Easy2Siksha Sample Paper
1. Input Unit – The City Gates
Every city has gates where visitors enter. In our computer city, the Input Unit is that
gate.
• Role: It allows information (data and instructions) to enter the system.
• Examples: Keyboard, mouse, scanner, microphone.
• Story Analogy: Imagine a student walking into a classroom carrying books and
questions. The classroom is the computer, and the student is the input. Without
someone bringing in material, the class cannot begin.
The input unit doesn’t just let people in—it also translates human language into
machine language (binary 0s and 1s) so that the city can understand.
2. Central Processing Unit (CPU) – The Mayor’s Office
Once the data enters, it needs leadership, decision-making, and execution. That’s where
the CPU comes in. Think of it as the mayor’s office of the city. It has three main
departments:
a) Control Unit (CU) – The City Planner
• The CU is like the planner who directs traffic, ensures every worker knows their
task, and keeps order.
• It doesn’t do the actual work but guides the flow of data and instructions.
• Example: If you type “2 + 3,” the CU tells the Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) to
perform addition and then instructs memory to store the result.
b) Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) – The Mathematician and Judge
• The ALU is the mathematician of the city. It performs all calculations: addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division.
• It is also the judge, handling logical decisions like comparisons (greater than, less
than, equal to).
• Without the ALU, the city would have no way to solve problems or make
decisions.
c) Registers – The Mayor’s Desk
• Registers are tiny, super-fast storage spaces inside the CPU.
• They hold data temporarily while the CPU is working, just like a mayor keeps
urgent files on their desk instead of sending them to the archives.
Together, CU, ALU, and Registers make the CPU the brain of the computer.
3. Memory Unit – The City Library