PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (ISC)
Guess Paper 1 (2024-25)
SCIENCE-Paper 3
Grade: X Maximum marks: 80
Subject: Biology Duration: 2 Hours
General Instructions-
Answer to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time
allowed
for writing the answers.
Attempt all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
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SECTION A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)
QUESTION 1.
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.[15]
(Do not copy the questions, write the correct answer only.)
(i) …………….is the relative concentration of solutes dissolved in solution which
determine the direction and extent of diffusion.
(a) Turgidity (b) Tonicity (c) Plasmolysis (d) Rigidity
(ii) Hydathodes is for the process of :
(a) Transpiration: (b) Absorption of water.
(c) Photosynthesis. (d) Guttation.
(iii) ………….secretes tears.
(a) Eyeball (b) Aqueous chamber
(c) Lacrimal glands (d) Vitreous chamber
(iv) Which among the following is the main cause of ozone depletion?
(a) sulphur dioxide (b) carbon dioxide (c) nitrogen dioxide (d) CFCs
(v) Assertion (A) Opening and closing of stomata is based on potassium ion exchange
theory.
Reason (R) Opening and closing of stomata depends upon turgidity and flaccidity of
guardcells.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
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(c)Assertion is true and Reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and Reason is false
(vi) Birth rate is the number of lives birth
(a) per 100 people per decade (b) per 1000 people per decade
(c) per 100 people per year (d) per 1000 people per year
(vii) Maximum amount of water from the glomerular filtrate is reabsorbed in
(a) DCT (b) PCT
(c) ascending limb of Henle’s loop (d) descending limb of Henle’s loop
(viii) Which of the following is secreted by the pituitary?
(a) TSH releasing hormone (b) Glucagon
(c) Thyroxin (d) TSH
(ix) If the blood pressure is measured
80 as 120/80 mm of Hg, the term 120 refers to
(a) heartbeat rate (b) pulse rate
(c) systolic pressure (d) diastolic pressure
(x) Which of the events listed below is not observed during mitosis?
(a) Chromatin condensation
(b) Movement of centrioles to opposite poles
(c) Appearance of chromosomes with two chromatids joined together at the
centromere.
(d) Crossing over
(xi) The hormone that promotes ripening of fruits is .
(a) Ethylene (b) gibberellins (c) cytokinin (d) auxin
(xii) Lamarck’s theory of evolution is also called as
(a) theory of natural selection (b) survival of the fittest
(c) theory of special creation (d) inheritance of acquired characters
(xiii) Which statement describes human cells formed by meiosis?
(a) They are genetically identical and they become gametes.
(b) They are genetically identical and they become tissues.
(c) They are not genetically identical and they become gametes.
(d) They are not genetically identical and they become tissues.
(xiv) In hepatic portal system, the following blood vessels collects the blood (laden with
food) from the intestine
(a) hepatic portal vein. (b) hepatic portal artery.
(c) hepatic artery. (d) hepatic vein.
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(xv) The main nitrogenous waste formed in the human body :
(a) Uric acid (b) Urea (c) Ammonia (d) Creatinine
QUESTION 2.
(i) Name the following - [5]
(a) The substance found in excess in the urine of a diabetic person.
(b) The process by which root hairs absorb water from the soil.
(c) The genetic makeup of an organism.
(d) The chemical messengers.
(e)The part of human brain which control body temperature.
(ii) Arrange and rewrite the terms in each group in the correct order so as to be in
a logicalsequence beginning with the term that is underlined. [5]
(a) Conjunctiva, Retina, Sclerotic, Choroids.
(b) Cuticle, Palisade tissue, Upper epidermis, Spongy parenchyma.
(c) Injured tissue, Fibrinogen, Thromboplastin, Prothrombin.
(d) Cortex, Endodermis, Xylem vessels, Pericycle.
(e) Posterior vena cava, Renal artery, Aorta, renal vein, Kidney
(iii) Match the items given in Column I with the most appropriate ones in Column II
and rewritethe correct matching pairs. [5]
Column I Column II
1.Yellow spot a. Memory
2.lodopsin b. Haploid
3.Sneezing c. Colour vision
4.Sperm d. Simple reflex
5.Cerebrum e. Retina
f. Hindbrain
(iv)Choose the odd one out from the following terms and name the category to
which othersbelong.[5]
(i) Thyroxine, Calcitonin, Cytokinin, Insulin
(ii) Law of dominance, Law of segregation, Law of linkage, Law of independent
assortment
(iii) Sperm duct, Epididymis, Labyrinth, Vasa efferentia
(iv) Urethra, uterus, kidney, urinary bladder
(v) Cochlea, tympanum, ear ossicles, optic nerve
(v) Define- (a) Active transport (b) Phosphorylation (c) Double circulation
(d) Micturition (e) Menstruation
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SECTION - B
(Attempt any four questions.)
QUESTION 3.
(i) What are the hormones secreted by corpus luteum? [1]
(ii) (a) State Mendel’s law of dominance [2]
(b) State Mendel’s law of segregation.
(iii) Distinguish between light and Dark reaction. [2]
(iv) Mention the difference between Mitosis and Meiosis with reference to: -
1. No. of daughter cells formed at the end of the division.
2. The chromosome number of the daughter cells formed.
(v) The diagram given below shows the internal structure of a spinal cord depicting
aphenomenon. Study the diagram and answer the questions: [3]
(a) Name the phenomenon that is depicted in the diagram.
(b) Give the technical term for the point of contact between the two nerve cells.
QUESTION 4.
(i) What is a gene? [1]
(ii) When an ovum gets fertilized, menstrual cycle stops temporarily in a woman.
Give reason. [2]
(iii) What is the significance of amniotic fluid? [2]
(iv) What is sexual reproduction? [2]
(v) The diagram given below is that of a developing human foetus. Study the diagram
and then answer the questions that follow: [3]
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(i) Label the parts numbered 1 and 3 in the diagram.
(ii) Mention any one function of the part labelled 2 in the diagram.
(iii) Define the term ‘Gestation’.
QUESTION 5.
(i) Leaves of Mimosa pudica plant wilt and droop down on a slight touch. Give
reason. [1]
(ii) Most leaves have the upper surface more green and shiny than the lower one.
Why? [2]
(iii) What are the anatomical adaptations observed in plants which checks
transpiration. [2]
(iv) (a) Name the type of genes, which in the presence of a contrasting allele, is not
expressed.
(b) Name two animals which have nineteen pairs of chromosomes. [2]
(v) State any three harmful effects of acid rain. [3]
QUESTION 6.
(i) Explain- Cataract [1]
(ii) Mention the difference between Light reaction and dark reaction (Site of occurrence)
[2]
(iii) Explain how the rate of transpiration is affected on: [2]
(a) a windy day (b) a foggy day [2]
(iv) Give any two functions of placenta. [2]
(v) The diagram given below represents the location and structure of an endocrine
gland. Studythe same and answer the questions that follow: [3]
(a) Name the endocrine gland shown in the diagram.
(b) Name the secretion of the gland which regulates basal metabolism.
(c)Name the mineral element required for the synthesis of the above mentioned
hormone.
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QUESTION 7
(i) Distinguish between homo erectus and Homo habilis (cranial capacity). [1]
(ii) Define: [2]
(a) The theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics.
(b) Evolution.
(iii) Write difference between lymph and tissue fluid? [2]
(iv) What factors govern the growth of world population? (any two) [2]
(v) The diagram given below represents a stage during mitotic cell division in an
animal cell: [3]
(i) Identify the stage. Give a reason to support your answer.
(ii) Name the parts labelled l and 3.
(iii) What is the chromosome number of the cell?
QUESTION 8.
(i) Define- Vestigial organ
(ii) Related to the functioning of the eye, answer the questions that follow :[2]
(a) What is meant by power of accommodation of the eye ?
(b) What is the shape of the lens during (1) near vision (2) distant vision ?
(iii) The diagram given below represents a defect of vision of the human eye :[2]
(a) Draw a neat labelled diagram to show how this defect can be rectified.
(b) What is the nature of this image that falls on the retina of a normal eye ?
(iv) What is the difference between Guttation and bleeding? [2]
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(v) The diagram below shows part of the capillary bed in an organ of the mammalian
body. Some of the blood arriving at the capillaries at points labelled. A moves out into
the spaces between the tissue cells. Study the diagram and answer the questions that
follow:
(i) When the liquid from the blood is surrounding the cells, what is it called?
(ii) Name any one important component of the blood which remains inside the
capillaries and fails to move out into the spaces.
(iii) Some of the liquid surroundings the cells does not pass directly back into the
blood but eventually reaches it by another route through vessel X. Name the fluid
present in vessel X.
