Karnataka SSLC Question Paper 2021 Elements of Computer Science

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GÓ….GÓ….GÇ….Ô. ÊÜááS ±ÜÄàûæ – 2021
SSLC MAIN EXAMINATION – 2021
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Subject : ELEMENTS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
(CíXÉÐ… ÊÜÞ«ÜÂÊÜá / English Medium)
( CCE-RF / CCE-RR )

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Elements of Computer Science
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4. D ±ÜÅÍæ°±ÜâÔ¤Pæ¿á Jí¨Üá ËÐÜ¿áÊÜ®Üá° Öæãí©¨Üáª, Joár 45 ±ÜÅÍæ°WÜÙÜ®Üá° Öæãí©¨æ.
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Öæãí©¨æ.
This Question Booklet consists of one subject containing 45 questions.

Elements of Computer Science — Question Nos. 1 to 45.

5. ±ÜÅ£à ±ÜÅÍæ°Wæ Jí¨Üá AíPÜ˨Üáª, GÇÝÉ ±ÜÅÍæ°WÜÚWÜã EñܤÄÓÜáÊÜâ¨Üá PÜvÝx¿á ÖÝWÜã ±ÜÅ£
ÓÜÄ¿Þ¨Ü EñܤÃÜPæR Jí¨Üá AíPÜ˨Üáª, ñܱݳ¨Ü EñܤÃÜPæR ¿ÞÊÜâ¨æà MáOÝñܾPÜ AíPÜWÜÙÜá
CÃÜáÊÜâ©ÆÉ.
Each question carries one mark. Answering all the questions is
compulsory and each correct answer will be awarded one mark. There will
be no negative marking for wrong answers.

6. ±ÜÄàûÝ AÊÜ◊¿áÈÉ,
G) ±ÜÅÍæ°WÜÙÜ®Üá° hÝWÜÃÜãPÜñæÀáí¨Ü K©Ä.

¹) K.Gí.BÃ…. ( OMR ) ±Üâo¨ÜÈÉ ±ÜÅ£ ±ÜÅÍæ°ÓÜíTæÂWæ ÓÜÄ Öæãí¨ÜáÊÜ EñܤÃÜÊÜ®Üá°
WÜáÃÜá£ÓÜÆá ¯àvÜÇÝXÃÜáÊÜ ®ÝÆáR ÊÜêñܤWÜÙÜ ±æçQ ÓÜÄ¿Þ¨Ü EñܤÃÜ¨Ü Jí¨Üá ÊÜêñܤÊÜ®Üá°
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Íæàv… ÊÜÞw. JÊæá¾ EñܤÃÜÊÜ®Üá° Íæàv… ÊÜÞw¨Ü ÊæáàÇæ Ÿ¨ÜÇÝÀáÓÜÆá AÊÜPÝÍÜËÆÉ
ÊÜáñÜᤠ¿ÞÊÜâ¨æà A®ÜWÜñÜ WÜáÃÜáñÜáWÜÙÜ®Üá° K.Gí.BÃ…. ( OMR ) ÊæáàÇæ ÊÜÞvܸÝÃܨÜá.
E¨ÝÖÜÃÜOæ : ±ÜÅÍæ° ÓÜíTæ : 20PæR EñܤÃÜ¨Ü BÁáR ÓÜíTæ C BX¨ÜªÈÉ K.Gí.BÃ….
( OMR ) ±Üâo¨ÜÈÉ BÁáR C ¿á®Üá° ¯àÈ/PܱÜâ³ ÍÝÀá¿á ¸ÝÇ… ±ÝÀáíp… ±æ®…
E±ÜÁãàXÔ. D PæÙÜWæ ñæãàÄÔ¨Üíñæ ÊÜêñܤÊÜ®Üá° ÓÜí±Üä|ìÊÝX Íæàv… ÊÜÞvܸæàPÜá.
±ÜÅÍæ° ÓÜíTæ : 20) A B C D (C¨Üá E¨ÝÖÜÃÜOæWæ ÊÜÞñÜÅ)

Ô) K.Gí.BÃ…. ( OMR ) ÖÝÙæ¿á®Üá° ÊÜávÜaÜáÊÜâ¨Üá, ÖÜÄ¿ááÊÜâ¨Üá A¥ÜÊÝ Óærà±ÜÇ… ²®…
ÊÜÞvܸÝÃܨÜá.
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During the examination,
a) Read the questions carefully.

b) Completely darken / shade the relevant circle against Question
Number in the OMR Sheet using blue / black ball point pen. Do not
try to alter the entry and not to do any stray marks on OMR Sheet.

Example : In the question booklet, if C is the correct answer for
Question No. 20, then in the OMR Sheet shade the option C using
blue / black ball point pen as follows.

Question No. 20) A B C D ( This is an example only )

c) Do not fold, tear, wrinkle or staple on the OMR Sheet.
7. Jí¨Üá ±ÜÅÍæ°Wæ Jí¨ÜQRíñÜ ÖæaÜác ÊÜêñܤWÜÙÜ®Üá° Íæàv… ÊÜÞw¨ÜªÈÉ AíñÜÖÜ EñܤÃÜWÜÙÜ®Üá° ñܱæ³í¨Üá
±ÜÄWÜ~Ô AíPÜWÜÙÜ®Üá° ¯àvÜÇÝWÜáÊÜâ©ÆÉ.

If more than one circle is shaded for a given question, such answer is

treated as wrong and no marks will be given.
8. K.Gí.BÃ…. ( OMR ) ±Üâo¨ÜÈÉ ¯WÜ©ñÜ ÓܧÙܨÜÈÉ Ë¨Ý¦ì ÖÝWÜã PæãsÜw ÊæáàÈÌaÝÃÜPÜÃÜá
ñܱܳ¨æà ÓÜ× ÊÜÞvܸæàPÜá.

Student and Room Invigilator should sign in the OMR Sheet in the space

provided.
9. ±ÜÄàûÝ AÊÜ◊ ÊÜááX¨Ü ®ÜíñÜÃÜ ËÐÜ¿áÊÝÃÜá EñܤÄst K.Gí.BÃ…. ( OMR )®Üá° PæãsÜw
ÊæáàÈÌaÝÃÜPÜÄWæ ñܱܳ¨æà J²³ÓܸæàPÜá.
Candidate should return the subject-wise answered OMR Sheet to the

Room Invigilator before leaving the examination hall.

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10. PÜaÝc PÝ¿áìÊÜ®Üá° ±ÜÅÍæ°±ÜâÔ¤Pæ¿áÈÉ ¯àwÃÜáÊÜ PÜaÝc PÝ¿áì¨Ü ÖÝÙæ¿áÈÉÁáà ÊÜÞvÜáÊÜâ¨Üá.

Rough work can be done in the space provided at the end of the Question

Booklet.

11. ±ÜÄàûÝ PæãsÜwÁãÙÜWæ PÝÂÆáRÇæàoÃ…, Êæã¸æçÇ… ¶æäà®…, Óݾp…ì ÊÝa… ÊÜáñÜᤠCñÜÃæ
¿ÞÊÜâ¨æà GÇæPÝó¯P… E±ÜPÜÃÜ|WÜÙÜ®Üá° ñÜÃÜáÊÜâ¨Ü®Üá° ¯Ðæà◊ÓÜÇÝX¨æ.

Calculators, Mobiles, Smart Watches and any other electronic equipment

are not allowed inside the examination hall.

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Subject : ELEMENTS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
D ±ÜÅ£Áãí¨Üá ±ÜÅÍæ°WÜÚWæ A¥ÜÊÝ A±Üä|ì ÖæàÚPæWÜÚWæ ®ÝÆáR BÁáRWÜÙÜ®Üá° ¯àvÜÇÝX¨æ.
AÊÜâWÜÙÜÈÉ ÓÜÄ¿Þ¨Ü EñܤÃÜÊÜ®Üá° BÄÔ ¯ÊÜáWæ ¯àvÜÇÝXÃÜáÊÜ K.Gí.BÃ…. ( OMR ) EñܤÃÜ
±Ü£ÅPæ¿áÈÉ ¯àÈ A¥ÜÊÝ PܱÜâ³ ÍÝÀá¿á ¸ÝÇ… ±ÝÀáíp… ±æ®…¯í¨Ü ÓÜÄ¿Þ¨Ü
BÁáR¿á®Üá° WÜáÃÜá£Ô : 45 × 1 = 45

Four choices are given for each of the following questions / incomplete
statements. Choose the correct answer among them and shade the correct
option in the OMR Answer Sheet given to you with a black / blue ball point
pen. 45 × 1 = 45
1. The longest key on the keyboard is
(A) tab (B) del
(C) space bar (D) enter
2. Mouse is a/an
(A) input device (B) output and input device
(C) output device (D) printing device
3. A group of four bits is called
(A) word (B) nibble
(C) byte (D) kilobyte
4. ASCII is a
(A) 6 bit code (B) 2 bit code
(C) 3 bit code (D) 7 bit code
5. FORTRAN is a/an
(A) assembly language (B) machine language
(C) low level language (D) high level language
6. The translator which converts assembly level language to machine
level language is
(A) assembler (B) loader
(C) compiler (D) interpreter

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7. Auto cad is an example of
(A) application software (B) package software
(C) system software (D) programming software
8. Symbolic representation of a program is
(A) code (B) flowchart
(C) decode (D) branching flow
9. Processing box in a flowchart is indicated by
(A) triangle (B) rectangle
(C) square (D) rhombus
10. Procedural representation of a flowchart is
(A) algorithm (B) looping
(C) code (D) loader
11. An identifier whose value does not change throughout the program
is called a
(A) variable (B) float
(C) constant (D) comment
12. The size of the float is
(A) 1 byte (B) 2 bytes
(C) 8 bytes (D) 4 bytes
13. The statement that does not represent any operation is
(A) null statement (B) declaration statement
(C) assignment statement (D) expression statement
14. A set of simple statements enclosed in a pair of braces is called as
(A) labelled statements (B) block of statements
(C) input statements (D) output statements
15. The sequence of numeric digits with a decimal point is called
(A) character constant
(B) floating point numeric constant
(C) integer constant
(D) string constant
16. The only special character used in a variable is
(A) space (B) sum
(C) underscore (D) break

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17. The escape character used for horizontal tab is
(A) \f (B) \h
(C) \t (D) \a
18. The valid variable name is
(A) payroll (B) 1996
(C) compound interest (D) total
19. The statements in a C program make the program self explanatory
are
(A) expression (B) comment
(C) label (D) reserved word
20. Constants are also called as
(A) literals (B) syntax
(C) language (D) reserve word
21. The formatted input function is
(A) put char (B) get char
(C) scanf (D) printf
22. The escape character used for line feed is
(A) \d (B) \t
(C) \n (D) \f
23. The symbol used for an address operator is
(A) & (B) &&
(C) $ (D) %
24. The unformatted output function is
(A) get char ( ) (B) put char ( )
(C) printf ( ) (D) scanf ( )
25. The integer conversion character is
(A) n (B) f
(C) I (D) d
26. The conversion specification character for octal number is
(A) %0 (B) %0X
(C) %C (D) %S

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27. The operators which require only one operand are
(A) binary operators (B) unary operators
(C) prefix operators (D) postfix operators
28. The operator used for modulus division is
(A) + (B) *
(C) % (D) –
29. The relational operator used for NOT equal to is
(A) != (B) <
(C) > (D) >=
30. The operators which are used to link two relational operators are
(A) logical (B) binary
(C) unary (D) conditional
31. The logical AND operator is
(A) %= (B) >>
(C) << (D) &&
32. Any expression whose output either true or false is called as
(A) arithmetic expression (B) assignment expression
(C) logical expression (D) relational expression
33. The equivalent C expression for the mathematical expression
AB CD
S= + is
C A
(A) S = ((A * A /(A + B )) − C * D
(B) S = S + A * B /C
(C) S = A * B /C + C * D / A
(D) S = A − B /C − D
34. What will be the value of the expression
S = ((A + (B − C ) * B / A ) − A * C ) when A = 3, B = 5 and C = 2 ?
(A) S=4 (B) S=6
(C) S = 17 (D) S=2
35. Example for single character variable is
(A) P (B) '#'
(C) 8 (D) #

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36. The conversion specification character for decimal integer is
(A) %e (B) %d
(C) %f (D) %s
37. Which of the following is correct operator to compare two
variables ?
(A) = (B) !=
(C) equal (D) ==
38. The number of key words in C language is
(A) 0 (B) 48
(C) 32 (D) 25
39. The format identifier '% C' is used for which data type ?
(A) int (B) char
(C) double (D) float
40. Which of the following is the correct comment ?
(A) /* comment */ (B) ** comment **
(C) */ comment */ (D) { comment }
41. One kilobyte is equal to
(A) 1024 bytes (B) 1064 bytes
(C) 1054 bytes (D) 1074 bytes
42. Two parts of a program can be connected by
(A) arrow (B) circle
(C) capsule (D) parallelogram
43. The termination of a command is indicated by
(A) tab (B) num lock
(C) enter key (D) shift key
44. Which of the following is not a correct variable type ?
(A) double (B) int
(C) char (D) real
45. Identify the error statement from the following :
(A) S = X1 + Y 1 (B) S1 = ( a ( p + q ) ;
(C) Sum = X + Y ; (D) P = X +Y5;

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( SPACE FOR ROUGH WORK )

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