CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 3 with Solutions

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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 3 with Solutions

Time Allowed: 2 Hours
Maximum Marks: 50

General Instructions:

This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice of approximately 30% is provided.
Section A has 12 questions carrying 01 mark each.
Section B has 7 Very Short Answer (VSA) type questions carrying 02 marks each.
Section C has 4 Short Answer (SA) type questions carrying 03 marks each.
Section D has 1 Long Answer (LA) type question carrying 04 marks.
Section E has 2 Source based /Case-based /Passage based Questions carrying 04 marks each.

Section – A (12 Marks)
(All questions are compulsory)

Question 1.
Purchasing only one licensed copy of a software and distributing and loading it onto multiple systems is: [1]
(a) Software counterfeiting
(b) Renting
(c) Hard disk loading
(d) Softlifting
Answer:
(d) Softlifting

Related Theory:
Copying of data or computer software without the owner’s permission is called software piracy. Softlifting is one of its form.

Question 2.
Example of Web Services are: [1]
(a) Chat
(b) E-mail
(c) Video Conferencing
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All of the above

Explanation:
Web services are the software- based services provided when two electronic devices connected through a network, communicate over WWW is HTTP. The types of services available on the internet are email, searching desired information, video conferencing, storing or retrieving files, participating in discussion forums, etc.

Question 3.
Digital information is converted into analog information by the modem at: [1]
(a) Destination computer
(b) Source computer
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Answer:
(b) Source computer

Question 4.
A collection of the pages linked together in a random order is: [1]
(a) A website
(b) A web server
(c) A search engine
(d) A web browser
Answer:
(a) A website

Question 5.
Which protocol is used to download a file? [1]
(a) TCP
(b) FTP
(c) IP
(d) SMTP
Answer:
(b) FTP

Question 6.
Which one of the following is not a search engine? [1]
(a) Google
(b) Yahoo
(c) Bing
(d) RedifFmail
Answer:
(d) RedifFmail

Question 7.
<HR> stands for: [1]
(a) High Row
(b) Horizontal Rule
(c) Horizontal Row
(d) High Rule
Answer:
(b) Horizontal Rule

Related Theory:
The HR tag produces a horizontal line spread across the width of the browser window. Horizontal rules give you a way to separate sections of your document visually.

Question 8.
<A> tag is used to: [1]
(a) Insert an image
(b) Give a heading
(c) Create linking
(d) Both (a) and (c)
Answer:
(c) Create linking

Explanation:
The <A> anchor tag in HTML helps the user to incorporate a hyperlink into the web browser which helps to link a hyper text file to another document, file or location within the web browser.

Related Theory:
A hyperlink is typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word.

Question 9.
Tag (s) required to create Description lists in HTML: [1]
(a) <DL>
(b) <DT>
(c) <DD>
(d) All of these
Answer:
(d) All of the these

Explanation:
Definition lists are defined using <DL> tag. <DT> tag defines the definition term and the definition description is given with <DD> tag.

Question 10.
In HTTP, H stands for: [1]
(a) HYDRO
(b) HYPER
(c) HYPO
(d) HIGHER
Answer:
(b) HYPER

Question No. 11 and 12 are Assertion and Reason types. Each question consists of two statements, namely, Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Select the most suitable option considering the Assertion and Reason.

Question 11.
Assertion (A): The <BODY> tag encloses all the tags attributes and information.
Reason (R): The information given in <BODY>section is displayed in the web page.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not a correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.
Answer:
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of Assertion (A).

Explanation:
The <BODY></BODY> tag contains all the information to be displayed in the web page. Thus, all the tags and attributes are given in this section of the HTML document.

Question 12.
Assertion (A): </TITLE> is the ending tag of <TITLE> tag.
Reason (R): All HTML tags are container types of tags.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not a correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.
Answer:
(c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.

Explanation:
The <TITLE ></TITLE> tag is a container tag. i.e., it has both starting and ending tags. HTML consists of two types of tags – Container tags and Empty tags.

Section – B (14 marks)

Question 13.
Write any one application each of e-Governance and e-commerce. [2]
Answer:
e-Governance

It enables to fill a visa application form or an application to renew the passport online.
It also enables one to fill and track PAN Card applications and fill income tax returns and TDS returns online.
It allows the general public to get hold of any court judgements, case studies, news etc. over the internet

e-Commerce

It enables the user to make payments or transfer funds over the internet
It’s enables users to buy or sell goods or services over the internet i.e., online shopping.
(Note: Write any one point for each.)

Question 14.
Kuhu has just learnt how to do online banking. Name any two precautions that she should take to prevent online fraud.
OR
Define plagiarism. [2]
Answer:

Never do financial transactions using a public internet facility such as Wi-Fi as hackers or fraudsters can easily intrude into a public Wi-Fi networks and steal your login details.
Keep your bank and personal details to yourself never share these details with anyone. Don’t forget to log out every time you login.
Before for making online payments, make sure the merchant is reputed and trusted. If you think the merchant is not trustworthy, don’t pay online opt for cash on delivery.
Note: Write any two.

Related Theory:
e-banking or electronic banking is an umbrella term that is used for the process in which a customer may perform banking transactions electronically without visiting an actual bank.
OR
Plagiarism means stealing someone else’s intellectual work and representing it or passing it as your own work without citing the source of information for the same.

Question 15.
Name the following with respect to HTML: [2]
(A) Attribute for changing bullet type of list tag.
(B) Element to create a hyperlink
Answer:
(A) type attribute.
(B) <a> tag or anchor tag

Question 16.
Write any two importance of Anti-virus software briefly. [2]
OR
Vani has just started learning about Internet and its advantages. Explain to her the term e-Learning briefly.
Answer:
Anti-virus software protects you from becoming a victim of identity theft and consequently cyber crimes. The software does this by blocking computer viruses with their antivirus protection features.
It keeps your data from being corrupted, which will save you a lot of time and effort Not to mention protection from losing important files and documents.

e-learning is the type of learning that takes place in an electronically simulated environment. e-Learning, web-based training, internet-based training and computer-based training are the next-generation instruction methods being developed today.

e-Learning can be done using an internet connection, a network, and internet, or a storage disk. It offers many benefits to both the teachers, schools and learners such as

It is less expensive to provide e-Learning as it is virtually free once the breakeven point is reached.
Learners control the amount of time they spent on any particular topic thereby controlling the speed of course coverage.

Question 17.
A CSS declaration includes a property name. Define property. [2]
Answer:
A CSS property is a type of attribute of HTML tag. In short all the HTML attributes are converted into CSS properties. They could be color, border etc.

Related Theory:
You can include any number of properties for each selector, but they must be separated by semicolons. The property name and its value should be separated by a colon. Each declaration should be terminated by a semicolon (;).

Question 18.
Mr. Gaurav, a web designer jn Global Designer Pvt. Ltd., needs to create a web page. Suggest him suitable HTML tag along with required attribute to draw a horizontal line of red colour. [2]
OR
Observe the screenshot of the web page given below and identify any two main tags of HTML being used to create the list:
FLOWER
(1) ROSE
(2) LILY
(3) LOTUS
Answer:
If we want to draw a horizontal line of red colour we need:
<HR> tag with color attribute.
e.g.;
<HR COLOR = “RED”>
OR
Two main tags are as follows:
(1) <ol> tag with <li> tag.
(2) <H> tag for heading.

Question 19.
Rita has just started learning web page designing. Help her in understanding the purpose of <TITLE> tag in web page designing. [2]
Answer:
The <title> tag contains documents title and identifies its content in a global context The title is typically displayed in the title bar at the top of the browser window, but not inside the window itself. It helps the programmer to give a title to his or her document or web page.

Section – C (4 Marks)

Question 20.
Mention any three benefits of ICT in education. [3]
Answer:
Benefits of ICT in education:

It is a cost-efficient method of providing education.
It is accessible anywhere with a proper internet connection.
It provides independent learning platforms for students.

Question 21.
Saloni, a student of Class X, is not able to understand the difference between Web address and e-mail address. Help her in understanding the same with the help of suitable example of each. [3]
Answer:
The difference between web address and email is-
Any email must have the ‘@’ symbol such as [email protected], here abc represents the unique ID of the sender and xyz.com represents the service provider.
Whereas, a web address looks like www.abc. com in which www represents the World Wide Web http:, // denote domain name.

Question 22.
Write HTML code to display the unordered list (with square bullets) of two cities “DELHI” and “MUMBAI”. The web page should have a yellow background and the title of the page should be ‘My Cities’
OR
Write HTML code to display an ordered list (with uppercase roman numbers) listing any three subjects being taught in your schooL The web page should have a red background and the title of the page should be ‘My Subjects’ [3]
Answer:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> My Cities</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor = "yellow”>
<UL type = “square">
<LI> DELHI </LI>
<LI> MUMBAI </LI>
</UL>
</BODY>
</HTML>

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> My Subjects</TITLE> </HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor = “red">
<OL type = T>
<LI> Science</LI>
<LI> Maths</LI>
<LI> Computers</LI>
</OL>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Question 23.
Saheb Singh is an accountant in a private company. For office correspondence he still relies on traditional mailing system. Enlist some disadvantages of email. [3]
Answer:
Although Email is the most easiest and fastest way of communication over internet, it has some disadvantages too. Some of them are listed below:

Both the sender and receiver should have email account
Internet is required to send or receive email
The attachments with e-mail can be a source of viruses.
Limited size of data file can be sent as attachment
Email lacks in personal touch therefore it is a hasty medium to convey emotions.
No guarantee that the mail will be read until the user logs on and checks E-mail. (Note : Write any three.)

Section D (4 marks)

Question 24.
Observe the following HTML output and write HTML code to generate it: [4]

NATIONAL BIRD OF INDIA

The Indian peacock, Pavo cristatus, the national bird of India, is a colourful, swan-sized bird,
with a fan-shaped crest of feathers, a white patch under the eye and long, slender neck.
The male of the species is more colourful than the female,
with a glistening blue breast and neck and a spectacular bronze-green tail of around 200 elongated feathers.
The female is brownish, slightly smaller than the male and lacks the taiL The elaborate courtship dance of the male, fanning out the tail and preening its feathers is a gorgeous sight.
Click here to know more….

Write the HTML code to design the above shown web page considering the specifications as given below:

Background colour of the page should be yellow.
Image named peacock.jpg should be placed in the centre of the web page.
Heading “NATIONAL BIRD OF INDIA” should be first level of the heading and underlined.
Paragraph should have following formatting styles applicable:
Colour – RED
Size – 5
Font style – Times New Roman
At the bottom of the page, “Click” test should be linked with next.html web page.

Write a code in HTML to generate the following table considering the specifications as given below. Students can write code for any 4 specifications out of the given 5 specifications.

Specification-1: The HTML code structure should be proper. Heading ‘St. Mary’s School’ should be title of the table and given as second level heading.Table header tag should be used wherever required.
Specification-2: The value of the table border attribute should be 2. The value of space between cells should be 3 and the distance of text from the cell edges should be 3.
Specification-3: The table should contain exactly same number of rows and columns as shown above. The data in each cell should be as shown in the above table.
Specification-4: Attribute rowspan and colspan should be used wherever required Specification-5 : The data should be in the center of the cells.
Answer:

<HEAD>
<TITLE>lndian Birds</TITLE> </HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR= “yellow”>
<CENTREximg src= “peacock.jpg”>
<HlxU>NATIONAL BIRD OF INDIA</Ux/H1>
</CENTRE>
<FONT FACE= “Times New Roman” COLOR= “red” SIZE= "5”>
<P>

The Indian peacock, Pavo cristatus, the national bird of India, is a colourful, swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of feathers, a white patch under the eye and long, slender neck. The male of the species is more colorful than the female, with a glistening blue breast and neck and a spectacular bronze-green tail of around 200 elongated feathers.
The female is brownish, slightly smaller than the male and lacks the tail. The elaborate courtship dance of the male, fanning out the tail and preening its feathers is a gorgeous sight

</P>
</FONT>
<A HREF = “nexthtml”>Click</A>
here to know more
</BODY>
</HTML>

<html>
<body>
<table border=2 cellspacing=3 cellpadding =5>
<caption><h2><u>St Mary’s School</
u></h2></caption>
<tr>
<th colspan=”6”> Class IX Time
Table </th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan=”4” align= center> Subjects </td>
<th> Monday </th>
<th> Tuesday </th>
<th> Wednesday </th>
<th> Thursday </th>
<th> Friday </th>
</tr>
<tr align= center>
<td> English </td>
<td> Computer</td>
<td> Science</td>
<td> Maths </td>
<td> P.T.</td>
</tr>
<tr align= center>
<th colspan=”5"> Recess </th> </tr>
<tr align= center>
<td> Science </td>
<td> English </td>
<td> Maths </td>
<td> Computer </td>
<td> Arts </td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Section – E (8 marks)

Question 25.
Shalini is creating a webpage for a library to showcase all the names of books available in the library and their author names. Help her to complete the code with right statements in the blanks. Observe the webpage and attempt any four questions (out of 5) given after the web page.

<HTML>
<BODY ________ = “Lightblue"> <!- Statement 1 ->
_________ Books and Authors</B> <!- Statement 2 ->
_______ <!- Statement 3 ->
<DT>Harry Potter </DT>
________ J. K. Rowling</DD> <!- Statement 4 ->
<DT>War and Peace</DT>
<DD>Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru</DD>
<DT>Percy Jackson</DT>
<DD>Rick Riordan</DD>
________ <!- Statement 5 ->
</BODY>
</HTML>

(A) Write the correct attribute in statement – 1 to achieve the output given in the above web page. [1]
Answer:
bgcolor

Explanation:
The attribute bgcolor is used to give color to the background of the web page.

(B) Write the suitable attribute for the blank given in statement – 2. [1]
Answer:
<B>

Explanation:
The text enclosed in <B> and </B> tags is displayed in bold letters.

Explanation:
<DL> tag is used to create description list

(D) Write an appropriate answer for blank in statement – 4. [1]
Answer:
<DD>

Explanation:
<DD></DD> is used to display the description or definition of the term given with <DTx/DT> tags.

(E) Write the suitable tag for blank in statement – 5. [1]
Answer:
</DL>

Explanation:
It is the dosing tag of <DL> tag and is used to end the description list.

Question 26.
Read the case study given below and attempt any four sub-questions (out of 5). Each sub-question carries 1 mark. Aditya is a student of class 10 in St. Joseph’s School. He has been assigned projects for all subjects. In order to search content related to all topics he is making use of Internet.
(A) Name any two web browsers Aditya can use to work on Internet. [1]
Answer:
Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox.

Related Theory
A web browser or a browser is an application or software used to access and view websites.

(B) In order to search a topic Aditya should use …………………… web application. [1]
Answer:
Search Engine

Related Theory:
A search engine is a service that allows Internet users to search for content via the World Wide Web (WWW). A user enters keywords or key phrases into a search engine and receives a list of Web content results in the form of websites, images, videos or other online data that are matched with the search query.

Explanation: Broadband is a wide bandwidth transmission that can transmit multiple signals and data over a very high-speed internet connection.

(D) In order to use Internet he has to use a web browser. Web browser is a program stored on a …………………… computer. [1]
Answer:
Client

Explanation:
A web browser is a client side program that retrieves information from the web.

(E) Aditya and his friend Sushant are confused between Broadband and WiFi, help them by giving one difference between two. [1]
Answer:

Broadband	WIFi
It is a high speed Internet access that is always ON	It is a universal wireless networking technology
It uses several high speed transmission technologies.	It is one of the methods to connect to the internet wirelessly.