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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 5 with Solutions
Time Allowed: 2 Hours
Maximum Marks: 50
General Instructions:
Read the following instructions carefully.
- This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
- All Questions are compulsory. However, internal choices have been provided in some of the questions.
- Section A has 12 questions carrying 1 mark each.
- Section B has 7 Short Answer (SA-I) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
- Section C has 4 Short Answer (SA-I1) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
- Section D has 1 Long Answer (LA) type question carrying 4 marks.
- Section E has 2 Source based /Case-based /Passage based Questions carrying 4 marks each.
Section – A (12 Marks)
(All questions are compulsory)
Question 1.
Which of the following is not a browser? [1]
(a) Microsoft Bing
(b) Netscape Navigator
(c) Mozilla Firefox
(d) Opera
Answer:
(a) Microsoft Bing
Explanation:
Micro soft Bing is a web site.
Question 2.
Which one of the following is an e-shopping website? [1]
(a) e-sbi.com
(b) meritnation.com
(c) educational.com
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(d) None of the above
Question 3.
The 2nd ‘S’ in CSS stands for : [1]
(a) Secured
(b) System
(c) Style
(d) Sheet
Answer:
(d) Sheet
Explanation:
CSS stands for cascading style sheet.
Question 4.
A website opens with its opening page , that has links to other pages of the site. This page is called as___ [1]
(a) Start page
(b) Index page
(c) Home page
(d) opening page
Answer:
(c) Home page
Explanation:
The Home page is the first page of a web site, from which users can go to other pages.
Question 5.
Value of attribute “href” is also called as ___ of the destination webpage. [1]
(a) URS
(b) URK
(c) URL
(d) URM
Answer:
(c) URL
Explanation:
The href attribute specifies the URL or link of the target resource.
Question 6.
Default Style and Color of unvisited link in any browser is ___. [1]
(a) Underline and Magenta
(b) Normal and Blue
(c) Underline and Pink
(d) Underlined and Blue
Answer:
(d)Underlined and Blue
Explanation:
Unvisited links are shown using underline and blue color in HTML pages.
Question 7.
For smaller text, the ___ element is used. [1]
(a) <tiny>
(b) <min>
(c) < small >
(d) <em>
Answer:
(c) < small >
Explanation:
The < small > element can be used to show objects smaller than usual text.
Question 8.
In <alink> tag “a” stands for ___ [1]
(a) Among
(b) Alternate
(c) Align
(d) Active
Answer:
(d) Active
Explanation:
Microsoft Bing is search engine and not a web browser.
Question 9.
Which HTML tag produces the biggest heading? [1]
(a) <h7>
(b) <h9>
(c) <h4>
(d) <hl>
Answer:
(d) <hl>
Explanation:
The heading elements are shown using the tags <hl> to <h6> . <hl> is the biggest and <h6> the smallest.
Question 10.
Trojan Horse is a ___ [1]
(a) Virus
(b) Worm
(c) Spyware
(d) Adware
Answer:
(a) Virus
Explanation:
A Trojan horse is a virus that looks like to be harmless but actually damages files.
Questions No-11 to 12 are Assertion and Reason types. Each question consists of two statements, namely, Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Select the most suitable option considering the Assertion & Reason.
Question 11.
Assertion (A): [email protected] is an e-mail address.
Reason (R): webmaster is username and education.com is domain name. [1]
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not a correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.
Answer:
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not a correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Explanation:
A domain name can have number of users registered in it. An email address starts with the user name and suffixed by the domain name.
Question 12.
Assertion (A): An HTML numbered list can start with any starting value.
Reason (R): The start attribute of <OL> tag helps in providing the start value for the list. [1]
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not a correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true and Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false and Reason (R) is true.
Answer:
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is a correct explanation of Assertion (A).
Explanation:
The <OL> tag along with the start attribute can be used to specify the starting number.
Section B (14 Marks)
Question 13.
Write two points to avoid E-mail spam. [2]
Answer:
Avoiding spam e-Mails
(a) Create a filter that suspects and moves spam mails.
(b) Do not register for any online company’s advertisement or survey.
Question 14.
Write one advantage and one disadvantage of e-learning to students. [2]
OR
What precaution must be taken with regard to making payments while shopping online?
Answer:
Advantage of c-Learning
- Learn at their own pace
- Study from anywhere
- Learn at any age
Disadvantage of e-Learning
- Slow internet connections may make accessing e-learning course material difficult.
- Personal interaction is absent so motivation may be difficult.
OR
- Share payment information only with known or reputable vendors.
- Before entering any personal or payment information, make sure that the URL should start with https.
- Look for a small lock icon in web browser.
- Avoid storing information.
- Make use of popular and trusted payment portals only.
Question 15.
Write about the following terms: [2]
(a) PPP
(b) Bcc
Answer:
(a) Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) is a TCP/IP protocol that is used to connect one computer system to another.
(b) Blind carbon copy (Bcc) is a copy of a message (such as an email) that is sent without the knowledge for the other recipients.
Question 16.
Why is Privacy important in e-Commerce? [2]
OR
What is digital signature?
Answer:
Privacy is the protection of personal information given online.
The privacy of the users must be respected by ensuring that data collected is not sold to irresponsible parties. The merchant should also say clearly in terms and conditions about how the data will be used.
OR
A digital signature is a digital code that can be authenticated through encryption and password attached to an electronically transmitted message to uniquely identify the sender.
Digital signatures enable the recipient of the information to verify the authenticity of the information’s origin, and also verify that the information is intact.
Question 17.
Identify the errors and write the correct HTML code [2]
(a)<OL type=”disc”>
<IL> India </IL>
<IL> Russia </IL>
<IL> Spain </IL>
</OL>
(b) <img file=”picture.png” size=20 heigh t=20 >
Answer:
(a) OL type=”a”>
<LI> India </LI>
<LI> Russia </LI>
<LI> Spain </LI>
</OL>
(b) <img src=”picture.png” width=20 height=20>
Question 18.
Match the tags in column A with the description list given in column B [2]
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) <SUP> | (i) Subscript |
| (b) vlink | (ii) Line break |
| (c) <BR> | (iii) Superscript |
| (d) <SUB> | (iv) visited link |
OR
Explain the src and align attributes of the IMG tag.
Answer:
(a) iii, (b) iv, (c) ii, (d) I
OR
Src – Specifies the URL or path of an image Align – Specifies the alignment of an image according to surrounding elements.
Question 19.
Which tag/attributes of HTML are used to- [2]
(a) Create a form with method = “post”
(b) Create a table with border – width 2
Answer:
(a) <Form name=”reg” method=”post”>
(b) <Table border=”2″ >
Section – C (12 Marks)
Question 20.
Write HTML code for the following page? [3]
Answer:
<HTML> <Head> <TITLE> CHEMICAL FORMULAE </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H1> CHEMICAL F0RMULAE</H1> <HR> <BR> <P> H<sub>2</sub>O - Water<br> O<sub>2</sub> - Oxygen<br> CO<sub>2</sub> - Carbon dioxide<br> H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> - Sulphuric acid </p> </BODY> </HTML>
Question 21.
List and explain the different attributes of body tag? [3]
Answer:
| Attribute | Description |
| alink | Specifies the color of an active link in a document. <body alink = “green”> |
| background | Specifies a background image for a document cbody backgound =”../ images/back, gif” > |
| bgcolor | Specifies the background color of a document. <body bgcolor=”green” > |
| link | Specifies the color of unvisited links in a document, cbody link=”blue”> |
| text | Specifies the color of the text in a document, cbody text=”#FF0000″> |
| vlink | Specifies the color of visited links in a document, cbody vlink=”#AAAAFF”> |
| leftmargin | Sets a left hand margin for your body element, cbody leftmargin = “60”> |
| topmargin | Sets a margin along the top of your body element. <body topmargin=”75″> |
Question 22.
Shivam creates a hyperlink that links to a different page on your website, for example, “products, html,” and displays “Our Products” as the anchor text. [3]
OR
Write HTML code to create an unordered list as shown below :
1. India
- Cricket
- Hockey
2. England
- Football
- Rugby
Answer:
<a href=”products . html”>0ur Products</a>
OR
<HTML> <BODY> <UL t ype="circle"> <LI > India <UL type="Disc"> <LI> Cricket <LI> Hockey </UL> <L I > England <UL type="Disc"> <LI> Football <LI> Rugby </UL> </UL> </BODY> </HTML>
Question 23.
Explain IPR and what are the two main types of IPR? [3]
Answer:
IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) allow creators, or owners of patents, trademarks or copyrighted works to benefit from their own work or investment in a creation. Owners holding IPR can prevent the use of their intellectual property.
Trade Marks: Trade Marks have been defined as any sign, or any combination of signs capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one undertaking from those of other undertakings.
Copyright: Copyright is a legal means of protecting an author’s work. It is a type of intellectual property that provides exclusive publication, distribution, and usage rights for the author. Therefore, any original content published on the web is protected by copyright law.
Section – D (4 Marks)
Question 24.
Write the code to generate the following HTML webpage [4]
OR
Mr. John is a Web designer in Blossom public school and has been assigned to write a HTML code to show certain statistics of the school in a web page as shown below:
Answer:
<html> <head> <title>Password Input Control</title> </head> <body> <H4> FORM CONTROLS </H4> <form >User ID : Cinput type="text" name="user id" /> <br> Password: <input type="password" name="password" /> <br> Description : <br /> <textarea rows="5" cols="50” name="description"> Enter description here... </textarea> <br> <input type="checkbox" name="maths" value="on">Maths <br> <input type="checkbox" name="physics" value="on">Physics <br> <input type=”radio" name="subj ect" value="maths ">Maths <br> <input type="radio" name="subject" value="physics"> Physics <br> <select name=" dropdown"> <option value=”Maths" selected>Maths</option> <option value="Physics">Physics</option> </select> <br> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" /> <input type="reset" name="reset" value="Reset" /> <input type="button" name="ok" value="0K" /> </form> </body> </html>
OR
<html> <headxtitle>Table </title> </ head> <body> <table border="l"> <caption>BLOSSOM PUBLIC SCHOOL</caption> <tr bgcolor = "yellow"> <th align="center" Rowspan="2"> SERIAL NO </th> <th rowspan="2">CLASS</th> <th colspan="3">NUMBER OF STUDENTS </th> </tr> <tr bgcolor="yellow"Xtd>ENGLISH</td> <td>HINDI</td> <td>REGIONAL</td> </tr> <tr align="center" bgcolor="red"> <td align="center">l</td> <td align="center">XA</td> <td>35</td> <td>10</td> <td>6</tdx/tr> <tr align="center"> <td align="center">2</td> <td align = "center">XB</td> <td>31</td> <td>15</td> <td>4</td> </table> </body> </html>
Section – E (8 Marks)
Question 25.
Radha, is a newly appointed web application manager in Solutions India Ltd. She is not able to take decision regarding some of the problems . Help her in solving the problems.
(a) Are there any negative points about e-Governance. [1]
Answer:
Yes
(i) Not all services are available online
(ii) Technological limitations
(b) She doesn’t know whether there is any service for electric bill payment online in her city, which site she should use for searching for such queries. [1]
Answer:
Any search engine such as “Google” or “Yahoo” search
(c) What are the different ways for online payment? [1]
Answer:
Netbanking , Debit cards , QR code etc.
(d) Suggest her some ways for checking whether a web site is authentic or not. [1]
Answer:
(i) Check for https://
(ii) Check for the padlock sign
Question 26.
Jim has joined the software procurement and installation department of Broad Software Services. He is not sure about the software types and rights available with them. Help him with the following queries:
(a) Which of the following are Proprietary software? [1]
Micro soft front page , Oracle, My SQL , Mozilla Fire fox
Answer:
Proprietary software are those which need a license to be bought before using them. Microsoft frontpage , Oracle is Proprietary software.
(b) Is FOSS and OSS same kind of software? [1]
Answer:
FOSS is Free and open-source software – These softwares are both free and open source. OSS is Open-source software- They are open source but may or may not be free.
(c) Which are the software that can be used for free for a limited period after which a license has to be procured? [1]
Answer:
The software of this category is called as Shareware. They can be used for free for a limited period after which a license has to be procured.
Example: Quickheal.
(d) How are Open source software different from other software? [1]
Answer:
Open source software have the source code available for view and modification. The other categories of software do not allow to view or modify the source code.