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. NetBIOS was introduced in 1983 by which company as an improvement to the standard BIOS used by Windows-based computers?
[A] Dell
[B] IBM
[C] Compaq
[D] SyteK Inc
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Correct Answer: D [SyteK Inc]
Notes:
Sytek Inc. which is now known as Hughes LAN Systems Inc. had created the NetBIOS protocol in 1983, later used by Microsoft to make its early networks.
2. Structured programming languages such as C, COBOL and FORTRAN were used in which of the following computers?
[A] First Generation Computers
[B] Second Generation Computers
[C] Third Generation Computers
[D] Fourth Generation Computers
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Correct Answer: C [Third Generation Computers ]
Notes:
The period of third generation was from 1965-1971. The computers of third generation used Integrated Circuits (ICs) in place of transistors. Structured programming languages such as C, COBOL and FORTRAN were used in Third Generation computers.
3. Which of the following best represents the main feature of the sixth generation of computers?
[A] Artificial Intelligence
[B] Integrated Circuits
[C] Vacuum Tubes
[D] Transistors
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Correct Answer: A [Artificial Intelligence]
Notes:
The sixth generation of computers, still in its developing stage and largely theoretical as of now, is renowned for its emphasis on Artificial Intelligence. The concept includes AI systems, robotics, nanotechnology, ubiquitous computing, and quantum computation. The aim is to create machines that can learn, adapt and act based on accumulating knowledge.
4. The terms Goodput, Throughput and Maximum throughput are most closely associated with which among the following in computers?
[A] Bit Rate
[B] Response Time
[C] Command Line Interface
[D] Random memory
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Correct Answer: A [Bit Rate ]
Notes:
The bit rate is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time in computing and telecommunication. For example 1 kbit/s refers to 1000 bits/s while 1MBPS means one million bits per second. One byte per second (1 B/s) corresponds to 8 bit/s.
5. Which among the following was India’s first Teraflop supercomputer?
[A] PARAM 10000
[B] PARAM Yuva
[C] PARAM Padma
[D] PARAM 9000/ss
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Correct Answer: C [PARAM Padma]
Notes:
PARAM Padma was the first Indian Teraflop supercomputer. It is India’s first machine ranked on a worldwide supercomputer list.
6. News websites deliver customized ‘feeds’ of content to their readers via RSS, which stands for :
[A] Really Simple Syndication
[B] Real Social Syndication
[C] Registered Subscriber Syndication
[D] Really Simple Synchronization
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Correct Answer: A [Really Simple Syndication]
Notes:
Real Simple Syndication (RSS) is the term used to refer the collection of Web feed formats. They provide updated or shared information in a standardized way. They deliver customized ‘feeds’ to the customers.
7. Modern computers follow a generalised set of instructions to perform any function. What are these instructions better known as?
[A] Language
[B] Instructions
[C] Commands
[D] Programs
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Correct Answer: D [Programs]
Notes:
Computers follow a generalised set of instructions to perform various functions. These are known as programs. These let the computers to perform a huge range of tasks.
8. Which of the following comprise the input devices?
[A] Keyboard
[B] Mouse
[C] Both 1 ans 2
[D] Only 1
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Correct Answer: C [Both 1 ans 2]
Notes:
Devices like keyboard and mouse are used to input data and instructions to the computer and are called the input unit.
9. Which of the following are examples of an analog signal?
[A] Sound via an electrified copper wire
[B] Human Speech via an electrified copper wire
[C] Light
[D] Both 1 and 2
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Correct Answer: D [Both 1 and 2]
Notes:
Examples of analog signal include sound or human speech over an electrified copper wire.
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.
