SECTION - A 1.State the energy conversions in a dry cell.1 2.

What is the work done by the earth in moving around the sun ?1 3.State one cause of the depletion of ozone layer.1 4.What is soil erosion ?2 5.Which will exert more pressure 100 kg mass on 10 m or 50 kg mass 4 m? Give reason. 6.What is echo ranging ? State any one application of this technique.2 7.(a) Explain why a truck or a motor bus has much wider tyres ?2 (b) Why do we feel lighter when we swim ?2 8.(a) What is the role of atmosphere in climate control ? (b) What percentage of nitrogen and oxygen is present in air ?2 9.Mention any two human activities which are responsible for water pollution. 10.The following data represents the distribution of electrons, protons and neutrons in atoms of four elements A, B, C, D. 2 Element A B C D Protons 9 16 12 17 Neutrons 10 16 12 22 Electrons 9 16 12 17

Answer the following questions:(a) Give the electronic distribution of element B. (b) The valency of element A (c) the atomic number of element B ? (d) the mass number of element D ?2 11.(a) Write chemical formulae of Sodium Sulphate.

(b) Name one element each which forms diatomic and tetraatomic molecule. 12.Why bryophytes are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom ?2 13.Some reptiles live in water and yet lay eggs with tough covering unlike the amphibians.2Why ? 14.(a) Define one Watt.3 (b) A lamp consumes 1000 J electrical energy in 10s. What is its power ? 15.(a) The sound of an explosion on the surface of lake is heard by a boatman 100 m3away and a driver 100 m below the point of explosion. Of the two persons mentioned (boatman or driver) who would hear the sound first ? And why ? (b) Calculate the wavelength of a sound wave whose frequency is 220 Hz and speed is 440m/s in a given medium. 16.(a) What is audible range of the average human ear ?3 (b) Explain how ultrasound is used to clean spiral tubes and electronic components ?3 17. Name the two laws of chemicals combinations and write the statement of each one of them. 18.(a) Calculate the formula unit mass of Na 2CO3 (b) What is the mass of one mol of oxygen atoms ? (c) Convert 12g of oxygen gas into mole. 19.Identify the diseases which spread through the following means ? (a) Sexual contact (b) Mosquitoes (c) From air via nose 20.What would be the symptoms if the microbe infects the following targets ?1+1+1=3 (a) Lungs (b) Liver (c) Brain 21.In previous years a group of people did not have the fear of contacting exposed to small pox and would provide nursing care for the victims. Discuss why ? 3 22.Mention any three conventions which are followed while writing the scientific name ?1+1+1=35 Also name thetarget organs.x6=3 1+1+1

23.(a) Define Work.

State two factors on which the magnitude of work depends.

(b) A car and a truck have the same speed of 30 m/s. If their masses are in the ratio1:3, find the ratio of kinetic energy ? OR (a) State law of conservation of energy. (b) Establish the relation between SI unit of energy and commercial unit of energy. (c) A toy car is displaced through 5m on application of a force of 7N. Let us take it that the force acts on the object through the displacement. What is the work done in this case ? 24.(a) Enlist the three conclusions made by the Rutherford from his a- ray scattering experiment. (b) What were the drawbacks of Rutherford s model of an atom ? OR (a) What are the postulates of Bohr s model of an atom ? (b) Show diagrammatically the electron distributions in Sodium, Lithium and Aluminium atoms. 25.(a) With the help of a labelled diagram show nitrogen cycle in nature.5 (b) Describe briefly any two processes involved in the cycling of Nin the environment. 2 OR (a) Draw a labelled diagram to show carbon cycle in nature. (b) What are the two ways by which CO is returned to the atmosphere ?2 SECTION - B 26.The sound of a stop clock received in the ear while doing the experiment of Reflection1of Sound should be (a) The direct sound from the clock (b) The sound reflected from the ceiling of the laboratory (c) The sound coming through the pipe after reflection from the reflecting surface 1 (d) Both (a) and (b) 27.A student performs the experiment of reflection of sound . He/She records following values of the angle of incidence and angle of reflectionS. No Set 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Angle of incidence 308 408 458 508 608Angle of reflection 608 508 458 308 608The sets correctly by him/her are

(a) Set 1 and Set 3 respectively (b) Set 1 and Set 5 respectively (c) Set 2 and Set 4 respectively (d) Set 3 and Set 5 respectively1 28.While performing the experiment of Determination of density of a solid four measuring cylinders with least counts 2.5ml, 1.0 ml, 0.5ml and 0.2 ml are available. Which one will you prefer for finding the density of a solid accurately ? (a) 0.2 ml (b) 0.5ml (c) 1.0ml (d) 2.5 ml

29.In the experiment of Determination of density of a solid Pranay is given solid metallic1bob of radius 1.5cm. Out of the following spring balances which one will you suggest him to measure mass of the given metallic bob. (a) Spring balance with range 0 - 1000g wt, least count 5 g wt (b) Spring balance with range 0 - 500g wt, least count 2.5 g wt (c) Spring balance with range 0 - 250g wt, least count 2.5 g wt (d) Spring balance with range 0 - 100g wt, least count 1 g wt1 30.Four students A,B, C and D are performing the experiment To establish the relation between loss in weight of a solid when immersed in a fluid and weight of fluid displaced using four different overflow cans as shown. The arrangement that would give correct result is that of student: (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

31.The density of salty water as compared to the density of pure water is always :1 (a) Less (b) More (c) Same (d) Keep changing1

32.For the greatest and the least pressure exerted by the cuboid in the experiment Toobserve and compare the pressure exerted by solid iron cuboid on sand while restingon its three different faces the position of cuboid should be : (a) Upright, widest base (b) Widest base, side base (c) Upright, side base (d) Widest base, upright respectively1

33.To compare the pressure exerted by the solid iron cuboid, a student took two cuboidshaving same dimension and same nature of material. After performing the experimentwith both the cuboids, she found (a) Pl = 2P2 (b) Pl = P2 (c) P2 = 3P1 (d) P2 = 2P1 34.A student sets up a slinky on a smooth table top in the manner shown here. He can produce a pulse in the slinky by giving a jerk to its free end: 1 (a) At an angle of 458 with the table top (b) Backward and forward along the length of the slinky (c) Downwards (d) Towards left1 35.In the experiment for determining the velocity of a pulse propagating along the lengthof string, we prefer a long thick cotton string: (a) Because pulse cannot be formed in a thin short string (b) Because cotton string is cheap and easily available (c) So that pulse may move through it easily (d) So that time taken by pulse to move from one end of string to other may beaccurately determined 36.Which of the following has two chambered heart ?1 (a) Rohu (b) Lizard (c) Toad (d) Ostrich 37.The plant body has chitinous cell wall :1 (a) Funaria (b) Agaricus

(c) Spirogyra (d) Riccia Agaricus 38.Which of the following is common among plants and animals ?1 (a) Both are prokaryatic (b) Both are eukaryotic (c) Both are heterotropic (d) Both are autotrophic 39.A group of freely interbreeding organisms constitute:1 (a) Family (b) genus (c) species (d) class 40.Hard calcium carbonate structures are used as skeleton by .1 (a) Arthropoda (b) Echinodermata (c) Nemtoda (d) Protochordata 41.In which group of animals, coelom is filled with blood ?1 (a) Nematoda (b) Annelida (c) Echinodermata (d) Arthropoda