SUB: ENGLISH (02)

The 30 s JMs Morks 40

Istractioe
0 Fallae the prscribrd limit while anseering the queuion
by Wrie ihe question number as t appear on the qusrion paper.
Far mulinle chaice questiams, chose lhe correct answer and revritet
SECTION-1
Anseer the following questions by
y caooing the rght aption:
)In lapan and Brazil Through A Trvcler's Eye'.Exquisitely well-mannerd poople retor
a) indans b) Japaeese c) lrarilians d Americams
is called the worst place of all in 'apa and Blrail Theh A Traveler'sEy
a) Copacabana b) Japan c) Hrasl d Avenida Presidente Vagas
8 native diety mentioncd in "The Voter
least bj lyi c) En a e d) Umuu
In The Voter', Roof was ineserized b
a the ted otes on the floor
b) thc pictute of the Ccos farmer
e) the POP canpaign leader d) the advantages of being a
4) ln 'Where There ls AWheel', the vigronas Lieacy drive was let by
a) Arivoli yakkam b) S Kanalaraja e) Fatina Muthu liaskaran
3 s the new nime acqired by "waer as mentionod in the poen we
a) Sparkling water b) cleat water ) Mineral water d) Hlealthy waser

Answer any THREE fthefollowing in aparagvapl of so- 100 wards eack: 3s4-12
6 he
According
Bruel to George Mikes in 'lapan ad lrail Theough ATvele's Eye'.he pesple of
are mare leisurely and speed loving" Explan
7) Why was Progresive Organiation Paty (PO) fomed, in "The Voer? Explain
8) Explatn the role played by Shecla Rami Chunkath in the syeling movement in 'Where These
bA Wheel
9) Discuss the tavail sulered by the wada peple hile securing water in the pocm"Water
Anwer any ONE ofthe following in abou 290 wond
101 In the poet Water", trce the joey of water from anciest tines as a symbol of purity
to the age of multinational mart where it is acommodity
OR
-Demacacy is tmote than holding cletions regularlyDo sou think ihe stary support
this statement in The Voter

Camplele the following hy flng the hManks uieg lhe right farm of he verb ghven in bracket:
11) Roof (knaw) to everyone in Unaufia The canpaignet of POP party visited t
No werds (wac) betwen thecn
 Thms Alva Fdson lit up ihe world with hus sventian ef she eicctie leti ibs
warld mighi sill be a darks piace llowner, the electne light a
ivented the photegraph the motion picture camera ad oer l200 ett ing Hin mie
farmer teacher taught him a few things, but Thomas as mesly seil-clucaled
Thamas w bom in Milan-hie eo Feheuary tl I47 His family mve taFot lla ht
he wax seven ycars od Ar the age oftaclve. be hecame a ws buy in a train which a teo
Fat Iluron and etroit.He was deaf in oe car. lle thought deafhos aa hlesing it hipedhm
to kesp the coverations short lle left aunerous inventions tlut inprved the qali of ite all
vEr the world. 1is atural curiosity led hin o start experimesting atasoung age sith clecnca
and mechanical things at home
Questions:
13) What wld have happened if Thamas Alva Edin hadn'Y luve insenied clectie lhg
13) Mention any ene of the inventians of Edison other than electie ligh
14) Fdisun was mostly educated
a) By lhis father b) in his school c) On bis ow
15) Whem was Elison horn
16) Which human tendency led Edison to start experimcnting atasoung age

I3) What de thc undertincd wards in thc following extract reter te

Thicas Alva Edison was bos in Milan-Ohio. His fanily moved ta Fot lluro whes e was
seven yeas old At he age of tuelve. he becane a news hoy in a traia hich ran between Ft
IHuon nd Detroit He wa deaf in ne e lle thnight deafesaNessing yhetpod hins o Lc
the Cotversations short He left unerous inventions tat impeoved the quality t lie alt oser ihe
world

i) Which

That

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in The Hindu dated ISth December 2023
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 SECOD PUC SECOND TEST, DECEMBER 2023
SUB: CHEMISTRY (34)
Hrs [Max. Marks: 35
ime l 3O
Iastrc Ouestion paper has FOUR parts,
Write balanced chemical equations and draw neat labelled diagrams anid gruphs wherever
necessary.

PART -A
L Select the correct option from the given choices: 7x1=07
1) Which of the following has magnesium?
a) Chlorophyll b) Haemocyanin c) Carbonic hydrase dy Vitamin B:
2) The order ofa reaction whose rate constant is 2.3×10 Lmol's
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
3) Cis-trans isomerism is found in square planar conplexes of molecular formula
a) ML, b) ML,X c) ML,X d) MLX,
4) Ammonical silver nitrate is known as
a) Tollen's reagent b) Fehling's solution c) Lucas reagent d) Schifrs reugent
5) In which among the following reactions catalyst has no effect?
a) Spontancous reactions b) non spontaneous reactions c) instantaneous reactions d) all of these
6) Formalin is an aqucous solution of
a) furfural b) fluorescein c) formaidehyde d) hydroxyl amine
7) The name of the product formed when carbonyl compounds reacts with HCN is
a) oxime b) imine c) cyanohydrin d) hydroxyl amine

Fill in the blanks by choosing appropriate answers from those given in the bracket: 3x1=03
(Threshold energy, EDTA, activation energy. pd- BaSO,)
8) The example for chelating ligand is
9) The catalyst used in Rosenmund reaction is
10) The minimum energy required or the reacting molecules to undergo reaction is
PART -B
Answer any TIWO of the following: 2x2=04
11) What is coordination isomerisn? Give an example.
12) Write any two differences between order and molecularity.
13) Explain Gatternan - Koch reaction.
14) How is acetophenone prepared from benzene? Give cquation.

PART -C
Answer any TiWO of the following:
15) u) Derive an integrated rate equation for zero order reaction. Sx2=10
b) What arce pseudo first order reactions? Give an cxample.
16) a) On the basis of VBT, explain the hybridization, geonmetry and (3+2)
magnetie property of
[N(CN),T
 complexes. (3+2)
b) Write the energypostulalescrystal
level diagram field spliting in octahedral
T) a) Write any thrce Wemer's theory
b) Write the IUPAC name ofcthe following
9 K,[Za(OH).] [Co(NH,).]e,
PART -D
Answer any TWO of the following: 312=6
18) What happens when when formaldehvde is heated with sodium bydroxide? Give equation, Nans
the reaction.
19) Complete the following rcactions

HCI
i) CH,COOH +PCI, -

ii) CH,--CH, +NH,OH ->

20) a) Explain HVZ reaction?
b) Among acetic acid and formic acid, which has higher pKa value. (2+ 1)

Answer any ONE of the following: 5x1=05

21) a) The rate constants of areaction at 500K and 700K are 0.02sec and (0.07 see
respectively. Caleulate the value of E,?
b) The rate constant of afirst order reaction is 5.5x10 see'.Find the half life period ofa
reaction
(3+2)
2 a) For a first order reaction, show that time required for 99% completion is twice the time
required for 90% completion of the reaction.
b) Calculate the overall order of the reaction which has the rate expression
r-k[4[B]' (3+2)
 SECOND
Tine: 1.30 Hrs]
PUC SECOND TEST,
Instructions:
a) All parts
SUB: PHYSICS (33) DECEMBER 2023
are Max Marks: 35
b) For Part -A, first compulsory
writen
c) Answers without relevant answer will be considered for awarding marks.
d)
diagram/problems
Direct answers to the numerical figurelcwithout
ircuit wherever
detailed. necessary
will not
Solutions will notcarry any
carry any marks.
marks.
Pick the correct option among four PART- A
I) The given for ALL. of the following
phenomenon used optical fibres for the transmission ofquestions:
in 7xi=07
a) Total internal
reflection b) Scattering c) Diffraction light energy is
d) Refraction
2) In a compound
a) Virtual, erectmicroscope,
the intermediate image is
& magnified b) Real, erect & magnificd
c) Real, inverted and
3) In young's double slit
magnified
d) Virtual, ercct & dimiished
experiment, the fringe with depends upon
a) distance between the two slits b)
distance between the slits and the screen
c) wavelength of light d) All the above
4) The condition for constructive interference In terms of
path difference is
b) &=(n+1)a c) 8= 2ni d) S= nà
5) The matter waves are
a) Light waves b) sound waves c) Stationary waves d) Probabilistic waves
6) Hertz experiment confirns detection of
a) EM waves b) x- rays c) - rays d) uv rays
7) In scattering experiment, the force that scatters particles is
a) nuclear force b) Columobian force e) Both (A) and (3) ) Gravitational force
Fll in the blanks by choosing appropriate answer given in the brackets for ALL. the following
questions: 3x103
(Difiraction, Rutherford's model, dioptre)
8) The SI unit of powerofa lens is
9) The phenonenon of bending of light waves around the sharp edges of an obstacle is called

10) A classical atom based on is doomed to collapse.

PART -B
2x204
Answer any TWO of the following questions: refraction of a ray refracted through
11) Draw a neat labelled ray diagram representing lateral
parallel sided glass slab.
12) Write any two applications of polaroids. through (i) a thin prism (ii)
13) Mention the type of wavetront obtained when a plane wave is passed
a concave mirror.
14) Stateand explain Bohr's quantisation condition.
 PART-C
Answer any TWO of the following questions:
15) Arrive at the 2x3-06
relation=in
2
the case of a concave miror.
16) Distinguish between
interference and diffraction of light,
17) Write any three characteristies
ofphoton
PART -D
Answer any TWO of the following questions: 2x5-10
A+D
Sin
18) Show that for a prison n= 2 where symbols have their usual meaning
sin
19) Derive Snell's law of refraction using Huygen's wave theory of light.
20) State the laws of photo clectric effect.
21) Derive an expression for the total energy of an electron in hydrogen atom in terms of orbit
radius on the basis of Rutherford'satom model. [Assume the expression for radius.|
1x5-05
Answer ay ONE ofthe following questions: focal length 21 cm. Describe
22) An object of size 30 cm is placed 14 cm in front of concave lens of
is moved farther away from the lens
the image produced by thc lens. What happens if the object
surface. Electrons with their maximum
23) Light of frequency 8.41x10" H: is incident on a metal
surface. Calculate the threshold frequency for
speed of 7.5x1O'ms are cjected from the function of metal in electron volt (ev).
photoemission ofclections. Also find the work
Planck's constant, h=6.625x10"JS. mass of the clectron 9.1x10Kg.
Given:
 SECOND PUC SECOND TEST, DECEMBER 2023
SUB: MATHEMATICS (35)
me: 1.3O Hrs) IMac Marks: 40

nstructions:
a) The Question paper has FOUR parts namely A, B, Cand D.
b) Answer all the part.
PART-A
7s107
Anwer all the Maliple Choice questions:
) e(oc x* sec xtan x)
a) e' tan xtc ) esecx+e c) (seex+ tanx)+c d) esecxtan xte
2) logxt
a) xlogr+c b) xlogx+x+c c) xlogx-x+c d) logx+r+e
3) The value ofd
a) log3 b) I c) 0 d) log 2

a) 0 b) I c) -1 d) 17
5) The direction cosines of y- axis is,
40,1,0 b)0,0,1 c)1.0,0 d)0,1,2 respectively, then its direction cosines are
with x.,y.z axes
6) If the line makes 90,60.30

Two lines with direction ratios a,. 4. G and a,, b,.c are parallel if
7)
=0 b) 4 c) aa, =hb d) None of these
a) aa, +hb, +ee,
3x|03
gien in the bracket:
Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate answer from those
-.97.1]
andre perpendicular, then k
9) The line 5 1 2 3
n
direction cosines ofa line L, then /+
9) IfL mn are the
10) The value of
PART- B 2x3=06

Answer any THREE questions:

xe'
) Evaluate: J
xseexd
the value of
 3) Evalate (co2xd
14) Find the angle between the pair of lines
Fl+2)-4i" a(l+2)+2i) d s-2)+(+2)+oi)
15) Find he cquation of the line which passes through the point (1. 2,) and
s parallel o the vector 3+2)-2
PART- C
Anwer any THREE questions: 313-09

10 Evalate Jelle+2)
I7) Find tan'x
sinx
I8) Evaluate 1+cos
+6) d
19) Find the distance betseen pair of lines givn by. Fl+2)-4k+A(27+3)
F=si+3) -si +s(2l+3) +o)
the direction cosines of the lines passing through two points (-2.4,-5) nd (1,2.3).
20) Find
PART- D 3x5-15
Answer ay THREE questions:
wrLx and hence evalate d
21) Find the inteqgral of

ya'.
23) Find the area encloscdby the cicke
24) Find the area cnclosed by the ellipe
ina space passing through a given point and parallel o a
25) Derive the equation of the line
vector and Cartesian form
vector both in the
 SECOND PUC SECOND TEST EXAMINATION DECEMBER- 2023
Subject : SANSKRIT (09)
Titte1.30 Hour] (Morks 40
PART-A
3NT-3

(gvrin, mfa,qTR )
2) r rr : rufa
(ft, rz, H, HTE)
3) T
(Z4, TRH, ATT, ER)

11. 2X7=2

4)
5) fr
(rfe, , )
2X1=2

PART- B

3N2-6
7) r
8) gu f T R?

10) e e s fy ?

2X2-4

12) gfiznt iRl

13) T ! T
 PARTC

pgitt em
141 utsf

2X5-10

l6) mftn frtiY sitfefr fayti

18) wrgarr ffiuffr" rfr shtfi uHI

PART- D

VIIL. TyTrfm rerfartt Yprar farrm

19) nft f r / t (warr)
srrfHE, tsfra, srTE sfr
f I( i r )
20) f u r t f p / t

21) vefrut yr (rTT)

f r , RT, Tit

uncmn mie.
rmud, dr
21) mdmt romod ito us

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Varanasi is on the banks of the iver People from all parts
Itisa famous pilgrim centre in India
It is one of the most ancient cities. having visited the
visit this place. They take bath in the river Ganga.
of the country
is fulfilled
Vishwanatha temple They fecf that their life