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Internet Technology MCQs: Boost Your Computer Awareness

Welcome to the Computer General Awareness MCQ series! Today, we're focusing on the Internet—a topic frequently covered in government exams like SSC CGL, Banking, and others. Understanding basic internet concepts is key for success in your exams.

Most Important Internet based MCQs for Government exams like CGL and Railways

Let's break down essential topics and get you exam-ready with some useful information!

The Internet is a global network connecting millions of devices worldwide, allowing them to share data. It is the backbone of modern communication and serves as a platform for services like email, web browsing, cloud storage, and social media.

Here’s a quick overview of key internet concepts you need to know:

Concept Description
Internet Protocols (IP) Protocols like TCP/IP are responsible for data transmission between devices.
IP Address A unique address for devices on the internet (e.g., IPv4, IPv6).
Web Browser Software to access websites (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari).
Search Engines Tools for finding information (e.g., Google, Bing, Yahoo!).
Email Services Platforms for sending/receiving emails (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo Mail).
Cloud Storage Online storage solutions (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox).

The Internet is a crucial topic for exams like SSC CGL, Banking, and Railways. Questions often cover:

  • Basic internet terminology
  • Internet history and key figures
  • Common services and applications
  • Browsers, email, and search engines
  • Networking basics (LAN, WAN)
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Q1: Who invented the internet?
A. Steve Jobs
B. Jaap Haartsen
C. Jan Koum
D. Vint Cerf

Q2: When sending an e-mail, the ________ line describes the contents of the message.
A. Subject
B. To
C. Contents
D. CC
E. None of these

Q3: ________ is a device used for data transmission through telecommunication lines.
A. Drives
B. Modem
C. Platform
D. All of these
E. None of these

Q4: Unsolicited e-mail is called a ________ .
A. Newsgroup
B. Usenet
C. Backbane
D. Spam
E. None of these

Q5: Inventor of WWW is ________ .
A. Bill Gates
B. Lee. N. Feyong
C. N. Resscl
D. Tim Berners Lee

Q6: Which of the following is not a term of information technology?
A. Cyber space
B. Upload
C. Light storage
D. Modem
E. None of these

Q7: Spam is related to ________ .
A. Computer
B. Art
C. Music
D. Game
E. None of these

Q8: Passwords enable users to ________ .
A. Get into the system quickly
B. Make efficient use of time
C. Retain confidentiality of files
D. Simplify file structure
E. None of these

Q9: What is an e-mail?
A. An internet standard, which allows users to upload and download files
B. An online area on which a user can converse in written form about any special subject
C. Transmission of files and messages through computer network
D. A real time typed conversation
E. None of these

Q10: A chat is-
A. An internet standard, which all users use to upload and download files
B. An online area on which a user can converse in written form about any subject
C. Transmission of files and messages through computer network
D. A real time typed conversation
E. None of these

Q11: Secret code that restricts entry in the same programs is-
A. Password
B. Passport
C. Entry code
D. Access code
E. None of these

Q12: Sending an e-mail is like a ________ .
A. Creating an image of any event
B. Telling a story
C. Writing a letter
D. Creating an image
E. None of these

Q13: The process of a computer receiving information from a server on the internet is known as-
A. Pulling
B. Pasting
C. Downloading
D. Transforming
E. None of these

Q14: IT stands for-
A. Information technology
B. Integrated technology
C. Intelligent technology
D. Interesting technology
E. None of these

Q15: Sending an e-mail is similar to-
A. Petering an event
B. Narrating a store
C. Writing a letter
D. Creating a drawing
E. None of these

Q16: E-commerce allows companies to-
A. Issue important business reports
B. Conduct business over the internet
C. Support decision making processes
D. Keep track of paper based transaction
E. None of these

Q17: Junk e-mail is also called-
A. Spam
B. Spoof
C. Sniffer script
D. Spool
E. None of these

Q18: The internet allows you to-
A. Send e-mail
B. View web pages
C. Connect to servers all around the world
D. All of the above
E. None of these

Q19: A program designed to destroy data on your computer which can travel to infect other computers is called a -
A. Disease
B. Tarpedo
C. Hurricave
D. Virus
E. None of these

Q20: What is the most common way to get a virus in your computer's hard disk?
A. By installing games from CD ROMs
B. By opening e-mails
C. By uploading pictures from mobile to the computers
D. By sending e-mails
E. None of these

Q21: Marketing of internet banking means-
A. Meeting of banks on the net
B. Net Practice
C. Marketing the usage of banking transactions through internet
D. Transactions with forcing countries
E. None of these

Q22: ________ are devices used to transmit data over telecommunications lines.
A. Drives
B. Drive bays
C. Modems
D. Platform
E. None of these

Q23: Most websites have a main page, the ________ which acts as a doorway to the rest of the website pages.
A. Search engine
B. Home page
C. Browser
D. URL
E. None of these

Q24: If you are going to a site you use often, instead of having to type in the address every time, you should
A. Save it as a file
B. Make a copy of it
C. Bookmark it
D. Delete it
E. None of these

Q25: Output which is made up of pictures, sounds, and video is called ________ .
A. COM
B. Hard copy
C. Graphics
D. Multimedia
E. None of these

Q26: WWW stands for ________ .
A. World Work Web
B. Wide Work Web
C. Wide World Web
D. World Wide Web
E. None of these

Q27: The vast network of computers that connects millions of people all over the world is called ________ -
A. LAN
B. Web
C. Hypertext
D. Internet
E. None of these

Q28: Coded entries which are used to gain access to a computer system are called ________ .
A. Entry codes
B. Passwords
C. Security commands
D. Codewords
E. None of these

Q29: The "home page" of a website is ________ .
A. The largest page
B. The last page
C. The first page
D. The most colorful page
E. None of these

Q30: The internet is a system of ________ .
A. Software bundles
B. Web page
C. Website
D. Interconnected networks
E. None of these

Q31: The ________ also called the web, contains billions of documents.
A. World Wide Web
B. HTTP
C. Web portal
D. Domain
E. None of these

Q32: What is an e-mail attachment?
A. A receipt sent by the recipient
B. A separate document from another program sent along with an e-mail message
C. A malicious parasite that feeds off of your messages and destroys the contents
D. A list of CC or BCC recipients
E. None of these

Q33: Which of the following are all considered advantages of e-mail?
A. Convenience, speed of delivery, generality and reliability
B. Printable, global and exposing
C. Global, convenience and Microsoft word
D. Slow delivery, reliable, global and inexpensive
E. None of these

Q34: A ________ is a software program used to view Web pages.
A. site
B. host
C. link
D. browser
E. None of these

Q35: ________ allows voice conversations to travel over the Internet.
A. Internet telephony
B. Instant messaging
C. E-mail
D. E-commerce
E. None of these

Q36: Which of the following is not true concerning user IDs and passwords?
A. When you enter your user ID and password, the computer knows it is you
B. If your computer asks for a user ID and password, you can create your own
C. Sometimes you are assigned a user ID and password for security reasons
D. You should share your user ID and password with at least one other person
E. None of these

Q37: What is a modem connected to?
A. processor
B. mother board
C. printer
D. phone line
E. None of these

Q38: An e-mail address typically consists of a user ID followed by the ________ sign and the name of the e-mail server that manages the user's electronic post office box.
A. @
B. #
C. &
D. *
E. None of these

Q39: A web ________ consists of one or more Web pages located on a Web server.
A. hub
B. site
C. story
D. template
E. None of these

Q40: A computer ________ is a set of program instructions that can attach itself to a file, reproduce itself, and spread to other files.
A. worm
B. virus
C. trojan horse
D. phishing scam
E. None of these

Q41: ________ makes it possible for shoppers to make purchases using their computers.
A. E-World
B. E-Commerce
C. E-spend
D. E-business
E. None of these

Q42: Programs such as Internet Explorer that serve as navigable windows into the Web are called ________ .
A. Hypertext
B. Networks
C. Internet
D. Web browsers
E. None of these

Q43: ________ . this is the act of copying or downloading a program from a network and making multiple copies of it.
A. Network piracy
B. Plagiarism
C. Software piracy
D. Site-license piracy
E. None of these

Q44: Which of the following is the communications protocol that sets the standard used by every computer that accesses Web-based information?
A. XML
B. DML
C. HTTP
D. HTML
E. None of these

Q45: A ... is a computer attached to the Internet that runs a special Web server software and can send Web pages out to other computers over the Internet.
A. web client
B. web system
C. web page
D. web server
E. None of these

Q46: ________ are a type of inexpensive digital camera that remains tethered to a computer and used for videoconferencing, video chatting and live Web broadcast.
A. Webcams
B. Webpics
C. Browsercams
D. Browserpics
E. None of these

Q47: The standard protocol of the internet is ________ .
A. TCP/IP
B. Java
C. HTML
D. Flash
E. None of these

Q48: The acronym HTML stands for ________ .
A. High Transfer Machine Language
B. High Transmission Markup Language
C. Hypertext Markup Language
D. Hypermedia Markup Language
E. None of these

Q49: The software that allows users to surf the internet is called a/an ________ .
A. Search engine
B. Internet Service Provider (ISP)
C. Multimedia application
D. Browser
E. None of these

Q50: A modem ________ .
A. translates analog signals from a computer into digital signals that can travel along conventional telephone lines
B. translates digital signals from a computer into analog signals that can travel along conventional telephone lines
C. demodulates digitals signals from a computer
D. modulates signals an analog telephone line
E. None of these

Q51: A Web site address is a unique name that identifies a specific ________ on the Web.
A. Web browser
B. PDA
C. Web site
D. link
E. None of these

Q52: The Internet allows you to ________ .
A. send electronic mail
B. view Web pages
C. connect to servers all around the world
D. All of these
E. None of these

Q53: Most mail programs automatically complete the following two parts in an e-mail ________ .
A. From : and Body :
B. From : and Date :
C. From : and To :
D. From : and Subject :
E. None of these

Q54: What is the most common way to get a virus in your computer's hard disk?
A. By installing games from their CD ROMs
B. By uploading pictures from mobile phones to the computer
C. By opening emails
D. By sending emails
E. None of these

Q55: A chat is ________ .
A. an Internet standard that allows users to upload and download files
B. a typed conversation that takes place on a computer
C. an online area in which users conduct written discussions about a particular subject
D. the transmission of messages and files via a computer network
E. None of these

Q56: The Internet is ________ .
A. a large network of networks
B. an internal communication system for a business
C. a communication system for the Indian government
D. All of these
E. None of these

Q57: Junk e-mail is also called ________ .
A. spam
B. spoof
C. sniffer script
D. spool
E. None of these

Q58: To view information on the web you must have a ________ .
A. cable modem
B. web browser
C. Domain Name Server
D. hypertext viewer
E. None of these

Q59: A word in a web page that, when clicked, opens another document ________ .
A. anchor
B. URL
C. hyperlink
D. reference
E. None of these

Q60: ________ is the most popular internet activity.
A. Art
B. Shopping
C. Searching
D. Entertainment
E. Communication

Q61: What is e-commerce?
A. Buying and selling international goods
B. Buying and selling products and services over the internet
C. Buying and selling products and services not found in stores
D. Buying and selling products having to do with computer
E. Buying and selling of electronic goods

Q62: What are the four things needed to connect to the Internet?
A. telephone line, modem, computer, and an ISP
B. modem, computer, PDA, and ISP
C. telephone line, PDA, modem, and computer
D. computer, ISP, modem, and communication software
E. monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem

Q63: Which of the following functions are not performed by servers?
A. e-mail processing
B. database sharing
C. processing web sites
D. storage
E. word processing

Q64: The process of transferring files from a computer on the Internet to your computer is called ________ .
A. downloding
B. uploding
C. FTP
D. JPEG
E. downsizing

Q65: To reload a Web page, press the ________ button.
A. Bebb
B. Reload
C. Restore
D. Crt
E. Refresh

Q66: You can use the ________ bar to type a URL and display a Web page, or type a keyword to display a list of related Web pages.
A. menu
B. Title
C. Search
D. Web
E. Address

Q67: The collection of links throughout the Internet creates an interconnected network called the ________ .
A. WWW
B. Web
C. World Wide Web
D. All of the above
E. Wide Area Web

Q68: A(n) ________ is composed of several computers connected together to share resources and data.
A. Internet
B. network
C. backbone
D. hyperlink
E. protocol

Q69: A popular way to learn about computers without ever going to a classroom is called ________ .
A. i-learning
B. isolated learning
C. e-learning
D. close learning
E. Distance Learning

Q70: A person who used his or her expertise to gain access to other people's computers to get information illegally or do damage is ________ .
A. spammer
B. hacker
C. instant messenger
D. programmer
E. analyst

Q71: The ________ folder retains copies of messages that you have started but are not yet ready to send.
A. Inbox
B. Outbox
C. Drafts
D. Sent Items
E. Address Book

Q72: ________ are attempts by individuals to obtain confidential information from you by falsifying their identity.
A. Phishing trips
B. Computer viruses
C. Spyware scams
D. Viruses
E. Phishing scams

Q73: Which of the following is not true?
A. Chatting is like e-mail
B. Chatting can only be done with a single person
C. Chatting can involve multiple persons
D. Chatting is an electronic dialogue
E. None of these

Q74: What are the two parts of an E-mail address?
A. User name and street address
B. Legal name and phone number
C. Initials and password
D. User name and domain name
E. None of these

Q75: Sending an E-mail is similar to ________ .
A. writing a letter
B. drawing a picture
C. talking on the phone
D. sending a package
E. None of these

Q76: If you are going to a site you use often, instead of having to type in the address every time, you should ________ .
A. make a copy of it
B. save it as a file
C. memorise it
D. bookmark it
E. note it in your diary

Q77: What does a Browser do?
A. Looks through magazines and books in the library
B. Reads meterial really fast
C. It wastes your time
D. It provides help menus
E. It is software used to view web pages

Q78: An email account includes a storage area, often called a(n) ________ .
A. attachment
B. hyperlink
C. mailbox
D. IP address
E. None of these

Q79: What is a modem connected to?
A. processor
B. mother board
C. printer
D. phone line
E. None of these

Q80: Mr. XYZ wants to send an electronic message to a friend. He should use this type of application ________ .
A. word processing
B. e-mail
C. spreadsheet
D. paper and pencil
E. None of these

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