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 .

UNIVAC is an example of

First generation computer

Second generation computer

Third generation computer

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

2 .

The first mechanical computer designed by Charles Babbage was called ?

Calculator

Processor

Analytical Engine

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.

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3 .

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

Digitizer

MICR

OMR

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.

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4 .

A bug in a programme is a/an

Syntax

Error

Statement

None of the above

Correct Answer : Error

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5 .

A translator for the assembly language to machine language is

interpreter

compiler

linker

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.

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6 .

The term API refers to

Applied Program Interaction

Application Program Interface

Application Process Interface

Application Program Interaction

Correct Answer : Application Program Interface

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7 .

A ‘Bit’ refers to

Bilingual information

Binary informatics

Binary digit

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.

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8 .

What is the process of defining tables called?

Data Normalisation

Data definition

Data administration

Index definition

Correct Answer : Index definition

The process is known as index definition. The order in which columns are listed in the index definition is important.

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9 .

Small and cheap computers built into several home appliances are of which type?

Microcomputers

Minicomputers

Mainframes

None of the above

Correct Answer : Microcomputers

Microcomputers are small, inexpensive computer with a microprocessor as its CPU.It includes minimum input/output circuitry mounted on a single printed circuit board.

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10 .

PDA stands for

Personal Data Array

Personal Data Authority

Personal Digital Assistant

Personal Development Agency

Correct Answer : Personal Digital Assistant

A personal digital assistant (PDA), also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. PDAs are largely considered obsolete with the widespread adoption of smartphones. Nearly all current PDAs have the ability to connect to the Internet.

Published On : June 15, 2021