EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL
25/01/2022 CLASS- 3 SESSION 2021-22
SUBJECT :COMPUTER
CHAPTER-8
MICROSOFT WORD
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EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL
EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL
Answer the following question
Question
1 How many generations of computer are there?
Answer The computer can be classified into five different
generations based on the technology used the way their work and their size.
Question.2
Give full form of?
Answer E n i a c- electronic numerical integrator and calculator
U n i v a c- universal automatic computer.
IC integrated circuits
VLSI very large scale integrated circuits.
Question.3
Name the first electronic computer?
Answer Mark 1 was the first electronic computer
Question.4
Give the limitations of the following generations of computer?
Answer First generation
limitations are:
a) Limited programming capability low operating speed
b) High power consumption
c) Not reliable
Second
generation limitations are:
a) Generate a lot of heat
b) Slow speed
c) Less memory
Question.5
Write the difference between third generation and fourth generation?
Answer (A)Third
generation
a) The period of the third generation was from 1965 to 1971
b) 3rd generation computer used integrated circuits IC'S
c) Large in size
d) They used high level languages like fortran COBOL Pascal
etc.
e) IBM 370 and 7500 third generation computer
(B) 4th
generation
a) The period of fourth generation was from 1971 to 1980
b) Fourth generation computer used VLSI also called
microprocessor.
c) Comparatively smaller in size than third generation.
d) They used for DBMS and other user friendly high level
languages.
e) IBM 4300 ICL 2900 for the computers of 4th generation
Question
.6 Which language is used in the following generation of computers?
a) First
generation computer -machine language
b) Second
generation -computer assembly language
c) Third
generation -computer f o r t r a n, c o b o l,
p a s c a l etc.
d) Fourth
generation computer are -DBMS
and high level languages.
A.
Fil in the blanks :-
1.
The ______ and _____
are the examples of input device.
2.
The ______ and _____
are the example of output device.
3.
The _______ unit of
CPU performs all the arithmetic calculations and logical comparisons.
4.
Except CPU, all
devices are known as _____________.
B. Write full form of the
following :-
1.
CPU -____________________________________.
2.
ALU -____________________________________.
3.
VDU -____________________________________.
C. Answer the Following
Questions:-
Q. 1. Define computer?
Ans. ____________________________________________________________
Q.2. CPU
is called the brain of the computer. Why?
Ans. ___________________________________________________________
Q.3 Write the
name of few places where computer are used most commonly?
Ans. ___________________________________________________________
D.
Write down the name of three input and output devices?
1.
______________________ , ________________________.
2.
______________________ , ________________________.
3.
______________________ , ________________________.
A. Fil in the blanks :-
1. A computer is a ___________________.
2. A computer
has a large _______________.
3._________computer
can sit on our laps.
B.
Mark a tick for
True and cross for false:-
1.
Computer works on
electricity [ ]
2.
APC is also known as a
personal computer [ ]
3.
A laptop can also work
on battery. [ ]
Q. 1. What is a computer?
Ans. _____________________________________________________
Q.2. What
is the difference between desktop computer and laptop computer?
Ans. _____________________________________________________
Q.3 Write any
two features of a computer?
Ans. _____________________________________________________
Ans.1 Stones, Bones, sticks, beads etc are used by the early man to count
things.
Q.2 Name the first calculating device?
Ans.2 Abacus was the first calculating device.
Q.3 Who is known as the Father of Computers?
Ans.3 Charles Babbage was the father of computers.
Ans.4 The two machines invented by Charles Babbage are Difference machine and analytical
machine.
Ans.5 Herman Hollerith invented the tabulating machine.
C.ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:-
Ans.1 A computer is an electronic machine.
Q.4 A Computer have some powerful features. Can you write any four of them?
Ans.4 Some of the common features of computer are:
a. Speed
b. Large memory
c. Accuracy
d. Never get tired and bored
Ans.5 CPU is called the brain of a computer because it controls all the functions of a computer.
Ans.6 Places where computer used most commonly are School, Hospital,Bank Airport etc.