Repeated PSC Questions on Internet

Previous Year PSC Questions on Internet

This post is a compilation of frequently asked PSC questions on the Computer-based topic, 'Internet,' from past years. 


Previous Year Repeated PSC Questions on  Internet Technologies

  • WWW stands for – World Wide Web.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: Confidential Assistant Grade-II (NCA) - Various (Wayanad)/Stenographer Gr. II - KLDC Ltd 2014)
  • W3C stands for – World Wide Web Consortium. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Clerk Typist/Typist Clerk, 2021).
  • ISP Stands for – Internet Service Provider. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Confidential Assistant Grade II, Various 2013).
    • ISP means – Internet Service Provider. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Laboratory Technical Assistant in Office Secretaryship, VHSE 2014)
    • Full form of ISP – Internet Service Provider. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Computer Assistant Grade II, 2020)
  • Internet came into force in India in the year – 1995. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Laboratory Technical Assistant in Office Secretaryship, VHSE 2014)
  • Who owns the Internet? It is an open system and does not have a specific organization as its owner. (Previous Year PSC Questions: SC Development Officer & District Manager, 2021)
  • The speed of data transmission on the internet is measured in – bits per second. (Previous Year PSC Questions: University Assistant 2019)
  • The amount of data that can be transferred per unit of time is known as – Bandwidth. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Special Branch Assistant Police, 2013)
  • What is the meaning of Bandwidth in a Network? Transmission capacity of communication channels. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development) 2013).
  • DNS is the abbreviation of – Domain Name System. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development) 2013).
  • ………….enables computers to communicate via telephone line – Modem (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development) 2013).
    •  (Previous Year PSC Questions: Assistant Salesman, 2021)
  • What is the official Protocol of Internet? IP. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Office Superintendent (SR for SC/ST), 2022)
  • Every computer connected to the Internet is identified by a unique four-part string, known as – IP address.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: Typist Grade II, 2019)
  • IP address is currently – 4 bytes long. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Laboratory Technical Assistant in Office Secretaryship, VHSE 2014)
  • The size of IP address as per IPv6 protocol is – 128 bits.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: SC Development Officer & District Manager, 2021)
  • A Terabyte is equal to – 1024 Gigabytes. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Civil Excise Officer(Women Excise Guard) 2014)
  • Windows based command to view IP address – IPCONFIG. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Clerk Typist/Typist Clerk, 2021).
  • The index page of a website is – Home page. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Laboratory Technical Assistant in Office Secretaryship, VHSE 2014)
  • Expand URL – Uniform Resource Locator (Previous Year PSC Questions: LD Typist 2023).
  • The address of a web page is called – Uniform Resource Locator (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development) 2013).
    • ഒരു internet resource _______ അഡ്രസ്സിനെ എന്ന് വിളിക്കുന്നു  – URL  (Previous Year PSC Questions: Assistant Sergeant, 2021)
    • Which of the following is the address of a web page on the internet?  (Previous Year PSC Questions: Deputy Collector, 2019).
      • (A) HTTP  (B) Uniform Page Locator  (C) Uniform Resource Locator  (D) Port number
  • What is the full form of HTML? Hypertext Markup Language.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development) 2013).
    • HTML stands for – Hypertext Markup Language. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Laboratory Technical Assistant in Office Secretaryship, VHSE 2014)
    • What does HTML refer to? Hypertext Markup Language. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Office Superintendent (SR for SC/ST), 2022)
  • HTML belongs to which category of language? Markup Language. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Finance Assistant2023)
  • A markup language used for creating web pages and web applications – HTML. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Fingerprint searcher, 2021)
  • Which attributes is used to provide a unique name to an HTML element? id. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Finance Assistant2023)
  • The correct sequence of HTml tags for starting a webpage is HTML, Head, Title, Body. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Station Officer(Trainee), 2023)
  • The small text files used by browsers to remember our email id’s, user names, etc are known as  – Cookies. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Assistant/ Jr. Clerk/ Jr. Assistant/LD Clerk etc, 2021)
  • A challenge-response test in the form of an image of distorted text the user must enter that to determine whether the user is human or an automated bot – Captcha. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Assistant/ Jr. Clerk/ Jr. Assistant/LD Clerk etc, 2021)
  • Real-time exchange of text messages between two or more persons over the Internet is termed as – Online chat.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: Assistant/ Jr. Clerk/ Jr. Assistant/LD Clerk etc, 2021)
  • The financial business transaction that occurs over an electronic network is known as – E-Commerce (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development) 2013).
  • The compulsive desire or excessive enthusiasm to check or accumulate news and information, typically via mobile phone or computer. Constantly checking e-mails, social networking sites, online news, etc. are the symptoms – Infomania. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Assistant/ Jr. Clerk/ Jr. Assistant/LD Clerk etc, 2021)


Web Browsers & Search Engines

Search Engines

  • Which is the first search engine? Archie. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development), 2013)
    • Which one is the first search engine in internet? (Previous Year PSC Questions: Accountant/ Cashier/ Jr. Audit Assistant, 2021)
      • (A) Google (B) Archie (C) AltaVista (D) WAIS
  • The search engines that collect results from other search engines are known as – Metasearch engines. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Deputy Collector, 2019)
  • വെബ് പേജുകളിലെ കീവേഡുകളെ കണ്ടുപിടിക്കാൻ സെർച്ച് എങ്ങിനെ വെബ്സൈറ്റുകൾ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന പ്രോഗ്രാം - സ്പൈഡർ.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: LDC Main, 2021).
  • ______ continually look for new web pages and send their addresses back to the search engine's database – Crawlers. (Previous Year PSC Questions: ICDS Supervisor, 2017)
  • All of the following are examples of antivirus software except (LD Typist, 2023)
    • A) Amiti             B) Panda           C) Baidu            D) Bing
  • Which of the following is not a search engine? (Previous Year PSC Questions: Junior Assistant (Accounts) (SR for ST), TCCL, 2023)
    • A) Bind              B) Google         C) netsurf         D) Baidu
  • One of the most popular web search engine site is:  (Previous Year PSC Questions: LD Typist, 2023)
    • (A) AVG      (B) Bing      (C) NORTON            (D) McAfee
  • Which of the following is a popular search engine? (Previous Year PSC Questions: Station Officer(Trainee), 2023)
    • A) YouTube  B) Twitter   C) linkedIn                 D) Google

Web Browsers 

  • A software that acts as an interface between the user and the inner workings of the internet is called – Browser. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development) 2013)
  • An application software for accessing the World Wide Web. It is used to navigate through web pages in the World Wide Web – Web browser. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Assistant/ Jr. Clerk/ Jr. Assistant/LD Clerk etc, 2021)
  • Mozilla Firefox is a/an – Web browser. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Computer Assistant Grade II, 2020)
    • മോസില്ല ഫയർഫോക്സ് എന്തിന്റെ ഉദാഹരണമാണ്? ബ്രൗസർ.
  • Which among the following is not a web browser? (Previous Year PSC Questions: LD Typist, 2023)
    • (A) Opera    (B) Safari    (C) Mozilla Firefox    (D) Google

                      Network Protocols


                      •  TCP/IP stands for – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. (Previous Year PSC Questions: University Assistant 2019)
                      • Ping Command is used to – To test a device on network. (Previous Year PSC Questions: LD Typist, 2023)
                      • To identify  TCP/IP errors such as connection problems ________ command can be used – PING. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Typist Grade II, 2019)
                      • On the Internet, the files are transferred using the Protocol – FTP. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development) 2013)
                      • What is FTP ? File Transfer Protocol. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Fingerprint searcher, 2021)
                        • FTP stands for – File Transfer Protocol. (Previous Year PSC Questions: SC Development Officer & District Manager, 2021)
                      • The file Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client on a computer network. Which among is not an FTP client application? (Previous Year PSC Questions: Project Assistant/ Unit Manager, 2023, 2023)
                        • A) Filezilla        B) FTP manager           C) Codeanywhere            D) File manager
                      • PPP stands for – Point to Point Protocol. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development) 2013)
                      • ഇൻറർനെറ്റിൽ കൂടിയുള്ള ഇമെയിൽ സംപ്രേക്ഷണത്തിനു ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്ന പ്രോട്ടോകോൾ ആണ്  – സിംപിൾ  മെയിൽ ട്രാൻസ്ഫർ പ്രോട്ടോക്കോൾ. (Previous Year PSC Questions: SSLC Level Main Examination (Assistant Compiler), 2021)
                      • Which among the following statements is incorrect when considering DHCP? (Previous Year PSC Questions: Project Assistant/ Unit Manager, 2023, 2023)
                        • A) DHCP is a network management protocol  used to dynamically assign an IP address to any device or node, on a network so they can communicate using IP (Internet Protocol).
                        • B) It is a protocol through which data is sent from one host to another over the internet.
                        • C) DHCP is the default protocol used by the most routers and networking equipment.
                        • D) DHCP is also called RFC request for comments.
                      • ______ is a technology that allows telephone calls to be made over computer networks like the Internet – VoIP.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: Typist Grade II, 2019)
                        • __________ allows to send telephone calls (voice data) using standard Internet protocol – VoIP.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: LD Typist, 2023)
                      • Bluetooth is a technology using – High Frequency Radio waves. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Assistant Grade-II, Kerala Veterinary University 2014)


                                    Computer Network Topology


                                    • In fiber optic cable, data is transferred in the form of – Light. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Data Entry Operator (Scheduled Tribe Development) 2013).
                                    • താഴെ കൊടുത്തിരിക്കുന്ന ഓപ്ഷനുകളിൽ നിന്ന് ഇന്റർനെറ്റിലെ സേവനങ്ങൾ അല്ലാത്തത് തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കുക  (Previous Year PSC Questions: SSLC Main Exam (Office Attendant, Laboratory Attender, etc) 2021)
                                      • A) ഇമെയിൽ  B) ഡബ്ല്യു. ഡബ്ല്യു. ഡബ്ല്യു. C) ടോപ്പോളജി  D) സെർച്ച് എഞ്ചിനുകൾ
                                    • A network of computers and other devices that is confined to a relatively small space is called – LAN. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Tracer -Soil Survey and Soil Conservation, 2019)
                                      • ഒരു കെട്ടിടത്തിന്റെയോ, ഓഫീസിന്റെയോ ഉള്ളിലുള്ള കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറുകളെ തമ്മിൽ പരസ്പരം ബന്ധിപ്പിക്കുന്ന നെറ്റ് വർക്കാണ്? LAN.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: ICDS Supervisor, 2021)
                                      • __________ is a private computer network owned by a company or an organization and is accessible only to its employees – Local Area Network. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Special Branch Assistant Police, 2013)
                                    • MAN-ന്റെ പൂർണ രൂപം – Metropolitan Area Network. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Assistant Salesman, 2021).
                                    • കേബിൾ ടി.വി. ശൃംഖല ഏതുതരം നെറ്റ്‌വർക്കിന്‌ ഉദാഹരണമാണ്  – മെട്രോപൊളിറ്റൻ ഏരിയ നെറ്റ്‌വർക്ക്. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Village Extension Officer, 2021)
                                      • Which type of network is used in Cable Television Network? MAN. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Station Officer(Trainee), 2023)
                                    • Internet is a – WAN.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: Clerk Typist/Typist Clerk, 2021).
                                    • _______ is a term used for a practice where people travel around the city with a specialized device, searching for unprotected WLAN Hotspots.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: ICDS Supervisor, 2017)
                                    • ഉപകരണങ്ങൾ പരസ്പരം ബന്ധിപ്പിക്കാത്തതും, ഹബ് ഒരു കേന്ദ്ര കൺട്രോളറായി പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നതുമായ നെറ്റ്‌വർക്ക് ടോപ്പോളജി ആണ്  – സ്റ്റാർ. (Previous Year PSC Questions: Degree Level Mains Stage II, 2021).
                                    • A _________ is a passage to connect two networks together that may work upon different networking models – Gateway.  (Previous Year PSC Questions: Station Officer(Trainee), 2023)
                                    • താഴെ പറയുന്ന നെറ്റ്‌വർക്ക് ഉപകരണങ്ങളിൽ പ്രോട്ടോകോൾ പരിവർത്തനത്തിനു കഴിവുള്ളത് ആർക്കു?  (Previous Year PSC Questions: LD Clerk, 2021)
                                      • A) റിപീറ്റർ   B) ബ്രിഡ്ജ്   C) റൗട്ടർ   D) ഗേറ്റ് വേ  

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