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Solved Everyday Science MCQs — 364 questions with verified answers and explanations, drawn from Advanced FPSC & Other Federal Model Papers (Edition 32), book pp. 843-863. Free online practice for FPSC, PPSC, NTS and all one-paper exams. Covers the universe and solar system, vitamins, diseases and computers.
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This is the Everyday Science solved MCQ bank from Advanced FPSC & Other Federal Model Papers (Edition 32), book pp. 843-863: 364 published questions in four sections — Universe (solar system, planets, stars and space missions), Vitamins (sources, deficiencies and functions), Diseases (causes, symptoms and prevention) and Computer (basics, generations, hardware, software and networks) — each with its printed answer tick-marked in the book and re-checked against the standard fact, with book errors corrected and flagged.
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133 solved MCQs shown directly below
Correct Answer: Neptune
Neptune planet takes the largest time to go once around the Sun. Note: FLAG: Pluto, the former longest-period planet, is now a dwarf planet, so Neptune is correct among current planets.
Correct Answer: Very high density
A 'black hole' is a body in space which does not allow any radiation to come out. This property is due to its Very high density.
Correct Answer: Venus
Venus is called evening star.
Correct Answer: Fifth
Fifth is the rank of the earth in the solar system in terms of size.
Correct Answer: Jupiter
The planet with the shortest rotation time around its axis is Jupiter.
Correct Answer: Gravitation and centrifugal forces
The planets are kept in motion in their respective orbits by the Gravitation and centrifugal forces.
Correct Answer: Big Bang Theory
The theory that refers to an explosion about 10 to 15 billion years ago, which most astronomers believe to be the origin of the Universe, is called Big Bang Theory.
Correct Answer: Mars
Operation Path Finder was a mission to Mars.
Correct Answer: Have intense gravitational field
Black holes are stellar objects which Have intense gravitational field.
Correct Answer: The Moon in between the Sun and the Earth
The verified answer is The Moon in between the Sun and the Earth.
Correct Answer: Saturn
Saturn one of the following planets has the maximum number of satellites. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (a) Jupiter; Saturn now has the most confirmed moons (over 270, vs Jupiter about 95).
Correct Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
The verified answer is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.
Correct Answer: Venus and Mars
The earth is the third nearest planet to the sun located between the planets Venus and Mars.
Correct Answer: Mercury
The planet, which is not only the smallest but also nearest to the sun, is Mercury.
Correct Answer: Neptune
Neptune is farthest from the sun.
Correct Answer: Mercury and Venus
Mercury and Venus.
Correct Answer: Mercury and Venus
Mercury and Venus.
Correct Answer: Ten times
Ten times.
Correct Answer: 7 times
The verified answer is 7 times.
Correct Answer: Earth
Earth planet is known as watery planet.
Correct Answer: Approximately at the centre of the system
Approximately at the centre of the system.
Correct Answer: Venus
Venus planet contains largest quantity of carbon dioxide i.e. 95%.
Correct Answer: 109 times
109 times.
Correct Answer: 6000 K and 20 million K
The temperature at the surface of the sun and its centre is respectively, about 6000 K and 20 million K.
Correct Answer: Hydrogen
The sun consists mostly of Hydrogen.
Correct Answer: Venus
Venus of the following planets reflects back to space the highest percentage of light it receives from the sun than any other planet of the solar system.
Correct Answer: Jupiter
All of the following planets have lesser diameter than the earth, except Jupiter.
Correct Answer: Mars
Mars of the following planets takes very nearly the same time for a rotation on its own axis as does the earth.
Correct Answer: Uranus
The only planet in the solar system which rotates on its axis from East to West is Uranus. Note: FLAG: Venus also rotates retrograde; Uranus is the only retrograde planet among the options.
Correct Answer: None of the above
The verified answer is None of the above. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (c) 63, an old count; Saturn now has over 270 moons, so None of the above is the only correct offered option.
Correct Answer: There is a well developed system of rings around it
There is a well developed system of rings around it of the following makes the planet Saturn unique in the solar family.
Correct Answer: Venus
Venus of the following planets has almost the same mass, size and density as the earth.
Correct Answer: Epsilon Aurigae
The biggest star in our galaxy is Epsilon Aurigae. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (b) Proxima Centauri, which is a small red dwarf and the nearest star, not the biggest; Epsilon Aurigae is the large supergiant among the options.
Correct Answer: Galileo
The verified answer is Galileo.
Correct Answer: These are cooler areas which move up as dark spots
These are cooler areas which move up as dark spots is sun-spots.
Correct Answer: 9 1/2 million, million kms
A light year, as a unit of measurement of distances of heavenly bodies, is equal to 9 1/2 million, million kms.
Correct Answer: 1654 years
The planet Neptune's orbit around the sun takes about 1654 years. Note: FLAG: printed "1654" is the book's dropped-decimal rendering of 165.4 years, Neptune's true orbital period.
Correct Answer: 70,000 km/hour
The planets of the solar system travel with the sun through millions of stars in our galaxy at a speed of about 70,000 km/hour.
Correct Answer: ecliptic
ecliptic name is given to the path of the sun amongst the stars in our galaxy. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (c) Elliptical path; the Sun's apparent path among the stars is the ecliptic.
Correct Answer: Photosphere
The visible part of the sun is called Photosphere.
Correct Answer: Galileo; 1610
Galileo; 1610.
Correct Answer: Jupiter
"Galileo Satellites", named after their discoverer, are four large moons of the planet Jupiter.
Correct Answer: Saturn
Titan, the largest moon in the solar system, is also the largest moon of Saturn. Note: FLAG: Titan is Saturn's largest moon, but Ganymede (Jupiter) is the solar system's largest moon, not Titan.
Correct Answer: Christian Huygens
The verified answer is Christian Huygens.
Correct Answer: Giordano Burno
The verified answer is Giordano Burno.
Correct Answer: 498 sec
The verified answer is 498 sec.
Correct Answer: 76 years
The comet, named after Edmund Halley, reappears after a time interval of every 76 years.
Correct Answer: Has a tail always pointing away from the sun
A Comet Has a tail always pointing away from the sun.
Correct Answer: Solar eclipse
The verified answer is Solar eclipse.
Correct Answer: 28 days
28 days.
Correct Answer: 6
6.
Correct Answer: Bindaries
The verified answer is Bindaries.
Correct Answer: Lunar eclipse
Some times the earth passes exactly between the moon and the sun this condition is known as Lunar eclipse.
Correct Answer: Mars
According to new scientific research water is present on the surface of Mars except earth planet.
Correct Answer: Pole stare lies in the axis of spin of the earth
The verified answer is Pole stare lies in the axis of spin of the earth.
Correct Answer: Corona
The verified answer is Corona.
Correct Answer: Hotter than the sun
The verified answer is Hotter than the sun.
Correct Answer: All of these
The verified answer is All of these.
Correct Answer: temperature
The verified answer is temperature.
Correct Answer: 10 to the power 5 light years
The verified answer is 10 to the power 5 light years.
Correct Answer: Cosmic year
The verified answer is Cosmic year.
Correct Answer: A dying star
The verified answer is A dying star.
Correct Answer: Atmospheric refraction
The verified answer is Atmospheric refraction.
Correct Answer: A group of stars
The verified answer is A group of stars.
Correct Answer: After it enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes in midair as a ball of fire
The verified answer is After it enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes in midair as a ball of fire.
Correct Answer: 1.3 sec
The verified answer is 1.3 sec.
Correct Answer: 5500 to 6000 degrees C
The temperature of Sun's centre is 15 millions degrees C and the temperature of otuer surface of sun is 5500 to 6000 degrees C.
Correct Answer: Spiral
The verified answer is Spiral.
Correct Answer: Neptune
Triton is a satellite of Neptune.
Correct Answer: Venus
Venus planet is referred to both as the "Morning Star and the Evening Star".
Correct Answer: Hale-Bopp
The Hale-Bopp is the brightest comet known man so far. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (b) Kohoutek, which famously underperformed; Hale-Bopp (1997) is the brightest comet of modern times.
Correct Answer: Venus
The Venus is the brightest planet in the Solar System.
Correct Answer: Mainly due to the fusion of light nuclei
The verified answer is Mainly due to the fusion of light nuclei.
Correct Answer: Mars
The verified answer is Mars.
Correct Answer: b and c
Mercury is both the fastest planet and the planet nearest to the Sun.
Correct Answer: Mercury and Venus
Mercury and Venus of the following planets have no moon.
Correct Answer: Earth
The Earth is the densest planet of the solar system.
Correct Answer: The Revolution of Moon
The verified answer is The Revolution of Moon. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (c) Rotation of Earth; moon phases are caused by the Moon's revolution around the Earth changing the sunlit portion we see.
Correct Answer: Mars and Jupiter
Asteroids or planetoids circle between Mars and Jupiter.
Correct Answer: Asteroids
The group of small pieces of rock revolving round the sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter are called Asteroids.
Correct Answer: 1969
1969.
Correct Answer: October 4, 1957
October 4, 1957.
Correct Answer: Venus
The only planet whose day is longer than its year is Venus.
Correct Answer: Sirus
The brightest visible star is Sirus.
Correct Answer: Occurrence of ice caps and frozen water
Occurrence of ice caps and frozen water one of the following conditions is most relevant for the presence of life on Mars. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (d) Occurrence of ozone; frozen water/ice caps are the key habitability evidence.
Correct Answer: Sun
Sun one of the following stars is nearest to the earth.
Correct Answer: 150 million km
The mean distance from the earth to the Sun is 150 million km.
Correct Answer: Earth
Earth one of the following planets has the largest oxygen content.
Correct Answer: Jupiter
Jupiter one of the following planets contains the 'Great Red Spot'.
Correct Answer: Young stares and old stars
'Blue dwarfs' and 'Red giants' refer respectively to Young stares and old stars.
Correct Answer: 3
3.
Correct Answer: Russia
The first ever artificial satellite was launched by Russia.
Correct Answer: October 4, 1957
The first artificial satellite was launched on October 4, 1957.
Correct Answer: 1973
America launched its first space station in the year 1973.
Correct Answer: Skylab
In 1979 on returning back to earth's atmosphere a satellite was broken into places is Skylab.
Correct Answer: Mir
In 1986, Russia launched its space station into space, which was Mir.
Correct Answer: Space telescope
Hubble is a Space telescope.
Correct Answer: April 24, 1990
Hubble space telescope was launched into the space on April 24, 1990.
Correct Answer: Discovery
Hubble space telescope was launched into the space with the help of space shuttle Discovery.
Correct Answer: Moon of earth
On 20th July 1969, two American scientists landed on Moon of earth.
Correct Answer: Apollo XI
Apollo XI of the following spacecrafts enabled man to step on the moon first.
Correct Answer: 10 times
The verified answer is 10 times.
Correct Answer: Brightest as seen from the Earth
Brightest as seen from the Earth one of the following is applicable to the planet 'Venus'.
Correct Answer: Neil Armstrong
The first astronaut to set foot on moon was Neil Armstrong.
Correct Answer: Jupiter
The heaviest mass revolving round the Sun is Jupiter.
Correct Answer: West
The rising of the evening star indicates the West.
Correct Answer: Jupiter
The biggest planet is Jupiter.
Correct Answer: Vanus
The Vanus is the hottest planet in our solar system.
Correct Answer: Netptune
The planet which revolves very slowly around the sun is Netptune.
Correct Answer: Venus
The planet nearest to the Earth is Venus. Note: FLAG: Mercury is nearest on average over time; Venus is the book's conventional nearest-planet answer and is kept.
Correct Answer: Mars
The verified answer is Mars.
Correct Answer: Mercury
Mercury of the following planets has the smallest diameter.
Correct Answer: Sirius
The Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky.
Correct Answer: Venus
Venus of the following planets orbits around the sun in the backward direction from east to west. Note: FLAG: Venus rotates retrograde (east to west); its orbit round the Sun is prograde like the other planets.
Correct Answer: Moon
The natural satellite of the Earth is Moon.
Correct Answer: Meteors
Bodies which usually fall from the sky on the Earth are called Meteors.
Correct Answer: Sun
Comets are luminous celestial bodies moving round the Sun.
Correct Answer: Venus
The verified answer is Venus.
Correct Answer: Light
The verified answer is Light.
Correct Answer: Venus
Venus planet is known as "Earth's near twin planet".
Correct Answer: Saturn
Saturn planet is the least dense.
Correct Answer: 84 years
The verified answer is 84 years.
Correct Answer: Uranus
Uranus of the following planets orbits around the sun in a clockwise direction from east to west. Note: FLAG: Uranus rotates on its side (retrograde); its orbit is prograde — the book's intended answer is Uranus.
Correct Answer: 18.7 29 km/sec
The verified answer is 18.7 29 km/sec. Note: FLAG: option (c) prints two figures; 29 km/sec is the intended orbital speed, about 29.8 km/sec.
Correct Answer: Eratosthenes
The verified answer is Eratosthenes.
Correct Answer: 6 degrees
Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and Mars all were visible within a roughly 6 degrees area of sky in May 2011.
Correct Answer: 40000 km
The verified answer is 40000 km.
Correct Answer: January
The verified answer is January.
Correct Answer: Spiral
The verified answer is Spiral.
Correct Answer: Neptune
The verified answer is Neptune.
Correct Answer: Venus
The verified answer is Venus.
Correct Answer: Jupiter
The verified answer is Jupiter.
Correct Answer: 4 October 1957
The verified answer is 4 October 1957.
Topic Section
51 solved MCQs shown directly below
Correct Answer: Vitamin K
Vitamin K of the following helps in clotting of blood.
Correct Answer: Vitamins A, D, E, K
The verified answer is Vitamins A, D, E, K.
Correct Answer: Vitamins B, C
The verified answer is Vitamins B, C.
Correct Answer: Green vegetables
The verified answer is Green vegetables.
Correct Answer: Vitamin A
The verified answer is Vitamin A.
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
Vitamin D in our diet promotes bone formation and calcium absorption our body.
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
The verified answer is Vitamin D.
Correct Answer: Vitamin E
The verified answer is Vitamin E.
Correct Answer: C
C vitamin gets destroyed on heating.
Correct Answer: Vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12
The verified answer is Vitamins B1, B2, B6, B12. Note: FLAG: B complex also includes B3, B5, B7 and B9; option (b) is the book's partial list.
Correct Answer: Beri beri
The verified answer is Beri beri.
Correct Answer: Scurvy
The verified answer is Scurvy.
Correct Answer: A-tocopherols
A-tocopherols one of the following vitamins is known as the "anti-sterile" factor. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (a) Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C, the anti-scorbutic factor); the anti-sterile factor is Vitamin E, i.e. tocopherols.
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
Vitamin D vitamin is found in the body by exposure to ultra violet radiation on sunlight. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (e) Vitamin E; Vitamin D is synthesised in skin by ultraviolet sunlight.
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
The verified answer is Vitamin D.
Correct Answer: It strengthens bones and teeth
The verified answer is It strengthens bones and teeth.
Correct Answer: Milk
Milk of the following is not a source of Vitamin C.
Correct Answer: Carrot
The verified answer is Carrot.
Correct Answer: Vitamin C
Vitamin C of the following is known as anti-scurvy factor.
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
The verified answer is Vitamin D.
Correct Answer: Vitamin K is necessary for clotting of blood
Vitamin K is necessary for clotting of blood is correct.
Correct Answer: All
The verified answer is All.
Correct Answer: Vitamin A
The verified answer is Vitamin A.
Correct Answer: C
C Vitamin is known as Ascorbic Acid.
Correct Answer: 2 and 4
The verified answer is 2 and 4.
Correct Answer: B
The verified answer is B.
Correct Answer: Vitamin C
The verified answer is Vitamin C.
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
Vitamin D vitamin is provided by sunlight.
Correct Answer: Vitamin C
The verified answer is Vitamin C.
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
Vitamin D is essential for proper bone and teeth formation.
Correct Answer: C
The verified answer is C.
Correct Answer: Cold liver oil
The verified answer is Cold liver oil.
Correct Answer: Vitamin K
Vitamin K is synthesized in the body by intestinal bacteria.
Correct Answer: Vitamin C
The verified answer is Vitamin C.
Correct Answer: A and D
The verified answer is A and D.
Correct Answer: Vitamin A
The verified answer is Vitamin A.
Correct Answer: Vitamin C
Vitamin C one of the following vitamins is not fat-soluble.
Correct Answer: Eggs
The verified answer is Eggs.
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
Vitamin D is produced in the sun's rays.
Correct Answer: Vitamin A
Vitamin A of the following vitamins promotes healthy functioning of eyes in human beings.
Correct Answer: Vitamin C
The verified answer is Vitamin C.
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
Vitamin D is useful in Osteomalacia.
Correct Answer: Vitamin C
The verified answer is Vitamin C.
Correct Answer: Eggs and diary products
The verified answer is Eggs and diary products.
Correct Answer: D
D is produced in the body with the help of sunlight.
Correct Answer: A
A is present in cod-liver oil. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (c) B1; cod-liver oil is a source of vitamins A and D, and A is the offered correct option.
Correct Answer: K
The verified answer is K.
Correct Answer: C
The verified answer is C.
Correct Answer: Co-enzyme
The verified answer is Co-enzyme.
Correct Answer: Rickets
The verified answer is Rickets.
Correct Answer: Bone diseases
The verified answer is Bone diseases.
Topic Section
69 solved MCQs shown directly below
Correct Answer: Use of milled rice
The verified answer is Use of milled rice.
Correct Answer: Opacity of lens
The verified answer is Opacity of lens.
Correct Answer: Aedes aegyptis
Aedes aegyptis is the cause of Dengue fever.
Correct Answer: Liver
The verified answer is Liver.
Correct Answer: Immune
The verified answer is Immune.
Correct Answer: Bacterial
Bacterial type of infection is tuberculosis.
Correct Answer: Vitamin C
Vitamin C vitamin's deficiency in the human body causes scurvy.
Correct Answer: Diabetes
The verified answer is Diabetes.
Correct Answer: Immune
AIDS virus destroys the Immune system of the human body.
Correct Answer: H.I.V
The verified answer is H.I.V.
Correct Answer: Anaemia
The verified answer is Anaemia.
Correct Answer: Rabies
Rabies of the following is not caused by bacteria.
Correct Answer: Tetanus
Tetanus of the following is caused by bacterial infection.
Correct Answer: Smallpox
Smallpox of the following diseases indices immunity.
Correct Answer: Brain
The verified answer is Brain.
Correct Answer: Virus
The verified answer is Virus.
Correct Answer: Heart
The verified answer is Heart.
Correct Answer: Blood to clot
The verified answer is Blood to clot.
Correct Answer: Single-stranded RNA
The verified answer is Single-stranded RNA.
Correct Answer: Vitamins
The verified answer is Vitamins.
Correct Answer: Tuberculosis
The verified answer is Tuberculosis.
Correct Answer: Thyroid glands
The verified answer is Thyroid glands.
Correct Answer: Hysteria
Hysteria of the following is not a contagious disease.
Correct Answer: Virus
The verified answer is Virus.
Correct Answer: Astigmatism
The verified answer is Astigmatism.
Correct Answer: Distant objects
The verified answer is Distant objects.
Correct Answer: Central Nervous system
The verified answer is Central Nervous system.
Correct Answer: Colour blindness
Colour blindness is genetically linked.
Correct Answer: Smallpox
Smallpox is caused by virus.
Correct Answer: Insulin
The verified answer is Insulin.
Correct Answer: Liver
The verified answer is Liver.
Correct Answer: Haemophilia
Haemophilia is hereditary.
Correct Answer: Hydrophobia
Hydrophobia is caused by the bite of a mad dog.
Correct Answer: Pellagra
Pellagra of the following is skin disease.
Correct Answer: Colour blindness
Colour blindness is inheritable.
Correct Answer: Leprosy
Leprosy of the following is least infectious.
Correct Answer: Sleeping sickness
Sleeping sickness of the following is not a mosquito borne disease.
Correct Answer: Cholera
The verified answer is Cholera.
Correct Answer: T cells in blood
The verified answer is T cells in blood.
Correct Answer: Liver
The verified answer is Liver.
Correct Answer: Number of WBCs increases in blood
Number of WBCs increases in blood is true with respect to Leukaemia:.
Correct Answer: Nerve cells
The verified answer is Nerve cells. Note: FLAG: Alzheimer's is degeneration of nerve cells in the brain; (b) and (c) overlap, book ticks (b).
Correct Answer: Hookworm
The verified answer is Hookworm.
Correct Answer: Tetanus
Tetanus.
Correct Answer: Pancreas
The verified answer is Pancreas.
Correct Answer: Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis of the following diseases usually spreads through milk.
Correct Answer: Sugar
The verified answer is Sugar.
Correct Answer: Angina
The verified answer is Angina.
Correct Answer: Meningitis
Meningitis is characterized by inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
Correct Answer: Loss of memory
The verified answer is Loss of memory.
Correct Answer: Malaria
The verified answer is Malaria.
Correct Answer: Blood
The verified answer is Blood.
Correct Answer: Culex mosquito
The verified answer is Culex mosquito.
Correct Answer: Concave lens
The verified answer is Concave lens.
Correct Answer: Aneamia
Deficiency of Iron in human diet causes Aneamia.
Correct Answer: Eyes
The verified answer is Eyes.
Correct Answer: Virus
The verified answer is Virus.
Correct Answer: Bones
The verified answer is Bones.
Correct Answer: AIDS
AIDS of the following diseases has posed a serious threat the world over.
Correct Answer: Influenza
Influenza is not water-borne.
Correct Answer: Vitamin A
The verified answer is Vitamin A.
Correct Answer: Post-mortem
The verified answer is Post-mortem.
Correct Answer: Water-borne diseases
The verified answer is Water-borne diseases.
Correct Answer: Spleen and liver
Spleen and liver two organs glands are affected by malaria.
Correct Answer: Gums
The verified answer is Gums.
Correct Answer: Asthma
The verified answer is Asthma.
Correct Answer: Insulin
Insulin is administered to patients suffering from diabetes.
Correct Answer: Cholera
Cholera of the following diseases occur due to consumption of contaminated water.
Correct Answer: Tetanus
The verified answer is Tetanus.
Subject 2
Topic Section
111 solved MCQs shown directly below
Correct Answer: LASER
LASER of the following is not a programming language.
Correct Answer: FIFO System
The verified answer is FIFO System.
Correct Answer: A computer language
The verified answer is A computer language.
Correct Answer: Frankland reaction
Frankland reaction is not associated with computers.
Correct Answer: 0 and 1
The verified answer is 0 and 1.
Correct Answer: The owner of Microsoft Corporation
The verified answer is The owner of Microsoft Corporation.
Correct Answer: Intelligence
Intelligence one of the following characteristics is absent in a computer, however sophisticated it may be.
Correct Answer: Scientific Research
The verified answer is Scientific Research.
Correct Answer: Computer based databank and communication highway
The verified answer is Computer based databank and communication highway. Note: FLAG: (b) is the best offered option; the modern definition is a global network of interconnected computers.
Correct Answer: Remingtoni Rand
Remingtoni Rand was the first company in the world to manufacture computer for commercial use.
Correct Answer: Computer Tabulating & Recording Company
The verified answer is Computer Tabulating & Recording Company.
Correct Answer: EDSAC
EDSAC is the first to use the concept of stored programs. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (a) Mark I; EDSAC was the first practical stored-program computer.
Correct Answer: Apple Computer
Apple Computer company was the first to distribute mouse as a standard component with personal computer.
Correct Answer: 8088
8088 Intel microprocessor started the PC revolution.
Correct Answer: Integrated Electronics
The verified answer is Integrated Electronics.
Correct Answer: Million Instructions per Second
The verified answer is Million Instructions per Second.
Correct Answer: 5
The verified answer is 5.
Correct Answer: 256 columns
The verified answer is 256 columns.
Correct Answer: IBM
The verified answer is IBM.
Correct Answer: Gee Whiz
The verified answer is Gee Whiz.
Correct Answer: Dr Ted Hoff
The verified answer is Dr Ted Hoff.
Correct Answer: FLOPS (Floating Point Operations per Second)
The verified answer is FLOPS (Floating Point Operations per Second).
Correct Answer: ENIAC
ENIAC was the first truly electronic computer.
Correct Answer: It is like shouting
The verified answer is It is like shouting.
Correct Answer: A small malicious program written in machine language
The verified answer is A small malicious program written in machine language.
Correct Answer: Tim Berner
The verified answer is Tim Berner.
Correct Answer: Brain virus
Brain virus is the name of the computer virus which originated from Lahore, Pakistan in January 1986 and which can infect only 5.25 inch floppies.
Correct Answer: Partition table
The verified answer is Partition table.
Correct Answer: Fred Cohen
Fred Cohen is the name of the professor who coined the name virus for self replicating programs.
Correct Answer: 4th generation computers
The verified answer is 4th generation computers.
Correct Answer: 4th general of computers
The verified answer is 4th general of computers.
Correct Answer: Microcomputer generation
The verified answer is Microcomputer generation.
Correct Answer: 5th generation computers
The verified answer is 5th generation computers.
Correct Answer: Combination of analog and digital computer
The verified answer is Combination of analog and digital computer.
Correct Answer: Programming
The verified answer is Programming. Note: FLAG: (a) is the best offered option; the user-computer interface is software/the operating system, not programming itself.
Correct Answer: Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
The verified answer is Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
Correct Answer: Source program
The verified answer is Source program.
Correct Answer: Object code
The verified answer is Object code.
Correct Answer: Program statement
The verified answer is Program statement.
Correct Answer: The number of data lines it contains
The verified answer is The number of data lines it contains.
Correct Answer: Address, data and control
The verified answer is Address, data and control.
Correct Answer: 32 bits
The verified answer is 32 bits.
Correct Answer: BUS
The verified answer is BUS.
Correct Answer: Port
The verified answer is Port.
Correct Answer: Write once read many
The verified answer is Write once read many.
Correct Answer: The top and bottom track
The top and bottom track of the tracks of hard disk does not contain data.
Correct Answer: Random access memory
Random access memory one of the followings is referred to as "volatile memory".
Correct Answer: Pie-shaped sectors
The verified answer is Pie-shaped sectors.
Correct Answer: Number of disk platters stacked
The verified answer is Number of disk platters stacked.
Correct Answer: Spreadhseet
The verified answer is Spreadhseet.
Correct Answer: Vertical integration
The verified answer is Vertical integration.
Correct Answer: Operating System
The verified answer is Operating System.
Correct Answer: Operating System
Operating System software controls basic I/O device. Note: FLAG: (d) is the best offered option; basic I/O is handled by the BIOS/device drivers under the operating system.
Correct Answer: My Computer
The verified answer is My Computer.
Correct Answer: Program requirements and specifications
The verified answer is Program requirements and specifications.
Correct Answer: Generic type
The verified answer is Generic type.
Correct Answer: Spell check
Spell check of the following option does not require the selection of the text.
Correct Answer: Normal
Normal of the following layout doesn't display footer and header.
Correct Answer: 1001
The verified answer is 1001.
Correct Answer: Artificial Intelligence
The verified answer is Artificial Intelligence.
Correct Answer: 2 to the power 10 bytes
The verified answer is 2 to the power 10 bytes.
Correct Answer: a and c
Cache memory is faster than the Main Memory and smaller than the Main Memory.
Correct Answer: California
The verified answer is California.
Correct Answer: Bell Laboratories
The verified answer is Bell Laboratories.
Correct Answer: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
The verified answer is Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
Correct Answer: Microsoft
The verified answer is Microsoft.
Correct Answer: Hewlett Packard
Hewlett Packard famous computer company was born in a garage at 367, Addison Avenue.
Correct Answer: Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison. Note: FLAG: stem prints incompletely in the scan; ticked answer kept as printed.
Correct Answer: Macintosh
Macintosh personal computer has been named after a popular variety of apples in USA.
Correct Answer: 1 trillion bytes
The verified answer is 1 trillion bytes.
Correct Answer: Puck
The verified answer is Puck.
Correct Answer: 1 or 0
The verified answer is 1 or 0.
Correct Answer: 8 bits
The verified answer is 8 bits.
Correct Answer: Optical Disks
The verified answer is Optical Disks.
Correct Answer: Plotter
The verified answer is Plotter.
Correct Answer: All of the above
The verified answer is All of the above.
Correct Answer: LAN
The verified answer is LAN. Note: OVERRIDE: book ticks (a) WAN; a small-area network is a LAN, WAN covers a wide area.
Correct Answer: A Hub
The verified answer is A Hub.
Correct Answer: Integrated Service Digital Network
Integrated Service Digital Network does ISDN stands for.
Correct Answer: Circle
Circle one is not network topology.
Correct Answer: A website that look through databases for matching criteria
The verified answer is A website that look through databases for matching criteria.
Correct Answer: Megnetic Ink Character Reader
The verified answer is Megnetic Ink Character Reader.
Correct Answer: 4 bits
The verified answer is 4 bits.
Correct Answer: Unidirectional
The verified answer is Unidirectional.
Correct Answer: All of the above
The verified answer is All of the above.
Correct Answer: Friday 13
The verified answer is Friday 13.
Correct Answer: Anti-virus
The verified answer is Anti-virus.
Correct Answer: Federation against software theft
The verified answer is Federation against software theft.
Correct Answer: F2
The verified answer is F2.
Correct Answer: Shift + Del
The verified answer is Shift + Del.
Correct Answer: Assembly
The Assembly is not High Level Language.
Correct Answer: Cache
The verified answer is Cache.
Correct Answer: Explorer
The verified answer is Explorer.
Correct Answer: Word
The verified answer is Word.
Correct Answer: CU
The verified answer is CU.
Correct Answer: One Kilo bytes
The verified answer is One Kilo bytes.
Correct Answer: An internet search engine
The verified answer is An internet search engine.
Correct Answer: China
China country's people use more internet.
Correct Answer: Google
The verified answer is Google.
Correct Answer: Yahoo
The verified answer is Yahoo.
Correct Answer: E-mail
The verified answer is E-mail.
Correct Answer: America
America country has more computers in the world.
Correct Answer: Al Khawarizzmi
Al Khawarizzmi.
Correct Answer: Bill Gates
Bill Gates.
Correct Answer: IBM
The IBM is the biggest company of the computers in the world.
Correct Answer: Microsoft
The Microsoft is the biggest company of Computer software in the world.
Correct Answer: Read Only Memory
The verified answer is Read Only Memory.
Correct Answer: Random Access Memory
The verified answer is Random Access Memory.
Correct Answer: Central Processing Unit
The verified answer is Central Processing Unit.
Correct Answer: Keyboard
The verified answer is Keyboard.
Correct Answer: Chip
The verified answer is Chip.
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Questions
364 questions, from book pp. 843-863 (11 printed items were dropped because they had no correct option among those offered or were duplicates).
Everyday Science throughout: the universe and solar system, vitamins and their deficiencies, diseases and their causes, and computer basics including generations, hardware, software, memory, viruses and networks.
Yes. Every tick-marked answer was checked against the standard fact; where the book tick was wrong (for example the anti-sterile factor, the vitamin made by sunlight, the first stored-program computer, or the small-area network), the verified standard answer is published and the book error is recorded in the set notes.
The same everyday science facts are asked in FPSC, PPSC, NTS, OTS, PTS, CSS MPT and all other Pakistan one-paper exams.
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