Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 4 (ICSE) · Computer Studies
Chapter: Chapter 1 — Chapter 1: Generations of Computers
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What did first-generation computers use? [1]
(A) Vacuum tubes
(B) Microprocessors
(C) Transistors only
(D) Nothing
2. What were first-generation computers like? [1]
(A) Huge, hot and expensive
(B) Small and cheap
(C) Fast and tiny
(D) Portable
3. What came after vacuum tubes? [1]
(A) Transistors
(B) Microprocessors immediately
(C) Nothing changed
(D) Wood parts
4. What do modern computers use? [1]
(A) Microprocessors
(B) Only vacuum tubes
(C) Only transistors
(D) Nothing specific
5. What do microprocessors pack into tiny chips? [1]
(A) Immense computing power
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only heat
(D) Only noise
6. How have computers changed over generations? [1]
(A) Smaller, faster and more affordable
(B) Bigger and slower
(C) No change at all
(D) More expensive only
7. Why study computer generations? [1]
(A) To appreciate how technology has advanced
(B) No reason
(C) Only for tests
(D) It's not useful
8. Which generation are today's computers usually considered? [1]
(A) Fourth or fifth generation
(B) First generation
(C) Only second generation
(D) No generation
9. What did first-generation computers use? [1]
(A) Vacuum tubes
(B) Microprocessors
(C) Transistors only
(D) Nothing
10. What were first-generation computers like? [1]
(A) Huge, hot and expensive
(B) Small and cheap
(C) Fast and tiny
(D) Portable
11. What came after vacuum tubes? [1]
(A) Transistors
(B) Microprocessors immediately
(C) Nothing changed
(D) Wood parts
12. What do modern computers use? [1]
(A) Microprocessors
(B) Only vacuum tubes
(C) Only transistors
(D) Nothing specific
13. What do microprocessors pack into tiny chips? [1]
(A) Immense computing power
(B) Nothing useful
(C) Only heat
(D) Only noise
14. How have computers changed over generations? [1]
(A) Smaller, faster and more affordable
(B) Bigger and slower
(C) No change at all
(D) More expensive only
15. Why study computer generations? [1]
(A) To appreciate how technology has advanced
(B) No reason
(C) Only for tests
(D) It's not useful
16. Which generation are today's computers usually considered? [1]
(A) Fourth or fifth generation
(B) First generation
(C) Only second generation
(D) No generation