Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Statement I:ROM is temporary memory that can be written to or read from, and its contents can be changed.

Statement II:RAM is permanent memory that can only be read from, and its contents cannot be changed.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect ✓ Correct

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

Explanation

Statement 1 is wrong because ROM is permanent, non-volatile memory that is mainly read from, not temporary memory whose contents freely change.

Statement 2 is wrong because RAM is temporary, volatile memory that can be both read and written, not permanent read-only memory.

The two definitions have effectively been swapped, so each describes the other type of memory.

ROM keeps its contents when power is off and typically stores start-up firmware.

RAM loses its contents at power-off and holds the programs and data in current use.

Read Only Memory and Random Access Memory are both primary memory, but only RAM is the working store.

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