Computer Basics MCQ Quiz

Q1. What is a computer?

A) Machine for cooking

B) Electronic data processing device

C) Mechanical calculator

D) Storage device

Q2. CPU stands for:

A) Central Process Unit

B) Central Processing Unit

C) Control Processing Unit

D) Computer Power Unit

Q3. Which is an input device?

A) Monitor

B) Keyboard

C) Printer

D) Speaker

Q4. Which is an output device?

A) Mouse

B) Keyboard

C) Monitor

D) Scanner

Q5. Brain of computer:

A) RAM

B) CPU

C) Hard disk

D) GPU

Q6. Temporary memory:

A) ROM

B) RAM

C) HDD

D) SSD

Q7. Permanent memory:

A) RAM

B) Cache

C) ROM

D) Register

Q8. Binary system uses:

A) 0–9

B) 0–7

C) 0–1

D) A–F

Q9. 1 byte =

A) 4 bits

B) 8 bits

C) 16 bits

D) 2 bits

Q10. Software is:

A) Physical part

B) Programs

C) Hardware

D) Wires

Q11. OS stands for:

A) Operating System

B) Open System

C) Optical System

D) Output System

Q12. Example of OS:

A) MS Word

B) Windows

C) Chrome

D) Excel

Q13. ALU performs:

A) Storage

B) Arithmetic & logic

C) Input

D) Output

Q14. Input unit does:

A) Displays

B) Accepts data

C) Stores

D) Processes

Q15. Hard disk is:

A) Primary memory

B) Secondary memory

C) Cache

D) Register

Q16. Which is volatile?

A) ROM

B) HDD

C) RAM

D) SSD

Q17. GUI means:

A) Graphical User Interface

B) General User Input

C) Graphic Unit Interface

D) Global User Interface

Q18. Example of application software:

A) Windows

B) Linux

C) MS Word

D) BIOS

Q19. BIOS is:

A) Software

B) Hardware

C) Firmware

D) Input

Q20. Cache memory is:

A) Slow

B) Secondary

C) Fast memory

D) Permanent

Q21. Internet is:

A) LAN

B) WAN

C) MAN

D) PAN

Q22. WWW stands for:

A) World Wide Web

B) Web Wide World

C) World Web Wide

D) Wide Web World

Q23. Browser example:

A) Word

B) Chrome

C) Excel

D) Paint

Q24. Email stands for:

A) Electronic Mail

B) Easy Mail

C) Electric Mail

D) Extra Mail

Q25. URL means:

A) Uniform Resource Locator

B) Universal Resource Link

C) Uniform Random Link

D) User Resource Locator

Q26. HTTP stands for:

A) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

B) High Transfer Protocol

C) Hyper Tool Protocol

D) None

Q27. Search engine:

A) Google

B) Word

C) Excel

D) Paint

Q28. ISP provides:

A) Software

B) Internet

C) Hardware

D) Storage

Q29. Download means:

A) Upload data

B) Receive data

C) Delete data

D) Process data

Q30. Upload means:

A) Receive

B) Send data

C) Delete

D) Store

Q31. Email address format:

A) name@domain

B) domain@name

C) name.domain

D) domain.name

Q32. Virus spreads via:

A) Email

B) USB

C) Internet

D) All

Q33. Firewall is:

A) Hardware

B) Security system

C) Software

D) Both B & C

Q34. FTP is:

A) File Transfer Protocol

B) Fast Transfer Protocol

C) File Text Program

D) None

Q35. Modem is used for:

A) Storage

B) Internet connection

C) Printing

D) Input

Q36. LAN means:

A) Large Area Network

B) Local Area Network

C) Logical Area Network

D) Long Area Network

Q37. IP address identifies:

A) User

B) Device

C) Software

D) Data

Q38. Website is:

A) File

B) Collection of pages

C) Program

D) App

Q39. Social media example:

A) Facebook

B) Excel

C) Word

D) Paint

Q40. Cloud computing means:

A) Storage on internet

B) Local storage

C) RAM

D) ROM

Q41. HTML stands for:

A) Hyper Text Markup Language

B) High Text Language

C) Hyper Tool Language

D) None

Q42. HTML is:

A) Programming language

B) Markup language

C) OS

D) Software

Q43. Basic tag:

A) <html>

B) <body>

C) <head>

D) All

Q44. Title tag:

A) <title>

B) <head>

C) <body>

D) <meta>

Q45. Paragraph tag:

A) <p>

B) <h1>

C) <br>

D) <hr>

Q46. Line break:

A) <br>

B) <p>

C) <hr>

D) <div>

Q47. Heading tag:

A) <h1>

B) <p>

C) <br>

D) <title>

Q48. Hyperlink tag:

A) <a>

B) <link>

C) <url>

D) <href>

Q49. Image tag:

A) <img>

B) <pic>

C) <image>

D) <src>

Q50. Attribute example:

A) href

B) src

C) alt

D) All

Q61. MS Word is:

A) Spreadsheet

B) Word processor

C) DBMS

D) Browser

Q62. Save shortcut:

A) Ctrl+S

B) Ctrl+C

C) Ctrl+V

D) Ctrl+X

Q63. Copy:

A) Ctrl+X

B) Ctrl+C

C) Ctrl+V

D) Ctrl+Z

Q64. Paste:

A) Ctrl+C

B) Ctrl+V

C) Ctrl+X

D) Ctrl+Z

Q65. Undo:

A) Ctrl+Z

B) Ctrl+Y

C) Ctrl+S

D) Ctrl+P

Q66. Excel is:

A) Word processor

B) Spreadsheet

C) DBMS

D) Browser

Q67. Cell address example:

A) A1

B) 1A

C) AA

D) 11

Q68. Formula starts with:

A) =

B) +

C) -

D) *

Q69. SUM function:

A) Adds

B) Subtracts

C) Multiplies

D) Divides

Q70. PowerPoint is used for:

A) Typing

B) Presentation

C) Calculation

D) Coding

Q71. Which function is used to count numbers in Excel?

A) SUM()

B) COUNT()

C) AVG()

D) MAX()

Q72. Which function finds minimum value?

A) MIN()

B) MAX()

C) SUM()

D) COUNT()

Q73. Which function multiplies values?

A) SUM()

B) PRODUCT()

C) AVG()

D) MAX()

Q74. In Excel, formula for addition:

A) =A1-A2

B) =A1*A2

C) =A1+A2

D) =A1/A2

Q75. Workbook in Excel means:

A) Single cell

B) File with sheets

C) Only chart

D) Table

Q76. Worksheet is:

A) Entire file

B) Single page of Excel

C) Chart

D) Formula

Q77. PowerPoint slide contains:

A) Text only

B) Images only

C) Text, images, multimedia

D) Numbers only

Q78. Animation in PowerPoint is used to:

A) Delete slide

B) Add motion effects

C) Save file

D) Print

Q79. Transition is applied to:

A) Text

B) Slide change

C) Image

D) Table

Q80. Slide sorter view is used to:

A) Edit text

B) Arrange slides

C) Insert image

D) Print slides

Q81. In MS Word, Ctrl + B is used for:

A) Bold

B) Italic

C) Underline

D) Save

Q82. Ctrl + I is:

A) Bold

B) Italic

C) Underline

D) Print

Q83. Ctrl + U is:

A) Undo

B) Underline

C) Update

D) Upload

Q84. Header appears:

A) Bottom of page

B) Top of page

C) Middle

D) Nowhere

Q85. Footer appears:

A) Top

B) Bottom

C) Middle

D) Side

Q86. MS Excel row is:

A) Vertical

B) Horizontal

C) Diagonal

D) None

Q87. MS Excel column is:

A) Horizontal

B) Vertical

C) Diagonal

D) None

Q88. Intersection of row and column is:

A) Table

B) Cell

C) Sheet

D) Chart

Q89. MAX() function does:

A) Minimum

B) Maximum

C) Average

D) Sum

Q90. AVERAGE() function does:

A) Sum

B) Multiply

C) Average

D) Divide

Q91. Chart in Excel is used for:

A) Writing

B) Visualization

C) Coding

D) Printing

Q92. Slide show shortcut:

A) F5

B) F1

C) F2

D) F12

Q93. New slide shortcut:

A) Ctrl + N

B) Ctrl + M

C) Ctrl + S

D) Ctrl + P

Q94. PowerPoint is used for:

A) Data storage

B) Presentations

C) Programming

D) Networking

Q95. Bullet points are used for:

A) Paragraph

B) Listing

C) Coding

D) Printing

Q96. Save As is used to:

A) Save file

B) Rename file

C) Save with new name

D) Delete file

Q97. File extension of Word:

A) .xls

B) .ppt

C) .docx

D) .txt

Q98. File extension of Excel:

A) .docx

B) .xlsx

C) .ppt

D) .exe

Q99. File extension of PowerPoint:

A) .pptx

B) .docx

C) .xlsx

D) .pdf

Q100. MS Office is:

A) Hardware

B) Software suite

C) OS

D) Browser