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1) is the earliest known device for calculation.

A) Deference Engine B)Abacus C)Calculator D)ENIAC
2) In 1642, developed the first basic calculator.
A) Leibnitz B)Charls Babbage C)Baise Pascal D)Jon Von Neumann
3) In 1882, Charls Babbage designed and built a model called .
A)Abacus B)Difference engine C)Analytic engine D)ENIAC
4) Technology of the provided base to the technology of modern computers.
A) Analytic engine B) Abacus C) Calculator D)Difference Engine
5) Which of the following is known as father of modern day of computers?*
A) Charles Babbage B)Blaise Pascal C) Jon Von Neumann D)Jon Von Pascal
6) During late 1940’s, found a way to encode instructions in the language.
A)Charles Babbage B)Blaise Pascal C) Jon Von Neumann D)Jon Von
Pascal
7) In 1946, J.Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly invented giant ENIAC machine at the .
A)University of Harvard B)University of Michigan
C) University of Oxford D)University of Pennsylvania
8) In , J.Presper Eckert and john W Mauchly invented giant ENIAC machine at the University
of Pennsylvania
A)1946 B)1822 C)1690 D)1940
9) Which of the following is full form of ENIAC?
A)Electrical Number Integrator And Converter
B)Electrical Numerical Integrator And Calculator
C)Electrical Numerical Inverter And Converter
D)Electrical Number Inverter And Converter
10) ENIAC was the first machine to use large number of .
A) Vacuum tubes B)TransistorsC)ICs D)AI
11) ENIAC had input-output.
A) Save card B)Punched card C)Input/Output card D)Stored card
12) How many generations computer hardware are there?
A)2 B)1 C)4 D)5
13) Which of the following are bulky, slow and suffered with heat and maintenance problems?*
A)Transistors B)Radios C)Vacuum tubes D)Integrated Circuits
14) The first generation computer used .
A) Transistors B) Vacuum tubes C)ICs D)AI
15) The first generation computer developed during .
A)1955-1965 B)1945-1955C)1965-1980 D)1980-1989
16) The first generation computer started with .
A) Different Engine B)ENIAC C)Analytic Engine D)IBM UNIVAC I

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17) The full form of UNIVAC is .
A) Universal Automatic Computer B) Universal Computer
C)Union Automated Computer D)United Automatic
Computer
18) is a small component made of semiconductor material.
A) Radio B)Vacuum Tube C)Transistor D)Integrated circuit
19) The Second generation computers developed during .
A)1955-1965 B)1945-155 C)1965-1980 D)1980-1989
20) is an example of second generation computer.
A) UNIVAC I B)ENIAC C)IBM 1620 D)Both A and B
21) Second generation computers used .
A) Transistor B)Silicon Chip C)Vacuum tubes D)Integrated circuit
22) The third generation computer developed during .
A)1945-1955 B)1955-1965 C)1965-1980 D)1980-1980
23) Third generation computer used integrated circuit instead of .
A)vacuum tubes B)Transistor C)Silicon chips D)AI
24) Third generation computers used Instead of transistor.
A) Vacuum tubes B)Radios C)Integrated circuitD)AI
25) generation computers could satisfy need of a small
business. A)First B)Second C)Third
D)Fourth
26) of the following is/are an example of third generation computer.
A)IBM 360 B)PDP 8 C)PDP 11 D)All of these
27) The full form of IC is .
A) Internal circuit B)Indian circuit C)Integrated circuitD)International circuit
28) The full form of VLSI is
A) Very Lesser Scale Integration B)Very Low Scale Integration
C)Very Large Scale Integration D)Visually Large Scale Integration
29) The generation computer called personal computer.
A)Fifth B)Third C)Fourth D)First
30) Which of the following is/are example of fourth generation computer computers and
personal computers?
A) IBM 630 B)IBM PC C)Apple II D)Both B and C
31) The full of PC is .
A) Private Computer B)Personal Computer
C)Published Computer D)Polished Computer
32) The fourth generation computers include super computers such as series
computers. A)CRY B)CRAY C)IBM D)Apple
33) Which of the following computers are costly and can process billions of Instruction per second?*
A) Super Computers B)Laptop ComputerC)Hybrid Computer D)None of these
34) For which of the following super computer is used?

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 A) Stock Analysis B)Weather Forecasting C)Complex Application D)All of These

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 35) The fourth generation computer developed during .
A)1945-1955 B)1955-1965 C)1965-1980 D)1980-1989
36) generation computer are made smarter in terms of processing speed, user friendliness
and connectivity to work.
A) Fifth B)First C)Third D)Fourth
37) Key features of fifth generation computer are .
A)Advanced Software Technology B)Artificial Intelligence
C)Both A and B D)Integrated Circuit
38) The fifth generation computer developed from the year on words.
A)1955 B)1965 C)1980 D)1989
39) Which of the following is not a fifth generation computer?
A) IBM notebook B)IBM 360 C)Pentium PC D)PARAM 10000
40) Computer software is classified in generations.
A)2 B)3 C)4 D)5
41) The first generation of software is .
A) Machine language B) Assembly language
C) higher level language D) structure query language
42) Which of the following is used in machine language?
A) Mnemonic codes B)1 and 0 C)Query D)subset of English language
43) Machine language is a two state language having symbols 0 and 1 and so it is called .
A)two digit language B)Binary language C) on-off language D)none of them
44) The Second generation of software is .
A) Machine languageB) Assembly language
C) higher level language D) structure query language
45) Assembly language uses .
A) Mnemonic code B)Symbols C)0 and 1 D)A or B
46) The Third generation of software is .
A) Machine language B) Assembly language
C) higher level language D) structure query language
47) The special program that translate the content written in higher level language into
machine understandable form is called .
A) TransformerB)Translator C)Converter D)All of These
48) In which of the programming language Mnemonic code are used.*
A) Machine B) Assembly C) Higher level D)Structure Query
49) Java, C and COBOL are example of which of the level of languages?*
A) Machine B) Assembly C) Higher level D)Structure Query
50) Which of the following generations of programming languages reduce programming effort by just
specifying what to do instead of how to do?*
A) First B)Second C)Third D)Fourth
51) Which of the following task is performed by fifth generation language?
A) Voice Reorganization B) Fault Finding C)Instruction detection D)All of these

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 52) Which of the following language generation use artificial intelligence techniques for
problem solving and meeting their goal?*
A) Second B)Third C)Fourth D)Fifth
53) The full form of AI is .
A) Actual Intelligence B)Active Intelligence C) Artificial intelligence D)Artificial Intel
54) is organized collection of data and instructions given to computers in order to perform a
given task.
A) Hardware B) Software C) Both A and B D) None of these
55) Components of software are .
A) Data B)InstructionC)Document about the software D)All of these
56) The set of instruction is called .
A) Program B)Programmer C)Programming D)None of These
57) The Process of writing Program is called .
A) Program writing B)Programming C)Program designing D)None of these
58) There are major types of software.
A)3 B)4 C)2 D)5
59) Manages Computer hardware.
A) System B)Software C)System Software D)Application Software
60) acts as an interface between computer hardware and software developed for
business application.
A) Software B)System C)System Software D)Application software
61) of the following tasks are performed by system software.
A)Booting computer properly B)Managing Memory
C)Managing printers and other resources D)All of These
62) Operating system is an example of which of the following type of software?*
A)Application B)System C)Business D)User Created
63) Which of the following is/are example of system software?
A) Operating System B)Compiler C)Interpreter D)All of these
64) of the following is/are translator program?
A) Interpreter B)Compiler C)Both A and B D)FORTRAN
65) In which category of the software does the payroll application fit?*
A) Application B)System C)Control D)None of these
66) In which category of the software does the word processing application fit?
A) Application B) System C)Control D)None of these
67) What do you call a computer that operates on binary digits 0 and 1?*
A) Digital B)Analog C)Hybrid D)None of these
68) What do you call a computer that uses linear combinations of voltage amplitude (or currents
or frequencies or phases) instead of digits?*
A) Digital B)Analog C)Hybrid D)None of these
69) The computers using the technology of digital computers as well as analog computer are called
computers.
A) Digital B) Analog C) Hybrid D) None of these
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 70) computers are the most popular computer systems.
A) Laptop B)Desktop C)Palmtop D)Wearable
71) computers are portable and light weight with a thin screen.
A) Laptop B)Desktop C)Digital D)Analog
72) Laptop Computer means computer.
A) Handheld B) Wearable C) Notebook D) Desktop
73) The thinner version of laptop is called .
A) Handheld B)Ultrabook C)Wearable D)Tablet
74) Which of the following is a full form of PDAs ?
A) Portable Digital Assistant B)Personal Digital Assistant
C)Personal Digital Application D)Private Digital Assistants
75) computer use a pen like stylus and accept handwritten input directly on the screen.
A) Handheld B) Wearable C) Laptop D) Desktop
76) Handheld computer is useful for of applications.
A) Scheduling appointments B) Storing contact and address
C) Playing Game D) All of These
77) A computer is portable and mobile computing tool.
A)Laptop B)Desktop C)Tablet D)Wearable
78) Keyboard is not attached in tablet.
A) Slate B)Convertible C)Both A and B D)None of these
79) computers are also known as body-born computers.
A) Handheld B) Wearable C) Laptop D) Desktop
80) computer is used for monitoring animal movement.
A) Handheld B) Wearable C) Laptop D) Desktop
81) The computers come in the form of bracelets, pendent, spectacles and
rings. A)Laptop B)Desktop C)Handheld
D)Wearable
82) In 1946 invented giant ENIAC machine at the University of Pennsylvania
A) J. Presper Eckert B) John W. Mauchly C) Both A and B D) Charles Babbage
83) The instructions had to fed into ENIAC by way of .
A) Transistors B) ICs C) AI D) Switches
84) In 1951, Mauchly and Eckert built .
A) ENIAC B) analytic engine C) UNIVAC I D) difference engine
85) needed to be replaced often as they had short life span.
A) Transistors B) Vacuum tubes C) Integrated circuits D) Silicon chips

86) In second generation computers could work with higher level languages such as instead of
working with machine language.
A) ALGOL B) C C) FORTRAN D) Both A and B
87) Third generation computers used which of the following technologies?
A) Transistors B) integrated circuits C) Vacuum tubes D) Very large integrated circuits
88) Third generation computers became popular as computers.

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 A) Business B) School C) Super D) Mini

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 89) In third generation computers many electronic components like diodes,transistors, capacitors,
etc. could be fixed on .
A) Vacuum tubes B) Radios C) Silicon chips D) None of these
90) Fourth generation computers used large scale called VLSI.
A) ICs B) Cls C) Sis D) AIs
91) The full form of IC is .
A) Internal Circuit B) Integrated Circuit C) Indian Circuit D) International Circuit
92) The language using a subset of English language or few words of English language is called
language.
A) Machine B) Assembly C) Higher level D) Structured query
93) Translator program are written in language.
A) Machine B) Assembly C) Higher level D) Structured query
94) The Artificial Intelligence technique can .
A) handle imprecision B) support human like self learning and problem solving C)
Both A and B D) specify what to do
95) based applications remain a step ahead with added intelligence.
A) AI B) Programming language C) Tools D) Both B and C
96) Computer can be considered as soul of computer.
A) Software B)Hardware C)Input D)Output
97) The person who writes a program is called .
A) Designer B)Translator C)Interpreter D)Programmer
98) Which of the following software manages computer hardware and act as an interface
between computer hardware and software developed for business application?*
A) Applications B)System C)Control D)None of these
99) transforms whole source code written in a programming language (the source
language) into another computer language target language (mainlt machine / binary language)
A)Compiler B)Interpreter C)Both A and B D)Application software
100) transforms the source code in line by line fashion.
A) Compiler B)Interpreter C)Both A and B D)Application software
101) of the following transforms whole source code.
A) Interpreter B)Compiler C)Both A and B D)None of these
102) Which of the following does not transform the whole source code?
A) Interpreter B)Compiler C)Both A and B D)None of these
103) is used for business applications such as printing reports from data stored, calculating bills,
generating pay slips, marking attendance, printing student’s marksheet, etc.
A) Interpreter B)Compiler C)Application software D)All of these
104) is a set of computer instructions that provide application specific functionalities to a user.
A) Application software B)System software
C)Machine language D)Assembly language
105) computers can operate on batteries and hence are very popular with travelers.
A) Notebook B)Desktop C)Digital D)Analog
106) A laptop has most of the same components as a computer
A) Handheld B)Wearable C)Tablet D)Desktop

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107) Which of the following is also referred to as a handheld computer?*
A) Portable Digital Assistants (PDAs) B)Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
C)Personal Digital Applications (PDAs) D)All of these
108) is mobile computer like a bigger mobile phone with a touch screen
facility. A)Handheld B)Wearable C)Tablet D)Desktop
109) Tablet computer generally uses .
A) Onscreen virtual keyboard B)A passive stylus pen
C)Digital pen D)Any of the given above
110) A tablet is basically a laptop computer with a screen that can swivel and fold into the
keyboard to create the tablet.
A) Slate B)Convertible C)Both A and B D)None of these
111) devices enables constant interaction with computing system.
A) Wearable B)Laptop C)Handheld D)Desktop

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