Goa Board Class 12 Sample Paper 2027 Software Application

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Goa Board Class 12
Sample Paper 2027
Software Application
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Goa Class 12 2027 Sample Paper

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Std. XII SOFTWAREAPPLICATIONS
SYLLABUS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2026-2027 onwards

I. THEORY (50 MARKS)

Unit I. Drawing Software (25 marks)

1. Introduction and opening screen
a. Uses and advantages in Desktop Publishing
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b. Screen Components: Menu bar, Standard toolbar, Property bar, Toolbox,

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Work area, Document Navigator, Scrollbars, Dockers, Colorpanels, Status

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c. Create, open, save, import, export, preview and print documents

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d. Drawing tools: Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, freehand, Bezier, artistic media,
a dimension tool, Polygon, Star, Graph, Spiral
2. Working with text
a. Artistic text - applying artistic effects, fit text to path, break apart text
b. Paragraph text – applying paragraph effects, wrapping text around objects,
columns, drop caps, bullets, line spacing, word spacing, character spacing,
find and replace, spelling, grammar and thesaurus, hyphenation, change case
c. Converting from one type to another
d. Break apart text and Converting artistic text to curves
3. Working with Objects
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c. Shape tool, types of nodes
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b. Selecting objects inside group
c. Deselecting objects
5. Filling Objects
a. Uniform or solid fill, color models, RGB, HSL, CMYK, etc
b. Fountain or gradient fill – two color and custom color blends
c. Texture fill
d. Pattern fill – two color, full color and bitmap fills
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a. Positioning, Moving, Nudging, Aligning, distributing, Sizing, scaling,
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d. Shaping objects with weld, trim, intersect, simplify, create boundary
7. Special Effects
a. Perspective, Power Clip, Lenses
b. Interactive tools: Blend, Contour, Extrude, Envelope, Distort, Drop shadow,
Transparency, Fill

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Unit II. Photo Editing Software (25 marks)
The Working Environment
a. The Opening Screen Environment
b. Menus, Workspace, Toolbox, Panels, Swatches, and Styles
c. Ruler Guides and Grid
Opening & Saving Files
a. Opening Images and saving images
b. The File Browser
c. Importing Files – From Scanner and Digital Cameras, Exporting Files
d. Graphic file formats: PSD, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, BMP
Making selections
a. Selection tools
b. Modifying & Transforming selections, combining selections, Feathering
selections
c. Grow and Similar commands
d. Quick selection
e. Selection masks
f. Redefine edge, content aware fill
g. Zooming and panning
Working with Colors
a. Foreground and Background Colours
b. Eye Dropper, Color Picker, Colour Panels
c. Image adjustments: Brightness/Contrast, Shadows, Midtones, Highlights, Hue,
Saturation, Levels, histograms
d. Auto color, auto contrast, auto levels
e. Match color command
Painting & Editing tools.
a. Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Custom Shape, Paint Brush and Pencil,
Brushes Panels, Paint Bucket, Path Selection, Pen, Gradient tool
b. Creating shapes
c. Eraser, Clone Stamp, Healing Brush, Spot Healing Brush, Patch Tool, Art
History Brush
d. Blur, Sharpen & Smudge tools, Red Eye Tool, History Brush,
e. Dodge, Burn, Sponge tools
Working with Images
a. Image modes – RGB, CMYK, Greyscale, Bitmap mode
b. Cropping, resizing, resampling, rotating, flipping
Working with Layers
a. Layers Panels
b. Creating, Merging, Reordering, Renaming, Removing, Hiding/Showing layers
c. Creating layer from selection
d. Copying layer to another image
e. Applying layer effects: Layer styles, Layer blending modes and Opacity
Working with types.
a. Type tool
b. Point type and Paragraph type
c. Typing on a path
d. Character panels and paragraph panels
e. Warping text
Applying Filters
a. Artistic, Blur, Texture, Sharpen, Distort, Noise, Liquify

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II. PRACTICALS (100 marks)

First Term 50 Second Term 50

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Drawing Software Photo Editing Software

1. Company Logo 1. Compositing (Using Multiple Layers)

2. Victory Stand 2. Chocolate (Layer Styles)
3. Roll Of Honor 3. Spider Web (Distort Filter)

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8. Advertisement
8. Fire Text

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GOA BOARD OF SECONDARY & HIGHER SECONDARY
EDUCATION
ALTO – BETIM, GOA

PROFORMA FOR ANALYSIS OF QUESTION PAPER

Subject: Software Applications Year of Examination: _______
Class: XII Computer Technique Max. Marks: 50 Time allotted: 2 hrs

1. Sections if any: - YES – Section A and B.

2. Total No. of questions and marks: -
No. of questions No. of questions Total marks for all the Maximum marks
set in the paper to be attempted questions set in the for attempted
paper questions
28 28 50 50

3. Study of options:

(a) Overall options in the whole question paper:- -NO-

(b) Overall options within the sections: - -NO-

(c) Overall options within a question: - -NO-

(d) Internal option within the question: - -NO-

(e) Comparability options: -

4. Instructions for examiners: - Evaluate as per pattern

5. Directions in individual question: - -NIL-

6. Allocation of marks question-wise and part-wise: -

Question 1-5 (Section A)and15-19 (Section B) are Multiple Choice Question 1 mark each
Question 6-12 (Section A)and 20-26 (Section B) are answer in 2 sentences 2 marks each
Question 13-14 (Section A) and 27-28 (Section B) are answer in 3-4 sentences 3 marks each

7. General format

(a) Arrangement of question, numbering and printing etc.

1,2,3…up to 28

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A. Weightage to Objectives:

Weightage
Sr. No. Objectives
Marks Percentage
1 Knowledge 18 36%
2 Understanding 22 44 %
3 Application 6 12 %
4 Skill 4 8%

B. Weightage to Content/Subject Units

Sr. No. Units No. of Questions Marks Percentage
1 Drawing Software 14 25 50%
2 Photo Editing Software 14 25 50%

C. Coverage of topics
No. of topics in the syllabus Topics covered Percentage
02 02 100%

D. Weightage to form of questions

Sr. No. Form of questions Marks for No. of Total Percentage
each questions Marks
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1 Very Short Answer Type (VSA) 1 10 10 20%
2 Short Answer Type (SA-I) 2 14 28 56%
3 Short Answer Type (SA-II) 3 4 12 24%
Total 50 28 50 100%

E. Definiteness of Questions:

Definiteness No. of questions Marks Percentage
Definite 16 22 44%
Partly Definite 10 22 44 %
Not Definite 2 6 12 %

F. Difficulty Level
Levels of difficulty No. of Questions Marks Percentage
Easy 16 22 44 %
Average 10 22 44 %
Difficult 4 6 12%

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Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Alto, Betim – Goa
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MODEL QUESTION PAPER
Time: 2 hours SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS
Total No. of Questions: 28 (Printed Pages: 02) Maximum Marks: 50
Instructions:
(a) All questions are compulsory.
(b) The question paper consists of 28 questions divided into TWO section A and section B.
(c) Section A contains 14 questions from Unit I: Drawing Software.
(d) Section B contains 14 questions from Unit II: Photo-editing Software.
(e) Question 1-5 AND 15-19: Multiple Choice Questions
(f) Question 6-12 and 20-26: Answer in 2 sentences.
(g) Question 13-14 and 27-28: Answer in 3-4 sentences
(h) Figures to the right indicate marks allotted to each question.

SECTION A
1 The method of moving an object by a fraction of the nudge distance: 1
• Micro-nudge
• Nudge
• Super-nudge
• Stretch
2 Keyboard shortcut for Align Centers Horizontally command is: 1
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• CTRL + E
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3 The command that creates a single object with common fill and outline 1
attributes when applied to two or more selected objects:
• Simplify
• Combine
• Weld
• Intersect
4 A detachable bar that contains shortcuts to menu and other commands: 1
• Menu Bar
• Property Bar
• Toolbar
• Title Bar
5 The lens that lets you create the effect of an infrared image by mimicking 1
the heat levels of colors in object areas beneath the lens:
• Invert
• Custom Color Map
• Heat Map
• Color Limit

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8 Differentiate between star and polygon as star. 2
9 Write the use of freehand tool and Bezier tool. 2
10 What is the difference between cusp node and smooth node? 2
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19 Keyboard shortcut to activate Dodge tool: 1
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20 What are the five key decisions involved in creating a new image? 2

21 Name four criteria on which you can make selections using the Colour 2
Range dialog.
22 What is the difference between the Image Size and Canvas Size 2
commands?
23 Name at least two differences between using the Crop command and the 2
Crop tool.
24 What is the difference between the Grow and Similar commands? 2

25 What are the four ‘Type tool’ variations? 2

26 Describe how to add to, remove from and move a selection. 2

27 Write the use of Magic wand, Crop and Eye Dropper tools 3

28 Write steps to create a Spider Web. 3
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5 The lens that lets you create the effect of an infrared image by 1
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7 Name any four attributes that you can assign to an outline. 2

Ans You can assign following attributes to an outline:
Outline Color, Thickness Style, Corners and Arrows
8 Differentiate between star and polygon as star. 2
Ans Perfect stars: are traditional-looking stars and can have a fill
applied to the entire star shape.
Polygon as stars: have intersecting sides and produce original
results with a fill applied.
9 Write the use of freehand tool and Bezier tool. 2
Ans Freehand tool - lets you draw single line segments and curves.
Bezier tool - lets you draw curves one segment at a time.
10 What is the difference between cusp node and smooth node? 2
Ans Cusp: The control points of a cusp node move independently
from one another. A curve that passes through a cusp node can
bend at a sharp angle.
Smooth: The control points of a smooth node are always
directly opposite each other. When you move one control point,
the other moves also. The control points of a smooth node may
be of different lengths. Smooth nodes produce a smooth
transition between line segments.
11 Differentiate between weld and group? 2
Ans Welding several objects binds them together to create one object
with a single outline. This new object uses the welded objects'
perimeter as its outline, and all intersecting lines disappear.
When you group two or more objects, they are treated as a single
unit but retain their individual attributes. Grouping lets you
apply the same formatting, properties, and other changes to all
the objects within the group at the same time. In addition,
grouping helps prevent accidental changes to the position of an
object in relation to other objects.
12 Draw Shape tool and Pan tool 2
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14 Write the steps to create the Victory Stand. 3
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7. Adjust the depth of the extrusion by dragging the slider
8. Select Lighting and select a bulb and keep it on top left of the
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9. Select text tool and type the numbers as required
10. Save the drawing
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18 Identify the tool 1
• Sponge tool
• Healing Brush tool
• Clone tool
• Eraser tool
Ans Healing Brush tool

19 Keyboard shortcut to activate Dodge tool: 1
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20 What are the four key decisions involved in creating a new 2
image?

Ans Name of the image, Width, Height, Resolution, and Colour
space or mode.

21 Name four criteria on which you can make selections using the 2
Colour Range dialog.
Ans Sampled colours (using an Eyedropper), Preset Colors,
highlights/midtones/shadows, or Out of gamut colours.
22 What is the difference between the Image Size and Canvas Size 2
commands?
Ans Image Size scales the content when it changes the document
dimensions while Canvas Size only changes the document
dimensions.
23 Name at least two differences between using the Crop command 2
and the Crop tool.
Ans With the Crop command, the area you want to keep is first
defined by using a Marquee tool to create a selection border.
The Crop command has no options, unlike the Crop tool which
has many.
The Crop tool gives you the option of hiding or deleting areas
beyond the crop boundaries while the Crop command will
always delete the extra areas.

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Crop (C): You can use the Crop tool to trim or scale an image.
Eye Dropper(I): Takes color samples from colors on the page
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28 Write steps to create a Spider Web. 3

Ans 1. Select rectangle selection tool, draw a rectangle.
2. Select grey color and press alt+backspace
3. Create copies of the rectangle by holding alt and dragging
4. Merge all the copies
5. Create a new layer
6. Select elliptical selection tool
7. Apply stroke using edit stroke
8. Only half part of stroke is required
9. Mark the half part of stroke using rectangular selection and
press delete
10.Make copies by holidng alt and dragging
11.Merge the copies
12.Merge all the layers
13.Select filter >> distort >> polar co-ordinate >> rectangular to
polar
14.Save the image.

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