New Oxford CBSE School

Dodda Thimmasandra, Sarjapura (P)Anekal Taluk Bangalore.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SUBJECT CODE-402)
Pre-Board Examination-DECEMBER Question Paper2023-24
Max. Time: 2 Hours Class-X Max. Marks: 50

SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

I Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5= 5 Marks)
i. (i)….………..refers to focusing human efforts for maintaining a healthy body and 1
mind, capable of withstanding stressful situations.
(a)Artificial Intelligence (b)Stress management
(c)Motivation (d)Emotional intelligence
ii Which of the following is not the benefit of stress management? 1
(a)Boosts immunity (b)Reduces efficiency
(c)Improves mood (d)Prevents behavioural problems
iii …………… are computer programs that can damage the data and software programs 1
or steal the information stored on a computer.
(a) Spam (b) Junk mail (c) Viruses (d) BIOS
iv ……………… is a horizontal bar present at bottom of the Windows 7 desktop. 1
(a) Status Bar (b) Menu Bar (c) Task Bar (d) Recycle bin
V State whether the following statement is a myth or reality: 1
Entrepreneurs are born a certain way.
Vi Which one of the following is not true for entrepreneurs? 1
(a) They create needs and demands.
(b) They provide raw materials.
(c) They do not create jobs.
(d) They help society by supporting infrastructure development.
II Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5= 5 Marks)
i. ….……….. controls all aspects of a paragraph's appearance, such as text alignment, 1
tab stops, line spacing, and borders, and can include character formatting.
(a) Page Style (b) Character Style (c) Cell Style (d) Paragraph Style
ii. How many levels of headings does Open Office Writer evaluate to build the Table 1
of contents?
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 12
iii. Saurabh has made an advertisement in Digital Document. He is facing difficulty in 1
positioning the images within the text. Suggest him how he can adjust the image?
a. Wrap text b. Crop c. Alignment d. Layout

iv. Macros are especially useful to ………….. the same way over and over again. 1
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 (a) repeat a task (b) reject a task (c) report a task (d) comment a task
v. ……………. feature of Calc helps to track what data was changed, when the 1
change was made, who made the change and in which cell the change has occurred.
(a) Record Changes (b) Edit record (c) Change record (d) Macro
vi. Which one of the following is not an example of DBMS? 1
(a) PostgresSQL (b) SQLite (c) FoxPro (d) Impress

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

i. It is a reference point for the graphics which is created while positioning any 1
image. This point could be the page, or frame where the object is either a
paragraph, or even a character in a word processor.
a)Wrap Text b) Anchoring c)Alignment d) BookMark
ii. Identify the property which help to set the number of characters in text/ varchar 1
type field of a table in DBMS.
a)Entry Required b) Size c)Default Value d)Length
iii. is designed to help users with auditory impairments. 1
a)Sound Sentry b)Serial key c)High Contrast d)Show Sounds
iv. State whether True or False: 1
“It is not possible to create a default template in a Word processor”.
a. True b. False

v. Reviewers and authors can add their to explain their changes in the cell 1
of Spreadsheet.
a)Comments b)Worksheet c)Hyperlink d)Macros
vi. In Calc, Arguments passed to a macro from Calc are always . 1
a)Cell Reference b) Value c)Both a and b d) Sheet Reference

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

i. …………….. clause can be used with the SELECT statement in SQL to 1
specify which rows to retrieve from the table.
(a) WHERE (b) GROUP (c) SAME (d) SIMILAR
ii. John has written a book consisting of fifteen chapters. He wanted to make 1
the index of the book. Suggest him the option used to create the index
automatically in a word processor.
a)Tables b) Columns c)Mail Merge d)Table of Content
iii. The length of the field value of text data type is maximum 1
characters by default in DBMS.
a. 100 b. 255 c. 200 d. 500
iv. a. Binary data types in a database can be used for storing 1
(a) photos, music files, etc. (b) integer values
(c) only image files (d) only video files
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 v. In a spreadsheet using to create a hyperlink to a web FTP or Telnet, click 1
on the icon available in Hyperlink dialog box.
a)browser b) Internet c)hyperlink d) mail & news
vi. A refers to a cell or a range of cells on a worksheet and can be
used to find the values or data that you want formula to calculate.
a)Cell reference b). Sheet Reference c)Block d) Autofill
V Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. Identify the mode, where we can modify in the structure of table? 1

a. Datasheet view c. Design view

b. Structure view d. All of the above
ii. a. A ………….. is an interface in a user specified layout that lets users to view, 1
enter, and change data directly in, database objects such as tables.
(a) frame (b) form (c) relation (d) report
iii. function takes data from a series of worksheets or 1
workbooks and summaries it into a single worksheet that you can
update easily.
a .Data Combination c. Data Consolidation
b. Data Merging d. Data Concatenation
iv. store data in a single table which is suitable to store less amount 1
of Data.
a. Flat File b. Relational c. Mini File d. Single File
v. In a word processor, by default, evaluates levels of headings 1
when it builds the table of contents.
a. 3 b) 10 c) 7 d) 12
vi. In Networks, all computers have an equal status 1
and each terminal has an equally competent CPU.
a. MAN b. WAN c. Client Server d. P2P

SECTION B: SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

VI Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions on Employability Skills (2 x 3 = 6
marks) Answer each question in 20 – 30 words
i What are the advantages of the ability to Work Independently? 2
ii Name the Stress causal agents. 2
iii What do you mean by Disk Defragmentation? 2
iv Explain any two Myths about Entrepreneurship. 2
v Write any four roles of Entrepreneurs. 2

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

marks)
i State any two purposes of using Templates in a word document. 2

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ii Mention any two operations that can be performed using Macros in a spreadsheet. 2
iii What do you mean by Hyperlinks in Spreadsheets? Give the two different types 2
of
Hyperlinks that can be used in Spreadsheets.
iv List Numeric and Alphanumeric Datatypes in OpenOffice Base. 2
v Differentiate between Filter keys and Toggle keys in Microsoft Windows. 2
vi In which situations Online shopping could be useful? Write any two popular e- 2
commerce websites.

VIII Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50– 80 words each (4 x 3 = 12
marks)
i Anshita is preparing spreadsheet notes for her Term Exam. Help her to write 4
short note on the following:
Scenarios ii)Goal Seek iii)Solver iii)Subtotal
ii Tanmay is a Class X student. He has learnt Mail Merge option of a Word 4
Processor in his computer period. But he is confused with few terms used to
merge documents.

Explain the following briefly, which will help Tanmay better understand the
Mail Merge options.

1. i)Merge Field ii)Data Source iii)Main Document

2. iv)Mention two types of data on which mail merge can be applied.
iii Define the following: 4
i)Sorting (with respect to DBMS) ii)Referential Integrity iii)Foreign key
iv)Many-to-Many Relationship(with respect to DBMS)

iv Your friend owns a chemist shop, he needs to keep records of the medicines 4
with their id’s, date of purchase, expiry date, price, etc. in a database program.
But he does not have any knowledge about the database. Explain to him the
following to get a better understanding of the DBMS concepts.
(i) What is DBMS? Explain in brief.
(ii) Name any two database programs which can be used to create a table
and store the data as per the requirement.
(iii)Which field can be set as a Primary Key?
(iv)Is it possible to make more than one field as a primary key in your
table? (Yes/No). Justify your answer.
v a. Explain the Components of a Chart. 4

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