CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 7 with Solutions

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CBSE Sample Papers for Class 10 Computer Applications Set 7 with Solutions

Time : 2 hrs
Max. Marks : 50

Instructions

1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
2. All Questions are compulsory. However, internal choices have been provided in some of the questions.
3. Section A has 12 questions carrying 01 mark each.
4. Section B has 7 Short Answer (SA-I) type questions carrying 02 marks each.
5. Section C has 4 Short Answer (SA-II) type questions carrying 03 marks each.
6. Section D has 1 Long Answer (LA) type question carrying 04 marks.
7. Section E has 2 Source based /Case-based /Passage based Questions carrying 04 marks each.

Section A
(All questions are compulsory)

Question 1.
A unique symbol or word used to represent a business or its products is known as [1]
(a) patent
(b) trademark
(c) copyright
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) trademark

Question 2.
What is the term for an individual run website that is used to share opinion links to other sites? [1]
(a) Newsgroup
(b) Blog
(c) Vlog
(d) Profile
Answer:
(b) Blog

Question 3.
Which protocol helps in transferring documents through Internet? [1]
(a) POP3
(b) HTMP
(c) HTML
(d) HTTP
Answer:
(d) HTTP

Question 4.
Which service allows users to send multimedia messages to each other? [1]
(a) SMS
(b) MMS
(c) SCP
(d) SSP
Answer:
(b) MMS

Question 5.
Which tag is used to create a heading in HTML? [1]
(a) <h1>
(b) <hr>
(c) <p>
(d) <b>
Answer:
(a) <h1>

Question 6.
Which mobile technology system provides mobile ultra-broadband Internet access? [1]
(a) 3G
(b) 4G
(c) SMS
(d) MMS
Answer:
(b) 4G

Question 7.
………… attribute of <AUDIO> tag specifies the audio file standard type. [1]
(a) category
(b) source
(c) align
(d) type
Answer:
(d) type

Question 8.
………… are used to connect web pages. They are created with <A> tag. [1]
(a) hyperlink
(b) alink
(c) vlink
(d) dlink
Answer:
(a) hyperlink

Question 9.
………. and ………. tags break the line flow. [1]
(a) <TR> and <TD>
(b) <BR> and <HR>
(c) <TH> and <TF>
(d) <TL> and <TP>
Answer:
(b) <BR> and <HR>

Question 10.
Which attribute of <AUDIO> element is used to give the URL of the audio to embed? [1]
(a) controls
(b) type
(c) src
(d) loop
Answer:
(c) src

Directions (Q.Nos. li 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) Social Networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighbourhood sub-division. [1]
Reason (R) Social networking is an offline service.
(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:
(c) A is true and R is false.

A is true and R is false because social networking is an online service, e.g. Facebook, Instagram etc.

Question 12.
Assertion (A) If any one wants to display content in an HTML page without any bullets or number then he/she can choose <DL> tag. [1]
Reason (R) <DL> is a definition list that shows elements without any bullets or numbers in front of them.
(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:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is a correct explanation of A.

Section – B (2 Marks Each)

Question 13.
Explain the two elements with which search engine works. [2]
Answer:
Search engine works with the following two elements
(i) Web Crawler It is a software that browses the Internet in a systematic manner. It retrieves the information, which follows every link on the site that are stored by Web search engines. It is also known as spider, ant, automatic indexer or Web scutter.

(ii) Indexing Software It is a software that receives the list of Web documents and addresses collected by Web crawler. Some search engines provide proximity search which allows users to define the distance keywords.

Question 14.
What do you understand by the term URL? How is it different from an email address? [2]

Or

What do you understand by a news group? How is it different from a blog?
Answer:
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) refers to the address or the location of a web page or the website on the Internet. Each website on the Internet has a unique address.
For example, http://www.google.com is a URL.
Differences between URL and email address are

URL	Email Address
URL is the address of the website.	An email address is an address of account on a mail server.
A URL never had an ‘@’ sign in it.	An email address contains an ‘@’ sign.
URL starts with www.	An email address does not start with www.

Or

Newsgroups enable remotely connected users to share, discuss and learn about their topic of interest by exchanging text messages, images, videos and other forms of digital content. These are discussion forums on the Internet. Differences between newsgroup and blog are

Newsgroup	Blog
In a newsgroup, anyone can share opinions as per their interest.	Blogs consist opinion of the author.
In a newsgroup, anyone can post and comment also.	In blogs, persons can just comment on posts they cannot post anything.
On the newsgroup, we can share information.	On blogs, we can share our stories and poetry.

Question 15.
What are acronyms? Also, write some most widely used acronyms. [2]
Answer:
Apart from emoticons and symbols, you can also use acronyms and abbreviations for most frequently used words. Some of the most widely used acronyms are as follows:
Acronym – Meaning
AAMOF – as a matter of fact
BBL – be back later
BRB – be right back
BTW – by the way
CU – see you
CUL – see you later
FAQ – frequently asked questions
FTF – face-to-face
LOL – laugh out loud

Question 16.
Explain the open source software movement. [2]

Or

Write some reasons behind plagiarism.
Answer:
The open source software movement is a movement that supports the use of open source licenses for some softwares. It was started to spread the concept of open source software. Thus, open source software is a software whose source code is available for modification or enhancement by anyone. Programmers develop the open source movement contribute to the open source community by writing and exchanging programming code for software development.

Or

Some reasons behind plagiarism are as follows

1. Fear of failure
2. Not having enough knowledge
3. Being lazy
4. Lack of enforcement
5. Competition
6. Lack of management skills

Question 17.
CSS is widely used by web developers. Write any four property values of CSS. [2]
Answer:
Following table defines the four properties value of CSS.

Property	Description	Syntax
color	Sets the color of a text.	color: color | initial | inherit;
background color	Sets the background color for HTML document.	background-color: color | transparent! initial | inherit;
border-style	This property sets the style of an element border. This property can have from one to four values.	border-style: none hidden dotted | dashed;
margin	The CSS margin properties are used to create space around elements, outside of any defined borders. CSS has properties for specifying the margin for each side of an element; margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, margin-left.	margin: length| auto|initial|inherit;

Question 18.
Explain the following with the help of an example. [2]
(a) <B> ….. </B>
(b) <OL type =”1″>

Or

Write the use of <BASEFONT> tag. Mention its two attributes.
Answer:

(a) <B> tag makes the text bold.
e.g. <B>This is a bold text</B>
Output
This is a bold text

(b) <OL> tag with attribute type of value “1 ” displays the lists of items with arabic numerals, e.g.

<OLtype="1">
<LI> Mango </LI>
<LI> Apple </LI>
<LI> Banana </LI>
</OL>

Output

1. Mango
2. Apple
3. Banana

Or

< BASEFONT> tag specifies a default font color, font size or font family for all the text in a document that follows it, which is only supported by Internet Explorer Web browser.
Ending tag (< /BASEFONT >) of basefont is optional. This tag can also have face, size and color attributes, which can be used exactly in the same way as face, size and color attributes of <FONT> tag.
Following are the two attributes of < BASEFONT> tag

color
This attribute specifies the color of the text inside a <BASEFONT> tag.
Syntax <BASEFONT color=”color_name|hex_number|rgb_number“>

face
This attribute specifies the face type of the text inside a <BASEFONT> tag.
Syntax < BASEFONT face=”font_family”>

Question 19.
Explain the <OPTION> tag in HTML forms. Mention its three attributes. [2]
Answer:
<OPTION> tag occurs only within the <SELECT> element (described above) and is used to represent each choice of the select.
Syntax <OPTION value=”value”> Text </OPTION>
There are various attributes of <OPTION> tag

Attribute	Use	Syntax
Label	It specifes a shorter label for an option	<OPTION label = “”text”>
Selected	It defines the default option to be selected when page is loaded.	<OPTION selected>
Value	It specifies the value to be sent to the server when form is submitted.	<OPTION value = “value”>

Section – C (3 Marks Each)

Question 20.
Write about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). [3]
Answer:
FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) is a federal law that generally provides that any person has a right to obtain access to federal agency records. It is intended to increase transparency. It does not provide access to all government documents.

The FOI Act provides that every person has the following legal rights

1. The right to access official records held by government departments as defined by the act.
2. The right to be given reasons for decisions taken by government that affect them.

Question 21.
Write the HTML code to generate the following web page. [3]

Answer:

<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Books</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY text = "blue” bg color = "aqua">
<CENTER><H1>REALLY HONEST </H1><CENTER>
<H1 align= "rights> BOOK REVIEWS </H1>
<HR>
I read a lot of books about many different subjects, here is a list of books that I have read recently.
<UL type ="square">
<LI> Java Concept
<LI> Python Programming
<LI> C++ Basics
</UL>
</BODY >
</HTML>

Question 22.
What are HTML forms? Mention its three attributes. [3]

Or

Define the following CSS attributes
(i) outline
(ii) padding
(iii) float
Answer:
HTML forms are very effective because they can easily collect data from the Internet and utilise that information in other Web page. Form starts with the <FORM> tag and ends with the </FORM> tag.

It contains various attributes, which are as follows

1. name It specifies the name of the form. The name attribute is optional if there is only one form on the Web page.
2. action It provides the URL of the program (in the server) that receives the information from the form and processes it.
3. method A method attribute, specifies the type of protocol used to submit the data.

Or

Question 23.
Yamini is the class coordinator of a school. She has to prepare a table of the names of students, class and the subjects they are good at. Help Yamini to generate the code for displaying this table. [3]

Roll_No	Name	Class	Subject
1	Neha	Vth	Maths
2	Amlt	10th	English
3	Sneha	IIIrd	G.K.

Answer:

<HTML> 
<BODY>
<TABLE border=“2">
<TR align = "center" valign = "middle">
<TH> Roll No </TH>
<TH>Name</TH>
<TH>Class </TH>
<TH>Subject</TH>
</TR>
<TR align = "center" valign = "middle">
<TD>1</TD>
<TD>Neha</TD>
<TD>Vth</TD>
<TD>Maths </TD>
</TR>
<TR align = "center" valign = "middle")
<TD>2</TD>
<TD>Amit</TD>
<TD>10th</TD>
<TD>English</TD> 
</TR> 
<TR align = "center" valign = "middle")
<TD>3</TD>
<TD>Sneha</TD>
<TD>IIIrd </TD>
<TD>G.K.</TD>
</TR> 
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Section – D (4 Marks)

Question 24.
Write the HTML code to generate the web page as shown below, considering the specifications that follow. You can write the code for given specifications. [4]

(i) Active link color is Green and Visiting link color is Red.
(ii) Image is from the file “computer.jpg”.
(iii) Use horizontal rule wherever required.
(iv) Use ordered and unordered lists wherever required.
(v) The pages are linked as follows
Super Computers – Super.html
Mainframe Computers – Main.html
Mini Computers – Mini.html
Micro Computers – Micro.html
Desktops – Desk.html
Laptops – Laptop.html
PDAs – PDA.html
Note You can use any other attributes that are not mentioned above to produce a similar output.

Or

Write the HTML code to generate 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 “Indian Food”.
(ii) Font face of heading is “arial”.
(iii) Image used as food1.jpg.
(iv) Table border is 4px and border color is maroon.
(v) Use link as
For Available Food as F1.html
For Dishes Price as F2.html
For Get Recipes as F3.html
Answer:
The HTML code is

<HTML>
< HEAD>
<TITLE>The Computer World</TITLE> </HEAD>
<BODY bgcolor="yellow" alink ="green" vlink="red">
<FONT face="arial"color="black"> 
<H1>
<CENTER>The Computer World</CENTER>
</H1>
</FONT>
<BASEFONT face="verdana">
<P align="center"><B> Types of Computer </B></P>
<IMG src="computer.jpg">
<HR>
<OL type="1">
<LI><A href="Super.html "> Super Computers </A></LI>
<LI><A href="Main.html"> Mainframe Computers</A></LI>
<LI><A href="Mini. html "> Mini Computers</A></LI>
<LI><A href="Micro. html "> Micro Computers</AX/LI>
<UL>
<LI><A href=''Desk.html ">Desktops </A></LI>
<LI><A href="Laptop.html ">Laptops </A></LI>
<LI><A href="PDA.html ">PDAs </A></LI>
</U></OL> <HR>
<FONT size="4"> 
For further information visit 
<A href="www.computerpeople.corn"> 
www.computerpeople.com</A>
</FONT>
</BODY> 
</HTML>

Or

<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE> Indian Food </TITLE></HEAD> 
<BODY link="blue" vlink="brown" alink="pink" bgcolor="orange">
<FONT face="arial" color=''green">
<H1 align="center"><U> Indian Food </U></H1>
</FONTS
The traditional food of India has been widely appreciated for its fabulous use of herbs and spices. Indian cuisine is known for its large assortment of dishes. The cooking style varies from region to region and is largely divided into South Indian & North Indian cuisine. India is quite famous for its diverse multi cuisine available in a large number of restaurants and hotel resorts, which is reminiscent of unity in diversity. <BR>
<P align="right"><A href=”F1. html"> Available Food </A><BR>
<A href=" F2.html">Dishes Price</A><BR>
<A href=" F3.html">Get Receipes</A></P>
<IMG src="food1.jpg" align="right" width ="180" height="150">
<TABLE border="4" bordercolor="maroon" cellpadding="6" align="center">
<CAPTION>Select Dishes</CAPTION> 
<TR>
<TH>STATE</TH>
<TD>Gujrat</TD>
<TD>Punjab</TD>
<TD>Tamil Nadu</TD> 
</TR>
<TR>
<TH>DISHES</TH> 
<TD>Khandvi <BR> Dhokla <BR> Dal Vada </TD>
<TD> Falooda <BR> Nan <BR> Lassi </TD>
<TD> Masala Dosa <BR> Sambhar Idli <BR> Upma </TD>
</TR> 
</TABLE> 
<BR>
<A href="[email protected]"> To get order click here </A> 
</BODY >
</HTML>

Section – E (4 Marks Each)

Case Study -1

Question 25.
Mary has a prepaid Internet plan. She has a data limit of 14 GB. The average size of an E-mail with an attachment that Mary downloads is 1.4 MB. [4]

Answer the questions given below.
(i) Approximately, how many E-mails can Mary download without exceeding her data limit?
(ii) What is E-mail?
(iii) Mary’s friend is not getting understand the term attachment in E-mail. Help her to know this.
(iv) Name any two website who provide E-mail services.
Answer:
(i) 10000
(ii) Email stands for Electronic Mail. It is a method to sends messages from one computer to another computer through the Internet.
(iii) An email attachment is a computer file sent along with an email message.
(iv) Gmail, Outlook

Case Study-2

Question 26.
While discussing about security in Internet, Shreya’s uncle told her that there are different protocols used for different purposes on Internet. These protocols are necessary because millions of people exchange a large amount of information on net. If there will be no security protocols then, the worldwide data would not be secure and the net users will lose their faith, security of data is essential in case of online transactions, social media platforms etc. Shreya’s uncle told her about one such security protocol which is the SSL protocol. [4]

Answer the questions given below.

(i) What is SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)?
(ii) How is data flow secured in SSL?
(iii) Write two advantages of SSL.
(iv) Name one other security protocol apart from SSL.
Answer:
(i) Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a security protocol protects communications between any SSL-enabled client and server software running on a network that uses TCP/IR Gopher, FTR Telnet, etc. SSL approach is to add a layer on top of the existing network transport protocol and below the application.

(ii) Data flowing between the client and the server on that connection is encrypted before transmission and decrypted before it can be used by the receiving system.

(iii) Two advantages of SSL are as follows
(a) SSL provides security at the session layer, its presence is completely invisible either to the merchant’s web shop software or the customer.
(b) SSL is already built into commonly used web browsers and there is no need to install any additional software.

(iv) Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) is another type of security protocol in Internet.