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The primary purpose of an operating system is

  1. To make most efficient use of the computer hardware
  2. To allow people to use the computer
  3. To keep systems programmers employed
  4. To make computers easier to use

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Answer is D)

OS makes computer easier to use for it's user

It gives feature like

  • Display and Readability
  • Sound and speech
  • Keyboard and mouse
  • Accessibility Wizard

link here.

A) is not correct. Because without OS we can use computer,but will take lots of time link here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system
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primary goal is convenience(easy to use)

and secondary goal is efficiency

so option d
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