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CBSE QUESTION PAPER – 2023

SUBJECT: COMPUTER SCIENCE

Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks : 70

General Instructions:
(i) This question paper is divided into 5 sections – A to E.
(ii) All questions are compulsory.
(iii) Section A have 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.

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(vi) Section D has 3 Long Answer Type Questions carrying 5 marks each.
(vii) Section E has 2 questions carrying 4 marks each. One internal choice is given in
Q.34 and 35 against Part (iii) only.
(viii) All programming questions are to be answered using Python Language only.

SECTION-A
1. State True or False :
"Identifiers are names used to identify a variable, function in a program". [1]
2. Which of the following is a valid keyword in Python? [1]
(a) false (b) return (c) non_local (d) none
3. Given the following Tuple [1]
Tup= (10, 20, 30, 50)
Which of the following statements will result in an error?
(a) print (Tup [0]) (b) Tup.insert (2, 3) (c) print (Tup [1:2]) (d) print (len (Tup))
4. Consider the given expression : [1]
5<10 and 12>7 or not 7>4
Which of the following will be the correct output, if the given expression is evaluated?
(a) True (b) False (c) NONE (d) NULL
5. Select the correct output of the code : [1]
S= "Amrit Mahotsav @ 75"
A=S.partition (" ")
print (a)
(a) ( 'Amrit Mahotsav', '@', '75' ) (b) [ 'Amrit', 'Mahotsav', '@', '75' ]
(c) ( 'Amrit', 'Mahotsav @ 75' ) (d) ( 'Amrit', ' ', 'Mahotsav @ 75' )

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6. Which of the following mode keeps the file offset position at the end of the file? [1]
(a) r+ (b) r (c) w (d) a
7. Fill in the blank. [1]
_______ function is used to arrange the elements of a list in ascending order.
(a) sort ( ) (b) arrange ( ) (c) ascending ( ) (d) asort ( )
8. Which of the following operators will return either True or False? [1]
(a) += (b) != (c) = (d) *=
9. Which of the following statement(s) would give an error after executing the following code? [1]
Stud={"Murugan" : 100, "Mithu" : 95} # Statement 1
print (Stud[95]) # Statement 2
Stud ["Murugan"] = 99 # Statement 3

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print (Stud.pop ( ) ) # Statement 4
print (Stud) # Statement 5
(a) Statement 2 (b) Statement 3 (c) Statement 4 (d) Statement 2 and 4
10. Fill in the blank. [1]
_______ is a number of tuples in a relation.
(a) Attribute (b) Degree (c) Domain (d) Cardinality
11. The syntax of seek ( ) is : [1]
file_object.seek (offset[,reference_point])
What is the default value of reference_point?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
12. Fill in the blank : [1]
_______ clause is used with SELECT statement to display data in a sorted form with respect to a
specified column.
(a) WHERE (b) ORDER BY (c) HAVING (d) DISTINCT
13. Fill in the blank : [1]
_______ is used for point-to-point communication or unicast communication such as radar and
satellite.
(a) INFRARED WAVES (b) BLUETOOTH
(c) MICROWAVES (d) RADIOWAVES
14. What will the following expression be evaluated to in Python? [1]
print (4 + 3 * 5/3 – 5%2)
(a) 8.5 (b) 8.0 (c) 10.2 (d) 10.0
15. Which function returns the sum of all elements of a list? [1]
(a) count ( ) (b) sum ( ) (c) total ( ) (d) add ( )

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16. fetchall( ) method fetches all rows in a result set and returns a : [1]
(a) Tuple of lists (b) List of tuples (c) List of strings (d) Tuple of strings
Q.17 and Q.18 are Assertion (A) and Reasoning (R) based questions. Mark the correct choice as
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation for (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.
17. Assertion (A) : To use a function from a particular module, we need to import the module.
Reason (R) : import statement can be written anywhere in the program, before using a function
from that module. [1]
18. Assertion (A) : A stack is a LIFO structure.
Reason (R) : Any new element pushed into the stack always gets positioned at the index after the

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last existing element in the stack. [1]

SECTION-B
19. Atharva is a Python programmer working on a program to find and return the maximum value
from the list. The code written below has syntactical errors. Rewrite the correct code and
underline the corrections made. [2]
def max_num (L) :
max=L(0)
for a in L :
if a > max
max=a
return max
20. (a) Differentiate between wired and wireless transmission. [2]
OR
(b) Differentiate between URL and domain name with the help of an appropriate example. [2]
21. (a) Given is a Python list declaration : [1]
Listofnames=["Aman","Ankit","Ashish","Rajan","Rajat"]
Write the output of:
print (Listofnames [–l : –4 : –l])
(b) Consider the following tuple declaration : [1]
tup1 = (10, 20, 30, (10, 20, 30), 40)
Write the output of:
print(tupl.index(20))

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22. Explain the concept of "Alternate Key" in a Relational Database Management System with an
appropriate example. [2]

23. (a) Write the full forms of the following : [2]

(i) HTML
(ii) TCP
(b) What is the need of Protocols ?
24. (a) Write the output of the code given below : [2]
def short_sub (lst,n) :
for i in range (0,n) :
if len (1st) > 4 :
1st [i] = lst [i] + lst [i]

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else:
1st [i] = lst [i]
subject = ['CS', 'HINDI', 'PHYSICS', 'CHEMISTRY', 'MATHS']
short_sub (subject, 5)
print(subject)
OR
(b) Write the output of the code given below : [2]
a =30
def call (x) :
global a
if a%2==0:
x+=a
else:
x-=a
return x
x=20
print(call(35),end="#")
print(call(40),end= "@")
25. (a) Differentiate between CHAR and VARCHAR data types in SQL with appropriate
example. [2]
OR
(b) Name any two DDL and any two DML commands. [2]

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SECTION-C
26. (a) Consider the following tables - LOAN and BORROWER : [1+2]
Table : LOAN
LOAN_NO B_NAME AMOUNT
L-170 DELHI 3000
L-230 KANPUR 4000
Table : BORROWER
CUST_NAME LOAN_NO
JOHN L-171
KRISH L-230
RAVYA L-170

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How many rows and columns will be there in the natural join of these two tables ?
(b) Write the output of the queries (i) to (iv) based on the table, WORKER given below:
TABLE: WORKER
W_ID F_NAME L_NAME CITY STATE
102 SAHIL KHAN KANPUR UTTAR PRADESH
104 SAMEER PARIKH ROOP NAGAR PUNJAB
105 MARY JONES DELHI DELHI
106 MAHIR SHARMA SONIPAT HARYANA
107 ATHARVA BHARDWAJ DELHI DELHI
108 VEDA SHARMA KANPUR UTTAR PRADESH

(i) SELECT F_NAME, CITY FROM WORKER ORDER BY STATE DESC;

(ii) SELECT DISTINCT (CITY) FROM WORKER;
(iii) SELECT F_NAME, STATE FROM WORKER WHERE L_NAME LIKE ' _HA% ' ;
(iv) SELECT CITY, COUNT(*) FROM WORKER GROUP BY CITY;
27. (a) Write the definition of a Python function named LongLines ( ) which reads the contents of
a text file named 'LINES. TXT' and displays those lines from the file which have at least
10 words in it. For example, if the content of 'LINES. TXT ' is as follows : [3]
Once upon a time, there was a woodcutter
He lived in a little house in a beautiful, green wood.
One day, he was merrily chopping some wood.
He saw a little girl skipping through the woods, whistling happily.
The girl was followed by a big gray wolf.
Then the function should display output as :
He lived in a little house in a beautiful, green wood.
He saw a little girl skipping through the woods, whistling happily
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(b) Write a function count_Dwords ( ) in Python to count the words ending with a digit in a
text file "Details.txt". [3]
Example:
If the file content is as follows :
On seat2 VIP1 will sit and
On seat1 VVIP2 will be sitting
Output will be:
Number of words ending with a digit are 4
28. (a) Write the outputs of the SQL queries (i) to (iv) based on the relations COMPUTER and
SALES given below : [2]
Table : COMPUTER
PROD_ID PROD_NAME PRICE COMPANY TYPE
P001 MOUSE 200 LOGITECH INPUT

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P002 LASER PRINTER 4000 CANON OUTPUT
P003 KEYBOARD 500 LOGITECH INPUT
P004 JOYSTICK 1000 IBALL INPUT
P005 SPEAKER 1200 CREATIVE OUTPUT
P006 DESKJET PRINTER 4300 CANON OUTPUT
Table : SALES

PROD_ID QTY_SOLD QUARTER

P002 4 1
P003 2 2
P001 3 2
P004 2 1
(i) SELECT MIN (PRICE), MAX (PRICE) FROM COMPUTER;
(ii) SELECT COMPANY, COUNT (*) FROM COMPUTER GROUP BY COMPANY
HAVING COUNT (COMPANY) > 1;
(iii) SELECT PROD_NAME, QTY_SOLD FROM COMPUTER C, SALES S WHERE
C.PROD_ID=S.PROD_ID AND TYPE = 'INPUT';
(iv) SELECT PROD_NAME, COMPANY, QUARTER FROM COMPUTER C,
SALES S WHERE C.PROD_ID=S. PROD_ID;
(b) Write the command to view all databases. [1]
29. Write a function EOReplace() in Python, which accepts a list L of number. Thereafter, it
increments all even numbers by 1 and decrements all odd number by 1. [3]
Example :
If Sample Input data of the list is :
L = [10, 20, 30, 40, 35, 55]
Output will be :
L = [11, 21, 31, 41, 34, 54]

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30. (a) A list contains following record of customer :

[Customer_name, Room Type]
Write the following user defined functions to perform given operations on the stak named
'Hotel' :
(i) Push_Cust ( ) – To push customer's names of those customers who are staying in
'Delux' Room Type.
(ii) Pop_Cust ( ) – To Pop the names of customers from the stack and display them. Also,
display "Underflow" when there are no customers in the stack.
For example :
If the lists with customer details are as follows :
["Siddarth", "Delux"]
["Rahul", "Standard"]
["Jerry", "Delux"]

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The stack should contain
Jerry
Siddharth
The output should be :
Jerry
Siddharth
Underflow
OR
(b) Write a function in Python, Push (Vehicle) where, Vehicle is a dictionary containing details
of vehicles – {Car_Name : Maker}.
The function should push the name of car manufactured by 'TATA' (including all the
possible cases like Tata, TaTa, etc.) to the stack. [3]
For example :
If the dictionary contains the following data :
Vehicle = {"Santro" : "Hyundai", "Nexon" : "TATA", "Safari" : "Tata"}
The stack should contain
Safari
Nexon

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SECTION-D
31. Quickdev, an IT based firm, located in Delhi is planning to set up a network for its four branches
within a city with its Marketing department in Kanpur. As a network professional, give solutions
to the questions (i) to (v), after going through the branches locations and other detail which are
given below :

DELHI BRANCH KANPUR BRANCH

BRANCH A BRANCH B MARKETING DEPT.

BRANCH C BRANCH D

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Distance between various branches is as follows :

Branch Distance
Branch A to Branch B 40 m
Branch A to Branch C 80 m
Branch A to Branch D 65 m
Branch B to Branch C 30 m
Branch B to Branch D 35 m
Branch C to Branch D 15 m
Delhi Branch to Kanpur 300 km
Number of computers in each of the branches :
Branch Number of computers
Branch A 15
Branch B 25
Branch C 40
Branch D 115
(i) Suggest the most suitable place to install the server for the Delhi branch with a suitable
reason. [1]
(ii) Suggest an ideal layout for connecting all these branches within Delhi. [1]
(iii) Which device will you suggest, that should be placed in each of these branches to
efficiently connect all the computers within these branches? [1]
(iv) Delhi firm is planning to connected to its Marketing department in Kanpur which is
approximately 300 km away. Which type of network out of LAN, WAN or MAN will be
formed ? Justify your answer. [1]
(v) Suggest a protocol that shall be needed to provide help for transferring of files between
Delhi and Kanpur branch. [1]

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32. (a) What possible output (s) are expected to be displayed on screen at the time to execution of
the following program :
import random
m = [5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30]
for i in range (1, 3) :
first=random.randint (2, 5) – 1
sec=random.randint (3, 6) – 2
third=random.randint (1, 4)
print (M[first], M[sec], M[third], sep = "#")
(i) 10 # 25 # 15 (ii) 5 # 25 # 20
20 # 25 # 25 25 # 20 # 15
(ii) 30 # 20 # 20 (ii) 10 # 15 # 25 #
20 # 25 # 25 15 # 20 # 10 # [2]

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(b) The code given below deletes the record from the table employee which contains the
following record structure :
E_code - String
E_name - String
Sal - Integer
City - String
Note the following to establish connectivity between Python and MySQL :
 Username is root
 Password is root
 The table exists in a MySQL database named emp.
 The details (E_code, E_name, Sal, City) are the attributes of the table.
Write the following statements to complete the code:
Statement 1 – to import the desired library.
Statement 2 – to execute the command that deletes the record with E_code as 'E101'.
Statement 3 – to Delete the record permanently from the database.

import __________ as mysql # Statement 1

def delete ( ) :
mydb = mysql.connect (host="localhost",user="root", passwd="root",database="emp")

mycursor=mydb.cursor( )
________________ # Statement 2
________________ # Statement 3
print ("Record deleted") [3]
OR
(a) Predict the output of the code given below :
def makenew (mystr) :
newstr=" "
count=0
for i in mystr :

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if count%2!=0:
newstr=newstr+str (count)
else :
if i.lower ( ) :
newstr=newstr+i . upper( )
else :
newstr=newstr+i
count+=1
print (newstr)
makenew ("No@1") [2]
(b) The code given below reads the following records from the table employee and displays
only those records who have employees coming from city 'Delhi' :
E_Code - String

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E_name - String
Sal - Integer
City - String
Note the following to establish connectivity between Python and MySQL :
 Username is root
 Password is root
 The table exists in MySQL database name emp.
 The details (E_code, E_name,Sal, City) are the attributes of the table.
Write the following statements to complete the code :
Statement - 1 - to import the desired library.
Statement - 2 - to execute the query that fetches records of the employees coming from city
'Delhi'.
Statement - 3 - to read the complete data of the query (rows whose city is Delhi) into the object
named details, from the table employee in the database. [3]
import ______________ as mysql # Statement 1
def display ( ) :
mydb = mysql . connect (host = "localhost",user = "root",
passwd ="root",database="emp")
mycursor=mydb.cursor ( )
___________________________ # Statement 2
details = ____________________ # Statement 3
for i in detaills :
print (i)

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33. (a) Write one difference between CSV and text files. [5]
Write a program in Python that defines and calls the following user defined functions:
(i) COURIER_ADD () : It takes the values from the user and adds the details to a csv
file 'courier.csv'. Each record consists of a list with field elements as cid, s_name,
Source, destination to store Courier ID, Sender name, Source and destination address
respectively.
(ii) COURIER_SEARCH ( ) : Takes the destination as the input and displays all the
courier records going to that destination.
OR
(b) Why it is important to close a file before exiting?
Write a program in Python that defines and calls the following user define functions :
(i) Add_Book ( ) : Takes the details of the books and adds them to a csv file 'Book.csv'.

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Each record consists of a list with field elements as book_ID, B_name and pub to
store book ID, book name and publisher respectively. [5]
(ii) Search_Book( ) : Takes Publisher name as input and counts and displays number of
books published by them.

SECTION-E
34. The school has asked their estate manager Mr. Rahul to maintain the data of all the labs in a table
LAB. Rahul has created a table and entered data of 5 labs.
LABNO LAB_NAME INCHARGE CAPACITY FLOOR
L001 CHEMISTRY Daisy 20 I
L002 BIOLOGY Venky 20 II
L003 MATH Preeti 15 I
L004 LANGUAGE Daisy 36 III
L005 COMPUTER Mary Kom 37 II
Based on the data given above answer the following questions :
(i) Identify the columns which can be considered as Candidate keys. [1]
(ii) Write the degree and cardinality of the table. [1]
(iii) Write the statements to : [2]
(a) Insert a new row with appropriate data.
(b) Increase the capacity of all the labs by 10 students which are on 'I' Floor. [2]
OR
(Option for part (iii) only)
(iii) Write the statements to : [2]
(a) Add a constraint PRIMARY KEY to the column LABNO in the table.
(b) Delete the table LAB.

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35. Shreyas is a programmer, who has recently been given a task to write a user defined function
named write_bin ( ) to create a binary file called cust_ file . dat containing customer information
- customer number (c_no), name (c_name), quantity (qty), price (price) and amount (amt) of each
customer.
The function accepts customer number, name, quantity and price. Thereafter, it displays the
message 'Quantity less than 10 .... Cannot SAVE', if quantity entered is less than 10. Otherwise
the function calculates amount as price * quantity and then writes the record in the form of a list
into the binary file.
import pickle
def write_bin ( ) :
bin_file = ___________ # Statement 1
while True :
c_no = int (input ("enter customer number"))

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c_name = input ("enter customer name"))
qty=int (input ("enter qty"))
price = int (input ("enter price"))
if __________ # Statement 2
print ("Quantity less than 10 . . Cannot SAVE")
else :
amt = price * qty
c_detail = [c_no,c_name, qty, price, amt]
_________# Statement 3
ans = input ("Do you wish to enter more records y/n")
if ans. lower ( ) = ='n' :
______ #Statement 4
_______________ # Statement 5
________________________ # Statement 6
(i) Write the correct statement to open a file 'Cust _file.dat' for writing the data of the
customer. [1]
(ii) Which statement should Shreyas fill in Statement 2 to check whether quantity is less than
10. [1]
(i) Which statement should Shreyas fill in Statement 3 to write data to the binary file and in
Statement 4 to stop further processing if the user does not wish to enter more records. [2]
OR
(Option for part (iii) only)
(iii) What should Shreyas fill in Statement 5 to close the binary file named Cust_file.dat and in
Statement 6 to call a function to write data in binary file? [2]