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EVOLUTION OF COMPUTERS

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHICH IS THE FIRST MECHANICAL CALCULATOR ?

a)

PASCAL'S CALCULATOR

b)

ABACUS

c)

LEIBNIZ CALCULATOR

d)

ANALYTICAL ENGINE

2.

WHO IS THE FIRST PROGRAMER

a)

CHARLES BABBAGE

b)

HERMAN HOLLERITH

c)

AUGUSTA ADA LOVELACE

d)

JHON MAUCHLY

3.

First mechanical calculator

a)

Difference engine

b)

Pascaline

c)

ENIAC

d)

EDVAC

4.

Second generation computers used

a)

Vacuum tubes

b)

Microprocessors

c)

Transistors

d)

Integrated circuits

5.

First mechanical computer

a)

Pascaline

b)

Analytical engine

c)

Mark I

d)

None

6.

First super computer made in India

a)

CRAY CS300

b)

PARAM 8000

c)

IBM 1401

d)

RCA 501

7.

First calculating device

a)

Abacus

b)

Napier's bones

c)

Pascaline

d)

Difference engine

8.

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

a)

UNIVAC I

b)

ENIAC

c)

CRAY-1

9.

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

a)

ENIAC

b)

UNIVAC I

c)

PARAM

10.

______ is the world's fastest supercomputer

a)

Tianhe-2

b)

PARAM

c)

CRAY-1

11.

The first mechanical calculating device was

a)

Blaise Pascal

b)

Leibniz calculator

c)

Charles Babbage

12.

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

a)

vaccum tubes

b)

transistors

c)

integrated circuits

13.

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

a)

Transistors

b)

Vaccum tubes

c)

micro processors

14.

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

a)

Super computers

b)

Mainframe computers

c)

Mini computers

15.

___________ was the first lady programmer who suggested Binary Data storage

a)

Augusta Ada Lovelace

b)

Augusta Merwin

c)

Augusta Agnes

16.

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

a)

Mini computers

b)

Macro computers

c)

Super computers

17.

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

a)

Micro computers

b)

Mini computers

c)

Super computers

18.

Who is known as the father of the disk drive?

a)

Reynold.B.Johnson

b)

Mac Milan

c)

John Napier

19.

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

a)

Analytical engine

b)

Napier's Bones

c)

Abacus

20.

Who invented the Tabulating machine?

a)

Herman Hollerith

b)

John Von Neumann

c)

Howard Aiken

21.

___________ became the fundamental principle for the design of computer circuits

a)

Boolean Logic

b)

Herman Logic

c)

Presper Logic

22.

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

23.

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

a)

Howard Aiken

b)

John Von Neumann

c)

Charles Babbage

24.

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

a)

Tablet computers

b)

Laptop computers

c)

Desktop computers

25.

Analytical engine was invented by

a)

Charles Babbage

b)

Augusta ada lovelace

c)

Reynold

26.

__________ language was used in first generation of computers

a)

COBOL

b)

Machine

c)

RDBMS

27.

Identify the first calculator.

a)

Difference engine

b)

Pascaline

c)

ENIAC

d)

UNIVAC

28.

The Analytical Engine was invented by

a)

Bill Gates

b)

Reynold

c)

Augusta Ada Lovelace

d)

Charles Babbage