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D.  Short answer type questions.

                      1.  How did people calculate or count in the ancient times?

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                      2.  In which generation of computers were microprocessors used?

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                      3.  What is ENIAC?
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                 E.  Long answer type questions.
                      1.  Write the differences between first and second generation of computers.

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                      2.  Write any two features of third generation computers.

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                 F.  Competency-based/Application-based question.                          Century
                                                                                             Skills  #Technology Literacy
                    Shreya found an old computer at her grandparents’ house. Her grandfather
                    mentioned it was his first personal computer (PC), which he bought in the
                    early 1980s. Which generation of computers does it belong to?



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                                                   In the lab                                 Century   #Information Literacy
                                                                                               Skills


                     Open Word 2016, type the name of different calculating devices and their inventors
                   and save the file as ‘Evolution of Computers’.

                                    Calculating Device                 Inventor
                                    Analytical Engine                  Charles Babbage
                                    Leibniz Step Reckoner              Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
                                    Tabulating Machine                 Herman Hollerith
                                    Pascaline Adding Machine           Blaise Pascal




                  Teacher's Corner

                 1.   Demonstrate the ABACUS and its uses to the students.

                 2.   Discuss the great breakthroughs which took place in each generation of computers.

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