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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER

Q NO (1): What is a computer?
Ans: A Computer is an advanced electronic machine, which accepts Data as input, process it, store it and produce
output.

Q NO (2) What is Data?

Ans: Data is a collection of raw facts and figures, given to computer for processing.

Q NO (3) What is Information?

Ans: Information is the processed or meaningful Data that is understandable by a person.

Q NO (4) Define Process or What is process?

Ans: Process is action that is performed on Data to convert it to Information.

Q NO (5) What are the advantages or features of Computers?

Ans: Computers have become essential part of our life due to these features: High Speed, Accuracy, High Power of
Remembering things and versatility.

Q NO (6) What is Hardware?

Ans: The physical parts or components of the computers that we see and touch is known as Hardware e.g. keyboard,
mouse etc

Q NO (7) What is software?

Ans: Software is the set of instructions given to computer for performing specific task. Software enable the user to
interact with computer. e.g. Ms Windows, Ms Office etc

Q NO (8) How many group of Hardware Components of Computer are?

Ans: The Computer Hardware components can be divided into these groups.
(a) Input Devices.
(b) Output Devices.
(c) System Unit.
(e) Storage Devices.
(f) Communication Devices.

Q NO (9) Define Input Devices?

Ans: Input devices are used to enter data or instruction into the computer like keyboard, mouse etc

Q NO (10) Explain briefly some input devices?

Ans: There are following input devices
(1) Keyboard is used to enter data into computer; there are 102-105 keys are on it
(2) Mouse is used to input instructions with a pointer on the screen, it is also called pointing device
(3) Scanner is used to input printed documents and images into the computer
(4) Microphone is used to input human voice or any other sound into the computer

Q NO (11) Define Output devices?

Ans: The output devices show the information or result which is obtained from computer after processing.

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Q NO (12) Explain briefly some output devices?

Ans: There are following output devices.
(1) Monitor: Monitor is Output device; it is just like T.V and also known as VDU (Video Display Unit)
(2) Printer: Printer is also Output device that produce the output on paper.
(3) Speaker: Speaker is that kind of Output device that produces sound Output.

Q NO (13) Define System unit?

Ans: System unit is the main unit of computer. It is a rectangular box containing memory, processor etc

Q NO (14) What are the parts of System Unit?

Ans: System unit consist of following parts.
(1) Processor performs all types of processing on data to produce results; it is main part of system unit
(2) Mother Board is the main circuit board in system unit. It is also called system board.
(3) Memory is used to store Data that is used by processor for different tasks. It is essential part of a computer.

Q NO (15) Explain briefly storage devices?

Ans: Storage devices are use to keep the data and programs stored permanently so that available for later
(1) Hard Disk is permanent storage device. Magnetic plates are used to store Data in Hard Disk.
(2) Floppy Disk is removable storage device. It is used to transfer Data form one computer to another.
(3) CD / DVD are soft plastic made storage disks.
(4) USB is also removable storage device.

Q NO (16) Define Communication devices.

Ans: Devices which are used to transfer information from on computer to another are called communication devices

Q NO (17) What is modem? .

Ans: Modem is communication device use to connect the computers to the internet.

Q NO (18) How Computer works?.

Ans: Computer works according to following order.
(1st) Input Operation: Data is entered into computer using input device e.g. keyboard, mouse
(2nd) Processing Operation: Processor or CPU performs calculation or processing.
(3rd) Output Operation: Results produced by the processor is sent to the Output device like monitor
(4th) Storage Operation: Data is stored by storage devices

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CHAPTER TWO INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS

Q.No.(1) What is meant by Operating System?
Ans: Operating System is system software which is used to control and coordinate all the activities of computer. e.g.
Windows XP,

Q.No.(2) What is Desktop?

Ans: The Desktop is the first screen that appears when the computer is turned on and contains icons of software.

Q.No.(3) Explain Desktop Icons?

Following Icons are available on Desktop.
(1) My Document: It consists of stored documents and files.
(2) My Computer: It provides access to avail resource of computer.
(3) Recycle Bin: It stores all deleted documents or files.
(4) Internet Explorer: It uses to access internet.

Q.No. (4) How you will open a program in computer?

Ans: Suppose we are going to open MS paint in computer, we will adopt following procedure.
 Start  Program  Accessories  MS Paint
Similarly a file can be open by double clicking on its icons.

Q.No. (5) How do you understand a Window?

Ans: A Window is a rectangular area on screen, each program opens in its specific window,

Q.No. (6) Explain the component found in Window?

Ans: If you open a window of any program, then following parts will be avail in each type of window
(1) Title Bar: It contains the name of current program.
(2) Menu Bar: It contains different menu like file, edit, help etc.
(3) Tool Bar: It contains button with icons for common tasks.
(4) Status Bar: It displays the information of running program
(5) Scroll Bar: It uses to navigate through windows or document contents.
(6) Maximize Button: It enlarges window to its maximum size.
(7) Minimize Button: It uses to reduce a window on task bar
(8) Close Button: It uses to close the active window.

Q No. (7) What is file?

Ans: A file is the collection of related information. e.g text file, audio/video file. A name is given to each file

Q.No. (8) What is folder?

Ans: A folder is tool for organizing and grouping files on Disk. It contains files and also called Directory.

Q.No. (9) What is Drive?

Ans: A Drive is a storage device in computer to store and retrieve information. e.g Hard Disk, CD/DVD etc.
Drives are named with alphabets like C, D, E. All drives in computer can be viewed by My Computer.

Q.No. (10) How to create a folder?

Ans: Following procedure will be adopt for creating a folder
 Right click where folder is required  New  Folder  Give the name of folder
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Q.No. (11) What does copy/Paste Command do?

Ans: Copy / paste move the duplicate of original file or folder to new location.

Q.No. (12) What does cut/past command do?

Ans: Cut / paste moves the original file or folder completely, removing it from its original location and place it on
new place.

Q.No.(13) What does Delete command do and how can u do it?

Ans: Delete command is use to delete or erase a file or folder, you can do it as
 Right click the file / folder and select Delete from right menu or
 Single click the file / folder when its color got blue press Delete Key from Keyboard.

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CHAPTER 3 COMMONLY USED SOFTWARES

Q.No. (1) what do you know about MS Paint?

Ans: It is graphic painting program. It is used to create and edit pictures and graphics. It is all windows

Q.No. (2) How to start MS Paint?

Ans: To open MS paint in computer, we will adopt following procedure.
 Click Start Button  Click All Programs  Click Accessories  Click Ms Paint

Q.No. (3) what are the components of MS Paint window?

Ans: Following components are available in MS Paint window,
 Title Bar
 Menu Bar
 Tool Box
 Color Box

Q.No. (4) What do you know about typing tutor?

Ans:Typing tutor is application software. We can improve typing with the help of typing tutor software.

Q.No. (5) Provide brief note on keyboard?

Ans: Keyboard is input device used to enter data into computer. There are about 101-105 keys are on it.
Commonly used keyboard is known as QWERTY, QWERTY define the arrangements of keys
There are 4 types of keys are on keyboard. Function keys, numeric keys, alpha-numeric and cursor control key
Typing speed is measured in WPM or CPM

Q.No. (8) What do know about MS Word?

Ans: MS word is word processing software. It is used to create text documents. There are many feature of MS Word.

Q. No. (9) How to open MS Word?

Ans: We will open Ms Word by the following procedure
 Click Start Button  Click All Programs  Click Microsoft Word

Q.No. (10) What are the components of Ms Word Window?

Ans: When you open MS Word, its window consist of these components
1) Title Bar 2) Menu Bar 3) Standard Tool Bar 4) Formatting Bar 5) Rulers 6) Status Bar

Q.No. (11) How you can select text in MS Word?

Ans: There are two different methods for selecting a text from MS Word document, by keyboard and by mouse
By Keyboard you can select the text as
1) Place the cursor before or after the text to be selected
2) Press the appropriate arrow key until the text is highlighted
By Mouse you can select the test as
1) Place the cursor before or after the text to be selected
2) Hold down left click of mouse and drag the mouse on text to be selected
Note: if you want to select the whole document then press Ctrl+A

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Q.No. (12) How you will use copy/past command in Word?

Ans:
(1) Select the text either by mouse or keyboard.
(2) Right click on selected text and click on copy.
(3) Right click on the area where you want to paste it.
(4) Click paste, hence text will be pasted to new place.

Q. No. (13) How you will delete text in MS Word?

Ans:
There are 3 different methods to delete the text in word
1) Place the cursor on left side of text to be deleted and press BACKSPACE key until the text removed
2) Place the cursor on right side of text to be deleted and press DELETE key until the text removed.
3) Select the text to be deleted by mouse or keyboard and press DELETE or BACKSPACE key.

Q.No.(14) What do you know about font?

Ans: Font means a complete character set of a single size and style of a particular typeface.
Typeface is physical appearance of characters. Formatting tool bar is use to change these characters
You can change font name, font size and can do Bold, Italic, under line and align the text left, right etc

Q.No.(15) How you will change the font?

Ans: Select the text by keyboard or mouse and click FONT in formatting tool bar to change the Font of text.

Q.No. (16) How many option for changing case available in Word?
Ans: Text can be written in lower case, upper case, sentence case, title case, and toggle case.

Q.No. (17) How you will change the case of text?

Ans: Select the text  Format Menu  change case  select the desire option

Q.No. (18) What is procedure for saving in file in Word?

Ans: File Menu  Save  Give File Name  Click On Save Button

Q. No. (19) How many mistake or error comes in MS Word?

Ans: Normally two types of errors come across while working in MS Word
(1) Spelling error: The text under lined with red color
(2) Grammar error: The text under lined with green color

Q.No. (20) What do you know about Media Player?

Ans: Media player is used to play music from CD, DVD and from saved files.

Q.No (21) How many control button are there in Media player?
Ans:There are following button are in Media player
(1) Play / Pause: It is used to PLAY or PAUSE the audio/video
(2) Stop: It is used to STOP audio/video being played…
(3) Volume: It is used control sound as high or low
(4) Mute: It is used mute the sound being played
(5) Next: it is used to run next track.
(6) Previous: it is used to go to previous track
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CHAPTER FOUR NETWORK AND COMMUNICATON

Q.No. (1) What is Network?
Ans: When two or more than computers are connected with each other to share resources is called computer
network.

Q.No. (2) What is Internet?

Ans: Internet is largest computer network that connects millions of people and organization throughout the world

Q.No. (3) What does the services Internet provides?

Ans: Internet offers a large number of services to users some of them are email, WWW, FTP, Chatting.

Q.No. (4) What do you know about Email?

Ans: Email stands for Electronic Mail allows two or more users to communicate with one another by messages that
sent and receive through computer.

Q.No. (5) What is WWW?

Ans: WWW stand for World Wide Web, it is used to view information in the form of text, images, audio/video from
internet.

Q.No. (6) What is FTP?

Ans: FTP stand for File Transfer Protocol used to exchange message file over the internet e.g. download.

Q.No. (7) What do you know about chatting?

Ans: Chatting allow us to communicate with different people from all over the world either by writing text or
through voice.

Q.No. (8) What is DSL?

Ans: DSL stand for Digital Subscriber Line, it is provides high speed internet access using telephone lines.

Q.No. (10) How you will access the Internet?

Ans:If you want to access internet, you should have the following items
(1) Computer: It is fundamental requirement, without computer it impossible to access internet
(2) Modem: Modem is communication device use to connect with internet.
(3) Telephone Line: It is used as medium; it takes information from one computer to other.
(4) ISP: ISP stand for Internet Service Provider, it is company which provide the facility of internet
(5) Web Browser: It is software that is used to make use of internet and its services e.g. internet Explorer

Q.No. (11) What is web page?

Ans: Web page is document on the World Wide Web, it contain text, graphics, sounds, animation and video. Every
web page has its own address.

Q.No. (12) What is web site?

Ans: A web site is a collection of web pages maintained by person or organization.

Q.No. (13) What is URL?

Ans: Every web site on the Internet has a unique address, called Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

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Q.No. (14) What is Internet Explorer?

Ans: Internet Explorer is a famous web browser; it is used to view web page or website on internet.

Q.No. (15) What is Search Engine?

Ans: A Search engine is a web based program available as website; use to search for particular information on
internet.

Q.No. (16) How you will open a web site?

Ans:
 Open Internet Explorer
 Write web site address in its address bar
 Press Enter

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