General knowledge questions for IT students

Virtual quizzes are always fun and a top choice for everyone trying to keep themselves busy. You can easily enhance your general knowledge while scrolling on your cell phone. In this article, we have listed some great general knowledge questions about Information Technology (IT).

Questions:

1. Which company is not a leader in cloud computing?
   Answer: Blackboard

2. Which is the first search engine on the internet?
   Answer: Archie

3. Which programming language is used to create programs like applets?
   Answer: Java

4. The first computer virus is known as?
   Answer: Creeper virus

5. What protocol is used to send e-mail?
   Answer: Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)

6. What command is used to create Linux file systems?
   Answer: Mkfs

7. In what year ‘@ ‘sign was first chosen for its use in e-mail address?
   Answer: In 1972

8. What is the binary value of ‘A’?
   Answer: 01000001

9. What number of a bit is used by the IPv6 address?
   Answer: 128 bit

10. What was the name of the first web browser invented in 1990?
    Answer: Nexus

11. What command is used to display the characteristics of a process?
    Answer: ps command

12. What TCP/IP protocol is used for remote terminal connection service?
    Answer: Telnet

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