Information Technology PSC Exam Questions

IT Questions for PSC Exam

1. The full form of ‘PDF”:
(a) Printable Document Formatting
(b) Portable Document Format
(c) Page Document Format (d) Printable Document
Form

2. The full form of IBM:
(a) Indian Business Machines
(b) International Business Machines
(c) International Business Management
(d) None of these

3. Which one of the following is not an input device?
(a) Mouse (b) Keyboard
(c) Barcode reader (d) Monitor

4. The first key on the left hand side of the first row of
keyboard:
(a) Escape (b) Shift
(c) Control (d) Alt

5. The key which is used to move the cursor to the
beginning part of the matter:
(a) Page up (b) Home
(c) Alt (d) Enter

6. Which company developed ‘WINDOWS’?
(a) Microsoft (b) Apple
(c) LG (d) HCL

7. The domain name for ‘industries’:
(a) firm (b) int
(c) org (d) net

8. Determining whether an Internet site is a commercial
(.com) or governmental (.gov) site helps determine its...
(a) Accuracy (b) Purpose
(c) Objectivity (d) Expertise

9. One Kilo byte= ..... bytes
(a) 1204 (b) 1024
(c) 1440 (d) 512

10. The first modem was invented by:
(a) Bell Company (b) Microsoft
(c) Apple (d) Lenova

11. The full form of C.D.
(a) Computer Disc (b) Compact Disc
(c) Compact Device (d) Compact Document

12. The oldest devise for calculation:
(a) Calculator (b) Modem
(c) Mouse (d) Abacus

13. The domain name for government institutions:
(a) org (b) gov
(c) com (d) firm

14. The domain name for India:
(a) ind (b) in
(c) id (d) hin

15. The full form of U.P.S.
(a) Uniform Power Supply
(b) Uninterrupted Power Supply
(c) Universal Power Supply
(d) Unidirectional Power Supply

16. What is used for computer communication between
users?
(a) e-mail (b) SMS
(c) Tele mail (d) Phonogram

17. The most common input device now a days:
(a) Joystick (b) Keyboard
(c) Mouse (d) Barcode reader

18. Who discovered ‘Mouse’?
(a) Douglas Engelbart (b) Alen Shugart
(c) Charles Babbage (d) Edison

19. The longest key of the key board:
(a) Enter (b) Shift
(c) Ctrl (d) Space bar

20. In the history of computer, the fifth generation was
started in:
(a) 1980 (b) 1976
(c) 1966 (d) 1956

21. WINDOWS is a:
(a) Opeating system (b) Hardware
(c) Virus (d) None of these

22. Which company developed MS WORD?
(a) Linux (b) Apple
(c) Compac (d) Microsoft

23. Laser Printer was first introduced by:
(a) IBM (b) Samsung
(c) Canon (d) HP

24. All physical equipment and accessories of a system:
(a) Software (b) Hardware
(c) Peripherals (d) Internet

25. A marker used to indicate where the next charecter will
be printed?
(a) Tab (b) Alt
(c) Cursor (d) Indicator
Answers
1 (b) 2(b) 3 (d) 4 (a) 5(b) 6(a) 7(a) 8(b) 9(b) 10(a)
11(b) 12(d) 13(b) 14(b) 15(b) 16(a) 17(b) 18(a) 19(d)
20(a) 21(a) 22(d) 23(a) 24(b) 25(c)
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1. Which is the exact opposite of ‘space’ key?
(a) Delete (b) Insert
(c) Shift (d) Backspace
2. The father of computer:
(a) Blaze Pascal (b) Charles Babbage
(c) Jack Kilby (d) James T.Russel
3. Father of e-mail:
(a) Ray Tomlinson (b) Glen Recort
(c) Sabir Bhatia (d) Pascal
4. The invention related to Jack Kilby:
(a) Integrated Circuit (b) Floppy Disc
(c) Compact Disc (d) Calculator
5. Which device is used to display graphics and
information on video screen?
(a) CPU (b) Modem
(c) Scanner (d) Monitor
6. WWW stands for:
(a) Web Wide World (b) World Wide Web
(c) Wide Web World (d) World Web Wide
7. The brain of computer:
(a) Floppy disc (b) C.P.U.
(c) Monitor (d) Keyboard
8. The first computer game:
(a) Spacecraft (b) Space bar
(c) Space War (d) Space Shuttle
9. Who discovered Calculator?
Information Technology
(a) Christopher Sholes (b) Jack Kilby
(c) James T.Russel (d) Blaise Pascal
10. The programs or instructions that tells the computer
what to do:
(a) Software (b) Hardware
(c) Virus (d) mailmerge
11. The first electronic computer:
(a) ENIAC (b) UNIVAC
(c) Abacus (d) Param
12. ROM stands for:
(a) Readability of Memory (b) Read Only Memory
(c) Ready Online Memory (d) None of these
13. The home page of a website is:
(a) the largest page (b) the last page
(c) The first page (d) most colourful page
14. ‘DOS’ means:
(a) Data Operating System
(b) Device Operating System
(c) Disc Operating System
(d) Direct Operating System
15. The first personal computer:
(a) The Altair (b) ENIAC
(c) UNIVAC (d) Lenovo
16. In the abbreviation ‘HTML’, the letter ‘m’ stands for:
(a) Markup (b) Method
(c) Meta (d) Machine
17. ‘Google’ is a:
(a) Word processor (b) Search engine
(c) Operating system (d) Presentation Software
18. Which one of the following is not a hardware?
(a) Motherboard (b) Keyboard
(c) Computer Mouse (d) e-mail
19. Floppy Disc is usually located in—— drive.
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) D
20. RAM stands for:
(a) Random Approach Memory
(b) Random Access Memory
(c) Read Access Memory
(d) Rapid Access Memory
21. Compact Disc was invented by:
(a) James T.Russel (b) Sabir Bhatia
(c) Ray Tomlinson (d) Marcony
22. In the abbreviation ‘KBPS’, the letter ‘S’ stands for:
(a) System (b) Seconds
(c) Software (d) Security
23. A device for converting digital data into sound signals
which can be transmitted over telephone wires.
(a) scanner (b) modem
(c) printer (d) monitor
24. URL stands for:
(a) Uniform Resource Locator
(b) Universal Reference Locator
(c) Universal Resource Language
(d) None of these
25. The width of an A4 sheet paper:
(a) 210 mm (b) 297mm
(c) 250 mm (d) none of these
Answers
1 (d) 2(b) 3 (a) 4 (a) 5(d) 6(b) 7(b) 8(c) 9(d) 10(a) 11(a)
12(b) 13(c) 14(c) 15(a) 16(a) 17(b) 18(d) 19(a) 20(b) 21(a)
22(b) 23(b) 24(a) 25(a)