Shriram Pratishthan’s

L.K.R.R. Prince English School & Jr. College

Vidyavihar Sankul, Ravalgaon Road Selu Dist. Parbhani.
AFFILIATION NO. 1130582
Practice Exam – I (2024-25)
Class: X Sub: Information Technology (402) Mark: 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.
iv. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.

SECTION - A
Objective Type Questions
1. Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions based on Employability Skills.
(i) _________________ is a common response to danger in all people and animals.
(a) Survival stress (b) Internal stress (c) Fatigue related stress (d) Environmental stress
(ii) A ______________ is a group of sentences dealing with a particular topic.
(a) word (b) paragraph (c) value (d) None of these
(iii) The idea of sustainable development gained wide acceptance due to environment concerns in the
______________.
(a) 20th century (b) 21th century (c) 18th century (d) 19th century
(iv) In ______________ we change from our normal activities to silence.
(a) worries (b) survival (c) meditation (d) stress
(v) ______________ is the arrangement of elements on the slide with which the slide is available.
(a) Custom animation (b) Slide transition (c) Slide layout (d) None of these
(vi) There is no ______________ income available to an entrepreneur.
(a) regular or fixed (b) leadership (c) motivator (d) None of these
2. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions.
(i) Akshat wants to store a huge amount of information about his firm in a database. Which type of table
organisation would be most suitable for this purpose?
(a) Hierarchical (b) Relational (c) Flat file (d) Either relational or flat file
(ii) Safari is a web browser developed by __________________.
(a) Apple (b) Google (c) Microsoft (d) None of these
(iii) When you apply a __________________ you apply a group of formatting effects together in one
single step.
(a) style (b) effect (c) format (d) template
(iv) When you define a field for a table, in which of the following parameters do access always
considered optional?
(a) Field size (b) Field name (c) Description (d) Data type
(v) To copy a formula from one cell to another
(a) Cut the cell (b) Drag the autofill handle
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
(vi) A __________________ is a language that enables users to access and manipulate data in a database.
(a) DCI (b) TCL (c) DDL (d) DML
3. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions.
(i) In __________________ topology, each node is connected to two and only two neighbouring nodes.
(a) ring (b) mesh (c) tree (d) star
(ii) Select __________________ >Track changes > Record from the menu bar. Thereafter, every change
you record on the spreadsheet will have a red border around it.
(a) Format (b) Layout (c) File (d) Edit
(iii) Rajiv was asked to highlight the cells with green colour where the value entered is either greater than
or equals to 120 in the worksheet containing thousands of data entries. Which feature of Calc should he
use to get this work done within seconds?
(a) Filtering (b) Sorting (c) Simple formatting (d) Conditional formatting
(iv) Calc considers any data that it does not recognise as a number, date, time or formula, as
(a) Text (b) Expression (c) Function (d) Equation
(v) State True or False
'Goal seek in Calc, helps us to find the desired result by adjusting an input value'
(a) False (b) True
(vi) Which of the following tools will help Swati, if she wants to arrange the height of students in her class
in ascending order?
(a) Sorting data (b) Presenting data (c) Referring data (d) Ordering data
4. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions.
(i) _______________________ are the ways to produce the data stored in databases and tables in a printed
form.
(a) Data (b) Reports (c) Forms (d) Queries
(ii) In URL, http://www.abc.com/index. him, which component identifies the path of a web page?
(a) /index htm (b) http (c) www.abc.com (d) All of these
(iii) Tamanna wants to know the name of the kind of software which seems useful in the beginning, but
will cause damage to the computer once installed. What is such kind of software called?
(a) Malware (b) Virus (c) worm (d) Trojan Horse
(iv) What dialog box opens on choosing File > Templates > Manage Templates in Writer?
(a) The Templates dialog box (b) The Record Template dialog box
(c) The File dialog box. (d) The Manage Templates dialog box
(v) Arnab learnt about a software which gets installed on the computer without the user's knowledge. Help
him to find the name of the same.
(a) Malware (b) Adware (c) Spyware (d) None of these
(vi) ________________ are pre-defined formulas in Calc.
(a) Autofill (b) Solver (c) Subtotal (d) Functions
5. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions.
(i) Rinky wants to know about the Number data type in Calc. Which of the following statement (s) is/are
TRUE about it?
(a) By default, number and date data is aligned to the right in Calc.
(b) Numbers are generally raw numbers or dates.
(c) Numbers can be started with a dollar sign ($) or with some other currency symbols to display as
currency.
(d) All of the above
(ii) If the two departments (HR and IT) access the data simultaneously then only one department will see
the updates by the other department DBMS solves this issue. Thus, DBMS helps to avoid _____________
which means if a single database is used by multiple users then it also ensures that the same data is present
for all the users.
(a) Data modification (b) Data redundancy (c) Data inconsistency (d) Data piracy
(iii) Which tab is used to create Table of Contents in a document?
(a) Insert tab (b) Styles tab (c) File tab (d) Format tab
(iv) A is a set of instructions used to perform a specific task or operations.
(a) Spyware (b) Software (c) Firewall (d) Hardware
(v) How much space does the DATE/TIME data type hold in Base?"
(a) 8 bytes (b) 10 bytes (c) 2 bytes (d) 4 bytes
(vi) ________________ is a form of electronic commerce that allows customers to directly buy goods or
services from a seller on the Internet.
(a) E-buying (b) E-Delivery (c) E-Shopping (d) E-ticketing
SECTION-B
Subjective Type Questions
Direction for Q6-Q10: Answer any 3 out of the given 5. questions on Employability skills. Answer each
question. in 20-30 words. Each question carry 2 marks.
6. Give the short term solutions for sustainable development.
7. Write the advantages of non-verbal communication.
8. What do you mean by internal stress?
9. Explain innovativeness as a quality of entrepreneur.
10. What are the facilities provided by operating system?
Direction for Q 11-Q 16: Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions in 20-30 words. Each question carry
2 marks
11. State any two practices for internet security.
12. What do you mean by template?
13. Elucidate the following terms:
(i) PAN (ii) WiMAX
14. What is the difference between absolute and relative hyperlinks as used in Calc?
15. Write the steps to insert a record in a Datasheet View.
16. Explain the significance of primary and foreign keys.
Direction for Q 17-Q 21: Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50-80 words. Each question carry
4 marks.
17. Shaurya had already created a paragraph style. Now, he wants to delete it. What are the steps required
to delete the created style?
18. What is sorting? How to use ascending or descending sort which depends on one column?
19. Consider the following table: Employee
Table : Employee
Emp_no E_name Profile Manager Hire_date Salary Commission Dept no
8369 Smith Clerk 8902 1990-12-18 8000 NULL 20
8499 Anya Salesman 8698 1991-02-20 16000 300.00 30
8521 Seth Salesman 8698 1991-02-22 12500 500.00 30
8566 Maha Manager 8839 1991-04-02 29850 NULL 20
Devan
8654 Momin Salesman 8698 1991-09-28 12500 1400.00 30
8698 Bina Manager 8839 1991-05-01 28500 NULL 30
 (a) Write the SQL queries for the following
(i) Display E name and Salary of those employees whose Salary is greater than or equal to 22000.
(ii) Display details of employees those are notvgetting Commission.
(iii) Display all the details of the employee profile "SALESMAN
(b) How many fields and records are there in the table Employee?
20. Pinky had heard about the words types of networks. She had some doubts. Answer to her queries to
clear her doubts.
(i) What is PAN? (ii) Define the term WAN
(iii) Define the term MAN. (iv) Write a disadvantage of both LAN and WAN
21. Define the following types of integrity
(i) Entity integrity
(ii) Domain integrity
(iii) Referential integrity
(iv) User defined integrity.

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Answer Key
1. Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions based on Employability Skills.
(i) (a) Survival stress
(ii) (b) paragraph
(iii) (a) 20th century
(iv) (c) meditation
(v) (c) Slide layout
(vi) (a) regular or fixed
2. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions.
(i) (d) Either relational or flat file
(ii) (a) Apple
(iii) (a) style
(iv) (c) Description
(v) (b) Drag the autofill handle
(vi) (d) DML
3. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions.
(i) (a) ring
(ii) (d) Edit
(iii) (d) Conditional formatting
(iv) (a) Text
(v) (b) True
(vi) (a) Sorting data
4. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions.
(i) (b) Reports
(ii) (a) /index htm
(iii) (d) Trojan Horse
(iv) (a) The Templates dialog box
(v) (c) Spyware
(vi) (d) Functions
5. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions.
(i) (d) All of the above
(ii) (c) Data inconsistency
(iii) (a) Insert tab
(iv) (b) Software
(v) (a) 8 bytes
(vi) (c) E-Shopping
SECTION-B
Subjective Type Questions
Direction for Q6-Q10: Answer any 3 out of the given 5. questions on Employability skills. Answer
each question. in 20-30 words. Each question carry 2 marks.
6. Short term solutions for sustainable development are
(a) Illegal deforestation and smuggling of forest resources should be stopped.
(b) Proper balance ought to be maintained between deforestation and afforestation.
(c) Planning and building of industrial zones to manage and process are types of wastes.

7. Following are the advantages of non-verbal communication

(a) It conveys clear and precise meaning to the receiver
(b) It is presentable through visuals, audio-visual and silent means.
(c) This type of communication serves as a substitute for verbal communication
(d) It is helpful in communicating with illiterate people
(e) It is attractive in nature as pictures, graphs etc. attract everybody's attention.
(f) It is very impactful as visuals greatly affect minds of people

8. Internal stress generates within the humans regarding unreasonable matters. This internal stress is
one of the most important kinds of stress to understand and manage because it keeps on building up
as time passes For example, some people become used to the kind of hurried, tense, lifestyle of
persons living in large cities. They even look for stressful situations and feel stress about matters
which may not be stressful at all. This stress affects our work performance adversely. Internal stress
is a result of unexpressed worries.

9. With the changing needs and requirements of customers production should meet
requirements with the help of innovative ideas An entrepreneurial venture does not have to restrict
itself to just one innovation or even one type of innovation, Success can be built on combination of
innovation for example, a new product delivered in a new way with a new message.

10. The facilities provided by operating system are

(a) Easy interaction between humans and computers.
(b) Starting computer automatically when power is turned on.
(c) Loading and scheduling users programs along with necessary compilers.
(d) Controlling Input and Output.

Direction for Q 11-Q 16: Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions in 20-30 words. Each question
carry 2 marks
11. Any two practices for internet security are:
(i) Use Strong Passwords A strong password is a combination of alpha-numeric and special
characters. Do not use your mobile number, friends name, etc. for a password. Change your
password frequently at least once in 2 or 3 weeks.
(ii) Backup Your Data Always keep copies of your personal data in CDs, pendrive, etc This may be
helpful in a loss of data situation.

12. A template is a collection of styles that already has some formatting in place, such as fonts, logos
and line spacing and can be used as a starting point for almost anything that you want to create.
Microsoft Word offers hundreds of free templates, including invoices, resumes, invitations and form
letters, among others.

13. (i) PAN It stands for Personal Area Network. It is a computer network used for communication
among the computer and different technological devices close to it.
(ii) WiMAX It stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. It is a wireless
transmission of data using a variety of transmission modes.

14. Hyperlinks can be stored within your file as either relative or absolute An absolute link will stop
working only if the target is moved A relative link will stop working only if the start and target
locations change relative to each other. For instance, if you have two spreadsheets in the same folder
linked to each other and you move the entire folder to a new location, a relative hyperlink will not
break but an absolute link will break.

15. Steps to insert a record in a Datasheet View are as follows:

(a) Step 1 When you create a table, a new blank record automatically appears in the second row of
the table.
(b) Step 2 If you enter data in the last record, a new blank record will automatically appear at the end
of the table.
(c) Step 3 Type data into the fields.
(d) Step 4 When you have finished adding records in the datasheet, save it and close it.

16. A field which uniquely identifies each record in a table known as primary key. It does not allow
null values whereas a foreign key is used to establish relationship between RDBMS.

17. To delete the unwanted style, Shaurya has to right- click on it in the Styles and Formatting
window and choose Delete on the pop-up menu. He has to confirm deleting the style by choosing yes
on the pop-up.
18. Sorting is a common spreadsheet task that allows user to easily re-order the data. The most
common type of sorting is alphabetical ordering which you can do in ascending or descending order
To use ascending or descending sort which depends on one column, follow the given steps:
Highlight the cells to be sorted, then select Data > Sort to open the Sort dialog, or click the Sort
Ascending or Sort Descending toolbar buttons. Using the dialog, you can sort the selected cells using
up to three columns, in either ascending (A-Z, 1-9) or descending (Z-A, 9-1) order.

19. (a) (i) SELECT E_name, Salary FROM Employee WHERE Salary>=22000;
(ii) SELECT* FROM Employee WHERE Commission IS NULL,
(iii) SELECT* FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE Profile "SALESMAN".
(b) There are 8 fields and 6 records in the table Employee

20. (i) A Personal Area Network (PAN) is a computer network for interconnecting electronic devices
within an individual person's workspace.
(ii) A Wide Area Network (WAN) is the one which covers a broad area. It consists of two or more
local area networks. A WAN is used by government organisations and businesses.
(iii) A Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) is a computer network in which two or more computers
which are geographically distributed but in the same metropolitan city are connected. Its geographic
scope falls between a WAN and LAN
(iv) Disadvantage of LAN: Even though LAN saves a lot of money in terms of resource sharing, the
initial cost involved in setting up the network is quite high Disadvantage of WAN. It is difficult to
maintain the WAN network. It requires skilled technicians and network administrators.

21. (i) Entity Integrity It defines the primary key of a table. Entity integrity rule on a column does not
allow duplicate and null values.
(ii) Domain Integrity It defines the type, range and format of data allowed in a column Domain
integrity states that all values in a column must be of same type
(iii) Referential Integrity defines the foreign key concepts. Referential integrity ensures that data in
related tables remains accurate and consistent before and after changes.
(iv) User Defined Integrity If there are some business requirements which do not fit any above data
integrity then user can create own integrity, which is called user defined integrity.

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