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WorksheetsHistory of Computers
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The abacus was created by ______________________________
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
The Babylonians
c)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
d)
Jospeh Marie Jaquard
2.
Which one of the following devices was created in 1801?
a)
The abacus
b)
Pascaline
c)
Stepped Reckoner
d)
Jaquard's Loom
3.
The stepped Reckoner was invented in ______________________
a)
500 BC
b)
1642
c)
1673
d)
1801
4.
Blaise Pascal invented the _____________________________.
a)
Pascaline
b)
Abacus
c)
Stepped Reckoner
d)
Difference Engine
5.
The Analytical engine was designed in ____________.
a)
1801
b)
1833
c)
1890
d)
500 BC
6.
I was known as the father of computing. I am ___________________.
a)
Blaise Pascal
b)
Herman Hollerith
c)
Marie Jaquard
d)
Charles Babbage.
7.
This machine was used to count and sort information for the US census. It was the __________________________.
a)
Abacus
b)
Hollerith's Tabulating Machine
c)
Analytical Engine
d)
Difference engine
8.
The Difference engine was designed in 1822.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Charles Babbage designed the Tabulating Machine.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
This machine stored codes for weaving fabric in a pattern. It was the _____________.
a)
Stepped Reckoner
b)
Pascaline
c)
Difference engine
d)
Jaquard's Loom
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