ICT Skills PYQ Class 12 | CBSE Employability Skills Q&A
ICT Skills PYQ Class 12 | Important CBSE Board Questions
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These ICT Skills PYQ of class 12 help you revise key concepts quickly and understand how questions are asked in the CBSE Employability Skills section in board exams.
These Class 12 ICT Skills Previous Year Questions with Answers are specially designed as per the new and revised syllabus to help you test your understanding, strengthen concepts, and boost your confidence before exams.
Q1. In a spreadsheet software, an arrangement of cells in a vertical manner is known as: [2022]
a) Worksheets
b) Workbooks
c) Rows
d) Columns
Q2. Which of the following is not an example of a spreadsheet? [2022/23]
a) Microsoft Excel
b) Libre Office Calc
c) Open Office Impress
d) Google Sheets
Q3. In a spreadsheet software, an arrangement of cells in a horizontal manner is known as [2023]
a) Worksheet
b) Workbook
c) Column
d) Row
Q4. Which of the following is not an example of a presentation software? [2023]
a) LibreOffice Impress
b) MS PowerPoint
c) Notepad
d) Google Slides
Q5. In a spreadsheet software, an arrangement of cells in a vertical manner is known as: [2023]
a) Worksheets
b) Workbooks
c) Rows
d) Columns
Q6. Which of the following statements is NOT true for spreadsheet? [2024]
a) A workbook has one or more worksheets
b) Large volumes of data can be easily handled and manipulated.
c) Data cannot be easily represented in pictorial form like graphs or charts
d) Built in functions make calculations easier, faster and more accurate.
Q7. The shortcut key to add a slide to a presentation is ___ [2025]
a) Ctrl + S
b) Ctrl + I
c) Ctrl + M
d) Ctrl + L
Q8. Which of the following is not true for formulas in a spreadsheet? [2023]
a) A formula always starts with an equal to (=) sign.
b) A formula is displayed in the formula bar.
c) Formula is used to calculate results through arithmetic operations.
d) In numeric formulae, you cannot make use of operators
ICT Skills PYQ Class 12 | Solved CBSE Employability Skills Board Questions
Q9. If the column is not wide enough to display the value, which of the following errors is displayed? [2023]
a) #VALUE!
b) #DIV/0!
c) #####
d) #COLUMN!
Q10. Statement (A): To sum the values in cells A1 through A10 in a spreadsheet, the formula used is “=Sum(A1:A10)”. [2024]
Statement (B): The SUM function in spreadsheet software is specifically designed to add up a range of cells.
a) Both (A) and (B) are true
b) Both (A) and (B) are false
c) (A) is true, but (B) is false
d) (A) is false, but (B) is true
Q11. A _____ is rectangle shaped box, where row and column meet in a spreadsheet. [2023]
Q12. In a spreadsheet, the __ shows the location of selected cell. [2024]
Q13. In the spreadsheet software, a ___ is an arrangement of cells in a vertical (standing) manner. [2025]
Q14. In a spreadsheet software, an arrangement of cells in a horizontal manner is known as: [2023]
a) Worksheet
b) Workbook
c) Column
d) Row
Q15. Which of the following is not an example of a presentation software? [2024]
a) LibreOffice Impress
b) MS PowerPoint
c) Notepad
d) Google Slides
Q16. In a spreadsheet software, a __ is a rectangle shaped box, where the rows and columns meet. [2025]
Class 12 ICT Skills Previous Year Questions with Answers
Q17. What is shortcut key to make text slanting or italicized? [2023]
Q18. __ is the shortcut key to add a new blank slide in presentation software. [2024]
a) Alt + N
b) Ctrl + N
c) Ctrl + M
d) Ctrl + S
Q19. Mr. Varma shares the computer in his company with other colleagues. What should he do to make sure that no one sees the financial data? [2023]
a) Lock the computer in a cupboard
b) Change the password of his computer
c) Apply password to the financial data sheet
d) Leave it as it is and hope no one sees
Q20. A data entry operator can change the spelling of a word in the entire document by using the following tool: [2025]
a) Ctrl + V
b) Align left
c) Ctrl + F
d) Find and replace
Q21. Which one of the following is used to define formula in spreadsheet? [2024]
a) \
b) /
c) =
d) {}
Q22. Google Slides, Apple Keynote are example of [2024]
a) Programming software
b) Presentation software
c) Spreadsheet
d) Photo editing software
Q23. For printing document, you will press which key? [2020]
a) Font
b) Alignment
c) Border
d) Print
ICT Skills PYQ Class 12 | Important CBSE Previous Year Questions
Q24. __ are very small images of slides printed together on a sheet of a paper, which can be given to the viewer for reference. [2024]
a) Handout
b) Presentations
c) Templates
d) Speaker notes
Q25. In filtering of data, the sorting rearranges the range of cell, but filtering only hides __ temporarily. [2024]
a) Unwanted rows/columns
b) Auto filter
c) Formula bar
d) Alignment
Q26. The main work area to create or modify individual slides in OpenOffice Impress Window is called __ [2024]
a) Presentation
b) Workbook
c) Work place
d) Name box
Q27. Naina enters the names and marks of some students on a workbook, but now she wants to increase the font’s size. Which font’s size can she change for this? [2023]
a) Names
b) Marks
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Serial number
Q28. Keyboard shortcut to save presentation is [2020]
a) Select save option from the File menu
b) Click the save button on the Standard bar
c) Press Ctrl + Shift + S
d) All of the above
Q29. You can use given icons on the ___ to align the text. [2022]
a) Toolbar
b) Spread
c) Sheet
d) Bar code
Q30. You can arrange data in ascending or descending order. This is called __ of data. [2024]
a) Filtering
b) Reducing
c) Arranging
d) Sorting
📘 Note: These Class 12 ICT Skills PYQs are compiled from the last 3–5 years of CBSE Board and Compartment Papers covering various skill subjects (IT, AI, Data Science, etc.) from the Employability Skills section.
