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Quiz based on Digital Principles and Computer Organization

1) Base of hexadecimal number system? Answer : 16 2) Universal gate in digital logic? Answer : NAND 3) Memory type that is non-volatile? Answer : ROM 4) Basic building block of digital circuits? Answer : Gate 5) Device used for data storage in sequential circuits? Answer : Flip-flop 6) Architecture with shared memory for instructions and data? Answer : von Neumann 7) The smallest unit of data in computing? Answer : Bit 8) Unit that performs arithmetic operations in a CPU? Answer : ALU 9) Memory faster than main memory but smaller in size? Answer : Cache 10) System cycle that includes fetch, decode, and execute? Answer : Instruction 11) Type of circuit where output depends on present input only? Answer : Combinational 12) The binary equivalent of decimal 10? Answer : 1010 13) Memory used for high-speed temporary storage in a CPU? Answer : Register 14) Method of representing negative numbers in binary? Answer : Two's complement 15) Gate that inverts its input signal? Answer : NOT 16)...

General knowledge Quiz

1) Who is the founder of wikileaks ? 
a) Benedict Arnold
b) Edward Snowden
c) Mordechai Vanunu
d) Julian Assange
Answer : Julian Assange

2) What is a major transcript of the Oral Torah ? 
a) Ghazal
b) Nabati
c) Mishnah
d) Maqama
Answer : c) Mishnah

3) What do we call animals without a backbone ? 
a) Reptiles
b) Mammals
c) Invertebrates
d) Chordates
Answer : c) Invertebrates

4) What puppet state was established in China during its invasion by Japan ? 
a) Manchukuo
b) Koshin'etsu
c) Transnistria
d) Zanzibar 
Answer : a) Manchukuo

5) In total, there are an estimated 100 - 400 billion stars in the 
a) Milky Way
b) Solar System
c) Asteroid belt
d) Universe
Answer : a) Milky Way

6) Which is not a dead language ? 
a) Sindhi
b) Dacian
c) Phrygian
d) Illyrian
Answer : a) Sindhi

7) What city is commonly known as Saigon ? 
a) Seoul
b) Shanghai
c) Bangkok
d) Ho Chi Minh 
Answer : d) Ho chi Minh 

8) Guglielmo Marconi was one of the inventors of
a) Steam power
b) Dynamite
c) Radio
d) Electricity
Answer : c) Radio

9) Port wine is produced in ____
a) Portugal
b) France
c) Italy
d) Spain
Answer : a) Portugal

10) In which country do more people live than in Russia ? 
a) Bangladesh
b) Mozambique
c) South Africa
d) Turkey 
Answer : a) Bangladesh

11) Tornadoes are a very rare phenomenon in _____
a) Indiana
b) Oregon
c) Oklahoma
d) Nebraska
Answer : b) Oregon

12) Where is Chechnya ? 
a) Caucasus
b) Taurus
c) Pamir
d) Hindu Kush 
Answer : a) Caucasus

13) Which river flows through Angola ? 
a) Mekong
b) Araguaia
c) Zambezi
d) Jubba
Answer : c) Zambezi

14) In what direction does Earth rotate ? 
a) East
b) West
c) South
d) North
Answer : a) East 

15) Which painting was created by Pieter Bruegel the Elder ? 
a) The Tower of Babel
b) The Water Ghost 
c) The flaying of Marsyas
d) Anatomical pieces 
Answer : a) The Tower of Babel

16) On which instrument do you change the pitch by moving a slide ? 
a) French horn
b) Soprano clarinet
c) Tenor Trombone
d) Bassoon 
Answer : c) Tenor Trombone

17) Which ballroom dance originated in the US ? 
a) Waltz
b) Foxtrot
c) Rumba
d) Paso Doble
Answer : b) foxtrot

18) Which of these birds are closely related to pelicans ? 
a) Bitterns
b) Penguins
c) Shoebills
d) Falcons 
Answer : c) Shoebills

19) Which of these leaders was Macedonian ? 
a) Alexander the Great
b) Augustus
c) Justin I
d) Hadrian 
Answer : a) Alexander the Great

20) What is part of the endocrine system? 
a) Spleen
b) Urinary bladder
c) Spinal cord
d) Pancreas
Answer : d) Pancreas

 21) What formed the basis of the economy of the 17th century American colonies ? 
a) Rice
b) Steam engine
c) Spinning Jenny
d) Tobacco
Answer : d) Tobacco

22) What is the most abundant element in the sun ? 
a) Hydrogen
b) Sulfur
c) Helium
d) Oxygen
Answer : a) Hydrogen

23) Surgery on the heart usually requires a prior ____
a) Cystectomy
b) Vitrectomy
c) Hysterectomy
d) Sternotomy 
Answer : d) Sternotomy 

24) Which of these is an apex predator ? 
a) Dingo
b) Perch
c) Xenopus
d) Chameleon
Answer : a) Dingo

25) Which animals do not have a gut ? 
a) Sponges
b) Mussels
c) Beetles
d) Earthworms
Answer : a) Sponges




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