ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL NO.

2, ROORKEE
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2023-24
TIME: 2:00 hrs Class X Sub: BIOLOGY MM:60M
General Instructions:
Read the following instructions carefully.
1. The question paper will be of Maximum Marks 60, comprising of following Parts: -
(a) Part A is comprising of 30 Multiple Choice Questions or Very Short Answer Questions
of 0.5 marks each. There will be negative marking of 0.5 marks for each wrong attempt.
(b) Part B comprises five Sections – A, B, C, D and E. There are 18 questions in the
question paper.
(i) Section A – Question no. 1 to 5 are Short Answer Questions Type-1, carrying 1
mark each. (Word limit 15 to 20 words)
(ii) Section B – Question no. 6 to 10 are Short Answer Questions Type-2, carrying 2
marks each. (Word limit 30 to 40 words)
(iii) Section C – Question no.11 to 14 are Short Answer Questions Type-3, carrying 3
marks. (Word limit 50 to 60 words).
(iv) Section D – Question no. 15 to 16 is a Long Answer Question /diagram question,
carrying 5 marks.
(v) Section E – Question no. 17 to 18 is a Case Study Questions, carrying 4 marks.
(Word limit up to 70 words)
2. Write the question numbers/ serial numbers correctly before attempting the questions.
3. Draw neat and labelled diagrams using sharp pencil.

PART- A
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Breathing is controlled by which part of the brain?
(i) Cerebrum (ii) Cerebellum (iii) Hypothalamus (iv) Medulla oblongata
2. Which nerves transmit impulses from the central nervous system towards muscle cells?
(i) Sensory nerve (ii) Motor nerves (iii) Relay nerves (iv) Cranial nerves
3. A blood vessel which pumps the blood from the heart to the entire body:
(i) Aorta (ii) Capillary (iii) Vein (iv) Haemoglobin
4. Name a circulatory fluid in the human body other than blood.
(i) Platelets (ii) RBC (iii) Lymph (iv) Plasma
5. The gap between two neurons is called a
(i) Dendrite (ii) Synapse (iii) Axon (iv) Impulse
6. The brain is responsible for
(i) Thinking (ii) Regulating the heart beat (iii) Balancing the body
(iv) All of the above
7. Name the unit of excretory system-
(i) Urethra (ii) Nephron (iii) Tubule (iv) Ureter
8. Artificial removal of urea from blood is termed:
(i) Osmosis (ii) Filtration (iii) Dialysis (iv) Double circulation
9. Name the tube that connects the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
(i) Urethra (ii) Nephron (iii) Tubule (iv) Ureter
10. Which part secretes bile in the digestive system?
(i) Liver (ii) Pancreas (iii) Small intestine (iv) Large intestine
11. Raw materials used in the autotrophic mode of nutrition is:
(i) Glucose, Starch, Fructose (ii) Protein, Fats
(iiii) Carbon dioxide, water (iv) Hydrogen, Oxygen
12. Saliva contains an enzyme which degrades starch into simple sugar. The enzyme is
(i) Salivary Amylase (ii) Pepsin (iii) Trypsin (iv) None
13. Air turns lime water milky because lime reacts with_____(gas present in the air)
(i) Oxygen (ii) Carbon dioxide (iii) Nitrogen (iv) Water vapour
14. Cardiac tissue is an example of which type of tissue?
(i) Muscular (ii) Nervous (iii) Connective. (iv) None
15. The contraction & expansion movement of the walls of the oesophagus is called:
(i) Translocation (ii) Transpiration (iii) Peristaltic movement (iv) Digestion

FILL IN THE BLANKS

16. Central nervous system consists of______ and ________.
17. _______pigment found inside chloroplast absorb sunlight.
18. The nervous system uses_ _______impulses to transmit message.
19. The energy released during respiration is stored as ____ and utilized for various metabolic activities.
20. The most important criteria to decide whether something is live or not is_______.

ASSERTION REASON
Two statements are given- one labelled Assertion and the other labelled Reason. Select thecorrect
answer from the code a, b, c, and d as given below:
a. Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation
for assertion.
b. Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation
for assertion.
c. Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
d. Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement
21. Assertion(A): The large intestine is the largest part of the alimentary canal.
Reason(R): Tiger has a shorter small intestine, than herbivores.
22. Assertion (A): The opening and closing of the pore is a function of the guard cells.
Reason (R) : Stomatal pores are the site for exchange of gases by diffusion.
23. Assertion (A): Arteries are thick-walled and elastic in nature.
Reason (R) : Arteries have to transport blood away from the heart.
24. Assertion(A): A nerve impulse is an electrochemical event.
Reason (R) : In a nerve impulse there are changes in the resting potential which spreads down the
nerve fibre.
25. Assertion(A): A receptor is a specialized group of cells in a sense organ that perceive a particular type
of stimulus.
Reason (R) : Different sense organs have different receptors for detecting stimuli..

ONE-WORD QUESTION.
26. Name the mode of nutrition in fungi.
27. Name the two stages in photosynthesis.
28. Name the process through which amoeba engulf its food.
29. Name the largest and most prominent part of the brain.
30. Name the pathway or route taken by nerve impulses in a reflex action.

PART-B
SECTION A
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (TYPE-I)
1. What are the end products of light reaction?
2. Write a and b in the given flow chart of neuron through which information travels as an electrical
impulse.

3. In which kind of respiration is more energy released? Which part of the roots is involved in exchange of
respiratory gases?
4. What name is given to the microscopic gap between two adjacent neurons?
5. What is stroma? Name the pigment, which can absorb solar energy.

SECTION B
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (TYPE-II)
6. Why is it necessary to separate oxygenated and deoxygenated blood in mammals and birds?
7. What is the role of the brain in reflex action?
8 How are the alveoli designed to maximise the exchange of gases?
9. How is haemoglobin associated with respiration explained?
10. State the functions of any two of the structural and functional unit of nervous system.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (TYPE-III)

11. What is the function of large intestine in the human digestive system? (Give 3 Functions)
12. What are the methods used by plants to get rid of excretory products? (Any 3 Methods)
13. How is the small intestine designed to absorb digested food?
14. Observe the given fig.-
(a) Write the experiment in four steps.
(b) State reason that why lime water in b set up turns milky faster?

SECTION D

LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS/ DIAGRAM QUESTIONS

15. (a) What is reflex action and write the sequence of the components in a reflex arc?
(b) Name the parts labelled A, B and C in the diagram given below. Write one function of each part.

16. (a) Define excretion. How is the amount of urine produced regulated?
(b) Name the various organs of human excretory system( any 6 label)

SECTION E
(CASE STUDY BASED TYPE-)

17. The food material taken in during the process of nutrition is used in cells to provide energy for various
life processes. Diverse organisms do this in different ways – some use oxygen to break-down glucose
completely into carbon dioxide and water, some use other pathways that do not involve oxygen. In all cases,
the first step is the break-down of glucose, a six-carbon molecule, into a three-carbon molecule called
pyruvate. This process takes place in the cytoplasm.

(i) What is anaerobic respiration?

(ii) Explain the process which happen in our muscle cells?
(iii) In which form our body used the energy?
(iv) Why there is a faster breathing rate of aquatic animals then the terrestrial animals?

18. The heart is a muscular organ which is as big as our fist. Because both oxygen and carbon dioxide
have to be transported by the blood, the heart has different chambers to prevent the oxygen-rich blood from
mixing with the blood containing carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide-rich blood has to reach the lungs for the
carbon dioxide to be removed, and the oxygenated blood from the lungs has to be brought back to the heart.
This oxygen-rich blood is then pumped to the rest of the body.
i) How many chambers are present in the heart of mammals and reptiles?
ii) Who carry deoxygenated blood from body to heart?
iii) What do you meant by the term double circulation?
iv) What is hypertension?