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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.

1 .
First generation computers used ............ languages.
A)
machine
B)
assembly
C)
Both (a) & (b)
D)
high level

Correct Answer :   machine

Machine language is programming language were used in first generation computers.
 
A first generation (programming) language (1GL) is a grouping of programming languages that are machine level languages used to program first-generation computers. ... Modern tools such as native-code compilers are used to produce machine level from a higher-level language.
 
Assembly languages are specific to computer and CPU. The term is used in the distinction between Machine Languages (1GL) and higher-level programming languages (3GL, 4GL, etc.)

Published On : June 17, 2021
2 .
Which type of computer could be found in a digital watch ?
A)
Super computer
B)
Notebook computer
C)
Embedded computer
D)
Mainframe

Correct Answer :   Embedded computer

Published On : June 17, 2021
3 .
PARAM was develop by
A)
BARC
B)
C-DAC
C)
IIT Delhi
D)
IIT Kanput

Correct Answer :   C-DAC

Published On : June 17, 2021
4 .
Which of the following is generally costlier ?
A)
Mainframe
B)
Server
C)
Personal computer
D)
Laptop computer

Correct Answer :   Mainframe

Published On : June 17, 2021
5 .
Punched cards were first introduced by
A)
Jacquard
B)
Pascal
C)
Powers
D)
Herman Hollerith

Correct Answer :   Herman Hollerith

The punched card as used for data processing, originally invented by Herman Hollerith, was first used for vital statistics tabulation by the New York City Board of Health and several states. After this trial use, punched cards were adopted for use in the 1890 census.

Published On : June 17, 2021
6 .
A hybrid computer is the one having the combined properties of
A)
analog and digital computers
B)
mini and microcomputers
C)
super and mini computers
D)
super and microcomputers

Correct Answer :   analog and digital computers

Hybrid computers are computers that exhibit features of analog computers and digital computers. The digital component normally serves as the controller and provides logical and numerical operations, while the analog component often serves as a solver of differential equations and other mathematically complex equations.

Published On : June 17, 2021
7 .
The latest machine in the series of PARAM made by NIT sikkim in 17th April 2016.
A)
PARAM YUVA
B)
PARAM YUVA II
C)
PARAM Kanchenjunga
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   PARAM Kanchenjunga

Jitesh Jha. Sikkim Governor Shrinvas Patil on 17 April 2016 formally unveiled Supercomputer named 'Param Kanchenjunga' at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Sikkim. It is named after Kangchenjunga Mountain (8586 m), the third highest mountain in the world.

Published On : June 17, 2021
8 .
Speed of first generation computer was in
A)
micro seconds
B)
milli seconds
C)
nano seconds
D)
nano-milli seconds

Correct Answer :   micro seconds

Published On : June 17, 2021
9 .
Time sharing became possible in........... generation of computers.
A)
first
B)
second
C)
third
D)
fourth

Correct Answer :   second

Published On : June 17, 2021
10 .
A desktop computer is also known as a
A)
laptop
B)
palm pilot
C)
mainframe
D)
PC

Correct Answer :   PC

Published On : June 17, 2021