General Programming : ICSE Class 10 Board Exam Questions and Answers

1 Mark Questions

Question 1 : Identify the statements listed below as assignment, increment, method invocation or object creation statements.

i) System.out.println(“Java”)

ii) costPrice=(457.50)

iii)Car hybrid = new Car();

iv) petrolPrice++;

Answer :

i) System.out.println(“Java”); – method invocation statement.

ii) costPrice=(457.50); – assignment statement.

iii)Car hybrid = new Car(); – object creation statement.

iv) petrolPrice++; – increment statement.

Question 2 : What will be the output for the following statement?

System.out.println

(“The king said\”Being at beginning!\” to me.”);

Answer : The output of the following statement is :

The king said “Begin at beginning!” to me.

Question 3 : What is an exception?

Answer : An exception is an abnormal condition that arises in a code sequence at runtime. Error might be because of the following:

  • a programming mistake
  • bad input
  • problem in network connectivity
  • problem in resource allocation

Question 4 : Why is an object called an instance of a class?

Answer : Instance variable are variables within a class but outside any method. In other words, instance variable belongs to an instance of a class. Another way of saying that is instance variables belong to an object, since an object is the instance of a class. Instances can be accessed from any method, constructor or block of that particular class.

2 Marks Questions

Question 5 : Name any two wrapper classes.

Answer : Wrapper classes are:

i) Integer    ii) Boolean

Question 6 : Write a Java statement to create an object “mp4” of class “digital”.

Answer : Class name is “digital” and object name is “mp4”

digital mp4 = new digital();

Question 7 : What does a class encapsulate?

Answer : Class encapsulation is facility to hiding an attribute or method from outer world. It is the technique of making the fields in a class private and providing access to those field via public methods.

Question 8: Name the type of errors (syntax, runtime or logical error) in each case given below:

i) Division by a variable that contains a value of zero.

ii) Multiplication operator used when the operation should be division.

iii) Missing semicolon.

Answer : i) runtime error

ii) logical error

iii) syntax error

iv) static keyword

Question 9 : Name the keyword.

Answer : i) throws IOException

ii) static keyword

Question 10 : What is the difference between an object and a class?

Answer : Difference between object and class:

Object Class
Object is instance of class or variable of class. Class is mechanism of binding data members and associated methods in a single unit.
It is physical existence. It is logical
Memory space is allocated, when it is created. Memory space is not allocated, when it is created.

Question 11 : Why is class called a factory of objects?

Answer : Class is called a factory of objects, because the class contains a collection of objects and all the attributes to create an object.

Question 12 : Why is class known as composite data type?

Answer : A class is known as composite data type because it binds both member variables and functions as a single identity. Composite data type hold reference of any variable, it is assigned with the help of reference e.g. a class abc have two value x and y and the value of these variables cannot be assigned directly. They can be assigned with the help of reference.

abc  obj1;    //Creating an object of abc class

obj1.x = 5;    //Referencing the variable

obj1.y = 10;

Question 13 : Mention any two attributes required for class declaration.

Answer : Two attributes required for class declaration:

i) Modifiers such as public, private.

ii) The class name, with the initial letter capitalised by convention.

Question 14 : What does the following mean?

Employee staff = new Employee();

Answer: In this statement, Employee is class and it creates an object whose name is staff.

Question 15 : Write a Java statement to input/read the following from the user using the keyboard.

i)Character

ii)String

Answer : i) char c=(char)object.read();

ii) String s=object.readLine();

Question 16 : What is the use of exception handling in java?

Answer : Exception handling is a term associated with handling

Question 17 : Explain the term object using an example.

Answer :

Question 18 : What is a wrapper class? Give an example.

Answer : Wrapper class is used to convert any primitive data type into object. A wrapper class also contains a number of methods, which may be used in the processing of the corresponding data type. e.g. the wrapper class for int data type is integer.

15 Marks Questions

Question 19 : Write a class with name employee and basic as its data member, to find the gross pay of an employee for the following allowances and deduction. Use meaningful variables.

Dearness Allowance = 25% of Basic Pay

House Rent Allowance = 15% of Basic Pay

Provident Fund = 8.33% of Basic Pay

Net Pay = Basic Pay + Dearness Allowance + House Rent Allowance

Gross Pay = Net Pay – Provident Fund

Answer :

class employee

{

   private int Basic;

   void salary(int Basic, String name)    //Enter basic salary and name

   {

       double DA, HR,  PF, NP, GP;

        DA = (20.5/100)*Basic;

        HR=(15.0/100)*Basic;

        PF=(83../100)*Basic;

        NP=Basic+DA+HR;

        GP = NP-PF;

        System.out.println("Gross Pay"+GP);

   }

}