1) 2 3) 4) 5). 6) 7 8) » 10) uy 12) 13) 14) 16) 1) 18) 19) 20) Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS A computer is an (a) Electtic device (b) Electronic device (c) Electrostatic device (d) Electromagnetic device History of computer starts with {a) Napier's Bones (b) Abacus (c) Difference Engine (a) Analytival Engine Computer applications are (a) Landing air planes {b) Banking transactions (©) Print of books (a) All Difference Engine was developed by. (a} Blasé Pascal (b) Charles Babbage _(c) Herman Hollerith (d) Napier’s Bone History of computers starts about (a) 2000 years ago (b) 3000 years ago (c} 4000 years ago (4) 5000 years, ago Computer processes data and converts it into (a) theory (b) Information —__() Hypothesis (d) Observation Napier's Bones and the slide rule were developed in (a) 17" Century (b) 16" Century (ey 18" Century (@) 19" Century Punch eards developed by {a) Joseph Jacquard (b) Howaril H-Aiken, (c) Gottfrid (Herman Hollerith ‘The slide rule was used till the middle (a) 50's (b) 60's () 10's (a) 80's John Napier, Created Napiet's Bones by using (a) Bones (b) Iron (©) Rods (d) Wires Pascal's Pasealine ealculator had a system of (a) Gears (b) Rods (c) Slides. (d) Bones Which German Mathematician, produced a machine similar to Pascal's. (@) Von Leibniz» (b) Charlas Babbage: (¢) John Napier (d)Herman Hollecith Give the idea of Analytical Engine. (a) Blaise Pascal —_(b) Charless Bebbage (c) Herman Hollerth (d) Nap ENIAC was developed by. (a) Howard H. Akin (b) John Mauchly and J.P Eckert {c) Charfess Bebbage {d) None Herman Hollerith developed (a) Difference Engine (b) Analytical Engine (c) Punched card tabulator (d) ENIAC Babbage called his idea an (a) Analytical Engine (b) Flectrical enging _(c) Electronic Fngine (d) Abacus First electro-mechanical punched card tabulator was developed in (a) 1822 (b) 1833, (©) 1890 (@ 1942 Difference Engine was developed in. (a) 1723 (b) 1833 io) 1823 (d) 1822 ‘Analytical enginee was developed by. (a) John Mauchly (b) Blaise Pascal (¢) John Newman (d) None The first commercial computer was (@) UNIVAC-1 (b) Mark-1 (©) Abacus (a) ENIAC21) 22) 23) 24) 25) 26) 27) 28) 29) 30) 31) 32) 33) 34) 35) 36) 37) 38) 39) 40) 41) Which were the first commercially available computers? (a) EDVAC (b) ENIAC (c) UNIAVAC (d) Botha & c In early 1950's which inventions changed the image of the computer field (@) Magnetic core memories, transistor circuit Elements (b) ICS, magnetic care memories (©) Transistors, ICS (d) Transistors, EDVAC During 1950's and 1960's, computers were used n whieh fields? (a) Accounting (b) Pay roll (©) Inventory control (d) All of these VLSI stands for (2) very low scale integration (b) very large central integration (©) very low centra! Integration (é) very large scale integration PCs were introduced in (a) 1960's (b) 1970's (c) 1980's (d)1990's ‘Advancement in technologies continue to produce computers which are (a) Cheaper (b) Faster (©) Accurate (@) All of these There are generations of computer. (a) Fou (b) Five (©) Six (4) Three First Generation of computer used (a) Transistors (b) Vacuum Tubes (c) ICy (d) Processor ENIAC, EDVAC and UNIVAC-I wefe the generation computer. (a) First (b) Second (©) Third 6) Fourth Were used in 2"! generation computer. (a) Transistors (b) Vacuum Tubes _(c) IC, (d) Processor IBM 1400 were the generation computers. * (a) First (b) Second * (c) Third (d) Fourth The third generation of computers used. @IC, (b) Microchip (©) Vacuum Tube (d) Processor IBM system/360 series were the generation computers. (@) First (b) Second (©) Third (4) Fourth Microprocessor was used in generation computers, a4" (b) 2" 3" @ Microcomputers are belonging (o generation of computers. 4" (b) 2% 3" (d) Ist Computer can be into types (a) Two (b) Three (©) Four (4) One Hybrid computer is a mixture of computer. (a) Digital (b) Analog (©) Both s & b (al) None Digital computer can be classified into types. (a) Three (b) Two (©) Four (d) One ‘Computers represents physical quantitigs like speed. weight. (a) Digital « (b) Analog (©) Hybrid () All Are the first computers being developed? (a) Analog (b) Digital (c) Hybrid (@).None ‘Analog clock, Analog Thermometer is the examples of computer. (a) Digital (b) Analog (©) Hybrid ) Super42) 43) 44) ‘The computer language that are closed to machiné language are called. (a) Low Level Language (b) High Level Language (c) Assembly Language (a), Medium level Fortran stands for. (a) Formula Translation (b) Formula Technique (c) Botha &b (d} None LISP language is widely used for work, fa) Al (b) System programming (©) Application Programming. (d) All FORTRAN was developed in, {a) 1945 (b) 1957 {c) 1960 «d) 1967 C language is developed in early {a) 1950's (b) 1960's (©) 1970's (dy 1980's Assembler is used to convert language program into machine Language. (a) Assembly (b) HLL (©) Pascal @LL A computer cannot directly understand level language. (a) Low (b) High (©) Middle (d) None Compiler is used to convert level language source code into machine language. (a) Low (b) High (©) Middle (d) None Interpreter is used to convert high-level language program into language (a) Machine (b) High (e} Middle: (d) None ANSWER KEY