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History of Computers: From Abacus to Smart-phones

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A device with more complicated calculation abilities was called an

a)

Abacus

b)

Pebbles

c)

Naipers bone

d)

Set of rods

2.

Who wrote the first sequence of instructions for various task for the analytical engine

a)

Konrad Zuse

b)

Ada Lovelace

c)

Herman Hollerith

d)

None of these

3.

Which computers were developed in 1960s and used integrated circuits

a)

Forth generation

b)

Third generation

c)

Second generation

d)

First generation

4.

OTHER NAME OF ABACUS

a)

COUNTING FRAME

b)

BEADS TRAY

c)

BEADS RACK

d)

NONE OF THESE

5.

WHO WAS THE SCOTTISH MATHEMATICIAN WHO INVENTED NAPIER'S BONES?

a)

BLAISE PASCAL

b)

CHARLES BABBAGE

c)

JOHN NAPIER

d)

GOTTFRIED LEIBNITZ

6.
5000 Years Ago One of first tools used to express numbers was the _______________________.
a)
Maracca
b)
Abacus
c)
Lines on Stone
d)
Sticks in a Pile
7.

Who invented the Difference Engine?

a)

Charles Blubber

b)

Charles Babbage

c)

Charles Baggage

d)

Charles Blagger

8.

Which was the first electronic general-purpose computer?

a)

Analytic Engine

b)

Atanasoff-Berry Computer

c)

Difference Engine

d)

ENIAC

9.

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

10.

The world's first computer programmer.

a)

Grace Hopper

b)

Lady Ada Lovelace

c)

Charles Babbage

d)

Bill Gates

11.

The term computer is derived from ______

a)

Latin

b)

German

c)

French

d)

Arabic

12.

Early 20th century saw many analog computers which were mechanical or electrical or electro mechanical devices.

Which of the below is not true in reference to the above sentence ?

a)

Solving some methamatical equations

b)

Decoding messages

c)

Coding messages

d)

Tables of firing artillery in World War II

13.

what are the two most important inventions ?

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