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1. (C) : Desert plants growing in water scarce warm blooded animals which maintain same
conditions are adapted to survive with least body temperature in all environmental
amount of water. In such plants, the leaves conditions.
are either reduced to spines or are absent. 7. (C) : A young cockroach, called nymph does
The stem is green and performs not have wings.
photosynthesis and also stores food and water 8. (A)
for the plant. They have long root system that 9. (B) : Oil, butter and nuts are fatrich food. Fats
go deep into the ground to absorb water. give more energy than carbohydrates.
2. (B) : Floating plants float freely on water. They However, body needs very little fat as excess
have root system but are not fixed to the of fat would lead to obesity.
bottom of the pond. E.g., Wolffia and Pistia. In 10. (B) : Food poisoning is a protozoan disease
fixed aquatic plants, roots are fixed to the mud but cholera is a bacterial disease.
at the bottom of pond but have hollow stems
11. (D) : Manmade fibres are nylon, rayon,
and broad leaves that help the plant to stay
polyester which are not hidden in the given
afloat. E.g., Lotus. Submerged plants remain
word grid.
completely under water, their roots fix them to
the bottom of the pond. They have flexible stem 12. (A) : Woollen clothes do not allow the body
and thin and narrow leaves. E.g., Tape grass, heat to escape, so we feel warm.
Hydrilla, Vallisneria. 13. (B) : Synthetic or manmade fibres are
3. (D) : prepared artificially and have various qualities
like; waterproof, stretchable, wrinklefree etc.
But they do not absorb sweat as they are
waterproof and catch fire easily.
14. (A) : The process of changing solid into gas
Mid vein directly is called sublimation. Naphthalene balls
Side veins kept in corner of room or in between clothes
begin to disappear because they directly
change into gaseous state. This is also the
reason for some balls to become smaller in
Leaf blade size with the passage of time.
15. (A) : Liquids have definite weight and volume
Leaf apex but not definite shape.
16. (C) : Solute is a substance that gets dissolved
4. (A) in a liquid. Solvent is a liquid into which solute
5. (C) : In the given food web, R is a herbivore, is dissolved. Solution is a mixture of solute and
which eats only plants. P, Q and U are solvent.
omnivores, which eat both plants and animals. 17. (B) : When we breathe in polluted air, harmful
However, S and T are carnivores, which eat substances enter our body. This affects our
other animals only. lungs and causes cough, cold and other
6. (D) : Fishes, amphibians and reptiles are cold breathing disorders.
blooded animals, which change their body 18. (A)
temperature with change in surrounding 19. (D) : When nights are cold, water vapours in
temperature, while, birds and mammals are the air condense into tiny drops on the ground,
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on plants and window panes. These are called 29. (D) : Roughage is obtained from leafy
dew drops. vegetables, salads, cereals and fresh fruits. It
20. (C) : As the Sun rises in the morning, it heats cannot be digested, but it helps the body to
the surface of the land and the air above it faster get rid of undigested food (waste material).
than the surface of water. Since warm air is 30. (B) : Loamy soil is very good for growing plants.
lighter than cool air, the pressure over land It is nutrient rich and consists of sand, clay
becomes less than that over water. Winds and humus. It can also hold water and air.
blow from areas of high pressure to areas of 31. (C) : ‘J’ would be a snail. Snails do not have a
low pressure. So cool air blows from the sea backbone and are called invertebrates.
to the land. This is called sea breeze. It blows ‘K’ would be shark as it cannot maintain its
during the day. internal temperature and is not a warm blooded
21. (C) : Layer ‘P’ is the crust of the Earth. It is the animal. Ostrich is warm blooded, egg laying
outermost and coolest layer, mostly consists animal. So, ‘L’ represents Ostrich. ‘M’
of rocks like granite and basalt. We live on this represents a mammal that gives birth to
layer. babies i.e., Cat.
22. (D) 32. (B) : ‘X’ is small intestine where liver and
23. (C) pancreas pour their juices into. These juices
24. (A) : Gravitational force is the pull by which the help to completely digest the food. ‘Y’ are
Earth pulls an object towards itself. The canines, they are four in number, two in upper
Gravitational pull of the Sun is hundred times jaw and two in lower one and serves the
greater than that of the Earth. The Sun’s strong purpose of tearing of food. ‘Z’ is large intestine
gravitational pull ensures that all planets revolve into which undigested food passes and
around it. minerals and extra water are absorbed from
25. (C) : An inclined plane is a slope over which it. Faeces is also formed in large intestine.
load can be pushed up or down. It is used to 33. (A) : When liquid changes into gas, it is called
lift loads to a height and makes movements evaporation. Melting is conversion of solid into
easier. E.g., Ramp, Slanted roads etc. liquid. The process of changing of a solid into
26. (A) : ‘L’ is pulley which is used to lift objects, a gas is called sublimation. When a liquid is
e.g. it is used to draw water from the wells. converted into a solid, this phenomenon is
called freezing.
27. (C)
34. (C) : ‘X’ is Venus. It is the brightest planet and
28. (A) : Autumn is the season that comes after
is also called morning or evening star. ‘Y’ is a
summer and before winter. Spring is the
satellite and can be Moon. ‘Z’ is Jupiter. It is
season that comes after winter and before
the largest planet in solar system and has sixty
summer.
two known Moons.
35. (B)
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