✅ 100 Computer History MCQs (With Answers)

1–20 (Basics of Computer History)

1. Father of Computers is:
   A) Charles Babbage
   B) Herman Hollerith
   C) Alan Turing
   D) John Napier
   ✔ A

2. First mechanical calculator was invented by:
   A) Leibniz
   B) Pascal
   C) Babbage
   D) Hollerith
   ✔ B

3. ENIAC belongs to:
   A) 1st Generation
   B) 2nd
   C) 3rd
   D) 4th
   ✔ A

4. First generation used:
   A) IC
   B) Vacuum Tubes
   C) Transistors
   D) Microprocessor
   ✔ B

5. Word 'Computer' comes from:
   A) Latin
   B) Greek
   C) French
   D) Hindi
   ✔ A

6. Punch card invented by:
   A) Hollerith
   B) Turing
   C) Pascal
   D) Jobs
   ✔ A

7. First electronic digital computer:
   A) EDVAC
   B) ENIAC
   C) Mark-I
   D) UNIVAC
   ✔ B

8. Transistors used in:
   A) 1st
   B) 2nd
   C) 3rd
   D) 4th
   ✔ B

9. IC introduced in:
   A) 1st
   B) 2nd
   C) 3rd
   D) 5th
   ✔ C

10. Microprocessor introduced in:
    A) 3rd
    B) 5th
    C) 4th
    D) 1st
    ✔ C

11. First programmable computer:
    A) ABC
    B) ENIAC
    C) Z1
    D) UNIVAC
    ✔ C

12. UNIVAC used in:
    A) Weather
    B) Census
    C) Banking
    D) ATM
    ✔ B

13. First commercial computer:
    A) IBM 701
    B) ENIAC
    C) Apple I
    D) MARK I
    ✔ A

14. Who invented the Analytical Engine?
    A) Pascal
    B) Hollerith
    C) Ada
    D) Babbage
    ✔ D

15. First high-level language:
    A) BASIC
    B) FORTRAN
    C) C
    D) Java
    ✔ B

16. First electronic computer built in:
    A) UK
    B) USA
    C) Germany
    D) Japan
    ✔ B

17. The first computer bug was found in a:
    A) Mouse
    B) Cockroach
    C) Moth
    D) Fly
    ✔ C

18. Father of AI:
    A) McCarthy
    B) Turing
    C) Babbage
    D) Jobs
    ✔ A

19. First PC by IBM launched in:
    A) 1981
    B) 1975
    C) 1992
    D) 2000
    ✔ A

20. Which came first?
    A) Pascaline
    B) ENIAC
    C) UNIVAC
    D) IBM PC
    ✔ A

21–40 (Generations & Evolutions)

21. 5th generation focused on:
    A) IC
    B) AI
    C) Microprocessor
    D) Transistors
    ✔ B

22. First microprocessor:
    A) Intel 8080
    B) Intel 8085
    C) Intel 4004
    D) Pentium
    ✔ C

23. MARK-I developed at:
    A) MIT
    B) Harvard
    C) Stanford
    D) NASA
    ✔ B

24. Stored program concept given by:
    A) Hollerith
    B) Von Neumann
    C) Ada
    D) Turing
    ✔ B

25. First electronic computer language was:
    A) Assembly
    B) Binary
    C) COBOL
    D) FORTRAN
    ✔ A

26. In 3rd generation computers, IC replaced:
    A) Vacuum tube
    B) Transistor
    C) Microprocessor
    D) Relay
    ✔ B

27. Which computer used vacuum tubes?
    A) EDVAC
    B) ENIAC
    C) UNIVAC
    D) IBM PC
    ✔ B

28. First transistorized computer:
    A) IBM 1401
    B) TRADIC
    C) ENIAC
    D) ABC
    ✔ B

29. Laptop was invented by:
    A) Osborne
    B) Jobs
    C) Bill Gates
    D) Turing
    ✔ A

30. First graphical OS:
    A) Windows
    B) Mac
    C) Linux
    D) Unix
    ✔ B

31. Macintosh released in:
    A) 1983
    B) 1984
    C) 1990
    D) 1995
    ✔ B

32. First supercomputer made by:
    A) Seymour Cray
    B) Bill Gates
    C) IBM
    D) Apple
    ✔ A

33. The father of personal computers:
    A) Bill Gates
    B) Steve Jobs
    C) Ed Roberts
    D) Wozniak
    ✔ C

34. Altair 8800 used processor:
    A) 4004
    B) 8080
    C) Z80
    D) Pentium
    ✔ B

35. First web browser:
    A) Netscape
    B) Internet Explorer
    C) WorldWideWeb
    D) Mosaic
    ✔ C

36. Who invented WWW?
    A) Berners-Lee
    B) Linus Torvalds
    C) Dennis Ritchie
    D) Bill Gates
    ✔ A

37. Xerox invented:
    A) Mouse
    B) GUI
    C) Laser Printer
    D) All
    ✔ D

38. Apple founded in:
    A) 1976
    B) 1980
    C) 1990
    D) 1970
    ✔ A

39. First email sent in:
    A) 1967
    B) 1971
    C) 1980
    D) 1990
    ✔ B

40. Linux introduced in:
    A) 1990
    B) 1991
    C) 1985
    D) 1995
    ✔ B

41–60 (Inventions & Milestones)

41. First computer programmer:
    A) Ada Lovelace
    B) Pascal
    C) Babbage
    D) Hollerith
    ✔ A

42. First storage device:
    A) HDD
    B) Floppy
    C) Punch Card
    D) CD
    ✔ C

43. Founder of Microsoft:
    A) Jobs
    B) Bill Gates
    C) Linus
    D) Mark
    ✔ B

44. First computer virus:
    A) Creeper
    B) I Love You
    C) Michelangelo
    D) Melissa
    ✔ A

45. First antivirus program:
    A) McAfee
    B) Reaper
    C) Norton
    D) Quick Heal
    ✔ B

46. IBM stands for:
    A) International Business Machines
    B) Indian Business Machine
    C) Intel Basic Machine
    D) None
    ✔ A

47. Mouse invented by:
    A) Douglas Engelbart
    B) Berners-Lee
    C) Xerox
    D) Jobs
    ✔ A

48. First hard disk invented by:
    A) IBM
    B) Microsoft
    C) Apple
    D) Intel
    ✔ A

49. First microcomputer:
    A) Altair 8800
    B) ENIAC
    C) UNIVAC
    D) IBM PC
    ✔ A

50. First Android version released in:
    A) 2007
    B) 2008
    C) 2009
    D) 2010
    ✔ B

51. Charles Babbage invented:
    A) Pascaline
    B) Analytical Engine
    C) ENIAC
    D) IC
    ✔ B

52. Napier invented:
    A) Napier Bones
    B) Abacus
    C) Jacquard Loom
    D) Punch card
    ✔ A

53. Jacquard Loom used:
    A) Mouse
    B) Punch card
    C) IC
    D) Laser
    ✔ B

54. IC invented by:
    A) Kilby
    B) Babbage
    C) Hollerith
    D) Napier
    ✔ A

55. CRT monitor invented by:
    A) Karl Braun
    B) Edison
    C) Fleming
    D) Graham Bell
    ✔ A

56. First search engine:
    A) Yahoo
    B) Archie
    C) Google
    D) WebCrawler
    ✔ B

57. Google founded in:
    A) 1995
    B) 1998
    C) 2000
    D) 1992
    ✔ B

58. First floppy disk by:
    A) IBM
    B) Microsoft
    C) Apple
    D) Sony
    ✔ A

59. Bill Gates wrote BASIC for:
    A) ENIAC
    B) Altair
    C) IBM
    D) Windows
    ✔ B

60. First programming language:
    A) Plankalkül
    B) BASIC
    C) C
    D) COBOL
    ✔ A

61–80 (Advanced Computer History)

61. First electro-mechanical computer:
    A) Mark-I
    B) ENIAC
    C) ABC
    D) Z1
    ✔ A

62. Charles Babbage designed:
    A) UNIVAC
    B) Difference Engine
    C) EDVAC
    D) IBM
    ✔ B

63. First digital computer:
    A) ABC
    B) ENIAC
    C) UNIVAC
    D) Mark-I
    ✔ A

64. First stored-program computer:
    A) Manchester Baby
    B) ENIAC
    C) ABC
    D) UNIVAC
    ✔ A

65. First supercomputer in India:
    A) PARAM
    B) IBM Blue Gene
    C) Cray
    D) Shakti
    ✔ A

66. Who coined the term “computer”?
    A) Pascal
    B) Babbage
    C) Person who does calculations
    D) Hollerith
    ✔ C

67. Turing machine invented by:
    A) Turing
    B) Neumann
    C) Pascal
    D) Ada
    ✔ A

68. First electronic spreadsheet:
    A) Excel
    B) Lotus
    C) VisiCalc
    D) SuperCalc
    ✔ C

69. First mobile phone company:
    A) Nokia
    B) Motorola
    C) Samsung
    D) Apple
    ✔ B

70. First smartphone:
    A) iPhone
    B) IBM Simon
    C) Nokia 6600
    D) BlackBerry
    ✔ B

71. WWW invented in:
    A) 1989
    B) 1991
    C) 1995
    D) 1980
    ✔ A

72. MP3 invented in:
    A) France
    B) USA
    C) Germany
    D) Japan
    ✔ C

73. USB invented by:
    A) Intel
    B) Microsoft
    C) Apple
    D) IBM
    ✔ A

74. Facebook founded in:
    A) 2003
    B) 2004
    C) 2005
    D) 2006
    ✔ B

75. First antivirus company:
    A) McAfee
    B) Norton
    C) Kaspersky
    D) Quick Heal
    ✔ A

76. ASCII invented in:
    A) 1963
    B) 1968
    C) 1975
    D) 1980
    ✔ A

77. Unicode started in:
    A) 1985
    B) 1987
    C) 1991
    D) 1992
    ✔ C

78. Xerox Alto was the first:
    A) PC
    B) GUI-based computer
    C) Laptop
    D) Gaming PC
    ✔ B

79. First tablet computer:
    A) iPad
    B) GRiDPad
    C) Samsung Tab
    D) Microsoft Surface
    ✔ B

80. First email symbol "@" chosen by:
    A) Ray Tomlinson
    B) Bill Gates
    C) Turing
    D) Engelbart
    ✔ A

81–100 (Mixed Set)

81. First database model:
    A) Network model
    B) Hierarchical
    C) Relational
    D) Flat file
    ✔ B

82. Father of modern computers:
    A) Babbage
    B) Von Neumann
    C) Hollerith
    D) Turing
    ✔ B

83. First IC built in:
    A) 1955
    B) 1958
    C) 1962
    D) 1970
    ✔ B

84. First console video game:
    A) Atari Pong
    B) Snake
    C) Mario
    D) Tetris
    ✔ A

85. First optical disk:
    A) CD
    B) DVD
    C) LaserDisc
    D) Blu-ray
    ✔ C

86. IBM PC used processor:
    A) 4004
    B) 8088
    C) Pentium
    D) Z80
    ✔ B

87. First instant messaging service:
    A) Yahoo Messenger
    B) ICQ
    C) WhatsApp
    D) MSN
    ✔ B

88. First search algorithm:
    A) PageRank
    B) BFS
    C) DFS
    D) Binary search
    ✔ D

89. First antivirus software for Windows:
    A) Norton
    B) McAfee
    C) Quick Heal
    D) Reaper
    ✔ A

90. First SSD introduced in:
    A) 1978
    B) 1990
    C) 2000
    D) 2010
    ✔ A

91. First webcam invented for:
    A) NASA
    B) University of Cambridge
    C) MIT
    D) Google
    ✔ B

92. First Unicode version released in:
    A) 1991
    B) 1996
    C) 2000
    D) 1993
    ✔ A

93. First email program was written in:
    A) C
    B) Assembly
    C) COBOL
    D) Fortran
    ✔ B

94. First Windows version launched in:
    A) 1981
    B) 1985
    C) 1990
    D) 1995
    ✔ B

95. Who invented C language?
    A) Dennis Ritchie
    B) James Gosling
    C) Ken Thompson
    D) Bjarne Stroustrup
    ✔ A

96. Python invented by:
    A) Guido van Rossum
    B) Ritchie
    C) Gosling
    D) Torvalds
    ✔ A

97. Java invented by:
    A) Bill Gates
    B) James Gosling
    C) Berners-Lee
    D) Larry Page
    ✔ B

98. First digital camera made by:
    A) Sony
    B) Kodak
    C) Canon
    D) Nokia
    ✔ B

99. Father of computer graphics:
    A) Sutherland
    B) Turing
    C) Jobs
    D) Berners-Lee
    ✔ A

100. Computer generations are classified based on:
     A) Size
     B) Technology
     C) Speed
     D) Storage
     ✔ B