Students must start practicing the questions from CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications with Solutions Set 3 are designed as per the revised syllabus.
CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 3 with Solutions
Time : 2 hrs
Max. Marks : 50
Instructions
- 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 01 mark each.
- Section B has 7 Short Answer (SA-I) type questions carrying 02 marks each.
- Section C has 4 Short Answer (SA-II) type questions carrying 03 marks each.
- Section D has 1 Long Answer (LA) type question carrying 04 marks.
- Section E has 2 Source based /Case-based /Passage based Questions carrying 04 marks each.
Section A
(All questions are compulsory)
Question 1.
Manish has copied the information from the resources available on the Internet for his article without acknowledging the original source or taking the permission from the original creator. This unethical act is termed as
(a) phishing
(b) plagiarism
(c) spying
(d) identity theft
Answer:
(b) plagiarism
Question 2.
How much time is taken by ISP to establish the connection?
(a) 15 sec
(b) 18 sec
(c) 20 sec
(d) 10 sec
Answer:
(d) 10 sec
Question 3.
In Internet Protocol (IP), data is organised in the form of
(a) bundles
(b) packets
(c) switches
(d) parts
Answer:
(b) packets
Question 4.
Identify the software that helps you in sending and receiving E-mail.
(a) MS-Office
(b) Internet Explorer
(c) Gmail
(d) None of these
Answer:
(c) Gmail
Question 5.
What is the purpose of HTML tags?
(a) To structure and format content on a web page
(b) To create interactive elements on a web page
(c) To define the layout and design of a web page
(d) To enhance the security of a web page
Answer:
(a) To structure and format content on a web page
Question 6.
Which of the following sites, would you prefer to buy books?
(a) www.yahoomail.com
(b) www.sun.com
(c) www.msn.com
(d) www.amazon.com
Answer:
(d) www.amazon.com
Question 7.
…………. may be used to apply a unique style for a single element.
(a) External style
(b) Inner style
(c) Inline style
(d) Outline style
Answer:
(c) Inline style
Question 8.
HTML is a subset of ………..
(a) HTTP
(b) TCP/IP
(c) SMTP
(d) SGML
Answer:
(d) SGML
Question 9.
Which is the correct HTML code to display an image on the right side of the page?
(a) <IMG src = “image.jpg” align= “right”>
(b) <IMG src = “image.jpg” align= “left”>
(c) <IMG src = “image.jpg” align= “center”>
(d) <IMG src = “image.jpg” align= “justified”>
Answer:
(a) <IMG src = “image.jpg” align= “right”>
Question 10.
provides various values like disc, circle and square.
(a) Nested list
(b) Multiple list
(c) Bulleted list
(d) Normal list
Answer:
(c) Bulleted list
Directions ( Q. Nos. 11 and 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 and Reason.
Question 11.
Assertion (A) Web-portal is the first page which appears when you open a web site.
Reason (R) Social media web sites are platforms which allow the sharing of images or ideas.
(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 True and R is False.
(d) A is False and R is True.
Answer:
(d) A is False and R is True.
Home page is the first page which appears when you open a website. Web portal is an idea of a website or service that offers a broad range of services such as email, games, etc. Social media is a platforms through which you can share your ideas, experience, thoughts or you can upload, download images, audio, video, etc. Facebook, Instagram are some of the popular social media platforms. Hence, A is false and R is true.
Question 12.
Assertion (A) The bgcolor attribute in HTML is used to color the background of the document. Reason (R) background attribute specifies a background image for a document.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is a correct explanation of A. ,
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true and R is false.
(d) A is false and R is true.
Answer:
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
The background attribute is used to specify background image for’a document and is not involved for the color of background. Hence, both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A.
Section – B (2 Marks Each)
Question 13.
What is search engine? What is its usage? Give example.
Answer:
A search engine is a Website that lets you search the Internet for Websites on specific topics. Search engines turn the Web into a powerful tool for finding information on any topic. These are-several benefits of using search engine like,
- Search engines do have the ability to provide refined or more precise results.
- Search engine provides a wealth of information for professional and personal use. e.g. Google
Question 14.
What are the types of URL?
Or
How do email addresses and web addresses differ?
Answer:
URLs vary depending on the location of the document to which user will link.
Basically, URLs fall into two categories :
Absolute URL It specifies the exact location of a file/directory on the Internet. Absolute URL identifies that each URL is unique, which means that if two URLs are identical then they point to the same file.
It uses the following format scheme ://server/path/resource
Relative URL It points to a file/directory in relation to the present file/directory. It locates a resource using an absolute URL as a starting point. It typically consists of the path and optionally, the resource but no scheme or no server.
Or
An email address is used for sending and receiving electronic messages over the internet. It typically consists of a username, followed by the “@” symbol, and then the domain name of the email service provider. In contrast, a web address (URL) is used to access specific web pages or websites on the World Wide Web. It begins with a protocol prefix like “http://” or “https://” and is followed by the domain name and the path to the specific web page.
Question 15.
What is a <BASEFONT> tag? Name any two attributes used with this tag.
Answer:
<BASEFONT> tag specifies a default font size, color and face for the font. The browser will use to render normal document text, i.e. the text, for which no other font setting has been provided. It occurs only for one time in the document. The attributes of this tag are size and face.
Question 16.
What is digital divide? Explain.
Or
What do you means by privacy in E-Commerce?
Answer:
Digital divide is a term that describes the uneven distribution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in society.
The digital divide appears in a number of different context, including
- Differences between rural and urban Internet access.
- Socioeconomic differences between people of different races, income and education that affects their ability to access the Internet.
- Differences between developed, developing and emerging nations in terms of the availability of Internet.
Or
The privacy in E-Commerce means the protection of privacy of the parties involved in trading through E-Commerce. Trading in the online shop accessed through Internet between Business-to-Business (B2B), Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) is the main purpose of E-Commerce. Parties involved in .this kind of trading exchange information including private information like address, credit card number, etc, to complete a transaction.
Question 17.
Why is Internet called ‘Network of Networks’?
Answer:
Internet is called ‘Network of Networks’ because it is global network of computers that are linked together by cables and telephone lines making communication possible among them. It can be defined as a global network over a million of smaller heterogeneous computer networks. The network which consists of thousands of networks spanning the entire globe is known as Internet.
Question 18.
Name the attributes of <A> tag which are used for internal linking in a web page?
Or
How is external linking different from internal linking?
Answer:
The attributes of <A> tag which are used for internal linking in a web page as follows
- href is used to specify the URL of the segment the link goes to.
- name gives the name to the segment.
Or
External link is a type of linking that goes to another website. It is a linking of two different documents. While, internal linking is a type of linking that links pages within a single website, various sections of same document or different documents.
Question 19.
Describe the use of alt attribute with < IMG > tag.
Answer:
The alt attribute is used to define ‘alternate text1 for an image. It tells the Website visitor, what he/she is missing on the page ‘ if the browser cannot load images. The browser will then display the alternate text instead of the image. It is good to include alt attribute for each image on a page to improve the appearance and usefulness of the document.
Section – C (3 Marks Each)
Question 20.
What is a proprietary software? Give two examples.
Answer:
Proprietary software is a software that legally remains the property of the organisation, group or individual who created it. Using proprietary software illegally comes under cybercrime. Microsoft Windows, Adobe Photoshop are examples of proprietary software.
Question 21.
Write an HTML code to generate the web page shown below.
Answer:
<HTML> <BODY> <UL Type = "disc"><B> Food Mood </B> <LT><B> Appetizers </B> <OL type = "i"> <LI>Veg spring rolls <LI> Honey chilly </OL> <LI><B> Soups </B> <UL type = "square"> <LI> Veg hot soup </UL> <OL type = "a"> <LI> North Indian <LI> South Indian <OL type = "1"> <LI> Idlies <LI> Dosa </OL> </OL> </UL> </BODY> </HTML>
Question 22.
Explain class selector in CSS and write a code to display the text “Contact Us” should be linked with [email protected] E-mail id.
Or
Explain id selector in CSS and write a code to link www.google.com page with text Click Here and also show that title as “It is a hyper link”.
Answer:
The class selector selects elements with a specific class attribute. To select elements with a specific class, write a period (.) character. Followed by the name of the class.
<HTML> <BODY> <A href="mailto:[email protected]"> Contact Us </A> </BODY > </HTML>
Or
id selector is used to apply the style to an element based on the id of an element,
eg.
#elementid { color : #FFFFFF: } In the above code, all the elements having id. "elementid" will have the color white. <HTML> <BODY> <A href = "http ://www.google.com" title= "It is a hyper link"> Click Here </A> </BODY> </HTML>
Question 23.
Shyam has recently learnt HTML. He has got a new job where he has to gather data about students in a school. He has to prepare a table as shown below. Write HTML code for it.
Answer:
<HTML> <HEADXTITLE>Student</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <table border="1" bgcolor="pink" align="center"> <TR> <TH colspan="4” align="center"> Computer Application Class 10 </TH> </TR> <TR> <TH> Student Name </TH> <TH>Rol1 No</TH > <TH>Address</TH> <TH>Percentage</TH> </TR> < TR> <TD>Amaya</TD> <TD>1</TD> <TD>Shastri Nagar</TD> <TD>83</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Aashi</TD> <TD>2</TD> <TD>T.P Nagar</TD> <TD>78</TD> </TR> </TABLE> </B0DY> </HTML>
Section – D (4 Marks)
Question 24.
Write the HTML code to design the web page as shown below, considering the specifications that follow. You can write the code for given specifications.
(i) Title of the page should be Dubai Tourism.
(ii) The heading text “WELCOME TO DUBAI” is in arial font and is of red color.
(iii) The horizontal lines below the heading are 6 pixels thick and of maroon color.
(iv) The bulleted list contains links as specified below The text Morning is of brown color.
The text Evening is of brown color.
(v) E-mail id for bottom message is [email protected].
Or
Write the HTML code to design the web page as shown below, considering the specifications that follow. You can write the code for given specifications.
(i) Title of the page is “Painting Exhibition in India”.
(ii) The heading text color should be red.
(iii) Font style for the page is “calibri”.
(iv) vlink color should be red and alink color should be orange.
(v) Image used in the page is paintl.jpg.
Answer:
<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> Dubai Tourism</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <CENTER> <H1> <FONT face = "arial "color = "red"> WELCOME TO DUBAK/ FONT> </ H1 > </CENTER> <HR width ="80%" size ="6"color =”maroon" noshade> <HR width = "60% "size = "6" color = "maroon" noshade> <P> <FONT size = "5"> Enjoy the world of pure travel masti </FONT> <CENTER> <IMG src = "dubai. jpg" height = "300" width ="750"> </CENTER> </P> The following is a list of major tourist attraction in Dubai : <BR><BR> <UL type = "disc"> <LI><FONT color="brown"> Morning</FONT>-Dolphinariurn and Palm Dubai </LI> <LI><FONT color="brown"> Evening</FONT> - Ski Dubai and Cruise </LI> </UL> <CENTER> For enquires write at<FONT color = "blue"> <U> dubai@gmail .com</UX/FONTX/CENTER> </BODY> </HTML>
Or
<HTML> <HEADXTITLE> Painting Exhibition in India </TITLEX/HEAD> <BODY al ink=',orange” vlink="red"> <FONT face="times new roman" color="red"> <H1 align="left"> Painting Exhibition in India </H1> </FONT> <IMG src="paint1.jpg" align="right" width="150" height="150"> <FONT size=”4" face="caliber ">
Painting is basically an art of applying paint, pigment, color or other elements with the help of brush, knives, sponges or airbrushes to any surface. Under our roof you will find large assortments of unmatched paintings with creative style statement.
<BR>
Paintings can be done on the surfaces of walls, paper and many more to deliver creative art style of the painter. The broad spectra of paintings can be easily classified into contemporary paintings, nature paintings, modern paintings and many more according to the painter’s art style.
</FONT> <TABLE border="3" align="center” bordercolor="blue"> <CAPTION col or=''red"> Available Paintings </CAPTION> <TR> <TD rowspan="5"> I <BR> N <BR> D <BR> I <BR> A <BR> N </TD> <TD colspan="3"> PAINTING </TD> </TR> <TR> <TH> NAME </TH> <TH> QTY </TH> <TH> PRIZE </TH> </TR> <TR> <TD> Oil Painting </TD> <TD> 4 </TD> <TD> 3000 </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> Glass Painting </TD> <TD> 2 </TD> <TD> 5000 </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> Canvas </TD> <TD> 2 </TD> <TD> 1000 </TD> </TR> </TABLE><BR> <A href="[email protected]''> For more inquiry Click here </A> </BOD Y > </HTML>
Section – E (4 Marks Each)
Case Study-1
Question 25.
Now-a-days people can communicate to each other with the help of E-mail facility. It is gradually replacing other communication means such as telephone, post.
Regarding E-mail, Rahul has some doubts help him to clear his doubts.
(a) What is meant by the term E-mail?
(b) Name any two sites which provide E-mail services.
(c) What is the use of To field in E-mail message?
(d) Give any advantage of using E-mail compared to using post.
Answer:
(a) E-mail is a basic Internet service for sending or receiving messages electronically over the Internet.
(b) Gmail, Yahoo
(c) To field contains the Email address of recipient.
(d) Same delivery time anywhere in the world.
Case Study-2
Question 26.
Shilpa told her friend Seema to follow certain guidelines while sharing her opinion online. In recent times, Seema had posted offensive comments on someone’s social media post as a result of which her account got reported and deleted by that social media platform. Earlier, she has also trolled people for the purpose of entertainment which had also landed her in trouble.
Help her in following:
(a) Identify the term Shilpa is talking about.
(b) Write any two precautions to be taken while posting online.
(c) Write any two things that should not be done while being on Internet.
(d) Why and where should we follow appropriate etiquettes?
Answer:
(a) Netiquettes
(b)
- Respect other’s privacy by not sharing personal information, photos or videos that another person may not want published online.
- Stick to the topic when posting in online forums or when commenting on photos or videos, such as YouTube or Facebook comments.
(c)
- Never spam others by sending large amounts of unsolicited E-mail.
- Avoid replying to negative comments with more negative comments.
(d) Etiquette is a code of polite behaviour in society, netiquette is a code of good behaviour on the Internet. This includes several aspects of the Internet, such as E-mail, social media, online chat, web forums, website comments and other types of online communication.