Which phenomenon occurs when a program continuously swaps pages between RAM and secondary storage due to inadequate primary memory space? MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Which phenomenon occurs when a program continuously swaps pages between RAM and secondary storage due to inadequate primary memory space?
A. Fragmentation
B. Interleaving
C. Paging
D. Thrashing
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Thrashing occurs when the operating system spends more time moving system resources between virtual and physical memory than actually executing process instructions.

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How many Kilobytes (KB) constitute exactly one Gigabyte (GB) in standard binary computing notation?
A. 1,048,576 KB
B. 1,024 KB
C. 1,000,000 KB
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Correct Answer: Option A


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A. DRAM
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