PERIODIC ASSESSMENT -3 (2024-25) ANSWER KEY

GRADE – X
SUBJECT : IT (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY) SUBJECT CODE : 402
Max. Time: – 1 hr. MAX.
MARKS: 30
General Instructions:
1. Please read the instructions carefully.
2. This Question Paper consists of 12 questions in two sections:
Section A & Section B.
3. Section A has Objective type questions whereas Section B contains Subjective type
questions.
4. Out of the given (3 + 9) = 12 questions, a candidate has to answer (3 + 6)= 9 questions
in the allotted (maximum) time of 1 hour.
5. All questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
6. SECTION A - OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (14 MARKS):
i. This section has 03 questions.
ii. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.
iii. There is no negative marking.
SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
Q1 Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 4 = 4 marks) 4
1. Which one is not a disadvantage of Entrepreneurship? 1
a) Risky b) Uncertain income
c) You are the boss d) Work Long hours
2. We can insert data from a table created on a web page into a spreadsheet. 1
a) True b) False c) Can’t say
3. Which of the following is a myth about entrepreneurship and not a truth? 1
a) Entrepreneurship means quick wealth generation.
b) Entrepreneurship is all about a well thought, well planned an well
executed idea.
c) Entrepreneurship requires more time than job.
d) Entrepreneurship gives unlimited freedom.
4. The path of a file has ____________ forward slashes. 1

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 (a) four
(b) three
(c) two
(d) one
5. In Calc, the comments are added 1
(a) automatically
(b) by author
(c) by reviewer
(d) all of above
6. The Module can be executed from the IDE by pressing _________________. 1
(a) F3
(b) F4
(c) F5
(d) F6
Q2 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks) 5
1. Insert Sheet dialog can be invoked from _______________. 1
(a) sheet
(b) insert
(c) tools
(d) Windows
2. Rehnuma has two people who work for her. Every day, she spends one hour with 1
them to learn about what
they’ve done that day.
(a) Creates a new product
(b) Divides income
c) Manages the business
3. __________ are used to enclose sheet names as there might be a space within 1
sheet names.
4. Agricultural Entrepreneurship helps farmers in ______ 1
a) Giving jobs family members of farmers
b) Giving loans to farmers
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 c) Finding low cost innovations in farming process
d) All of the above
5. Sharing allows to edit the spreadshheet by 1
(a) single user
(b) different users simultaneously
(c) one by one users
(d) one after other users
6. You can record changes in the spreadsheet when the spreadsheet is opened in 1
shared mode.
a) True b) false c) cant say
Q3 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks) 5
1. Which of the following is an invalid Macro Name? 1
(a) 1formatword

(b) format word

(c) format*word

(d) Format_word.

2. Which of the following entrepreneurship refers to starting industries in which 1

manufacturing , trading, providing services , productions are done on a micro
scale.?
a) Women Entrepreneurship
b) Agricultural Entrepreneurship
c) Small scale Entrepreneurship
d) None of the above
3. _____________ analysis tool works in reverse order, finding input based on the 1
output.
(a) Consolidate function
(b) Goal seek
(c) What-if analysis
(d) Scenario
4. Sharing spreadsheet feature allows to save the changes in 1
(a) multiple sheets
(b) user’s sheet

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 (c) in a same sheet
(d) in different sheet
5 Susheela decides to sell her company tyres in Sri Lanka . It does not sell and 1
. she has a loss. She apologizes to people who work for her . She says she will
plan better next time. She _______
a) Takes responsibility of for her mistakes
b) Thinks before making actions
c) Does not give up
d) Is creative.
6 Which of the following feature is used to jump to a different spreadsheet from 1
. the current spreadsheet in LibreOffice Calc?
(a) Macro
(b) Hyperlink
(c) connect
(d) Cop

SECTION B: SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Answer any 2 out of the given 3 questions words on Employability Skills 4
(2 x 2=4)
Answer each question in 20 – 30 words. in 20 to 30 words
4. What are the myths about an Entrepreneur? 2
Ans: 1. The misconception is that every business idea needs to be
unique or special.
2. The misconception we have is that a person needs a lot of
money to start a business.
3. A misconception we have is that only a person having a big
business is an entrepreneur
4. A misconception we have is that entrepreneurs are born, not
made.
5. Write four functions of an Entrepreneur. 2

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6. Write the difference between self employment and wage employment 2

Wage employed people are people who work for a person or

an organization and get paid for that work. Self-employed
people are those who start businesses to satisfy the needs of
people.
Answer any 2 out of the given 3 questions in 20 to 30 words (2 x 2 =4) 4
7 Give one point of difference between 2
(a) Subtotal and What-if -
Ans (a) Subtotal and What-if- The Subtotal tool in Calc creates the group
automatically and applies common functions like sum, average on the grouped
data.
What-if tool uses Data > Multiple Operations and is a planning tool for what-if
questions. In this, the output is not shown in the same cells, whereas it uses a
drop-down list to display the output depending upon the input.
8. How is LibreOffice Macros Library different from my Macros? 2

9. Differentiate between Relative and Absolute Hyperlink

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 Answer any 2 out of the given 3 questions in 50 to 80 words (4 x 2=8) 8
9. Write steps to register a data source that is in *.odb format. 4
Ans: To register a data source that is in *.odb format, follow the steps given
below.
Step 1. Select Tools > Options > LibreOffice Base > Databases. The Options -
LibreOffice
Base-Databases dialog box appears.
Step 2. Click the New button to open the Create Database Link dialog box
Step 3. Enter the location of the database file, or click Browse to open a file
browser and select the database file.
Step 4. Type a name to use as the registered name for the database and click OK.
The database is added to the list of registered databases

10. What are macro and how can we record a macro? 4

ANS: A macro is a single instruction that executes a set of instructions. These set
of instructions can be a sequence of commands or keystrokes that can be used for
any number of times later.

Students have to write the steps to record macro.

11. Bharti is a young woman from Bihar. Many girls in her area like to wear 4
earrings. She buys jute from a farmer and makes earrings from that. Her business
is called Manavi Natural Handicrafts. She sees that most women in her village do
not work. So, she hires two women to help them.

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Read the above paragraph and answer the following questions.
1) What demand did Bharti identify in her village?
(a) People in her village wanted Jute
(b) Girls in her area liked to wear earrings
(c) The villagers wanted more water
2) What is the local resource that Bharti used?
(a) Jute (b) Water (c) Sand
3) How is Bharti helping her village grow?
(a) By buying jute from the local farmer who can now earn more money
(b) By providing jobs to local women
(c) Both (a) and (b)
4) How was she creating more jobs?
(a) By selling earrings to women without a job
(b) By buying jute from the local farmer
(c) By providing jobs to local women

ALL THE BEST!!!

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