🔬 Biology Section
Multiple Choice Questions:
1. Glucose (c)
2. N (Nitrogen) (a)
3. III (a)
4. C (b)
5. Lower surface of the leaf (a)
Subjective Questions:
6. Materials required to show light is necessary for photosynthesis:
Destarched potted plant, black paper, iodine solution, spirit, water bath, test tube, beaker, burner.
7. What is excretion? How do unicellular organisms remove waste?
Excretion is the removal of metabolic waste. In unicellular organisms, waste diffuses through the cell
membrane.
8. Why is CO₂ mostly transported in dissolved form?
CO₂ is more soluble in plasma and thus can be efficiently transported in dissolved form.
9. Cell organelle where respiration occurs:
Mitochondria
10. End products of fermentation in yeast & muscle cramps:
Alcohol and carbon dioxide. In humans, during lack of oxygen, lactic acid forms causing cramps.
11. Components of gastric juice and functions:
HCl – kills microbes, activates pepsin
Pepsin – digests protein
Mucus – protects the stomach lining
12. Why is urine more concentrated in summers?
Due to high sweating, less water is available for urine formation, so it becomes concentrated.
13. Is it true that only deoxygenated blood is pumped by fish heart?
Yes, fish have a 2-chambered heart that pumps deoxygenated blood to gills for oxygenation.
14. Components of human transport system & functions:
Heart – pumps blood
Blood vessels – transport blood
Blood – carries oxygen, nutrients, waste
15. Significance of photosynthesis:
Converts solar energy to food and oxygen; essential for all life forms.
⚛️Physics Section
Multiple Choice Questions:
1. Prism (c)
2. Virtual, upright and diminished (c)
3. Concave mirror (c)
4. Real and enlarged (d)
5. R = 2f (b)
6. Convex mirror (a)
7. Object at less than focal length (b)
8. Near focus (b)
9. Convex mirror (a)
10. Between P and F (d)
Subjective Questions:
a) 4 Properties of image in plane mirror:
1. Virtual
2. Erect
3. Same size as object
4. Laterally inverted
b) Ray diagrams:
At 2F1 → Real, inverted, same size image at 2F2
Between F1 & O → Virtual, erect, enlarged image
c) Object: 2 cm high, 30 cm in front of concave mirror (f = 15 cm):
Using mirror formula:
1/f = 1/v + 1/u → v = –30 cm
Real, inverted image of same size
(Draw ray diagram showing object at 2F → image at 2F)
d) Speed of light in glass (n = 1.5):
v = c/n = (3 × 10⁸ m/s) ÷ 1.5 = 2 × 10⁸ m/s
e) Power of a lens:
1. Ability of a lens to converge/diverge light
2. SI unit = Dioptre (D); 1 D = 1 m⁻¹
f) Type of mirror used in:
Rear view → Convex (wide view, erect images)
Shaving mirror → Concave (magnified, erect images)
g) Image 3 times the object size in concave mirror (f = 20 cm):
Use magnification formula and mirror equation:
Two positions possible – at 15 cm and 60 cm
🧪 Chemistry Section
Multiple Choice Questions:
1. Nitrogen (c)
2. Hydrogen sulphide = reducing agent, Iodine = oxidising agent (b)
3. a) & b) – Exothermic, d) – Endothermic
4. Photochemical decomposition & exothermic (d)
5. Oxidation (a)
Subjective Questions:
2a) Na₂CO₃ + HCl → NaCl + NaHCO₃
2b) 2CuSO₄ + 4KI → 2CuI + I₂ + 2K₂SO₄
2c) Cl₂ + 2KI → 2KCl + I₂
3. Reaction and type:
KCl + AgNO₃ → AgCl (ppt) + KNO₃
Type: Double displacement, precipitation
4. Why silver chloride in dark bottles?
It is photosensitive and decomposes in sunlight.
5. Reaction between Pb(NO₃)₂ and KI:
i) Yellow precipitate of PbI₂
ii) Pb(NO₃)₂ + 2KI → PbI₂↓ + 2KNO₃
iii) Yes, double displacement reaction
6. Copper sulfate + iron reaction:
a) Displacement reaction, blue → green
b) Fe + CuSO₄ → FeSO₄ + Cu
c) Use: CuSO₄ used in agriculture as fungicide
7. Identify A, B, C, D:
A = Lead nitrate, B = NO₂, C = O₂, D = PbI₂
Reactions: thermal decomposition & double displacement
Assertion and Reason Questions:
8i) A – True, R – True; R explains A ✅
8ii) A – False (gives CO₂, not H₂O), R – True ❌
8iii) A – False, R – False ❌
Case Study – Corrosion:
i) Rusting – corrosion of iron in presence of air and moisture
ii) Gold and Platinum resist corrosion
iii) Silver sulfide (Ag₂S) is formed on silver corrosion
iv) Corrosion is an oxidation reaction (✔️option d)
