General Instructions:

The question paper consists of four sections.

1. Section A contains 20 questions of 1 mark each.
2. Section B contains 8 questions of 2 marks each.
3. Section C contains 8 questions of 3 marks each.
4. Section D contains 4 questions of 5 marks each.

SECTION- A (1X20=20 MARKS)

A. Choose the correct answer. Write only the answer against the correct question
number in your answer sheet. Do not copy the question.

1. The process of separation of grain from the chaff after harvesting is known as ______
a. tilling b. threshing c. spraying d. weeding
2. The disease caused by protozoa is ______
a. tuberculosis b. polio c. typhoid d. malaria
3. Why are electrical wires covered with a plastic covering?
a. Plastic is durable b. plastic is a bad conductor
c. plastic is light weight d. plastic is not very expensive
4. Name the gas evolved when magnesium reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid.
a. Chlorine b. Oxygen c. Hydrogen d. Nitrogen
5. Least polluting fuel for vehicles is ________
a. Petrol b. Kerosene c. Diesel d. CNG
6. Burning of coal in a closed room will produce ______
a. Carbon monoxide b. Carbon dioxide
c. Oxygen d. Nitrogen Oxide
7. Which is the reason for the loss of biodiversity?
a. Increase in population b. Deforestation
c. Habitat destruction d. All of these
8. The control unit of cell is _____
a. Nucleus b. cell wall c. cytoplasm d. ribosome
9. Which one is not a part of female reproductive organ?
a. Ovary b. sperm c. uterus d. oviduct
10. The first menstrual flow begins at puberty is termed as ________
a.Menarche b. Placenta c. Menopause d. Gestation.
B. Fill in the blanks .

11. The removal of unwanted plants from the field is called _______
12. Blue green algae fix _____ directly from air to enhance fertility of soil.
13. All the synthetic fibres are prepared using raw materials of petroleum origin arecalled ____
14. The only liquid metal is _______
15. Process of separation of different constituents from petroleum is called ______
16. The lowest temperature at which a substance catches fire is called its ____temperature.
17. _____ is a group of populations which are capable of interbreeding with each other.
18. ________ is an organic substance obtained from the decomposition of plants and animals.
19. A tadpole develops into an adult frog by the process of ________
20. Chemical substances produced by endocrine glands are called _______.

SECTION -B (2X8=16 MARKS)

21 Why should we not let water collect in our neighbourhood?
22 State the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
23 Define endemic species. Write any two examples.
24 Differentiate between oviparous and viviparous animals.
25 Give reason for the following:
a. Base of cooking utensils is coated with copper.
b. Acidic food should not be stored in metal containers made up of copper and
aluminum.
26. Why is water not suitable as fire extinguisher for fires involving oil and petrol?
27. Give the differences between thermoplastic and thermosetting plastics.
28. List any four changes in the body that take place at puberty.
SECTION- C (3X8=24 MARKS)
29. List out the effects of deforestation on environment. (Any SIX effects)
30. Define asexual reproduction. Describe two methods of asexual reproduction inanimals.
31. What is acid rain? Write its harmful effects.
32. Explain the different uses of any three non-metals.
33. Describe the role of sex chromosomes in deciding the sex of the child.
34. Describe the various uses of microorganisms in our life.
35. What is 4R principle? Give your opinion about how it will help in saving ourenvironment.
36. Describe characteristics and uses of coke.
 SECTION- D (5X4=20 MARKS)

37. Explain various methods that can be used for food preservation.
38. Explain how fertilizers are different from manure.
39. Raju always stresses on saving paper. His friends often made fun of him as he worked on the
plain side of the envelope etc. for rough work. One day the teacher scolded his friends and
praised Raju.
a. Why did the teacher praise Raju?
b. Why should paper be saved? Prepare a list of ways by which you can save paper.
c. What are the values shown by Raju?
40. a) Draw a neat diagram of a plant cell and label the following parts:
i. Nucleus (ii) Vacuole (iii) Cytoplasm (iv) Cell Membrane
b) Compare the plant cell with animal cell.
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General Instructions:
This paper contains four sections.
Section A-Reading 20
Section B- Writing 20
Section C- Grammar 15
Section D- Literature 25
All questions are compulsory.

SECTION - A (READING)

Q1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Man does not live by food alone. Water is vital to human health and fitness. Although it is not
a nutrient per se as are carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals. It, in fact, is a key
nutrient in as much as no life is possible without it. Whereas we can do for weeks without
food , we cannot live without water longer than a couple of days.
Water approximates 60 per cent of the body weight of human adults. The total amount of
water in a man weighing 70 kilograms is approximately a little over 40 litres.It is an excellent
solvent-more substances are soluble in water than in any other liquid known so far. This
makes it an ideal constituent of the body fluids which sustain life supporting chemical
reactions. It dissolves varied products of digestion and transports them to the rest of the body.
Likewise, it dissolves diverse metabolic wastes and helps drain them out of the body.
Besides, it performs variety of functions-some well-known and well understood while other
not so well appreciated yet vital. The no less important role of water is to distribute/dissipate
the b
role ideally because it has high thermal conductivity ensuring rapid heat transfer from one
part to the other.
Above all, water has a high specific heat, implying that it takes a lot of heat to raise the
temperature of water and likewise much heat must be lost to lower its temperature.
Drinking a lot of water is an inexpensive way to stay healthy. Even excess of water is
harmless. Water therapy-drinking a litre or so the first thing in the morning is kidney-
friendly.
The water regulation in the body is affected by hypothalamus in two ways
i e., (i) by creating the sensation of thirst which makes us drink water and
(ii) by controlling the excretion of water as urine. If water regulation fails, medical
emergency ensues.
Based on your reading of the above passage, complete the following statements (8)

1. Water is vital to human health and fitness because------------------------

2. Water is called a key nutrient because------------------------------
3. Water is an ideal constituent of the body fluids because-----------------
4. More substances are soluble in water than in any other liquid. This helps water to
perform two important functions-
These are (1) -------------------- (2) -------------------------------
5. Water regulates body temperature efficiently as--------------------------
6. Hypothalamus regulates water in two ways (1). --------------------- (2).------------------------

Q.2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

BLUE WHALES ---THE LARGEST ANIMALS

Blue whales are the largest of animals known, either living or extinct. About six metres long
at birth, they grow rapidly-at peak rates they can gain up to three kilos in an hour and
consume up to 90 kilos a day of fat-rich breast milk to reach up to 30 metres on maturity.
Their social grouping is usually small, involving only pairs or a few individuals. They have
no vocal cords, so their repetitive moaning, rumbling calls are made by vibrating nasal air
sacs-a bit like the sound made when humans snore or blow their noses. Their calls are of
can reach188
decibels (far louder than a screaming jet engine or even rock music at peak intensity) and
can be detected up to 400 kilometres away.

Despite its incredible size, few people have ever seen a blue whale. Official records show a
mere 35 sightings in Australian waters between 1887 and 1999. Whaling is the reason:
species after species were drastically over-hunted. Hump-back whales, blue whales, fin
whales, sei whales and minke whales were targeted in turn as catches declined. Official
estimates are that the original Southern Hemisphere blue whale population was once about
225,000 but only a few thousand remain.
The tell-tale burst of white spray cannons nine metres into the air when the whales exhale
from twin blowholes atop their heads. Blue whales feed almost exclusively on swarms of
krill, tiny prawns-like animals, scooping up several tonnes a day.

In one mighty mouthful these animals swallow as much as 50 cubic meters of water. It will
slowly force all that water out through the baleen plates stiff, feathery combs attached to its
upper jaw. The plates filter out the thousands of krill it has just taken in with all that water.
Then it will scrape off the krill with its tongue and
blue whale.
Blue whales are still highly vulnerable. Large-scale commercial krill harvesting would
deplete their sole food supply. Many blues must also deal with busy shipping traffic and other
underwater noise issues like marine seismic exploration for oil and gas and navy sonar and
submarine testing.
Whales rely heavily on sound to communicate at great distances and experts fear that noise
pollution might disrupt whale social interactions, damage their sensitive ears or drive them
away from vital feeding and breeding grounds.

1. The tables below contain facts related to blue whales. Pick out the relevant words and
fill the blanks (4)

ITEMS | DETAILS

1. Size at birth- -----------------------

2----------------- Thirty meters long

3 Rate of growth -----------------------

4----------------------- Usually small

2. Write functions of the following features of a blue whale. (4)

(i) twin blowholes (ii) vibrating nasal air sacs

3. Complete the following statements. (3)

(a) Usually the calls of the blue whales are of such low frequency-------------------------------

(b) It is officially estimated that the blue whale population in the Southern Hemisphere
is now----------------------------

(c) Two factors which may drive the blue whales away from their vital feeding and
breeding grounds are
(i)------------------------------- (ii) ------------------------------

4. Find a word from the passage which means (1)

(a) No longer in existence

SECTION - B (WRITING)

Q3 Your school has decided to present a programme on All India Radio, from AIR station of

more than 50 words for your school notice board inviting talented students to appear for
-air theatre. The famous
presenter Mr Alok Kumar is invited for the trial. Sign as Ankit/Ankita, Secretary,
Cultural Club of the school. (4)

Q4
needs. Write a letter to the editor of a National News Paper in 150 words, expressing
your concern for the degrading environment and suggestions to protect it. You are
Siddharth/Sudha. (6)
Q 5 Varun decided to write a story, but after some time, he could not complete the story
as he lost interest .Complete his story on the basis of the beginning given below
Once a rich lady, who lived in a spacious mansion, became blind. She called in
(10)
SECTION - C (GRAMMAR)

Q 6. This passage has not been edited. There is one word missing from each line.
Write the word before, the missing word and the word after. ( ½ x 6 = 3 Marks )

Many people hung their heads to avoid work. eg: avoid the work

Sathya Kama got up said a) ______ _______ _______

.
Some advised him not to go as he will
be all alone in forest without food. b) ______ _______ _______

c) ______ _______ _______

I will have these cows to give me company.

The Guru was happy that at least among his d) ______ _______ _______

many pupils volunteered to undertake job e) ______ _______ _______

as service toward Guru. He blessed f) ______ _______ _______

him for his service.

Q 7 . Do as directed ( 4 Marks )

a) Fill the blanks with proper form of verbs.

My little sister is very naughty. When she had (i) __________ (come) back from
school yesterday, she (ii) __________ (tear) her dress. (1/2x2=1 Mark )

b) Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the bracket.
(i) I _________ cut my hair every month.
(ii) I ________ repair my bicycle yesterday.
( Fill in the blanks using had to / have to / has to ) (1/2 x 2 = 1 Mark)

c) Write the noun forms of :

(i) Maintain
(ii) Persist (1/2 x 2 = 1 Mark)

d) Make meaningful sentences with the idiomatic phrases given below.

(i) At close quarters
(ii) Beat about the bush (1/2 x 2 = 1 Mark)
Q 8. Rearrange the following words / phrases to form meaningful sentences.
(1x4=4Marks)
a) poverty / the village people / from / most / suffer / of
b) in rural areas / is / employment opportunities / there / of / lack
c) come to cities / in / people / so, / of work / search
d) appalling conditions/ cities/ in/they/live/ in

Q.9. Read the following conversation and complete the paragraph given below.
(1x4=4 Marks)
Ram : At last, you have decided to go to Kerala.
own country.
Mohan : They say Kerala is one of the most beautiful places in India. People like its beaches,
backwaters and canals.

Mohan: Hope you enjoy your holidays in Kerala.

Congratulating Mohan that at last he had decided to go to Kerala, Ram added (a)-------------
Mohan replied that it is said that Kerala is one of the most beautiful places in India and added
that (b)--------------------------------. Ram told Mohan that every inch of Kerala is lush green
and added that (c)-------------------------.Mohan hoped that Ram(d)------------------- in Kerala.

SECTION -D LITERATURE

Q.10. Read the given extract of the poem and answer the questions that follow (4)

I was walking on the stone-paved road.

Sword in hand the king came in his chariot.

1. Name the poem and the poet.

2. Who is the speaker in the poem?
3.
4. the king, sword in hand suggests
a) Wealth b) Power c) More power than wealth
Q.11. Read the given extract and answer the questions (4)

met every day for a whole week. I arranged for a car to take you to Hudroo
1. Who said this to whom?
2. Where did they meet?
3. In which year did they meet?
4. At that time according to the speaker, where did they stay?

Q 12. Answer the following questions (any four) (8)

1 Why do you think the desk had been sold, and when?
2 What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?
3 In what ways did the British officers exploit Indians?
4
5

Q 13. Answer the following questions (any two) (4)

1. The repeatedly. How did it affect him?

2. Why did Velu run away from home?
3. Why was it still winter in one corner of the garden?
4. se him so?

Q14. Owning things is human; sharing them is divine . Explain it taking the ideas from the
(5)
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SECTION B
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13) Find +( )+( )+( )

14) Solve: 5x 2 (2x 7) = 2 (3x 1) +

15) A B C D is rectangle. Its diagonals meet at O. Find x, if OA= 2x+4 and OD= 3x+1.
D C
O

A B

Construct a rhombus whose diagonals are 5.2 cm and 6.4 cm long.

Construct quadrilateral ABCD, where AB = 4 cm BC = 5 cm, CD = 6.5 cm and
B =105 and C = 80 .
Draw a histogram for the frequency distribution of heights of 50 students of a class (in cm).

CLASS INTERVAL 135 - 140 140 - 145 145 - 150 150 - 155 155 - 160
FREQUENCY 6 15 18 8 3

The diagonal of a rhombus are 8cm and 15 cm. Finds its sides.
Find the greatest number of five-digit, which is a perfect square.
Is 68600 a perfect cube? If not, find the smallest number by which 68600 must be multiplied
to get a perfect cube.
Difference of two perfect cubes is 189.If the cube root of smaller of the two numbers is 3,find
the larger number.