Basic Computer for Government Exams: Notes, Questions & Cheatsheets
Everything published for Basic Computer, gathered in one place: the study series to work through, practice questions with answers and explanations, and the cheatsheets, tips and word lists worth keeping for revision.
Or take them as a set: the Basic Computer practice set
Cheatsheets
Shortcut Keys Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on computer keyboard shortcut keys for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers the common editing shortcuts, the Windows and window-management keys, the function keys, and the navigation shortcuts most often asked in the computer-awareness section, so you can revise quickly before the exam.
MS Excel Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on Microsoft Excel for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers what Excel is, its file format, cells rows and columns, how formulas and cell references work, the most-asked functions, and key shortcuts, so you can revise the computer-awareness section quickly before the exam.
Types of Computers Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on the types of computers for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers the classification by size and power from supercomputer to microcomputer, and the classification by the kind of data handled, with examples, so you can revise this computer-awareness topic quickly before the exam.
Computer Abbreviations Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on computer abbreviations and full forms for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It gathers the most-asked full forms for hardware, memory, files, networking and the web in one place, grouped for easy recall, so you can revise the computer-awareness section quickly before the exam.
Computer Security Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on computer security for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers the types of malware, common attacks like phishing, the defences such as firewalls and antivirus, the CIA triad, and safe-practice basics, so you can revise the computer-awareness section quickly before the exam.
MS PowerPoint Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on Microsoft PowerPoint for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers what PowerPoint is, its file format, the views, the slide-show shortcuts, the difference between animations and transitions, and the slide master, so you can revise the computer-awareness section quickly before the exam.
Computer Hardware Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on computer hardware for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers what hardware is, input and output devices, the parts of the CPU, memory and storage, the motherboard, and hardware versus software, so you can revise this computer-awareness topic quickly before the exam.
MS Word Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on Microsoft Word for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers what Word is, its file formats, the main ribbon tabs, the most-asked keyboard shortcuts, and key features like mail merge and track changes, so you can revise the computer-awareness section quickly before the exam.
Computer Generations Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on the generations of computers for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers all five generations with their main electronic component, the period, the languages used, and example machines, so you can revise this frequently-asked computer-awareness topic quickly before the exam.
Computer Fundamentals Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on computer fundamentals for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers the input-process-output cycle, data versus information, hardware versus software, the parts of a computer, the five generations, types of computers, and the units of memory, with the full forms and shortcuts most often asked.
Memory and Storage Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on computer memory and storage for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It explains primary versus secondary memory, RAM versus ROM and their types, cache and registers, volatile versus non-volatile memory, the units from bit to terabyte, and the capacities of CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs.
Networking Essentials Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on computer networking for SSC, Banking, Railway and state computer-awareness sections. It covers the types of networks PAN, LAN, MAN and WAN, the common topologies, networking devices like the hub, switch, router and modem, wired and wireless transmission media, and the full forms most often asked in exams.
Operating Systems Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on operating systems for SSC, Banking, Railway and state computer-awareness sections. It covers what an operating system does, its main functions, the types of operating systems, common examples such as Windows, Linux and Android, the GUI versus CLI difference, booting, and key terms like kernel and virtual memory.
Internet and Email Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on the internet and email for SSC, Banking, Railway and state computer-awareness sections. It explains the internet versus the World Wide Web, IP addresses, URLs and domains, the common protocols HTTP, FTP and SMTP, browsers and search engines, the parts of an email with To, Cc and Bcc, and the full forms most often asked.
Input and Output Devices Cheat Sheet
A quick revision cheat sheet on input and output devices for SSC, Banking, Railway and state computer-awareness sections. It lists the common input devices, output devices and input-output devices, the types of printers and monitors, the special scanners OMR, OCR and MICR, and the full forms most often asked in exams.