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 Series ARSP/13 Set ~ 13
Roll No. Q.P Code 15/13/13
Candidates must write the Q.P Code
on the title page of the answer-book.

 Please check that this question paper contains 09 printed pages.

 Q.P. Code given on the right hand side of the question paper should be written
on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
 Please check that this question paper contains 37 questions.
 Please write down the serial number of the question in the answer-book
before attempting it.
 15 Minute times has been allotted to read this question paper. The question
paper will be distributed at 10:15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m to 10.30 a.m, the students
will read the question paper only and will not write any answer on the answer –
book during this period.

INFORMATICS PRACTICES

Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 70

General Instructions:

Please check this question paper contains 37 questions.

All questions are compulsory. However, internal choices have been provided in some questions. Attempt only one
of the choices in such questions

The paper is divided into 5 Sections- A, B, C, D and E.

Section A consists of 21 questions (1 to 21). Each question carries 1 Mark.

Section B consists of 7 questions (22 to 28). Each question carries 2 Marks.

Section C consists of 4 questions (29 to 32). Each question carries 3 Marks.

Section D consists of 2 case study type questions (33 to 34). Each question carries 4 Marks.

Section E consists of 3 questions (35 to 37). Each question carries 5 Marks.

All programming questions are to be answered using Python Language only.

In case of MCQ, text of the correct answer should also be written.

Section A
1. State true or false: [1]
The data value of series object can be modified using value assignment.
2. Which of the following method can be used to plot a Pie chart of the given case? [1]

a) Pl. Pie() b) Pl. Plot()

c) Pl. Disc() d) Pl. Chart()

3. Home page helps viewers to find out what they can find on the particular site. Home page is the [1]

a) about page b) page information

c) index page d) first page of a website

4. What is the significance of ORDER BY in the following MySQL statement? [1]
SELECT emp_id, fname, Iname FROM person ORDER BY emp_id;

a) Data of emp_id will be sorted in descending b) Data of emp_id will be sorted

order

c) Data of emp_id will be sorted in ascending d) All of these

order
5. Which of the following Operating systems does not comes under FOSS? [1]

a) Bharat OS b) Fedora
 c) Ubuntu d) Mac OS
6. In Internet Protocol (IP), data is organised in the form of [1]

a) bundles b) switches

c) packets d) parts
7. Which of the following button allows you to move to the previously visited page on the browser? [1]

a) Back b) Last

c) Reverse d) Previous
8. State true or false: [1]
pos is an integer indicating the length of the substring.
9. By default, web pages are saved in the ________ folder. [1]

a) Picture b) Download

c) Music d) Document
10. Saharsh is a student of Class IXth and he is a very frequent user of internet applications. One day he got an [1]
unpleasant message on his instant messenger. What do you think he should do?

a) Ignore it and start chatting to someone else. b) Reply back to them and find out what their
problem is.

c) Shut down the computer and hope they'll d) Go to his parents, teacher or other trusted
leave him alone in future. adult and let them know that he feels
uncomfortable.
11. What will be the order of sorting in the following MySQL statement? [1]
SELECT emp_id, emp_name FROM person ORDER BY emp_id, emp_name;

a) Sorting {emp_id} but not emp_name b) Sorting {emp_id} but emp_name

c) Sorting {emp_id, emp_name} d) Sorting {emp_name, emp_id}

12. Help Ankit to write the command to display the name of the youngest student? [1]

a) select name,max(DOB) from student; b) select name,maximum(DOB) from student;

c) select name,min(DOB) from student; d) select name,min(DOB) from student group

by name;
13. ________ may also be defined as discarded computers, office electronic equipment, mobile phones, television [1]
sets etc.

a) Physical waste b) Electronic devices

c) Electronic worm d) E-waste

14. Sourabh has to prepare a project on “Digital India Initiatives”. He decides to get information from the Internet. [1]
He downloads three web pages (webpage 1, webpage 2,webpage 3) containing information on Digital India
Initiatives. Which of the following steps taken by Sourabh is an example of plagiarism or copyright
infringement?
i. He read a paragraph on “Digital India Initiatives” from webpage 1 and rephrased it in his own words. He
finally pasted the rephrased paragraph in his project.
 ii. He downloaded three images of “Digital India Initiatives” from webpage 2. He made a collage for his project
using these images.
iii. He downloaded “Digital India Initiative” icon from web page 3 and pasted it on the front page of his project
report.
iv. All of these

a) Option (i) b) Option (ii)

c) Option (iv) d) Option (iii)

15. Consider the following statements with reference to Line charts [1]
Statement A: Line graphs is a tool for comparison and is created by plotting a series of several points and
connecting them with a straight line.
Statement B: You should never use line chart, when the chart is in a continuous data set.

a) Statement A is correct but statement B is b) Statement A is correct.

incorrect.

c) Statement A is incorrect but statement B is d) Statement B is correct.

correct.
16. By default, ORDER BY clause lists the results in _______ order. [1]

a) Same b) Any

c) Descending d) Ascending
17. ________ includes any visual symbol, word, name, design, slogan, label, etc., that distinguishes the brand from [1]
other brands.

a) Know how b) Copyright

c) Patent d) Trademark
18. Consider the following dataframe df1: [1]

EName Sal Bonus

0 Kavita 50000 3000

1 Sudha 60000 4000

2 Garima 55000 5000

Write the output of the given command:

df1.loc[:0, 'Sal']

a) 3000 b) 50000

c) 55000 d) 0 Kavita 50000 300

19. Which of the following is not a text function? [1]

a) MID() b) LEFT()

c) TRUNCATE() d) TRIM ()
20. Assertion (A): The violation of Intellectual property rights(IPR) is called IPR infringement. [1]
Reason(R): Plagiarism is the form of IPR infringement.
 a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

21. Assertion (A): Pandas is a library of python. [1]
Reason (R): Yes, we import pandas and can use function of pandas like Series (). DataFrame, etc. in python.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

Section B
22. What is VoIP? [2]
OR
What is a modem?
23. Differentiate between COUNT() and COUNT(DISTINCT) functions. [2]
24. Write the output of the following queries: [2]

i. mysql >SELECT LENGTH('NAME');

ii. mysql >SELECT MID('INFORMATION', 3, 2);

25. Find the output of the following SQL queries: [2]

i. SELECT MID("Exam",1,2);

ii. SELECT MONTHNAME("2023-05-30");

iii. SELECT MONTH("2023-03-05");

OR
Name the function that is used to count the number of characters in a character expression.
26. Write minimum two ways by which a virus can spread to other systems. [2]
27. What is Series Size? [2]
28. Define the axes attribute in DataFrame. [2]
OR
Write a program to create a series by given list ['red', 'green', 'blue'].
Section C
29. Write the names of SQL functions to perform the following operations: [3]
a. Display the name of the month from the given date value.
b. Display the day of month from the given date value.
c. Count the number of characters in a given string.
30. Write SQL queries for (i) to (iii) and the outputs for (iv) and (v), which are based on the following table [3]
PARTICIPANTS

Table : PARTICIPANTS

PNO EVENT SNAME CLASS DOB

 P1 DEBATE SANYAM 12 2001-12-25

P2 DEBATE SHRUTI 10 2003-11-10

P3 DEBATE MEHER 12 2001-11-10

P4 QUIZ SAKSHI 11 2002-10-12

P5 QUIZ RITESH 12 2001-10-12

P6 QUIZ RAHUL 10 2003-10-12

P7 CROSSWORD AMEER 11 2002-05-09

P8 CROSSWORD MINAKSHI 12 2001-05-09

i. To display details of all PARTICIPANTS of CLASS 10 and 12

ii. To display the SNAME and CLASS of all PARTICIPANTS in ascending order of their SNAME.
iii. To display the number of PARTICIPANTS along with their respective CLASS, of every CLASS.

iv. SELECT DISTINCT EVENT FROM PARTICIPANTS;

v. SELECT MAX(DOB), PNO FROM PARTICIPANTS GROUP BY PNO HAVING COUNT(*)>1;

OR
What will be the output of the following?

i. SELECT POWER(5, 3);

ii. SELECT ROUND(2.67, 1);

iii. SELECT RIGHT('CALCUTTA', 5);

iv. SELECT DAYOFMONTH('2014-02-25');

31. Consider the following DataFrame dfn that contain vegetables. [3]

Colour Quantity Price

Capsicum Red 12 60

Capsicum Green 22 100

Chilli Red 50 40

Chilli Green 65 55

Lime Green 20 35

Write the code statement to the following:

i. Find all rows with the label Chilli. Extract all columns.
ii. List 2nd, 3rd and 4th rows.
iii. List only the columns Quantity and Price using loc.
32. Which SQL function is used to remove leading and trailing spaces from a character expression X, where X = [3]
'INFORMATION
###PRACTICE####' (# denotes a blank space) and also give the output of X.
 OR
What will be the output of the given function:
i. SELECT INSTR('Informatics', 'mat');
ii. SELECT INSTR ('Computers', 'pet');
iii. Select instr("good morning to all", "or")
Section D
33. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
Priyanka, a student of Class XII, has been assigned a code to create a pandas Series 'ST', as shown below.

a 100

b 200

c 300

d 400

e 500

dtype: int64

With reference to the above information, answer given questions:

(a) Choose the command that will give the following output.

b 200

c 300

dtype: int64

(b) Help him to identify the correct statement that can be used to extract the value with the index 'c'.
(c) Write the command that will give the following output?

b 200

d 400

dtype: int64

(d) Write the command that will display the series by adding 10 in each value?
34. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
Institute of Distance Learning is located in Pune and is planning to go in for networking of four wings for better
interaction. The details are shown below:

The distance between various wings

Student Wing to Admin Wing 150 m

Student Wing to Admission Wing 100 m

Student Wing of Lib Wing 325 m

Admission Wing to Admin Wing 100 m

Admission Wing to Lib Wing 125 m

Admin Wing to Lib Wing 90 m

Number of computers

Student Wing 225

Admission Wing 50

Admin Wing 10

Lib Wing 25

(a) Suggest the type of networking (LAN, MAN, WAN) for connecting Lib Wing to Admin Wing. Justify
your answer.
(b) Suggest the most suitable place (i.e. wing) to house the server, with a suitable reason.
(c) Suggest and placement of the following devices with reasons.
i. Repeater
ii. Switch
(d) What is the use of firewall in network?
OR
Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
Elpis Education Service Ltd. is an educational organisation. It is planning to set up its India campus at Nepal
with its head office at Mumbai. The Nepal campus has 4 main buildings-
ADMIN, ENGINEERING, BUSINESS and MEDIA.
You as a network expert have to suggest the best network-related solutions for their problems raised in
Questions, keeping in mind the distance between the buildings and other given parameters.

Shortest distance between various buildings

ADMIN To ENGINEERING 50 m

ADMIN To BUSINESS 80 m

ADMIN To MEDIA 45 m

ENGINEERING To BUSINESS 60 m

ENGINEERING To MEDIA 50 m

BUSINESS To MEDIA 45 m

Mumbai Head Office To Nepal Campus 2175 m

 Number of computers installed at various buildings are as follows

ADMIN 110

ENGINEERING 75

BUSINESS 40

MEDIA 10

Mumbai Head Office 20

(a) Suggest the most appropriate location of the server inside the Nepal Campus (out of 4 buildings), to get the
best connectivity for maximum number of computers. Justify your answer.
(b) Suggest and draw the cable layout to efficiently connect various buildings within the Nepal Campus for
connecting the computers.
(c) Which hardware device will you suggest to be procured by the company to be installed to protect and
control the Internet uses within the campus.
(d) Which of the following will you suggest to establish the online face-to-face communication between the
people in the ADMIN office of Nepal Campus and Mumbai Head Office?

a) Video Conferencing b) Cable TV

c) Text Chat d) E-mail

Section E
35. Give the output of following commands. [5]
i. mysql>SELECT TRUNCATE (200.91,1);
ii. mysql>SELECT LEFT ('Swati', 4);
iii. mysql>SELECT CHAR (83, 72, 85, 67, 72, 73);
iv. mysql>SELECT RTRIM('!!!!! Study is important !!!!!');
Where !!!!! denotes blank spaces
v. SELECT ROUND(3234.343, 1);
36. Consider the dataframe medaltally. Here header is False and index argument is True; Hence the columns labels [5]
are not present in file processed2_medaltally.csv.
37. Write the code for the following graph which display the different style multiline in same plot. [5]

OR
Write the code for the following bar graph.