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2.Register is a(a) Set of capacitors used toregister input instructions ina digital computer(b) Set of paper tapes andcards put in a file(c) Temporary storage unit

within the CPU havingdedicated or general purposeuse(d) part of the auxiliarymemory(e) device to convert current

signal into voltage signal

: C 3.

Errors in computer resultscould be due to(a) encoding of data (b)transmission of data(c) manipulation of data (d)all of the above(e) none of above


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: E 6.Pickup wrong definition(a) Off line - is a systemperipheral equipment notcontrolled by CPU(b) Online - is system inwhich peripheral equipment is

in direct contact with CPU(c) Peripherals - are hardwareunder the control of CPU, likepunched card readers, tapes,drums, disk, output devices(d) PL/I is the acronym

Peripheral Listing /Index(e) Program or routine is aset sequence of instructionsgiven to computer for problemsolving

: D 7.When a CD (Compact Disc usedin audio and Video system) isseen in sunlight, rainbow likecolours are seen. This can be


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explained on the basis ofphenomenon of (a) reflection and diffraction(b) reflection andtransmission(c) diffraction andtransmission(d) refraction, diffractionand transmission

: DInternet is aninter-networking ofinformation from one part of

the network to any otherprovided the information ispacked according to certainconventions 8.

For reproducing sound, a CD(Compact Disc) audio playeruses a(a) quartz crystal (b)titanium needle(c) laser beam (d) bariumtitanium ceramic


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: CLASER stands for LightAmplification by StimulatedEmission of Radiation 9. The memory of a computer iscommonly expressed in terms of

Kilobytes or Megabytes. A byteis made up of (a) eight decimal digits (b)eight binary digits(c) two binary digits (d) twodecimal digits

: BA byte consists of 8 bits?8binary digits

10.Which of the following circuitis used as a 'Memory device'in computers?(a) Rectifier (b) Flip-Flop(c) Comparator (d) Attenuator


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: BFlip-flop refers to anelectronic component which canadopt one of two possiblestates -0 or 1. It acts as anelectronic switch which getschanged its state when inputsignals are received

11.Which is/are the mainprovisions of Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000?(a) Legal recognition todigital signatures and

documents.(b) Finalisation of contractsthrough electronic media.(c) Making hacking withcomputer system an office.(d) All of the above

: D 12.Consider the followingstatements about Internetfacility:


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I. It serves as the largestone-line information system.II. It provides the mostdependable and latest mode forsending E-mail.III. Recurring expenditure oncommunication E-mail is veryhigh.IV. It is often misused and

has triggered cyber-crimes.Which of these statements arecorrect?(a) I, II and IV (b) I and IV(c) II, III and IV (d) II andIII

: A 13. The computer device primarily

used to provide hard copy isthe(a) CRT (b) Line Printer (c)Computer Console (d) CardReader

: B


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14. The unit of hardware, which anoperator uses to monitorcomputer processing, is the(a) Card Reader (b) CPU (c)Line Printer (d) Console

: D 15.Computers can be classified inwhich of the followinghierarchical orders?

(a) PC, Large, Super Micro,Super Computer(b) Super Micro, PC, Large,Super Computer(c) PC, Super Micro, Large,Super Computer

(d) Large, Super Micro, SuperComputer, PC

: C 16.Which one of the following is


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a stored program machine?(a) Micro-processor (b)Calculator(c) Analog-computer (d)Micro-computer

: D

17.First generation computersystems used(a) Transistors (b) Vacuumtubes(c) Magnetic cores (d) Silicon

chips

: B 18.

Transistors are associatedwith which computer system?(a) First generation (b) Fifthgeneration(c) Second generation (d)None of these


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: C 19.Charles Babbage invented(a) ENIAC (b) Differenceengine (c) Electronic computer(d) Punched card

: B 20.Who wrote the book 'ComputerLiberation and Dream Machine',the first book on personal

computers?(a) J ohn McCarthy (b) TedNelson (c) Niklaus Wirth (d)Karl Capek

: B 21.Who was the inventor ofmechanical calculator foradding numbers?(a) Charles Babbage (b) Peano(c) Newton (d) Pascal


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: D 22. The most widely usedcommercial programmingcomputer language is(a) BASIC (b) COBOL (c)

FORTRAN (d) PASCAL

: BCobol is abbreviated term forCommon Business Oriented

Language. It is high levelprogramme language designed toassist the task of programs byenabling them to writeprogramme in more simplemanner

23. The brain of a computer is(a) CPU (b) CD (c) Floppy disc(d) Megabyte

: A


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CPU is abbreviated term forCentral Processing Unit. It isthe principal operating partof a computer 24.'Foxpro' is(a) a medicine (b) a disease(c) a computer language (d) an

animal

: C 25.

In computer language, onekilobyte equals(a) 1000 bytes (b) 1024 bytes(c) 100 bytes (d) 8 bytes

: B The memory of a computer iscommonly expressed in terms of kilobytes 26.Which one of the following isnot a programming language of


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a computer?(a) BASIC (b) FORTRAN (c)LASER (d) PASCAL

: C 27.Which of the following

packages is used forcomposition in printing press?(a) Lotus (b) dBase (c) PageMaker (d) Word Perfect

: C 28.Which one of the following isnot a computer language?(a) BASIC (b) COBOL (c) LOTUS

(d) FORTRAN

: D 29. The individual within theoperations group who


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ordinarily uses a variety ofkeyboard devices, is the(a) Data Clerk (b) KeypunchOperator(c) Data Entry Clerk (d)Computer Operator

: C

30.An advantage of a distributedword processing network is(a) increased number ofreports handled

(b) less delay in inter-officecommunications(c) greater corporate controlover outputs(d) All of these

: B 31. The retrieval of informationfrom the computer is definedas(a) collection of data (b)


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data retrieval operations(c) output (d) data outputcollection

: C 32.Which of the following terms

could be used to describe theconcurrent processing ofcomputer programs via CRTs, onone computer system?(a) Time sharing (b) On-lineprocessing

(c) Interactive processing (d)All of these

: D

33. The daily processing ofcorrections to customeraccounts best exemplifies theprocessing mode of (a) batch processing (b)real-time processing(c) time-sharing (d) off-line


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processing

: A 34.A characteristic of cardsystem is(a) slowness in processing

data(b) using cards as records oftransactions(c) needing a larger datastaff (d) All of these

: D 35.Which of the following floppy

sizes exists?(a) 5.25 inches (b) 4.75inches (c) 6 inches (d) 8inches

: A


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36.MS-DOS is the name of a/an(a) Application software (b)Hardware(c) System software (d) Noneof these

: C

37.A peripheral device used in aword processing system is(a) Floppy disk (b) Magneticcard reader

(c) CRT (d) All of these

: D 38.

A term used interchangeablywith diskette is(a) Disk cartridge (b) Diskpack(c) Floppy disk (d) Packettedisk


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: C 39.An I/O device which providesphotographic outputs forprinting galleys, is the(a) Camera printer (b)Automatic typesetter(c) Radix printer (d) All of

these

: D 40.

Which one of the following afile?(a) Floppy disk (b) Magneticdrum (c) magnetic tape (d)None of these

: D 41.A decimal equivalent of msecond is(a) 0.000001 sec (b) 1000000sec (c) 0.001 sec (d) 1000 sec


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: A 42.A characteristic of the ASCIIcode is(a) its limitation to amaximum of 96 character

configuration(b) its use of the zone codes1010, 1011 and 1100(c) its independence fromHollerith code(d) All of these

: C 43.A temporary storage area,

attached to the CPU, for I/Ooperations, is a(a) Channel (b) Buffer (c)Register (d) Core

: B


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44. The computer code forinterchange of informationbetween terminals is(a) ASCII (b) BCD (c) BCDIC(d) Hollerith

: A

45.ROM is composed of (a) Magnetic cores (b)Micro-processors(c) Photoelectric cells (d)

Floppy disks

: B 46.

Which of the following istrue?(a) Plotters are not availablefor microcomputer systems(b) Micro-computer are notprogrammed like conventionalcomputers(c) Mini-computers are


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task-oriented(d) The contents of ROM areeasily changed

: C 47.Magnetic disk a medium known

as(a) Serial access (b) Directaccess (c) Sequential access(d) Sequential and rotationalaccess

: B 48.A dot-matrix printer(a) is an input-output device

(b) is an output device only(c) is an input device only(d) None of these

: B 49.


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An octal number 237 is equalto the binary number(a) 010 011 111 (b) 010 111011(c) 011 101 101 (d) 011 000001

: C

50.A term associated with thecomparison of processing speedis(a) FFTS (b) MPG (c) MIPS (d)

CPS

: C

51. The maximum size of a memoryaddressed by 12 bits is(a) 1 K bytes (b) 16 K bytes(c) 32 K bytes (d) 4 K bytes

: D


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52.Compiler is the(a) name given to the computeroperator(b) part of the digitalmachine to store theinformation(c) translator of source

program to object program(d) part of arithmetic logicunit(e) operator of BooleanAlgebra

: C 53.Main memory is(a) Random Access Memory (b)

Read only Memory(c) Serial Access Memory (d)None of these

: A 54.


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Which of the following is thesmallest and fastest computerimitating brain working?(a) Supercomputer (b) QuantumComputer(c) Param-10,000 (d) IBM chips

: B

55.A compact disc (CD) is a datastorage of the type(a) Magnetic (b) Optical (c)Electrical (d)

Electromechanical

: A 56.

Which of the following is notas language for computerprogramming?(a) WINDOWS (b) PASCAL (c)BASIC(d) COBOL (e) All of these


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: A 57.What are the two basic typesof memory that your computeruses?(a) RAM (b) RW/RAM (c) ROM (d)ERAM (e) POST

: A 58. The term gigabyte refers to(a) 1024 bytes (b) 1024

kilobytes (c) 1024 megabytes(d) 1024 gigabytes (e) None of the above

: C

59.A computer with CPU speedaround 100 millioninstructions per second & withthe word length of around 64bits is known as(a) Super computer (b) Mini


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computer (c) Micro computer(d) Macro computer (e) None of the above

: A 60.What digits are representative

of all binary numbers?(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) Both (a ) and(b) (d) 3 (e) None of theabove

: C 61. To locate a data items forstorage is(a) Field (b) Feed (c)

Database(d) Fetch (e) None of theabove

: D 62.


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Off-line operation is theoperation of devices withoutthe control of (a) Memory (b) CPU (c) ALU(d) Control unit (e) None ofthe above

: B

63.A type of line printer thatuses an embossed steel band toform the letters printed onthe paper is

(a) Golf ball printer (b)Dot-matrix printer(c) Laser printer (d) Bandprinter (e) None of the above

: D 64.A software used to convertsource program instructions toobject instruction is known as(a) Compiler (b) Assembler (c)Interpreter


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(d) Language processor (e)None of the above

: D 65. The 'IC' chip, used incomputers, is made of

(a) Chromium (b) Iron oxide(c) Silica (d) Silicon

: D

66.Name the first general purposeelectronic computer

: UNIVAC

67. The size of commonly usedFloppy disk is(a) 4.5? (b) 3.5? (c) 3.25?(d) 5.5?


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: B 68.Which of the followingstatement is wrong(a) Windows XP is an operatingsystem(b) Linux is owned and sold byMicrosoft

(c) Photoshop is a graphicaldesign tool by Adobe(d) Linux is free and opensource software

: B 69.Operating system of a computer(a) Enables the programmer todraw a flow chart

(b) Links a program withsubroutine with references(c) Provides a layer, userfriendly interface(d) None of the above

: C


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70. The term ?Operating System?means(a) A set of programs whichcontrol computer working(b) The way a user operatesthe computer system(c) Conversion of high level

language to machine language(d) The way computer operatorworks

: A

71.Wild card operators specifies(a) can be used when writinginto multiple files(b) allows several files to be

read simultaneously(c) Provide an easy way ofgroups of related files(d) Are only used whenprinting the contents of afile


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: C 72.Which one of the following isnot a broadband communicationmedium(a) Microwave (b) Fibre opticcable(c) Twisted pair (d) Coaxial

cable

: C 73.

Which of the followingperforms modulation anddemodulation(a) Coaxial cable (b)Satellite (c) Modem (d)Optical fibre

: C 74.Which one of the following isnot an application softwarepackage


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(a) Redhat Linux (b) MicrosoftOffice(c) Adobe PageMaker (d) OpenOffice

: A 75.

Who is the father of computer

: Charles Babbage 76.

The function of key F4 is

: to repeat the last action 77.

The function of key F4 is

: to repeat the last action 78. The 0 and 1 in the binarynumbering system are called


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binary digits or .......(a) bytes (b) kilobytes (c)decimal bytes (d) bits (e)nibbles

: D 79.

A monitor's ...... is thedistance between the holes inthe mask behind the screen. This helps determine how sharpthe dots appear.(a) refresh rate (b) dot pitch

(c) resolution(d) colour depth (e) None ofthe above

: B

80.A directly accessibleappointment calendar is afeature of a ....... residentpackage.(a) CPU (b) memory (c) Buffer(d) ALU (e) None of the above


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: B 81.Perforated paper used as inputor output media is known as(a) Paper tape (b) Magnetictape (c) Punched paper tape

(d) Card punch (e) None of theabove

: A

82. The invention of the sliderule is attributed to(a) Babbage (b) Oughtred (c)Pascal(d) Napier (e) None of the

above

: B 83.Which of the following is notan advantage of magnetic disk


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storage.(a) The access time ofmagnetic disk is much lessthan that of magnetic tape(b) Disk storage is longerlasting than magnetic tape(c) Disk storage is lessexpensive than tape storage(d) All of the above

(e) None of the above

: E 84.

The memory sizes in mainframecomputers and advancedtechnology micro computer areexpressed as(a) Bytes (b) Kilo-bytes (c)Bits

(d) Megabytes (e) None of theabove

: D 85.A prefix for billion which is


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equal to .... is called asbilli.(a) 100 (b) 10000 (c) 1000 (d)10 (e) None of the above

: D 86.

Each model of a computer has aunique(a) Assembly language (b)Machine language(c) High level language (d)All of the above

(e) None of the above

: B 87.

One kilobyte = ____ byte.(a) 1250 (b) 2088 (c) 1024 (d)1000

: C 88.


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Which of the following circuitis used as a 'Memory device'in computers?(a) Rectifier (b) Flip-Flop(c) Comparator (d) Attenuator

: B

89. To move the cursor to the endof the document press

: Ctrl + End

90.In Word Processing the redunderline indicates

: Spelling mistakes 91. The shortcut key to printdocuments is

: Ctrl + P


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: B 95.Failure of passwords securitydue to exposure can resultfrom(a) Electronic monitoring (b)Visual (c) Both (a) & (b)

: C 96.Data security threats include

(a) Hardware failure (b)Privacy invasion(c) Fraudulent manipulation of data (d) All of the above

: B 97. The bar which displaysinformation about the currentpage number is


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: Status bar 98.Graphical pictures thatrepresent an object like file,folder etc. are(a) Task bar (b) Windows (c)Desktop (d) Icons

: D 99.Who invented thesuper-computer?

(a) P.T Farnsworth (b) J .RWhinfield(c) J .H. Van Tassell (d)Charles Ginsberg

: C 100.Accessing records from a filedirectly without searchingfrom the beginning of the fileis(a) Time sharing (b) Random


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(c) Direct access (d) Accesstime (e) None of the above

: C

101. Time during which a job is

processed by the computer is(a) Delay time (b) Real time(c) Execution time(d) Down time (e) None of theabove

: C 102.What does that acronym VGAstand for?

(a) Extended Graphics Adapter(b) Enhanced Graphics Array(c) Video Graphics Array(d) Color Graphics Array(e) Video Graphics Adapter

: C


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103.A set of instructions providedto the computer to processdata is(a) Processor (b) Information(c) Program (d) Output

: C 104.A memory in which theinformation is stored last ison top & is retrieved first is

known as(a) PROM (b) Buffer (c) Stack(d) RAM (e) None of the above

: C

105.Computer Operators(a) Write computer programsfor specific problems(b) Operate the devices whichinput and output data from thecomputer


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(c) Normally require a collegedegree in computer science(d) All of the above(e) None of these

: B 106.

A software package to performcalculations on data arrangedin an array is(a) System software (b)Utility programs(c) Electronic spread sheet

(d) Application programs(e) None of the above

: C

107.A code which uses more bitsfor each character then whatis necessary is known as(a) Hollerith code (b) Graycode (c) Redundant code(d) Mnemonics (e) None of theabove


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: C 108.Which disk interface standardincluded support for up toeight peripheral devices?(a) ST50G /412 (b) IDE (c)

SCSI (d) ESDI (e) None of theabove

: C

109.A memory space used for thetemporary storage of data is(a) PROM (b) SAM (c)Scratchpad storage(d) Buffer (e) None of the

above

: C 110. The language that is an inputfor statement translation is


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called(a) Assembly language (b)Source language (c) High-levellanguage (d) Object language(e) None of the above

: B

111.A part located in the centralprocessing unit that storesdata & information is known as(a) Core memory (b) PROM (c)EPROM

(d) ROM (e) None of the above

: A 112.

Programs designed to performspecific tasks is called knownas(a) System software (b)Application software(c) Utility programs (d)Operating system (e) None ofthe above


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: B 113.A storage device which is usedto store data & informationexternal to the main storageis known as

(a) Buffer (b) Backing storage(c) PROM(d) Accumulator (e) None ofthe above

: B 114.An output device that useswords or messages recorded ona magnetic medium to produce

audio response is(a) Magnetic tape (b) Voiceresponse unit(c) Voice recognition unit (d)Voice band

: B


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115.Pick out the wrong statement.(a) Information stored in RAMcan be changed by overwritingit(b) Information stored in ROMcannot be changed byoverwriting

(c) Information can be storedin any location of RAM(d) Computer main memory canbe accessed only sequentially(e) None of the above

: D 116.Computer instructions writtenwith the use of English words

instead of binary machine codeis called(a) Mnemonics (b) Symboliccode(c) Gray code (d) Opcode (e)None of the above


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: B 117.Which printer uses acombination of laser-beam &electro photographictechniques.(a) Laser printer (b)Dot-Matrix (c) Line printer

(d) Daisy wheel (e) None ofthe above

: A

118.A file containing relativelypermanent data is(a) Random file (b) Transaction file(c) Master file (d) Sequential

file (e) None of the above

: C 119. The process of writingcomputer instructions in a


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programming language is knownas(a) Coding (b) Processing(c) Programming (d) File (e)None of the above

: A

120.Which is used to provide thesight information to the rightperson at the right time forproper decision making.(a) DBMS (b) MIS (c) ISO (d)

PSO (e) None of these

: B 121.

An instruction that transfersprogram control to one or morepossible paths is knows as(a) Utility program (b) Systemsoftware (c) Broadband channel(d) Application program (e)None of the above


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: C 122.A processing unit thatcoordinates networks and datacommunication is known as(a) Control unit (b)Communication processor

(c) Register unit (d) CPU (e)None of these

: B

123.An input device which can readcharacters directly from anordinary piece of paper is(a) OCR (b) OMR (c) MSI (d)POS (e) None of these

: A 124.FLEXCUBE is an IT solutionapplicable in the field of (a) Banking (b) Insurance (c)


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: Intel 4004 128.In what storage device,recording is done by burningtiny pits on a circular disk(a) Floppy disc (b) Opticaldisc (c) Magnetic tape (d)

Punched cards

: B 129.

A good query system(a) can be accessed only bydata processing professionals(b) can accept Englishlanguage commands (c) allownon-programmers to access

information stored in adatabase (d) both (a) & (b)

: C 130.An operation that increases


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the length of a list is(a) Insert (b) Delete (c)Update (d) Select

: A 131. The Operating System operates

(a) Processor (b) Disks andI/O devices (c) Memory (d) Allof the above

: D

132.A program written in highlevel language is translatedto machine language using(a) Loader (b) Interpreter (c)

Assembler (d) Compiler

: D 133.Which of the following filename extension suggests that


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the file is a backup copy ofanother file(a) Txt (b) Bak (c) com (d)Bas

: B 134.

All the time a computer isswitched on, its operatingsystem has to stay in(a) Virtual memory (b) Mainmemory (c) Secondary memory(d) Cache memory

: B 135.What device is used to

entering X-Y co-ordinates(a) Mouse (b) OCR (c) Scanner(d) Keyboard

: A 136.


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ENIAC

: Electronic NumericalIntegrator And Computer 137. The first large scale, generalpurpose digital computer

(a) ENIAC (b) TabulatingMachines (c) Super Computers

: A

138.Who developed the World WideWeb first

: Timothy Berners Lee

139.Which computer companyintroduced mouse for the firsttime

: Apple Corporation


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140. The first computer installedin India, HEC-2M was in

: Calcutta 141.

One kilobyte is equal to

: 1024 bytes 142.

Who is the architect ofSupercomputer

: Seymour Cray

143.Sabir Bhatia is famous with

: Hot mail 144.Polymorphic viruses causes


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a. Tuberculosisb. Problems in computers d. Problems in X-ray films: B 145.In computer jargon RAM refersto

: Random Access Memory 146. The brain of computer is

: C.P.U 147. The longest key in a computer

key board

: Space bar 148.Digital computers areclassified into how many


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categories

: Four 149.Which computer programdefeated world championVladimir Kramnik 4-2 in the

Man Vs Machine contest

: Deep Fritz 150.

?Binary Code? used incomputers makes use of whichnumbers

: 0 & 1

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