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

Statement I:The contents of most forms of RAM are volatile, making them unsuitable for long-term data storage.

Statement II:A hard disk has faster access to data than RAM as well as processor registers.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false ✓ Correct

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct because most RAM is volatile, losing its contents at power-off, which makes it unfit for long-term storage.

Statement 2 is wrong because a hard disk is far slower to access than RAM, and slower still than processor registers.

Data must be saved to a non-volatile medium such as a hard disk or SSD to survive being switched off.

Processor registers are the fastest storage of all, followed by cache, then RAM, with the hard disk slowest.

The gap exists because registers and RAM are electronic while a hard disk relies on spinning magnetic platters.

This speed ranking is why frequently used data is kept as close to the processor as possible.

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