Question

Nepal brought a computer for census of 2028 BS. This computer was of A) first generation B) second generation C) third generation D) fourth generation

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is (B) second generation.

Explanation:

The name of the computer was IBM 1401. It was a decimal computer which supported variable encoding. It was mainly used for data processing during the 1950's and 1960's.

It had the capability of working as a peripheral controller. Punch cards were used to enter data into the machine. Opcodes and operands were the main part of the instruction sets.