Top 100 Mcq’s of Basic Computer Fundamentals and information technology. compitativeexammcq.com, Contents show 1 1. The smallest unit of data in computer is…… 2 1. *bit 3 2. Nibble 4 3. kb 5 4. bytes 6 2. Who is the developer of computer ? 7 1. Dennis Ritchie 8 2. James Gosling 9 3. *Charles Babbage 10 4. None 11 3. What is the full form of COMPUTER ? 12 1. Compact Operating Menu Purposely Under in Technical and 13 Educational Research. 14 2. *Commonly Operating Machine Purposely Used for Technical and Educational Research. 15 3. Commonly Operating Machine Permanently Used for Timing 16 Educational Research. 17 4. None 18 4. In computer system, 1 Nibble equal to 19 a) 1 bit 20 b) 8 bytes 21 c) *4 bits 22 d) 1 kb 23 5. One Byte equal to 24 a) *8 bits 25 b) 1 Nibble 26 c)16 bit 27 d) None. 28 6. The two kinds of main memory are? 29 1) CD & DVD 30 2) * RAM& ROM 31 3) Primary & Secondary 32 4) All of the above 33 7. What is the full form of CPU ? 34 1. *Central Processing Unit 35 2. Control Processing Unit 36 3. Control Principle Unit 37 4. All of the above 38 8. Which of the following is not a example of software? 39 1) MS-Office 40 2) Tally 41 3) Chrome 42 4)* Mouse 43 9. The brain of any computer system is 44 1) CU 45 2) ALU 46 3) Memory 47 4) *CPU 48 10. How many parts are there in CPU? 49 a) 1 50 b)* 2 51 c) 3 52 d) 4 53 11. How many computer generations are there? 54 a) 1 55 b) 2 56 c) 4 57 d) *5 58 12.What is the time period of 1st generation’s 59 computer ? 60 a) 1939-1945 61 b) *1946-1959 62 c) 1959-1965 63 d) None 64 13. In 1st generation of computer, which technology was used ? 65 1) ICs 66 2) Transistor 67 3) *Vacuum Tube 68 4) VLSI 69 14. 1 kb equal to 70 a) 1000 byte 71 b)* 1024 byte 72 c) 1 MB 73 d) None 74 15. How many type of memory are there ? 75 a) 1 76 b) *2 77 c) 3 78 d) 4 79 *Main memory & secondary memory. 80 16. Which of the following is the example of Volatile memory ? 81 1) Primary 82 2) Secondary 83 3) *RAM 84 4) ROM 85 17. In memory, full name of kb ? 86 1) Knowbit 87 2) *Kilobyte 88 3) Kneebyte 89 4) Kilobit 90 18. RAM stands for ? 91 1) Read Access Memory 92 2) *Random Access Memory 93 3) Both 1&2 94 4) None 95 19. Which of the following is the example of Input 96 Device? 97 1) Keyboard 98 2) Mouse 99 3) Scanner 100 4) * All of the above 101 20. CPU consist of 102 1) *ALU + CU 103 2) RAM + ROM 104 3) RAM+ ALU 105 4) ROM + CU 106 21. Which of the following is the example of 107 Volatile memory ? 108 1) Primary 109 2) Secondary 110 3) *RAM 111 4) ROM 112 22. Which of the following is not component of computer system ? 113 1) Input device 114 2) Memory 115 3)* Stepper Motor 116 4) None 117 23. Which of the following is the valid measurement unit of memory ? 118 1) KB 119 2) MB 120 3) GB 121 4) *All of the above 122 24. Ctrl+C used for ……. 123 1) Cut 124 2) *Copy 125 3) Past 126 4) Undo 127 25. What is the use of Shift + Delete ? 128 1) *For permanent delete 129 2) For temporary delete 130 3) For backup 131 4) None 132 26. What is the use of Ctrl +Z ? 133 1) For Copy 134 2) For Past 135 3)* For Undo 136 4) For Delete 137 27. Which of the following is the example of Volatile memory ? 138 1) SRAM 139 2) DRAM 140 3) ROM 141 4) *Both 1&2 142 28. Which of the following is the examples of O.S(operating system)? 143 1) Windows 144 2) Linux 145 3) MS-DOS 146 4) *All of the above 147 29.Computer Refresh shortcut key ? 148 1) F4 149 2) *F5 150 3) F6 151 A) F7 152 30. Computer shutdown shortcut key? 153 1) *Alt+F4 154 2) Ctrl+F4 155 3) Shift 156 4) All 157 31. Shortcut key of folder creation ? 158 1) F2 159 2) Ctrl+C 160 3) *Ctrl+Shift+N 161 4) Ctrl 162 32. Can Hard Ware work without device driver ? 163 1) True 164 2)* False 165 3) Sometimes 166 4) None 167 33. Types of RAM ? 168 1) SRAM 169 2) DRAM 170 3)* Both 171 4) None 172 34. How many types of Soft ware are ……? 173 a) 1 174 b) *2 175 c) 3 176 d) 4 177 system software, application software 178 35 .ALU is part of memory ? 179 1) True 180 2)* False 181 3) Both 182 4) None 183 36. FiFo stands for ? 184 1) First inter First opening 185 2) *First in First out 186 3) First instruction First operation 187 4) None 188 37.G-mail stands for …… 189 1) Global mail 190 2) *Google mail 191 3) Both 192 4) None 193 38.E-mail stands for ….. 194 1) Eject mail 195 2) Enter mail 196 3) *Electronic mail 197 4) All 198 39. The main memory of computer is also known as ? 199 1) *Primary 200 2) Secondary 201 3) Internal 202 4) None 203 40 . O.S is the example of ….. 204 1) Hardware 205 2)* Software 206 3) Both 207 4) None 208 41.The two kinds of main memory are ? 209 1) CD & DVD 210 2)* RAM & ROM 211 3) primary & secondary 212 4) All of the above 213 42.Which of the following is the logic gate ? 214 1) AND 215 2) OR 216 3) NOT 217 4)* All of the above 218 43. The BCD uses how many bits ? 219 ( Binary coded Decimal) 220 a)* 6 bits 221 b) 8 bits 222 c) 8 bits 223 d) 19 bits 224 44. Bits stand for ….. 225 1) *Binary Digits 226 2) Bin Digits 227 3) Bin file 228 4) None 229 45.What is the example of binary number ? 230 a)* O&1 231 b) 1&1 232 c)1&2 233 d) 2&1 234 46. Ctrl +X used for ? 235 1)* Cut 236 2) Copy 237 3) Paste 238 4) All of the above 239 47. RAM & ROM are the example of ? 240 1) Input device 241 2) Output device 242 3) *Storage device 243 4) None 244 48. How many function keys are on keyboard ? 245 a) 4 246 b) 8 247 c) *12 248 d) 16 249 49. A computer consists of …. 250 1) A central processing unit 251 2) A memory 252 3) Input and Output unit 253 4) *All of the above 254 50. Monitor is the example of ….? 255 1) Input device 256 2) *Output device 257 3) Display 258 4) None 259 51. Keyboard is the example of 260 1) *Input device 261 2) Output device 262 3) Both 263 4) None 264 52. The Structure/Format of data is called ….. 265 1) Management 266 2) Formatting 267 3) *Syntax 268 4) None 269 53. Physical arrangement of computer network is called ? 270 1) *Topology 271 2) Routing 272 3) Networking 273 4) Protocol 274 54.Set of rules is known as …. 275 1) *Protocol 276 2) File 277 3) Topology 278 4) None 279 55. URL stands for ……? 280 1) Uniform Research Location 281 2) Universal Resource Location 282 3) *Uniform Resource Locator 283 4) All of the above 284 56.The location of the resource on internet is given by its …? 285 a)*URL 286 b) Protocol 287 c)IP address 288 d)E- mail 289 57.The length of MAC address is ? 290 ( Media Access Control ) 291 a) 32 bits 292 b) *48 bits 293 c) 64 bits 294 d) 128 bits 295 58.MAC stands for….. ? 296 1) *Media access control 297 2) Media access cancel 298 3) Memory access control 299 4) None 300 59.The length of IP address is ? 301 a) 16 bits 302 b) *32 bits 303 c) 64 bits 304 d) 128 bits 305 60. Internal HDD computer system is …. 306 1) *Fixed 307 2) Not Fixed 308 3) Removable 309 4) None 310 61. HDD is the example of 311 …..memory. 312 ( Hard Disk Drive) 313 1) Primary 314 2) *Secondary 315 3) Cache 316 4) None 317 62. ……..has the shortest access times ? 318 1) Primary memory 319 2) Secondary memory 320 3) *Cache memory 321 4) None 322 63.How much data can be store ina CD ? 323 a) 500 MB 324 b) 600 MB 325 c) *700 MB 326 d) 4 GB 327 64. The first computer network is ? 328 1) LAN 329 2) VAN 330 3) PAN 331 4) *ARPANET 332 65. ARPANET stands for ? 333 1)* Advanced Research Projects Agency Network 334 2) Advance Refresh Projects Agency Network 335 3) All Research Profile Agency Network 336 4) None 337 66. Half byte or 4 bits is called . .. 338 1) Pixel . 339 2)* Nibble 340 3) 8 bit 341 4) 1 byte 342 67. In which generation O.S was developed ? 343 1) First generation 344 2) Second generation 345 3) *Third generation 346 4) Fourth generation 347 68.In which generations computer are micro processors ? 348 1) First generation 349 2) Second generation 350 3) Third generation 351 4) *Fourth generation 352 69. ENIAC stands for ? 353 1) *Electronic numerical integrator and computer 354 2) Electronic number input and computer 355 3) Both 356 4) None 357 70. What was the name of first computer ? 358 1) *ENIAC 359 2) UNIAC 360 3) PARAM 361 4)None 362 71.CPU controls 363 1) Control memory 364 2) Control only input 365 3) *All input, output & processing 366 4) All of the above 367 72. Is the star type of topology 368 1) *True 369 2) False 370 3) Both 371 4) None 372 73. Which of the following are the mode of data transmission ? 373 1) Simplex 374 2) Halfplex 375 3) Full duplex 376 4)* All of the above 377 74.walkie — talkie is an example of … 378 1) Simplex 379 2) *Halfplex 380 3) Fullplex 381 4) Duplex 382 75. Telephone network is the example of system ? 383 1) Simplex 384 2) Halfplex 385 3) *Full Duplex 386 4) None of the above 387 76.Speaker is an example of 388 1) *Simplex 389 2) Halfplex 390 3) Full duplex 391 4) None 392 77. UPS stands for…. ? 393 1) *Uninterrupted Power Supply 394 2) Unit Power Supply 395 3) Universal Power Supply 396 4) None of the above 397 78. Which of the following is also known as Read/Write memory ? 398 1) ROM 399 2)* RAM 400 3) HDD 401 4) DVD 402 79. When we convert 1100 in Decimal ? 403 a) 4 404 b) 8 405 c) *12 406 d) 16 407 80. USB stands for …..? 408 1)* Universal Serial Bus 409 2) Universal Sequential Bus 410 3) Unique Serial Bus 411 4) None 412 81.Which of the following is the type of Network ? 413 1) LAN 414 2) WAN 415 3) PAN 416 4) MAN 417 5)* All of the above 418 82.The length of IPV6 is …..? 419 (Internet Protocol Version 6 ) 420 a) 16 bits 421 b) 32 bits 422 c)* 128 bits 423 d) 256 bits 424 83. Whois the developer of mouse…. ? 425 1) Dennis Ritchie 426 2) Charles Babbage 427 3)* Douglas Engelbart 428 4) James Foknar 429 84.Computer mouse is used for….. 430 1) Drawing 431 2) Creating line 432 3) Selecting 433 4)* All of the above 434 85. In computer, OCR stand for….. 435 1) Optical Card Reader 436 2) Optical Card Removable 437 3) Optical Character Reader 438 4) *Optical Character Recognition 439 86.Properly arranged data is called ? 440 1) Field 441 2) Words 442 3)* Information 443 4) File 444 87. Full form of BCD is….. 445 1) *Binary Coded Decimal 446 2) Bit Coded Decimal 447 3) Binary Coded Digit 448 4) Bit Coded Digit 449 88. Which was the most popular first generation computer ? 450 a)* IBM 1650 451 b)IBM 360 452 c)IBM 1130 453 d)IBM 2700 454 89. Which generation of computer is still under development ? 455 1) Fourth generation 456 2) *Fifth generation 457 3) Sixth generation 458 4) Seventh generation 459 90. The printed output from a computer is called ? 460 1) Copy 461 2) Soft Copy 462 3) *Hard Copy 463 4) Paper 464 91. Arrange in descending order TB,KB,GB,MB? 465 1) TB>GB>KB>MB 466 2) TB<GB<MB<kKB 467 3) *TB>GB>MB>KB 468 4) None 469 92.Arrange in ascending order TB,KB,GB,MB? 470 1) TB>GB>KB>MB 471 2) TB<GB<MB<KB 472 3) *KB<MB<GB<TB 473 4) None 474 93. VDU stands for ? 475 1) *Visual Display Unit 476 2) Virtual Disk Unit 477 3) Visual Display User 478 4) None 479 94. Computer monitor is also known as…… 480 1) *VDU 481 2) CCTV 482 3) DVD 483 4) CD 484 95. 1 TB( Tera byte )equal to ? 485 a) *1000GB 486 b) 1024 GB 487 c) Both 488 d) None 1. The smallest unit of data in computer is…… 1. *bit 2. Nibble 3. kb 4. bytes 2. Who is the developer of computer ? 1. Dennis Ritchie 2. James Gosling 3. *Charles Babbage 4. None 3. What is the full form of COMPUTER ? 1. Compact Operating Menu Purposely Under in Technical and Educational Research. 2. *Commonly Operating Machine Purposely Used for Technical and Educational Research. 3. Commonly Operating Machine Permanently Used for Timing Educational Research. 4. None 4. In computer system, 1 Nibble equal to a) 1 bit b) 8 bytes c) *4 bits d) 1 kb 5. One Byte equal to a) *8 bits b) 1 Nibble c)16 bit d) None. 6. The two kinds of main memory are? 1) CD & DVD 2) * RAM& ROM 3) Primary & Secondary 4) All of the above 7. What is the full form of CPU ? 1. *Central Processing Unit 2. Control Processing Unit 3. Control Principle Unit 4. All of the above 8. Which of the following is not a example of software? 1) MS-Office 2) Tally 3) Chrome 4)* Mouse 9. The brain of any computer system is 1) CU 2) ALU 3) Memory 4) *CPU 10. How many parts are there in CPU? a) 1 b)* 2 c) 3 d) 4 11. How many computer generations are there? a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) *5 12.What is the time period of 1st generation’s computer ? a) 1939-1945 b) *1946-1959 c) 1959-1965 d) None 13. In 1st generation of computer, which technology was used ? 1) ICs 2) Transistor 3) *Vacuum Tube 4) VLSI 14. 1 kb equal to a) 1000 byte b)* 1024 byte c) 1 MB d) None 15. How many type of memory are there ? a) 1 b) *2 c) 3 d) 4 *Main memory & secondary memory. 16. Which of the following is the example of Volatile memory ? 1) Primary 2) Secondary 3) *RAM 4) ROM 17. In memory, full name of kb ? 1) Knowbit 2) *Kilobyte 3) Kneebyte 4) Kilobit 18. RAM stands for ? 1) Read Access Memory 2) *Random Access Memory 3) Both 1&2 4) None 19. Which of the following is the example of Input Device? 1) Keyboard 2) Mouse 3) Scanner 4) * All of the above 20. CPU consist of 1) *ALU + CU 2) RAM + ROM 3) RAM+ ALU 4) ROM + CU 21. Which of the following is the example of Volatile memory ? 1) Primary 2) Secondary 3) *RAM 4) ROM 22. Which of the following is not component of computer system ? 1) Input device 2) Memory 3)* Stepper Motor 4) None 23. Which of the following is the valid measurement unit of memory ? 1) KB 2) MB 3) GB 4) *All of the above 24. Ctrl+C used for ……. 1) Cut 2) *Copy 3) Past 4) Undo 25. What is the use of Shift + Delete ? 1) *For permanent delete 2) For temporary delete 3) For backup 4) None 26. What is the use of Ctrl +Z ? 1) For Copy 2) For Past 3)* For Undo 4) For Delete 27. Which of the following is the example of Volatile memory ? 1) SRAM 2) DRAM 3) ROM 4) *Both 1&2 28. Which of the following is the examples of O.S(operating system)? 1) Windows 2) Linux 3) MS-DOS 4) *All of the above 29.Computer Refresh shortcut key ? 1) F4 2) *F5 3) F6 A) F7 30. Computer shutdown shortcut key? 1) *Alt+F4 2) Ctrl+F4 3) Shift 4) All 31. Shortcut key of folder creation ? 1) F2 2) Ctrl+C 3) *Ctrl+Shift+N 4) Ctrl 32. Can Hard Ware work without device driver ? 1) True 2)* False 3) Sometimes 4) None 33. Types of RAM ? 1) SRAM 2) DRAM 3)* Both 4) None 34. How many types of Soft ware are ……? a) 1 b) *2 c) 3 d) 4 system software, application software 35 .ALU is part of memory ? 1) True 2)* False 3) Both 4) None 36. FiFo stands for ? 1) First inter First opening 2) *First in First out 3) First instruction First operation 4) None 37.G-mail stands for …… 1) Global mail 2) *Google mail 3) Both 4) None 38.E-mail stands for ….. 1) Eject mail 2) Enter mail 3) *Electronic mail 4) All 39. The main memory of computer is also known as ? 1) *Primary 2) Secondary 3) Internal 4) None 40 . O.S is the example of ….. 1) Hardware 2)* Software 3) Both 4) None 41.The two kinds of main memory are ? 1) CD & DVD 2)* RAM & ROM 3) primary & secondary 4) All of the above 42.Which of the following is the logic gate ? 1) AND 2) OR 3) NOT 4)* All of the above 43. The BCD uses how many bits ? ( Binary coded Decimal) a)* 6 bits b) 8 bits c) 8 bits d) 19 bits 44. Bits stand for ….. 1) *Binary Digits 2) Bin Digits 3) Bin file 4) None 45.What is the example of binary number ? a)* O&1 b) 1&1 c)1&2 d) 2&1 46. Ctrl +X used for ? 1)* Cut 2) Copy 3) Paste 4) All of the above 47. RAM & ROM are the example of ? 1) Input device 2) Output device 3) *Storage device 4) None 48. How many function keys are on keyboard ? a) 4 b) 8 c) *12 d) 16 49. A computer consists of …. 1) A central processing unit 2) A memory 3) Input and Output unit 4) *All of the above 50. Monitor is the example of ….? 1) Input device 2) *Output device 3) Display 4) None 51. Keyboard is the example of 1) *Input device 2) Output device 3) Both 4) None 52. The Structure/Format of data is called ….. 1) Management 2) Formatting 3) *Syntax 4) None 53. Physical arrangement of computer network is called ? 1) *Topology 2) Routing 3) Networking 4) Protocol 54.Set of rules is known as …. 1) *Protocol 2) File 3) Topology 4) None 55. URL stands for ……? 1) Uniform Research Location 2) Universal Resource Location 3) *Uniform Resource Locator 4) All of the above 56.The location of the resource on internet is given by its …? a)*URL b) Protocol c)IP address d)E- mail 57.The length of MAC address is ? ( Media Access Control ) a) 32 bits b) *48 bits c) 64 bits d) 128 bits 58.MAC stands for….. ? 1) *Media access control 2) Media access cancel 3) Memory access control 4) None 59.The length of IP address is ? a) 16 bits b) *32 bits c) 64 bits d) 128 bits 60. Internal HDD computer system is …. 1) *Fixed 2) Not Fixed 3) Removable 4) None 61. HDD is the example of …..memory. ( Hard Disk Drive) 1) Primary 2) *Secondary 3) Cache 4) None 62. ……..has the shortest access times ? 1) Primary memory 2) Secondary memory 3) *Cache memory 4) None 63.How much data can be store ina CD ? a) 500 MB b) 600 MB c) *700 MB d) 4 GB 64. The first computer network is ? 1) LAN 2) VAN 3) PAN 4) *ARPANET 65. ARPANET stands for ? 1)* Advanced Research Projects Agency Network 2) Advance Refresh Projects Agency Network 3) All Research Profile Agency Network 4) None 66. Half byte or 4 bits is called . .. 1) Pixel . 2)* Nibble 3) 8 bit 4) 1 byte 67. In which generation O.S was developed ? 1) First generation 2) Second generation 3) *Third generation 4) Fourth generation 68.In which generations computer are micro processors ? 1) First generation 2) Second generation 3) Third generation 4) *Fourth generation 69. ENIAC stands for ? 1) *Electronic numerical integrator and computer 2) Electronic number input and computer 3) Both 4) None 70. What was the name of first computer ? 1) *ENIAC 2) UNIAC 3) PARAM 4)None 71.CPU controls 1) Control memory 2) Control only input 3) *All input, output & processing 4) All of the above 72. Is the star type of topology 1) *True 2) False 3) Both 4) None 73. Which of the following are the mode of data transmission ? 1) Simplex 2) Halfplex 3) Full duplex 4)* All of the above 74.walkie — talkie is an example of … 1) Simplex 2) *Halfplex 3) Fullplex 4) Duplex 75. Telephone network is the example of system ? 1) Simplex 2) Halfplex 3) *Full Duplex 4) None of the above 76.Speaker is an example of 1) *Simplex 2) Halfplex 3) Full duplex 4) None 77. UPS stands for…. ? 1) *Uninterrupted Power Supply 2) Unit Power Supply 3) Universal Power Supply 4) None of the above 78. Which of the following is also known as Read/Write memory ? 1) ROM 2)* RAM 3) HDD 4) DVD 79. When we convert 1100 in Decimal ? a) 4 b) 8 c) *12 d) 16 80. USB stands for …..? 1)* Universal Serial Bus 2) Universal Sequential Bus 3) Unique Serial Bus 4) None 81.Which of the following is the type of Network ? 1) LAN 2) WAN 3) PAN 4) MAN 5)* All of the above 82.The length of IPV6 is …..? (Internet Protocol Version 6 ) a) 16 bits b) 32 bits c)* 128 bits d) 256 bits 83. Whois the developer of mouse…. ? 1) Dennis Ritchie 2) Charles Babbage 3)* Douglas Engelbart 4) James Foknar 84.Computer mouse is used for….. 1) Drawing 2) Creating line 3) Selecting 4)* All of the above 85. In computer, OCR stand for….. 1) Optical Card Reader 2) Optical Card Removable 3) Optical Character Reader 4) *Optical Character Recognition 86.Properly arranged data is called ? 1) Field 2) Words 3)* Information 4) File 87. Full form of BCD is….. 1) *Binary Coded Decimal 2) Bit Coded Decimal 3) Binary Coded Digit 4) Bit Coded Digit 88. Which was the most popular first generation computer ? a)* IBM 1650 b)IBM 360 c)IBM 1130 d)IBM 2700 89. Which generation of computer is still under development ? 1) Fourth generation 2) *Fifth generation 3) Sixth generation 4) Seventh generation 90. The printed output from a computer is called ? 1) Copy 2) Soft Copy 3) *Hard Copy 4) Paper 91. Arrange in descending order TB,KB,GB,MB? 1) TB>GB>KB>MB 2) TB<GB<MB<kKB 3) *TB>GB>MB>KB 4) None 92.Arrange in ascending order TB,KB,GB,MB? 1) TB>GB>KB>MB 2) TB<GB<MB<KB 3) *KB<MB<GB<TB 4) None 93. VDU stands for ? 1) *Visual Display Unit 2) Virtual Disk Unit 3) Visual Display User 4) None 94. Computer monitor is also known as…… 1) *VDU 2) CCTV 3) DVD 4) CD 95. 1 TB( Tera byte )equal to ? a) *1000GB b) 1024 GB c) Both d) None Computer Fundamentals. Computer Knowledge Computer fundamentalsImportant questions about computer fundamentalsMCQs of basic computer fundamentals
