CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 9 with Solutions

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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 9 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 two way video phone conversation between multiple participants is called: [1]
(a) Video Chatting
(b) Video Talking
(c) Video Conferencing
(d) Video Watching
Answer:
(c) Video Conferencing

Related Theory:
Video Conferencing has become a very useful tool in diverse areas like business, distance learning, telemedicine etc.

Advantages:

It saves travel cost and time
It allows conducting meeting with people at different locations across the globe.

Disadvantages:

Additional cost of video conferencing specific hardware and software
Even with a fast connection there might be slight delay between responses.

Question 2.
The benefit of e-learning is: [1]
(a) Class work can be scheduled around work and family.
(b) Reduces travel time and travel cost.
(c) Students can study anywhere they have access to a computer and internet connection.
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All of the above

Related Theory
The e-learning software platform are used by teachers, authors, coaches etc for creating online customizable system of learning for individual students.

Question 3.
Which among the following is not a characteristic of e-health? [1]
(a) It allows methods to access electronic medical records and the ability to access information about alternative approaches to medical treatment.
(b) It cannot provide access to specialist care at distant geographic areas.
(c) It saves time, which is one of the major constraints of conventional healthcare services.
(d) It improves patient safety because it provides a complete overview of clinical and medication history there by helping to avoid potential errors and complications.
Answer:
(b) It cannot provide access to specialist care at distant geographic areas.

Related Theory:
e-health is the electronic management of health information to deliver safer, more efficient and better quality healthcare E-health makes use of wide array of digital technologies. It allows users to communicate with health care professionals by email or other digital means of communication.

Question 4.
Which of the following protocols is used in the internet? [1]
(a) HTTP
(b) FTP
(c) TCP/IP
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All of the above

Explanation:
HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) is the set of rules for transferring hypertext on World Wide Web.
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol ) defines rules computer must follow to communicate with each other over the internet.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between client and server on a network.

Question 5.
It is a free software and can be used without restrictions [1]
(a) Proprietary software
(b) Freeware
(c) Copylefted software
(d) Public domain
Answer:
(d) Public domain

Related Theory:
the term public domain software is often used incorrectly to include freeware, free software that is nevertheless copyrighted. Public domain is outside the scope of copyright and licensing.

Question 6.
Websites used to buy and sell something are categorized under: [1]
(a) Social networking sites
(b) E-commerce websites
(c) Search engines
(d) Entertainment sites
Answer:
(b) E-commerce websites

Question 7.
Which of the following attribute is used only in ordered list? [1]
(a) Value
(b) Start
(c) Type
(d) Align
Answer:
(b) Start

Explanation:
The START attribute in ordered list specifies the beginning value of the list

Question 8.
The code <H1 align = “center” color = “blue”> will display the heading as: [1]
(a) First heading.
(b) First heading with text center aligned and blue in colour.
(c) First heading with text blue in colour.
(d) Is a wrong code.
Answer:
(b) First heading with text center aligned and blue in colour

Question 9.
Which of the following attribute of the <HR> tag is used to create a horizontal rule without any shading? [1]
(a) ZEROFILL
(b) NOFILL
(c) NOSHADE
(d) ZEROSHADE
Answer:
(c) NOSHADE

Question 10.
Which of the following is correct to create a radio button for options Yes or no? [1]

(a) <input type = “radiobutton” name = “ans” value = “yes”/>Yes
<input type = “radiobutton” name = “ans” value = “no"/>No
(b) <input type = “radio” name = “ans” value = “yes”/>Yes
<input type = “radio” name = “ans” value = “yes"/>No
(c) <input type = “checkbox" name = “ans” value = “yes”/>Yes
<input type = “checkbox" name = “ans” value = “no”/>No
(d) <input type = “radio” name = “ans” value = “yes”/>Yes
<input type = “radio” name = “ans” value = “no”/>No
Answer:
(d) <input type = “radio” name = “ans” value = “yes”/>Yes
<input type = “radio” name = “ans” value = “no”/>No

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): An Email link can be created in HTML
Reason (R): An email link is created using mailto 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 links to email address are created using mailto attribute with HREF in <A> tag. The syntax is as follows:
<A href = “mailto: email address”> Text </A>

Question 12.
Assertion (A): ALT attribute provides a tooltip for an image in HTML document.
Reason (R): ALT attribute is used with <IMG> tag.
(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:
(d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.

Explanation:
All attribute is used with <JMG> tag to give an alternate text to an image. This alternate text is displayed when the image is unable to download in the web browser.

Section – B (14 marks)

Question 13.
What are the uses of internet? [2]
Answer:
The Uses of internet are as follows:

Internet helps us to share information from any place in the world.
Internet enables fast transfer of news or incidents to people.
Internet is a source of lots of information for educational purposes.
Internet can be used for communication purpose from one end of the world to the other.
Internet is used for online shopping and for conducting business activities online.
Internet is used for downloading and uploading files.

Question 14.
What is e-health? What are the areas which e-health encompasses? [2]
OR
What is e-governance? How has it helped common people?
Answer:
The availability of healthcare resources by electronic means is termed as e-health. The areas in which e-health encompasses are:-

Health information: The internet and telecommunications play a great role in delivering health information to health professionals and health consumers.
Education and training: The education and training of health workers to improve public health services using the power of IT and e-commerce.
Health systems management: Usage of e-commerce and e-business practices in health systems management.

E-governance is the application of ICT for transferring various government services to the citizens of a country. The services are 24 x 7 and are not bounded by topography, e-governance has many benefits for the common people such as:

The efficiency of the administration and service delivery has drastically improved by e-governance.
Reduced waiting time is one of the benefits of e-governance.
Citizens that benefit from a governance do so at a minimal cost or no cost at all.
(Note: Write any two points)

Question 15.
Explain the <SRC> attribute of IMG tag. [2]
Answer:
SRC attribute of IMG tag is used to display an image on a page. The value of SRC attribute is the URL of the image which one wants to display. It stands for the source of the image.
Syntax:
<IMG SRC = “URL”>
URL is the path of directory where the image is stored.

Question 16.
What is permissive software license? [2]
OR
What is fraud? Explain its types.
Answer:
A permissive software license includes minimal requirements about how the software can be modified or redistributed. It is popular with free open source software.

Fraud is deception intended to result in financial or personal gain of the fraudster and if committed over internet then it is referred to as online fraud. There are two types of fraud:

1. Phishing: It is the process of collecting someone’s personal information through email or website claiming to be legitimate.

2. Fraudulent pop-up window: The window pops up as advertisement that appears suddenly over or under the window you are currently viewing. It is usually to obtain personal information such as your email ID, phone number etc.

Question 17.
State the limitations of CSS. [2]
Answer:
1. It is not the same across different browsers: CSS is very limited in browser compatibility. When you design a webpage, you want it to display exactly as you like it. The problem with CSS is that it displays differently in different browsers.

2. It can easily be overridden: CSS is an open text based system with no security built in, and anyone with read/write access to a website can disrupt the formatting by changing the CSS files or altering the links in the webpages.

Question 18.
What does the term ‘hypertext’ mean in HTML? [2]
OR
How do we create a static webpage and a dynamic webpage?
Answer:
Hypertext is the method by which you move around on the web, that is by clicking on special text, called hyperlinks you will be transferred to another page.

A static webpage is created using HTML technology while in order to create a dynamic webpage you require DHTML technology.

Related Theory:
Static webpages are one that are fixed and display the same content for every user.
A dynamic webpage, on the other hand, can display different content and provide user interaction.

Question 19.
What do you mean by a data cell? Name the table tag in HTML which is used to define a data cell. [2]
Answer:
Data cell is defined as a cell of a table that contains the data of the table. The data of a table cell is coded in HTML with the <TD> tag of the <table> tag. Here, <TD> stands for table data. The content in the table cell is by default normal and left aligned.

Section – C (12 Marks)

Question 20.
What are the limitations of online business? [3]
Answer:
Following are some limitations of online

One cannot touch or feel the product, business: So it is difficult for the consumers to check the quality of a product. In addition the direct contact with sales person or merchant is also missing. This lacks humanity, credibility and trust with the customer.
The same day delivery of the products is not possible. It takes few days depending on the distance. This delay time often discourages customers.
There are some security issues. Credit card fraud and identity theft are two major frauds that are very common in online business.

Question 21.
Dr. Dheeraj a neurosurgeon at King’s Hospital in Cochin is very popular among his patients. Each day he sees almost hundreds of patients, so much so he hardly gets time to relax and sometimes even do not get time to have his lunch. Even though life is difficult, he enjoys his work to the fullest. Recently the Medical Council of India MCI wanted to facilitate him at Delhi by the President of India, for his selfless work and invited him. Being so busy he is unable to go to the airline’s booking office to book a ticket. Neither does he want to depend on a middleman. [3]
(A) Suggest a method by which he will be able to book a ticket without physically standing in a queue.
Answer:
Dr Dheeraj can use the e-reservation system to book an air ticket from the comfort of his own home.

(B) State an advantage and disadvantage of such a method.
Answer:
(1) Advantage: The Reservation is a ‘ real-time process for example, if you book a seat, it will automatically update it so no one else can take that very seat

(2) Disadvantage: Because of the need for exchanging sensitive personal data, such as home addresse and bank and credit card details, the online booking process is an attractive target for cyber criminals looking to steal this information.

As life gets busy, it becomes difficult for everyone to keep track with school and college friends, colleagues, or neighbours and favourite teachers. It is important to keep in touch with all your near and dear ones. At times people sitting miles away doing similar kind of activity or solving similar kind of problems can help you achieve your goals faster by sharing their experiences with you. Similarly, people belonging to different socio-economic background can change your perspective and enhance your understanding of various cultures.
(A) Suggest the real time tools to set a suitable platform for the above mentioned activities.
Answer:
Real-time tools like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, etc. may be used for posting messages, chatting and video conferencing with your near and dear ones.

(B) What is the generic name used for such tools.
Answer:
The generic name used for such tools is social networking sites.

Question 22.
(A) Sagar wants to add a link clicking upon which it redirects to send mail to an email address instead of web page. Help him with explaining the code. [3]
Answer:
The [mail to: email address] along with href attribute in <a> tag creates a link that redirects to email address. It opens the default email client to send an email to the specified email address. The general format for creating an email link is as follows:
<a href = “mailto: [email protected]”>Send Email</a>

(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?
Answer:
<TABLE border= 3 cellspacing = 5 cellpadding = 7>

Related Theory:
CELLSPACING attribute is used to specify the space between cells in a table i.e., the distance between two cells.
CELLPADDING attribute is used to specify the space between the contents of a cell and its border. Both the values are given in pixels

(A) Write the HTML code to create link for “https:www.britannica.com”.
Answer:
Code is as follows:

<html>
<body>
<a href = “https:\\www.britannica. com “>Encyclopedia</a>
</body>
</html>

(B) Simran has used Font-style property in her code. Name the values that can be provided to this property.
Answer:
Font-style property can have one of the three values: Normal, Italic and Oblique

Related Theory:
Italic and Oblique both refer to a slanted, or angled design but there is a difference between them. Italic forms are generally cursive in nature while oblique faces are typically sloped or slanted versions of the regular face.

Question 23.
What do you mean by E-shopping? Give three advantages of it. [3]
Answer:
E-Shopping is the process of buying goods and services over the internet

Advantages of E-Shopping:

it is convenient to find a product on an online store as. compared to local market as shopper can search for the required product from the comforts of their homes/offices and that too at their own convenient time.
Return policies and money back guarantee is available on most of the shopping sites.
A large variety of product range is available to compare and choose from.
Some sites also provide the facility of overseas shopping.

Section – D (4 Marks)

Question 24.
Write HTML code to generate a Web Page: [4]

SABKA BAZZAR LTD.
Shopping and fun under one roof!!!
We provide all brands under one roof with the guarantee of
quality & price. We also give free home delivery.
We provide the following categories:
1. Clothing

Men
Women
Kids

2. Accessories
3. Household appliances
4. Grocery
5. Education

Special Note:

Background color of the page is “green” and font style is “comic sans ms”.
The font style for the subtitle is “Tahoma” in “maroon” color.
Link color should be “blue” and visited Unk should be “green”.

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

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

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>SABKA BAZAAR LTD.
</TITLE> .
</HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor = “green” alink = “blue"
vlink = “green”>
<FONT face =“ comic sans ms”>
<H1><center> SABKA BAZAAR LTD. </centerx/Hl>
</FONT>
<FONT color = “maroon” face = “tahoma”>
<h2><center> shopping and fun under one roof !!!</center>
</h2>
</FONT>

We provide all brands under one roof with the guarantee of quality and price we also give free home delivery.
<P>
We provide the following categories:

<OL> type = “1”>
<LI> Clothing </LI>
<UL type = “disc”>
<LI> Men </LI>
<LI> Women </LI>
<LI> Kids </LI>
</UL>
<LI>Accessories </LI>
<LI>Household appliances</LI>
<LI>Grocery </LI>
<LI>Education </LI>
</OL>
</BODY>
</HTML>

<html>
<body>
<table border=”1">
<tr align = “center">
<td rowspan=”2”>Name</ td>
<td colspan="2”>Region</ td>
</tr>
<tr align =”center”> <td>City</td> <td>State</td>
</tr>
<tr align = “center”>
<td>Arun Sharma</td>
<td>lndore</td>
<td>Madhya Pradesh</td>
</tr>
<tr align = “center”>
<td>Jasmine</td>
<td>Jaipur</td>
<td>Rajasthan</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Question 25.
Saurabh has got a project to create a webpage that shows the most visited places of famous cities of India. Help him 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.

Place to Visit

Delhi
(i) India Gate
(ii) Qutub Minor
I. Jaipur
- Jantar Mantar
- Amer Fort
II. Agra
(a) Taj Mahal
(b) Red Fort

<HTML>
<BODY>
<B>Places to Visit</B>
<UL TYPE= > </- - Statement 1 - ->
<LI><B>DELHI</B> </LI>
<______ TYPE = "I"></- - Statement 2-->
<LI>lndia Gate</LI>
<LI>Qutub Minor</LI>
</OL>
</UL>
<OL______> <!- - Statement 3 - ->
<LI><B>JAIPUR</B></LI>
<UL TYPE=square>
<LI>Jantar Mantar</LI>
<LI>Amer Fort</U>
<______> </- - Statement 4 - ->
<LI><B>AGRA</Bx></LI>
<OL______> </- - Statement 5 - ->
<LI>Taj Mahal</LI>
<LI>Red Fort</LI>
</OL>
</OL>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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

Explanation:
The type = “disc” attribute creates a bulleted list with discs as default bullets.

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

Explanation:
The <OL> tag is used to create an ordered or numbered list

Explanation:
The type = “I” attribute will create an ordered list with numbers as I, II, III

(D) Write an appropriate answer for blank in statement – 4. [1]
Answer:
/UL

Explanation:
The </UL> tag is the closing tag of <UL> tag which is used to create an unordered list.

(E) Write the suitable attribute for blank in statement – 5. [1]
Answer:
TYPE= “a”

Explanation:
The type = “a” attribute will create an ordered list with numbers as a, b, c, …….

Question 26.
Read the case study given below and attempt any four sub-questions (out of 5). Each sub-question carries 1 mark.
Sameer Malhotra is a Public Relations Officer in IDB Bank. His job responsibility is to make new customers for his bank. During work from home period, he made contacts with his customers on phone calls and by emails.

(A) Sameer can send email using his ………………………. . [1]
Answer:
Email Id

Explanation:
E-mail ID also known as email address is a unique identifier for an email account It is used to send and receive email messages over the Internet

(B) The customers usually mark such mails as spam. What is spam? [1]
Answer:
Spam is defined as irrelevant or unsolicited e-mails sent typically to a large number of users, for the purpose of advertising, phishing, spreading malware, etc.

Explanation:
A mail box or inbox is the main folder that stores your incoming mail

(D) If Sameer wants to send the same promotional mail to multiple customers, then what should he do? [1]
Answer:
He can give multiple email addresses in ‘To’ field separated by comma.

(E) How can Sameer send a copy of same mail to his senior without letting the customers know about it? [1]
Answer:
He can give the email id of his senior in ‘Bcc’ field.