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13th March, 2023

COMPUTER
APPLICATIONS
Time Allowed: 2 Hours Maximum Marks: 50

General Instructions:
(i) This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
(ii) All Questions are compulsory. However, internal choices have been provided in some of the questions.
(iii) Section A has 12 questions carrying 01 mark each.
(iv) Section B has 7 Short Answer (SA-I) type questions carrying 02 marks each.
(v) Section C has 4 Short Answer (SA-II) type questions carrying 03 marks each.
(vi) Section D has 1 Long Answer (LA) type question carrying 04 marks.
(vii) Section E has 2 Source based /Case-based /Passage based Questions carrying 04 marks each.

SECTION - A 12 Marks
(All questions are compulsory)
1. The acronym SSH stands for ........................... . Center(NIC). Facebook.com is a commercial
(a) Safe Shell social networking website.
(b) Software Shell
(c) Secure Shell Related Theory
(d) Simple Shell 1  A website on which people can connect with their
family, friends and colleagues and also share their
Ans. (c) Secure Shell activities and their interest on any topic as well, is
called a social networking site.
Explanation: SSH is Secure Shell protocol.
It is used to remotely log in to a system. 3. M in HTML stands for:
SSH esgtablishes a direct secure connection (a) Modify (b) Management
between client and the server using encrypted (c) Multiple (d) Markup 1
data.
Ans. (d) Markup
Related Theory Explanation: HTML stands for Hypertext
 Protocols like Telnet, FTP and email protocols are not Markup Language.
secure as these share unencrypted data over the
internet. Related Theory
2. Which of the following is an example of social  HTML is used to specify layout of a document and
networking website? the hyperlinks. It tells the browser how to display a
web page.
(a) wikipedia.org (b) Facebook.com
(c) cbse.gov.in (d) ncert.gov.in 1 Caution
 HTML is not a word processor or a programming
Ans. (b) Facebook.com language.

Explanation: Wikipedia.org is an informational 4. A ........................ is an online journal or

website, cbse.gov.in is a government website, informational website run by an individual,
ncert.nic.in is also a government website group, or corporation that offers regularly
registered with National Informatics updated content about a topic.

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 (a) News group (b) Blog Explanation: The alt attribute’s, text is
(c) WWW (d) e-Groups 1 displayed as tooltip if the image is available
and download is enabled at the client
Ans. (b) Blog computer or is displayed as a label next to the
Explanation: A News group is an online image’s placeholder.
forum where users with common interests
can gather and discuss a specific topic. WWW Related Theory
is a collection of web pages and electronic  To display tooltip in browsers other than Internet
documents that are linked using hyperlinks. Explorer the title attribute of <img> tag is used.

E-Groups are online groups of like minded rrCaution

individuals where they can share their posts ¬¬
The text of alt attribute is displayed as tooltip only in
and also like and comment on posts by other Internet Explorer.
members. A blog is a frequently updated
personal diary or journal. 8. Which of the following tag can be used to
draw a horizontal line in webpage?
Related Theory (a) <line> (b) <hrule>
 Different types of blogs are Personal Blogs, News and (c) <hr> (d) <rule> 1
Views, Company blogs, Micro blogs.
Ans. (c) <hr>
5. Which of the following is not a valid value for
the target attribute of <a> tag? Explanation: <hr> horizontal rule draws a
(a) _blank (b) _self horizontal line on the web page that goes
(c) _top (d) _bottom 1 across the browser window.

Ans. (d) _bottom Related Theory

Explanation: The target attribute of an anchor
 Default size of horizontal rule is 3 pixels. Attributes
Size, width, noshade and color can be used with it.
specifies where to open the linked document.
9. In HTML <dl>, <dd> and <dt> tags are used
_blank is the default value and opens the linked
to create:
document in a new window or tab.
(a) Description list (b) Definition list
_self opens the linked document in the same (c) Detail list (d) Dynamic list 1
frame where it was clicked.
Ans. (a) Description list
_top opens the document in the full body of the
Explanation: A description list in HTML is used
window where it was clicked.
to give definition of some terms. <dl> is used
to specify the following list as description list,
Related Theory
<dt> specifies the definition term and <dd>
 Some other values of the target attribute are _parent
specifies the description of the term.
(to open the linked document in the parent window)
and framename (opens the linked document in the
named frame). Related Theory
 Description lists are specified without any bullets and
6. link, vlink, alink are attributes of ...................... are indented.
tag.
(a) <body> (b) <a> Caution
(c) <html> (d) <img> 1  <dl> defines a description list in HTML 5.0 and a
definition list in HTML 4.1.
Ans. (a) <body>
10. A software ..................... is a legal instrument
Explanation: link, vlink and alink attributes governing the use or redistribution of
specify the colour of the links, visited link and software.
active links in a document. (a) license (b) law
(c) document (d) piracy 1
7. The .............................. attribute of <img> tag
specifies an alternate text for an image, if the Ans. (a) license
image cannot be displayed.
(a) alt (b) text Explanation: A license provides end users the
(c) alternate (d) msg 1 right to use the software without violating the
copyrights. It also defines responsibilities of
Ans. (a) alt both the parties

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 used for search algorithm scans the index to find
Related Theory related web pages from the WWW.
 There are different types of software licenses such
as Proprietary Software license and Free and Open 12. Assertion (A): CSS saves a lot of work. It
Source Software License. can control the layout of
Questions No.11 and 12 are Assertion and Reason multiple web pages all at
types. Each question consists of two statements, once.
namely, Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Select the Reason (R) : All the required style settings
most suitable option considering the Assertion & can be stored in an external
Reason. stylesheet and a link to it
11. Assertion (A): Search engine is a hardware can be added in the <head>
device that searches for any section of each web page.
websites on the World Wide (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R)
Web. are true and Reason (R) is a correct
Reason (R): Google Search and Microsoft’s explanation of Assertion (A).
Bing are two popular search
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are
engines.
true but Reason (R) is not a correct
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true
and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of explanation of Assertion (A).
Assertion (A). (c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are false.
true but Reason (R) is not a correct (d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is
explanation of Assertion (A).
true. 1
(c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is
false. Ans. (a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true
(d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is
and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of
true. 1 Assertion (A).
Ans. (d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.
Explanation: CSS or Cascading Style Sheet
Explanation: Search engine is a software is a way of separating the document content
program that searches through a database
from the document style thus providing more
of web pages for a particular information.
Google Search, Microsoft Bing, Yahoo! Search clarity of the content and better control over
and ASK are some of the popular search the presentation styles of the document.
engines.
Related Theory
Related Theory
 To search information using search engines, users  A CSS rule set consists of a selector and a declaration
need to enter relevant keywords . Now the software block.

SECTION - B 14 Marks
(2 Marks each)

13. Write any two points of comparison in SMS MMS

between SMS and MMS. 2
It allows message It allows message
Ans. Any two points of comparison in between length up to 160 length up to 1600
SMS and MMS: characters. characters.
It is less expensive. It is more expensive
SMS MMS
Extra Points:
It stands for Short It stands for Multi-
Messaging Service. media Messaging SMS MMS
Service.
SMS can be sent To be able to send
It does not support It supports multi-media and received using or receive an MMS a
multimedia content content and allows any cell phone multimedia enabled
and it allows to to send images and phone is required.
send only text. videos along with text.
(Any two)

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 14. What is e-Learning? Mention its two main Extra points:
advantages.
OR 3G 4G
Briefly discuss the role of e-governance in
3G stands for 3rd 4G stands for 4th
any country’s growth and development. 2
generation. generation.
Ans. E-learning: It is a method of obtaining
It is a wide area, 4G integrates Wide
knowledge through digital or, web-enabled
cell based network Area cell based
gadgets like computers, laptops, tablets or
smartphones. architecture. network architecture
along with wireless
Advantages: LAN.
(1) E-learning is self-paced.
3G uses 4G uses WiMax and LTE
(2) E-learning is student-centered.
Wideband Code (Long Term Evolution)
(3) E-learning is cost-effective
Division Multiple technologies.
(4) E-learning accommodates individual
Access( WCDMA),
learning styles.
Digital Broadband
Extra Points: packet data, etc.
It provides hands on approach to many technologies.
topics as it incorporates the use of various
multimedia thus, enhancing the learning (Any two)
experience.
16. Which software are termed as open-source
Related Theory software? Name any two such software.
 Some very popular e-learning softwares are moodle, OR
udemy, skill share, udacity, etc. What do you understand by the term
OR Intellectual property right? Discuss briefly. 2
Role of e-governance in any country’s
growth and development: Ans. Open-source software is a type of computer
Now-a-days e-Governance has a major role software that is released under a license, but
in any country’s growth and development the source code is made available to all the
as properly designed and implemented, users to understand it, modify it or re-distribute
e-Governance can improve efficiency in the it. Name of any two OSS: Linux, Firefox
delivery of government services, simplify
compliance with government regulations,
Related Theory
strengthen citizen participation and trust in
government, and yield cost savings for citizens,  An Open Source Software is available freely for
businesses, and the government itself. distribution and change. However, it is not available
free of cost. The Open Source license implies that
15. Compare 3G and 4G mobile technologies on all the modified versions are also licenced under the
any two major points. 2 Open Source philosophy.

Ans. Two major points of comparison in between OR

3G and 4G mobile technologies:
Intellectual property rights (IPR): These are
the rights granted to individuals over their
3G (3rd Generation) 4G (4th Generation)
original creative works such as inventions,
The maximum up- The maximum up- literary and artistic work, designs and symbols,
load and download load and download names, and images in commerce. These legal
rate is 5 Mbps and 21 rate is 500 Mbps and rights are granted through patents, copyrights,
Mbps respectively. 1 Gbps respectively. trademarks, geographical indications, etc. for a
It uses a packet It uses message and specified time period.
switching technique. packet switching
Extra points:
technique.
IPR also grants the owner of the creative works
Its frequency range Its frequency range is
to decide on how much information is to be
is from 1.8 GHz to from 2 GHz to 8 GHz.
shared and what fees is to be charged for the
2.5 GHz.
same.

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 17. Mention any two purposes of using tag defines the table <tr> specifies a row.
comments while designing a HTML <td> tag has rowspan and colspan attributes
webpage. 2 that are used to merge two or more rows or
columns into one.
Ans. Any two purposes of using comments while
designing a HTML webpage: OR
(1) With comments one can place Any two attributes of <font> tag along with
notifications and reminders in the HTML their purposes:
code.
Size: This attribute is used to adjust the size of
(2) Comments are also great for debugging
the text in the HTML document. The range of
HTML, because you can comment out
size of the font in HTML is from 1 to 7 and the
HTML lines of code, one at a time, to
search for errors. default size is 3.
Face: Font type can be set by using face
Extra Points:
attribute with font tag in HTML document. But
Comments are helpful in understanding and the fonts used by the user need to be installed
editing the code at a later stage.
in the system first.
(Any two)
Color: Font color is used to set the text colour.
18. Twisha has got confused with a few tags Using a font tag with the colour attribute in an
and their attributes. Help her match the tag HTML document, color can be specified either
with correct attribute. with its name or with its hex code.
(A) <font> (I) align
Related Theory
(B) <a> (II) face  If the font name specified in face attribute is not
supported by the browser then it is displayed in the
(C) <h1> (III) colspan default font of the browser.

(D) <td> (IV) href 19. Write suitable html statements to display
OR the following text on a webpage in
Mention any two attributes of <font> tag appropriate subscript and superscript form :
along with their purposes. 2
(A) CO2
Ans. (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)
(B) X2 2
Explanation: <font> tag is used to specify
the type of font to be used in the document. Ans. (A) CO₂
It takes the following attributes: size, face (B) X²
and color <a> is anchor tag and is used for
linking. Href is its attribute. Related Theory
<h1> is the heading tag. Headings in HTML  To display text slightly above the normal text
can be defined in 6 different levels using <h1> <sup> tag is used and to display text slightly
to <h6> tags. The headings can be aligned below the normal text <sub> tag is used. Both
using align attribute with values left, right of these are container tags. The text enclosed
and center. within the opening and closing tag is displayed as
<td> tag defines a data cell in a table. <table> subscript or superscript.

SECTION - C 12 Marks
(3 Marks each)

20. Ronaldo, a web designer in a start-up

l Background color-yellow
company, wants to give headings in a
l border of the heading - 2px in red
webpage through <h1> tag. Additionally,
he wants to implement following styles on

He is not able to implement the above-
mentioned additional styles of <h1> tag
all the <h1> tag of the same webpage at
through regular html code. Suggest him a
one go.
way out and also help him in writing the
l Color-blue code for same. 3

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 Ans. Ronaldo should use css to implement extra
Note: Assume that image and both the web
styles in <h1> tag. pages are stored in the same folder.
HTML Code:
OR
<html>
<head> Write HTML code to design the content of
the web page in the form of lists as shown
<style>
below: 3

h1 {color: blue;background-
color:yellow;border: 2px solid red} STREAM WISE CAREER OPTIONS
</style> n Science
</head> a. Engineering
<body>
b. Medical

<h1>Welcome</h1>
c. Research
</body>
</html> n Commerce
<style> tag should be placed inside <head> n Humanities
tag of a webpage.
Ans. <ahref=”second.html”><img src=”next jpg”>
Related Theory </a>
 Internal CSS tags are placed in the head tag of the
HTML document and these are applied to all the tags Related Theory
of the same type in the entire web page.  <img> tag is used to add image to a HTML document.
Its attribute is src that defines the name and location
rrCaution of the image file. <a> tag is the anchor tag and is
¬¬
The regular heading tag of HTML takes only align used for linking a document to the current HTML
attribute. document. It has attribute href which specifies the
referenced document. It is a container tag and the text
21. Rajat, a web developer, wants to show a between the opening and closing tag is the hypertext.
video named “tiger.mp4” in dimensions of To specify an image as a hyperlink its <img> tag is
300px width and 200px height on the web given in between the opening and closing <a> tags.

page. Help Rajat by writing its html code. 3 OR

Ans. HTML code to add a video in a web page: <html>

<video width=”300” height=”200” controls> <body>

<source src=”tiger.mp4” type=”video/mp4”> STREAM WISE CAREER OPTIONS

<ul type=”square”>
</video>
<li>Science
Related Theory <ol type=”a”>
 <video> tag is used to embed a video in a web page.
<li>Engineering</li>
It has one or more source attributes which specifies
video sources. Height and width attributes specify <li>Medical</li>
the dimensions of the video’s display area in pixels. <li>Research</li>
22. Abhilasha has just designed a web page. At </ol>
the end of the web page, she wants to insert </li>
an image “next.jpg”.
<li>Commerce</li>

She needs to link another web page with <li>Humanities</li>
this image, i.e., whenever anyone click on the
</ul>
image “next.jpg”, another web page named
“second.html” should open. Help her in </body>
writing the code to achieve it. </html>

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 l More focus on development of internet
Related Theory infrastructure
 To define a bulleted list in HTML <ul> tag is used. <ol>
specifies an ordered list. Individual items of the list are Extra Points:
specified using <li> tag in either list and type attribute Measures to overcome Digital divide.
of both <ul> and <ol> specifies the type of bullet or
numbering style.
l Making the content available in multiple
languages and not just English.
23. What do you understand by the term
“Digital Divide”? Mention any two measures Related Theory
to overcome it.  Digital divide can be due to:
(i) Difference in availability of internet in rural
Ans. The digital divide is the unequal access to
and urban areas
digital technology, including smartphones,
(ii) Socio economic differences such as differernce
tablets, laptops, and the internet in the society. in income, education and social status
Any two measures to overcome it: (iii) Difference in developing and developed
l Increase affordability of digital technolo- nations.
gies (iv) Lack of ICT skills
(v) Negligence towards learning new technology.

SECTION - D 4 Marks
(4 marks each)

24. Customer Analytics firm needs to design a Name: <input type=”text”><br>

survey form as shown below:
City: <br>
Name: <select size=3>
City: <option>New Delhi</option>
New Delhi
<option>Chennai</option>
Chennai
Hydrabad <option>Hydrabad</option>
Hobby: </select><br>
Reading Writing Hobby: <br>
Singing Dancing Reading<input type=”checkbox”>
Writing<input type=”checkbox”><br>

Write the suitable HTML code to design it. Singing<input type=”checkbox”>
OR
Dancing<input type=”checkbox”>
Observe the screenshot of the given web
page: </form>
OR
Skill Workshops
HTML code to design given html page:
S. Skill Days
<html>
No.
<body>
1. Communication Monday,
<table border=1>
Skills Wednesday
<tr>
2. Art & Craft Tuesday,

<th colspan=3>
Friday
SKILL WORKSHOPS
3. Personality Wednesday,
</th>
Development Saturday
</tr>
Write suitable HTML code to design it.
<tr>
4
Ans. HTML code to design survey form: <th>SNO</th>
<form> <th>SKILL</th>

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 <th>DAYS</th> <td>Tuesday, Friday</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> <tr>
<td>1</td> <td>3</td>
<td>Communication Skills</td> <td>Personality Development</td>
<td>Monday, Wednesday</td> <td>Wednesday, Saturday</td>
</tr> </tr>
<tr> </table>
<td>2</td> </body>
<td>Art & Craft</td> </html>

SECTION - E 8 Marks
(4 marks each)

25. Case Study 1 (B) Any two suitable web browsers: Google

Sanchay, has recently joined the Global Chrome, Mozilla Firefox

Network company as a network trainee. Help (C) Remote login Software: AnyDesk
Sanchay by suggesting the best suitable Protocol used in remote login: TelNet
answers for the following issues which needs
to resolved : (D) https should be preferred as https allows

(A) Company wants to engage employees transferring the data in an encrypted

in some online fun filled activities form.
to strengthen their inter-personal
26. Case Study 2
skills. Suggest any two popular video
conferencing software to be used for
It is an era of Internet and we as a netizen
the same. 1 spend most of our time in the cyber world.
(B) Company wants employees to upgrade
Saumya, a class X student, is new to the cyber
themselves by exploring internet about
world. Help her in the following:
latest happenings in the networking
(A) Suggest any two netiquettes, which she
field. Suggest any two suitable web
should follow in order to become a good
browsers for the same. 1
netizen. 1
(C) Sometimes few of the employee needs
to remotely login to their office PC from (B) As the last day was approaching, so
their home. Suggest any one popular one of her friends has just submitted
software and the protocol being used the science project by copying and
for the same. pasting from the internet, without even
1 acknowledging the original source. Is this
(D) Company wants its employees to the right act or wrong? Name the term
be safe while entering their login which is being used for this act. 1
credentials and bank account details (C) E-commerce is growing exponentially
on the internet. Out of http and https, and so is the risk involved in it. Mention
which protocols should be preferred any two common E-commerce frauds in
and why? 1 order to make Saumya aware about it. 1

Ans. (A) Any two popular video conferencing (D) Suggest her any two precautions to be
software: Skype, Zoom, Teams, Whatsapp. taken while using E-commerce. 1

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 Ans. (A) Any two netiquettes: (C) Any two common E-commerce frauds:
(1) We should not violate copyright. (1) Identity Theft
(2) Phishing
(2) We should share our expertise with
(D) Any two precautions to be taken while
others on the network. using E-commerce:
(B) No its not the right act. (1) Use updated antivirus software
(2) Always ensure to check https in the
This act is called plagiarism. web address

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