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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 .
Web pages are written using?
A)
URL
B)
UML
C)
FTP
D)
HTML

Correct Answer :   HTML

The core element of a web page is one or more text files written in the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Many web pages also make use of JavaScript code for dynamic behavior and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) code for presentation semantics. WebAssembly executables can also be used for portions of page behavior.

Published On : June 15, 2021
2 .
One byte is equivalent to ?
A)
4 bits
B)
8 bits
C)
16 bits
D)
32 bits

Correct Answer :   8 bits

Published On : June 15, 2021
3 .
FPI stands for in computer?
A)
Film per inch
B)
Figure per inch
C)
Faults per inch
D)
Frames per inch

Correct Answer :   Frames per inch

FPI is used to measure display device's performance. FPI stands for Frames per inch.

Published On : June 15, 2021
4 .
UNIVAC is an example of
A)
First generation computer
B)
Second generation computer
C)
Third generation computer
D)
Fourth generation computer

Correct Answer :   First generation computer

The first generation computers include ENIAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC, IBM-701, and IBM-650. These computers were large and very unreliable. They would heat up and frequently shut down and could only be used for very basic computations.

UNIVAC is an example of computer. UNIVAC 1, the first commercial computer was launched on June 14, 1951. This computer was first used in United States presidential Elections in 1952.
 
UNIVAC stands for Universal Automatic computer which was produced in the united states. It was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and john Mauchly, the inventors of the ENIC.  

Published On : June 15, 2021
5 .
The first mechanical computer designed by Charles Babbage was called ?
A)
Calculator
B)
Processor
C)
Analytical Engine
D)
Abacus

Correct Answer :   Analytical Engine

Analytical Engine, generally considered the first computer, designed and partly built by the English inventor Charles Babbage in the 19th century (he worked on it until his death in 1871). While working on the Difference Engine, a simpler calculating machine commissioned by the British government, Babbage began to imagine ways to improve it.
Chiefly he thought about generalizing its operation so that it could perform other kinds of calculations. By the time funding ran out for his Difference Engine in 1833, he had conceived of something far more revolutionary: a general-purpose computing machine called the Analytical Engine.

Published On : June 15, 2021
6 .
A ____ is an input device, which is used for converting pictures, maps and drawings into digital form for storage in computers.
A)
Digitizer
B)
MICR
C)
OMR
D)
OCR

Correct Answer :   Digitizer

A digitizer is an input device, which is used for converting pictures, maps and drawings into digital form for storage in computers.

Published On : June 15, 2021
7 .
A bug in a programme is a/an
A)
Syntax
B)
Error
C)
Statement
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Error

Published On : June 15, 2021
8 .
A translator for the assembly language to machine language is
A)
interpreter
B)
compiler
C)
linker
D)
assembler

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 15, 2021
9 .
The term API refers to
A)
Applied Program Interaction
B)
Application Program Interface
C)
Application Process Interface
D)
Application Program Interaction

Correct Answer :   Application Program Interface

Published On : June 15, 2021
10 .
A ‘Bit’ refers to
A)
Bilingual information
B)
Binary informatics
C)
Binary digit
D)
Binary terminator

Correct Answer :   Binary digit

A bit (a contraction of binary digit) is the basic capacity of information in computing and telecommunications; a bit can have the value of either 1 or 0 (one or zero) only. These attributes may be implemented, in a variety of systems, by means of a two state device.

Published On : June 15, 2021