Computer Quiz for Postal Examination

1. All of the following are examples of input devices EXCEPT a:

printer

2. ________ controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by which users can interact with the computer.

The operating system

3. Computers use the ____________ language to process data.

binary

4. The difference between people with access to computers and the Internet and those without this access is known as the:

digital divide

5. In the binary language each letter of the alphabet, each number and each special character is made up of a unique combination of:

eight bits.

6. All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:

Spam

7. ____________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful way.

Information

8. The term 'Pentium' is related to

Microprocessor

9. ……….is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors.

Crashing

10. The set of instructions that tells the computer what to do is

Software

Computer General Knowledge Question and Answer for competitive Exam

1) RAM is _______ and _______.

(A) volatile, temporary

(B) non volatile, permanent

(C) non volatile, temporary

(D) volatile, permanent

(E) None of the above

2) _______ are attempts by individuals to obtain confidential information from you by falsifying their identity.

(A) Phishing trips

(B) Computer viruses

(C) Special function cards

(D) Scanners

(E) Keyboards

3) The primary goal of a computer system is to turn data into?

(A) ideas

(B) suggestions

(C) information

(D) reports

(E) None of these

4) A Web _______ consists of one or more Web pages located on a Web server.

(A) hub

(B) site

(C) story

(D) template

(E) None of these

5) Which of the following is the part of a computer that one can touch and feel ?

(A) Hardware

(B) Software

(C) Programs

(D) Output

(E) None of these

6) Which of the following is the communications protocol that sets the standard used by every computer that accesses Web- based information?

(A) XML

(B) DML

(C) HTTP

(D) HTML

(E) None of these

7) ______ makes it possible for shoppers to make purchases using their computers.

(A) E-world

(B) E-commerce

(C) E-spend

(D) E-business

(E) None of these

8) Which part of the computer displays the work done ?

(A) RAM

(B) Printer

(C) Monitor

(D) ROM

(E) None of these

9) ______ is an invalid type of database key.

(A) Structured primary key

(B) Atomic primary key

(C) Primary key

(D) Composite primary key

(E) None of these

10) This component is required to process data into information and consists of integrated circuits.

(A) Hard disk

(B) RAM

(C) CPU

(D) ROM

(E) None of these 

Answer

1. (A) volatile, temporary
2. (A) Phishing trips
3. (C) information
4. (B) site
5. (A) Hardware
6. (C) HTTP
7. (B) E-commerce
8. (C) Monitor
9. (A) Structured primary key
10. (C) CPU

GK & Computer Questions for Competitive Exams

1) Noble Prize 2014 to Jean Tirole in Economics for what? - for his analysis of market power and regulation

2) Minimum Cash Adequacy Ratio for small banks? - 15 per cent of its risk weighted assets (RWA)

3) Currency of Denmark? - Danish krone

4) RBI has recently raised the limit for NBFCs to maintain the net owned fund (NOF) requirement to four times by 2017 to? - Rs. 2 crore

5) Which Indian player is one among the 05 ambassadors for World Cup 2015? - Virat Kohli

6) Bhavanisagar Dam is in which state? - Tamil Nadu

7) Name the Indian-American student who recently won the 2014 International Children's Peace Prize Award? - Neha Gupta

8) India recently registered its historic hockey series win against Australia in what margin? - 3-1

9) World Bank Headquarters? - Washington

10) India and which country recently agreed to the 900 MW Arun III project on Arun river? - Nepal

11) China has recently announced that it has completed a major hydropower dam on the Yarlung Zangbo river in Tibet. In India this reiver is known by which name? - Brahmaputra

12) PAN card is mandatory for Immovable Property transactions above what amount? - Rs five lakh

13) Minimum income for E-filing (Income Tax)? - Rs. 5 lakh

14) Who won Arjuna Award 2014 in boxing discipline? - Jai Bhagwan

15) PM Modi recently unveiled Mahatma Gandhi's statue in which country? - Brisbane, Australia

16) Who won Men's Singles at US Open 2015? - Marin Cilic

17) Which Indian recently won the China Open Men's Badminton title? - Kidambi Srikanth

18) Kisan Vikas Patra denomination related question

19) Lock in period under Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS)? - 1+2 years (fixed lock-in period' and 'flexible lock-in period').

20) NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft recently discovered what? - Super-Earth

21) Percent Literacy in age group 7 to 12? -

22) What is the minimum shareholding of government in the public sector banks? - 51%

23) Rate of interest on Saving Account is decided by? - Individual Banks

24) Debit/Credit Cards can be processed on? - Point of Sale

25) LED full form? - Light-emitting diode

26) Highest Sports Award in India? - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

27) Who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014? - Gulzar

28) SIP (Mutual Fund) full form? - Systematic Investment Plan

29) Author of the book "The Immortals of Meluha"? - Amish Tripathi

30) Who is the present Union minister of  Law and Justice? - Sadananda Gowda

31) Origin of ganga river? - Uttarakhand

32) Windows Explorer is? - File Manager

33) Header of word document attached to? - top 

34) Where was the recent G-20 summit held? - Australia

GK & Computer Questions for Postal Exams

) President of World Bank? - Jim Yong Kim

2) Headquarters of BRICS Bank? - Shanghai, China

3) Which Indian was recently given Japan top national award named 'Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers'? - Dr. Manmohan Singh

4) How many member states are there in ASEAN? - 10

5) 'Addis Ababa' is the capital of? - Ethiopia

6) PV full form in MS excel? - Present Value

7) SLP fullform relating to judiciary? - Special Leave Petitions

8) Sania Mirza won mixed doubles final of the US Open 2014 along with? - Bruno Soares of Brazil

9) Work of IMF? - Foster global growth and economic stability

10) RuPay card scheme was conceived and launched by? - National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

11) Name the current Railway Minister of India? - Suresh Prabhu

12) Accidental Insurance cover under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana? - Rs.1. lac

13) Name the two stock exchanges merged in china recently? - Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges

14) National stock exchange of india is merged with? - Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI)

15) Name the regualtor of commodity market? - SEBI

16) Who won gold medal in the men's freestyle 65 kg wrestling event at the Asian Games? - Yogeshwar Dutt

17) November 14 is observed worldwide as which day? - World Diabetes Day

18) Who is the author of the book The Inheritance of Loss? - Kiran Desai

19) In National Pension System subscribers of which age group can join? - 18 to 60

20) One question related to make in India. 

21) Name Sachin Tendulkar's Autobiography which was released recently? - Playing It My Way

22) Prime minister of Japan? - Shinzo Abe

23) Kailash satyarthi is associated with which NGO? - Bachpan Bachao Andolan

24) Founder of Ali Baba group? - Jack Ma

25) Total number of alphanumeric code numbers on pan card? - 10

26) Adani group recently signed a memorandum of understanding with State Bank of India for how much loan for the Carmichael mine in Queensland, Australia? - $1 billion

27) What is cell in ms excel?

28) Use of paste in document? - To paste a copied article

29) If you want to change OS windows xp to windows 7 that process is known as?

30) Modem related question? - (Ans: Dial Up)

31) TCP full form? - Transmission Control Protocol

32) Question on backup

33) Question on firewall
34) Rules for exchanging messages via Internet called? - Protocol

35) Shortcut for italic in word? - Cntrl + I
36) Term Deposits are not taxable under 80C if it is for how many years? - 5 Years
37) Which birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru was celebrated on 14th November 2014? - 125th 

Computer Knowledge Questions for Postal Exams

1. A kilobyte equals to how many bytes?

1) 1000 2) 1035 3) 100 4) 1008 5) 1024

2. The Central Processing Unit is an example of

1) peripheral device 2) an output unit 3) software 4) a program 5) hardware

3. CD-ROM stands for

1) Compactable Read Only Memory

2) Compact Data Read Only Memory

3) Compactable Disk Read Only Memory

4) Compact Disk Read Only Memory

5) Connected Disk Read Only Memory

4. Which of the following terms refers to the ability of a computer to automatically configure a new hardware component that is added to it?

1) Formatting 2) Multiprocessing 3) Multiprogramming 4) Multitasking 5) Plug and play

5. Free hard-disk space used to extend the capacity of RAM is termed

1) Cache 2) Flash memory 3) ROM 4) Virtual memory 5) Volatile

6. Making illegal copies of copyrighted software is called

1) collaboration 2) software piracy 3) electronic distribution 4) browsing 5) software legacy

7. What is loading the operating system into a personal computer called?

1) Booting 2) Prompting 3) Paging 4) Interrupting 5) Readying

8. Which of the following is not an example of application software?

1) Database software 2) Graphics software 3) Operating system software 4) Spreadsheet software 5) Word processing software

9) Pie-charts are typically created by using which of the following?

1) Browser software 2) Database software 3) Desktop-publishing software 4) Word-processing software 5) Spreadsheet software

10) The computer to which a user’s computer connects in order to access the internet is called a

1) notebook 2) PDA 3) supercomputer 4) server 5) laptop

Answers

1) Ans. 5) 1024

2) Ans. 5) hardware

3) Ans. 4) Compact Disk Read Only Memory

4) Ans. 5) Plug and play

5) Ans. 4) Virtual memory

6) Ans. 2) software piracy

7) Ans. 1) Booting

8) Ans. 3) Operating system software

9) Ans. 5) Spreadsheet software

10) Ans. 4) server

General Awareness and Computer Questions

General Awareness and Computer Questions

1. Capital of Saudi Arabia? - Riyadh

2. Currency of Brazil? - Brazilian Real

3. IPO full form? - Initial Public Offering

4. NPA full form? - Non-Performing Asset

5. BIOS full form? - Basic Input Output System

6. Middle 3 digits of MICR code stand for? - Bank code

7. Indian Air Force day is celebrated on? - 8 October

8. Gujarat govt. recently declared Vadodara as? - State Cultural Capital

9. Richard Flangan who won Man Booker Prize 2014 belongs to which country? - Australia

10. ING Vysya Bank recently decided to merge with which bank? - Kotak Mahindra Bank

11. Constituency of Union Minister Nidhin Gadkari? - Nagpur, Maharashtra

12. Name the Union Minister for Science and Technology? - Harsh Vardhan

13. Before Narendra Modi who gave speech in Hindi at United Nations? - A. B. Vajpayee

14. NAV full form? -Net Asset Value

15. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature 2014? - Patrick Modiano

Computer Awareness Questions for Postal Assistant / PostMan Exam

1) Full Form of “CDR”?

(A) Commercial Debt Recovery

(B) Corporate Debt Restructuring

(C) Credit Debit Rate

(D) Currency Default Ratio

2) WWW stands for?

(A) World Whole Web

(B) Wide World Web

(C) Web World Wide

(D) World Wide Web

3) What is the lock-in period of Kisan Vikas Patra?

(A) 3 years

(B) 2 years

(C) 2.5 years

(D) 5 years

4) Which of the following are components of Central Processing Unit (CPU)?

(A) Arithmetic logic unit, Mouse

(B) Arithmetic logic unit, Control unit

(C) Arithmetic logic unit, Integrated Circuits

(D) Control Unit, Monitor

5) Central Bank of India was the first public bank to introduce?

(A) Credit card                           

(B) ATM Card                

(C) Mobile ATM

(D) Internet Banking Facility      

6) Which among following first generation of computers had?

(A) Vaccum Tubes and Magnetic Drum

(B) Integrated Circuits

(C) Magnetic Tape and Transistors

(D) All of above

7) Cheque Truncation System has legal sanction under which of the act?

(A) Banking Regulation Act 149

(B) Reserve Bank of India Act 149

(C) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

(D) "CTS-2010 standard

8) Where is RAM located?

(A) Expansion Board

(B) External Drive

(C) Mother Board

(D) All of above

9) Short term Money lending for one day is known as?

(A) Call Money

(B) Term Money

(C) Notice Money

(D) Hot Money

10) If a computer provides database services to other, then it will be known as?

(A) Web server

(B) Application server

(C) Database server

(D) FTP server

11) Which is the first bank to launch EMI facilities on debit cards?

(A) SBI                             

(B) Axis

(C) ICICI                          

(D) HDFC

12) Full form of URL is?

(A) Uniform Resource Locator

(B) Uniform Resource Link

(C) Uniform Registered Link

(D) Unified Resource Link

13) Which one of the following is not a 'Money Market Instrument'?

(A)  Treasury Bills

(B)  Commercial Paper   

(C) Certificate of Deposit

(D)  Equity Shares

14) Binary number system consists of?

(A) 0's and 1's only

(B) All alphanumeric characters

(C) Depends computer to computer

(D) None of above

15) "Good people to grow with” is a tagline of?

(A) Punjab National Bank

(B) Union Bank of India

(C) Indian Overseas Bank

(D) Andhra Bank

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Corporate Debt Restructuring

2) Ans. (D) World Wide Web

3) Ans. (C) 2.5 years

4) Ans. (B) Arithmetic logic unit, Control unit

5) Ans. (A) Credit card  

6) Ans. (A) Vaccum Tubes and Magnetic Drum

7) Ans. (C) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

8) Ans. (C) Mother Board

9) Ans. (A) Call Money

10) Ans. (C) Database server

11) Ans. (C) ICICI  

12) Ans. (A) Uniform Resource Locator

13) Ans. (D) Equity Shares

14) Ans. (A) 0's and 1's only

15) Ans. (C) Indian Overseas Bank