1.
The first fully electronic computer in the world was
a) UNIVAC
b) EDSAC
c) ENIAC
d) EDVAC
e) MARK-1
2. Input , output and processing devices grouped together
present an
a) Mobile device
b) Information processing system
c) Circuit board
d) Computer system
e) None of the above
3. From which language the word ‘computer’ is derived ?
a) English
b) Latin
c) Greek
d) Roman
e) None of these
4. Non-physical components of the computer are referred to
as
a) CPU
b) Software
c) Hardware
d) Program
e) None of these
5. The smallest unit of information, a computer can
understand and process is known as
a) Digit
b) Byte
c) Megabyte
d) Bit
6. Which type of bars, Abacus used to representing different
digits such as units, tens and hundreds ?
a) Vertical
b) Horizontal
c) Circular
d) Both a and b
e) None of these
7. What do you mean by Jacquard loom ?
a) A bird found in Japan
b) A weaving machine used punched cards
c) The first computer controlled loom
d) A machine for writing match tables
e) None of these
8. High level languages ( like FORTRAN, COBOL etc.) were
used in …… generation of computer.
a) First
b) Third
c) Fourth
d) Fifth
e) None of these
9. A portable computer
a) Has low memory
b) Is the computer that is used only by business people
c) Is compact and lightweight enough to be transported from
place to place
d) Either a and b
e) None of the above
10. When was the world’s first laptop computer introduced in
the market and by whom ?
a) 1980, Hewlett-Packard
b) 1981, Epson
c) 1982, Laplink travelling software Inc.
d) 1985, Tandy model-2000
11. A Micro Computer is a small, relatively inexpensive
computer with a microprocessor. Which is the first Micro
Computer?
a) Z2
b) Titan-1
c) MARK-B
d) Altair
e) None of these
12. Examples of second generation computer is/are
a) IBM-1401,1620
b) NCR-395
c) ENIAC,EDVAC,UNIVAC
d) B-6500,IBM-350
13. The first machine to successfully perform a long services
of arithmetic and logical operations was
a) EDSAC
b) UNIVAC-1
c) MARK-1
d) ENIAC
e) None of these
14. Which of the following computer system introduced the
idea of binary calculation ?
a) ABC computer
b) Colossus
c) ENIAC
d) EDSAC
e) None of these
15. Pentium 4 computers is the example of …… generation
a) First
b) Fifth
c) Fourth
d) Second
e) None of these
16. The main distinguishing feature of fifth generation digital
computer will be
a) Liberal and microprocessors
b) Artificial intelligence
c) Extremely low cost
d) Versatility
e) None of these
17. Examples of manufacturers of personal computer/laptop
is/are
a) Apple
b) IBM
c) Dell
d) All of the above
e) None of these
18. This type of computer is the least powerful, yet the most
widely used and fastest-growing computer.
a) Mainframe computers
b) Supercomputers
c) Micro computers
d) All of these
e) None of these
19. In latest generation of computer, the instructions are
executed
a) Parallel
b) Sequential
c) Both a and b
d) Vertically
20. Portable computer also known as laptop computer
weighing between 4 and 10 pounds is called
a) General-purpose application
b) Internet
c) Scanner
d) Printer
e) Notebook computer
21. The major difference between the approach to the fifth
generation from the earlier four generations is in ……….
a) The basic logical structure
b) Design of CPU
c) Design of memory
d) All of these
e) None of these
22. The IC chip used in computer, is generally made up of
which among the following ?
a) Silicon
b) Chromium
c) Gold lead
d) None of these
23. In second generation, assembly language used for
instructions rather than number
a) Binary system
b) Mnemonic code
c) Both a and b
d) Decimal system
e) None of these
24. Speed of second generation computers was in
a) Nano seconds
b) Milli seconds
c) Micro seconds
d) Pico seconds
e) None of these
25. Antikythera mechanism was mainly used to perform
a) Addition
b) Multiplication and division
c) Astronomical calculation
d) Logarithm
e) None of these
26. Napier’s Bones is also known as the inventor of
a) Adding machine
b) Logarithms
c) Multiplication tool
d) All of these
e) None of these
Q69. Which of the following device used ‘set of beads’ to
represent the unit of data ?
a) ENIAC
b) EDVAC
c) Abacus
d) MARK-1
e) None of these
27. The word ‘Abacus’ was derived from the Greek word ……
which means a table or a board covered with dust.
a) Abax
b) Addition
c) Abqua
d) Subtraction
e) None of these
28. …….. was the first electronic/electric programmable
computing device
a) Enigma
b) ENIAC
c) COLOSSUS
d) Bombesm
e) None of these
29. Who is the father of punched card processing ?
a) J Presper Eckert
b) Charles Babbage
c) Blaise Pascal
d) Dr Herman Hollerith
e) None of these
30. Punched card was introduced for
a) Computer networking
b) Data analysis
c) Satellite communication
d) Radio transmission
e) None of these
31. Who was the first computer programmer in the history of
computer ?
a) Augusta Ada Byron
b) Claude E Shanron
c) George Moore
d) Peter Norton
e) None of these
32. The world’s first microprocessor was introduced in
a) 1959
b) 1948
c) 1961
d) 1965
e) 1971
33. Advantage of third generation language is
a) Smaller in size
b) More reliable
c) Used less energy
d) All of these
e) None of these
34. Oracle was introduced in
a) First generation
b) Second generation
c) Third generation
d) Fourth generation
e) Fifth generation
35. Concept of cache memories was introduced in ………..
generation of computer.
a) Second
b) Third
c) Fourth
d) Fifth
e) None of these
36. ‘Expert system’ is the characteristic of
a) First generation
b) Second generation
c) Third generation
d) Fourth generation
e) Fifth generation
37. Graphic and image recognition are features of ………..
generation of computer.
a) First
b) Second
c) Fourth
d) Fifth
e) Third
38. Portable computer also known as laptop computer
weighing between 4 and 10 pounds is called
a) General-purpose application
b) Internet
c) Scanner
d) Printer
e) Notebook computer
39. Who described the feature ‘Read one card at a time’ of
tabulating machine?
a) John Von Newmann
b) Howard Aiken
c) Herman Hollerith
d) Eckert and JW Mauchly
38. Rabdologia was the technology used for calculation
purpose introduced in
a) 1917
b) 1901
c) 1617
d) 1801
e) 1824
39. In 17th century, who was developed mechanical devices
that could perform addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division an square roots ?
a) Napier
b) Babbage
c) Pascal
d) Leibniz
e) None of these
40. In which generation did multi-programming start?
a) First generation
b) Second generation
c) Third generation
d) Fourth generation
41. The person contributing the idea of sored program was
a) John Neumann
b) Charles Babbage
c) Howard Aiken
d) Denial Thomas
e) Dennis Ritchie
42. The main characteristic of fourth generation was
a) Transistor
b) VLSI
c) Vacuum tubes
d) Circuit
e) None of these
43. Which organization developed a SAGA-220 super
computer in 2011.
a) C-DAC
b) ISRO
c) FCC
d) BARC
e) None of these
44. A computer processes information
a) As directed by the operator
b) Automatically
c) At once
d) Gradually and eventually
e) By truncating
45. PARAM is an example of
a) Super computer
b) PC
c) Laptop
d) PDA
H.W. The use of computer for business applications is
attractive because of its
a) Accuracy
b) Reliability
c) Speed
d) Secret code facility
e) All of the above