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EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

______________ was the first computer to handle both numeric and text data

a)

UNIVAC I

b)

ENIAC

c)

CRAY-1

2.

__________ was the first general purpose electronic digital computer, invented in 1946

a)

ENIAC

b)

UNIVAC I

c)

PARAM

3.

______ is the world's fastest supercomputer

a)

Tianhe-2

b)

PARAM

c)

CRAY-1

4.

GIGO means

a)

Go In Go Out

b)

Garbage In Garbage Out

c)

Get In Get Out

5.

The first mechanical calculating device was

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Leibniz calculator

c)

Charles Babbage

6.

The circuit used in 1st generation of computers in 1940-56

a)

vaccum tubes

b)

transistors

c)

integrated circuits

7.

The circuitry used in 2nd generation of computers in the year 1956-63

a)

Transistors

b)

Vaccum tubes

c)

micro processors

8.

These computers are used for weather forecasting, space research and satellite control

a)

Super computers

b)

Mainframe computers

c)

Mini computers

9.

___________ was the first lady programmer who suggested Binary Data storage

a)

Augusta Ada Lovelace

b)

Augusta Merwin

c)

Augusta Agnes

10.

These computers are used in bank, universities and in any other big organizations

a)

Mini computers

b)

Macro computers

c)

Super computers

11.

These computers are used in homes, schools, offices and shops

a)

Micro computers

b)

Mini computers

c)

Super computers

12.

Who is known as the father of the disk drive?

a)

Reynold.B.Johnson

b)

Mac Milan

c)

John Napier

13.

____________ was the first mechanical device for calculations, developed in China

a)

Analytical engine

b)

Napier's Bones

c)

Abacus

14.

Who invented the Tabulating machine?

a)

Herman Hollerith

b)

John Von Neumann

c)

Howard Aiken

15.

___________ became the fundamental principle for the design of computer circuits

a)

Boolean Logic

b)

Herman Logic

c)

Presper Logic

16.

These computers are very expensive and are used in large business organisations like railway ticket reservation and stock exchange markets

a)

Micro computers

b)

Super Computers

c)

Mainframe computers

17.

Who invented the first automatic sequence -controlled calculator, the MARK I in 1944?

a)

Howard Aiken

b)

John Von Neumann

c)

Charles Babbage

18.

These computers are smaller and lighter than laptop generally 7 inch or 10 inch screen

a)

Tablet computers

b)

Laptop computers

c)

Desktop computers

19.

Analytical engine was invented by

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Augusta ada lovelace

c)

Reynold

20.

__________ language was used in first generation of computers

a)

COBOL

b)

Machine

c)

RDBMS