Selected MCQ

Current Question
The First Mechanical Computer Designed by Charles Babbage was called ____.
  • A. Abacus
  • B. Supercomputer
  • C. Analytical Engine
  • D. Processing Machine
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Charles Babbage designed the Analytical Engine (1837), a mechanical general-purpose computer.
Related Question 1
Charles Babbage of ____ invented the first Computer.
  • A. America
  • B. Britain
  • C. Finland
  • D. Germany
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
Charles Babbage was British.
Related Question 2
Who has been called the world's first Lady computer programmer?
  • A. Ada Lovelace
  • B. Allegra Byron
  • C. Lady Augusta
  • D. Allegra Noel-Byron
Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
Ada Lovelace is recognized as the world's first computer programmer.
Related Question 3
Who designed the first electronic computer – ENIAC?
  • A. Van-Neumann
  • B. Joseph M. Jacquard
  • C. J. Presper Eckert and John W Mauchly
  • D. All of these
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
ENIAC was designed by J. Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly.
Related Question 4
When was the first electromechanical computer developed?
  • A. 1880
  • B. 1944
  • C. 1960
  • D. 1980
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
The Harvard Mark I (1944) was the first electro-mechanical computer.
Related Question 5
Computers, which combine both measuring and counting, are called ____.
  • A. Analog
  • B. Digital
  • C. Hybrid
  • D. All of these
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Hybrid computers combine features of both analog and digital computers.