Question

Joystick switches are used in
A. Cars
B. Toys
C. House circuit
D. Alarms

Answer 1

Hint: There have been many different type of gaming controllers in the history and joystick is one of them. Joystick is an input device which consists of a stick at the base and it send it’s angle and direction to the device that it is controlling. So, basically it is used to control services. It has supplementary switches attached to it which are known as Joystick switches. These switches are used wherever the motion of a device has to be controlled by hand.

Complete answer:
Joysticks or Joystick switches are manually actuated control devices. These are used for installation in control panels as well as in portable control equipment. These switches are ideal to raise, lower or trigger the movements to the left or right. These are some of its features.
Joystick switches are used in the remote control unit of the toys. With help of these sticks toys can be made forward, backward, left or right.
Hence, joystick switches are used in toys.

So, the correct answer is “Option B”.

Note:
There are five types of joysticks namely, Digital joysticks, Analog joysticks, Paddle joysticks, Joypads and AC analog joysticks. They can be either 2-way or 4-way depending on the number of directions it can move. For a toy to move in 4 directions then a 4-way joystick is used. While, for a toy to move in only two directions, 2-way joysticks are used. Analog joysticks are used in Apple and IBM PCs. Joypads are joysticks without sticks. They have a directional pad to control the movement of an image on a computer, a toy, etc.