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43. Which is responsible for communication between Memory and ALU – Control
Unit
44. In computer what converts AC to DC – SMPS
45. Who invented keyboard - Christoper Latham Sholes
46. Which operating system is developed by Apple- Mac OS
47. From which year 5th generation of computers is considered – 1980
48. What is full form of HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
49. Which are the main parts of central processing unit - Control unit and Arithmetic
Logic Unit
50. Microsoft office is type of - Application software
51. If CPU executes multiple programs simultaneously, it will be known as –
Multitasking
52. Which device among following is used for sending digital data over a phone line –
Modern
53. What is used to make computer chips – Silicon
54. In which of the following form, data is stored in computer- Binary form
55. Where is RAM located – Mother Board
56. A wireless technology built in electronic gadgets used for exchanging data over
short distances is –
Bluetooth
57. By pressing which key we can move to beginning of a page – Home
58. Who invented Java - James Gosling
59. Which of following is used in RAM – Semi Conductors
60. An Assembler is used to translate a program written in – Assembly Language
61. What is meaning of OMR - Optical Mark Reader
62. Technology used to provide internet by transmitting data over wires of telephone
network is- DSL
63. Verification is process of- Authentication
64. Which language was used as first generation language – Machine Language
65. Which level language is Assembly Language - low-level programming language
66. What is the name of first super computer of India- Param 8000
67. What is LINUX - Operating System
68. A 32-bit word computer can access …bytes at a time – 4
69. The first microprocessor built by the Intel Corporation was called – 4004
70. The computer that process both analog and digital is called – Hybrid Computer
71. In 1999, the Melissa virus was a widely publicised__? E-mail virus
72. Which of the following commands is given to reboot the computer? Ctrl+Alt+Del
73. What is correcting errors in a program called ? Debugging
74. BCD is __? Binary CodedDecimal
75. What type of virus uses computer hosts to reproduce itself? Worm
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76. SMTP, FTP and DNS are applications of the ____ layer? Application
77. Which command is used to select the whole document? Ctrl+A
78. COBOL is an acronym for__? Common BusinessOriented Language
79. The ability of an OS to run more than one application at a time is called?
Multitasking
80. What is the functional key to display save-as box? F12
81. Full form of NOS ? Network Operating system
82. Something which has easily understood instructions is said to be……….? Analog
Data
83. A modem is connected to a__? Telephone Line
84. Refresh Rate of monitor is measured in? Hertz
85. What was the chief component of first generation computer? Vacuum tube
&Valves
86. Name the Father of Computer Mouse? Douglas Engel bart
87. A program that performs a useful task while simultaneously allowing
destructiveacts is __? Trojan Horse
88. The geometric arrangement of devices on the network is called………..?
Topology
89. The basic goal of computer process is to convert data into ___? Information
90. Where are the CPU and memory located? Motherboard
91. Where BIOS is stored - Flash Memory Chip
92. IP address version 4 is in which format – 32 bit
93. Who was the Founder of Bluetooth – Ericson
94. What kind of operations can a computer carry out? – Arithmetic and Logical
95. Modern computers follow a generalised set of instructions to perform any
function. What are these
instructions better known as? – Programs
96. When were the first digital electronic calculating machines developed? – during
world war II
97. Which of the following is the processing unit of the computer? – CPU
98. Which part of the computer carries out the arithmetic and logical operations –
Processing Element
99. Which of the following are part of the Logical Operations of the computer –
Greater Than
100. Which of the following comprise the input devices – Keyboard and Mouse
101. Which of the following devices comprise the output unit? – Visual Display Unit
102. Which of the following lies within the CPU? – Primary Memory
103. Which of the following comprise the software components of a computer? –
Programs
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104. In a book of which author was the word computer first mentioned – Richard
Braithwait
105. Which of the following is seen as the earliest mechanical analog computer –
Tally Stick
106. Which of the following devices incorporated a mechanical calendar computer –
Astrolabe
107. Who gave the first successful demonstration of use of a simplified analytical
engine in
computing tables in 1888? – Henry Babbage
108. Which of the following is the first example of an electromechanical relay
computer – Z2
109. Which of the following was considered as the world's first fully automatic digital
computer – Z3
110. Which was the world's first electronic digital programmable computer –
Colossus
111. Who had proposed the principle of modern computer in his 1936 paper – Alan
Turing
112. In laser printer which type of laser is used – Semiconductor laser
113. In Microsoft word, …..provides information about the current document – Status
bar
114. Virus stands for – Vital Information Resource Under Siege
115. What is the address given to a computer connected to a network called – IP
address
116. A method of bypassing normal authentication procedures to a computer system is
known as unauthorized access – Backdoor
117. Which is a volatile memory - RAM
118. Which programming language is developed by James A Gosling – Java
119. Commonly used abbreviation ISP in computer science stands for – Internet
Service Provider
120. Which is used to enter data and instruction into a computer – Input Device
121. ……changes each time it is installed to avoid detection by antivirus software –
Polymorphic Virus
122. Systems running more than one processes concurrently are called – Multi
programming
123. Which has the largest storing – Tera Byte
124. Which is an application protocol – HTTP
125. In IT, associated memory is called as – Content addressable memory
126. Unix operating system was developed in 1970s by – Bell Labs
127. ‘Safari’ is a type of – Browser
128. Protocol used for sending an email is – SMTP
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133. Any data or instruction entered into to memory of computer is called as – Input
134. Which material is used in the manufacturing of electric heater coil – Nichrome
135. Which is a light sensitive device used for converting images to their digital form
– Scanner
136. ‘Homepage’ is a word associated with – web page
137. …Bar is located at top of wordpad/notepad – Title
138. In Microsoft Word, ….allows us to change the color of selected text – font color
139. ….are designed to read and interpret HTML – Browser
140. Which is a modifier key in a computer keyboard – Shift Key
141. In IT the technique that is used to increase the bandwidth is – Memory Inter
leaving
142. Which is the default body font in Microsoft Word 2007 – Calibri
143. constantly running system – Program Processes are known as – Daemons
144. Notepad’ is a text editor in which of the operating system – Windows
145. The fundamental purpose of BIOS is – to initialize and text system hardware
components
146. Which output device is used for translating information from a computer into
pictorial form on paper – Plotter
147. The idea of the integrated circuit was first given by – Geoffrey Dummer
148. The command that merges the contents of one file to another is – APPEND
149. In MS word, what is a gutter margin – space left for binding
150. Which company developed Java – Sun
151. What is the base of the Octal Numeral System – 8
152. How many layers are there in the OSI networking model – 7
153. Which error is identified by the complier – Logical Errors
154. Raymond Samuel Tomilson is famous for developing – Email
155. C++ is a – Programming language
156. Processed data is known as – Information
157. Who invented logarithms – John Napier
158. What is the mascot of Linux Operating System – Penguin
159. What is the full form of “LAN” – Local Area Network
160. How many bits does an IP address contain – 32 Bits
161. Syntax Errors are determined by – Control Unit
162. The tag line “Do No Evil” is owned by – Google
163. Which is a main system board of a computer – Mother Board
164. What is the name of the first super computer of the world – CDC 6600
165. ALU is a part of a computer is – Processor
166. Lisp is a programming language built by whom – John McCarthy
167. In IT terminology failure in the kernel is called as – crash
168. Which key is used to move to next line in a Ms-Word document – Enter-Key
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263. Office LANS, which are scattered geographically on large scale, can be
connectedby the use of corporate__? WAN ( wide areanetwork )
264. To move a copy of file from one computer to another over a
communicationchannel is called? File Transfer
265. Large transaction processing systems in automated organisations use__? Batch
Processing
266. MICR stands for__? ‘Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
267. Name of 1st electronic computer? ENIAC
268. No. of different characters in ASCII coding system? 1024
269. MSIC stands for _? Medium ScaleIntegrated Circuits
270. The scrambling of code is known as__? Encryption
271. The first computers were programmed using__? Machine Language
272. A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is
knownas__?Bug
273. Which button makes alphabets/letters in uppercase and lowercase and numbers
tosymbols? Shift
274. When a computer is switched on, the booting process performs__? Power on self
test
275. What is the software frequently utilized by end users called (like
Word,PowerPoint)? Application Software
276. Unit of measurement of the output quality of a printer? Dot per sq. inch
277. Switching device of fifth generation computer is__? VLSI
278. The unit KIPS is used to measure the speed of __? Processor
279. DOS stands for__? Disk OperatingSystem
280. What is a joy stick primarily in computers used for? Computer Gaming
281. Which American computer company is called Big Blue – IBM
282. How many bits are there in a byte – 8
283. Father of ‘C’ programming language – Dennis Ritchie
284. How many generations of computers we have – 5
285. IBM stands for – International Business Machines
286. Which is the fastest type of computer – Super Computer
287. When your turn on the computer, the boot routine will perform this test – Power
on self test
288. Who is called the father of computer – Charles Babbage
289. Who is the creator of PASCAL – Niklaus writh
290. Which language is used for artificial intelligence – PROLOG
291. Who is also known as father of jquery – John Resig
292. Which type of computers use the 8-bit code called EBCDIC – Mainframe
Computers
293. In a computer, most processing takes place in__? CPU
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294. In which type of computer, data are represented as discrete signals? Digital
Computer
295. Scientific Name of Computer? Sillico sapiens
296. What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen
whichrequires operator attention? Reverse Video
297. Computers, combine both measuring and counting, are called__? Hybrid
Computer
298. What is FORTRAN? Formula Translation
299. What translates and executes program at run time line by line? Interpreter
300. What converts an entire program into machine language ? Compiler
301. Who is the father of personal computer? Edward Robert
302. EEPROM stands for__? Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
303. Who developed the first electronic computer? J.V. Atansoff
304. Which programming languages are classified as low level languages? Assembly
Language
305. The first web browser is__? Mosaic
306. First page of Website is termed as__? Homepage
307. Digital computers are classified in four categories. What are they? -
Microcomputers, Mini
computers, Mainframe computers and Super computers.
308. In the case of Microcomputers speed of CPU is? - 1-10 MIPS
309. CPU consists of – Arithmetic and Logical Unit, Register and Control Unit
310. What are used to identify a user who returns to a website – Cookies
311. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator are example of – Internet
browser programs
312. In computer science, data hazard occurs when – pipeline changes the order of
read/write access to operands
313. Money transfer through mobile is called – IMPS
314. Cache memory works on the principal of – Locality of reference
315. Which device is used in network layer – Router
316. Who invented the computer mouse – Douglas Engelbart
317. USB is what type of storage device – Secondary
318. All forms of ROM are also known as – Firmware
319. The Simplest CPU scheduling algorithm is – FCFS scheduling algorithm
320. The telephone line is connected through the one the computer – Modern
321. In a computer system, which device is functionally opposite of a key board –
Printer
322. The process of writing on an optical disc is called – Burning
323. The second most used language on the world wide web is – Chinese
324. Which method of heat transfer – convection
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362. Most of the computer available today are – 4th generation computers
363. A portable, personal computer small enough to fit on your lap is called a – Note-
book computer
364. A computer programming language often used by children is – LOGO
365. The computer memory holds data – Program
366. Virus in a computer is a – Program that damages the computer software
367. Alta Vista is a – Search Engine
368. Where are programs and data to be used by the computer available – Storage
369. The most advanced form of Read Only Memory is – EEPROM
370. The indentations on CDs and DVDs are called – Pits
371. CPU performance is often Measured in – GHz
372. An alternate name for the completely interconnected network topology is – Mesh
373. There are how many function keys present on a keyboard – 12
374. Who is considered as the developer of ‘Hyper Text Markup Language’ – Tim
Berners Lee
375. What is the full form of COBOL – Common Business Oriented Languages
376. Which generation computers used SNOBOL Language – Third generation
377. Which device is used to extend the network without reducing signal strength –
Repeater
378. Which storage device can store maximum data – Magnetic tape
379. Which language is used to access data from a database – SQL
380. Which company developed “Swift” programming language – Apple
381. The integrated circuits used in a computer are made up of – Silicon
382. CPU scheduler is also known as – Short Term Scheduler
383. Web pages are created by using which of – HTML
384. Who invented Java Script the Programming Language – Brenden Eich
385. Which one is used as secondary storage system in computer – Floppy
386. The UNiX Operating system is suitable for – Multi user
387. ‘C’ language is a High Level Language
388. What is file extension of Window Installer Package - .msi
389. Which among following is associated with monitor - CRT
390. Assembler work in - two phases
391. Range of colors depends on - Number of bits associated with each pixel
392. In which condition resource is not removed from a process holding - Non
preemption
393. The operation is specified by a binary code known as the – Opcode
394.Laser printer is a type of - Non impact printing
395. One way to convert from decimal to hexadecimal is the - Hex dabble method
396. Output devices are commonly referred as – Terminals
397. A stack in a digital computer is a part of the- Memory Unit
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9. Bin – Binary
10. BASIC - Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
11. BIOS – Basic Input Output System
12. Bit – Binary Digit
13. BSNL - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
14. CC – Carbon Copy
15. CAD – Computer Aided Design
16. COBOL – Common Business Oriented Language
17. CD – Compact Disc
18. CRT – Cathode Ray Tube
19. CDR – Compact Disc Recordable
20. CDROM – Compact Disc Read Only Memory
21. CDRW – Compact Disc Rewritable
22. CDR/W – Compact Disk Read/Write
23. DBA – Data Base Administrator
24. DBMS – Data Base Management System
25. DNS – Domain Name System
26. DPI – Dots Per Inch
27. DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory
28. DVD – Digital Video Disc/Digital Versatile Disc
29. DVDR – DVD Recordable
30. DVDROM – DVD Read Only Memory
31. DVDRW – DVD Rewritable
32. DVR – Digital Video Recorder
33. DOS – Disk Operating System
34. EBCDIC – Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
35. e-Commerce – Electronic Commerce
36. EDP – Electronic Data Processing
37. EEPROM – Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
38. ELM/e-Mail – Electronic Mail
39. ENIAC - Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
40. EOF - End Of File
41. EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
42. EXE - Executable
43. FAX - Far Away Xerox/ facsimile
44. FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
45. FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
46. FORTRAN - Formula Translation
47. FS - File System
48. FTP - File Transfer Protocol
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49. Gb - Gigabit
50. GB - Gigabyte
51. GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
52. GSM - Global System for Mobile Communication
53. HDD - Hard Disk Drive
54. HP - Hewlett Packard
55. HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
56. HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
57. IBM - International Business Machine
58. IM - Instant Message
59. IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol
60. ISP - Internet Service Provider
61. JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
62. Kb - Kilobit
63. KB - Kilobyte
64. KHz - Kilohertz
65. Kbps - Kilobit Per Second
66. LCD – Liquid Crystal Display
67. LED – Light Emitting Diode
68. LPI – Lines Per Inch
69. LIS – Large Scale Integration
70. Mb – Megabit
71. MB – Megabyte
72. MPEG – Moving Picture Experts Group
73. MMS – Multimedia Message Service
74. MICR – Magnetic Ink Character reader
75. MIPS – Million Instructions Per Second
76. NIC – Network Interface Card
77. NOS – Network Operating System
78. OMR – Optical Mark Reader
79. OOP – Object Oriented Programming
80. OSS – Open Source Software
81. PAN – Personal Area Network
82. PC – Personal Computer
83. PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
84. PDF – Portable Document Format
85. POS – Point Of Sale
86. PNG - Portable Network Graphics
87. PPM – Pages Per Minute
88. PPP – Point-to-Point Protocol
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1. Ctrl+A
Highlight everything in the current folder, document, or page.
2. Ctrl+C / Ctrl+Insert
Copy the selected text, image, or item to the clipboard.
3. Ctrl+X
Cut (remove) the selected text, image, or item and move it to the clipboard.
4. Ctrl+V
Paste contents of the clipboard into the current program or window.
5. Ctrl+F
Open up a search window. In Microsoft Outlook, this forwards a message.
6. Ctrl+S
Save an open document, file, or webpage.
7. Ctrl+Z
Undo the last action performed
8. Ctrl + P
Print the current document or page.
9. Ctrl + N
Open a new window.
10. Ctrl + W
Close the current window.
11. Ctrl + B
Bold your text
12. Ctrl + U
Underline your text.
13. Ctrl + I
Italicize your text.
14. Ctrl + L
Left align your paragraph.
15. Ctrl + E
Center align your paragraph. Hitting the hotkey twice will switch back to left
alignment
16. Ctrl + R
Right align your paragraph. Hitting the hotkey twice will switch back to left alignment
17. Ctrl + J
Justify your paragraph. Hitting the hotkey twice will switch back to left alignment.
18. Ctrl + K
Create a hyperlink.
19. F7 Key
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