Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Computer.

Key Points

• SPAM:
  • Any sort of unwanted, unsolicited digital communication sent out in bulk, usually in the form of an email, is termed as 'spam'.
  • Spamming is usually done for the purpose of commercial advertising, for illegal purposes like phishing, etc.
  • Spamming is used for the purpose of commercial advertising because it is less expensive as advertisers have no operating cost beyond the management of their infrastructure and internet requirements.
  • Spamming was started by Gary Thuerk in 1978 by sending unsolicited mass e-mails over APARNET to promote his firm’s computer products.
  • Though the most common form is email spam, there are other recognized forms also, some of which are listed below:
    • Instant messaging spam
    • Web search engine spam
    • Wiki spam
    • Mobile phone-messaging spam
    • Internet forum spam
    • Social spam 
• Spams may also contain viruses, adware, etc.
• Studies and surveys have revealed that spam constitutes roughly 50 percent of the e-mail circulating on the internet.

​Additional Information​

• Important terms related with Indian music - Nada, Shruti, Svara, Saptak, Varna, and Alankara.
• Various terms are related with a particular sport, some of which are mentioned in the table given below:

The correct answer is Monitor.

Key Points

• A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial form.

Additional Information

• Plotter - A plotter is a printer that interprets commands from a computer to make line drawings on paper with one or more automated pens.
• Scanner - A scanner is an input device.
• Printer - It is an output device.

The correct answer is range.

Key Points

• In Microsoft Excel, a range is a collection of cells.
• A range can be 2 or more cells and those cells don't necessarily have to be adjacent to each other.

​Additional Information  

• Worksheet and workbook specifications and limits:
  • Total number of rows and columns on a worksheet - 1,048,576 rows by 16,384 columns
  • Column width - 255 characters
  • Page breaks - 1,026 horizontal and vertical
  • Row height - 409 points 

The correct answer is Application software

Important Points

• MS Office, Photoshop, and Animagic are examples of Application software
• MS Office is a software bundle provided by Microsoft.
• It includes software like MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Outlook, MS Access, MS One Note, and others.

Additional Information

• Photoshop is a powerful photo editing tool by Adobe.
• An Operating System (OS) is an interface between a computer user and computer hardware.
• An operating system is software that performs all the basic tasks like file management, memory management, process management, handling input and output, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers.

The correct answer is Backspace.

Key Points

• The backspace key is used to delete a word or a line.
• Backspace is the keyboard key that originally pushed the typewriter carriage one position backwards, and in modern computer systems moves the display cursor one position backwards.
• It deletes the character at that position, and shifts back the text after that position by one position.

Additional Information

• The Alt key on a computer keyboard is used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys.
• Thus, the Alt key is a modifier key, used in a similar fashion to the Shift key. 
• The shift key is a modifier key on a keyboard, used to type capital letters and another alternate "upper" characters. 
• The Insert key insert (often abbreviated Ins) is a key commonly found on computer keyboards.