G. H.

RAISONI PUBLIC SCHOOL JALGAON

SAMPLE PAPER TEST 02 FOR BOARD EXAM 2023
(ANSWERS)

SUBJECT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(402) MAX. MARKS : 50

CLASS : X DURATION : 2 HRS
General Instruction:
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 on Employability Skills (1 x 4 = 4 marks)

(i) Rashmi was doing well in her job and was getting a handsome salary. But suddenly she made
up her mind for starting her own business. Which one of the following is an advantage of
entrepreneurship?
(a) Can work for their passion
(b) Can make money with less effort
(c) Working hours are long
(d) All of these
Ans: (a) Can work for their passion

(ii) Physical exercise is technique to ……………….. .

(a) Relieve stress
(b) Manage time
(c) Boost self confidence
(d) All of these
Ans: (a) Relieve stress

(iii) For self-motivation, self-awareness is a very important factor. The feeling of self-awareness
enhances our
(a) Self-confidence
(b) Self-monitoring
(c) Self-regulation
(d) Self-discipline
Ans: (a) Self-confidence

(iv) The extension of a notepad file is

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 (a) doc
(b) docx
(c) txt
(d) xlsx
Ans: (c) txt

(v) Wahida runs a boutique. She buys cloth material from a local market. But recently she came
in contact with a cloth manufacturer and discovered that there was quite a big difference in rates
of same cloth material if bought from the manufacturer. She decided to purchase the material
from the manufacturer. Which of the following function of entrepreneurship is she performing?
(a) Planning
(b) Controlling
(c) Production and operations
(d) Finance and accounting
Ans: (c) Production and operations

(vi) Which of the following practice will protect computer from security threats?
(a) Using antivirus
(b) Using Firewall
(c) Use of strong passwords
(d) All of these
Ans: (d) All of these

2. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)

(i) With every new change in headings of a document ………………. should be done
immediately.
(a) Create a new TOC
(b) Update TOC
(c) Delete old TOC
(d) None of these
Ans: (b) Update TOC

(ii) Which of the following device connects a computer to the Internet?

(a) WiFi
(b) Broadband
(c) WiMax
(d) All of these
Ans: (d) All of these

(iii) A URL with HTTP symbol is considered as ………………. connection.

(a) Secure
(b) Insecure
(c) Protected
(d) Virus free
Ans: (b) Insecure

(iv) ………………. represents data in formatted way.

(a) Forms
(b) Queries
(c) Wizards
(d) Reports
Ans: (d) Reports

(v) ………………. is not a component of Mail Merge.

(a) Worksheet
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 (b) Data Source
(c) Main text document
(d) None of these
Ans: (a) Worksheet

(vi) Which of the following is correct about query?

(a) It is an unused table
(b) It is command that interacts with database
(c) It is table design
(d) None of these
Ans: (b) It is command that interacts with database

3. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)

(i) ………………. is used for instant messaging.

(a) Google Hangouts
(b) Google Chrome
(c) Gmail ,
(d) All of these
Ans: (a) Google Hangouts

(ii) Which of the following is not appropriate to set as primary key?

(a) Employee’s Identification Number
(b) Price of book
(c) Product code
(d) Admission number of student
Ans: (b) Price of book

(iii) ………………. feature, of operating system help people with disabilities.

(a) Accessibility
(b) Access
(c) Assist
(d) All of these
Ans: (a) Accessibility

(iv) Which of the following What-lf analysis tool deals with multiple unknown variables?
(a) Goal Seek
(b) Solver
(c) Scenario
(d) None of these
Ans: (b) Solver

(v) A ………………. extracts data from a database as per a condition.

(a) Forms
(b) Reports
(c) Queries
(d) Table
Ans: (c) Query

(vi) ………………. controls the flow of text around an image.

(a) Text Wrapping
(b) Drawing objects
(c) Text box
(d) Text Art
Ans: (a) Text Wrapping

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4. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)

(i) ………………. occurs when multiple users have made changes in same set of cells in a
spreadsheet.
(a) Changes conflict
(b) Name conflict
(c) Resolve conflict
(d) All of these
Ans: (a) Changes conflict

(ii) A template can be used to create ……………….. documents.

(a) As many
(b) Only one
(c) Only two
(d) Depends on application
Ans: (a) As many

(iii) Veena is an office assistant. Her job is to create new documents according to the
requirements. Sometimes she uses styles from her old documents to apply them on a new one.
What can be the possible way to use the styles from her previous documents?
(a) Copy and style document and then paste in new document
(b) Export the styles to new document
(c) Import styles from the old document to the new one
(d) Type the new document at the end of previous one and apply the styles
Ans: (c) Import styles from the old document to the new one

(iv) ………………. helps the website remember information about your visit.
(a) Malware
(b) Information
(c) Cookies
(d) Virus
Ans: (c) Cookies

(v) ………………. is a rule that ensures relationship between records in related tables.
(a) One to One relationship
(b) One to many relationship
(c) Referential integrity
(d) Data consistency
Ans: (c) Referential integrity

(vi) State whether true or false:

“A field consists of large number records”
(a) True
(b) False
(c) Can’t say
(d) True sometimes
Ans: (b) False

5. Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)

(i) Which of the following feature are not helpful for people with hearing impairments?
(a) Sound volume
(b) Closed captions
(c) Presentation tools
(d) None of these
Ans: (c) Presentation tools
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 (ii) Which of the following does not allows e-ticketing
(a) For watching movies
(b) For travelling by air
(c) Travelling by train
(d) Booking a bed in hospital
Ans: (d) Booking a bed in hospital

(iii) While recording a macro the keystrokes are converted into ……………….
(a) Links
(b) Code
(c) Formula
(d) Function
Ans: (C) Code

(iv) Which of the following cannot be done using Table Design view?
(a) Adding fields
(b) Moving fields
(c) Adding data
(d) Changing field properties
Ans: (c) Adding data

(v) Which ofthe following is an example of data consolidation?

(a) Collecting budget data from different departments and making overall company budget from
them.
(b) Collecting marksheets of students and creating report card out of them
(c) Using sales data of different cities to find out overall sales of a company
(d) All of these
Ans: (d) All of these

(vi) The ………………. constraint ensures that all values in a column satisfies certain
condition.
(a) Check
(b) Primary key
(c) Not null
(d) Default
Ans: (a) Check

SECTION – B (SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS)

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions on Employability Skills (2 x 3 = 6 marks)
Answer each question in 20 – 30 words.

6. Shri has been facing problems with his PC for the last few months. Every time he goes to the
technician, he suggests that he should maintain his PC properly. What are the tasks that are
carried out for computer maintenance?
Ans: Computer maintenance refers to the tasks performed to keep the computer in a good
working state. These tasks include:
 Physical cleaning: All the dust and trash should be removed as these heat up the computer.
 Internal Cleaning: It refers to the cleaning of temporary files, viruses, malicious software
etc. to keep the applications and programs virus free.
 Keeping backups and Update Software: This results in increased efficiency of applications
and programs.

7. Explain the relationship between self regulation and goal setting.

Ans: Self-regulation is the ability to control one’s behavior, emotions, and thoughts to achieve
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 some goals. Goal setting is the process of planning and taking active steps to achieve the desired
outcome which is only possible through self regulation.
8. Discuss any two misconceptions and their realities about entrepreneurship.
Ans: 1. Myth: The only requirement for entrepreneurship is a good idea.
Reality: Only idea is not important Other factors like planning, leadership, talent
communication etc. also plays an important role for successful entrepreneurship.
2. Myth: To start a business lot of money is required.
Reality: A certain amount of money, depending upon the .business, is required to initiate it.
Later a person can borrow money from family or bank. There are many financing options for
startups.
9. Explain the term self reliance.
Ans: Self-reliance refers to the ability of a person to do things independently and make
decisions by themselves by not taking help from others. A self-reliant person is also emotionally
and intellectually independent.
10. Suhas is ready with his startup plan of pearl farming. He has a big vision regarding his business
but does not have enough money to give it a start. Help him by suggesting the financing options
for his startup.
Ans: There are majorly three different ways to finance a startup. These are as follows:
 Equity Financing: It means raising funds for startup against equity. The financer becomes
co-owner of the startup with some percentage of share.
 Debt Financing: It means the funds are raised through debts from different financial
institutes. E.g. loan from bank.
 Government grant and Support: If the owner is ready with maximum funds then he can go
for grants and loans available through different government schemes. E.g. Startup India.

Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions in 20 – 30 words each (2 x 4 = 8 marks)

11. Differentiate between Absolute and Relative hyperlinks.

Answer:
Absolute Hyperlink Relative Hyperlink
Absolute hyperlink defines the path to Relative hyperlink defines the path of o
reach a document starting from the document with respect to active location.
topmost folder.

12. What do you understand by relationships in DBMS? How many types of relationships are there?
Ans: In a DBMS relationships are defined links that associate two tables through a common
field. A relationship joins the two tables virtually forming one large table. There are three types
of relationships:
 One-to-one
 One-to-many
 Many-to-many

13. Explain Accessibility feature with at least two examples.

Ans: Accessibility refers to the hardware and software technologies that help people with
different types of disabilities to use the computer. For example, the accessibility features in
Windows for people with vision impairment are Narrator and Magnifier. The accessibility
features for people with Mobility impairment are Sticky keys, Filter keys and Toggle keys.
14. Differentiate between MAN and WAN.
Ans:
MAN WAN
MAN stands for Metropolitan Area Network WAN stands for Wide Area Network
This type of network is spread over a city. This type of network is spread across
E.g. Cable TV network countries. E.g. Internet, Intranet

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15. What are the two ways to create reference to link sheets of another workbook? Explain any one
of them.
Ans: The two ways to link sheets are:
1. By mouse
2. By keyboard
To create reference by keyboard one has to type complete address of the linked sheet. The
reference consists of three parts: path or filename, sheet name and cell. General format of
reference is:
= ‘file:///Path &File Name’#$SheetName.cell name.

16. Discuss the advantages of a template.

Ans: Templates are useful for the following reasons:
 Templates simplify the process of document creation.
 Templates can ease our workload and also increase efficiency.
 Templates increase the attention of the audience.
 They also help in saving time and money.
 Templates improve clarity and ensures that all documents have the same layout.

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50– 80 words each (4 x 3 = 12 marks)

17. Ashmit works in a hotel. He wants to store information of guests such as Serial number, Guest’s
name, their room number, date of check-in, their address and phone number in database. Help
hjm by solving some of his queries.
(a) Which field should be set as Primary key?
Ans: Serial number can be set as Primary key by defining it as AutoNumber field.
(b) What is the default format of date in OpenOffice Base?
Ans: The default format of date in OpenOffice Base is DD/MON/YY.
(c) Define forms in database?
Ans: A form is a database object which is used to create user interface. It is a front end for data
entry and editing.
(d) How can you create a form in OpenOffice Base?
Ans: The simplest way to create a form in OpenOffice Base is by using Form Wizard. To create
a form through wizard click on’ ‘Forms’ in the left pane on the Database window and then click
on ‘Use Wizard to Create Form’.

18. Given below is the structure of a table namely Books:

Book ID Integer
Name Varchar (40)
Author Varchar (25)
Price Decimal
(a) Explain the use of Varchar.
(b) Write SQL queries to:
(i) Create the table Books with Book ID as primary key.
(ii) Insert record with given details (‘12091’, “Panchtantra”, “Vishnu Sharma”, ‘250.00’)
(iii) Change the column Name to Book Name.
Ans: (a) Varchar is a datatype in SQL which is used to store character strings of variable length
in database. The size parameter specifies the maximum length of the string field.
(b) SQL Commands:
(i) CREATE TABLE BOOKS (Book ID Integer PRIMARY KEY,
Name Varchar (40),
Author Varchar (25),
Price Decimal);
(ii) INSERT INTO Books VALUES (12091, “Panchtantra”, “Vishnu Sharma”, 250.00);
(ii) ALTER TABLE Books RENAME Name TO Book Name;

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19. Shakti’s father works in a bank. One day Shakti visited bank to meet his father. There were no
customers in the bank and all the employees were sitting. His father told him that the server was
down and no banking operations could be performed.
(a) What is a server?
Ans: A server is a computer or system that provides resources, data, services, or programs to
other computers over a network.
(b) What are other computers in the network called?
Ans: Other computers in the network are called clients. A client is a computer that connects to
and uses the resources of the server.
(c) Name the types of networking architecture.
Ans: Based on component roles there are two types of networking architecture:
 Client Server architecture
 Peer to Peer architecture
(d) What type of networking technology, you think, is being used there?
Ans: The networking technology used in this case is Client-Server Architecture.
In this type of network each computer is designated a role, either as server or as a client.

20. Yashika is creating a newsletter in a word processor for her school bulletin board. She wants to
add some pictures on that newsletter.
(a) What are the sources to add an image in a document?
Ans: An image in a word processor can be inserted:
 From file
 From gallery
(b) Define text wrapping.
Ans: Text wrapping means the placement of text around images. The wrap settings determines
the relation between text and the graphic.
(c) What are the different wrap settings available in Writer?
Ans: The text wrap settings available in Writer are:
 Before: The text flows before the image.
 After: The text flows after the image.
 Parallel: The text flows before and after the image.
 Wrap Through: The image is superimposed over the text.
 Optimal: The text flows around the image.
(d) What are the Arrangement options available in Writer?
Ans: Writer provides two arrangement options:
 Bring to Front: It brings selected graphic on the top of all the images.
 Send to Back: It sends the selected graphic behind all the images.

21. Garima is a Mathematics teacher and she uses Spreadsheet to maintain the mark lists of her
classes. She teaches five different sections and for each section she has a separate sheet. She has
to perform similar functions in all the sheets. To save her time she wants to create a macro.
(a) Write steps to create a macro.
Ans: Steps to create a macro are as follows:
1. Click Tools → Macros → Record Macro.
2. Start recording of actions in a macro and display Record Macro toolbar with one icon on it
to Stop Recording.
3. Now start performing the actions you want to include in a macro.
4. Click Stop Recording button after completing the actions.
5. Now type the name of the macro in the Macro Name box and click on Save.
(b) Write steps to run a macro.
Ans: Steps to run a macro are as follows:
1. Open the worksheet in which you want to run a macro.
2. Click Tools → Macros → Run Macro
3. Select the name of the macro from the list of macros and click on Run button.
(c) Write any two advantages of macro.
Ans: Advantages of macros are as follows:
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 It automates the keystrokes and tasks that are done repeatedly.
 It reduces the time spent on repetitive computing tasks.
(d) What is the extension of files in OpenOffice Calc and MS Excel?
Ans: The extension of OpenOffice Calc file is, ODS and that of MS Excel is .XLSX

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