MS-EXCEL MCQs

Q:1 Which of the following is not a text function of MS-Excel?

A) MID

B) RIGHT

C) COMBINE

D) LEFT

Q:2 In Cell A5, a formula ‘= A3 + B4’. If cell A5 is copied and pasted in cell
E9, what

will be the formula in cell E9?

A) = E7 + F8

B) = A3 + B4

C) = E8 + F7

D) = B4 + C5

Q:3 Which of the following functions in MS Excel counts the cells in a

range that

are not empty?

A) COUNT

B) COUNTA

C) COUNTIF

D) COUNTBLANK

Q:4 A/An ______ is a pre-written formula that performs calculations

automatically in

MS Excel?

A) Function

B) Equation

C) Template

D) Chart

Q:5 What is the value of the following MS-Excel function?

=FLOOR (134, 19)

=FLOOR (134, 19)

A) 7

B) 133

C) 1

D) 152

Q:6 In MS-Excel, (a/an) ______ chart is a type of chart in which a circle is

divided into

sectors such that each sector represents a proportion of the whole

A) Column

B) Scatter

C) Pie

D) Line

Q:7 Which of the following statements about MS Excel is FALSE?

A) MS Excel file is called workbook.

B) A worksheet contains many cells.

C) A workbook contains multiple worksheets.

D) A worksheet cannot be renamed.

Q:8 In MS Excel, a worksheet that only contains the Excel chart is called a

_______ sheet.

A) Chart

B) Line

C) Pie

D) Radar

Q:9 Which of the following MS-Excel functions adds all the numbers in a
range of

cells?

A) =ADD ()

B) =COS ()

C) =SUM ()

D) =MAX ()
Q:10 Which of the following Freeze Panes option should you choose to
freeze the first

column?

A) Freeze Panes

B) Freeze Top Column

C) Freeze Top Row

D) Freeze First Column

Q:11 What is the output of the following MS-Excel Formula?

=FLOOR (176,21)

=FLOOR (176,21)

A) 13

B) 168

C) 8

D) 9

Q:12 Microsoft Excel is a:

A) graphic program

B) word processor

C) spreadsheet

D) presentation tool

Q:13 A/An ______ function checks to see if two text values are identical in
MS-Excel?

A) Exact ()

B) Find ()

C) Concatenate ()

D) Char ()

Q:14 ______ is a chart that is supposed to be placed on a worksheet as

opposed to on

a separate chart sheet when using a spread sheet software package in MS

Excel.

A) Bar chart
B) Column chart

C) Embedded chart

D) Stock chart

Q:15______ are useful for quickly creating unweighted contingency table in

MS Excel.

A) Macros

B) Charts

C) Pivot Tables

D) Functions

Q:16 In MS Excel, if the results of a formula CANNOT be displayed

completely in a

cell, it displays multiple ______ characters.

A) #

B) @

C) +

D) $

Q:17 In MS Excel, ______ chart shows changes in values relative to a centre

point.

A) Stock

B) Radar

C) Bar

D) Line

Q:18 In MS Excel, Rows are labelled as ______.

A) A, B, C, etc

B) 1,2,3 etc

C) A1, A2, etc

D) $A$1, $A$2, etc.

Q:19 Which area in MS Excel window allows entering values and formulas?

A) Home tab

B) Insert tab.
C) Formula bar

D) Page layout tab

Q:20 In MS Excel, to ______ on the worksheet, select the cell that contains
the name

of the data series, type the new name, and ENTER.

A) Delete entries.

B) Update entries

C) Edit legend entries.

D) Select entries.

Q:21 If the information from an MS Excel object is embedded in MS Word,

then

information:

A) can be deleted if source file is modified.

B) can be copied if source file is modified.

C) can be updated if source file is modified.

D) remains same if source file is modified.

Q:22 What is the key combination to switch between expanding and

collapsing of the

formula bar in MS Excel?

A) CTRL + SHIFT + O

B) CTRL + W

C) ALT + ENTER.

D) CTRL + SHIFT + U

Q:23 Which of the following is NOT a valid function in MS Excel?

A) SUM ()

B) SUBTRACT ()

C) ABS ()

D) CEILING ()

Q:24 To represent the information in the same order on each bar ______

useful in MS Excel.
A) Doughnut

B) Line

C) Radar

D) Stacked

Q:25 In a spreadsheet, a statement that performs a calculation is called

a(n)

______.

A) Formula

B) Reference

C) Argument

D) Parameter

Q:26 Which chart implements Cartesian (XY) coordinate system in data

plotting

process?

A) Bar chart

B) Pie chart

C) Area chart

D) Scatter chart

Q:27 What Excel tool allows you to create quickly and automatically
summary data

from a large data set?

A) Conditional Formatting

B) Sorting

C) Pivot Table

D) Field Lists

Q:28 What will be the output of this formula

“=fact (0) + fact (3) + fact (5)”

“=fact (0) + fact (3) + fact (5)”

A) 9

B) 127
C) 8

D) 126

Q:29 What will be the result of the following MS-EXCEL formula?

= EVEN (3) + ODD (8)

A) 14

B) 9

C) 13

D) 11

Q:30 If you copy =SUM(A1:A5) from Cell A6 to Cell B6, which formula will

result for Cell B6 in Excel ?

A) = SUM (A6 : B6)

B) = SUM (B1 : B5)

C) = SUM (A1 : B1)

D) = SUM (B1 : B6)

Q:31 What is the value of the following MS Excel formula?

= SUMSQ (1,2,3,4)

A) 30

B) 10

C) 34

D) 24

Q:32 What is the value of the following MS-Excel function.

= FLOOR (14 , 4)

A) 12

B) 3

C) 14

D) 144

Q:33 What will be the output of the following excel formula?

= CEILING.MATH ( 155, 10 )

A) 150
B) 15

C) 160

D) 5

Q:34 How do we neatly portray complex information in vertical columns

and horizontal

rows of cells?

A) Text box

B) Merge option

C) Clip art

D) Tables

Q:35 Which of the following is not an option of cell alignment in Ms excel?

A) Align bottom right

B) Align centre

C) Align across

D) Align top left

Q:36 Which of the following terms is not associated with spreadsheet

software?

A) Worksheet

B) Cell

C) Formula

D) Virus Protection

Q:37 What is the key combination to display the shortcut menu for a

selected item in MS Excel?

A) SHIFT + F11

B) SHIFT + F3

C) SHIFT + F10

D) SHIFT + F1

Q:38 MS Excel recognizes macro-enabled workbooks from the file

extension:
A) .xlsx

B) .xlsm

C) .xls

D) .xlxs

Q:39 What will be the function given below return

=MATCH(12,{10,13,30,40,60},1)

A) 1

B) 2

C) 0

D) #N/A

Q:40 What is the shortcut key to make a chart by using a cell range in MS
Excel?

A) F4

B) F5

C) F6

D) F11

Q:41 Sort and filter is found in which tab of MS-Excel ?

A) Home

B) Insert

C) Formulas

D) View

Q:42 In MS Excel long Text can be broken down into many lines within a
cell. You can

do this through:

A) Home – Wrap Text

B) Insert – Wrap Text

C) Page layout – Wrap Text

D) Data – Wrap Text

Q:43 Which is not a Text function in MS Excel?

A) Code ()
B) Char ()

C) Clean ()

D) DB ()

Q:44 What is the keyboard shortcut to insert a new comment in a cell in

MS Excel?

A) F2

B) CTRL + F2

C) ALT + F2

D) SHIFT + F2

Q:45 Which feature is used to rotate the text diagonally or vertically of the
selected

cells in MS Excel?

A) Orientation

B) Text Layout

C) Text Flip

D) Cell Orientation

Q:46 CTRL + 1 shortcut key in Excel will:

A) Open the Format cells dialog box

B) Apply double underline for the active cell

C) Fill down in the selection

D) None of the above

Q:47 Which menu option can be used to split windows into two in Excel?

A) Review -> Window

B) View -> Window -> Split

C) Window -> Split

D) View -> Split

Q:48 When creating a custom filter in Excel, which of the following would
not be

considered a Boolean operator?

A) IF
B) AND

C) OR

D) NOT

Q:49 A ____ is a rule concerning what kind of data can be entered in a cell.

A) Data Validation rule

B) Boundary value

C) Format rule

D) Transpose rule

Q:50 While selecting multiple worksheets in Excel, the following key must
also be

used when clicking the sheet tab.

A) SHIFT

B) ALT

C) CTRL

D) INSERT

Q:51 By default, does a workbook have ____ worksheets in MS-Excel 2010?

A) 4

B) 2

C) 3

D) 1

Q:52 If you want to print multiple worksheets at a time, select one

worksheet , hold

____ key on keyboard, then select the worksheet to print that you want

A) ESC

B) CTRL

C) ALT

D) TAB

Q:53 Number of rows in MS-Excel is equal to -

A) 75536

B) 65536
C) 56536

D) 56563

Q:54 In Ms excel 365 which of the following appears across the top of the
screen and
below the title bar and contains all the commands, formulas and features
needed to create data-intense spreadsheets.
A) Scroll bar

B) Status Bar

C) Rule

D) Ribbon

Q:55 Which of the following statements is correct :

A) An excel file may contain only one pivot table.

B) An excel workbook may contain only one pivot table

C) An excel workbook may contain multiple worksheets.

D) An excel spreadsheet may contain multiple workbooks.

Q:56 Which of the following is the valid cell address in MS-Excel ?

A) A9B

B) ABC

C) AB5

D) 9AB

Q:57 Which is the result of the following MS-Excel formula?

=SUM(2^3, 1-2/2)

A) 7.5

B) 9

C) 8.5

D) 8

Q:58 Which of the following key(s) can be used to cancel the editing of a
cell in MS

Excel?

A) ALT + ENTER
B) ENTER

C) TAB

D) ESC

Q:59 Count the total number of cells in a cell range (C4 : H10) in MS-
Excel ?

A) 6

B) 7

C) 13

D) 42

Q:60 What will be the output of this formula in MS-Excel ?

= (120 * 5 / 10 ^ 2)

A) 6

B) 9

C) 8

D) 7

Q:61 In A3 cell “ = A1 + A2 “ refers to

A) Addition of A1 and A3 will display in A2

B) Addition of A1 and A2 will display in A3

C) Addition of A1 and A2 will not display in A3

D) Addition of A2 and A3 will display in A1

Q:62 When you choose cell address A1 and then press SHIFT Key and
press cell

address C9. then how many total numbers of cells will be counted.

A) 1

B) 12

C) 27

D) 2

Q:63 Which of the following shortcut keys is used to open workbook

statistics dialog

box.
A) CTRL + SHIFT + F10

B) CTRL + 1

C) CTRL + SHIFT + G

D) ALT + Q

Q:64 In Microsoft excel, which function removes all nonprintable

characters from

text?

A) CLEAN

B) IF

C) NESTED IF

D) IFERROR

A) Justify

B) Left

C) Right

D) Centre

Q:65 What is the default alignment of numbers in the cell of an Excel

Worksheet?

Q:66 What is the output of that formula:

=SUM (2^3, 1-2/2)

A) 7.5

B) 9

C) 8.5

D) 8

Q:67 What is the output of that formula

= 16 / 2 ^ 3

A) 512

B) 124

C) 6

D) 2

Q:68 What is the output of that formula

= 8 / 8 ^ 2 * 16

A) 32

B) 0

C) 2

D) 16

Q:69 In MS-Excel “Merge Cells” option is available

A) Alignment group in Home Tab

B) Alignment Tab in Format Cells Dialog Box.

C) Alignment group in Page Layout Tab

D) Both A) & B)

Q:70 What is the output of this formula

= FACT (5 – 4)

A) 120

B) 1

C) 96

D) 24

Q:71 Which of the following is not the MS-Excel formula.

A) SUM

B) AVG

C) MAX

D) MIN

Q:72 In MS-Excel, which of the following is the default cell reference.

A) Mixed

B) Absolute

C) Relative

D) None of these

Q:73 In MS-Excel, the_____function returns the total number of characters

in a string.

A) =COUNT ()
B) =COUNTA ()

C) =LEN ()

D) =SUM ()

Q:74 Making headings visible even while scrolling in MS-Excel can be done
by using-

A) Freeze Pane

B) Paradox

C) Fixed Pane

D) Carousel

Q:75 Which of the following statements is correct regarding the “NUMBER”

type

formatting of cells in MS-Excel?

A) 30 is the maximum value for decimal places.

B) 4 is the default value for decimal places.

C) The 1000 separator is a feature that places a comma after each digit.

D) 1 is the minimum value for decimal places.

Q:76 What is the output of this formula-

= SUM (4 ^ 3 , 2 -2/2 )

A) 65

B) 64

C) 82

D) 63

Q:77 What is the output of this formula-

= SUM (2 ^ 3 , 1 -2/2 )

A) 1.9

B) 7.5

C) 8

D) 8.5

Q:78 Which of the following components represents the content of the

selected cell.
A) Formula Bar

B) Status Bar

C) Name Box

D) Title Bar

Q:79 In MS-Excel, creating resulting ‘what-if’ conditions based on several

uncertain

future conditions is called -

A) Pivot Table

B) Scenario

C) Goal Seek

D) Decision Table

Q:80 Which of the following is a function in MS Excel 365 that returns the
sum of the

values in a range of cells?

A) MAX

B) AVERAGE

C) COUNT

D) SUM

Q:81 In spreadsheet software, which formula can be used to find the

largest value in

a range of cells?

A) SUM ()

B) COUNT ()

C) MAX ()

D) MIN ()

Q:82 In MS Excel _____ have a dollar sign ($) in front of the row number
and/or column

letter.

A) Only mixed reference

B) Only absolute reference

C) Only relative reference

D) Both absolute reference and mixed reference

Q:83 Which of the following is used to open the Save dialog box in MS
Excel 365.

A) Home -> Save.

B) Data -> Save.

C) View -> Save.

D) File -> Save.

Q:84 Which of the following options is used to save a new file for the first
time in MS

Excel 365.

A) Save and new

B) Close

C) Save and print

D) Save as

Q:85 Using which one of the following, statistical analysis of data can be
done in?

A) Spreadsheet

B) Word Processor

C) Text Editor

D) Browser

Q:86 In MS Excel _____is used in finding text within the sheet.

A) CTRL + T

B) ALT + F

C) CTRL + F

D) ALT + R

Q:87 Which of the following is true about cell range in MS-Excel?

A) Collection of values

B) Collection of occupied cells

C) Collection of chosen cells

D) Collection of formulae

Q:88 In Microsoft Excel, which function removes all nonprintable

characters from

text?

A) CLEAN

B) NESTED IF

C) IFERROR

D) IF

Q:89 In MS-Excel, the _____between two columns is an indicator that we

have hidden

a column.

A) Double line

B) Single line

C) Double arrow

D) Single arrow

Q:90 In MS-Excel, you can use _____ when you want to change a cell
reference within

a formula without changing the formula itself.

A) TRANPOSE

B) MATCH

C) VLOOKUP

D) INDIRECT

Q:91 In Excel, which of the following is not an element of a formula?

A) Picture

B) Worksheet function

C) Mathematical operators

D) Cell references

Q:92 In Excel, sometimes (#####) sign is displayed in a cell instead of

actual data.

What does it mean?

A) There is some hidden content

B) Numbers are entered in place of text

C) There is some error

D) The column is not wide enough to display cell content

Q:93 In Excel, for any given input IF () function has only

A) 1 output

B) 0 output

C) 2 outputs

D) 3 outputs

Q:94 Which of the following actions should be performed to use the

‘Format Painter’

multiple times in MS Excel?

A) Double click on the Format painter icon

B) Click on lock Format painter icon

C) Double click and drag the Format painter multiple times

D) Click on multiple use option under format painter.

Q:95 What function would you use to find the highest value in a range of
cells?

A) MIN

B) MAX

C) HIGH

D) LARGE

Q:96 What usually referred to as a worksheet, is used to track, compute

and compare

numerical or financial data?

A) MS-Word

B) Spreadsheet

C) Calculator

D) Notepad

Q:97 How many cells are in cell range F4:P10 ?

A) 66

B) 60

C) 70

D) 77

Q:98 _____ Excel function returns TRUE or FALSE based on two or more
conditions.

A) =AVERAGE

B) =CONCATE

C) =COUNT

D) =AND

Q: 99 How do you insert a new worksheet in Excel file?

A) Right click on a sheet tab and choose “Insert”

B) Go to the Home tab and click “Insert sheet”

C) Press CTRL + N

D) Both A and B

Q:100 Which function returns a value either from an array or from a one-
row or one

column range?

A) Lookup function

B) Loop function

C) Financial function

D) References functions
ANSWERS :

1) C

2) A

3) B

4) A

5) B

6) C

7) D

8) A

9) C

10) D

11) B

12) C

13) A

14) C
15) C

16) A

17) B

18) B

19) C

20) C

21) D

22) D

23) B

24) D

25) A

26) D

27) C

56) C

57) D

58) D

59) D

60) A

61) B

62) C

63) C

64) A

65) C

66) D

67) D

68) C

69) D

70) B

71) B
72) C

73) C

74) A

75) C

76) A

77) C

78) A

79) C

80) D

81) C

82) D

83) D

84) D

85) A

86) C

87) C

88) A

89) A

90) D

91) A

92) D

93) A

94) A

95) B

96) B

97) D

98) D

99) B

100) A