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History and Generations of Computers.

This topic from Basic Computer Knowledge introduces Class 12 General Knowledge students to the historical development of computers and the major stages known as computer generations. Students learn how early machines using vacuum tubes evolved through transistors, integrated circuits, microprocessors, and modern intelligent technologies. It explains the changing size, speed, storage, reliability, programming methods, and applications of computers, helping learners connect key technological advances with the way computers are used in education, business, science, communication, and everyday life.

Hard · Level 6 · 25 questions

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  1. It was among early commercial microprocessors
  2. It was the first vacuum tube
  3. It was the first punch card
  4. It was the first web browser
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  1. It increased interest in personal computers among computer enthusiasts
  2. It made the first vacuum tube
  3. It made the first census card
  4. It made the first web page
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  1. It strengthened the personal computer market and standardization
  2. It made the first abacus
  3. It made the first Turing model
  4. It made the first vacuum tube
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  1. Apple I was an early personal computer and Macintosh was linked with GUI popularity
  2. Both were first generation vacuum tubes
  3. Apple I was Colossus and Macintosh was ENIAC
  4. Both were only punch card machines
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  1. Ideas like GUI mouse and networking were developed there
  2. The first abacus was made there
  3. The first vacuum tube was made there
  4. The first punch card was made there
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  1. It showed the idea of mouse and interactive computing
  2. It made the first transistor
  3. It did the first punch card census
  4. It made the first microprocessor
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  1. Unix is a historical operating system tradition and Linux is an open source kernel
  2. Both are vacuum tubes
  3. Unix is punch card and Linux is abacus
  4. Both are web browsers
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  1. It is a major example of collaborative open source software development
  2. It is the first vacuum tube computer
  3. It is the first punch card loom
  4. It is the first abacus
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  1. Communication and resource sharing between networks
  2. Arrangement of abacus beads
  3. Heat of vacuum tubes
  4. Speed of printer tray
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  1. It provides hypertext pages and links over the Internet
  2. It is the electric wire of the Internet
  3. It is the microprocessor of the Internet
  4. It is the abacus of the Internet
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  1. It made viewing Web pages graphically easier
  2. It made the first microprocessor
  3. It made the first punch card
  4. It made the first Analytical Engine
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  1. On size cost and level of institutional use
  2. On mouse color
  3. On Web page length
  4. On abacus beads
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  1. Supercomputer for complex high speed computation and microcomputer for personal use
  2. Both are only abacuses
  3. Supercomputer is punch card and microcomputer is vacuum tube
  4. Both are only printers
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  1. Indian supercomputing development
  2. First Web browser
  3. First punch card loom
  4. First abacus
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  1. Analog works on continuously changing physical quantities
  2. Analog only shows Web pages
  3. Analog is always a microprocessor
  4. Analog only reads punch cards
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  1. Where both continuous signals and digital processing are needed
  2. Where only punch cards are woven
  3. Where only abacus beads are counted
  4. Where only Web pages are colored
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  1. It describes transistor density and miniaturization trend on chips
  2. It describes punch card size
  3. It describes abacus weight
  4. It describes browser color
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  1. Development from magnetic core based storage to chip based memory
  2. Return from Web browser to punch cards
  3. Shift from abacus to printer
  4. Shift from paper to wood
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  1. Input and storage media becoming more convenient
  2. Computers becoming only mechanical
  3. Programming ending
  4. Return of vacuum tubes
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  1. Because sharing resources among many users improved
  2. Because vacuum tubes became larger
  3. Because punch cards became colorful
  4. Because mouse was first used in census
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  1. Both relate to resource sharing but context and user experience may differ
  2. Both are types of vacuum tubes
  3. Both are abacus rods
  4. Both are punch card colors
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  1. John von Neumann and stored program concept
  2. Tim Berners Lee and Pascaline
  3. Linus Torvalds and ENIAC
  4. Grace Hopper and Jacquard Loom
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  1. Fifth generation
  2. First generation
  3. Second generation
  4. Third generation
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  1. Person machine technology period use and limitation
  2. Only first letter of option
  3. Only length of answer
  4. Only color of option
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  1. Difference between simpler and more complex instruction sets
  2. Colors of punch cards and abacus
  3. Sizes of web browser and printer
  4. Thickness of vacuum tube and paper

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