CBSE Class 11 Computer Science Vim Editor and Basic Scripting MCQs Set B

Question : In Vim editor which command moves cursor to the end of line ?

a) M

b) H

c) L

d) $

Answer : $

Question : In Vim editor which command moves cursor to the beginning of next sentence ?

a) )

b) (

c) G

d) W

Answer : )

Question : In Vim editor which command moves cursor to the beginning of current sentence ?

a) )

b) (

c) G

d) W

Answer : (

Question : In Vim editor which command moves cursor to end of file ?

a) )

b) (

c) G

d) W

Answer : G

Question : In Vim editor which command moves cursor one word at a time?

a) )

b) (

c) G

d) W

Answer : W

Question : In Vim editor which command moves cursor back a word at a time.?

a) Nb

b) e

c) c

d) B

Answer : B

Question : In Vim editor which command moves cursor back a word at a time ?

a) Nb

b) e

c) b

d) c

Answer : b

Question : In Vim editor which command moves cursor back a word at a time ?

a) b

b) B

c) e

d) Both (A) and C

Answer : Both (A) and C

Question : In Vim editor which command moves cursor back by N number of words ?

a) Nb

b) e

c) b

d) B

Answer : Nb

Question : In Vim editor which command moves to line of file ?

a) Nb

b) gg

c) b

d) B

Answer : gg

Question : In Vim editor which command moves to beginning of the line ?

a) Nb

b) gg

c) b

d) 0

Answer : 0

Question : In Vim editor which command moves cursor back to end of word ?

a) Nb

b) E

c) b

d) B

Answer : E

Question : A user needs to toggle between the ____ and the ______ mode when we edit a document.

a) Command, Insert

b) Edit, Delete

c) Command, Last line

d) Insert, Delete

Answer : Command, Insert

Question : ______ the document is one of the most common operations that a user would perform once the document is created.

a) Skipping

b) Editing

c) Compiling

d) Inserting

Answer : Editing

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to undo last change ?

a) U

b) u

c) C

d) dd

Answer : u

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to undo all changes to entire line ?

a) U

b) u

c) C

d) dd

Answer : U

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to Delete single line ?

a) U

b) u

c) C

d) dd

Answer : dd

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to delete N number of lines ?

a) U

b) u

c) C

d) Ndd

Answer : Ndd

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to delete contents of line after cursor ?

a) D

b) dd

c) C

d) Ndd

Answer : D

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to delete contents of line after cursor and insert new text ?

a) D

b) dd

c) C

d) Ndd

Answer : C

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to delete one word ?

a) cw

b) Ndw

c) dw

d) Ndd

Answer : dw

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to delete N number of words ?

a) cw

b) Ndw

c) dw

d) Ndd

Answer : Ndw

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to change word ?

a) cw

b) Ndw

c) dw

d) Ndd

Answer : cw

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to delete the character under the cursor ?

a) R

b) r

c) x

d) X

Answer : x

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to delete the character before the cursor ?

a) R

b) r

c) x

d) X

Answer : X

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to replace single character ?

a) R

b) r

c) x

d) X

Answer : r

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to overwrite characters from cursor onward ?

a) R

b) r

c) x

d) X

Answer : R

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to overwrite substitute one character under cursor and continue to insert ?

a) s

b) S

c) x

d) X

Answer : s

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to overwrite substitute entire line and begin to insert at beginning of line ?

a) s

b) S

c) x

d) X

Answer : S

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to change case of individual character ?

a) . (dot)

b) -

c) @

d) %

Answer : -

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to repeat last command action ?

a) . (dot)

b) -

c) @

d) %

Answer : . (dot)

Question : Vim editor allows to copy text ______

a) From file into temporary buffer

b) From temporary buffer into file

c) From file into processor

d) Both (A) and (B)

Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Question : Buffer which acts like temporary memory is known as ______.

a) Clipboard

b) Hard disk

c) Smart memory

d) Pen drive

Answer : Clipboard

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to place (paste) contents of buffer after current line defined by current cursor position ?

a) p

b) yy

c) Nyy

d) x

Answer : p

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to copy N lines from current cursor position into the buffer ?

a) p

b) yy

c) Nyy

d) x

Answer : Nyy

Question : In Vim editor which command is used copy single line (defined by current cursor position) into the buffer ?

a) p

b) yy

c) Nyy

d) x

Answer : yy

Question : The Vim editor allows to ______

a) Search text or a regular expression within the file

b) Substitution of a word in place of another word

c) None of these

d) Both (A) and (B)

Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Question : In Vim editor which command is used to search for text in a forward direction ?

a) /

b) ?

c) n

d) SHIFT + n

Answer : /

Question : Which task should be done using the shell scripts ?

a) Repetitive

b) Non Repetitive

c) Sequential

d) Non - Sequential

Answer : Repetitive

Question : Which type of values can be assigned to a variable ?

a) Strings

b) Numeric

c) Shell script

d) Both (A) and (B)

Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Question : What is the full form of expr ?

a) Exception

b) Expresso

c) Express

d) Expression

Answer : Expression

Question : What are the contents written after expr are assumed to be ?

a) Operands of an expression

b) Operators of an expression

c) Boolean expression

d) Both (A) and (B)

Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Question : While writing a numerical expression in Linux should there be one space between operator and operands ?

a) Yes

b) No

c) None of these

d) All of these

Answer : Yes

Question : While writing a numerical expression in Linux should there be no space between operator and operands ?

a) Yes

b) No

c) None of these

d) All of these

Answer : No

Question : While writing a numerical expression in Linux should there be no space before and after the assignment operator (=) ?

a) Yes

b) No

c) None of these

d) All of these

Answer : Yes

Question : While writing a numerical expression in Linux should there be one space before and after the assignment operator(=) ?

a) Yes

b) No

c) None of these

d) All of these

Answer : No

Question : Which operator is used for addition in Linux?

a) +

b) ++

c) =+

d) All of these

Answer : +

Question : Which operator is used for subtraction in Linux ?

a) -

b) %-

c) = -

d) All of these

Answer : -

Question : Which operator is used for multiplication Linux ?

a) *

b) **

c) =*

d) All of these

Answer : *

Question : Which operator is used for division in Linux

a) /

b) \

c) = \

d) All of these

Answer : /

Question : Which operator is used for modular divisive in Linux ?

a) /

b) \

c) %

d) All of these

Answer : %

Question : The numerical expressions are evaluated « per the general norms of..........

a) Mathematics

b) Science

c) Commerce

d) None of these

Answer : Mathematics

Question : In case of tie between operators of sam priority, preference is given to the operate which occurs ......

a) Last

b) Third

c) Second

d) First

Answer : First

Question : To force one operation to be perform earlier than the other, we can enclose the operation in ......

a) Curly braces

b) Rectangular brackets

c) Parenthesis

d) Angular brackets

Answer : Parenthesis

Question : Which operator in Linux has to be prefixes with \ (backslash) character ?

a) +

b) -

c) *

d) %

Answer : *

Question : Multiplication operator has to be prefixes using .... character .

a) \ (forward slash)

b) \ (backslash)

c) %

d) _(underscore)

Answer : \ (backslash)

Question : Which column of date command displays year?

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

d) 6

Answer : 6

Question : Which command is used to display the year from date command?

a) date| tr –s’ ‘ |cut ― ― - f 6

b) date| tr –s‟ „|cut “ “ - f 4

c) date| tr –s‟ „|cut “ “-f 5

d) date| tr –s‟ „|cut “ “ - f 3

Answer : date| tr –s’ ‘ |cut ― ― - f 6

Question : Which command is used to assign value to variables defined in the shell script ?

a) Read

b) Echo

c) Clear

d) None of these

Answer : Read

Question : Which command expects the user to key in the data on the standard input device ?

a) Read

b) Echo

c) Clear

d) None of these

Answer : Read

Question : In case we press Enter key without typing anything the script will assign ______ value to the variable

a) ELEVEN

b) ONE

c) ZERO

d) NULL

Answer : NULL

Question : Which option instructs the echo command not to print a new line after the message is displayed ?

a) -o

b) -s

c) -n

d) -d

Answer : -n

Question : What is the default action of the echo command after displaying the message passed to it as an argument ?

a) Does not insert a new line

b) Inserts a new line

c) Inserts a null character

d) Inserts zero

Answer : Inserts a null character

Question : Which command is used to display the total number of lines in that file ?

a) Filename | wc -1

b) Filename | wc

c) Filename | wc -w

d) Filename | wc -c

Answer : Filename | wc -1

Question : A variable name can consist of.........

a) Alphabets

b) Digits

c) an Underscore

d) All of these

Answer : All of these

Question : Which special character is allowed as part of variable name ?

a) Backslash

b) Percentage

c) Dollar

d) Underscore

Answer : Underscore

Question : The first character of a variable name must be ______.

a) an alphabet

b) an underscore

c) a dollar

d) Both (A) and (B)

Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Question : If the shell is unable to understand a word as a variable it will interpret it as a Linux ______

a) Command

b) Expression

c) Environment variable

d) None of these

Answer : Command

Question : _______ are entities wherein we can store or edit a value in Linux .

a) Variables

b) Shell script

c) Shell arithmetic

d) None of these

Answer : Variables

Question : The value stored in the variable can also be ______ as per users need.

a) Reused

b) Changed

c) None of these

d) Both (A) and (B)

Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Question : A variable when used in a shell script allows us to _______ .

a) Assign a value to it

b) Accept its value from the user

c) None of these

d) Both (A) and (B)

Answer : Both (A) and (B)

Question : Which command is used to display the value assigned to the variable ?

a) Display

b) Read

c) Clear

d) Echo

Answer : Echo

Question : Should there be no space on either side of the equal to (=) symbol at the time of assigning a value to a variable.

a) Yes

b) No

c) None of these

d) All of these

Answer : Yes

Question : Which symbol preceding the variable name instructs the shell to extract the value stored or assigned in the variable ?

a) $

b) #

c) @

d) %

Answer : $

Question : If due to some reasons a space occurs at either side of the equal to (=) symbol, we would get.....output

a) Correct

b) Unexpected

c) Null

d) Zero

Answer : Unexpected

Question : If due to some reasons a space occurs at either side of the equal to (=) symbol, the shell will interpret the string after the space as a _____

a) Null

b) Command

c) String

d) Expression

Answer : Command

Question : If we reuse this variable again, the old value stored in it will be ________

a) Old value

b) Zero

c) Overwritten

d) Null

Answer : Overwritten

Question : _______ the document is one of the most common operations that a user would perform once the document is created.

a) Skipping

b) Editing

c) Compiling

d) Inserting

Answer : Editing

Question : Which character switches to the visual mode allowing to manipulate lines ?

a) v

b) V

c) CTRL + v

d) d

Answer : V

Question : When was Vim publicly released ?

a) 1992

b) 1994

c) 1995

d) 1991

Answer : 1991