Basic Computer Knowledge for any Competition(Part-I)

1. The improvement of computer hardware theory is summarized by which law.?

Ans: Moore's First Law

2. The most widely used computer device is.

Ans: Internal Hard Disk

3. _______ are software which is used to do particular task.

Ans: Program

4. Who is father of modern computers?

Ans: Charles Babbage

5. ________ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by which users can interact with the computer.

Ans: The Operating System (OS)

6. The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the:

Ans: Digital Divide

7. ……….is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors.

Ans: Crashing

8. What type of software creates a smaller file that is faster to transfer over the Internet?

Ans: Compression

9. Which of the following is used for close a tab on a browser?

Ans: Ctrl + W

10. You can move between two or more Excel files opened by using the

Ans:  Ctrl + Tab

11. To open find window.

Ans: F3

12. __ Is a mechanism by which all the content in a specified storage area are written as output.

Ans: Dumping

13. The first generation computers used ____________ for circuitry

Ans: Vacuum Tube

14. He period of First generation computer is

Ans: 1940-1956

15. In analog computer...

Ans: Input is never converted to digital form

16. The output quality of a printer is measured by

Ans: Dot per sq. inch

17. In the latest generation of computers, the instructions are executed

Ans: Both sequentially and parallel

18. Who designed the first electronics computer – ENIAC?

Ans: J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly

19. Who invented the high level language c?

Ans: Dennis M. Ritchie

20. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands?

Ans: 1991

21. An error in a computer program is called a _________.

Ans: Bug

22. Which of the following are computers that can be carried around easily?

Ans: Laptops

23. Which among the following is a Super computer series developed by Indian scientists?

Ans: Param

24.  What type of web technology creates an online community where people can make statements and others can read and respond to those statements?

Ans: Blog 

25. When the pointer is positioned which of the following, it is shaped like a hand?

Ans: Hyperlink

26. If your computer keeps rebooting itself, then it is likely that _______.

Ans: It has a virus

27. Deleted data remains on a disk until _________.

Ans: The Recycle bin is emptied

28. LANs can be connected by devices called _________ operate in the data link layer.

Ans: Bridges

29. From what location are the 1st computer instructions available on boot up?

Ans: ROM BIOS

30. Direct Access Storage Device is also referred as ?

Ans: DASD