{"id":92421,"date":"2025-06-01T11:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92421"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:24:17","slug":"which-of-the-following-statements-about-univac-is-are-correct-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-about-univac-is-are-correct-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following statements about UNIVAC is\/are correct ?\n \n 1."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following statements about UNIVAC is\/are correct ?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. It was the first general purpose electronic digital computer designed for commercial use.<\/li>\n<li>2. It stands for Unique Automatic Computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below :<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither 1 nor 2&#8243; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CISF-AC-EXE &#8211; 2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cisf-ac-exe-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cisf-ac-exe-2017\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct answer is A) 1 only.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nStatement 1 is correct: The UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I) was indeed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer designed for commercial use in the United States. It was delivered to the United States Census Bureau in 1951.<br \/>\nStatement 2 is incorrect: UNIVAC stands for Universal Automatic Computer, not Unique Automatic Computer.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nUNIVAC I was a significant step in the history of computing, moving computers from purely scientific and military applications towards commercial data processing. It was famous for correctly predicting the outcome of the 1952 US presidential election based on a small sample of votes. It was designed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, who had previously designed the ENIAC.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following statements about UNIVAC is\/are correct ? 1. It was the first general purpose electronic digital computer designed for commercial use. 2. It stands for Unique Automatic Computer. Select the correct answer using the code given below : [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither 1 nor 2&#8243; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;] &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Which of the following statements about UNIVAC is\/are correct ?\n \n 1.\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/which-of-the-following-statements-about-univac-is-are-correct-1\/#more-92421\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Which of the following statements about UNIVAC is\/are correct ?<\/p>\n<p> 1.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[1101,1113],"class_list":["post-92421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cisf-ac-exe","tag-1101","tag-information-and-communication-technology","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Which of the following statements about UNIVAC is\/are correct ?  1.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct answer is A) 1 only. 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