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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
I. Question paper comprises of three sections, A, B and C you are to attempt all the three sections.
II. All questions are compulsory.
III. All questions of section A, section B and section C are to be attempted separately.
IV. Question numbers 1 to 3 in section A are one mark each, to be answered in one word or one
sentence.
V. Question numbers 4 to 7 are two marks each, to be answered in about 30 words.
VI. Question numbers 8 to 19 are three marks each, to be answered in about 50 words.
VII. Question numbers 20 to 24 are five marks each, to be answered in about 70 words.
VIII. Question numbers 25 to 42 in section B are MCQs based on practical skills. Each question is a
one mark question.
IX. Question numbers 43 and 44 in section C are OTBA based questions. Each question is of five
marks. The material for these questions has been provided on pages (A-1-A-8 & A-19-A-24)
respectively.
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S 24. Large amount of foodgrains get spoiled every
(b)
(a) year in India due to improper storage of foodgrain.
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How can this be avoided?
S SECTION B
(c)
16. (a) State law of floatation. 25. Some piece of impurity (density = r) is embedded
(b) Explain why the cork floats while the iron in ice. The ice is floating in water. (density = rw).
nail sinks when placed on the surface of When ice melts, level of water will
(a) rise if r > r w
water?
17. Can a body possess both the kinetic and (b) remain unchanged, if r < r w
potential energies at the same time? Explain. (c) fall if r < rw
18. How nitrogen is fixed in the nature? (d) rise if r > rw
19. To aware the students on the world environment 26. After identifying the characteristic features of a
given plant as shown below a student reported
day, school principal has organised seminar,
that the kind of plant it:
regarding the topic Global warming is Global
warning.
(a) What values exhibited by the school
principal?
(b) How do chlorofluorocarbons destroy ozone
layer ?
(c) What would be the effect of global warming
on earth?
20. Name the model of atom proposed to explain the
objections raised for Rutherfords model. Explain
this model of atom in detail.
Pinus
21. (a) What are the advantages of classifying (a) Fern (b) Dicot
organisms? (c) Monocot (d) Pinus
27. A student notes down the observations in the
(b) Define the terms and give one example of two spring balances and the measuring cylinder
each: (i) Bilateral symmetry (ii) Coelom shown in the figure. From the given
(iii) Triploblastic observations, the mass of the solid is
(a) zero
(b) equal to weight of body in air
(c) equal to weight of liquid displaced
(d) equal to weight of immersed part of the body
33. In the set up in following figure sound is clearly
heard through tube T2. If tube T1 is turned by
(a) A (b) B 20 towards ON, by what angle the tube T2
(c) C (d) D should be turned to hear clear sound :
30. When a solid block is immersed in water it
undergoes an apparent loss in its weight due to
(a) decrease in mass
(b) decrease in its volume
(c) upward thrust exerted by the water
(d) decrease in the density of the block
C D
(a) A shows radial symmetry.
(b) B has closed circulatory system.
(c) C is a flowering plant in which seeds are
enclosed within fruit.
(d) D is a fern in which plant body is
differentiated into root, stem and leaves.
A B
(a) Presence of Pores (a) Dicotyledonae Monocotyledonae
(b) Absence of internal body cavity (b) Monocotyledonae Dicotyledonae
(c) Monocotyledonae Monocotyledonae
(c) Jointed legs
(d) Dicotyledonae Dicotyledonae
(d) Extensive organ differentiation occurs in a 42. The given figure represents head region of
segmental fashion. cockroach. In which one of the options all the
39. A group of students is asked to demonstrate four parts A, B, C, and D are labelled correctly?
law of conservation of mass experimently by
using CH3COOH and NaHCO3. The appropriate
manner to take vinegar is
(a) Take a bottle and pour vinegar into it by
using funnel.
B
(b) Take a beaker and pour vinegar into it by
using funnel. D