Practice Quiz set 3 - general awareness mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Which one of the following was the top exporter company of software in 2001 in India ?
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Tata Consultancy Services emerged as the country’s No. 1 software exporter in 2001-02 with an export earning of Rs. 3,882 crore.
Infosys occupied the second position with Rs. 2,553 crore while Wipro was the third-largest software exporter with export revenue of Rs. 2,298 crore.
Q-2) A bug in a programme is a/an
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A bug in a program is an error.
Q-3) Money transfer through mobile is called __________.
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Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) is an instant interbank electronic fund transfer service through mobile phones. The customer should have a sufficient account balance to initiate a fund transfer through this method.
Unlike NEFT and RTGS, the service is available 24×7 throughout the year including bank holidays.
Q-4) Which circuit is used to store one bit of data ?
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In electronics, a flip-flop or latch is a circuit that has two stable states and can be used to store state information. A flip-flop store a single bit (binary digit) of data; one of its two states represents a “one” and the other represents a “zero”.
Such data storage can be used for storage of state, and such a circuit is described as sequential logic. When used in a finite-state machine, the output and next state depend not only on its current input but also on its current state.
Q-5) Where is India’s super computer ‘PARAM’ located ?
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PARAM is a series of supercomputers designed and assembled by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune, India. The latest machine in the series is the PARAM Yuva. PARAM 8000, which was installed in 1991, is considered as India’s first supercomputer.
Q-6) The cloud computing is based on:
- Software as a service mode.
- Users should pay scheme.
- Common objective of all the users.
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Cloud computing comes into focus only when you think about what IT always needs: a way to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software.
Cloud computing encompasses any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that, in real-time over the Internet, extends IT’s existing capabilities.
Q-7) Identify the LIFO (Last In First Out) structure among the following:
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In computer science, LIFO refers to the way items stored in some types of data structures are processed. A LIFO structure can be illustrated with the example of a stack of trays.
The term in computing generally refers to the abstract principles of list processing and temporary storage, particularly when there is a need to access the data in limited amounts, and in a certain order.
Q-8) In a Database Managemnt System (DBMS), the content and the location of the data is defined by the ____.
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In a Database Management System (DBMS), the content and the location of the data is defined by the Metadata. Metadata is “data about data”.
It assists in resource discovery by allowing resources to be found by relevant criteria, identifying resources, bringing similar resources together, distinguishing dissimilar resources, and giving location information.
Q-9) To read a CD-ROM disc, you need a
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Data is stored on the disc as a series of microscopic indentations. A laser is shone onto the reflective surface of the disc to read the pattern of pits and lands.
Because the depth of the pits is approximately one-quarter to one-sixth of the wavelength of the laser light used to read the disc, the reflected beam's phase is shifted in relation to the incoming beam, causing destructive interference and reducing the reflected beam's intensity. This pattern of changing the intensity of the reflected beam is converted into binary data.
Q-10) As announced by the Finance Minister in his Budget speech on 28th February 2011, with a view to assisting States in modernising their stamp and registration administration, E-stamping is expected to be rolled out in all the districts of different States in a period of
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Finance Minister in his Budget speech on 28th February 2011 said that “Five years ago, we took an initiative to introduce a modern and people-friendly e-stamping facility in the country. Only six states have introduced this system so far.
I propose to launch a new scheme with an outlay of Rs 300 crore to provide assistance to States to modernise their stamp and registration administration and roll out stamping in all the districts in the next three years.”