ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL, BANGALORE

PREBOARD-II EXAMINATION (2022-23)

Class: X SET-B Max Marks: 50

Subject: Information Technology Time: 2 hrs
Date: 07/01/2023 No of Pages: 5
General Instructions:
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.
v. Do not write just the option name. Write the full answer.
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

Q. 1 Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills. (1 x 4 = 4 marks)
i. When you delete a file it goes to a temporary location, the ___________________. 1
(a) dust bin (b) recycle bin
(c) folder bin (d) directory bin
ii. Dr Siddarth is working in a Hospital so he is a __________ person. 1
(a) Wage-employed (b) Self-employed (c) Both (a) & (b) (d) None of these
iii. In SMART goals what does ‘A’ stand for?
(a) awareness (b) achievable (c) adapt (d) None of these
iv. It is necessary for an entrepreneur to continuously ___________ towards his/her own and 1
company’s goals.
(a) Work hard (b) Always take rest (c) Not participate actively (d) None of these
v. Kaspersky, McAfee are examples of popular _______________. 1
(a) image editing software (b) anti-virus software
(c) word-processing software (d) DBMS
vi. The ability to regulate one’s own emotions when necessary and help others to do the same is 1
known as ___________.
(a) Managing emotions (b) Harnessing emotions
(c) Knowing emotions (d) Emotional awareness

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

i. Bhavik has taken photos from his mobile phone. He has copied the photos from his mobile to 1
his laptop. Now he is going to prepare a report of that even including photos. How he can
insert the picture into his laptop?

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 (a) Insert –> Picture –> From File
(b) Insert –> Insert Photos
(c) Insert –> Insert Picture
(d) Insert –> Insert Image
ii. A ________ is a collection of computer and other hardware components interconnected by 1
communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information.
(a) Computer Network (b) Computer Sharing
(c) Computer Receiving (d) None of these
iii. ______________ is a sequence of commands or keystrokes that are stored and saved for 1
future use.
(a) Goal Seek (b) Macro (c) Formula (d) Cell reference
iv. A ________________ is a collective set of multiple data sets organized by tables, records and 1
columns.
(a) Single Database Management Systems
(b) Relational Database Management System
(c) Flat Database Management Systems
(d) Structured Database Management Systems
v. Divya wants to prepare a master sheet with a combination of data from another 3 worksheets. 1
Which of the following feature is useful for her?
(a) Data Table (b) Data Consolidate (c) Link worksheets (d) Cell Referencing
vi. Yashvi is confused as to what are the basic building blocks of the database? Suggest the 1
appropriate option?
(a) Forms (b) Queries (c) Tables (d) Reports

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

i. _____________ is a list, usually found on a page before the start of a written work, of its 1
chapter or section titles or brief descriptions with their commencing page numbers.
(a) Preface (b) Table of contents (c) Acknowledgements (d) Page title
ii. In the Solver dialog box, when you click on the Solve button, a dialog box appears 1
informing you that the solving successfully finish. You can click on _____________
button, if you are satisfied with the result.
(a) save result (b) save (c) keep result (d) None of these
iii. ________ are a tool to test “What-if” questions. 1
(a) consolidate (b) scenario (c) solver (d) goal seek
iv. Which of the following filters modifies a picture dramatically? 1
(a) Pop art (b) Sharpen (c) Relief (d) Mosaic
v. Naina wants to sort the marks scored by students in ascending order. Although she 1
Remembers the ‘Order By command, she forgets the keyword used with it to get the desired
result. What is that keyword?
(a) to-down (b) desc (c) asc (d) describe
vi. When ________ key is turned on computer emits sound cues when the locking keys (Caps 1
Lock, Num Lock or Scroll lock ) are pressed.
(a) Toggle Key (b) Filter Key (c) Sticky Key (d) Tab Key

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

i. The goal-seek option is available under __________ menu. 1
(a) File (b) Insert (c) Tools (d) Data
ii. Nishant is trying to set the template created by him as default for his new document. But 1
forgets the option. Select the appropriate option for him:
(a) File – Templates – Open
(b) File – Templates – Organize

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 (c) File – Templates – Save as default template
(d) File – Templates – Create new from existing
iii. High Contrast is designed to help people with ___________ impairment 1
(a) auditory (b) visual (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
iv. Preksha wants to see the maximum and minimum profits for the new product launched 1
recently by her company. She wants to see the profits for multiple targets. Which of the
following option is useful her
(a) goal seek (b) scenarios (c) consolidation (d) solver
v. Nainesh wants to know about the term used in the database which identifies the type of data to 1
store values in the particular field, which of the following is the correct option?
(a) Data Types (b) Values (c) Constraints (d) Queries
vi. A ___________ is one which connects computers and devices in a limited 1
geographical area such as home, school, computer laboratory, office building, or closely
positioned group of buildings.
(a) Peer to Peer (b) Peer 2 Peer (c) Client-Server (d) LAN

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

i. Manish is going to celebrate his birthday in the next 15 days. He wants to invite his friends on 1
his birthday. He wants to use the OO writer feature that supports allowing the written
document is going to be sent to a bunch of people and they may feel like it is typed personally.
Which of the following feature is that?
(a) templates (b) table of contents (c) mail merge (d) styles and formatting
ii. Government of India has done a census on Tigers. They have collected the data from 1
various states and Fahim who is working in the ministry has been assigned the job of
entering all the data on different sheets in a workbook. He has done the job, but he is
not sure which sheet contains data of which state. For this he has to open the sheet.
Suggest an option using which he does not have to open the sheet to know the state
name.
(a) Renaming sheets (b) Copying sheets
(c) Adding sheets (d) Changing sheets
iii. Raghav is working in a Bank. He is creating a table to store the details of the customers 1
of the Bank. Acc_No, Cust_Name, Date_of_Birth, PAN_No, Cust_Add are the fields
that are added in the table named CustomerDetails. Which of the following fields can
be selected as primary key?
(a) Acc_No (b) Name (c) Cust_Name (d) Both (a) and (b)
iv. Which of the following keys allow us to press Ctrl key and ‘A’ key separately? 1
(a) Toggle Key (b) Filter Key (c) Sticky Key (d) Tab Key
v. Anita wants that her company’s logo should automatically appear on the top and 1
company’s address at the bottom of the Writer document, whenever she opens a new
document. Which feature of Writer will help her to do so?
(a) Style (b) Mail merge (c) Template (d) Draft
vi. A _______ is device that converts digital computer signals into analog signals that can travel over phone 1
lines.
(a) MODEM (b) Receiver (c) Transmitter (d) Bridge

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 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.
Q.6 In SMART goals, what does ‘S’ stand for? Explain. 2
Q.7 How can tracking your time help you? 2
Q.8 List the various ways you can use to protect your data. 2
Q.9 List the ways in which an entrepreneur affects a society. 2
Q.10 What are some of the misconceptions/myths of entrepreneurship? 2

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

Q.11 What are templates? What are the advantages of using templates? 2
Q.12 How can we add comments to the changes made? 2
Q.13 How can we record a macro? 2
Q.14 Differentiate between a Primary Key and a Foreign Key. Give example of each. 2
Q.15 Compare LAN with WAN 2
Q.16 Explain P2P Architecture and how it is different from Client Server Architecture?. 2

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50– 80 words each (4 x 3 = 12 marks)
Q.17 Anish wants to invite his friends for his birthday party. He decides to send an E-Invite to them. He 4
finds it difficult to type the same content and send it to all his friends multiple times. One of his
friends suggest him to try the Mail Merge feature available in Writer.
Answer the following questions related to Mail Merge:
1. Under which menu the Mail Merge option is available?
2. Explain the step for printing the merged file.
3. Explain the terms
a. Data Source b. Main Document
Q.18 Parth is a student of class X. He is very good in studies. He is learning one of the functions listed 4
under the Mathematical category of Open Office Calc which totals/adds data arranged in an array-
that is, a group of cells with labels for columns and/or rows.
1. Name the Mathematical function.
2. Under what menu, this function is available?
3. Name any two functions which are listed in the dialog box of above function.
4. How many groups can be used in the above function?
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TEACHER
NUMBER NAME AGE SUBJECT SALARY
1 JYOTI 32 SST 43000
2 RAKESH 31 MATHS 45000
3 UDAY 35 HINDI 39000
4 GEETA 38 SCIENCE 47000
5 ALI 33 MATHS 46000
6 NUTAN 29 SCIENCE 25000
7 KIRAN 33 ENGLISH 46000

Write SQL commands based on the table TEACHER:

1. To show all the information about SCIENCE teachers.
2. To list the details of all the teachers who are getting salary between
35000 to 40000.
3. To display the subject of all the teachers whose age is more than 35 years.
4. To display the list of names of all the teachers in alphabetical order.
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Q.20 Aman has a small library at home. He wants to store the details of all books in RDBMS. He created 4
a table with five fields by name “Aman_Lib” in the RDBMS program. He also created a primary key
in that table.
1. What do you mean by table?
2. What is the purpose of creating a primary key?
3. Can Aman create more than one primary key in his table? (Yes/No)
Q.21 Kashish is making a list of students who have some impairment or disability due to which they are 4
not able to use the computer. Identify which Accessibility option / key will allow them to use the
computer regardless of their disability.
Ambuj: Who suffers from Hand Tremors
Shikhar: Auditory impairment
Simran: Difficulty in using mouse
Ramesh: Difficulty in using mouse and keyboard both.

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