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SCIENCE - SAMPLE PAPER

Time : 3 Hrs. MM : 100

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
I. Question paper comprises of three sections, A, B and C you are to attempt all the three sections.
II. All questions are compulsory.
III. All questions of section A, section B and section C are to be attempted separately.
IV. Question numbers 1 to 3 in section A are one mark each, to be answered in one word or one
sentence.
V. Question numbers 4 to 7 are two marks each, to be answered in about 30 words.
VI. Question numbers 8 to 19 are three marks each, to be answered in about 50 words.
VII. Question numbers 20 to 24 are five marks each, to be answered in about 70 words.
VIII. Question numbers 25 to 42 in section B are MCQs based on practical skills. Each question is a
one mark question.
IX. Question numbers 43 and 44 in section C are OTBA based questions. Each question is of five
marks. The material for these questions has been provided on pages (A-1-A-8 & A-19-A-24)
respectively.

SECTION A 9 (a) A compound of nitrogen and oxygen has

1. Select the isotopes form the following? the formula NO. In this compound there are
1.143g of oxygen for each 1.000g of
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10 A ; 10 B ; 11 C ; 12 D nitrogen. A different compound of nitrogen
2. Which simple tissue is used for making ropes? and oxygen has the formula NO2. How many
3. What is the amount of work done on a body grams of oxygen would be combined with
moving in a circular path? each 1.000g of nitrogen in NO2?
4. What are the conventions followed for writing (b) How many moles of nitrogen atoms are
the scientific names? combined with 8.60 mol of oxygen atoms in
5. Name the viral disease which is about to be dinitrogen pentoxide, N2O5?
completely irradicated from the world. What are 10. Daman a student of modern school has to do a
its preventive measures? home assignment on mole concept. He was
6. Why is it difficult to hold a school bag having a confused about total number of oxygen atoms
present in one mole of O2 and O3. He asked his
strap made of a thin and strong string ?
friends Mohan and Rahul for help. Mohan said
7. A force of 7 N acts on an object. The displacement
that O-atoms in 1 mole of O3 is greater whereas
is say 8m in the direction of the force. Let us take
Rahul argued that number of O-atoms in both
it that the force acts on the object through the
will be equal.
displacement. What is the work done in this
(a) Whose answer is correct and why ?
case?
(b) Write the values displayed by the one with
8m
correct answer.
7N (c) How many moles of sulphur atoms and
oxygen atoms are present in one mole each
8. (a) State Bohr-Bury rules for the distribution of H2SO4, H2SO3 and SO2?
of electrons in different energy levels.
11. Which group-Pisces or Amphibia is advanced?
(b) Calculate the maximum number of electron
Give two reasons.
that can be accommodated in p shell.
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12. What is haemocoel? Which groups of animals 22. What is SONAR? What is the basic principle of
have it? its working ? Explain its use.
13. What is AIDS? How does a person get affected 23. A large block of ice 5m thick has a vertical hole
with HIV? drilled through it and is floating in the middle of
a lake. What is the minimum length of the rope
14. How does the sound produced by a vibrating
required to scoop up a bucket full of water
object in a medium reach your ear? through the hole ? (relative density of ice = 0.9)
15. In each of the following a force F is acting on an
object of mass, m. The direction of displacement
is from west to east shown by the longer arrow.
Observe the diagrams carefully and state whether
the work done by the force F is negative, positive
or zero.

F
S
S 24. Large amount of foodgrains get spoiled every
(b)
(a) year in India due to improper storage of foodgrain.
F
How can this be avoided?
S SECTION B
(c)

16. (a) State law of floatation. 25. Some piece of impurity (density = r) is embedded
(b) Explain why the cork floats while the iron in ice. The ice is floating in water. (density = rw).
nail sinks when placed on the surface of When ice melts, level of water will
(a) rise if r > r w
water?
17. Can a body possess both the kinetic and (b) remain unchanged, if r < r w
potential energies at the same time? Explain. (c) fall if r < rw
18. How nitrogen is fixed in the nature? (d) rise if r > rw
19. To aware the students on the world environment 26. After identifying the characteristic features of a
given plant as shown below a student reported
day, school principal has organised seminar,
that the kind of plant it:
regarding the topic Global warming is Global
warning.
(a) What values exhibited by the school
principal?
(b) How do chlorofluorocarbons destroy ozone
layer ?
(c) What would be the effect of global warming
on earth?
20. Name the model of atom proposed to explain the
objections raised for Rutherfords model. Explain
this model of atom in detail.
Pinus
21. (a) What are the advantages of classifying (a) Fern (b) Dicot
organisms? (c) Monocot (d) Pinus
27. A student notes down the observations in the
(b) Define the terms and give one example of two spring balances and the measuring cylinder
each: (i) Bilateral symmetry (ii) Coelom shown in the figure. From the given
(iii) Triploblastic observations, the mass of the solid is

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31. When the ticking sound of the clock heard is
maximum through pipe P2, lift the end C of pipe
P2 a little upwards, keeping the other end on the
table itself. We find that sound is no longer heard
clearly. If use bring down the end C of pipe P2
to the surface of the table again, we hear the
ticking sound of the clock again clearly. This
shows that;

(a) Angle of incidence is less than the angle of

reflection
(b) Angle of incidence is greater thant the angle
of reflection
(c) Incident wave, normal and the reflected
wave lie in the same plane
(a) 64 g (b) 36 g (d) Sound waves obey laws of refraction.
(c) 20 g (d) 100 g 32. A body floats in a liquid containing in a beaker.
28. The R.D. of a substance is about 10, its small The whole system as shown in Fig. is falling
packet is thrown in water. It would under gravity. The upthrust on the body due to
(a) float (b) submerged
liquid is
(c) sink (d) cannot be said
29. Choose the correct reflected pulse for a incident
pulse P from a rigid support

(a) zero
(b) equal to weight of body in air
(c) equal to weight of liquid displaced
(d) equal to weight of immersed part of the body
33. In the set up in following figure sound is clearly
heard through tube T2. If tube T1 is turned by
(a) A (b) B 20 towards ON, by what angle the tube T2
(c) C (d) D should be turned to hear clear sound :
30. When a solid block is immersed in water it
undergoes an apparent loss in its weight due to
(a) decrease in mass
(b) decrease in its volume
(c) upward thrust exerted by the water
(d) decrease in the density of the block

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(a) 10 towareds ON (a) It develops from the radicle.
(b) 10 away from ON (b) It forms lateral branches or secondary roots
(c) 20 towards ON
(d) 20 away from ON which are further branched to form tertiary
34. A solid is weighed in air with the help of a spring roots.
balance. It is then weighed by immersing fully in (c) It is irregularly swollen except at the base.
water placed in three vessels A, B and C (d) These roots develop from any part of the
separately. On immersing fully in water its weight
plant instead of radicle.
will be
36. Which of the following options correctly identify
the organism shown in figure and the kingdom it
belongs to?

(a) Spirogyra Algae

(b) Agaricus Fungi
(c) Sphagnum Moss
(d) Selaginella Pteridophyte
37. The figures (A D) show four organisms. Select
the correct option with respect to a common
charaterstic of one of these organisms.

(a) Least in A (b) Least in B A B

(c) Least in C (d) Same in A, B and C
35. Unlabelled diagram of monocot root is given
below. The identifying feature of monocot roots
is

C D
(a) A shows radial symmetry.
(b) B has closed circulatory system.
(c) C is a flowering plant in which seeds are
enclosed within fruit.
(d) D is a fern in which plant body is
differentiated into root, stem and leaves.

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38. Unlabelled outline diagram of eathworm is given
below. The important feature to be drawn and
labelled for placing the earthworm in its phylum
is

A B
(a) Presence of Pores (a) Dicotyledonae Monocotyledonae
(b) Absence of internal body cavity (b) Monocotyledonae Dicotyledonae
(c) Monocotyledonae Monocotyledonae
(c) Jointed legs
(d) Dicotyledonae Dicotyledonae
(d) Extensive organ differentiation occurs in a 42. The given figure represents head region of
segmental fashion. cockroach. In which one of the options all the
39. A group of students is asked to demonstrate four parts A, B, C, and D are labelled correctly?
law of conservation of mass experimently by
using CH3COOH and NaHCO3. The appropriate
manner to take vinegar is
(a) Take a bottle and pour vinegar into it by
using funnel.
B
(b) Take a beaker and pour vinegar into it by
using funnel. D

(c) Take a beaker and pour vinegar directly into C

it with care.
A
(d) All three manners above are equally good.
A B C D
40. In a laboratory experiment the teacher provided (a) Labrum Mandible Maxilla Labium
NaOH and HCl provided to students for showing (b) Mandible Maxilla Labium Labrum
neutralisation reaction one student took 13.5gm (c) Maxilla Labium Mandible Labrum
of NaOH and added HCl without weighing it. At (d) Labium Maxilla Labrum Mandible
the end of the experiment he found that the total
mass of the products is 29.3 gm. If he can SECTION C
calculate the mass of HCl used up in the
experiment it will be DIRECTIONS : Q.43 & Q.44 are OTBA based
(a) 14.6 (b) 17.9 questions. Refer page (A-1-A-8) & (A-19-A-24)
(c) 15.8 (d) 14.2 respectively for the open text material for these
questions.
41. Angiosperms A and B shown in the figure belong
to the class _______ and _______ respectively. 43. Read the news clipping given below carefully
and answer the questions given below:

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Indias Air the Worlds Unhealthiest, Study a. Do you think India has more cars or
Says industries than other countries? If no, then
According to a study released during this years how are vehicles one of the prime reasons
World Economic Forum in Davos. India has the behind increased air pollution?
worst air pollution in the entire world, beating b. Imagine if all the industries are removed and
China, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.
taken away from a citys vicinity and put at
It is not just Indias big cities which are grappling
with air pollution, said Anumita Roychowdhury, one common location what will be the pros
executive director of Indias Centre for Science and cons? Will it lead to less air pollution?
and Environment, a non-profit organization 44. The 3 'R's of environment which signify Reduce,
which was not involved in the study. Air Reuse and Recycle have nowadays become
pollution also is worsening in smaller cities, she Response, Rescue and Relief. According to you,
said.
which 'R's are more important for preventing the
The main culprit, Ms. Roychowdhury said, is
the growing number of vehicles in India. While occurrence of natural disasters?
the country still has far fewer vehicles per capita
than developed nations, Indias cars are more
polluting, Ms. Roychowdhury said. Other air
pollution experts also cite Indias reliance on coal
and polluting industries like brick-making that
are located close to densely-populated areas.

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