400 One Liner Questions Related to Computer and Internet

Many computer users believe that because they are skilled at generating spreadsheets, word processing documents, and presentations, they know everything about computers. These users have moved beyond application basics, but many still do not understand even basic facts.

The below mentioned questions will also helps you to clear all the competitive exams:

The first programming language was – FORTRAN
Which stores data permanently in a computer – ROM
Which is a main system board a computer – Mother Board
What is a bug in a computer terminology – an error in program
An electronic path, that sends signals from one part of computer to another is – Bus
USB is which type of storage device – Tertiary
Who is known as father of Artificial Intelligence – John Mc Carthy
Which term is related to database – Oracle
Computer resolution measures – Number of Pixels
One nibble is equal to how many bits – 4 Bits
What can be considered as basic building blocks of a digital circuit – Logic Gates
What is full form of RAM – Random Access Memory
Which among following is secondary storage device – Hard Disc
What is responsible for specifying address of a memory location – Address Bus
ULSI microprocessor is used in which generation of computers – Fifth Generation
Where is cache memory is located – CPU
Which function key is used to check spellings – F7
Which type of software is an operating system – System Software
If a computer has more than one processor then it is known as – Multiprocessor
Which program is run by BIOS to check hardware components are working properly while computer is turned ON – Post
What is responsible for finding and loading operating system into RAM – Bootstrap Loader
Full form of URL is – Uniform Resource Locator
Which type of storage device is a BIOS – Primary
Which is most common language used in web designing – HTML
BIOS is used for – Loading Operating System
Who was the father of Internet – Vin Cerf
In banking, railways etc which computers are used – Main Frames
Intersection of columns and rows is called a – Cell
1 Mega Byte is equal to – 1024 Kilo Bytes
What is full form of EXIF – Exchangeable Image File Format
Which operations are performed by RAM – Read and Write
WWW stands for – World Wide Web
Documents, Movies, Images and Photographs etc are stored at a – File Server
Where are saved files stored in computer – Hard disk
What is the meaning of OSI, in terms of computers – Open System Interconnection
What is full form of GUI in terms of computers – Graphical user Interface
ROM is – non volatile
Which among following is commonly used language in Android applications – JAVA
MPG is an file extension of which type of files – Video
Which among following is engine of computer – Processor
If a computer provides database services to other, then it will be known as – Database Server
Which type of switching is used in Internet – Packet
Which is responsible for communication between Memory and ALU – Control Unit
In computer what converts AC to DC – SMPS
Who invented keyboard – Christoper Latham Sholes
Which operating system is developed by Apple – Mac OS
From which year 5th generation of computers is considered – 1980
What is full form of HTTP – Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Which are the main parts of central processing unit – Control unit and Arithmetic Logic Unit
Microsoft office is type of – Application software
If CPU executes multiple programs simultaneously, it will be known as – Multitasking
Which device among following is used for sending digital data over a phone line – Modern
What is used to make computer chips – Silicon
In which of the following form, data is stored in computer – Binary form
Where is RAM located – Mother Board
A wireless technology built in electronic gadgets used for exchanging data over short distances is – Bluetooth
By pressing which key we can move to beginning of a page – Home
Who invented Java – James Gosling
Which of following is used in RAM – Semi Conductors
An Assembler is used to translate a program written in – Assembly Language
What is meaning of OMR – Optical Mark Reader
Technology used to provide internet by transmitting data over wires of telephone network is – DSL
Verification is process of – Authentication
Which language was used as first generation language – Machine Language
Which level language is Assembly Language – low-level programming language
What is the name of first super computer of India – Param 8000
What is LINUX – Operating System
A 32-bit word computer can access …bytes at a time – 4
The first microprocessor built by the Intel Corporation was called – 4004
The computer that process both analog and digital is called – Hybrid Computer
In 1999, the Melissa virus was a widely publicized ____________? – E-mail virus
Which of the following commands is given to reboot the computer? – Ctrl+Alt+Del
What is correcting errors in a program called ? – Debugging
BCD is ____________? – Binary Coded Decimal
What type of virus uses computer hosts to reproduce itself? – Worm
SMTP, FTP and DNS are applications of the ____________layer? – Application
Which command is used to select the whole document? – Ctrl+A
COBOL is an acronym for ____________? – Common Business Oriented Language
The ability of an OS to run more than one application at a time is called? – Multitasking
What is the functional key to display save-as box? – F12
Full form of NOS ? – Network Operating system
Something which has easily understood instructions is said to be ____________? – Analog Data
A modem is connected to a ____________? – Telephone Line
Refresh Rate of monitor is measured in? – Hertz
What was the chief component of first generation computer? – Vacuum tube &Valves
Name the Father of Computer Mouse? – Douglas Engel bart
A program that performs a useful task while simultaneously allowing destructive acts is __? – Trojan Horse
The geometric arrangement of devices on the network is called ____________? – Topology
The basic goal of computer process is to convert data into ____________? – Information
Where are the CPU and memory located? – Motherboard
Where BIOS is stored – Flash Memory Chip
IP address version 4 is in which format – 32 bit
Who was the Founder of Bluetooth – Ericson
What kind of operations can a computer carry out? – Arithmetic and Logical
Modern computers follow a generalized set of instructions to perform any function. What are these instructions better known as? – Programs
When were the first digital electronic calculating machines developed? – during world war II
Which of the following is the processing unit of the computer? – CPU
Which part of the computer carries out the arithmetic and logical operations – Processing Element
Which of the following are part of the Logical Operations of the computer – Greater Than
Which of the following comprise the input devices – Keyboard and Mouse
Which of the following devices comprise the output unit? – Visual Display Unit
Which of the following lies within the CPU? – Primary Memory
Which of the following comprise the software components of a computer? – Programs
In a book of which author was the word computer first mentioned – Richard Braithwait
Which of the following is seen as the earliest mechanical analog computer – Tally Stick
Which of the following devices incorporated a mechanical calendar computer – Astrolabe
Who gave the first successful demonstration of use of a simplified analytical engine in computing tables in 1888? – Henry Babbage
Which of the following is the first example of an electromechanical relay computer – Z2
Which of the following was considered as the world’s first fully automatic digital computer – Z3
Which was the world’s first electronic digital programmable computer – Colossus
Who had proposed the principle of modern computer in his 1936 paper – Alan Turing
In laser printer which type of laser is used – Semiconductor laser
In Microsoft word, ____________provides information about the current document – Status bar
Virus stands for – Vital Information Resource Under Siege
What is the address given to a computer connected to a network called – IP address
A method of bypassing normal authentication procedures to a computer system is known as unauthorized access – Backdoor
Which is a volatile memory – RAM
Which programming language is developed by James A Gosling – Java
Commonly used abbreviation ISP in computer science stands for – Internet Service Provider
Which is used to enter data and instruction into a computer – Input Device
____________ changes each time it is installed to avoid detection by antivirus software – Polymorphic Virus
Systems running more than one processes concurrently are called – Multi programming
Which has the largest storing – Tera Byte
Which is an application protocol – HTTP
In IT, associated memory is called as – Content addressable memory
Unix operating system was developed in 1970s by – Bell Labs
‘Safari’ is a type of – Browser
Protocol used for sending an email is – SMTP
Bold and italic formatting are example of – Text Style
Router is used in which layer – Network Layer
The brain of any computer system is – CPU
Which language is used by computer to process data – Binary
Any data or instruction entered into to memory of computer is called as – Input
Which material is used in the manufacturing of electric heater coil – Nichrome
Which is a light sensitive device used for converting images to their digital form – Scanner
‘Homepage’ is a word associated with – web page
…Bar is located at top of wordpad/notepad – Title
In Microsoft Word, ____________ allows us to change the color of selected text – font color
____________ are designed to read and interpret HTML – Browser
Which is a modifier key in a computer keyboard – Shift Key
In IT the technique that is used to increase the bandwidth is – Memory Inter leaving
Which is the default body font in Microsoft Word 2007 – Calibri
constantly running system – Program Processes are known as – Daemons
Notepad’ is a text editor in which of the operating system – Windows
The fundamental purpose of BIOS is – to initialize and text system hardware components
Which output device is used for translating information from a computer into pictorial form on paper – Plotter
The idea of the integrated circuit was first given by – Geoffrey Dummer
The command that merges the contents of one file to another is – APPEND
In MS word, what is a gutter margin – space left for binding
Which company developed Java – Sun
What is the base of the Octal Numeral System – 8
How many layers are there in the OSI networking model – 7
Which error is identified by the complier – Logical Errors
Raymond Samuel Tomilson is famous for developing – Email
C++ is a – Programming language
Processed data is known as – Information
Who invented logarithms – John Napier
What is the mascot of Linux Operating System – Penguin
What is the full form of “LAN” – Local Area Network
How many bits does an IP address contain – 32 Bits
Syntax Errors are determined by – Control Unit
The tag line “Do No Evil” is owned by – Google
Which is a main system board of a computer – Mother Board
What is the name of the first super computer of the world – CDC 6600
ALU is a part of a computer is – Processor
Lisp is a programming language built by whom – John McCarthy
In IT terminology failure in the kernel is called as – crash
Which key is used to move to next line in a Ms-Word document – Enter-Key
Netscape Navigator is a – web browser
What is a bug I Computer terminology – an error in program
In networks, a small message used to pass between one stations to another is known as – Token
Who is known as the founder of IBM Company? – Thomas J. Watson
An image on a computer screen is made up of ____________? – Pixels
Full form of MAN ? – Metropolitan Area Network
Which command in DOS can be used to recover accidentally deleted files? – UNDELETE
A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language atone time is called__? – Characters
In which year, the Microsoft company was founded? – 1975
What is the personal computer operating system that organizes and uses a graphic desktop environment? – Windows
What are Light pen and joystick ? – Input Devices
What is a half byte also called as? – Nibble
SMPS stands for ____________? – Switched mode Power Supply
What do we use to change the appearance and positioning of text document in MSWord? – Formatting
A ____________ is approximately a million bytes? – Megabyte
Daisy wheel, Drum, chain etc are the__? – Printers
XML stands for __? – Extensible Markup Language
What kind of scheme is the HTTP protocol? – Request/Response
Magnetic disk is an example of ____________? – Secondary Memory
What is the meaning of OSI, in terms of computers ? – Open system Interconnection
Which type of storage device is a BIOS ? – Primary
Personal Computer is – PC
A desktop computer is also known as – PC
Super computer developed by Indian scientist – Param
The third generation computer was made with – Integrated circuits
In latest generation computers, the instructions are executed – Both Sequentially and parallel
The person contributing the idea of the stored program was – John Neumann
The earliest software was developed using – the waterfall model
Inventor of C ++ is – Bjarne Stroustrup
The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operations was – Mark – I
Who designed the first electronic computers ENIAC – J Presper Eckert and John W Mauchy
The third generation of the computer were in – 1965-1971
The first generation computers had – Vacuum tubes and magnetic drum
Artificial Intelligent is associated with which generation – Fifth
The personal computer industry was started by – IBM
The fifth generation computing devices, based on – artificial intelligence
In which generation did magnetic disc started being used for storage – second generation computers
The man who built the first mechanical calculators was – Blaise Pascal
Computers built before the first generation of computer were – Electro–mechanical
Punched cards were first introduced by – Herman Hollrith
First generation computer system used – Vacuum tubes
The father of modern computer is – Alan Turin
Super computer developed by Indian scientists – Param
A group of 8 bits is known as – byte
Which is the fastest type of computer – Supercomputer
A computer system that is old and perhaps not satisfactory is referred to as – Legacy system
Which type of computers uses the 8-bit code called EBCDIC – Mainframe computers
The earlier calculating devices was – Abacus
Punch cards were first introduced by – Herman Hollerith
Microprocessor as switching devices are for which generation computers – second generation
Who has invented Mark – I – Howard Aiken
Second generation computers are made of – Transistors
Who was the father of super computers – Seymour Cray
How many vacuum tubes was used if ENIAC – 17468
The computer size was very large is – first generation
What is the extension type of the excel 2007 files? – .xlsx
Collecting personal information and effectively posing as another individual is known as the crime of ____________? – Identity theft
The amount of vertical space between lines of text in a document is called__? – Line Spacing
A computer cannot ‘boot’ if it does not have the ____________? – Operating system
What is the other name for programmed chip? – LSIC
A normal CD- ROM usually can store up to ____________data? – 680 MB
What does DMA stand for? – Direct Memory Access
Full form of LAN ? – Local Area Network
ASCII stands for ____________? – American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Second Generation computers were developed during ____________? – 1956-65
When did arch rivals IBM and Apple Computers Inc. decide to join hands? – 1991
What kind of memory is both static and non -volatile? – ROM
An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it? – Glitch
Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail is known as ____________? – Spam
The common name for the crime of stealing passwords is ____________? – Spoofing
BIOS stands for ____________? – Basic Input Output System
Who is regarded as Father of “C‘ programming language? – Dennis Ritchie
RAM can be treated as the ____________ for the computer’s processor. – Waiting Room
Computers manipulate data in many ways, and this manipulation is called ____________? – Processing
Joshy, Perfumes are examples of ____________? – Viruses
The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal’s computer is an example of a law enforcement speciality called ____________? – Computer Forensics
Where does most data go first with in a computer memory hierarchy? – RAM
Help Menu is available at which button? – Start
Which file contains permanent data and gets updated during the processing of transactions? – Master File
A DVD is an example of an ____________? – Optical Disc
Which is most common tool used to restrict access to computer system? – Passwords
The technology that stores only essential instructions on a microprocessor chip and thus enhances its speed is referred as ____________? – RISC
What is the name of an application program that gathers user information and sends it to someone through the Internet? – Spybot
Who invented Analytical engine – Charles Babbage
Blaise Pascal has introduced – Adding Machine
Micro programming introduced – Maurice Wilkies
Vacuum Tube is the invention of – 1st generation
World Computer Literacy Day is observed on – December 2
Which type of computer is the most powerful – Supercomputer
The first computer introduced in Nepal was – IBM 1401
Chip is a common nickname for – Integrated Circuit
Which company developed the microprocessor – Intel
A megabyte is actually equal to – 1024 Kilobytes
Office LANS, which are scattered geographically on large scale, can be connected by the use of corporate ____________? – WAN ( wide area network )
To move a copy of file from one computer to another over a communication channel is called? – File Transfer
Large transaction processing systems in automated organizations use ____________? – Batch Processing
MICR stands for ____________? – Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
Name of 1st electronic computer? – ENIAC
No. of different characters in ASCII coding system? – 1024
MSIC stands for ____________? – Medium Scale Integrated Circuits
The scrambling of code is known as ____________? – Encryption
The first computers were programmed using ____________? – Machine Language
A fault in a computer program which prevents it from working correctly is known as__? – Bug
Which button makes alphabets/letters in uppercase and lowercase and numbers to symbols? – Shift
When a computer is switched on, the booting process performs ____________? – Power on self test
What is the software frequently utilized by end users called (like Word, PowerPoint)? – Application Software
Unit of measurement of the output quality of a printer? – Dot per sq. inch
Switching device of fifth generation computer is ____________? – VLSI
The unit KIPS is used to measure the speed of ____________? – Processor
DOS stands for ____________? – Disk Operating System
What is a joy stick primarily in computers used for? – Computer Gaming
Which American computer company is called Big Blue – IBM
How many bits are there in a byte – 8
Father of ‘C’ programming language – Dennis Ritchie
How many generations of computers we have – 5
IBM stands for – International Business Machines
Which is the fastest type of computer – Super Computer
When your turn on the computer, the boot routine will perform this test – Power on self test
Who is called the father of computer – Charles Babbage
Who is the creator of PASCAL – Niklaus writh
Which language is used for artificial intelligence – PROLOG
Who is also known as father of jQuery – John Resig
Which type of computers use the 8-bit code called EBCDIC – Mainframe Computers
In a computer, most processing takes place in ____________? – CPU
In which type of computer, data are represented as discrete signals? – Digital Computer
Scientific Name of Computer? – Sillico sapiens
What is the name of the display feature that highlights are of the screen which requires operator attention? – Reverse Video
Computers, combine both measuring and counting, are called ____________? – Hybrid Computer
What is FORTRAN? – Formula Translation
What translates and executes program at run time line by line? – Interpreter
What converts an entire program into machine language ? – Compiler
Who is the father of personal computer? – Edward Robert
EEPROM stands for ____________? – Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
Who developed the first electronic computer? – J.V. Atansoff
Which programming languages are classified as low level languages? – Assembly Language
The first web browser is ____________? – Mosaic
First page of Website is termed as ____________? – Homepage
Digital computers are classified in four categories. What are they? – Microcomputers, Mini computers, Mainframe computers and Super computers.
In the case of Microcomputers speed of CPU is? – 1-10 MIPS
CPU consists of – Arithmetic and Logical Unit, Register and Control Unit
What are used to identify a user who returns to a website – Cookies
Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator are example of – Internet browser programs
In computer science, data hazard occurs when – pipeline changes the order of read/write access to operands
Money transfer through mobile is called – IMPS
Cache memory works on the principal of – Locality of reference
Which device is used in network layer – Router
Who invented the computer mouse – Douglas Engelbart
USB is what type of storage device – Secondary
All forms of ROM are also known as – Firmware
The Simplest CPU scheduling algorithm is – FCFS scheduling algorithm
The telephone line is connected through the one the computer – Modern
In a computer system, which device is functionally opposite of a key board – Printer
The process of writing on an optical disc is called – Burning
The second most used language on the world wide web is – Chinese
Which method of heat transfer – convection
Direct access of file is also known as – random access
What is required to boost a computer – Operating system
What manages the computer resources – Programs
Related to computers, what is ‘Wetware’ – Human Brain
What uses the spawn mechanism to duplicate itself – worm
Where is India’s super computer ‘PARAM’ located – Pune
A translator for the assembly languages to machine language is – assembler
The alignment of beginning and the end of lines is referred to as – Justification
Synonyms of Internet is – Cyber Space
Icons are – picture commands
A bug in a program is an – error
Where does a computer add, compare and shuffle data – CPU chip
WINDOWS-98 is basically – on operating system
The information in ‘EEPROM’ is erased by using – Electrical Signals
The technology used in the electronic printer is called – Microtechnology
What is used to identify whether a data word has an odd or even number of 1’s – Parity bit
A computer executes programs in the sequence of – Fetch, Decode, Execute
A Floppy Disc can store – 1.44 MB
The rate at which scanning is repeated in a CRT is called – refresh rate
The waste generated by end life personal computers is known as – E-Waste
Which one is an optical disk – Super Disk
The database in which records are organized in a tree-like structure is – Heirarchical Database
In any spreadsheet, the address of the first cell is – AI
What is the process of defining tables called – Data definition
Small and cheap computers built into several home appliances are of which type – Micro computers
What is the process of defining tables called – Index definition
Which is an Impact printer – Daisy wheel printer
Different computer are connected to a LAN by a cable and a – Interface card
The monitor of a computer is – an output device
The time between program input and output is called – Execution time
Speed of processor chip is measured in – MHz
ENIAC was – an electronic computer
A place through which, data can enter or leave a computer is called – Port
A parallel port is most often used by a – Printer
Where was India’s first computer installed – Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta
What helps in remote login – Telnet
Double is a – Primitive data type
Most of the computer available today are – 4th generation computers
A portable, personal computer small enough to fit on your lap is called a – Notebook computer
A computer programming language often used by children is – LOGO
The computer memory holds data – Program
Virus in a computer is a – Program that damages the computer software
Alta Vista is a – Search Engine
Where are programs and data to be used by the computer available – Storage
The most advanced form of Read Only Memory is – EEPROM
The indentations on CDs and DVDs are called – Pits
CPU performance is often Measured in – GHz
An alternate name for the completely interconnected network topology is – Mesh
There are how many function keys present on a keyboard – 12
Who is considered as the developer of ‘Hyper Text Markup Language’ – Tim Berners Lee
What is the full form of COBOL – Common Business Oriented Languages
Which generation computers used SNOBOL Language – Third generation
Which device is used to extend the network without reducing signal strength – Repeater
Which storage device can store maximum data – Magnetic tape
Which language is used to access data from a database – SQL
Which company developed “Swift” programming language – Apple
The integrated circuits used in a computer are made up of – Silicon
CPU scheduler is also known as – Short Term Scheduler
Web pages are created by using which of – HTML
Who invented Java Script the Programming Language – Brenden Eich
Which one is used as secondary storage system in computer – Floppy
The UNIX Operating system is suitable for – Multi user
What is file extension of Window Installer Package – .msi
Which among following is associated with monitor – CRT
Assembler work in – two phases
Range of colors depends on – Number of bits associated with each pixel
In which condition resource is not removed from a process holding – Non preemption
The operation is specified by a binary code known as the – Opcode
Laser printer is a type of – Non impact printing
One way to convert from decimal to hexadecimal is the – Hex dabble method
Output devices are commonly referred as – Terminals
A stack in a digital computer is a part of the – Memory Unit
How do you switch between programs – Alt + tab
What is the shortcut key you can press to create a copyright symbol? – Alt + ctrl + C
Unwanted and unsolicited e- mails are called – Spam
The two major types of computer chips are – Microprocessor chip
DSL is an example of a ____________ connection. – Broadband

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