Computer Basics MCQs with Answers

Computer Basics (Introduction to Computer) MCQs

1) The word Computer is derived from the word ‘compute’ which means to :

a) Study

b) Caculate

c) Play

d) Command

 2) …………………….. is called as the Father of Modern Computers

a) Blaise Pascal

b) Henry Fayol

c) Charles Babbage

d) Bill Gates

 3) Computer always works on the principles of …………………………………………

a) Yes or No

b) Right or Wrong

c) In and Out

d) Hardware and Software

4) ……………………….. is an electronic device that performs a function based on a given set of instructions known as programs.

a) Computer

b) Monitor

c) Calculator

d) Television

5)  ………………. means the raw facts and figures.

a) Information

b) Query

c) Data

d) None of these

6)  It means the processed data or meaningful data.

a) Information

b) Data

c) Both A and B

d) None of these

7) Computer is an electronic ……………………………….

a) Machine

b) Human

c) Animal

d) All of these

8) The set of data and instructions provided by a user to the computer is called an :

a) Input

b) Output

c) Processing

d) Entry

9) The working done on the inputted data or information in the computer is to be known as ……………………………….

a) Input

b) Process

c) Output

d) All of these

10)  The first computer was invented in the year ………………….

a) 1822

b) 1947

c) 1992

d) 2014

11) PC stands for

a) Personal Computer

b) Private Computer

c) Paid Cash

d) None of these

12)  Computer can perform the same operations with the same accuracy again and again without getting much ……………       

a) Lazy

b) Serious

c) Funny

d) Tired

13)  ………………………. computers are larger in size and can be kept on the desk or table.

a) Desktop

b) Laptop

c) Palmtop

d) Tablet

14)  …………………. computer looks like a briefcase, and is so small in size that it can be kept on the lap of a person and operated.

a) Laptop

b) Notebook

c) Tablet

d) Desktop

15)  The computers that are bigger than mobile and can be operated by fingers.

a) Laptop

b) Palmtop

c) Notebook

d) Tablet

 

Answer Keys

1	B
2	C
3	D
4	A
5	C
6	A
7	A
8	A
9	B
10	A
11	A
12	D
13	A
14	A
15	D