Important Operating System Question With Answers for Competitive Examination

1. Which operating system doesn’t support networking between computers?
a. Windows 3.1
b. Windows 95
c. Windows 2000
d. Windows NT

2. If you hard disk is partitioned into 3 drives, the number of recycle bin for that hard disk is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4 

3. Which of the following does not support more than one program at a time?
a. DOS
b. Linux
c. Windows
d. Unix

4. Which of the following is not an operating system?
a. DOS
b. Linux
c. Windows
d. Oracle

5. Linux is a(n) … operating system
a. Open source
b. Microsoft
c. Windows
d. Mac

6. Which operating system can you give smallest file name?
a. Ps/2
b. Dos
c. Windows
d. Windows NT

7. Which one is not operating system?
a. P11
b. OS/2
c. Windows
d. Unix

8. When you rename a file five times then the number of file in the disk is
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5

9. You should choose Sleep option when
a. The computer is tired after working for the whole day
b. You are leaving for a very short time and want to resume you work shortly
c. When computer gets hanged frequently. Let it sleep for some time
d. You finish working and going to bed

10. The …. displays the name of every computer user on the computer
a. Wish list screen
b. Command screen
c. Welcome screen
d. None of the above

11. The category of software most appropriate for controlling the design and layout of complex document like newsletters and brochure is:
a. Word processing
b. Computer aided design
c. Web page authoring
d. Desktop publishing

12. Which one is not a system tool?
a. Backup
b. Disk defragment
c. Virus scanning
d. All of the above

13. The memory which allocates space for DOS and application is called
a. Expanded memory
b. Cache memory
c. Virtual memory
d. Conventional memory

14. The operating system creates … from the physical computer
a. Virtual space
b. Virtual computer
c. Virtual device
d. None

15. The operating system creates _____ from the physical computer
a. Virtual space
b. Virtual computers
c. Virtual device
d. None

16. Which menu bar selection would you access to open file?
a. Option
b. Help
c. View
d. None of above

17. Which mode loads minimal set of drivers when starting Windows?
a. Safe Mode
b. Normal Mode
c. VGA Mode
d. Network Support Mode

18. Which of the following are loaded in safe mode?
a. Keyboard driver
b. Mouse driver
c. VGA drive
d. All of above

19. A …. is a named location on a disk where files are stored
a. Folder
b. Pod
c. Version
d. None of the above

20. Which command is used to see the version of operating system?
a. Vol
b. Version
c. Ver
d. None of the above