TOP 350+ COMPUTER QUESTIONS

1. The first programming language was – 28. Intersection of columns and rows is called
FORTRAN a- Cell
2. Which stores data permanently in a 29. 1 Mega Byte is equal to - 1024 Kilo Bytes
computer – ROM 30. What is full form of EXIF- Exchangeable
3. Which is a main system board a computer – Image File Format
Mother Board 31. Which operations are performed by RAM
4. What is a bug in a computer terminology – - Read and Write
an error in program 32. WWW stands for- World Wide Web
5. An electronic path, that sends signals from 33. Documents, Movies, Images and
one part of computer to another is – Bus Photographs etc are stored at a – File Server
6. USB is which type of storage device – 34. Where are saved files stored in computer
Tertiary - Hard disk
7. Who is known as father of Artificial 43. Which is responsible for communication
Intelligence - John Mc Carthy between Memory and ALU – Control
8. Which term is related to database – Oracle Unit
9. Computer resolution measures – Number 44. In computer what converts AC to DC –
of Pixels SMPS
10. One nibble is equal to how many bits – 4 45. Who invented keyboard - Christoper
Bits Latham Sholes
11. What can be considered as basic building 46. Which operating system is developed by
blocks of a digital circuit – Logic Gates Apple- Mac OS
12. What is full form of RAM – Random 47. From which year 5th generation of
Access Memory computers is considered – 1980
13. Which among following is secondary 48. What is full form of HTTP - Hyper Text
storage device – Hard Disc Transfer Protocol
14. What is responsible for specifying address 49. Which are the main parts of central
of a memory location - Address Bus processing unit - Control unit and Arithmetic
15. ULSI microprocessor is used in which Logic Unit
generation of computers – Fifth Generation 50. Microsoft office is type of - Application
16. Where is cache memory is located – CPU software
17. Which function key is used to check 51. If CPU executes multiple programs
spellings – F7 simultaneously, it will be known as –
18. Which type of software is an operating Multitasking
system - System Software 52. Which device among following is used for
19. If a computer has more than one sending digital data over a phone line –
processor then it is known as – Modern
Multiprocessor 53. What is used to make computer chips –
20. Which program is run by BIOS to check Silicon
hardware components are working 54. In which of the following form, data is
properly while computer is turned ON – Post stored in computer- Binary form
21. What is responsible for finding and 55. Where is RAM located – Mother Board
loading operating system into RAM - 56. A wireless technology built in electronic
Bootstrap Loader gadgets used for exchanging data over
22. Full form of URL is – Uniform Resource short distances is – Bluetooth
Locator 57. By pressing which key we can move to
23. Which type of storage device is a BIOS- beginning of a page – Home
Primary 58. Who invented Java - James Gosling
24. Which is most common language used in 59. Which of following is used in RAM – Semi
web designing – HTML Conductors
25. BIOS is used for – Loading Operating 60. An Assembler is used to translate a
System program written in – Assembly Language
26. Who was the father of Internet – Vin Cerf 61. What is meaning of OMR - Optical Mark
27. In banking, railways etc which computers Reader
are used – Main Frames
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62. Technology used to provide internet by 88. The geometric arrangement of devices on
transmitting data over wires of telephone the network is called...........?
network is- DSL Topology
63. Verification is process of- Authentication 89. The basic goal of computer process is to
64. Which language was used as first convert data into ___? Information
generation language – Machine Language 90. Where are the CPU and memory located?
65. Which level language is Assembly Motherboard
Language - low-level programming language 91. Where BIOS is stored - Flash Memory Chip
66. What is the name of first super computer 92. IP address version 4 is in which format –
of India- Param 8000 32 bit
67. What is LINUX - Operating System 93. Who was the Founder of Bluetooth –
68. A 32-bit word computer can access bytes Ericson
at a time – 4 94. What kind of operations can a computer
69. The first microprocessor built by the Intel carry out? – Arithmetic and Logical
Corporation was called – 4004 95. Modern computers follow a generalised
70. The computer that process both analog set of instructions to perform any function.
and digital is called – Hybrid Computer What are these instructions better known as?
71. In 1999, the Melissa virus was a widely – Programs
publicised__? E-mail virus 96. When were the first digital electronic
72. Which of the following commands is given calculating machines developed? – during
to reboot the computer? Ctrl+Alt+Del world war II
73. What is correcting errors in a program 97. Which of the following is the processing
called ? Debugging unit of the computer? – CPU
74. BCD is __? Binary CodedDecimal 98. Which part of the computer carries out
75. What type of virus uses computer hosts to the arithmetic and logical operations –
reproduce itself? Worm Processing Element
76. SMTP, FTP and DNS are applications of 99. Which of the following are part of the
the ____ layer? Application Logical Operations of the computer –
77. Which command is used to select the Greater Than
whole document? Ctrl+A 100. Which of the following comprise the
78. COBOL is an acronym for__? Common input devices – Keyboard and Mouse
BusinessOriented Language 101. Which of the following devices comprise
79. The ability of an OS to run more than one the output unit? – Visual Display Unit
application at a time is called? Multitasking 102. Which of the following lies within the
80. What is the functional key to display save- CPU? – Primary Memory
as box? F12 103. Which of the following comprise the
81. Full form of NOS ? Network Operating software components of a computer? –
system Programs
82. Something which has easily understood 104. In a book of which author was the word
instructions is said to be..........? Analog computer first mentioned – Richard
Data Braithwait
83. A modem is connected to a__? Telephone 105. Which of the following is seen as the
Line earliest mechanical analog computer –
84. Refresh Rate of monitor is measured in? Tally Stick
Hertz 106. Which of the following devices
85. What was the chief component of first incorporated a mechanical calendar
generation computer? Vacuum tube computer – Astrolabe
&Valves 107. Who gave the first successful
86. Name the Father of Computer Mouse? demonstration of use of a simplified
Douglas Engel bart analytical engine in computing tables in
87. A program that performs a useful task 1888? – Henry Babbage
while simultaneously allowing 108. Which of the following is the first
destructiveacts is __? Trojan Horse example of an electromechanical relay
computer – Z2
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109. Which of the following was considered 136. ‘Homepage’ is a word associated with –
as the world's first fully automatic digital web page
computer – Z3 137. ...Bar is located at top of
110. Which was the world's first electronic wordpad/notepad – Title
digital programmable computer – 138. In Microsoft Word, ....allows us to
Colossus change the color of selected text – font color
111. Who had proposed the principle of 139. ....are designed to read and interpret
modern computer in his 1936 paper – Alan HTML – Browser
Turing 140. Which is a modifier key in a computer
112. In laser printer which type of laser is keyboard – Shift Key
used – Semiconductor laser 141. In IT the technique that is used to
113. In Microsoft word, .....provides increase the bandwidth is – Memory Inter
information about the current document – leaving
Status bar 142. Which is the default body font in
114. Virus stands for – Vital Information Microsoft Word 2007 – Calibri
Resource Under Siege 143. constantly running system – Program
115. What is the address given to a computer Processes are known as – Daemons
connected to a network called – IP address 144. Notepad’ is a text editor in which of the
116. A method of bypassing normal operating system – Windows
authentication procedures to a computer 145. The fundamental purpose of BIOS is – to
system is known as unauthorized access – initialize and text system hardware
Backdoor components
117. Which is a volatile memory - RAM 146. Which output device is used for
118. Which programming language is translating information from a computer into
developed by James A Gosling – Java pictorial form on paper – Plotter
119. Commonly used abbreviation ISP in 147. The idea of the integrated circuit was
computer science stands for – Internet first given by – Geoffrey Dummer
Service Provider 148. The command that merges the contents
120. Which is used to enter data and of one file to another is – APPEND
instruction into a computer – Input Device 149. In MS word, what is a gutter margin –
121. ......changes each time it is installed to space left for binding
avoid detection by antivirus software – 150. Which company developed Java – Sun
Polymorphic Virus 151. What is the base of the Octal Numeral
122. Systems running more than one System – 8
processes concurrently are called – Multi 152. How many layers are there in the OSI
programming networking model – 7
123. Which has the largest storing – Tera Byte 153. Which error is identified by the complier
124. Which is an application protocol – HTTP – Logical Errors
125. In IT, associated memory is called as – 154. Raymond Samuel Tomilson is famous for
Content addressable memory developing – Email
126. Unix operating system was developed in 155. C++ is a – Programming language
1970s by – Bell Labs 156. Processed data is known as –
127. ‘Safari’ is a type of – Browser Information
128. Protocol used for sending an email is – 157. Who invented logarithms – John Napier
SMTP 158. What is the mascot of Linux Operating
133. Any data or instruction entered into to System – Penguin
memory of computer is called as – Input 159. What is the full form of “LAN” – Local
134. Which material is used in the Area Network
manufacturing of electric heater coil – 160. How many bits does an IP address
Nichrome contain – 32 Bits
135. Which is a light sensitive device used for 161. Syntax Errors are determined by –
converting images to their digital form Control Unit
– Scanner 162. The tag line “Do No Evil” is owned by –
Google
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163. Which is a main system board of a 188. What is the meaning of OSI, in terms of
computer – Mother Board computers ? Open system Interconnection
164. What is the name of the first super 189. Which type of storage device is a BIOS ?
computer of the world – CDC 6600 Primary
165. ALU is a part of a computer is – 190. Personal Computer is – PC
Processor 191. A desktop computer is also known as –
166. Lisp is a programming language built by PC
whom – John McCarthy 192. Super computer developed by Indian
167. In IT terminology failure in the kernel is scientist – Param
called as – crash 193. The third generation computer was
168. Which key is used to move to next line in made with – Integrated circuits
a Ms-Word document – Enter-Key 194. In latest generation computers, the
169. Netscape Navigator is a – web browser instructions are executed – Both Sequentially
170. What is a bug I Computer terminology – and parallel
an error in program 195. The person contributing the idea of the
171. In networks, a small message used to stored program was – John Neumann
pass between one stations to another is 196. The earliest software was developed
known as – Token using – the waterfall model
172. Who is known as the founder of IBM 197. Inventor of C ++ is - Bjarne Stroustrup
Company? Thomas J. Watson 198. The first machine to successfully perform
173. An image on a computer screen is made a long series of arithmetic and logical
up of__? Pixels operations was – Mark – I
174. Full form of MAN ? Metropolitan Area 199. Who designed the first electronic
Network computers ENIAC – J Presper Eckert and John
175. Which command in DOS can be used to W Mauchy
recover accidentally deleted files? 200. The third generation of the computer
UNDELETE were in – 1965-1971
176. A computer program that converts an 201. The first generation computers had –
entire program into machine language Vacuum tubes and magnetic drum
atone time is called__? Characters 202. Artificial Intelligent is associated with
177.In which year, the Microsoft company which generation – Fifth
was founded? 1975 203. The personal computer industry was
178. What is the personal computer started by – IBM
operating system that organizes and uses a 204. The fifth generation computing devices,
graphic desktop environment? Windows based on – artificial intelligence
179. What are Light pen and joystick ? Input 205. In which generation did magnetic disc
Devices started being used for storage – second
180. What is a half byte also called as? Nibble generation computers
181. SMPS stands for__? Switched mode 206. The man who built the first mechanical
Power Supply calculators was – Blaise Pascal
182.What do we use to change the 207. Computers built before the first
appearance and positioning of text document generation of computer were – Electro –
in MSWord? Formatting mechanical
183. A ________ is approximately a million 208. Punched cards were first introduced by –
bytes? Megabyte Herman Hollrith
184. Daisy wheel, Drum, chain etc are the__? 209. First generation computer system used –
Printers Vacuum tubes
185.XML stands for __? Extensible Markup 210. The father of modern computer is – Alan
Language Turin
186. What kind of scheme is the HTTP 211. Super computer developed by Indian
protocol? Request/Response scientists – Param
187. Magnetic disk is an example of__? 212. A group of 8 bits is known as – byte
Secondary Memory 213. Which is the fastest type of computer –
Supercomputer
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214. A computer system that is old and 238. The common name for the crime of
perhaps not satisfactory is reffered to as – stealing passwords is__? Spoofing
Legacy system 239. BIOS stands for __? Basic Input
215. Which type of computers uses the 8-bit OutputSystem
code called EBCDIC – Mainframe 240. Who is regarded as Father of “C‘
computers programming language? Dennis Ritchie
216. The earlier calculating devices was – 241. RAM can be treated as the ......... for the
Abacus computer’s processor. Waiting Room
217. Punch cards were first introduced by – 242. Computers manipulate data in many
Herman Hollerith ways, and this manipulation is called__?
218. Microprocessor as switching devices are Processing
for which generation computers – 243. Joshy, Perfumes are examples of __?
second generation Viuses
219. Who has invented Mark – I – Howard 244. The ability to recover and read deleted
Aiken or damaged files from a criminal’scomputer is
220. Second generation computers are made an example of a law enforcement speciality
of – Transistors called__? Computer Forensics
221. Who was the father of super computers 245. Where does most data go first with in a
– Seymour Cray computer memory hierarchy? RAM
222. How many vacuum tubes was used if 246. Help Menu is available at which button?
ENIAC – 17468 Start
223. The computer size was very large is – 247. Which file contains permanent data and
first generation gets updated during the processing
224.What is the extension type of the excel oftransactions? Master File
2007 files? .xlsx 248. A DVD is an example of an__? Optical
225. Collecting personal information and Disc
effectively posing as another individual 249. Which is most common tool used to
isknown as the crime of__? Identity theft restrict access to computer system?
226. The amount of vertical space between Passwords
lines of text in a document is called__? 250. The technology that stores only essential
Line Spacing instructions on a microprocessor chip
227. A computer cannot ‘boot’ if it does not And thus enhances its speed is referred as__?
have the__? Operating system RISC
228. What is the other name for programmed 251. What is the name of an application
chip? LSIC program that gathers user information
229. A normal CD- ROM usually can store up And sends it to someone through the
to _____data? 680 MB Internet? Spybot
230. What does DMA stand for? Direct 252. Who invented Analytical engine - Charles
MemoryAccess Babbage
231. Full form of LAN ? Local Area Network 253. Blaise Pascal has introduced – Adding
232. ASCII stands for__? American Standard Machine
Code for Information Interchange 254. Micro programming introduced –
233. Second Generation computers were Maurice Wilkies
developed during__? 1956-65 255. Vacuum Tube is the invention of – 1st
234. When did arch rivals IBM and Apple generation
Computers Inc. decide to join hands? 1991 256. World Computer Literacy Day is
235. What kind of memory is both static and observed on – December 2
non -volatile? ROM 257. Which type of computer is the most
236. An error in software or hardware is powerful – Supercomputer
called a bug. What is the alternative 258. The first computer introduced in Nepal
computerjargon for it? Glitch was – IBM 1401
237. Unwanted repetitious messages, such as 259. Chip is a common nickname for –
unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as__? Integrated Circuit
Spam
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260. Which company developed the 283. Father of ‘C’ programming language –
microprocessor – Intel Dennis Ritchie
261. The benefit of using computers is that – 284. How many generations of computers we
Computer are very fast and can store have – 5
huge amounts of data 285. IBM stands for – International Business
262. A megabyte is actually equal to – 1024 Machines
Kilobytes 286. Which is the fastest type of computer –
263. Office LANS, which are scattered Super Computer
geographically on large scale, can be 287. When your turn on the computer, the
connectedby the use of corporate__? WAN ( boot routine will perform this test – Power
wide area network ) on self test
264. To move a copy of file from one 288. Who is called the father of computer –
computer to another over a Charles Babbage
Communication channel is called? File 289. Who is the creator of PASCAL – Niklaus
Transfer writh
265. Large transaction processing systems in 290. Which language is used for artificial
automated organisations use__? Batch intelligence – PROLOG
Processing 291. Who is also known as father of jquery –
266. MICR stands for__? ‘Magnetic Ink John Resig
Character Recognition 292. Which type of computers use the 8-bit
267. Name of 1st electronic computer? ENIAC code called EBCDIC – Mainframe
268. No. of different characters in ASCII Computers
coding system? 1024 293. In a computer, most processing takes
269. MSIC stands for _? Medium Scale place in__? CPU
Integrated Circuits 294. In which type of computer, data are
270. The scrambling of code is known as__? represented as discrete signals? Digital
Encryption Computer
271. The first computers were programmed 295. Scientific Name of Computer? Sillico
using__? Machine Language sapiens
272. A fault in a computer program which 296. What is the name of the display feature
prevents it from working correctly is that highlights are of the screen Which
Known as__? Bug requires operator attention? Reverse Video
273. Which button makes alphabets/letters in 297. Computers, combine both measuring
upper case and lower case and numbers and counting, are called__? Hybrid
To symbols? Shift Computer
274. When a computer is switched on, the 298. What is FORTRAN? Formula Translation
booting process performs__? Power on self 299. What translates and executes program
test at run time line by line? Interpreter
275. What is the software frequently utilized 300. What converts an entire program into
by end users called (like Word,PowerPoint)? machine language ? Compiler
Application Software 301. Who is the father of personal computer?
276. Unit of measurement of the output Edward Robert
quality of a printer? Dot per sq. inch 302. EEPROM stands for__? Electronic
277. Switching device of fifth generation Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
computer is__? VLSI 303. Who developed the first electronic
278. The unit KIPS is used to measure the computer? J.V. Atansoff
speed of __? Processor 304. Which programming languages are
279. DOS stands for__? Disk Operating classified as low level languages? Assembly
System Language
280. What is a joy stick primarily in 305. The first web browser is__? Mosaic
computers used for? Computer Gaming 306. First page of Website is termed as__?
281. Which American computer company is Homepage
called Big Blue – IBM 307. Digital computers are classified in four
282. How many bits are there in a byte – 8 categories. What are they? -
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Microcomputers, Mini computers, Mainframe 332. The alignment of beginning and the end
computers and Super computers. of lines is referred to as – Justification
308. In the case of Microcomputers speed of 333. Synonyms of Internet is – Cyber Space
CPU is? - 1-10 MIPS 334. Icons are – picture commands
309. CPU consists of – Arithmetic and Logical 335. A bug in a program is an – error
Unit, Register and Control Unit 336. Where does a computer add, compare
310. What are used to identify a user who and shuffle data – CPU chip
returns to a website – Cookies 337. WINDOWS-98 is basically – on operating
311. Microsoft Internet Explorer and system
Netscape Navigator are example of – Internet 338. The information in ‘EEPROM’ is erased
browser programs by using – Electical Signals
312. In computer science, data hazard occurs 339. The technology used in the electronic
when – pipeline changes the order of printer is called – Microtechnology
read/write access to operands 340. What is used to identify whether a data
313. Money transfer through mobile is called word has an odd or even number of 1’s –
– IMPS Parity bit
314. Cache memory works on the principal of 341. A computer executes programs in the
– Locality of reference sequence of – Fetch, Decode, Execute
315. Which device is used in network layer – 342. A Floppy Disc can store – 1.44 MB
Router 343. The rate at which scanning is repeated in
316. Who invented the computer mouse – a CRT is called – refresh rate
Douglas Engelbart 344. The waste generated by end life
317. USB is what type of storage device – personal computers is known as – E-Waste
Secondary 345. Which one is an optical disk – Super Disk
318. All forms of ROM are also known as – 346. The database in which records are
Firmware organized in a tree-like structure is –
319. The Simplest CPU scheduling algorithm is Heirarchical Database
– FCFS scheduling algorithm 347. In any spreadsheet, the address of the
320. The telephone line is connected through first cell is – AI
the one the computer – Modern 348. What is the process of defining tables
321. In a computer system, which device is called – Data definition
functionally opposite of a key board – 349. Small and cheap computers built into
Printer several home appliances are of which type
322. The process of writing on an optical disc – Micro computers
is called – Burning 350. What is the process of defining tables
323. The second most used language on the called – Index definition
world wide web is – Chinese 351. Which is an Impact printer – Daisy wheel
324. Which method of heat transfer – printer
convection 352. Different computer are connected to a
325. Direct access of file is also known as – LAN by a cable and a – Interface card
random access 353. The monitor of a computer is – an
326. What is required to boost a computer – output device
Operating system 354. The time between program input and
327. What manages the computer resources output is called – Execution time
Programs 355. Speed of processor chip is measured in –
328. Related to computers, what is ‘Wetware’ MHz
– Human Brain 356. ENIAC was – an electronic computer
329. What uses the spawn mechanism to 357. A place through which, data can enter or
duplicate itself – worm leave a computer is called – Port
330. Where is India’s super computer 358. A parallel port is most often used by a –
‘PARAM’ located – Pune Printer
331. A translator for the assembly languages 359. Where was India’s first computer
to machine language is – assembler installed – Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta
360. What helps in remote login – Telnet
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361. Double is a – Primitive data type 386. The UNiX Operating system is suitable
362. Most of the computer available today for – Multi user
are – 4th generation computers 387. ‘C’ language is a High Level Language
388. What is file extension of Window
363. A portable, personal computer small Installer Package - .msi
enough to fit on your lap is called a – Note- 389. Which among following is associated
book computer with monitor - CRT
390. Assembler work in - two phases
364. A computer programming language 391. Range of colors depends on - Number of
often used by children is – LOGO bits associated with each pixel
365. The computer memory holds data – 392. In which condition resource is not
Program removed from a process holding - Non
366. Virus in a computer is a – Program that preemption
damages the computer software 393. The operation is specified by a binary
367. Alta Vista is a – Search Engine code known as the – Opcode
368. Where are programs and data to be used 394.Laser printer is a type of - Non impact
by the computer available – Storage printing
369. The most advanced form of Read Only 395. One way to convert from decimal to
Memory is – EEPROM hexadecimal is the - Hex dabble method
370. The indentations on CDs and DVDs are 396. Output devices are commonly referred
called – Pits as – Terminals
371. CPU performance is often Measured in – 397. A stack in a digital computer is a part of
GHz the- Memory Unit
372. An alternate name for the completely
interconnected network topology is – Mesh
373. There are how many function keys
present on a keyboard – 12
374. Who is considered as the developer of
‘Hyper Text Markup Language’ – Tim
Berners Lee
375. What is the full form of COBOL –
Common Business Oriented Languages
376. Which generation computers used
SNOBOL Language – Third generation
377. Which device is used to extend the
network without reducing signal strength –
Repeater
378. Which storage device can store
maximum data – Magnetic tape
379. Which language is used to access data
from a database – SQL
380. Which company developed “Swift”
programming language – Apple
381. The integrated circuits used in a
computer are made up of – Silicon
382. CPU scheduler is also known as – Short
Term Scheduler
383. Web pages are created by using which of
– HTML
384. Who invented Java Script the
Programming Language – Brenden Eich
385. Which one is used as secondary storage
system in computer – Floppy