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DAV CENTENARY PUBLIC SCHOOL, HALDWANI

HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (2024-25)
CLASS: XI
SUBJECT: COMPUTER SCIENCE
Time Allowed: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70
General Instructions:
 This question paper contains 37 questions.
 All questions are compulsory.
 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 case of MCQ, text of the correct answer should also be written.
Q.No Section-A (21 x 1 = 21 Marks) Marks
1 Arithmetic and logic unit along with control unit of a computer, 1
combined into a single unit is known as:
(a)Central processing unit (b)memory unit
(c)I/O unit (d)Operating system
2 Operating system is an example of : 1
(a)Application software (b)System software
(c)Utility program (d)None of these
3 The value of radix(base) in octal number system is _________ 1
(a)2 (b)8 (c)10 (d)16
4 The decimal number equivalent to following binary number is: 1
(100101)2 = ________
5 Convert (56)10 to Binary number. 1
6 Write full form of ASCII and ISCII. 1
7 Python is a/an _________language. 1
(a)High level (b)Object oriented (c)Procedural
(d)Low level
8 Python code can run on a variety of platforms, it means Python is a 1
____________language.
(a)Graphical (b)Cross platform (c)independent
(d)All of these
9 Python programs are typed in 1
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(a)Interactive mode (b)Script mode

(c)Boot mode (d)None of these
10 You don’t have to pay for Python and you can view its source code 1
too. It means Python is _________
(a)Free and open source (b)Freeware
(c)Licensable (d)Shareware
11 Special meaning words of Python fixed for specific functionality are 1
called_____________
(a)Identifiers (b)functions (c)Keywords (d)literals
12 To convert the read value through input( ) into a floating point 1
number, _______( ) is used:
(a)floating (b)float (c)int (d)integer
13 Fill in the blanks 1
Python is a ____________sensitive language.
14 What is the value of the expression 100//25? 1
(a)4 (b)4.0 (c)4.24 (d)None of these
15 In Python statement x = a + 5 – b; a and b are _______________. 1
(a)Operands (b)Expression (c)Operators (d)Equation
16 The order of statement execution in the form of top to bottom, is 1
known as ______________construct.
(a)selection (b)repetition (c)selection (d)flow
17 Negative index -1 belongs to ___________of string. 1
(a)first character (b)last character
(c)second last character (d)second character
18 Which of the following expressions evaluates to False? 1
(A) not(True) and False (B) True or False
(C) not(False and True) (D) True and not(False)
19 State True or False: 1
“In a Python program, if a break statement is given in a nested loop, it
terminates the execution of all loops in one go.”
Q20 and 21 are ASSERTION AND REASONING 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
20 Assertion(A): List is an immutable data type 1
Reasoning(R): When an attempt is made to update the value of an
immutable variable, the old variable is destroyed and a new variable is
created by the same name in memory.
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21 Assertion(A): Comments are non-executable statements that enable 1

the users to understand the program logic.
Reasoning(R): They are basically statements used to put remarks. The
comments are used to explain the code and to make it more
informative for the users.
Section-B ( 7 x 2=14 Marks)
22 Select the possible output for the given code in Python. Write the 2
minimum value ‘e’ and maximum value ‘s’ can have.
import random
num = [‘one’, ‘two’,three’,‘four’, ‘five’, ‘six’, ‘seven’,’eight’, ‘nine’]
s=random.randint(2,5)
e=random.randint(4,5)
for k in range(s,e+2):
print (num[k], end=’@’)
a) two@three@four@ b) three@four@five@six@
c) five@six@seven@eight d) four@five@six
23 Match the following : 2
Column A Column B
(a)for (i)punctuator
(b)+ (ii)literal
(c) : (iii)operator
(d) 67 (iv)literal
24 Rewrite the following code after correcting the errors and underline 2
the corrections:

n=input(‘Enter a number’)
For k in range ( 2,20)
print( n/2)
25 Write a program to check the input number is even or odd. 2
26 Write a program to check the input number is positive or negative. 2
27 What will be the output of following code? 2
x, y = 2, 6
x, y = y, x + 2
print(x, y)
28 Differentiate between break and continue statements. 2
Section-C ( 3 x 3 = 9 Marks)
29 What are immutable and mutable data types? List immutable and 3
mutable data types of Python.
30 Input a string having some digits. Write a program to calculate the 3
sum of digits present in this string.
31 Write a program to find the sum of digits of an integer number, input 3
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by the user.
Section-D ( 4 x 4 = 16 Marks)
32 (i)Rewrite the following code fragment that saves on the number of 4
comparisons.
if a==0:
print(“Zero”)

if a==1:
print(“One”)
if a==2:
print(“Two”)
if a==3:
print(“Three”)
(ii)Under what conditions will this code fragment print “water”?
if temp < 32:
print(“ice”)
elif temp < 212:
print(“water”)
else:
print(“steam”)
33 Rewrite the following code fragments using while loop: 4
(i)
min = 0
max = min
if num<0:
min=num
max=0
for i in range(min, max + 1):
sum += i
(ii)
for i in range(1,16):
if i%3 == 0:
print(i)
34 What is the output of the following code? 3+1=4
(i)
for i in range(4):
for j in range(5):
if i+1 ==j or j+i==4:
print(‘+’, end= ‘ ‘)
else:
print(‘*’, end= ‘ ‘)
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print()
(ii)
for y in range(500,100, 100):
Print(“*”, y)
35 (i)Write a program to print Fibonacci series: 3+1=4
0 , 1 ,1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13,21,………..upto n terms (n is input number)
(ii)Which method should we use to convert string “python
programming is fun” to “Python Programming Is Fun”?
(a)capitalize() (b)title() (c)istitle() (d)upper()
SECTION E (2 X 5 = 10 Marks)
36 Find the output of following: 5
(i)s1=”I enjoy working in Python”
x=s1.partition(“working”)
print(x)
(ii)s2=”I love Python”
a=s2.split()
print(a)
(iii)print(“*”.join(“HELLO”))
(iv) What will be the output of the following code snippet?
message= "World Peace"
print(message[-2::-2])
(v)What is the output of the following code?
str1=”Mission 999”
str2=”999”
print(str1.isdigit(), str2.isdigit())
37 (i)Consider the following string myAddress: 5
myAddress = “WAZ-1, New Ganga Nagar’, New Delhi”
What will be the output of following string operations:
(a)print(myAddress.lower()) (b)print(myAddress.count(‘New’))
(c)print(myAddress.index(‘Agra’))
(ii)Consider the following string mySubject:
mySubject = “Computer Science”
What will be output of the following string operations:
(a)print(mySubject[::-1])
(b)print(mySubject[:3] + mySubject[3:])