25 GK Questions and Answers on Information Technology

1. Who developed the first all electronic computers by 1940?

(a) Clifford Bery (b) George Boole

(c) Atanasuff and Berry (d) John V. Atanasoff

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2. The High voltage level of a digital signal in positive logic is: (a) 0 (b) 1

(c) either 0 or 1 (d) None of these

3. The Gateway Internet Access Services (GIAS) of India is situated in (a) Delhi (b) Mumbai

(c) Chandigarh (d) Madurai

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4. Octal 6 is equal to decimal:

(a) 14 (b) 16

(c) 15 (d) 13

5. In decimal system the base or radix is: (a) 1 (b) 0

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(c) 10 (d) None of these

6. Which logic gate is similar to the function of two series switches? (a) NOR (b) OR

(c) AND (d) NAND

7. How many flip flops are needed for a 4 bit counter? (a) three (b) four

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(c) six (d) None of these

8. Which of the following is not a HIGH LEVEL computer programming language?

(a) COBOL (b) FORTRAN

(c) MODEM (d) None of these

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9. A device with slowest switching speed is: (a) Nixie tubes (b) LED

(c) LCD (d) None of these

10. The connecting leads in an IC chip are made of: (a) Aluminium (b) Silicon

(c) Calcium (d) None of these

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11. A memory used for storing variable quantities is: (a) RAM (b) EPROM

(c) ROM (d) PROM

12. Which of the following is the minimum error code? (a) Gray code (b) Octal code

(c) Binary code (d) None of these

13. Which of the following is a temporary memory?

(a) ROM (b) RAM

(b) Both (d) None of these

14. Which of the following uses the least power?

(a) ECL (b) CMOS chip

(c) TTL (d) None of these

15. Out of LCD and LED which display consumes the least power?

(a) LED (b) LCD

(c) Both consume same power (d) None of these

16. The decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number ES is:

(a) 327 (b) 229

(c) 279 (d) None of these

17. Which logic gate is similar to the function of two parallel switches?

(a) NAND (b) AND

(c) OR (d) NOR

18. A type of memory chip whose contents can be quickly changed by the computer at any time is called

(a) VDT (b) RUM

(c) ROM (d) RAM

19. The number of levels in a digital signal is

(a) One (b) Two

(c) Four (d) None of these

20. A device that converts from decimal to binary number is called:

(a) Encoder (b) Decoder

(c) Convenor (d) None of these

21. ‘Mega Bytes’ is the unit for measuring which of the following:

(a) Density of population

(b) Intensity of earthquakes

(c) Memory capacity of a computer

(d) None of these

22. The radix of a hexa decimal system is:

(a) 8 (b) 3 (d) 16 (d) 2

23. A logic circuit corresponding to – ‘sign’ is:

(a) NAND gate (b) AND gate (c) NOR gate (d) OR gate

24. When family of logic circuits uses field effect transistors?

(a) CMOS (b) TTL

(c) Both ‘A or ‘B’ (d) None of these

25. Which of the following stands for one million floating point operations a second?

(a) Floating Point (b) Megaflops

(c) Nanflops (d) Speed

Answers

1. (c) 8. (c) 15. (b) 22. (a)

2. (b) 9. (c) 16. (b) 23. (c)

3. (b) 10. {a) 17. (c) 24. (a)

4. (a) 11. (a) 18. {d) 25. (b)

5. (c) 12. (a) 19. (b)

6. (b) 13. (b) 20. (a)

7. (b) 14. {b) 21. (c)