1. IC chips used in computers are usually made of:

(a) Lead
(b) Silicon
(c) Chromium
(d) Gold

Answer: (b) Silicon

2. One kilobyte is equal to:

(a) 1000 bytes
(b) 100 bytes
(c) 1024 bytes
(d) 1023 bytes

Answer: (c) 1024 bytes

3. Which supercomputer was developed by Indian scientists?

(a) Param
(b) Super 301
(c) Compaq Presario
(d) CRAY YMP

Answer: (a) Param

5. One Gigabyte is approximately equal to:

(a) 1,000,000 bytes
(b) 1,000,000,000 bytes
(c) 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
(d) None of these

Answer: (b) 1,000,000,000 bytes

6. Errors that can be pointed out by the compiler are:

(a) Syntax errors
(b) Semantic errors
(c) Logical errors
(d) Internal errors

Answer: (a) Syntax errors

7. What is the control unit’s function in the CPU?

(a) To transfer data to primary storage
(b) To store program instructions
(c) To perform logic functions
(d) To decode program instructions

Answer: (d) To decode program instructions (The control unit decodes instructions. The ALU performs logic operations — not the control unit.)

8. Who invented the microprocessor?

a. Joseph Jacquard
b. Herman H Goldstein
c. Marcian E Hoff
d. George Boole

Answer: (c) Marcian E Hoff (Ted Hoff), co-inventor of the microprocessor at Intel.

9. What file type does the .ini extension refer to?

a. Image file
b. System file
c. Hypertext-related file
d. Image color matching profile file

Answer: (b) System file (.ini files are configuration/initialization files used by Windows and many applications.)

10. Who built the world’s first binary digital computer?

a. Alan Turing
b. Konrad Zuse
c. George Boole
d. Ken Thompson

Answer: (b) Konrad Zuse

11. What does VCM stand for?

a. Virtual Connection Manager
b. Virtual Channel Memory
c. Video Controlled Modem
d. Voice Connection Module

Answer: (b) Virtual Channel Memory

12. Who co-founded Hotmail in 1996 and later sold it to Microsoft?

a. Shawn Fanning
b. Ada Byron Lovelace
c. Sabeer Bhatia
d. Ray Tomlinson

Answer: (c) Sabeer Bhatia

14. What was the first ARPANET message?

a. Hello world
b. Cyberspace, the final frontier
c. mary has a little lamp
d. Lo

Answer: (d) Lo (The intended first message was “Login,” but the system crashed after the first two characters.)

15. Where are Microsoft’s headquarters located?

a. Santa Clara
b. Tucson
c. Redmond
d. Richmond

Answer: (c) Redmond (Washington State. Santa Clara is Intel’s headquarters.)

16. What does DOCSIS stand for?

a. Data over cable service internet standard
b. Data over cable security internet standard
c. Data over cable secure international standard
d. Data over cable service interface specification

Answer: (d) Data over cable service interface specification

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