CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices Question Paper 2020 Code Set-4 (Code 490/C OLD, Series HMJ/C) (Compartment) is available for download here. CBSE conducted the Class 12 Informatics Practices exam on September 29, 2020 from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The Informatics Practices theory paper is of 70 marks.

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The Informatics Practices question paper includes the following types of questions:

  • The question paper (Informatics Practices OLD, code 490/C) has 7 questions, all compulsory, for 70 marks in 3 hours, with 15 minutes of extra reading time
  • Internal choice is given in Q2, Q4 and Q6; Q2 and Q4 are to be answered in Java and Q3, Q5 and Q6 in MySQL
  • Q1, Q2 and Q3 carry 10 marks each (30 marks) and are made of parts of 1 or 2 marks
  • Q4 carries 15 marks and ends with a canteen-bill GUI to code (6 marks); Q5 and Q6 carry 10 marks each
  • Q7 carries 5 marks and covers e-governance, online shopping and form controls

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CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices 2020 Question Paper Details

Exam CBSE Class 12 Board Examination 2020
Subject Informatics Practices
Paper code Set-4 (Code 490/C OLD, Series HMJ/C) (Compartment)
Exam date September 29, 2020
Time allowed 3 hours (plus 15 minutes of reading time, 10:15 AM to 10:30 AM)
Maximum marks 70
Total questions 7 (attempt 7)

CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices Question Paper Pattern and Marking Scheme

The CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices 2020 question paper is of 70 marks and has 7 questions, of which 7 are to be attempted. The tables below give the section-wise paper pattern and the split of marks, as printed in the official question paper.

CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices Question Paper Pattern 2020

Section Questions Question Type Choice Marks per Question Marks
Entire paper (no printed sections) Q1-Q3 Multi-part questions of 10 marks each, made of parts of 1 or 2 marks, with internal choice in parts of Q2: Q1 networking, security and open source; Q2 Java (NetBeans), HTML and XML basics; Q3 MySQL and database concepts All 3 10 30
Q4 Java (NetBeans) question of 15 marks, with internal choice in parts: output, loops, error correction, plus a canteen-bill GUI with code to write (6 marks) All 1 15 15
Q5 SQL question of 10 marks on a Shop table: 8 queries and 2 outputs (1 mark each) All 1 10 10
Q6 SQL question of 10 marks, with internal choice in parts: creating table Vehicle (2), keys on tables Stationery and Supplier (2) and 3 queries (6) All 1 10 10
Q7 Society and GUI question of 5 marks: e-governance, online shopping and choosing suitable controls for a company form All 1 5 5
Total 7 questions Attempt 7 70

CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices Marks Distribution 2020

Question Type Questions to Attempt Marks per Question Total Marks
Multi-part questions of 10 marks each, made of parts of 1 or 2 marks, with internal choice in parts of Q2: Q1 networking, security and open source; Q2 Java (NetBeans), HTML and XML basics; Q3 MySQL and database concepts 3 10 30
Java (NetBeans) question of 15 marks, with internal choice in parts: output, loops, error correction, plus a canteen-bill GUI with code to write (6 marks) 1 15 15
SQL question of 10 marks on a Shop table: 8 queries and 2 outputs (1 mark each) 1 10 10
SQL question of 10 marks, with internal choice in parts: creating table Vehicle (2), keys on tables Stationery and Supplier (2) and 3 queries (6) 1 10 10
Society and GUI question of 5 marks: e-governance, online shopping and choosing suitable controls for a company form 1 5 5
Total 7 70