Miscellaneous GK & Computers

What was GDP growth in 3rd quarter of Fiscal year: 2016-17?
A. 7.1%
B. 7.0%
C. 6.8%
D. Nota

ans: B. 7.0%

When is the world wetlands day observed?

A. February 1

B. February 2

C. February 3

D. February 4 

ans: B. February 2

Who is the CEO of world bank?

A. Jim Yong Kim

B. Kristalina Georgieva

C. Theresa May

D. Nota  

ans: B. Kristalina Georgieva

The first north-eastern state to join UDAY scheme is .....?

A. Nagaland

B.  Assam

C. Manipur

D. Nota 

ans: C. Manipur

What is the currency of Saudi-Arabia?

A. Riyal

B. Riel

C. Real

D. Nota  

ans: A. Riyal

Who is the chairman of CBDT?

A. Najib Shah

B. Sushil Chandra

C. Rajiv Jain

D. Nota 

ans: B. Sushil Chandra

Where is Lakhwar Dam located?

A. Jammu & Kashmir

B. Himachal Pradesh

C. Tamil-Nadu

D. Nota 

ans: D. Nota(Uttarakhand)

What is the name of capital of Argentina?

A. Buenos-Aires

B. Ottawa

C. Kuwait city

D. Nota 

ans: A. Buenos-Aires

Antonio-Costa is the Prime-Minister of .....?

A. North-Korea

B. Bangladesh

C. Portugal

D. Nota 

ans: C. Portugal

Which of the following is not a member of SAARC countries?

A. Malaysia

B. Maldives

C. Bhutan

D. Nota 

ans: A. Malaysia

Who has been appointed as the new MD and CEO of National Stock Exchange?

A. Ashok Lavasa 

B. Chitra Ramkrishna

C. Vikram Limaye

D. Anshula Kant 

ans: C. Vikram Limaye

What is the theme of the world cancer day 2017?

A. We can, I can

B. Together we can

C. Yes, we can 

D. None of these 

ans: A. We can, I can

Who is appointed as the US ambassador to UN?

A. Nikki Haley

B. Indira Nooyi

C. Theresa May

D. Condoleezza Rice

ans: A. Nikki Haley

Who won the Men's Single Australian Open 2017?

A. Roger Federer

B. Rafael Nadal

C. Somdev-Devvarman

D. Nota 

ans: A. Roger Federer

The government of which state has launched “Lakshya Bhagirathi” campaign to complete the 108 irrigation agricultural projects?

A. Telangana

B. Tamil-Nadu

C. Madhya-Pardesh

D. Chhattisgarh 

ans: D. Chhattisgarh

Who has been appointed as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director?

a) Anil Sinha

b) Alok Kumar Verma

c) Rakesh Asthana

d) U K Sinha

ans: b) Alok Kumar Verma

Who has been chosen as the new chief minister of Nagaland? 

[A] Shurhozelie Liezietsu

[B] TR Zeliang

[C] Mukul-Sangma 

[D]. Nota 

ans: [A] Shurhozelie Liezietsu

“Beyond the dream girl” is biography of ..... ?

A. Priyanka Chopra

B. Sonam Kapoor

C. Hema Malini 

D. Nota  

ans: C. Hema Malini 

... technology allows users to shift their computing activities to computers on the internet?

A. Cloud-Computing 

B. Centralized databases

C. Solid state storage

D. Nota 

ans: A. Cloud-Computing 

Converting the computer language of 1's and 0's to characters is called?

A. Selecting

B. Decoding

C. debugging

D. Spoofing 

ans: B. Decoding

Which system conversion involves running the old and new system?

A. Pilot conversion

B. Direct conversion

C. Phased conversion

D. Parallel conversion  

ans: D. Parallel conversion 

... is a group of servers that share work and may be able to back each other up if one server fails?

A. Tiger team

B. Channel bank

C. Cluster

D. Nota 

ans: C. Cluster

... defines how a particular pattern to be interpreted and what action is to be taken based on that information?

A. Sequence

B. Semantics

C. Syntax

D. Nota 

ans: B. Semantics

A major upgrade or revision of software is reflected in the use of?

A. Special symbols

B. Version letters

C. Decimal numbers

D. Whole numbers 

ans: D. Whole numbers

One character contains how many bytes?

A. 1

B. 8

C. 1024

D. Nota 

ans: A. 1

Documents converted to ....can be published to the web?

A) .doc file

B) http

C) machine language

D) html  

ans: D) html 

In which technique, data is stored in several disk units by breaking them into smaller pieces and storing each piece in separate disks?

A. RAID 

B. Spoofing 

C. Normalization 

D. Nota 

ans: A. RAID

A tool used to find a synonym or antonym for a particular word is called?

A. Dictionary

B. Spell check

C. Thesaurus 

D. Nota 

ans: C. Thesaurus

... is a technique of improving the priority of process waiting in queue for CPU allocation?

A. Thrashing

B. Ageing

C. Drive by download

D. Nota 

ans: B. Ageing

.... is a type of buffering?

A. Spooling

B. Spoofing 

C. Thrashing

D. Boot strapping 

ans: A. Spooling

... is a computer connected to two networks?

A. Server

B. Link

C. Gateway

D. Nota   

ans: C. Gateway

To free up space in your computer, choose a computer that has a small ...?

A. Cache

B. Hard-disk

C. Footprint

D. Nota 

ans: C. Footprint

The internet has resulted in a(n) ....communication costs?

A. Freeze of

B. Lowering of

C. increase in 

D. Nota 

ans: B. Lowering of

Hard disk drive is considered ... storage medium?

A. Volatile

B. Non-Volatile

C. Hybrid

D. Nota 

ans:  B. Non-Volatile

The simultaneous processing of two or more programs by multiple processors is ...?

A. Multiprogramming

B. Multitasking

C. Multiprocessing 

D. Nota   

ans: C. Multiprocessing

Grouping and processing all of a firm's transactions at one time is called...?

A. a database management system

B. batch processing

C. a real time system

D. an on-line system 

ans: B. batch processing

The ...enables you to simultaneously keep multiple web-pages open in one browser window?

A. Tab-box

B.  Pop-up helper

C. Tab-row

D. Address-bar 

ans: C. Tab-row

 ... powerpoint view displays each slide of the presentation as thumbnail and is useful for rearranging slides?

A. Slide sorter

B. Slide show

C. Slide Master

D. Nota 

ans: A. Slide sorter