Q. 1. What type of image is formed by a plane mirror?

Q. 2. What is the focal length of the plane mirror?

Q. 3. What type of lens does a drop of water behave like?

Q. 4. Name the essential part of human eye.

Q. 5. A concave mirror produces three times enlarged image of an object placed at 10 cm in front of it.
Calculate the radius of curvature of the mirror.

Q. 6. Why does the cord of an electric heater not glow while the heating element does?

Q. 7. What is meant by accommodation of eye?

Q. 8. What is the SI unit of power?

Q. 9. How many images are formed by two parallel mirrors?

Q. 10. Check the following statements, write true or false

a. Like magnetic poles attract each other, unlike poles repel.

b. If you strike a sharp edge of metallic knife against the north pole of a bar magnet, it will induce a
north pole.
c. The magnetic field produced by a current in a straight wire has no poles.
d. An electric generator is a device that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.

Q. 11. Where an object should be placed in front of a convex lens to get a real image of the size of the
object?

Q. 12. Light enters from air to glass having refractive index 1.50. What is the speed of light in the glass? The
speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 m s–1.

Q. 13. Define electrostatic potential at a point.

Q. 14 How are a voltmeter and an ammeter connected in circuit?

Q. 15. Name a device that helps to maintain a potential difference across a conductor.

Section B

Q. 16. Name the type of mirror used in the following situations

a. Headlight of a car
b. Side/rear view mirror of a vehicle
c. Solar furnace
Q. 17. State Snell’s law

Q. 18. State the laws of reflection.

Q. 19. What is (a) the highest, (b) the lowest total resistance that can be secured by combinations of four
coils of resistance 4 Ώ, 8 Ώ, 12 Ώ, 24 Ώ?

Q. 20. A piece of wire of resistance R is cut into five equal parts. These parts are then connected in parallel.
If the equivalent resistance of this combination is R’, then the find R/R’.

Q. 21. State Fleming right hand rule.

Section C

Q. 22. State Ohm’s law. What will happen to the current flowing through a conductor if the potential
difference is doubled? What is the commercial unit of electric energy?

Q. 23. List the properties of magnetic lines of force.

Q. 24. You are given following current-time graphs from two different sources:

i. Name the type of current in two cases.

ii. Identify any one source for each type of these currents.
iii. What is the frequency of current in case II in India?
iv. Use above graphs to write two differences between the current in two cases.

Q. 25. What are the qualities of an ideal source of energy?

Q. 26. Hydrogen has been used as a rocket fuel. Would you consider it a cleaner fuel than CNG? Why or
why not?

Q. 27. A child sitting in a class room is not able to read clearly the writing on the black board

a. Name the type of defect from which his eye is suffering

b. With the help of a ray diagram show how this defect can be remedied.

Section D
Q. 28. A 2.0 cm tall object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 10
cm. The distance of the object from the lens is 15 cm. Find the nature, position and size of the image. Also
find its magnification.

Q. 29. A household uses the following electric appliances :

i. Refrigerator of rating 400W for ten hours each day.

ii. Two electric fans of rating 80W each for twelve hours each day.
iii. Six electric tubes of rating 18W each for 6 hours each day.

Calculate the electricity bill of the household for the month of June if the cost per unit of electric energy is
Rs. 3.00.

Q. 30. Explain the following.

a. Why is the tungsten used almost exclusively for filament of electric lamps?
b. Why are the conductors of electric heating devices, such as bread-toasters and electric irons, made
of an alloy rather than a pure metal?
c. Why is the series arrangement not used for domestic circuits?
d. How does the resistance of a wire vary with its area of cross-section?
e. Why are copper and aluminium wires usually employed for electricity transmission.

Q. 1. What is the diameter of a bucky ball?

Q. 2. Name the types of nanotubes.

Q. 3. What is the refractive index of water ?

Q. 4. Give the position and nature of image formed by a convex lens when the object is placed at F.

Q. 5. What is the SI unit of power of lens ?

Q. 6. What is the power of a concave lens having focal length 0.5m?

Q. 7. What is the velocity of light in vacuum?

Q. 8. Comment on the refractive index of any medium.

Q. 9. At what position will a concave mirror give a real, inverted image of same size as the object?
Q. 10. Which kind of lens has positive power?

Q. 11. Which colour is obtained at the top in a prism spectrum and why?

Q. 12. If white light is incident on a mixture of blue and yellow pigments, which colour is reflected?

Q. 13. Which technique is used to produce coloured pictures on T V?

Q. 14. Name the primary pigments.

Q. 15. Which lens is used to correct Hypermetropia?

Q. 16. In a telescope, which lens has a larger focal length?

Q. 17. If an electrical lamp lights for 2 hrs drawing a current of 0.4 A, calculate the amount of charge that
passed through the lamp?

Q. 18. Define electric potential.

Q. 19.How much current will an electric heater connected to 220 V line draw if its resistance is 45 ohm?

Q. 20. How much energy is consumed in joules if the domestic meter reading shows 15.5 units?

Q. 21. Out of tap water, sea water and pure water, which is the best conductor of electricity?

Q. 22. What type of V-> I graph does ohm’s law suggest?

Q. 23. Why does a solenoid produce a strong magnetic field?

Q. 24. What is the frequency of domestic current?

Q. 25. Which electromagnetic rays have wave length less than ultraviolet rays?

Q. 26. What keeps the water circulating in the tank of a solar water heater?

Q. 27. What temperature is attained at the Mount Louis in France by Solar furnace?

Q. 28. How much electricity is produced by a single solar cell?

Q. 29. Which are the necessary structural parameters of a windmill?

Q. 30. At what depth is OTEC captured?

Q. 31. Where on Earth can OTEC be captured?

Q. 32. Define Magma.

Q. 33. What is the average temperature obtained in hot water geysers?

Q. 34. Where is hydrogen used as a fuel?

Q. 35. How many carbon atoms are present in a molecule of diesel?

Q. 36. What is the calorific value of kerosene?

Q. 37. At what temperature is Lubricating oil obtained in the FD tower?

Q. 38. What is the specific heat of water?

Q. 39. 1 eV is how many joules?

Q. 40. 1 u is how many eV?

Q. 41. What is the atomic mass of a neutron?

Q. 42. How much energy does fission of 1kg uranium produce?

Q. 43. Define spontaneous fission.

Q. 44. What is the energy of neutron released during nuclear fission?

Q. 45. How much is the energy of a neutron decreased to obtain a thermal neutron?

Q. 46. Mass defect is converted to energy as per which equation?

Q. 47. At what temperature is plasma state obtained?

Q. 48. Define Ignition temperature.

Q. 49. When and where did the most serious nuclear accident take place?

Q. 50. What is the value of solar mass?

Q. 51. What is the value of solar constant?

Q. 52. Name the moons of Mars.

Q. 53. Name the moons of Neptune.

Q. 54. With respect to Pluto what is Binary system?

Q. 55. What is the tail of a comet made up of?

Q. 56. After what height do booster rockets burn due to friction?

Q. 57. In which orbits are remote sensing satellites launched?

Q. 58. From where was the first EDUSAT launched in India?

Q. 59. Which satellite to be launched by India will be useful for DTH service?

Q. 60. Give an example of physical equilibrium.

Q. 61. What kind of reaction should take place for attaining chemical equilibrium?

Q. 62. Draw the graph of rate of reaction à time.

Q. 63. How does temperature affect rate of reaction?

Q. 64. What is the concentration of H+ ion in pure water?

Q. 65. What is the pH value of Lemon Juice?

Q. 66. Give the chemical formula of ammonical brine.

Q. 67. Give chemical formula of soda ash.

Q. 68. What is efflorescence?

Q. 69. What is dead burnt plaster?

Q. 70. What is lime-light?

Q. 71. What happens when lime is heated with carbon in an electric furnace?

Q. 72. Name the major constituents of cement?

Q. 73. Give the chemical formula of glass.

Q. 74. What is added to make green coloured glass?

Q. 75. Write the full form of RCC.

Q. 76. Give the names and chemical formulae of ores of silver.

Q. 77. Give an equation for thermite process.

Q. 78. What is added to alumina to bring down its melting point in Hall- Heroult process?

Q. 79. Define emf series.

Q. 80. Which metals do not react with water at all?

Q. 81. Give the equation for formation of rust.

Q. 82. How is galvanized iron made?

Q. 83. Which alloy is used to make light instruments?

Q. 84. Which metals are refined by liquification process?

Q. 85. What is slag?

Q. 86. What product is obtained when phosphorus pentoxide dissolves in water?

Q. 87. Give the equation for steam reforming process.

Q. 88. What catalyst is used in Haber’s process?

Q. 89. Which base is used to make para-aminobenzoic acid?

Q. 90. What is the melting point of sulphur?

Q. 91. Give the chemical formula of copper pyrite.

Q. 92. At what temperature is rhombic sulphur obtained?

Q. 93. What is used as a preservative in jams and squashes?

Q. 94. What is used as a catalyst in the contact chamber to convert sulphur dioxide to trioxide?

Q. 95. Give an example showing dehydrating action of sulphuric acid.

Q. 96. give the chemical name and formula or oleum.

Q. 97. Give the chemical formula and IUPAC name for propyl alcohol.

Q. 98. Which enzyme converts sugar to glucose?

Q. 99. Ethyl alcohol undergoes oxidation in presence of acetic acid and chromium oxide to give?

Q. 100. Why is ethyl alcohol used in radiators of vehicles in cold countries?

Q. 101. What is denatured ethyl alcohol?

Q. 102. How many hydrocarbons can be attached to a ketone group?

Q. 103. What does the oxidation of alcohols give?

Q. 104. What is formalin and where is it used?

Q. 105. Give the reaction between methanal and hydrogen cyanide.

Q. 106. Give the general formula of carboxylic group.

Q. 107. What is used as a catalyst to prepare acetic acid industrially?

Q. 108. Give the name and chemical formula for monomer of Teflon.

Q. 109. What is the name and chemical formula of monomer unit of natural rubber?

Q. 110. Give the name and chemical formula of the by product obtained in while manufacturing soap.

Q. 111. Which functional group is present in detergents?

Q. 112. What is the function of polar tail of detergent molecule?

Q. 113. What is holozoic nutrition?

Q. 114. What is the full form of NADP?

Q. 115. Where does the biosynthetic phase of photosynthesis take place?

Q. 116. How are ATP and NADPH2 synthesised in light phase useful in biosynthetic phase?

Q. 117. Which organ in grasshopper grinds the food particles?

Q. 118. In mammals, which teeth are used for grinding and chewing?

Q. 119. Which are the parts of small intestine?

Q. 120. What is the function of villi present in small intestine?

Q. 121. How many times more energy is released by oxidation of a glucose molecue by aerobic respiration
compared to anaerobic respiration?

Q. 122. What is the function of lenticels?

Q. 123. What will you expect in stomata when the carbondioxide concentration increases in the leaf?

Q. 124. What are the openings of trachea called?

Q. 125. Where does each bronchile terminate?

Q. 126. During photosynthesis electrons are released from which molecule?

Q. 127. During photosynthesis from where is oxygen released?

Q. 128. What is the function of incisors?

Q. 129. Where is NADPH2 formed?

Q. 130. What provides tensile strength to the inner wall of tracheae?

Q. 131. Through which organ are water and minerals transported in pteridiphytes and gymnosperms?

Q. 132. What is ascent of sap?

Q. 133. How are sieve tube and companion cell formed?

Q. 134. What controls the actions of sieve tube?

Q. 135. Which organ transports food in pteridophytes and gymnosperms?

Q. 136. How do food particles enter phloem?

Q. 137. What is translocation?

Q. 138. What is conjugated protein?

Q. 139. Where are erythrocytes formed?

Q. 140. Which type of WBC produces immunoglobulins?

Q. 141. What converts prothrombin to thrombin while blood clotting?

Q. 142. Where are antigens present?

Q. 143. A person with O blood group will not have which type of antigen?

Q. 144. What is the function of tricuspid valve?

Q. 145. In context to human heart what is known as diastolic stage?

Q. 146. Why are the walls of arteries elastic and thick?

Q. 147. Why do veins contain valves?

Q. 148. What is lymph?

Q. 149. Name the excretory organ of sponges.

Q. 150. What is the opening of nephrostome called?

Q. 151.Which type of nephridia will show exonephric excretion?

Q. 152. What is malphigian body?

Q. 153. Where do the collecting tubules of nephron open?

Q. 154. What is ultrafilteration of urine?

Q. 155. In which form is concentrated waste formed in desert animals and why?

Q. 156. How do birds excrete waste?

Q. 157. Which part helps amoeba in excretion?

Q. 158. State the function and location of stem cell?

Q. 159.> What is the shape of human erythrocyte?

Q. 160. In which part of the body does impure blood get purified?

Q. 161. What is chemotropism?

Q. 162. What is thigmonastic response?

Q. 163. Which type of nastic movement does sunflower show?

Q. 164. Which type of plants do not respond to photoperiodism?

Q. 165. What induces photoperiodic stimulus in plants?

Q. 166. What type of nervous system is present in invertebrates?

Q. 167. which organs protect the human brain?

Q. 168. Where is the cerebrospinal fluid present and what is its function?

Q. 169. where are the centres for visual reception, in brain?

Q. 170. What is the function of cerebellum?

Q. 171. Medulla possesses centres for ?

Q. 172. How many pairs of spinal nerves arise from the spinal cord?

Q. 173. What is reflex arc?

Q. 174. What is autonomous nervous system?

Q. 175. Give two characteristics of hormones

Q. 176. Which organ controls the functioning of pituitary gland?

Q. 177. Which hormone maintains the ionic balance in the body?

Q. 178. What is the function of oxytocin?

Q. 179. What are the functions of estrogen and progesterone?

Q. 180. Which hormone regulates the male sex organs?

Q. 181. Which hormone acts as a growth promoter in plants?

Q. 182. What is the group of cells formed in multiple fission called?

Q. 183. Name two organisms reproducing by spore formation?

Q. 184. By which method do planaria and spirogyra reproduce?

Q. 185. Name two plants showing layering mode of vegetative propogation.

Q. 186. Which plants can be rafted on the stock of citrus?

Q. 187. Q. 1. What is the portion of the plant grafted on other plant called?

Q. 188. What is the temperature in the scortum?

Q. 189. Why is the ureter known as urinogenital path in case of males?

Q. 190. Which glands secrete semen?

Q. 191. What gives rise to an ovum in female?

Q. 192. What is ovulation in females?

Q. 193. is menopause?

Q. 194. What is copulation?

Q. 195. What is the function of amniotic fluid?

Q. 196. What is the zero method of natural contraception?

Q. 197. What do oral pills for contraception contain?

Q. 198. Name the organism causing Gonorrhoea.

Q. 199. Which scientists provided and evidence that gene is a part of chromosome?
Q. 200. What are prokaryotic chromosomes composed of ?

Q. 201. What is the length and diameter of each chromosome?

Q. 202. What is nucleolar organizer region?

Q. 203. Which purine nitrogen bases are present in the DNA molecule?

Q. 204. Which is the complimentary base pair of Cytosine?

Q. 205. What is the distance between each nucleotide pair in a DNA strand?

Q. 206. In which animal, the embryo develops into a female at high temperature?

Q. 207. What does the Recapitulation theory of Ernst Haeckel state?

Q. 208. Who is known as the Father of Taxonomy?

Q. 209. What is retrovirus? Give an example.

Q. 210. What is the extra chromosome found in male insects called?

Q. 211. How do CFC’s harm the atmosphere?

Q. 212. For what purpose are wet scrubbers used?

Q. 213. What is Eutrophication?

Q. 214. Why is the BOD of potable water less?

Q. 215. What is the full form of NEERI?

Q. 216. Define 1 A current.

Q. 217. What symbol is used in an electrical circuit to show inductor?

Q. 218. Comment on the voltage drop across a series connection.

Q. 219. Is it advisable to connect appliances in series connection domestically? Justify your answer.

Q. 220. 1 volt ampere is how many kW?

Q. 221. What is the nature and size of image formed by a convex lens when the object is at 2F?

Q. 222.What is the function of ciliary muscles?

Q. 223.Why is a voltmeter always connected in parallel in an electrical circuit?

Q. 224.A lamp of 100W glows for 2 hrs daily. Calculate the energy consumed in 30 days.

Q. 225. Define electroplating.

Q. 226. Name two addition and two condensation polymers.

Q. 227. What is the wavelength of visible light?

Q. 228. Where in Gujarat are wind farms located?

Q. 229. From which places is geothermal energy obtained in Gujarat?

Q. 230. What is the carbon content in anthracite?

Q. 231. Give two uses of Coke.

Q. 232. What gas is added in LPG cylinders to detect any leakage?

Q. 233. Which power station in Gujarat uses natural gas as a fuel?

Q. 234. What is the calorific value of hydrogen?

Q. 235. Which substances are used as coolants in nuclear reactors?

Q. 236. Name the moons of Saturn.

Q. 237. What are asteroids composed of?

Q. 238. How far is sun located from the galactic centre?

Q. 239. Which type of stars is found mostly in elliptical galaxies?

Q. 240. Give two properties of Rocket fuel.

Q. 241. What is the calorific vale of biogas?

Q. 242. Write the full form of GSLV.

Q. 243. Which satellite is used for weather forecasting?

Q. 244. What needs to be retrieved in Solvay’s ammonia soda process?

Q. 245. Which compound is used as an antacid?

Q. 246. Write the equation of the reaction taking place on inert anode in the electrolysis of molten NaCl.

Q. 247. Why is hydrogen used in welding metals?

Q. 248. At what temperature is rubber heated with sulphur to get vulcanized rubber?

Q. 249. What is the function of hepatic caecae found is digestive system of grasshopper?

Q. 250. During fission process what are the respective atomic masses of the elements obtained?

Q. 1. Where will the image be formed when the object is placed between the focus and the pole (infinity,
pole) of the convex mirror?

Q. 2. With respect to air the refractive index of ice and that of rock salts are 1.31 and 1.54 respectively.
Calculate the refractive index of rock salt with respect to ice.

Q. 3. With respect to air the refractive index of water and that of benzene are 1.33 and 1.50 respectively.
Calculate the refractive index of benzene with respect to water.

Q. 4. Wavelength of radiation 850nm falls on a surface. Will this surface be visible or not? Explain.

Q. 5. A convex mirror used on a truck has 3m radius of curvature. If a bus is located at 5m from this mirror.
Find the position, nature and size of the image.

Q. 6. What is the condition under which motion pictures can be clearly seen?

Q. 7. What is accommodation? What is the maximum variation in power of accommodation in human eye?

Q. 8. An object of size 5cm is placed at a distance of 25cm from the pole of a concave mirror of radius of
curvature 30cm. Calculate the distance and size of the image formed. What will be the nature of the image?

Q. 9. An object of size 3cm is placed at a distance of 15cm from a convex lens of focal length 10cm.
Calculate the distance and size of the image so formed. What will be the nature of image?

Q. 10. Light enters from air to glass plate having refractive index 1.50. What is the speed of light if the speed
of light in air is m/s?

Q. 11. What is dispersion? Which color of light deviates more on passing through a prism? When two prisms
are placed together with one inverted and white light is passed, what will be the result?

Q. 12. What are the conditions for the formation of rainbow?

Q. 13. Why do blue and yellow pigments give green colour on mixing? Explain
as clearly as possible and support your answer with a diagram.

Q. 14. What are the values for the angle of incidence and angle of reflection for normal incidence?
Q. 15. What is the relation between the critical angle and the refractive index for a medium?

Q. 16. Explain the phenomenon of mirage in deserts and looming in the seas? Support your answer with
diagrams. Why does a diamond glitter more? Which phenomenon does optic fiber work upon?

Q. 17. An object is placed 20cm in front of mirrors M1 and M2 separately and image is found to be formed at
a distance of 15cm in front of it in case of M1 and behind it in case of M2. Find the focal length and kind of
mirror in each case.

Q. 18. Give two differences between real and virtual images.

Q. 19. Derive mirror formula for a concave mirror.

Q. 20. Derive lens formula for a convex lens.

Q. 21. What is the critical angle of incidence? Prove.

Electricity
Q. 1. Why is Tungsten metal selected for making filaments of incandescent lamp bulbs?

Q. 2. A torch bulb is rated at 3V and 600mA. Calculate it’s a) Power b) Resistance c) Energy consumed if it
is lighted for 4 Hrs.

Q. 3. Why pure iron is not used in making permanent magnets. Name materials used for making permanent
magnets. Describe how permanent magnets are made electrically? State two examples of electrical
appliances which use permanent magnets.

Q. 4. Which will offer more resistance a 50W lamp or 25W lamp bulb and how many times?

Q. 5. What are magnetic field lines? How is the direction of a magnetic field lines at a point determined?

Q. 6. Draw two field lines around a bar magnet along its length on its two sides and mark the field direction
on these by arrows.

Q. 7. List any three properties of Magnetic lines of force.

Q. 8. Should the heating element of an electric iron be made of iron, silver or nichrome wire? Why.

Q. 9. A steady current is passed for 30minutes through two voltmeters connected in series: a copper
voltmeter [Cu cathode in copper sulphate solution], and a silver voltmeter [Ag cathode in silver nitrate
solution]. If the mass of copper deposited in the first voltameter is 21.17g, Calculate the mass of silver
deposited on the cathode in the other voltameter. Given relative atomic mass of Cu = 63.5 and Ag = 108.
Q. 10. State Fleming’s left hand rule. With a labeled diagram, describe the working of an electric motor.
What is the function of a Split ring commutator in a motor?

Q. 11. Find the net power consumed by the two resistors R1 and R2 connected in series to a source of V
volts.

Q. 12. What is the principle behind the working of an A/C generator? How can we find the direction of the
current in the armature of the generator?

Q. 13. If a wire is stretched to triple its original length, what happens to its resistivity?

Q. 14. In the given fig. current carrying conductor is placed above and below the magnetic needle. Predict
the deflection in the needle in each case.

Q. 15. In a resistance R1 a current of 1A is passed. What is the amount of electrical energy dissipated in
1second?

Q. 16. Define Electrolysis. State Faraday’s laws of electrolysis. Define resistivity of any material.

Q. 17. State the rule to find the direction of magnetic field produced around a current carrying conductor.
State the characteristics of magnetic force.

Q. 18. Give differences between magnetic and electric force.

Q. 19. Two identical resistors each of resistance 10 ohm are connected 1) in series 2) in parallel, in line to a
battery of 6volts. Calculate the ratio of power consumed in the combination of resistors in the two cases.

Q. 20. What are the factors on which the strength of magnetic field produced by a current carrying solenoid
depends?

Q. 21. A bulb is rated at 220V- 100W. What is its resistance? Five such bulbs burn for 4 hrs. What is the
energy consumed? Calculate the cost if the rate is 50paise per unit?

Q. 22. Express ohm’s law mathematically. Draw a circuit diagram to verify Ohm’s law. Present the
relationship between the voltage applied across a conductor and the current flowing through it graphically.

Q. 23. State Right hand thumb rule for finding the direction of magnetic field, around a current carrying
straight conductor. How will the magnetic field be affected :

a. On increasing the current

b. On changing the direction of flow of current.

Q. 24. What type of energy transformations take place in electric motor? Name two devices which use
electric motor as necessary component?

Q. 25. Two lamps rated 100W, 220V and 25W, 220V are connected in parallel to 220V supply. Calculate the
total current through the circuit.
Q. 26. A metallic coil connected to a 220V supply has a resistance of 110 ohm. How long will it take this coil
to heat 1kg water from 2o0C to 700C? Assume whole heat produced by coil is taken up by water. (Specific
heat capacity of water = 4186 )

Q. 27. Why is much less heat generated in long electric than in filaments of electric bulb?

Q. 28. In the electroplating process, why is the object to be electroplated is taken as cathode?

Q. 29. Should the heating element of an electric iron be made up of iron, silver or nichrome wire?

Q. 30. For longer operational life why dry cells should be used intermittently?

Q. 31. What is electroplating? Explain the process with a diagram. Give two real life applications of the
process.

Q. 32. What is superconductivity? Why is the research in superconductivity very important?

Q. 33. How does the resistance of wire change when 1) Its length is doubled 2) Area is doubled?

Q. 34. Calculate the effective resistance between a) B & C b) A & C.

Q. 35. An electric kettle rated 1000W, 220V is used to bring water at 20 degrees to its boiling point. If the
kettle is switched on for 10 minutes. Calculate:

a. The resistance of the element of kettle

b. Current flowing through the element
c. Mass of water in the kettle.

Q. 36. Write two advantages and disadvantages of using dry cells.

Q. 37. A copper wire has a diameter of 0.5mm and resistivity of . How much of this wire is required to make
a 10 ohm coil?

Q. 38. A wire of resistance 5ohm is bent in the form of a closed circle. What is the effective resistance
between the two points at the end of any diameter of the circle?

Q. 39. If a 24V battery is connected to the arrangement of resistance given below, calculate the total
effective resistance and the total current flowing in the circuit.

Q. 40. State Fleming’s Left and right hand rules. With a labeled diagram describe the working of an electric
motor. What is the function of commutator rings in a motor?

Q. 41. What is the effect on resistivity of a pure metal with the increase in temperature?

Q. 42. What is a fuse? How does it function? Explain the terms: Short Circuiting, Overloading and Van Allen
belts.
Q. 43. How are ammeter and voltmeter connected in circuit? What are the ideal resistances for these
components?

Q. 44. Define one faraday/ tesla.

BIOLOGY

Q. 1. Observe the given picture carefully and answer to the given questions-

1. Name two biotic and two abiotic components of the ecosystems given in this picture. [1]
2. Name two herbivores seen in the picture. [1/2]
3. Write a three step food chain using the organisms seen in the picture. [1]
4. Make a four step food chain with the snake at one of the trophic levels. [1]
5. Tell the trophic level of the encircled organism. [1/2]
6. Write about the Type of food eaten and the category to which the encircled organism belongs. [1]
7. Write about the percentage of energy available at each trophic level in your three step food chain if
the energy at the first trophic level is 2200KJ.[2]
8. Which is the ultimate source of energy in the given picture? What is the percentage of energy
obtained from this source is used by the green plants? [1]
9. Name two ecosystems visible in this picture. [1]
10. Define a food web.[1]
11. Is it possible to have food chains working in isolation in the nature? Why? [2]

Q. 2. Observe the given picture carefully and answer to the given questions-

1. Name all the abiotic components of the ecosystems given in this picture. [1]
2. Name two carnivores seen in the picture. [1/2]
3. Write a three step food chain using the aquatic organisms seen in the picture. [1]
4. Make a four step food chain with the terrestrial organisms seen in this picture. [1]
5. Tell the trophic level of the encircled organisms. [1]
6. Write about the type of food eaten and the category to which the encircled organism belongs. [1]
7. Write about the percentage of energy available at each trophic level in your four step food chain if
the energy at the second trophic level is 200KJ.[11/2]
8. Why is it not possible to have more than six trophic levels in a food chain? [1]
9. Which organism –one at the third trophic level and another at the fourth trophic level- will have
more energy and why? [2]
10. Name an organism from the picture which belongs to the following category-
-Producers
-Primary consumers
-Secondary consumers
-Tertiary consumers. [2]
11. Draw a pyramid of numbers for a food chain representing the above mentioned categories. [2]