INSTRUCTIONS:

 This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.

 All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some
questions.
 Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
 Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers to
these questions should in the range of 30 to 50 words.
 Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
Answers to these questions should in the range of 50 to 80 words.
 Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each.
Answer to thesequestions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
 Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04 marks
each with sub-parts.

Q. SECTION A MARKS

No.

1 Identify the type of chemical reaction 1

2Al(l) + Fe2O3 (s) --------------------- Al2O3 (s) + 2Fe(l) + Heat

(a) Displacement reaction reaction

(b) Exothermic reaction
(c) Thermite reaction
(d) All the above

2 The hardest substance by which the tooth enamel is made up is--- 1

(a) Calcium Phosphate

(b) Calcium Sulphate
(c) Magnesium Carbonate
(d) Calcium Carbonate

3 What is formed when Al2O3 reacts with sodium hydroxide? 1

(a) Sodium aluminate and sodium

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 (b) Sodium aluminate and water

(c) Sodium aluminium-oxide and hydrogen gas

(d) Sodium oxide, aluminium and water

4 Brine is an 1
(a) aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide
(b) aqueous solution of sodium carbonate
(c) aqueous solution of sodium chloride
(d) aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate

5 Non-metal used to preserve food material is: 1

a) Carbon

b) Phosphorus

c) Sulphur

d) Nitrogen

6 Formula of propanone is 1

(a) CH3-CO-CH3
(b) CH3-CH2-COOH
(c) CH3-CH2-CHO
(d) CH3-CH2-CH3

7 The image represents the structure of a few hydrocarbon compounds. 1

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 Which of these compounds can be classified as alkynes?

(a) Only (A)

(b) Only (B)

(c) Both (A) and (D)

(d) Both (B) and (C)

8 Gonorrhoea and syphilis are diseases caused by: 1

a) protozoans

b) fungus

c) bacteria

d) viruses

09 The embryo gets nutrition from mother’s blood with the help of a special tissue called: 1

a) ovary

b) placenta

c) oviduct

d) uterus

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10 In peas, a pure tall (TT) is crossed with a pure short plant(tt). The ratio of pure tall plants 1
to pure short plants in the F2 generation is:

(a) 1:3

(b) 3:1

(c) 1:1

(d) 2:1

11 Two pea plants, one with round green seeds (RR yy) and another with wrinkled yellow 1
(rrYY) seeds, produce F1 progeny that have round yellow (RrYy) seeds. When F1 plants
are self-pollinated, the F2 progeny will have a new combination of characters. Choose
the new combinations from the following:

(i) Round, yellow (ii) Round, green (iii) Wrinkled, yellow (iv) Wrinkled, green

(a) (i) and (ii)

(b) (i) and (iv)

(c) (ii) and (iii)

(d) (i) and (iii)

12 In parallel combination of electrical appliances, total electrical power 1

(a) Increase (c) Does not change

(b) Decrease (d) Remain same

13 Ohm’s law gives a relationship between --- 1

(a) Current & resistance

(b) Resistance & potential difference
(c) Potential difference & electric charge
(d) Current & potential difference

14 If the diameter of a resistance wire is halved then its resistance becomes: 1

(a) Four times (c) One-fourth

(b) Half (d) Two times

15 An electric motor is a device which transforms: 1

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 (a) Mechanical energy to electrical energy

(b) Heat energy to electrical energy

(c) Electrical energy to heat energy only

(d) Electrical energy to mechanical energy

16 Which environmental problem is associated with the construction of high rise dams? 1

(a) A large number of human settlements are submerged in the water.

(b) It contributes to deforestation and loss of biodiversity.

(c) It involves the spending of huge amounts of money.

(d) All the above.

17 A student wants to extract energy from fossil fuels. Which process would help him to 1
extract the energy from fossil fuel?

(a) burning

(b) crystallisation

(c) condensation

(d) distillation

No 18 to 20 are Assertion - Reasoning based questions.

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is False but R is true
18 Assertion (A): The cerebellum is located in the hindbrain. 1

Reason (R): The cerebellum helps in walking in a straight line.

19 Assertion (A): The Stars twinkle, while the planets do not. 1

Reason (R): The Stars are much bigger in size than the planets.

20 Assertion (A): Colour of copper sulphate solution does not change when the iron nail is 1
kept in it.

Reason (R): Iron is more reactive than copper and displaces it.

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 SECTION B

21 1 g of copper powder was taken in a China dish and heated. What change takes place on 2
heating? When hydrogen gas is passed over this heated substance, a visible change is
seen in it. Give the chemical equations of reactions, the name and the colour of the
products formed in each case.

22 Define amphoteric oxide and give any two examples. 2

23 Write equations for the reactions of 2

(i) Iron with steam

(ii) Sodium with water

24 Write any two advantages of vegetative propagation. 2

25 What is the phenotypic ratio obtained by Mendel by monohybrid cross? Answer with the 2
help of a diagram

26 Why does a compass needle get deflected when brought near a bar magnet? 2

SECTION C

27 What do you mean by PH value of solution? Write its significance. (Any three) 3

28 People use a variety of methods to wash clothes. Usually, after adding the soap, they 3
‘beat’ the clothes on a stone, or beat it with a paddle, scrub with a brush or the mixture is
agitated in a washing machine. Why is agitation necessary to get clean clothes? Also
explain the cleaning action of the soap with the help of a diagram.

29 Give the scientific terms used to represent the following: 3

(a) Growth of a pollen tube towards ovule.

(b) Growing of roots towards the earth.
(c) Bending of a shoot towards light.

30 (a) Define the principle focus of a concave mirror. 3

(b) Why do we prefer a convex mirror as a rear-view mirror in vehicles?

31 (a) What is the near point of the human eye with normal vision? 1+2
(b) A student has difficulty in reading the blackboard while sitting in the last row. What
could be the defect the child is suffering from? How can it be corrected?

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32 (a) What will be the current drawn by an electric bulb of 40 W when it is connected to a 3
source of 220 V?

(b) A radio set of 60 watts runs for 50 hours. How much electrical energy is consumed?

(c) Why is the tungsten used almost exclusively for filament of electric lamps?

33 Define an ecosystem. List the biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem. 3

SECTION D

34 What are ionic compounds? How do these compounds form, explain with the help of 5
MgCl2. Write their properties any three in detail.

OR

Write balanced chemical equations to explain what happens, when

(i) Potassium metal is dropped in water.

(ii) Mixture of cuprous oxide and cuprous sulphide is heated.

(iii) Zn reacts with sulphuric acid

(iv) Baking soda is heated.

(v) Zinc carbonate undergoes calcination.

35 Answer the following: 5

a. What is placenta? What is its function?

b. What is ovulation? How often does it happen in human females?
c. What is meant by implantation? Where does it take place?
d. Name the organs which produce ova (or egg cell) and sperm in human females
and males respectively.
e. What changes are seen in boys at the time of puberty?

OR

List three techniques that have been developed to prevent pregnancy. Which one of these
techniques is not meant for males? How does the use of these techniques have a direct
impact on the health and prosperity of a family?

36 (a)An Object 5 cm in length is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10cm. 5
Find the position, size and the nature of the image. Draw a ray diagram to show the formation
of image in this case.
(b) Define magnification?

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 OR
(a) Define 1 dioptre of power of a lens.
(b) Find the power of a concave lens of focal length 2m.
(c) A doctor has prescribed a corrective lens of power +1.5D. Find the focal length of the lens. Is
the prescribed lens diverging or converging?
SECTION E

37 Humans, being heterotrophic, omnivorous organisms, obtain their food from plants, 4
animals and their products by holozoic mode of nutrition. The food is ingested via
mouth, it passes through various parts of alimentary canal where it gets mixed with
digestive juices secreted by associated digestive enzymes. The digested food is absorbed
and the remaining is egested through anus.

a. Name digestive secretion of liver and its function.

b. Where does digestion of fat take place in our body?
c. Which enzyme is present in saliva? What is its function?
d. Why do herbivores have longer intestine than the carnivores?

OR

Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v).

The most important function of kidneys is filtration of blood to excrete the waste
products of metabolism. If these waste products, mainly nitrogenous wastes, are not
removed from the blood, they will start accumulating to unbearable toxic levels.
Besides, the kidneys play other functions such osmoregulation, secretion of
erythropoietin, enzyme-renin and conversion of inactive form of vitamin D to the active
form.

(i) Internally, each kidney is made up of numerous microscopic excretory units called.

(a) neurons

(b) nephrons

(c) arterioles

(d) glomeruli

(ii) Loop of Henle joins:

(a) glomeruli to Bowman’s capsule

(b) Collecting duct to ureter

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 (c) Proximal convoluted tubule to distal convoluted tubule

(d) Bowman’s capsule to collecting duct.

(iii) Which of the following connects the kidneys with the urinary bladder?

(a) Bowman’s capsule

(b) Ureter

(c) Distal convoluted tubule

(d) Urethra

(iv) Which of the following supplies blood to kidneys?

(a) Renal veins

(b) Renal arteries
(c) Pulmonary arteries
(d) Pulmonary veins

38 The rules for inheritance of such traits in human beings are related to the fact that both 4
the father and the mother contribute practically equal amounts of genetic material to the
child. This means that each trait can be influenced by both paternal and maternal DNA.
Thus, for each trait there will be two versions in each child. What will, then, the trait
seen in the child be?

i) What were the contrasting traits used by Mendel?

ii) What was the phenotypic ratio of monohybrid cross?

iii) How does the traits get expressed?

iv) Write the monohybrid cross between tall and dwarf plants?

OR

Pea plants can have smooth seeds or wrinkled seeds. One of the phenotypes is
completely dominant over the other. A farmer decides to pollinate one flower of a plant
with smooth seeds using pollen from plant with wrinkled seeds. The resulting pea pod
has all smooth seeds.

(i) Which of the following conclusions can be drawn?

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(1) The allele for smooth seeds is dominated over that of wrinkled seeds.

(2) The plant with smooth seeds is heterozygous.

(3) The plant with wrinkled seeds is homozygous.

(a) 1 only

(b) 1 and 2 only

(c) 1 and 3 only

(d) 1, 2 and 3

(ii) Which of the following crosses will give smooth and wrinkled seeds in same
proportion?

(a) RR X rr

(b) Rr x rr

(C) RRX Rr

(d) rrrr

(iii) Which of the following cross can be used to determine the genotype of a plant with
dominant phenotype?

(a) RR RR

(b) Rr x Rr

(c) Rr RR

(d) RR x rr

(iv) On crossing of two heterozygous smooth seeded plants (Rr), a total of 1000 plants
were obtained in F1

generation. What will be the respective number of smooth and wrinkled seeds obtained
in F1 generation?

(a) 750, 250

(b) 500, 500

(C) 800, 200

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 (d) 950, 50

(v) The characters which appear in the first filial generation are called

(a) recessive characters

(b) dominant characters

(c) lethal characters

(d) non-mendelian characters

39 Substance through which charges cannot pass is called insulators. Glass, pure water, and
all gases are insulators. Insulators are also called dielectrics. In insulators, the electrons 4
are strongly bound to their atoms and cannot get themselves freed. Thus, free electrons
are absent in insulators. Insulators can easily be charged by friction. This is due to the
reason that when an electric charge is given to an insulator, it is unable to move freely
and remains localized. But this does not mean that conductors cannot be charged. A
metal rod can be charged by rubbing it with silk if it is held in a handle of glass or amber

(1) Calculate the current in a wire if a 1500 C charge is passed through it in 5 minutes.
(a) 2 A (b) 5 A (c) 3 A (d) 4 A
(2) Electrons and conventional current flows in :
(a) The same direction (b) The opposite direction
(c) Any direction (d) Can’t say
(3) If the current passing through a lamp is 5 A, what charge passes in 10 second?
(a) 0.5 C (b) 3 C (c) 5 C (d) 50 C
(4) One-coulomb charge is equivalent to the charge contained in :
(a) 6.2 × 1019 electrons (b) 2.6 × 1018 electrons
(c) 2.65 × 1019 electrons (d) 6.25 × 1018 electrons

OR
The relationship between potential difference and the current was first established by
George Simon Ohm. This relationship is known as Ohm’s law. According to this law,
the current passed through a conductor is proportional to the potential difference applied
between its ends provided the temperature remains constant i.e. I ∝ V or V = IR where R
is the constant for the conductor and it is known as the resistance of the conductor.
Although Ohm’s law has been found valid over a large class of materials, there are some
materials that do not hold Ohm’s law.

(1) Name the law which is illustrated by the VI graph.

(a) Lenz law (b) Faraday’s law
(c) Ohm’s law (d) Newton’s law
(2) By increasing the voltage across a conductor, the
(a) current will decrease (b) current will increase

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 (c) resistance will increase (d) resistance will decrease

(3) If both the potential difference and resistance in a circuit are doubled then :
(a) current remains same (b) current becomes double
(c) current becomes zero (d) current becomes half

(4) Keeping the potential difference constant, the resistance of a circuit is doubled. The
current will become :
(a) double (b) half (c) one fourth (d) 4 time

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