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. Which of the following languages are directly executable by a computer’s CPU?
[A] Machine Language
[B] High Language
[C] Assembly Language
[D] Second generation Language
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Correct Answer: A [Machine Language ]
Notes:
Machine languages are directly executable by a computer’s CPU.
2. Which Microsoft-based technology was built to link desktop applications to the World Wide Web?
[A] Active Channel
[B] Active Desktop
[C] ActiveX
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: C [ActiveX ]
Notes:
ActiveX is a software framework created by Microsoft that adapts its earlier Component Object Model (COM) and Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technologies for content downloaded from a network, particularly from the World Wide Web. It is used till IE11 but not Microsoft Edge.
3. “Don’t be evil” was the informal corporate motto of which of the following internet giants?
[A] google
[B] Yahoo
[C] Microsoft
[D] Baidu
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Correct Answer: A [google]
Notes:
“Don’t be evil” was used in Google’s corporate code of conduct and was considered to be an informal motto. However, it has been removed now off the code of conduct.
4. ©Brain also known as the first computer virus for MS-DOS was written by two brothers belonging to which among the following countries?
[A] Malaysia
[B] India
[C] Pakistan
[D] Iran
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Correct Answer: C [Pakistan]
Notes:
Brain is the first PC virus in the world. It began infecting 5.2″ floppy disks in 1986. It was the work of two brothers, Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi of Pakistan.
5. 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.
6. Which of the following comprise the software components of a computer?
[A] Programs
[B] Keyboard
[C] BIOS
[D] Memory
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Correct Answer: A [Programs]
Notes:
The set of instructions or programs that make the computer function using the hardware parts are called the software. We cannot see or touch software.
7. Which of the following comprise commonly used Assembly language?
[A] ARM
[B] COBOL
[C] BASIC
[D] Python
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Correct Answer: A [ARM]
Notes:
ARM is a commonly used Assembly language. Its full form is known as Advanced RISC Machine.
8. What kind of data is processed by an analog computer?
[A] Discrete Data
[B] Intermittent Data
[C] Discretely varying Data
[D] Continuously varying Data
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Correct Answer: D [Continuously varying Data]
Notes:
An analog computer is the one which is used to process continuously varying data. This changeable yet continuous data is generally referred to as the analog data.
9. Which of the following comprise vital electronic components of an analog clock?
[A] Multipliers
[B] Potentiometers
[C] Operational amplifiers
[D] All of the above
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Correct Answer: D [All of the above]
Notes:
Key electronic components of an analog computer include precision resistors, multipliers, potentiometers, operational amplifiers, fixed-function generators etc.
10. In what form is the data expressed in a digital computer?
[A] Binary
[B] Tertiary
[C] Primary
[D] Secondary
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Correct Answer: A [Binary]
Notes:
Digital data works on various kinds of data which include magnitude, letters, symbols, etc. and are expressed in binary code i.e. using numbers only in two digits like 0 and 1.
