IT Literacy MCQ Quiz - Objective Question with Answer for IT Literacy - Download Free PDF

The correct answer is PayZapp

Key Points

• PayZapp: ✅ This is an e-wallet app launched and maintained by HDFC Bank. It allows users to make payments, recharge mobiles, book tickets, and more directly from their mobile phones.
• PhonePe: ❌ It is owned by Flipkart and powered by the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) but is not associated with HDFC.
• Paytm: ❌ This is a popular Indian digital wallet and e-commerce platform, independently operated and not linked to HDFC.
• BHIM: ❌ BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) is a government-backed UPI app developed by NPCI, not associated with any single bank.

Additional Information

• HDFC Bank: HDFC is one of India's leading private sector banks and offers various digital payment solutions including PayZapp for mobile payments and SmartBuy for offers.
• UPI Integration: PayZapp also supports UPI transactions, bill payments, and is accepted by several merchants for seamless purchases.

Hence, the correct answer is: option 1) PayZapp

The correct answer is peer-to-peer.

Key Points

Bitcoin is a digital or virtual currency created in 2009 that uses peer-to-peer technology to facilitate instant payments.

​​Additional Information

• Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency which is a form of electronic cash.
• In a P2P network, the "peers" are computer systems which are connected to each other via the Internet.
• Files can be shared directly between systems on the network without the need of a central server
• P2P is a technology that is based on a very simple principle, and that is the concept of decentralization. The peer-to-peer architecture of blockchain allows all cryptocurrencies to be transferred worldwide, without the need of any middle-man or intermediaries or central serve

A toggle key toggles the input from other keys on the keyboard between different input modes.

• The most commonly used toggle key is the caps lock key, which alternates the letter keys between uppercase and lowercase
• Num lock is another toggle key which helps to input numerals from the numeric keyboard and is turned on by default
• Scroll lock key allows arrow keys to scroll through window's contents and allows users to scroll without depending on the scroll bar
• The insert key is another example of a toggle key, and it toggles between overtype mode and insert mode while entering text

A wide area network (WAN) is a telecommunications network or computer network that extends over a large geographical distance. Wide area networks are often established with leased telecommunication circuits.

Sub7 or SubSevenis a Trojan horse program. Its name was derived by spelling NetBus backwards and swapping "ten" with "seven". Sub7 was created by Mobman. Because its typical use is to allow undetected and unauthorized access, Sub7 is usually described as a trojan horse by security experts.

The correct answer is the Basic input/output system.

Important Points

• It is the program a personal computer's microprocessor uses to get the computer system started after you turn it on.

The term RAM refers to read and write memory, that is, you can both write data into RAM and read data from RAM. Most RAM is volatile, which means that it requires a steady flow of electricity to maintain its contents. Read-only memory (ROM) refers to computer memory on which data has been prerecorded. Once data has been written onto a ROM chip, it cannot be removed and can only be read.

The correct answer is .doc.

Key Points

• Paint is a simple graphics painting program that has been included with all versions of Microsoft Windows. It is often referred to as MS Paint.
• The programs open and save files as windows btmap.
• JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
• GIF: Graphics Interchange Format
• PNG: Portable Network Graphics
• TIFF: Tagged Image File Format

.doc is a filename extension for word processing documents (MS Word).

The correct answer is Website

• A website address, also known as a URL (uniform resource locator), is an Internet or intranet name that points to a location where a file, directory, or website page is hosted. Website addresses can represent the home page of a website, a script, image, photo, movie, or other file made available on a server for viewing, processing, or download. They can also be embedded into the code of web pages in the form of hyperlinks to direct the user to other locations on the Internet.
• A website address begins with the protocol, a unique name, and the domain and ends with a port number. Examples of protocols used are HTTP and https. Next, a unique name obtained by a domain name registration service is used. The domain is listed after the unique name, and a port number is listed or assumed at the end.
• A variety of different domains exist, including but not limited to: .com, .net, .org and .gov. An example of a website address is http://www.google.com/. The web address also requires a port number in order for it to be routed correctly. If no number is listed at the end of the address the default port is used based on the protocol in the web address. In the Google example above, HTTP uses port 80 by default. The https protocol represents a secure site, and the port number assumed with https is 443.
• Website addresses are entered into the address bar of an Internet browser. The browser, if connected to the Internet and configured correctly, has the ability to display the web page presented by the hosting provider. Examples of browsers include Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome.

A barcode reader is an electronic device that can read barcodes and converts them into electric pulses to be processed by a computer. A barcode reader scans the barcode, and the CPU handle the barcode, turn them into information that we can read and it sends the data to the scanner's output port.

The correct answer is Machine Language.

Key Points

Machine Language 

• Machine Language is the language written as strings of binary 1's and Os.
• It is the only language that a computer understands without using a translation program. A low-level language is a machine language.

Additional Information

Assembly Language:

• An assembly language is a low-level programming language in which there is a very strong correspondence between the program's statements and the architecture's machine code instructions.
• Each assembly language is specific to computer architecture and sometimes to an operating system.

Middle Ware

• Middleware is software that enables one or more kinds of communication or connectivity between two or more applications or application components in a distributed network. 

 Confusion Points

• Both Machine language and Assembly language are low-level languages. But the machine language is even lower than the assembly language. Hence machine language is the best possible answer.

The correct answer is a href=" "

Additional Information

• A hyperlink is an element in an HTML document that links to either another portion of the document or to another document altogether. On webpages, hyperlinks are usually colored purple or blue and are sometimes underlined.

The e-mail program is also known as an E-mail client. The email client makes you read, organize and reply to messages as well as send new emails. It also handles attachments, which lets you exchange arbitrary computer files via email.

Kilobyte (KB)	1KB = 1024 Bytes
Megabyte (MB)	1MB = 1024KB
Gigabyte (GB)	1GB = 1024MB
Terabyte (TB)s	1TB = 1024GB

Web browser

• A browser is a software application used to enable computers users to locate and access web pages
• The browser translates the basic HTML code that allows us to see image, text video and listen to audios on the website, along with hyperlinks that let us travel to different web pages
• The Web utilizes browsers, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, to access web documents called web pages that are linked to each other via hyperlinks

 

Some commonly used web browsers are:

• Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer (IE) is a web browser from Microsoft
• Firefox: Firefox is a free, open-source web browser from Mozilla
• Google Chrome: Google Chrome is a free, open-source web browser developed by Google
• Opera: Opera is a free, fast, small and standard-compliant web browser developed by the Opera Software company
• Netscape: Netscape was the first commercial web browser