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 of the following is an example of a database manager?
A)
Corel Draw
B)
Quattro Pro
C)
Paradox
D)
Organizer

Correct Answer :   Organizer

An electric organizer is a small calculator-sized computer, often with an in-built diary application but few other functions such as an address book and calendar. It normally has a small alphanumeric keypad and an LCD screen of one, two or three lines.

Published On : June 15, 2021
2 .
What are the signals that inform the operating system that some activity has taken place, called?
A)
Interrupts
B)
Informers
C)
Handlers
D)
Events

Correct Answer :   Handlers

In computer programming, an event handler is an asynchronous callback subroutine that handles inputs received in a program. Each event is a piece of application-level information from the underlying framework, typically the GUI toolkit. GUI events include key presses, mouse movement, action selections, and timers expiring. Event handlers are a central concept in event-driven programming.

Published On : June 15, 2021
3 .
DOS is a
A)
Dual Operating System
B)
Direct Operating System
C)
Disk Operating System
D)
Dial-up Operating System

Correct Answer :   Disk Operating System

DOS ("Disk Operating System) is an acronym for several closely related operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market between 1981 and 1995, or until about 2000 including the partially DOS-based Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98, and Millennium Edition.

Published On : June 15, 2021
4 .
A ____ is a high-speed network that connects local networks in a city or town.
A)
LAN
B)
MAN
C)
WAN
D)
TAN

Correct Answer :   MAN

A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a computer network that usually spans a city or a large campus. A MAN usually interconnects a number of local area networks (LANs) using a high-capacity backbone technology, such as fiber-optical links, and provides uplink services to wide area networks (or WAN) and the Internet.

Published On : June 15, 2021
5 .
When a group of computers is connected together in a small area without the help of telephone lines, it is called :
A)
Local Area Network (LAN)
B)
Wide Area Network (WAN)
C)
Value Added Network (VAN)
D)
Remote Communication Network (RCN)

Correct Answer :   Local Area Network (LAN)

A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers in a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building using network media. The defining characteristics of LANs, in contrast to wide area networks (WANs), include their usually higher data-transfer rates, smaller geographic area, and lack of a need for leased telecommunication lines.

Published On : June 15, 2021
6 .
The term 'PC - XT' refers to ____.
A)
Personal Computer Embedded Technology
B)
Personal Computer Expanded Technology
C)
Personal Computer External Technology
D)
Personal Computer Extended Technology

Correct Answer :   Personal Computer Extended Technology

The IBM PC XT was the successor of the IBM PC. The XT stands for EXtended Technology and was introduced in early 1983. It had enhanced features: CGA graphic card, hard disk, more memory, and no more tape port. The term PC-XT refers to personal computer extended Technology.

Published On : June 15, 2021
7 .
Vacuum Tubes were used by _________ Generation of Computers.
A)
First
B)
Second
C)
Third
D)
Fourth

Correct Answer :   First

Vacuum Tubes were employed in the first generation of computers to perform calculations. The amount of the first generation was 1946-1959.

Published On : June 15, 2021
8 .
SMTP in computer science stands for?
A)
Systems Mail Transfer Protocol
B)
Systems Memory Transfer Protocol
C)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
D)
Simple Markup Transfer Protocol

Correct Answer :   Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an internet standard communication protocol for electronic mail transmission. Mail servers and other message transfer agents use SMTP to send and receive mail messages.

Published On : June 15, 2021
9 .
Which of these is not a database management system (DBMS)?
A)
SAP HANA
B)
Cosmos
C)
Sybase
D)
MySQL

Correct Answer :   Cosmos

Published On : June 15, 2021
10 .
Using _________ one can resize, tag digital images, organise pictures into albums by drag and drop, can export the pictures for external use (by e-mail or print).
A)
Image Organiser
B)
Media Organiser
C)
Data Organiser
D)
Facebook Organiser

Correct Answer :   Image Organiser

Published On : June 15, 2021
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