ee i VM General Instructions : Read the following instructions very carefully and str ‘tly follow them ( This question paper comprises 39 questions, Alt questions are compulsory. (1) This question paper ¢ divided into five sections A, B,C, D and (iii) Section A ~ Question Nos Each question carries 1 mark (iv) Section B~ Question Nos. 21 to 26 are very short answer Iype questions Each question carries 2 marks. Answer to these questions should be in the range of 30 to 50 words. (v) Section C— Question Nos, 27 to 33 are short answer type questions. Each question carries 3 marks. Answer to these questions should in the range of 50 to 80 words. (vi) Section D ~ Question Nos. 34 to 36 are long answer type questions. Each question carries 5 marks. Answer to these questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words. (vii) Section E — Question Nos. 37 to 39 are of 3 source-based/ease-based units of assessment carrying 4 marks each with sub-parts, (viii) There is no overall choice. However, an internal choice has been provided in some sections. Only one of the alternatives has to be attempted in such questions. SECTION -A Select and write the most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of the questions 1 to 20. There is no negative marking for wrong answer. Each question carries 1 mark. 1 10 20 are multiple choice type questions Which one of the following gets biomagnified at different levels in a food chain ? 1 (a) Carbon monoxide (b) CFC’s (©) DDT (a) Manure 2, In the food chains given below. Select the most efficient food chain in terms of energy = (a) Grass > Grasshopper —> Frog > § (b) Plants > Deer -> Lion (c) Plants > Man (d)_ Phytoplankton > Zooplankton —> Small [P.T.0.] "31/413" 6 ake ish —> Big Fish ___————— WA 110 —_——. © of the electrons filled in the third shell as in the second shell The element ‘M? is An clement ‘M° has 259) 1 (0) Sodium (b) Magnesium (©) Aluminium () Cateium 4. At optical device *X’ is placed obliquely in the path of a narrow parallel beam of light IV the emergent beam gets displaced laterally, the device Nis \ , (0) plane mirror (b) conver lens (c) glass slaty (@) glass prism A piece of wire of resistance *R’ is cut lengthwise into three identical parts. These parts are then connected in parallel. If the equivalent y resistance of this combination is R’. then the value of R/R’ is 1 ; @) 19 ) 13 (c) 3 (9 6. In which one of the following situations a chemical reaction docs not occur? 1 (2) Milk is left open at room temperature during summer (b) Grapes get fermented (c) An iron nail is left exposed to humid atmosphere (d) Melting of glaciers 7. In order to prepare dry hydrogen chloride gas in humid atmosphere the gas produced is passed through a guard tube (drying tube) which contains 1 a) Calcium chloride b) Calcium oxide () Calcium hydroxide 4) Calcium carbonate Ayn e P70] Sen eee 7 _ aa ae VAN ss Select front the vi ‘bon having one C-C bond and one {Irom the following, a hydrocarbon having one C-C bond a e CeC bond (i) Benzene (b) Cyclohexane E (©) Butyne Ps (d) Propyne 9, ‘The essential clement taken up from the soil by the plants to synthesize proteins is 1 (a) Phosphorus (b) Nitrogen (c) Iron (d) Magnesium 10. The minimum number of identical bulbs of rating 4V; 6W, that can work safely with desired brightness, when connected in series with a 240 V mains supply is : (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 60 (a) 80 11. An electric bulb is rated 220 V; 11W. The resistance of its filament when it glows with a power supply of 220 V is (a) 44002 (b) 4402 (c) 4002 (a) 202 #311413" oOa fs i 12. Select TRUE statements about lymph from the following. 1 LA. Plants like rose and banana have lost the capacity to produce : 14. When a purewtall pea 1S, Ina bisex 3 + 3 A. Lynyph vessels carry lymph through the body and finally open into larger arteries, B._ Lymph contains some amount of plasma, proteins and blood cells. © Lymph contains some amount of plasma, proteins and red blood: cells, D. Lymph vessels cary lymph through the body and finally open into larger veins. ‘The true statements are : fa) AandB (b) Band bd () Aandc (@) Cand (a) flowers: o © @ plant is crossed with a pure-dwarf pea plant, the percentage of tall pea plants in Fy and Fa generation pea plants will be 100% ; 75% (a) 100% : 100% wal flower the male gametes are present in the (a) anther () ovary (©) stigma (a) filament [P00] . ° 7” :_ CMH oo nification —1 on a screen using a lens of focal ‘ongth 20 em, the object distance must be : (a) Less than 20 em tb) 30em 16, To get an image of n (©) 400m (@) 80em Question Nos, 17 to 20 consist of two statements — Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Auswer these questions selecting the appropriate option (a), (b), (c) and (d) as uiven below : (a) Hoth, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct. explanation of Assertion (A). (b) Roth, Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A). (ce) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false. (A) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true, 17, Ass rtion (A): In reptiles, the temperature at which the fertilized eggs are kept decides the sex of the offsprings. = = Reason (R) : is not genetically determined in some animals. 1 18. Assertion (A): In large animals, oxygen can reach different parts of the al’s body easily. anit Reason (R): Respiratory pigments take up oxygen from the air and carry it to body tissues. A 19, tion (A): Concentrated nitric acid is diluted by adding water slowly to acid with constant stirring. Reason (R): Concentrated nitric acid is easily soluble in water 1 20, Assertion (A): White light is dispersed by a glass prism into seven colours. Reason (R): The red light bends the least while the viole when a beam of white light passes through a ¢!Neale |... CM Questia carries 2 24, Name the rea for your answer, (A) Show the formation of calei from one ium chloride by the transfer of electrons clement to the other. Atomic Number of calcium and chlorine is 20 and 17 respectively. OR (B) “Aluminium oxide is an amphoteric oxide.” Justify this statement tiving chemical equation for the reactions involved. Name the tissues which form the vascular bundle. State their function in plants. (A)_ Draw a ray diagram to show the refraction of a ray of light passing through an equilateral glass prism, Mark the angle through which the id also emergent ray bends from the direction of the incident ray a name it. OR (B)_ Name the type of lenses required by the persons for the correction of their defect of vision called presbyopia, Write the structure of the lenses commonly used for the correction of this defect giving reason for such designs. 25. Explain with the help of a flow chart that in human beings father is responsible for the sex (male or female) of the chi 26. Draw the pattern of magnetic field lines due to a current carrying. straight conductor. Mark on it the direction of current in the conductor and the .ction of the magnetic field developed, Name the rule that helps us to determine the direction of magnetic field lines in this case, "3143" ® [PTO] ree eh tes Es” -—_—_— |My SECTION —¢ I _—___ Question Nos. 27 £6 33 are carries 3 mark Short answer type uestions. Each question Thwe want to obtain a virtual concave mirror of foc, Use mirror formu magnification and magnified . image of an object by us ‘al length 18 cm. where ee should the object be placed? lato determi = = 4 determine the object distance for an image of © Produced by this mirror to justify your answer. 3 Name and describe the Most widely used method for refining - metals ? y \ethod for refining impure What is the fi it occur ? Writ human cell * Step of cellular respiration? In which part of the cell does © the equation for the process of breakdown of glucose in « ()__ in the presence of oxygen (i) due to lack of oxygen (A) Why do we balance a chemical equation? Name and state the law that suge sts the balancing of a chemical equation? Balance the following chemical equation 3 VE Zn ~ Hs PO, > Zn; (PO,) ~ Hy OR (B) Define a precipitation reaction. Give its example and also express the reaction that occurs in the form of a balanced chemical equation. 3 What are decomposers? Give two examples. State how they maintai decomp . balance in an ecosystem, Define the term “potential difference” between two points in an electric nit ‘ng current. Name and define its S.J. unit. Also express it in circuit carrying current. S of work and charge terms of S.1. unit of ical impulses in multicellular organisms State two limitations of electr Why is che: means of commu ion better than electrical impulses as a nical communicat ical com ticellular organisms 3 ication between cells in mu} 143* ®_ —___ Question Nos, 34 4 7 carries 5 marks, are lon, (Ng seen IN M.A) (i) Draw the a ater of the two ae L ctr maenetic current of... Staight eld lines for ii) I i (i) n ,rtrC~C~—~—CCsC”® In C’ccirie iron or electric heater cables having three wires with insulation of three different colours - red, black and green are used to draw current from the mains, (a) What are these three different wires called? Name them colourwise. (b) What is the potential difference between the red wire and the black wire? (c)_ What is the role of the wire with green insulation in case of accidental leakage of electric current to the metallic body of an electrical appliance? OR ing the given i) By using : a experimental set-up. How it be shown that : can it be shor ¢ is exerted on the y, = a) a fore ‘ (OM yrrent-carrying juctor AB when it is magnetic cond placed in @ field. " » direction n be reversed in two of force (b) can sl jtude of the force be highest? When will the magnitude of the fo Gy When will em (ii) State Fleming’s left ii) St and rule. [P.7.0.] hat38. (A) (B) 36. (A) (B) “Suas3* el Name the and +3: hte in detaj] the ¢ take place in fruit is formed. A carbon compound *A* on heatin compound *B*, which on 1g with excess conc. H,SO, forms a addition of one mole of hydrogen gas in the fs Gel atiyst tome) ee Coon combustion in air forms 2 moles of carbon dioxide and 3 moles of water. Identify ‘A’, “BY and ‘C’ and write their structures. Give chemical equations of the reactions involved. Also state the role of concentrated sulphuric acid in the formation of ‘B’ from “A. 5 OR A carbon compound ‘A’ is widely used as a preservative in pickles ca an ; d has a molecular formula C2H,O2. This compound reacts with an ; an cthanol to form a sweet smelling compound ‘B’. s +) Identify the compound “A’ and write its structu « oe ee he chemical equation for the reaction of *A* with ethanol 77 € the role of presence of an acid in to form compound ‘B the reaction. : a an we get compound “A* back trom *B i ca oe ed from ethanol ? ‘A’ be obt A : (iv) How the gas produced when compound *A Name the gas (v) : washing soda. © [P.1.0.]oe eZ) | come: res, ON _ ——_—_—__ Oe basetiC : ba sed esti a fons, * SUNTICAL wag gn SHC 0 v7. The students nag 4 Class tog hole in its centre a OF cardby, Bined a ard : obtained a Narrow beam i allowed '0 fall on this ™ — @ small hite light was , MMe High, 4, Mall hole and they w ight was alloweg to fj BALA plas Prism wy; 48 taken and this | . : ‘ll on One slowly until the light that « SS oa ti laces {he Prism was tumed = mes appeared on the near| OUL Of the OPPOSIte face OF the prism and concluded that iti "CY studied this beautiful b Of White lipht Mstance in which 8 8 spectrum and of fight @ Give any on. More bevel this type of spectrum is (ii) What happens to white |; (ili) (A) List two Conditions necessary to observe a rainbow. 2 OR (ii) (BY Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of a rainbow. Mark ©n it, points (a), (b) and (c) as given below : 2 (a) Where dispersion of light occurs, (b) Where light gets reflected internally (©) Where final refraction a sd for ou dain ye ehee tel ae eens Sei campo fr aly a Is chemical name is sodium thing soda, baking soda ete. It is also the manufacture of caustic soda, washing i ete. i ickles, butter, meat et eee ce ie base from which common salt can be (i) Name the acid and : ene (acidic/basic/neutral) of sodium chloride. Give e nature 7 nae, mason eee es current is passed through an reas a eh oo) ei vr sodium chloride (called briney? Name te ) aqueous solution oe with the correspond ng ed i products ee iee each of these products is obtai cell ¥ a ee ‘hloride? Give obtained from sodium © : ctions involved in the process. (ii) “ soda ashing sot © is en jon of tne Fe 7 ow (ii) (By Bes equatio_ In life there are cenain cha: Mt wn which we respond approprion) in the environment called ‘stimuli’ to dangerous situation for us One . Touching a flame suddenly is a possibility of burning and os by 1s to think consciously about the designed in such a any nen moving the hand. But our body has been immediately. ) We save ourself from such situations i) Name th i 7 0 © Me action by which we protect ourself in the situation mentioned above and define it. (ii) Write the role of (a) motor and (b) relay neuron (iii) (A) What are the two types of nervous system in human body? Name the components of each of them. OR (ii) (B) Which part of the human brain is responsible for : (a) thinking (b) picking up a pencil (c) controlling blood pressure (d) controlling hunger ws