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General Knowledge(GK) (or) General Awareness

Welcome to the General Knowledge Section of Free Time Learning. As we are aware General Knowledge (GK) is a very important area in all the competitive exams held in the country. Nowadays, a good knowledge of general awareness is very important in clearing any competitive and government recruitment examinations.

These General Knowledge Question are very important and usefull to UPSC, IAS/PCS, UPPSC, IBPS, SBI, RBI, SSC, CGL, Railway, APPSC, TSPSC, KPSC, TNPSC, TPSC, UPPSC, MPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, UKPSC, MPSC, and other competitive exams.

A)
Outline processor
B)
Fasimile system
C)
Parallel interface
D)
Page layout program

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Parallel interface


Published On : June 18, 2021
A)
Mini computer
B)
Micro computer
C)
Mainframe computer
D)
Super computer

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Super computer


ILLIAC (Illinois Automatic Computer) was a series of supercomputers built at a variety of locations, some at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. In all, five computers were built in this series between 1951 and 1974. Some more modern projects also use the name.

Published On : June 18, 2021
A)
Autoboot
B)
Warmboot
C)
Authentication
D)
Bubble

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Autoboot


Autoboot is used to make a programs run when the computer is switched on.
 
To boot a computer is to load an operating system into the computer's main memory or random access memory (RAM). Once the operating system is loaded (and, for example, on a PC, you see the initial Windows or Mac desktop screen), it's ready for users to run applications.
 
Booting is what happens when a computer starts. ... When you boot a computer, your processor looks for instructions in system ROM (the BIOS) and does them. They normally 'wake up' peripheral equipment and search for the boot device. The boot device either loads the operating system or gets it from someplace else.

Published On : June 18, 2021
A)
Utilities
B)
System software
C)
System diagnostics
D)
System analysis

Correct Answer : Option (C) - System diagnostics


A program used to detect overall system malfunction is System diagnostics.
 
Diagnostics is a method of testing a computer hardware device or software program to ensure it is working as it should be. This testing is performed before a computer or computer related product is released to the public. Benchmark, Diagnostics program, Hardware terms, Preventive maintenance, Software terms, Test.

Published On : June 18, 2021
A)
Slower than magnetic tape
B)
Direct access devices
C)
Sequential access devices
D)
Used only in mainframe computers

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Direct access devices


 
A direct-access storage device (DASD) is another name for secondary storage devices that store data in discrete locations with a unique address, such as hard disk drives, optical drives and most magnetic storage devices. A direct-access storage device (DASD) is a secondary storage device in which "each physical record has a discrete location and a unique address."
 
DASD, pronounced DAZ-dee (Direct access storage device), is a general term for magnetic disk storage devices. The term has historically been used in the mainframe and minicomputer (mid-range computer) environments and is sometimes used to refer to hard disk drives for personal computers.
 
Hard disks hold more data and are faster than floppy disks. A hard disk, for example, can store anywhere from 10 to more than 100 gigabytes, whereas most floppies have a maximum storage capacity of 1.4 megabytes. A single hard disk usually consists of several platters.

Published On : June 18, 2021
A)
Super computer
B)
Mainframe
C)
LEO
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (C) - LEO


The prototype LEO I was modelled closely on the Cambridge EDSAC. Its construction was overseen by Oliver Standingford, Raymond Thompson and David Caminer of J. Lyons and Co.

Published On : June 18, 2021
A)
Magnetic disk
B)
Magnetic tape
C)
Punched paper tape
D)
Card punch

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Card punch


A punched card (also Card punch or punched-card) is a piece of stiff paper that holds digital data represented by the presence or absence of holes in predefined positions. Punched cards were once common in data processing applications or to directly control automated machinery.
 
Punched cards were widely used through much of the 20th century in the data processing industry, where specialized and increasingly complex unit record machines, organized into semiautomatic data processing systems, used punched cards for data input, output, and storage. The IBM 12-row/80-column punched card format came to dominate the industry. Many early digital computers used punched cards as the primary medium for input of both computer programs and data.

Published On : June 18, 2021
A)
Leibnitz
B)
Pascal
C)
Babbage
D)
Napier

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Leibnitz


Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (b. 1646, d. 1716) was a German philosopher, mathematician, and logician who is probably most well known for having invented the differential and integral calculus (independently of Sir Isaac Newton).

Published On : June 18, 2021
A)
32.27
B)
32.54
C)
63.51
D)
87.59

Correct Answer : Option (B) - 32.54


Published On : June 18, 2021