Excel Shortcuts to Simplify Work : āĻāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϞ āĻļāĻ°ā§āϟāĻ•āĻžāϟāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš (āϏāĻšāϜāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŽāύāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈)


Basic Shortcuts (āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ•)


AutoSum (āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĢāϞ)



  • Alt + =

  • Automatically adds numbers : āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰⧇


Duplicate Right (āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ)



  • Ctrl + R

  • Copies data to right cell : āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ• āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇


Duplicate Down (āϤāϞāϞ⧈ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ)



  • Ctrl + D

  • Copies data downward : āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ• āϤāϞāϞ⧈ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇


Flash Fill (āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖ)



  • Ctrl + E

  • Fills data automatically : āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇


Formatting Shortcuts (āĻĢā§°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϟāĻŋāĻ‚)



  • Format as Table (āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‹ā§ąāĻž) : Ctrl + T

  • Merge & Center (āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻžāχ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻž) : Alt + H + M + C

  • Conditional Formatting : Alt + H + L + N


Data Tools (āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻž)


Filter (āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻžā§°) : Ctrl + Shift + L


Sort Ascending (āϛ⧋āϟ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰) : (Alt + A + S + A) (corrected)


Sort Descending (āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āϛ⧋āϟ) : (Alt + A + S + D) (corrected)


Remove Duplicates (āĻĄā§āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āφāρāĻ¤ā§°ā§‹ā§ąāĻž) : Alt + A + M


Text to Columns (āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻž) : Alt + A + E


View & Freeze (āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āύāĻŋ⧟āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŖ)



  • Freeze Panes (āĻĢā§ā§°āĻŋāϜ āϕ⧰āĻž) : Alt + W + F + F

  • Freeze Top Row (āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋā§°) : Alt + W + F + R

  • Freeze First Column (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŽā§āĻ­ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋā§°) : Alt + W + F + C

  • Hide Gridlines (āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻĄāϞāĻžāχāύ āϞ⧁āĻ•ā§ā§ąāĻž) : Alt + W + V + G


Worksheet (ā§ąā§°ā§āĻ•āĻļā§āĻŦā§€āϟ)



  • Rename Sheet (āύāĻžāĻŽ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻž) : Alt + H + O + R


Super Exam Trick



  • Copy Right → Ctrl + R

  • Copy Down → Ctrl + D

  • Auto Fill → Ctrl + E

  • Filter → Ctrl + Shift + L

  • AutoSum → Alt + =


Revision:



  • Ctrl = Quick actions

  • Alt = Menu shortcuts


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Excel Shortcuts – MCQs (Exam Style)


Q1. Which shortcut is used for AutoSum in Excel ? : ExcelāϤ AutoSum āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Ctrl + A (b) Alt + = (c) Ctrl + S (d) Alt + S


Ans: (b) Alt + =
Explanation: AutoSum quickly adds selected numbers. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: AutoSum āĻ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q2. Which shortcut copies data to the right ? āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Ctrl + D (b) Ctrl + R (c) Ctrl + C (d) Ctrl + V


Ans: (b) Ctrl + R
Explanation: Ctrl + R fills data to the right. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Ctrl + R āĻ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āϏ⧋āρāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q3. Which shortcut copies data downward ? āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āϤāϞāϞ⧈ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut ?
(a) Ctrl + R (b) Ctrl + D (c) Ctrl + E (d) Ctrl + T


Ans: (b) Ctrl + D
Explanation: Ctrl + D fills data downward. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Ctrl + D āĻ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āϤāϞāϞ⧈ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q4. Which shortcut is used for Flash Fill ? Flash Fillā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Ctrl + F (b) Ctrl + E (c) Ctrl + L (d) Ctrl + Shift + L


Ans: (b) Ctrl + E
Explanation: Flash Fill automatically fills data patterns. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Flash Fill āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q5. Which shortcut opens Format as Table ? Format as Table āϖ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut ?
(a) Ctrl + T (b) Ctrl + F (c) Ctrl + H (d) Ctrl + M


Ans: (a) Ctrl + T
Explanation: Ctrl + T converts data into a table. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Ctrl + T āĻ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻžāĻ• āĻŸā§‡āĻŦ⧁āϞāϞ⧈ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q6. Which shortcut is used for Filter ? Filter āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) Ctrl + L (b) Ctrl + Shift + L (c) Ctrl + F (d) Alt + L


Ans: (b) Ctrl + Shift + L
Explanation: It applies/removes filters. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχ Filter āϞāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āφāρāϤ⧰āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q7. Which shortcut is used for Merge & Center ? Merge & Center āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut ?
(a) Alt + H + M + C (b) Ctrl + M (c) Alt + M (d) Ctrl + Shift + M


Ans: (a) Alt + H + M + C
Explanation: It merges cells and centers text. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχ āϕ⧋āώāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻāϕ⧇āϞāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ ā§°āĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤


Q8. Which shortcut is used to Freeze Top Row ? āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut ?
(a) Alt + W + F + F (b) Alt + W + F + R (c) Alt + W + F + C (d) Ctrl + F


Ans: (b) Alt + W + F + R
Explanation: It locks the top row while scrolling. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ā§°āϞ āϕ⧰āĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ⧋ āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Q9. Which shortcut is used for Text to Columns ? Text to Columnsā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut ?
(a) Alt + A + T (b) Alt + A + E (c) Ctrl + T (d) Ctrl + E


Ans: (b) Alt + A + E
Explanation: It splits text into columns. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϞāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q10. Which shortcut removes duplicate data ? āĻĄā§āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇āϟ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āφāρāϤ⧰āĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ shortcut ?
(a) Alt + A + M (b) Ctrl + D (c) Ctrl + R (d) Alt + D


Ans: (a) Alt + A + M


Explanation: It removes repeated entries. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχ āĻĒ⧁āύ⧰āĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻĄāĻžāϟāĻž āφāρāϤ⧰āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Final Exam Trick



  • Ctrl + R → Right copy

  • Ctrl + D → Down copy

  • Ctrl + E → Flash Fill

  • Ctrl + Shift + L → Filter

  • Alt + = → AutoSum