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SECTION B (Subjective Type Questions)
A. Short answer type questions:
1. What is the impact of ICT in our personal life?
Ans. ICT has impacted our lives in the following ways: Shopping, Communication, Entertainment, Education, Healthcare,
Socialising, Source of information.
2. What is a Web browser?
Ans. A web browser is an application software designed to access web information through hyperlinks, web pages and websites.
3. List two impacts of ICT in entertainment.
Ans. Impacts of ICT in entertainment are:
• Online shows and series.
• Availability of satellite television.
4. What is the difference between data and information?
Ans. Data: It is the collection of raw facts or figures in the form of text, numbers, graphs etc. Also called raw data or unprocessed
data. Provided to the computer using Input devices like keyboard, mouse, scanner etc.
Information: It is the processed data which has been manipulated and arranged in the form the user wants. It is also called
meaningful data or Information. Given to the user through output devices like monitor, Printer, Plotter, Speaker etc.
5. What is a use of a scanner?
Ans. Scanner is a device that is used to read the hand written notes, images, and photos and transfer them in a digital form onto
the computer which can later be saved or manipulated as per the requirement.
6. What does the Notification Area contain?
Ans. It displays the system notifications and the status of the other tasks running in the background. It has Speaker, Power,
Network Connection, Antivirus program, Windows update notification.
7. What are icons? Give an example.
Ans. Icons are graphical representations of files, folders, programs or shortcuts on the desktop. These icons provide us a direct
and easy way to access a specific program or data without going into a menu or sub-menu using Start Button. Example
“Recycle Bin”, My Documents”.
8. What is the purpose of double-click of a mouse.
Ans. When we use the left button click twice in quick succession, then, it is called a double click. We generally use double click
to open a file/folder, to open a specific program or application software.
9. Define the Internet.
Ans. “A global system of networks using wired or wireless mediums to interconnect different types of networks consisting of
billions of computers, smartphones and other smart devices for sharing data and information with add-on features of
entertainment, services and ecommerce.”
10. Name the four components of the Internet.
Ans. The components of the Internet are Web Client, Web Server, Web Browser, Internet Service Provider.
11. Explain any 3 commonly used buttons in a Navigation bar.
Ans. • Back: It takes you to the previous web page recently visited.
• Forward: It takes you to the next page you visited earlier.
• Home: It brings you to the page you have selected as the default start-up page for Internet Explorer.
12. Explain “Trash” folder in mailbox.
Ans. An email deleted by the user will be stored for a specified time in this trash folder. A user has a choice of recovering it back
also in case needed.
13. What are the key skills one should possess to use ICT? [NCERT]
Ans. Basic ICT skills that one should possess to use ICT are:
• knowing how to operate computers
• knowing how to use Internet to browse for collecting, storing and disseminating information.
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