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1. What is a laptop PC? 12. The second generation computers replaced vacuum
(a) A mainframe tubes with
(b) A portable and sleek computer (a) capacitors (b) resistors
(c) A multimedia hardware device (c) transistors (d) integrated circuits
(d) None of the above 13. Which one of the following is not the first generation
2. Which one of the following is an input unit? computer?
(a) Monitor (b) Mouse (a) UNIVAC-I (b) EDVAC
(c) Plotter (d) CPU (c) IBM 1401 (d) None of these
3. Which one of the following is not one of the basic units 14. Which one of the following is the second generation
of a computer? computer?
(a) Central Processing Unit (a) EDSAC (b) IBM 7094
(b) Input Unit (c) CDC-1700 (d) IBM-360 series
(c) Memory 15. The third generation computers replaced transistors
(d) Database Management System with
(a) vacuum tubes (b) integrated circuits
4. Which one of the following is software?
(c) magnetic cores (d) capacitors
(a) Transistor
(b) Integrated circuit 16. The fourth generation computers came with the advent
(c) Oracle of the
(d) None of the above (a) chips (b) transistors
(c) microprocessor chip (d) None of the above
5. Which one of the following machines is the oldest
machine ever used for calculations? 17. W hat is the main feawre of the third generation
(a) ABACUS computers?
(b) Pascal’s Adding Machine (a) Integrated circuits
(c) Analytical Engine (b) Magnetic disk technology
(d) ENIAC (c) CPUs capacity of carrying out 1 million instructions
per second
6. Who, among the following has invented an Analytical
(d) All of the above
Engine which became a real ancestor of the modern
day computer? 18. The minicomputer, ICL -2903 manufactured by
(a) Joseph Jacquard (b) Blaise Pascal International Computers Limited was developed during.
(c) Charles Babbage (d) Leibnitz (a) second generation computers
(b) third generation computers
7. Which one of the following has earned the title “Father
(c) fourth generation computers
of Modern Computers?”
(d) fifth generation computers
(a) Blaise Pascal (b) Charles Babbage
(c) Herman Hollerith (d) Jack Kilby 19. The most popular CPU. Pentium has come in
(a) second generation computers
8. The first generation computers used
(b) third generation computers
(a) vacuum tubes (b) transistors
(c) magnetic cores (d) integrated circuits (c) fourth generation computers
(d) fifth generation computers
9. Which one of the following computers has used the
binary arithmetic in its construction’? 20. Which one of the following is a hardware?
(a) ENIAC (b) EDVAC (c) UNIVAC-I (d) PC (a) Integrated circuit (b) Compiler
(c) DOS (d) FORTRAN
10. The second generation computers began with the
advent of 21. What is the measuring unit of memory?
(a) transistorized circuitry (a) Watt (b) Words (c) Byte (d) Ampere
(b) magnetic core 22. How many bits are there in one byte?
(c) magnetic disk storage device (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 1024
(d) All of the above 23. One kilobyte is equal to
11. Which one of the following was the limitation of the first (a) 1000 bytes (b) 1024 bytes
generation computers? (c) 1038 bytes (d) None of these
(a) High power consumption 24. Which one of the following is the subunit of the CPU?
(b) Slow operating speed (a) Arithmetic logic unit (b) Memory unit
(c) Restricted computing capacity (c) Analytical unit (d) Input unit
(d) All of the above

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25. Which one of the following is not a system software? 38. Which of the following does not represent an I/O
(a) Operating system (b) Compiler device?
(c) Assembler (d) None of the above (a) Speaker which beeps (b) Plotter
(c) Joystick . (d) ALU
26. Digital computers deal with
(a) discrete quantities 39. Which of the following is a correct definition of volatile
memory?
(b) physical quantities
(a) It loses its contents at high ambient temperatures
(c) both discrete and physical quantities
(b) Its contents are lost on failure of power supply
(d) neither discrete nor physical quantities (c) It is to be kept in airtight boxes always
27. Which one of the following is not a positive feature of a (d) It is the latest type of bubble memory
computer? 40. Tile coordination of processor operations in the CPU is
(a) Accuracy (b) High storage capacity done by
(c) Decision-making power (d) Reliability (a) Arithmetic Logic Unit (b) Control Unit
28. What is the role of compiler in computers’? (c) Both of the above (d) None of the above
(a) It executes the commands given by input unit 41. A set of instructions is called a
(b) It converts the source code (program in HLL) into (a) compiler (b) program
machine language (c) assembler (d) information
(c) It deals with physical quantities only 42. The Central Processing Unit
(d) None of the above (a) is conttlcd by the input data entering the system
29. Name the super-computer developed in the USA? (b) is operated from the control panel
(c) controls the storage unit
(a) PARAM (b) ANUPAM
(d) controls all input, output and processing
(c) SAMRAT (d) CRAY XMP-14
43. A group prepared by a computer is
30. Hybrid computer is a computer which deals with (a) output (b) information
(a) discrete quantities (c) hard copy (d) None of these
(b) physical quantities
44. Data is a collection of
(c) both discrete quantities and physical quantities (a) raw material
(d) None of the above (b) number and alphabets
31. What is nibble? (c) facts and entities relevant to user
(a) A group of 2 bits (b) A group of 4 bits (d) input material for a computer
(c) A group of 8 bits (d) A group of 12 bits 45. Storage of 1 MB means the following number of bytes
32. What is the meaning of a program ? (a) 210 (b) 215 (c) 220 (d) 230
(a) An input-output cycle 46. Computers lack in
(b) A connection of raw data for computer (a) data processing (b) memory
(c) A set of instructions given to computer (c) innovations (d) interpretation
(d) None of the above 47. What is tailor-made software?
33. Microcomputer is a computer (a) A software made by a tailor
(b) A software which is made according to a user’s re-
(a) which is very small in shape
quirement
(b) that contains a microprocessor (c) A software which cannot he installed in more than
(c) which has very small chips one computer
(d) which has no memory (d) A software which cannot be altered easily
34. What is the full form of CPU? 48. Which one of the following statement is a correct
(a) Central Processing Unit regarding computers?
(b) Central Programming Unit (a) Computers arc much faster as compared to human
(c) Computing and Processing Unit beings
(d) Central Processing Understanding (b) A computer can execute millions of instructions in
one second
35. Which one of the following is not a package (c) Computers are immune to tiredness and boredom
(a) BASIC (b) dBase or fatigue
(c) Pagemaker (d) Wordstar (d) All of the above
36. Which is not one of the digital computers based on their 49. Computer’s main memory
performance? (a) performs all calculations
(a) Microcomputer (b) Minicomputer (b) is computer’s workbench
(c) Mainframe computers (d) None of the above (c) performs logical operations on the data
37. Who invented the punched card ? (d) controls all input, output and processing
(a) Herman Hallerith (b) John Napier 50. Which one of the following is part of the CPU ?
(c) Gottfried Leibnitz (d) Joseph Jacquard (a) Memory (b) Compiler
(c) Control unit (d) Joystick

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