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Assam Direct Recruitment Computer Test- Computer Shortcut Keys:
Computer Awareness is a common section for the Assam Direct Recruitment (ADRE) Computer Test Exam in the State of Assam. The list of computer shortcut keys is a question that may not just be asked as a part of the Computer section but may also be asked in the General Awareness section in a few cases.
Candidates who are looking forward to applying for any of the upcoming Assam Direct Recruitment (ADRE) Grade III Compter Test examination can check the latest notifications for the Government exams at the linked article.
Since the computer shortcut keys form an important part of the computer awareness syllabus, we have given the list of these shortcut keys further below in this article. Also, a few sample questions which may be asked based on this topic have been discussed below.
List of Computer Shortcut Keys- ADRE Grade III Computer Skill Test/ Exam
The table given below mentions the list of shortcut keyboard keys, mainly used for operations in MS Office and its applications. Candidates can go through the list carefully and must know them for basic computer operations as well.
| Computer Shortcut Keys | |
|---|---|
| Shortcut Keys | Function |
| Alt+F | Displays the File menu options |
| Alt+E | Opens the Edit options |
| Alt+Tab | Switch between open programs |
| F1 | Used by every Windows program for Help |
| F2 | To Rename a selected file |
| F5 | Refresh the page or current window |
| Ctrl+D | To Bookmarks the current page (for most Browsers) |
| Ctrl+N | Create a new or blank document or open a new tab in the Internet Browser |
| Ctrl+O | To Open a file |
| Ctrl+A | Select the entire text at once |
| Ctrl+B | Change the text to Bold |
| Ctrl+I | Change the Text to Italics |
| Ctrl+U | Underline the selected text |
| Ctrl+S | Save the file or document you are working on |
| Ctrl+X | Cut selected part of the text or image |
| Shift+Del | Remove the selected items |
| Ctrl+C | To copy the text or image |
| Ctrl+V | To Paste |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo last action |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action |
| Ctrl+K | Insert hyperlink for selected text. |
| Ctrl+P | To print the document |
| Home | Moves the beginning of the current line |
| Ctrl+Home | Moves to the beginning of the document |
| End | Moves to the end of the line |
| Ctrl+End | Moves to the end of the document |
| Ctrl+Left arrow | Moves one word to the left at a time. |
| Ctrl+Right arrow | Moves one word to the right at a time. |
| Alt+F4 | To close the program currently active |
| Alt+Enter | Open the properties for the selected item |
| Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar | Create a non-breaking space |
| Ctrl + Shift+ < | Decrease font size one value |
| Ctrl + Shift + > | Increase the font size one value |
| Ctrl + [ | Increase the font size by 1 point |
| Ctrl + ] | Decrease the font size by 1 point |
| Ctrl + Spacebar | Remove paragraph or character formatting |
| Ctrl + Alt + V | Paste special |
| Ctrl + Shift + V | Paste formatting only |
| Ctrl+F10 | Maximise the document window |
| Ctrl + Shift + T | Enter the current time |
| Ctrl + ; | Enter the current date |
| Shift + F3 | Open the Excel formula window |
| Shift + F5 | Bring up search box. |
| Ctrl + F9 | Minimise current workbook |
| Ctrl + F10 | Maximise currently selected workbook |
| Ctrl + F6 | Switch between open workbooks/window |
| Ctrl + Page Down | Move between Excel worksheets in the same Excel document |
| Ctrl + Tab | Move between two or more open Excel files |
| Ctrl + Page Up | Move between Excel worksheet in the same Excel document |
| Alt + = | Create a formula to sum all of the cells |
| Ctrl + ’ | Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected. |
| Ctrl + Arrow key | Move to next section to text |
| Ctrl + Space | Select entire column |
| Shift + Space | Select entire row |
| Ctrl+L | To left-align the selected text |
| Ctrl+R | To right-align the selected text |
| Ctrl+J | To justify the selected text |
| Ctrl+E | To centre align the text |
| Ctrl+Del | To delete the word to the right |
| Shift+Del | To permanently delete a file |
The above list s for most and frequently used shortcut keys and candidates must remember them so that they are able to answer direct questions based on the topic of shortcut keys.
Assam Direct Recruitment Computer Skill Test Shortcut Keys – Sample Questions
Given below are a few sample questions which shall help candidates understand the type of questions which may be asked with respect to this topic.
Q 1. What along with the “ctrl” key needs to be pressed in order to cut a part of the text written in MS Word?
X
C
alt
alt+C
Z
Answer: (1) X; “ctrl+X” needs to pressed to cut a part of text or image from an MS Word document
Q 2. Which of the given pairs of keys need to be pressed in order to move at the beginning of a document?
F1+A
ctrl+alt+home
alt+A
ctrl+home
alt+home+A
Answer: (4) ctrl+home
Q 3. _________ shortcut keys must be used to select an entire row.
ctrl+space
ctrl+alt+shift
shift+space
ctrl+L
alt+shift+L
Answer: (3) shift+space
Q 4. To move between two more MS Excel files, which shortcut keys can be used?
ctrl+Tab
Ctrl+V
Alt+space
Ctrl+T
alt+Tab
Answer: (1) ctrl+Tab
Q 5. Shift+ctrl+___ keys are used to decrease the size of the font by one number. What should come in place of the blank?
+
–
>
<
D
Answer: (4) <
Q 6. What is the function of the F2 key?
To increase the brightness of the system
To save a file
To rename a file
To add an extra sheet in MS Excel
To copy the file to another drive
Answer: (3) To rename a file
Q 7. To bookmark the current page, which shortcut keys can be used?
ctrl+D
ctrl+X
shift+D
alt+D
alt+X
Answer: (1) ctrl+D
Q 8. What is the function of the shortcut key “ctrl+shift+T”?
To copy the text from one folder to another
To enter the time
To have a text break in the file
To skip any text break in the document
To open a new tab in Internet Explorer
Answer: (2) To enter the time
Q 9. Which shortcut keys from the given options can be used to add a hyperlink to the selected text?
ctrl+H
ctrl+U
ctrl+P
ctrl+L
ctrl+K
Answer: (5) ctrl+K
Q 10. In MS-Excel, which shortcut keys can be used to create a formula to sum all of the cells?
Alt+sum
alt+=
alt+F
alt+F4
alt+ctrl+F4
Answer: (2) alt+=