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test Your skiLLs


                 1.  Tick ( ) the correct option.

                    a.  Which of these was used by the early man for counting?
                       (i) Calculator                       (ii) Abacus                    (iii) Bones

                    b.  ____________ invented the first ever mechanical calculator.

                       (i) Charles Babbage                  (ii) John Mauchly              (iii) Blaise Pascal

                    c.  Mark-I was built in ____________.
                       (i) 1944                             (ii) 1948                      (iii) 1940

                    d.  The microprocessor was developed in the ____________ generation

                       (i) third                            (ii) fifth                     (iii) fourth

                    e.  Who was the first computer programmer?
                       (i) Charles Babbage                  (ii) Blaise Pascal             (iii) Ada Lovelace

                 2.  Fill in the blanks using the words given below:


                                            Second, Tabulating, Third, ENIAC, UNIVAC

                    a.  Herman Hollerith invented ____________ machine in 1890.

                    b.  ____________ was the first electronic general computer.

                    c.  ____________ could handle both numeric and textual information.
                    d.  Transistors and magnetic tapes were used in ____________ generation.

                    e.  The invention of integrated circuits occurred in ____________ generation.

                 3.  Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false.

                    a.  Blaise Pascal is known as the ‘father of computers.'


                    b.  IBM introduced PC-XT in 1983.


                    c.  Cathode Ray tube is an example of third generation.

                    d.  ENIAC was faster than Mark-I.


                    e.  Abacus was invented 3000 years ago in India.











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