Paper -2 Maximum Marks : 80 A bulb can be lighted using a strong bar magnet and a coil of insulated copper wire. Define the phenomenon behind this. 1 ee free So eh ae wie wh vines afer Arrange the three medium given below according to descending order of speed of sound in them - Steel, Air, Water fe fom am gem i eah aioe & aya wed a oH ora Hi waar]. List any lwo native states of Carbon. 1 are #7 a ya ey waT Shoose non-combustible substances from the following : 1 tar Cloth (b) Rubber fer Glass (a) Brick (b) 1 ate @) # are perishable food items like meat and fish covered with salt ? 1 Sa se #8 ad we wag Foe Goi em om #7 Define Vaccine.10. 1. 12. 13. 14, Endocrine glands are also known as duetless gland. Why ? 1 aa: earth ate ah aferanfeadt Ret wt ae ora ¢1 aii? Enlist two observations as a beam of white light passes through a glass prism. 2 weg tert ower ya vik few @ fre owe eA aa a sade a Wis Fife Differentiate between rods and cones present on the retina of our eye. 2 wart sta & afave wow or art og wd vie Fost are sifem Give reasons for the following : 2 (a) Colourful bands are associated with Jupiter. (>) Venus is the brightest: object in our sky after Sun and the Moon. famfafan a are aaei— (a) geese & me tie vega & me gat fra wa zt (>) Wem ei a aig & aq ae ow aad wae aR AMT ZI Why does Mars have low average density as compared to the earth? 2 daa we a et at ode sia wat wa sat sta & Give reasons 2 (a) Bakelite is used in making electrical switches and handles of cooking utensi (b) We should carry cloth bags when we go out for shopping. a Ge (a) quae yin frost & ae wa arn aR ad a oe wa A win fet art @1 (>) wt ated ea & fre od wea ae a fen Sa ST eT Give two reasons why it is desirable that a fuel should undergo complete 2 combustion. qa aaed fe feet fer a pt ott Pea wet wt airs 2116. 18. (a) Explain how nucleoplasm is different from cytoplasm. (b) List the main factors that determine the shape of a cell. 2 (a) Sen @ fe aire aw aie zr first fea var Zz (>) Fier et wae wl fautfta wel art wpe aH za Complete the table given below Name of animals | Site of fertilization | Site of development (a) | Ostrich EE Eeebiee (b) Cow kale es 74 ae FH We WoW WF sim fa Fa (a) | waert aps SERERARE (b) | 7 SESE Eee Which one of the following is a biological nitrogen fixer and why ? (a fea a ar (a) (b) (a) (b) Clostridium (b) Rhizobitim agi aiat aren @ wa Fai? Explain how fungi, like yeast, make the dough flufly or soft. 3 Name the mode of transmission of pathogens of the following diseases : (i) Common cold (ii) Tetanus an sede wi fe die Fe wae ee oe a FS Gente? fea ani & ene were & woah A aT @ WR (i) 27a20. (a) (b) (a) (b) (a) () (a) (b) (a) Name the type of eye defect in the following cases : 3 (A person is unable to see nearby objects clearly. Gi) An old person has a hazy vision. Gii) A person is unable to see far off objects clearly. Write how each of the above defects can be cured ? fe ef ad sie & ae a am aa © Ww af wo a owq saw a te om Gi) Ww gyi afer at gun fam zt) Gi) Ww af g st aq a we wi ta om aay fe wr fee me dd at aa ste fen om em @ OR (sat) Name the part of the eye which regulates the amount of light entering into the eye and how. Arrange the following resources/aids as optical and non-optical aids: () Telescopic aid (i) Lens iii) Braille (iv) Tape recorder aig TM ww amt ot sig Yo EA ad yer som fifa aah #2 fre oarviza wl gfe wad ait fam gfe wach aa W oqafem wi- @) Aererte tea Gi) aa (iii) Gv) 2u-fearey Write the metals used as anode and cathode during electro refining of copper. 3(b) Name the solution that needs to be used during refining of copper. (c) Explain why solid silver nitrate does not conduct electricity while silver ite solution does. @ wi fage fomefin Y wits sik dete vam er ae ag FT aay (by) ofa Ft fran foment eA art eta an ore aa (co) A ert far aia free nege fay an wae wi adi arm, fay freee owe am ti nit (a) Categorise the following electrolytes into weak and strong electrolytes: Sodium chloride solution, Oxalic acid, Ammonium hydroxide solution, Copper sulphate solution. (b) Name the two metals used as the positive and negative electrodes in a voltaic cell. 3 (a) fe fags sere vi frit am waa fags aver Fo afigs et wa (>) aieer aa Fowree ce cemrers fae a fee eT ea a age am fafa (a) Differentiate between metals and non-metals on the basis of : 3 (Tensile strength (i) Density (b) Compare the reactivity of potassium and iron towards water. (a) ag wa aoaget Ho sie Fre agar aaE— Rn weT Gi) we (>) Wire wa ae SS ae ate ea a alata ge Ft 3 Explain how agricultural wastes harm the human body and aquatic life. ai om fra ven eat wie a ae vi at ae wear @7 OR (sia)2. (a) (b) @) (b) (a) (b) @) ) Enlist four methods that can be used to make water safe for drinking purposes, Name any two water borne diseases. ar tal fatal amet for sein a art ww a ste a aie aera wT aa a Rafer wet MA a aa art wig a ahaa a are fester Flame of a burning candle goes off, when we blow over it strongly. Give two reasons. 3 Name the type of combustion when combustible substances catch fire at room temperature. Give one example. we ved a aed et caer te a at eed we on He eT aT saw werta 9q SHS ae Yom werd 2, caw wa aad) we see a From the following box, identify the organells found only in plant cell and write one funetion of each of them. 3 cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, large vacuoles, plastids, mitochondria fea a a aaa oa aif Food ort are siti ei veaihd sik ele aT Ue FM wag (a) (b) (a) (b) OR (ava) Mitochondria is called the power house of a cell. Justify the statement. What happens to the chromatin when the cell is ready to divide ? uedatgn a1 site a fra wer on Bee we a eter Zi aitia sh aan dat @ oa aifrer fra & fee dan at 2?26. 27. (a) (b) (a) (b) © fa) (b) ol (a) b) (o) (a) (b) Suggest two conditions under which no change in the direction of propagation of light ray would take place when it passes from one medium to another. . Define principal axis of a lens State the nature and size of an image formed by a convex lens for which it is used as a magnifying glass. tei dosed amt sa warn at far oe we a gat nem Goo wr feo 3 aig acera aeqa ae wet yet yd a sorte a visfea & war ae sree a at ey saga, ae saa da ah areal Gia at ae ain fer ort @1 OR (svat) Absolute refractive index of medium P is 1.5 while that, of medium Q is 2.2. In which of these two media, light propagates with a lower speed ? Give reason to support your answer. Write the nature, size and position of image formed by a concave lens. State any two applications of a spherical lenses. we Pa aves qa 15% 4 Wem Qa 2.21 si a feed ver st nfa dinit eit? awd da Wo at ad wiafea a1 yen, sek a ert aati Thora ca ee a sqyat aaa) Give reasons : (i) We hear the thunder a ‘little after’ seeing the lightning. (ii) There may be many “explosions” and “noises” taking places in the outer space but we do not hear them, A honey bee completes 3000 oscillations of wings in one minute. Find its frequency. Can it be detected by human ear ?fa) (b) fa) (b) (a) (b) (a) (a) are wa (er fot feat Foe tae seat mi gate Gi Fea sake Yaga a faesie a aad sth ehh cfr en oe qa a We ayaa & ya ww fire 9 3000 ar Yo wed @1 saat sna frente) sar Ruma am a qi aad #7 Write the following metals in the decreasing order of their reactivity : Mg, Cu, Fe, Ca 5 ‘Some zine granules are added to dilute sulphuric acid taken in a test tube. Another test tube is inverted over the mouth of the first test tube. (i) What will you observe in the first test tube ? (i) What happens when a burning splinter is brought near the mouth of the inverted tube ? Write the balanced chemical equation involved in the reaction. fer at afeferarcter a wed wn fare Mg, Cu, Fe, Ca fee & ao a verte oes Tw weet Foe ei gad wart ser or moet Ht ond dt @) wr wet Tere Tam sacar wt? Gi) a wert & fe Soe we aed @ det oe ot @ er 2 cea ofan at daft carat acer fed OR (aera) Write the non-metal used as : (i) an antiseptic Gi) a cutting tool30. (b) (a) wv) (co fa) wv) (o) (a) (b) (o) (a) ) “Amrit was given a green coloured solution of iron sulphate in a beaker. of magnesium ribbon to it and observed the change. He added a few piece (i) What is the change in the colour of the solution and why ? (ii) Write the chemical equation involved in the reaction. Gold and platinum are used for making jewellery. Give two reasons. aia a stn fea Howe ci #7 @) ow ag tei ah ea i) FEA are sre afi St arma were wT wU eT wT aie fem em sa Sad Acer fer qo gre cra sit Hamers aga fram @) wae oA ep aera arn ait FH? Gi) ea sara Ft cara wie fer aaa fem @ we a a a ae al xocks ete. items. State the reasons behind this. Nylon is used in carpets, s Categorise the plastics given below as thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics : Terelene, Melamine, PVC, Polystyerene List any four advantages of synthetic fibres. aaah @ rei, qed weak TIE wa BT TTT ae prea Hoosiers wa aatafer ) age at ater aw Fo fre fare & aot A wet a FT fefac— (c) fF A, B,C, D aaa we ay A B c D OR (a#uat) (a) Describe the difference between binary and multiple fission. (b) Compare direct development and indirect development with one example of each, (@) Name the part of female reproductive system where the growing embryo gets embedded.(a) ent feree wa wediner freter Worn one pi Cb) sr Ta wie FRA aA gee wL a wok aT WE se eh fo) HRT wa A fire feel A ag eM ye nen 7 Alternative question for visually challenged students in lieu of Q. 30 (c) qfecariva ferrite! a ferg wea Wen 30 (0) Hh ea Ww defen wer List any two functions of ovaries. serra & a am aati 31, @) The voice of a child is high pitched before puberty whereas it becomes. ‘deeper’ when he goes through puberty. Give reasons. 5 (by G) Define hormones. (ii) Name the hormones secreted by male and female reproductive organs (ay) are aa arm fare ara moa ¥ ai feat seen fsa @ seat ora ned a oil #1 are aan ©) Wee at afer at Gi a Ae wee sin @ fw are emia a aH aa