Class 10 Computer Application 165 Previous Year Question Paper 2025 with Solution

Series GE1FH
Question Paper Code 53 Set 4

COMPUTER APPLICATION
(Session 2024-25)

Time allowed : 2 hours
Maximum Marks : 50

General Instructions :

1. This question paper has 5 Sections : Sections A, B, C, D, E.
2. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice of approximately 30% is provided.
3. Section A has 12 questions carrying 1 mark each.
4. Section B has 7 Very Short Answer (VSA) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
5. Section C has 4 Short Answer (SA) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
6. Section D has 1 Long Answer (LA) type question carrying 4 marks.
7. Section E has 2 Source-based/Case-based/Passage-based questions carrying 4 marks each.

SECTION A

1. Arun is sending an e-mail to his office. Which protocol out of the following options will be used for the purpose?
a) FTP
b) HTTP
c) SMTP
d) SCP

2. Which of the following is not an e-Reservation portal in India?
a) https://www.amazon.in
b) https://www.yatra.com
c) https://www.makemytrip.com
d) https://www.irctc.co.in

3. Which of the following attributes is not a valid attribute of the tag in HTML?
a) face
b) type
c) size
d) color

4. What is the full form of FTP?
a) File Transfer Protocol
b) File Transmission Protocol
c) Fast Transfer Protocol
d) Fast Transmission Protocol

5. Which of the following attributes is not a valid attribute of the tag in HTML?
a) text
b) background
c) bgcolor
d) width

6. Select the correct option to fill in the blank:
A _____ is an online platform or website where individuals or businesses regularly publish articles/journals, known as posts, on various topics.
a) Brower
b) Blog
c) News Group
d) Web Server

7. The default value for the type attribute of an Unordered List in HTML is:
a) circle
b) disc
c) square
d) triangle

8. Which of the following is not a Search Engine available over the Internet?
a) Google
b) Bing
c) Diksha
d) Yahoo

9. Which of the following options is a network protocol that enables secure and encrypted file transfers between a client and a server?
a) SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol)
b) Telnet
c) SCP
d) HTTP

10. Which of the following options will set the font family of all paragraphs to ‘Arial’?
a) <style> p { font–family: Arial; } </style>
b) <style> p { fontfamily: Arial; } </style>
c) <style> p { font: Arial; } </style>
d) <style> p { font–type: Arial; } </style>

Questions No.11 and 12 are Assertion and Reason type questions. Each question consists of two statements, namely, Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Select the most suitable option considering the Assertion and Reason.

11. Assertion (A) : FTP is a networking protocol used for transferring files.
Reason (R) : FTP is used when we want to view some data from a website.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

12. Assertion (A) :SMS is an acronym for Smart Message Service.
Reason (R) : SMS is the most common technology for delivering short, concise and important messages quickly.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

SECTION B

13. What is a Digital Property? Write any two examples of digital property.
Ans: Digital property is an intellectual property (IP), online resources or data or assets belonging to an individual or an organization, which is in digital form.
Example: Text, Image, Audio or Video content on a system or website

14. (a) What is e-Shopping? Write names of any two commonly used e-Shopping portals.
Ans: e-Shopping is the process of sale and purchase of products/services in Online mode.
Example: Bigbasket, Blinkit, Flipkart, eBay, Amazon, Zomato, Swiggy etc. are commonly used e-shopping portals.

OR

(b) What is a Social Network? Write names of any two popular social networking sites on the Internet.
Ans: Social Network is an online platform where people connect, share and interact with each other.
Example: LinkedIn, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, X etc.

15. State whether the following statements are True or False:
i) <h1> is the highest level of heading and <h4> is the lowest level of heading in HTML.
Ans: False
ii) A visited link is purple coloured by default in HTML.
Ans: True
iii) The character ‘#’ is used to start a comment text in HTML.
Ans: False
iv) <b> is an empty tag in HTML as it does not need to be closed.
Ans: False

16. (a) Write the HTML code to create a link to the web page having URL as:
www.festivals.com/india/diwali.html
The mentioned web page should get opened in a new window/tab on clicking the text, ‘FESTIVALS’.
Ans: <a href="www.festivals.com/india/diwali.html" target="_blank">FESTIVALS</a>

OR

(b) (i) Write HTML code to display the following line of text in bold and italics.
Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.
Ans: <b><i>Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.</b></i>
use <strong> and <em> for bold and italic respectively.
(ii) Write the HTML code to set the background color of the web page as blue.
Ans: <body bgcolor="blue">

17. Write the purpose of the following HTML tags:
(i) <BR> – It is used to inserts a line break.
(ii) <DL> – It defines a description list.

18. An incomplete CSS code within <head> . . . </head> is given below. Complete this code by filling in the blanks as per the specifications that follow:

<head>
<style>
body {__________ : __________ ; } <!--line 1 –->
P {
__________: __________ ; <!--line 2 –->
__________: __________ ; <!--line 3 –->
}
__________ <!--line 4 –->
{
Color : Blue;
}
</style>
</head>

(i) Line 1 : Page background color should be Yellow.
Ans: background-color : yellow;
(ii) Line 2 : Color of the paragraph text should be Red.
Ans: color : red
(iii) Line 3 : Font family of the paragraph text should be Arial.
Ans: font-family : arial
(iv) Line 4 : The second biggest heading should be Blue in color.
Ans: h2

OR

The following HTML code is expected to create an ordered list for a web page :

<html>
<body __________ : yellow> <!-- line 1 -->
<p>
<font __________= Helvetica> <!-- line 2 -->
FESTIVALS OF INDIA
</p>
<__________> <!-- line 3 -->
<__________>HOLI <__________> <!-- line 4 ––>
<__________>DIWALI <__________> <!-- line 5 -->
<__________> <!-- line 6 ––>

Complete this code by filling in the blanks as per the specifications that follow :
(i) Line 1 : Background color of the web page should be Yellow.
Ans: bgcolor=
(ii) Line 2 : Font for the paragraph should be Helvetica.
Ans: face
(iii) Line 3 and Line 6 : An ordered list should start and end.
Ans: ol and /ol
(iv) Line 4 and Line 5 : Listing of the ordered list items.
Ans: li and /li

19. Write any two differences between Web Server and Web Client.

Web Server	Web Client
A web server’s primary function is to host and serve web content.	A web client, typically a web browser, is used by users to request and view web content.
It stores, processes, and delivers web pages and other content (like images, scripts, and stylesheets) to clients over the internet.	It sends requests to web servers for specific-resources, such as web pages, and displays the content received from the server.
Examples: Apache, Nginx, IIS, LiteSpeed, Caddy, Tomcat, Node.js, Cherokee, Hiawatha, OpenLiteSpeed	Examples: Google Chrome, Chromium, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, Opera (All Web Browsers)

SECTION C

20. The following HTML statements are not written properly. Re-write the correct statements with underlined corrections. The desired purpose of each statement is mentioned under it.
(i) <BODY image=”background.jpg”>
Ans: <BODY background=”background.jpg”>
ii) <FONT height=5>
Ans: <FONT size=”5″>
iii) <img src=”img.jpg” text=”An Image”>
Ans: <img src=”img.jpg” alt=”An Image”>

21. (a) Give the full form of the following
(i) TCP/IP – Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(ii) SSH – Secure SHell

OR

b) Consider the given URL : http://www.mypage.com
Is it a secure website? Justify your answer.
Ans: No. It should use https protocol to be a secure website.

22. (a) Explain how to insert an audio on a web page using <audio> tag.
Ans: audio> tag is used to embed the audio in a web page in the following manner
<audio controls>
<source src ="songs.mp3">
OR <embed src="songs.mp3">

OR

(b) Akhil, an entrepreneur, has made some videos for marketing purposes. He wants to create a web page and share these videos to increase his customers on the online platform. Help Akhil to do the same with the given instructions :
(i) Use HTML to put a video “products.mp4” in the web page.
(ii) The video should autoplay in the width of 400 pixels and height 300 pixels in the browser window.
(iii) The video controls buttons – Play, Pause and Volume should be visible.
Ans: <video width = "400" height = "300" controls>
<source src = "products.mp4">
</video>

23. (a) Write suitable HTML statements to display the following text on a web page :
i) Ca(OH)₂
Ans: Ca(OH)<sub>2</sub>
ii) 2(A²+B²)
Ans: 2(A<sup>2</sup> + B<sup>2</sup>)
(b) Give any one advantage of CSS.
Ans: It makes it easy to manage and design a website.

SECTION C

24. (a) Write the HTML code to design the web page as shown below :

<html>
<head>
<title>Data Entry Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1><b>Student Data Entry Form</b></h1>
<form>
Name:
<input type="text">
<br>
Gender:
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="Male">
Male
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="Female">
Female
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="Other">
Other
<br>
Languages:
<input type="checkbox" value="English">
English
<input type="checkbox" value="Hindi">
Hindi
<br>
Stream:
<select name="stream">
<option value="Science">Science</option>
<option value="Commerce">Commerce</option>
<option value="Humanities">Humnities</option>
</select>
<br>
<input type="submit"> OR <button>Submit</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>

(b) Write the HTML code to design the web page as shown below (Table border should be 1, height=150 and width=350 with cellpadding=15) :

<html>
<body>
<table border=1 height=150 width=350 cellpadding=15>
<tr>
<td colspan=2><center>JANUARY 2025</center></td>
OR
<th colspan=2>JANUARY 2025</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>NAME </b></td> OR <th>NAME </th>
<td><b>ATTENDANCE </b></td> OR <th>ATTENDANCE </th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Abha </td>
<td>Present</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alok </td>
<td>Absent </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=2>Teacher: Ms. Anju</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

SECTION E Case-Study (2X4=8)

25. Sujata is a class 10 student and has to submit her project work to her teacher. She uses the Internet to find out content related to her project work and prepares her document by copying the contents into her submission.
With respect to the given case study, answer the following questions:
(i) What is the name of the act that Sujata has committed by copying contents from Internet to her projects?
Ans: Plagiarism (OR Copyright Infringement OR Piracy)
(ii) The content available over the Internet which Sujata is copying could be another person’s _______ property. (Digital/Physical)
Ans: Digital
(iii) To copy someone else’s content from the Internet is not considered as good behaviour. What is the term used for good behaviour that should be followed on the Internet?
Ans: Netiquette OR Cyber Ethics OR Internet Etiquette
(iv) Sujata is violating IPR of the original content creator. Expand the term IPR.
Ans: Intellectual Property Rights

26. Jessica runs a small graphic design company called ABC Vision. To save money, she decided to use a pirated version of a popular design software instead of buying a licensed software. Her legal advisor told her to go for open source software instead of pirated software.
Answer the questions based on the above case study:
(a) What is open source software?
Ans: Open Source Software is software that is freely available to use, modify, and distribute.
(b) Give any two examples of open source software.
Ans: Linux, Python, Libre Office, Apache Open Office, Mozilla Firefox etc.
(c) Mention any two advantages of open source software.
Ans: (i) source code available (ii) cost effective
(d) Define the term “Software License”.
Ans: Software licences are legal agreements that specify how software can be used, modified, and distributed. They outline the terms and conditions under which users are allowed to operate the software.