CBSE Class 9 Computer Applications
Question 42 of 75
Types of Hardware — Question 4
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Question Question 4
Which of the following statements is false?
- secondary storage is non-volatile
- primary storage is volatile
- when the computer is turned off, data and instructions stored in primary storage are erased
- None of the above
None of the above
Reason — All the given statements are true. Secondary storage retains data when the system is turned off. Thus, it is non volatile.
Considering RAM as primary memory, we can say that RAM is volatile and when the computer is turned off, data and instructions stored in primary storage are erased.