VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA, VIRAGANOOR

STD: X FULL PORTION TEST Max.Marks:80

Subject: BIOLOGY Timing : 3hrs
General Instructions :
(i) The question paper comprises four sections A, B, C and D. There are 36 questions in the question paper. All
questions are compulsor y.
(ii) Section – A question no. 1 to 20 - all questions and parts thereof 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 question no. 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 question no. 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 –question no. 34 to 36 are long answer type questions carrying 5 marks each. Answer to
these questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
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.
(vi) Wherever necessary, neat and properly labeled diagrams should be drawn.
1. During the experiment on photosynthesis ,leaf is boiled in which of these liquids
a. water b. alcohol c. Iodine d. Sulphuric acid
2. In an ecosystem the 10percent of energy available for transfer from one trophic level to
another trophic level is in the form of
A. heat energy b. light energy c. chemical energy d. mechanical energy
3. List down the raw materials for Photosynthesis? 1m
Or
Write an equation of photosynthesis
4. What is haemodialysis?1m
5. What will Happen if platelets are absent in blood 1m
6. Why is variation important for a species? 1m
7. Name the essential parts of a flower? 1m
Or
What is the meaning of variegated leaf?
8. How do potato and bryophyllum reproduce vegetatively 1m
9. What is the role of acid in our stomach? 1m
10. What kind of nutrition occurs in fungi? 1m
11. What is parturition? 1m
12. Name the two components of the environment 1m
13. a.Write one function each of the following 1m
a) pepsin b)
ipase Or
b. Define ozone depletion
For question numbers 14,15,16 two statement of Assertion is given by the Corresponding statement of
Reason. Of the statement, 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 : Lymph also known as tissue fluid, is colourless
Reason : It lacks erythrocytes
1m
15. Assertion: Scrotum is present outside the abdominal cavity.
Reason: It stores sperms which require a lower temperature than the normal body
temperature.1m

16. Assertion: Liver is known as smallest gland in the human body

Reason: It secretes bile juice. 1m
17. Question number 17-a to 17-d. Answer the question on the basis of your understanding
of the following passage and related studied concepts
Double circulation systems occur in all vertebrates other than fish.The
blood is pumped through a pulmonary circuit to the lungs, .where it is oxygenated. The blood
returns to the heart.which pump the oxygenated blood through a systemic circuit, to the
body. In amphibians and most reptiles, the heart is not completely divided and there is
some mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. In birds and mammals, the heart is fully
divided and there is no mixing.
a) Name the animals in which double circulation occurs? 1m
b) what is the need of separation of oxygenated blood from deoxygeneted blood in human? 1m
c) Why a circulatory system is required Larger in more complex organisms. 1m
d) Name the site in fishes where oxygenation of blood.takes place 1m
18. a) Mention the site of complete digestion in our body 1m
Mention the end products formed on complete digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and fats . 1m
b) Expand IUCD. 1m
c) what is role of seminal vehicles and the prostate gland in human male ? 1m
19. a) Name the essential element for synthesis of proteins 1m
b) what is the advantages of reproducing through spores 1m
c) Expand HIV? 1m
d) why does the air passage not collapse when there is no air in it? 1m
20.a) Which is the portion on which grafting is done it provides the roots?
1m
a. Stock b. Scion c. Both a and b d. None of these
b) Roots of the plants absorb water from the soil through the process of: 1m a diffusion
b.transpiration c.osmosis d. None of these
c) Valves are not found in 1m
a. Arteries b. Heart c. Veins d. Lymphatic
d) Blood pressure is measured by an instrument known as: 1m
a. ECG b. Stethoscope c. Sphygmomanometer d. EEG
SECTION-B
20. What is fertilization? Where does it occur in a human female ?
2m
22. How are the lungs (alveoli) designed in human beings to maximize the area for exchange
of gases 2m
23. What are trophic levels ? give an example.
2m
24. What is vegetative propagation? Write two of its advantages. 2m

25. Define budding in hydra. 2m

or
Why is small intestine in herbivores longer than in carnivores?
26. What is likely to happen if green plants disappear from earth. 2m
SECTION-C
27. Give differences between food web and food chain explain with an example of each? 3m
28. How does the reproduction help in providing stability to population of species.
29. Distinguish between acquired and inherited traits by giving one example of each. Why are traits acquired during
the lifetime of an individual not inherited?
3m
30. List in tabular form three differences between aerobic respiration and anaerobic
respiration. 3m
Or
a) Name the blood vessel that brings oxygenated blood to the human heart.? 3m
b) which chamber of human heart receives oxygenated blood ?
c) Explain how oxygenated blood from this chamber is sent to all parts of the body?.

31 . List in tabular form, three differences between arteries and veins

32. What are the events occurring during Photosynthesis? 3m
33. Explain the role of decomposers in environment. 3m
SECTION -D

34. Describe the process of urine formation in kidney 5m

35. Draw the human female reproductive system and label the following parts
5m
I) which produces ovum?
ii)Where fertilization takes place?
iii) Where implantation of embryo takes place?
or
i) Name the blood vessel that brings oxygenated blood to the human heart?
ii) Which chamber of human heart receives oxygenated blood?
iii) Explain how oxygenated blood from this chamber is sent to all parts of the body

36. What are the different methods of contraception? Explain it.

5m