COMPUTER PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS

IMPORTANT FOR JOA I.T, COMPUTER OPERATOR & DEO EXAMS

HPSSC COMPUTER QUESTIONS
IMPORTANT FOR JOA I.T, COMPUTER OPERATOR & DEO EXAMS
1. Data going to computer is called
(A) Algorithm
(B) Input
(C) Calculation
(D) Flowchart
2. Capacity of computer is
(A) Limited
(B) Unlimited
(C) Low
(D) High
3. Memory unit is one part of
(A) Control unit
(B) Central Processing Unit
(C) Input device
(D) Output device
4. The term GIGO is related to
(A) Accuracy
(B) Automatic
(C) Flexibility
(D) Versatility
5. Who invented punch card ?
(A) Pavrus
(B) Jacquard
(C) Pascal
(D) Herman Hollerith
6. Abacus was developed in ?
(A) India
(B) China
(C) America
(D) Malasia
7. In which generation of computers was microprocessor introduced ?
(A) Fourth
(B) First
(C) Third
(D) Second
8. 'IMac' is a
(A) Processor
(B) Modem
(C) Network
(D) Machine
9. 'CRAY' is a
(A) Super Computer
(B) Mainframe Computer
(C) Micro Computer
(D) Mini Computer
10. Which of the following is the fastest ?
(A) CD-ROM
(B) RAM
(C) Registers
(D) Cache
11. Type of mouse is
(A) Mechanical, general
(B) Optical, mechanical
(C) Full duplex
(D) Automatic
12. The number of function keys in a keyword is
(A) 12
(B) 13
(C) 14
(D) 15
13. A character printer prints how many characters per second ?
(A) 100 to 200
(B) 5 to 50
(C) 5 to 100
(D) 200 to 4000
14. How many arrow keys are there in a computer ?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
15. Which of the following works as mouse ?
(A) Keyboard
(B) Scanner
(C) Icon
(D) Track ball
16. 'LCD' stands for
(A) Lead Crystal Device
(B) Light Central Display
(C) Liquid Central Display
(D) Liquid Crystal Display
17. A scanner scans
(A) Pictures
(B) Text
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
18. Soft copy refers to
(A) Printed output
(B) Music sounds
(C) Screen output
(D) Digitizing
19. 'OCR' stands for
(A) Optical Character Recognition
(B) Optical CPU Recognition
(C) Optimal Character Rendering
(D) None of these
20. Which of the following is not an output device ?
(A) Plotter
(B) Printer
(C) Monitor
(D) Touch Screen
21. Which of the following is a point-and-draw device?
(A) Mouse
(B) Scanner
(C) Printer
(D) CD-ROM
22. USB-type storage device is
(A) Secondary
(B) Auxiliary
(C) Tertiary
(D) Primary
23. Main memory of computer is
(A) Internal
(B) External
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Auxiliary
24. Flash is
(A) Software
(B) Hardware
(C) ROM
(D) RAM
25. CD is an
(A) internal memory
(B) external memory
(C) auxiliary memory
(D) Both (A) and (B)
26. Unit of storage capacity of computer is
(A) Byte
(B) Bit
(C) Bug
(D) Cubic meter
27. DVD is
(A) Digital Video Disk
(B) Dynamic Versatile Disk
(C) Digital Versatile Disk
(D) Dynamic Video Disk
28. Meaning of IBM is
(A) Indian Business Machine
(B) International Business Machine
(C) International Banking Machine
(D) None of these
29. The first computer language developed for programming is
(A) Fortran
(B) Cobol
(C) C
(D) C++
30. Which language is used in a complex scientific calculation ?
(A) Basic
(B) Fortran
(C) Cobol
(D) Pascal
31. The operating system called 'UNIX' is typically used for
(A) desktop computers
(B) laptop computers
(C) super computers
(D) web servers
32. Computer language used on the internet is
(A) Basic
(B) Cobol
(C) Java
(D) Pascal
33. In which language is the most appropriate documentation possible ?
(A) Fortran
(B) Cobol
(C) Pascal
(D) None of these
34. Logic gate is
(A) a software
(B) a type of circuit
(C) a special CD
(D) a computer game
35. One kilobyte is equivalent to
(A) 1000 byte
(B) 1024 byte
(C) 10000 byte
(D) 10024 byte
36. The largest unit of storage is
(A) GB
(B) KB
(C) MB
(D) TB
37. A process of searching bugs in software is
(A) Compiling
(B) Testing
(C) Running
(D) Debugging
38. Linux is an example of
(A) Freeware
(B) Open sources software
(C) Shareware
(D) Complimentary
39. Unix was developed in
(A) 1950
(B) 1969
(C) 1961
(D) 1974
40. Basic language of 'Unix' is
(A) Cobol
(B) Basic
(C) Assembly
(D) Java
41. The word CAD is related to
(A) account
(B) design
(C) media
(D) science
42. Oracle is
(A) An operating system
(B) Word Processor
(C) Database software
(D) None of these
43. Which software is used in word processing ?
(A) PageMaker
(B) Word Star
(C) MS-Word
(D) All of these
44. Which software is used for creating resume ?
(A) MS-Word
(B) PageMaker
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Java
45. Restarting a computer that is already ON is referred to as
(A) Shut down
(B) Cold booting
(C) Warm booting
(D) Logging off
46. The process of preparing a floppy diskette for use is called
(A) assembling
(B) translating
(C) parsing
(D) formatting
47. Start or restart of the computer means
(A) Exit
(B) Kick
(C) Boot
(D) Kick-start
48. A compiler is used to translate a program written in
(A) a low level language
(B) a high level language
(C) assembly language
(D) machine language
49. Computer programs are also known as
(A) operating systems
(B) documents
(C) peripherals
(D) applications
50. The operating system is the most common type of
(A) communication software
(B) application software
(C) system software
(D) word processing software
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