Fundamental of Computer Part-1 55 MCQ'S FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAM



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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