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UGC NET Law Unit - VII Syllabus
Every chapter and topic of Unit - VII examined in UGC NET Law — 2 chapters, 5 topics, plus 50 flashcards written against it.
Unit - VII syllabus — full chapter and topic list
Expand any chapter to see its topics and sub-topics. This is the whole examinable outline for Unit - VII in UGC NET Law, not a summary of it.
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Character Representation
3 topics- ASCII
- ISCII
- Unicode
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Computer Hardware
2 topics- Storage Devices
- Input and Output Devices
Unit - VII flashcards for UGC NET Law
20 of 50 cards from the Unit - VII deck — real questions with worked answers.
What does the acronym ASCII stand for?
American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
How many bits does standard (basic) ASCII use to represent each character?
7 bits.
How many distinct characters can standard 7-bit ASCII represent?
128 characters (2^7).
How many bits does Extended ASCII use and how many characters can it encode?
8 bits, encoding 256 characters (2^8).
What is the ASCII code (decimal) for the uppercase letter 'A'?
65.
What is the ASCII code (decimal) for the lowercase letter 'a'?
97.
What is the ASCII code (decimal) for the digit character '0'?
48.
What is the constant decimal difference between an uppercase ASCII letter and its lowercase counterpart?
32 (lowercase = uppercase + 32).
What decimal ASCII range is occupied by the digit characters '0' through '9'?
48 to 57.
What kind of characters are represented by ASCII codes 0 to 31?
Non-printable control characters (e.g., null, tab, carriage return, line feed).
What does the acronym ISCII stand for?
Indian Script Code for Information Interchange.
How many bits does the ISCII encoding scheme use per character?
8 bits (a single byte).
Which organisation developed ISCII and in which year was it standardised?
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS); standardised in 1991.
What is the primary purpose of ISCII?
To encode the characters of Indian-language scripts on computers using a single standard.
In ISCII, what occupies the lower 128 code values (0-127)?
The standard ASCII characters, making ISCII a superset of ASCII.
How many Indian scripts does ISCII support?
Ten Brahmi-based Indian scripts (e.g., Devanagari, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, etc.).
What is stored in the upper 128 code values (128-255) of ISCII?
The characters of Indian-language scripts.
Most Indian scripts encoded by ISCII are derived from which ancient script?
The Brahmi script.
What key advantage does ISCII give for typing multiple Indian languages?
A common keyboard/encoding can be used for all supported Indian scripts because they share the same code positions.
Which modern universal encoding standard has largely replaced ISCII?
Unicode.
Planning Unit - VII for UGC NET Law
Unit - VII is about 1% of the UGC NET Law syllabus by topic count — 5 of 390 topics, spread over 2 chapters. At roughly 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, a first pass runs to about 4 hours.
Work top-down: read the chapter, then tick topics off individually rather than marking the whole chapter done. Sub-topics are where silent gaps hide.
Unit - VII (UGC NET Law) FAQ
What is in the UGC NET Law Unit - VII syllabus?
Unit - VII is split into 2 chapters — Character Representation and Computer Hardware, containing 5 topics and 0 sub-topics in total.
How is Unit - VII structured in the UGC NET Law syllabus?
2 chapters. Unit - VII accounts for about 1% of the topics in the whole UGC NET Law syllabus (5 of 390).
How long should I spend on Unit - VII for UGC NET Law?
Budget around 4 hours for a first pass through Unit - VII — about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic across its 5 topics. Add revision cycles on top.
Are there flashcards for UGC NET Law Unit - VII?
Yes — a 50-card Unit - VII deck. Sample cards are printed on this page, and the full deck is free in the Examius app with spaced repetition scheduling.