MOCK PAPER-V SECTION A 1.What is tetravalency? Give an example 2.Write the general formula for alkynes. 3.

Define Biological magnification. 4. . a) State Mendeleevs Periodic Law. b) Why did Mendeleev leave gaps in his Periodic Table? 5. What is dispersion of light? Write its cause. 6.(a) Which poisonous gas is released by burning of fossil fuels? (b) Why are coal and petroleum considered to be non- renewable sources of energy? 7.(a) What is the other name of petroleum? (b) List any two functions of food chain in an ecosystem. 8.What are the three major steps for saving the environment? 2 2 2 1 1 1 2

9. An object 2 cm high is placed at a distance of 16 cm from mirror that produces a real image 3 cm high. 3 (a) Find the position of the image (b) What is the focal length of the mirror? 10.(a) .How is cataract caused? How it can be cured?. (b) Why are stop signals on roads in red colored light? 11. (a)A man can read the number of a distant bus clearly but he finds difficulty in reading a book. 3 (i) From which defect of eye is he suffering? (ii) What type of spectacle lens should he use to correct the defect? (b) The ciliary muscles of a normal eye are in their : (i) most relaxed (ii) Most contracted state. In which of the two cases is the focal length of the eye lens more? 3

12. (a) Why Mendel chose pea plant for his experiments? Mention any two reasons. (b) Will experiences of a person during his life time be passed to next generation? 13. (a) What is the main difference between fission and fragmentation? (b) List one advantage of vegetative propagation. (c)Why is DNA copying essential? 14.Explain the role of DNA copying in reproduction. 3

15.What is the major difficulty in DNA replication when it comes to sexual reproduction, i..e involving two individuals? 3 16. (a) Explain the mechanism of sex determination in human beings. (b) What is speciation? 17. (a) List two functions performed by ovaries in a human female. (b) What is the name of (i) male part of a flower, (ii) female part of a flower? 18. (a) How does the electronic configuration of an atom related to its position in the Modern periodic table? Give one example. (b) Why nitrogen is more electronegative than phosphorus? 3 19. (a) Write the molecular formula of cyclohexane and benzene? How are they different? (b) Name a catalyst used in hydrogenation of oils. 3 3

20.(a) Why magnification is taken negative for real images and positive for virtual images? (b) Why convex mirror is used in rear view mirrors and not concave mirror? (c) Power of concave lens is 4.5 D. Find its focal length.

OR (a) Find the size, nature and position of image formed when an object of 1 cm is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. 5 (b) Why does light travels faster in water in comparison to kerosene.

(Refractive index of water and kerosene are 1.33 and 1.44 respectively)

21. (a) Draw a ray diagram to show the position and nature of image formed when the object is placed beyond 2 F of a concave lens. (b) A spherical mirror A forms an erect image of an object, a spherical mirror B forms erect as well as inverted image of an object. Name the type of mirror A and B. (c)What is the relation between the focal length and radius of curvature of a spherical mirror? If the radius of curvature of a spherical mirror is 25 cm, what is the focal length?

OR (a)A boy places a bet with his friend saying that he cannot pick up a coin dropped into a transparent bucket filled with water in one go. His friend tries to pick up the coin but is not able to do so at one go. Explain why. Illustrate this phenomenon using a ray diagram. 5 (b) Why does white light undergo dispersion? 22. (a). Which property of carbon leads to formation of large number of compounds? Define it (b). What is the functional group in the following molecules? (i) CH3CH2CH2OH

(c) Which of the following formula represents a saturated hydrocarbon? Cn H2n ,CnH2n+1 ,CnH2n+2 ,CnH2n-2 (d) What happens when methane is burnt in oxygen? (e) Why is the conversion of ethanol to ethanoic acid an oxidation reaction?

OR (a) Write IUPAC name the compound CH3COOH and identify its functional group. (b) Give the chemical test to identify this compound. Write the chemical equation. (c) Name the gas evolved when this compound reacts with solid sodium carbonate. How will you identify this gas?

(d) Would you be able to check if water is hard by using a detergent?

23. (a) How will you bring about the following conversions? Explain by giving suitable chemical equations. (i) Ethanol to ethanoic acid (ii) Ethanol to ethene. (iii) Ethanol to ethyl ethanoate (b) Why do unsaturated hydrocarbons burn with a yellow flame? (c) Why soaps cannot be used in hard water?

OR Which element has: (a) two shells, both of which are completely filled with electrons? (b) the electronic configuration 2, 8, 2? (c) a total of three shells, with four electrons in its valence shell? (d) a total of two shells, with three electrons in its valence shell? (e) twice as many electrons in its second shell as in its first shell?

24. (a) What is regeneration of an organism? Describe with neat diagram regeneration in Planaria. (b) How does the embryo get nourishment inside the mothers body? (c) List the changes seen in the ovule and ovary after fertilization

OR

(a) List any two advantages of vegetative propagation. (b) Diagrammatically explain the reproduction in Amoeba. (c) Where does fertilization occur in the female reproductive tract?

SECTION B 25. Which of the following statements is not a correct statement about the trends when going from left to right across the periods of periodic Table. (a) The elements become less metallic in nature. (b) The number of valence electrons increases. (c) The atoms lose their electrons more easily. (d) The oxides become more acidic. 26. The physical state of pure acetic acid is (a) Solid (b) Liquid (c) Aq. Solution (d) Gaseous state

27. Which of the following will have the lowest pH? (a) CH3COONa (b) CH3COOH (c) NaOH (d) NaHCO3

28. In an experiment to trace the path of a ray of light passing though a rectangular glass slab, the correct measurement of angles of incidence (i), refraction (r) and emergence (e) is shown in diagram.

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D 29. To find focal length of a concave mirror a student focuses a distant object using concave mirror. The best object can be: (a) Sun (b) Tree (c) Window (d) Building

30. In order to determine the focal length of a convex lens by obtaining the image of a distant object on
a screen, the position of the screen should be (a) perpendicular to the plane of convex lens (b) parallel to the plane of convex lens (c) inclined at an angle of 30o from plane of lens (d) anywhere in any direction

31. Which of the following lenses would you prefer to use while reading small letters found in a dictionary? (a) A convex lens of focal length 50 cm. (b) A concave lens of focal length 50 cm. (c) A convex lens of focal length 5 cm. (d) A concave lens of focal length 5 cm. 32.Four students A,B,C and D carried out measurements of focal length of a concave mirror, as shown in the diagrams below

The correct focal length will be obtained by student (a)A (b)B

(c) C (d) D

33. To find the focal length of a concave mirror, the four students, Ram, Shamim, Kamla and Ruksana obtained the image of the window grill on a wall. They measured the distances as given below between Ram Shamim Kamla Ruksana - window grill and wall only - window grill and the mirror only - mirror and wall only - window grill and the wall and also between the mirror and the wall

Correct focal length will be obtained by the student (a) Ram (b) Shamim (c) Kamla (d) Ruksana 34. Why a highly diminished image of sun is obtained by a convex lens? (a) A real image is formed (b) Object is very far (c) Because it converges parallel beam of light coming from infinity to focus. (d) A virtual image is formed 35. In a myopic eye, the image of a distant object is formed (a) (b) (c) (d) On the retina Infront of the retina Behind the retina None of the above

36. Which of the following organisms shows budding: a) Spirogyra b) Hydra

c) Amoeba d) Paramecium

37. Out of the following diagrams which one depicts a stage in binary fission of amoeba

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A B C D

38. In evolutionary terms we have more in common with

(a) chimpanzee (b) a spider (c) a bacterium (d) none of these

39. During the budding, division of cell in yeast shows a) Meiosis cell division b) Mitosis cell division c) Both mitosis and meiosis cell division d) No cell division occurs

40. The anther contains (a) sepals. (b) ovules. (c) carpel. (d) pollen grains.

41. Which of the following is not a part of the female reproductive system in human beings? (a) Ovary (b) Uterus (c) Vas deferens (d) Fallopian tube 42. A Mendelian experiment consisted of breeding tall pea plants bearing violet flowers with short pea plants bearing white flowers. The progeny all bore violet flowers, but almost half of them were short. This suggests that the genetic make-up of the tall parent can be depicted as (a) TTWW (b) TTww (c) TtWW (d) TtWw