it is said - E-waste
components through devices called - Buses
■ Do no evil the tagline of - Google
■ Mother board is
■ Cc _______ is
- Circuit board containing CPU and other are
chipped - Google e-mail to more than
■ Provides expansion capability for computer system one person say send copy
- Slots ■ The process of mixing AF signal and RF wave is
■ System unit is -Modulation
- Container containing electronic components are ■ In Doordarshan broadcasting picture message are
kept transmitted - By amplitude modulation
■ Minimum gate to obtain the Ex-OR function _______ ■ The world's first laptop computer in the market was
NAND gate is required -4 brought by - Epson
■ The name of the cloud computing service of the ■ A portable personal computer which can be carried
company skydive is - Microsoft on the lap it is small enough to be kept it is called
■ The expansion of SMPS is - Note book
- Switched mode power supply ■ In OSI network architecture routing works on
■ The process of carrying commands is - Execute - Network layer
■ The name of the latest android mobile phone ■ _______ there are graphical objects that represent
operating system 6.0 is - Marshmallow commonly used applications - Icons
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