Current Affairs, General and Banking Knowledge Thread For Bank Aspirants

MICR stands for

a. Magnetic Ink Character Reader

b. Magnetic Ink Code Reader

c. Magnetic Ink Cases Reader

d. None

EBCDIC stands for

a. Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code

b. Extended Bit Code Decimal Interchange Code

c. Extended Bit Case Decimal Interchange Code

d. Extended Binary Case Decimal Interchange Code

Microprocessors as switching devices are for which generation computers

a. First Generation


b. Second Generation


c. Third Generation


d. Fourth Generation

The computer size was very large in

a. First Generation

b. Second Generation

c. Third Generation

d. Fourth Generation

Second Generation computers were developed during

a. 1949 to 1955

b. 1956 to 1965

c. 1965 to 1970

d. 1970 to 1990

EEPROM stand for

a. Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

b. Easily Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

c. Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

d. None of the above

FORTRAN is

a. File Translation

b. Format Translation

c. Formula Translation

d. Floppy Translation

Which of the following is first generation of computer

a. EDSAC


b. IBM-1401


c. CDC-1604


d. ICL-2900

ASCII stands for

a. American Stable Code for International Interchange


b. American Standard Case for Institutional Interchange


c. American Standard Code for Information Interchange


d. American Standard Code for Interchange Information

Which generation of computer is still under development


a. Fourth Generation

b. Fifth Generation

c. Sixth Generation

d. Seventh Generation

Artificial Intelligence is associated with which generation?

a. First Generation

b. Second Generation

c. Forth Generation

d. Fifth Generation

e. Sixth Generation

Which operation is not performed by computer

a. Inputting

b. Processing

c. Controlling

d. Understanding

Central Processing Unit is combination of

a. Control and storage

b. Control and output unit

c. Arithmetic logic and input unit

d. Arithmetic logic and control unit

Japan on 6 August 2013 unveiled its biggest warship since World War II called ?

The computer that process both analog and digital is called

a. Analog computer


b. Digital computer


c. Hybrid computer


d. Mainframe computer

Digital devices are

a. Digital Clock

b. Automobile speed meter

c. Clock with a dial and two hands

d. All of them

Analog computer works on the supply of

a. Continuous electrical pulses

b. Electrical pulses but not continuous

c. Magnetic strength

d. None of the above

Pick the one that is used for logical operations or comparisons such as less than equal to or greater than.

a. Arithmetic and Logic Unit


b. Control Unit


c. Both of above


d. None of above

NASA is all set to launch its next mission to Mars in November 2013. What is it?

The brain of any computer system is

a. Control Unit


b. Arithmetic Logic Unit


c. Central Processing Unit


d. Storage Unit