Computers and IT MCQs
Computer Awareness Questions and Quiz for Banking, IBPS, RRB, RBI, SBI, NABARD examinations of 2024-2025. Computer Awareness MCQs for Competitive Exams. GKToday Computer Awareness for IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, Bank PO, Bank Clerk and other entrance / competitive examinations.
1. Which company introduced NetBIOS in 1983?
[A] Dell
[B] IBM
[C] Compaq
[D] SyteK Inc
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Correct Answer: D [SyteK Inc]
Notes:
SyteK Inc. developed the NetBIOS protocol in 1983. NetBIOS stands for Network Basic Input/Output System. The protocol was later adopted by IBM for networking in their PC Network. SyteK Inc. was later renamed Hughes LAN Systems Inc. Microsoft integrated NetBIOS into its operating systems for network communication.
2. Which among the following is not a payment card technology?
[A] Magnetic Stripe Card
[B] Smart Card
[C] Fleet Card
[D] All of them are payment card technologies
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Correct Answer: D [All of them are payment card technologies ]
Notes:
EMV is a payment method based upon a technical standard. It is for smart payment cards and for payment terminals and automated teller machines which can accept them. EMV originally stood for “Europay, Mastercard, and Visa”, the three companies which created the standard. The Magnetic strip cards,smart cards and Fleet cards are the different technologies available.
3. Which of the following device is a volatile storage?
[A] RAM
[B] Hard disk
[C] Magnetic Tape
[D] Floppy disk
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Correct Answer: A [RAM]
Notes:
RAM is a temporary memory in a computer. Random-access memory is a form of computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code. So it is a very volatile storage.
4. Which of the following blogging platform was first launched by Pyra Labs?
[A] WordPress
[B] Blogger
[C] Typepad
[D] Twitter
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Correct Answer: B [Blogger]
Notes:
Blogger is the platform founded by Pyra Labs in 1999. Google acquired it in 2003. WordPress is a free and open-source content management system by wordpress foundation. Twitter is an American microblogging and social networking service founded in 2006.
5. Which of the following comprise the hardware components of the computer?
[A] Printer
[B] Keyboard
[C] Mouse
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
The components of the computer which we can see and touch are called the hardware components of the computer. They include devices like keyboard, mouse, printer etc.
6. Which of the following comprise the software components of a computer?
[A] Programs
[B] Keyboard
[C] BIOS
[D] Memory
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Correct Answer: A [Programs]
Notes:
The set of instructions or programs that make the computer function using the hardware parts are called the software. We cannot see or touch software.
7. Who had proposed the principle of modern computer in his 1936 paper?
[A] Alan Turing
[B] Geoff Tootill
[C] Ferranti Mark
[D] Grace Hopper
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Correct Answer: A [Alan Turing]
Notes:
The principle of the modern computer was proposed by Alan Turing. His seminal paper “On Computable Numbers” has proposed a device called the Universal Computing Machine.
8. A communication system which transfers data between the components inside a computer or even between computers is known as
[A] Bus
[B] Wire
[C] Knot
[D] Line
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Correct Answer: A [Bus]
Notes:
In computer architecture, a bus is a communication system which transfers data between the components inside a computer or even between computers.
9. Where are the instructions which are used to run a digital computer stored?
[A] Motherboard
[B] Hard Disk
[C] Memory
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: C [Memory]
Notes:
The digital computer works by counting, comparing and manipulating various digits and their combinations as per the instructions which are stored in the memory.
10. Which was the first desktop hybrid computing system?
[A] Colossus
[B] Zeta
[C] Hycomp 250
[D] HYDAC 2400
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Correct Answer: C [Hycomp 250]
Notes:
Hycomp 250 was the first desktop hybrid computing system which was released by Packard Bell in 1961.
