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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.

Medium · Level 2 · 25 questions

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  1. It made use easier with icons and menus
  2. It made only machine language compulsory
  3. It increased vacuum tubes
  4. It made punch card the only input
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  1. Because graphical interface and mouse based ideas were developed there
  2. Because vacuum tubes were made there
  3. Because abacus was made there
  4. Because punch cards were burned there
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  1. Computer use became more visual and easier
  2. Computers returned only to vacuum tubes
  3. Programming became impossible
  4. Every file became a punch card
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  1. Handling large data tasks in big organizations
  2. Only playing games at home
  3. Becoming pocket calculators
  4. Only moving beads like abacus
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  1. Problem of large size and high cost
  2. Completely removing need of programming
  3. Ending need of electricity
  4. Making every computer an abacus
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  1. Due to development of microprocessor
  2. Due to increasing size of vacuum tubes
  3. Due to punch cards becoming costly
  4. Due to fewer abacus beads
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  1. Because complex tasks can be divided into parts and sped up
  2. Because it brings punch cards back
  3. Because it increases abacus beads
  4. Because it keeps screen only black
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  1. Because it is linked with India's supercomputer development
  2. Because it was the first abacus
  3. Because it was only a punch card
  4. Because it was the first mobile game
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  1. Analog works on continuous data and digital on discrete data
  2. Analog is only mouse and digital is only printer
  3. Both are always vacuum tubes
  4. Both are only paper tables
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  1. Features of both analog and digital
  2. Features of abacus and paper
  3. Features of mouse and chair
  4. Features of printer and radio
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  1. Increased transistor density on chips improved capability
  2. Vacuum tubes always increased
  3. Punch cards kept increasing in size
  4. Abacus beads became zero
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  1. More components on one chip made computers smaller and powerful
  2. Computers began running only on paper
  3. Vacuum tubes became heavier
  4. Writing programs stopped
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  1. Allowed many users to share the same computer resources
  2. Gave every user an abacus
  3. Made computer only a printer
  4. Reduced vacuum tubes to zero only
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  1. Better use of CPU and resources
  2. Making monitor bigger
  3. Coloring punch cards
  4. Removing abacus
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  1. Electronic components became smaller and more integrated
  2. Computers had less paper
  3. Monitor color changed
  4. Mouse invention stopped
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  1. More efficient electronic components
  2. Computers stopped using electricity
  3. Every computer became wooden
  4. Printer replaced CPU
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  1. It brought CPU into a small chip and made mass production easier
  2. It added more vacuum tubes to every computer
  3. It completely ended programming
  4. It made computers only paper
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  1. Old removable storage medium
  2. First microprocessor
  3. First vacuum tube
  4. First web browser
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  1. Both have been data storage media
  2. Both were first programming languages
  3. Both were vacuum tubes
  4. Both were web browsers
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  1. Because older computers used magnetic cores for memory
  2. Because it was a web browser
  3. Because it was a touch screen
  4. Because it was a mouse pad
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  1. Grace Hopper's team and computer error
  2. Charles Babbage and abacus
  3. Tim Berners Lee and web page
  4. Linus Torvalds and Linux
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  1. Open source software
  2. Vacuum tube computing
  3. Abacus calculation
  4. Punch card weaving
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  1. It influenced many modern operating system ideas
  2. It made the first abacus
  3. It stopped all vacuum tubes
  4. It erased punch cards
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  1. Match the person, device, contribution, and period
  2. Look only at the length of the name
  3. Treat every person as Charles Babbage
  4. Treat every device as vacuum-tube technology
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  1. Because generation identity becomes clear from both main technology and period
  2. Because every generation uses the same technology
  3. Because period has no importance
  4. Because technology is always wrong

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