11 papers · 2016–2026

Most asked in ICSE Computer Applications

What the board keeps coming back to, measured across every Computer Applications paper from 2016–2026. Revise these first — then sit a full paper and get it marked.

Chapters that appear every year

How many of the 11 papers each chapter appeared in, and the marks it carries in an average paper.

Topics asked again and again

The same idea, set in different years. If it came up this often, expect it.

9 years

Math class expressions

Library Classes

201620172018201920202023202420252026

6 years

Increment / decrement operators

Revision Tour I

201620172018201920232026

6 years

Types of errors

User-Defined Methods

201620192021202320252026

5 years

Access specifiers

Encapsulation

20162022202420252026

4 years

Constructor overloading

Constructors

2020202120242026

4 years

Packages

Library Classes

2016201920212023

4 years

Nested Math methods

Library Classes

2017201920212023

3 years

The ternary operator

Revision Tour II

201920212026

3 years

substring() with two arguments

String Manipulation

202220232026

3 years

Memory occupied by a 2-D array

Arrays

202420252026

3 years

Escape sequences

String Manipulation

201820202025

3 years

Class and object

Class as the Basis of All Computation

202020212024

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1(i)2026 Revision Tour I

MCQ1 mark

Shared context

Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options. (Do not copy the questions, write only the correct answers.)

The full form of JVM is:

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Java Visible MachineJava Virtual ModeJava Virtual MachineJava Visible Mode

1(v)2026 Library Classes

MCQ1 mark

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What is the output of the statement Math.pow(36, 6/5);?

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36.01.073.716.0

1(vi)2026 Revision Tour II

MCQ1 mark

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Read the if program segment given below: if(a > b) z = 25; else z = 35; Which one of the following is the correct conversion of the if program segment to ternary?

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z = a > b ? 35 : 25;z = a > b ? 25 : 35;z = a > b : 35 ? 25;z = a > b : 25 ? 35;

1(x)2026 User-Defined Methods

MCQ1 mark

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In the following method prototype to accept a character, an integer and return YES or NO, fill in the blank to complete the method prototype. public __________ someMethod(char ch, int n)

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booleanStringintdouble

1(xiv)2026 String Manipulation

MCQ1 mark

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To extract the word NOW from the word "ACKNOWLEDGEMENT", the Java statement "ACKNOWLEDGEMENT".substring(3, ____) is used. Choose the correct number to fill in the blank.

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6758

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Repeated questions, with answers

The latest time each of the top repeated topics was set.

2(iii)2026 Library Classes

Short answer2 marks

Write the Java expression to find the sum of cube root of x and the absolute value of y.

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2(ii)2026 Revision Tour I

Output2 marks

Evaluate the Java expression: x = a * b % (++c) + (++a) + (--b); if a = 7, b = 8, c = 2

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2(vii)2026 User-Defined Methods

Program2 marks

The following program segment calculates and displays the factorial of a number. [Example: Factorial of 5 is 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 = 120] int p, n = 5, f = 0; for(p = n; p > 0; p--) f *= p; System.out.println(f); Name the type of error if any; correct the statement to get the desired output.

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2(e)2016 Encapsulation

Short answer2 marks

Name any two types of access specifiers.

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2(ix)2024 Constructors

Output2 marks

Consider the given program and answer the questions given below: class temp { int a; temp() { a = 10; } temp(int z) { a = z; } void print() { System.out.println(a); } void main() { temp t = new temp(); temp x = new temp(30); t.print(); x.print(); } } (a) What concept of OOPs is depicted in the above program with two constructors? (b) What is the output of the method main()?

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