Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Jaipur Region

Pre-Board Examination: 2024-25

Marking scheme Set No: 1
Class: XII Subject: Computer Science (083)
Maximum Marks: 70 Period: 3 Hours
Instructions:
● 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 3 questions (29 to 31). Each question carries 3 Marks.
● Section D consists of 4 questions (32 to 35). Each question carries 4 Marks.
● Section E consists of 2 questions (36 to 37). Each question carries 5 Marks.
● All programming questions are to be answered using Python Language only.
● In the case of MCQ, the text of the correct answer should also be written.

Q. Section-A (21 x 1 = 21 Marks) Mark

Ans 1 True 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans 2 (c) KENDRI* VID*LA* 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans 3 (b) False 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans 4 (c) [“abc”, “pink”, “city”] 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans 5 tyJvmya 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans 6 (c) tp1 = tp+tp 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans 7 (b) print(my_dict['aman', 'sumit']) 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans 8 (a) pop( ) 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans 9 (c) Roll No 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans10 file.seek(0) ( OR file.seek(0,0) ) 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans11 True 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans12 (a) 20#50@20 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans13 (c) UPDATE 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans14 (b) SELECT * FROM Item ORDER BY IName DESC ; 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans15 (a) For pattern matching 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans16 (c) ALL the values 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans17 (c) Hypertext transfer protocol 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans18 (c) Gateway 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans19 Message Switching technique 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Q20 and Q21 are Assertion(A) and Reason(R) based questions. Mark the correct
choice as:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A
(c) A is True but R is False
(d) A is False but R is True
Ans20 (b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation for A 1
(1 mark for correct answer)
Ans21 (c) A is True but R is False
(1 mark for correct answer)

Q Section-B ( 7 x 2=14 Marks) Mark

Ans Immutable types are those that can never change their value in place. These are : 2
22 integers, float, string, tuple
Mutable types are those whose values can be changed in place. These are : lists,
dictionaries
(1 mark for each correct definition and example)
Ans (i) True 2
23 (ii) 2
(1 mark for each correct answer.)
Ans 2
24 (I) A) L1.remove(4)
OR
B) L1.sort( )
(II) A) L1.insert( )
OR
B) L1.extend(L2)
(1 mark for each correct answer)
Ans (ii)30#40#50# 2
25 Maximum value assigned to FROM is 3
Maximum value assigned to TO is 4
(1 mark for each correct answer)
(½ x 2 = 1 Mark for correct Maximum values)
Ans p=30 2
26 for c in range(0,p):
if c%4==0:
print (c*4)
elif c%5==0:
print (c+3)
else:
print(c+10)
(½ mark each for correcting 4 mistakes)
Ans (I) A) UNIQUE 2
27 OR
B) NOT NULL
(1 mark for correct answer)

(II) A) ALTER TABLE MOBILE DROP PRIMARY KEY;

OR
 B) ALTER TABLE MOBILE ADD PRIMARY KEY (M_ID);
(1 mark for correct answer)
28 Ans: Fault diagnosis is easier in Star topology as if there is any problem in a node 2
will affect the particular node only. While in bus topology, if problem exists in
common medium it will affect the entire nodes.
OR
Web Server Web browser
A web server is a computer or a group A web browser is an application used
of computers that hosts or stores to access and view websites.
content of website. Common web browsers include
It processes and delivers web pages Microsoft Internet Explores, Google
of the websites to the users. Chrome etc.
The main job of a web server is to
display the website content
(2 mark for correct answer)

Q Section-C ( 3 x 3 = 9 Marks) Mark

29 (A) 3
Logic:- We need to split all the words of a every line and then check first word of
each line.
def count_the():
F=open(“abc.txt”,”r”)
L=F.readlines()
count=0
for x in L: # read all the lines one by one
L1=x.split() # It will split all the lines into words
if L1[0].lower() == “the” :
count=count+1
print(“total lines are :- “,count)
F.close()
(½ mark for correct function header)
(½ mark for correctly opening the file)
(½ mark for correctly reading from the file)
(½ mark for splitting the text into words/character)
(1 mark for correctly displaying the desired counts)
OR
(B)
Read the file character by character
def count_vowels():
F=open(“abc.txt”, “r”)
S=f.read()
Count=0
for x in S:
if x.lower() in “aeiou”:
count=count+1
print(“total number of vowels are :- “, count)
F.close()

(½ mark for correct function header)

(½ mark for correctly opening the file)
(½ mark for correctly reading from the file)
(½ mark for checking vowels)
(1 mark for correctly displaying the desired counts)
30 N=[12, 13, 34, 56, 21, 79, 98, 22,35, 38] 3
def PUSH(S,N):
 S.append(N)
def POP(S):
if S!=[ ]:
return S.pop()
else:
return None
ST=[ ]
for k in N:
if k%2!=0:
PUSH(ST,k)
while True:
if ST!=[ ]:
print(POP(ST),end=" ")
else:
break
(2x1 mark for correct function body; 1 mark for function calling)
OR
(B) N= [2,5,10,13,20,23,45,56,60,78]
def PUSH(S,N):
S.append(N)
def POP(S):
if S!=[]:
return S.pop()
else:
return None
ST=[]
for k in N:
if k%5==0:
PUSH(ST,k)
while True:
if ST!=[]:
print(POP(ST),end=" ")
else:
break
(2x1 mark for correct function body; 1 mark for function calling)

31 2 4 3
65
OR
47.0
35.0
54.0
26.0
( 3 Mark for correct output, 1 mark for partial correct)

Q Section-D ( 4 x 4 = 16 Marks) Mark

32 i) Select ActivityName, Acode from ACTIVITY order by Acode desc; 4
ii) Select sum(PrizeMoney) from ACTIVITY group by ParticipantsNum;
iii) Select ScheduleDate, ParticipantsNum from ACTIVITY where
ActivityName = ‘Relay 100 x4’;
iv) Update ACTIVITY set PrizeMoney = PrizeMoney + 500 where
ActivityName = “High jump”;

(1 mark for each correct Query.)

OR
 (i)
Count(distinct ParticipantsNum)

3
(ii)
Max(ScheduleDate) Min(ScheduleDate)

2004-03-19 2003-12-12
(iii)
Sum(PrizeMoney)

54000
(iv) delete from ACTIVITY where Acode = 1003;
(1 mark for each correct answer.)
Ans Ans: (a) 4
33 import csv
def AddNewRec(Country,Capital):
f=open("CAPITAL.CSV",'a')
fwriter=csv.writer(f,lineterminator="\n")
fwriter.writerow([Country,Capital])
f.close()
(b)
def ShowRec():
with open("CAPITAL.CSV","r") as NF:
NewReader=csv.reader(NF)
for rec in NewReader:
print(rec[0],rec[1])

AddNewRec(“FRANCE”,”PARIS”)
AddNewRec(“SRILANKA”,”COLOMBO”)
ShowRec()

Ans SQL Two table based question 4

34 (i) SELECT CNAME, PRICE FROM COMPANY, CUSTOMER WHERE
COMPANY.CID = CUSTOMER.CID AND PRICE < 30000;
(ii) SELECT CNAME, PRICE FROM COMPANY, CUSTOMER WHERE
COMPANY.CID = CUSTOMER.CID AND PRICE BETWEEN 20000 AND 35000;
(iii) UPDATE CUSTOMER SET PRICE = PRICE+1000 WHERE NAME LIKE “S%”;
(iv) SELECT PRODUCTNAME,CITY, PRICE FROM COMPANY,CUSTOMER
WHERE COMPANY.CID=CUSTOMER.CID AND PRODUCTNAME=”MOBILE”;
(1 mark for each correct query.)
Ans import mysql.connector as mysql 4
35 con1 = mysql.connect(host = “localhost”, user = “root”, password = “tiger”,
database = “sample”)
mycursor = con1.cursor( )
rno = int(input(“Enter Roll Number : “))
name = input(“Enter the name : “)
DOB = input(“Enter date of Birth : “)
fee = float(input(“Enter Fee : “
query = “INSERT into student values({ }, ‘{ }’, ‘{ }’ , { })”.format(rno,name,DOB,fee)
mycursor.execute(query)
con1.commit( )
print(“Data added successfully”)
con1.close( )
(½ mark for correctly importing the connector object)
 (½ mark for correctly creating the connection object)
(½ mark for correctly creating the cursor object)
(½ mark for correctly inputting the data)
(1 mark for correct creation of query)
(½ mark for correctly executing the first query with commit
(½ mark for correctly displaying the data)

Q Section-E ( 2 x 5 = 10 Marks) Mark

Ans (I) import pickle 5
36 def input_candidates():
candidates = [ ]
n = int(input("Enter the number of candidates you want to add: "))
for i in range(n):
candidate_id = int(input("Enter Candidate ID: "))
candidate_name = input("Enter Candidate Name: ")
designation = input("Enter Designation: ")
experience = float(input("Enter Experience (in years): "))
candidates.append([candidate_id, candidate_name, designation,
experience])
return candidates
candidates_list = input_candidates()

def append_candidate_data(candidates):
with open('candidates.bin', 'ab') as file:
for candidate in candidates:
pickle.dump(candidate, file)
print("Candidate data appended successfully.")
append_candidate_data(candidates_list)

(II) import pickle

def update_senior_manager():
updated_candidates = [ ]
try:
with open('candidates.bin', 'rb') as file:
while True:
try:
candidate = pickle.load(file)
if candidate[3] > 10: # If experience > 10 years
candidate[2] = 'Senior Manager'
updated_candidates.append(candidate)
except EOFError:
break # End of file reached
except FileNotFoundError:
print("No candidate data found. Please add candidates first.")
return
with open('candidates.bin', 'wb') as file:
for candidate in updated_candidates:
pickle.dump(candidate, file)
print("Candidates updated to Senior Manager where applicable.")
update_senior_manager()

(III)
import pickle
def display_non_senior_managers():
try:
 with open('candidates.bin', 'rb') as file:
while True:
try:
candidate = pickle.load(file)
if candidate[2] != 'Senior Manager': # Check if not Senior Manager
print(f"Candidate ID: {candidate[0]}")
print(f"Candidate Name: {candidate[1]}")
print(f"Designation: {candidate[2]}")
print(f"Experience: {candidate[3]}")
print("--------------------")
except EOFError:
break # End of file reached
except FileNotFoundError:
print("No candidate data found. Please add candidates first.")
display_non_senior_managers()

(1/2 mark of import pickle)

(1/2 mark for input)
(1/2 mark for opening file in append mode and 1/2 mark for using dump)
(1/2 mark for opening file in read mode and 1/2 mark for using load)
(1 mark for checking the condition and updating the value)
(1 mark for checking the condition and displaying data correctly)
(1 mark for try and except block)
37 Networking based question 5
(i) Server should be installed in Building 3 , As maximum computer is there
(ii) Hub/Switch installed in each and every building to connect computers in each
building.
(iii) Bus/ Star topology
(iv) No repeater is required as distance between building is less than 100 meter.
(v) Voip
OR
LAN (Local Area Network)

(1x5=5 mark for each correct answer)