COMPUTER

COMPUTER

A GENERAL PURPOSE DEVICE THAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO CARRY OUT A SET OF OPERATIONS (ARITHMETIC /LOGIC) AUTOMATICALLY.

HERE ARE THE SOME SELECTED QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPUTERS THAT CAN BE ASKED FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS BY KERALA PSC AND UPSC.

1. FATHER OF COMPUTER

A)CHARLES BABBAGE

B)WILLIAM STANELY

C)ALAN TURING

D)CARL DOUGLAS

2. FROM WHICH LANGUAGE DOES THE WORD COMPUTER ORIGIN

A)ENGLISH

B)KANNADA

C)LATIN

D)ARABI

3. IN WHICH PART OF THE COMPUTER STORES ITS DATA FOR PROCESSING

A)MEMORY UNIT

B)INPUT UNIT

C)OUTPUT UNIT

D)ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT

4. WHICH PART IS CALLED AS THE BRAIN OF COMPUTER

A)INPUT UNIT

B)MEMORY UNIT

C)CPU

D)OUTPUT UNIT

5. THE PART OF THE COMPUTER CALLED AS VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT

A)MOUSE

B)MONITOR

C)PRINTER

D)KEYBOARD

6. PART OF CPU ARE....

A)INPUT, OUTPUT, PROCESSING

B)CONTROL UNIT, PRIMARY STORAGE, ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT

C)CONTROL UNIT,PRIMARY STORAGE, SECONDARY STORAGE

D)INPUT, PROCESSING, STORAGE

7. ................IS AA PRIMARY STORAGE

A)RAM

B)C D ROM

C)FLOPPY DISC

D)MAGNETIC TAPE

8. ............... IS A SECONDARY STORAGE

A)CD ROM

B)RAM

C)ROM

D)HARD DISC

9. BOOLEAN ALGEBRA USES

A)NUMBER SYSTEM

B)BINARY DIGIT

C)HEXA SYSTEM

D)OCTAL SYSTEM

10.OPERATING LANGUAGE OF COMPUTER

A)NUMBER SYSTEM

B)OCTAL SYSTEM

C)BINARY SYSTEM

D)HEXA SYSTEM

11.PROGRAM CONTROLS THE OPERATIONS IN THE  COMPUTER SYSTEM

A)APPLICATION SOFTWARE

B)SYSTEM SOFTWARE

C)PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

D)CONTROL UNIT

12.SOFTWARE WORKS WITH HELPS OF .....

A)CPU

B)CONTROL UNIT

C)PROGRAM

D)ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT

13. TECHNOLOGY USED IN FIRST GENERATION COMPUTERS

A)TRANSISTOR

B)VACUUM TUBE

C)INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

D)MICROPROCESSOR

14.WHO DISCOVERED VACUUM TUBE

A)STANLEY MASER

B)WILLIAM SHOCKLEY

C)JOHN A FLEMING

D)WALTER BRATEN

15.LARGEST AND STRONG  COMPUTER

A)MICRO COMPUTER

B)ANALOG COMPUTER

C)DIGITAL COMPUTER

D)MAIN FRAME

16. TECHNOLOGY USED IN SECOND GENERATION COMPUTERS 

A)INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

B)VACUUM TUBE

C)TRANSISTOR

D)ABACUS

17. TECHNOLOGY USED IN THIRD GENERATION COMPUTERS

A)MICROPROCESSOR

B)VACUUM TUBE

C)INTEGRATED 

D)TRANSISTOR

18.FIRST AGE OPERATING SYSTEM 

A)DOS

B)WINDOWS

C)LINUX

D)UNIX

19.SOFTWARE CONVERTS MODERN COMPUTER LANGUAGE INTO BINARY 

A)COMPILER

B)INTERPRETER

C)SOURCE PROGRAM

D)OBJECT PROGRAM 

20.THE COMPUTER USED FOR STUDY OF WEATHER AND PLANNING OF AIR CRAFT 

A)MICRO COMPUTER

B)MINI COMPUTER

C)PERSONAL COMPUTER

D)SUPER COMPUTERS

21.PRIME AGE CALCULATOR

A)ABACUS

B)ANIYAC

C)EDSAC

D)EDWAC

22.COMPUTER KNOWN AS 'USER FRIENDLY COMPUTERS'

A)MINI COMPUTER

B)MAIN FRAME

C)SUPER COMPUTER

D)PERSONAL COMPUTER

23.TECHNOLOGY USED IN FOURTH GENERATION COMPUTERS

A)TRANSISTOR

B)INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

C)MICRO PROCESSOR

D)INTERPRETER

24.STORAGE CAPACITY OF A FLOPPY DISC

A)1.44 MEGAWATT

B)1024 KILOBYTE

C)4.5 GIGABYTE

D)1024 GIGABYTE

25.AVERAGE LENGTH OF NORMAL FLOPPY DISC

A)12 cm

B)18 cm

C)4.5 INCH

D)3.5 INCH

26.FIRST COMPUTER LANGUAGE

A)BASIC

B)COBOL

C)JAVA

D)C++

27.LANGUAGE USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSE

A)PASCAL

B)FORTRAN

C)JAVA

D)COBOL

28.SET OF 4 BITS  

A)BYTE

B)NIBBLE

C)KILOBYTE

D)MEGABYTE

29.LADY CALLED AS 'HUMAN COMPUTER'

A)SAROJINI NAIDU

B)SUGATHAKUMARI

C)UMABHARTI

D)SHAKUNTHALA DEVI

30.THE COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEM USED BY PEOPLE LARGELY

A)DOS

B)WINDOWS

C)LINUX

D)UNIX

31.THE YEAR INTERNET HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN INDIA

A)1995

B)1975

C)2004

D)2000

32.PRIME  FORM OF INTERNET

A)ARPANET

B)EXTRANET

C)INTRANET

D)TELNET

33.FIRST SEARCH ENGINE IN THE WORLD

A)VANDECS

B)GOOGLE

C)YAHOO

D)ULTAVISTA

34.FIRST WEBSITE IN MALAYALAM ABOUT EDUCATION AND JOB

A)www.padavukal.org

B)www.ourstories.org

C)www.education.nic.in

D)www.90do.com

35.FIRST STATE ENTRUSTED EMAIL FACILITY  IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES

A)GOA

B)MALAYSIA

C)SINGAPORE

D)KERALA

36.FIRST VIDEO GAME 

A)HARRY PORTER

B)SPIDERMAN

C)PRICE OF PERSIA

D)SPACE WAR

37.FIRST BANK ESTABLISHED ONLINE BANKING 

A)ICICI

B)HDFC

C)INDIAN BANK

D)SBI

38.FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT

A)DAVID BASIN

B)BILL GATES

C)ZIMUR 

D)ALAN SHUGART

39.FATHER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

A)CARL DOUGLAS

B)JAMES T RUSSEL

C)CHARLES BABBAGE

D)ALAN TURING

40.FATHER OF SUPER COMPUTERS

A)ALAN TURING

B)ZIMUR

C)CHARLES BABBAGE

D)CARL DOUGLAS

ANSWERS

1. A
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. C
13. B
14. C
15. D
16. C
17. C
18. A
19. B
20. B
21. A
22. D
23. C
24. A
25. B
26. A
27. D
28. B
29. D
30. B
31. A
32. A
33. A
34. A
35. A
36. A
37. B
38. B
39. D
40. B