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CBSE Class 12 Informatics Practices Question 121 of 177

Societal Impacts — Question 24

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Question 24

You were not able to create the IP project, therefore you downloaded a project from the internet and submitted it to your teacher by your name. This wrong/unethical act is considered as ............... .

  1. Copyright
  2. Hacking
  3. Plagiarism
  4. Trademark
Answer

Plagiarism

Reason — Plagiarism is the act of stealing someone else's intellectual work and presenting it as our own without citing the original source of information. In this case, submitting a downloaded project from the Internet under my name is considered plagiarism, as it misrepresents the originality and authorship of the work.