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Class 10 - Information Technology (402)

Sample Paper - 04 (2022-23)

Maximum Marks: 50

Time Allowed: : 2 hours

General Instructions:

1. Please read the instructions carefully.

2. This Question Paper consists of 21 questions in two sections: Section A & Section B.
3. Section A has Objective type questions whereas Section B contains Subjective type questions.
4. Out of the given (5+16=) 21 questions, a candidate has to answer (5+10=) 15 questions in the allotted (maximum) time of 2
hours.
5. All questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
6. SECTION A - OBJECTIVE-TYPE QUESTIONS (24 MARKS):
i. This section has 05 questions.
ii. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.
iii. There is no negative marking.
iv. Do as per the instructions given.
7. SECTION B - SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (26 MARKS):
i. This section has 16 questions.
ii. A candidate has to do 10 questions.
iii. Do as per the instructions given.
iv. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.

SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills (1 x 4 = 4 marks)
i. ________ plays a major role in reaction to stress.
a) Emotions
b) Personality
c) Confidence
d) All of these
ii. How many tips are adapted from the American Psychological Association to support individuals in getting the best
out of a stress management plan?
a) 9
b) 7
c) 3
d) 5
iii. What is the term used when you press and hold the left mouse key and move the mouse around?
a) Dragging
b) Moving
c) Highlighting
d) Selecting
iv. The memory which allocates space for DOS and application is called:
a) Virtual memory

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b) Cache memory
c) Conventional memory
d) Expanded memory
v. How can an entrepreneur get the work done by his/her team?
a) Both by creating a spirit of teamwork and by motivation
b) By motivation
c) By creating a spirit of teamwork
d) Using harsh words and actions
vi. Incompetent staff means
a) qualified staff
b) not experienced and qualified
c) None of these
d) experienced staff
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2. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. Which of the following groups on the Insert tab contains the Picture option?
a) Header and Footer
b) Tables
c) Text
d) Illustrations
ii. Which filter makes the picture appear like a painting?
a) Poster like
b) Poster
c) Postersize
d) Posterize
iii. Which tab of Insert Index/Table dialog box help us to apply paragraph style to the table of content.
a) Styles
b) Columns
c) Paragraph Style
d) Background
iv. Images can be added to a document:
a) directly from scanner
b) from file
c) from Open Office gallery
d) all of these
v. The 3-D rotation button is present under the ________ drop-down menu.
a) Shape fill
b) Shape outline
c) Shape styles
d) 3D effects
vi. A new text document can be created by
a) File → New → Blank Document → Create
b) Open → New → Create
c) None of these

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d) File → Open
3. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. In Calc link to external data is present in ________ menu.
a) View
b) File
c) Insert
d) Edit
ii. Goal Seek Option available in ________ menu.
a) Data
b) Insert
c) Format
d) Tools
iii. AA, AB and BZ are example of:
a) Templates
b) Macros
c) Column labels
d) Cell addresses
iv. When sharing worksheets authors may forget to record the changes they make. Calc can find the changes by
________ worksheets.
a) checking
b) duplicating
c) comparing
d) none of these
v. Which of the following is not a way to complete a cell entry?
a) Clicking the Enter button on the formula bar
b) Pressing enter
c) Pressing spacebar
d) Pressing any arrow key on the keyboard
vi. A chart is a tool that is used in
a) document
b) excel
c) database
d) mail merge
4. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. What is the full form of SQL?
a) Structured Query Language
b) Simplified Query Language
c) Simplified Quoted Language
d) Structured Question Language
ii. A key which is referring to the primary key of another table is called ________.
a) Primary Key
b) Foreign Key
c) Alternate Key
d) First Primary Key
iii. Which of the following may not be a database?
a) A telephone  diary

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b) Data entered in Excel spreadsheet
c) A presentation created in PowerPoint
d) Data presented in table in MS Word document.
iv. A database is an organized collection of
a) None of these
b) Data
c) Record
d) Attributes
v. Relationship between tables can be created from ________ menu. 
a) View
b) Windows
c) Insert
d) Tools
vi. Which command is used to display the salary of all the employees after incrementing by 1000.
a) Select
b) Update
c) Modify
d) Change
5. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. Home page helps viewers to find out what they can find on the particular site? Home page is the
a) None of these
b) index page
c) first page of a website
d) about page
ii. In URL, http://www.examin8.com/index.htm, which component identifies the path of a web page?
a) www.arihant.com
b) http
c) /index.htm
d) all of these
iii. A group of computers connected together with the help of cables within an office building is called
a) LAN
b) PAN
c) MAN
d) WAN
iv. The first network was
a) NET
b) ARPANET
c) NSFnet
d) Internet
v. Wireless broadband can be
a) both mobile and fixed
b) mobile
c) fixed
d) none of these
vi. Network formed between computers which are spread across the continents is called
a) WLAN

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b) WAN
c) LAN
d) MAN
SECTION B (Employability Skills)
6. What are the symptoms of stress?
7. Why is self-regulation important in life?
8. What do you mean by Autocorrect?
9. What is the contribution of the entrepreneurs in the execution of Government policies?
10. What are the functions of an entrepreneur? Write any three.
SECTION B (Subject Specific Skills) Short Answers
11. You can make your documents professional and polished by utilising the header and the footer sections.
i. What is a header?
ii. Can you insert a date or time into a header?
12. Write the steps to insert date/time into Header or Footer.
13. Enter the following details in sheet and perform the given tasks.
  A B C D E

1 Employee Records
2 Emp_Code Name Dept City Salary

3 101 Rohan HR Delhi 50000

4 102 Anuj Account Punjab 60000

5 103 Rahul Sales Noida 45000

6 104 Pooja Admin Mumbai 60000

7 105 Neha HR Pune 70000

i. Hide the column D and row 3
ii. Freeze the row 3.
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14. State the relationship and difference between a primary and foreign key.
15. What do you mean by data integrity?
16. What are the differences between star topology and bus topology of network?
SECTION B (Subject Specific Skills) Long Answers
17. What is the difference between the Save and Save As options?
18. How can conditional formatting be used to identify duplicates in excel? Write the steps.
19. What is the use of the SELECT command in SQL?
20. The director of a company uses a database to store data about job title. This is a part of the database given below:

EmployeeSalary
Last Name First Name Dept Payroll Number Salary (₹) Job Title
Shen James Finance A621 19500 Payroll Clerk

Gupta Shruthi Finance M502 35000 Accountant

Bedi Reeta Human Resource M421 18500 Secretary

Walker Tia Sales W815 24000 Sales Representative

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Shafia Ahmed Factory H219 39000 Factory Manager

Mittal Chavi Purchasing M134 20000 Purchasing Clerk

i. How many records are there in this part of the database?
ii. How many fields are there in this part of the database?
iii. What is the job title of the employee with Payroll Number M421?
iv. Which department has maximum employees and what are their Payroll Numbers?
21. Internet stands for interconnected networks. It is an interconnection of computers all over the world. There are millions
of websites over the internet that provides information and services to users. We can access these websites through web
browsers.
a. What is WWW?
b. What is a Web Browser? Pawan wants to access the CBSE result. Suggest some browsers that he can use. 

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Class 10 - Information Technology (402)

Sample Paper - 04 (2022-23)

Solution

SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills (1 x 4 = 4 marks)
i. (b) Personality

Explanation: Personality
ii. (b) 7

Explanation: 7
iii. (a) Dragging

Explanation: Dragging
iv. (c) Conventional memory

Explanation: Conventional memory

v. (a) Both by creating a spirit of teamwork and by motivation

Explanation: Both by creating a spirit of teamwork and by motivation

vi. (b) not experienced and qualified

Explanation: not experienced and qualified

2. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. (d) Illustrations

Explanation: Illustrations
ii. (d) Posterize

Explanation: Posterize
iii. (a) Styles

Explanation: Styles
iv. (d) all of these

Explanation: all of these

v. (d) 3D effects

Explanation: 3D effects
vi. (a) File → New → Blank Document → Create

Explanation: New text document can be created by

File → New → Blank Document → Create

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3. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. (c) Insert

Explanation: Insert
ii. (d) Tools

Explanation: Tools
iii. (c) Column labels

Explanation: Column labels

iv. (c) comparing

Explanation: comparing

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v. (c) Pressing spacebar

Explanation: Pressing spacebar

vi. (b) excel

Explanation: A chart is a tool that is used in excel for representing data graphically.
4. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. (a) Structured Query Language

Explanation: Structured Query Language

ii. (b) Foreign Key

Explanation: Foreign Key

iii. (c) A presentation created in PowerPoint

Explanation: A presentation created in PowerPoint

iv. (b) Data

Explanation: Data
v. (d) Tools

Explanation: Tools
vi. (a) Select

Explanation: Select
5. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. (c) first page of a website

Explanation: The home page refers to the initial or main or first web page of a website, sometimes called the front
page. It can help the viewers to find out what they can find on a particular site.
ii. (c) /index.htm

Explanation: /index.htm, because path name identifies the path of a web page.
iii. (a) LAN

Explanation: Using LAN, we can connect computers within a building only.

iv. (b) ARPANET

Explanation: The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the world’s first operational
packet switching network.
v. (a) both mobile and fixed

Explanation: Wireless broadband can be mobile or fixed. It does not require modem or cable.
vi. (b) WAN

Explanation: Across the continents, computers can be connected using WAN only.
SECTION B (Employability Skills)
6. Stress can cause symptoms such as cold hands or feet, tenseness, increased sweating, dry mouth, etc. These are all short-
term symptoms of stress.
7. Self-regulation is important in life due to following reasons: 
i. Self-regulation allows you to keep a tab on your own emotions.
ii. Self-regulation enables to develop the idea about ‘what is appropriate behaviour and ‘what is inappropriate
behaviour in a given social condition.
iii. It helps in controlling negative impulses and reciprocate emotions for actualising set goals.
8. Autocorrect is an automatic data validation function commonly found in word processors and text editing interfaces.
9. The entrepreneurs provide an important contribution in implementing government policies and achieving national goals.
They cooperate with the government for the implementation of development plans of the country.
10. The functions of an entrepreneur are as follows:
i. Organisation and Management: An entrepreneur organises and manages various economic and human factors
through planning, coordination, control, supervision and direction.

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ii. Size and Scale of Business Unit: An entrepreneur has to decide about the size of business unit as he wants to
establish one production unit or more dependent upon the demand of the product. Similarly, he has to decide about
scale of production i.e. Small Scale, Middle Scale or Large Scale.
iii. Factors of Production: Another important function of an entrepreneur is the factors of production i.e. land, labour,
capital, etc., should be in right proportion and to maximise output of these factors is the responsibility of the
entrepreneur.
SECTION B (Subject Specific Skills) Short Answers
11. i. Header is a section of the document that appears at the top margin of every page.
ii. Yes, we can insert date or time into a header.
12. Steps to insert date/time into header or footer are as follows:
i. On the Design tab, in the Insert group, click the Date & Time option.
ii. Select date and time format from the Date and Time dialog box.
iii. Click OK button.

Now, Date/Time will appear in the document.

13. i. Select the row 3, on the Home tab in the Cells group, click the Format option. Select Hide & Unhide and then Hide
Rows. The row 3 will be hidden. Similarly, select the column D, on the Home tab in the cells group, click the Format
option. Select Hide & Unhide and then Hide Columns. The column D will be hidden.
ii. Select the row 3, click the Freeze Panes option in the Window group of View tab. Click on the Freeze Panes option.
All rows above the row 3 will be frozen and a horizontal line will appear to indicate the freezing is done.
14. Relationship between primary key and foreign key: A foreign key is a column or set of columns in one table that
references the primary key columns in another table. Difference between primary key and foreign key: Primary key can’t
accept null values whereas foreign key can accept multiple null values.
15. Data integrity is the overall completeness, accuracy and consistency of data. This can be indicated by the absence of
alteration between two instances or between two updates of a data record, meaning data is intact and unchanged.

Data integrity is usually imposed during the database design phase through the use of standard procedures and rules. It is
maintained through the use of various error-checking methods and validation procedures.
16. Differences between star topology and bus topology are as follows:
Star Topology Bus Topology

All the nodes are directly connected There is a single length of transmission medium, on which various nodes are
with the central node or server. attached and the server can be anywhere in the transmission cable.

Faults can be easily detected. Faults cannot be easily detected

It is fast in transmission. Becomes slow with increase in node.
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SECTION B (Subject Specific Skills) Long Answers
17. ‘Save’ means the file gets saved under its current name, in whatever folder it was saved before or in the default folder of
that computer, whereas ‘Save As’ gives you the opportunity to save the file under a different name and in another folder.
‘Save As’ allows you to name the updated version with a new name and at the same time preserving the old version.
18. Conditional formatting is one of the most simple powerful feature in excel spreadsheets. You can use conditional
formatting when you want to highlight cells that meet a specified condition. Conditional formatting in excel can be used
to identify duplicates in a datasheet.
i. Select the dataset in which you want to highlight duplicates.
ii. Go to Home tab → Conditional Formatting → Highlight Cells Rules → Duplicate Values.

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iii. Duplicate values dialog box will appear in the Duplicate Values dialog box, make sure duplicate is selected in the left
drop-down. You can specify the format to be applied by using the right drop-down. There are some existing formats
that you can use, or specify your own format using the Custom Format option.
iv. Click OK button.
19. The SELECT command is used to retrieve zero or more records from one or more tables of a database or a different
database. It is the most commonly used DML command. Following optional clauses can be used with the select
command:
WHERE Specifies which rows are to be retrieved
ORDER BY specifies the order in which the rows are to be retrieved
20. i. 6
ii. 6
iii. Secretary
iv. Finance department and their Payroll Numbers are A621 and M502.
21. a. WWW stands for World Wide web. It is a collection of protocols required for transmitting documents on internet.
b. It is a software used to display web pages and web sites. Examples of web browsers are Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome

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