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Direction for Q 4 to 7: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: The world has changed since the first computer was introduced. However, only in recent years, in an astonishingly accelerated way, computer technology has become more and more complex and multifunctional within our society. In the beginning/the computer was a huge monster, occupying an entire room. Nowadays, the more efficient a computer gets the smaller they become. Business needs powerful computers to save their client and customer data. So, they have to use computers to sell more and in a quick way, making or keeping people very satisfied. Schools and universities also use computers to assist students and for research. The government would be slower in serving citizens without computers, because they provide storage for citizen's data and enable the processing of their demands. More than ever Health assistance has been integrating technology into its treatment and therapy. Services, entertainment, and many activities worldwide are using computer technology to improve themselves. Nevertheless, the chief aim of the computer technology industry is the individual. Personal users must be conquered, because they return higher revenues and take the bigger part, and also hold the biggest demand for electronics. That is why Microsoft, Google and Apple are millionaires; aiming to grasp individuals firmly, they grant people access to the World Wide Web, and not only this, they seduce people in way that young and old alike cannot escape. It is for certain that people are addicted to computers and they cannot live without them. The size of the computer in the earlier days was:

A) Compact

B) Large

C) Small

D) Huge monster

E) None of these