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PAUL GEORGE GLOBAL SCHOOL
ANNUAL EXAMINATION
SESSION 2025-26
Grade: LX Date: 04/o2/o24
Subject: Science Max Marks: 80
Time: 3 Hr
General Instructions: .Qaaenge
() This question paper consists of 39 questions in 3 sections. Section A is Biology.,Section
B is Chemistry and Section C is Physics.
() Allquestions are compulsory. However, an internal choice is provided in some
questions. A student is expected to attempt only one of these [Link]
Section-A Marks
1
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(Cytoplasm is also known as protoplasm
(b) SER helps in the manufacture of lipids
(c) Mitochondria has its own DNA
(d) Leucoplasts are colourless
2 Which of the following is not a component of phloem?
(a) Sieve tubes (b) Companion cells
(c) Phloem parenchyma cý Tracheids
3 To solve the country's food crisis, which among the following is necessary? 1
(a) Increased production and storage of food grains.
(b) Easy access of people to the food grain.
(c) People should have money to purchase the grains.
dYAll of the above
4 Which of the following is true for prokaryotic cells? 1
(a) Presence of a nucleus (bYLack of a nucleus
(c) Membrane bound organelles (d) Multicellular
5 Which tissue contains chloroplasts and performs photosynthesis? 1
(a) Sclerenchyma (b) Collenchyma
eChlorenchyma (d) Xylem
6 Acrop X is to be grown in a field. It is seen that Parthenium, a type of weed,
usually affects crop X, What measure would help to protect crop X from
Parthenium?
e Spraying weedicides
(b) Avoiding crop rotation
(c) Improper scedbed preparation
(d) Delaying sowing of crops by a few months
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component of the blood:
Hemoglobin is present in which (b) WBCs
a) RBCs (d) plasma
(c) platelets
Assertion (A)and Reason (R),.
of two statements -
The followingquestions consist
selecting the appropriate
option given below:
Answer these questions by explanation of A.
and R is the correct
(a) Both A and R are true, explanation of A.
true, and R is not the correct
(b) Both A and R are false,
is
(c) A is true but R
but R is true.
(d) A is false 1
Assertion (A): Italian bee is commonly
used for honey production.
honey-collecting capacity, sting less and
Reason (R): Italian bees have high
breed very well.
a) 1
Assertion (A): Prokaryotic cells are primitive
and larger than eukaryotic cells.
organelles.
Reason (R): Prokaryotic cells lack cytoplasmic
2
Compare the use of manure and fertilizers
in maintaining soil fertility.
10
2
neuron.
11, Draw a welllabelled diagram of the structure of
food grains during storage?
12 What are the major actors responsible for the loss of
differences) 3
13 (ayDifferentiate between an animal and a plant cell.(Any two
this
Lt Every multicellular organism has come from a single cell. Justify
statement.
3
14 (a) Differentiate between the following:
iYnter cropping and Crop rotation
Vermi-compost and Green manure
oDescribe any two desirable traits considered for varietal improvement in
poultry farming.
4
15 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
help to keep the
Lysosomes are a kind of waste disposal system of the cell. They
worn-out cell organelles.
cellclean by digesting any foreign material as well as
Lysosomes contain powerful digestive enzymes.
When the cell gets damaged,
their own cell. Therefore,
lysosomes may burst and the enzymes digest
bags" of the cell.
lysosomes are also known as the "suicide
of lysosomes?ai Apparatus
Lá Which cellorganelle is involved in the formation system of the cell?
disposal
oWhy are lysosomes described as the waste
Attenmpt either subpart (c) OR ():
iflysosomes were absent?
(c) What would be the effect on a cell
OR
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Khat happens when lysosomes burst inside the cell?
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16 Attempt either option A or B
A. (1) Diagrammatically show the difference between the three different types or
muscles found in the human body.
(1) Name the type of epithelial tissue which is found in the inner lining of the
small intestine of humans. State its function.
OR
are meristematic tissues? State and differentiate between
the three
types of meristematic tissues.
freely in a hign
j) Explain why branches of plants are able to move and bend
wind velocity?
Section -B
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17 Which of the following is not an endothermic process?
(a) Fusion (b) Vapourisation
(c) Temperature Insoluble heavy impurities
1
18 Kinetic energy of molecules is directly proportional to
a Temperature (b) Pressure
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Atmospheric pressure
1
19 Sol and gel are examples of
(a) Solid-solid colloids
(b) Sol is a solid-liquid colloid and gel is liquid-solid colloid
Sol is solid- solid colloid and gel is solid-liquid colloid
(d) Sol is a liquid-solid colloid and gel is a solid-liquid colloid
and Reason (R).
The following two questions consist of two statements - Assertion (A)
Answer these questions by selecting the appropriate option given below:
(a) Both A and R are true, andR is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Assertion: In sublimation, a substance changes directly from solid to vapour 1
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without passing through liquid state and vice-versa.
Reason : Distillation involves two processes i.e., vaporisation and condensation.
21 Assertion: On burning magnesium in oxygen, the mass of magnesium oxide 1)
formed is equal to the total mass of magnesium and oxygen
Reason: In a chemical substance, the elements are always present ina definite
proportion.
22 The chemical symbol for sodium is
(a) So (b) Sd (c) NA esNa
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properties?
23 Why,do isotopes have ifferent physical electronic configuration.
Fsotopes of an element have different
atomic number.
(b) Isotopes have same have different mass number.
osotopes of an element
have different atomic number.
d) lsotopes of an element
energy levels in an atom is
24 The increasing order of the(b) L> M>N>K
M>N
(a) K> L> .YR <L<M<N
(c) L< M<N<K
(matka) cooldown during summer?
T(How does water in an earthen pot
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from several metres away. It isn't true if the
T(brWe can smell the hot, smoky food
food is cold. Explain.
3
compound?
26 Nhy water is considered a
3
multiplication method.
27 Give the formula of the following by cross phosphide
Jka PotassjumNitrate ) Sodium hydrogen carbonate fcCalcium
NaHCO, of carbon dioxide.
4
28 fa)Catulate the mass of carbon present in 2g
Potassium dichromate? 2
(bWhat is the atomicity of K,Cr,0,
5
29 Attempt either optionA Or B
scattering experiment and support your
A.() Explain Rutherford's Alpha particle
answer with a diagram.
nature of the constituents of canal
rays?
(ii) What are canal rays? What is the
OR
Fluorine and Oxygen.
BDraw the electronic configurations of of ion will be
and mass number is 23. What type
() Atomic number of sodium is 11 Calculate the number of electrons
and how will you represent it ?
formed by it of sodium ?
formed. What will be the valency
protons and neutrons in the ion
Section-C 23
1
note depends upon its
30 The loudness of sound of a musical wavelength d) velocity
a amplitude b) Frequency c)
1
its motion is
energy possessed by an object due to virtue of
31 The c) mechanical d) heat
a) potential kinetic
statements - Assertion (A)
and Reason (R).
consists of two
The following question selecting the appropriate option given below:
Answer these questions by explanation of A.
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(a)
Both A and R are true, and R is not the correct
(b)
false.
(c) A is true but R is true.
is
(d) A is false but R
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Assertion: Radha is viewing a TV programme. She
is not doing any work.
Reason: Work is said to be done if a
person does some useful activity.
A sOund wave travels at a speed of339m/s it's
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frequency of the wavelength is 1.5m, what 1s te
wave? Will it be audible?
A stone is dropped from the top of a towerOR
500m high into a pond of water at the base
of the tower. When is the splash heard at the top? Given g= 10m/s and speed of sound
=340m/s.
2
joining A
34 Xmass of 1Okg is at a point A on atable. It is moved to a point B. If the line
force?
and B is horizontal, what is the work done on the object by the gravitational
Explain your answer. 3
35 Ha) What is an echo? State two conditions for a distinct echo to be
heard.
o)Draw a diagram depicting soft sound and a louder sound.
between mass and 3
mass and weight? List two
differences
36 What is the relation between
weight.
State Archimedes principle. What are its two applications? 4
Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
38 attraction between any two objects is
The law of gravitation states that the force of
inversely proportional to the square of
proportional to the product of their masses and universe. Such
applies to objects anywhere in the
the distance between them. The law
a law is said to be useful.
a Write the relation to calculate gravitational force.
if the masses of both objects are
(b) What happens to the force between two objects
doubled?
earth not move towards the moon?
e) If the moon attracts the earth, why does the
Attempt either option A or B
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using ultrasound.
A) Explain how defects in a metal block can be detected to its speed?
related
L) How are wavelength and frequency of a sound wave
MN A sound wave has a frequency of 2 KHz and wavelength 35cra. How long
illit take to travel 1.5km? s V= 70O my
Ultrasound
B. (i) What is the ratáge of frequencies associated with (i) Infrasound (i)
(ii) How is ultrasound useful in the medical industry?
vibrate in
(iii) The frequency of a source of sound is 100Hz. How many times does it
aminute?
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