Students must start practicing the questions from CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications with Solutions Set 6 are designed as per the revised syllabus.

CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 6 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.
A service that offers a broad array of resources such as email, forums, search engines etc.: [1]
(a) Web portal
(b) Web browser
(c) Website
(d) Server
Answer:
(a) Web portal

Related Theory:
A web portal is also a type of website but it differs in content and services from a typical website that provides only specialized information and links to sites about them. A web portal is a launch pad to a host of web based services such as email, shopping, gaming, news and so on.

Question 2.
Which of the following are services provided by a server? [1]
(a) Resource sharing
(b) Centralized file saving
(c) Centralized backups
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All of the above

Explanation:

  • Resource Sharing: resources Like printers and photocopiers are often designed to connect directly to a network and all authorized users can share the equipment.
  • Centralized backups: high capacity tape devices in the file server backup all users’ work. In case of system failure lost work can be recovered quickly and easily.

CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 6 with Solutions

Question 3.
Each computer connected to the Internet always has a: [1]
(a) Pentium machine
(b) Unique IP address
(c) Web browser
(d) Modem connection
Answer:
(b) Unique IP address.

Explanation:
An Internet Protocol address or IP address is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet for communication.

Related Theory:
An IP address serves two main functions: It acts as a host or network interface identification and for location addressing of the computer.

Question 4.
The intellectual property cannot be safeguarded by: [1]
(a) Copyright
(b) Trademark
(c) Patent
(d) Lock
Answer:
(d) Lock

Related Theory

  • Copyright: If refers ta the LegaL right of the owner of intellectual property. The originaL creators of products and anyone they give authorization to are the only ones with the exclusive right to reproduce the work.
  • Trademark: It is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable size, design or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others.
  • Patent: It grants the legal right to exclude anyone else from the manufacturing or marketing your unique tangible things.

Question 5.
______ tag is used to add list item. [1]
(a) <UL>
(b) <OL>
(c) <DT>
(d) <LI>
Answer:
(d) <LI>

Explanation:
The <LI> tag is used to add list item in ordered and unordered lists.

Question 6.
Which one is the correct code to display the title of the web page “MyWebpage”? [1]
(a) <HEAD> My Webpage</HEAD>
(b) <H1> My Webpage</H1>
(c) <TITLE> My Webpage</TITLE>
(d) <HTML> My Webpage</HTML>
Answer:
(c) <TITLE>MyWebpage </TITLE>

Question 7.
Consider the following statements and select the correct code for it. [1]
HTML code to set the left margin of webpage as 50 and top margin as 75
(a) cbody leftmargin = “50” topmargin = “75”>
(b) <body Imargin = “50” tmargin =”75”>
(c) <p leftmargin = “50” topmargin = “75”>
(d) <p Imargin = “50” tmargin = “75”>
Answer:
(a) cbody left margin = “50”> topmargin = “75”>

Related Theory:
<body> is a container element and defines the document’s body.

Caution
Leftmargin and topmargin are obsolete in HTMLS. CSS is used instead.

Question 8.
In URL, http://www.educart.net/pr/main. html, which component identifies the protocol or type of the server [1]
(a) http
(b) www.educart.net
(c) /pr/main.html
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a) http

Explanation:
http protocol provides hypertext/ hypermedia files i.e. Multimedia documents that contain links, images, sounds or other multimedia documents on the World Wide Web.

Question 9.
Which of the following is not an example of e-governance? [1]
(a) applying for passport online.
(b) Sending email to your friend.
(c) Enquiring about the status of other applications.
(d) Filing your income tax online.
Answer:
(b) Sending email to your friend.

Related Theory:
E-governance can be defined as an application of electronic means to provide government services to citizens at affordable costs and in least possible time. It includes exchange of information, transactions, integration of previously existing services and information portals.

CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 6 with Solutions

Question 10.
What is the correct syntax to change the text colour in a paragraph? [1]
(a) {p: color=blue;}
(b) p {color: blue;}
(c) {p; color:black;}
(d) P: color=black
Answer:
(b) p {color: blue;}

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 attributes are used inside the tag.
Reason (R) : The characteristics of a tag are described by an attribute.
(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 attributes are additional information about the tag that are used to define the characteristics or features of the text or object enclosed within the tag.

Question 12.
Assertion (A) : <A> tag is called an anchor tag.
Reason (R) : <A> tag is used to add images into the document.
(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:
<A> tag is called an anchor tag and it is used to create hyperlinks within the web page and to another webpage.

Section – B (14 Marks)

Question 13.
Name and state any two major e-governance projects in India. [3]
Answer:
Following are two of the major e-governance projects in India:

  • MCA 21, India’s G2B Services Portal: The MCA 21 project provides stakeholders with convenient and secure online access to all services provided by the Ministry of Company Affairs, along with key services that can be availed through the MCA 21 portaL
  • Consular Passport and VISA Division Indian Passport Office: It is a division of the Ministry of External Affairs. It is an executive agency of the Government of India which is responsible for issuing Indian Passports.

CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 6 with Solutions

Question 14.
State the benefits of e-Learning. [3]
OR
Name and state two application areas of e-learning.
Answer:
The major benefits of e-learning are as follows:

  • Reduced overall cost It’s less expensive to produce. It is virtually free once the break-even point is reached.
  • e-Learning is self, directed and self-paced- Learners control the amount of time they spend on any particular topic thereby controlling the speed of course coverage.
  • e-Learning is interactive and hands-on: The use of a variety of multimedia in e-learning increases student involvement and reinforces the learning experience.
  • e-Learning is flexible: Learning can take place anytime and anywhere, as long as all the necessary equipment is accessible. (Note: write any two points.)

OR

Some common application areas of e-learning are as follows:

  • e-Learning courseware: This type of e-learning involves courses related to specific syllabus which is part of the formal education system.
  • e-classroom: This e-learning setup simulates a classroom by involving class activities like class assignments, class discussions, etc.

Question 15.
What do you mean by inline images in HTML? [3]
Answer:
Inline image means an image that is displayed in line with the text i.e., the specified image is loaded separately and placed into the text flow as a special character.

Question 16.
State the difference between Public Domain Software and Proprietary Software. [3]
OR
State two ways through which one can avoid Plagiarism.
Answer:

Public Domain Software Proprietary Software
It is a free software and can be used without restrictions. Public Domain Software by its very nature is outside the scope of copyright and licensing. This software is neither free nor it is available for the public. There is a proper license attached to it. The user has to purchase the license in order to use this software.

OR
In order to avoid Plagiarism one must follow the following points:

  • One must give credit whenever we use another person’s idea, opinion or theory.
  • One must give credit whenever we use another person’s quotations or actual spoken or written words.

Question 17.
List some advantages of using CSS. [3]
Answer:
Advantages of using CSS are:

  • CSS controls the layout of many documents in one single style sheet.
  • It applies different layouts to different media types.
  • It has numerous advanced and sophisticated techniques to be applied on web pages (Note: Write any two points.)

Question 18.
Explain the width attribute of <table> tag. [3]
OR
What is the structure of an anchor element?
Answer:
The width attribute is used to set the appropriate width of the table. The values in the width attribute can either be in pixels or in percentage of the browser window.
OR
Anchor element is abbreviated as<A>. The <A> tag requires the HREF (Hypertext Reference) attribute. HREF requires a URL to be specified after an equal to (=) sign. The URL is written inside double quotes.
Example:
<A HREF = “URL”> Click me </A>

CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 6 with Solutions

Question 19.
Describe any two values of rules attributes? [3]
Answer:
The values that can be specified for rules attribute are as follows:

  • None: no rules are drawn or hides all interior borders.
  • Groups: rules are drawn between row groups and column groups.
  • Rows: rules are drawn between rows only.
  • Cols: rules are drawn between columns only.
  • All rules are drawn between all rows and all columns. (Note: write any two points.)

Section – C (12 Marks)

Question 20.
Define Privacy and Consumer Consent. [3]
Answer:
Privacy means the protection of personal information given online while carrying out some online activity or transaction. In e-commerce especially it is related to a company’s policies on the use of user data. Consumer consent means that the consumer is given a choice to decide what personal information of the consumer can or cannot be used by the company for commercial purposes.

Question 21.
Mrs. Neena is a lawyer at a big company in New York, who is always on the move and hardly gets time to with catch up [3]
(A) Suggest Neena a method by which she would be able to connect to her friends without compromising her work.
Answer:
Mrs Neena may use the Social Networking Websites for connecting with her friends and cousins.

(B) Suggest some examples of such sites.
Answer:
Examples of some social networking sites are: Myspace, Friendwise, Friendfinder, Yahoo! 360, Facebook, Instagram and Classmates.

Question 22.
(A) One of your old friends wants to trade the home page links of his website. How do you put a link to his page at http://www.fashiontoday. com/~stylezhub/on your page? [3]
(B) You plan to create a table whose border thickness is 3 pixels, space between cells is 5 pixels and gap between cell and data is 7 pixels. What will be the code for it?
OR
(A) Shreya wants to define CSS property to change the border. She wants the border to be double lined , 5 pixels thick and red in colour. Give a compiled code for required border settings.
(B) Garvit is creating a website for a writer to showcase his stories and articles. He wants to show complete text in italics and indent the first line of all the paragraphs by 10 pixels. Write the CSS property for him.
Answer:
(A) <a href=” http://www.fashiontoday. com/- stylezhub/ “> Try trendy clothes on Stylez Hub</a>

Related Theory:
The anchor tag <A> is used to create links along with HREF attribute, e.g. <A href = “main.html” > Goto main </A>

(B) <TABLE border = 3 cellspacing = 5 cellpadding = 7>

OR

(A) {border: 5px double red;}

Related Theory:
To change all the border settings you can compile all the properties into one using border property. The syntax is as follows:
{Border: thickness <space> border style <space> predefined_border_colour_name;}

(B) p {font-style: italic; text-indent: 1 Opx;}

Explanation:
Font-style property is used to make the text italic/ oblique/ normal Text- indent property is used to indent the first line.

CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 6 with Solutions

Question 23.
Means of communication have evolved a lot in the past few years as an increasing number of people today rely on emails to communicate with each other rather than using traditiona’ means such as fox, telephone or post. State any three advantages using e-mail over postal mail. [3]
Answer:
The advantages of using e-mail as over post postal mail are as follows:

  • It has the same delivery time anywhere in the world.
  • It is free/cheaper to send than paying postage, we can send attachments of files etc at no extra cost
  • It has less chance of getting lost.

SECTION – D (4 Marks)

Question 24.
Write HTML code for the following output: [4]
CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 6 with Solutions 1
Note: Consider the following points while generating output:

  • In the whole web page, the font face is “Arial” and size = 14.
  • The second heading text “Reaction of Magnesium with Hydrochloric Acid”.
  • The image used in the page is “reaction, jpg” with alternate text “magnesium with hydrochloric acid” width is 500 pixels and height is 200 pixels.

OR
Write the HTML code to design the web page as shown below, considering the given specifications. Students can write code for any 4 specifications out of the given 5 specifications.

Column 1 Column 2
Cell 1 Cell 3
Cell 3

Specification 1: Table Border should be 1.
Specification 2: The table header tag should be used wherever required.
Specification 3: Attribute colspan should be used wherever required.
Specification 4: Attribute rowspan should be used wherever required.
Specification 5: The table should exactly contain same number of rows and columns as shown above. The data in each cell should be as shown in the above table.
Answer:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Experiment </TITLE> </HEAD>
<BODY>
<BASEFONT face=“ARIAL”
size=“14”>
<H2>Reaction in Magnesium with Hydrochloric Acid</H2>
<IMG src=“reaction.jpg”
alt=“magnesium with hydrochloric acid” width=“500” height=“200”>
<BRxBR>
<B>The equation for the reaction is</B>
<BR>
Magnesium + Hydrochloric acid = Magnesium chloride + Hydrogen
<BR>
Mg(s) + 2HCl(aq.) = MgCl <SUB> 2 </SUB> (aq) + H <SUB> 2
</SUB>(q)
</BODY>
</HTML>

OR

The code will be as follows:

<html>
<body>
<table border = 1>
<tr>
<th>Column l</th> <th>Column 2</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell l</td>
<td rowspan=”2”>Cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 3</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

SECTION – E (8 Marks)

Question 25.
Gaytri is creating an online form for the registration of online yoga classes with monthly or yearly subscription facility. 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.
CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 6 with Solutions 2

<html>
<body>
<h1>New User Registration</h1>
<...........action = method = "post"> <!- - Statement 1 - ->
Name :< ........ type="text" id=’Name’> <!- - Statement 2 - ->
......... </- - Statement 3 - ->
Address :<input type="text" id="Add">
<br>
Type of Subscription: Select a course of your choice
<...........name= ‘subscription"> <!- - Statement 4 - ->
<option value= “month">Monthly</ option>
<option value ="year">Yearly</ option>
</select>
<br><br>
<input type =..........value ="Submit"> <!- - Statement 5 - ->
</form>
</body>
</html>

(A) Write the correct tag in statement -1 to achieve the output given in the above web page. [1]
Answer:
(A) Form

Explanation:
<Form> tag is used to create an HTML form for user input

(B) Write the suitable tag for the blank given in statement -2. [1]
Answer:
Input

(C) Write the correct tag for the blank given in statement – 3. [1]
Answer:
<br>

Explanation:
The <br> tag is used to give a line break. In this code will give a line break between two form elements to place them on separate lines on the webpage.

(D) Write an appropriate answer for blank in statement -4. [1]
Answer:
Select

Explanation:
The <select> tag is used to create a drop-down list The options of the list are given with <option> tag.

(E) Write the suitable tag for blank in statement – 5. [1]
Answer:
Submit

Explanation:
The type = “submit” is given in <input> tag to create a Submit button. The Submit button is used to finally submit the values given in form to the computer.

CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 6 with Solutions

Question 26.
Read the case study given below and attempt any four sub-questions (out of 5). Each sub-question carries 1 mark.
Shalini is an undergraduate student. Like many of her friends she too shares her pictures online. She also chats with her friends in online group.
(A) Shalini has an account on different social networking sites. What is social networking? [1]
Answer:
A social networking service is an online platform used by people to build social networks or social relationships with other people.

(B) Shalini shares her pictures from her account. Name any two social networking sites that allow to share pictures and videos. [1]
Answer:
Instagram and Pinterest

(C) Shalini and her friends get together online at same time and send text messages to each other. This is called …………. . [1]
Answer:
Chatting.

Related Theory:
Chat is a real time communication between two or more users via computer or mobile devices. It is a virtual means of communication that not only allows exchange of text messages but also sharing of audios and videos.

(D) The place where Shalini and her friends chat is called ………… . [1]
Answer:
Chat room.

Related Theory:
Chat rooms are actually chat servers or websites that offer their users with common interests to communicate in real time.

(E) Shalini is also member of some virtual groups where she can participate in discussions with them on some specific topics. What are these groups called? [1]
Answer:
E-group.

Explanation:
E-group is an online community of like minded individuals who come together virtually to discuss and share ideas, opinions, experiences and topics of their interests.