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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 

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