Computer History
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Q1.Turing Machine is used for:
Correct Answer: D
Turing Machine is used for AI, modeling computation, and problem solving.
Q2.Inventor of C-language?
Correct Answer: B
Dennis Ritchie invented the C programming language at Bell Labs in 1972.
Q3.Who was Inventor of personal computer?
Correct Answer: A
John Blankenbaker is credited with inventing the first personal computer (Kenbak-1).
Q4.Microsoft was founded by?
Correct Answer: B
Q5.Oracle was Co-founded by?
Correct Answer: A
Q6.Digital computer was invented by:
Correct Answer: D
Q7.Who invented first Compiler
Correct Answer: B
Q8.Integrated Circuits (ICs) were used in which generation of computer?
Correct Answer: C
Q9.Integrated Circuits (ICs) were used in generation of computer?
Correct Answer: C
Q10.Vacuum Tube pertains to ______Generation of Computer?
Correct Answer: A
Q11.AI is the ---------- generation of the computer?
Correct Answer: D
Q12.TCP and IP were invented by ____?
Correct Answer: C
TCP/IP was co-developed in the 1970s by Vint Cerf and Robert E. Kahn, who are widely recognized as the 'Fathers of the Internet' for publishing the foundational work in 1974.
Q13.“Summarize this paragraph in five bullet points” is an example of?
Correct Answer: B
Condensing large paragraphs or documents into key highlights is an example of text summarization.
Q14.Which technique improves LLM factual reliability by grounding answers in a document store?
Correct Answer: A
RAG grounds responses in retrieved documents, improving factual accuracy.
Q15.Which approach reduces hallucinations by letting the model cite verifiable sources?
Correct Answer: B
Grounding responses in cited sources reduces unsupported hallucinations.
Q16.Who invented the World Wide Web (WWW) with Robert Cailliau?
Correct Answer: B
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW) at CERN in 1989.
Q17.From the following options, which computing device belongs to to the first generation of computers?
Correct Answer: C
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was a first-generation computer using vacuum tubes.
Q18.The fundamental stored-program structure of modern computers was developed by which pioneer?
Correct Answer: A
The basic computer architecture (with ALU, control unit, memory, and joint instruction/data space) was developed by John von Neumann in 1945.
Q19.Which of the following is a valid built-in option for Backup and Restore in Windows 10?
Correct Answer: B
File History is Microsoft's primary built-in utility in Windows 10 designed to automatically back up user file histories.
Q20.Who invented the First Computer Mouse?
Correct Answer: A
The computer mouse was designed and developed by American engineer Douglas Engelbart in 1964 while working at the Stanford Research Institute.