MAHESHWARI PUBLIC SCHOOL, LADVI

A.Y. 2022-23
ICT - Standard IX (MPS-CBSE-202223): Chp-6: Getting Connected Internet
A. Answer the following questions: -
Q1. What is a computer network?
Ans. A computer network is a group of computers and peripheral devices, connected through a data
commmunication system. It facilitates the sharing of hardware and software resources among
different users.
Q2. Explain the function of server and client in a network.
Ans. Server: A server is a powerful computer or a series of computers with high speed and great
processing capability. It can link other computers or electronic devices together over servers to
provide important services across a network to both private and public users via the internet.
Client: A client is a computer system which uses a network to access a remote service from the
server. It can access all the applications or information from the main sever. A client is also known
as a node.
Q3. Define the term internet.
Ans. The internet is a worldwide network of computers that uses common communication standards and
interfaces to provide the physical backbone for a number of interesting applications. Computers on
the Internet use remote server machines to share files and devices with the user machines.
Q4. What is a web browser? Name some popular web browsers.
Ans. A Web browser is a software for accessing information and resources on the World Wide Web.
Some popular browsers are – Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Apple
Safari, etc.
Q5. What is a webpage?
Ans. A web page (or webpage) is a hypertext document on the World Wide Web. Web pages are
delivered by a web server to the user and displayed in a web browser. A website consists of many
web pages linked together under a common domain name.
Q6. What is a search enging? Name some common search engines.
Ans. A search engine is a software system designed to carry out web searches. They search the World
Wide Web in a systematic way for particular information specified in a textual web search query.
Some common search engines are – Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask, etc.
Q7. Define the term 'plugin'.
Ans. A plug-in is a software which provides additional functionality to the browser allowing it to display
the content.
Q8. What is a virus?
Ans. A virus is a harmful program which when enters the computer, affects the performance of the computer and
destroys its data.
Q9. Define the term 'anti-virus'. Give some examples.
Ans. Anti-virus programmes are used to detect and destroy computer virus. Examples of some anti-virus
 programmes are Norton, Kaspersky, Quick Heal, McAfee, etc.
B. Fill in the blanks:
1. A Search Engline is a tool that allows to search for information on web.
2. A computer network is a group of computers connected together to share information and for doing
communication.
3. Lynx is an example of text based-browser that support only textual information on web.
4. The collection of webpages is called as website.
5. Servers are high speed computers that are used to store information within the internet.
C. Multiple Choice Questions:
1. By connecting computers in a _______, one can use resources of all the connected computers.
(a) network (b) line
(c) connection (d) speed
2. The laws and rules that help the network to work properly is known as ____________.
(a) procedures (b) set of rules
(c) protocols (d) methodology
3. The process of converting analog data into equivalent digital data is known as ____________.
(a) modulation (b) demodulation (c) conversion (d) adaption
4. A device that does the function of modulator and demodulator is called
(a) Modem (b) Servers (c) Clients (d) Router
5. ___________ companies offers the facility of 4G data cards.
(a) Reliance Jio (b) Airtel
(c) VI (d) All of these
6. The popular applications of interet are
(a) Email (b) Information sharing
(c) Searchig for information (d) All of these
7. A _____________ name is identification string that defines a territory of administrative autonomy,
authority or control on the internet.
(a) application (b) protocol
(c) domain (d) provice
8. Full form of DNS is
(a) Domain Name Submission (b) Domain Name System
(c) Domain Name Service (d) Domain Name Search
9. To jump from one webpage to another, the web page is connected by ____________.
(a) web links (b) links (c) hyperlinks (d) All of these
10. The most commonly used kind of URL starts with ____________.
(a) https:// (b) htp:// (c) ftp:// (d) html://
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