Ms- Dos very important mcq questions:
1. QDOS stands for :
A. *Quick Disk Operating System
B. Quick Dirty Operating System
C. Quick Dynamic Operating System
D. Quality Disk Operating System
2. Which combination of keys allows you to perform a warm boot ?
A. Ctrl+ESC
B. *Ctrl+Alt+DEL
C. Ctrl+Shift+DEL
D. Ctrl+Shiftt ENTER
3. Restarting a computer is called?
A. Scanning
B. Safe Mode
C. Cold Booting
D. *Warm Booting
4. In which version of DOS, CHKDSK command has been changed to SCANDISK ?
A. 5.0
B. 5.1
C. 6.0
D. *6.2
5. CHKDSK command is used to .
A. Analyze the hard disk error
B. Diagnose the hard disk error
C. Report the status of files on disk
D. *All of the above
6. While working with MS-DOS which key is used to get the previous command used ?
A.* F3
B. F1
C. F6
D. Fil
7. Which command creates a directory or subdirectory ?
A. Dir
B. Mkdir
C. Md
D. *Both B & C
8. Which keys can be pressed quit without saving in DOS ?
A. Ctrl+A
B. Ctrl+B
C. *Ctrl+C
D. Ctrl+D
9. While working with MS-DOS, which command is used to move file from one directory to another?
A. RENAME
B. COPY
C.* MOVE
D. CD
10. Which command is used to list out deleted files in DOS ?
A. list
B. *Undelete/list
C. Recover
D. None of these
11. Generally, the DATE is entered in the form
A. MM-YY-DD
B.* MM-DD-YY
C. DD-YY-MM
D. DD-MM-YY
12. MS DOS originally written by ?
A. Bill Gates
B. Paul Allen
C. Both of these
D. *Tim Paterson
13.What is the maximum length of the filename in DOS ?
A. 3 characters
B. 5 characters
C. *8 characters
D. 12 characters
14. What does ‘CLI’ stands for ?
A. Central Line Interface
B. Common Line Interface
C. Common Line Internet
D. *Command Line Interface
15. What is the full form of CUI ?
A. *Character User Interface
B. Chat Uniformly Interchange
C. Consider Unlisted Information
D. Checking Unlimited Information
16. MS DOS is
A. GUI based OS
B. *CUI based OS
C. GUI & CUI based OS
D. None of these
17. MS DOS was introduced by Microsoft in which year ?
A. 1979
B. 1980
C. *1981
D. 1985
18. MS DOS is which type of Operating System ?
A. Single User Multi Tasking
B. *Single User Single Tasking
C. Multi User Multi Tasking
D. None of the above
19. What does MS-DOS stand for?
A.Macro Server Description of Systems
B. Microsoft Development of Systems
C . MS Device Operating Systems
D.* Microsoft Disk Operating System
20. What is the full form of DOS ?
A. *Disk Operating System
B. Data Operating System
C. Disk Operating Store
D. None of the above
21. SYS command is used to
A. Update the DOS system files
B. *Copy DOS system files to new disk
C. Copy DOS configuration files to a new disk
D. None of above
22. External command in DOS are ……….
A. Sys, ver, vol
B.* Edit, sys, chkdsk
C. Chkdsk, prompt, date
D. None of above
23.DEL command is used to ………..
A. *Delete files
B. Delete labels
C. Delete directory
D. None of the above
24. Which file in MS DOS contains internal command that are loaded during booting process ?
A. lo.sys
B. Msdos.sys
C. *Command.com
D . Config.sys
25. Which character is Wildcard in MS DOS?
A. %
B. &
C. #
D. *
26. Which among these is not a type of directory in DOS?
A. *Main Directory
B. Root Directory,
C.Current Directory
D .Sub Directory
27. Drive indicate which type of directory ?
A. Main Directory
B.* Root Directory
C. Current Directory
D. Sub Directory
28. Which of the following is not an operating system?
A. Windows
B. Linux
C. *Oracle
D. DOS
29. Which files are treated as MS DOS files?
A. I0.SYS
B. MSDOS.SYS
C. COMMAND.COM
D. *All of the above
30. Which file in MS DOS contains internal command that are loaded during booting process ?
A. lo.sys
B. Msdos.sys
C. *Command.com
D . Config.sys
31. The question mark (?) indicates in file searching
A. *A single character
B. A group of character
C. Questions
D. None of above
32. What was the first version of MS DOS ?
A. *Version 1.0
B. Version 1.1
C. Version 0.0
D. Version 0.1
33. Which type of command requires additional files to perform specific operations?
A. Internal commands
B.* External commands
C. Valuable commands
D. Primary commands
34. Which one of the following is not a multitasking operating system ?
A. *DOS
B. Windows
C. Unix
D. Linux
35. Which of the following does not support more than one program at a time ?
A. *DOS
B. Linux
C. Windows
D. Unix
36. FAT stands for ……
A. File Access Tape
B. File Activity Table
C. *File Allocation Table
D. File Accommodation Table
37. DOS uses which file system ?
A. NTFS
B . HFS
C. exFAT
D.* FAT
38. What else is a command interpreter called?
A. prompt
B.kernel
C.*shell
D. command
39. In MS-Dos Which command is used to display system time?
A .*Time command
B. Date Command
C. Format
D. None of the above
40. Which command is used to get the current date only ?
A. *Date
B. Time
C. Year
D. None of above
41. QDOS was renamed as……
A. DOS
B. MS DOS
C. *86-DOS
D. Windows
42. Which version of DOS is a part of Windows 95?
A. Version 5.0
B. Version 6.0
C. *Version 7.0
D. Version 8.0
43.Which of the following operating system does not implement the multitasking truly ?
A. Windows 98
B. Windows NT
C. Windows XP
D. *MS DOS
44. The ……..command allows you to modify the default prompt to provide other information.
A. *Prompt
B. Windows
C. Cursor
D. Click
45. DIR command is used to …..
A . *Display a list of files in a directory.
B. Display contents of files in directory
C. Display type of files in a sub directory
D. None of the above
46. Which command is used to make a new directory?
A. Cd
B. *Md
C. Rd
D. None of above
47. Format command is used to ….
A. Prepare a blank disk
B. Create a new blank disk from a used one
C. *Both A & B.
D. None of above
48. Restore command is used to
A. Restore files from recycle bin
B.Restore files which are deleted
C. Restore files which are deleted recently
D.* Restore files from disks made using the BACKUP command
49. An entire path name, consisting of several subdirectory names can contain upto ……
A. 36 character
B. 53 character
C.* 63 character D
D. None of above
50. Which command is used to clear the screen?
A. *Cls
B. Clear
C. Clscreen
D. None of above
51. Internal command in Dos are …..
A. Cls, rd label
B. Dir, ren, sys
C.* Time, type, dir
D. Del, disk copy, label
52.Which command is used to copy files?
A. Type
B.* Copy
C. Diskcopy
D. None of above
53. To copy the hidden system files of DOS to another disk, you can use
the command……
A. *Sys
B. Ren
C. Copy
D. Diskcopy
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