COMPUTER AWARENESS QUIZ FOR IBPS CLERK 2026

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COMPUTER AWARENESS QUIZ FOR IBPS CLERK 2026

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1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN APPLICATION OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM?

a) BUFFERING

b) CONTEXT SWITCHING

c) CONNECTING PEOPLE

d) PROCESSOR MANAGEMENT

e) FILE MANAGEMENT

EXPLANATION: OPERATING SYSTEMS MANAGE SYSTEM RESOURCES LIKE FILES, MEMORY, AND PROCESSES. "CONNECTING PEOPLE" IS NOT A FUNCTION OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM.

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2. HUB OPERATES ON WHICH LAYER OF THE OSI MODEL?

a) TRANSPORT LAYER

b) PHYSICAL LAYER

c) APPLICATION LAYER

d) NETWORK LAYER

e) DATA LINK LAYER

EXPLANATION: A HUB IS A NETWORKING DEVICE THAT OPERATES AT THE PHYSICAL LAYER OF THE OSI MODEL, FACILITATING DATA TRANSMISSION WITHOUT PROCESSING IT.

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3. WHAT DOES SET PROTOCOL STAND FOR?

a) SECURE ENHANCED TRANSACTION

b) SECURE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION

c) SECURE ESTABLISH TRANSACTION

d) SECURE ETHERNET TRANSACTION

EXPLANATION: SET IS A PROTOCOL FOR SECURING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS, PARTICULARLY CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS OVER INSECURE NETWORKS LIKE THE INTERNET.

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4. THE FIRST WEB BROWSER WAS CREATED BY:

a) JACOBS

b) ALAN TURING

c) MOZILLA FOUNDATION

d) MARC ANDREESSEN

e) TIM BERNERS-LEE

EXPLANATION: THE FIRST WEB BROWSER, NAMED WORLDWIDEWEB, WAS DEVELOPED IN 1990 BY TIM BERNERS-LEE.

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5. WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF CMOS?

a) COMMON METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

b) COMPLEMENTARY MEMORY SEMICONDUCTOR

c) COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR

d) COMMON MEMORY SEMICONDUCTOR

e) COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE SYSTEM

EXPLANATION: CMOS IS A TECHNOLOGY USED FOR CONSTRUCTING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, INCLUDING THE MEMORY THAT STORES BIOS SETTINGS.

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6. ETHERNET CABLES COMMONLY USE WHICH COLOR IN CAT6 STANDARDS?

a) BROWN

b) ORANGE

c) VIOLET

d) BLACK

e) PINK

EXPLANATION: IN CAT6 CABLE COLOR STANDARDS, BLACK IS ONE OF THE COMMONLY USED COLORS.

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7. WHICH SHUTDOWN METHOD IS KNOWN AS WARM BOOT?

a) HIBERNATE

b) SLEEP

c) RESTART

d) SHUT DOWN

EXPLANATION: A WARM BOOT REFERS TO RESTARTING THE COMPUTER WITHOUT TURNING OFF THE POWER.

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8. POKÉMON GO IS A GAME THAT USES:

a) AUGMENTED REALITY

b) MIXED REALITY

c) CONSOLE

d) NONE OF THE ABOVE

e) I10 PROCESSOR

EXPLANATION: POKÉMON GO UTILIZES AUGMENTED REALITY TO BLEND DIGITAL CONTENT WITH THE REAL WORLD.

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9. IN WHICH YEAR WAS WINDOWS 7 LAUNCHED?

a) 22 SEPTEMBER 2009

b) 22 OCTOBER 2008

c) 22 OCTOBER 2009

d) 24 OCTOBER 2011

e) 21 OCTOBER 2009

EXPLANATION: WINDOWS 7 WAS OFFICIALLY RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ON OCTOBER 22, 2009.

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10. INSTALLING UNWANTED SOFTWARE WITHOUT THE USER'S KNOWLEDGE TO STEAL DATA IS KNOWN AS:

a) TROJAN

b) SPYWARE

c) BOTH A AND B

d) KEYLOGGER

e) RANSOMWARE

EXPLANATION: SPYWARE IS SOFTWARE THAT GATHERS INFORMATION ABOUT A PERSON OR ORGANIZATION WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE.

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11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A NON-IMPACT PRINTER?

a) INKJET PRINTER

b) BOTH A AND D

c) DOT-MATRIX PRINTER

d) CHAIN/BAND PRINTER

e) DRUM PRINTER

EXPLANATION: NON-IMPACT PRINTERS, LIKE INKJET PRINTERS, PRINT WITHOUT STRIKING THE PAPER

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12. IN HTML, WHICH TAG MAKES TEXT BOLD APART FROM ?

a) NONE OF THE ABOVE

b) 

c) 

d) 

e) 

EXPLANATION: THE TAG IS USED TO DEFINE IMPORTANT TEXT AND TYPICALLY RENDERS IN BOLD.

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13. WHICH NETWORK TOPOLOGY CONNECTS ALL COMPUTERS THROUGH A COMMON CENTRAL LINE?

a) WAN

b) BUS

c) STAR

d) ROUTER

EXPLANATION: IN A BUS TOPOLOGY, ALL DEVICES ARE CONNECTED TO A SINGLE CENTRAL CABLE, CALLED THE BUS OR BACKBONE.

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14. SHORTCUT KEY TO CREATE SUBSCRIPT IN MS WORD:

a) CTRL + S

b) ALT + SHIFT + D

c) ALT + =

d) CTRL + =

EXPLANATION: IN MICROSOFT WORD, PRESSING CTRL + = APPLIES THE SUBSCRIPT FORMATTING TO THE SELECTED TEXT

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15. WHAT IS MFLOPS USED TO MEASURE?

a) CPU STATE

b) SPEED OF CPU

c) MEMORY UNIT

d) NONE OF THE ABOVE

e) MEMORY ACCESS TIME

EXPLANATION: MFLOPS (MILLION FLOATING POINT OPERATIONS PER SECOND) MEASURES A COMPUTER'S PERFORMANCE, ESPECIALLY IN FIELDS OF SCIENTIFIC CALCULATIONS.

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16. FLASH MEMORY IS MADE UP OF:

a) SRAM

b) MROM

c) RDRAM

d) PROM

e) EEPROM

EXPLANATION: FLASH MEMORY IS A TYPE OF EEPROM (ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE PROGRAMMABLE READ-ONLY MEMORY).

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17. WHAT IS THE DEFAULT FONT IN MS EXCEL

a) ARIAL

b) COMIC SANS MS

c) TIMES NEW ROMAN

d) CENTURY

e) CALIBRI

EXPLANATION: MICROSOFT EXCEL USES CALIBRI AS ITS DEFAULT FONT IN RECENT VERSIONS.

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18. WHEN A DEVICE GOES INTO A PASSIVE OR LOW POWER MODE, IT IS CALLED:

a) STANDBY MODE

b) POWER DOWN

c) SHUTDOWN

d) HIBERNATION

e) SLEEP MODE

EXPLANATION: SLEEP MODE REDUCES POWER CONSUMPTION WHILE KEEPING THE SESSION IN MEMORY.

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19. FREE SOFTWARE BUG FIX PROVIDED ONLINE IS CALLED:

a) VERSION

b) TUTORIAL

c) PATCH

d) ADD-ON

EXPLANATION: A PATCH IS A SET OF CHANGES TO A COMPUTER PROGRAM DESIGNED TO UPDATE, FIX, OR IMPROVE IT.

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20. A PROGRAM THAT APPEARS TO BE A GENUINE APPLICATION BUT CAUSES DAMAGE IS:

a) SPYWARE

b) VIRUS

c) TROJAN HORSE

d) WORM

e) ADWARE

EXPLANATION: A TROJAN HORSE IS A TYPE OF MALWARE THAT DISGUISES ITSELF AS LEGITIMATE SOFTWARE.

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPTS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES ESSENTIAL FOR THE IBPS CLERK EXAM.

SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS AND BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE TO ACE THE COMPUTER AWARENESS SECTION IN THE UPCOMING EXAM!

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COMPUTER AWARENESS QUIZ FOR IBPS CLERK 2026

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