COMPUTER QUESTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAM

1. The PC productivity tool that manipulates data organized in rows and columns is called a-
A.spreadsheet
B.word processing document
C.presentation mechanism
D.database record manager

2. Group of instructions that directs a computer is called-
A.Storage
B.Memory
C.Logic
D.Program

3. A computer-controlled device for training exercises that duplicates the work environment is a-
A.simulator
B.duplicator
C.trainer
D.COM device

4. Which of the following is not an output device of a computer?
A.Printer
B.Keyboard
C.VDU
D.CRT screen

5. An advantage of blocking a tape is that-
A.additional processing time is consumed
B.the direct file method can be emulated
C.tapes contain less data and longer tapes
D.less tape is used to store the same amount of data

6. Perforated paper used as input or output media is known as-
A.Paper tape
B.Magnetic tape
C.Punched paper tape
D.Card punch

7. Ethernet uses
A.Bus topology
B.Ring topology
C.Star topology
D.Tree topology

8. What is the latest write-once optical storage media?
A.Digital paper
B.Magneto optical disk
C.WORM disk
D.CD-ROM disk

9. CD-ROM stands for-
A.Compactable Read only memory
B.Compactable Date Read only memory
C.Compactable Disk Read only memory
D.Compact Disk Read only memory

10. Chief component of first generation computer was-
A.Transistors
B.Vacuum tubes and valves
C.Integrated Circuits
D.None of these

11. The personal computer industry was started by-
A.IBM
B.Apple
C.Compaq
D.HCL

12. Magnetic tape serve as-
A.secondary storage media
B.output media
C.Input media
D.All of the above

13. The two major types of computer chips are
A.External memory chip
B.Primary memory chip
C.Microprocessor chip
D.Both (2) and (3)

14. Which was the most popular first generation computer?
A.IBM 1650
B.IBM 360
C.IBM 1130
D.IBM 270

15. What is the responsibility of the logical unit in the CPU of a computer?
A.To produce result
B.To compare numbers
C.To control flow of information
D.To do math’s work

16. A disk storage medium in the form of an assembly containing a single rigid magnetic disk permanently is-
A.Fixed disk
B.Disk cartridge
C.Card punch
D.Card reader

17. A device that operates under the control of another device is called
A.Stem
B.Slave
C.Simulator
D.Emulator

18. Actual data processing operations are performed in the arithmetic logic section, but not in the _____ storage section of a processor unit.
A.Primary
B.Accumulator
C.Buffer
D.Secondary

19. As compared to diskettes, the hard disk are-
A.More expensive
B.More portable
C.Less rigid
D.Slowly accessed

20. Which of the following is not an operating system?
A.CP/M
B.UNIX
C.Pascal
D.MS DOS

ANSWER
1. A
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. A
10. B
11. A
12. D
13. D
14. A
15. B
16. B
17. B
18. A
19. A
20. C

SSC CGL/CHSL :- INDIAN POLITY

1. By who. the jurisdiction of the Supreme court of India can be enlarged?
A.President of India
B.Parliament by passing a resolution
C.Parliament by making a law
D.President in consultation with Chief Justice of India

2. Council of Minister is collectively responsible to whom?
A.Prime Minister
B.President
C.Rajya Sabha
D.Lok Sabha

3. Which of the following has described as the soul of the Indian Constitution?
A.Fundamental Rights
B.Directive Principles of State Policy
C.Right to Constitutional Remedies
D.The Preamble

4. The Lok Sabha Secretariat comes under the direct supervision of-
A.Ministry of Home Affairs
B.Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
C.President of India
D.Lok Sabha Speaker

5. Who among the following is not appointed by the State Governor?
A.Chief Minister
B.Members, State Public Service Commission
C.Judges of High Court
D.Advocate General

6. Under which of the following the Constituent Assembly of India was constituted?
A.Government of India Act, 1935
B.Cripps Proposal, 1942
C.Cabinet Mission, 1946
D.Indian Independence Act, 1947

7. Which of the following constitute the Indian Parliament?
A.President, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
B.Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Prime Minister
C.Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
D.Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Parliament Secretariat

8. Who presides over the joint sitting of the two houses of the Parliament?
A.President of India
B.Vice-President of India
C.Prime Minister of India
D.Speaker of Lok Sabha

9. What is the tenture of Chief Election Commissioner of India?
A.Five years
B.Six years or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier
C.Five years or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier
D.During the pleasure of the President of India

10. Where the Public Interest Ligitation (PIL) can be filed?
A.Only in Supreme Court of India
B.Only in High Courts of States
C.In Central Administrative Tribunals
D.Both in High Courts and Supreme court

11. Which constitutional amendment provided constitutional status to urban local government?
A.72nd
B.73rd
C.74th
D.71st

12. A person can contest the Panchayat election, if he has attained theage of-
A.25 years
B.21 years
C.30 years
D.18years

13. By which Constitutional Amendment OBCs have been given 27 per cent reservation in the admission to educational institutions?
A.92nd
B.93rd
C.94th
D.96th

14. Who administers the Oath of office and secrecy to the Governor?
A.President
B.Chief Justice of Supreme Court
C.Chief Justice of High Court
D.Chief Minister

15. Which one of the following states first established the institution of Lokayukta?
A.Rajasthan
B.Maharashtra
C.Bihar
D.Gujarat

16. Under which article of the constitution reservations in admission to educational institutions, including privateand unaided, to OBCs/ ST/ SC is made?
A.Article 15(4)
B.Article 15(5)
C.Article 16(4)
D.Article 16(5)

17. ‘Right to education’ introduced through 86th Amendment came into force –
A.In 2002
B.In 2004
C.In 2008
D.In 2010

18. State Legislative Assembly can participate in the eection of following-
I.President of India
II.Vice-President of India
III.Members of Rajya Sabha
IV.Members of Legislative Council

Select the correct answer-
A.I, II and III
B.I, III and IV
C.I and II
D.I,II and IV

19. District Judges in a state are appointed by-
A.Advocate General of the state
B.Council of Ministers of the state
C.Governor
D.ChiefJustice of High court

20. For which one of the following commisions, there is no provision in the Indian constitution?
A.Election comission
B.Finnace commission
C.Planning commission
D.Union Public service comission

Answer
1. c
2. d
3. c
4. d
5. c
6. c
7. a
8. d
9. b
10. d
11. c
12. b
13. b
14. c
15. b
16. b
17. d
18. b
19. c
20. c

SSC CGL/CHSL :- HISTORY QUESTIONS

1. The social system of the Harrapans was-
A.Fairly egalitarian
B.Slave-labour based
C.colour (Varna) based
D.caste based

2. Which of the following vedas provides information about the civilisation of the early vedic age?
A.Rig-veda
B.Yajur-veda
C.Atharva -veda
D.Sama-ved

3. The university which became famous in the post-Gupta Era was-
A.Kanchi
B.Taxila
C.Nalanda
D.Vallabhi

4. Banabhatta was the court poet of which emperor?
A.Vikramaditya
B.Kumaragupta
C.Harshavardhana
D.Kanishka

5. The first Indian ruler, who established the supremacy of Indian Navy in the Arabian Sea was-
A.Rajaraja I
B.Rajendra I
C.Rajadhiraja I
D.Kulotunga I

6. The Mughal painting reaches its zenith during the reign of-
A.Akbar
B.Jahangir
C.Shahjahan
D.Aurangzeb

7. Permanent Revenue settlement of Bengal was introduced by-
A.Clive
B.Hastings
C.Wellesley
D.Cornwalls

8. The father of extremist movement in India is-
A.Motilal Nehru
B.Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C.Vallabhbhai Patel
D.Bal Gangadhar tilak

9. Which of the following is a port town of Indus Valley Civilization?
A.Harappa
B.Alamgirpur
C.Banawali
D.Lothal

10. Which book is considered as the Gupta equivalent of Kautilya’s ‘Arthashastra’?
A.Nitisara
B.Amarakosa
C.Mudrarakshasa
D.Malavikagnimitra

11. Who was the most powerful king of Pratihar dynasty?
A.Nagbhatta-I
B.Vatsraj
C.Nagbhatta-II
D.Mihirbhaja

12. Who founded the city of Agra, a capital of Akbar the great?
A.Feroj Shah Tughlaq
B.Sikandar Lodhi
C.Akbar
D.Sher shah Suri

13. Which of the following statements is wrong about the Mughal Emperor Akbar?
A.Akbar prohibited slavery and sati system
B.Minimum age of marriage for girls was fixed 14 years and boys 16 years
C.Abul Fazal was Akbar’s Finance Minister
D.Akbar was born in Umerkot (Sindh)

14. A contemporary historian has described ________ as “the Plato of Jat people”.
A.Maharaja Badan Singh
B.Maharaja Jawahar Singh
C.Maharaja Suraj Mal
D.Maharaja Ratan Singh

15. Which part of Indian subcontinent was under the control of Pala Dynasty?
A.Bihar and Bengal
B.Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
C.Kerala
D.Karnataka

16. World heritage site Hampi is associated with which empire-
A.Yadava Empire
B.Pandyan Empire
C.Vijaynagar Empire
D.Hoyasala Empire

17. Which of the following is not correctly matched?
A.Mallikarjun Raya – Sangama Dynasty
B.Thimma Bhupala – Saluva Dynasty
C.Krishana Deva Raya – Tuluva Dynasty
D.Sriranga-I – Kakatiya Dynasty

18. Who among the following was associated with the formulation of the basic ideas of the Mahayana Buddhism?
A.Nagarjuna
B.Kashyapa Matanga
C.Menander
D.Kanishka

19. Consider the following statements about Harappan Culture-
1.The Harappan Culture matured in Sind and Punjab.
2.It spread from there to Southwards and Eastwards.
3.The area, where it spread, was bigger than Egypt and Mesopotamia.
A.1 and 2 only
B.2 and 3 only
C.3 only
D.1,2 and 3 only

20. Megasthenes was a-
A.Greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta Maurya
B.Greek trader during Ashoka’s time
C.Greek trader in the Gupta period
D.Chinese pilgrim during Harsha’s time

ANSWER
1. A
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. D
9. D
10. A
11. D
12. B
13. C
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. D
18. A
19. D
20. A

SSC CGL/CHSL :- GENERAL AWARENESS

1.  Recently, which of the following animal has been declared as the state animal of Rajasthan?
A. Goat
B. Camel
C. Cow
D. Horse

2.  Recently, President Pranab Mukherjee dedicated ‘RuPay’ to the nation. Which of the following statements pertaining to ‘RuPay’ is/are correct?
A. ‘RuPay’ is a new card payment scheme. It is the coinage of two terms Rupee and Payment.
B. ‘RuPay’ symbolizes the capabilities of the banking industry in India to build a card payment network so that dependency on international card scheme is minimized.
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. Neither (a) nor (b)

3.  Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, gifted ‘Samvidhan’- Making of the Constitution of India – to the Chairman of the Constitution Assembly of ___ on August 03, 2014.
A. Nepal
B. Bhutan
C. Myanmar
D. South Africa

4.  Who received, on June, 2014 the ‘Indian Player of the Year’ award at the Ceat awards function ?
A. Gautam Gambhir
B. Rohit Sharma
C. Virender Sehwag
D. R. Ashwin

5.  Who has authored the book, ‘Narendra Modi – The Game Changer’ ?
A. Chetan Bhagat
B. Vikram Seth
C. Sudesh Verma
D. R. N. Mishra

6.  What is the share split that was agreed by the Central Board of the State bank of India (SBI) on 24 September 2014?
A. 1:10
B. 1:9
C. 1:5
D. 3:7

7.  Japan researchers at Nagasaki University, on 2 September 2014, developed a new method to detect the presence of the Ebola Virus in 30 minutes. This method is known as ____.
A. RT-DAURA
B. RT-LAMP
C. RT-CRAUSA
D. MT-LAMP

8.  India will test-fire the nuclear- capable Nirbhay cruise missile from the integrated test range at Balasore in Odisha on ____, the second launch of the indigenous weapon developed by DRDO.
A. November 15, 2014
B. October 17, 2015
C. October 17, 2014
D. September 12, 2015

9.  How many medals in all have been won by India, in Commonwealth Games 2014, held in Glasgow?
A. 64
B. 85
C. 62
D. 70

10.  Consider the following names :
1. Edward Snowden with Alan Rusbridger
2. Asma Jahangir
3. Basil Fernando and Bill McKibben
The above are the winners of which of the following Award :
A. 2014 Right Livelihood honorary Award
B. Booker Award
C. Nobel Award
D. None of These

11.  Name the autobiography of M.C. Mary Kom, the Olympic Bronze Medalist and five times World Champion women Boxer.
A. Indomitable Will
B. Unbreakable
C. Indestructible
D. Hard Choices : A Memoir

12.  Recently, the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh was accorded the UNESCO World Heritage Site status. It is located in which district of Himachal Pradesh ?
A. Kullu
B. Kinnaur
C. Mandi
D. Solan

13.  Recently the word “Bladabindi” was in news. What does it mean?
A. Computer Virus
B. A World Heritage Site
C. A Community in Africa
D. A new Comet discovered recently

14.  Who among the following is the new Governor of U.P?
A. Ram Naik
B. Shyam Verma
C. Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
D. Suraj Bhan

15.  Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan and Arundhati Bhattacharya, the first women to head ____, are the two Indians who have made it to the list of Bloomberg’s 540 most it influential.
A. Punjab National Bank
B. State bank Of India
C. Bank of Baroda
D. Canara Bank

16.  India Passport holders can gain easy access – allowing Indians entry without visa or providing visa on arrival – to how many countries ?
A. 72
B. 62
C. 52
D. 42

17.  India’s biggest tax reform initiative, Goods and Service tax (GST) is set to be rolled out by ___.
A. April 2015
B. October 2016
C. April 2016
D. October 2015

18.  The Jan Dhan Yojana, launched on August 28, 2014 plans to extend financial services in a country where ____ percent of an estimated 24.67 crore households will have access to banking services.
A. 60.7
B. 59.7
C. 58.7
D. 54.7

19.  What is the new name of MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) that was approved by capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently?
A. Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India( mSXI)
B. Money Stock Exchange of India (mSXI)
C. Monetary Stock Exchange of India (mSXI)
D. Maha Stock Exchange of India (mSXI)

20.  Recently, an international team of 34 scientists spotted the footprints of Dinosaurs in which of the following districts of Rajasthan?
A. Jaisalmer
B. Tharparker
C. Bikaner
D. Jalore

Answer

1. b

2. c

3. a

4.d

5. c

6. a

7. b

8. c

9. a

10. a

11. b

12. a

13. a

14. a

15. b

16. c

17. c

18. c

19. a

20. a

 

 

SSC CGL/CHSL :- GENERAL AWARENESS

1. The Union Minister launched Mental Health Policy on-
A.20th October, 2014
B.10th October, 2014
C.5th October, 2014
D.11th July, 2014

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana on-
A.11th October, 2014
B.10th November, 2014
C.26th August, 2014
D.15th August, 2014

3. In which area was the Indo-US military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas 2014′ held?
A.Solan (Himachal Pradesh)
B.Gairsen (Uttarakhand)
C.Ranikhet (Uttarakhand)
D.Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir)

4. President Pranab Mukherjee on 7th October 2014 presented the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for the year 2014 to-
A.V. Sampath
B.Dr. A.S Pillai
C.Arvind Mayaram
D.Ajit Dobhai

5. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the &th Central Pay Commission constituted by the Government of India in February 2014?
A.Justice B.K Singh
B.Justice Swatater Kumar
C.Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
D.Justice Mridula Singh

6. Justice J.S Verma Committee’s Report, 2013 deals with-
A.Centre State relations
B.Change in law pertaining to offences against women
C.The Fundamental rights
D.Rights of children

7. What is the unique festival of Bihar?
A.Chhath Puja
B.Deepawali
C.Bisu
D.Vinayak Chaturthi

8. Who among the following has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014?
A.Kailash Stayarthi
B.Malala Yousafzai
C.Jean Tirole
D.Patrick Modiano

9. Which of the following European Union countries is the first to officially recognize the State of Palestine?
A.Sweden
B.Denmark
C.Norway
D.Italy

10. Which one of the following countries has decided in Januray 2014 to make military service compulsory for all its adult males?
A.North Korea
B.UAE
C.Israel
D.Turkey

11. What is theme of Global Financial Development Report, 2014?
A.Hunger and poverty
B.Corruption and fraud in corporate sector
C.Financial inculsion
D.Global recession and the Third World

12. The seventh Brics Summit is proposed to be held in 2015 at-
A.Durban, South Africa
B.Ufa,Russia
C.New Delhi, India
D.Sanya,China

13. The International Day of Personswith Diabilities is celebrated on-
A.10th December
B.24th October
C.19th November
D.3rd December

14. Amnesty International is an organization whichis associated with-
A.Protection of Women’s rights
B.Protection of human rights
C.Abolition of untouchability
D.None of the above

15. In October 2014 India has been reelected for three years as a member to-
A.The UN Security Council
B.The UN General Assembly
C.The UN Economic and Social Council(ECOSOC)
D.The World Bank

16. Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela were elected as non-permanent members on 16th October, 2014 to serve in-
A.The UN General Assembly
B.The UN Trusteeship Council
C.The UN Human Rights Commission
D.The UN Security Council

17. Which one among the following countries wont he highest number of Gold Medals at the Winter Olympic Games held in Sochi in February 2014?
A.Canada
B.Russia
C.Norway
D.USA

18. Who among the following cricket all rounders cracked the fastest century in one-day international cricket history in January 2014?
A.Darren Bravo
B.James Faulkner
C.Glenn Maxwell
D.Corey Anderson

19. Who was the winner of the Champions League T-20, 2014?
A.Kolkata Knight Riders (India)
B.Rajasthan Riders (India)
C.Sydney Sixers (Australia)
D.Chennai Super Kings (India)

20. What was India’s position in the 17th Asian Games in 2014?
A.8th
B.6th
C.3rd
D.4th

Answer

1. b

2. a

3. c

4. b

5. c

6. b

7. a

8. d

9. a

10. b

11. c
12. b

13. d

14. b

15. c

16. d

17. b

18. d

19. d

20.b