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General Instructions :
i. This question paper consists of 39 questions in 5 Sections.
ii. All questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some questions.
iii. Section A consists of 20 Objective type questions carrying 1 mark each.
iv. 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.
v. 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
vi. 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.
vii. Section E consists of 3 Source-based/Case-based units of assessment of 04 marks each with sub-parts.
viii. expected to attempt only one of these applications.

SECTION – A
Select and write one most appropriate option out of the four options given for each of the questions 1-20.
There is no negative mark for incorrect response.
1. Observe the graph drawn between concentrations of H3O+ v/s pH and answer the given question:

This graph shows

(a) Concentration of H3O+ increases, pH of solution does not change
(b) Concentration of H3O+decreases, pH of solution increases
(c) Concentration of H3O+and pH both decrease
(d) Concentration of H3O+and pH both increase
2. Which one of the following processes involves chemical reactions?
(a) Storing of oxygen gas under pressure in a gas cylinder temperature
(b) Liquefaction of air
(c) Keeping petrol in a china dish in the open?
(d) Heating copper wire in presence of air at high temperature
3. Which among the following statement(s) is (are) true?
Exposure of silver chloride to sunlight for a long duration turns grey due to
(i) the formation of silver by decomposition of silver chloride
(ii) sublimation of silver chloride
(iii) decomposition of chlorine gas from silver chloride
(iv) oxidation of silver chloride
(a) (i) only (b) (i) and (iii) (c) (ii) and (iii) (d) (iv)only
4. On putting a few drops of an unknown liquid on the pH strip as shown here, the colour of pH strip changed to
violet. The liquid taken is likely to be

(a) Dilute hydrochloric acid (b) Dilute sodium hydroxide

(c) Water (d) Dilute acetic acid
5. Metal cubes of same size were dropped in each beaker containing dil. HCI.
What are the possible identities of the metal cubes in the beaker?

‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’

(a) Mg Fe Cu
(b) Ag K Pb
(c) Au Mg Ag
(d) Cu Mg Au
6. When a burning candle is brought near the mouth of a test-tube containing a gas, the gas in it burns rapidly
making a 'pop' sound. The gas is
(a) Hydrogen (b) Oxygen (c) Nitrogen (d) Sulphur dioxide
7. Which of the following represents saponification reaction?
(a) CH3COONa + NaOH ⎯ CH4 + Na2CO3
(b) CH3COOH + C2H5OH ⎯⎯⎯ CH3COOC2H5 + H2O
(c) 2CH3COOH + 2Na → 2CH3COONa + H2
(d) CH3COOC2H5 + NaOH → CH3COONa + C2H5OH
8. According to diagram, which of the following produces bile juice?

(a) Gall Bladder (b) Liver (c) Pancreas (d) Small Intestine
9. Four students, A, B, C and D, made the observations given below, for the parts marked 'X' and Y' in this diagram.

STUDENT X Y
A Stoma Guard Cell
B Guard Cell Stoma
C Epidermal Cell Stoma
D Stoma Epidermal Cell
The correct record, out of these, is that of the student
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
10. If a round, green seeded pea plant (RR yy) is crossed with wrinkled, yellow speeded pea plant, (rr YY) the the
seeds produced in F1 generation are
(a) round and yellow (b) round and green (c) wrinkled and green (d) wrinkled and yellow
11. The brain is responsible for
(a) Thinking (b) regulating the heart beat (c) balancing the body (d) All of these
12. According to diagram, the process of photosynthesis will occur in
 (a) Leaf of plant A (b) Leaf of plant B (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
13. Which of the following ray diagrams is correct for the ray of light incident on a concave mirror as shown in
figure?

(a) Fig. A (b) Fig. B (c) Fig. C (d) Fig. D

14. A concave mirror gives virtual, erect and enlarged image of the object. The position of the object is
(a) At infinity (b) Between F and C (c) Between P and F (d) At F
15. A convex mirror used for the rear view on an automobile has a focal length of 2.5 m. A car is located at a
distance of 4 m from the mirror. In the above scenario the sign that should be assigned to f and u is
(a) u positive, f negative (b) f positive, u negative
(c) f and u are positive (d) f and u are negative
16. For the refraction of a ray of light through a glass prism, the path of ray of light is shown. The refracted ray is
represented by

(a) PQ (b) LM (c) RS (d) PM

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): The HCI gas shows acidic behavior in the water.
Reason (R): The pH of dry HCI gas is 1.5.
18. Assertion (A): Bread tastes sweet on mastication.
Reason(R) : Salivary amylase converts starch into sugar.
19. Assertion (A): Amoeba reproduced by fission.
Reason (R): All unicellular organisms reproduced by asexual method.
20. Assertion (A): Conductors allow the current to flow through them.
Reason (R): Conductors have free charge carriers.
 SECTION -B
Q No. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions.

21. Carbon has four electrons in its valence shell. Which type of compounds can be formed by carbon atom and
why? Give any one example of such compounds.
22. "The chromosomes number of the sexually reproducing parents and their offspring is the same. Justify this
statement.
23. How is the equal genetic contribution of male and female parents ensured in the progeny?
24. Look at the given figure showing reproduction.

(a) Identify the organisms and their mode of reproduction.

(b) Write one difference between the modes of reproduction.
Or
Look at the given figure showing the formation of new plants.

(a) Identify the plant and its mode of reproduction.

(b) Explain this mode of reproduction.
25. Name the kind of lens that can form:
(a) Real, inverted and diminished image.
(b) Real, inverted and enlarged image.
26. DDT was sprayed in a lake to regulate breeding of mosquitoes. How would it affect the trophic levels in the
following food chain associated with a lake? Justify your answer.

Or
In the following food chain, vertical arrows indicate the energy lost to the environment and horizontal arrows
indicate energy transferred to the next trophic level. Which one of the three vertical arrows (A, C and E) and which
one of the two horizontal arrows (B and D) will represent more energy transfer? Give reason for your answer.
 SECTION -C
Q. No. 27 to 33 are Short answer questions
27. Complete the following equations:
(a) CH4 +O2 →
.
(b) C2H5OH ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
(c) CH3COOH + NaOH →
28. Write balanced chemical equations for the reactions of
(a) Iron with dil.H2SO4 (b) Calcium with dil. HCl. (c) Potassium with water.
29. What is blood pressure? How it is measured? Give one difference between systolic pressure and diastolic
pressure.
Or
(a) Define excretion.
(b) Name the basic filtration unit present in the kidney.
(C) Draw excretory system in human beings and label the following organs of the excretory system which perform
following functions:
(i) Form urine. (ii) Is a long tube which collects urine from kidney. (iii)) store urine until it is passed out
30 A real image, 1/5th size of object is formed at distance of 18 cm from a mirror. What is the nature of mirror?
Calculate its focal length.
31(a) Give an example in nature which shows that sunlight may be made of different colors.
(b) Name the phenomena due to which we get light from the sun before sunrise.
(c) Which component of white light is least scattered by fog or smoke?
32. For the current carrying solenoid as shown below, draw magnetic field lines and giving reason explain that out
of the three points A, B and C at which point the field strength is maximum and at which point it is minimum.

33. (a) "Improvements in our lifestyle have resulted in greater amounts of waste material generation'. Give two
examples to justify the given statement.
(b) Make a simple food chain from the following organisms:

SECTION -D
Q. No. 34 to 36 are Long answer questions.
34. (a) What will be the pH of salt formed by a
(i) Weak acid and strong base?
(ii) Strong acid and strong base?
(b) 15 ml of water and 10 ml of H2SO4 are to be mixed in a beaker.
(i) Explain the method to be followed.
(ii) Name the process.
(c) Write chemical equations when sulphur dioxide is passed through (i) water (ii) lime water
 Or
(a)
Substances pH Value
A 7.0
B 14.0
C 4.0
D 2.0
Identify A, B, C and D from the following: lemon juice, distilled water, tomato juice, sodium hydroxide.
(b) How is washing soda prepared from baking soda? Give balanced chemical equations.
35. (a) What is ATP? What is its use?
(b) How does smoking affect the health of a person?
(c) Describe the circulatory system of a fish.
Or
(a) Name the process and explain the type of nutrition found in green plants.
List the raw materials required for this process. Give chemical equation for the mentioned process.
(b) Write three events that occur during this process.
36. When a high resistance voltmeter is connected directly across a resistor its reading is 2V. An electric cell is
sending the current of 0.4 A, (measured by an ammeter) in the electric circuit in which a rheostat is also connected
to vary the current.
(a) Draw an equivalent labeled circuit for the given data.
(b) Find the resistance of the resistor.
(c) Name and state the law applicable in the given case. A graph is drawn between a set of values of
potential difference (V) across the resistor and current (I) flowing through it. Show nature of graph thus
obtained.
Or
(a) Mention the effect of electric current on which the working of an electrical fuse is based.
(b) Draw a schematic labeled diagram of a domestic circuit which has a provision of a main fuse, meter, one
light bulb and a socket.
(c) Explain the term overloading of an electric circuit.
(d) Cable of each electrical device has three wires inside it, which have insulation of three different colors.
State the significance of each colour.
SECTION-E
Q. No. 37 to 39 are case-based/data-based questions with 2 to 3 short sub-parts. Internal choice is provided in
one of these sub-parts.

37. Redox reactions are reactions in which oxidation and reduction take place simultaneously. Oxidation involves
loss of electrons, addition of O2, Removal of H2. Reduction involves gain of electrons, removal of O2, addition of
hydrogen. Metals are good reducing agent where as non-metals are good oxidizing agents. Metals can lose electrons easily to
form cations. Non Metals gain electrons to form anions.
(a) Out of Na, Fe, O2, Zn, which is good oxidizing agent?
(b) Define reducing agent.
(c) Identify the oxidizing agents in the following reactions :
(i) Pb3O4 + 8HCI → 3PbCI2 + Cl2 + 4H2O
(ii) 3MnO2 + 2Al → 3Mn + Al2O3
Or
2+ 2+
(c) Zn(s) + Cu (aq) → Zn (aq) + Cu(s)
Is it Redox reaction? Which substance is getting (i) oxidized (ii) reduced?

38. Vegetative propagation refers to the development of new plants from vegetative parts (roots, stem or leaves) of
an existing plant. It is generally preferred for growing those plants which cannot produce their Seeds or those which
produce non-viable seeds (or seeds with prolonged period of dormancy). It is cheaper, easier and more rapid method
of propagation in plants than growing plants from their seeds.
(a) Which parts becomes a new plant in vegetative propagation?
 (b) State the method used for growing jasmine plant.
(c) State two disadvantages of vegetative propagation.
Or
(c) Name the most suitable method of raising a banana plant. Is the reproduction sexual or asexual?
39. Circuits in consisting practical of just one battery and one load resistance are very simple to analyze, but they are
not often in different applications. Usually, we find circuits where more than two components are connected
together in different combinations. These combinations of resistors put the limit on the current that flow through the
circuit. After performing the experiments using two different types of circuit arrangements, the following
observations were made by them and find the resistance using Ohms law.

Resistor Used Number of Voltmeter reading in Ammeter reading in R =V / I (in ohm)

Observation Volt (V) ampere (A)

R1 (a) 0.01 0.01 1.0

(b) 0.02 0.02 1.0
R2 (a) 0.06 0.03 2.0
(b) 0.08 0.04 2.0
Ist Combination of (a) 0.03 0.01 3.0
R1 & R2 (b) 0.06 0.02 3.0
IInd Combination (a) 0.03 0.045 0.066
of R1 & R2 (b) 0.06 0.09 0.066

(a) From observation, which combination represents series and parallel combination of the resistor R1 and R2
(b) You will plot V v/s I for each of the four circuits on one graph. What value should each slope have? (Note: l on
X-axis and V on -axis)
(c) Do you think the bulbs in the parallel circuit or the series circuit will burn brighter? Give reason.
Or
(C) Three V-I graph are drawn individually for two resistors and their series combination is shown below. Which
one represents the graph for series combination of the other two? Give reason for your answer.