Following are the set of 25 multiple choice questions from the topic of Information Technology. Questions from this topic has appeared in many competitive exams in the category as Information Technology (IT) or  Word Processing or Computer Awareness. The purpose of this section is just to support the candidates who prepare for Kerala PSC and other competitive exams. You can always refer this website from your mobile phone on the go or from your home PC.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | COMPUTER BASICS | IT-SET-2
(A multiple choice questions and answer for Kerala PSC, UPSC, SSC,RRB, Banking, IBPS, Railway and other competitive exams)
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 1.The internet allows you to:

[a] send electronic mail 

[b] view web pages

[c] connect servers all around the world

[d] All of these


2. The concept of stored program was given by:

[a] Von Neuman 

[b] Charles Babbage

[c] Blaise Pascal 

[d] None of these


3. Computers in a computer network is connected via:

[a] Satellite channel only 

[b] Telephone line only

[c] Either telephone or satellite channel or both

[d] Coaxial cable only


4. The instruction of a program that is currently being executed is sorted in:

[a] Secondary memory 

[b] Main memory

[c] Read only memory 

[d] None of these


5. Email stands for:

[a] Educational mail 

[b] Electronic mail

[c] Entertainment mail 

[d] Excess mail


6. Where is disc put in a computer?

[a] in the modem 

[b] in the hard drive

[c] in the CPU 

[d] In the disc drive


7. DOS is :

[a] Single user operating system

[b] Multiuser OS

[c] Multithreaded OS 

[d] None of these


8. Co-axial cables are widely used in:

[a] Telephone networks

[b] Cable TV networks

[c] Both in telephone and Cable TV networks

[d] Computer networks


9. Which of the following is not a programming language?

[a] COBOL 

[b] FORTRAN

[c] LOTUS 

[d] None of these


10. In network terminology ‘SAP’ refers to:

[a] Secured application 

[b] Service access points

[c] Simple access protocol 

[d] Service access protocol


11. What displays the contents of the active cell in Excel?

[a] Namebox 

[b] Row Heading

[c] Formula bar 

[d] Task pane


12. The most powerful type of computer is:

[a] Mainframe computers 

[b] Micro computers

[c] Mini computers 

[d] Super computers


13. The contents of ____ are lost when the computer is turned off.

[a] storage 

[b] input

[c] output 

[d] memory


14. What are the speakers attached to your computer used for:

[a] Displaying images 

[b] Sending messages

[c] Storing messages 

[d] Handling sound and music


15. Personal computers can be connected together to form a:

[a] Server 

[b] Super computer

[c] Network 

[d] Enterprise


16. Help Menu is available at which button?

[a] End 

[b] Start

[c] Turnoff 

[d] Restart


17. The ____ tells the rest of the computer how to carry out a program’s instructions.

[a] ALU 

[b] System Unit

[c] Control Unit 

[d] Motherboard


18. The ____ folder retains copies of messages that you have started but are not yet ready to send:

[a] Drafts 

[b] Outbox

[c] Address book 

[d] Sent items


19. Connection or link to other documents or Web Pages that contains related information is called:

[a] Dial up 

[b] E-commerce

[c] Hyperlink 

[d] Domain name


20. The computer abbreviation KB usually means:

[a] Key Block 

[b] Key Byte

[c] Kit Bit 

[d] Kilo Byte


21. The smallest unit in the computer which represents information is:

[a] Byte 

[b] Bit

[c] Character 

[d] Digit


22. What do you call a program used to eliminate viruses from a disc?

[a] Vaccine 

[b] Back up

[c] Disaster Recovery plan 

[d] Defragmentation program


23. Division is carried out in computer by:

[a] Reverse multiplication 

[b] Repeated subtraction

[c] Repeated addition 

[d] None of these


24. Screen savers program prevent:

[a] Brownouts 

[b] Burn-in

[c] Screen flickering 

[d] Bad sectors


25. Secondary memory device is:

[a] ALU 

[b] CPU

[c] Floppy disc 

[d] Mouse