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 .

Which among the following is the brain of the computer?

Moniter

CPU

Hardware

Software

Correct Answer : CPU

The CPU is the brain of a computer, containing all the circuitry needed to process input, store data, and output results. The CPU is constantly following instructions of computer programs that tell it which data to process and how to process it.

Published On : June 16, 2021

2 .

Which of the following statements is true with respect to ASCII?

American security code for information interchange

ASCII chart is not for decimals

A programming language

A character encoding scheme

Correct Answer : A character encoding scheme

It is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices.

Published On : June 16, 2021

3 .

Which one of the following when added can reduce the processing time of a computer?

Converter

Co–processor

Buffer

None of the above

Correct Answer : Co–processor

Co-processor is a microprocessor design to supplement the capabilities of the primary processor. It works the tasks very quickly.

Published On : June 16, 2021

4 .

Which one is the first search engine in internet

Google

Yahoo

Archie

Altavista

Correct Answer : Archie

Beginning with Archie in 1990, considered the first search engine, moving on to Excite and Lycos and Infoseek, by the mid 90s there was a veritable flood of search engines.

Published On : June 16, 2021

5 .

A wireless technology built in electronic gadgets used for exchanging data over short distances is?

Bluetooth

Wifi

Modem

LAN

Correct Answer : Bluetooth

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6 .

The improvement of computer hardware theory is summarized by which law.?

Grove's law

Moore's First Law

Bill's Law

Metcalf's law

Correct Answer : Moore's First Law

"In 1965, Gordon Moore noticed that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits had doubled every year since their invention. Moore's lawpredicts that this trend will continue into the foreseeable future. ... The 18-month mark is the current definition of Moore's law."

Published On : June 16, 2021

7 .

One TeraByte comprises ?

1024 PetaBytes

1024 KigaByte

1024 MigaByte

1024 GigaByte

Correct Answer : 1024 GigaByte

A Terabyte is more precisely defined as 1,024 gigabytes (GB), while a Petabyte consists of 1,024 TB.

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8 .

Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system are called ?

Entry codes

Entry Scripts

Codewords

Security commands

Correct Answer : Security commands

Coded entries are used to gain access to a computer system are called Passwords. Password is used for user authentication.

Published On : June 16, 2021

9 .

A computer programming language often used by children is

JAVA

BASIC

LOGO

C Language

Correct Answer : LOGO

LOGO is a computer programming language used for functional programming, and is used for generating basic shapes using a turtle cursor. It was developed for children experimenting their first programming steps. It guides kids step by step with the basics of computers programming.

Published On : June 16, 2021

10 .

Who is the founder of “Facebook” which is currently the No.1 social networking website?

Mark Zuckerberg

Bill Gates

Jeff Bezos

Sergey Brin and Larry Page

Correct Answer : Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook, American company offering online social networking services. Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, all of whom were students at Harvard University. Facebook became the largest social network in the world, with more than one billion users as of 2012, and about half that number were using Facebook every day. The company’s headquarters are in Menlo Park, California.

Published On : June 16, 2021