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 of the following languages are directly executable by a computer’s CPU?
[A] Machine Language
[B] High Language
[C] Assembly Language
[D] Second generation Language
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Correct Answer: A [Machine Language ]
Notes:
Machine languages are directly executable by a computer’s CPU.
2. V-RAM is used for access of the following?
[A] Video & Graphics
[B] Text & Images
[C] programs
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Video & Graphics ]
Notes:
V-Ram is also known as video Ram. It is a dual ported variant of dynamic RAM. VRAM is basically RAM integrated in a card for using it for storing graphical textures, 3D models temporary. It is used for video access and graphics.
3. Any piece of data can be returned in a constant time, regardless of its physical location and whether or not it is related to the previous piece of data using which of the following?
[A] RAM
[B] ROM
[C] CPU
[D] Network interface card
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Correct Answer: A [RAM]
Notes:
Random-access memory or RAM is a form of computer memory which is used to store the working data and machine code. The RAM make sure the data is returned instantly when asked for.
4. What is HTTP 404?
[A] An error message indicating server not found
[B] An error message indicating moved permanently
[C] An error message indicating forbidden
[D] An error message indicating server found
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Correct Answer: A [An error message indicating server not found ]
Notes:
The HTTP 404, 404 Not Found, 404, Page Not Found, or Server Not Found error message is Hypertext Transfer Protocol standard response code. In computer network communications it indicates that the browser was able to communicate with a given server but server cant find it.
5. Which of the following audio / video formats was developed by Microsoft?
[A] MPEG
[B] ADX
[C] WMA
[D] AVS
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Correct Answer: C [WMA]
Notes:
Windows Media Audio (WMA) is a series of audio codecs and their corresponding audio coding formats developed by Microsoft.
6. How many banks are promoting the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)?
[A] 6
[B] 8
[C] 10
[D] 12
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Correct Answer: C [10]
Notes:
The National Payments Corporation of India is an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. It is promoted by 10 banks.
7. Which of the following is seen as the earliest mechanical analog computer?
[A] Tally Stick
[B] Antikythera mechanism
[C] Planisphere
[D] Astrolabe
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Correct Answer: B [Antikythera mechanism]
Notes:
The Antikythera mechanism is believed to be the earliest mechanical analog computer. It was designed to calculate astronomical positions.
8. Who was associated with the first large-scale digital computer known as the Harvard Mark I or the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator?
[A] Clifford Berry
[B] Howard Aiken
[C] Konrad Zuse
[D] John Atanasoff
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Correct Answer: B [Howard Aiken]
Notes:
The first large-scale digital computer was built by mathematician Howard Aiken which was sponsored by IBM and thus called as the Howard Mark I or IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator.
9. Who had designed and constructed the first recognizably modern digital stored-program computer?
[A] J. Lyons
[B] John Newmann
[C] Tom Kilburn
[D] Maurice Wilkes
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Correct Answer: D [Maurice Wilkes]
Notes:
Maurice Wilkes had designed and constructed the first recognizably modern digital stored-program computer.
10. Who has conceived the first automatic digital computer?
[A] Blaise Pascal
[B] Gottfried Leibniz
[C] Charles Babbage
[D] George Boole
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Correct Answer: C [Charles Babbage]
Notes:
English inventor Charles Babbage is credited with the being the first one to conceive a successful first automatic digital computer.
