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Who is Father of Computer ?

  • Charles Babbage
  • Alan Turing
  • John Mccarthy
  • Seymour Cray

Who is known as the “Father of Computer Animation” ?

  • Alan Turing
  • John Whitney
  • William Fetter
  • Jack Kilby

Who designed the First General Purpose Computer Analytical Engine (1834)?

  • Alan Turing
  • John Whitney
  • William Fetter
  • Charles Babbage

Who programmed the first Computer Program: algorithm to compute Bernoulli numbers?

  • Alan Turing
  • John Whitney
  • Ada Lovelace
  • Charles Babbage

Who is considered the world’s first programmer? RRB NTPC 9/04/2016 (Evening)

  • Alan Turing
  • John Whitney
  • Ada Lovelace
  • Charles Babbage

Who invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989? RRB NTPC CBT II 18/01/2017 (Evening)

  • Alan Turing
  • John Whitney
  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • Charles Babbage

Who among the following pioneered Binary Logic and Arithmetic in Computers Programming? SSC CHSL 4/7/2019 (Morning)

  • Alan Turing
  • John Whitney
  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • Claude Shannon

Who among the following invented the Computer language, COBOL ? SSC CHSL 3/7/2019 (Evening)

  • Alan Turing
  • John Whitney
  • Grace Murray Hopper
  • Claude Shannon

Who has developed the Automatically Programmable Tool (APT) ? SSC CHSL 20/10/2020 (Evening)

  • Douglas T Ross
  • John Whitney
  • Grace Murray Hopper
  • Claude Shannon

Who among the following is considered the father of the world wide web? RRB NTPC 5/2/2021 (Morning)

  • Douglas T Ross
  • Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee
  • Grace Murray Hopper
  • Claude Shannon

Who invented HTML in 1990 ? RRB NTPC 22/01/2021 (Morning)

  • Douglas T Ross
  • Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee
  • Grace Murray Hopper
  • Claude Shannon

Who is considered the father of computers? RRB NTPC 8/1/2021 (Evening)

  • Douglas T Ross
  • Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee
  • Grace Murray Hopper
  • Charles Babbage

Who coined the word “Artificial Intelligence”? RRB NTPC 7/1/2021 (Evening)

  • Douglas T Ross
  • John McCarthy
  • Grace Murray Hopper
  • Charles Babbage

Who among the following pioneered binary logic and arithmetic in computer programming? RRB NTPC 12/3/2021 (Morning)

  • Douglas T Ross
  • John McCarthy
  • Grace Murray Hopper
  • Claude Shannon

Who is considered to be the Father of Modern Computers ? RRB NTPC 1/2/2021 (Morning)

  • Douglas T Ross
  • Alan Turing
  • Grace Murray Hopper
  • Claude Shannon

Who is credited with developing the “C” language? RRB NTPC 20/1/2021 (Morning)

  • Douglas T Ross
  • Alan Turing
  • Dennis Ritchie
  • Claude Shannon

————–along with Paul Allen founded Microsoft in the year 1975. RRB NTPC 3/4/2021 (Evening)

  • Bill Gates
  • Stephen Hawking
  • Dennis Ritchie
  • Claude Shannon

Who was one of the founders of the American computer company Sun Microsystems, later acquired by oracle? RRB NTPC 20/1/2021 (Evening)

  • Vinod Khosla
  • Satya Nadella
  • Sunder Pichai
  • Sabeer Bhatia

Who among the following is one of the founders of Google? RRB NTPC 17/1/2021 (Evening)

  • Bill Gates
  • Stephen Hawking
  • Larry Page
  • Sunder Pichai

Who is the co-founder of Apple Computers? RRB NTPC 11/1/2021 (Evening)

  • Bill Gates
  • Stephen Hawking
  • Larry Page
  • Steve Jobs

Who designed the first small computer for home use? RRB NTPC 19/03/2021 (Evening)

  • Bill Gates
  • Chuck Peddle
  • Steve Leininger
  • John Blankenbaker

Who among the following is known as the ‘father of Indian Supercomputers”? RRB NTPC 22/2/2021 (Morning)

  • RA Mashelkar
  • Nandan Nilkeni
  • Jayant Narlikar
  • Vijay Bhatkar

Inventor of Bluetooth is. RRB NTPC 4/1/2021 (Evening)

  • Charles Simonyi
  • Bill gates
  • Paul Allen
  • Jaap Haartsen

The first barcode system was developed by: SSC CHSL 16/04/2021 (Evening)

  • Charles Simonyi
  • Norman Joseph Woodland
  • Paul Allen
  • Jaap Haartsen

Who created FORTRAN the first high-level computer programming language? SSC CHSL 11/8/2021 (Evening)

  • Charles Simonyi
  • Norman Joseph Woodland
  • John Backus
  • Jaap Haartsen

Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?

  • Bill Gates
  • Steve Jobs
  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • Vint Cerf

Explanation:

  • Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 while working at CERN.
  • Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft.
  • Steve Jobs co-founded Apple.
  • Vint Cerf is co-creator of the TCP/IP protocol, not the Web.

What was the first electronic general-purpose computer called?

  • Apple I
  • IBM PC
  • Z1
  • ENIAC

Explanation:

  • ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first electronic general-purpose computer, completed in 1945.
  • Apple I and IBM PC were much later personal computers.
  • Z1 was an early mechanical computer, not electronic.

The ‘Mouse’ for computers was invented by?

  • Microsoft
  • Apple
  • Douglas Engelbart
  • Xerox PARC

Explanation:

  • Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse in 1964.
  • Xerox PARC later popularized it, and Apple/Microsoft commercialized it for PCs.
  • Microsoft and Apple were companies that used the invention, not the inventors.

Who developed the Python programming language?

  • James Gosling
  • Bjarne Stroustrup
  • Guido van Rossum
  • Dennis Ritchie

Explanation:

  • Guido van Rossum created Python in the late 1980s.
  • James Gosling created Java.
  • Bjarne Stroustrup created C++.
  • Dennis Ritchie created the C language.

The invention of the USB is primarily attributed to which company?

  • Microsoft
  • Intel
  • A consortium led by Ajay Bhatt of Intel
  • IBM

Explanation:

  • The USB was developed by a consortium of companies including Intel, Microsoft, and others, with Ajay Bhatt as a key architect.
  • It was not the invention of a single company like Microsoft, Intel, or IBM alone.

What was the name of the first commercially available personal computer?

  • IBM PC
  • Apple II
  • Altair 8800
  • Commodore PET

Explanation:

  • The Altair 8800, released in 1975, is widely considered the first commercially successful personal computer.
  • The IBM PC (1981) and Apple II (1977) came later.
  • The Commodore PET was also released after the Altair.

Who is known as the father of the computer?

  • Alan Turing
  • John von Neumann
  • Charles Babbage
  • Bill Gates

Explanation:

  • Charles Babbage conceived the idea of a programmable mechanical computer, his Analytical Engine, in the 1830s.
  • Alan Turing was a pioneer in theoretical computer science.
  • John von Neumann developed the stored-program architecture.

The Java programming language was originally developed by?

  • Sun Microsystems
  • James Gosling at Sun Microsystems
  • Oracle Corporation
  • Google

Explanation:

  • James Gosling led the team that developed Java at Sun Microsystems in the mid-1990s.
  • Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems much later, in 2010.
  • Google uses Java but did not invent it.

What storage device was invented by IBM in the 1950s?

  • CD-ROM
  • USB Flash Drive
  • Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
  • Floppy Disk

Explanation:

  • IBM invented the first commercial hard disk drive, the IBM 350, in 1956.
  • The floppy disk was also invented by IBM, but later in 1971.
  • CD-ROM and USB drives were invented by other companies much later.

The concept of cloud computing was first articulated by?

  • Google
  • Amazon
  • J.C.R. Licklider
  • Microsoft

Explanation:

  • J.C.R. Licklider envisioned an “Intergalactic Computer Network” in the 1960s, which is a precursor to cloud computing.
  • Companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft later commercialized the concept.

Which company invented the first floppy disk?

  • Microsoft
  • Sony
  • IBM
  • Apple

Explanation:

  • IBM invented the 8-inch floppy disk in 1971.
  • Sony later developed the 3.5-inch floppy disk.
  • Microsoft and Apple were key users of the technology but not its inventors.

Who co-founded Apple Inc.?

  • Bill Gates and Paul Allen
  • Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
  • Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
  • Steve Wozniak and Tim Cook

Explanation:

  • Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer Inc. in 1976.
  • Bill Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft.
  • Tim Cook is the current CEO, not a founder.

The first computer virus was known as?

  • ILOVEYOU
  • Mydoom
  • Creeper
  • Melissa

Explanation:

  • Creeper, created in the early 1970s, is recognized as the first experimental computer virus.
  • ILOVEYOU, Mydoom, and Melissa were destructive viruses that emerged much later.

What was the first product sold by Apple Inc.?

  • Macintosh
  • iPhone
  • Apple I
  • iPod

Explanation:

  • The Apple I was a hand-built computer kit designed by Steve Wozniak and sold in 1976, making it Apple’s first product.
  • The Macintosh, iPod, and iPhone were launched years later.

Who invented the C programming language?

  • Bjarne Stroustrup
  • James Gosling
  • Dennis Ritchie
  • Ken Thompson

Explanation:

  • Dennis Ritchie invented the C language at Bell Labs in the early 1970s.
  • Bjarne Stroustrup created C++.
  • James Gosling created Java.
  • Ken Thompson co-created Unix and worked with Ritchie.

The graphical user interface (GUI) was first developed by?

  • Apple
  • Microsoft
  • Xerox PARC
  • IBM

Explanation:

  • Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) developed the first GUI in the 1970s.
  • Apple’s Macintosh and Microsoft’s Windows were later, highly successful commercial implementations of the GUI concept.

What does the acronym ‘IBM’ stand for?

  • International Business Machines
  • International Business Machines
  • Integrated Business Machines
  • Internet Business Machines

Explanation:

  • IBM stands for International Business Machines.
  • It was incorporated under that name in 1911.

The first successful high-level programming language was?

  • C
  • Java
  • FORTRAN
  • COBOL

Explanation:

  • FORTRAN (Formula Translation), developed by IBM in the 1950s, is considered the first successful high-level programming language.
  • COBOL came shortly after FORTRAN.
  • C and Java were developed decades later.

Who invented the transistor, a fundamental building block of modern computers?

  • Intel
  • IBM
  • John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley
  • Steve Jobs

Explanation:

  • The transistor was invented in 1947 by John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley at Bell Labs.
  • Intel and IBM are companies that used transistors to build integrated circuits and computers.

The ‘http’ protocol, essential for the web, was invented by?

  • Vint Cerf
  • Google
  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • Marc Andreessen

Explanation:

  • Tim Berners-Lee invented HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) along with HTML and the World Wide Web.
  • Vint Cerf co-created TCP/IP.
  • Marc Andreessen developed the early Mosaic web browser.

What was the original name of Microsoft Windows?

  • MS-DOS
  • OS/2
  • Interface Manager
  • Microsoft GUI

Explanation:

  • During its early development in 1983, the project that became Windows was called “Interface Manager”.
  • Before launching, the name was changed to “Windows”.
  • MS-DOS was the disk operating system it ran on top of.

The first computer with a mouse and graphical user interface was the?

  • Apple Lisa
  • Apple Macintosh
  • Xerox Alto
  • IBM PC

Explanation:

  • The Xerox Alto, developed in 1973, was the first computer to use a mouse and a graphical user interface (GUI).
  • The Apple Lisa and Macintosh, which came later, were inspired by the Alto.

Who is the founder of Microsoft Corporation?

  • Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
  • Paul Allen only
  • Bill Gates and Paul Allen
  • Bill Gates only

Explanation:

  • Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975.
  • Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple.

The concept of a ‘byte’ was coined by?

  • IBM
  • Apple
  • Dr. Werner Buchholz
  • Intel

Explanation:

  • Dr. Werner Buchholz coined the term ‘byte’ in 1956 while working on IBM’s Stretch computer.
  • A byte is a unit of digital information that consists of 8 bits.

Which invention is Larry Page and Sergey Brin known for?

  • Social Networking
  • Personal Computer
  • Google Search Engine
  • E-commerce

Explanation:

  • Larry Page and Sergey Brin co-founded Google and invented its core PageRank search algorithm.
  • They did not invent the personal computer, social networking, or e-commerce.
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