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. Panther (10.3), Jaguar (10.2), Puma (10.1), and Cheetah (10.0) are examples of what kind of operating system?
[A] Windows OS
[B] Mac OS
[C] Linux Operating Systems
[D] Android Operating Systems
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Correct Answer: B [Mac OS]
Notes:These are names of Mac OS Operating Systems. The names of various Mac OS are as follows:
- Mac OS X Public Beta
- Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
- Mac OS X 10.1 Puma
- Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
- Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- macOS 10.12 Sierra
- macOS 10.13 High Sierra
- macOS 10.14 Mojave
- macOS 10.15 Catalina
2. Which among the following can be called an electronic check?
[A] Debit card
[B] Smart card
[C] Credit card
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: A [Debit card]
Notes:
Electronic cheek is a form of payment system. In this funds from customer’s account are transferred to the merchants account over the ACH (Automated clearing House) network. Debit card is one such payment as the customers funds are transferred.
3. Which Microsoft-based technology was built to link desktop applications to the World Wide Web?
[A] Active Channel
[B] Active Desktop
[C] ActiveX
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [ActiveX ]
Notes:
ActiveX is a software framework created by Microsoft that adapts its earlier Component Object Model (COM) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technologies for content downloaded from a network, particularly from the World Wide Web. It is used till IE11 but not Microsoft Edge.
4. Which among the following is the essential character of the ADSL Internet Connections?
[A] High Download Rate , Low upload Rate
[B] High Upload rate, Low download Rate
[C] Use of voice spectrum of the telephone lines
[D] Use of cable television infrastructure.
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Correct Answer: A [High Download Rate , Low upload Rate]
Notes:
ADSL – asymmetric digital subscriber line is a type of broadband communications technology used for connecting to the Internet. ADSL allows more data to be sent over existing copper telephone lines. It is characterized by High download rate and low upload rate.
5. Which among the following is used for denoting the detectable movement of a computer mouse?
[A] Novint
[B] Mickey
[C] Snipa
[D] Daisy
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Correct Answer: B [Mickey]
Notes:
A mickey is a unit of measurement for the speed and movement direction of a computer mouse. So it is used for denoting the movement of a computer mouse.
6. Which of the following devices comprise the output unit?
[A] Control Unit
[B] Visual Display Unit
[C] Secondary Memory
[D] Primary Memory
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Correct Answer: B [Visual Display Unit]
Notes:
Devices like a printer and visual display unit that are used to provide information to the user in the desired format are called output unit.
7. In a book of which author was the word computer first mentioned?
[A] Mark Twain
[B] Sherlock Holmes
[C] Richard Braithwait
[D] Enid Blyton
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Correct Answer: C [Richard Braithwait]
Notes:
As per the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “computer” was first used in 1613 in a book called The Yong Mans Gleanings by English writer Richard Braithwait.
8. Which of the following is the first example of an electromechanical relay computer?
[A] Differential Analyzer
[B] Torpedo Data Computer
[C] Z2
[D] Jacquard Loom
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Correct Answer: C [Z2]
Notes:
The Z2, created by a German Engineer Konrad Zuse in 1939, was one of the foremost examples of an electromechanical relay computer.
9. What is the meaning of the Greek word analogon from which the word analog has been derived?
[A] According to an Equation
[B] According to a Sum
[C] According to a Ratio
[D] According to a Dividend
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Correct Answer: C [According to a Ratio ]
Notes:
The word analog is derived from the Greek word analogon which means according to a ratio.
10. Which of the following are features of a subnotebook?
[A] Small physical dimensions
[B] Larger than hand-held computers
[C] Run complete versions of desktop/laptop OS
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
A subnotebook has all the features of a standard laptop computer but it has smaller physical dimensions. They are larger than hand-held computers and usually play on full-versions of the desktop/laptop OS.
