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Google Chrome is a:
Correct answer: C. Web browser
Chrome is a web browser used to open websites. Google Search is a search engine, a website you visit using a browser.
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Web Browsers, Email and Online Services MCQs
Solved MCQs on web browsers and their shortcuts, cookies, cache and private browsing, domain types, email features and online services, for computer tests.
24 MCQsUpdated 27 October 2026
This set covers the internet tools you use every day: web browsers and their features, cookies and bookmarks, the parts of a website address, and how email works, from CC and BCC to attachments, spam and replies.
Computer sections in PPSC, FPSC and NTS tests like these practical questions because they check real familiarity rather than memorised theory. If you use a browser and email regularly, link each question to something you have actually clicked.
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The web browser Firefox is developed by:
Correct answer: C. Mozilla
Firefox is developed by Mozilla. Chrome is Google's, Edge is Microsoft's and Safari is Apple's.
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Safari is the default web browser on devices made by:
Correct answer: C. Apple
Safari comes with Apple devices such as iPhones and Macs.
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Small pieces of data that websites store in your browser, for example to keep you logged in, are called:
Correct answer: D. Cookies
Cookies remember things like login sessions and site preferences. You can view and delete them in browser settings.
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A browser's cache is used to:
Correct answer: D. Store copies of web page files so pages load faster next time
Cached images and scripts are reused instead of downloaded again. Clearing the cache can fix pages that display outdated content.
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Private (incognito) browsing mode mainly:
Correct answer: D. Does not save your browsing history and cookies on that device after you close the window
Private mode keeps history off your own device, but websites, your employer or school, and your internet provider can still see your activity.
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Saving a website's address in your browser for quick access later is called:
Correct answer: D. Bookmarking
Bookmarks (also called favourites) let you return to a page with one click. In most browsers Ctrl + D bookmarks the current page.
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In most web browsers, Ctrl + T is used to:
Correct answer: C. Open a new tab
Ctrl + T opens a new tab and Ctrl + W closes the current one.
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In most web browsers, Ctrl + Shift + T is used to:
Correct answer: A. Reopen the last closed tab
It brings back the tab you just closed, which is handy after closing one by mistake.
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Which key reloads (refreshes) the current web page in most browsers?
Correct answer: B. F5
F5 (or Ctrl + R) reloads the page. F12 usually opens the developer tools.
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In most browsers, Ctrl + H opens:
Correct answer: B. Browsing history
Ctrl + H shows the list of pages you visited. In Chrome and Edge, Ctrl + J opens the downloads list.
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A website address ending in .edu usually belongs to:
Correct answer: D. An educational institution
Common endings include .edu (education), .gov (government), .org (organizations) and .com (commercial).
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In a website address such as https://www.example.com/help, the part "example.com" is the:
Correct answer: A. Domain name
"https" is the protocol, "example.com" is the domain name, and "/help" is the path to a page on that site.
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Copying a file from the internet to your own computer is called:
Correct answer: D. Downloading
Downloading brings files to your device. Uploading sends files from your device to the internet, for example attaching a CV to an online form.
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In an email address such as [email protected], the symbol "@" separates:
Correct answer: A. The user name from the domain name
"ali" is the user name and "example.com" is the domain that hosts the mailbox.
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In email, "Reply All" sends your reply to:
Correct answer: B. The sender and everyone else who received the original message
Use Reply All carefully. BCC recipients are not included, because their addresses were hidden.
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Sending a received email on to another person is called:
Correct answer: B. Forwarding
Forwarding sends the message, usually with its attachments, to new recipients.
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Emails that you have written but not yet sent are stored in the:
Correct answer: A. Drafts folder
Drafts keeps unfinished messages. Sent stores messages already sent, and Spam (Junk) holds suspected unwanted mail.
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Unwanted bulk emails, often advertisements or scams, are called:
Correct answer: B. Spam
Email services filter suspected spam into a Spam or Junk folder. Never open links or attachments in suspicious messages.
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A file sent along with an email message is called an:
Correct answer: C. Attachment
Attachments can be documents, images or other files. Email services usually limit the size of attachments.
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