GK Questions and Answers on Computer Science and Information Technology

A computer is a mechanical entity that is engineered to perform arithmetic or other logical operations automatically. It is a programmable device that stores, retrieves and processes data. The etymology of the word 'computer' has human connotations as it was initially given to humans who could perform numerical calculations using devices like calculators and abacus (human computers). In due time, people began to ascribe the term for electronic and mechanical devices that started to replace 'human computers.' 

We can trace the history of the digital computer back to the ENIAC of the 1940s. ENIAC was designed during World War II to help automate calculations that humans computed. The ushering of computers made doing calculations and getting the results much faster. Computer Science is the study of algorithms, computing devices, and the process of computation itself. The discipline entails analysing both the hardware and software of computer systems. The Turing Award is the highest honorary prize in Computer Science and breakthroughs. 

As the subject itself is so thought-provoking, GK questions and answers on Computer Science are bound to be interesting. Information Technology (IT), like Computer Science, refers to computers creating, processing, and exchanging all kinds of electronic data and information. IT is utilised within the context of business operations as opposed to personal or entertainment technologies. GK questions and answers on Information technology are convenient in grasping critical information about the subject. If you are enthusiastic about learning more about computers, then solving GK questions on Computer Science and Information Technology is the optimal route to take. 

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – SECTION I 

Q1. What was the world's first electronic computer?

1. ENIAC

2. PARAM

3. Pascaline

4. CRAY – 1

Ans: D

Q2. What is the full form of ENIAC?

1. Electronic Numerator Isolator and Calculator

2. Electronic Numerator Integrator and Computer

3. Engineering Numerator Integrator and Computer

4. Elusive Numerator Integrator and Calculator

Ans: B

Q3. Who is deemed as the Father of Computers?

1. Blaise Pascal

2. Aryabhatta

3. Charles Babbage

4. Alan Turing

Ans: C

Q.4 Who is deemed as the Father of Artificial Intelligence?

1. Elon Musk

2. Lee Forest

3. John McCarthy

4. JP Eckert

Ans. C

Q5. What do you think is the name of the first virus detected on ARPANET?

1. Exe File

2. Creeper File

3. Trojan Horse

4. Peeper File

Ans. B

Q6. How can we measure the quality of a printer?

1. By using Words per Strike

2. By using Dots per Inch

3. By using Lines per Strike

4. By using Dots per Strike

Ans. B

Q7. Which of the following is the world's first calculating device?

1. Calculator

2. ENIAC

3. Abacus

4. Pascaline

Ans. C

Q8. What is the full form of IBM?

1. International Backlog Machine

2. Integral Business Machine

3. International Business Mechanism

4. International Business machine

Ans. D

Q9. Which of the options mentioned below is not a programming language?

1. BASIC

2. JAVA

3. BNF

4. FORTRAN

Ans. C

Q10. Which key is the shortcut to renaming a folder?

1. F2

2. F0

3. F1

4. F5

Ans. A

QK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON COMPUTER SCIENCE – SECTION II

Q11. Who programmed the first computer game – Spacecraft – in 1962?

1. Steve Russell

2. Konrad Zuse

3. Tim Berners-Lee

4. Bill Gates

Ans. A

Q12. Who is deemed as the Father of Supercomputing?

1. David J. Brown

2. Gene Amdahl

3. Adam Dunkels

4. Seymour Cray

Ans. D

Q.13 Who created the C programming Language

A. Ken Thompson

B. Dennis Ritchie

C. Robin Milner

D. Frieder Nake

Ans. B

Q14. When was NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies) established?

A. 1988

B. 1997

C. 1993

D. 1882

Ans. A

Q15. Who is deemed as the father of the internet

A. Alan Perlis

B. Jean E. Sammet

C. Vint Cerf

D. Steve Lawrence

Ans. C

Q16. Which one is the first high-level programming language?

A. C

B. COBOL

C. FORTRAN

D. C++

Ans. C

Q17. Which one is the first-word processor application?

A. MS Word

B. Apple I Work

C. WordStar

D. Sun StarOffice

Ans. D

Q18. Which one is deemed as the fastest Supercomputer in India of contemporary times? 

A. Aaditya

B. SAGA-220

C. SahasraT

D. HP Apollo 6000

Ans. C

Q19. In which year was India's first Super Computer PARAM 8000 installed?

A. 1988

B. 1991

C. 1995

D. 1982

Ans. B

Q.20 Who developed Java Programming Language?

A. James Gosling

B. Douglas Engelbart

C. Edmund M. Clarke

D. James D. Foley

Ans. A

QK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – SECTION III 

Q21. Which of the options mentioned below is a volatile memory in a computer system? 

A. HardDisk

B. RAM

C. ROM

D. Optical Drive

Ans. B

Q22. One Terabyte (1 TB) is equal to - 

A. 1028 GB

B. 1012GB

C. 1000 GB

D. 1024 GB

Ans. D

Q23. Who first developed the QWERTY keyboard used in computers and phones?

A. Raphael Finkel

B. Wim Ebbinkhuijsen

C. Shafi Goldwasser

D. Christopher Latham Sholes

Ans. D

Q24. Which operating system do you think is developed and used by Apple Inc?

A. Windows

B. Android

C. iOS

D. UNIX

Ans. 3

Q25. Which operating system was developed by Linus Torvalds?

A. Windows

B. Mac OS

C. UNIX

D. Linux

Ans. D

Q26. What does the command prompt use?

A. CLI (Command Line Interface)

B. GUI (Graphical User Interface).

C. Text User Interface TUI

D. None of the above

Ans: A

Q27. Which out of the following can we call modifiers?

A. Keys Num Lock, Backspace, and Tab

B. Keys, Page Up, Page Down, Print SC

C. Keys Tab, caps lock, End

D. Keys Alt, Shift, or Ctrl

Ans : D

Q28. In which year did IBM develop FORTRAN High-Level programming languages used to write scientific applications?

A. 1989

B. 1956

C. 1978

D. 1924

Ans: B

Q29. Which of the options mentioned below is a scripting language?

A. Java

B. Python

C. Lisp

D. All of the above

Ans: D

Q30. What is ALU?

A. Analyst Logic Unit

B. Algebraic Logic Unit

C. Arithmetic Logic Unit

D. None of the above

Ans: C

Q31. How many ways exist to carry out the floating-point operation?

A. 3

B. 2

C. 1

D. 4

Ans: C

Q32. Which is the accurate definition of Wide Area Network (WAN)?

A. It is an amalgamation of computers interconnected through cables to share their data, information, and other common hardware resources.

B. A computer network covering a broad area (i.e., any network whose communications links cross metropolitan, regional or national boundaries).

C. A computer network is covering a small physical area like a home, office, or small groups of buildings, such as a school or an airport.

D. It is a programming verbatim or language with strong abstraction from the details of the computer.

Ans: B

Q33. Which of the following can we deem as an example of computer application software? 

A. Ms Word

B. Ms Excel

C. Both A and B

D. MS-DOS

Ans: C

Q34.  Which of the following is also deemed as a translator?

A. Data representation

B. MS-DOS

C. Operating System

D. Language Processor

Ans: D

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