Computer Knowledge Mcqs
Computer Knowledge Mcqs
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
BASICS OF COMPUTER (b) Semen Korsakov
11. What is the IQ level of a computer? (c) Herman Hollerith
(a) Zero (b) 100 (d) Joseph Marie Jacquard
1. The first electronic digital computer
(c) infinite (d) 1024 Sol. (c)
contained _________ ?
Sol. (a)
(a) Electronic Valves
22. In banking, railways etc which computers
(b) Neural Networks
12. A hybrid computer are used ?
(c) Fuzzy Logic
(a) Resembles digital computer (a) Mini Computers (b) Micro Computers
(d) Semiconductor memory
(b) Resembles analogue computer (c) Main Frames (d) Super Computers
Sol. (a)
(c) Resembles Both A Digital And Analogue Sol. (c)
Computer
2. What is the sequence of events that occurs in
(d) None of the above 23. In which of the following number systems
the computer when it is interpreting and
Sol. (c) only 1’s and 0's exist?
executing an instruction known as?
(a) Hexadecimal (b) Octal
(a) Execution cycle (b) Instruction Cycle
13.Which of the following IC was used in third (c) Binary (d) Decimal
(c) Working cycle (d) Execute cycle
generation of computers? Sol. (c)
Sol. (b)
(a) SSI (b) MSI
(c) LSI (d) BOTH A AND B 24. Which of the following features are not
3. __________ computers represent data as
Sol. (d) supported by CPU?
variable points along a continuous spectrum of
(a) It performs all kind of Data processing
values.
14. A dumb terminal has operations.
(a) Analog (b) Digital
(a) an embedded microprocessor (b) It stores data, immediate results and
(c) Precise (d) Mainframe
(a) extensive memory instructions.
Sol. (a)
(c) independent processing capability (c) It controls the operation of all parts of
(d) A Keyboard And Screen computers.
4. Computers use the __________ number
Sol. (d) (d) It Can Design The Software Programs By
system to store data and perform calculations.
Itself.
(a) decimal (b) hexadecimal
15. Which of the following was a special Sol. (d)
(c) Binary (d) octa
purpose computer?
Sol. (c)
(a) ABC (b) ENIAC 25. A silicone piece with millions of transistors
(c) EDVAC (d) All of the above in it is known as
5. Which of the following technology was used
Sol. (a) (a) Chip (b) Circuit
in Second Generation of Computer?
(c) Digital Gate (d) Multiplexer
(a) electronic valves (b) Transistors
16. In most of the IBM PCs, the CPU, the device Sol. (a)
(c) SSI (d) VLSI
drivers, memory, expansion slots and active
Sol. (b)
components are mounted on a single board. 26. How can we execute the Machine
What is the name of the board? language?
6. The concept of multiprocessing was
(a) Motherboard (b) Daughterboard (a) It cannot be executed
introduced in which generation of computer?
(c) Bredboard (d) Fatherboard (b) It can be executed using separate machine
(a) first (b) second
Sol. (a) (c) It Can Be Directly Executed By Cpu
(c) third (d) Fourth
(d) We use special assembler
Sol. (d)
17. Which level language is Assembly Language Sol. (c)
?
7. Which of the following languages was used
(a) high-level programming language 27. Which of the given options is NOT the
for scientific calculations?
(b) medium-level programming language basic/major function of Computer System?
(a) BASIC (b) FORTRAN
(c) Low-Level Programming Language (a) A computer displays the processed data in
(c) COBOL (d) UNIVAC
(d) machine language the form of output
Sol. (b)
Sol. (c) (b) A computer accepts the input from the user
(c) A Computer Scours The Internet For Content
8. _______________ endeavours to simulate
18. ____________ stores all the data and the (d) A computer processes the data given by the
the natural intelligence of human beings into
instructions required for processing. user
machines, thus making them behave
(a) ALU (b) CU Sol. (c)
intelligently.
(c) MEMORY (d) NONE OF THESE
(a) Meta Intelligence
Sol. (c) 28. FORTRAN stands for __________.
(b) Artificial Intelligence
(a) For Translation
(c) Systematic Intelligence
19. Which one is not a characteristic of (b) Format Transformation
(d) Natural Intelligence
computer? (c) Fork Transformation
Sol. (b)
(a) ACCURACY (b) DILIGENCY (d) Formula Translation
(c) IQ (d) RELIABILITY Sol. (d)
9. Out of the following, which one is still useful
Sol. (c)
if we want to add numbers?
29. Which is used for manufacturing chips?
(a) UNIVAC (b) ABACUS
20. Blaise Pascal a French scientist invented an (a) Bus (b) Control unit
(c) ENIAC (d) EDSAC
adding machine called_________. (c) Semiconductors (d) (a) and (b) only
Sol. (b)
(a) Pascal’s calculator (b) Blaise calculator Sol. (c)
(c) Abacus (d) Arithmetic computer
10. Which of the following is not a type of
Sol. (a) 30. Properly arranged data is called
computer code?
(a) Field (b) Words
(a) EDIC (b) ASCII
21. Who invented the punch card? (d) Information (d) File
(c) BCD (d) EBCDIC
(a) Charles Babbage Sol. (c)
Sol. (a)
10. Which of the following Windows utilities 21. By firmware we understand _______ 30. ____________ is the first layer of software
scans the entire hard drive and erase (or (a) physical equipment used in a computer loaded into computer memory on the time of
delete) any unnecessary files such as temporary system booting (Starts Up).
files from the Internet, and cookies (b) a set of instructions that causes a computer (a) linker (b) application
downloaded while visiting webpages? to perform one or more tasks. (c) Operating System (d) none of these
(a) Disk defragmenter (c) the people involved in the computing Sol. (c)
(B) DISK CLEANUP process.
(c) Backup and Restore wizard (d) A Set Of Programs That Is Pre-Installed Into
(d) All of the above The Read Only Memory Of A Computer During OPERATING SYSTEM
Sol. (b) The Time Of Manufacturing.
Sol. (d) 01. What is an operating system?
11. Linux is an example of ….. (a) interface between the hardware and
(a) Freeware (b) Open Sources Software 22. OSS stands for:- application programs
(c) Shareware (d) Complimentary a) Open System Service (b) collection of programs that manages
Sol. (b) b) Open Source Software hardware resources
c) Open System Software (c) system service provider to the application
12. A computer converts a high level program d) Open Synchronized Software programs
into a low level program with the help of …… Sol. (b) (d) All Of The Mentioned
(a) compiler (b) interpreter Sol. (d)
(c) (A) AND (B) BOTH (d) package 23. A _________is a software program which
Sol. (c) allows us to access the Internet and view web 02. Which one of the following is not true?
pages on our computer. (a) kernel remains in the memory during the
13. Programs written in an assembly language (a) Computer program (b) Internet protocol entire computer session
are converted into machine language in a (c) Web Browser (d) Website (b) Kernel Is Made Of Various Modules Which
computer by …………. Sol. (c) Can Not Be Loaded In Running Operating
(a) Assembler (b) compiler System
(c) interpreter (d) processor 24. Which of the following is an example for (c) kernel is the first part of the operating
Sol. (a) Application Software? system to load into memory during booting
(a) MS-DOS (b) LINUX (d) kernel is the program that constitutes the
14. Any program translated into machine (c) Adobe Photoshop (d) UNIX central core of the operating system
language is called ………. Sol. (c) Sol. (b)
(a) analog program (b) Object Code
(c) personal program (d) official program 25. What are features of application software? 03. Which one of the following errors will be
Sol. (b) (a) Generic usability, Reliability and Supported handle by the operating system?
environment (a) lack of paper in printer
3. Office Button is symbolized with which 14. Which tool can be opted for a synonym 26. Shortcut for 1.5 line spacing is-
feature on MS Word? word in a document? (a) CTRL + 5 (b) Ctrl + 2
(a) Paper (b) RIBBON (a) Auto text (b) Replace (c) Ctrl + 1 (d) None of these
(c) Arrow (d) Office (c) THESAURUS (d) Restore Sol. (a)
Sol. (b) Sol. (c)
27. Ctrl + H is used for-
4. The ___ works with the standard Copy and 15. Values of normal margin (in inches) in ms- (a) OPEN REPLACE BOX (b) Open dialogue box
Paste commands. word is (c) Find (d) none
(a) View tab (a) left-0.5, right-0.5, top-0.5, bottom-0.5 Sol. (a)
(b) Paragraph dialog box (b) left-0.75, right-0.75, top-0.5, bottom-0.5
(c) OFFICE CLIPBOARD (c) LEFT-1, RIGHT-1, TOP-1, BOTTOM-1 28. Quick Access Toolbar is present at ______
(d) All of these (d) left-1.5, right-1.5, top-1, bottom-1 of Office Button in MS Word.
Sol. (c) Sol. (c) (a) Up (b) Down
(c) Left (d) RIGHT
5. What is the blank space outside the printing 16. Which items are placed at the end of a Sol. (d)
area on a page? document
(a) Clipart (b) MARGINS (a) END NOTE (b) Footer 29. Which of the following document settings
(c) Header (d) Footer (c) Foot Note (d) Header can be changed from Home tab?
Sol. (b) Sol. (a) (a) Font Size (b) Adding Bullets
(c) Adjusting Styles (d) ALL OF THE ABOVE
6. Which enables us to send the same letter to 17. We can change the thickness of a line from - Sol. (d)
different people? (a) Line Thick (b) Line Height
(a) Macros (b) Template (c) Line width (d) LINE STYLE 30. In order to select a single word –
(c) MAIL MERGE (d) None of above Sol. (d) (a) Single Click within the word
Sol. (c) (b) DOUBLE CLICK WITHIN THE WORD
18. The minimum number of rows and columns (c) Right Click within the word
7. Word wrap means in MS Word document is (d) Scroll in Word
(a) aligning text with the right margin (a) 1 AND 1 (b) 2 and 1 Sol. (b)
(b) inserting spaces between words (c) 1 and 2 (d) 2 and 2
(c) MOVING TEXT AUTOMATICALLY TO THE Sol. (a) MS - POWERPOINT
NEXT LINE
(d) None of the above 19. How many columns can you insert in a word
1. Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation
Sol. (c) document in maximum?
program, created by ___________________at a
(a) 40 (b) 45 (c) 63 (d) 55
software company named Forethought, Inc.
8. What is the default file extension for all Sol. (c)
(a) Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin
Word documents ?
(b) Ada Lovelace
(a).txt (b).xlsx 20. Which of the following is used to create a
(c) Steve Jobs
(c).docs (d).DOCX large capital letter a the beginning of a
(d) Steve wozniak
Sol. (d) paragraph?
Sol. (a)
(a) Text box (b) Word art
9. How can you increase the font size of (c) DROP CAP (d) None of these.
2. __________ is used to write title of slide.
selected text by one point every time ? Sol. (c)
(a) Title Placeholder (b) Text Placeholder
(a) By pressing Ctrl + ;
(c) Object Placeholder (d) None of these
(b) By pressing Ctrl + , 21. What is the default number of lines to drop
Sol. (a)
(c) By pressing Ctrl + [ for drop cap?
(d) BY PRESSING CTRL + ] (a) 3 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20
3. Which key combination is used to duplicate
Sol. (d) Sol. (a)
the current slide?
(a) CTRL + Shift + R (b) CTRL + D
10. What is by default the smallest and largest 22. In Microsoft Word shortcut key CTRL+W is
(c) CTRL + Shift + M (d) Alt + K
font size available in Font Size tool on used for
Sol. (b)
formatting toolbar? (a) open the Print dialog box
(a) 8 AND 72 (b) 8 and 70 (b) Update the current Web page
4. Which of the following fill effects can you use
(c) 8 and 82 (d) 10 and 72 (c) CLOSE THE CURRENT WINDOW
for the slide background?
Sol. (a) (d) None of these
(a) Gradient (b) Texture
Sol. (c)
(c) Picture (d) All of above
11. To select a sentence, click anywhere 23. If a word is typed that is not in MS Word’s
Sol. (d)
on the sentence while holding the following dictionary, a wavy underline appears below the
key. word. What is the colour of the underline that
5. A chart can be put as a part of the
(a) Shift (b) CTRL appears in this situation?
presentation using
(c) Alt (d) Esc (a) BLUE (b) Red
(a) Insert -> Chart
Sol. (b) (c) Green (d) Black
(b) Insert -> Pictures -> Chart
Sol. (a)
(c) Edit -> Chart
(d) View -> Chart