Basic Computer MCQs With Answers for NTS, PPSC, FPSC

The candidates looking for the Basic Computer MCQs With Answers for NTS, PPSC, FPSC are here on the right page. The upcoming generation is of IT and Computer. So, in every field of life, it is the basic subject and for the test like NTS, PPSC, and FPSC, you need to have a good grip on every type of question. You should prepare every type of question for it. In the test, the questions like the introduction to IT, working on a computer, Usage of software like MS Office, E-mail, and some other computer-related questions are frequently asked. So, you need to prepare accordingly. On this page, we are going to give you 100 important questions for the PPSC test. Check all the questions and start preparations accordingly.

Basic Computer MCQs With Answers for NTS, PPSC, FPSC

Question#1: Who is known as the father of the computer? 

• Charles Babbage
• Alan Turing 
• Bill Gates 
• Tim Berners-Lee 

Question#2: How many bit is a bite? 

• 4 
• 8
• 12 
• 16 

Question#3: Computers calculate numbers in which mode? 

• Decimal 
• Octal 
• Binary
• None of these 

Question#4: Which country has the largest number of internet users? 

• America 
• Japan 
• India 
• China

Question#5: How many generations of computers have been developed till date? 

• 3 
• 5
• 4 
• 6 

Question#6: PC was originally a trade name of which company? 

• IBM
• Dell 
• HP 
• COMPAC 

Question#7: One gigabyte is approximately equal to? 

• 100000 Bytes 
• 1000,000,000 Bytes
• 1000,000 Bytes 
• None of these 

Question#8: The term PC means? 

• Personal computer
• Private computer 
• Professional computer 
• None of these 

Question#9: ROM is composed of? 

• Microprocessors
• Micro Chromium 
• Micro Chips 
• None of these 

Question#10: Which of the following is a universal gate? 

• NAND Gate
• OR Gate 
• NOT Gate 
• AND Gate 

Question#11: The power of super computer is measured in units of? 

• MIMS 
• BITS 
• TIPS 
• FLOPS

Question#12: What is a computer virus? 

• Software program
• Name of insect 
• Micro wave 
• None of these 

Question#13: IC chips in the computer are usually made of? 

• Lead 
• Silicon
• Chromium 
• Gold  

Question#14: Who is the owner of Microsoft Computer Company? 

• Charles Babbage 
• Alan Turing 
• Bill Gates
• Tim Berners-Lee 

Question#15: Write the office automation package of Microsoft? 

• MS Office
• MS House 
• MS Gate 
• None of these

Question#16: USB is acronym for? 

• Universal serial bus
• Urgent serial bus 
• Universal serious service 
• Universal service bus 

Question#:17 Which one is the oldest search engine (it was founded in 1993)? 

• Google  
• Yahoo 
• Archie
• MSN 

Question#18: 1 KB is equal to? 

• 1024 Bytes
• 1000 Bytes 
• 1256 Bytes 
• 1064 Bytes 

Question#19: ROM is acronym for? 

• Read only memory
• Read over memory 
• Read of memory 
• None of these 

Question#20: Which is the largest search engine of internet? 

• Google
• MSN 
• Yahoo 
• Bing 

Question#21: Which is 2nd the largest search engine of internet? 

• Google  
• MSN 
• Yahoo
• Bing 

Question#22: Internet mostly uses for purpose of? 

• Entertainment 
• Business 
• Email
• Chat  

Question#23: What type of devices are CDs or DVDs? 

• Output 
• Input 
• Electric 
• Storage

Question#24: BAT extension refers usually to what kind of file? 

• System file
• Main file 
• Backup file 
• Auto file  

Question#25: What was the 1st Arpanet message? 

• Hello world 
• Lo
• Sir 
• Done  

Question#26: A cathode ray tube is found in what? 

• Monitor
• CPU 
• Mouse 
• Keyboard 

Question#27: SIM stands for? 

• Single in line module 
• Single in line memory 
• Subscriber identity module
• None of them 

Question#28: DSL stands for? 

• Direct signal in line 
• Direct swift line 
• Digital subscriber line
• None of them  

Question#29: What is cache memory? 

• Faster than the main memory 
• Smaller than the main memory 
• Slower than the main memory 
• Both a and b

Question#30: The famous Silicon Valley is situated in which state of USA? 

• California
• New York 
• Ohio 
• New Jersey  

Question#31: The 1st computer virus was created in 1970’s at? 

• Bell laboratories
• IBM laboratories 
• HP laboratories 
• Dell laboratories 

Question#32: A small Silicon object which contains microscopic circuitry is termed as? 

• Processor 
• Microchip
• Transistor 
• Chipboard  

Question#33: Which of the following is not an image file? 

• JPEG 
• TMP
• TIM 
• BING 

Question#34: Which one is not an output device? 

• Keyboard
• Modem 
• CPU 
• Mouse  

Question#35: Which is the fastest type of computer memory? 

• Cache
• Flash 
• Micro 
• ROM

Question#36: The interface between user and computer is? 

• Programming
• Hardware 
• Memory 
• Processing  

Question#37: The capacity of a computer bus depends on? 

• Capacity pf CPU 
• The capacity of the microprocessor 
• The number of data line, it contains
• The system software  

Question#38: What is a URL? 

• The address of a web page on a world wide web
• The title of a web site 
• The title of a memory card 
• None of the above  

Question#39: Which one of the following is not an internet browser? 

• Netscape 
• AOL
• WAN 
• None of these 

Question#40: What is a cookie? 

• Internet information file
• Hacker file 
• Customary file 
• None of the above 

Question#41: What is a cookie? 

• Internet information file
• Hacker file 
• Customary file 
• None of the above 

Question#42: One MB is equal to? 

• 1024 Bytes 
• 1024 KB
• 1224 KB 
• 1324 KB 

Question#43: Which one works as an output and input device? 

• Scanner 
• Modem
• Board 
• Division  

Question#44: The windows registry consists of which of following 2 files? 

• Win.reg and user.dat 
• Use.dat and system.dat
• Both a and b 
• None of the above 

Question#45: What type of device is a digital camera? 

• Output 
• Input
• Electric 
• Mechanic  

Question#46: A computer tower is not? 

• A CPU 
• A peripheral
• Both a and b 
• None of these 

Question#47: What BIOS stands for? 

• Binary i/p and o/p system
• Biological internet 
• Both a and b 
• None of these 

Question#48: FOTRAN a computer programming language is mainly used for which purpose? 

• Business application 
• Scientific research
• Word processing 
• None of these 

Question#49: Compact disc hold how many minutes of music? 

• 74 minutes
• 64 minutes 
• Both a and b 
• None of these 

Question#50: CPU is acronym for? 

• Car pressure unit 
• Central pressure unit 
• Central processor unit
• None of these 

Question#51: Which hard disk will be able to store more information? 

• 24 Gig
• 24 Mb 
• Both a and b 
• None of these

 

Question#52: Which file extensions indicate only graphics file? 

• JPEG and TEXT
• BMP and GIF 
• Both a and b 
• None of these 

Question#53: which type of device is 3 ½ inch floppy drive? 

• Storage
• Software 
• Both a and b 
• None of these  

Question#54: Which window program do you use to manage folder and files? 

• Windows explorer
• Windows accessories 
• Both a and b 
• None of the above 

Question#55: A computer virus cannot be contacted by? 

• Computer scanner
• Floppy diskette 
• Both a and b 
• None of the above 

Question#56: A computer port is used to? 

• Communicate with other computer peripherals
• Download files from the web 
• Both a and b 
• None of the above 

Question#57: What type of device is a computer keyboard? 

• Input
• Output 
• Both a and b 
• None of these 

Question#58: Which computer is the fastest? 

• Pentium 600 MHz 
• Plll 600 MH
• Both a and b 
• None of these 

Question#59: Bill Gates is associated with which field? 

• Pharmaceuticals 
• Iron and steel 
• Petroleum 
• Microsoft

Question#60: What is software? 

• Instructions to a computer
• Body inside a computer
• Inexpensive computer parts
• A laptop computer 

Question#61: A set of 4 bit is called? 

• Byte  
• Floppy 
• Flip 
• Nibble

Question#62: HDD stands for? 

• Hard disk drive
• Hard disk driver 
• Hard disk direction 
• Floppy disk drive 

Question#63:  Which one of the following is not an operating system? 

• Windows 
• OSD
• Bios 
• LAN 

Question#64: What type of device is a computer monitor? 

• Input 
• Output
• Rom 
• Bios  

Question#65: Which of the following is programming language? 

• BASIC 
• FORTRAN 
• PASCAL 
• All of these

Question#66: Software is a? 

• Set of instructions
• Collection of programs 
• Set of information 
• Joining of programs 

Question#67: Which part is the brain of computer? 

• Keyboard 
• Mouse 
• CPU
• Monitor 

Question#68: What type of device is computer printer? 

• Input 
• Output
• Rom 
• Bios 

Question#69: A set of 8 bits is called? 

• Bite
• GigaByte 
• Mega Bytes 
• Binary

Question#70: How many options does a binary choice offer? 

• Three 
• One  
• Two
• Zero 

Question#71: Data going into the computer is called? 

• Output 
• Algorithm 
• Input
• Calculations  

Question#72: How many values can be represented by a single byte? 

• 4  
• 16 
• 64 
• 512

Question#73: Which of the following refers to a small single site network? 

• LAN
• DSL 
• RAM 
• CPU 

Question#74: Which of the following refers to the memory in your computer? 

• RAM
• DSL 
• LAN 
• CPU 

Question#75: One megabyte equals approximately? 

• 1000 bits 
• 1000 bytes 
• 1 million bytes
• 1 million bits 

Question#76: How are data organized in a spread sheet? 

• Lines and spaces 
• Layers and planes 
• Height and width 
• Rows and columns

Question#77: The blinking symbol on computer screen is called the? 

• Mouse 
• Logo 
• Hand 
• Cursor

Question#78: When cutting and pasting, the item cut is temporarily stored in? 

• Rom 
• Hard drive 
• Diskette 
• Clipboard

Question#79: Who is the father of internet? 

• Vinton James 
• Vinton Smith 
• Vinton Cerf
• Vinto Albert 

Question#80: FDD stands for? 

• Floppy disk drive
• Hard disk drive 
• Flip disk drive 
• Flat disk drive 

Question#81: Computer connected to a LAN (Local area network) can? 

• Run faster 
• Go online
• Share information and/or share peripheral equipment 
• Email

Question#82: Which part of computer has buttons with numbers and letters on them? 

• CPU 
• Monitor 
• Mouse 
• Keyboard

Question#83: What do we call moving object on screen with mouse? 

• Double click 
• Click 
• Press and drag
• None of these 

Question#84: What do we call the basic softwares that allows your computer to work? 

• File cabinets 
• System files
• Application files 
• None of these 

Question#85: KB, MB, GB is respectively? 

• Kilobytes megabytes gigabytes
• Kilo bits mega bits giga bits 
• Kelvin bytes medium bytes giga bytes 
• None of these 

Question#86: The capacity of computer bus depend on? 

• Capacity of CPU 
• Capacity of micro processor 
• The number of data lines it contains
• The system software 

Question#87: Who is the founding father of Hotmail? 

• Larry Page and Sergey Brin 
• Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith 
• Jerry Yang and David Filo
• None of these 

Question#88: Who is the founding father of Yahoo? 

• Larry Page and Sergey Brin 
• Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith
• Jerry Yang and David Filo 
• None of these 

Question#89: Who is the founding father of Google? 

• Larry Page and Sergey Brin
• Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith 
• Jerry Yang and David Filo 
• None of these 

Question#90: British scientist Tim Berners-Lee was the founder of? 

• Google Company 
• Yahoo mail 
• World Wide Web
• Hotmail 

Question#91: Who is considered to be the first programmer? 

• Ada Lovelace
• Alan Turing 
• Tim Berners Lee 
• Bill Gates 

Question#92: Who was one of the original founder of Intel Corporation? 

• Bill Gates 
• Jerry Yang 
• Gordon E Moore
• Sergey Brinn 

Question#93: The medium is used by input drive light pen for graphical input is? 

• Interpreter 
• Binary coded 
• CRT screen
• Flow Chart 

Question#94: SMPS stands for? 

• Switch mode power supply
• Switch model power supply 
• Switch medium power supply 
• Search mode power supply 

Question#95: UPS stands for? 

• Uninterrupted Power Supply
• Uninterrupted Popular Supply 
• Urgent Power Supply 
• Uninterrupted Power Search 

Question#96: A small Silicon object which contains microscopic circuitry is termed as? 

• Processor 
• Microchip
• Transistor 
• Chipboard  

Question#97:  The sampling rate for a CD is? 

• 44.1 kHz
• 48.4 kHz 
• Both a and b 
• None of these 

Question#98: What is degauss? 

• Creating magnetic media 
• Erasing magnetic media
• Both a and b 
• None of the above 

Question#99: When you are working on a document on PC where is the document temporarily stored? 

• RAM
• ROM 
• Flash memory 
• CPU

Question#100: The resolution of printer is measured in? 

• Dots per inch
• Inches 
• Both a and b 
• None of these.