Himachal Pradesh General Knowledge-67

                 1.       Which among the following is the oldest railway line of Himachal Pradesh?

a.       Pathankot-Jogindernagar

b.      Nangal-Una

c.       Kalka-Shimla

d.      None of these

                  2.       Only broad-gauge railway line in Himachal Pradesh is

a.       Pathankot-Jogindernagar

b.      Nangal-Una

c.       Kalka-Shimla

d.      Chandigarh-Baddi

                  3.       Which among the following is not a heritage village

a.       Kalpa

b.      Ribba

c.       Pragpur

d.      Rajgarh

                  4.       First Airport of Himachal Pradesh is:

a.       Gaggal

b.      Bhuntar

c.       Jubbal Hatti

d.      None of these

                  5.       Biggest Airport of Himachal Pradesh:

a.       Gaggal

b.      Bhuntar

c.       Jubbal Hatti

d.      None of these

                  6.       Which national highway covers the largest span in Himachal Pradesh?

a.       NH-22

b.      NH-21

c.       NH-23

d.      Nh-24

                  7.       Largest apple producing district in H.P.:

a.       Kullu

b.      Kinnaur

c.       Shimla

d.      Solan

                  8.       Where is the first international standard cricket ground in H.P.:

a.       Chail

b.      Bilaspur

c.       Mandi

d.      Dharamshala

                  9.       When the first train was reached Shima?

a.       1902

b.      1903

c.       1904

d.      1908

                  10.   Which among the following is the first female Governor of H.P.?

a.       Prathiba Rao

b.      Urmila Singh

c.       Sheela Kaul

d.      Sheela Dixit

Computer Awareness-71

1. Cache memory is–
Smaller and faster than main storage
Bigger and slower than main storage
Smaller but slower than main memory
Bigger and faster than main memory

2. Which multiplexing technique transmits analog signals?
FDM
synchronous TDM
asynchronous TDM
2 and 3

3. Cache memory–
Is a Static RAM
Increases the speed of processing by making current programs and data available to the CPU at a rapid rate
Both 1. and 2. are true
Both 1. and 2. are false

4. ____ is the process that transforms data such as voice, text, graphics, audio, and video into digital form.
Wireless data transmission
Digitization
Convergence
Analog transfer

5. A unit for measuring data transmission speed that describes the capacity of a carrier is referred as–
Baud
Bit
Bond
All of the above

6. ____ is a technique that is used to send more than one call over a single line.
Multiplexing
Streaming
Buffering
Downloading

7. What is MP3 ?
mouse
Printer
Sound format
Scanner

8. A directory within a directory is called—
Mini Directory
Junior Directory
Part Directory
Sub Directory

9. An expansion board that provides the electronic components to make a connection between a computer and a network is called a ____.
multiplexer
modem
network interface card ( NIC)
Mother board

10. How are data organized in a spreadsheet?
lines and spaces
layers and planes
paragraphs
columns and rows

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Himachal Pradesh General Knowledge-66

1. Which district in Himachal is known as "Varanasi of hills"?
a. Chamba
b. Kangra
c. Sirmaur
d. Mandi

2. Which district of Himachal Pradesh is the largest producer of fish?
a. Chamba
b. Kangra
c. Bilaspur
d. Shimla

3. What is the main subject of Kangra Paintings?
a. Nature
b. Animals
c. Lord Shiva
d. Radha-Krishna

4. Which river originates from Chandernahan Lake or Rohru tehsil?
a. Yamuna
b. Pabbar
c. Giri
d. Tons

5. Whose painting is “Kangra Bride”?
a. Ram Prashad
b. Saraswati Prashad
c. Sobha Singh
d. Khushwant Singh

6. When was Gaiety Theatre constructed in Shimla?
a. 1887
b. 1890
c. 1882
d. 1880

7. HPPSC, HPU and Himachal High Court were established in:
a. 1969
b. 1970
c. 1971
d. 1972

8. What is the length if Pong Dam?
a. 28 Km.
b. 37 Km.
c. 67 Km.
d. 42 Km.

9. Pong Dam is also known as:
a. Sardar Sarovar Dam
b. Govind Sagar Dam
c. Pandoh Dam
d. Maharana Pratap Sagar Dam

10. In which mountain range does Rohtang Pass situated?
a. Zanskar Mountain Range
b. Pir Panjal Mountain Range
c. Dhauladhar Mountain Range
d. Solasingi Mountain Range

Himachal Pradesh General Knowledge-65

1. Dalhousie an important attraction of the tourist place in Himachal is named in 19 century upon:
a. British Governor Lord Dalhousie.
b. British Governor Lord Karson.
c. Queen Victoria
d. Sikander Lodi

2. Institute of Himalayan Bio-resource Technology situated in:
a. Himrpur
b. Palampur
c. Shimla
d. Dharamsala

3. Who is the chairman of HPPSC.
a. D Subbaro
b. Ajay Makaan
c. K S Tomar
d. C.M. Sharma

4. Name of Previous Governor of Himachal Pradesh
a. Urmila Singh
b. Prabha Rau
c. Sheela Dixit
d. Hema rani

5. Who was the first Speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly:
a. Sh. Jaiwant Ram
b. Sh. Yeshwant Singh Parmar
c. Sh. Trilok Chand
d. Smt. Urmila Singh

6. How many Sanskrit College in Himachal Pradesh affiliated to HPU?
a. 13
b. 36
c. 20
d. 18

7. Which son of Amar Singh Thapa  defeated the Raja Karmprakash of Sirmaur in 1809?
a. Bhakti Thapa
b. Banjar Singh
c. Ranjaur Singh
d. Jubbal Thapa

8. In which district was Himachal’s first music studio, “Sound of Mountains” established in the year 1986?
a. Mandi
b. Kangra
c. Shimla
d. Hamirpur

9. Whichdistrict have largest Post Offices in Himachal Pradesh?
a. Kangra
b. Hamirpur
c. Sirmaur
d. Shimla

10. According to Hindu mythological who was the wife of  King Himachal?
a. Mainawati
b. Lilawati
c. Senawati
d. none of these

Computer Awareness-70

1. If you want to connect to your own computer through the Internet from another location, you can use–
e-mail
FTP
instant message
Telnet

2. Which one of the following is not an application software package
Redhat Linux
Open Office
Adobe PageMaker
Microsoft Office

3. A monitor's ...... is the distance between the holes in the mask behind the screen. This helps determine how sharp the dots appear.
refresh rate
colour depth
dot pitch
resolution

4. Each model of a computer has a unique
Assembly language
High level language
Machine language
All of the above

5. Which of the following circuit is used as a 'Memory device' in computers?
Rectifier
Comparator
Flip-Flop
Attenuator

6. First layer in the OSI reference model is
Data link
Network
Physical
Application

7. The octal system is a number system to the base .............
2
4
8
16

8. What type of keys are 'ctrl and shift' ?
adjustment
function
modifier
alphanumeric

9. .............. is the process of carrying out commands
Fetching
Storing
Executing
Decoding

10. What are the two parts of an E-mail address ?
User name and street address
Legal name and phone number
User name and domain name
Initials and password

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Computer Awareness-69

1. Access-control based on a person's fingerprints is an example of………………
biometric identification
characteristic identification
characteristic security
fingerprint security

2. The computer's capability of distinguishing spoken words is called ………………
voice analysis
speech acknowledgement
voice recognition
speech interpretation

3. The issues that deal with the collection and use of data about individuals is ………………
access
publicity
accuracy
privacy

4. ……….are 'attempts by individuals to obtain confidential information from you by falsifying their identity.
Phishing
Computer viruses
Spyware scams
Viruses

5. Part number, part description, and number of parts ordered are examples of–
feedback
control
input
output

6. ………is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors.
Tracking
Allotting
Crashing
Formatting

7. Grouping and processing all of a firm's transactions at one time is called–
a database management system
batch processing
a real-time system
an on-line system

8. The………enables you to simultaneously keep multiple Web pages open in one browser window.
tab box
pop-up helper
tab row
address bar

9. What displays the address of the active cell in Excel ?
Name box
Row Headings
Formula bar
Task pane

10. Video processors consist of……….and………., which store and process images.
CPU and VGA
CPU and memory
VGA and memory
VGI and DVI

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Computer Awareness-68

1. ASCII File is
Document file in the universally recognized text format
Word processor
System file
All of the above

2. ASCII-8 is:
An extended version of ASCII-7
Is a 8-bit code
Both 1. and 2. are true
Both 1. and 2. are false

3. A program that translates mnemonic statements into executable instructions is referred as:
Software
Assembler
Translator
All of the above

4. An algebra that deals with logical propositions which are either true or false is referred as–
Boolean algebra
Modern Algebra
Abstract Algebra
None of these

5. Bandwidth is–
The range of frequencies available for data transmission
Data transmission rate
Alternate for rubber band
All of the above

6. A coding structure in which characters are represented by means of a series of parallel bars is:
Bar code
Menu bar
Numeric bar
None of these

7. Buffer is device/storage area–
Where data are temporarily stored
Where data is permanently stored
Where data error occurs
None of these

8. A network geometric arrangement in which a single connecting line is shared by a number of nodes is called–
Car Topology
Bus Topology
Mesh Topology
Star Topology

9. Circuits that provide a communication path between two or more devices of a digital computer system is:
Car
Sector
Bus
Track

10. The total number of digits (symbols) available to represent numbers in a positional number system is referred as–
Number system
Base
Power
None of these

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Computer Awareness-67

1. To identification particular location in storage area one have a:
Address
Password
Logic
Mouse

2. One of the components of central Processing Unit (CPU) of the computer that performs mathematical and logical operations is:
ALU
Address register
Accumulator
Assembler

3. The concept that one can disconnect peripherals and plug them in without letting computer shut down or reconfigure the system is referred as:
Hot plugging
Cold plugging
Auto plugging
None of these

4. A local storage area also called a register, in which the result of an arithmetic or logic operation is formed, is:
Accumulator
Address
Algorithm
All of the above

5. Computer that operates on data which is in the form of continuously variable physical quantities–
Digital computer
Analog computer
Mechanical computer
All of the above

6. ANSI is:
American National Standards Institute
A USA based national organization that establishes uniform standards in several fields of computers.
Both A and B
None of these

7. The overall design, construction, organization and interconnecting of the various components of a computer system is referred as:
Computer Architecture
Computer Flow chart
Computer Algorithm
All of the above

8. Archive is:
Backup storage
Forward operation
Primary storage
All of the above

9. A branch of computer science that deals with computers that possess reasoning, learning and thinking capabilities that resemble those of human beings is recognized as:
Software engineering
Artificial intelligence
Hardware engineering
All of the above

10. ASCII is:
A standard coding system for computers
Hardware device
Software
All of the above

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Computer Awareness-66

1. ______Is the most widely used medium for telecommunications
Twisted Pair
Coaxial Cable
Optical Fiber
None
2. ______is a collection of conceptual tools for describing data, data relationships, data semantics and constraints
Data base
Data Model
E_R Model
None
3. All candidate keys excluding the primary key are known as
Compound key
Partial key
Alternative key
None
4. ____is the language that enable user to access or manipulate data as organized by appropriate data model
DML
SDL
DDL
All of the above
5. Association among two or more entities called
Entity
Entity set
Relationship
Degree of relation
6. The user commands that are used to interact with a database is called as
Query
Interaction
Command
Instruction
7. ____ is the keyboard shortcut key to close a running program
Alt+F7
Alt+F4
Alt+F6
Alt+F5
8. Superscript in MS-Word refers to____
Characters displayed below the line of the normal text
Characters displayed above the line of the normal text
Both (a) and (b)
None
9. In Assembly language–
Mnemonics are used to code operations
Alphanumeric symbols are used for addresses
Language lies between high-level language and machine
All of the above
10. The following computer’s memory is characterized by low cost per bit stored:
Buffer
Cache
Primary
Secondary
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