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. In which year Microsoft was founded ?
[A] 1970
[B] 1974
[C] 1975
[D] 1976
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Correct Answer: C [1975]
Notes:
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Microsoft Windows.
2. Which part of the computer carries out the arithmetic and logical operations?
[A] Control Unit
[B] Processing Element
[C] BIOS
[D] Mother Board
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Correct Answer: B [Processing Element]
Notes:
The processing element carries out the arithmetic and logical operations while the control unit changes the order of questions in response to stored information.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Which of the following indicates where is the computer is in terms of the program sequence?
[A] Logic Gate
[B] Knot Circuit
[C] Program Manager
[D] Program Counter
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Correct Answer: D [Program Counter]
Notes:
The program counter which is commonly known as the instruction pointer is actually a processor register that points where a computer is in its program sequence.
6. Which of the following registers can hold both data and addresses?
[A] General Purpose Register
[B] Data Register
[C] Address Register
[D] Status Register
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Correct Answer: A [General Purpose Register]
Notes:
A General Purpose Register can hold both Data and Address. This means they are combined data/address registers.
7. Which of the following is a Text-based user interface?
[A] GNOME
[B] KDE
[C] Aqua
[D] Command-line interface
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Correct Answer: D [Command-line interface]
Notes:
A text-based user interface is Command-line Interface. It is a text-based application is one whose primary input and output are based on the text.
8. Which of the following are characteristics of nettops?
[A] Intel Atom processor
[B] Low Cost
[C] Lean Functionality
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
Nettops are a special type of desktops introduced by Intel in February of 2008. Nettops were characterised by lost cost and thin functionality in addition to intel atom processor. The latter allows these to consume less power.
9. What is the full form of ALU?
[A] Arithmetic Logic Unit
[B] Algebra Logic Unit
[C] Arithmetic Logical Unit
[D] None of the Above
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Correct Answer: A [Arithmetic Logic Unit]
Notes:
The arithmetic and logic unit (ALU) of a computer system is the place where the actual execution of the instructions take place during the processing operations.
10. This part of the computer does all of the ‘thinking’. It can carry out billions of instructions per second and gets very hot.
[A] Motherboard
[B] Hard Drive
[C] Processor
[D] RAM
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Correct Answer: C [Processor]
Notes:
A processor is the computer’s engine. The CPU is the part that actually does stuff by following the instructions of the computer program that it’s running.
