INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SUBJECT CODE - 402)

MARKING SCHEME
Answer Key Sample Paper 1
CLASS IX (SESSION 2023-2024)
Max. Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 50

SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

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

i. b. Gestures 1
ii. b. completes a task without constant assistance or supervision 1
iii. c. ROM 1
iv. d. Solution-centred Attitude 1
v. d. Provision of Services 1
vi. c. Petrol 1

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

c. Tab Key
a. = C5:K10
d. Find and Replace
b. TODAY
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v. c. Information 1
vi. b. GICs 1
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Q.3 Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills (1 x 4 = 4 marks)

i. d. Notes 1
ii. d. Drag and drop 1
iii. b. Group 1
iv. a. True 1
v. c. Ergonomics 1
vi. b. Leaves the current document intact and creates a new one 1

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

i. b. Absolute 1
ii. b. Electrocardiogram 1
iii. a. Pie 1
iv. b. Accuracy 1
v. c. Custom Animation 1
vi. d. Subscript 1

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 Q.5 Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills (1 x 4 = 4 marks)

i. b. The column letter changes 1

ii. a. True 1
iii. d. All of the Above 1
iv. b. False 1
v. d. Notes 1
vi. d. Esc Key 1

SECTION B: SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions on Employability Skills (2 x 3 = 6 marks)

Answer each question in 20 – 30 words.

Q.6 Time management techniques:

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• To control workload, planning is very important.
• Prioritise and Schedule.
Q.7 Self-confidence is a process that takes efforts and commitment. It 2
requires you to cultivate a positive attitude about yourself to set goals
and take risks. Two ways of building self-confidence:
SWOT analysis: SWOT stands for Strength, Weakness, Opportunity,
Threat. This analysis is a useful technique for understanding your
strengths and weaknesses.
Experience: Gaining experience requires you to take the first step no
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matter how hard it may seem, and then keep practising. Each incident
of success will take your self-confidence a step further.
Q.8 Service business: A service business is involved in provision of 2
intangible offering, i.e. a service that does not have a physical form but
provides value to the customer. Services businesses offer value using
skills, consultancy, expertise, efficiency etc. Some service businesses
include banks, law firms, chartered accountants, financial consultants
etc.
Q.9 A digital divide means a gap between people who have access to latest 2
information technologies, like computer, smart phones, internet, ipad,
etc., and have knowledge to use them and people who do not have
access to use these devices.
Q.10 Core objectives: 2
b. Assisting entrepreneurs in undergoing the process of
entrepreneurship.
c. Handholding budding entrepreneurs to recognize and design
unique business opportunities

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 Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions in 20 – 30 words each. (2 x 4 = 8
marks)
Q.11 By default, a cell reference is a relative reference, which means that 2
the reference is relative to the location of the cell. Relative references
change when a formula is copied to another cell. Example:
=SUM(D2:D6).
An absolute reference is a reference that cannot be changed when
copied, so no changes absolute reference will be seen in rows or
columns in the formula when you copy them. Absolute references are
used when you want to fix a cell location. Example: =SUM($D$2: $D$6).

Q.12 • Correct use of grammar and language – The grammar and 2

language should be correct in your presentation in order to create
a proper impact and impression on the audience.
• Pay attention to target group – While creating the presentation,
one must prepare it according to the requirements of the target
audience.
Q.13 You can create the bullets or numbering list in a document by using the 2
options on the Bullets and Numbering toolbar. You can also create a
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nested list i.e. a list within a list. Numbered lists are used when the
order of the elements in the list is important.
Q.14 Normal view: It is the main view for working with individual slides. This 2
view is used to format and design and to add text, graphics, and
animation effects.
Slide Sorter view: It contains all of the slide thumbnails. It is suitable
for rearranging the slide order.

Q.15 It is not easy to comprehend, compare, analyse or present data when it 2

is represented as numbers. But when data is presented in the form of
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charts it becomes an effective tool to communicate.
• XY Scatter chart – comparing two values
• Bar chart – comparing groups of values.
Q.16 The representation of data in a tabular format is called as table. A table 2
has a number of rows and columns. Tables help arranging data in a
systematic and organised manner and enhance the appearance of a
document.

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50– 80 words each (4 x 3 = 12 marks)

Q.17 a. Checking spelling and grammar: While creating a document on a 4

computer, we may commit spelling mistakes. In such cases, a word
processing application helps us correct the spelling. It also provides
a grammar checker to check the grammar of the sentence.
b. Tricks to speed up the text selection process:
• Position the mouse pointer anywhere on that word and double
click to select.

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 • Position the mouse pointer anywhere in the sentence and triple
click to select.
• Position the mouse pointer anywhere in the paragraph and
quadruple click to select.
• Press Ctrl + A on the key board to select the whole document.
c. Find and Replace: This feature is used to search for a text and
replace it with other text. Once you find a word, choose Replace if
you want to change only first occurrence of a word and use Replace
All to replace all the matching occurrences.
d. Synonyms and Thesaurus: A word processor helps to look up
synonyms i.e. different words with the same meaning in the
thesaurus. The list of synonyms can be accessed from a context
menu. A submenu of alternative words and phrases are displayed.
Q.18 a. C3 – E3 4
b. Copy and paste
c. = D3 * F3
d. = D5 * F5
Q.19 a. Bar chart 4
b. Science and Social Science
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c. Social Science
d. Column chart
Q.20 a. Slide Templates: A slide template is a pattern or blueprint of a slide 4
or group of slides. Templates can contain layouts, colors, fonts,
effects, background styles, and even content. You can create your
own custom templates and store them, reuse them, and share them
with others.
b. Slide Master: It is the main slide that defines and sets the layout,
colors, fonts, backgrounds, effects in a7 presentation.
c. Slide Transitions: Slide transitions feature in a digital presentation
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application can help in controlling the speed, adding sound and
customising the look of transition effects. It is used to determine
how one slide transits into another in a slide show.
d. Slide show: It is a tool for viewing presentations. You can run the
slide show from the first slide or from a slide being viewed currently.
Q.21 a. Normal view: It is the main view for working with individual slides. 4
This view is used to format and design and to add text, graphics, and
animation effects. In this view, the slide is displayed in the middle of
the window.
b. Outline view: It contains all the slides of the presentation in a
sequence. It shows each slide in the outline format. Only the text
contained in each slide is displayed inside the Workspace.
c. Notes view: It is used to add notes to a slide for the information of
presenter. Notes are not seen by the audience while showing the
presentation.
d. Slide Sorter view: It contains all of the slide thumbnails. It is suitable
for rearranging the slide order.

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