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. A network that is connected to the Internet, but uses encryption to scramble all the data sent through the Internet is called ? 
[A] My network
[B] Virtual Private Network
[C] Social Network
[D] None of the above

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2. Microsoft first introduced an operating environment named Windows in which year? 
[A] 1977
[B] 1980
[C] 1985
[D] 1990

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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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4. Which among the following is not a security / privacy risk?
[A] Spam
[B] Virus
[C] Hacking
[D] Phishing

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5. What do we call a storage device where the access time is effectively independent of the location of the data?
[A] Direct Access Storage Device
[B] Secondary Storage Device
[C] Primary Storage Device
[D] Gateway Device

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6. What was UNIVAC?
[A] A computer
[B] A Super computer
[C] A software Programme
[D] A Computer Manufacturer

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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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8. When did the Online Etymology Dictionary first attested the use of the word “computer” as one who calculates?
[A] 1630s
[B] 1680s
[C] 1670s
[D] 1640s

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9. 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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10. Which of the following is the system bus?
[A] Bus connecting Keyboard and Motherboard
[B] Bus connecting CPU and Memory
[C] Bus connecting Memory and Monitor
[D] Bus connecting Hard Disk and Monitor

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