🔹 CHAPTER 1: CHEMICAL REACTIONS AND

EQUATIONS
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1. Define redox reaction. Give one example.

2. Why is it necessary to balance a chemical equation?
3. Why should magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning?
4. Write balanced chemical equations for:
o (a) Zinc + dilute HCl
o (b) Calcium oxide + water
5. What is rancidity? How can it be prevented?

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6. One example each: Combination, Decomposition, Displacement reactions
7. Identify and balance: Fe + CuSO₄ → FeSO₄ + Cu
8. Reaction of heating lead nitrate
9. Why is respiration exothermic?
10. Define chemical reaction. State two observations.

🔹 CHAPTER 2: ACIDS, BASES AND SALTS

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1. Why dry HCl gas doesn't turn litmus red?

2. What is Plaster of Paris? Formula + preparation
3. Reaction of baking soda and acetic acid
4. pH in everyday life (2 examples)
5. Acid + base to form NaCl

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6. Universal indicator & pH of lemon juice + blood
7. Uses of baking soda and washing soda
8. Why avoid storing sour foods in copper/brass?
9. Nature of metal and non-metal oxides
10. Reaction: Zinc + dilute HCl
🔹 CHAPTER 3: METALS AND NON-METALS
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1. Why ionic compounds are hard and have high MP

2. Conductivity in molten ionic compounds
3. What is corrosion? How to prevent
4. Reaction: Iron + CuSO₄
5. Metal vs Non-metal (chemical properties)

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6. Why sodium stored in kerosene
7. Zinc in CuSO₄ solution
8. Reactions of Mg with O₂, H₂O, acid
9. Amphoteric oxides examples
10. Difference: ore and mineral

🔹 CHAPTER 4: CARBON AND ITS COMPOUNDS

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1. Define homologous series with example

2. Saturated vs unsaturated hydrocarbons
3. Properties of ethanol + reaction with sodium
4. Reaction: Ethanoic acid + sodium carbonate
5. IUPAC name of CH₃CH₂CH₂CH₃, CH₃CH₂OH

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6. Electron dot structure of methane and ethene
7. What is isomerism? Example
8. Define esterification with equation
9. Why soap doesn't lather with hard water
10. Two physical properties of carbon compounds
🔹 CHAPTER 6: LIFE PROCESSES
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1. Draw and label nephron + function

2. Aerobic vs anaerobic respiration
3. Role of villi in small intestine
4. Function of alveoli in lungs
5. Why transport is important in organisms

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6. Balanced equation for photosynthesis
7. Nutrition in amoeba with diagram
8. How oxygen is transported in humans
9. Function of xylem and phloem
10. Arteries vs veins vs capillaries

🔹 CHAPTER 7: CONTROL AND COORDINATION

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1. Diagram of human brain

2. What is reflex action? Example
3. Two plant hormones and their functions
4. Explain feedback mechanism
5. Voluntary vs involuntary actions

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6. Functions of cerebrum and medulla
7. Role of spinal cord
8. What is insulin? Secreted by?
9. Hormones for growth and metabolism
10. Sensory vs motor neurons
🔹 CHAPTER 8: HOW DO ORGANISMS
REPRODUCE?
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1. Structure of flower – label parts

2. Binary fission with diagram
3. Sexual vs asexual reproduction
4. Vegetative propagation (2 examples)
5. Name 2 STDs

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6. Function of testes and ovaries
7. How fertilisation occurs in humans
8. Methods of contraception
9. Self vs cross-pollination
10. What is puberty? Two changes

🔹 CHAPTER 9: HEREDITY AND EVOLUTION

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1. Mendel’s laws of inheritance

2. Dominant vs recessive traits
3. Sex determination in humans
4. Define evolution
5. What is speciation?

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6. Monohybrid cross example
7. Importance of variation
8. Acquired vs inherited traits
9. What are fossils? Their significance
10. What is genetic drift?
🔹 CHAPTER 10: LIGHT – REFLECTION AND
REFRACTION
100% Sure Questions

1. Ray diagrams for concave mirror (object at infinity and between P-F)
2. Laws of reflection and refraction
3. Define refractive index + formula
4. Why pencil appears bent in water
5. Real vs apparent depth

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6. Image formed by convex mirror – nature, position, size
7. Refraction diagram: air to glass
8. Total internal reflection – one use
9. Formula of magnification for mirror/lens
10. Rules for drawing ray diagrams

🔹 CHAPTER 11: THE HUMAN EYE AND THE

COLOURFUL WORLD
100% Sure Questions

1. Structure and function of human eye

2. What is myopia? Correction + diagram
3. Explain dispersion of light with prism
4. Why stars twinkle, planets don’t
5. What is accommodation?

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6. Power of accommodation + normal vision range
7. Persistence of vision
8. Why white light splits into 7 colours
9. Cataract – cause and treatment
10. Why sun appears before sunrise and after sunset
🔹 CHAPTER 12: ELECTRICITY
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1. State Ohm’s law + formula

2. Derive formula for resistors in series
3. Electric power – write formulas
4. Why parallel connection used in homes
5. Define 1 kilowatt-hour

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6. Calculate resistance using V and I
7. Heating effect of current – one use
8. Define potential difference and current
9. Factors affecting resistance
10. Role of fuse in circuit

🔹 CHAPTER 13: MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF

ELECTRIC CURRENT
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1. Magnetic field lines – bar magnet

2. Right-hand thumb rule
3. Electric motor working + diagram
4. What is electromagnetic induction?
5. Role of fuse

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6. Electric generator: working
7. Fleming’s left-hand rule
8. Properties of magnetic field lines
9. AC vs DC
10. What is solenoid? Uses
🔹 CHAPTER 14: SOURCES OF ENERGY
100% Sure Questions

1. Good source of energy – features

2. Conventional vs non-conventional sources
3. Working of solar cooker
4. Pros & cons of fossil fuels
5. Hydroelectricity – short note

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6. What is biogas? How is it made?
7. Limitations of wind energy
8. What is nuclear fission? Example
9. How is geothermal energy used?
10. What is tidal energy?

🔹 CHAPTER 15: OUR ENVIRONMENT

100% Sure Questions

1. Define food chain and trophic level

2. Biological magnification
3. Role of decomposers
4. What is ozone? How is it formed?
5. Two problems of non-biodegradable waste

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6. Role of producers
7. Biodegradable vs non-biodegradable substances
8. Why we should avoid plastic
9. Steps to reduce waste
10. Define ecosystem