Question

Visit some of the places like bank, automobile showroom, shopping mall, tehsil office, etc., and find out 2–3 names of tools/instruments used to capture data in digital format.

Answer 1

Some common tools/instruments used to capture data in digital format are:

• Bank: Biometric scanner, card reader, and keyboard.
• Automobile showroom: Barcode/QR code scanner, computer keyboard, and digital camera.
• Shopping mall: Barcode scanner, QR code scanner, and touchscreen.
• Tehsil office: Scanner, biometric device, and keyboard.

These devices help in capturing and converting information into digital form so that it can be stored and processed by computers. This is consistent with the NCERT discussion of data capturing using devices such as keyboards and barcode readers.