SSC General Awareness Topic Wise Solved Papers – Computers
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1. The MESSENGER satellite launched by NASA is to study (SSCCGL 1st Sit. 2010)
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Satrun
(d) Jupiter
2. An Intelligent terminal (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010)
(a) has a microprocessor, but can-not be programmed by the user
(b) can process small data processing jobs, with the use of a large CPU
(c) interacts with the user in English
(d) cannot take data from the user
3. Which of the following countries has recently become the third largest market for Twitter ? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit 2010)
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Brazil
(d) Indonesia
4. Processor’s speed of a computer is measured in (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(a) BPS
(b) MIPS
(c) Baud
(d) Hertz
5. C language is a (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(a) Low level language
(b) High level language
(c) Machine level language
(d) Assembly level language
6. Window 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft Corporation has Indian languages fonts. (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(a) 14 (b) 26
(c) 37 (d) 49
7. The first computer made available for commercial use was: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
(a) MANIAC
(b) ENIAC
(c) UNIVAC
(d) EDSAC
8. A communication network which is used by large organizations over regional, national or global area is called: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
(a) LAN
(b) WAN
(c) MAN
(d) VAN
9. In which of the following areas, a spreadsheet software is more useful? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2011)
(a) Psychology
(b) Publishing
(c) Statistics
(d) Message sending
10. A Group Ware is a (SSC CGL 2’ Sit. 2011)
(a) Hardware
(b) Network
(c) Software
(d) Firmware
11. The transfer of data from a CPU to peripheral devices of computer is achieved through (SSC CGL V Sit. 2012)
(a) interfaces
(b) buffer memory
(c) modems
(d) computer ports
12. Which of the following items is not used in Local Area Networks (LANs)? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(a) Interface Card
(b) Cable
(c) Computer
(d) Modem
13. What is m-commerce? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(a) machine commerce
(b) mobile commerce
(c) money commerce
(d) marketing commerce
14. Who invented the modem? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(a) Apple Computers Inc.
(b) Digital Equipment Corporation
(c) Wang Laboratories Ltd.
(d) AT&T Information Systems
15. What is the name given to the smallest unit of data space available in a spreadsheet software application ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(a) Row
(b) Block
(c) Cell
(d) Pixel
16. An alternate name for the completely interconnected network topology is (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2012)
(a) Mesh
(b) Star
(c) Tree
(d) Ring
17. Communication satellites are used to: (SSC CGL Is* Sit. 2013)
(a) transmit communication signal only
(b) receive communication signal only
(c) receive and redirect communication signal
(d) provide information of natural resources only
18. What type of information system would be recognised by digital circuits ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) Hexadecimal system
(b) Binary system
(c) Both hexadecimal and binary system
(d) Only Roman system
19. Which of the following is an impact printer ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) Daisywheel printer
(b) Inkjet printer
(c) Bubble jet printer
(d) Laser printer
20. A television channel is characterised by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(a) frequency of transmitted signal
(b) velocity of transmitted signal –
(c) physical dimension of television screen
(d) size of picture tube
21. Who is the founder of “Facebook” which is currently the No. 1 social networking website in India? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) Orkut Buyukkokten
(b) Mark Zuckerberg
(c) Bill Gates
(d) Martin Cooper
22. Which computer was the first to use the magnetic drum for memory ? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(a) IBM-650
(b) IBM-7090
(c) IBM-701
(d) IBM-360
23. Identify the FIFO (First In First Out) structure among the following: (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(a) Stack
(b) Queue
(c) De-queue
(d) Array
24. Which was the first electronic computer constructed at the Moore School of Engineering? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) EOVAC
(b) ONTVAC
(c) ENIAC
(d) EDSAC
25. Which among the following standard protocols is the most widely used by the Internet? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) HTTP
(b) TCP/IP
(c) SMTP
(d) SLIP
26. Who among the following introduced the world’s first laptop computer in the market? (SSC CGL 2014)
(a) Hewlett-Packard
(b) Epson
(c) Laplink travelling software Inc
(d) Microsoft
27. What is used to identify whether a data word has an odd or even number of l’s ? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) Sign bit
(b) Zero bit
(c) Parity bit
(d) Carry bit
28. Rearranging and allocating space in memory to provide for multiple computing tasks is called (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) Multiprogramming
(b) Multitasking
(c) Memory Management
(d) Networking
29. A computer executes programs in the sequence of: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) Decode, Fetch, Execute
(b) Execute, Fetch, Decode
(c) Fetch, Decode, Execute
(d) Store, Fetch, Execute
30. Which of the following is in the ascending order of Data hierarchy ? (SSC CGL Is* Sit. 2015)
(a) Bit-Byte – Record – Field – Database – File
(b) Byte – Bit – File – Record – Database – Field
(c) Bit- Byte – Field – Record – File – Database
(d) Field – Byte – Bit – Record – File- Database
31. Data in database at a particular point of time is called as? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) Intension
(b) Extension
(c) Backup
(d) Application
32. CPU Scheduler is also known as . (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) Job Scheduler
(b) Resource Scheduler
(c) Short-term Scheduler
(d) Process Scheduler
33. Which of the following is not an operating system? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) Android
(b) Vista
(c) iOS
(d) Opera
34. In IT, the technique of delaying outgoing acknowledgements temporarily is known as (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) AR Acknowledgement
(b) AR request
(c) Piggybacking
(d) Piggyframing
35. CPU performance is often measured in: (SSC CHSL 2012)
(a) MHz
(b) MIPS
(c) Band rate
(d) GB
36. The indentations on CDs and DVDs are called: (SSC CHSL 2012)
(a) pits
(b) clusters
(c) tracks
(d) lands
37. Programs which protect a disk from an infection are called as: (SSC CHSL 2012)
(a) Vaccines
(b) Antidotes
(c) Library routines
(d) Interpreters
38. A nibble is equal to bits. (SSC CHSL 2013)
(a) 16
(b) 32
(c) 4
(d) 8
39. In HTML, tags consists of keywords enclosed within (SSC CHSL 2013)
(a) flower brackets {}
(b) angular brackets < >
(c) parentheses ()
(d) square brackets [ ]
40. printer cannot print more than one character at a time. (SSC CHSL 2013)
(a) Line
(b) Daisy-wheel
(c) Laser
(d) Dot-matrix
41. The waste generated by end life personal computers is known as (SSC CHSL 2013)
(a) E-waste
(b) PC-waste
(c) Physical waste
(d) Computer waste
42. Telnet stands for (SSC CHSL 2014)
(a) Telephone Network
(b) Television Network
(c) Teletype Network
(d) Telefax Network
43. In operating system, Round Robin Scheduling means: (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) A kind of scheduling
(b) A process allocation policy
(c) A memory allocation policy
(d) Repetition policy
44. FORTRAN is called: (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) Floppy Translator
(b) Formula Translator
(c) File Translator
(d) Format Translator
45. All forms of ROM are also known as (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) Middleware
(b) Firmware
(c) Shareware
(d) Freeware
46. The Simplest CPU scheduling algorithm is (SSC CHSL 2015)
(a) Round-robin scheduling algorithm
(b) Multilevel scheduling algorithm
(c) FCFS scheduling algorithm
(d) S JF scheduling algorithm
47. In MS-Excel, provide a visual representation of the values in a worksheet. (SSC Multitasking 2013)
(a) Views
(b) Charts
(c) Formulae
(d) Templates
48. Image files can be sent along with the e-mail documents using (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(a) Attachments
(b) Subject
(c) Signature
(d) CC&BCC
49. The invention of led to the third generation of computers. (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(a) Vacuum tubes
(b) Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)
(c) Transistors
(d) Integrated chips
50. In a network, all devices are connected to a device called a hub and they communicate through it. (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(a) Ming
(b) Mesh
(c) Bus
(d) Star
51. Which one of the following acts as a mediator between the user’s program and the hardware? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(a) Compiler
(b) Editor
(c) Operating System
(d) Browser
52. If you use a font that is not supported by a browser, then the text (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(a) will be displayed in the default font
(b) will not be displayed
(c) will be displayed using ‘ ARIAL’ font only 67.
(d) willl be displayed with a particular background
53. The telephone line is connected through the on the computer. (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
(a) USB
(b) Modem
(c) Ethernet
(d) PS2 68.
54. Which is not an extension of a picture file on a computer ? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(a) .jpeg
(b) .png
(c) .gif
(d) .mdb
55. Which measure of memory is the largest ? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(a) MB Megabyte
(b) GB Gigabyte
(c) TB Terabyte
(d) KB Kilobyte 70.
56. RAM is used as a short memory in a computer because it. (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(a) is very expensive
(b) is programmable
(c) is volatile
(d) has less capacity
57. In a computer system, which device is functionally opposite of a keyboard ? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(a) Joystick
(b) Trackball
(c) Mouse
(d) Printer
58. One strategy of allocating kernel memory is known as (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)
(a) frames allocation
(b) register allocation
(c) slab allocation
(d) resource allocation 73
59. In MS-Excel, is a collection of rows and columns that holds text and numbers. (SSC Steno. 2013)
(a) Workbook
(b) Worksheet
(c) File
(d) Record
60 helps in remote login. (SSC Steno. 2013)
(a) Telnet
(b) Usenet
(c) Milnet
(d) Arpanet
61. What kind of data can you send by e-mail? (SSC Steno. 2014)
(a) Audio
(b) Video
(c) Pictures
(d) All of these
62. Which of the following units used to measure the speed of a computer? (SSC Steno. 2016)
(a) BAUD
(b) Byte
(e) SYPS
(d) MIPS
63. DHCP is mainly used to (SSC Steno. 2016)
(a) Converting IP address to domain name
(b) Muhicasting
(c) Provide IP address automatically to the devices
(d) Routing
64. Which of the following stores data permanently in a computer? (SSC CGL 2017)
(a) ALU
(b) Cache Memory
(c) RAM
(d) ROM
65. What is the full form of’LAN’? (SSC CGL 2017)
(a) Line Area Network
(b) Linear Area Network
(e) Local Area Network
(d) Land Area Network
66. FORTRAN is not used for (SSC CGL 2017)
(I) Drawing pictures
(II) Carrying out mathematics computations
(a) Only(I) (b) OnIy(II)
(c) Both (I) and (II)
(d) Neither (1) nor (II)
67. What is the full form ofJPEG? (SSC CGL 2017)
(a) Joint Photographic Experts Group
(b) Joint Protocol Experts Graphics.
(c) Joint Programming Experts Graphics
(d) Joint Project Experts Group
68. Vacuum Tubes were used by __________ Generation of Computers. (SSC CHSL 2017)
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Third
(d) Fourth
69. Dot-Matrix is an example of which of the following (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)
(a) A software
(b) Scanner
(e) Printer
(d) Keyboard
70. Which of the following pair is INCORRECT (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)
(a) 10MB- 10240KB
(b) 1 GB-10240MB
(c) I TB- 1024 GB
(d) 1 KB – 1024 Bytes
71. A __________ is a program that interprets and displays Web Pages’? (SSC MTS. 2017)
(a) Server
(b) Browser
(c) Website
(d) Link
72. A Computer that keeps copies of responses and recent requests is known as . (SSC MTS. 2017)
(a) Mail Server
(b) Proxy Server
(c) Server
(d) Web Server
73. Which of the following is an input device? (SSC Steno. 2017)
(a) Printer
(b) Headphone
(c) Monitor
(d) Scanner
74.Which of the following is not a computer language? (SSC Steno. 2017)
(a) Fortran
(b) Pascal
(c) Cobol
(d) English
Hints & Solutions
1. (a)
2. (a)
3. (c)
4. (b)
Acronym for million instructions per second. A old measure of acomputer’s speed and power, MIPS measures roughly the number of machine instructions that a computer can execute in one second.
5. (b)
6. (d)
Windows 7 released in October, 2009 with many new fronts and of customization options. To the nine (9) fonts for Indian languages that were available in Vista, Windows 7 adds forty (40) more. Windows 7 will now include multiple fonts for each of the official languages of lndia.
7. (c)
8. (b)
A wide area network (WAN) is a geographically
distributed private telecommunications network that interconnects multiple local area networks (LANs), such as a company’s headquarters, branch offices etc.
9. (c)
10. (c)
11. (a)
In computing, an interface is a shared boundary across which two separate components of a computer system exchange information. The exchange can be between software, computer hardware,peripheral devices, humans and combinations of these.
12. (c)
Interface Card, Ethernet Cable and Routers are used in setting up a LAN. The router can be plugged directly into the modem via an Ethernet cable, and all other computers are eventually connected in some fashion to the route. In terms of LAN, a computer cannot be said to be an item which constitutes this network.
13. (b)
Mobile Commerce, also known as M-Commerce or mCommerce, is the ability to conduct commerce using a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a smartphone, or other emerging mobile equipment.
14. (d)
15. (c)
16. (a)
A mesh network whose nodes are all connected to each other is a fully connected network. It requires that all the terminals be connected to all the other terminals.
17. (c)
18. (b)
19. (a)
Daisy wheel printing is an impact printing technology invented in 1969 by David S. Lee at Diablo Data Systems. It uses interchangeable pre-formed type elements, each with typically 96 glyphs, to generate high-quality output comparable to premium typewriters such as the IBM Selectric, but two to three times faster.
20. (a)
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. Channel numbers represent actual frequencies used to broadcast the television signal. For example, in North America. “Channel 2” refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video (VSB) and 59.75 MHz for analog audio (FM), or 55.31 MHz for digital ATSC (8 VSB).
21. (b)
Mark Elliot Zuckerburg is an American computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. He is best known as one of five co-founders of the social networking website Facebook.
22. (a)
The IBM 650 Magnetic Drum Data-Processing Machine was one of IBM’s early computers, and the world’s first mass-produced computer. It was announced in 1953 and almost 2000 systems were produced, the last in 1962. Support for the 650 and its component units was withdrawn in 1969.
23. (a)
24. (c)
25. (b)
26. (b)
The Epson HX-20 (also known as the HC-20) is generally regarded as the first laptop computer, announced in November 1981, although first sold widely in 1983. Hailed by BusinessWeek magazine as the “fourth revolution in personal computing”, it is generally considered both the first notebook and handheld computer.
27. (c)
A parity bit, or check bit is a bit added to the end of a string of binary code that indicates whether the number of bits in the string with the value one is even or odd. Parity bits are used as the simplest form of error detecting code.
28. (c)
Memory management is the process of controlling and coordinating computer memory, assigning portions called blocks to various running programs to optimize overall system performance.lt involves components that physically store data, such as RAM (random access memory) chips, memory caches, and flash- based SSDs (solid-state drives).
29. (c)
The first step the CPU carries out is to fetch some data instructions from main memory then store them in its own internal temporary memory areas. The next step is . for the CPU to make sense of the instruction it has just fetched this process is called Decode. Execute is the part of the cycle when data processing actually takes place.
30. (c)
Bit (Binary digit) = a bit can only have one of two possible values.
• Byte = 1 byte = 8 bits
• Field = one or more bits/bytes holding a single piece of information about a single entity
• Record (Logical) = all the fields which apply to a single entity (except for “Inverted” files)
• File = all the records which apply to a collection of entities
• Database = a related collection of Files.
31. (b)
The data in the database at a particular point of time is known as database instance or database sate or snapshot. The database state is also called an extension of the schema.
32. (c)
The short-term scheduler (also known as the CPU scheduler) decides which of the ready, in-memory processes is to be executed (allocated a CPU) after a clock interrupt, an I/O interrupt, an operating system call or another form of signal.
33. (d)
Opera is a web browser for Windows, macOS, and Linuxoperating systems developed by Opera Software. It uses the Blink layout engine.
34. (c)
35. (b)
36. (a)
Pit is the recessed area on a CD or DVD where data is stored. CDs and DVDs store data in lands and pits. The lands represent 1 and the pits represent 0 in binary computing.
37. (b)
38. (c)
A nibble is equal to 4 bits. In computing, a nibble (often nybble or even nyble to match the vowels of byte) is a four-bit aggregation, or half an octet. As a nibble contains 4 bits, there are sixteen possible values, so a nibble corresponds to a single hexadecimal digit (thus, it is often referred to as a “hex digit” or “hexit”).
39. (b)
In html, tags consist of keywords enclosed within angular brackets. In the HTML syntax, most elements are written with a start tag and an end tag, with the content in between. An HTML tag is composed of the name of the element, surrounded by angle brackets. An end tag also has a slash after the opening angle bracket, to distinguish it from the start tag.
40. (d)
The desktop dot matrix printer is the typical character printer that prints one character at a time. It is also called a “serial dot matrix printer” or “serial matrix printer.”
41. (a)
The waste generated by end life personal computers are known as e-waste. E-waste or “Electronic waste” . may be defined as discarded computers, office electronic equipment, entertainment device electronics, mobile phones, television sets, and refrigerators.
42. (a)
The acronym TELNET stands for Telephone Network.
43. (a)
Round Robin is a CPU scheduling algorithm where each process is assigned a fixed time slot in a cyclic way.
44. (b)
FORTRAN is derived from Formula Translator.
45. (b)
Firmware is the permanent software programmed into a read-only memory.
46. (c)
47. (b)
charts
48. (a)
Image files can be sent along with the e-mail using attachments.An e-mail attachment is a file that is attached to an e-mail message. For example, you may attach a graphic, a spreadsheet, or a word processing document.
49. (d)
The invention of integrated chips led to the third generation of computers. During the period of 1964 to 1971 third generation computers were developed. The third generation computers emerged with the development of IC (Integrated Circuits). IC is a single component containing a number of transistors. It made
the computers more fast and reliable.
50. (d)
Star networks are one of the most common computer network topologies. In its simplest form, a star network consists of one central switch, hub or computer, which acts as a conduit to transmit messages. This consists this central node provides a common connection point for all nodes through a hub.
51. (c)
52. (a)
53. (b)
A modem turns the digital data of a personal computer into modulated electrical signals in the voice frequency range of a telephone channel. These Signals can be
transmitted over telephone lines and demodulated by another modem at the receiver side to recover the digital data.
54. (d)
mdb is not a picture file. It is a database file used by Microsoft Access. Though Access is tied into the Microsoft Office, MDB is Access’s own format, which is based on the Access Jet Database Engine, .jpeg; .gif; and .png files are graphic files. The PNQ JPEQ and GIF formats are most often used to display images on the Internet. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group. PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics. GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format.
55.(c)
Terrabyte (TB) is the largest measure of memory. 1 Bit = Binary Digit; 8 Bits = 1 Byte; 1024 Bytes = 1 KB (Kilo Byte); 1024 KB = 1 MB (Mega Byte); 1024 MB = 1 GB(GigaByte) 1024 GB = 1 TB(Terra Byte). Thus TB > GB> MB > KB > Byte > Bit
56. (c)
57. (d)
58. (a)
59. (b)
60. (a)
61. (d)
62. (d)
63. (c)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client/server protocol that automatically provides an Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address and other related configuration information such as the subnet mask and default gateway.
64. (d)
ROM stores data permanently in a computer which can be read only.
65. (c)
A LAN (Local area network) is a group of computers and network devices connected together, usually within the same building.
66. (a)
FORTRAN (EORmula TRANslation) is a third- generation (3GL) programming language that was designed for use by engineers, mathematicians, and other users and creators of scientific algorithms.
67. (d)
JPEG or JPG: Joint Photographic Experts Group (graphics file compression standard).
68. (a)
70. (c)
Dot matrix printer is a type of computer. Which uses a print head that moves back and froth.
70. (a)
1GB-1024 MB
71. (b)
A web Browser, is a program that interprets and displays web pages and enables you to view and interact with a web page.
72. (b)
A computer that keeps copies of responses and recent requests is known as Proxy Server.
73. (d)
An input device is used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system such as computer. Scanner is an input device.
74. (d)
English is not a computer language.
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