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History of Computers

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first manual computing device.

a)

Abacus

b)

Stepped Reckoner

c)

Counting Clock

d)

Stones and Pebbles

2.

A calculating machine invented by a French Mathematician to help his father a tax collector.

a)

Calculating Clock

b)

Abacus

c)

Pascaline

d)

Stepped Reckoner

3.

Abacus was originated from __________________.

a)

China

b)

Babylonia

c)

Asia

d)

Japan

4.

A calculating machine invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz.

a)

Pascaline

b)

Stepped Reckoner

c)

Calculating Clock

d)

Arithmometer

5.

A calculating machine invented by Wilhelm Shickard.

a)

Calculating Clock

b)

Arithmometer

c)

Stepped Reckoner

d)

Jacquard Loom

6.

He was known as the " Father of the Modern Computer".

a)

Wilhelm Shickard

b)

Blaise Pascal

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Charles Xavier

7.

The world's first computer programmer.

a)

Grace Hopper

b)

Lady Ada Lovelace

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Bill Gates

8.

The invention of Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar.

a)

Anemometer

b)

Arithmometer

c)

Stepped Reckoner

d)

Analytical Engine

9.

The computing device that was powered by steam.

a)

Analytical Engine

b)

Calculating Clock

c)

Difference Engine

d)

Arithmometer

10.

An electronic device used to process and store data.

a)

Calculator

b)

Computer

c)

Jacquard Loom

d)

Abacus