Solution Science Sample Paper 5

Total Time: 3 hours Total Marks: 80

Section – A
Question No. 1 to 20 are very short answer questions
1. (c) Only (III)
2. (b) MnO2 is reduced to MnCl2 and HCl is oxidized to Cl2
3. (c) Magnesium ribbon burns with brilliant white light.
4. (b) CO2 Cl2 CO2 CO
5. (d) remains green with no change in the copper coin.
6. (c) Only (II)
7. (c) Addition of hydrogen in presence of catalyst changes 𝐴 to 𝐶.
8. (b) (II), (III)
9. (b) KOH
10. (c) 4: 0 3: 1
11. (d) (III) only
12. (b) B and D
13.

14. (b) 2
15. (b) Diameter d of the wire
16. (c) The pattern of the magnetic field associated with the solenoid is different from the pattern of the
magnetic field around a bar magnet.
17. (c) 𝐴 is true but 𝑅 is false.
18. (a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of 𝐴.
19. (c) 𝐴 is true but 𝑅 is false.
20. (a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of 𝐴.
Section – B
Question No. 21 to 26 are very short answer questions
21. (A) When eating sweets or chocolate, pH of the mouth falls below 5.5, which causes tooth enamel to corrode
and tooth decay to begin.
(B) By using toothpaste, which is naturally basic, you can stop tooth decay by neutralising the extra acid your
mouth produces.
22. (A) Molecular formula of first two members of the homologous series having functional group −Cl is CH3 Cl
and C2 H5 Cl.
(B) (i) Covalent bond.
(ii) X2 will have low melting point.
23. (A) Dispersion of light is defined as the splitting of light into its component colours when light passes through
a glass prism.
A prism disperses white light as light rays of different colours travel with different speeds in a prism as
refractive index of glass is different for different colours.

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 (B) Violet colour bends the most and red colour bends the least as the refractive index of glass is largest for
violet colour and least for red colour due to which violet colour is dispersed the most and red colour the
least.

24. Parasitic mode of nutrition is defined as the mode of nutrition in which an organism derives its food from the
body of another living organism without killing it.
Organisms having parasitic mode of nutrition are Plasmodium and roundworms.
25. A trait in an organism is the character which is transmitted from parents to offsprings i.e., from one generation
to the next generation. Cellular DNA is the information source for making proteins in the cell. A section of DNA
called gene provides information for one protein. A particular trait depends on the specific protein synthesised
as it decides the efficiency of the process for synthesis of a particular hormone.
OR
Human females have a perfect pair of sex chromosomes, both called X i.e., XX, while human males are XY. All
children will inherit an X chromosome from their mother regardless of whether they are boys or girls.
Thus, the sex of the children will be determined by what they inherit from their father. A child who inherits an
X chromosome from her father will be a girl. During meiosis, one X chromosome enters each gamete. Hence,
all the gametes formed in human females have an X chromosome.
26. Sexual reproduction includes gamete formation through meiosis and fertilisation. Meiosis reduces the number
of chromosomes to half in both male and female gametes. This reduced chromosome number is then restored
to normal during fertilisation of male and female gametes. This is how constant chromosome number is
maintained in sexually reproducing organisms. Growth and development of zygote into embryonic cell and
then into adult one takes place by mitosis (equatorial cell division) which produce the daughter cells carrying
same chromosome number as that of parent cell.
OR
The male reproductive system is called "urogenital system" as the urethra forms a common passage for both
the sperms and urine. The sperms formed are delivered through the vas deferents which unites with a tube
coming from the urinary bladder which stores the urine formed in each kidney.
Section – C
Question No. 27 to 33 are short answer questions
27. (A) When silver chloride is kept in sunlight for some time, he will observe white crystals of silver chloride
turning grey in sunlight.
(B) This reaction is known as photo decomposition reaction.
(C) Reaction taking place is:
Sunlight
2AgCl(𝑠) ⟶ 2Ag (𝑠) + Cl2(𝑔)
Decomposition of silver chloride into silver and chlorine takes place due to sunlight.
28. A red haired woman marries a brown haired man, and all the children are brown haired. The brown hair colour
genes are dominant to the red hair colour genes.
A brown haired man can have BB factors or Bb as only one dominant factor expresses itself in the next
generation.

Situation I: Situation II:

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 (1) In situation I, brown haired man has a pure strain i.e., BB and all the children are brown haired.
(2) In situation II, brown haired man carries recessive red coloured hair trait gametes which fertilised and
results into 50 % brown and 50 % red haired children. So in the given situation, brown haired man has passed
the pure factors i.e., BB because all the children are brown haired.
That is why, the children were having brown coloured hairs.
29. The provided circuit is incorrect because a circuit's ammeter and voltmeter are always connected in series and
parallel to resistor $R_1$, respectively. The following figure depicts the proper circuit.

30. (A) Xylem is a water-conducting tissue in plants. It transports water and minerals from the roots to the
different parts of the plant. If the xylem of the plant is removed, upward movement of water will stop leading
to wilting of leaves and ultimately causes the death of a plant. In the absence of water, the plant will not be
able to prepare food and also perform other essential activities.
(B) (i) Epidermal cell
(ii) Subsidiary cell
(iii) Guard cell
(iv) Stomatal aperture
31. Properties of magnetic field lines:
(1) They emerge from the north pole of a magnet and enter at the south pole of the magnet.
(2) Inside the magnet, the direction of field lines is from south pole to its north pole. Hence, magnetic field
lines are closed curves. The relative strength of the magnetic field is shown by the degree of closeness of the
field lines. Crowded field lines represent the strong magnetic field. They are dense close to the poles and
sparse away from them. It means magnetic field is strongest around poles of the magnet.
(3) The magnetic field at any point is represented by the tangent at that point. No two field lines intersect
each other. If they intersect, it would mean that at point of intersection, there would be two field directions,
which is not possible.
32. Distance of object
𝑢 = −20 cm.
Focal length of concave mirror
𝑓 = −15 cm.
Height of object
ℎ = +6 cm.
Distance of image
𝑣= ?
′
Height of image ℎ = ?
According to mirror formula:

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 1 1 1
+ =
𝑣 𝑢 𝑓
1 1 1
= −
𝑣 𝑓 𝑢
1 1 1
= −
𝑣 −15 (−20)
1 1
= +
−15 20
−4 + 3 1
= =−
60 60
𝑣 = −60 cm.
Thus, a screen is placed infront of mirror at a distance of 60 cm from it.
ℎ′ 𝑣
𝑚 = =
ℎ ℎ
ℎ′ (−60)
Magnification, =−
+6 (20)
(60 × 6)
ℎ′ = = 18 cm
20
Thus, an inverted image of height 18 cm is formed.
33. The various levels or steps in a food chain are called trophic levels. They represent the successive stages of
nourishment like primary producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer etc.
Below is an example of food chain:

OR
(A) Decomposers are microorganisms which breakdown complex organic substances into simple inorganic
substances and help in recycling of nutrients. They feed on the dead and decaying bodies of plants and
animals. They return the nutrients back to the soil and thus, help in making this ecosystem stable e.g., fungi,
bacteria.
(B) Only 10 % of the energy gets transferred from one trophic level to the next. So, after 3 or 4 trophic levels,
the energy available for passing on is too less to support another trophic level.
Very little usable energy remains after 4 trophic levels. Hence, the number of trophic levels in a food chain is
limited.
Section – D
Question No. 34 to 36 are long answer questions
34. (A) Copper is more reactive than silver as it is placed above silver in the reactivity series of metals.
(B) When a strip of zinc metal is put in copper sulphate solution, then the blue colour of copper sulphate
solution fades gradually and red brown coating of copper is deposited on zinc strip.
Zn + CuSO4 ⟶ ZnSO4 + Cu
Zinc is more reactive than copper so it will displace copper from its salt solution. So, displacement reaction
takes place.
(C) If copper is kept open in air, it slowly loses its shining brown surface and gains a green coating as it forms
basic copper carbonate, CuCO3 . Copper reacts with moist carbon dioxide in the air and forms green colour
basic copper carbonate.
(D) Out of Mg, Ag, Zn and Cu, Ag will be displaced from the solution of its salts by other three metals. Least
reactive metal can be displaced from its solution by other three metals. Silver is least reactive out of the given
four metals.

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 (E) No reaction takes place when some silver pieces are put into green coloured ferrous sulphate solution as
silver is less reactive than iron and hence, cannot displace iron from ferrous sulphate solution.

OR
(A) Given, molecular formula of Y = XOH and molecular mass of 𝑌 = 40
So, atomic mass of metal 𝑋 would be,
𝑀 + 16 + 1 = 40
𝑀 = 40 − 17
= 23
Metal with atomic mass 23 is sodium Na ) and reaction of it with cold water will form the base sodium
hydroxide (NaOH) and liberates H2 gas which easily catches fire.
2Na + 2H2 O(Cold) ⟶ 2NaOH + 2H2
X = Sodium (Na)
Y = Sodium hydroxide (NaOH)
Z = Hydrogen gas (H2 )
(B) Ionic compounds are the compounds formed by the combination of oppositely charged ions formed by
transfer of electrons from one atom to another.
Ionic compounds do not conduct electricity in solid state as they have a rigid structure and ions are not free
to move due to strong electrostatic forces of attraction between them.
35.

(B) The inner lining of the small intestine has numerous finger-like projections called villi which increase the
surface area for absorption. The villi are richly supplied with blood vessels which take the absorbed food to
each and every cell of the body, where it is utilised for obtaining energy, building up new tissues and repair of
old tissues.

OR

(B) Human beings have network of respiratory tubes in their lungs such as trachea is divided into bronchi. Each
bronchus divides in lungs to form bronchioles and bronchioles finally terminate into balloon-like structure
called alveoli.
The walls of alveoli contain an extensive network of blood-vessels and they provide a vast surface area for
exchange of gases.

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36. (A) (i) As the field is directed upwards, the aluminium rod is placed in such a way between the horseshoe
magnet that the north pole of the magnet is vertically below and south pole vertically above the rod.
When the current is passed in the rod from B to A, we will observe that the rod is displaced towards the left.
The displacement of the rod is due to the force acting on the current carrying conductor (aluminium rod) when
it is placed in a magnetic field.
(ii) The direction of force acting on the rod will be reversed on reversing the direction of current. The rod will
now be displaced towards the right as direction of current (given by central or middle finger) is reversed.
(iii) On reversing the direction of poles of the magnet, the direction of magnetic field is reversed due to which
direction of force exerted on the rod will also be reversed. If current is flowing from end B to A of the rod, the
rod will be displaced towards right.
(B) Displacement of the rod will be largest when the direction of current is at right angles to the direction of
the magnetic field.
OR
(A) The field strength is largest at R because it is closer to the wire as the field lines are closer together and
more dense.
(B) If the current in the wire is reversed the magnetic field at R will have the same strength but in opposite
direction.
(C) To avoid electric shocks, the metal body of an electrical device is earthed. A wire called earth wire is used
to connect the metal body of the electrical device to the earth, which is at zero potential. In household circuits,
we have three wires, the live wire, the neutral wire and earth wire. One end of earth wire is connected to the
device and other end of the wire is connected to the earth. We now say that the device "is earthed or
grounded". Usually, the three wires are connected to three-pin plug. The earth wire connection carries the
current to the earth from the device and prevents an electric shock.
SECTION – E
Question No. 37 to 39 are case-based/data -based questions with 2 to 3 short sub-parts. Internal choice is
provided in one of these sub-parts.
37. (A) A - Ethanoic acid/ Or any other carboxylic acid,
C - Sodium salt of ethanoic acid/any other carboxylic acid/sodium ethanoate.
(B) Use of A - dil solution used as vinegar in cooking/preservative in pickles.
Use of B - making perfumes, flavoring agent.
Conc H2 SO4
(C) CH3 COOH + C2 H5 OH → CH3 COOC2 H5 + H2 O
CH3 COOCH5 + NaOH ⟶ CH3 COONa + C2 H5 OH
OR
(a)
Sulphuric acid acts as dehydrating agent
Conc H2 SO4 , 443 K
C2 H5 OH − − − − − − − − − − − → C2 H4 + H2 O
(b)
By reaction with sodium carbonate/ bi carbonate 1 M with the samples, ethanol will not react whereas
ethanoic acid gives brisk effervescence
2CH3 COOH + Na2 CO3 → 2CH3 COONa + H2 O + CO2
OR
CH3 COOH + NaHCO3 → CH3 COONa + H2 O + CO2

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38. (i) Refractive index of diamond,
Speed of light in vacuum
n=
Speed of light in diamond
c
n=
v
3 × 108
2.42 =
Speed of light in diamond
3 × 108
Speed of light in diamond =
2.42
= 1.25 × 108 m/s
(ii) 𝑟water < 𝑟glass < 𝑟carbon disulphide
(iii) (A) (a) Since the speed of light is greater in water than in glass, glass is optically denser than water. This
demonstrates that glass presents a greater barrier to light transmission than water.
(b) After refraction, the light will bend towards normal.
OR
(i) We know that,
Speed of light in vacuum c
ng = =
Speed of light in the given materiza
∴ c = ng × vg
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𝑐 = × 2 × 108 = 2.67 × 108 ms−1
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(ii)
𝑐
Also, 𝑛𝑤 =
𝑣𝑤
𝑐 2.67 × 2 × 108
∴ 𝑣𝑤 = =
𝑛𝑤 3
8 −1
𝑣𝑤 = 1.78 × 10 ms
39. (i) In sexual reproduction, a human's offspring is not a true replica of his parents because the genetic
material from the mother's and father's gametes is mixed together in humans. So, in addition to some
new recombination, the offspring has traits from both parents.
(ii) The selected people are crossed to create the 𝐹1 generation, which is the first generation. The 𝐹2
generation is the second one created through the mating of any two members of the 𝐹1 generation.
(iii)
(A) Over time, variations can help a species survive because they give natural selection the starting point
from which to work. Any population will always have some variation, and this variation may be
advantageous, neutral, or harmful to an individual's chance of surviving.
OR
(B) Yellow and wrinkled seeds and round and green seeds were two novel combinations. These emerge in
the F2 generation as a result of novel combinations of recessive traits whose alleles were present in the 𝐹1
generation but unable to express themselves. In 𝐹2 , they appeared by combining in a different way.