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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 .
What is the speciality of WINDOWS–NT?
A)
supports Batch processing
B)
supports multiprocessing
C)
supports real-time processing
D)
supports LAN and WAN

Correct Answer :   supports multiprocessing

Windows NT is a proprietary graphical operating system produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released on July 27, 1993. It is a processor-independent, multiprocessing and multi-user operating system.

Published On : June 16, 2021
2 .
A computer executes programs in the sequence of :
A)
Fetch, Decode, Execute
B)
Decode, Fetch, Execute
C)
Execute, Fetch, Decode
D)
Store, Fetch, Execute

Correct Answer :   Fetch, Decode, Execute

Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle is the basic operation cycle of a computer. It is the process by which a computer retrieves a program instruction from its memory (fetch), determines what actions the instruction requires (decode), and carries out those actions (execute). It is repeated continuously by the central processing unit, from boot up to when the computer is shut down.

Published On : June 16, 2021
3 .
The Indian Supercomputer built by CRL, Pune which ranked fourth fastest in the world and most powerful in Asia is called
A)
Param
B)
Virgo
C)
EKA
D)
SAGA

Correct Answer :   EKA

The Tata Group has developed the fourth-fastest supercomputer(November 2007) in the world and the fastest in Asia. The Tata-owned Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) in Pune installed a supercomputer system that managed to achieve speed of 117.9 trillion operations per second.
 
The supercomputer, named Eka (Sanskrit for “One”), the first supercomputer to have been developed totally by a corporation without any government help, now shares the rarefied heights of supercomputing with two American and ..

Published On : June 16, 2021
4 .
Who among the following introduced the world’s first laptop computer in the market?
A)
Laplink travelling software Inc
B)
Hewlett - Packard
C)
Microsoft
D)
Epson

Correct Answer :   Epson

The Epson HX-20 (also known as the HC-20) is generally regarded as the first laptop computer, announced in November 1981, although first sold widely in 1983. It was hailed by Business Week magazine as the “fourth revolution in personal computing”.

Published On : June 16, 2021
5 .
Hard copies can be obtained from
A)
Printer
B)
Scanner
C)
Speaker
D)
Recorder

Correct Answer :   Printer

A hard copy is a printed copy of information from a computer. Sometimes referred to as a printout, a hard copy is so-called because it exists as a physical object. The same information, viewed on a computer display or sent as an e-mail attachment, is referred to as a soft copy.

Published On : June 16, 2021
6 .
The most advanced form Of Read Only Memory (ROM) is
A)
PROM
B)
EEPROM
C)
Cache Memory
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   EEPROM

EEPROM: Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) is a special type of PROM that can be erased by exposing it to an electrical charge. Like other types of PROM, EEPROM retains its contents even when the power is turned off.

Published On : June 16, 2021
7 .
Which one of the following converts assembly language into machine language?
A)
Compiler
B)
Assembler
C)
Algorithm
D)
Interpreter

Correct Answer :   Assembler

Assembly language is converted into executable machine code by a utility program referred to as an assembler. The conversion process is referred to as assembly, or assembling the code.

Published On : June 16, 2021
8 .
The ‘IBM-DOS’ is a
A)
Batch operating system
B)
Multiuser operating system
C)
Single-user operating system
D)
Time-sharing operating system

Correct Answer :   Single-user operating system

Alternatively referred to as PC DOS, IBM DOS is a text-based operating system similar to Microsoft’s DOS, but only sold by IBM. DOS is a single-user, single-tasking operating system with basic kernel functions that are non-reentrant: only one program at a time can use them and DOS itself has no functionality to allow more than one program to execute at a time.

Published On : June 16, 2021
9 .
CRM in the context of software applications means.
A)
Channel Route Market
B)
Customer Retention Manager
C)
Customer’s Relatives Meet
D)
Customer Relationship Management

Correct Answer :   Customer Relationship Management

Customer relationship management (CRM) is a model for managing a company’s interactions with current and future customers. It involves using technology to organize, automate, and synchronize sales, marketing, customer service, and technical support.

Published On : June 16, 2021
10 .
Every set in the dotted decimal format of IP address is called
A)
Octet
B)
IP set
C)
Subset
D)
Subnet

Correct Answer :   Octet

The 32-bit IP address is grouped 8 bits at a time, each group of 8 bits is an octet. Each of the four octets are separated by a dot, and represented in decimal format, this is known as dotted decimal notation. Each bit in an octet has a binary weight (128, 64, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1).

Published On : June 16, 2021