MCQ ON Information and communication Technology (ICT) UGC NET PAPER-1

Q1, Which of the following statements, regarding the term ICT is/are TRUE ?
P : ICT is an acronym that stands for Indian Classical Technology.
Q : Converging technologies that exemplify ICT include the merging of audio-visual,
telephone and computer networks through a common cabling system.
(1) P only
(2) Q only
(3) P and Q
(4) Neither P nor Q

Ans-(2) Q only

Q2,A new Laptop has been produced that weighs less, is smaller and uses less power than
previous Laptop models.
Which of the following technologies has been used to accomplish this ?
(1) Universal Serial Bus Mouse
(2) Faster Random Access Memory
(3) Blu Ray Drive
(4) Solid State Hard Drive

Answer: (4)
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Q3,Given the following email fields, which of the email addresses will ‘swami’ be able to see
when he receives the message ?
To… ram@test.com
Cc… raj@test.com; ravi@test.com
Bcc… swami@test.com; rama@test.com
(1) ram@test.com
(2) ram@test.com; raj@test.com; ravi@test.com
(3) ram@test.com; rama@test.com
(4) ram@test.com; rama@test.com; raj@test.com; ravi@test.com

Answer: (2)

Q4,Put the following units of storage into the correct order, starting with the smallest unit first
and going down to the largest unit :
(a) Kilobyte (b) Byte (c) Megabyte
(d) Terabyte (e) Gigabyte (f) Bit
Give your answer from the following code :
(1) (f), (b), (a), (c), (d), (e)
(2) (f), (b), (a), (d), (e), (c)
(3) (f), (b), (a), (c), (e), (d)
(4) (f), (b), (a), (d), (c), (e)

Answer: (1)       

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Q5,Which of the following domains is used for – profit businesses?
(1) .net
(2) .edu
(3) .com
(4) .org

Answer: (3)

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Q6,The data storage hierarchy consists of:
(1) Bits, bytes, fields, records, files and databases
(2) Bits, bytes, records, fields, files and databases
(3) Bits, bytes, fields, files, records and databases
(4) Bytes, bits, fields, records, files and databases

Answer: (1)

Q7, What is the full form of USB as used in computer-related activities?
(1) Universal Security Block
(2) Universal Serial Bus
(3) United Serial Bus
(4) Ultra Security Block

Answer: (2)

Q8, What is the name of a webpage address?
(1) Directory
(2) Protocol
(3) URL
(4) Domain

Answer: (3)

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Q9, Which of the following represents billion characters?
(1) Megabytes
(2) Kilobytes
(3) Gigabytes

Answer: (3
Q10,  Read the following two statements :

I : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is considered a subset of Information Technology (IT).
II : The ‘right to use’ a piece of software is termed as copyright. Which of the above statement(s) is/are CORRECT ?
(1) Both I and II
(2) Neither I nor II
(3) II only
(4) I only

Answer: (2)

Q11,Which of the following correctly lists computer memory types from highest to lowest speed ?
1) Secondary Storage; Main Memory (RAM); Cache Memory; CPU Registers
(2) CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Secondary Storage; Main Memory (RAM)
(3) CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Main Memory (RAM); Secondary Storage
(4) Cache Memory; CPU Registers; Main Memory (RAM); Secondary Storage

Answer: (2)
Q11, ________ is a type of memory circuitry that holds the computer’s start-up routine.
(1) RIM (Read Initial Memory)
(2) RAM (Random Access Memory)
(3) ROM (Read Only Memory)
(4) Cache Memory

Answer: (3)

Q12. NMEICT stands for :

(1) National Mission on Education through ICT
(2) National Mission on E-govemance through ICT
(3) National Mission on E-commerce through ICT
(4) National Mission on E-learning through ICT

Answer: (1)

Q13, Which of the following is an instant messaging application ?
(a) WhatsApp
(b) Google Talk
(c) Viber

Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(1) (a) and (b) only (2) (b) and (c) only
(3) (a) only
(4) (a), (b) and (c)

Answer: (4)

Q14. In a Computer a byte generally consists of :
(1) 4 bits (2) 8 bits (3) 16 bits (4) 10 bits

Answer: (2)

Q15. Which of the following is not an input device ?
(1) Microphone (2) Keyboard (3) Joystick (4) Monitor

Answer: (4)

Q16. Which of the following is an open source software ?
(1) MS Word (2) Windows (3) Mozilla Firefox (4) Acrobat Reader

Answer: (3)

Q17, Which of the following enables us to send the same letter to different persons in MS Word
(1) Mail join (2) Mail copy
(3) Mail insert (4) Mail merge

Answer: (4)
Q18,Read the following two statements :

I : Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is considered a subset of Information Technology (IT).
II : The ‘right to use’ a piece of software is termed as copyright. Which of the above statement(s) is/are CORRECT ?
(1) Both I and II
(2) Neither I nor II
(3) II only
(4) I only

Answer: (2)

Q19,Which of the following correctly lists computer memory types from highest to lowest speed ?
(1) Secondary Storage; Main Memory (RAM); Cache Memory; CPU Registers
(2) CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Secondary Storage; Main Memory (RAM)
(3) CPU Registers; Cache Memory; Main Memory (RAM); Secondary Storage
(4) Cache Memory; CPU Registers; Main Memory (RAM); Secondary Storage

Answer: (2)
 

Q20, Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE ?
S1 : The decimal number 11 is larger than the hexadecimal number 11.
S2 : In the binary number 1110.101, the fractional part has the decimal value as 0.625.
(1) S1 only
(2) S2 only
(3) Both S1 and S2
(4) Neither S1 nor S2
Answer: (2)

Q21, With regard to a word processing software, the process of combining static information in a publication together with variable information in a data source to create one merged publication is called
(1) Electronic mail
(2) Data sourcing
(3) Mail merge
(4) Spam mail

Answer: (3)

Q22, DVD technology uses an optical media to store the digital data. DVD is an acronym for
(1) Digital Vector Disc
(2) Digital Volume Disc
(3) Digital Versatile Disc
(4) Digital Visualization Disc
 

Answer: (3)

Q23, The statement “the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer Hardware” refers to
(1) Information Technology (IT)
(2) Information and Collaborative Technology (ICT)
(3) Information and Data Technology (IDT)
(4) Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Answer: (1)

Q24, If the binary equivalent of the decimal number 48 is 110000, then the binary equivalent of the decimal number 51 is given by

(1) 110011 (2) 110010 (3) 110001 (4) 110100

Answer: (1)

Q25, The process of copying files to a CD-ROM is known as
(1) Burning (2) Zipping (3) Digitizing (4) Ripping
Answer: (1)
4. An unsolicited e-mail message sent to many recipients at once is a
(1) Worm (2) Virus (3) Threat (4) Spam

Answer: (4)

Q26,An ASCII is a character-encoding scheme that is employed by personal computers in order to represent various characters, numbers and control keys mat the computer user selects on the keyboard. ASCII is an acronym for
(1) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
(2) American Standard Code for Intelligent Information
(3) American Standard Code for Information Integrity
(4) American Standard Code for Isolated Information

Answer: (1)

Q27. NMEICT stands for :
(1) National Mission on Education through ICT
(2) National Mission on E-govemance through ICT
(3) National Mission on E-commerce through ICT
(4) National Mission on E-learning through ICT
Answer: (1)

Q28. Which of the following is an instant messaging application ?
(a) WhatsApp
(b) Google Talk
(c) Viber
Select the correct answer from the codes given below :
(1) (a) and (b) only (2) (b) and (c) only
(3) (a) only
(4) (a), (b) and (c)

Answer: (4)

Q29. In a Computer a byte generally consists of :
(1) 4 bits (2) 8 bits (3) 16 bits (4) 10 bits
Answer: (2)

Q29. Which of the following is not an input device ?
(1) Microphone (2) Keyboard (3) Joystick (4) Monitor
Answer: (4)

Q30. Which of the following is an open source software ?
(1) MS Word (2) Windows (3) Mozilla Firefox (4) Acrobat Reader
Answer: (3)

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