Computer General Knowledge Quiz Questions & Answers 2020-21 - 2

Question: 6

What is the name of the earliest calculating machine which was based on concepts found in modern computers but was unfortunately never built?

(A) Differential Analyzer

(B) Leibnitz’s Multiplier

(C) Pascal’s Adder

(D) Babbage’s Difference Engine

Ans: D

Babbage’s Difference Engine

Question: 7

Which was the first computer to use transistors instead of vacuum tubes?

(A) Datamatic-1000

(B) IBM-1401

(C) Burroughs E-101

(D) Intel -650

Ans: B

IBM-1401

Question: 8

Networking is a connection of two or more

(A) Business

(B) Place

(C) Computer System

(D) None

Ans: C

Computer System

Question: 9

How is it possible that both programs and data can be stored on the same floppy disk?

(A) Floppy disk can only store data, not programs

(B) A floppy disk has to be formatted for one for the other

(C) Programs and data are both software, and both can be stored on any memory device

(D) A floppy disk has two sides, one for data and one for programs

Ans: C

Programs and data are both software, and both can be stored on any memory device

Question: 10

What type of computer programming is used for airplane ticket reservation system?

(A) Batch programming

(B) Time sharing

(C) Multi programming

(D) Real time programming

Ams: D

Real time programming

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