CBSC 12th Computer Science Sample Paper 01 Page 1

Sample Paper 01
Computer Science (083)
CLASS XII 2024-25
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 70
General Instructions:
1. This question paper contains 37 questions.
2. All questions are compulsory. However, internal choices have been provided in some questions. Attempt
only one of the choices in such questions
3. The paper is divided into 5 Sections- A, B, C, D and E.
4. Section A consists of 21 questions (1 to 21). Each question carries 1 Mark.
5. Section B consists of 7 questions (22 to 28). Each question carries 2 Marks.
6. Section C consists of 3 questions (29 to 31). Each question carries 3 Marks.
7. Section D consists of 4 questions (32 to 35). Each question carries 4 Marks.
8. Section E consists of 2 questions (36 to 37). Each question carries 5 Marks.
9. All programming questions are to be answered using Python Language only.
10. In case of MCQ, text of the correct answer should also be written.

SECTION A

1. State True or False

“Multiple elements can be added at the end of list by the append method”.

2. Identify the output of the following code snipped :

s = “Wonders of World”
print(s.count(‘o’) + s.index(‘o’))
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 2 (d) 1

3. Which of the following are sequence of character data?

(a) Lists (b) Tuples
(c) Strings (d) Dictionaries

4. a = 1.0
b = 1.0
a is b # Line 1
Output of Line 1 will be
(a) False (b) True
(c) 1.0 (d) 0.0

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5. What will be the output of the following code snippet?

text = “Data Science”
print(text[-3::-3])

6. a = 6
b = 5.5
sum = a+b
print(sum)
print(type (sum))
(a) 11.5 (b) 10.5
<class ‘float’> <class ‘float’>
(c) None (d) None of these
<class ‘int’>

7. Which constraint is used to specify a condition for a field to accept only certain values?
(a) NULL (b) PRIMARY KEY
(c) CHECK (d) NOT NULL

8. Which of the following are random number generators ?

(a) randint() (b) randrange()
(c) random() (d) All of these

9. Which device is used to connect two different types of networks?

(a) modem (b) repeater
(c) bridge (d) gateway

10. Write the missing statement to complete the following code:

logfile = open(“log.txt”, “r”)
content = logfile.read(200)
first_line = logfile.readline()
logfile.close()

11. State whether the following statement is True or False:

The else block in Python is executed only if no exception occurs in the try block.

12. In which file, no delimiters are used for line and no translations occur?
(a) Text file (b) Binary file
(c) CSV file (d) None of these

13. What is the purpose of logical operators in programming?

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14. In files, there is a key associated with each record which is used to differentiate among different records. For
every file, there is atleast one set of keys that is unique. Such a key is called
(a) primary key (b) prime attribute
(c) index key (d) unique key

15. Which of the following is a correct syntax to add a column in SQL command?
(a) ALTER TABLE table_name ADD column_name data_type;
(b) ALTER TABLE ADD column_name data_type;
(c) ALTER table_name ADD column_name data_type;
(d) None of the above

16. In complex number a + ib, a represents as

(a) real part (b) imaginary part
(c) special part (d) None of these

17. A column storing Name of a department in a table Emp will be of type

(a) int (b) date
(c) float (d) varchar

18. The........keyword sorts the records in ascending order by default.

(a) LIKE (b) UPDATE
(c) ORDER (d) ORDER BY

19. What is the purpose of the write() method in Python, and what type of data does it take as an argument
to perform its function?

Directions : (Q.Nos.-20 and 21) are Assertion and Reason based Questions.

20. Assertion (A) : Built-in functions are predefined in the system and can be directly used in any program.
Reason (R) : id( ) and type( ) are built-in functions in Python.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation for A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

21. Assertion (A) : The CSV files are like TEXT files and are comma separated value files.
Reason (R) : The data stored in CSV files are separated by comma by default. Although the delimiter can
be changed.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation for A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation for A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
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SECTION - B

22. Seema was asked to accept a list of even numbers ,but she did not put the relevant condition while accepting
the list of numbers. She wrote a user defined function odd to even (L) that accepts the list L as an argument
and converts all the odd numbers into even by multiplying them by 2.
def oddtoeven (L)
for i in range (size(L)):
if (L[i]%2! == 0)
L[i]= L[1] ** 2
print (L)
There are some errors in the code . Rewrite the correct code.

23. Observe the code and write the output

(a) ‘‘Nodia publication’.
count(‘hant’, 0, 10)
(b) dic = {}
dic[(1, 2, 4)] = 8
dic[(4, 2, 1)] = 10
dic[(1, 2)] = 24
sum = 0
for i in dic:
sum = sum + dic[i]
print(sum)

24. How are E-mail and chat applications different?

o
How are LAN and MAN different?

25. Write about the terms degree and cardinality of a table.

26. (a) Write the full forms of

(i) URL
(ii) VoIP
(b) Write the use of SMTP.

27. Find the output of following code.

dic = {“Nitin”: (21, “NIIT”), “Ankit”: (15, “NIIT”)}
print(“The original dictionary :”, str(dic))
result = [(key, i, j) for key, (i, j) in dic.items()]
print(“The list after conversion :”, str(result))


o
What output will be generate when the following Python code is executed?
def ChangeList ():
l =[]
l1=[]
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l2=[]
for i in range(1, 10):
l.append(i)
for i in range(10, 1, –2):
l1.append(i)
for i in range(len (l1)):
l2.append(l1[i] + l[i])
l2.append (len(l)– len(l1))
print(l2)
ChangeList()

28. Differentiate between DROP and DELETE commands of SQL.

o
Identify any two DML commands from the following and also explain.
ALTER , INSERT , UPDATE , DROP , CREATE

SECTION-C

29. Write a function countEU() in Python, which should read each character of a text file. IMP.TXT should
count and display the occurrence of alphabets E and U (including small cases e and u too).
e.g. If the file content is as follows :
Pinaky has gone to his friend’s house.
His friend’s name is Ravya. Her house is 12 km from Pinaky’s house.
The countEU() function should display the output as
E:8
U:3


o
Write a Python program to find the longest word in file “status.txt”. If contents of status.txt are Welcome
to your one-step solutions for all your study, practice and assessment need for various competitive and
recruitment examinations and school segment. We have been working tirelessly for over a decade to make
sure that you have best in class study resources because you deserve SUCCESS AND NOTHING LESS...
Output should be
Longest word : examinations

30. Priya has created a dictionary with names as keys and marks as values for 6 students. Write a program with
separate user-defined functions to perform the following operations.
(a) Push the keys (name of the student) of the dictionary into a stack, where the corresponding value
(marks) is greater than 75.
(b) Pop and display the content of the stack.
For example If the sample content of the dictionary is as follows
R={“OM”:76, “JAI”:45, “BOB”:89, “ALI”:65, “ANU”:90, “TOM”:82}
The output from the program should be
TOM ANU BOB OM


o
Rohit has a list of 10 integers. Write a program with separate user-defined functions to perform the specified
operations on this list..
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(a) Traverse the content of the list and push the even numbers into a stack.
(b) Pop and display the content of the stack.
For example, If the sample content of the list is as follows
N = [12, 13, 34, 56, 21, 79, 98, 22, 35, 38]
Sample Output of the code should be:
38 22 98 56 34 12

31. Consider the following tables - STUDENT and STREAM :

TABLE: STUDENT
SCODE NAME AGE STRCDE POINTS GRADE
101 Amit 16 1 6 NULL
102 Arjun 13 3 4 NULL
103 Zaheer 14 2 1 NULL

TABLE: STREAM
STRCDE STRNAME
1 SCIENCE+COMP
2 SCIENCE+ BIO
3 SCIENCE+ECO
4 COMMERCE+MATHS
What will be the ouput of the following statement?
SELECT NAME, STRNAME FROM STUDENT S, STREAM ST WHERE S.STRCDE=ST.STRCDE;


o
Write the output for SQL queries (i) to (iii), which are based on the table ITEMS.

TABLE: ITEMS
Code IName Qty Price Company TCode
1001 DIGITAL PAD 12i 120 11000 XENITA T01
1006 LED SCREEN 40 70 38000 SANTORA T02
1004 CAR GPS SYSTEM 50 2150 GEOKNOW T01
1003 DIGITAL CAMERA 12X 160 8000 DIGICLICK T02

1005 PEN DRIVE 32 GB 600 1200 STOREHOME T03

(i) SELECT MAX(Price), MIN(Price) FROM ITEMS;
(ii) SELECT Price * Qty AS AMOUNT
FROM ITEMS WHERE Code=1004;
(iii) SELECT DISTINCT TCode FROM ITEMS;

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SECTION-D

32. (a) Find the output of the following Python program:

def makenew (mystr):
newstr = “”
count = 0
for i in mystr:
if count%2!=0:
newstr = newstr + str (count)
else:
if islower (i):
newstr = newstr + upper (i)
else:
newstr = newstr + i
count + = 1
newstr = newstr + mystr [:1]
print(“The new string is:”,
newstr)
makenew(“sTUdeNT”)
(b) Consider the table Student whose fields are

Scode Name Age Strcde Points Grade

101 Amit 16 1 6 NULL
102 Arjun 13 3 4 NULL
103 Zaheer 14 2 1 NULL
104 Gegen 15 5 2 NULL
105 Kumar 13 6 8 NULL
Write the Python code to update grade to ‘A’ for all these students who are getting more than 8 as points.
The table structure is as follows :
Scode : integer
Name : varchar
Age : integer
Strcde : integer
Points : integer
Grade : varchar
Note the following to establish the connection between Python and MySQL:
Host : localhost
Username : Admin
Password : Admin@123
The table exists in MySQL database as : Student


o
(a) Write a Python program to remove the characters of odd index values in a string.
(b) Consider the table MobileStock with following fields
M_Id. M_Name, M_Oty, M_Supplier
Write the Python code to fetch all records with fields M_Id, M_Name and M_Supplier from database
Mobile.
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Consider:
host : localhost
UserName : root
Password : system
Database : Mobile

33. Consider the following tables GARMENT and FABRIC. Write SQL commands for the statements (i) to
(iv).

TABLE: GARMENT
GCODE DESCRI-PTION PRICE FCODE READY-DATE
10023 PENCIL SKIRT 1150 F03 19-DEC-08
10001 FORMAL SHIRT 1250 F01 12-JAN-08
10012 INFORMAL SHIRT 1550 F02 06-JUN-08
10024 BABY TOP 750 F03 07-APR-07
10090 TULIP SKIRT 850 F02 31-MAR-07
10019 EVENING GOWN 850 F03 06-JUN-08
10009 INFORMAL PANT 1500 F02 20-OCT-08
10007 FORMAL PANT 1350 F01 09-MAR-08
10020 FROCK 850 F04 09-SEP-07
10089 SLACKS 750 F03 20-OCT-08

TABLE: FABRIC
FCODE TYPE
F04 POLYSTER
F02 COTTON
F03 SILK
F01 TERELENE
(i) To display GCODE and DESCRIPTION of each GARMENT in descending order of GCODE.
(ii) To display the details of all the GARMENTs, which have READYDATE in between 08-DEC-07 and
16-JUN-08 (inclusive of both the dates).
(iii) To display the average PRICE of all the GARMENTs. Which are made up of FABRIC with FCODE as
F03.
(iv) To display FABRIC wise highest and lowest price of GARMENTs from GARMENT table.
(Display FCODE of each GARMENT alongwith highest and lowest price.)

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34. Red Pandas Info-systems has its 4 blocks of buildings. The number of computers and distances between
them is given below :

Building Number of Computers

HR 15
ADMIN 100
SYSTEM 25
PERS 30

Building Distance
HR -Admin 10 m
HR- System 50 m
HR- Pers 750 m
Admin- System 300 m
Admin- Pers 20 m
System-Pers 250 m
Answer the following questions with respect to the above :
(i) Suggest a suitable cable layout for the network.
(ii) Suggest the best place to house the server of the network.
(iii) Which topology should be used to connect computers in each building?
(iv) What kind of network will be formed here? (LAN/MAN/WAN)

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35. What is CSV file?

Write a program using two functions :
(a) addCustomer( ): To write Customer code, Customer name and Amt in file “cust.csv”.
The details of the customers are as follows :
[‘CustCode’, ‘CustName’, ‘Amount’]
[‘001’, ‘Nihir’, ‘8000’]
[‘104’, ‘Akshay’, ‘5000’]
(b) readCustomer( ): To read the details of the customers and display them.


o
When do we use CSV file?
Write a program using following functions :
(a) getlnventory() : Write code to accept as many inventory records and store them to the csv file Inventory.
csv storing records of inventory as per following structure

36. PCode Invname Price Reorder

(b) Display() : To display the detail that store in Inventory.csv

SECTION - E

37. Consider the table MOVIE DETAILS given below

Table : MOVIEDETAILS
MOVIEID TITLE LANGUAGE RAT-ING PLAT-FORM
M001 Minari Korean 5 Netflix
M004 MGR Magan Tamil 4 Hotstar
M010 Kaagaz Hindi 3 Zee5
M011 Harry Potter and the English 4 Prime
Chamber of Secrets Video
M015 Uri Hindi 5 Zee5
M020 Avengers: Endgame English 4 Hotstar
(i) Identify the degree and cardinality of the table.
(ii) Which field should be made the primary key? Justify your answer.
(iii) Write statements to :
(a) Delete the records whose language is “English”
(b) Add a new record : “M050”, “Palki”,“Hindi”, 5, “Amazon Prime”.

(Option for part (iii) only)

o
Write statements to :
(a) Add a new column “DAYS” of type integer
(b) Remove the column “RATING”
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38. Below is a program to delete the line having word (passed as argument). Answer the questions that follow
to execute the program successfully.
import ......
def filedel (word):
file1 = open (“Python. txt ”,
“......”)
nfile = open (“algo1.txt”, “w”)
while True:
line = file1.readline( )
if not line:
break
else :
if word in line :
......
else :
print(line)
nfile......(line)
file1.close()
nfile.close()
filedel (‘write’)
(i) Name the module that should import in Line 1.
(ii) In which mode, above program should open the file to delete the line?
(iii) Fill the blank in Line 11 and Line 14.
(iv) Suggest an alternative way to open and read the file without using.
(v) Explain what happens if the specified word is not found in any line of “Python.txt”.

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