1000+ Computer Fundamental MCQ for NEET PG [Solved]

1. Who is the father of personal computer?
A. Edward Robert
B. Allen Turing
C. Charles Babbage
D. None of these
Answer : A

2. Which electronic component was made out of semiconductor material?
A. Vacuum tubes
B. Transistors
C. ICs
D. All of above
Answer : C

3. Which of the following processors use RISC technology?
A. 486dx
B. Power PC
C. 486sx
D. 6340
Answer : B

4. What is the path from which data flow in a computer system is known as
A. Car
B. Bus
C. Truck
D. Road
Answer : B

5. A computer program that converts an entire program into machine language is called a/an
A. Interpreter
B. Simulator
C. Compiler
D. Commander
Answer : C

6. Symbolic logic was discovered by
A. George Boole
B. Herman Hollerith
C. Van Neumann
D. Basic Pascal
Answer : A

7. Which of the following helps to protect floppy disks from data getting accidentally erased?
A. Access notch
B. Write-protect notch
C. Entry notch
D. Input notch
Answer : B

8. Which is the highest form?
A. Data
B. Information
C. Knowledge
D. All of above
Answer : C

9. Which of the following are input devices?
A. Keyboard
B. Mouse
C. Card reader
D. Any of these
Answer : D

10. The brain of any computer system is
A. Control Unit
B. Arithmetic Logic Unit
C. Central Processing Unit
D. Storage Unit
Answer : C

11. Computer operators
A. writes computer programs for specific problems
B. operate the device which input and output data from the computer
C. normally require a college degree in computer science
D. all of the above
Answer : B

12. Software in computer
A. Enhances the capabilities of the hardware machine
B. Increase the speed of central processing unit
C. Both of above
D. None of above
Answer : A

13. A storage area used to store data to a compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is
A. Memory
B. Buffer
C. Accumulator
D. Address
Answer : B

14. Reading data is performed in magnetic disk by
A. Read/write leads
B. Sectors
C. Track
D. Lower surface
Answer : A

15. The computer code for the interchange of information between terminals is
A. ASCII
B. BCD
C. EBCDIC
D. All of above
Answer : A

16. The notable features like keyboards, monitors, GUI were developed in
A. First generation
B. Second generation
C. Third generation
D. Fourth generation
Answer : C

17. The primary advantage of key-to-tape data entry system is
A. A large percentage of editing can be performed at the time of data entry
B. Key verification is easily performed
C. The tape is reusable
D. Keying errors can be detected as they occur.
Answer : C

18. Select the Odd one
A. Operating system
B. Interpreter
C. Compiler
D. Assembler
Answer : A

19. ASCII and EBCDIC are the popular character coding systems. What does ASCII stand for?
A. American Stable Code for International Interchange
B. American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange
C. American Standard Code for Information Interchange
D. American Standard Code for Interchange Information
Answer : C

20. Where does most data go first with in a computer memory hierarchy?
A. RAM
B. ROM
C. BIOS
D. CACHE
Answer : A

21. One of the main feature that distinguish microprocessors from micro-computer is
A. Words are usually large in microprocessors
B. Words are shorter in microprocessors
C. Microprocessor does not contain I/O device
D. Exactly the same as the machine cycle time
Answer : C

22. Which of the following programming language started from second generation?
A. LISP
B. C
C. QBASIC
D. FORTRAN
Answer : D

23. CPU speed of a personal computer is
A. 32 KIPS
B. 100 KIPS
C. 1 MIPS
D. None of these
Answer : B

24. An online backing storage system capable of storing larger quantities of data is
A. CPU
B. Memory
C. Mass storage
D. Secondary storage
Answer : C

25. Programs designed to perform specific tasks is known as
A. system software
B. application software
C. utility programs
D. operating system
Answer : B

26. Which is the limitation of high level language?
A. Lower efficiency
B. Machine dependence
C. Machine level coding
D. none of above
Answer : A

27. A byte consists of
A. One bit
B. Four bits
C. Eight bits
D. Sixteen bits
Answer : C

28. In a computer, most processing takes place in
A. Memory
B. RAM
C. motherboard
D. CPU
Answer : D

29. When a file is saved for the first time
A. a copy is automatically printed
B. it must be given a name to identify it
C. it does not need a name
D. it only needs a name if it is not going to be printed
Answer : B

30. The task of performing operations like arithmetic and logical operations is called
A. Processing
B. Storing
C. Editing
D. Sorting
Answer : A

31. Which of the following required large computer memory?
A. Imaging
B. Graphics
C. Voice
D. All of above
Answer : D

32. First page of Website is termed as-
A. Homepage
B. Index
C. JAVA script
D. Bookmark
Answer : A

33. The first electronic general purpose digital computer built by Eckert and Mauchly called ENIAC did not work on the stored program concept. How many numbers could it store in its internal memory?
A. 100
B. 20
C. 40
D. 80
Answer : B

34. Basic is _____ language.
A. a procedural
B. an object oriented
C. both A and B
D. none of the above
Answer : A

35. Who built the world's first electronic calculator using telephone relays, light bulbs and batteries?
A. Claude Shannon
B. Konrard Zues
C. George Stibits
D. Howard H. Aiken
Answer : C

36. A computer which CPU speed around 100 million instruction per second and with the word length of around 64 bits is known as
A. Super computer
B. Minicomputer
C. Micro computer
D. Macro computer
Answer : A

37. The Third Generation Computer was made with .
A. Vacuum Tube
B. Discrete Components
C. IC
D. Bio Chips
Answer : C

38. ALU is
A. Arithmetic Logic Unit
B. Array Logic Unit
C. Application Logic Unit
D. None of above
Answer : A

39. What was the expected feature of fifth generation computers when Japan started FGCS?
A. Operating Systems
B. Parallel Processing
C. ULSI
D. None of above
Answer : B

40. The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal's computer is an example of a law enforcement speciality called:
A. robotics
B. simulation
C. computer forensics
D. animation
Answer : C

41. Word length of a Personal Computer is
A. 4 bits
B. 8 bits
C. 16 bits
D. 64 bits
Answer : B

42. What are the stages in the compilation process?
A. Feasibility study, system design and testing
B. Implementation and documentation
C. Lexical Analysis, syntax analysis, and code generation
D. None of the above
Answer : C

43. Which of the following computer is not invented by J.P. Eckert and John Mauchly?
A. ENIAC
B. EDVAC
C. UNIVAC
D. EDSAC
Answer : D

44. A storage area used to store data to a compensate for the difference in speed at which the different units can handle data is
A. Memory
B. Buffer
C. Accumulator
D. Address
Answer : B

45. Is an OOP principle
A. Structured programming
B. Procedural programming
C. Inheritance
D. Linking
Answer : C

46. Who is the chief of Microsoft
A. Babbage
B. Bill Gates
C. Bill Clinton
D. none of these
Answer : B

47. An IBM system/38 represents the computer class of:
A. Small-scale computer
B. Medium-scale computer
C. Large-scale computer
D. Super computer
Answer : A

48. A device that connects to a network without the use of cables is said to be-
A. Distributed
B. free
C. centralized
D. none of these
Answer : D

49. IBM System/360 is
A. Mainframe Computer
B. Mini Computers
C. Micro Computers
D. None of above
Answer : A

50. Regarding a VDU, Which statement is more correct?
A. It is an output device
B. It is an input device
C. It is a peripheral device
D. It is hardware item
Answer : C