Generations & History of Computers MCQs 2026

The first commercially available computer was

1. A ENIAC ✓
2. B EDVAC ✓
3. C UNIVAC I ✓
4. D Mark I ✓

The stored program concept was introduced by

1. A John von Neumann ✓
2. B Charles Babbage ✓
3. C Alan Turing ✓
4. D Grace Hopper ✓

Which memory technology was used in second generation computers

1. A Vacuum tubes ✓
2. B Integrated circuits ✓
3. C Microprocessors ✓
4. D Magnetic core memory ✓

Assembly language was introduced in which generation

1. A First ✓
2. B Second ✓
3. C Third ✓
4. D Fourth ✓

First generation computers primarily used which language

1. A Machine language ✓
2. B COBOL ✓
3. C C++ ✓
4. D Java ✓

The World Wide Web was invented by

1. A Vint Cerf ✓
2. B Bill Gates ✓
3. C Tim Berners-Lee ✓
4. D Alan Turing ✓

UNIVAC stands for

1. A Universal Automatic Computer ✓
2. B United Automatic Computer ✓
3. C Universal Analog Computer ✓
4. D Unique Automatic Calculator ✓

Apple Computer was co-founded by Steve Jobs and

1. A Bill Gates ✓
2. B Paul Allen ✓
3. C Tim Cook ✓
4. D Steve Wozniak ✓

Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and

1. A Steve Jobs ✓
2. B Paul Allen ✓
3. C Steve Wozniak ✓
4. D Paul Otellini ✓

The term "debugging" in computing is associated with

1. A Grace Hopper ✓
2. B Charles Babbage ✓
3. C Bill Gates ✓
4. D Alan Turing ✓

Grace Hopper is credited with developing the language

1. A FORTRAN ✓
2. B BASIC ✓
3. C COBOL ✓
4. D C ✓

Who is regarded as the father of the computer

1. A Alan Turing ✓
2. B John von Neumann ✓
3. C Bill Gates ✓
4. D Charles Babbage ✓

The company founded by Herman Hollerith later became

1. A IBM ✓
2. B Intel ✓
3. C Microsoft ✓
4. D Apple ✓

Herman Hollerith is famous for inventing the

1. A Analytical Engine ✓
2. B Punched card tabulating machine ✓
3. C Microprocessor ✓
4. D Transistor ✓

Vacuum tubes were replaced by which component in the second generation

1. A Integrated circuits ✓
2. B Microprocessors ✓
3. C Capacitors ✓
4. D Transistors ✓

Which was the first electronic digital computer

1. A UNIVAC ✓
2. B ENIAC ✓
3. C EDVAC ✓
4. D Mark I ✓

The Harvard Mark I was developed by

1. A Howard Aiken ✓
2. B John Mauchly ✓
3. C Alan Turing ✓
4. D John Napier ✓

The concept of the Turing Machine was given by

1. A John von Neumann ✓
2. B Charles Babbage ✓
3. C Alan Turing ✓
4. D Ada Lovelace ✓

Which generation introduced GUI and personal computers

1. A First ✓
2. B Second ✓
3. C Third ✓
4. D Fourth ✓

The Difference Engine was designed by

1. A Ada Lovelace ✓
2. B Charles Babbage ✓
3. C Blaise Pascal ✓
4. D Herman Hollerith ✓

The integrated circuit (IC) was invented by

1. A Charles Babbage ✓
2. B John von Neumann ✓
3. C Ted Hoff ✓
4. D Jack Kilby ✓

Fourth generation computers are based on

1. A Transistors ✓
2. B Integrated circuits ✓
3. C Microprocessors ✓
4. D Vacuum tubes ✓

The world's first microprocessor was the

1. A Intel 4004 ✓
2. B Intel Pentium ✓
3. C Motorola 68000 ✓
4. D Zilog Z80 ✓

Fifth generation computers are associated with

1. A Transistors ✓
2. B Vacuum tubes ✓
3. C Integrated circuits ✓
4. D Artificial Intelligence ✓

Who is known as the father of Artificial Intelligence

1. A Charles Babbage ✓
2. B John McCarthy ✓
3. C Alan Turing ✓
4. D John von Neumann ✓

The ENIAC computer was developed by J. Presper Eckert and

1. A John von Neumann ✓
2. B Howard Aiken ✓
3. C John Mauchly ✓
4. D Herman Hollerith ✓

The Pascaline calculator was invented by

1. A John Napier ✓
2. B Leibniz ✓
3. C Blaise Pascal ✓
4. D Charles Babbage ✓

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

1. A First ✓
2. B Second ✓
3. C Fourth ✓
4. D Third ✓

The size of computers reduced dramatically due to the invention of

1. A Vacuum tubes ✓
2. B Integrated circuits ✓
3. C Punch cards ✓
4. D Magnetic drums ✓

The abacus is believed to have originated in which country

1. A India ✓
2. B Egypt ✓
3. C Greece ✓
4. D China ✓

Which generation of computers used punched cards for input

1. A First ✓
2. B Third ✓
3. C Fourth ✓
4. D Fifth ✓

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

1. A Grace Hopper ✓
2. B Marie Curie ✓
3. C Ada Lovelace ✓
4. D Hypatia ✓

Integrated circuits were first developed in which decade

1. A 1940s ✓
2. B 1950s ✓
3. C 1970s ✓
4. D 1990s ✓

Which company introduced the Intel 4004 microprocessor

1. A IBM ✓
2. B Microsoft ✓
3. C Apple ✓
4. D Intel ✓

Fifth generation computing heavily relies on

1. A Parallel processing and AI ✓
2. B Vacuum tubes ✓
3. C Transistors ✓
4. D Punch cards ✓

The Stepped Reckoner, capable of multiplication, was made by

1. A Pascal ✓
2. B Napier ✓
3. C Leibniz ✓
4. D Babbage ✓

Third generation computers were based on

1. A Transistors ✓
2. B Integrated Circuits ✓
3. C Vacuum tubes ✓
4. D Microprocessors ✓

The transistor was invented in 1947 at

1. A Bell Laboratories ✓
2. B IBM ✓
3. C Intel ✓
4. D Microsoft ✓

Second generation computers used which main component

1. A Vacuum tubes ✓
2. B Integrated circuits ✓
3. C Microprocessors ✓
4. D Transistors ✓

The first computer programmer is considered to be

1. A Grace Hopper ✓
2. B Charles Babbage ✓
3. C Ada Lovelace ✓
4. D Alan Turing ✓

The Analytical Engine was designed by

1. A Charles Babbage ✓
2. B Alan Turing ✓
3. C John Napier ✓
4. D Herman Hollerith ✓

Which device is considered the earliest known calculating tool

1. A ENIAC ✓
2. B Pascaline ✓
3. C Napier's Bones ✓
4. D Abacus ✓

The first generation of computers used which technology

1. A Transistors ✓
2. B Vacuum tubes ✓
3. C Integrated circuits ✓
4. D Microprocessors ✓

Napier's Bones was invented by

1. A Blaise Pascal ✓
2. B John Napier ✓
3. C Charles Babbage ✓
4. D Leibniz ✓

Who invented the punched card system used in early data processing

1. A Charles Babbage ✓
2. B Blaise Pascal ✓
3. C Alan Turing ✓
4. D Herman Hollerith ✓