1. The word “Computer” comes from the word “compute”, which means __.
(a) to assume
(b) to input
(c) to combine
(d) to calculate
Ans: (d)
2. Computer is a/an
(a) monitoring device
(b) input device
(c) electronic device
(d) battery
Ans: (c)
3. _ is the father of computer.
(a) Ada Byron
(b) Charles Babbage
(c) Blaise Pascal
(d) Herman Hollerith
Ans: (b)
4. IBM stands for
(a) Integrated Business Machine
(b) International Business Machine
(c) Internal Business Machine
(d) Indian Business Machine
Ans: (b)
5. Who is the chief of Microsoft
(a) Babbage
(b) Bill Gates
(c) Bill Clinton
(d) Bush
Ans: (b)
6. IBM was provided software for PCs by_.
(a) Microsoft
(b) Apple
(c) NASA
(d) All of these
Ans: (a)
7. The first microprocessor was developed in 1971 by .
(a) Apple
(b) NASA
(c) Intel
(d) All of these
Ans: (c)
8. A Personal Computer is a _.
(a) Mainframe Computer
(b) Supercomputer
(c) Mini Computer
(d) Micro Computer
Ans: (d)
9. First Mechanical calculator
(a) Abacus
(b) Napier’s Bones
(c) Pascaline
(d) Stepped Reckoner
Ans: (a)
10. A computer is a/an _ device. [SBI Clerk 2007; Allahabad Bank Assistant 2010]
(a) calculating
(b) electronic
(c) electrical
(d) All of these
Ans: (b)
11. An electronic device, operating under the control of instructions that can accept and process the data, produce output and store the results for future use. [SBI Clerk 2011]
(a) Input
(b) Computer
(c) Software
(d) Hardware
Ans: (b)
12. Input, output and processing devices grouped together present a(n). [SBI Clerk 2009]
(a) mobile device
(b) information processing system
(c) circuit board
(d) computer system
Ans: (d)
13. A computer consists of [Allahabad Bank Clerk 2009]
(a) a central processing unit
(b) a memory
(c) input and output units
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d)
14. Computer gathers data, which means that they allow users to data. [BANK Clerk 2010]
(a) present
(b) input
(c) output
(d) store
Ans: (b)
15. __ is processed by the computer into information. [SBI Clerk 2011; Allahabad Bank Clerk 2008]
(a) Numbers
(b) Processor
(c) Input
(d) Data
Ans: (d)
16. Computer is a device which processes or transforms data into useful [SBI Clerk 2009]
(a) program
(b) information
(c) input
(d) instruction
Ans: (b)
17. Processed data is retrieved from computer with the help of a ____ device.
(a) output
(b) input
(c) CPU
(d) RAM
Ans: (a)
18. Information on a computer is stored as [Allahabad Bank Clerk 2009]
(a) analog data
(b) digital data
(c) modem data
(d) hybrid data
Ans: (b)
19. The smallest unit of information. a computer can understand and process is known as [SSC CHSL 2010]
(a) digit
(b) byte
(c) megabyte
(d) bit
Ans: (d)
20. Any component of computer you can see and touch is [SBI Clerk 2012]
(a) software
(b) peripheral
(c) storage
(d) hardware
Ans: (d)
21. Non-physical components of the computer are referred to as [BANK Clerk 2008]
(a) CPU
(b) software
(c) hardware
(d) program
Ans: (b)
22. Computers use the number system to store data and perform calculations. [PNB 2009]
(a) binary
(b) decimal
(c) octal
(d) hexadecimal
Ans: (a)
23. A computer system includes [SBI Clerk 2008; Allahabad Bank Clerk 2011]
(a) hardware
(b) software
(c) peripheral devices
(d) All of these
Ans: (d)
24. Which of the following is not a basic function of a computer?
(a) Accept input
(b) Scan data
(c) Process data
(d) All of the above
Ans: (b)
25. Information that comes from external source and fed into computer software is called [IBPS Clerk 2011]
(a) output
(b) input
(c) throughout
(d) reports
Ans: (b)
26. A computer can perform which of the following tasks? [BANK Clerk 2009]
(a) Computation
(b) Storing data
(c) Processing
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d)
27. Which one of the following is/are a characteristic(s) or a function(s) of computer?
(a) Data collection
(b) Data processing
(c) Data storage
(d) All of these
Ans: (d)
28. Abacus was developed by [BAN K Clerk 2009]
(a) India
(b) China
(c) America
(d) Unan
Ans: (b)
29. Which of the following device used 'set of beads' to represent the unit of data? [PNB Assistant 2011]
(a) ENIAC
(b) EDVAC
(c) Abacus
(d) MARK-I
Ans: (c)
30. The counting board in which numbers are represented as beads strung on wires is commonly called Abacus. By what name is it known in Japan? [SBI Associates 2008]
(a) Suanpan
(b) Soroban
(c) Napier's beads
(d) Suharto
Ans: (b)
31. Antikythera mechanism was mainly used to perform
(a) Astronomical calculation
(b) Logarithm
(c) Trigonometry
(d) Time calculation
Ans: (a)
32. Rabdologia was the technology used for calculation purpose introduced in [SBI Associates 2007]
(a) 1617
(b) 1801
(c) 1824
(d) 1901
Ans: (a)
33. Napier's Bones performs
(a) addition and subtraction
(b) only addition
(c) only subtraction
(d) multiplication and division
Ans: (d)
34. Computer's basic architecture was developed by
(a) Charles Babbage
(b) Blaise Pascal
(c) Steve Newton
(d) John Von Neumann
Ans: (d)
35. In which year slide rule was developed?
(a) 1605
(b) 1620
(c) 1750
(d) 1855
Ans: (b)
36. Slide rule is also known as in United States.
(a) Slipstick
(b) Larvace
(c) Scale of US
(d) US srule
Ans: (a)
37. Pascaline is also known as [BOB Assistant 2009]
(a) mechanical machine
(b) adding machine
(c) division machine
(d) difference machine
Ans: (b)
38. Who described the feature 'Read one card at a time' of tabulating machine?
(a) Herman Hollerith
(b) John Von Newmann
(c) Howard Aiken
(d) John Pele
Ans: (a)
39. What do you mean by Jacquard loom? [SBI PO 2011]
(a) A bird found in Japan
(b) A weaving machine used punched cards
(c) The first computer controlled loom
(d) A machine for writing match tables
Ans: (b)
40. The process of textiles was simplified by __.
(a) Joseph Jacquard
(b) Pascal
(c) Heney Jobs
(d) Charles Babbage
Ans: (a)
41. ____ was the first computer programmer in the history of computer.
(a) Ian Morre
(b) Cristopher Kyana
(c) Joseph Jade
(d) Lisa Babage
Ans: (e)
42. Which was the computer conceived by Babbage? [SBI Clerk 2011]
(a) Analytical engine
(b) Arithmetic machine
(c) Donald knuth
(d) All of the above
Ans: (a)
43. __ is the father of punched card.
(a) Herman Hollerith
(b) Joanthan Iva
(c) Charles Babbage
(d) Blaise Pascal
Ans: (a)
44. The first electro-mechanical computer MARK-1 invented by .
(a) Charles Pascal
(b) John W Mauchly
(c) Howard Aiken
(d) Clifford Berry
Ans: (c)
45. What was the first machine to successfully perform a long services of arithmetic and logical operations?
(a) MARK-I
(b) ENIAC
(c) EDSAC
(d) UNIVAC
Ans: (a)
46. ____ computer introduced the idea of binary calculation?
(a) Z1
(b) ENIAC
(c) EDSAC
(d) ABC
Ans: (d)
47. What was the first fully electronic computer in the world?
(a) ENIAC
(b) EDSAC
(c) EDVAC
(d) UNIVAC
Ans: (a)
48. Which of the following is the full-form of ENIAC?
(a) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
(b) Electrical Numerical Integer and Calculator
(c) Electrical Numerical Integer and Computation
(d) Efficient Numerical Integrator and Computer
Ans: (a)
49. The first computer which used to store is program.
(a) UNIVAC
(b) EDSAC
(c) EDVAC
(d) ABC
Ans: (b)
50. UNIVAC stands for:
(a) Universal Automatic Computer
(b) Universal Adding Calculator
(c) Universal Assumable Calculator
(d) Unique Numerical Integrator and Computer
Ans: (a)
51. The person contributing the idea of stored program was [SBI Clerk 2008]
(a) John Neumann
(b) Howard Aiken
(c) Dennis Ritchie
(d) Charles Babbage
Ans: (a)
52. Which of the following devices is used in the first generation computer? [SBI Clerk 2012]
(a) Integrated circuit
(b) Processor
(c) Microprocessor
(d) Vacuum tube
Ans: (d)
53. The first generation computers could do [Allahabad Bank 2010]
(a) multi-tasking
(b) networking
(c) batch processing
(d) multi-tabulation
Ans: (c)
54. Computers built before the first generation of computers were [SBI PO 2011]
(a) mechanical
(b) electro-mechanical
(c) electrical
(d) All of these
Ans: (b)
55. The first computer was programmed using [SBI Clerk 2007]
(a) Assembly language
(b) Machine language
(c) Source code
(d) Object code
Ans: (b)
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