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This post consists more than 100 questions from Information and Communication Technology (ICT) from previous years UGC NET papers. this will help you to understand the pattern of questions comes under this section. Generally 5 out 50 questions comes from Information and Communication Technology (ICT). New syllabus issued by the NTA is given in this post. this post also highlight the questions from each years. try to solve the questions.
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Information and Communication Technology
( 5 Questions out of 50)
ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
Digital initiatives in higher education.
ICT and Governance.
JULY 2016
1. 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)
2. 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
3. The process of copying files to a CD-ROM is known as
(1) Burning (2) Zipping (3) Digitizing (4) Ripping
4. An unsolicited e-mail message sent to many recipients at once is a
(1) Worm (2) Virus (3) Threat (4) Spam
5. ________ 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
6. 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
DECEMBER 2015
7. 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
8. 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)
9. In a Computer a byte generally consists of :
(1) 4 bits (2) 8 bits (3) 16 bits (4) 10 bits
10. Which of the following is not an input device ?
(1) Microphone (2) Keyboard (3) Joystick (4) Monitor
11. Which of the following is an open source software ?
(1) MS Word (2) Windows
(3) Mozilla Firefox (4) Acrobat Reader
12. 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
JUNE 2015
13. Encoding or scrambling data for transmission across a network is known as :
(1) Protection (2) Detection (3) Encryption (4) Decryption
14. Which of the following is not an output device ?
(1) Printer (2) Speaker (3) Monitor (4) Keyboard
15. Which of the following represents one billion characters ?
(1) Kilobyte (2) Megabyte (3) Gigabyte (4) Terabyte
16. Which of the following is not open source software ?
(1) Internet explorer (2) Fedora Linux
(3) Open office (4) Apache HTTP server
17. Which one of the following represents the binary equivalent of the decimal number 25 ?
(1) 10101 (2) 01101 (3) 11001 (4) 11011
18. Which is an instant messenger that is used for chatting ?
(1) Altavista (2) MAC (3) Microsoft Office (4) Google Talk
DECEMBER 2014
19. CSS stands for
(A) Cascading Style Sheets
(B) Collecting Style Sheets
(C) Comparative Style Sheets
(D) Comprehensive Style Sheets
20. MOOC stands for
(A) Media Online Open Course
(B) Massachusetts Open Online Course
(C) Massive Open Online Course
(D) Myrind Open Online Course
21. Binary equivalent of decimal number 35 is
(A) 100011 (B) 110001
(C) 110101 (D) 101011
22. gif. jpg, bmp, png are used as extensions for files which store
(A) audio data (B) image data (C) video data (D) text data
23. Symbols A-F are used in which one of the following ?
(A) Binary number system
(B) Decimal number system
(C) Hexadecimal number system
(D) Octal number system
24. Which one of the following is not a search engine ?
(A) Google (B) Chrome
(C) Yahoo (D) Bing
JUNE 2014
25. When a computer is booting, BIOS is loaded to the memory by
(A) RAM (B) ROM
(C) CD-ROM (D) TCP
26. Which one of the following is not. the same as the other three ?
(A) MAC address
(B) Hardware address
(C) Physical address
(D) IP address
27. Identify the IP address from the following:
(A) 300-215 -317-3
(B) 302-215@ 417 -5
(C) 202 . 50 . 20 . 148
(D) 202-50-20-148
28. The acronym FTP stands for
(A) File Transfer Protocol
(B) Fast Transfer Protocol
(C) File Tracking Protocol
(D) File Transfer Procedure
29. Which one of the following is not a/an image/graphic file format ?
(A) PNG (B) GIF
(C) BMP (D)GUI
30. The first web browser is
(A) Internet Explorer
(B) Netscape
(C) World Wide Web
(D) Firefox
DECEMBER 2013
31. Which of the following is a social network ?
(A) amazon.com
(B) eBay
(C) gmail.com
(D) Twitter
32. Internal communication within institutions is done through
(A) LAN
(B) WAN
(C) EBB
(D) MMS
JUNE 2013
33.’ ‘www’ stands for
(A) work with web
(B) word wide web
(C) world wide web
(D) worth while web
34. A hard disk is divided into tracks which is further subdivided into
(A) Clusters (B) Sectors(C) Vectors (D) Head
35. A computer program that translates a program statement by statement into machine language is called a / an
(A) Compiler (B) Simulator (C) Translator (D) Interpreter
36. A Gigabyte is equal to
(A) 1024 Megabytes
(B) 1024 Kilobytes
(C) 1024 Terabytes
(D) 1024 Bytes
37. A Compiler is software which converts
(A). Characters to bits.
(B) High level language to machine language.
(C) Machine language to high level language
(D) Words to bits
38. Virtual memory
(A) an extremely large main memory.
(B) an extremely large secondary memory.
(C) an illusion of extremely large main memory
(D) a type of memory used in super computers.
DECEMBER 2012
39. ALU stands for
(A) American Logic Unit
(B) Alternate Local Unit
(C) Alternating Logic Unit
(D) Arithmetic Logic Unit
40. A Personal Computer uses a number of chips mounted on a circuit board called
(A) Microprocessor
(B) System Board
(C) Daughter Board
(D) Mother Board
41. Computer Virus is a
(A) Hardware (B) Bacteria (C) Software (D) None of these
15. Which one of the following is correct ?
(A) (17)10 = (17)16
(B) (17)10 = (17)8
(C) (17)10 = (10111)2
(D) (17)10 = (10001)2
42. The file extension of MS-Word document in Office 2007 is_______.
(A) .pdf (B) .doc
(C) .docx (D) .txt
43. _______ is a protocol used by e-mail clients to download e-mails to your computer.
(A) TCP (B) FTP
(C) SMTP (D) POP
JUNE 2012
44. TCP/IP is necessary if one is to connect to the
(A) Phone lines
(B) LAN
(C) Internet
(D) a Server
45. Each character on the keyboard of computer has an ASCII value which stands for
(A) American Stock Code for Information Interchange
(B) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
(C) African Standard Code for Information Interchange
(D) Adaptable Standard Code for Information Change
46. Which of the following is not a programming language ?
(A) Pascal
(B) Microsoft Office
(C) Java
(D) C++
47. Minimum number of bits required to store any 3 digit decimal number is equal to
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 10
48. Internet explorer is a type of
(A) Operating System
(B) Compiler
(C) Browser
(D) IP address
49. POP3 and IMAP are e-mail accounts in which
(A) One automatically gets one’s mail everyday
(B) One has to be connected to the server to read or write one’s mail
(C) One only has to be connected to the server to send and receive email
(D) One does not need any telephone lines
DECEMBER 2011
50. Which of the following operating system is used on mobile phones ?
(A) Windows Vista
(B) Android
(C) Windows XP
(D) All of the above
51. If (y)x represents a number y in base x, then which of the following numbers is smallest of all ?
(A) (1111)2 (B) (1111)8 (C) (1111)10 (D) (1111)16
52. High level programming language can be converted to machine language using which of the following ?
(A) Oracle (B) Compiler (C) Mat lab (D) Assembler
53. HTML is used to create
(A) machine language program
(B) high level program
(C) web page
(D) web server
54. The term DNS stands for
(A) Domain Name System
(B) Defense Nuclear System
(C) Downloadable New Software
(D) Dependent Name Server
55. IPv4 and IPv6 are addresses used to identify computers on the internet.
Find the correct statement out of the following :
(A) Number of bits required for IPv4 address is more than number of bits required for IPv6 address.
(B) Number of bits required for IPv4 address is same as number of bits required for IPv6 address.
(C) Number of bits required for IPv4 address is less than number of bits required for IPv6 address.
(D) Number of bits required for IPv4 address is 64.
JUNE 2011
56. The octal number system consists of the following symbols:
(A) 0 – 7 (B) 0 – 9 (C) 0 – 9, A – F (D) None of the above
57. The binary equivalent of (–19)10 in signed magnitude system is
(A) 11101100 (B) 11101101 (C) 10010011 (D) None of these
58. DNS in internet technology stands for
(A) Dynamic Name System (B) Domain Name System (C) Distributed Name System (D) None of these
59. HTML stands for
(A) Hyper Text Markup Language
(B) Hyper Text Manipulation Language
(C) Hyper Text Managing Links
(D) Hyper Text Manipulating Links
60. Which of the following is type of LAN ?
(A) Ethernet (B) Token Ring (C) FDDI (D) All of the above
61. Which of the following statements is true ?
(A) Smart cards do not require an operating system.
(B) Smart cards and PCs use some operating system.
(C) COS is smart card operating system.
(D) The communication between reader and card is in full duplex mode.
DECEMBER 2010
62. Which one of the following is not an Internet Service Provider (ISP) ?
(A) MTNL (B) BSNL (C) ERNET India (D) Infotech India Ltd.
63. The hexadecimal number system consists of the symbols
(A) 0 – 7 (B) 0 – 9 , A – F (C) 0 – 7, A – F (D) None of these
64. The binary equivalent of (–15)10 is (2’s complement system is used)
(A) 11110001 (B) 11110000 (C) 10001111 (D) None of these
65. 1 GB is equal to
(A) 2^30 bits (B) 2^30 bytes (C) 2^20 bits (D) 2^20 bytes
66. The set of computer programs that manage the hardware/software of a computer is called
(A) Compiler system (B) Operation system (C) Operating system (D) None of these
67. S/MIME in Internet technology stands for
(A) Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
(B) Secure Multimedia Internet Mail Extension
(C) Simple Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
(D) Simple Multimedia Internet Mail Extension
JUNE 2010
68. Which number system is usually followed in a typical 32-bit computer ?
(A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 16
69. Which one of the following is an example of Operating System ?
(A) Microsoft Word
(B) Microsoft Excel
(C) Microsoft Access
(D) Microsoft Windows
70. Which one of the following represent the binary equivalent of the decimal number 23 ?
(A) 01011
(B) 10111
(C) 10011
(D) None of the above
71. Which one of the following is different from other members ?
(A) Google
(B) Windows
(C) Linux
(D) Mac
72. Where does a computer add and compare its data ?
(A) CPU
(B) Memory
(C) Hard disk
(D) Floppy disk
73. Computers on an internet are identified by
(A) e-mail address
(B) street address
(C) IP address
(D) None of the above
DECEMBER 2009
74. Which of the following is not related to information security on the Internet ?
(A) Data Encryption (B) Water marking
(C) Data Hiding (D) Information Retrieval
75. Which is the largest unit of storage among the following ?
(A) Terabyte (B) Megabyte
(C) Kilobyte (D) Gigabyte
76. bit stands for
(A) binary information term (B) binary digit
(C) binary tree (D) Bivariate Theory
77. Which one of the following is not a linear data structure ?
(A) Array (B) Binary Tree (C) Queue (D) Stack
78. Which one of the following is not a network device ?
(A) Router (B) Switch (C) Hub (D) CPU
79. A compiler is used to convert the following to object code which can be executed
(A) High-level language (B) Low-level language
(C) Assembly language (D) Natural language
JUNE 2009
80. What do you need to put your web pages on the www ?
(A) a connection to internet (B) a web browser (C) a web server (D) all of the above
81. Which was the first company to launch mobile phone services in India ?
(A) Essar (B) BPL (C) Hutchison (D) Airtel
82. Chandrayan I was launched on 22nd October, 2008 in India from :
(A) Bangalore (B) Sri Harikota (C) Chennai (D) Ahmedabad
83. What is blog?
(A) Online music
(B) Intranet
(C) A personal or corporate website in the form of an online journal
(D) A personal or corporate Google search
84. Which is not online Indian Matrimonial website ?
(A) www.jeevansathi.com (B) www.bharatmatrimony.com
(C) www.shaadi.com (D) www.u.k.singlemuslim.com
DECEMBER 2008
85. The accounting software ‘Tally’ was developed by :
(A) HCL (B) TCS (C) Infosys (D) Wipro
86. Errors in computer programmes are called :
(A) Follies (B) Mistakes (C) Bugs (D) Spam
87. HTML is basically used to design:
(A) Web-page (B) Web-site
(C) Graphics (D) Tables and Frames
88. ‘Micro Processing’is made for:
(A) Computer (B) Digital System
(C) Calculator (D) Electronic Goods
89. Information, a combination of graphics, text, sound, video and animation is called :
(A) Multiprogramme (B) Multifacet
(C) Multimedia (D) Multiprocess
JUNE 2008
90. WYSIWYG – describes the display of a document on screen as it will actually print:
(A) What you state is what you get
(B) What you see is what you get
(C) What you save is what you get
(D) What you suggest is what you get
91. Which of the following is not a Computer language ?
(A) PASCAL (B) UNIX
(C) FORTRAN (D) COBOL
92. A key-board has at least:
(A) 91 keys (B) 101 keys
(C) 111 keys (D) 121 keys
93. An E-mail address is composed of :
(A) two parts (B) three parts
(C) four parts (D) five parts
94. Corel Draw is a popular :
(A) Illustration programme (B) Programming language
(C) Text programme (D) None of the above
DECEMBER 2007
95. CD ROM stands for :
(A) Computer Disk Read Only Memory
(B) Compact Disk Read Over Memory
(C) Compact Disk Read Only Memory
(D) Computer Disk Read Over Memory
96. The ‘brain’ of a computer which keeps peripherals under its control is called :
(A) Common Power Unit (B) Common Processing Unit
(C) Central Power Unit (D) Central Processing Unit
97. Data can be saved on backing storage medium known as :
(A) Compact Disk Recordable (B) Computer Disk Rewritable
(C) Compact Disk Rewritable (D) Computer Data Rewritable
98. RAM means :
(A) Random Access Memory (B) Rigid Access Memory
(C) Rapid Access Memory (D) Revolving Access Memory
99. www represents :
(A) who what and where (B) weird wide web
(C) word wide web (D) world wide web
JUNE 2007
100. On the keyboard of computer each character has an “ASCII” value which stands for :
(A) American Stock Code for Information Interchange
(B) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
(C) African Standard Code for Information Interchange
(D) Adaptable Standard Code for Information Change
101. Which part of the Central Processing Unit (CPU) performs calculation and makes decisions :
(A) Arithematic Logic Unit (B) Alternating Logic Unit
(C) Alternate Local Unit (D) American Logic Unit
102. “Dpi” stands for :
(A) Dots per inch (B) Digits per unit
(C) Dots pixel inch (D) Diagrams per inch
103. The process of laying out a document with text, graphics, headlines and photographs is involved in
(A) Deck Top Publishing (B) Desk Top Printing
(C) Desk Top Publishing (D) Deck Top Printing
104. Transfer of data from one application to another line is known as :
(A) Dynamic Disk Exchange (B) Dodgy Data Exchange
(C) Dogmatic Data Exchange (D) Dynamic Data Exchange
DECEMBER 2006
105. LAN stands for :
(A) Local And National (B) Local Area Network
(C) Large Area Network (D) Live Area Network
106. Which of the following statement is correct ?
(A) Modem is a software
(B) Modem helps in stabilizing the voltage
(C) Modem is the operating system
(D) Modem converts the analog signal into digital signal and vice-versa
107. Which of the following is the appropriate definition of a computer ?
(A) Computer is a machine that can process information.
(B) Computer is an electronic device that can store, retrieve and process both qualitative and quantitative data quickly and accurately.
(C) Computer is an electronic device that can store, retrieve and quickly process only quantitative data.
(D) Computer is a machine that can store, retrieve and process quickly and accurately only qualitative
information
108. Information and Communication Technology includes :
(A) On line learning (B) Learning through the use of EDUSAT
(C) Web Based Learning (D) All the above
109. Which of the following is the appropriate format of URL of e-mail ?
(A) www_mail.com (B) www@mail.com
(C) WWW@mail.com (D) www.mail.com
JUNE 2006
110. Using websites to pour out one’s grievances is called :
(A) cyber venting (B) cyber ranting
(C) web hate (D) web plea
111. In web search, finding a large number of documents with very little relevant information is termed:
(A) poor recall (B) web crawl
(C) poor precision rate (D) poor web response
112. The concept of connect intelligence is derived from :
(A) virtual reality (B) fuzzy logic
(C) Bluetooth technology (D) value added networks
113. Use of an ordinary telephone as an Internet appliance is called :
(A) voice net (B) voice telephone
(C) voice line (D) voice portal
114. Video transmission over the Internet that looks like delayed livecasting is called :
(A) virtual video (B) direct broadcast
(C) video shift (D) real-time video
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