About the Book

The Information Technology and its associated industries are growing at a fast pace in India. Apart from just the knowledge and skills related to work given, there are other soft skills that play an important role in the life of a professional.

This book titled A Textbook of Information Technology with Video Lectures for Class 9 [Subject Code : 402] fulfils all the needs and requirements of the latest Syllabus and Examination patterns prescribed by the CBSE.

Salient features of this book are:

• As per the latest curriculum and examination pattern prescribed by the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi.
• The book is divided into three sections:
•  PART A deals with the Employability Skills with chapter names Communication Skills-I, Self-management Skills-I, Basic ICT Skills-I, Entrepreneurial Skills-I and Green Skills-I.
• PART B1 deals with the Subject Specific Skills with chapter on Introduction to IT-ITeS Industry and Data Entry and Keyboarding Skills.
•  PART B2 deals with the Subject Specific Skills with chapters on Digital Documentation (Elementary), Electronic Spreadsheet (Elementary) and Digital Presentation. It has been given in three different software suites. Schools/teachers  may use either LibreOffice, MS Office or OpenOffice as per their convenience.
• LibreOffice 6.2 has been used with Writer, Calc and Impress of the LibreOffice 6.2 suite.
• MS Office 2010 has been used with Word, Excel and PowerPoint of the MS Office 2010 suite.
• OpenOffice has been used with Writer, Calc and Impress of the OpenOffice 4.1.7 suite.
• Part C contains five Model Test Papers.

       The chapters from Part A, B1 and B2 have been divided into the following parts:

(a) Introduction: It introduces you to the topic of the chapter. It also tells you what you will learn through the various topics covered in the chapter.
(b) Sessions: It contains relevant information on the session headings. The knowledge developed through sessions will enable you to perform certain activities.
(c) Self Assessments: At the end of all topics under a session heading, self assessment is included to evaluate the knowledge of the learners. It comprises multiple choice questions, answer the following questions and practical work.
(d) Exercise: At the end of each chapter, exercises are included to test the understanding of the matter read over the various topics. This section consists of MCQ’s, short answer questions (I), short answer questions (II), long answer questions

     and practical work.

Video Lectures

• Chapter-wise and session-wise video lectures are provided in the book.
• In order to access videos, visit study.goyalsonline.com or Download Merit Box Android App from PlayStore. Scan the QR code given alongside the topic to watch the video through the MERIT BOX Android Mobile App.

We hope that this book will meet the needs and requirements of the students and teachers as laid down in the syllabus. Any suggestions for further improvement of the book will be most welcomed.