NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI, HYDERABAD REGION

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SUBJECT CODE 402)

CLASS X (SESSION 2023-2024)
MARKING SCHEME FOR SET-2

I. Answer any 4 questions out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills (1 x 4 = 4 marks)

Q. No Question Source Material Unit/Chap.No Page no. Marks

(NCERT/PSSCIVE/CBSE of source
Study Material) material
Q1 Answer the 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skill (1X4=4 marks)
i. c. Feedback NCERT Communication Page -4 1
Skills
UNIT-1
ii. b. Akhil: Install reliable antivirus software and NCERT ICT-UNIT-3 Page -81 1
update
iii. d. All of the above NCERT Self-Management Page-39 1
Skill Unit-2
iv. c. Mental NCERT Self-Management Page -17 1
Skill Unit-2
v. d. All of the above NCERT Entrepreneurial Page -90 1
Skills Unit -4
vi. b. Sustainable Development Goals NCERT Green Skill Unit-5 Page -109 1

Q2. Answer the 5 out of the given 6 questions (1x5=5 marks)

i. CBSE Study Material Unit-1 Session 1 Page 10 1
b. blueprint
ii. a. Wrap text CBSE Study Material Unit-1 Session 1 Page 15 1
iii. a.MailMerg CBSE Study Material Unit-1 Session5 Page 39 1

iv. a. sheet1 CBSE Study Material Unit-1 Session 4 Page 30 1

v. d. All of the above CBSE Study Material Unit-1 Session 5 Page 39 1

vi. b.Ctrl+X CBSE Study Material Unit-1 Session 2 Page 17 1
Q3 Answer the 5 out of the given 6 questions (1x5=5 marks)
i. a. Data Consolidation CBSE Study Material Unit-2 Session-1 Page 61 1
ii. c.ods CBSE Study Material Unit-2 1
iii. a.= CBSE Study Material Unit-2 Session-2 Page 78 1

iv. b. Hyperlinks CBSE Study Material Unit-2 Session-3 Page 79 1

v. a. Sharing workbook CBSE Study Material Unit-2 Session-4 Page 87 1

vi. b. Macro CBSE Study Material Unit-2 Session-5 Page 95 1

Q4 Answer the 5 out of the given 6 questions (1x5=5 marks)
i. CBSE Study Material Unit-3 Session-1 Page 108 1
b. Relational
ii. c.Book_Number CBSE Study Material Unit-3 Session-1 Page 113 1
iii. a. Binary CBSE Study Material Unit-3 Session-2 Page 128 1

iv. b. Structured Query Language CBSE Study Material Unit-3 Session-3 Page 142 1

v. a. Order by CBSE Study Material Unit-3 Session-4 Page 148 1

 vi. a. Report CBSE Study Material Unit-3 Session-5 Page 155 1
Q.5 Answer the 5 out of the given 6 questions (1x5=5 marks)

i. a. SoundSentry CBSE Study Material Unit-4 Session-1 Page 165 1

ii. a. Transaction control protocol CBSE Study Material Unit-4 Session-2 Page 170 1
iii. a. Blog CBSE Study Material Unit-4 Session-3 Page 184 1
iv. b. Cash on Delivery CBSE Study Material Unit-4 Session-7 Page 191 1
v. a. Fire Safety CBSE Study Material Unit-4 Session-8 Page 203 1
vi. a. Data Encryption CBSE Study Material Unit-4

SECTION B: SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Q. Question Source Material Unit/Chap.No Page no. of Marks
No (NCERT/PSSCIVE/CBSE source
Study Material) material
Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions on Employability Skill 20-30 words each (2X3 = 6marks)
Q.6 ANSWER The various elements of a CBSE Study Material Unit-1 Page 4
communication cycle are: 2
 Sender: the person beginning the
communication.
 Message: the information that the
sender wants to convey.
 Channel: the means by which the
information is sent.
 Receiver: the person to whom the
message is sent.
 Feedback: the receiver’s
acknowledgement and response to the
message. (I/2 Mark)
Q. 7 Ans. The functions of an entrepreneurs are as CBSE Study Material Unit-4 Page 93
following: 2
1. Making Decisions: An entrepreneur makes
decisions every day. It includes what to produce
or sell, how much and where to cell etc.
2. Managing the business: Making a successful
plan and its execution is one of the important
functions of an entrepreneur. Managing starts
from arrangement of raw material, hiring people
for work and tell people what to do and also
ensures that the planning is being followed or
not.
3. Divide Income: The business money needs to
be divided into different heads. An entrepreneur
spends money to buy material, pays rent of the
building and salaries to the people.
4. Taking risks: Risk is the chance of going
something wrong. Sometimes fires, item loss and
theft can affect business. So, an entrepreneur has
to think about these all risks.
(2 mark for correct explanation of any two)

Stress can be defined as our emotional, mental, CBSE Study Material Unit-2 Page 40 2
Q.8 physical and social reaction to any perceived
demands or threats. Origins of Stress: Mental,
Physical, Social, Financial.
Q.9 Sustainable development is the development CBSE Study Material Unit-5 Page 104 2
that satisfies the needs of the present without
compromising the capacity of future generations,
guaranteeing the balance between economic
 growth, care for the environment and social well-
bening.

Q.10  Use passwords to login to your NCERT UNIT-3 Page 81 2

computer.
 Install Anti-virus and Firewall
 Encrypt Data
 Secure sites
Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions in 20-30 words (2X4= 8 marks)
Q.11 Primary key: A Primary key is a set of one or CBSE Study Material UNIT-3 Page 113 2
more attributes which identifies the record
uniquely within the relation.
Foeign key: A Non – key attribute, whose vales
are derived from the primary key of some other
table, is know as Foreign Key in its current table.

Q.12  Goal seek: The goal seek is a what -if CBSE Study Material UNIT-2 Page 66 2
Analysis tool that calculates backward
to obtain an input that would yield a
given output. To find a single unknow
variable.
 Solver: Solver tool is more elaborate
from of Goal seek. It deals with the
equations with multiple unknown
variables. The main aim of solver to find
the maximum or minimum result from
multiple unknow variables.
Q.13  Hyper links can be stored within your file CBSE Study Material UNIT-2 Page 79 2
as either relative or absolute.
 An absolute link will stop working only if
the target moved.
 A relative link will stop working only if
the start and target location change
relative to each other.
 A relative hyperlink will not break but an
absolute link will break.
(each point ½ mark)

Q.14 a. Invert – Changing the color in the color image, CBSE Study Material UNIT-1 Page 35 2
and giving brightness in grayscale image.
b. Solarization – Increasing the effects of
excessive light in a photograph.
c. Posterize – Reduces the number of colours in a
picture to make it look like a painting.
d. Charcoal – The image is displayed as a charcoal
sketch.
( each point ½ mark)
Q.15 I. Full Form: Local Area Network CBSE Study Material UNIT-4 Page 170 2
Full Form: Wide Area Network
ii Explanation: A network which connects
computers and devices in a limited geographical
area.
Explanation: A network which connects
computers and devices over a broad /large
geographical area.
iii Example: Intranet, any network at Room,
Home, School, Computer Lab, Office Building or
closely positioned group of buildings.
Example: Internet, any network that links across
metropolitan, regional or national boundaries.
 (1 mark each for writing any of the two points
from the above) (Any relevant
explanation/example apart from the above
should also be considered)
Q.16 First Aid is the assistance provided to the injured CBSE Study Material UNIT-4 Page 204 2
to save life and minimize health loss till the
proper medical aid/ facility provided.
Some rules of First aid are
1. Assure the injured to remain calm and not
panic.
2. Keep them warm if they are under shock.
Answer any 3 out of the given 6 questions in 20-30 words (4X3= 12 marks)

Q.17 Mail merge is a very important feature of word CBSE Study Material UNIT-1 Page 39 4
processor. It is used to create a series of
documents with same text and multiple
addresses. In the process of mail merge, we
merge a main document with different mailing
addresses to create several copies of the main
document bearing address of different
individuals. 2m
 Advantages mail merge: it is essay to
make changes to single letter and same
changes will happen in every letter.
 A standard letter can be saved and
reused.
 The same data source can be reused,
thus reducing the risk errors.
 Time and money save. 2m
Q.18 A Macro is a saved, named sequence of CBSE Study Material UNIT-2 Page 95 4
commands or keystrokes that are stored for later
use to repeating tasks. 1m
Step-1 select the range to be formatted.
Step-2: Click on tools - Macros Record Marco
Step3: It will start recording of actions in a macro.
Step4: Now start performing the actions which
you want to include in a macro.
Step5: Now Click on stop recording macro-option.
Step 5: Save your macro under
MacrosStandard Module1
Step6: Click Save button. 3m

Q.19 a. To display all the information from the table CBSE Study Material UNIT-3 4
whose address is ‘Mumbai’.

a. Select * from students where address =

“Mumbai”;
b. To list the details of all the students whose
percentage is between 90 to 100.
Answer – Select * from students where
percentage >= 90 and percentage <= 100;
c. To display the name of all the students whose
gender is Female.
Answer – Select * from students where Gender =
‘F’;
d. To display the list of names of all the students
in alphabetical order.
 Answer – Select * from students order by
Student name;

Q.20 A database management system (DBMS) is a CBSE Study Material UNIT-3 4

software package which manages and maintains
data in a database. A DBMS enables several user
application programs to access the same
database at the same time
a. Reduce Data Redundancy – When the same
data set is stored in two or more locations, this is
referred to as data redundancy. As a result, this
helps in the protection of duplicate data in a
database.
b. Sharing of Data – Databases can share the
data with multiple users at a time. There are
multiple levels of authorization to access the
data, and as a result, the data can only be shared
with those who are permitted.
c. Data Integrity – The term “data integrity”
refers to the accuracy and consistency of the data
in the database. Data integrity also refers to data
safety.
d. Data Security – You know that data is very
important, databases give privileges to
authorized users and allow them to access the
database using username and password.
(Any four advantages) 4m

Q.21  Keep the length of the password at CBSE Study Material UNIT-4 Competency 4
least 12-14 characters, if required. based.
 Avoid keeping passwords based on your Page 190.
personal information, like contact
numbers, DOB etc.
 Including numbers, and symbols in
passwords if allowed.
 Use capital and lower -case letters.
 Avoid using the same password for
multiple sites or purposes.

For visually impaired Candidates

1.Digital Scriber Line.

2.Internet Service Provider
3.Modulator /Demodulator
4.World Wide Web.
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