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History of Computer MCQ
1. Which was the first Electronics digital programmable computing device?
a) Analytical Engine
b) Difference Engine
c) Colossus
d) ENIAC
Ans. C
2. EDVAC stands for ______.
a) electronic discrete variable automatic calculator
b) electronic discrete variable automatic computer
c) electronic data variable automatic calculator
d) electronic data variable automatic computer
Ans. B
3. Which was the first commercial computer?
a) Ferranti Mark 1
b) analytical engine
c) difference engine
d) colossus
Ans. A
4. UNIVAC stands for_______.
a) universal automatic calculator
b) universal native input automatic computer
c) universal native input automatic calculator
d) universal automatic computer
Ans. D
5. ENIAC stands for ______.
a) electronic numerical integrator and computer
b) electronic numerical integrator and calculator
c) electronic numerical integrator automatic computer
d) electronic numerical integrator automatic calculator
Ans. A
6. Who invented the punch card ?
a) Charles babbage
b) semen Korsakov
c) herman Hollerith
d) joseph marie jacquard
Ans. C
7. Which Electronic components are used in Second Generation Computers?
a)Transistors
b) Integrated Circuits
c) Vacuum Tubes
d) VLSI
Ans. A
8. Which Electronic components are used in Third Generation Computers?
a)Transistors
b) Integrated Circuits
c) Vacuum Tubes
d) VLSI
Ans. B
9. Which Electronic components are used in fourth Generation Computers?
a)Transistors
b) Integrated Circuits
c) Vacuum Tubes
d) VLSI
Ans. d
10. Which Electronic components are used in Fifth Generation Computers?
a)Transistors
b) Integrated Circuits
c) Vacuum Tubes
d) ULSI Microprocessor
Ans. D
11. ENIAC Computer belongs to ______.
a) First Generation computers
b) Second Generation Computers
c) Third Generations Computers
d) fourth Generation computers
Ans. A
12. VLSI stands for
a) Very large storage integratior
b) Very large storage integration
c) Very large Scale Integration
d) Very Large Scale Integrator
Ans. C
13. ULSI stands for______.
a) Ultra Large Storage Integration
b) Ultra Large Scale Integration
c) Ultra Large Storage Integrator
d) Ultra Large Scale integrator
Ans. B
14. ________ is used as a programming language in first generation computers?
a) FORTRAN
b) COBOL c) BASIC d) Machine Language
Ans. D
15. FORTRAN stands for ______.
a) For Translation
b) Format Transformation
c) Fork Transformation
d) Formula Translation
Ans. D
16. The word computer comes from______.
a) compute
b) compote
c) copute
d) calculator
Ans.A
17. How many vacuum tubes used in first generation computer ENIAC ?
a) 1800
b) 18000
c) 1024
d) 512
Ans. B
18. Which computer belongs to the first generation ?
a) ENIAC
b) EDSAC
c) EDVAC
d) All of these
Ans. D
19. Which language used in First generation computers ?
a) Machine language
b) Assembly language
c) High level language
d) BASIC
Ans. A
20. Which language used in second Generation computers?
a) Machine language
b) Assembly language
c) High level language
d) BASIC
Ans. B
21. Which language used in third Generation computers ?
a) FORTRAN
b) COBOL
c) PASCAL
d) All of these
Ans. D
22. Which is third Generation computer?
a) ICL 2903
b) ICL 1900
c) UNIVAC 1800
d) All of these
Ans. D
23. Intel Microprocessor 4004 developed in _______
a) 1971
b) 1980
c) 1960
d) 1965
Ans. A
24. What is used in first generation for storage?
a) magnetic drum
b) IC
c) vacuum tubes
d) floppy disk
Ans. A
25. First microcomputer in the world _______
a) ALTAIR 8800
b) HP
c) ENIAC
d) UNIVAC
Ans. A
26. First super computer in the world is _______.
a) CRAY-1
b) MARK-1
c) PARAM
d) C-DAC
Ans. A
27. CRAY-1 super computer was developed in the year______
a) 1975
b) 1976
c) 1999
d) 1980
Ans. B
28. India’s first super computer is _______
a) PARAM
b) CRAY-1
c) C-DAC
d) MARK-1
Ans. A
21. PARAM super computer was developed in ________
a) 1980
b) 1960
c) 1991
c) 1976
Ans. C
22. First keeping records on clay tablets was used in _____
a) Babylon merchants
b) china
c) japan
d) haddapa
Ans. A
23. CDC stands for_______.
a) Control data corporation
b) Company data company
c) Communication data control
d) Company data control
Ans. A
24. KIPS stands for _________.
a) kite information processing system
b) Knowledge information Processing system
c) knowledge information printing system
d) knowledge integration processing system
Ans. B
25. DVD invented in the year_____
a) 1995
b) 1990
c) 1980
d) 2000
Ans. A
26. The first linux kernel was released in ________.
a) 1991
b) 1992
c) 1999
d) 1984
Ans. A
27. MAC operating system was developed in _________ .
a) 1985
b) 1984
c) 1999
d) 1981
Ans. B
28. First floppy disk was developed in ______.
a) 1980
b) 1990
c) 1984
d) 1960
Ans. D
29. __________as switching devices are for fourth generation.
a) vacuum tube
b) transistor
c) microprocessors
d) assembly board
Ans. c
30. “C” language invented by _______.
a) Dennis M. Ritchie
b) John mauchely
c) Charles babbage
d) Allen turing
Ans. a
31. Arch rivals IBM and Apple computers Inc. decided to join hands_________.
a) 1984
b) 1991
c) 1980
d) 1970
Ans. b
32. The Shockwave rider is a Science Fiction Novel written by ________in 1975.
a) John Brunner
b) charlesbabbage
c) timberners lee
d) lady adalovelace
Ans. a
33. A computer that is old and perhaps not satisfactory is referred to as a ________.
a) old system
b) legacy system
c) ancient system
d) former system
Ans. b
34. Who invent first electronic digital computer in 1930?
a) John Vincent Atansoff
b) charlesbabbage
c) Allen turing
d) lady Ada lovelace
Ans. a
35. First computer Mark 1 in 1937 was invented by______.
a) John Vincent Atansoff
b) Howard H. Aiken
c) Allen turing
d) lady Ada lovelace
Ans. b
36. Fortran language was developed by IBM in the year_________.
a) 1995
b)1984
c) 1972
d) 1957
Ans. d
37. Prolog language was developed in year________.
a) 1995
b)1984
c) 1972
d) 1957
Ans. c
38. India’s first computer_________ made by electronics corporation of india.
a) Siddharth
b) Param
c) C-DAC
d) Microsoft
Ans. a
39. India’s first computerised petrol pump opened in __________.
a) Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Kolkata
d) Chennai
Ans. b
40. India’s first Politician party which make his own website on the internet.
a) Congress
b) BJP
c) JJP
d) AAP
Ans. b