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Linux MCQ Unit 1

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1. Who developed Linux?




2. In which year Linux was developed?




3. The trial version of Linux is called




4. SA is also known as root user or




5. Who is primarily responsible for the smooth functioning of the system?




6. Which has excellent support for older hardware?




7. What is the other name of new shell?




8. In Linux hard disk partition, hda2, a stands for the ___ (A)




9. Which is the core of the operating system?




10. Which among the following interacts directly with system hardware?




11. The system calls in UNIX is written using which language




12. Unix is which kind of Operating System?




13. Which command is used to display the operating system name




14. Which command is used to display the unix version




15. Which option of ls command used to view file inode number




16. How do you get help about the command “cp”?




17. Which command is used to display disk consumption of a specific directory




18. Which command is used to extract a column from a text file




19. Which option of rm command is used to remove a directory with all its sub directories




20. Which option of rm command is used to remove a directory with all its sub directories




21. Command used to count number of character in a file is




22. Which command is used to display all the files including hidden files in your current and its subdirectories ?




23. Which of the following commands can be used to change default permissions for files and directories at the time of creation




24. Which of the following commands will allow the user to search contents of a file for a particular pattern




25. The command syntax to display the file ‘sample.txt’ one page at a time is




26. Which command gives the first byte where the difference is in the file1 & file2?




27. When mv f1 f2 is executed which file’s inode is freed?




28. Deleting a soft-link




29. Who is primarily responsible for the smooth functioning of the system?




30. Which has excellent support for older hardware?




31. What is the other name of new shell?




32. In Linux hard disk partition, hda2, a stands for the ___




33. Where do the users arrive after entering exit in Linux system?




34. Single dot (.) with cd refers to ___




35. Which command is called as the end-of-file command?




36. Which of the following is called as the piping symbol?




37. What was the first version of Linux?




38. What should be the minimum length of a password?




39. Who can change the password of any user?




40. Which standard of Unix was followed by Linux?




41. Linux systems allow many users to work




42. All directories are stored under one main directory called ____




43. The full name of directory is called as




44. The prompt of the other users is




45. Which program combines Linux commands to solve the given problems?




46. What is the syntax for mounting CD-ROMs?




47. What is the space between end of the line and end of the screen is called as?




48. The Vi editor, makes the keyboard to play a ___ role.




49. In what mode of editing, the keyboard behaves as a normal typewriter with the exception?




50. End of file is referred by




51. Which command takes data from one command to another command?




52. Can the password and the user name be the same?




53. What is the command that saves the files when the file actually exists?




54. We do not have the control over




55. Collection of files is called as a




56. How much of memory space is occupied by Linux?




57. The file name can be up to ___ character.




58. The prompt of the root user is




59. Linux default shell is (A) BAH shell (B) SH shell (C) ASH shell (D) BASH shell Linux default shell is




60. Help for all commands is available at




61. The option is influenced by the ___ preceding it.




62. Which of the following is used to append the contents of a file?




63. The ___ process does not allow any unauthorized person to access any of our directories or files.




64. Which indicate you to find the mode you are working?




65. Who are placeholders to store values?