GUIDELINES FOR CSB CANDIDATES : PGT COMPUTER SCIENCE

1. Aim. To test the level of knowledge of the candidate and assess his/her suitability for employment as
PGT Computer Science to teach with proficiency in class XI & XII in an English medium Private school system
following the syllabus prescribed by CBSE. The Proficiency is primarily required in C++/JAVA/PITHON.

2. Knowledge Level. Though PGT Computer Science has to teach class XI & XII, the knowledge level
will be beyond class XII so that the teacher can help and guide learners to think critically out of TEXTBOOK
questions. Also the teacher is to assist and help the Management/Principal in developing IT infrastructure in
the school.

3. Understanding. Candidate should have very well versed with the Computer Fundamentals,
programming concepts especially in C++, JAWA and PITHON. Also s/he should have good understanding of Net
Technologies, Database Management System, RDBMS, SQL etc. S/he should be able to analyse and
comprehend a question asked in the paper, be in a position to choose the correct/relevant answer from the
options given in English in the limited time available for the Ques Paper.

4. Awareness. Candidates are also required to be very well verse with the latest developments in the
field of teaching and learning besides Computer Sc, IT, ICT in Education etc.

5. Format of the Paper. The paper will consist of 90 questions based on the following format:-

(a) Knowledge Based Ques - 10%

(b) Understanding Based Ques - 20%
(c) Application Based Ques - 30%
(d) Skill Based Ques - 40%

6. The broad breakdown of question paper will be as under:-

BREAKDOWN OF QUESTIONS
(a) Computer Fundamentals : 8 Marks
(b) Programming in C++, Python : 20 Marks
Data Structure and Programming Methodology
(c) Databases Management System and : 10 Marks
SQL
(d) Boolean Algebra & Digital Electronics : 5 Marks

(e) Networking, OSS and : 10 Marks

Communication Technologies
(f) Programming in JAVA and : 20 Marks
IT application
(g) Web Development, HTML/XML/ : 12 Marks
Web Scripting
(h) Multimedia & Authoring Tools : 5 Marks
TOTAL 90 Marks/Questions
7. Detailed Syllabus. Detailed Syllabus is given as under:-
COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS - 8 Marks
Evolution of computers; Basics of computer system and its operation: Functional Components and
their inter-connections; concept of Booting.
Software Concepts: Types of Software - System Software, Utility Software and Application Software;
System Software: Operating System, Compiler, Interpreter and Assembler; Utility Software: Anti Virus,
File Management tools, Compression tools and Disk Management tools Application software: Office Tools
- Word Processor, Presentation Tool, Spreadsheet Package, Database Management System; Domain
specific tools - School Management System, Inventory Management System, Payroll System, Financial
Accounting, Hotel Management, Reservation System and Weather Forecasting System
Number System: Binary, Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal and conversion amongst these number systems.
Internal Storage encoding of Characters: ASCII, ISCII (Indian scripts Standard Code for
Information Interchange), and UNICODE (for multilingual computing)
Microprocessor: Basic concepts, Clock speed (MHz, GHz), 16 bit, 32 bit, 64 bit processors,
128 bit processors; Types - CISC Processores (Complex Instruction set computing), RISC Processors
(Reduced Instruction set computing), and EPIC (Explicitly parallel Instruction computing).
Memory Concepts: Units: Byte, Kilo Byte, Mega Byte, Giga Byte, Tera Byte, Peta Byte, Exa Byte, Zetta Byte,
Yotta Byte Primary Memory: Cache, RAM, ROM Secondary Memory: Fixed and Removable Storage - Hard
Disk Drive, CD/DVD Drive, Pen Drive, Blue Ray Disk
Input Output Ports/Connections: Serial, Parallel and Universal Serial Bus, PS-2 port, Infrared port,
Bluetooth, Firewire.

PROGRAMMING IN C++ - 20 Marks

Getting Started :
C++ character set, C++ Tokens, Structure of a C++ Program (include files, main function), Header files -
iostream.h, iomanip.h, cout, cin; Use of I/O operators (<< and >>), Use of endl and setw (), Cascading of
I/O operators, Error Messages; Use of editor, basic commands of editor, compilation, linking and
execution.
Data Types, Variables and Constants: Concept of Data types; Built-in Data types: char, int, float and
double; Constants: Integer Constants, Character constants - \n, \t, \b), Floating Point Constants, String
Constants; Access modifier: const; Variables of built-in data types, Declaration/Initialisation of variables,
Assignment statement; Type modifier: signed, unsigned, long
Operator and Expressions: Operators: Arithmetic operators (-,+,*,/,%), Unary operator (-), Increment (++)
and Decrement (--) Operators, Relation operator (>,>=,<,<=,= =,!=), Logical operators (!, &&,||),
Conditional operator; Precedence of Operators; Automatic type conversion in expressions, Type casting;
C++ shorthands (+=, -=, *=, /=, %=)
Flow of control: Conditional statements: if-else, Nested if, switch..case..default, use of conditional
operator, Nested switch..case, break statement (to be used in switch..case only); Loops: while, do - while
, for and
Nested loops
Inbuilt Functions; Header file Categorization Header Function File; Standard input/output functions
stdio.h; Character Functions ctype.h; String Functions string.h ; Mathematical Functions math.h
Other Functions stdlib.h randomize ( ), random ( ), User Defined Functions: Introduction to user-defined
function and its requirements.
Defining a function; function prototype, Invoking/calling a function, passing arguments to function,
specifying argument data types, default argument, constant argument, call by value, call by reference,
returning values from a function, calling functions with arrays, scope rules of functions and variables local
and global variables. Relating the Parameters and return type concepts in built-in functions.
Structured Data Type:
Arrays: Introductory and advantages. One Dimensional Array : Declaration/initialisation of One-
dimensional array, Inputting array elements, Accessing array elements, Manipulation of Array elements,
Declaration/Initialization of a String, string manipulations; Two-dimensional Array Declaration/
initialisation of a two-dimensional array, inputting array elements Accessing array elements, Manipulation
of Array elements
User-defined Data Types: Introduction ;Structure Defining a Structure (Keyword Structure), Declaring
structure variables, Accessing structure elements, Passing structure to Functions as value and reference
argument/parameter, Function returning structure, Array of structures, passing an array of structure as an
argument/ a parameter to a function; using typedef keyword using #define directive.
Object Oriented Programming:
Concept of Object Oriented Programming - Data hiding, Data encapsulation, Class and Object, Abstract
class and Concrete class, Polymorphism; Inheritance, Advantages of Object Oriented Programming over
earlier programming methodologies,
Implementation of Object Oriented Programming concepts in C++:
Definition of a class, Members of a class - Data Members and Member Functions (methods), Using Private
and Public visibility modes, default visibility mode (private); Member function definition: inside class
definition and outside class definition using scope resolution operator (::); Declaration of objects as
instances of a class; accessing members from object(s), Objects as function arguments - pass by value and
pass by reference;
Constructor and Destructor: Destructor: Special Characteristics, Declaration and definition of destructor;
Inheritance (Extending Classes):
Data File Handling: Text File : Basic file operations on text file: Binary File: Creation of file, Writing data
into file, Searching for required data from file, Appending data to a file, Insertion of data in sorted file,
Deletion of data from file, Modification of data in a file; Header file: fstream.h; ifstream, ofstream, fstream
classes; Opening a text file in in, out, and app modes; Using cascading operators (>> <<)for writing text to
the file and reading text from the file; open(), get(), put(), getline() and close() functions; Detecting end-of-
file (with or without using eof() function); Opening a binary file using in, out, and app modes; open(),
read(), write() and close() functions; Detecting end-of-file (with or without using eof() function); tellg(),
tellp(), seekg(), seekp() functions.
Pointers: Introduction to Printer, Declaration and Initialization of Pointers; Dynamic memory
allocation/deallocation operators: new, delete; Pointers and Arrays: Array of Pointers, Pointer to an array
(1 dimensional array), Function returning a pointer, Reference variables and use of alias; Function call by
reference. Pointer to structures: De-reference/Deference operator: *, ->; self referencial structures;

PROGRAMMING METHODOLOGY
General Concepts; Modular approach; Clarity and Simplicity of Expressions, Use of proper Names for
identifiers, Comments, Indentation; Documentation and Program Maintenance; Running and Debugging
programs, Syntax Errors, Run-Time Errors, Logical Errors Problem Solving Methodologies: Understanding
of the problem, Identifying minimum number of inputs required for output, Writing code to optimizing
execution time and memory storage, step by step solution for the problem, breaking down solution into
simple steps, Identification of arithmetic and logical operations required for solution, Control Structure:
Conditional control and looping (finite and infinite)

DATA STRUCTURES
Introduction to data structure, primitive and non-primitive data structure, linear and non-linear structure,
static and dynamic data structure.
Arrays: One and two Dimensional arrays: Sequential allocation and address calculation; One dimensional
array: Traversal, Searching (Linear, Binary Search), Insertion of an element in an array, deletion of an
element from an array, Sorting (Insertion, Selection) Two-dimensional arrays: Traversal, Finding
sum/difference of two NxM arrays containing numeric values, Interchanging Row and Column elements in
a two dimensional array;
Stack (Array and Linked implementation of Stack): Introduction to stock (LIFO - Last in First Out
Operations) Operations on Stack (PUSH and POP) and its Implementation in C++, Converting expressions
from
INFIX to POSTFIX notation and evaluation of Postfix expression;
Queue: (Circular Array and Linked Implementation): Introduction to Queue (FIFO - First in First out
operations) Operations on Queue (Insert and Delete) and its Implementation in C++.

DATABASES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SQL - 10 Marks

Database Concepts: Introduction to data base concepts and its need. Relational data model: Concept of
domain, tuple, relation, key, primary key, alternate key, candidate key; Relational algebra: Selection,
Projection, Union and Cartesian product;
Structured Query Language: General Concepts: Advantages of using SQL, Data Definition Language and
Data Manipulation Language; Data types: NUMBER/DECIMAL, CHARACTER/VARCHAR/VARCHAR2, DATE;
SQL commands: CREATE TABLE, DROP TABLE, ALTER TABLE, UPDATE...SET..., INSERT, DELETE; SELECT,
DISTINCT, FROM, WHERE, IN, BETWEEN, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY; SQL functions: SUM, AVG,
COUNT, MAX and MIN; Obtaining results (SELECT query) from 2 tables using equi-join, Cartesian Product
and Union Note: Implementation of the above mentioned commands could be done on any SQL supported
software on one or two tables.
Functions in MySQL: String Functions : CHAR(), CONCAT(),INSTR(), LCASE(), LEFT(), LOWER(), LENGTH(),
LTRIM(), MID(), RIGHT(), RTRIM(), SUBSTR(), TRIM(), UCASE(), UPPER(). Mathematical Functions : POWER(),
ROUND(), TRUNCATE(). Date and Time Functions : CURDATE() , DATE(), MONTH(), YEAR(), DAY
DAYOFMONTH(), DAYOFWEEK(), DAYOFYEAR(), NOW(), SYSDATE().
Working with number Character, Date, and NULL values. Using Comparison Operators : =, <, >, <=, >=, <>,
BETWEEN, IN, LIKE (%,_), Using Logical Operators - AND, OR, NOT, Operator Precedence. ORDER BY
Clause: Sorting in Ascending/Descending Order, Sorting using Column alias, Sorting On Multiple Columns.
Manipulating Data of a Table/Relation: Update command to change existing data of a Table; Delete
command for removing row(s) from a Table. Restructuring a table: ALTER TABLE for adding new column(s),
and deleting columns.
Displaying table data: SELECT command for Selecting all the Columns, Selecting Specific Column, Using
Arithmetic Operators, Operator Precedence, Defining and using column alias, Eliminating duplicate values
from display (DISTINCT Keyword), Limiting rows during selection (using WHERE clause), Working with
number Character, Date, and NULL values. Using Comparison Operators : =, <, >, <=, >=, <>, BETWEEN,
IN, LIKE (%,_), Using Logical Operators - AND, OR, NOT, Operator Precedence. ORDER BY Clause: Sorting
in Ascending/Descending Order, Sorting using Column alias, Sorting On Multiple Columns. Manipulating
Data of a Table/Relation: Update command to change existing data of a Table; Delete command for
removing row(s) from a Table.Restructuring a table: ALTER TABLE for adding new column(s), and deleting
columns. Grouping Records: GROUP BY, Group functions - MAX(), MIN(), AVG(), SUM(), COUNT(); using
COUNT(*), DISTINCT clause with COUNT, Group Functions and Null Values, Displaying Data From Multiple
Tables: Cartesian product, Union, concept of Foreign Key, Equi- Join Creating a Table with PRIMARY KEY
and NOT NULL constraints, Viewing Constraints, Viewing the Columns associated with constraints using
DESC Command; ALTER TABLE for deleting a column, modifying data type of a column, adding constraints,
enabling constraints, and dropping constraints.

BOOLEAN ALGEBRA - 5 Marks

Role of Logical Operations in Computing. Binary-valued Quantities, Logical Variable, Logical Constant and
Logical Operators: AND, OR, NOT; Truth Tables; Closure Property, Commutative Law, Associative Law,
Identity law, Inverse law, Principle of Duality, Idem potent Law, Distributive Law, Absorption Law,
Involution law, DeMorgan's Law and their applications; Obtaining Sum of Product (SOP) and Product of
Sum (POS) form from the Truth Table, Reducing Boolean Expression (SOP and POS) to its minimal form,
Use of Karnaugh Map for minimization of Boolean expressions (up to 4 variables); Application of
Computing Logic: Building up logic circuits using basic Logic Gates (NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOT) Use of
Boolean operators (NOT, AND, OR) in SQL SELECT statements Use of Boolean operators (AND, OR) in
search engine queries.

NETWORKING AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

- 10 Marks
Evolution of Networking: ARPANET, www, Internet, Interspace Different ways of sending data across the
network with reference to switching techniques (Circuit, Message and Packet switching)
Data Communication terminologies: Concept of Channel and Data transfer rate (bps, kbps, Mbps, Gbps,
Tbps) Transmission media: Twisted pair cable, coaxial cable, optical fiber, infrared, radio link, microwave
link and satellite link
Network devices: Modem RJ11and RJ45 connectors, Ethernet Card, Hub, Switch, Gateway Network
Topologies and types: Bus, Star, Tree; PAN, LAN, WAN, MAN Network Protocol: TCP/IP, File Transfer
Protocol (FTP), PPP, Remote Login (Telnet), Internet Wireless/Mobile Communication protocol such as
GSM, CDMA, GPRS, WLL, Mobile Telecommunication Technologies : 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G; Electronic mail
protocols such as SMTP, POP3 Protocols for Chat and Video Conferencing VOIP Wireless protocols such as
Wi-Fi and WiMax Network Security Concepts: Threats and prevention from Viruses, Worms, Trojan horse,
Spams Use of Cookies, Protection using Firewall; India IT Act, Cyber Law, Cyber Crimes, IPR issues, Hacking.
WebServices: WWW, Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), eXtensible Markup Language (XML); Hyper
Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP); Domain Names; URL; Protocol Address; Website, Web browser, Web
Servers; Web Hosting, Web Scripting - Client side (VB Script, Java Script, PHP) and Server side
(ASP, JSP, PHP), Web 2.0 (for social networking)
Open Standards Introduction to open standards and its advantage in development of inter-operable
environment. Open Source Concepts Proprietory and Open Source Software, Freeware, Shareware,
FLOSS/FOSS, GNU,FSF, OSI, W3C
Cloud Computing Characteristics, layers-client, Application, platform and infrastructure, Deployment
models-Private cloud, Public cloud, Community cloud and hybrid cloud, Issues- Privacy, Compliance,
Security, Sustainability and abuse.

PROGRAMMING USING JAVA - 20 Marks

Getting started with Introduction, Rapid Application Development using IDE (Integrated Development
Environment); Familiarization of IDE using basic Interface components-Label, Text Field, Text Area, Button,
Checkbox, Radio Button. Developing General Application - Getting Familiar with Java User Interface Swing
components - Frame, Option Pane, Label, Text Field, Password Field, Text Area, Button, Check Box, Radio
Button, Combo Box, List, and their respective methods and properties:
Programming Fundamentals
Data Types: Concept of data types; Built-in data types: byte, short, int, long, float, double, char, String,
Boolean
Variables: Need to use variable, Declaring Variables, Variable Naming Conventions, Assigning values to
Variable(s); Integer object method: Parse Int Double object method: parse double, parse float Control
Structures: Decision Structures: if, if-else, switch; Looping Structures: while, do-while, for;
Programming Guidelines: Problem Solving Methodology : Understanding of the problem, Identifying
minimum number of inputs required for output, breaking down problem into simple logical steps. Modular
approach; Stylistic Guidelines: Clarity and Simplicity of Expressions, Names, Comments, Indentation;
Running and debugging programs: Syntax Errors, Run-Time Errors, Logical Errors. Basic concept of Access
specifier for classes, Members and methods Basic concept of Inheritance. Commonly used libraries: String
class and methods: toString(), concat(), length(), toLowerCase(), to UpperCase(), trim(), substring() Math
class methods: pow(), round() Accessing MySQL database using ODBC/JDBC to connect with database.
Web application development: URL, Web Server, Communicating with the web server, concept of Client
and Server Side. HTML based web pages covering basic tags - HTML, TITLE, BODY, H1..H6, Paragraph (P),
Line Break (BR), Section Separator (HR), FONT, TABLE, LIST (UL, OL), IMG, FORM; Creating and accessing
static pages using HTML and introduction to XML

IT APPLICATIONS
e-Governance : Definition, Benefits to citizens, e-Governance websites and their salient features; Societal
impacts; e-Governance challenges. e-Business : Definition, Benefits to customers and business, e-Business
websites and their salient features; Societal impacts; e-Business challenges. e-Learning : Definition;
Benefits to students (Learners), teachers (Trainers) and school (Institution) Management; e-Learning
websites and their salient features Societal impacts; e-Business Challenges. In each of the above domains,
identify at least two real-life problems, list the input(s) required for the expected output(s), and describe
the problem solving approach. Front-end Interface - Introduction; content and features; identifying and
using appropriate component (Text Box, Radio Button, CheckBox, List etc. as learnt in Unit-2
(Programming) for data entry, validation and display; Back-end Database - Introduction and its purpose;
exploring the requirement of tables and their essential attributes; Front-End and Database Connectivity -
Introduction, requirement and benefits
Demonstration and development of appropriate Front-end interface and Back-end Database for e-
Governance, e-Business and e-Learning applications Impact of ICT on Society : Social and Economics
benefits and Infomania.

WEB PAGE DEVELOPMENT - 12 Marks

WWW, Domain Names, URL, IP Address, Website, Web browser, Web Server, Web Hosting;
HTML Introduction, Content creation, SGML, HTML, creating HTML document using a text editor, Saving
HTML document, Editing a HTML document, Viewing HTML documents in a Web Browser, Switching
between text editor and web browser windows to view changes made;
Web Page Authoring Using HTML: Basic Concepts:
Concept of tags and attributes, Difference between Container tag and Empty tag;
Structural Tags of HTML: <HTML>, <HEAD>, <TITLE>, <BODY>;
Attributes of <BODY> (BGCOLOR, BACKGROUND, LINK, ALINK, VLINK)
Inserting Breaks: Line break <BR>, Page break <P>; Attributes of <P> (ALIGN), Section break <HR>;
Attributes of <HR> (WIDTH, ALIGN, SIZE, NOSHADE, COLOR)
Formatting Tags of HTML: <SMALL>, <BIG>, <B>, <I>, <U>, <EM>, <BLOCKQUOTE>, <PRE>, <SUB>, <SUP>,
<STRIKE>, <ADDRESS>, Adding Comments in HTML (<!-- -->), Heading tag (<H1> to <H6>); Attributes of
Heading tag (ALIGN), <FONT> tag; Attributes of <FONT> (SIZE, COLOR, FACE),
Creating Lists: Ordered Lists: <OL>,<LI>; Attributes of <OL>(TYPE - 1, I, A, a; START, VALUE); Unordered
Lists : <UL>, <LI> (TYPE- disc, circle, square) Definition List : <DL>, <DT>, <DD>
Creating Links: Internal linking using <A NAME> and <A HREF>; External linking using <A HREF>; E-Mail
linking using <A HREF>; Concept of URL; Absolute Links & Relative Links
Inserting Images: Inserting inline images using <IMG>; Attributes of <IMG> (SRC, ALIGN, WIDTH, HEIGHT,
ALT, BORDER);
Adding Music: Adding music using <A HREF> and <EMBED>; Attributes of <EMBED> (SRC, ALIGN,
WIDTH, HEIGHT, LOOP, AUTOSTART, HIDDEN);
Creating Tables: Creating Table using <TABLE>; Attributes of <TABLE> (BORDER, BGCOLOR, BACKGROUND,
ALIGN, CELLSPACING, CELLPADDING, WIDTH, HEIGHT) Creating rows and columns in a table using <TH>,
<TR>, <TD>; Attributes of <TH>, <TR>, <TD> (ALIGN, VALIGN, COLSPAN, ROWSPAN); Adding headings for a
table using <CAPTION>; Attribute of <CAPTION>(ALIGN)
Creating Frames: Dividing the window into two or more frames using <FRAME> and <FRAMESET>, Use of
percentage dimensions and relative dimensions while dividing the window; use of <NOFRAMES>;
Attributes of <FRAMESET> (ROWS, COLS, BORDER, FRAMEBORDER); Attributes of <FRAME> (SRC, NAME,
FRAMEBORDER, HEIGHT, WIDTH, MARGINHEIGHT, MARGINWIDTH, SCROLLING, NORESIZE>
Forms: Processing of data collection through a Form - written to a file, submitted to a database or emailed
to
someone; Creating Forms using <FORM>, Attributes of <FORM> (NAME, ACTION, METHOD)
Creating Form Interface elements - single line text box, password box, file selection box, hidden box,
checkbox, radio button, button, submit button, reset button using the <INPUT>; Attributes of <INPUT>
applicable with different interface elements (NAME, SIZE, VALUE, ALIGN, MAXLENGTH,
CHECKED, TYPE); multiline text area using <TEXTAREA>; Attributes of <TEXTAREA> ( NAME,
ROWS, COLS, WRAP); dropdown list or scroll list using <SELECT> and <OPTION>; Attributes
of <SELECT> (NAME, SIZE, MULTIPLE/SINGLE)
Document Object Model Concept and Importance of Document Object Model, Dynamic HTML documents;
Cascading Style Sheets Introduction to Cascading Style Sheet (CSS): Creating inline, embedded and
external cascading style sheets using <STYLE>, <DIV>, <SPAN> and <LINK>; Attribute of <DIV> and <SPAN>
(STYLE); Attributes of <LINK> (REL, TYPE, HREF);
Font Properties: FONT-FAMILY, FONT-STYLE, FONT-SIZE, FONT-VARIANT, FONT-WEIGHT and COLOR Text
Properties: WORD-SPACING, LETTER-SPACING, TEXT-DECORATION, VERTICAL-ALIGN, TEXTTRANSFORM;
TEXT-ALIGN, TEXT-INDENT, LINE-HEIGHT Background Properties:
BACKGROUND-COLOR, BACKGROUND-IMAGE, BACKGROUND-REPEAT;
Margin Properties: MARGINS (all values); Padding Properties: PADDING (all values); Border Properties:
BORDER (all values); Positioning: Absolute and Relative; Additional Features: Assigning Classes; XML-
eXtensible Markup Language: Introduction, Features, Advantages; Structure of XML: Logical Structure,
Physical Structure; XML Markup: Element Markup (example: <foot>Hello</foot>), Attribute Markup
(example: <!element.name property= "value"> ) ; Naming Rules: Naming rules for elements, attributes and
descriptors;
Components of XML: Tags, Elements, Root element, Attributes, Entities; Comments in XML; Developing
DTD: Element Declaration in a DTD: <!ELEMENT elementname (content-type)> Entity Declarations,
Declaring Empty Elements, Container Elements, Unrestricted Elements, Attribute Declarations
Element Content Model Element Occurrence Indicators: ? ,*,+ ; Character Content: PCDATA (Parseable
Character data) <!ELEMENT text(#PCDATA)> Well Formed XML Documents, Valid XML Documents
Document Type Declaration (DTD) - Internal and External DTD Validating an XML document using a DTD
using Parsers; Developing a DTD, Developing a DTD from XML Code, either automatically or manually;
Viewing XML in Internet Explorer, Viewing XML using the XML Data Source Object;
Web Scripting; VBScript Introduction to client side scripting using <SCRIPT> tag,
VBScript Variables: Declaring variable, Naming restrictions, Assigning value to variables, Scalar variables
and1-D Array, Importance of Variant Data type;VBScript Constants, VBScript Operators: VBScript
Operators and Operator precedence; Arithmetic Operators: +, - (Unary and Binary), *, /, \ (integer
division), MOD, ^ Comparison Operators: <, >, <=, >=, <>, = Logical Operators: AND, OR, NOT ; String
Operators: & and + (for concatenation) Control Structures in VBScript: Conditional statements: If..Then..
Else End if, Select Case; Loops: Entry controlled and Exit controlled loops; Do..Loop, While.. Wend,
For..Next, For Each..Next; Inbuilt Functions of VBScript General Functions: MsgBox function, Arguments of
MsgBox function (Prompt, Buttons, Title), Return values of MsgBox function; InputBox function,
Arguments of InputBox function (Prompt, Title, Default, Xpos, Ypos), Return values of InputBox function;
Conversion Functions: Abs(), CBool(), CByte(), CInt(), CStr(), CSng(), CLng(), CDate() ; String Manipulation
Functions: Ucase(), Lcase(), Len(), Left(), Right(), Mid(), LTrim(), RTrim(), Trim(), InStr() ; Time & Date
Functions: Date(), Day(), Month(), Hour(), Minute(), Monthname(), Now()
VBScript Procedures and Functions(User Defined): Sub procedures, Functions, passing
parameters/arguments; Creating Dynamic Interface using VBScript Using VBScript with HTML form
controls Installation and Managing WEB-Server: Internet Information Server (IIS) / Personal Web Server
(PWS).
Active Server Pages (ASP): Concept of ASP, features of ASP, other equivalent tools - JSP, PHP;
Constants: String and Numeric; Data types: Integer, Floating Point (Single, Double), String, Date, Boolean,
Currency, Variant, Object; Variables: Explicit and Implicit Declaration of variables Operators:
Arithmetic:+, - (Unary and Binary), *, /, \(integer division) mod, ^; Comparison: <, >, <=, >=, <>, =;
Logical: AND, OR, NOT, XOR, EQV, IMP; String Operator: & or + (for Concatenation); Functions: Conversion
functions: Abs(), CBool(), CByte(), CInt(), CStr(), CSng(), CLng(), CDate(); String Manipulation Functions:
UCase(), LCase(), Len(), Left(), Right(), Mid(), LTrim(), InStr(), RTrim(), Trim(); Time & Date Functions:
Date(), Day(), Hour(), Minute(), Month(), Monthname(), Now(); Arrays: Declaration and use of 1
dimensional arrays; Controls: If..Then, If..Then..Else..End If, If..Then, Else If..Then..Else..End If
Select..Case..End Select, For..Next, For Each.. Next, Do While..Loop, Do.. Loop While, Do Until.. Loop,
Do..Loop Until; Procedures and Functions: Passing parameters/arguments; Concept of object model
structure (client to server and server to client);Objects: Properties, Methods, Events, Setting Object
properties, Retrieving Object properties, calling objects/methods; Types of Objects: Response, Request,
Application, Session, Server, ASPError; Response Object: Write Method, AddHeader, AppendToLog,
BinaryWrite, Using Shortcuts <%=value/expr%>, Controlling information: Buffer, Flush Clear, End; Request
Object: Request Object Collection: QueryString, Form, ServerVariables, Cookies, ClientCertificate; Server
Variables: HTTP_User_Agent, REMOTE_ADDER, REMOTE_HOST, SERVER_NAME; Application : Contents,
Lock, Unlock, Remove, RemoveAll;
ASP Components:
AD Rotator, Content Rotator, Counter, Page Counter, Permission Checker;

Text Files:
Open, Read and display content from a text file;
Working on Database:
Connecting with Databases: Creation of DSN, using OLE DB
Inserting, Retrieving, Modifying/Updation of records from Tables in Databases using server objects
(ADODB.Connection, ADODB.Recordset);

MULTIMEDIA AND AUTHORING TOOLS - 5 Marks

Concept of Multimedia:
Picture/Graphics, Audio, Video; Digital Images and Digital Image Representation, Animation, Morphing
Image Formats: TIFF, BMP, JPG/JPEG, GIF, PDF, PSD;
Applications:
Poster Design, Still pictues, colored layout, Designing of - Books, magazines brochures, children's
literature, narrative text handling, scripts in Indian Languages, picture books, comics, illustrations with
photographs, scientific illustrations, conceptual illustrations, handling of assignment for the market;
Image Scanning with the help of scanner: Setting up Resolution, Size, File formats of images, Bitonal, Grey
Scale and color options, preview the image
Graphic Tools: Image Editing Software (Photoshop / Coreldraw), GIMP
Basic Concepts of Image Creation: Introduction, Creating, Opening and saving files, Interface elements of
the tool: Menus, Toolbox, Color control icons, Mode control icons, Window controls icons;
Image Handling: Cropping, Adjusting Image Size, Adjusting the Size of the Work Canvas, Rotating
selections, Scaling an object
Operations on Layers: Adding new layers, Dragging and Pasting selected objects on to layers, Dragging
layers between files, Viewing, Hiding, Editing, Moving, Copying, Duplicating, Deleting, Merging layers,
Preserving layers, Using Adjustment layers;
Channels and Masks: Channel palette, Showing and Hiding channels, Splitting channels in to separate
image, Merging channels, Creating a quick mask, Editing masks using quick mask mode;
Painting and Editing: Brushes palette, Brush shape, Creating and Deleting brushes, Creating Custom
brushes, Setting Brush Paint fade-out rate, Making, Adjusting, Moving, Copying, Extending, Reducing,
Pasting and Deleting selections using selection tools, Softening the edges of a selection, Hiding a selection
border
Sound: Recording Sound using Sound Recorder (Capture), Sound capture through sound editing software
(ex: Sound Forge), Sound editing, Noise correction, Effect enhancement; Importing audio files from
external devices and saving them; Sound Quality: CD Quality, Radio Quality, Telephone Quality
Voice Recording Software: Philips/Dragon, MIDI Player, Sound Recorder, Mono & Stereo
Sound File Format: AIFF (Audio Input File Format from Apple Mac) , MIDI, WAV, MP3, ASF (Streaming
format from Microsoft)
Multimedia Application: Education ( use of CAL tool ), Entertainment , Edutainment, Virtual Reality, Digital
Libraries, Information Kiosks, Video on Demand, Web Pages Video phone, Video conferencing and Health
care.
Movie File Formats: AVI, MPEG, SWF, MOV, DAT;
Embedding Audio/Video on the web page;
Multimedia Authoring Using Macromedia Flash; Making of Simple Flash Movie, Setting Properties, Frame
Rate, Dimensions, and Background Color;
Movie Frames: Concept of Frame, Frame Buffer, and Frame Rate, Creating a Key Frame;
Scene: Concept of Scene, Duplicate Scene, Add Scene, Delete Scene, and Navigating between Scenes;
Layers: Concept of Layer, Layer Properties, Layer Name, Show/Hide/Lock layers, Type of Layer - Normal/
Guide/Mask, Outline Color, Viewing Layer as outline, Layer Height, Adding/deleting a layer; Inserting Text
Into the Frame, Inserting Graphical Elements into the frame, Converting Text/Graphics to Symbol, Inserting
Symbol into the Frame, Setting Symbol Property (Graphics/Button/Movie), Inserting Blank Frame, Inserting
Blank Key Frame, Inserting Key Frame into the Blank frame, Selecting all/Specific frames of a Layer,
Copying/Pasting selected Frames; Special Effects: Motion Tweening, Shape Tweening, Color effect,
Inserting Sound Layer; Testing a Scene and Movie; Import/Export (Movie/Sound and other multimedia
objects);
Publishing: Publishing A Flash Movie; Changing publish Settings; Producing SWF(Flash Movie) for a HTML
page in any of the possible formats like GIF image, JPEG Image (*.jpg), PNG Image, Windows Projector
(*.exe), Macintosh Projector (*.hqx), Quick Time (*.mov), Real Player (*.smil); Testing with Publish
Preview.

Programming in Python
Getting Started: Introduction to Python- an interpreted high level language, interactive mode
and script mode.
Variables, Expressions and Statements: Values, Variables and keywords; Operators and
Operands in Python: (Arithmetic, relational and logical operators), operator precedence,
Expressions and Statements (Assignment statement); Taking input (using raw_input() and
input()) and displaying output (print statement); Putting Comments.
Functions: Importing Modules (entire module or selected objects), invoking built in functions,
functions from math module (for example, ceil, floor, fabs, exp, log, log10, pow, sqrt, cos, sin,
 tan, degrees, radians), using random() and randint() functions of random module to generate
random numbers, composition.
Defining functions, invoking functions, passing parameters (default parameter values, keyword
arguments), scope of variables, void functions and functions returning values, flow of execution
Conditional constructs and looping: if else statement While, for (range function), break,
continue, else, pass
Strings: Creating, initialising and accessing the elements; string operators: +, *, in, not in, range
slice [n:m]; comparing strings using relational operators;
String functions and methods: len, capitalize, find, isalnum, isalpha, isdigit, lower, islower, isupper,
upper, lstrip, rstrip.
Lists: Concept of mutable lists, creating, initializing and accessing the elements, traversing,
appending, updating and deleting elements; List operations (joining, list slices);
List functions and methods: len, insert, append, extend, sort, remove, reverse, pop.
Dictionaries: Concept of key-value pair, creating, initializing and accessing the elements in a
dictionary, traversing,
appending, updating and deleting elements.
Dictionary functions & Methods: cmp, len, clear(), get(), has_key(), items(), keys(), update(),
values()
Tuples: Immutable concept, creating, intialising and accessing the elements in a tuple; tuple
functions: cmp(), len(), max(), min(), tuple()
Stacks and Queues with lists
Data File: Opening and closing files, file object, access_modes, reading and writing a file read(),
readline(), readlines(), write(), file positions (seek(), tell()), renaming and deleting a file.
Classes (in Python):
Defining classes (attributes, methods), creating instance objects, accessing attributes and
methods, using built in class attributes (dict, doc, name, module, bases), using _ _init_ _() , _
_del_ _() method and _ _ str_ _( ) in a class, private attributes (limited support), importance of
"self" (acts as a pointer to current calling object)
Inheritance: Single and multiple inheritance- Overriding methods, using super() in derived class
to invoke _init_() or overriden methods of parent class

8. Study/Reference Material.
Text Books of Class XI & XII published by various publishers. Following books are recommended by CBSE
for class XI & XII.
SUGGESTED REFERENCE BOOKS / WEB RESOURCES (as suggested by CBSE)
TEXTBOOKS:
1. INFORMATICS PRACTICES (CLASS XI), CBSE
2. INFORMATICS PRACTICES (CLASS XII), CBSE
COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS AND BOOLEAN ALGEBRA:
1. Rajaraman, FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTERS, Prentice Hall of India.
2. Peter Norton, INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER, Tata McGraw Hill
3. Thomas C. Bartee, DIGITAL COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS, McGraw Hill International.
WEB PAGE DEVELOPMENT:
1. Sybex, HTML Complete, BPB
2. Maccoy, MASTERING WEB DESIGNING, BPB
3. Russell, MASTERING ACTIVE SERVER PAGES, BPB
4. Sybex, ASP ADO AND XML COMPLETE, BPB
5. Simon, VBSCRIPT Interactive Course: Waite Group, BPB
COMMUNICATION AND OPEN SOURCE CONCEPTS:
1. A.S. Tanenbaum, COMPUTER NETWORK, Prentice Hall of India P. Ltd.
 2. Williams Stalling, DATA COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKS, Prentice Hall of
India P. Ltd.
3. Hancock, NETWORK CONCEPT AND ARCHITECTURES, BPB Publications.
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING
1. Heiko Böck, The Definitive Guide to the NetBeans Platform 6.5, Apress
RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SQL
1. Lerry Ulman, MYSQL Database, Pearson Education, 2008
2. C.J. Date, DATABASE PRIMER, Adison Wesley.
PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING IN C++
1. Robert Lafore, OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING IN TURBO C++, Galgotia
Publications Pvt. Ltd.
2. David Parsons, OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING WITH C++, BPB Publications.
3. Bjarne Stroutrup, THE C++ PROGRAMMING LANGUGE, Adison Wesley.
DATA STRUCTURES
1. M.A. Weiss, Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C++. the Benjamin/Cummings Pub.
Co., Inc.
2. Sartaj & Sahni, Fundamentals of Data Structure, Galgotia Book Source

Suggested Websites on e-Governance

www.mit.gov.in
www.esevaonline.com
bhoomi.kar.nic.in
aponline.gov.in
www.chips.nic.in

Suggested Websites on e-Business

www.salesforce.com
www.zoho.com
www.itcportal.com

Suggested Websites on e-Learning

www.moodle.org
www.atutor.ca
www.w3schools.com
portal.unesco.org
www.opensource.org