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CBSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SOLVED (Solved)

2021
Class X

PAPER Time : 90 Min

Max. Marks : 25

(TERM-1)
General Instructions:
1. Please read the instructions carefully.
2. This question paper is divided into 3 sections, viz, Section A, Section B and Section C.
3. Section A is of 5 marks and has 6 questions on Employability Skills.
4. Section B is of 15 marks and has 20 questions on Subject Specific Skills.
5. Section C is of 5 marks and has 7 Competency-Based Questions.
6. Do as per the instructions given in the respective sections.
7. Marks allotted are mentioned against each section.
8. All questions must be attempted in the correct order.

Section-A (Employability skills)

Directions: Answer any 5 questions out of the given 6 Q 4. Managing stress is about making a plan to be able
questions. to cope effectively with daily pressures. Always keep
Q 1. There are many reasons why interpersonal in mind the ABC of stress management. The acronym
communication may fail. While communicating, the ABC stands for:
message may not be received exactly the way the a. Ability, Burden, Concise
sender intended and therefore it is important that b. Adore, Belief, Cause
the communicator seeks ................ to check that c. Adversity, Beliefs, Consequences
their message is clearly understood. d. Adapt, Balance, Cooperate
a. Description b. Feedback Q 5. Neha is receiving several mails from companies
c. Channel d. Sign who are advertising a product or trying to attract
Q 2. Which one of the following is not a barrier to her to their websites. Such type of mails are called
effective communication? ................ .
a. Physical barrier b. Linguistic barrier a. Advertising mails b. Spam mails
c. Interpersonal barrier d. Subjective barrier c. Bulk mails d. Labelled mails

Q 3. To perform well at work and life in general, you must Q 6. A computer automatically runs a basic program
be able to manage and improve yourself in various called ................as soon as it is switched on or the
skills. Which of the following skills helps you to power button is pushed on.
prioritise the things you have to do remove waste a. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
and redundancy from work? b. IOS (Input/Output System)
a. Responsibility b. Time management c. BOSS (Basic On System Startup)
c. Self-awareness d. Adaptability d. POS (Power On System)

Section-B (Subject Specific Skills)

Directions: Answer any 15 questions out of the given 20 Q 8. Arguments passed to a macro from Calc are
questions. always......... .
Q 7. Styles help to improve consistency in a document. a. strings b. numbers
Identify the style that is used to format graphic c. references d. values
and text frames, including wrapping type, borders, Q 9. In a document, ..........is used to apply a style to many
backgrounds and columns. different areas quickly without having to go back to
a. Numbering the styles and formatting window and double click
b. Graphics every time.
c. Character a. fill format mode b. painter mode
d. Frame c. formatting window d. text wrapping
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Q 10. Tanu explained to his class that to apply an existing Q 19. Rama and two of her friends are doing survey of
style, except for ................ position the insertion genderwise employment rates of their locality as
point in the paragraph, frame or page and then a school project using spreadsheet. They all want
double-click on the name of the style in one of these to work simultaneously to complete it on time.
lists. What option they should use to access the same
a. window style b. character style
spreadsheet to speed up their work?
a. Consolidate Worksheet
c. paragraph style d. cell style
b. Shared Worksheet
Q 11. The ................ window shows the types of style
c. Link Worksheet
available for the OpenOffice (OpenOffice.org)
d. Lock Worksheet
component you are using.
a. styles and formatting Q 20. In Calc, you can use a cell reference in one or several
b. insert formulas to refer to:
c. font and formatting a. data from one or more contiguous cells on the
d. edit worksheet
Q 12. In Writer, ...........refers to the reference point for b. data contained in any Software
the graphics. This point could be the page or frame c. data contained in any format in databases
where the object is, a paragraph or even a character. d. images in picture gallery
a. arrangement b. anchoring Q 21. Which one of the following is an example of RDBMS?
c. framing d. text wrapping a. MongoDB
Q 13. .............. function takes data from a series of b. Windows registry
worksheets or workbooks and summaries it into a c. Publisher
single worksheet that you can update easily. d. Oracle
a. Summation
Q 22. The ................ has evolved since the 1960s to ease
b. Data consolidation increasing difficulties in designing, building and
c. Data format maintaining complex information systems.
d. Data chart a. knowledge concept
Q 14. Two other toolbars can be opened from Picture Toolbar b. formula concept
are: the .........and ......... . c. database concept
a. edit picture, colour picture
d. forms concept
b. format, drawing
Q 23. Write’s table of contents feature lets you build an
c. graphic filter toolbar, colour toolbar
automated table of contents from the ................ in
d. floating toolbar, colour toolbar
your document.
Q 15. If you are continually working with the same range,
a. Template b. Style
then you may give a name to the range using ..........
c. Headings d. Tables
option under Data Menu.
a. define data Q 24. In Calc, to create the reference with the mouse:
b. definer range a. Both Spreadsheets need not be open
c. define reference b. select the cell in which the formula is going to be
d. define address entered
Q 16. In Calc, using the Subtotals dialog, you can select c. there is no need of ‘=’ symbol
arrays and then choose a statistical function to apply d. cell reference is not required
to them. For efficiency, you can choose up to........... Q 25. …………… can be used in Calc to jump to a different
groups of array to which to apply a function. location from within a spreadsheet and can lead to
a. two b. three other parts of the current file, to different files or
c. four d. five even to websites.
Q 17. Solve option under Tools menu amounts to a more a. Tables
elaborate form of ................ The difference is that b. Auto Sum
the Solver deals with equations with multiple .......... .
c. Goal Seek
a. unknown variables, goals seek
d. Hyperlinks
b. goal seek, unknown variables
c. variables, equation Q 26. Any settings that can be added to or modified in
d. subtotal, goal seek a document can be saved in a template. Which of
the settings below cannot be included in Writer’s
Q 18. Usually, you run a formula to calculate a result based
upon existing values. By contrast, using ................ Document and saved as a template for later use?
you can discover what values will produce the result a. Styles for later use
that you want? b. Format and setting of tables
a. subtotal b. sort lists c. Printer settings
c. scenario d. goal seek d. Formula settings
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Section-C (COMPETENCY-Based Questions)

Directions: Answer any 5 questions out of the given 7 questions. a. Statement I is wrong.
Q 27. Ramakant is running a business and has to send b. Statement II is wrong.
letters to a number of delegates. A ...............can c. Both the Statements I and II are wrong.
also be a quick way to take a list of people’s mailing d. Both the Statements I and II are correct.
addresses and generate labels or envelopes with Q 31. In Spreadsheets,
the address for different persons on each lable or Statement I: To consolidate by row labels or column
envelope. labels, the label must be contained in the selected
a. mail merge b. paragraph source ranges.
c. e-mail d. style Statement II: The text in the label must be identical,
Q 28. Vineeta has to prepare a report on her research so that rows or columns can be accurately matched.
work in which she needs to include images with Statement III: If the row or column label does not
text. Which feature helps to balance the relation of match any that exist in the target range, it will be
graphics to the surrounding text, which may wrap appended as a new row or column.
around the graphic on one side or both sides, be Consider above three statements, identify the correct
overprinted behind or in front of the graphic or treat one.
the graphic as a separate paragraph character? a. Only Statements I and II are correct.
a. Arrangement b. Alignment b. Only Statements II and III are correct.
c. Table of content d. Text wrapping c. Only Statement II is correct.
Q 29. Jagriti has inserted an image in a document. She d. All the Statements are correct.
wants to resize the image. Which option of the word Q 32. Malini wants to store a huge amount of information
processor image format should be selected to let the about her zone in a database. Should not be
two dimensions (height and width) change so that repeated in her file. Her friend Gargi explained her
the proportion is maintained, allowing for a scaled various benefits or storing data in RDBMS. It helps
resizing? in preventing/controlling duplication of data. Which
a. Keep ratio b. Crop of the following terms is used to refer to duplication
c. Keep aspect d. Contrast data?
Q 30. Statement I: The data from the consolidation ranges a. Data sharing b. Data privacy
and target range are saved when you save the c. Data redundancy d. Data integrity
worksheet. Q 33. Rohan has ` 50,000 that he wants to invest in two
mutual funds for one year. Fund A is a low risk
Statement II: If you later open a worksheet in which
fund with 18% interest rate and Fund B is a higher
consolidation has been defined, this data will not be risk fund with 21% interest rate. Which feature of
available again. spreadsheets (Calc) will help him to decide?
Consider above two statements, identify the correct
a. Solver b. Subtotal
one. c. Linking sheets d. Macros

AnswerS
1. (b) Feedback 18. (d) goal seek
2. (d) Subjective barrier 19. (b) Shared Worksheet
3. (b) Time management 20. (a) data from one or more contiguous cells on the
4. (c) Adversity, Beliefs, Consequences worksheet
5. (b) Spam mails 21. (d) Oracle
6. (a) BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) 22. (c) database concept
7. (d) Frame 23. (c) headings
8. (d) Values 24. (a) Both spreadsheet need not be open
9. (a) fill format mode 25. (d) Hyperlinks
10. (b) character style 26. (d) Formula settings
11. (a) styles and formatting 27. (a) mail merge
12. (b) anchoring 28. (d) Text wrapping
13. (b) Data consolidation 29. (a) Keep ratio
14. (c) graphic filter toolbar, colour toolbar 30. (b) Statement II is wrong
15. (b) definer range 31. (d) All the statements are correct
16. (b) three 32. (c) Data redundancy
17. (c) variables, equation 33. (a) Solver