SQL Programming Practice Paper – Set 2 (With Answers)
Section A: Basics & DDL/DML (10 Marks)
1. Q1. Define Primary Key vs Unique Key.
- Primary Key ensures each row is unique and cannot contain NULLs.
- Unique Key also ensures uniqueness but allows a single NULL value.
2. Q2. Create a `Departments` table.
CREATE TABLE Departments (
DeptID INT PRIMARY KEY,
DeptName VARCHAR(100),
Location VARCHAR(50)
);
3. Q3. Insert a record into `Departments`.
INSERT INTO Departments (DeptID, DeptName, Location)
VALUES (1, 'Finance', 'Mumbai');
4. Q4. Delete department where `DeptName = 'Finance'`.
DELETE FROM Departments WHERE DeptName = 'Finance';
5. Q5. Rename column `Location` to `City`.
ALTER TABLE Departments RENAME COLUMN Location TO City;
Section B: SELECT Queries & Filtering (10 Marks)
6. Q6. Get all employees from 'HR' department.
SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE Department = 'HR';
7. Q7. Find employees whose names end with 'a'.
SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE FirstName LIKE '%a';
8. Q8. List employees who joined in 2023.
SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE YEAR(JoinDate) = 2023;
9. Q9. Find employees not in 'Finance' department.
SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE Department <> 'Finance';
10. Q10. Show salary of employees in ascending order.
SELECT FirstName, LastName, Salary FROM Employees ORDER BY Salary ASC;
Section C: JOINS & Relationships (15 Marks)
11. Q11. Get list of employees along with their department name.
SELECT E.FirstName, D.DeptName FROM Employees E
JOIN Departments D ON E.DeptID = D.DeptID;
12. Q12. Fetch employees with or without departments.
SELECT E.FirstName, D.DeptName FROM Employees E
LEFT JOIN Departments D ON E.DeptID = D.DeptID;
13. Q13. List departments without any employees.
SELECT D.DeptName FROM Departments D
LEFT JOIN Employees E ON D.DeptID = E.DeptID
WHERE E.EmpID IS NULL;
14. Q14. Count employees in each city.
SELECT City, COUNT(*) AS EmployeeCount FROM Employees GROUP BY City;
15. Q15. Get department name for each employee using aliases.
SELECT E.FirstName, D.DeptName AS Department FROM Employees E
INNER JOIN Departments D ON E.DeptID = D.DeptID;
Section D: Subqueries & Aggregations (15 Marks)
16. Q16. Get employee(s) with lowest salary.
SELECT * FROM Employees WHERE Salary = (SELECT MIN(Salary) FROM Employees);
17. Q17. Get department-wise highest salary.
SELECT DeptID, MAX(Salary) FROM Employees GROUP BY DeptID;
18. Q18. List employees earning more than department average.
SELECT * FROM Employees E1
WHERE Salary > (SELECT AVG(Salary) FROM Employees E2 WHERE E2.DeptID =
E1.DeptID);
19. Q19. Get all employees whose salary is not among top 3.
SELECT * FROM Employees
WHERE Salary NOT IN (
SELECT DISTINCT Salary FROM Employees ORDER BY Salary DESC LIMIT 3
);
20. Q20. Find second highest salary using subquery.
SELECT MAX(Salary) FROM Employees
WHERE Salary < (SELECT MAX(Salary) FROM Employees);
Section E: Group By, Having, Case & Window Functions (20 Marks)
21. Q21. Total and average salary per department.
SELECT DeptID, SUM(Salary) AS Total, AVG(Salary) AS Average
FROM Employees GROUP BY DeptID;
22. Q22. Departments with more than 5 employees.
SELECT DeptID, COUNT(*) AS EmpCount FROM Employees
GROUP BY DeptID HAVING COUNT(*) > 5;
23. Q23. Assign performance rating by salary slab.
SELECT *, CASE
WHEN Salary >= 90000 THEN 'Excellent'
WHEN Salary >= 70000 THEN 'Good'
ELSE 'Average' END AS Rating
FROM Employees;
24. Q24. Find Dense Rank of salary within departments.
SELECT *, DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY DeptID ORDER BY Salary DESC) AS
RankInDept
FROM Employees;
25. Q25. Calculate running total salary per department.
SELECT *, SUM(Salary) OVER (PARTITION BY DeptID ORDER BY JoinDate) AS RunningTotal
FROM Employees;
Section F: Practical SQL Challenge (30 Marks)
26. Q26. Top 2 highest spending customers from 'Orders'.
SELECT CustomerID, SUM(Amount) AS TotalSpent
FROM Orders GROUP BY CustomerID ORDER BY TotalSpent DESC LIMIT 2;
27. Q27. Find customers who placed at least 3 orders.
SELECT CustomerID FROM Orders
GROUP BY CustomerID HAVING COUNT(*) >= 3;
28. Q28. Show daily order count in April 2024.
SELECT OrderDate, COUNT(*) AS Orders
FROM Orders
WHERE OrderDate BETWEEN '2024-04-01' AND '2024-04-30'
GROUP BY OrderDate;
29. Q29. Identify most recent order per customer.
SELECT * FROM (
SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY CustomerID ORDER BY OrderDate
DESC) AS rn
FROM Orders
) AS sub WHERE rn = 1;
30. Q30. Calculate order amount percent contribution per day.
SELECT OrderDate,
Amount,
ROUND(Amount * 100.0 / SUM(Amount) OVER (PARTITION BY OrderDate), 2) AS
PercentContribution
FROM Orders;
