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SET-3

Series JMS/4
Code No.

Roll No.
Candidates must write the Code on the
title page of the answer-book.

Please check that this question paper contains l5 printed pages.

Code number given on the right hand side of the question paper should be
written on the title page of the answer-book by the candidate.
Please check that this question paper contains 27 questions.
Please write down the Serial Number of the question before
attempting it.
15 minute time has been allotted to read this question paper. The question
paper will be distributed at 10.15 a.m. From 10.15 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., the
students will read the question paper only and will not write any answer
on the answer-book during this period.

SCIENCE

Time allowed : 3 hours Maximum Marks: 80

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General Instructions :
The question paper comprises five Sections, A, B, C, D and E. You are to
attempt All the sections.
Allquestions are compulsory.
(uE) Internal choice is given in Sections B, C, D and E.
iu) Questions number 1and 2 in Section A are one-mark questions. They are to be
answered in oneword or in one sentence.
(v) Questions number 3to 5 in Section B are two-marks questions. These are to be
answered in about 30 words each.
(vi) Questions number 6 to 15 in Section Care three-marks questions. These are to
be answered in about 50 words each.
(vii) Questions number 16 to 21 in Section D are five-marks questions. These are to
be answered in about 70 words each.
(vüi) Questions number 22 to 27 in Section E are based on practical skills. Each
question is a two-marks question. These are to beanswered in brief.

SECTION A
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1.
Mention the condition under which a current can flow in a conductor.
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2.
List two merits of solar cells.
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List four characteristics of the image formed by a convex lens of focal
length 20cm when the object is placed in front of it at a distance of 10 cm
from its optical centre.
OR
Define refractive index of a transparent medium. The speed of light in a
medium of absolute refractive index 1-5 is 2 x 108 ms-1, What is the
speed of light in vacuum ?
4.

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It is established that an electriccurrent through a conductor produces a
magnetic field around it. Is there a similar magnetic field produced
around a thin beam of moving (i) alpha particles, (i) neutrons ? Justify
your answer in each case.
5.
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"Conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid is an oxidation reaction." Justify
this statement giving the relevant equation for the chemical reaction
involved.
SECTION C
6.
3
List three roles of forests in conserving the environment. How do the
forests get depleted ? State two consequences of deforestation on the
environment.
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 (a Natural water bodies are not regularly cleaned wherens an
aquarium needs regular cleaning Why ?
What are decomposers ? What will be the consequenco if the
deomposers are ompletely eradicated trom an econyatem 7 Give
justiication in support of your answer.
OR
How is enone formed in the upper atmosphere ? State its importance.
What is responsible for its depletion ? Write one harmful effect of ozone
depletion.

State right-hand thumb rule to determine the direction of magnetic field

around a current carrying conductor. Apply this rule to find the direction
af magnetic field inside and outside acircular loop of wire lying in the
plane of atable and current is flowing through it clockwise.
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 What is the cause of
dispersion of white light through a glass prism
Draw a ray diagram to show the path of light when two identical glass
prisms are arranged together in inverted position with
other and a narrow beam of white light is allowed to fall respect eacu
to
of the faces of the obliquely on one
prisms.
OR
What is scattering of light ? Use this phenomenon to explainwhy (i) the
Sun appears reddish at sun-rise, and (ii) the clear sky appears blue.

10.

A metal X, which is used in thermit process, when heated with oxygen

gives an oxide Ywhich is amphoteric in nature. Identify X and Y. Write
balanced chemical equations of the reactions of oxide Ywith hydrochloric
acid and sodium hydroxide.

11.

(a)
(b)
(c)

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A white powder is used by doctors to support fractured bones.

(a) Write the name and chemical formula of the powder.
(b) How is this powder prepared ?
(c) When this white powder is mixed with water, a hard solid mass is
obtained.Write a balanced chemical equation for the change.
(d) Give one more use of this white powder.

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12. (a)

(i) AgNOg(aq) + NaCl\aq) AgCls) + NaNO(aq)

(i) Ca(s) +H,0) ’ Ca(OH)aq)
(ii) 2KCIO,(s)A 2KCl(aq) +30(g)
(iv) Zn + CuSO4 ’ ZnSO4 + Cu
(b)

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(b)
(c)

(a) Classify the following reactions into different types :

(i) AgNO,(aq) + NaClaq) AgCls) + NaNO3aq)
(ii) CaO(s) + H,0) Ca(OH)gaq)
(iüi) 2KCIO,(s) 2KCl(aq) +30g)
(iv) Zn + CuSO4 ’ ZnSO4 + Cu

(b) Translate the following statement into a balanced chemical

equation:
"Barium chloride reacts with aluminium sulphate to give
aluminium chloride and barium sulphate."
OR

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 When potassium iodide solution is
in a test tube, a added to a solution of flead (I) nitrate
(a)
precipitate is formed.
What is the colour of this
precipitated. precipitate ? Name the compound
(b) Write the balanced chemicalequation for
(e) this reaction.
List two types of reactions in which this
reaction can be placed.
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Draw adiagram of human exeretory system and label the following :
Urinary bladder
(iü) Left kidney
(ii) Left ureter
14. (a)

(b)
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(a) Plants do not have any nervous system but yet, if we touch a
sensitive plant, some observable changes take place in its leaves.
Explain how could this plant respond to the external stimuli and
how it is communicated.
(b) Name the hormone that needs to be administered to
(i) increase the height of a dwarf plant.
(ii) cause rapid cell division in fruits and seeds.

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What are fossils ? Describe briefly two methods of determining the age of
fossils.

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(b)
(c)
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(a) Define vegetative propagation. List its two methods.

(b) Why is this mode practised for growing some types of plants ?
(c) Explain the process of budding in Hydra with the help of labelled
diagrams.
OR

What is contraception ? List its four different methods. State four reasons
for adopting contraceptive methods.

17. (a)

(b)

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(a) List in tabular form two differences between acquired traits and
inherited traits.
(b) Give an example of body characteristics used to determine how
close two species are in terms of evolution and explain it.

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(a) Distinguish between esterification and saponification reactions

with the help of chemical equations for each.
(b) With a labelled diagram describe in brief an activity to show the
formation of an ester.
OR
What is the difference between soaps and detergents ? State in brief the
cleansing action of soaps in removing an oily spot from a fabric. Why are
soaps not very effective when a fabric is washed in hard water ? How is
this problem resolved ?
19. (a)

(b)

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(a) List two criteria Mendeleev used in his Periodic Table to classify
the elements. State Mendeleev's Periodic Law and explain why no
fixed position was assigned to hydrogen in Mendeleev's Periodic
Table.
(b) How and why does the atomic size of elements vary as we move
() from left to right in a period, and (ü) down a group in the
Modern Periodic Table ?

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20.

(a)

(c)

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Aperson is unable to see objects distinctly placed within 50cm from his
eyes.

(a) Name the defect of vision the person is suffering from and list its
two possible causes.
(b) Draw a ray diagram to show the defect in the above case.
(c) Mention the type of lens used by him for the correction of the
defect and calculate its power. Assume that the near point for the
normal eye is 25 cm.
(d) Draw a labelled diagram for the correction of the defect in the
above case.

21. (a)

(b) 100 W: 220 V3tt 60 W; 220 V344a16 tagd dr yN 220 V

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(a) Define electric power. An electrical device of resistance R is

connected across a source of voltage V and draws a current I.
Derive an expression for power in terms of current and resistance.

(b) Two electric bulbs rated 100 W; 220 V and 60 W: 220 Vare

connected in parallel to an electric mains of 220 V. Find the

current drawn by the bulbs from the mains.

OR

(a) How will you infer with the help of an experiment that the samne
current flows through every part of the circuit containing three
resistors R1, Ro and Rg in series connected to a battery of Vvolts ?

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 (b) Study the following cireuit and findout
) Current in 12 Q resistor.
(i) Diference in the readingsof Aj and Ag, if any.
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SECTION E

22.

(i)
(ii)

Write four sequential steps of the procedure of the experiment "Preparing

a temporary mount of a leaf peel to show stomata."
OR

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 In the experimental set-up to show that "the germinating seeds give out
carbon dioxide", answer the following questions:
(i) Why do we keep the conical flask airtight ?
(ii) Name the substance kept in the small test tube inside the conical
flask. Write its role.
(1) Why does water rise in the delivery tube?
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concluded that the

List two observations on the basis of which it may be
given slide shows binary fission in Amoeba.

(a)

(b)
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chloride powder.
A student mixes sodium sulphate powder in barium
powders ?
What change would the student observe on mixing the two change.
desired
Justify your answer and explain how he can obtain the
OR
their
(a) Arrange the following metals in the increasing order of
reactivities :
Copper, Zinc, Aluminium and Iron
(b) List two observations you would record in your notebook
30 minutes after adding iron filings to copper sulphate solution.

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Asolution Ngives orange colour when a drop of it falls on pH paper,
while another solution 'Y gives bluish colour when a drop of it falls on pH
paper. What is the nature of both the solutions ? Determine the pH of
solutions X' and Y,

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2F, B

Study the following ray diagram and list two mistakes committed by the
student while tracing it. Rectify these mistakes by drawing the correct
ray diagram to show the real position and size of the image corresponding
tothe position of the object AB.
A

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2F, B F,

OR

Astudent has to trace the path ofaray of light through a glass prism.
List four precautions he should observe for better results.
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R R

R R

A B C D

Which one of the following is the correct set-up for studying the
dependence of the current on the potential difference across a resistor
and why ?

R R

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A B D

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