Railway Science (Computer – Generations of Computers)

Total Questions: 4

1. COBOL is an example of ______ generation programming language. [RRB NTPC CBT - I (01/03/2021) Evening]

Correct Answer: (d) 3rd
Solution:

1st Generation of Computers, Programming language – machine language, 2nd Generation -assembly language, 3rd Generation-high level language (FORTRAN, BASIC, Pascal, COBOL, C, etc.), 4th generation-high level language (Python, JavaScript, Rust, Kotlin, etc.)

2. Which of the following is a First Generation Computer ? [RRB NTPC CBT - I (11/03/2021) Evening]

Correct Answer: (b) SEAC
Solution:

Examples of the first generation computers include ENIAC, EDVAC, UNIVAC, IBM -701, and IBM-650.

3. The second generation computers were based on: [RRB NTPC CBT - I (12/03/2021) Morning]

Correct Answer: (a) Transistors
Solution:

Transistors (1950 – 1960). First generation (1940-1950) - Vacuum tube based. Third generation (1960 - 1970) - Integrated Circuits (IC's). Fourth generation (1970s - 2010) - Microprocessor. Fifth generation (2010 - present) - Artificial Intelligence.

4. IBM 370 was a ______ generation computer. [RRB NTPC CBT - I (19/03/2021) Evening]

Correct Answer: (a) 3rd
Solution:

3rd Generations Examples- PDP -11, IBM System/360, UNIVAC 1108, Honeywell -6000, DEC series, and ICL 2900.