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Time Allowed: 3 Hours Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
(1) This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 sections.
(2) All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in
some questions. A student is expected to attempt only one of these questions.
(3) Section A consists of 20 objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
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 (4) Section B consists of 6 Very Short questions carrying 02 marks each. Answers
to these questions should in the range of 30 to 50 words.
(5) Section C consists of 7 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
Answers to these questions should in the range of 50 to 80 words.
(6) Section D consists of 3 Long Answer type questions carrying 05 marks each.
Answer to these questions should be in the range of 80 to 120 words.
(7) Section E consists of 3 source-based/case-based units of assessment of 04
marks each with sub-parts.

SECTION - A
1. The physics teacher gave the values of current (I) flowing in a given resistor
for the corresponding value of potential difference (V) across the resistor which
are written in the form of the table.
I (Ampere) 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.0 1.25
V (Volt) 0.8 1.6 2.4 3.2 4.0

She asked the students to draw V and I graph. Four students A, B, C and D
drawn the graph as given below. Which one of the students has drawn the graph
correctly?
(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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 2. The length and complexity of food chains vary greatly. Each organism is
generally eaten by two or more organisms which in turn are eaten by
several other organisms so instead of a straight food chain, the relationship
is shown as a series of branching lines. Which of the following correctly
represent a food web ?
(I) Phytoplankion → Zooplankton → Fish → King fisher

(II)

(III) Trees → Deer → Tiger

(IV)

Select the correct option:

(a) (I) and (II) (b) (II) and (III)
(c) (II) and (IV) (d) Only (IV) 1

3. Which of the following device does not use current carrying conductors and
magnetic field ?
(a) Electric heater (b) Loud Speaker
(c) Microphone (d) Earphones 1

4. Alankrita adds an equal amount of aqeous solution of iron sulphate in two

beakers marked as A and B. In beaker A she adds zinc granules and in beaker
B, she adds copper.

She observes that aqueous solution of FeSO4 becomes colourless and there will
be no change in colour of beaker B. Now she arranged the metals Zn, Fe and Cu
in increasing order of reactivity. Which of the following option has she written
correctly?
(a) Fe < Cu < Zn (b) Cu < Fe < Zn
(c) Zn < Fe < Cu (d) Fe < Zn < Cu 1

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 5. A child wrote some facts about adrenaline hormone but one of them is not
true. Identify that fact.
(a) Adrenaline is called fight or flight hormone
(b) It is secreted directly into the blood and carried to different parts of the body.
(c) The largest organ on which it acts is the skeletal system.
(d) Adrenaline hormone is secreted by a pair of adrenal glands present just
above the kidneys. 1

6. When Gregor John Mendel crossed a tall pea plant with a dwarf pea plant, he
found that in first generation (F1) all the plants produced were tall. But when
he crossed plants of F1 generation, what did he find ?
(a) 1 plants were tall and 3 plants were short.
4 4
(b) 3 plants were tall and 1 plants were dwarf.
4 4

(c) All the plants were tall.

(d) 50% plants were tall and 50% were dwarf. 1
7. In a class of 40 students, the teacher told to find out the earlobes of there peers
whether they are free or attached. It was observed that there are only 4
students having attached earlobes. After that they were told to observe the
earlobes of their parents. What did the students observed?

(I) Free earlobes is a dominant trait.

(II) Attached earlobes is a recessive trait.
(III) Attached earlobes is observed in the parents.
(IV) Free earlobes is observed in one or both the parents.
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 Select the correct option:
(a) (I), and (IV) (b) (I), (II) and (IV)
(c) (II), (III) and (IV) (d) Both (I) and (II) 1

8. Riya saw the garbage heap at land fill site and wants to know the methods of
disposal of waste.

Identify which one of the following is not a method of disposal.

(a) Composting (b) Biogas generation
(c) Recycling of material after segregation (d) Reuse 1

9. Adi added a small amount of substance ‘X’ in a beaker. He added water in the
beaker slowly having substance ‘X’. He found a substance ‘Y’ is formed which
turns lime water milky. Which of the following option idenitifies ‘X’ and ‘Y’?

(a) X–Calcium oxide, Y–Calcium carbonate

(b) X–Calcium oxide, Y–Calcium hydroxide
(c) X–Calcium hydroxide, Y– Calcium carbonate
(d) X–Calcium hydroxide, Y–Carbon dioxide 1

10. Many people in a village had growing swollen necks, which was a problem for
the hilly area's inhabitants.

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 A doctor came to the village, carefully listened to the residents' problems, and
gave them the advice to substitute iodized salt for regular salt in their food.
The issue was largely resolved within a few months.
What was the cause of the swollen neck of people in the village?
(a) Effiiciency of parathyroid hormone.
(b) Deficiency of thyroxine hormone.
(c) Increased concentration of thyroxine hormone.
(d) Deficiency of parathyroid hormone 1
11. When white powder lead nitrate is heated, two of the three products have
yellow and brown colour. Identify the products having yellow and brown colour.
(a) Lead oxide – brown, oxygen–colourless.
(b) Lead oxide – Yellow, nitrogen dioxide–brown
(c) Lead oxide–colourless, nitrogen dioxide–brown
(d) Lead oxide–brown, nitrogen dioxide–yellow 1
12.

Which of the following statements correctly explains the structure of ‘X’ and the
function of ‘X’?
(I) The structure ‘X’ is alveoli which is present in the lungs.
(II) The structure ‘X’ is nephrons present in the kidneys.
(III) Structure ‘X’ increases the surface area for the exchange of gases.
(IV) Structure ‘X’ is basic filtration units.
Select the correct option:
(a) (I) and (III) (b) (I) and (IV)
(c) (II) and (III) (d) II) and (IV) 1
13. What would be the equivalent resistance across the two ends A and B of the
following circuit?

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 (a) 3.6  (b) 0.6 
(c) 3  (d) 15  1

14. A researcher adds barium hydroxide to hydrochloric acid to form a white-

coloured barium chloride. Which of the following option gives the balanced
chemical equation of the reaction?

(a) HCl + Ba(OH)2 → BaCl2 + 2HOH

(b) 2HCl + Ba(OH)2 → BaCl2 + 2HOH

(c) 2HCl + Ba(OH)2 → BaH2 + 2HCl + O2

(d) HCl + 2Ba(OH) → 2BaCl2 + 2HOH + O2 1

15. Study the given schematic representation of transport and exchange of oxygen
and carbon dioxide. Identify the part which :
A. brings the deoxygenated blood from various body parts to the heart.
B. the vessel which brings the oxygenated blood from lungs back to the heart.
C. the largest vessel of the body.
D. the vessel which takes the deoxygenated blood to the lungs for purification.

A B C D

(a) Aorta Pulmonary Vein Pulmonary Artery Vena cava

(b) Aorta Pulmonary Artery Pulmonary Vein Vena cava

(c) Vena cava Aorta Pulmonary Vein Pulmonary Artery

(d) Vena cava Pulomonary Vein Arota Pulomonary Artery

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 16. Preeti’s grandmother is not feeling good due to indigestion. Which of the
following compounds she should be given to relieve her pain and irritation in
the stomach?
(a) Ca(OH)2 (b) Mg(OH)2
(c) NH4OH (d) NaOH 1

Q. no 17 to 20 are Assertion - Reasoning based questions.

These consist of two statements – Assertion (a) and Reason (R). Answer these
questions selecting the appropriate option given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

17. Assertion (A): Sometime back, Kulhads were used in place of plastic cups or
glasses in rains but after sometime, this proposal was set aside.
Reason (R) : Making of Kulhads on a large scale resulted in the loss of top
fertile soil. 1

18. Assertion (A): Soaps and detergents can be used in hard water for cleaning
purposes.
Reason (R): Soaps have straight long hydrocarbon chain which is insoluble
in water and is the hydrophobic part while COO – part which dissolves in
water is the hydrophilic part. 1

19. Assertion (A): New combination of traits are observed in F2 offspring when tall
plants and round seeds are crossed with short plants and wrinkled seeds. Reason
(R): Tallness and round seed are both dominant traits. 1

20. Assertion (A): When a graph is plotted between V and I, a linear graph is
obtained.
Reason (R): The linear graph between V and I holds true for Ohm’s law. 1

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 SECTION - B

21. A given length of copper wire is doubled on itself. By what factor does the
resistance of the wire change? Will there be any change in the resistivity?
Why or Why not ? 2

22. The picture demonstrates how the prism disperses the white light.

What colour will the letters P, Q, and R have? Also state the reason. 2

23. Aditi kept salt solution in beaker ‘a’ while Kriti kept glucose solution in
beaker ‘b’ and made the set up as shown in the given figure.

(a) (b)
(A) In which of the beakers the bulb will glow and why ?
(B) If Aditi keeps sodium hydroxide solution or dilute hydrochlroic acid
solution in place of salt solution, will the bulb glow ? 2
24. (A) Aditya was wearing a T-shirt in which it was written SLEEPTIME.
When he looked in the plane mirror, he saw the words written as
. Name the phenomenon involved in it and define it.
(B) The magnification produced by a plane mirror is +1. What does this
mean?
OR
(A) What will be the value of angle of emergence. When an incident ray
makes an angle of 35° with a normal to the air glass interference of the
rectangular glass slab?
(B) The speed of light in a transparent medium is 0.5 times that of it’s speed
in vaccum. Calculate the refractive index of the medium. 2

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 25. (A) What happens:
(i) to Sun’s energy that fall on green plants?
(ii) when a harmful chemical enters to a food chain?
(B) Study the given food chain, what will happen if the individuals of first
trophic level are removed.

26. (A) Alimentary canal is the pathway by which food enters and moves
out ofour body. Which is the longest part of alimentary canal?
(B) The gall bladder of a person is surgically removed as she has mutilple stones
in it. How would digestion of food be affected?
OR
In the given diagram, the parts A and B are marked. How will you differentiate
between parts A and B?

SECTION - C
27. Pakhi used yellowish white powder for disinfecting drinking water. Identify
the compound, write its chemical name and formula. How is it manufactured?
Write the chemical equation for the reaction involved. Write one more use of
this compound. 3

28. (A) How do unicellular organisms remove metabolic waste ?

(B) Identify the given figure and mark the parts which perform the following
functions.

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 (i) Filters the blood.
(ii) Collects the filtrate and passes it to the next part of the given figure.
(iii) Helps in reapsorption of some substances.

OR
(A) We can usually control the urge to urinate. Explain.
(B) Draw a neat diagram of human excretory system and label the organs which
perform the following functions.
(i) Stores urine until it is passed out.
(ii) Form urine
(ii) Urine passes out
(iv) Long tube which collects urine from kidney. 3

29. A teacher told students that “A trait may be inherited, but may not be
expressed”, this statement confused the students as they believed that
inherited traits are always expressed. Justify the statement of teacher with
reason.
30. (A)What is synapse and what is its role ?
(B) Draw a diagram of a neuron and label the part:
(i) where information is acquired.
(ii) through which the information travels as an electrical impulse. 3
31. (A) Where can you see a rainbow on a sunny day ?
(B) Priya saw the rainbow in the sky after the rain shower and appreciated
the colours in a rainbow. Now she is curious to know how could the white
light of the sun give us various colours of the rainbow ? Illustrate the
various phenomena in a rainbow formation. 3

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 32. (A)Study the given diagram showing longitudinal section of flower and
identify the gamete producing organs.

(B) Write one function of each:

(i) Stigma
(ii) Style
(iii) Petals
(iv) Sepals 3

33. (A) Name any one metal which reacts neither with cold water nor with hot
water but reacts with steam. Write the chemical reaction also.
(B) What are ionic compound? Explain and show the formation of magnesium
oxide by electron transfer.
OR
(A) Which metal is common in the two alloys brass and bronze ? Write one
use of bronze.
(B) The electronic configuration of three elements is given below.
X Y Z
2, 8, 1 2, 8, 7 2, 8, 8
(i) Which of the elements will form an ionic compound ?
(ii) Which element will form covalent compound ?
(iii) Which element will neither form covalent nor ionic compound ? 3

SECTION - D
34. (A) The formulae of two hydrocarbons are given below C4H10 and C3H4. Name
the hydrocarbons. Write their electron dot structures.
(B) Give a chemical test to distinguish between C4H10 and C3H4.
(C) How will you differentiate between C4H10 and C3H4 ?
(D) Name the products formed when C4H10 burns in air. Write balance chemical
equation for the reaction showing the types of energies liberated.

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 OR
(A) What are heteroatoms ? What is there importance ?
(B) Two compounds ‘X’ and ‘Y’ have the same molecular formula C5H10.
Compound ‘X’ is saturated while ‘Y’ is unsaturated. Draw their structure
what type of reactions are expected to ungergo ?
(C) How can you obtain : (i) Sodium ethoxide (ii) Ethyl ethanote from ethanol ?
Write only the chemical reactions involved. 5
35. (A)Redraw the diagram and the point on the given lens through which a ray
of light passes undeviated.

(B)A converging lens has focal length of 15 cm. Calculate at what distance
should the object be placed from the lens so that it forms an image at 60
cm on the other side of the lens. Also draw the ray diagram.
OR
(A) Complete the given ray diagram. Also write the position, size and nature of
image.

(B) Anu focused the image of a candle flame on a white screen using a concave
mirror. She found the flame perpendicular to the principal axis of the mirror.
She also calculated the focal length of the mirror as 24 cm. When length of
flame is 3.0 cm and distance of the flame from mirror is 35 cm. Calculate
the distance of the image from the mirror and the length of the image.

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 36. (A)In a horse-shoe magnet, a current carrying conductor isplaced perpendicular
to the magnetic field.

The conductor is displaced upward. What will happen to the displacement

of the conductor if:
(i) current in the conductor is increased.
(ii) a horse-shoe magnet is replaced by another stronger horse-shoe magnet.
(iii) the length of the conductor is increased.
(B)Which device can be used to maintain a potential difference between the
ends of a conductor? Explain the process by which this device does so. 5

SECTION - E
This section has 3 case-based questions (37, 38 and 39). Each case is followed
by 3 sub-questions (a), (b) and (c). Parts (a) and (b) are compulsory. However,
an internal choice has been provided in Part (c).

37. There are 118 elements known at present. It is difficult to study and describe
all the properties of all these element separately. That is why elements
showing similar properties are grouped together.

(A) (i) Some elements show properties of metals as well as non-metals. Such
elements are known as metalloid. Name three metalloids. 1
(ii) Study the following reactions of aluminum oxide (Al2O3) with acid and
base.
Al2O3 + 6HCl → 2 AlCl3 + 3H2O
Al2O3 + 2NaOH → 2NaAlO2 + H2O
Interpret from the types of oxides given, in which category will you place
Al2O3.
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 (B) A yellow colored powder ‘X’ burns with a blue flame and produces suffo-
cation smelling gas which turns blue litmus red. This yellow powder 'X'
is also soluble in carbon disulphide. Identify the nature of ‘X’. Write the
chemical reaction of ‘X’ with air. 2
OR
(B) Aluminium metal acts as a good reducing agent. It reduces Fe2O3 and
MnO2 as shown in the given reactions.
(i) Fe2O3(s) + 2Al(s) → Pl(l) + Al2O3(s) + Heat
(ii) 3MnO2(s) + 4Al(s) → 3Mn(l) + 2Al2O3(s) + Heat
What do you know about the reactions?

38. The given data shows the normal mestrual cycle in adolescent girl.
Menarche 10 – 13 Years
Mean cycle interval 32.2 days in first few years.
Menstrual cycle interval Typically 21-45 days
Menstrual flow length 7 days or less
(A) Define menarche and menopause. 1
(B) State the changes that take place when implantation of embryo takes place.
1
(C) Why does menstrual flow take place ? Does menstruation take place when a woman is
pregnant ? 2
OR
(C) What are female gonads ? Write their function. 2

39. Sunny connected four bulb having power P in series in an electric circuit.
Sahaj connected four bulbs of same power in parallel.
(A) Bulb in each circuit has fused. Will the rest of the bulbs continue to glow
in each circuit ? Give reason. 1
(B) Whose bulb – Sunny’s or Sahaj’s will glow with more brightness and why?
(C) Draw circuit diagram for each case. 2
OR
(C) Why does the bulb of an electric bulb not burn at high temperature? The
filament of a bulb draws a current of 0.40 A and is used for 3 hours.
Calculate the amount of charge f lowing through the circuit

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