CBSE | DEPARTMENT OF SKILL EDUCATION

TYPOGRAPHY AND COMPUTER APPLICATION (SUBJECT CODE -817)

Blueprint for Sample Question Paper for Class XI (Session 2024-2025)
Max. Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 60

PART A - EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS (10 MARKS):

OBJECTIVE TYPE SHORT ANSWER

UNIT TOTAL
NAME OF THE UNIT QUESTIONS TYPE QUESTIONS
NO. QUESTIONS
1 MARK EACH 2 MARKS EACH
1 Communication Skills – III 1 1 2
2 Self-Management Skills – III 2 1 3
3 Information and Communication 1 1 2
Technology Skills – III
4 Entrepreneurial Skills – III 1 1 2
5 Green Skills – III 1 1 2
TOTAL QUESTIONS 6 5 11
NO. OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED Any 4 Any 3 07
TOTAL MARKS 1x4=4 2x3=6 10 MARKS

PART B - SUBJECT SPECIFIC SKILLS (50 MARKS):

DESCRIPTIVE/
OBJECTIVE SHORT SHORT
LONG
TYPE ANS. TYPE ANS. TYPE
UNIT ANS. TYPE TOTAL
QUESTIONS QUES.- I QUES.- II
NAME OF THE UNIT QUESTIONS
NO. QUESTIONS
1 MARK 2 MARKS 3 MARKS 4 MARKS
EACH EACH EACH EACH

1 Unit 1: Typography 1
5 1 1 08
2 Unit 2: Keyboard Operations 1
5 1 1 08
Unit 3: Computer Hardware 1
3 5 - - 06
Unit 4: Windows Operating -
4 System 4 1 1 06

5 Unit 5: Introduction To Office 6 1 - 1 08

6 Unit 6: MS Word 7 1 - 1 09
TOTAL QUESTIONS 32 5 3 5 45
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS TO
BE ANSWERED 26 Any 3 Any 2 Any 3 34

TOTAL MARKS 1 x 26= 26 2x3=6 3x2=6 4 x 3 = 12 50 MARKS

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 CBSE | DEPARTMENT OF SKILL EDUCATION
TYPOGRAPHY AND COMPUTER APPLICATION (SUBJECT CODE -817)
Sample Question Paper for Class XI (Session 2024-2025)
Max. Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 60

General Instructions:
1. Please read the instructions carefully.
2. This Question Paper consists of 24 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 (6 + 18 =) 24 questions, a candidate has to answer (6 + 11 =) 17 questions in
the allotted (maximum) time of 3 hours.
5. All questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
6. SECTION A - OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (30 MARKS):
i. This section has 06 questions.
ii. There is no negative marking.
iii. Do as per the instructions given.
iv. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.
7. SECTION B – SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (30 MARKS):
i. This section contains 18 questions.
ii. A candidate has to do 11 questions.
iii. Do as per the instructions given.
iv. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.

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 SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
Q. 1 Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills (1 x 4 = 4 Marks
marks)
i. Which one of the following is not a type of non-verbal communication? 1
a) Eye contact
b) Body posture
c) Oral communication
d) Body Language
Ii. _______ is the method of planning and balancing your time to meet your everyday 1
targets.
iii. Riya wants to change the spelling of a word in the entire document. Which option will 1
she use?
a) Copy
b) Align Left
c) Find & Replace
a) d) Paste
iv. Entrepreneurship is the act of executing an _____________idea in a business. 1
v. Write name of any green project implemented in India. 1
vi. Goals are a set of dreams with a deadline to achieve them. (True/False) 1
Q. 2 Answer any 5 out of the given 7 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)

i. Who invented Touch method of Typewriting? Christopher Lantham Sholes 1

Ii. The first agency of Typewriters was started in India in 1896. (True/False) 1
iii. The computer keyboard is popularly known as _____________ keyboard. 1
a) Soft
b) QWERTY
c) Electronic
d) Latest
iv. Which Typewriter works on the principle of “pressure printing”? noiseless typewriter 1
v. What do you understand by Typography? 1
vi. Remington Company introduced an additional key in the typewriter Keyboard known 1
as __________. With the help of this key, both capital and lower capital letters could
be typed.
a) Spacebar
b) Caps Lock
c) Tab Key
d) Shift key
vii. The center row of keys on the keyboard is termed as "home row”. (True/False) 1
Q. 3 Answer any 6 out of the given 7 questions (1 x 6 = 6 marks)
i. A keyboard consists of special keys (ctrl) that do nothing by themselves but modify 1
the functions of other keys. (True/False)
Ii. What is the keyboard shortcut to UNDO any mistake? 1
iii. Serial ports can send or receive a byte (8-bit) at a time. (True/False) 1
iv. How can we activate the numeric keypad? 1
v. Identify the output device from the following list. 1
a) Microphone
b) Bar code reader
c) Plotter
d) Scanner
vi. Every barcode has a Universal Product Code.(True/False) 1
vii. ______________button of mouse is used to execute the operation associated with it. 1
Q. 4 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. A sound input can be sent to computer through a special input device called _______. 1

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 Ii. Windows displays various options to shut down. Which is suitable at the end of day? 1
(a) Hibernate
(b) Restart
(c) Sleep
(d) Shut Down
iii. A _______ is a named location on a disk where files are stored 1
(a) Folder
(b) Pod
(c) Version
(d) None of the above
iv. Tab menus, which are present in dialogue boxes, are menus which represent many 1
different _____________ of information.
v. Multiple applications can be simultaneously run in different windows. (T/F) 1
vi. Database management solutions with easy to
Microsoft Access helps in developing ________ 1
use customization tools.
Q. 5 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. Ananya wants to create an electronic presentation on environment for his class. 1
Which of the following applications is most suitable for this purpose.
a) PowerPoint
b) Excel
c) Access
d) outlook
Ii. Microsoft Office Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft mainly 1
Email
used as an ____________ application.
iii. The Web toolbar contains buttons for inserting hyperlinks. (T/F) 1
iv. An Excel file is made up of slides, which collectively are called a Workbook. (T/F) 1
v. Microsoft Excel is a software facilitating _________ into an electronic spreadsheet 1
to do complex mathematical calculations and analysis.
a) drawing
b) browsing
c) data entry
d) designing
vi. Word allows aligning text/paragraphs in 4 ways namely: left, right, center and _____ 1
a) top
b) bottom
c) auto align
d) justified
Q. 6 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. theme
A document ____________ is a set of formatting choices that includes font styles, 1
sizes, and colours for different parts of the document.
Ii. A predesigned document used to create new documents with the same formatting is 1
Template
known as _____________.
iii. Microsoft Word has a feature called Format Painter that allows a user to copy and 1
paste formats much in the same way as text is copied and pasted. ( T/F )
iv. Paragraph spacing is chosen for spacing between the lines of a paragraphs. (T/F) 1
v. Insert
The ____________key works as a toggle key. If you press it once, the overtyping 1
(OVR) mode gets turned ON, and pressing it again turns it OFF.
a) Tab
b) Delete
c) Control
d) Insert
vi. ____________Tab : Aligns decimal numbers using the decimal point. 1
a) numeric
b) left
c) decimal
d) right

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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. 7 What is communication and what are different methods of communication? 2
Q. 8 What is teamwork? 2
Q. 9 What is the advantage of using a header or a footer in a word processor document? 2
Q. 10 What are different ways in which an entrepreneur can think to solve problems? 2
Q. 11 What is a Green Economy? 2

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 20 – 30 words each (2 x 3 = 6 marks)

Q. 12 What are the advantages of a Typewriter/Computer? Write any 4 points. 2
Q. 13 Explain the use of backspace key. 2
Q. 14 Explain the touch method of typewriting. 2
Q. 15 Naitik wants to help his class teacher to manage class attendance records and to 2
visualize data in form of charts/graphs. Can you suggest to Naitik which application
is best suited for this work and why?
Q. 16 What is the difference between moving and copying the text? 2

Answer any 2 out of the given 3 questions in 30– 50 words each (3 x 2 = 6 marks)
Q. 17 Explain any three features of an electronic typewriter. 3
Q. 18 What are the disadvantages of touch method of typewriting? 3
Q. 19 What is a port? What are the different types of ports available on a computer? 3

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50– 80 words each (4 x 3 = 12 marks)
Q. 20 What are the main characteristics of computer? In todays’ scenario, why would you 4
suggest a computer over a typewriter for doing any job of typography?
Q. 21 What are the advantages of sight method of typography? Explain any four points. 4
Q. 22 What is an icon in Windows? Explain any two desktop icons of Windows. 4
Q. 23 Explain any four tasks that can be effectively managed by using Outlook. 4
Q. 24 Suchitra, an office assistant wants to send a fee reminder to all defaulters by 4
mentioning their customized details like Name & address at the top of the letter.
Which feature of MS Word will be useful for her to accomplish this task? Write down
the steps to perform the task by using that feature.

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