SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER (THEORY)
CLASS: X SESSION: 2025-26 COMPUTER
APPLICATION (165)
Time allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 70
General 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 (12 × 1 = 12)
Q 1) What does the term ‘Bandwidth’ refer to in networking?
(a) The physical size of the network cables
(b) The speed of the network connection
(c) The amount of data that can be transmitted in a given time period
(d) The number of devices on a network
Q 2) Which of the following statements best explains the difference between FTP and SFTP?
(a) FTP is faster because it encrypts the data before sending, while SFTP sends data in plain text.
(b) FTP uses TCP/IP for secure transmission, while SFTP uses only HTTP.
(c) FTP transmits data without encryption, while SFTP provides secure file transfer using SSH.
(d) FTP and SFTP both provide encrypted file transfer but differ in port numbers.
Q 3) ISP stands for [1]
(a) Internet Service Provider (b) Internet Socket Provider
(c) Internet Service Publish (d) Internet Standard Provider
Q 4) The website of a school which allows the students to go through various lessons in their subjects is an
example of
(a) e-Mail (b) e-Govemance (c) e-Shopping (d) e-Learning
Q 5) Which protocol is used to transfer data over the web?
(a) POP3 (b) FTP (c) HTTP (d) SMTP
Q 6) What is the use of <LI> tag?
(a) Used to indicate a list item (b) Used to indicate the bulleted list
(c) Used to indicate the numbered list (d) Used to indicate the definition list
Q 7) Karan connects to the internet at home using a laptop computer with a wireless connection. Nick is
going to change to a desktop computer using a Gbps ethernet cable connection. Which of these should be the
result of making the changes?
(a) Decreased portability and increased speed. (b) Increased portability and decreased speed.
(c) Decreased portability and decreased speed. (d) Increased portability and increased speed.
Q 8) A/An ……….. consists of a selector and a declaration block.
(a) List (b) Hyperlink (c) <BODY> tag (d) CSS ruleset
Q 9) For inserting the largest heading in HTML, which of the following tag is used?
(a) <hl> (b) <h6> (c) <h2> (d) <h7>
Q 10) Which of the following form elements is best suited to allow a user to select only one option from a
list of multiple predefined choices?
(a) <input type=”checkbox”> (b) <input type=”text”>
(c) <input type=”radio”> (d) <select multiple>
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.
(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.
Q 11) Assertion (A) The Internet is a collection of inter-connected computer networks, linked by different
transmission media.
Reason (R) World Wide Web is a collection of interconnected documents.
Q 12) Assertion (A) A router connects multiple networks and directs network traffic?
Reason (R) A router only works within a single LAN and cannot connect to the Internet.
Section B (7 × 2 = 14)
Q 13) Rani is searching “history of computers” on the Internet. She uses a search engine.
1. The computer sometimes takes a long time to respond when Rani enters a question into the search
engine. Give a reason, why this might happen?
2. The search engine returned a large number of links when she entered computers. What should Rani do to
reduce the number of links?
Q 14) (a) Write any two advantages of E-shopping.
Or
(b) Ritika’s school has started using e-groups and web conferencing tools for group discussions and online
classes. Although these tools make communication easier, Ritika observed some issues during their use.
Write any two disadvantages of using e-groups or web conferencing in such situations.
Or
(b) Two disadvantages of E-groups or web- conferencing are as follows
1. Interactions between participants are difficult. Web-conferencing quality can vary depending on the
speed of the respective parties internet connections.
2. Internet connections can fail.
Q 15) What is a header cell in an HTML table? How is it different from a data cell? Mention the tag used
for creating a header cell.
Q 16) Rohan preparing a school report, Rohan copied content directly from a website and submitted it as his
own without giving any credit to the original author. Identify the unethical practice shown in this case. Why is it
considered wrong?
Q 17) What are Buttons? Name different types of buttons in HTML forms.
Q 18) (a) An incomplete CSS code is given below. Complete this code by filling in the blanks as per the
specifications that follows:
<head>
<style>
h1{
_______ : red: <!“line 1-->
_______ : 3em: <!--line 2-->
_______ underline: <!--line 3-->
}
</style>
</head>
line 1: Color of the heading should be red.
line 2: Font size should be 3ern.
line 3: Text direction should be underline.
Or
(b) Rahul is writing HTML code for creating a html form as follows:
<html>
<head>
<title>Form in HTML<___> <!--line 1-->
<____> <!--line 2-->
<body>
<form>
Enter your address:<br>
<____ rows=2” cols=”20”></textarea> <!--line 3-->
</form>
</body>
</html>
Based on the above code fill in the blanks given in line 1, line 2, and line 3 so that his webpage displays output
correctly?
Q 19) (a) Reena is designing a webpage and wants to apply the same font style, size, and color to all text
on the page without repeating the formatting. Which HTML tag can she use for this purpose, and mention any
two attributes it commonly supports?
Or
(b) What is the function of the <td> tag in an HTML table? Write a simple example using it.
Section C (4 × 3 = 12)
Q 20) (a) Give the full form of the following:
1. DHCP
2. SMTP
Or
(b) What is a URL? Explain its structure with an example.
Q 21) Ritika is learning HTML and wrote some code snippets for different web elements. However, her
instructor found a few errors in them and asked her to correct them as per the desired output.
Help Ritika by correcting the following HTML statements by underlining the corrections:
1. <a url=”[Link] Here</a>
<!– The link should point to [Link] and show text “Click Here” –>
2. ‘<HR length=300 color:blue>
<!– A horizontal line of length 300 and color blue should appear –>
3. <input type=”checkbox” value=Yes checked: yes>
<!– A checkbox input should appear with the value “Yes” and pre-selected –>
Q 22) (a) How can you apply the same CSS rule/style on multiple tags? Give an example.
(b) (i) Write an inline CSS code to set the text color of the heading element as ‘blue’ and the text color to ‘red’.
(ii) Write an external CSS code to set the margins of the paragraph to 3 px for top and bottom and to 7 px for
right and left.
Q 23) Ramesh, a fitness coach, wants to showcase an exercise video “workout.mp4” on his web page. Write
HTML code to:
Embed the video
Set size to width = 500, height = 280
Include controls and autoplay
Section D (1 × 4 = 4)
Q 24) (a) Write the HTML code to design the web page as shown below, considering the specifications that
follow.
1. Title of the page is “Tutorial on MS-Office”.
2. Image used as [Link].
3. Font face of page is “lucida fax”.
4. Table cellpadding should be 3px and align center.
Or
(b) Answer the following questions:
1. What is the purpose of using the <form> tag in HTML? Mention two common form elements.
2. Why is it better to use CSS instead of inline styling for large websites?
3. What is the use of the <ul> and <ol> tags in HTML? How do they differ from each other?
4. Explain the significance of the alt attribute in the <img> tag.
5.
Section E (2 × 4 = 8)
Q 25) Cybercrime is on the rise, and it affects individuals, companies, and governments. Criminals use various
tactics, such as data breaches, ransomware, and identity theft, to exploit vulnerabilities in online systems.
Governments and organizations are working hard to improve cyber security measures to protect against these
attacks.
Based on the above information, answer the following questions:
1. Who is affected by cybercrime?
2. What is identity theft?
3. What are organizations doing to protect against cybercrime?
4. Why is it important to improve cyber security measures?
Q 26) Raghav went for shopping recently. He made all his payments using the E-banking (net banking) facility.
He has saved all the information about his credit/debit cards and net banking Ids on all the online shopping sites
as well sometime back, a huge amount got deducted from his bank account. Based on the above information,
answer the following questions:
(a) Identify the cybercrime Raghav was a part of.
(b) Write a safety measure which Raghav can take to prevent himself from such frauds.
(c) Mention any two points that Raghav must include while he makes a list of common safety precautions while
using E-banking.
(d) Why is it important to enable E-banking security settings on your device?