KARNATAKA ICSE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION

ICSE STD. X Preparatory Examination 2023

Subject: Biology

Duration: 2 Hrs. Date:

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This paper comprises of two Sections: Section A and Section B.
Attempt all the questions from Section A.
Attempt four questions from Section B
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]
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Section A
(Attempt all questions from this section)
Question 1

Select the correct answers to the questions from the given options (Do not copy the
question. Write the correct answer only). [15]

1. The repeating components of each DNA strand lengthwise.

a. Nucleotide b. Nucleoside c. Centrosome d. Nucleosome

2. Which one of the following is the phenotypic monohybrid ratio in F2 generation?

a. 3 : 1 b. 1 : 2 : 1 c. 2 : 2 d. 1 : 3

3. What is responsible for guttation?

a. Osmotic pressure b. Root pressure c. Suction pressure d. Capillarity

4. The loss of water as water vapour from the aerial parts of a plant is known as.
a. Evaporation b. Perspiration c. Guttation d. Transpiration

5. The specific function of light energy in the process of photosynthesis is to.

a. Reduce carbon dioxide
b. Synthesise glucose
c. Activate chlorophyll
d. Split water molecule

6. Common gibberellin is.

a. GA1 b. GA2 c. GA3 d. GA7

7. When a doctor is recording your pulse, he is pressing on your wrist exactly on a

a. Vein b. Capillary c. Artery d. Arteriole

8. The part of the brain which is concerned with memory.

a. Cerebrum b. Cerebellum c. Pons d. Medulla oblongata

9. Which part of our ear is shaped like a snail shell?

a. Semi-circular canals b. Cochlea c. Stapes d. Eustachian tube

10. Exophthalmic goitre is caused due to the over activity of

 a. Thymus b. Thyroid c. Pancreas d. Adrenal

11. In humans, the fertilisation takes place in

a. Uterus b. Vagina c. Fallopian tube d. Vagina

12. Birth rate is the number of live births

a. per 1000 people per year

b. per 100 people per decade
c. per 1000 people per decade
d. per 100 people per year

13. One of the examples of radiation pollutants is

a. Sulphur dioxide b. Ozone c. Iodine - 131 d. Discarded electric bulbs

14. Transpiration will be fastest when the day is

a. Cool, humid and windy

b. Hot, humid and still
c. Hot, humid and windy
d. Hot, dry and windy

15. The statistical study of human population of a region.

a. Demography b. Population density c. Natality d. Mortality

Question 2

A. Name the following [5]

1. The complex structure consisting of DNA strand and a core of histones.

2. The process by which intact plants lose water in the form of droplets from leaf
margins.
3. The apparatus to record the rate of transpiration in a cut shoot.
4. The kind of plastids found in the mesophyll cells of the leaf.
5. The phenomenon of growth of plant organs in response to chemicals.

B. Arrange and rewrite the terms in each group in the correct order so as to be
in a logical sequence beginning with the term that is underlined. [5]

1. Lungs, Stomach, Aorta, Heart

2. Afferent arteriole, Collecting duct, Ascending limb, Descending limb
3. Receptor, Dorsal root, Effector, Spinal cord
4. Grains, Hawk, Snake, Rat
5. DNA, Chromatin fibre, Nucleosome, Chromatid

C. Match the items given in Column I with the most appropriate ones in
column II and rewrite the correct matching pairs. [5]

Column I Column II

1. The blind spot a. Under secretion of cortical hormones

2. The yellow spot b. Over secretion of cortical hormones
3. Iris c. Thyroxin
4. Enlargement of breast d. Colour of the eye
 in adult males
5. Thyroid e. Glucagon
f. Insulin
g. Maximum sensory cells
h. No sensory cells

D. Choose the odd one out from the following terms and name the category to
which the others belong: [5]

1. Ovary, Fallopian tube, Ureter, Uterus

2. Oil spill, CO2, SO2, CO
3. Tubectomy, Vasectomy, Mortality, Intra-Uterine Devices.
4. Auxin, Insulin, Ethylene, Cytokinin.
5. Monocyte, Basophil, Eosinophil, Neutrophil.

E. State the exact function of the following. [5]

1. Centrosome 2. Guard cell 3. DNA 4. Xylem 5. RBC

Section B
(Attempt any four questions from this section)

Question 3

1. Define plasmolysis. [1]

2. Differentiate between hypotonic and hypertonic solution. [2]
3. State any two points of difference between photosynthesis and respiration [2]
4. The diagram is set up to demonstrate an experiment: Study the same and
answer the following questions. [5]

a. In which tube would you expect the greatest increase in dry weight of the
pond weed?
b. In which tube would you expect to find the plant with the least amount of
starch?
c. In which of the test tubes would you expect more oxygen?
d. In which of the test tubes would you expect the presence of least carbon
dioxide?
e. In which test tube the plant may survive for the shortest duration?

Question 4

1. Expand the abbreviation – ACTH [1]

2. Name any two nitrogenous bases. [2]
 3. If you sprinkle some common salt on grass growing on a lawn, it is killed at that
spot. [2]
4. Mention any two adaptations in leaves to prevent transpiration. [2]
5. The diagram given is representing a stage during cell division. Answer the
following questions. [3]

a. Identify the given stage.

b. Give a suitable reason for your answer in (a)
c. Name the stage that follows the one shown in the diagram.

Question 5

1. Define tropic hormones. [2]

2. What is phototropism? [1]
3. People living in the hilly regions often suffer from goitre. Explain. [2]
4. Differentiate between hormonal control and nervous control. [2]
5. Draw a neat diagram of an experiment showing that oxygen is given out during
photosynthesis. [3]

Question 6

1. What is Pulse? [1]

2. Differentiate between serum and Vaccine. [2]
3. When are the sounds “LUBB” and “DUP” produced respectively during heart
beat? [2]
4. What are the functions of blood plasma? [2]
5. Study the diagram given and answer the following questions. [3]

a. Name the parts labelled as 1 and 2?

b. Name the type of the blood flowing in the part labelled as 1 and 2.
c. What is “myocardial infarction”?
Question 7

1. Define implantation. [1]

2. Give one difference between Monohybrid and dihybrid cross. [2]
3. What is Parthenocarpy? Give one example. [2]
4. State Mendel’s law of dominance. [2]
5. Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow: [3]

a. Name the parts labelled as A and B.

b. What are the two functions of placenta?

Question 8

1. State the exact location of yellow spot. [1]

2. Mention the functions of aqueous humour. [2]
3. What are the functions of spinal cord? [2]
4. Give two possible reasons for myopia. [2]
5. Study the diagram given below and answer the questions that follow: [3]

a. Name the parts labelled as 1 and 2

b. Define stimulus.
c. What is conditioned reflex?

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