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JALLADIANPET || MEDAVAKKAM || CHENNAI – 600 100
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION (2025 – 2026)

NAME CLASS & SEC X – SET A

SUBJECT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ROLL NO.

DATE DURATION 2 HRS MAX. MARKS 50

General Instructions:
1. Please read the instructions carefully.
2. This Question Paper consist 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
Q.1 Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills: (4 x 1 = 4)
i. ______________refers to recruitment, employment, selection, training, development and compensation of
the employees with an organization.
a) Entrepreneurs b) Management c) Human Resource Management d) Employer
ii. “Efforts are made to increase the solar power generation so that our electricity needs are met and at the
same time we do not pollute the environment or use up natural resources”. Which SDG can you relate
this statement to?
a) Life on land b) Clean water and c) Affordable and clean d) Reduced
sanitation energy inequalities
iii. What are the small pictures on the desktop called?
iv. Having conscious knowledge of your own self, capabilities, feelings and one’s own character is called
____________.
v. _____________ communication takes place between two individuals and is thus a one-on-one conversation.
It can be formal or informal.
vi. Expand S.M.A.R.T
Q.2 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions: (5 x 1 = 5)
i. A research team is trying to gather information for a new project. They are considering using surveys,
web scraping, sensors, and archives. Which of these options cannot be used as a method to collect new
data?
a) Surveys b) Web Scrapping c) Sensors d) Archives
ii. Which of the following best defines Bioethics?
a) The study of biological systems and their functions
b) The application of ethical principles to issues in medicine, health, and life sciences
c) The laws governing medical practice and hospital management

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 d) The study of evolution and genetic diversity in living organisms
iii. A student solved 90 out of 100 questions correctly in a multiple-choice exam. What is the error rate of the
student's answers?
a) 10% b) 9% c) 8% d) 11%
iv. A company was fined heavily for collecting user’s data without consent and sharing it with third parties
for targeted advertisements. Which terminology suits best for this action?
a) AI Ethics b) Data Privacy c) AI Bias d) Digital Ethics
v. ____________is defined as the percentage of correct predictions out of all the observations.
vi. Name the last stage of AI Project cycle.
Q.3 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions: (5 x 1 = 5)
i. Assertion: Ethics provide guidance in distinguishing right from wrong.
Reasoning: Ethics consist of a set of values and morals that aid individuals in making moral judgments
and decisions.
a) Both Assertion and Reasoning are true, and Reasoning is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
b) Assertion is true, but Reasoning is false.
c) Both Assertion and Reasoning are true, but Reasoning is not the correct explanation of the Assertion. d)
Assertion is false, but Reasoning is true.
ii. In data acquisition the data which is provided as an input is called __________.
a) Training Data b) Testing Data c) Feedback data d) Random Data
iii. An intruder alarm rings, but it was only triggered by the wind and no intruder was present. This
situation is an example of:
a) True Positive b) False Positive c) True Negative d) False Negative
iv. Diagrammatically depict a confusion matrix.
v. Training a neural network often requires:
a) A small set of labelled data samples
b) A significant amount of data and computational resources
c) A specific set of programming instructions
d) A human expert to guide the learning process
vi. Ravi is working on a 4Ws canvas to understand a community problem. He wants to identify all the people
who are directly or indirectly affected by the issue. Which part of the 4Ws canvas should Ravi focus on?
Q.4 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions: (5 x 1 = 5)
i. Assertion: Data visualization is a very important aspect of the AI Project cycle.
Reason: As Visualization makes the data look very colourful.
a) Assertion and Reason both are True b) Assertion is True but Reason is False
c) Assertion and Reason both are False d) Assertion is False but Reason is True
ii. Recall-Evaluation method is:
a) Defined as the fraction of positive cases that are correctly identified.
b) Defined the percentage of true positive cases versus all the cases where the prediction is true
c) Defined as the percentage of correct predictions out of all the observations.
d) Comparison between the prediction and reality
iii. An email spam filter that learns to identify spam emails based on labelled examples is an application of:
a) Supervised Learning b) Unsupervised Learning
c) Reinforcement Learning d) Transfer Learning
iv. Amit was learning the conditions that make up the confusion matrix. He came across a scenario in which
the machine that was supposed to predict an animal was always predicting not an animal. What is this
condition called?
a) False Negative b) True Positive c) False Positive d) True Negative
v. Differentiate between Prediction and Reality.
a) Prediction is the input given to the machine to receive the expected result of the reality.
b) Prediction is the output given to match the reality.
c) The prediction is the output which is given by the machine and the reality is the real scenario in which
the prediction has been made.
d) Prediction and reality both can be used interchangeably.
vi. Which form of learning-based approach does the following diagram indicate?

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Q.5 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions: (5 x 1 = 5)
i. When a machine possesses the ability to mimic the following human traits, it is said to have artificial
intelligence. Identify the positive traits that an Al machine should possess.
(I) Make decisions (II) Bias (III) Predict (IV) Learn and improve on its own
a) (I) and (III) only b) (I), (III) and (IV) only
c) (II) and (IV) only d) (I), (II), and (IV) only
ii. An AI agent playing a game and learning from its rewards and penalties is an example of ____________
learning.
iii. Assertion (A): The basis of decision making depends upon the availability of information and how we
experience and understand it.
Reason (R): Information includes our past experience, intuition, knowledge, and self-awareness.
a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
b) Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
c) A is correct but R is not correct
d) A is not correct but R is correct
iv. When the prediction matches the reality, the condition is termed as ____________.
(I) True Positive (II) True Negative (III) False Positive (IV) False Negative
a) (II) and (III) b) Only (I) c) (III) and (IV) d) (I) and (II)
v. Statement 1: The output given by the Al model is known as Reality.
Statement 2: The real scenario is known as Prediction.
a) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are correct.
b) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are incorrect.
c) Statement 1 is correct but. Statement 2 is incorrect.
d) Statement 2 is correct but Statement 1 is incorrect
vi. How is the relationship between model performance and accuracy described?
a) Inversely proportional b) Not related c) Directly proportional d) Randomly fluctuating

SECTION B: SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions on Employability Skills. Answer each question in 20-30
words: (3 x 2 = 6)
Q.6 All people look forward to vacations for de-stressing and rejuvenation. State any other two ways by which
people can manage stress.
Q.7 Tom wants to prevent others from using his computer? Write any two ways to do it.
Q.8 Mention any two human activities that lead to environmental degradation.
Q.9 A person needs a lot of money to start a business. Do you agree with the statement? Justify your answer.
Q.10 List two best practices for effective communication.
Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions in 20-30 words: (4 x 2 = 8)
Q.11 Match the Al application in column P with the ethical issue it poses in column Q. 2
Column (P) Column (Q)
(A) Chatbots (I) Racial bias
(B) Driverless cars (II) Gender bias
(C) Facial recognition (III) Data privacy
(D) Al in hiring (IV) Accountability

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Q.12 Identify the type of model (classification, regression, clustering, association model) are the following 2
case studies most likely based on?

a) A bank wants to predict whether a loan applicant will "default" or "non-default" on their loan
payments. They have a dataset containing information such as income, credit score, loan
amount, and employment status.
b) A grocery store wants to identify associations between different products purchased by
customers to understand which products are commonly bought together. They have a
transaction dataset containing records of items purchased together during each transaction.
c) A marketing company wants to segment its customer base into distinct groups based on
purchasing behaviour for targeted marketing campaigns. They have a dataset containing
information such as purchase history, frequency of purchases, and amount spent.
d) A real estate agency wants to predict the selling price of houses based on various features such
as size, location, number of bedrooms, and bathrooms. They have a dataset containing
historical sales data.

Q.13 What is the purpose of Evaluation stage of Al project cycle? Discuss briefly 2
Q.14 Fill the confusion matrix with the following data: 2
the number of true positive = 100 the number of true negative = 47
the number of false positive = 62 the number of false negative = 290

REALITY
CONFUSION MATRIX
YES ( 1 ) NO ( 0 )
YES ( 1 )
PREDICTION
NO ( 0 )
Q.15 What is the need of train-test split? 2
Q.16 Find the accuracy for the following scenario A new diagnostic test is developed to detect diabetes. 100 2
patients are tested. After comparing test results with actual medical records:
● 40 patients actually have diabetes
● 60 patients are healthy
The test results are:
● 35 patients with diabetes were correctly identified (True Positive).
● 5 patients with diabetes were missed (False Negative).
● 50 healthy patients were correctly identified (True Negative).
● 10 healthy patients were wrongly flagged as diabetic (False Positive).
Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50-80 words: (3 x 4 = 12)
Q.17 Differentiate between Supervised Learning and Unsupervised Learning. Explain their types and give 4
suitable examples
Q.18 Scenario: Online Shopping Fraud Detection As online shopping platforms expand, fraud risks are also 4
increasing. Traditional fraud detection systems can’t keep up with unusual spending patterns, fake
accounts, or abnormal purchase behaviour. Fraudsters may use stolen credit cards or create multiple
fake profiles. Think about how AI algorithms can analyze transaction histories and detect suspicious
activities like sudden high-value purchases or repeated failed payments. Write the problem statement
template for the above scenario.
Q.19 Arjun is interning at a tech company and is assigned different tasks: 4
1. He prepares charts showing the average rainfall of a city over 10 years.
2. He develops a program that can translate English text into Hindi automatically.
3. He works on an app that can unlock a phone by recognizing a person’s face.
4. He creates a model that can recommend movies to users based on their past viewing history.
Classify each task into Statistical Data, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing (NLP), or
Machine Learning and also type of data used to solve such problems.

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Q.20 A machine learning model is deployed to predict the occurrence of Tsunami in a particular region. 4
The confusion matrix for its predictions is as follows:

PREDICTION
CONFUSION MATRIX
YES ( 1 ) NO ( 0 )
YES ( 1 ) 50 20
REALITY
NO ( 0 ) 30 100

Calculate the Accuracy, Precision, Recall, and F1 Score for this confusion matrix.
Q.21 A binary classification model has been developed to classify news articles as either "Fake News" or 4
"Real News". The model was tested on a dataset of 500 news articles, and the resulting confusion
matrix is as follows:

REALITY
CONFUSION MATRIX
YES ( 1 ) NO ( 0 )
YES ( 1 ) 45 15
PREDICTION
NO ( 0 ) 20 420

Calculate Accuracy, Precision, Recall and F1 Score.

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