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NAVY CHILDREN SCHOOL

SAMPLE PAPER - 02
SCIENCE ( 086 )
CLASS- VII ( 2024-25 )
Time: 3 hours. Max.Marks: 80

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. All questions are compulsory to attempt.
2. The question paper consists of 39 questions.
3. There are Five sections in the question paper, Section- A, B ,C, D and E.
4. Section-A consists of: 17 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ) of 1 mark
each and 3 ASSERTION REASONING BASED QUESTIONS of 1 marks each.
5. Section-B consists of 6 SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (SA) of 2 marks each.
6. Section-C consists of 7 LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (LA) of 3 marks
each.
7. Section-D consists of 3 LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS of 5 marks each.
8. Section – E consists of 3 CASE STUDY BASED QUESTION(CBQ) of 4 marks
each.

SECTION- A (MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

Q1 Which of the following is not a forest product? (1)

(a) Gum
(b) Plywood
(c) Sealing wax
(d) Kerosene

Q2 Which of the following is not a correct statement? (1)

(a) Forest trees are cut down to obtain timber
(b) Forest trees are cut down to obtain paper
(c) Forest trees are cut down to obtain natural rubber
(d) Forest trees are cut down to obtain firewood

Q3 Aquatic animals like fish excrete their wastes in gaseous form as (1)
(a) oxygen
(b) hydrogen
(c) ammonia
 (d) nitrogen
Q4 The filtration of blood is done by (1)
(a) heart
(b) kidney
(c) blood
(d) urethra

Q5 The mode of vegetative reproduction where scion and stock are (1)
used is called
(a) budding
(b) grafting
(c) cutting
(d) layering

Q6 The female gamete of a flowering plant is present in which part? (1)

(a) Ovules
(b) Buds
(c) Pollen
(d) Anther

Q7 A bus travels 54 km in 90 min. The speed of the bus is (1)

(a) 0.6 m/s
(b) 10 m/s
(c) 5.4 m/s
(d) 3.6 m/s

Q8 On which axis is dependent variable represented? (1)

(a) x-axis
(b) y-axis
(c) On any axis
(d) Depends on the data

Q9 Which of the following precautions need not be taken while using (1)
electric gadgets/ appliances/circuit?
(a) We should never touch a lighted electric bulb connected to the
mains
(b) We should never do experiment with the electric supply from the
mains or a generator or an inverter
(c) We should never use just any wire or strip of metal in place of a
fuse
(d) We should never turn the switch in ON position

Q1 When a switch is in OFF position (1)

0 (i) circuit starting from the positive terminal of the cell stops at the
switch
(ii) circuit is open
(iii) no current flows through it
(iv) current flows after sometime
Choose the combination of correct answer from the following.
(a) All are correct
 (b) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(c) Only (iv) is correct
(d) (i) and (ii) are correct

Q11 You are provided with a concave mirror, a convex mirror, a concave (1)
lens and a convex lens. To obtain an enlarged image of an object,
you can use either
(a) concave mirror or convex mirror
(b) concave mirror or convex lens
(c) concave mirror or concave lens
(d) concave lens or convex lens

Q1 An image formed by a lens is erect. Such an image could be formed (1)

2 by
(a) convex lens provided the image is smaller than object
(b) concave lens provided the image is smaller than object
(c) concave lens provided the image is larger than object
(d) concave lens provided the image is of the same size

Q1 Which of the following organisms produce biogas from sludge in the (1)
3 digester tank of a wastewater treatment plant?
(a) Anaerobic bacteria
(b) Fungi
(c) Aerobic bacteria
(d) Protozoa

Q1 One of the following type of trees are said to help in purifying (1)
4 wastewater quite rapidly when planted all along the sewage ponds.
These are
(a) Eucalyptus trees
(b) Ficus trees
(c) neem trees
(d) peepal trees

Q1 Which of the following statements is incorrect for a chemical (1)

5 reaction?
(a) Heat may be given out but never absorbed
(b) Sound may be produced
(c) A colour change may take place
(d) A gas may be evolved

Q1 When the soil is too basic, plants do not grow well in it. To improve (1)
6 its quality, what must be added to the soil?
(a) Organic matter
(b) Quicklime
(c) Slaked lime
(d) Calamine solution

Q1 Phenolphthalein is a synthetic indicator and its colours in acidic and (1)

7 basic solutions respectively are
(a) red and blue
(b) blue and red
(c) pink and colourless
(d) colourless and pink

DIRECTIONS for the Questions 18 and 20:

In each of the questions given below, there are two statements
marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per
the codes provided below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of
A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Q1 (1)
8 Assertion (A): In an image formed by a mirror, the left side of the
object is seen as the right side in the image.
Reason (R): The capital English letter A does not show a lateral
inversion.

Q1 Assertion (A): The heating up of a thin conducting wire on passing (1)

9 an electric current through it, is known as heating effect of current.
Reason(R): Various electrical appliances that are based on heating
effect of current contain a coil of wire called element.

Q2 Assertion (A): Rhythmic beating of various chambers of the heart (1)

0 maintains circulation of blood.
Reason (R): Pulse rate per minute indicates the rate of heartbeat.

SECTION-B (SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS)

Q2 What is transpiration in plants? (2)

1
Q2 Mention the mode of reproduction in the following plants (2)
2 (a) Spirogyra
(b) Yeast
(c) Money plants
(d) Moss

Q2 (a) State the condition under which the distance-time graph of an (2)
3 object is a horizontal line parallel to the axis of time.
(b) State the factors on which the time period of a simple pendulum
depend.

Q2 You are given three mirrors of different types. (2)

4 How will you identify each one of them?
Q2 Give reasons for each of the following. (2)
5 (a) We should not throw used tea leaves into sink.
(b) We should not throw cooking oil and fats down the drain.

Q2 Name the acid or base present in the following: (2)

5 (a) Soap
(b) Curd

SECTION-C (LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS)

Q2 Describe the pathway of blood in the human circulatory system. (3)
7

Q2 In the figure given below, label the part marked (i), (ii) and (iii). (3)
8

Q2 Given below as a figure is the distance-time graph of the motion of (3)

9 (a) What will be the position of the object at 20 s?
(b) What will be the distance travelled by the object in 12 s?
(c) What is the average speed of the object?

Q3 (a) Why is an electric fuse required in all electrical appliance? (3)

0 (b) When does a circuit is said to be overloaded?

Q3 Plants help in maintaining O2-CO2 cycle. Explain it in the light of (3)

1 photosynthesis and respiration.

Q3 (a) The acidic or basic nature of a substance is tested by using an (3)

2 ……………….
(b) The substances which show different colours in acidic, basic and
neutral solutions are called ………………
 (c) Acid + Base → ……………… + Water

Q3 Give an example of a chemical reaction for each of the following (3)

3 situations:
(a) A change in colour is observed.
(b) A gas is evolved.
(c) Sound is produced.

SECTION -D (LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS)

Q3 (a)The given diagram is of human excretory system. Label the (5)

4 marked parts of it.

(b) Explain excretory system.

Q3 Explain the following. (5)

5 (a) Copper and aluminium wires are usually employed for electricity
transmission. Explain the reason.
(b) Explain how does the resistance of a wire vary with its length.
(c) The tungsten is used almost exclusively for filament of electric
lamp. Comment.

Q3 Give the definition dispersion of light. Also, explain why does it take (5)
6 place? Draw a diagram to show the dispersion of white light by a
glass prism.

SECTION-E (CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS)

Q3 After fertilization, the ovary grows into a fruit and other parts of the (4)
7 flower falloff. The fruit is the ripened ovary. The seeds develop from
the ovules. The seed contains an embryo enclosed in a protective
seed coat. Some fruits are fleshy and juicy such as mango and
orange. Some fruits are hard like almonds and walnuts in nature
same kind of plants grow at different places. This happens because
seeds are dispersed to different places. Sometimes after a walk
through a forester a field or a park, you may have found seeds or
fruits sticking to your clothes.

A) After fertilization the ovary develops into…………..and the other

parts of the flower fall off.
 (a) Fruit
(b) Seed
(c) Ovule
(d) Clothes

B) Which fruit is fleshy and juicy?

(a) Mango
(b) Banana
(c) Almond
(d) Tomato

C) What is a fruit?

D) If all seeds of the plant will fall off and grow then what would
happened?

Q3 While going for a school picnic, Paheli decided to note the reading (4)
8 on the meters on the dashboard of the bus every 30 minutes till the
end of the journey. The speedometer recorded the speed directly.
The odometer reads 2552 km initially. After 30 minutes the odometer
reads 2574 km. On reaching the destination after one hour, the
odometer reads 2605 km.

A) What is an odometer?

B) Find the distance covered by the bus in the first 30 minutes.

C) What is the unit by which the speedometer records speed?

Q3 If you leave a piece of iron in the open for a few days, it acquires a (4)
9 film of brownish substance, called rust.

A) Do you think rust is different from iron?

B) Can you change rust back into iron by some simple method?

C) Do you think formation of rust on iron is a chemical change?

D) Give two other examples of a similar type of change.