MARKING SCHEME

TERM I
Class: XII
Session: 2024-25

INFORMATICSPRACTICES (065)
Time allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 70

Q. No. SECTION – A Marks

(1)
D – LAN
1.
(1 mark for correct answer)
C–3 (1)
2.
(1 mark for correct answer)
B - ROUND (1)
3.
(1 mark for correct answer)
A – ati (1)
4.
(1 mark for correct answer)
C – print(Data.iloc[0:4,1:4]) (1)
5.
(1 mark for correct answer)
D – line (1)
6.
(1 mark for correct answer)
B – Repeater (1)
7.
(1 mark for correct answer)
True (1)
8.
(1 mark for correct answer)
C – 1800.00 (1)
9.
(1 mark for correct answer)
B – import matplotlib.pyplot as plt (1)
10.
(1 mark for correct answer)
C – print(p_series.tail(4)) (1)
11.
(1 mark for correct answer)
D – S[:2] (1)
12.
(1 mark for correct answer)
A – SELECT COUNT(*) FROM STUDENT (1)
13.
(1 mark for correct answer)
 14. (1)
False
(1 mark for correct answer)
15. B - Bus (1)
(1 mark for correct answer)
16. D – plt.title() (1)
(1 mark for correct answer)
17 B – a=pd.series([10,20,30,40]) (1)
(1 mark for correct answer)
18. A – order by (1)
(1 mark for correct answer)
19. C - Gateway (1)
(1 mark for correct answer)
20. A – Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the (1)
correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(1 mark for correct answer)
21. C – Assertion (A) is True, but Reason (R) is False (1)
(1 mark for correct answer)

Q.No. Section – B Marks

22. (A) A Series is a one dimensional object that can hold any data type (1)
such as integers, float and strings. It has only one axis

A Dataframe is a two-dimensional object that can have columns with

potential different types. A dataframe can be created different kind of (1)
inputs which may include dictionaries, lists, series and even another
dataframe. It has two axes.

OR
(B) Primary key: This refers to a set of one or more attributes that can (1)
uniquely identity tuples within the relation.

Foreign key: A non-key attribute, whose values are derived from the (1)
primary key of some other table, is known as foreign key in its
current table.
(Any other suitable definition for primary key and foreignkey)
23. i. Sharing of resources
ii. Sharing of information
iii. Enhanced communication Any four (2)
iv. Cost reduction
v. Sharing of storage
24. This is because the column commission contains a NULL value and
the aggregate functions do not take into account NULL Values. Thus (2)
command1 returns the total number of records in the table whereas
command2 returns the total number of NULL values in the column
commission
25.
(A) Network formed by connecting smartphones of family members to (2)
laptop via Bluetooth.
Network formed by connecting devices like printer, laptop, smartphone,
digital recorder etc
(B) (Any other suitable example for PAN and LAN type of networks)
OR
STAR topology: In this, all computers are connected using a central
hub. (2)
RING topology: In this, all computers are connected in loop.

26.
(A) i. S1, S2, S3, School, Place (2)
ii. 1,2
(Give one mark for each)
OR
(B) import pandas as pd
subject=pd.series([75,78,82,86], index=[‘ENGLISH’,’HINDI’,’MATHS’, (2)
‘SCIENCE’])
print(subject)

27. The order by clause is used to show the contents of a table/relation in

a sorted manner with respect to the column mentioned after the order
by clause. The contents of the column can be arranged in ascending or (2)
descending order.
The group by clause is used to group rows in a given column and then
apply an aggregate function e.g. max(), min() etc on the entire group
(any other relevant answer)

28. i. 7658.35 (1)

ii. 100 (1)
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)
Q.No. SECTION – C Marks

29. i. Star topology

ii. Hub/Switch (3)
iii. LAN
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)

30. (A). import pandas as pd

Data=([501,’Arun’,’Commerce’],[502,’Karishma’,’Science’],[503,’Preeti’,
’Humanities’],[504,’Rupin’,’Arts’]) (3)
Toppers=pd.DataFrame(data,columns=[‘Rno’,’Name’,’Stream’]
(Give 1 mark for each correct statement)
OR
(B). import pandas as pd
print(“Series object s5:”)
print (s5)
print(“cubes of s5 values:”) (3)
print(S5**3)

31. i. SELECT GameName,Gcode FROM GAMES;

ii. SELECT * FROM GAMES WHERE prizemoney>7000; (3)
iii. SELECT SUM(prizemoney), Type FROM GAMES GROUP BY Type;
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)

32. (A). i. Market.loc[‘3’]=[‘Guava’,175]

ii. Market[‘Margin’]=[80,13,50,30] (3)
iii. Market=Market.drop(‘Margin’,axis=1)
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)
OR
(B). i. SELECT VehicleName FROM CABHUB WHERE
color=”WHITE”;
ii. SELECT VehicleName, Make, Capacity FROM CABHUB (3)
ORDER BY capacity;
iii. SELECT MAX(charges) FROM CABHUB;
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)
Q.No. SECTION D Marks

33. i. matplotlib.pyplot as plt

ii. bar (4)
iii. ylabel(“Rating”)
iv. show()
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)

34. (A).
(a). SELECT SNAME, round(bonus,0) FROM SALESMAN;
(b). SELECT INSTR(SNAME,”ta”) FROM SALESMAN; (4)
(c). SELECT mid(SNAME,2,4) FROM SALESMAN;
(d). SELECT monthname(DATEOFJOIN) FROM SALESMAN;
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)

OR
(B). a). 3
b). MAX(ScheduleDate) MIN(ScheduleDate)
19-Mar-04 12-Dec-03
c). NAME ACTIVITYNAME (4)
Sheela Discus Throw
d). 16
10
12
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)

Q.No. SECTION E Marks

35. i. ADMIN The server should be installed in ADMIN office as it has the
most number of computer.

PRODUCTION (5)
ii.
ADMIN
WAREHOUSE

SHIPPING
 iii. Hub/Switch
iv. STAR topology
v. C) Video conferencing
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)

36. i. print(df.head(2))
ii. print(df[‘Title’]) (5)
iii. df=df.drop(‘Rating’,axis=1)
iv. print(df.loc[2:4,’Title’])
v. df.rename(columns={‘Title’:’Name’},inplace=True)
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)

37. (A)
i. Select mid(‘Experience is a best teacher’,22,7);
(5)
ii. Select now();
iii. Select round(45.1876,2);
iv. Select mod(77,4)
v. Select trim(student_name) from RESULT
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)

OR
(B)
i. Ltrim() – Returns the string after removing leading spaces from
the string
ii. Ucase() – Returns the string in Capital letter i.e uppercase letter. (5)
iii. Pow(m,n) – Returns the value after calculating m to the power n
iv. Right() - Returns the rightmost number of characters as
specified
v. Month() - Returns the number of month like ‘3’ for ‘march’
(Give 1 mark for each correct answer)