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Sample Paper 09 Solutions

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (402)
Class X Session 2024-25
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. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.
iii. There is no negative marking.
iv. Do as per the instructions given.
7. SECTION B – SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (26 MARKS):
i. This section has 16 questions.
ii. A candidate has to do 10 questions.
iii. Do as per the instructions given.
development skills. She is focusing on
understanding her own emotions and
behaviors to enhance her growth and
SECTION - A interactions with others. Which term refers to
our knowledge and understanding of
Objective Type Questions
ourselves?
1. Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions based (a) Self-awareness
on Employability Skills (b) Motivation
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(i) Raj is reflecting on what might prevent him (d) None of these
from convincing others to support his startup
goals. In which situation an entrepreneur will Ans :
not be able to convince his fellow beings to
achieve his goals? (a) Self-awareness
(a) Low self-confidence Self-awareness refers to the knowledge and
understanding of one’s own thoughts, feelings,
(b) Innovative ness and behaviours. It is a key aspect of personal
(c) Risk-taking growth, unlike motivation, which drives actions.
(d) None of the above

Ans :
(a) Low self-confidence (iii) Ramesh is learning about computer systems
and wants to understand how multiple tasks
An entrepreneur with low self-confidence may
can run at the same time without affecting
struggle to inspire trust and motivate others
each other’s performance._____ provides
toward achieving shared goals. Confidence is
process and memory management services
crucial for convincing others and gaining support.
that allow two or more tasks, jobs or
Innovativeness and risk-taking are beneficial
programs to run simultaneously.
traits for an entrepreneur.
(ii) Priya is working on improving her personal
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renewable resources like wind, solar, and hydro
(a) Multi- tasking power.
(b) Multi- threading (vi) Riya has been feeling overwhelmed with her
upcoming exams. She is noticing physical
(c) Multi- processing symptoms and is wondering which of them
(d) Multi- computing may be related to stress. Which one of the
following is not a symptom of stress?
Ans : (a) Increased sweating
(a) Multi- tasking (b) Dry mouth
Multi- tasking allows a computer to manage
(c) Cold hands or feet
multiple tasks or programs simultaneously by
efficiently allocating resources like CPU and (d) None of the above
memory. It enables users to perform several
operations at once without interrupting each Ans :
other. (d) None of the above
Increased sweating, dry mouth, and cold hands
(iv) Which of the following is an example of or feet are all common symptoms of stress.
effective written communication? These physical reactions are part of the body’s
(a) Using excessive jargon and technical response to stress, known as the “fight or flight”
terms response.

(b) Writing lengthy paragraphs without any 2. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions
breaks or bullet points
(c) Using concise and clear language (i) Neeta is planning to take a car loan to buy a
(d) Including personal opinions and biases new car. But she is not sure about the
payback time, i.e. whether to pay it back in 5
Ans : or 6 years considering that her monthly fuel
cost will also increase. In such cases, which
(c) Using concise and clear language
of the following features of spreadsheet can
Using concise and clear language is an example she use to get an idea about it?
of effective written communication. It ensures
(a) Consolidation (b) Macros
that the message is easily understood by the
reader, without unnecessary complexity or (c) Templates (d) What-if analysis
ambiguity.
Ans :
(d) What-if analysis
What-if analysis allows Neeta to explore different
scenarios based on varying loan repayment
(v) Which of the following is an example of a
periods and changing fuel costs. This feature
green skill?
helps her evaluate the impact of different
(a) Traditional farming techniques assumptions on her financial situation.
(b) Renewable energy installation and
maintenance
(ii) The small area network created around a
(c) Conventional manufacturing processes blue-tooth device is called _____.
(d) Non-recyclable waste disposal (a) LAN (b) PAN
methods (c) WAN (d) MAN

Ans : Ans :
(b) Renewable energy installation and (b) PAN
maintenance Renewable energy installation and A PAN (Personal Area Network) is a small
maintenance is an example of a green skill, as it network created around a Bluetooth device,
involves sustainable practices that contribute to typically covering a very short range, such as a
environmental protection. It focuses on using few meters, for connecting personal devices like
 phones, tablets, and laptops.
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(iii) Which of the following allows you to reorder Ans :

data?
(c) dial-up connection
(a) Sorting (b) Filtering A dial-up connection is a temporary internet
(c) Scenario (d) Custom sorting connection that uses the Public Switched
Telephone Network (PSTN) to connect to the
Ans : internet. It is slower compared to modern
broadband and wireless connections.
(a) Sorting
Sorting allows you to reorder data in a specific
order, either ascending or descending, based on 3. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions
selected criteria like numbers, dates, or text.
Custom sorting gives more control, but sorting is (i) DBMS is a program, that controls the
the general term for reordering. creation, maintenance and use of a
database. Here, DBMS stands for
(iv) The ____ SQL statement is used to make a (a) Digital Base Management System
query or retrieve data from a table in a
(b) Data Build Management System
database.
(a) INSERT (b) UPDATE (c) SELECT (c) Database Management System

(d) REVIEW (d) Database Management Service

Ans : Ans :

(c) SELECT (c) Database Management System

The SELECT SQL statement is used to retrieve DBMS stands for Database Management
or query data from a table in a database. It allows System, which is a software program that
users to view specific data or all records based controls the creation, maintenance, and use of
on the given conditions. databases. It provides a way to store, manage,
and retrieve data efficiently.

(ii) Template includes a text space that is

(v) Which of the following is not an AutoShape? surrounded by brackets. It is called a _____.
(a) Line (b) Circle (a) margin (b) placeholder
(c) Curve (d) ClipArt (c) data source (d) track changes

Ans : Ans :
(d) ClipArt (b) placeholder
ClipArt is not an AutoShape. AutoShapes are pre A placeholder in a template refers to a text space
defined shapes like lines, circles, and curves that surrounded by brackets, indicating where content
can be inserted and formatted in applications like should be inserted or replaced with specific data,
Microsoft PowerPoint. ClipArt refers to images or like a name or date.
illustrations.

(vi) A _____ is a temporary connection that uses

the Public Switched Telephone Network (iii) Neha is adjusting a custom graphic for her
(PSTN) to connect to the Internet. presentation and wants to modify certain
segments. Editing Custom Shapes feature
(a) broadband connection
allows _____ of small segments of a
(b) wireless connection drawing.
(c) dial-up connection (a) shaping
(d) None of the above (b) reshaping
(c) rehearse
 (d) None of these

Ans :
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A mixed reference is a combination of relative
(b) reshaping and absolute references in a cell address, where
The reshaping feature allows modification of one part (row or column) is fixed and the other
small segments in a custom shape. It helps in varies. For example, $A1 or A$1 is a mixed
fine tuning the design by adjusting specific parts reference.
of the drawing. Shaping refers to the initial 4. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions
creation, not editing.
(i) In packet based networks, the message gets
(iv) Key field is a unique identifier for each broken into small _____.
record. It is defined in the form of _____. (a) data packets (b) data frame
(a) rows (b) columns
(c) chunk (d) None of these
(c) tree (d) query
Ans :
Ans :
(a) data packets
(b) columns In packet-based networks, messages are divided
A key field, such as a primary key, is a unique into smaller units called data packets for efficient
identifier assigned to each record and is transmission. These packets are reassembled at
represented as a column in a database table. the destination to recreate the original message.
Each entry in this column uniquely identifies a
record.
(ii) This is a type of hyperlink available in
Hyperlink dialog box, which creates a new
worksheet.
(a) New document
(v) A _____ filters data traffic at a network
boundary. (b) New file
(a) bridge (c) New worksheet
(b) switch (d) New data
(c) gateway
Ans :
(d) hub
(a) New document
Ans : The “New document” hyperlink option in the
Hyperlink dialog box allows you to create a new
(a) bridge
file or worksheet directly from the link. It
A bridge filters data traffic at a network boundary facilitates adding a new document while linking
by inspecting data packets and deciding whether to it simultaneously.
to forward or block them based on the destination
MAC address. It connects and segments
networks efficiently. (iii) A _____is a document model that you use to
create other documents.
(a) Anchoring (b) Alignment
(vi) What is the name given to a combination of
two cell references? (c) Template (d) None of these
(a) Relative reference
Ans :
(b) Absolute reference
(c) Template
(c) Mixed reference A template is a pre-designed document model
(d) None of the above that provides a framework for creating new
documents with consistent formatting and
Ans : structure. It saves time and ensures uniformity in
(c) Mixed reference document creation.
 (c) Scenario (d) Custom sorting
(iv) Which of the following allows you to display
the specific data? Ans :
(a) Arranging (b) Filtering (b) Filtering
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From the Picture Toolbar, you can open the
Filtering allows you to display specific data by Format toolbar for formatting text and images
applying conditions or criteria to a dataset. It and the Drawing toolbar for creating and
hides non-relevant data while showing only the modifying shapes and graphics. These enhance
required information. visual content editing.
(ii) URL is the _____ for a website or a web
(v) 1:1, 1:n and n:1 are examples of different page.
types of _____. (a) web address
(a) Relations (b) Databases (b) website
(c) Data (d) Query (c) web page

Ans : (d) Both (a) and (c)

(a) Relations Ans :

1:1, 1:n and n:1 are types of relationships in (a) web address
database management that define how entities
A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the web
in tables relate to each other. These are used to
address of a website or web page. It specifies the
model real-world associations between data
location of the resource on the internet and the
entities.
protocol used to access it.

(vi) Which of the following is an application

program that is stored on a remote server
and delivered over the Internet?
(iii) A _____ refers to a cell or a range of cells on
(a) Web application a Worksheet and can be used to find the
(b) System application values or data that you want formula to
calculate.
(c) Internet application
(a) cell reference
(d) None of these
(b) block
Ans : (c) sheet reference
(a) Web application (d) autofill
A web application is a program stored on a
remote server and accessed through a web Ans :
browser over the Internet. It allows users to (a) cell reference
interact with it without downloading or installing it
A cell reference identifies a specific cell or range
locally.
of cells in a worksheet and is used in formulas to
5. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions fetch the values or data for calculations.
Examples include A1 or B2

(i) Two other toolbars can be opened from

Picture Toolbar are : the _____ and _____. (iv) _____ is used to define the structure of your
(a) Edit picture, Color picture tables and other objects in the database. (a)
DDL
(b) Format, drawing
(b) DML
(c) Graphic Filter toolbar, Color toolbar
(c) DCL
(d) Floating toolbar, Color toolbar
(d) None of these
Ans :
Ans :
(b) Format, drawing
 (a) DDL schema.
Data Definition Language (DDL) is used to
define and manage the structure of database (v) Suraj wants to know the sequence of steps
tables and other objects. It includes commands used to open the Templates dialog.
like CREATE, ALTER, and DROP to modify the
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sustainable development. He is exploring ways
Answer to his query. governments can actively promote the
(a) File " New " ext Document development of green skills among individuals
and organizations. Based on your understanding,
(b) File " New " Templates
explain how governments can achieve this.?
(c) Format " Group " Group
(d) None of the above Ans :
Governments can promote the development of
Ans : green skills by investing in education and
training programs, creating policies that support
(b) File " New " Templates sustainable industries, and providing incentives
To open the Templates dialog, the sequence is for businesses to adopt green practices.
typically “File New Templates.” This allows users
to access pre-designed templates for creating
new documents. 7. How does feedback contribute to improving
communication skills?

Ans :
Feedback provides valuable insights into one’s
(vi) Rajiv has created an employee table and communication strengths and areas for
made Emp_No, as the primary key, so that it improvement. It helps individuals refine their
can accept only unique values for each approach, identify weaknesses, and adapt their
record. At the same time, he wants to have communication style.
one more field that can behave like a primary
key. Which of the following types of key can
serve the purpose? 8. Name two basic elements of
(a) Foreign key entrepreneurship. Ans :
(b) Composite key
Risk-Taking Entrepreneurship and risk-taking go
(c) Unique key hand in hand. One of the most important features
(d) None of these of entrepreneurship is that the whole business is
run and managed by one person. So, there is no
Ans : one to share the risks with.
(b) Composite key Vision Vision or foresight is one of the main
A unique key ensures that all values in the driving forces behind any entrepreneur. It is the
specified column or combination of columns are energy that drives the business forward by using
distinct, similar to a primary key. Rajiv can use a the foresight of the entrepreneur. It is what gives
unique key for another field to enforce the business an outline for the future – the tasks
uniqueness without making it a primary key. to complete, the risks to take, the culture to
establish, etc.

SECTION - B
Subjective Type Questions
9. Ananya has noticed that her computer is running
slower than usual. Her teacher suggested using
Direction for Q 6-Q 10 : Answer any 3 out of the Disk Defragmenter to improve performance.
given 5 questions on Employability skills. Answer Based on this, explain the use of Disk
each question in 20-30 words. Defragmenter.

6. Rohit is working on a research project about Ans :

 Defragmentation is the process of consolidating The process of defragmentation moves the data
fragmented files on the user’s hard drive. Files blocks on the hard drive around to bring all the
become fragmented when data is written to disk, parts of a file together. Defragmentation reduces
and there is not enough contiguous space to hold file system fragmentation, increasing the
the complete file. Storage algorithms break the efficiency of data retrieval and thereby improving
data apart so that it will fit into the available the overall performance of the computer.
space.
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was also changed.
10. What do you mean by environmental stress?
13. Mention any two components of a database.
Ans :
Ans :
It is a response to happenings around us that
cause stress, such as noise, pollution, crowding, Two components of database are as follows:
pressure of work, family tensions etc. Some of Data It is raw numbers, characters or facts
these may be under our control if we try to represented by value. Most of the organisations
control them, whereas some may not be generate, store and process large amount of
controllable by us. Identifying these data. The data acts as a bridge between the
environmental stresses and learning to avoid hardware
them or deal with them will help lower our stress and the software. Data may be of different types
level. such as User data, Metadata and Application
Metadata.
Software It is a set of programs that lies between
Direction for Q 11-Q 16 : Answer any 4 out of the
the stored data and the users of database. It is
given 6 questions in 20-30 words each.
used to control and manage the overall
11. What do you mean by Open Office Calc. computerised database. It uses different types of
software such as MySQL, Oracle etc.
Ans :
Calc is an easy to understand spreadsheet
program that appeals to novice users and 14. Riya is working on a project in which she needs
professional data miners and number crunchers to organize a large dataset in her worksheet. Her
alike. mentor advised her to sort the data for better
Calc provides a number of features not present analysis. Based on this, write the steps to sort the
in Excel, including a system which automatically data in a worksheet.
defines a series for graphing based on the layout
of the users’s data. Calc is also capable of writing Ans :
spreadsheets directly as PDF files. Sorting arranges the visible cells on the sheet. In
Calc can store a maximum of 65,536 rows with Calc, you can sort by up to three criteria, with
1024 columns in each sheet with a maximum of each criterion applied one after the other. Sorts
256 sheets. are handy when you are searching for a
particular item, and become even more powerful
12. How to add a comment in a word processor after you have filtered data.
application?
In addition, sorting is often useful when you add
Ans : new information. When a list is long, it is usually
easier to add new information at the bottom of
To add a comment the sheet, rather than adding rows in the proper
(i) Select the cell that the comment applies to. (ii) places. After you have added information, you
Select Insert " Comment or right-click and select can then sort it to update the sheet.
Insert Comment. The box shown in the figure Highlight the cells to be sorted, then select Data
below appears. " Sort to open the Sort dialog, or click the Sort
(iii) Type the text of your comment in the box. Ascending or Sort Descending toolbar buttons.
(iv) Click outside the box to close it. Using the dialog, you can sort the selected cells
Now the cell to which you added the comment using up to three columns, in either ascending (A
has a colored dot in the upper right-hand corner. Z, 1-9) or descending (Z-A, 9-1) order.
It does not have a colored border, unless the cell
 sharing content like audio, video, data or
15. Define the following : anything in digital format.
(i) Peer-to-Peer architecture In P2P connection, a couple of computers is
(ii) Internet connected via Universal Serial Bus (USB) to
transfer files. In peer-to-peer networking,
Ans : each or every computer may be worked as
(i) It is also known as P2P network. This server or client.
computer network relies on computing power (ii) The Internet is a world wide system of
at the edges of a connection rather than in computer networks, i.e. network of networks.
the network itself. P2P network is used for
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(i) ORACLE, MySQL
Through Internet, computers become able to
exchange information with each other and (ii) There are four kinds of this database:
find diverse perspective on issues from a document databases, key-value stores,
global audience. Most of the people use column-oriented databases, and graph
Internet for sending and receiving e-mail and databases.
net surfing for retrieving information. (iii) Foreign key
(iv) The SELECT command is used to select
16. When the computer network uses telephone lines data from a database. The data returned is
as communication channel, then MODEM is used stored in a result table, called the result-set.
as a data communication device. Now, explain 18. Manisha had created a Table of Contents of the
the working of MODEM. project done by her. Tell her the different steps to
do the following:
Ans :
(a) Creating a TOC
Modems work basically in two modes. One is
(b) Deleting a TOC
voice mode and other is data mode. In voice
mode modem acts like a simple telephone. But Ans :
in data mode modem acts as a Simple modem.
These types of modems have a switch which is (i) Select Insert " Table of Contents and Index "
helpful in changing the mode i.e. from voice Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography...
mode to data mode and from data mode to voice from the menu.
mode. For voice communication, loudspeaker In the “Table of Contents, Index or
and a microphone is implemented in the modem. Bibliography”
Some modems have the ability to compress data. dialog, select the type “Table of Contents”.
These modems compress data before sending to Now, click OK.
improve the data transfer rates. But there must The table of contents with the formatted
be a similar technology modem to decompress Headings
the data at the receiver end. now appears where you placed the cursor.
(ii) To delete the table of contents from a
document :
1. Right click anywhere in the Table of
Content
Direction for Q 17-Q 21 : Answer any 3 out of the
given 5 questions in 50-80 words each. 2. From the pop-up menu, choose Delete
Index/Table. Writer deletes the Table of
17. Arjun is preparing for a database management Contents.
competition and needs clarity on some concepts You can also delete the index from the
related to databases. Help him answer the Navigator by selecting Index " Delete from
following questions: the menu.
(i) Mention any two databases.
(ii) Define different forms of a database. 19. Consider the following table ITEM:
(iii) What is an attribute whose value is derived S P S City
No Name Name Qt Cos
from the primary key of some other table? (iv) y t
Define the SELECT command.
S1 Biscuit Delhi
Ans :
 Priyagold 12 12.0
ITEM?
0 0 (ii) Write the SQL queries to
(a) Display all the products whose quantity
S2 Bread Britannia
20 25.0 Mumbai
in between 100 and 350.
0 0 (b) Display the data for all products sorted
by their quantity.
S3
Chocolat Cadbury 35 40.0 Mumbai
(c) To list S_Name, P_Name, Cost for all the
e 0 0 products whose quantity is less than
400.
S4 Sauce Kissan
40 45.0 Chennai Ans :
0 0
(i) There are 4 records and 6 fields.
(ii) (a) SELECT * FROM ITEM WHERE QTY
BETWEEN 100 AND 350;
(i) How many records and fields in the table (b) SELECT * FROM ITEM ORDER BY QTY;
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box, type a name for the new module. 12. Click
(c) SELECT S_NAME, P_NAME, COST FROM OK.
ITEM WHERE QTY < 400: 13. Click Save button.
20. Simran wants to add macro in a spreadsheet 14. The created macro is saved in Module1111
application. Tell her the different steps involved of the Standard library in the Untitled1
in adding a macro. worksheet.

Ans : 21. Riya is a student of class X. She had heard about

network devices. She had some queries. Help
The following steps create a macro that performs
her by answering her queries.
paste special with multiply.
(i) What is network device?
1. Open a new spreadsheet.
(ii) Name any two network devices.
2. Enter numbers into a sheet.
(iii) Which device is used as proxy server?
3. Select cell A3, which contains the number 3,
(iv) What is the basic function of repeater?
and copy the value to the clipboard.
4. Select the range A1 : C3. Ans :
5. Use Tools " Macros " Record Macro to start (i) Network devices are physical devices that
the macro recorder. The Record Macro allow hardware on a computer network to
dialog is displayed with a Stop Recording interact and communicate with one another. (ii)
button. Hub, Switch
6. Use Edit " Paste Special. It will display the (iii) Firewall
Paste Special dialog box. (iv) A repeater is a simple facility used for
network interconnection, whose major
function is to receive a network signal from
7. Set the operation to Multiply and click OK. the transmitter and to regenerate the signal
The cells are now multiplied by 3. in strength and retransmit the signal while
8. Click Stop Recording. The OpenOffice.org maintaining the data that is transmitted by
Basic Macros dialog box will appear. the signal.
9. Select the current worksheet. Existing
worksheets show a library named Standard. This
library is not created until the worksheet is
saved, or the library is needed, so at this point
your new worksheet does not contain a library.
You can create a new library to contain the
macro, but this is not necessary. 10. Click New
Module. New Module dialog box will appear.
11. If no libraries exist, then the Standard library
is automatically created and used. In this dialog