1. A generalized definition of ……………may be “unlawful acts wherein
the computer is either a tool or target or both”
Correct : A. Cyber crime
2. ………….. in his work “The Concept of Law” has said ‘human beings are vulnerable so rule of law is required to protect them’.
Correct : A. Hart
3. ……………..is a malicious software program written intentionally to
enter a computer without the user's permission or knowledge.
Correct : C. Computer Virus
4. The main function of ………………….is to coordinate the user and
outside devices used in computer system.
Correct : A. Disk operating system
5. While operating a computer, user enters some commands………………. converts these commands into a version which is readable by computer memory.
Correct : A. Disk operating system
6. …………….converts the error messages generated by computers into an
understandable format.
Correct : D. DOS
7. To load disk operating system, your computer must be equipped
with…………..
Correct : A. BOOT record
8. ………….enables read-only memory (ROM) to load the disk operating
system.
Correct : A. BOOT record
9. In production and development, …………………….is a philosophy, or
pragmatic methodology that promotes free redistribution and access to an end product's design and implementation details.
Correct : A. open source
10. The label “open source” was adopted by a group of people in the free software movement at a strategy session held at Palo Alto, …………., in reaction to Netscape's January 1998 announcement of a source code
release for Navigator.
Correct : A. California
11. ………………..of MIT first proposed a global network of computers in 1962, and moved over to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in late 1962 to head the work to develop it.
Correct : D. J.C.R. Licklider
12. Roberts moved over to DARPA in 1966 and developed his plan
for………………...
Correct : D. ARPANET
13. E-mail was adapted for ARPANET by ……………..of BBN in 1972.
Correct : A. Ray Tomlinson
14. ……………. picked the @ symbol from the available symbols on his
teletype to link the username and address.
Correct : A. Ray Tomlinson
15. The Unix to Unix Copy Protocol (UUCP) was invented in ………… at Bell Labs.
Correct : D. 1978
16. …………….was the first national commercial online service to offer
Internet access to its subscribers.
Correct : A. Delphi
17. ……………….. is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the
public switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a dialed connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) via telephone lines.
Correct : A. Dal-up Internet access
18. …………… is a family of technologies that provide internet access by
transmitting digital data over the wires of a local telephone network.
Correct : A. DSL
19. ……………is a wireless networking technology used across the globe.
Correct : A. WiFi
20. Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is an
Autonomous Inter-University Centre (IUC) of………………, Government of India.
Correct : A. UGC
21. National Informatics Centre (NIC) is a premier S & T institution of the Government of India, established in……………., for providing e- Government / e- Governance Solutions adopting best practices,
integrated services and global solutions in Government Sector.
Correct : A. 1976
22. …………………is a prototype portal site for biological information.
Correct : A. BRNet
23. The term ‘Word processing’ was coined at IBM's Boeblingen,
………………………Laboratory in the 1960s.
Correct : A. West Germany
24. A…………………, also known as a worksheet, contains rows and
columns and is used to record and compare numerical or financial data.
Correct : C. spreadsheet
25. Originally, ……………..only existed in paper format, but now they are
most likely created and maintained through a software program that displays the numerical information in rows and columns.
Correct : A. spreadsheets
26. ………………. can be used in any area or field that works with numbers
and are commonly found in the accounting, budgeting, sales forecasting, financial analysis, and scientific fields.
Correct : B. Spreadsheets
27. On a computerized spreadsheet, the intersection of a row and a column
is called………………...
Correct : A. a cell
28. ………………..is a presentation graphics software tool.
Correct : B. PowerPoint
29. ………………… provides users the easy ability to create professionallooking presentations.
Correct : C. PowerPoint
30. ………………. provides editing, outlining, drawing, graphing, and
presentation management functions, in one convenient software package.
Correct : A. PowerPoint
31. The original version of……………….. was created by Thomas Rudkin
and Dennis Austin of a company called Forethought.
Correct : A. PowerPoint
32. ……………….. describes the way text and graphics can be combined
together on a single page which can then be printed out as a high quality print.
Correct : A. Desk Top Publishing
33. DTP is good for…………………
Correct : A. importing text and graphics created elsewhere
34. DTP is not best for……………….
Correct : A. exporting text and graphics
35. ……………..referring to a type of publishing that does not include
printed books.
Correct : A. E-publishing
36. In 2008 Stephen Turner and………………, both Cyber Classroom
instructors, realized that they had a rare opportunity to make direct comparisons of student outcomes both without and with the Cyber Classroom recordings.
Correct : D. Michael Farmer
37. ……………… includes all forms of electronically supported learning and
teaching, and more recently Edtech.
Correct : A. E-learning
38. …………………….was founded in 1999, as a vehicle for education to
reach students who would otherwise never have the opportunity to participate in Model UN.
Correct : A. Global Classrooms
39. On May 13, 2010, MTV Networks International President, MTV Staying
Alive Chairman, and UNAIDS Ambassador ………………..addressed the Global Classrooms international student delegation at the UN General Assembly, during which he discussed issues ranging from AIDS and HIV to global media.
Correct : B. Bill Roedy
40. With Launching of a series of satellites by ……………….broadcasting (audio and video) and teleconferencing facilities are now available in almost every states and UTs of our country.
Correct : D. ISRO
41. The concept of beaming educational programmes through satellites was
demonstrated for the first time in India through ……………. in 1975-76 using American Application Technology Satellite (ATS-6).
Correct : A. SlTE
42. Keeping in view usefulness of the INSAT in educational programmes
MHRD visualized EDUSAT project in October……………...
Correct : A. 2002
43. The EDUSAT was launched on 20 September…………..
Correct : D. 2004
44. ………………is the first Indian satellite built exclusively for serving the educational sector offering an interactive satellite based distance education system for the country.
Correct : A. EDUSAT
45. ………………is specially configured for the audiovisual medium,
employing digital interactive classroom and multimedia multicentric systems.
Correct : A. EDUSAT
46. ……………. is primarily meant for providing connectivity to school,
college and higher levels of education and also to support non-formal education including developmental communication.
Correct : A. EDUSAT
47. ……………. carries five Ku-band transponders providing spot beams, one
Ku-band transponder providing a national beam and six Extended C- band transponders with national coverage beam.
Correct : A. EDUSAT
48. In the first phase of pilot projects, a …………..transponder on board
INSAT-3R, which is already in orbit, is being used.
Correct : D. Ku-band
49. The …………..configuration has allowed CIET, NCERT to develop a
network of institutions; together constituting a national network.
Correct : A. EDUSAT
50. ……………….., leader in analysis software, provides business intelligence
(BI) software that helps leading organizations make better business decisions every day.
Correct : D. Access Digital Data
51. The …………Library is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items.
Correct : C. British
52. British Library is located on the north side of Euston Road in St
Pancras, ………...
Correct : D. London
53. In…………, the British Library absorbed the National Sound Archive, which holds many sound and video recordings, with over a million discs
and thousands of tapes.
Correct : A. 1983
54. The core of the British Library’s historical collections is based on a
series of donations and acquisitions from the 18th century, known as……………………….
Correct : A. The 'foundation collections'
55. An Act of Parliament in …………… established the principle of the legal
deposit, ensuring that the British Library and five other libraries in Great Britain and Ireland are entitled to receive a free copy of every item published or distributed in Britain.
Correct : C. 1911
56. ………………… 'Sitting on History' was purchased for the British Library
by Carl Djerassi and Diane Middlebrook in 1997.
Correct : C. Bill Woodrow's
57. In …………2010 the British Library launched its Management and
business studies portal.
Correct : A. October
58. The …………Library Philatelic Collections are held at St Pancras
Correct : A. British
59. ……………..founded the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896 which
later became the popular IBM (International Business Machines Corporation.A variety of machines were developed during the WWII.
Correct : B. Herman Hollerith
60. The first all-electronic computer is called ………..
Correct : A. ENIAC
61. The first non-military electronic programmable computer, …………, for
data processing was introduced in 1950.
Correct : A. UNIVAC
62. The ……………is a computer application that provides statistical
analysis of data.
Correct : A. SPSS
63. ……………..is the data analysis package of choice for people wanting to
analyze quantitative data.
Correct : B. SPSS
64. …………….for Windows is a comprehensive, interactive, general- purpose package for data analysis and it includes most routine
statistical techniques.
Correct : A. SPSS
65. ………….is a true Windows package being mouse-driven with movable,
scalable windows, drop-down menus and dialog boxes.
Correct : B. SPSS
66. …………… for Windows is probably one of the easiest major statistics
package to use.
Correct : B. SPSS
67. In July……………, in order to improve the technology transfer, the
Scilab Consortium joined the Digiteo Foundation
Correct : C. 2008
68. ……………….. allows even inexperienced users to run complicated
statistical analyses at the click of a few buttons.
Correct : C. SPSS
69. ……………. for Windows provides a powerful statistical analysis and data
management system in a graphical environment, using descriptive menus and simple dialog boxes to do most of the tasks for you.
Correct : D. SPSS
70. ……………. provides a powerful statistical-analysis and data- management system in a graphical environment, using descriptive
menus and simple dialog boxes to do most of the work for you.
Correct : D. SPSS
71. ……………is an open source, cross-platform numerical computational
package and a high-level, numerically oriented programming language.
Correct : A. Scilab
72. MATLAB code, which is similar in syntax, can be converted
to…………...
Correct : B. Scilab
73. …………..is one of several open source alternatives to MATLAB.
Correct : C. Scilab
74. Scilab includes a free package called ………..for modeling and
simulation of explicit and implicit dynamical systems, including both continuous and discrete sub-systems.
Correct : C. Xcos
75. ……….can be compared to Simulink from the MathWorks.
Correct : A. Xcos
76. Scilab syntax is largely based on the ………..language.
Correct : C. MATLAB
77. The Scilab Consortium was formed in May ………. to broaden
contributions and promote Scilab as worldwide reference software in academia and industry.
Correct : C. 2003
78. In July 2008, in order to improve the technology transfer, the Scilab
Consortium joined the……………...
Correct : A. Digiteo Foundation
79. ………………….is a method by which a company can convert paper
documents into digital format.
Correct : A. Digital documentation
80. Indus script is a product of one of the largest ………….civilisations often
referred to as the Harappan civilisation.
Correct : C. Bronze Age
81. ………….. Civilisation was distinguished for its highly utilitarian and
standardised life style, excellent water management system and architecture.
Correct : C. Indus Valley
82. The first publication of a Harappan seal dates to 1873, in a drawing by ………………..
Correct : A. Alexander Cunningham
83. In the early 1970s, ………………published a corpus and concordance of
Indus writing listing about 3700 seals and about 417 distinct signs in specific patterns.
Correct : A. Iravatham Mahadevan
84. In May 2007, the Tamil Nadu Archaeological Department found pots
with arrow-head symbols during an excavation in Melaperumpallam near………………….
Correct : A. Poompuhar
85. A computational study od Indus Script conducted by a joint Indo-US
team led by Rajesh P N Rao of the University of ………………….., consisting of Iravatham Mahadevan and others from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, was published in April 2009 in Science.
Correct : B. Washington
86. The book ‘Deciphering the Indus Script’ was written by ……………
Correct : A. Asko Parpola
87. The Finnish scholar ……………….led a Finnish team in the 1960s-80s
that vied with Knorozov's Soviet team in investigating the Indus script using computer analysis.
Correct : B. Asko Parpola
88. ‘South Indian History and Society Studies from Inscriptions A.D.850- 1800’ was written by …………………………
Correct : A. Noboru Karashima
89. …………………. initiated a joint research project on the “Socio – economic development in South India from the 13th century through the
18th century in 1984.
Correct : C. Noboru Karashima
90. The Vijayanagar Inscriptions in South India brought out by Noboru Karashima in …………….. is a remarkable example for computer assisted research.
Correct : B. 2002
91. ………….. is an electronic spreadsheet program that can be used for
storing, organizing and manipulating data.
Correct : C. Excel
92. …………………is the study of human cultures through the recovery
documentation and analysis of material remains including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains and landscapes.
Correct : B. Archaeology
93. JSTOR is an online system for archiving academic journals, founded
in……………..
Correct : C. 1995
94. The founder of JSTOR was …………..
Correct : B. William G. Bowen
95. …………… is an autonomous institution committed to scientific
research in history and social sciences, Funded by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala.
Correct : D. KCHR
96. KCHR is located at ………………….
Correct : A. Thiruvananthapuram
97. The British Museum was established in……….., largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane.
Correct : C. 1753
98. …………. is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the
world.
Correct : B. OSM
99. ……………..was founded in July 2004 by Steve Coast.
Correct : D. OpenStreetMap
100. A ……….is a personal journal published on the World Wide Web
consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first.