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Q01 Easy

ALU

2022
Prelims
Q02 Easy

Which of the following memory has lowest access time?

2022
Prelims
Q03 Easy

Which of the following is not the basic function of the Computer Operating System?

2022
Prelims
Q04 Easy

Which is the fastest transmission media?

2022
Prelims
Q05 Easy

Which of the following is not related to Computer Processor?

2022
Prelims
Q06 Easy

Who invented the Telephone?

2022
Prelims
Q07 Easy

Which of the followings is not an Operating System?

2021
Prelims
Q08 Easy

Half byte is known as a:

2021
Prelims
Q09 Easy

Which of the following is generation mobile technology?

2021
Prelims
Q10 Easy

The IC chips used in modern generation of computers are made of:

2021
Prelims
Q11 Easy

There are how many bits in one byte?

2021
Prelims
Q12 Hard

PRADAN portal, which has been in the news recently, is associated with which of the following organisations?

2021
Mains
Q13 Easy

Which one of the following “Operating System” is invented in University?

2021
Mains
Q14 Easy

Which one of the following is a Translator?

2021
Mains
Q15 Easy

Which one of the following is an example of RD BMS?

2021
Mains
Q16 Easy

Which one is the example of Peripheral device?

2021
Mains
Q17 Easy

Which of the following memory is not used by common user?

2021
Mains
Q18 Easy

Which of the following is an Object Oriented Programming Language of Computer ?

2021
Mains
Q19 Easy

Operating System has no role in

2021
Mains
Q20 Medium

Which of the following is used in DBMS ?

2021
Mains
Q21 Easy

Which of the following is not a peripheral device ?

2021
Mains
Q22 Easy

Which of the following is a part of CPU of Computer ?

2021
Mains
Q23 Easy

A network of networks is simply called

2011
Prelims
Q24 Hard

Which industry is primary user of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)?

2011
Prelims
Q25 Easy

The name of India super computer is

2011
Prelims
Q26 Easy

I.C. Chips for computer are usually made of

2011
Prelims
Q27 Easy

Which is the most common 'input device' used today?

2011
Prelims
Q28 Easy

The speedometer of a car represents

2011
Prelims
Q29 Easy

In the website of an organization 'com' indicates

2011
Prelims
Q30 Easy

In Cyber Law terminology ‘DOS’ means.

2012
Prelims
Q31 Easy

Multimedia can contain:

2012
Prelims
Q32 Easy

Sending an identical e-mail message repeatedly to a particular address by any abuser is called:

2012
Prelims
Q33 Medium

A program that has capability to infect other program and make copies of itself and spread into other programs is called:

2012
Prelims
Q34 Medium

The practice of using more than one type of medium in computer at the same time is called:

2012
Prelims
Q35 Easy

India’s first dedicated navigation satellite IRNSS -1A was launched from:

2012
Prelims
Q36 Medium

Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) is situated at:

2012
Prelims
UK-specific
Q37 Medium

Indian Satellite series which is being used for telecommunication system is

2016
Prelims
Q38 Easy

Who among the following gave the term “Nanotechnology” and when?

2016
Prelims
Q39 Medium

The time period of revolution of a geo- stationary satellite is

2016
Prelims
Q40 Easy

Electric conduction in a semiconductor takes place due to

2016
Prelims
Q41 Medium

Which of the following is an Operating System?

2016
Prelims
Q42 Medium

Which of the following is an extremely fast, small memory between CPU and main memory?

2016
Prelims
Q43 Easy

Television transmission is an example of which of the following?

2016
Prelims
Q44 Easy

The set of protocols, which defines all transmission exchanges across the internet is called

2016
Prelims
Q45 Easy

Which of the following is not offered as an independent service layer in Cloud Computing?

2016
Prelims
Q46 Easy

Which type of computers are the most widely used?

2006
Mains
Q47 Easy

The use of Computers in Governance is known as

2006
Mains
Q48 Easy

Another name for computer programs is

2006
Mains
Q49 Easy

Which is not the component of the computer?

2006
Mains
Q50 Easy

Binary numbers are

2006
Mains
Q51 Easy

O.M.R. stands for

2006
Mains
Q52 Easy

Which of the following is not an output device?

2006
Mains
Q53 Medium

'World Computer Literacy Day' is celebrated on 2nd 5th

2006
Prelims
Q54 Easy

On which principle digital computer works?

2006
Prelims
Q55 Easy

'MOUSE' is

2006
Prelims
Q56 Easy

In computer terminology U.S.B. stands for

2006
Prelims
Q57 Easy

Who is considered to be the 'Father of Computers'?

2006
Prelims
Q58 Easy

Which of the following is not a computer hardware?

2006
Mains
Q59 Easy

A computer derives its strength from

2006
Mains
Q60 Easy

Written Programmes, due to which computers function in the desired way, are called

2006
Mains
Q61 Easy

Modem is a hardware device that interfaces

2006
Mains
Q62 Easy

LAN means

2006
Mains
Q63 Easy

Windows operating system was developed by

2006
Mains
Q64 Easy

I.R.C. stands for

2006
Mains
Q65 Easy

A world-wide-web (www) is a hyper media system because

2006
Mains
Q66 Easy

The first mechanical computer designed by Charles Babbage was called

2016
Prelims
Q67 Easy

Which of the following is an example of non- volatile memory?

2016
Prelims
Q68 Easy

Which of the following is the most powerful type of computer?

2016
Prelims
Q69 Easy

The term 'Pentium' is related to

2016
Prelims
Q70 Easy

What type of process creates a smaller file that is faster to transfer over the internet?

2016
Prelims
Q71 Easy

'ALU' stands for

2016
Prelims
Q72 Easy

Which of the following is not an input device?

2016
Prelims
Q73 Easy

In which generation of computers, transistors were used?

2016
Prelims
Q74 Easy

Which of the following is not a programming language?

2016
Mains
Q75 Easy

Which of the following is responsible for data transfer between Memory and ALU?

2016
Mains
Q76 Easy

Which of the following is known as Brain of Computer?

2016
Mains
Q77 Easy

TCP stands for

2016
Mains
Q78 Easy

.html is an example of

2016
Mains
Q79 Easy

Generally www pages are developed by

2016
Mains
Q80 Easy

What type of device is a ROUTER?

2016
Mains
Q81 Easy

Computer Virus affects

2016
Mains
Q82 Easy

A modem is a hardware device that interfaces

2010
Prelims
Q83 Easy

The binary addition 1 + 1 will result in

2010
Prelims
Q84 Easy

A computer virus is a

2010
Prelims
Q85 Easy

Which of the following is not a hardware?

2010
Prelims
Q86 Easy

MS-DOS was first released in

2010
Prelims
Q87 Easy

Which of the following is a software?

2010
Prelims
Q88 Easy

A means of specifying location of data in memory is called

2010
Prelims
Q89 Easy

Windows is an example of which of the following?

2016
Prelims
Q90 Easy

Which of the following is an Application Software?

2016
Prelims
Q91 Easy

Which of the following is an input device ?

2016
Prelims
Q92 Easy

What was the value of Human Development Index (HDI) for India in 2014?

2016
Prelims
Q93 Easy

Which of the following is a page printer that produces high quality output by forming characters and images with tiny ink particles?

2016
Prelims
Q94 Easy

Which of the following is an antivirus software ?

2016
Prelims
Q95 Medium

A satellite is used for

2016
Prelims
Q96 Easy

On which of the following basis can computer be classified?

2012
Prelims
Q97 Easy

The smallest unit of information in binary system is

2012
Prelims
Q98 Easy

COBOL language is used in

2012
Prelims
Q99 Easy

Errors in computer programmes are called

2012
Prelims
Q100 Easy

Which of these is not a social network?

2012
Prelims
Q101 Easy

The software, which allows you to view the webpage, is called

2015
Prelims
Q102 Easy

Which of the following is not an output device?

2015
Prelims
Q103 Medium

In processing cheques which of the following I/O techniques do the banks, generally, follow?

2015
Prelims
Q104 Easy

Which of the following application software is used for presentation purpose?

2021
UKPSC Combined SES Exam-
Q105 Easy

There are ______ bits in one byte.

2021
UKPSC Combined SES Exam-
Q106 Easy

Which of the following is not a Web Browser?

2021
UKPSC Combined SES Exam-
Q107 Easy

Who is the CEO of “Open AI”?

2021
UKPSC Combined SES Exam-
Q108 Easy

Which of the following is not an output device

2021
UKPSC Combined SES Exam-
Q109 Easy

Which of the following memory locations are first referred by CPU while searching data/instruction?

2021
UKPSC Combined SES Exam-
Q110 Easy

Which of the following is a popular social networking platform?

2021
UKPSC Combined SES Exam-
Q111 Easy

What is Tarkash ? Select the correct answer from the following.

2021
UKPSC Combined SES Exam-
Q112 Easy

What is “Meghraj” ?

2021
UKPSC Combined SES Exam-
Q113 Easy

In which sector MICR system is used from the options given below?

2021
UKPSC CFO Exam-
Q114 Easy

Which of the following is known as the brain of computer?

2021
UKPSC CFO Exam-
Q115 Easy

Which of the following best describes 'Search Engine Optimization' (SEO) ?

2021
UKPSC CFO Exam-
Q116 Easy

Full form of USB is:

2021
UKPSC CFO Exam-
Q117 Easy

Which of the following were the computers built before the First Generation of Computers?

2021
UKPSC CFO Exam-
Q118 Easy

What does fiber optic cable use to transmit data?

2021
UKPSC CFO Exam-
Q119 Easy

Which of the following printers does generate character from a grid?

2021
UKPSC CFO Exam-
Q120 Easy

Which medium is used by 'Radar' to trace Aeroplanes?

2008
UK PSC (J)
Q121 Easy

A technique used by codes to convert an analog signal into a digital bit stream is known as

2012
UK PSC AE
Q122 Easy

What difference do the generation computers have from old generation computers?

2012
UK PSC AE
Q123 Easy

A device designed to read information encoded into a small plastic card is

2012
UK PSC AE
Q124 Easy

Binary numbers need more places for counting because

2012
UK PSC AE
Q125 Medium

Which language was devised by D.G. Bobrow, W. Feureing, Seymour Papert and C. Solomon?

2012
UK PSC AE
Q126 Easy

The time required for the fetching and execution one simple machine instruction is

2012
UK PSC AE
Q127 Easy

An optical input device that interprets pencil marks on paper is

2012
UK PSC AE
Q128 Easy

The complete picture of data stored in database is known as

2012
UK PSC AE
Q129 Easy

Which part of computer system, interprest programme instructions and initiate control operations?

2012
UK PSC AE
Q130 Easy

What is HTML?

2022
UKPSC Jail Warders
Q131 Easy

Operating System is a/an _________.

2022
UKPSC Jail Warders
Q132 Easy

_______ is a storage device.

2022
UKPSC Jail Warders
Q133 Easy

_________ is an Internet Search Engine.

2022
UKPSC Jail Warders
Q134 Easy

The first Transgenic plant was that of

2015
UKPSC Polytechnic Lecturer -16
Q135 Easy

Which of the following is not a programming language of a computer?

2015
UKPSC Polytechnic Lecturer -16
Q136 Easy

In Windows OS, in order to permanently delete a file the computer, which of the following keys should be pressed?

2022
UKPSC Junior Assistant
Q137 Medium

What is the name of Artificial Intelligence (AI) service launched by Google?

2022
UKPSC Junior Assistant
Q138 Easy

Four (4) layers of TCP/IP reference model are:

2022
UKPSC Junior Assistant
Q139 Medium

______ is a type of register that stores the address of next instruction to be executed by computer.

2022
UKPSC Junior Assistant
Q140 Easy

Which of the following memory is fist referred by the CPU while searching data/instruction?

2022
UKPSC Junior Assistant
Q141 Easy

When a computer is turned NO, the first action it performs is:

2022
UKPSC Junior Assistant
Q142 Easy

The computer processor consists of the parts

2018
UK PSC (J)
Q143 Easy

Which of the following natural elements is the primary element used in computer chips ?

2023
UKPSC Revenue Inspector
Q144 Easy

V2X technology, which was seen in the news, is related to :

2023
UKPSC Revenue Inspector
Q145 Easy

What is the full form of RADAR ?

2023
UKPSC Revenue Inspector
Q146 Easy

Which of the following is not an output device

2023
UKPSC Revenue Inspector
Q147 Easy

Why is a Firewall used in computer ?

2023
UKPSC Revenue Inspector
Q148 Easy

Which protocol is used for file transfer ?

2023
UKPSC Revenue Inspector
Q149 Easy

Which Logic Gate is known as Universal Gate?

2023
UKPSC Revenue Inspector
Q150 Easy

Integrated Circuits have been introduced in which computer generation?

2023
UKPSC Revenue Inspector
Q151 Easy

What is browser?

2013
UK PSC AE
Q152 Medium

Which coding scheme is used in computer to represent data internally?

2013
UK PSC AE
Q153 Easy

Which is a multi user, time-sharing operating system?

2013
UK PSC AE
Q154 Medium

A public switching telephone network (PSTN) uses which switching technique?

2013
UK PSC AE
Q155 Medium

The memory management scheme that permits the physical address space of a process to non- contiguous space is called:-

2013
UK PSC AE
Q156 Easy

Which of the following is fastest memory?

2013
UK PSC AE
Q157 Easy

Firewall application is used for:-

2013
UK PSC AE
Q158 Easy

Information is defined as:-

2013
UK PSC AE
Q159 Easy

G U I stands for:-

2013
UK PSC AE
Q160 Easy

Data collected originally for an investigation is known as:-

2013
UK PSC AE
Q161 Easy

Full form of LED is

2021
UKPSC Vyawasthapak Exam-
Q162 Easy

_______ shortcut key combination is used to print an opened file in MS-Word.

2022
UKPSC Forest Guard
Q163 Easy

A software program that is used to view web pages is called.

2022
UKPSC Forest Guard
Q164 Easy

Which of the following is a valid IPV4 address?

2022
UKPSC Forest Guard
Q165 Easy

The example of Object Oriented Programming Language is

2022
UKPSC Patwari Lekhpal Exam-
Q166 Easy

A terabyte comprises of:

2021
UKPSC Constable Exam-
Q167 Easy

Unsolicited commercial messages sent thorough e-mail are known as:

2021
UKPSC Constable Exam-
Q168 Easy

In which year India's I.T. Act came into existence?

2021
UKPSC Constable Exam-
Q169 Easy

Where is Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre situated?

2019
UKPSC Personal Assistant
Q170 Easy

INSAT-4A, the First Satellite of the fourth generation, INSAT series, was launched on:

2006
UK PSC (J)