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

Computer GK : Computer Questions and Answers(Part-II)

1. Which Penguin is the mascot of Linux Operating system?
Ans : TUX

2. i pad is manufactured by

Ans : Apple

3. Which IT company got name from Sanfrancisco?

Ans : CISCO

4. "Connecting people" is the tagline of ....

Ans : Nokia

5. What is IMEI?
Ans : International Mobile Equipment Identity.

6. What is e-zine?
Ans : Electronic Magazines

7. What is the expansion of ASCII?
Ans : American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

8. Who developed first portable computer?
Ans : Adam Osborne

9. What is NIC?
Ans : Network Interface Card

10. Whose motto is "wisdom of mass principle?
Ans : Wikipedia

11. Who is the father of computer ethics?
Ans : Norbetweiner.

12. Which Indian state implemented 'Cyber Grameen' ?
Ans : Andhra Pradesh

13. What is a blog?
Ans : Online journals and diaries

14. What is NISG?

Ans : National Institute of Smart Governance

15. Tic-Tac-Toe is .....
Ans : 1st graphical game

16. "Oruma" is Linux based software development by?
Ans : Kerala State Electricity Board.

17. ABC (computer) was developed by ?
Ans : Atanasoff Berry (ABC means Atanasoff Berry Computer)

18. GPS was developed by?
Ans : US Army

19. Expand SUN in sun Micrsystem.
Ans : Stanford University Network

20. 'Being digital' is a famous book written by ?
Ans : Nicholars Negroponte

21. What is Blue Brain project?
Ans : Cloning of human brain

22. Which famous web site was found by Jeffry Bezos?
Ans : Amazon.com

23. What is Cyber bulling?
Ans : Threatening through internet

24. Cyber-check is software developed by .....
Ans: C-DAC

25. What is pod slumping?
Ans : Information theft by portable devices.

26. In which year the first legalized personal computer sold in Cuba?
Ans : 2008(May)

27. What is three finger salutes?
Ans : Pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del

28. In which year Microsoft Office was launched?
Ans : 1989

29. What is meant by Mouse potato?
Ans : It means a person who spends too much time in front of a computer

30. Who wrote 'Just for fun' ?
Ans : Linus Torvalds. ( Just for Fun : The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary is a humorous autobiography of Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel)

Computer GK : Computer Questions and Answers(Part-I)

1. Who invented Compact Disc?

Ans : James T Russel

2. Which day is celebrated as world Computer Literacy Day?

Ans : December 2

3. Who invented Java?

Ans : James A Gosling

4. Longhorn was the code name of ?

Ans : Windows Vista

5. Who is known as the Human Computer of India?
Ans : Shakunthala Devi

6. What is mean by Liveware?
Ans : People who work with the computer

7. Which computer engineer got Nobel Prize for literature in 2003?
Ans: J.M. Coetzee

8. 'Weaving The Web' was written by.....
Ans : Tim Burners Lee

9. What is Beta Test?
Ans : Trial test of a computer or software before the commercial launch

10. 'Do no evil' is tag line of ......
Ans : Google

11. First Indian cinema released through internet is .....
Ans : Vivah

12. Rediff.com was founded by.....
Ans : Ajith Balakrishnan and Manish Agarwal

13. What is the extension of PDF?
Ans : Portable document format

14. Mows is a type of mouse for ........ people
Ans : Physically handicapped people

15. Orkut.com is now owned by ......

Ans : Google

16. World's first microprocessor is .....
Ans : Intel 4004

17. What is SQL?
Ans:  Structured Query Language

18. What is the expansion of COBOL?
Ans : Common Business Oriented Language

19. What is the expansion of SMS?
Ans : Short Message Service

20. Which IT company's nickname is ' The Big Blue ' ?
Ans : IBM

21. What is the full form of  IEEE?
Ans : Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers

22. Who developed COBOL?
Ans : Grace Murry Hopper

23. Email was developed by......
Ans : Raymond Samuel Tomlinson (Ray Tomlinson)

24. Green dam is ......
Ans : Web Filter

25. What is the expanded form of CMOS ?
Ans : Complementary Metal Oxide Semoconductor

26. Who is Netizen ?
Ans : Net Citizen (Citizen who uses internet)

27. What is Scareware?
Ans : Fake antivirus softwares

28. When was the first smart phone launched?
Ans : 1992 (IBM Simon)

Top 10 Hackers in the world!

1.         Kevin Mitnick

2.         Jonathan James

3.         Albert Gonzalez

4.         Kevin Poulsen

5.         Nasa Hacker Gary McKinnon

6.         Robert Tappan Morris

7.         Loyd Blankenship

8.         Julian Assange

9.         Guccifer 2.0

10        Anonymous

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