Maximum Marks: 35 Time Allowed: 90 Minutes

General Instructions:
> The question paper is divided into 3 Sections - A, B and C.
> Section A, consist of 25 Questions (1-25). Attempt any 22 questions.
> Section B, consist of 20 Questions (26-45). Attempt any 15 questions.
> Section C, consist of 10 case study based Questions (46-55). Attempt any 8 questions.
> All questions carry equal marks of 0.77

SECTION A :
This section consists of 25 Questions (1 to 25). Attempt any 22 questions from this section. Choose the best
possible option.
Sr.
No
1 What is the Full form of CPU
a) Central Processing Utility
b) Central Process Unit
c) Computing Processing Unit
d) Central Processing Unit
2 A CMOS is a :
a) Magnetic Chip
b) Metal Oxide Chip
c) Potato Chips
d) None of the Above
3 SOC stands for :
a) System On Chip
b) System On CMOS
c) System of Computing
d) Semiconductor Oxide Chip
4 Ubuntu is a :
a) Operating System
b) System Software
c) Kind of Linux
d) All of Above
5 Which of the following statement is incorrect :
a) A data bus is Unidirectional
b) An Address Bus is Unidirectional
c) A Control Bus is Unidirectional
d) All buses except data bus is Unidirectional
6 In case of read operation , the CPU specifies the address , and the data is placed on the data bus by a dedicated
hardware named ___________ (Fill in the blank with appropriate option)

a) USB
b) Data Controller
c) Memory Controller
d) Device Controller
7 The word size of the Microprocessor with a VLSI type chip has a word size of :
a) 8 bit
b) 16 bit
c) Both 16 and 32 bit
d) Both 32 and 64 bit
8 Raghu wants to purchase a computer which is very efficient in handling multiple processes at a time. Which
aspect of his Computer’s CPU should be taken care of by him :
 a) Clock Speed
b) Core
c) Word Size
d) Memory Size
9 Which of the following will not be present on a Microcontroller:
a) CPU
b) BUSES
c) I/O Ports
d) Dedicated GPU
10 WWW stands for :
a) WORLD WEB WIDE
B) WEB WORLD WIDE
c) WORLD WIDE WEB
d) WIDE WEB WORLD
11 The fundamental Unit of Which an Image is made up of is :
a) a pixel
b) a bit
c) a color bit
d) None of above
12 The IDLE related to Python is a :
a) Compiler
b) Code Editor
c) both a and b
d) A Gaming Platform
13 Statement A : Program written High Level Languages are slower to be compiled.
Statement B : The Native Language of Computer is Binary
Choose the Most appropriate out of following which describes the above two statements.
a) Statement A and Statement B are Both True and B is correctly related to A
b) Statement A and Statement B are Both True but B is not correctly related to A
c) Both Statements A and B are Incorrect
d) Statement A is correct but Statement B is Incorrect
14 Statement A : All Algorithms are also Programs
Statement B : All Programs have Algorithms
Choose the Most appropriate out of following which describes the above two statements.
a) Statement A is correct but B is incorrect
b) Statement A is incorrect but B is correct
c) Statement A and B both are incorrect
d) Statement A and B both are correct
15 Which of the following is not the task of an Operating System:
a) Memory Swapping
b) Program Translation
c) Process Management
d) Device Management
16 The word ‘EGG’ when converted into binary is :
a) 01000101 01000111 01000111
b) 01000101 01000101 01000101
c) 01000101 01000100 01000101
D) 01000101 01000011 01000101
17 Which of the following Encoding Scheme follows a 8 bitencoding Scheme :
a) ASCII
b) ISCII
c) UNICODE
 d) Both b and c
18 Which of the following Number cannot belong to an Octal System:
a) 777
b) 654
c) 218
d) 546
19 To track the direction of Aeroplanes which of the Number System if most suitable:
a) Hexadecimal
b) Octal
c) Binary
d) Decimal
20 To represent the color codes in computer which number system is most appropriate choice :
a) Binary
b) Decimal
c) Octal
d) Hexadecimal
21 The Hexadecimal equivalent for (122)10 is :
a) 7A
b) A7
c) AA
D) 77
22 The Octal representation of (0.675)10 is :
a) 0.53144
b) 0.64135
c) 0.53146
d) 1.64135
23 The radix of a number system is the :
a) total number in the system
b) sum total of all numbers in the system
c) total count of digits in the system
d) sum total of all digits in the system
24 Which is the correct sequence out of the following:
a) Program--> Flowcharts-->Algorithms--> Analysis
b) Analysis-->Flowcharts-->Algorithms-->Program
c) Analysis-->Algorithms-->Flowcharts-->Program
d) Analysis-->Program-->Flowchart-->Algorithm

25 Which of the following is not the Feature of an Algorithm:

a) Output
b) Finiteness
c) Precision
d) Ambiguity
SECTION B
This section consists of 20 Questions (26 to 45). Attempt any 15 questions.
26 Factorial of a Number N is the product of all numbers between 1 and N. Rakesh made following flowchart to find
Factorial of a number N:
 Rakesh is unable to get correct factorial value for any number N using his above flowchart. Which of the
following errors did he might have committed:
a) Has given Wrong Condition for the Cycle(Loop)
b) Has initialized Value of F wrongly
c) Is using wrong Mathematical Operation for finding factorial
d) Has wrongly decreased value of N within the Loop
27 The following is a flowchart representation of the algorithm to categorize a person into “Child” , “Teenager” and
“Adult” based on his /her age, taking Child for anyone with age less than 13 , Teenager between 13 and 19 and
Adult equal to or above 20 years. Fill in the Blank 1 and 2 within the Flowchart with appropriate options:

a) Age < 13 , Age < 20

b) Age < 20 , Age <13
c) Age <=13 , Age <= 20
d) Age > 13 , Age > 20
28 Which of the following is not True in respect to errors in a program :
a) All Errors are reported by compiler.
 b) Errors are also called bugs
c) Logical Errors are difficult to be tracked
d) Errors reduces the quality of a program
29 In respect to Boolean Algebra which of the following is incorrect :
a) 1+1 = 1
b) A+0 = 1
c) A.0 = A
d) 1.1 = 1
30 Assertion (A): Python is a case sensitive language.
Reason (R) : Python treats Variables “TOTAL” and “total” equivalent
Choose the appropriate one from Following :
a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation for A
b) Both A and R are Correct but R is not correct explanation for A
c) A is correct but R is incorrect
D) Both A and R are incorrect.
31 Which of the following is not a Software Testing method :
a) Unit Testing
b) Integration Testing
c) Acceptance Testing
d) None of the above
32 Consider the following Algorithm to calculate the Highest Common Factor of two Numbers A and B (where B >
A)
1. Start
2. Input Numbers A and B
3. Set F = A , D = Integer Part of Quotient of B ÷ 2
4. Set X = 1
5. Check if X <= D if True proceed to 6 else proceed to 10
6. Check if Remainder of A ÷ X = 0 and Remainder of B ÷ X = 0 if True proceed to 7, else proceed to 8
7. Check if X > F if True then Set F = X
8. X = X + 1
9. Proceed to Step 5
10. Print F as Highest Common Factor of A and B
11. End

What will be the intermediate value(s) of F if the Number A and B are input as 12 , 24 respectively ?
a) 2 , 4 , 6, 8, 10 , 12
b) 2, 4, 6
c) 2, 4, 6,12
d) 2 , 4 , 12

33 Choose the appropriate Missing statement #1 in the following Algorithm to find Area of a Triangle using Heron’s
Formula:
1. Start
2. Input Sides say a , b , c
3. Set ________________ # Statement 1
4. Set area = (s x (s-a) x (s-b) x (s-c) ) ½
5. Print area
6. Stop
 a) s = 0
b) s = a+b+c
c) s = ½ x (a+b+c)
d) s = 2 x (a+b+c)
34. Which of the Following is not a Feature of Python Language:
a) Python is a 3rd Generation High Level Language
b) Python is Free and Open Source
c) Python Programs are Hardware Platform dependent.
d) Python is popular language to be used in Web Programming
35 Which of the following cannot be a valid Python Identifier ?
a) sum_of_value
b) b4u
c) For
d) total boys
36 Which of the following symbols are used to make comments in Python :
a) #
b) !--
c) //
d) “
37 What is the output of the following python code :
>>> type(True)
a) int
b) bool
c) str
d) float
38 Which of the following is not a Sequence Data type in Python :
a) Dictionary
b) Tuple
c) String
d) List
39 A value in the form of a+bj in python is belongs to which datatype:
a) Boolean
b) Integer
c) Floating Point
d) Complex
40 Consider the following code and choose the correct option:
a , b = 2,3 ,[4,7,8]
a) a is integer , and b is tuple
b) a is tuple , and b is a list
c) a and b both are list
d) code will generate error
41 A value x = { ‘RAM’ : 16 , ‘SSD’ : 256 , ‘CPU’ : 4.3 } is known as _______ in python :
a) List
b) Tuple
c) Dictionary
d) String
42 Python has a total of _____ number of Keywords:
a) 33
b) 34
 c) 35
d) 30
43 The following code does not executes due to error.

a = int( input(“Enter a value :”)) # Line 1

area = 3.14*a*a #Line 2
Print(“The Area is :” , area) # Line3

Choose the correct reason from the following :

a) Line No #1 will generate Error

b) Line No #2 and #3 will generate errors
c) Only Line No #3 will generate error
d) All of the lines will generate errors
44 ___________ are the names given to Python Objects in a program
a) Literals
b) Keywords
c) Variables
d) Operators
45 Which of the following Python Tokens are predefined in Python :
a) Identifier
b) Opereators
c) Keywords
d) Both b and c
SECTION –C ( Case Study based Questions )
This section consists of 10 Questions (46 -55) Attempt any 8 questions.
Suraj Wanted to Learn Programing for the First Time after he passed class 10 th . He wants to his basics to be very
clear about how a program works along with that he wants to choose such a language which is very easy to
understand and has a wide applicability area. It took 10 days to Suraj to learn the language he had choose and
after that he wrote the following program for the first time to calculate his average score in all subjects exams
out of 100 :

marks_in_maths = 50
marks_in_science = 60
marks_in_sst = 70
average = marks_in_science+marks_in_sst+marks_in_maths / 300
print(average)

Now answer any 4 questions from Q46 to 50 based on above Case Study
46 Which Language out of following Suraj had choose :
a) C
b) Python
c) C++
d) Java
47 Which steps of Problem Solving will help Suraj to achieve his goal of getting his basics very clear about how a
program works?
a) Learning Algorithm first and then developing program
b) Developing Programs without Learning any Algorithm
c) Memorizing the Programs
 d) None of the above
48 Though Suraj is successful in executing his program but he is getting wrong results for average score due to :
a) Syntax Error
b) Value Error
c) Logical Error
d) Runtime Error
49 Using the language which Suraj has choose to Learn he cannot :
a) Design a program for Robots or AI
b) Design a program for developing a website
c) Design a program which runs on computer as well as wearable devices.
d) Design a program for Embedded Systems
50 Which of the following Software he will need to execute the program he has developed:
a) A separate Compiler , Interpreter and an Program Editor
b) Only a Programming tool like IDLE
c) Only Notepad
d) No separate software is needed at all , his Windows OS is enough.
Consider the following Algorithm and then answer any Four Questions from Q51 to 55 following it:
1. Start
2. Set S = 0
3. Input N
4. If N > 0 then proceed to step 5 else proceed to step 10
5. Calculate Remainder of N ÷ 10 say R
6. S = S+ R
7. Calculate Integer Part of Quotient of N ÷ 10 say Q
8. Set N = Q
9. Proceed to Step 4
10. Print S
11. End.
51 What is the above lines called as :
a) Program
b) Pseudocode
c) Flowchart
d) None of the Above
52 What is the purpose of the above Algorithm:
a) It calculates sum of factors of a Number N
b) It calculates sum of multiples of a Number N
c) It calculates sum of digits of a Number N
d) It calculates sum of all digits which are divisible by 10 in the Number N
53 Which type of Flow of Logic is shown in the above Algorithm:
a) Sequential
b) Conditional
c) Iterative (Cyclic)
d) Procedural
54 What will be the Final value of N after completion of above algorithm :
a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
D) 10
55 What will happen to the result obtained by the algorithm if the positions of steps 6 and 7 are exchanged?
a) Will effect on the result of the algorithm and it will change
b) Will not effect on the result of the algorithm and it will be same as ealier.
c) Will stop algorithm from working, at all.
d) None of the above.