CBSE Class 10 Computer Science Fundamentals of Computer MCQs

Question. GIGO stands for______
(A) Garbage In Garbage Out
(B) Gateway In Gateway Out
(C) Gopher In Gopher Out
(D) Geographic In Geographic Out

Answer : (A) Garbage In Garbage Out

Question. IC is made up of _________
(A) microprocessor
(B) vacuum tube
(C) transistor
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (C) transistor

Question. Father of modern computer______
(A) Charles Babbage
(B) Alan Turing
(C) Ted Hoff
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (B) Alan Turing

Question. The capacity to perform multiple tasks simultaneously is termed as ______
(A) Diligence
(B) Versatility
(C) Reliability
(D) All of the Above

Answer : (B) Versatility

Question. Second Generation computers were based on _______
(A) IC
(B) Vacuum tube
(C) transistor
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (C) transistor

Question. Which language is directly understood by the computer without translation program?
(A) BASIC
(B) Assembly language
(C) Machine language
(D) C language

Answer : (C) Machine language

Question. Herman Hollerith developed a machine called________
(A) Pascaline
(B) Analytical engine
(C) Census Tabulator
(D) Tabulating Machine

Answer : (D) Tabulating Machine

Question. Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer(EDSAC) was invented by _________
(A) Herman Hollerith
(B) JW Mauchy
(C) John Von Neumann
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (C) John Von Neumann

Question. ULSI stands for______
(A) Ultra Large Scale Integration
(B) Ultimate Large Scale Integration
(C) Upper Large Scale Integration
(D) Ultra Large Script Integration

Answer : (A) Ultra Large Scale Integration

Question. FLOPS stands for______
(A) Floating Point Operation Per Second
(B) File Processing Operation Per Second
(C) Floating Processing Operation Per Second
(D) File Loading Operation Per Second

Answer : (A) Floating Point Operation Per Second

Question. Which language was used to program Second Generation computers?
(A) Binary Coded language
(B) Assembly language
(C) Machine language
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (B) Assembly language

Question. EDSAC stands for________
(A) Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer
(B) Electronic Discrete Storage Automatic Computer
(C) Electronic Delay Serial Automatic Computer
(D) Electronic Discrete Storage Automatic Computer

Answer : (A) Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer

Question. Instructions and data can be stored in the memory of Computer for automatically directing the flow of operations. It is called_____ concept.
(A) Objective Programming
(B) Stored program
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (B) Stored program

Question. “Stored Program” concept was developed by ______
(A) Maurice Wilkes
(B) Von Neumann
(C) M.H.A. Newman
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (B) Von Neumann

Question. Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer(EDVAC) was designed on __________ concept.
(A) Objective Programming
(B) Stored program
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (B) Stored program

Question. Which of the following was a small experimental machine based on Neumann’s stored program concept?
(A) Analytical engine
(B) Pascaline
(C) Manchester Mark I
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (C) Manchester Mark I

Question. First Generation computers used ______ for Circuitry and________ for memory
(A) Transistor and Magnetic Core
(B) IC and Magnetic Memory
(C) Vacuum tubes and Magnetic drum
(D) IC and Magnetic Core

Answer : (C) Vacuum tubes and Magnetic drum

Question. Which neural network allows feedback signal?
(A) Feed forward Neural Network
(B) Recurrent Neural Network
(C) Both(A) & (B)
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (B) Recurrent Neural Network

Question. The first calculator that can perform all four arithmetic operations(Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division) was known as______
(A) Pascaline
(B) Slide Rule
(C) Step Reckoner
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (C) Step Reckoner

Question. The first computer spreadsheet program was_________
(A) Lotus 1-2-3
(B) MS Excel
(C) Visicalc
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (C) Visicalc

Question. Which of the following is/are application(s) of Neural Network?
(A) Pattern recognition
(B) Mobile Computing
(C) Speech reading(Lip-reading)
(D) All of the Above

Answer : (D) All of the Above

Question. In EDSAC, an addition operation was completed in _____ micro seconds.
(A) 4000
(B) 3000
(C) 2000
(D) 1500

Answer : (D) 1500

Question. Which of the following is fourth generation computer?
(A) INTEL 4004
(B) IBM 360
(C) IBM 1401
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (A) INTEL 4004

Question. A hybrid computer is the one having combined properties of________
(A) Micro & Mini computers
(B) Mini & Super Computers
(C) Mainframe & Super Computers
(D) Analog & Digital computers

Answer : (D) Analog & Digital computers

Question. Which of the following uses a handheld Operating Systems?
(A) Super Computer
(B) Laptop
(C) Mainframe
(D) PDA

Answer : (D) PDA

Question. A _______ terminal can display images as well as text.
(A) text
(B) dumb
(C) graphical
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (C) graphical

Question. Faulty inputs lead to faulty results. It is known as _______
(A) Diligence
(B) Versatility
(C) GIGO
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (C) GIGO

Question. The word length of Micro computers lies in the range between ________
(A) 8 and 16 bits
(B) 8 and 21 bits
(C) 8 and 24 bits
(D) 8 and 32 bits

Answer : (D) 8 and 32 bits

Question. The fastest and most expensive computers are______
(A) Super Computers
(B) Quantum Computers
(C) Mainframe Computers
(D) Micro Computers

Answer : (A) Super Computers

Question. Which of the following is the smallest and fastest computer imitating brain working?
(A) Super Computer
(B) Quantum Computer
(C) Mainframe Computer
(D) PDA

Answer : (B) Quantum Computer

Question. A _____ terminal does not process or store data.
(A) dumb
(B) intelligent
(C) Both(A) & (B)
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (A) dumb

Question. The user generally applies _________ to access mainframe or super computer?
(A) node
(B) terminal
(C) desktop
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (B) terminal

Question. Desktop and Personal computers are also known as_______
(A) Super Computer
(B) Quantum Computer
(C) Mainframe Computer
(D) Micro Computer

Answer : (D) Micro Computer

Question. Graphical terminals are divided into two types. They are_____
(A) text and dumb
(B) dumb and intelligent
(C) vector mode and raster mode
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (C) vector mode and raster mode

Question. The communication line between CPU memory and Peripherals is called a _________
(A) Registers
(B) Mother Board
(C) Bus
(D) None of the Above

Answer (C) Bus

Question. Which language is used for Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
(A) FORTRAN
(B) COBOL
(C) C
(D) PROLOG

Answer : (D) PROLOG

Question. Which of the following is/are characteristics of Computer?
(A) Diligence
(B) Versatility
(C) Reliability
(D) All of the Above

Answer : (D) All of the Above

Question. Who coined the term “Artificial Intelligence”?
(A) Charles Babbage
(B) Alan Tuning
(C) Von Neumann
(D) John McCarthy

Answer : (D) John McCarthy

Question. _________ is a computational model based on the structure of biological neural networks?
(A) Artificial Neural Network (ANN)
(B) Biological Network
(C) Both(A) & (B)
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (A) Artificial Neural Network (ANN)

Question. A neural network in which the signal passes in only one direction is called _____
(A) Feed forward Neural Network
(B) Recurrent Neural Network
(C) Both(A) & (B)
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (A) Feed forward Neural Network

Question. Third Generation computers were based on _______
(A) IC
(B) Vacuum tube
(C) transistor
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (A) IC

Question. A computer does not suffer from tiredness and lack of concentration. It is known as _______
(A) Diligence
(B) Versatility
(C) GIGO
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (A) Diligence

Question. ALU and Control Unit have special purpose locations called_______
(A) Registers
(B) Mother Board
(C) Sockets
(D) None of the Above

Answer (A) Registers

Question. _________ is an artificial neural network with multiple hidden layers between the input and output layers?
(A) Deep neural network
(B) Shallow neural network
(C) Both(A) & (B)
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (A) Deep neural network

Question. The decoded instruction is stored in ______
(A) Register
(B) Memory Address Register(MAR)
(C) Instruction Register(IR)
(D) None of the Above

Answer (C) Instruction Register(IR)

Question. The most famous Recurrent Neural Network is _______
(A) Perceptrons
(B) Radial Basis Networks
(C) Hopfield net
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (C) Hopfield net

Question. Which algorithm is used in layered Feed forward Neural Network?
(A) Back propagation algorithm
(B) Binary Search
(C) Both(A) & (B)
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (A) Back propagation algorithm

Question. Radial Basis Function (RBF) networks have _____ layers.
(A) One
(B) Four
(C) Two
(D) Three

Answer : (D) Three

Question. The chip used in computers, is made of ______
(A) Silicon
(B) Iron Oxide
(C) Chromium
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (A) Silicon

Question. Fourth Generation computers were based on _______
(A) IC
(B) Vacuum tube
(C) transistor
(D) Microprocessors

Answer : (D) Microprocessors

Question. The first computer language developed was______
(A) COBOL
(B) PASCAL
(C) BASIC
(D) FORTRAN

Answer : (D) FORTRAN

Question. Which of the following is an example for fourth generation language(4GL)?
(A) COBOL
(B) PowerBuilder
(C) FORTRAN
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (B) PowerBuilder

Question. VDU stands for________
(A) Video Display Unit
(B) Visual Display Unit
(C) Video Divide Unit
(D) None of the Above

Answer : (B) Visual Display Unit 

Question. ISP stands for______
(A) Instruction Standard Processing
(B) Instruction Standard Processor
(C) Information Set Processing
(D) Instruction Set Processor

Answer (D) Instruction Set Processor 

Question. Which is not an integral part of computer?
(A) CPU
(B) Monitor
(C) Mouse
(D) UPS

Answer (D) UPS

Question. The most frequently used instructions of a computer program are likely to be fetched from ______
(A) Hard disk
(B) ROM
(C) RAM
(D) Cache

Answer (D) Cache

Question. The primary aim of computer process is to convert the data into______
(A) table
(B) graph
(C) file
(D) information

Answer (D) information

Question. Which registers can interact with secondary memory?
(A) Register
(B) Memory Address Register(MAR)
(C) Instruction Register(IR)
(D) None of the Above

Answer (B) Memory Address Register(MAR)

Question. Which Flip Flop is used to store data in registers?
(A) D Flip Flop
(B) JK Flip Flop
(C) RS Flip Flop
(D) None of the Above

Answer (A) D Flip Flop

Question. The main circuit-board of the system unit is _______
(A) RAM
(B) Mother Board
(C) Hard disk
(D) None of the Above

Answer (B) Mother Board