A type of application software that combines the abilities of several general purpose applications in one program is ?

Most application software is built to specialise in a single kind of task, such as word processing, graphics editing, or database management. However, one particular category is specifically designed to bundle several of these individual tools together into one unified program.

An integrated package combines the functions of multiple general-purpose applications, for example word processing, spreadsheet calculations, database management, and graphics, into a single software product, letting a user switch between these functions without opening separate, unrelated programs. This is precisely what the question describes: a program that "combines the abilities of several general purpose applications."

A graphics package and a database management package are each single-purpose tools focused on one task, drawing/image editing or record management respectively, rather than combining multiple tools together. "Multipurpose application" sounds similar but is not the standard, specific computer studies term for this concept; "integrated package" is the recognised technical name used for software that merges several general-purpose applications into one.

Exam tip: when a question describes software that "combines" or "bundles" multiple general application types together, the specific term being tested is integrated package.