Generations & History of Computers MCQs 2026

The concept of the Turing Machine was given by

1. AJohn von Neumann✓
2. BCharles Babbage✓
3. CAlan Turing✓
4. DAda Lovelace✓

Napier's Bones was invented by

1. ABlaise Pascal✓
2. BJohn Napier✓
3. CCharles Babbage✓
4. DLeibniz✓

Who invented the punched card system used in early data processing

1. ACharles Babbage✓
2. BBlaise Pascal✓
3. CAlan Turing✓
4. DHerman Hollerith✓

VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) technology is associated with which generation

1. AFirst✓
2. BSecond✓
3. CFourth✓
4. DThird✓

Apple Computer was co-founded by Steve Jobs and

1. ABill Gates✓
2. BPaul Allen✓
3. CTim Cook✓
4. DSteve Wozniak✓

The World Wide Web was invented by

1. AVint Cerf✓
2. BBill Gates✓
3. CTim Berners-Lee✓
4. DAlan Turing✓

First generation computers primarily used which language

1. AMachine language✓
2. BCOBOL✓
3. CC++✓
4. DJava✓

Assembly language was introduced in which generation

1. AFirst✓
2. BSecond✓
3. CThird✓
4. DFourth✓

The size of computers reduced dramatically due to the invention of

1. AVacuum tubes✓
2. BIntegrated circuits✓
3. CPunch cards✓
4. DMagnetic drums✓

Which memory technology was used in second generation computers

1. AVacuum tubes✓
2. BIntegrated circuits✓
3. CMicroprocessors✓
4. DMagnetic core memory✓

The abacus is believed to have originated in which country

1. AIndia✓
2. BEgypt✓
3. CGreece✓
4. DChina✓

UNIVAC stands for

1. AUniversal Automatic Computer✓
2. BUnited Automatic Computer✓
3. CUniversal Analog Computer✓
4. DUnique Automatic Calculator✓

Which generation of computers used punched cards for input

1. AFirst✓
2. BThird✓
3. CFourth✓
4. DFifth✓

The first commercially available computer was

1. AENIAC✓
2. BEDVAC✓
3. CUNIVAC I✓
4. DMark I✓

The Difference Engine was designed by

1. AAda Lovelace✓
2. BCharles Babbage✓
3. CBlaise Pascal✓
4. DHerman Hollerith✓

Which generation introduced GUI and personal computers

1. AFirst✓
2. BSecond✓
3. CThird✓
4. DFourth✓

The Harvard Mark I was developed by

1. AHoward Aiken✓
2. BJohn Mauchly✓
3. CAlan Turing✓
4. DJohn Napier✓

Charles Babbage was assisted by which mathematician, often called the first programmer

1. AGrace Hopper✓
2. BMarie Curie✓
3. CAda Lovelace✓
4. DHypatia✓

Integrated circuits were first developed in which decade

1. A1940s✓
2. B1950s✓
3. C1970s✓
4. D1990s✓

The first generation of computers used which technology

1. ATransistors✓
2. BVacuum tubes✓
3. CIntegrated circuits✓
4. DMicroprocessors✓

Which device is considered the earliest known calculating tool

1. AENIAC✓
2. BPascaline✓
3. CNapier's Bones✓
4. DAbacus✓

The Analytical Engine was designed by

1. ACharles Babbage✓
2. BAlan Turing✓
3. CJohn Napier✓
4. DHerman Hollerith✓

Which company introduced the Intel 4004 microprocessor

1. AIBM✓
2. BMicrosoft✓
3. CApple✓
4. DIntel✓

The first computer programmer is considered to be

1. AGrace Hopper✓
2. BCharles Babbage✓
3. CAda Lovelace✓
4. DAlan Turing✓

Second generation computers used which main component

1. AVacuum tubes✓
2. BIntegrated circuits✓
3. CMicroprocessors✓
4. DTransistors✓

The transistor was invented in 1947 at

1. ABell Laboratories✓
2. BIBM✓
3. CIntel✓
4. DMicrosoft✓

Fifth generation computing heavily relies on

1. AParallel processing and AI✓
2. BVacuum tubes✓
3. CTransistors✓
4. DPunch cards✓

Third generation computers were based on

1. ATransistors✓
2. BIntegrated Circuits✓
3. CVacuum tubes✓
4. DMicroprocessors✓

The Stepped Reckoner, capable of multiplication, was made by

1. APascal✓
2. BNapier✓
3. CLeibniz✓
4. DBabbage✓

The integrated circuit (IC) was invented by

1. ACharles Babbage✓
2. BJohn von Neumann✓
3. CTed Hoff✓
4. DJack Kilby✓

Fourth generation computers are based on

1. ATransistors✓
2. BIntegrated circuits✓
3. CMicroprocessors✓
4. DVacuum tubes✓

The world's first microprocessor was the

1. AIntel 4004✓
2. BIntel Pentium✓
3. CMotorola 68000✓
4. DZilog Z80✓

Fifth generation computers are associated with

1. ATransistors✓
2. BVacuum tubes✓
3. CIntegrated circuits✓
4. DArtificial Intelligence✓

Who is known as the father of Artificial Intelligence

1. ACharles Babbage✓
2. BJohn McCarthy✓
3. CAlan Turing✓
4. DJohn von Neumann✓

The ENIAC computer was developed by J. Presper Eckert and

1. AJohn von Neumann✓
2. BHoward Aiken✓
3. CJohn Mauchly✓
4. DHerman Hollerith✓

The stored program concept was introduced by

1. AJohn von Neumann✓
2. BCharles Babbage✓
3. CAlan Turing✓
4. DGrace Hopper✓

Vacuum tubes were replaced by which component in the second generation

1. AIntegrated circuits✓
2. BMicroprocessors✓
3. CCapacitors✓
4. DTransistors✓

The Pascaline calculator was invented by

1. AJohn Napier✓
2. BLeibniz✓
3. CBlaise Pascal✓
4. DCharles Babbage✓

Herman Hollerith is famous for inventing the

1. AAnalytical Engine✓
2. BPunched card tabulating machine✓
3. CMicroprocessor✓
4. DTransistor✓

The company founded by Herman Hollerith later became

1. AIBM✓
2. BIntel✓
3. CMicrosoft✓
4. DApple✓

Which was the first electronic digital computer

1. AUNIVAC✓
2. BENIAC✓
3. CEDVAC✓
4. DMark I✓

Who is regarded as the father of the computer

1. AAlan Turing✓
2. BJohn von Neumann✓
3. CBill Gates✓
4. DCharles Babbage✓

Grace Hopper is credited with developing the language

1. AFORTRAN✓
2. BBASIC✓
3. CCOBOL✓
4. DC✓

The term "debugging" in computing is associated with

1. AGrace Hopper✓
2. BCharles Babbage✓
3. CBill Gates✓
4. DAlan Turing✓

Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and

1. ASteve Jobs✓
2. BPaul Allen✓
3. CSteve Wozniak✓
4. DPaul Otellini✓