Computer and Information Technology Part (2)

21. The word 'Spam' is related to which of the following subject? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016 Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

(a) Computer
(b) Art
(c) Music
(d) Sports

Correct Answer: (a) Computer

Solution:Spam is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. Most spam is commercial advertising often for dubious get rich quick schemes or quasi-legal services.

22. Sending an identical e-mail message repeatedly to a particular address by any abuser is called: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

(a) E-mail Spoofing
(b) E-mail Spamming
(c) E-mail Bombing
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (c) E-mail Bombing

Solution:

E-mail bombing is a form of net abuse consisting of sending large volumes of email to an address in an attempt to overflow the mailbox.

23. DuckDuckGo is a: [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

(a) Search engine
(b) Web browser
(c) Virus
(d) News website

Correct Answer: (a) Search engine

Solution:DuckDuckGo is a search engine which is quite famous in Europe. Its specialty is that it does not collect user-related information like other search engines such as Google do.

24. Which of the following is not a search engine? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

(a) Google
(b) Altavista
(c) Science Direct
(d) Orkut

Correct Answer: (d) Orkut

Solution:Orkut is not a search engine. It was a social networking website which has been closed. The rest are search engines.

25. Which of the following is a search engine: [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) Baidu
(b) Packets
(c) Cookies
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (a) Baidu

Solution:Baidu Inc. is a Chinese web services company that offers many services, including a Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, and images.

Packets are small units of data transmitted over a network.

Cookies are small files that websites store on a user's computer to remember information about the user.

26. Bing is a web search engine owned and operated by: [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

(a) Microsoft
(b) Yahoo
(c) Alphabet Inc.
(d) Amazon

Correct Answer: (a) Microsoft

Solution:Bing is a web search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. It was launched in 2009. Bing provides a variety of search services, including web, video, image and may search products.

27. Yahoo, Google, and MSN are: [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2005]

(a) Internet sites
(b) Computer brands
(c) Watches manufactured in Switzerland
(d) Rings of Saturn

Correct Answer: (a) Internet sites

Solution:Yahoo, Google, and MSN are all well-known and widely used websites that offer various services and information on the internet.

28. Which of the following is not a web browser? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Internet Explorer
(b) Mozilla Firefox
(c) Google Chrome
(d) Yahoo

Correct Answer: (d) Yahoo

Solution:Among the given options, Yahoo is not a web browser. Internet Explorer (now replaced by Microsoft Edge), Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome are examples of web browsers.

29. Which web browser was developed by Google? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

(a) Internet Explorer
(b) Firefox
(c) Safari
(d) Chrome

Correct Answer: (d) Chrome

Solution:Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows and later ported to Linux, macOS, and Android.

30. Which of the following is not a web browser? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

(a) Opera
(b) Google Apps
(c) Vivaldi
(d) Mozilla Firefox

Correct Answer: (b) Google Apps

Solution:A web browser is software used to view articles, images, videos, and other information available on the web or local servers and to use internet facilities. Opera, Vivaldi, and Mozilla Firefox are examples of web browsers, whereas Google Apps is not a web browser.

Computer and Information Technology Part (2)