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COMMON REHEARSAL EXAMINATIONS- JANUARY 2024

(ALL INDIA SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATION)

Subject: Science Time: 3 Hrs.

Subject Code: 086 Max. Marks: 80
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. A student is expected to attempt only one of these 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.

SECTION - A
Select and write the most appropriate option out of the four options given for
each of the questions 1 – 20. There is no negative marks for incorrect responses.
1. When copper oxide and dilute hydrochloric acid react, colour changes to 1

a. White b. Bluish-green
c. Blue-black d. Black
2. The graph given below depicts a neutralization reaction (acid + base → salt + water). 1
The pH of a solution changes as we add an excess of acid to an alkali.

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 Which letter denotes the area of the graph where both acid and salt are present?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
3. Which of the following statements about the given reaction are correct? 1

3Fe + 4H2O → Fe3O4 + 4H2

i. Iron metal is getting oxidized.
ii. Water is getting reduced.
iii. Water is acting as a reducing agent.
iv. Water is acting as an oxidizing agent
a. i, ii and iii
b. iii and iv
c. i, ii and iv
d. ii and iv

4. Which of the following belongs to the homologous series of alkynes? 1

C6H6, C2H6, C2H4, C3H4
a. C3H4
b. C2H4
c. C2H6
d. C 6H6
5. Identify the endothermic reaction(s) among the following: 1

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 i. 6CO2 + 12H2O → C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
ii. Na2CO3 + 2HCl → 2NaCl + CO2 + H2O
iii. C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O
iv. CaCO3 → CaO + CO2
a. Only i
b. Only iii
c. Only ii and iii
d. Only i and iv
6. Given below are reactions involving metals P, Q, R, and S and their salt solutions in 1
water.
• Metal P salt solution + Q → Metal Q salt solution + P
• Metal Q salt solution + R → Metal R salt solution + Q
• Metal S salt solution + Q → Metal Q salt solution + S
• Metal P salt solution + S → No reaction
Which metal is the MOST reactive?
a. P
b. Q
c. R
d. S
7. Which of the following will undergo addition reactions? 1
a. CH4
b. C2H4
c. C2H6
d. C3H8
8. The table shows where different components of food are digested in the alimentary 1
canal. Which option states where protein is digested?

Mouth Stomach Small

(buccal cavity) intestine
a. ✓ × ×
b. × ✓ ✓
c. ✓ ✓ ✓
d. × ✓ ×

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 9. This image illustrates the path of impulses in a simple reflex arc. 1

Which of the following sequences correctly shows the order that an impulse passes
through during a reflex action?
a. S → U →V → T
b. S → T → U→ V
c. S → V → U→ T
d. T → V → U → S
10. The image shows the structure of a flower. 1

Which process will likely be disturbed or not occur, if labelled part is removed from
the flower?
a. Formation of fruit b. Transport of pollen
c. Formation of pollen d. Development of pollen tube
11. What will be the genotypes of the offspring resulting from a genetic cross between 1
two individuals, one of which is homozygous dominant, (TT), and the other
heterozygous for the same character?
a. All Tt
b. 50% TT , 50% tt
c. 50% TT, 50% Tt
d. 25% TT, 50Tt, 25% tt

12 Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct? 1

(i) Pyruvate can be converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide by yeast
(ii) Fermentation takes place in aerobic bacteria
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 (iii) Fermentation takes place in mitochondria
(iv) Fermentation is a form of anaerobic respiration
a. (i) and (iii) b. (ii) and (iv)
c. (i) and (iv) d. (ii) and (iii)
13. How will the image formed by a convex lens be affected if the upper half of the lens 1
is wrapped with black paper?
a. There will be no effect.
b. The brightness of the image will be reduced.
c. The upper half of the image will be absent.
d. The size of the image is reduced to one-half.
14. Which of the following is not caused by atmospheric refraction? 1
a. apparent image of sun is formed closer to the earth.
b. twinkling effect of stars
c. sun can be seen 2 minutes before actual sunrise and 2 minutes after
actual sunset.
d. clouds look white.
15. What does the given flow chart represent? 1

a. Biomagnification
b. Ten percent law
c. Both Unidirectional energy flow and ten percent law
d. Unidirectional energy flow
16 In a given food chain, the amount of energy at the fourth trophic level is 5 KJ. What 1
will be the energy at the producer level?
a. 5KJ b. 50KJ c. 500kJ d. 5000KJ
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

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17. Assertion(A): If the first member of a homologous series is propanone, its third 1
member will be pentanone.
Reason (R): All the members of a homologous series show similar chemical
properties.
18. Assertion (A): The timing and amount of hormone released are regulated by 1
feedback mechanisms.
Reason (R): Over secretion and under secretion of hormones are harmful to the
body.
19. Assertion(A): Tungsten metal is used for making filaments of incandescent lamps. 1
Reason(R): The melting point of tungsten is very low.
20. Assertion (A): Ozone layer is getting depleted at upper atmosphere, and it is a 1
serious cause of concern.
Reason (R): CFC reacts with ozone and breaks it.
SECTION – B
Q. no. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions.
21. On heating, white salt decomposes to give brown fumes and yellow residue is left 2

behind.

a. Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction.

b. Identify the brown gas X evolved.

c. Identify the type of reaction.
22. Analyze the diagram and answer the following questions 2

a. Name the part labelled as A in the diagram.

b. How does A reach part B?

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 c. Comment on the significance of C.
d. What is the fate of D after fertilization?
23. Two major forces help in the transport of water in a plant. Force A is the driving
force in the movement of water during the day, whereas force B helps the
movement of water in a plant during the night or during the day when humidity is
very high.
a. Identify force A and force B.
b. ‘Phloem transports prepared food from leaves to various parts of the plant
body’. Is this statement always true? Justify your answer with one example.
OR 2
a. How is lymph an important fluid involved in transportation?
b. Why is it crucial for animals to have a clear separation between the right and
left sides of the heart?
24. a. Explain giving reason why the sky appears blue to an observer from the 2
surface of the earth.
b. What does the sky look like during the day for an astronaut aboard the
International Space Station orbiting the Earth?
25. Consider the following circuit:

a. Which two resistors are connected in parallel?

b. What current will flow through the circuit?
OR 2
Five resistors are connected in a circuit as shown. Find the ammeter reading when
the circuit is closed.

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26. Plastic cups were used to serve tea in trains in the early days. These could be 2
returned to the vendors, cleaned, and reused. Later, kulhads were used instead of
plastic cups. Now, paper cups are used for serving tea. What are the reasons for the
shift from plastic to kulhads and then finally to paper cups?
SECTION - C
Q.no. 27 to 33 are short answer questions
27. Metal X is found in nature as its sulphide XS. It is used in the galvanization of iron 3
articles. Identify the metal X. How will you convert this sulphide ore into the metal?
Explain with chemical equations.

28. A chemical compound ‘X’ is used in the soap and glass industry. It is prepared from 3
brine.

a. Write the chemical name and chemical formula of ‘X’.

b. Explain the chemical process of its preparation with the help of chemical
reactions.
OR

When CO2 gas passes through a saturated solution of ammoniacal brine, two
compounds, X and Y are formed. Y is used as an antacid and decomposes to form
another solid, Z.

a. Identify X, Y, Z
b. Write the chemical equations for the reactions.
29. Rebecca set up an experiment to investigate the effect of light on the plant shoots. 3
She also set up a control experiment. They placed a black cap over the tip of her
plant shoot. Both experimental set ups were kept undisturbed for 3 days.

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 a. Name the hormone and type of tropism studied through this experiment.
b. Derive the possible conclusion that Rebecca must have arrived at from a
control and experimental set up.
30. In humans, Curly hair is considered as a dominant gene over straight hair type and 3
brown hair genes dominate over blonde hair type. Now find out:
( i) What is the expected phenotypic ratio of the offspring when couples with
heterozygous for both traits are married to each other.
(ii ) What are the different phenotypes observed?
(iii) What will be this type of cross known as?

31. A person cannot see objects beyond 80 cm from his eye while a person with normal 3
eyesight can see objects easily placed up to 160 cm from the eye. Find the nature, the
focal length and the power of the correcting lens.
32. An electric iron consumes energy at a rate of 840W when heating is at the maximum 3
rate and 360W when the heating is at the minimum rate. The applied voltage is
220V. What is the value of current and the resistance in each case?
33. c. Identify the nature of the poles (X and Y) of the magnets in the given figures. 3

d. Draw field lines around a current-carrying loop. What happens to the

magnetic field lines when the direction of current in a straight conductor is
reversed?

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 SECTION - D
Q.no. 34 to 36 are long answer questions
34. An organic compound 'X' on heating with conc. H2SO4 forms a compound 'Y' which
on addition of one molecule of hydrogen in the presence of nickel forms a compound
'Z'. One molecule of compound 'Z' on combustion forms two molecules of CO2 and
three molecules of H2O.
a) Identify the compounds X, Y and Z.
b) Write the chemical equations for all the three reactions involved .
c) Name the process of converting vegetable oil to vegetable ghee or unsaturated fat
gets converted to saturated fat?

OR 5
a. Write chemical equations for what happens when
i. sodium metal is added to ethanoic acid.
ii. solid sodium carbonate is added to ethanoic acid.
iii. ethanoic acid reacts with a dilute solution of sodium hydroxide.
b. Distinguish between esterification and saponification reactions of organic
compounds with the help of the chemical equation for each.
35. a. Write one similarity and one difference between asexual reproduction in
amoeba and leishmania.
b. Explain the process of regeneration. Give two examples of organisms that
follow this mode of reproduction.
c. Why do farmers prefer vegetative propagation methods over sexual
reproduction in grape cultivation, considering that grapes produce bisexual
flowers capable of effective pollination and seed setting?
OR 5
a. Draw the structure of the human brain and label the following parts
i. part that controls the precision of voluntary actions
ii. part that receives sensory impulses from various receptors.
iii. part that controls blood pressure, salivation and vomiting
iv. part that secretes growth hormone
b. Why, despite the highly evolved human brain that effectively controls and
coordinates all body functions through the central and peripheral nervous
systems, do we still rely on reflex actions?

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36. a. Under what conditions will a glass lens placed in a transparent liquid become
invisible?
b. Describe and illustrate with a diagram how two converging lenses should be
arranged so that a parallel beam of light entering one lens emerges as a
parallel beam after passing through the second lens.
c. An object is placed at a distance of 3 cm from a concave lens with a focal
length of 12 cm. Find the
i. position and
ii. nature of the image formed.
OR 5
a. State and define the SI unit of the power of a lens.
b. A convex lens made of a material with a refractive index of n2 is placed in a
medium with a refractive index of n1. Parallel rays of light are incident on the
lens. Complete the path of the rays of light emerging from the convex lens in
the following cases: (i) n1 = n2, (ii) n1 < n2.
c. An object is placed in front of a concave mirror with a focal length of 15 cm.
The image formed is real and three times the size of the object. Calculate the
distance of the object from the mirror.
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. When a silvery grey powder of a solid (A) is mixed with a powder of solid (B) no 4
reaction occurs. But if the mixture is ignited and lighted using magnesium ribbon
a reaction occurs with evolution of large amount of heat forming product (C)
which settles down as liquid metal and the solid product (D) formed floats on the
liquid (C). (C) in solid form reacts with moisture to form rust.
The amount of heat generated during the reaction is so high that the reaction is
used in welding electric conductors, joints in railway tracks.
Based on this information, answer the following questions.
Identify (A) and (B).
a. Write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction. Name the reaction.
b. Identify the oxidizing and reducing agent in the above equation.
OR
Does oxide of (A) react with aqueous NaOH and/or HCI. Give balance
chemical equation.
c. If (A) reacts with air on heating what will be the nature of oxide formed?

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38. The fur (coat) colour in horse can be black or white. This is inherited by alleles 4
inherited from the parents. A horse with white fur colour must have received two
recessive alleles from each of the parents and will have the genotype bb.
a. What is the probability of getting an offspring with black coat color when a
female horse with a white coat (genotype bb) is crossed with a male horse
with a heterozygous black condition?
b. What percentage chance is there for a homozygous dominant female and a
homozygous recessive male to produce an offspring with white fur color?
c. With the help of a punnet square, find out all possible genotypes of the coat
colour when the offsprings of the above cross are allowed to interbreed. Write
the genotypic and phenotypic ratio.
OR
c. How do Mendel’s experiments show that the traits may be dominant or
recessive?
39. The electric power consumed by a device may be calculated using either of the two 4
expressions: P = I2R or P = V2 /R . The first expression indicates that it is directly
proportional to R, whereas the second expression indicates inverse proportionality.
a. How can the seemingly different dependence of P on R in these expressions be
explained?

b. An electric fuse with a rating of 3A is connected to a circuit in which an electric

iron with a power rating of 1 kW operates at 220V. What would happen?
c. Several electric bulbs designed to be used on a 220V electric supply line are
rated at 10W each. How many lamps can be connected in parallel with each
other across the two wires of the 220V line if the maximum allowable current is
5A?
OR

c.
Three 2 Ω resistors, A, B, and C, are connected as shown in the figure. Each of
them dissipates energy and can withstand a maximum power of 18W without
melting. Find the maximum current that can flow through the three resistors.

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