9th Class: Chapter # 1 MCQ's (IN ENGLISH)

1. The earliest and the simplest computing device was:

A.Slide rule
B.Calculating machine
C.ABACUS
D.Calculator


2. The ABACUS was developed around:

2000 BC
4000 BC
5000 BC
3000 BC

3. The Mechanical Calculator used

Binary Number System
Hexadecimal Number System
Octal Number System
Decimal Number System

4. Which technology was used in ENIAC ?

Transistors
Vacuum Tube
Microprocessors ICs
Integrated Circuits

5. ENIAC could perform 5,000:

Subtraction per second
Division per second
Multiplication per second
Additions per second

6. The first commercially successful machine UNIVAC-1 was made in:

1941
1951
1955
1961

7. The transistor was invented in:

1958
1938
1940
1948

8. The Integrated Circuits (ICs) were introduced in:

1st Generation
2nd Generation
4th Generation
3rd Generation.

9. VLSI were developed in:

1950s
1960s
1980s
1970s

10. Analog computer accepts data in

Random form
Continuous form
Digital form
General form

11. The digital computers accepts data in:

Addition form
Digital form
Random form
Physical form

12. Hybrid computers are:

Have low reliability
Very big in size
Slow in speed
Fast and accurate

13. The analog computers are used for

Industry
Health
Research
All the above

14. The digital computers are used in:

All the above
Business & Banking
Education & Health
Research & Music

15. The supercomputers are

Largest
Both a & b
Fastest
Slow in speed

16. Cray-1, Cray-2 and Cyber 205 are

Supercomputers
Mainframes
Microcomputer
Minicomputer

17. IBM PC is an example of:

Mainframe
Minicomputer
Supercomputer
Microcomputer

18. The computer can be used as:

All the above
Accounting System
Type Writers
Calculators

19. The computers can be hooked to telephone lines through

Ram
Modems
Mouse
None of the above

20. The Computer Assisted Instructions (CAI) consists of:

Tutorial
Testing
All the above
Drill and Practice

21. Machine Language means:

General Purpose Language
Low Level Language
4th Generation Language
High Level Language

22. Which of the following is an object-oriented language?

Java
PASCAL
FORTRAN
COBOL

23. Compiler is a:

Engineering Software
Business Software
Application Software
Language Processor

24. Match the correct items in the columns:................ Analytical Engine

4th Generation
Language Processor
Charles Babbage
Vacuum Tube

25. Match the correct items in the columns:................ Mark-1

4th Generation
Electromagnetic Relays
Vacuum Tube
Language Processor

26. Match the correct items in the columns:................ ENIAC

First Generation
Vacuum Tube
Language Processor
Global Web

27. Match the correct items in the columns:................ Transistor

1948
Vacuum Tube
Global Web
4th Generation

28. Match the correct items in the columns:................ Microcomputer

High Level Language
Global Web
4th Generation
Mnemonics

29. Match the correct items in the columns:................ CRAY-1

Global Web
Supercomputer
Mnemonics
First Generation

30. Match the correct items in the columns:................ Internet

Supercomputer
Mnemonics
Global Web
High Level Language

31. Match the correct items in the columns:................ UPC

First Generation
Pascal
Mnemonics
Retail