What is Computer ?
MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) A) Mechanical (āϝāĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ) | B) Electronic (āĻāϞā§āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āύāĻŋāĻ) | C) Manual | D) Automatic Ans: B) Electronic Explanation: Computer is an electronic machine. : āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻāϞā§āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āύāĻŋāĻ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§°āĨ¤ A) Input → Output | B) Process → Input | C) Input → Process → Output | D) Output → Input Ans: C) Input → Process → Output A) RAM | B) CPU | C) Monitor | D) Keyboard Ans: B) CPU A) Monitor | B) Printer | C) Keyboard | D) Speaker Ans: C) Keyboard A) Mouse | B) Scanner | C) Monitor | D) Keyboard Ans: C) Monitor A) Mouse | B) CPU | C) Printer | D) Scanner Ans: B) CPU A) Monitor | B) Keyboard | C) Hard Disk | D) Mouse Ans: C) Hard Disk A) Input | B) Processing | C) Cooking | D) Storage Ans: C) Cooking A) Monitor | B) Memory | C) Mouse | D) Printer Ans: B) Memory A) Single device | B) Multiple components | C) Only software | D) Only hardware Ans: B) Multiple components Short Questions (Exam Practice) 1) What is a computer ? āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋ ? Ans: A computer is an electronic device that takes input, processes it, and gives output. āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻāϞā§āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āύāĻŋāĻ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§° āϝāĻŋ input āϞ⧠process āĻā§°āĻŋ output āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤ Ans: Input and Output : āĻāύāĻĒā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻĒā§āĻ Ans: Input is data given to computer (Keyboard). Input āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°āϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž data (Keyboard)āĨ¤ Ans: Output is the result produced by computer. Output āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞāĨ¤ Ans: CPU is the brain of computer. CPU āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻāĻā§āĨ¤ Ans: Keyboard, Mouse : āĻā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻĄ, āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ Ans: Monitor, Printer : āĻŽāύāĻŋāĻā§°, āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻŖā§āĻāĻžā§° Ans: Processing means converting data into useful information. : Processing āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠dataāĻ āĻāĻĒāϝā§āĻā§ āϤāĻĨā§āϝāϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻžāĨ¤ Ans: Instructions are commands that tell computer what to do. : Instructions āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°āĻ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻžāĨ¤
What is a Computer ? āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋ ?
Basic Definition (āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž) : A computer is an electronic machine that takes input (data), processes it according to instructions, and gives output (result). : āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻž āĻāϞā§āĻā§āĻā§ā§°āύāĻŋāĻ āϝāύā§āϤā§ā§°, āϝāĻŋ data (input) āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§, āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ process āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ (output) āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤
Parts of Computer System (āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻ
āĻāĻļāϏāĻŽā§āĻš)
Uses of Computer (āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°)
• Banking - āĻŦā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ
• Communication - āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻ
• Entertainment - āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻāύ
• Office work - āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻŽ
1) A computer is an ______ device. āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻž ______ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻāĨ¤
2) Computer works on which cycle ? āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻā§āύ āĻāĻā§āϰāϤ āĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§ ?
Explanation: This is basic working cycle. : āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŽā§āϞ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§° āϧāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤
3) Which is the brain of computer ? āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻāĻā§ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
Explanation: CPU controls all operations. : CPU āϏāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
4) Which device is used to give input ? Input āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āύ device āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Explanation: Keyboard is an input device. : Keyboard āĻāĻāĻž input deviceāĨ¤
5) Which device shows output ? Output āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āύ device āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Explanation: Monitor displays results. : Monitor āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
6) Computer processes data using – āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§ data āĻāĻŋāĻšā§ā§°ā§ process āĻā§°ā§ ?
Explanation: CPU processes data. : CPU data process āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
7) Storage device example – Storage deviceā§° āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
Explanation: Hard disk stores data. : Hard disk data āϏāĻā§°āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
8) Which is not a function of computer ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Explanation: Computer cannot cook food. : āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāύā§āϧāĻŋāĻŦ āύā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤
9) Instructions are stored in – āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻž āĻ’āϤ āϏāĻā§°āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
Explanation: Instructions are stored in memory. : āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻž memoryāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
10) Computer is a system of – āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž ?
Explanation: It is a system of many parts working together. : āĻ āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤
3) What is input? Give example. Input āĻāĻŋ ? āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
4) What is output ? Output āĻāĻŋ ?
5) What is CPU ? CPU āĻāĻŋ ?
6) What is storage ? Storage āĻāĻŋ ?
8) Give two examples of output devices. Output deviceā§° āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĨ¤
9) What is processing ? Processing āĻāĻŋ ?
10) What are instructions ? Instructions āĻāĻŋ ?