Questions
Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Which of the following mathematical functions is/are performed by Abacus?
- Adidtion and multiplication
- All mathematical functions
- Addition
- Multiplication and division
- None of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
The fourth generation computers used
- transistors
- integrated circuits
- vacuum tubes
- artificial intelligence
- microprocessors
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
In Abacus, each row is thought of as a ______ place.
- tens
- hundreds
- thousands
- ten thousands
- None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Pascaline machine performs
- addition and multiplication
- addition and subtraction
- multiplication and division
- all functions
- None of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Who invented Napier's logs computing device?
- John Napier
- Mesopotamians
- Pascal
- Charles Babbage
- Joseph Jacquard
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Who invented the Pascaline machine?
- John Napier
- Blaise Pascal
- Mesopotamians
- Leibntiz
- All of the above
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Who invented Leibnitz's calculator?
- Pascal
- Gottfried Leibnitz
- John Napier
- Mesopotamians
- None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Pascaline machine perform functions according to
- clockwork
- ten rods numbered 0 to 9
- rods and beads
- All of the above
- None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Who invented Jacquard's loom?
- Gottfried Leibnitz
- Pascal
- Joseph Jacquard
- Charles Babbage
- None of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
The difference engine performs
- all functions as well as polynomials
- addition
- multiplication and division
- addition and multiplication
- All of the above
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Who invented the difference engine?
- Pascal
- John Napier
- Charles Babbage
- Joseph Jacquard
- None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Napier's logs computing device performs
- addition and multiplication
- addition
- multiplication and division
- all functions
- All of the above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Who invented the computing device Abacus?
- Mesopotamians
- Mohan Jodorians
- Chinese
- Russians
- None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
Through which historic invention did the concept of storing and retrieving information start?
- Jackquard's loom
- Leibntiz's calculator
- Pacaline machine
- Difference engine
- None of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)
The analytical engine included
- the concept of storing and retrieving information
- the concept of processor, memory and input/output
- the concept of clockwork mechanism
- All of the above
- None of these