Fundamental

 Fundamental set-1

1. Which of the following is first generation computer ?
a) EDSAC
b) IBM-1401
c) CDC-1604
d) ICL-2900
Answer : a) EDSAC

2. Chief component of first generation computer was
a) Transistors                                           

b) Vacuum Tubes and Valves
c) Integrated Circuits                              

d) None

Answer : b) Vacuum Tubes and valves

3. The computer size was very large in 
a) First Generation                                

b) Second Generation
c) Third Generation                               

d) Fourth Generation
Answer : a) First Generation

4. Which of the following devices can be sued to directly image printed text?
a) OCR                                                

b) OMR
c) MICR                                            

d) All of the above
Answer : a) OCR

5. In Latest generation computers, the instructions are executed
a) Parallel only                                    

b) Sequentially only
c) Both sequentially and parallel        

d) All of the above
Answer : c) Both sequentially and parallel

6. Who designed the first electronics computer ENIAC
a) Van- Neumann                                                

b) Joseph M. Jacquard
c) Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly            

d) All of above
Answer : c) Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly

7. When did arch rivals of IBM and apple computers Inc. decide to join hands?
a) 1978                            

(b) 1984                         

(c) 1990                        

(d) 1991
Answer : d) 1991

8. Human Beings are referred to as Homosapiens, Which device is called sillicon sapiens?
a) Monitor                                    

b) Hardware
c) Robot                                        

d) Computer
Answer : d) Computer

9. An error in software or hardware is called a bug. What is the alternative computer jargon for it?
a) Leech                        

(b) Squid                    

(c) Slug                            

d) Glitch
Answer : d) Glitch

10. Modern computer are very reliable but they are  not
a) Fast                            

(b) Powerful                        

(c) Infallible                        

d) cheap
Answer : c) infallible