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(Computer fundamentals)
Computer Basic knowledge

Who was the inventor of Ctrl+C (copy), Ctrl+V


(Paste ) and Ctrl+X (Cut)?
(a) Bill Gates
(b) Larry Tesler✓
(c) Christopher Latham Sholes
(d) David Sundstrand

Q. What do you call a single point on a computer


screen?
(a) Cell
(b) Element
(c) Pixel✓
(d) None Of these
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First generation computers were developed


during
(a) 1940 – 1956✓
(b) 1956 – 1963
(c) 1964 – 1971
(d) None of these

Second generation computers were developed


during
(a) 1940 – 1956
(b) 1956 – 1963✓
(c) 1964 – 1971
(d) None of these
Q. Third generation computers were developed
during
(a) 1940 – 1956
(b) 1956 – 1963
(c) 1964 – 1971✓
(d) None of these
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Q. Fourth generation computers were developed


during
(a) 1972 – 2010✓
(b) 1956 – 1963
(c) 1964 – 1971
(d) None of these

Q. The first Generation Computer used ______ for


circuitry and ______ for memory:
(a) Transistors, Magnetic Drums
(b) Vacuum Tubes, Magnetic Drums ✓
(c) Circuits, Magnetic Drums
(d) None of these
The Second Generation Computer used ______ for
circuitry:
(a) Transistors✓
(b) Vacuum Tubes
(c) Integrated Circuits
(d) None of these
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Q. _____ are used in Third Generation computers


instead of transistors:
(a) Microprocessors
(b) Vacuum Tubes
(c) Integrated Circuits✓
(d) None of these

Q. ________ are introduced in Fourth Generation


Computers:
(a) Microprocessors✓
(b) Vacuum Tubes
(c) Integrated Circuits
(d) None of these
Q. ______ Language were used in First Generation
Computers
(a) Assembly Language
(b) Machine Language✓
(c) High level Language
(d) None of these
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Which of the following is not a programming


language?
(a) BASIC
(b) PASCAL
(c) LASER✓
(d) None of these

Q: The technical term not related to computer


systems?
(a) Virus
(b) Winchester Disk
(c) FIFO System✓
(d) None of these

Q: Mouse Foxpro’ is?


(a) A medicine
(b) A disease
(c) A computer language✓
(d) None of these
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Q: Super Computer was invented by?


(a) J.H, Van Tassel✓
(b) J.C. Perrier
(c) W.L.Judson
(d) None of these

Which of the following terms is not associated with


computers?
(a) Frank land reaction✓
(b) Data base
(c) Binary
(d) None of these
The special files of DOS are?
(a) COM
(b) EXE
(c) All of above✓
(d) None of these
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Q: “Binary Codes” as used in computer sciences are


codes made up of which of the following two
numbers?
(a) 0 and 9
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 0 and 1✓
(d) None of these

Q: Bill Gates is more well-known as?


(a) The CEO of apple Macintosh
(b) The CEO of IBM
(c) The owner of Microsoft Corporation ✓
(d) None of these
Q: Which of the following is the unit to express the
memory of a computer?
(a) Compiler
(b) Bus
(c) Byte✓
(d) None of these
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Q: Which one of the following characteristics is


absent in a computer, however sophisticated it
may be?
(a) High speed✓
(b) Intelligence
(c) Accuracy
(d) None of these

FORTRAN, computer programming language is


mainly used for?
(a) Business applications
(b) Scientific Research✓
(c) Word Processing
(d) None of these
Q: INTERNET is
(a) The inter-state network of the power grid
(b) Computer based data bank and communication
highway✓
(c) International network of narcotic smugglers
(d) None of these
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Q: Which was the first company in the world to


manufacture computers for commercial use?
(a) Remington Rand✓
(b) IBM
(c) Hewlett-Packard
(d) None of these

Q: By what name in international computer giant


IBM was known before the year 1924?
(a) International Tabulating Machines
(b) International Computer Cup
(c) Computer Tabulating & recording Company✓
(d) None of these
Q: Which of the following computers was the first
to use the concept of stored programs?
(a) Mark I✓
(b) ENIAC
(c) EDSAC
(d) None of these
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Which company was the first to distribute mouse


as a standard component with personal
computers?
(a) Apple computer✓
(b) IBM
(c) HP
(d) None of these

Q: Which Intel microprocessor started the PC


revolution?
(a) 4004
(b) 8008
(c) 8088✓
Q: Intel is the largest manufacturer of
microprocessor. What does the name Intel stands
for?
(a) International Electricals
(b) International Electronics
(c) Integrated Electronics✓
(d) None of these
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Q: Computing power is measured in MIPS .What


does the letters in it stand for?
(a) Million integrated Circuits per Square inch
(b) Mega Instructions per Second
(c) Million Instructions per Second✓
(d) None of these

Q: Till date how many generations of computers


have been developed?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5✓

A single worksheet contains?


(a) 65536 columns
(b) 16384 columns✓
(c) 2365 rows
(d) None of these
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Q: PC (personal computer) was originally a trade


name of
(a) IBM✓
(b) Apple Computers
(c) Hewlett-Packard
(d) None of these

Q: GW BASIC is one of the earlier version of BASIC.


What does GW stand for?
(a) Gates, William
(b) Great Work
(c) Gee Whiz✓
(d) None of these
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Q: In 1971, he put together all the elements of a


computer processor on a single chip slightly larger
than one square inch. The result of his efforts was
the Intel 4004, the world’s first commercially
available microprocessor. Who was he?
(a) Steve Wozniak
(b) Steve Jobs
(c) Dr Ted Hoff✓
(d) None of these

Q: The power of a super computer is measured in


terms of
(a) MIPS (Million Instructions per Second)
(b) BIPS (Billion Instructions per Second)
(c) FLOPS(Floating Point Operations per Second)✓
(d) None of these
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Which was the first truly electronic computer?


(a) ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and
Computer)✓
(b) UNIVAC
(c) IBM
(d) None of these

Q: In Internet etiquette, typing in all capital letters


is considered rude. Why?
(a) It is stressful on the eyes.
(b) It looks ugly
(c) It is like shouting.✓
(d) None of these
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Q: A computer virus is actually?


(a) A small malicious program written in machine
language.✓
(b) Microorganism which develops on floppy
diskette if left unused for a long time.
(c) A human virus which make human beings
computer addicts.
(d) None of these

Q: Who created World Wide Web (WWW)?


(a) Ward Christensen
(b) Mercian Hoff
(c) Tim Berners✓
(d) None of these
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Q: The first sentence uttered by Neil Armstrong


upon reaching moon in 1969 was, “One small step
for man, a giant step for the mankind.” These
words came through on which make of
transponder?
(a) Motorola✓
(b) Nokia
(c) General Dynamics
(d) None of these

What is the name of the computer virus which


originated from Lahore, Pakistan in January 1986
and which can infect only 5.25 inch floppies?
(a) Den Zuk Virus
(b) Brain Virus✓
(c) Piel Virus
(d) None of these
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Q: A hard disk becomes totally inaccessible when


a computer virus corrupts its:
(a) Partition table✓
(b) File Allocation Table
(c) Route Directory
(d) None of these

Q: What is the name of the professor who coined


the name virus for self-replicating programs?
(a) John von Neumann
(b) Ken Thomson
(c) Fred Cohen✓
(d) None of these

Q: Microprocessors were introduced first time in


(a) 2nd generation computers
(b) 3rd generation computers
(c) 4th generation computers✓
(d) None of these
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Q: Optical device was used in which of the


following computers for the first time. Our
personal computer belongs to
(a) 1st generation computers
(b) 3rd generation computers
(c) Microcomputer generation✓
(d) None of these

The idea of computers with thinking power was


initiated in
(a) 5th generation computer✓
(b) 4th generation computer
(c) No computer generation supports that idea
(d) None of these

Q: Hybrid computer is?


(a) An Analog computer
(b) A digital computer
(c) Combination of analog and digital computer✓
(d) None of these
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Q: The interface between user and computer is?


(a) Programming✓
(b) Hardware
(c) Memory
(d) None of these

Q: The input for a compiler is?


(a) Object code.
(b) Source program✓
(c) Machine Language
(d) None of these

Q: BASIC stands for?


(a)Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction
Code✓
(b) Basic Assembly Symbols for Instruction Code
(c) Basic Assembler System for Instruction.
(d) None of these

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