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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, SILIGURI.
Syllabus Session : 2025 – 26
Class : XII Subject : Computer Science (083)
Periodic Assessment – I
Unit I: Computational Thinking and Programming – 2
● Revision of Python topics covered in Class XI.
● Functions: types of function (built-in functions, functions defined
in module, user defined functions), creating user defined function,
arguments and parameters, default parameters, positional
parameters, function returning value(s), flow of execution, scope of a
variable (global scope, local scope)
● Exception Handling: Introduction, handling exceptions using try-
except-finally blocks
● Introduction to files, types of files (Text file, Binary file,
CSV file)
● Text file: opening a text file, text file open modes (r, r+, w, w+, a,
a+), closing a text file, opening a file using with clause,
writing/appending data to a text file using write() and writelines(),
reading from a text file using read(), readline() and readlines(), seek
and tell methods, manipulation of data in a text file
Mid – Term Examination
Full Syllabus of Unit Test1/PA1 and
● Binary file: basic operations on a binary file: open using file open
modes (rb, rb+, wb, wb+, ab, ab+), close a binary file, import pickle
module, dump() and load() method, read, write/create, search,
append and update operations in a binary file
● CSV file: import csv module, open / close csv file, write into a csv
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file using writer(), writerow(), writerows() and read from a csv file
using reader(), relative and absolute paths
● Data Structure: Stack, operations on stack (push & pop),
implementation of stack using list.
Unit II: Computer Networks
● Evolution of networking: introduction to computer networks,
evolution of networking (ARPANET, NSFNET, INTERNET)
● Data communication terminologies: concept of communication,
components of data communication (sender, receiver, message,
communication media, protocols), measuring capacity of
communication media (bandwidth, data transfer rate), IP address,
switching techniques (Circuit switching, Packet switching)
● Transmission media: Wired communication media (Twisted pair
cable, Co-axial cable, Fiber-optic cable), Wireless media (Radio
waves, Micro waves, Infrared waves)
● Network devices (Modem, Ethernet card, RJ45, Repeater, Hub,
Switch, Router, Gateway, WIFI card)
● Network topologies and Network types: types of networks (PAN,
LAN, MAN, WAN), networking topologies (Bus, Star, Tree)
● Network protocol: HTTP, FTP, PPP, SMTP, TCP/IP, POP3, HTTPS,
TELNET, VoIP
● Introduction to web services: WWW, Hyper Text Markup Language
(HTML), Extensible Markup Language (XML), domain names, URL,
website, web browser, web servers, web hosting
Pre-Board Examination
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Full Syllabus of Unit Test -1 /PA1, MID Term and
Unit III: Database Management
● Database concepts: introduction to database concepts and its
need
● Relational data model: relation, attribute, tuple, domain, degree,
cardinality, keys (candidate key, primary key, alternate key,
foreign key)
● Structured Query Language: introduction, Data Definition
Language and Data Manipulation Language, data type (char(n),
varchar(n), int, float, date), constraints (not null, unique, primary
key), create database, use database, show databases, drop
database, show tables, create table, describe table, alter table (add
and remove an attribute, add and remove primary key), drop table,
insert, delete, select, operators (mathematical, relational and
logical), aliasing, distinct clause, where clause, in, between, order
by, meaning of null, is null, is not null, like, update command,
delete command, aggregate functions (max, min, avg, sum, count),
group by, having clause,
joins: cartesian product on two tables, equi-join and natural join
● Interface of python with an SQL database: connecting SQL with
Python, performing insert, update, delete queries using cursor,
display data by using connect(), cursor(), execute(), commit(),
fetchone(), fetchall(), rowcount, creating database connectivity
applications, use of %s format specifier or format() to perform
queries.
Project
The aim of the class project is to create something that is tangible and
useful using Python file handling/ Python-SQL connectivity. This
should be done in groups of two to three students. The aim here is to
find a real world problem that is worthwhile to solve.
Students are encouraged to visit local businesses and ask them about
the problems that they are facing. For example, if a business is finding
it hard to create invoices for filing GST claims, then students can do a
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project that takes the raw data (list of transactions), groups the
transactions by category, accounts for the GST tax rates, and creates
invoices in the appropriate format. Students can be extremely creative
here. They can use a wide variety of Python libraries to create user
friendly applications such as games, software for their school, software
for their disabled fellow students, and mobile applications, of course to
do some of these projects, some additional learning is required; this
should be encouraged. Students should know how to teach themselves.
The students should be sensitized to avoid plagiarism and violations of
copyright issues while working on projects. Teachers should take
necessary measures for this.
Practical Marks Distribution:
S. No Unit Name Marks
1 Lab Test: 8
1. Python program (60% logic + 20%
documentation + 20% code quality)
2. SQL queries (4 queries based on one or two 4
tables)
2 Report file: 7
● Minimum 15 Python programs.
● SQL Queries – Minimum 5 sets using one
table / two tables.
● Minimum 4 programs based on Python -
SQL connectivity
3 Project (using concepts learnt in Classes 11 8
and 12)
4 Viva voce 3
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Theory Marks Distribution:
Unit No. Unit Name Marks
Computational Thinking 40
I and Programming – 2
Computer Networks 10
II
Database Management 20
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Total 70
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