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English Literature and Informatics | Set 1
1. Informatics is used synonymous with
A. information
B. infotainment
C. information technology
D. none of these
Correct : C. information technology
2. The invention of paper took place in:
A. 120ad
B. 300bc
C. 324ad
D. 100ad
Correct : D. 100ad
3. The limitations of print format are:
A. retrieving information from a large collection
B. time
C. space
D. all of these
Correct : D. all of these
4. Who is called the father of modern Computing?
A. claud shannon
B. charles babbage
C. presper eckert
D. john von newman
Correct : B. charles babbage
5. Who developed the Binary?
A. claud shannon
B. john von newman
C. blaise pascal
D. none of these
Correct : A. claud shannon
6. Which numbers represent the binary?
A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 0
C. 9 and 10
D. none of these
Correct : B. 1 and 0
7. Which of the following is the first fully automated computing device?
A. mark i
B. edvac
C. eniac
D. edsac
Correct : A. mark i
8. Which one of these is the first fully electronic computer?
A. edvac
B. eniac
C. edsac
D. univac
Correct : A. edvac
9. Store program concept was introduced by:
A. blaise pascal
B. charles babbage
C. goltfried leibniz
D. john von newman
Correct : D. john von newman
10. Which of the following is the first digital computer?
A. eniac
B. edvac
C. edsac
D. univac
Correct : D. univac
11. What was the basic computing component of the second generation computers?
A. vacuum tubes
B. transistors
C. ics
D. vlsi
Correct : A. vacuum tubes
12. The third generation computers began with the advent of -------------.
A. vacuum tubes
B. transistors
C. ics
D. vsli
Correct : C. ics
13. Which of the following is free software?
A. intel
B. amd
C. microsoft
D. linux
Correct : D. linux
14. The following is not a characteristic of first generation computer:
A. transistors as basic components
B. worked on stored program
C. unreliable
D. magnetic core memory is used as primary memory
Correct : A. transistors as basic components
15. The following is not a characteristic of second generation computers:
A. transistors as basic components
B. manual assembly of individual components
C. programming was done in machine language
D. limited commercial use
Correct : C. programming was done in machine language
16. Following is not a characteristic of the third generation computer:
A. integrated circuits were used
B. e-mail was introduced during the third generation
C. computational time was reduced from nanoseconds to microseconds
D. totally general purpose
Correct : C. computational time was reduced from nanoseconds to microseconds
17. Which of the following is not a personal computer?
A. desk top
B. notebook
C. laptop
D. mainframe
Correct : D. mainframe
18. Which of the following is not a computer?
A. eniac
B. fortran
C. unival
D. algol
Correct : D. algol
19. Pick the odd one out.
A. cobol
B. fortran
C. univac
D. algol
Correct : C. univac
20. Which of the following is software?
A. laptop
B. netbook
C. nettop
D. linux
Correct : D. linux
21. Which of the following is not the name of Computer Company?
A. h p
B. apple
C. dell
D. mac
Correct : D. mac
22. Which of the following is a social network?
A. face book
B. orkut
C. you tube
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
23. Which of these is a search engine?
A. face book
B. firefox
C. you tube
D. orkut
Correct : B. firefox
24. Which of these is a social network?
A. chrome
B. twitter
C. internet explorer
D. firefox
Correct : B. twitter
25. FORTRAN and COBOL are ----------------
A. computer languages
B. processor
C. operating systems
D. servers
Correct : A. computer languages
26. Manual integration of individual components into functioning units was required in ----
A. fourth generation computers
B. second generation computers
C. third generation computers
D. fifth generation computers
Correct : B. second generation computers
27. S S I can hold ---------------- transistors per chip.
A. 10 – 100
B. 100 – 1000
C. 1 – 10
D. infinite numbers
Correct : A. 10 – 100
28. The first video game, called Space war was written in ------------------- and run on PDP-1
A. 1972
B. 1962
C. 1982
D. 1992
Correct : B. 1962
29. Computational time was reduced from micro to nano seconds in ----------------- generation computers.
A. first
B. second
C. third
D. none of these
Correct : C. third
30. The first micro computer was ------------------
A. pdp-1
B. ibm-1401
C. cdc3600
D. altair8800
Correct : D. altair8800
31. Steve Vozniak and Steve Jobs began the computer company called -------------- ----
A. dell
B. intel
C. apple
D. sony
Correct : C. apple
32. Embedded computer system can be found in -------------
A. cars
B. thermostats
C. microwave ovens
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
33. Which is the computer developed in India to facilitate the rural people?
A. palmtop
B. desktop
C. laptop
D. simputer
Correct : D. simputer
34. Which model of computer is designed for technical or scientific application?
A. work station
B. super computer
C. server computer
D. mainframe computer
Correct : A. work station
35. Which kind of computer is used to predict weather and design supersonic aircrafts?
A. work station
B. super computers
C. server computers
D. mainframe
Correct : B. super computers
36. Amazon’s e-book reader is called ------------------
A. kindle
B. pda
C. i pod
D. smart phone
Correct : A. kindle
37. The term ‘virus’ came from a novel called -------------------
A. adventures of tom sawyer
B. when harlie was one
C. treasure island
D. none of these
Correct : B. when harlie was one
38. The functions of an operating system are:
A. process management
B. memory management
C. file management
D. all of these
Correct : D. all of these
39. Pick the odd one out
A. window me
B. window vista
C. window xp
D. microsoft
Correct : D. microsoft
40. The following belong to the category of software distribution:
A. fedora
B. ubuntu
C. mandriva
D. all of these
Correct : D. all of these
41. ‘Free software’ means:
A. the freedom to run the program for any purpose
B. the freedom to redistribute copies
C. the freedom to improve the program
D. all of these
Correct : D. all of these
42. ‘Free software’ does not mean:
A. the freedom to run the program for any purpose
B. the freedom to redistribute copies
C. should be distributed free of charges
D. the freedom to improve the program
Correct : C. should be distributed free of charges
43. M S Word is a
A. spreadsheet tool
B. presentation tool
C. word processor tool
D. database tool
Correct : C. word processor tool
44. M S Excel is a
A. spreadsheet tool
B. presentation tool
C. word processor tool
D. database tool
Correct : A. spreadsheet tool
45. --------------- is a presentation tool.
A. m s word
B. m s excel
C. m s power point
D. photoshop
Correct : C. m s power point
46. Photoshop is a
A. spreadsheet tool
B. graphic tool
C. presentation tool
D. database tool
Correct : B. graphic tool
47. The following is an anti-virus software:
A. avira
B. avast
C. mc a fee
D. all of these
Correct : D. all of these
48. Encrypted information is called:
A. cypher
B. plain text
C. clear text
D. key
Correct : A. cypher
49. Pick the odd one out:
A. basic
B. cobol
C. fortran
D. interpreter
Correct : D. interpreter
50. Linux kernel was written by ----------------.
A. linus torwald
B. claud shannon
C. richard stallman
D. none of the above
Correct : A. linus torwald
51. The free software movement was conceived and developed in 1983 by ---------- -----.
A. linus torvald
B. claud shannon
C. richard stallman
D. none of the above
Correct : C. richard stallman
52. The following is/are a malware(s):-
A. worms
B. trojans
C. rootkits
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
53. A program that can copy itself and infect a computer is called ------------------.
A. malware
B. spyware
C. virus
D. adware
Correct : C. virus
54. -------------- is a program that appears harmless but hides malicious functions.
A. trojans
B. worms
C. rootkits
D. virus
Correct : A. trojans
55. -------------- was the first computer virus to appear ‘in the wild’.
A. virus
B. trojan
C. rootkits
D. elk clones
Correct : D. elk clones
56. The first PC virus was called -----------.
A. cerebrum
B. trachea
C. brain
D. none of the above.
Correct : C. brain
57. Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan created the first virus in the year ----- ------.
A. 1986
B. 1996
C. 2006
D. 1976
Correct : A. 1986
58. Cryptography is the practice and study of ------------------.
A. accessing information
B. hiding information
C. distributing information
D. none of the above.
Correct : B. hiding information
59. Crypto linguistics includes the study of language including -----------------.
A. frequency of data
B. letter combinations
C. universal patterns
D. all of the
Correct : D. all of the
60. Cryptography is used for --------------------.
A. privacy
B. safety
C. copyright purpose
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
61. In 1998, American President ------------------- signed the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DGMA).
A. george bush
B. bill clinton
C. obama
D. john f. kennedy
Correct : B. bill clinton
62. The process of adopting software for a particular country or region is called ---- -----------.
A. localization
B. networking
C. blog
D. none of the above.
Correct : A. localization
63. Indic language support is necessary for all software sold in -----------------.
A. britain
B. america
C. india
D. france
Correct : C. india
64. Popularity of the non-standard fonts hamper the ---------------- of software tools in Indian languages.
A. inter-operability
B. collaboration
C. development
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
65. India is a member of the --------------------.
A. unicode consortium
B. ascii
C. c-dac
D. none of the above
Correct : A. unicode consortium
66. The regular standard font is often labeled ------------.
A. bold
B. roman
C. thin
D. italics
Correct : B. roman
67. The thickness of a particular font is called -----------.
A. italics
B. font
C. weight
D. bold
Correct : C. weight
68. Unicode originated in the year ----------.
A. 1987
B. 1988
C. 1989
D. 1986
Correct : A. 1987
69. ASCII includes definition for ---------------- characters.
A. 128
B. 129
C. 200
D. 215
Correct : A. 128
70. Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI) is involved in -------------------.
A. machine translation system
B. information extractions and retrieval
C. language tutors
D. all of the above
Correct : D. all of the above
71. One of the following is not an application development tool:
A. gist
B. ism
C. c-dac
D. ntrans
Correct : C. c-dac
72. One of the following is not a web application:-
A. shaili
B. glite
C. gjlet
D. iplugin
Correct : A. shaili
73. Which of the following is complete Indian language software?
A. dnyaneswari
B. jsm
C. chitrankan
D. leap office 2000
Correct : D. leap office 2000
74. One of the following is a Dos based word processor:-
A. gist terminal
B. gist card
C. alp
D. gistsdk
Correct : C. alp
75. Which of the following is the only solution for Indian languages in Unix:-
A. gist card
B. gist terminal
C. alp
D. gistsdk
Correct : B. gist terminal
76. The software used for translation is --------------.
A. ism soft
B. ileap
C. gist java
D. ntrams
Correct : D. ntrams
77. Which of the following is a Machine assisted translation tool?
A. iplugin
B. mantra
C. ism
D. java
Correct : B. mantra
78. ----------- CD incorporates commonly used administrative jargons in the native tongue.
A. aksharamala cd
B. bharanamalayalam
C. nila
D. kaveri
Correct : B. bharanamalayalam
79. The first phase of ‘Mission Malayalam’ project is:-
A. arogyasree
B. bharanamalayalam
C. nila
D. kaveri
Correct : C. nila
80. The second phase of ‘Mission Malayalam’ is:-
A. arogyasree
B. bharanamalayalam
C. nila
D. kaveri
Correct : D. kaveri
81. Which is the free Malayalam software?
A. arogyasree
B. kaveri
C. nila
D. bharanamalayalam
Correct : B. kaveri
82. The third phase of ‘Mission Malayalam’ is:-
A. kaveri
B. nila
C. arogyasree
D. periyar malayalam committee software
Correct : D. periyar malayalam committee software
83. The Malayalam Typewriting software is:-
A. arogyasree
B. nila
C. kaveri
D. none of the above
Correct : A. arogyasree
84. The first major work taken up by the computational linguistic team is ----------- ----.
A. ism
B. ileap
C. gist
D. click
Correct : D. click
85. The numeronym for localization is ------------.
A. 110n
B. 111n
C. 19n
D. none of the above
Correct : A. 110n
86. The numeronym for internationalization is ------------.
A. i17n
B. i19n
C. i18n
D. none of the above
Correct : C. i18n
87. Indic Computing means --------------.
A. computing in india
B. computing in malayalam
C. computing in indian languages
D. computing in hindi
Correct : C. computing in indian languages
88. Which of the following is the International standard for character encoding?
A. ascii
B. iscii
C. ebcdic
D. unicode
Correct : D. unicode
89. How many characters can be encoded using a 16-bit coding system?
A. 65536
B. 65500
C. 65000
D. 65534
Correct : A. 65536
90. The exact shape by which the character is represented on screen and pages is called a --------------.
A. bold
B. glyph
C. font
D. italics
Correct : D. italics
91. The term PDA was first used on January 7, 1992, by ----------- CEO John Sculley.
A. microsoft
B. apple computers
C. intel
D. none of these.
Correct : B. apple computers
92. Computers are named so because they --------------.
A. make mathematical calculations
B. r ead books
C. type matters
D. none of these
Correct : A. make mathematical calculations
93. The Leibniz Wheel was created by ------------------.
A. pascal
B. gottfried leibniz
C. joseph jacquard
D. none of the above
Correct : B. gottfried leibniz
94. List of detailed instructions that direct a computer is called
A. execution
B. control
C. program
D. storage
Correct : C. program
95. The term ‘memory ‘applies to which of the following?
A. logic
B. output device
C. control
D. storage
Correct : D. storage
96. Pick the odd one out.
A. digital camera
B. image scanner
C. microphone
D. speaker
Correct : D. speaker
97. A microprocessor is
A. same as microcomputer
B. a small piece of equipment
C. cpu on a single chip
D. a way of doing something fast
Correct : C. cpu on a single chip
98. Pick the odd one out
A. mouse
B. printer
C. image scanner
D. keyboard
Correct : B. printer
99. Where does a computer add and compare data?
A. hard disk
B. floppy disk
C. cpu chip
D. memory chip
Correct : C. cpu chip
100. The first six letters on a modern keyboard reads
A. qwerty
B. asdfgh
C. zxcvbn
D. qazwsx
Correct : A. qwerty