Computer history MCQ generations questions and answers with PDF Download free MCQs for competitive exams preparation. Computer History and G...
Computer history MCQ generations questions and answers with PDF Download free MCQs for competitive exams preparation.
Computer History and Generation 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
d) 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 syste
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