CBSE | DEPARTMENT OF SKILL EDUCATION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SUBJECT CODE - 402)

MARKING SCHEME FOR CLASS X (SESSION 2022-2023)
Max. Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 50
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. There is no negative marking.
iii. Do as per the instructions given.
iv. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.
7. SECTION B – SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (26 MARKS):
i. This section contains 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

Source
Material
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QUESTION PSSCIVE/ Chap. source Marks
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Study
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Q. 1 Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills (1 x 4 = 4 marks)
i. c. multi-user CBSE Page 23 1
ii. c. Yoga Study Page 18 1
iii. b. Entrepreneur should not think optimistically Material Page 38 1
about the future of the business
iv. b. %temp% Page 40 1
v. a. Dependent Page 48 1
vi. d. Discourages welfare of the society Page 45 1
Q. 2 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. a. Sticky CBSE Session 1 Page 163 1
ii. a. Filtering CBSE Session 4 Page 140 1
iii. c. Open Office Writer CBSE Session 1 Page 108 1
iv. a.Sheet1 CBSE Session 2 Page 71 1
v. b. Keep ratio CBSE Session 2 Page 17 1
vi. c. Data Redundancy CBSE Session 1 Page 109 1

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Q. 3 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. c. Anchoring CBSE Session 2 Page 21 1
ii. d. Length CBSE Session 3 Page 133 1
iii. a. SoundSentry CBSE Session 1 Page 165 1
iv. b. False CBSE Session 3 Page 25 1
v. a. Comments CBSE Session 3 Page 91 1
vi. b. value CBSE Session 4 Page 103 1
Q. 4 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. d. both a and b CBSE Session 6 Page 187 1
ii. d. Table of Content CBSE Session 4 Page 29 1
iii. d. 50 CBSE Session 3 Page 133 1
iv. d. less sleep CBSE Session Page 211 1
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v. c. Internet CBSE Session 2 Page 79 1
vi. a. Cell Reference CBSE Session 3 Page 75 1
Q. 5 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. c. Design view CBSE Session 3 Page 132 1
ii. c. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. CBSE Session 2 Page 171 1
iii. c. Data Consolidation CBSE Session 2 Page 61 1
iv. a. Flat File CBSE Session 2 Page 108 1
v. a. 3 (As per MS Word) CBSE Session 4 Page 31 1
c. 10 (As per Libre & OpenOffice –
Writer)
(Any of the given options)
vi. d. P2P CBSE Session 2 Page 169 1

SECTION B: SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Source
Material
Page no. of
Q. (NCERT/ Unit/
QUESTION source Marks
No. PSSCIVE/ Chap. No.
material
CBSE Study
Material)
Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions on Employability Skills in 20 – 30 words each (2 x 3 = 6 marks)
Q. 6 The advantages of the ability to Work CBSE Study Page 19 2
Independently: Material
i. Ensures greater learning.
ii. Individuals feel more empowered and
responsible.
iii. It provides flexibility to choose and define
working hours and working mechanisms.
iv. Failure and success of the task assigned are
accounted by individuals.
v. Individuals become assets to organizations,
groups and nations at large. vi. It ensures
creativity and satisfaction amongst individuals
Q. 7 The Stress causal agents are: CBSE Study Page 17 2
1.MENTAL, 2.PHYSICAL, 3.SOCIAL, Material
4.FINANCIAL.

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Q. 8 A disk defragmentation removes all CBSE Study Page 35 2
unnecessary information that slows down the Material
computer. It should be done at regular
intervals which helps the disc space to be used
at an optimal level.
Q. 9 Myths about Entrepreneurship are: CBSE Study Session Page 94-98 2
1. The misconception is that every business Material 3
idea needs to be unique or special.
Each entrepreneur saw customer demand and
brought a new idea into their business. A
person can take an idea that is already there in
the market and do something different with it.
2. The misconception we have is that a
person needs a lot of money to start a
business.
Every business does not need a lot of capital to
start. Depending on how much money you have
or can borrow, you can start a business with that
much money. Once you make more money,
you can put that into your business to make it
bigger.
3. A misconception we have is that only a
person having a big business is an
entrepreneur.
No business is big or small. If a person is
running a business to fulfill a customer’s need,
they are an entrepreneur. Most businesses start
small. It becomes big with hard work and
creativity.
4. A misconception we have is that
entrepreneurs are born, not made.
Only some people have the talent for doing
business. An entrepreneur is a person who does
whatever it takes to make the business
successful.
Being an entrepreneur starts with a way of
thinking. You must believe that anything is
possible and it shall be achieved. It starts with
thinking of an idea that you want to work on,
making it different.
(Any two out of four Myths can be explained)
Q. 10 Any four roles of Entrepreneurs are: CBSE Study Session Page 5 2
i. Coordinating role Material
ii. Agent’s role
iii. Innovator’s Role
iv. Risk assumption role

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vi. Capital formation role:
vii. Employment Generation role
Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions in 20 – 30 words each (2 x 4 = 8 marks)
Q. 11 The purpose of using templates is: CBSE Session 3 Page 22 2
i. To save the time.
ii. It is a predesigned document you can use to
create documents quickly without having to
think about formatting
Q. 12 Macros are used to perform different types of CBSE Session 4 Page 95- 2
operations in a Spreadsheet: 100
1.Formatting settings to be applied repeatedly
in a spreadsheet
2.Sorting Data
3.Applying any Mathematical
functions/formulas
Q. 13 Hyperlinks can be used in Calc to jump to a CBSE Session 2 Page 79 2
different location from within a spreadsheet
and can lead to other parts of the current file,
to different files. It can be stored within a file
as either Relative or Absolute hyperlinks.
Q. 14 Numeric datatypes are: TinyInt, SmallInt, CBSE Session 2 Page 127 2
Integer, BigInt, Decimal, Real, Float, Double
and Boolean.
Alphanumeric Datatypes are: Char(fix),
Varchar, Varchar_ignorecase and
Longvarchar(Memo)
Q. 15 Filter Keys is an accessibility function that CBSE Session 1 Page 164 2
tells the keyboard to ignore brief or repeated
keystrokes, making typing easier for people
with hand tremors.
ToggleKeys is an accessibility function which
is designed for people who have vision
impairment or cognitive disabilities. When
ToggleKeys is turned on, computer emits
sound cues when the locking keys (Caps Lock,
Num Lock, or Scroll Lock) are pressed.
Q. 16 Online shopping could be useful in situations Session 7 Page 190 2
when:
i. A customer does not have sufficient time to
visit stores.
ii. Visiting a store is more expensive than
purchasing a product online.
Two popular online transaction websites are:
i. Flipkart, an online shopping portal for
buying consumer products.
ii. EBay, an online portal for buying and
selling goods.

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Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50– 80 words each (4 x 3 = 12 marks)
Q. 17 Ashu must apply Goal seek to get the desired CBSE Session 1 Page 63, 4
result. 65, 66, 67
i. Scenarios: Scenarios are a tool to test
“what-if” questions. Each scenario is
named, and can be edited and formatted
separately. It is essentially a saved set of
cell values for your calculations. You can
easily switch between these sets using the
Navigator or a drop-down list which can be
shown beside the changing cells
ii. Goal Seek: It is used to calculate a result
based upon existing values. Using Goal
Seek option under Tools menu, we can
discover what values will produce the
result that we want.
iii. Solver: It is more elaborated form of Goal
Seek. The difference is that the Solver
deals with equations with multiple
unknown variables. It is specifically
designed to minimize or maximize the
result according to a set of rules that we
define.
iv. Subtotal: SUBTOTAL is a function listed
under the Mathematical category when you
use the Function Wizard (Insert >
Function). Because of its usefulness, the
function has a graphical interface.
SUBTOTAL, totals/adds data arranged in
an array—that is, a group of cells with
labels for columns and/or rows. Using the
Subtotals dialog, you can select arrays, and
then choose a statistical function to apply
to them. For efficiency, you can choose up
to three groups of arrays to which to apply
a function.
Q. 18 1. Merge Field: A merge field is where you CBSE SESSION PAGE 39 4
want to insert the information from a data 5
source into a main document. Merge fields
appear with chevrons (« »).
2. Data Source: Data source is a file that
contains the names and addresses or any other
information that vary with each version of a
mail-merge document.
3. Main Document: Main document is the
document which contains text and graphics. It
may be a formal or an official letter.
4. Two types of data on which mail merge can
be applied are Labels and Letters.
Q. 19 1. Four fields and four records are there in CBSE Session 4 Page 65, 4
table Sales. 66, 67
2. SQL commands:

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 i. select Sale_Id, Price from Sales
where Discount > 1000;
ii. select * from Sales order by
Prod_Name;
iii. select Prod_Name, Price- Discount
from Sales;
Q. 20 1. A database management system is a CBSE Session 1 Page 108, 4
software package with computer programs 113
that controls
the creation, maintenance, and use of a
database. It allows organizations to
conveniently develop databases for various
applications.
2. Two databases are:
i. Microsoft Access
ii. MySQL
iii. OpenOffice Base
3. Id field will be suitable for Primary Key.
4. Yes, we can make more than one column as
a primary key in a table and it is known as
Composite Primary Key.
Q. 21 1. Networks in which all computers have an CBSE Session 2, Page 169, 4
equal status are called peer to peer networks 3 and 5 170, 171,
whereas in which certain computers have 173, 177,
special dedicated tasks, providing services to 183
other computers (in the network) are called
client server networks.
2. Expand the following terms:
i. Wireless Access Point
ii. WWW (World Wide Web)
3. Advantages of Networking are:
•Data Sharing: One of the most important
uses of networking is to allow the sharing of
data.
•Files Transfer : Users can send text files,
spread sheets, documents, presentations,
audio files, video files, etc. to other users.
•Hardware Sharing: Hardware components
such as printers, scanners, etc. can also be
shared. For example, instead of purchasing
10 printers for each user, one printer can be
purchased and shared among multiple users
thus saving cost.
•Internet Access Sharing: You can purchase
a single Internet connection and share it
among other computers in a network instead
of purchasing multiple Internet connection
for each computer. This is very commonly
found in Internet café (browsing centres),
schools, colleges, companies, etc.
•Usage of network based applications:
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another advantage.
(Any two)
4. A blog is a discussion style site used by non-
technical or technical users for creating
personal web pages. Blogs are similar to an
online personal diary and simple to use.
The advantage of offline blog is, it can be
created first and later publish the content when
an active internet connection is available.

Visually Impaired
Q.21 1. Sorting Data Sorting means to arrange the CBSE Session 3 & Page no. 4
data in either ascending order of descending 1 134,135,138, &
order. Select the column(s) then click on sort 113
buttons. The data will be displayed
accordingly.
2. Referential Integrity Referential integrity is
used to maintain accuracy and consistency of
data in a relationship. In Base, data can be
linked between two or more tables with the help
of primary key and foreign key constraints.
Referential integrity helps to avoid:
 Adding records to a related table if there is no
associated record available in the primary key
table.
 Changing values in a primary if any
dependent records are present in associated
table(s).
 Deleting records from a primary key table if
there are any matching related records available
in associated table(s).
2. Many to Many Relationship
In this relationship, no table has the primary
key column. It signifies that all the columns
of primary key table are associated with all
the columns of associated table. Example:
In the given tables EMP and DEPT, there is
no primary key.
4. Foreign key (FK): identifies a column or set
of columns in one (referencing) table that refers
to a column or set of columns in another
(referenced) table. The “one” side of a relation
is always the parent, and provides the PK
attributes to be copied. The “many” side of a
relation is always the child, into which the FK
attributes are copied.