Sample Question Paper-3_Science

Time : 3Hrs Max.Marks : 80

Instructions

(i) This question papar comprises four Sections A , B , C and D. There are 36 questions in the question
paper. All questiuons are compulsory.
(ii) Section A Qns. 1 to 20 all questions and parts there of are of one mark each. These questions contain multiple
choice questions (MCQs), very short answer questions and assertion-reason type questions. Answers to
these should be given in one word or one sentence.
(iii) Section B Qns. 21 to 26 are short answer type questions, carrying 2 marks each. Answers to these questions
should in the range of 30 to 50 words
(iv) Section C Qns. 27 to 33 are short answer type questions, carrying 3 marks each. Answers to these questions
should in the range of 50 to 80 words.
(v) Section D Qns. 34 to 36 are long answer type question carrying 5 marks each. Answer to these
questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
(vi) There is no overall choice. However, internal choices have been provided in some questions. A student has to
attempt only one of the alternatives in such questions
(vii) Wherever necessary, neat and properly labelled diagrams should be drawn.

Section-A
1. Name the structural and functional unit of kidney.
Or
Write the special functional activity of the ureter.
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2. A ray of light passes through a medium of refractive index , then find the speed of light ray in
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medium. (Take speed of light in air, c = 3 ´ 108 m / s)
3. From the given elements, which one can lose electrons easily? Give reason. Potassium or sodium
4. If R 1 and R 2 be the resistnces of the filament of 40 W and 60 W respectively, operating at 220 V.
Out of R 1 and R 2 , which one is greater?
5. When an object moves closer to a concave lens, what happens to the image formed by it shifts?
Or
What is the value of i, if the angle of incidence i and refraction r are. equal in a transparent slab?
6. 2 mL of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution is added to a few pieces of granulated zinc metal taken
in a test tube. Write the equation of the chemical reaction.
7. Aluminium reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid slowly in the begining. Given reason.
Or
Generally no hydrogen gas is evolved when metal react with dilute nitric acid
8. Two wires of same metal have the same length but their cross-sectional areas are in the ratio 3:1. The
resistance of the thicker wire is 10W. What will be the resistance of the other wire?
9. Why sodium is kept immersed in kersoene?
Or
Ionic comounds have higher melting and boiling points. Give reason.

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10. The positions of five elements A, 6, P, Q and X in the modern periodic table are shown below. Which
pair of elements are electropositive?

11. What is the role of brain in reflex action?

Or
Differentiate between synapse and neuromuscular junction of a neuron.
12. Why is the water in deep sea blue in colour?
Or
Why do stars twinkle?
13. What are the components of the transport system in highly organised plants?
Assertion-Reason Type Questions (Q. Nos. 14-16)
In each of the following questions, a statement of Assertion is given by the corresponding statement of
Reason. Of the statements, mark the correct answer as
(A) If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(B) If both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(C) If Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
(D) If Assertion is false, but Reason is true.
14. Assertion: Ammonia is formed when hydrogen and nitrogen combines.
Reason: It is an exothermic reaction.
15. Assertion: When a charged particle enters in the direction of a uniform magnetic field, then it moves
on a straight path without deviation.
Reason: Magnetic force on a charged particle is zero, when it moves in the direction of magnetic field.
16. Assertion: Pyruvate is a six carbon molecule.
Reason: It is prepared in the cytoplasm as the first step of callular respiration.
Answer Q. Nos. 17-20 Contain five sub-parts each. You are expected to answer any four sub parts
in these questions.
17. Read the following and answer any four questions from 17(i) to 17(v).
With the lungs, the passage divides into small tubes which finally terminate in balloon-like structures
which are called alveoli. The alveoli provide a surface where the exchange of gases can take place.
The walls of the alveoli contain an extensive network of blood vessels. As we breathe in, we life our
ribs and flatten our diaphragm and the chest cavity becomes large lift.
(i) The diagram shows a section through an alveolus and a blood capillary.

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What are the oxygen concentrations inX,Y and Z?

X Y Z
a High Low High
b High Low Low
c Low High High
d Low High Low

(ii) Which of the following is characteristic of emphysema?

(a) destruction of alveolar walls
(b) increase in the growth of lung tissue
(c) inflammation of the walls of the bronchi
(d) thickning of the artery walls to the lungs
(iii) Chemicals in tobacco smoke lead to the breakdown of the elastic tissue in the alveoli. What is the
name of this condition?
(a) bronchitis (b) emphysema
(c) heart disease (d) lung cancer
(iv) What is the percentage of oxygen in expired air when a person is resting?
(a) 8% (b) 16%
(c) 12% (d) 20%
(v) What happens during the process of breathing in?
18. Read the following and answer any four questions from 18(i) to 18 (v)
From the position of the aluminium (Al) metal in the activity series.it seems to be quite reactive.
However, it is not so reactive. Actually, when the metal is kept in air or oxygen for sometime, it is
converted into its oxide called aluminium oxide (Al203). This gets deposited as the surface of the
metal as a thin coating.lt is rather passive which means that it is not reactive. Therefore, the metal is
used for packing food articles which do not get spoiled under the foil.
(i) Which is the correct order of reactivity series?
(a) Mg < Ca < Na < K (b) K < Na < Ca < Mg
(c) K < Mg < Na < Ca (d) Mg < Ca < Na < K
(ii) Choose the correct match from the following:
(A) Sodium (i) Quick lime
(B) Aluminium (ii) Keep in kerosene
(C) Calcium (iii) Wraping food
(a) A-i, B-ii, C-iii (b) A-ii, B-iii, C-i
(c) A-iii, B-i, C-iii (d) A-ii, B-i, C-iii
(iii) What is the reaction of quick lime into slaked lime?
D
(a) CaO + CO 2 ¾¾ ® CaCO3 (b) Ca ( OH )2 ¾¾
D
® CaO + H 2 O

® Ca ( OH ) 2 + D
(c) CaO + H 2 O ¾¾ D
(d) C + O2 ¾¾ ® CO2
(iv) Why we wear ornaments of gold and silver?
(a) They are expensive, to look rich
(b) They are most reactive
(c) They are least reactive
(d) None of the above

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(v) The gas evolved from slaked lime, is ............ in nature.
(a) acidic (b) amphoteric
(c) basic (d) All of these
19. Read the following and answer any four questions from 19 (i) to 19 (v)
Mr. Sharma called an electrician to do wiring in his newly constructed house. Electrician made the
connections of three fans of 80 W each and four tubelights of 40 W each.
(i) The most convenient way to do household wiring is in
(a) series combination
(b) parallel combination
(c) may be series or parallel combination
(d) Neither series nor parallel combination
(ii) The advantage of the combination in which household wiring is done, is
(a) the reciprocal of equivalent resistance is less than that of each device
(b) if one device gets damaged, there will be no effect on the other devices
(c) the current from the source is greater than the current through each device
(d) there will be more power consumption by the devices
(iii) If all the devices are used for 10 h daily, total energy consumed in a day is
(a) 2kWh (b) 3 k W h
(c) 4kWh (d) 5 k W h
(iv) The following figure represents

(a) Two lamps, one cell and a switch connected in parallel combination.
(b) Two lamps, one cell and a switch connected in series combination.
(c) Two lamps and two cells in series combination.
(d) Two lamps, two cells and a voltmeter in series combination.
(v) The equivalent resistance of the following circuit is

(a) 0.25W (b) 0.5W

(c) 0.75W (d) 1W

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20. Read the following and answer any four questions form 20 (i) to 20 (v)
Isotopes of oxygen can be used to distinguish between oxygen absorbed by plants and oxygen
evolved.
A mixture of oxygen isotopes 16 O2 and 18 O2 was supplied to a suspension of the unicellular alga
Chlorella which had previously been exposed to 16 O2 only. During the following hour, changes in
concentration of these gases in the suspension were measured in light and dark conditions. The graph
shows the results

(i) Name the phases of the process occuring the part labelled A and B
(a) A-Dark reaction, B-Light reaction
(b) A-Light reaction, B-Dark reaction
(c) A-Light reaction, B-Light reaction
(d) A-Dark reaction, B-Dark reaction
(ii) What caused the concentration of 16 O2 to rise in light?
(a) H2 18O was being photolysed more rapidly than H216 O.
(b) 18 O2 formed a decreasing proportion of the oxygen evolved.
(c) 16 O2 was absorbed at different rated in light and dark
(d) 16 O2 was being produced in photosynthesis faster than was being absorbed in respiration.
(iii) The diagram shows the movement of substance into and out of a chloroplast.

Which substance labels 1 to 4 represent?

(iv) The graph shows the amount of oxygen produced by a green plant during a 24 period.on a warm,
sunny day.
Which letter presents midday?

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(v) Variegated leaves of a plant were supplied with radioactive carbon dioxide ( 14
CO 2 ) during an
experiment. Leaf X was kept in the dark and leaf Y was kept in the light. At the end of the experiment
the radioactivity in the leaves was measured and found to be as shown on the diagram. What is the
most likely explanation for the level of radioactivity found in the yellow zone of leaf Y?

(a) Photosynthesis occurs but no storage of starch occurs in this zone

(b) Photosynthesis proceeds slowly in the absence of chlorophylls a and b
(c) Products of photosynthesis diffuse into the yellow zone
(d) Products of respiration accumulate in the yellow zone
Section-B
21. What properties Mendeleev used in creating his periodic table? List two observations which posed a
challenge to Mendeleev's periodic law.
Or
How does the atomic size varies along a period and group? Give reasons.
22. (i) How does transpiration help in the functioning of the plants?
(ii) During an experiment, a plant leaf was coated with vaseline. What would happen to that leaf and
why?
Or
Anaerobic respiration occurs in both yeast cells and human muscles. Mention the differences in this
process in both cases.
23. Diamond and graphite show different physical properties although they are made up of carbon. Name
this relationship between diamond and graphite. Give the basis of this relationship also.
24. Draw magnetic lines of force for a current carrying solenoid. Also, explain the pole formation at this
ends.
25. How is a working kidney dialysis machine similar to a normal healthy kideney
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26. The linear magnification produced by a spherical mirror is - . Analyse this value,
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(i) state the type of spherical mirror and
(ii) the position of the object with respect to the pole of the mirror.
Draw ray diagram to justify your answer.

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Section-C
27. A person A has only P chromosomes in all its gametes. On the other hand, another person B has
chromosome Q in half of the gametes and chromosome R in half of the gametes. When chromosomes
P and Q combine during fertilisation, a female zygote is produced. On the other hand, combination of
P and R chromosomes produces a male zygote.
(i) Identify the following chromosomes,
(a) P (b) Q (c) R
(ii) Out of P, Q and R, which two chromosomes are of the same type?
(iii) Which chromosome is smaller in size?
28. B1 , B2 and B3 are three identical bulbs connected as shown in the figure. When all the three bulbs
glow, then the current of 3 A is recorded by ammeter A.

What happens to the readings of A1 , A 2 when the bulb B2 gets fused?

Or
Three incandescent bulbs of 100 W each are connected in series in an electric circuit. In another
circuit, another set of 3 bulbs of the same wattage are connected in parallel to the same source. Will
the bulb in the 2 circuits glow with the same brightness? Justify your answer.
29. Why do different colours get separated when a white light passes through a prism? How did Newton
show that white light of sun contains seven colours using two identical glass prisms?
Draw a ray diagram to show the path of light when two identical glass prisms are arranged together in
inverted position. With respect to each other and a narrow beam of white light is allowed to fall
obliquely an one of the prisms.
30. Answer the following.
(i) Define transpiration.
(ii) Describe briefly the role of transpiration in transportation.
(iii) In which type of conducting tissues unidirectional flow of water takes place?
31. An element A reacts with water to form a compound B which is used in white washing. The com
pound B on heating forms an oxide C which on treatment with water gives back B. Identity A, B and
C and give the reactions involved.
32. Define valency. How does it vary along a group and across a period in the periodic table?
33. (i) How does the guard cells regulate the process of opening and closing of stoluatal pars
(ii) State any two functions of the cells found surrouding the stomata
Section-D
34. A person crossed pure-breed tall pea plants with pure-breed dwarf pea plants, and obtained pea
plants of F1-generation. He then performed two types of experiments. In the first he self crossed the
plants of F1-generation (experiment A), and in the second he crossed. The plants of Fj -generation
with the pure-breed dwarf parent plants (experiment B),
(i) What would be the phenotypic of plants in the F1-generation?
(ii) What would be the phenotypic and genotypic ratio of F2-generation in experiment ‘A’?

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(iii) How would the genotypic ratio differ in experiment 'B'?
(iv) How do we describe the phenotypic character that is expressed in F1-generation? What is the
term given to the contrasting character?
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(i) Study the following cross showing self-pollination in pea plant.
Fill in the blanks and answer the questions that follows
RRYY x rryy Parents
Round yellow Wrinkled green
RrYy x _________ F1-generation
Round yellow
(ii) Derive the combinations of characters expected in the F 2 progeny? Also write the ratios,
(iii) According to you, what is responsible for the inheritance of traits?
35. State the reason, why carbon can neither form C4+ cations nor C4~ anion but forms covalent
compounds. Also, state the reasons to explain, why covalent compounds
(i) are bad conductors of electricity?
(ii) have low melting and boiling points?
36. (i) The following table shows object distance and focal length of three concave mirrors, answer the
following questions:

S.No. Object dis tan ce ( in metre ) Focallength (in metre )

1. 0.30 0.20
2. 0.10 0.15
3. 0.20 0.10

Out of three, in which part the mirror will form the image having same size as an object?
(ii) No matter how far you stand from a mirror, your image appears erect and diminished. Identify
whether this mirror is concave or convex.
(iii) How does the observation of images formed help in identifying the type of mirror ?
Or
(i) In an experiment, the formation of image of an object AB placed in front of a convex lens is shown,
with an incomplete ray diagram. Complete the rays diagram and state position and nature of the image
formed.

(ii) At what distance should an object be placed from convex lens of focal length 9 cm to obtain an
image at 18 cm from it? What will be the magnification produced in this case?

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