Top 1000+ Solved Important Computer MCQs For Competitive Exams part-1 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. An integrated circuit is :
a. A complicated circuit
b. An integrating device
c. Much costlier than a single transistor
d. Fabricated on a tiny silicon chip
e. None of these
Q. Most important advantage of an IC is its :
a. Easy replacement in case of circuit failure
b. Extremely high reliability
c. Reduced cost
d. Lower power consumption
e. None of these
Q. In a punched card system, data is processed by a :
a. Keypunch machine, sorter and posting machine
b. Accounting machine, posting machine, and billing machine
c. Sorter, posting machine, and billing machine
d. Accounting machine, keypunch machine and sorter
e. None of these
Q. The first machine to successfully perform a long series of arithmetic and logical operation was;
a. ENIAC
b. Mark I
c. Analytic engine
d. UNIVAC – I
e. None of these
Q. In the third generation of computers :
a. Distributed data processing first became popular
b. An operating system was first developed
c. High-level procedural languages were first used
d. On-line, real time systems first became popular
e. None of these
Q. A characteristic of card system is :
a. Slowness in processing data
b. Using cards as records of transactions
c. Needing a larger DP staff
d. All of these
e. None of these
Q. An IBM system/8 represents the computer class of :
a. Small-scale computer
b. Medium-scale computer
c. Large-scale computer
d. Super computer
e. None of these
Q. The first firm to mass-market a microcomputer as a 1personal computer was :
a. IBM
b. Sperry Univac
c. Data General corporation
d. Radio Shack
e. None of these
Q. A digital computer did not score over an analog computer in terms of :
a. Speed
b. Accuracy
c. Cost
d. Memory
e. None of these
Q. In 1830, Charles Babbage designed a machine called the Analytical Engine which he showed at the Paris Exhibition. In which year was it exhibition?
a. 1820
b. 1860
c. 1855
d. 1870
e. None of these
Q. Which was the world’s first mini-computer and when was it introduced?
a. PDP-I, 1958
b. IBM System/36, 1960
c. PDP-II, 1961
d. VAX 11/780, 1962
e. None of these
Q. Where was India’s first computer installed and when?
a. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1977
b. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1971
c. Indian Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., 1968
d. Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1955
e. None of these
Q. Which of the following is true?
a. Fields are composed of bytes
b. Records are composed of fields
c. Fields are composed of characters
d. All of these
e. None of these
Q. Which of the following file organization is most efficient for a file with a high degree of file activity?
a. Sequential
b. ISAM
c. VSAM
d. B-Tree Index
e. None of these
Q. The two basic types of record-access methods are :
a. Sequential and random
b. Sequential and indexed
c. Direct and Immediate
d. On-line and real time
e. None of these