Computer and Information Technology (Physics) Part-I

Total Questions: 50

41. Talaash is: [UP.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004]

Correct Answer: (c) a multimedia portal on Internet and an optical character recognition (OCR) software in Devanagari developed by C-DAC.
Solution:

Talaash is a multimedia portal on the internet and also an optical character recognition (OCR) software which is operated by C-DAC in Devanagari.

42. To safeguard against cyber attacks and threats of data theft, the 'Centre for development of Advanced Computing' has developed a new software called- [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009, U.P.P.C.S. (SpL.) (Mains) 2008]

Correct Answer: (b) NAYAN
Solution:

Software NAYAN was developed by C-DAC to safeguard against cyber attacks and threats of data theft.

43. India manufactured super computer 'PARAM' in- [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1999-2000]

Correct Answer: (d) Pune
Solution:

PARAM, a series of the supercomputer was designed and assembled by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune.

44. First indigenously developed Indian supercomputer is named as- [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004]

Correct Answer: (d) Param
Solution:

First indigenously developed Indian supercomputer is named as Param-8000. It was developed by the government-run Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC) in 1991.

All the chips and other elements that were used in the making of PARAM were bought from the open domestic market

45. The name of Indian Supercomputer is- [Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2010]

Correct Answer: (b) Param
Solution:

First indigenously developed Indian supercomputer is named as Param-8000. It was developed by the government-run Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC) in 1991.

All the chips and other elements that were used in the making of PARAM were bought from the open domestic market

46. Who is known as the father of Indian supercomputer? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Vijay Bhatkar
Solution:

Vijay Bhatkar is known as the father of Indian supercomputer. He contributed in developing the first supercomputer of India 'Param 8000' which was installed in 1991.

47. Which one of the following is a supercomputer project developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004]

Correct Answer: (d) Anupam
Solution:

Computer division of BARC had started development of supercomputers under the ANUPAM project in 1991, based on parallel processing techniques.

The first supercomputer which was based on this parallel processing technique was "Anupam' 860/4 using 4 Intel 860 microprocessor base boards as compute nodes. It was developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre for their internal work/usages.

48. Word length for supercomputer range up to: [R.A.S./R.T.S.(Pre) 2007]

Correct Answer: (c) 64 bits
Solution:

Word length of a personal computer is generally 32 bits while for supercomputer it is 64 bits.

49. Among following which is the largest, fastest and costliest computer? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2015]

Correct Answer: (b) Supercomputer
Solution:

Supercomputer is fastest, largest and costliest among all types of computers.

50. The world's fastest computer has been able to perform (as of Dec. 1996): [U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 1998]

Correct Answer: (c) 10¹² operations per second
Solution:

According to the situation of 1996, world fastest computer was ASCI Red, whose linpack performance was greater than 1 Teraflop/s ( 10¹² operations per second).

But now according to the latest data, fastest supercomputer (Frontier) which is made by U.S., has performance speed (Rmax) of 1194 Petaflop/s.