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The greatest scientists of their era, Abu Jaffar Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khawarizmi (780-850), Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954), and John Von Neuman (1903-1957) took part in the invention of computers. A mathematician and a scientist (of France) Blaise Pascal developed the first mechanical computing machine called “Paccaline” in 1642. Leibnitz’s invented the machine and named it the “Multiplier Wheel” to perform basic arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The “MUltiplier Wheel” machine was further modified in 1971.

MCQs about Computer Basics covering the topics related to software, hardware, input devices, output devices, CPU, RAM, ROM, and secondary storage, etc.

1. Which of the following term is not associated with computers?

 
 
 
 

2. Which of the following is the unit to express the computer memory?

 
 
 
 

3. Bill Gates is more well-known as

 
 
 
 

4. Which one of the following characteristics is absent in a computer, however, sophisticated it may be?

 
 
 
 

5. The technical term is not related to computer systems.

 
 
 
 

6. Hybrid computer is

 
 
 
 

7. A bus with 32 data lines can transport how many bits at a time

 
 
 
 

8. Intel is the largest manufacturer of microprocessors. What does the name “Intel” stand for

 
 
 
 

9. Supercomputer was invented by

 
 
 
 

10. Which was the first truly electronic computer?

 
 
 
 

11. Which company was first to distribute mouse as a standard component with personal computers?

 
 
 
 

12. Microprocessors were introduced first time in

 
 
 
 

13. PC was originally a trading name of

 
 
 
 

14. The special file of DOS are

 
 
 
 

15. Which of the following computers was the first to use the concept of stored programs?

 
 
 
 

16. Which Intel microprocessor started the PC revolution?

 
 
 
 

17. Optical device was used in which of the following computers for the first time.

 
 
 
 

18. Which was the first company in the world to manufacture computers for commercial use?

 
 
 
 

19. Which is the name of the processer who coined the name virus for self-replicating programs?

 
 
 
 

20. “Binary Codes” as used in computer sciences are codes made up of which of the following two numbers?

 
 
 
 

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The greatest scientists of their era, Abu Jaffar Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khawarizmi (780-850), Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954), and John Von Neuman (1903-1957) took part in the invention of computers. A mathematician and a scientist (of France) Blaise Pascal developed the first mechanical computing machine called “Paccaline” in 1642. Leibnitz’s invented the machine and named it the “Multiplier Wheel” to perform basic arithmetic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The “MUltiplier Wheel” machine was further modified in 1971.

MCQs Computer Basics

In 1833 Charles Babbage invented the “Analytical Engine” which was the first programmable computer. The basic units of Analytical Engine were (I) A storage, (ii) A mill, and, (iii) A control unit. Mauchly and J.P. Ekert at Moor School of Engineering in the USA gave the name to the computer as “Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC)”.

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