PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION (2024-25)

INFORMATICS PRACTICES (065)

CLASS XII (Set 1)
Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 70
General Instructions :
(i) This question paper contains five sections, Section A to E.
(it) All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Section A has 18 questions carrying 1 mark each.
(iv) Section B has 7 Very Short Answer type questions carrying 2 marks each.
(v) Section C has 5 Short Answer type questions carrying 3 marks each.
(vi) Section D has 2 questions carrying 4 marks each.
(vii) Section E has 3 questions carrying 5 marks each.
(viii) All programming question are to be answered using Python language only.
SECTION – A
1. In topology, the devices are arranged in the form of multiple branches in hierarchical manner.
(i) Star (ii) Tree (iii) Mesh (iv) Bus
2. Ridhima purchased a license for a copy of a software and made additional copies without the permission of
the copyright owner. This act of hers is known as .
(i) Trademark Infringement (ii) Identity Theft (iii) Copyright Infringement (iv) Patent
3. What can an individual do to enhance the privacy of data stored digitally ?
(i) Share sensitive information on social media platforms.
(ii) Use your date of birth as your password.
(iii) Regularly update software installed on your device.
(iv) Download and install software from unknown sources.
4. What will be the output of the following query ?
SELECT POWER (2,MOD (17,3));
(i ) 8 (ii) 1 (iii) 0 (iv) 4
5. Which of the following is not an aggregate function in MYSQL ?
(i) Avg() (ii) MAX() (iii) LCASE() (iv) MIN()
6. ..................................................is the gaining of unauthorized access to data in a computer system.
(1) Phishing (ii) Plagiarism (iii) Hacking (iv) Copyright violation
7. Which of the following is NOT true with respect to CSV files ?
(i) Values are separated by commas.
(ii) to_csv() can be used to save a dataframe to a CSV file.
(iii) CSV file is created using a word processor.
(iv) CSV file is a type of text file.
8. Which MySQL command helps to add a primary key constraint to any table that has already been created ?
(i) UPDATE (ii) INSERT INTO (iii) ALTER TABLE (iv) ORDER BY
9. What will be the output of the following query ?
SELECT SUBSTR(“G20 2023 INDIA”,5,4);
(i) G202 (ii) 2023 (iii) INDI (iv) 023
10. What will be the output of the following Python code ?
import pandas as pd
dd={'One':1,'Two':2, 'Three':3,'Seven':7}
rr=pd.Series (dd)
rr['Four']=4
print(rr)
(i) One 1 (ii) One 1 (iii) Four 4 (iv) One 1
Two 2 Two 2 One 1 Two 2
Three 3 Three 3 Two 2 Three 3
Seven 7 Four 4 Three 3 Seven 7
dtype: int64 Seven 7 Seven 7 Four 4
dtype: int64 dtype: int64 dtype: int6
11. Which of the following clause cannot work with SELECT statement in MYSQL ?
(i) FROM (ii) INSERT INTO (iii) WHERE (iv) GROUP BY
12. Which of the following command will not show first five rows from the Pandas series named S1 ?
(i) s1[0:5] (ii) Sl.head() (iii) S1.head(5) (iv) Sl.head[0:5]
13. Rama was unable to understand how the recruiters were able to know about her digital activity when she
has not shared anything with them. The recruiters might have checked of Rama.
(i) Carbon Footprint (ii) Water Footprint (iii) Online print (iv) Digital Footprint
14. Which MySQL string function is used to extract a substring from a given string based on a specified starting
position and length ?
(i) SUBSTRING_INDEX() (ii) LENGTH () (iii) MID() (iv) TRIM()
15. The software that is free for anyone, and its source code is available for access, modification, correction,
and improvement is called .
(i) Proprietary software (ii) Commercial software
(iii) Free and Open source software (iv) Copyrighted software
16. help in data protection through copyrights, patents and trademarks.
(i) Data Privacy Right (ii) Right to Innovation
(iii) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) (iv) Right to Data Protection
17. Assertion (A) : Cyber Bullying can have serious, emotional and psychological effects on victims.
Reason (R) : Online Bullying is not a crime while offline bullying is a crime.
(i) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(i) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A) .
(iii) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(iv) (A) is false but (R) is true.
18. Assertion (A) : A Series is a one dimensional array and a DataFrame is a two-dimensional array containing
sequence of values of any data type. (int, float, list, string, etc.)
Reason (R) : Both Series and DataFrames have by default numeric indexes starting from zero.
(i) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(i) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(iii) (A) is true and (R) is false.
(iv) (A) is false but (R) is true.
SECTION -B
19. (a) Expand URL. Identify the protocol and domain in the following URL :
https://epathshala.nic.in/topics.php?len=en
OR
(b) Write any one advantage and one disadvantage of Star topology.
20. The Python code written below has syntactical errors. Rewrite the correct code and underline the
correction(s) made.
import Pandas as pd
stud=['Name':'Ramya','Class':11,'House':'Red’']
s=p.Series(s)
print(s)
21. What will be the output of the following SQL queries :
(i) SELECT RIGHT (“CHANDRAYAN3”,4) ;
(ii) SELECT ROUND (76345.456,2) ;
22. Find the output of the following Python code :
import pandas as pd 2
com=pd.Series([45,12,15,200] ,index=['mouse', 'printer','webcam', 'keyboard'])
print(com[1:3])
23. What is the primary function of a gateway in a computer network ? Explain briefly.
24. Consider the following Python code :
import pandas as pd
Sl=pd.Series(['Rubina', 'Jaya’', 'Vaibhav'],index=[10,16,18])
S2=pd.Series , index=[10,16,18])
S3=pd.Series([56,67,86], )
xiia={'Name': ,'Subject':S2, 'Marks':S3}
df=pd.DataFrame(____)
print(df)
Complete the above Python code to display the following output :
Name Subject Marks
10 Rubina IP 56
16 Jaya Hsc 67
18 Vaibhav IP 86
25. Write any two differences between UPDATE and ALTER TABLE commands of MySQL.

SECTION - C

(a) Consider the given table and write the following queries in MySQL :
Table : Sports
Sid SName Fees DateofPlay Coachld
1 Karate 1200 2024-08-24 S1
2 Football 1800 2024-09-13 S2
3 Cricket 1500 2024-06-14 S3
4 Lawn Tennis 2500 2024-09-25 S4
5 Badminton 1800 2024-10-20 S5
(i) To display Sid and name of those sports which are to be played in the month of September.
(ii) To display all Sports names in lower case.
(iii) To display last two characters of all sports names whose fees is less than 1500.
OR
(b) Predict the output of the following queries based on the table Sports given above :
(i) SELECT UCASE (TRIM (SName)) FROM Sports Sid=5;
(ii) SELECT LEFT (SName, 3) FROM Sports DateofPlay>"“2024-09-13";
(iii) SELECT SUBSTR (CoachId,1) FROM Sports WHERE SName="“Cricket” or Fees>=2000;
27. Kabir, a data analyst, has stored the voter’s name and age in a dictionary.Now, Kabir wants to create a list of
dictionaries to store data of multiplevoters. He also wants to create a DataFrame from the same list of
dictionaries having appropriate row labels as shown below :
Voter_Name Voter_Age
Arl001 Arjun 35
Ba3002 Bala 23
Go4002 Govind 25
Dh4007 Dhruv 19
Na6005 Navya 18
Help Kabir in writing a Python program to complete the task.
28. Answer the following questions based on the table Salesman given below :
Table : Salesman

salesman_id name city commission

5001 Neil Bhatt Delhi 0.15
5002 Rohan Malik Mumbai 0.13
5005 Ravi Mohan Delhi 0.11
5006 Mehak Rai Delhi 0.14
5007 Paul Lal Bangalore 0.13
5003 Raman Sen Kolkata 0.12
(i) How many tuples does the given table have ? Suggest the primary key for the given table.
(ii) Suggest the primary key for the given table.
(iii) Write the MySQL query to display all the records in descending order of commission.
29. Police officials arrested four members of an interstate gang for allegedly duping many people from different
states on the pretext of providing them with holiday packages after creating fake websites of Tours and Travels.
The cyber criminals sent fraudulent emails containing links to fraudulent websites created by them. The victim
in his complaint told police that he was offered a holiday package to Dubai for a total of 10 times in the next 10
years and was charged ¥ 1.45 lakh through his credit card.
Answer the following questions pertaining to the given news byte :
(i) Identify the type of cybercrime mentioned in above case.
(ii) Which Act deals with such crimes in India ?
(iii) Suggest any one precaution that can be taken to avoid falling prey to such criminals.
OR
ABC Electronics, a popular electronics retail chain, has been a prominent player in the market for years.
However, recent concerns over environmental degradation and e-waste have prompted the company to rethink
its strategies and practices. As the newly appointed sustainability manager, you've been asked to answer the
following questions
(i) Considering the environmental concerns associated with e-waste, outline any one negative impact of the
electronicproducts on the environment.
(ii) Gopal is a college student who recently bought his new smartphone from ABC electronics. He’s excited
about the new features and improved performance of his new device. However, he’s now left with his old
smartphone, which is still functional but considered outdated. Suggest him any one action that he can take for
his old smartphone.
(i) Provide any one recommendation on how ABC Electronics can responsibly manage its e-waste while
minimizing harm to the environment.
30. Consider the given DataFrame ‘password’ :
CodeName Category Frequency
0 aaaaaa alpha 6.91
1 dragon animal 18.52
2 baseball sport 1.29
3 football sport 11.11
4 monkey animal 3.72
5 qwerty alpha 1.85
6 abcde alpha 3.19
Write suitable Python statements for the following :
(i) To add a new row with following values :
CodeName — ‘abc123’
Category — alphanumeric
Frequency — 12.8
(ii) To delete the row with the row label 2.
(iii) To delete the column having column label as Frequency.

SECTION -D
31. Rupam created a MySQL table to store the details of Nobel prize winners. Help her to write the following
MySQL queries :
TABLE: NOBEL
Winner_Id YEAR SUBJECT WINNER COUNTRY CATEGO
RY
1001 1970 Physics Hannes Alfven Sweden Scientist
1002 1970 Physiology Bernard Katz NULL Scientist
1003 1970 Literature Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Russia Linguist
1004 1971 Chemistry Gerhard Herzberg Germany Scientist
1005 1978 Peace Menachem Begin Israel Prime
Minister
1006 1987 Economics Robert Solow USA Economist
1007 1994 Literature Kenzaburo Oe Japan Linguist
(1) Display the names of Nobel Prize winner in ‘Literature’ for the year 1970.
(i) Display the subject and category of winners whose country is not known.
(iii) Display the details of all Nobel Prize winners who were Scientists.
(iv) Count total number of winners whose subject is Literature.
32. Ms. Ritika conducted an online assessment and stored the details in a DataFrame result as given below :

(i) Predict the output of the following Python statement :

print(result.loc [:,'Attempts'] > 1)
(ii) Write the Python statement to display the last three records.
(iii) Write Python statement to display records of ‘a’ and ‘d’ row labels.
OR
(Option for Part (iii) only)
(iii) Write suitable Python statement to retrieve the data stored in the file, 'registration.csv'into a
DataFrame,'regis'.
SECTION - E
33. Excellent Consultancy Pvt. Litd. maintains two tables for all its employees.

Table : Employee
Employee_id First_name Last_name Salary Joining_date Department

E101 Monika Das 100000 2019-01-20 Finance

E102 Mehek Verma 600000 2019-01-15 IT

E103 Manan Pant 890000 2019-02-05 Banking

E104 Shivam Agarwal 200000 2019-02-25 Insurance

E105 Alisha Singh 220000 2019-02-28 Finance

E106 Poonam Sharma 400000 2019-05-10 IT

E107 Anshuman Mishra 123000 2019-06-20 Bankin

Write suitable SQL queries to perform the following task :

(i) Change the Department of Shivam to IT in the table Employee.
(ii) Remove the record of Alisha from the table Employee.
(iii) Add a new column Experience of integer type in the table Employee.
(iv) Display the first name, last name and amount of reward for all employees from the tables Employee and
Reward.
(v) Display first name and salary of all the employees whose amount is less than 2000 from the tables
Employee and Reward.
OR
Write suitable SQL queries for the following task :
(i) Display the year of joining of all the employees from the table Employee.
(ii) Display each department name and its corresponding average salary.
(iii) Display the first name and date of reward of those employees who joined on Monday from the tables
Employee and Reward.
(iv) Display sum of salary of those employees whose reward amount is greater than 3000 from the tables
Employee and Reward.
(v) Remove the table Reward.
34. FULLMAN Tech, Bengaluru is a company that deals with software development. They have different
divisions HR (H1), Sales (H2),Production (H3) and Marketing (H4). The layout of the Bengaluru branch is :

The management wants to connect all the divisions as well as all the computers of each division (H1, H2, H3
and H4). Distance between the divisions are as follows

Based on the above specifications, answer the following questions :

(i) Suggest the topology and draw the most efficient cable layout for connecting all the divisions of Bengaluru
branch.
(ii) FULLMAN Tech is expanding its reach and therefore it establishes a new office in Delhi. Out of LAN,
MAN, and WAN what kind of network will be created to connect Bengaluru office with Delhi Office ?
(iii) Suggest the division for the placement of server in Bengaluru branch. Explain the reason for your selection.
(iv) Suggest the placement of the following devices in Bengaluru branch :
(a) Repeater
(b) Switch/Hub
(v) The company’s manager Ms. Ritu is worried as to how she can extend and modify the functionality of the
web browser. Help her by giving names of any two tools.
35. The inventory management software of a grocery shop stores the price of all fruits as follows :
Fruits=['Apple', 'Guava', 'Papaya', 'Grapes', 'Mango']
Price=[150,70,50,30,120]
Write suitable Python code to generate a Bar Chart on the given data. Also add the chart title and label for X
and Y axis. Also add suitable statement to save this chart with the name fruits.png.
OR
Write suitable Python code to draw the following line chart “CO2 Emission” having title and label for X and Y
axis as shown below.
Month wise CO2 emission

Also give suitable Python statement to save this chart with the name, emission.png.