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The document discusses the history of early computers and their components. It provides multiple choice questions about inventions like the Analytical Engine, the first programmable computer; ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer; and UNIVAC, the first commercial computer. The questions cover pioneers in the field like Charles Babbage, Herman Hollerith, and John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. Additionally, it asks about the components used in successive generations of computers from vacuum tubes to integrated circuits to artificial intelligence.

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The document discusses the history of early computers and their components. It provides multiple choice questions about inventions like the Analytical Engine, the first programmable computer; ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer; and UNIVAC, the first commercial computer. The questions cover pioneers in the field like Charles Babbage, Herman Hollerith, and John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. Additionally, it asks about the components used in successive generations of computers from vacuum tubes to integrated circuits to artificial intelligence.

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1) What was the name of first computer designed by Charles Babbage?

Analytical Engine
Difference Engine
Colossus
ENIAC

2) Which was the first electronics digital programmable computing device?

Analytical Engine
Difference Engine
Colossus
ENIAC

3) EDVAC stands for __________.

Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Calculator


Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer
Electronic Data Variable Automatic Calculator
Electronic Data Variable Automatic Computer

4) Which was the first commercial computer?

UNIVAC 1 – Sir according to the Module, UNIVAC is the first commercial computer
Mark 1
Analytical Engine
Difference Engine
Colossus

5) UNIVAC stands for __________.

Universal Automatic Calculator


Universal Native Input Automatic computer
Universal Native Input Automatic calculator
Universal Automatic Computer

6) ENIAC stands for __________.

Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer


Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator
Electronic Numerical Integrator Automatic Computer
Electronic Numerical Integrator Automatic Calculator

7) John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert are the inventors of __________ computer.

UNIAC
ENIAC
EDSAC
Mark 1

8) Who invented the punch card?

Charles Babbage
Semen Korsakov
Herman Hollerith
Joseph Marie Jacquard

9) In the late __________, Herman Hollerith invented data storage on punched


cards that could then be read by a machine.
1860
1900
1890
1880

10) Which electronic components are used in First Generation Computers?

Transistors
Integrated Circuits
Vacuum Tubes
Microprocessor

11) Which electronic components are used in Second Generation Computers?

Transistors
Integrated Circuits
Vacuum Tubes
Microprocessor

12) Which electronic components are used in Third Generation Computers?

Transistors
Integrated Circuits
Vacuum Tubes
Microprocessor

13) Which electronic components are used in Fourth Generation Computers?

Transistors
Integrated Circuits
Vacuum Tubes
Microprocessor

14) Which electronic components are used in Fifth Generation Computers?

Artificial Intelligence (A.I) – Sir, according to the Module, A.I is the correct answer
Transistors
Integrated Circuits
Vacuum Tubes
Microprocessor

15) ENIAC Computer belongs to __________.

First Generation Computers


Second Generation Computers
Third Generation Computers
Fourth Generation Computers

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