Introduction to Computer - 100 One Liner MCQs
(PPSC Focus)
1. Who is the father of computer? → Charles Babbage
2. First mechanical computer name? → Analytical Engine
3. First electronic digital computer? → ENIAC
4. ENIAC was built in? → 1945
5. ENIAC was developed by? → John Mauchly & J. Presper Eckert
6. First computer programmer? → Ada Lovelace
7. Father of modern computer science? → Alan Turing
8. Computer’s brain is? → CPU
9. CPU parts are? → ALU & Control Unit
10. ALU stands for? → Arithmetic Logic Unit
11. ALU performs? → Arithmetic & Logic operations
12. CU stands for? → Control Unit
13. CU function? → Controls flow of data/instructions
14. Primary memory of computer? → RAM
15. Permanent memory? → ROM
16. RAM stands for? → Random Access Memory
17. ROM stands for? → Read Only Memory
18. BIOS is stored in? → ROM
19. Cache memory is between? → CPU & RAM
20. Which is volatile memory? → RAM
21. Which is non-volatile memory? → ROM
22. Computer processes data into? → Information
23. Data is? → Raw facts
24. Information is? → Processed data
25. Computer understands only? → Machine language
26. Machine language is in? → Binary (0,1)
27. Binary system base? → 2
28. Decimal system base? → 10
29. Octal system base? → 8
30. Hexadecimal system base? → 16
31. Bit stands for? → Binary Digit
32. Smallest unit of data? → Bit
33. 1 byte = ? → 8 bits
34. 1 KB = ? → 1024 bytes
35. 1 MB = ? → 1024 KB
36. 1 GB = ? → 1024 MB
37. 1 TB = ? → 1024 GB
38. First generation computers used? → Vacuum tubes
39. Second generation computers used? → Transistors
40. Third generation computers used? → Integrated Circuits (ICs)
41. Fourth generation computers used? → Microprocessors
42. Fifth generation computers use? → AI (Artificial Intelligence)
43. Example of first generation computer? → ENIAC
44. Example of second generation computer? → IBM 1401
45. Example of third generation computer? → IBM 360
46. Example of fourth generation computer? → Personal Computer
47. Example of fifth generation computer? → Robotics/AI systems
48. First microprocessor? → Intel 4004
49. Intel 4004 was introduced in? → 1971
50. Computers are classified into? → Analog, Digital, Hybrid
51. Example of analog computer? → Thermometer
52. Example of digital computer? → Laptop
53. Example of hybrid computer? → ECG Machine
54. Computer generations are based on? → Technology used
55. Computer speed is measured in? → Hertz (Hz)
56. 1 MHz = ? → 1 million cycles/sec
57. 1 GHz = ? → 1 billion cycles/sec
58. Software types? → System & Application software
59. Hardware means? → Physical parts of computer
60. Software means? → Instructions/programs
61. Computer input devices? → Keyboard, Mouse
62. Computer output devices? → Monitor, Printer
63. Storage device? → Hard disk
64. Portable storage? → USB, DVD
65. Scanner is? → Input device
66. Plotter is? → Output device
67. Printer type example? → Laser printer
68. Monitor type example? → LCD
69. Booting means? → Starting computer
70. Cold booting means? → Starting computer after power off
71. Warm booting means? → Restarting computer
72. Firmware means? → Software stored in ROM
73. ASCII stands for? → American Standard Code for Information Interchange
74. ASCII uses? → 7 bits / 128 characters
75. Unicode size? → 16 bits / 65536 characters
76. Algorithm means? → Step-by-step instructions
77. Flowchart means? → Diagram of algorithm
78. Compiler translates? → Whole program at once
79. Interpreter translates? → Line by line
80. Machine language level? → 1st generation
81. Assembly language uses? → Mnemonics
82. High-level language example? → C, Java
83. Low-level language example? → Assembly
84. System software example? → Operating System
85. Application software example? → MS Word
86. Device driver type? → System software
87. MS-DOS is? → Single user OS
88. Example of multiuser OS? → UNIX
89. Bootloader stored in? → ROM
90. GUI stands for? → Graphical User Interface
91. CLI stands for? → Command Line Interface
92. Example of GUI OS? → Windows
93. Example of CLI OS? → MS-DOS
94. Word length in computer means? → Number of bits processed at once
95. Modern computers are based on? → Von Neumann architecture
96. Von Neumann architecture has? → CPU, Memory, I/O
97. Computer literacy means? → Basic knowledge of computers
98. Computers are fast due to? → Electronic speed
99. Computers are accurate because? → No human error in processing
100. Computer cannot work without? → Instructions (software)
