Chapter 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER, 1.1.1 Evolution of Computer

Abacus was the ____________ calculating device most

probably invented in China.

• latest

• earliest

• loneliest

• cutest

Napier's Bone consisted of a ________ box.

• metal

• plastic

• wooden

• titanium

Blaise Pascal invented a

calculating machine called Pascaline in ________.

• 2050

• 2090

• 2022

• 1642

Charles Babbage is known as the ________of modern

digital computers.

• father

• grandmother

• assistant

• aunt

Hollerith started a company by the name of ________________.

• The tree of Apple

• Disney mobile Centre

• Tabulating Machine Company.

Mark-

I was 50 feet long, 8 feet high and weighed about

__________.

• 5 tons

• 10 000 tons

• 2 grams

• 500grams

__________________ is being used in today’s data centers for fast

data processing.

• High performance computing

• Horse powered cars

• Her panda's cellphone

The concept of _________ has been introduced.

• sun computing

• cloud computing

• rain computing

• snow computing

Slide rule is based on the idea of _________.

• lamp

• lion

• logarithm

• lollipop

Who invented logarithm?

• Bill Gates

• John Napier

• Walt Disney

• Jefferey Bezos