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Instructions :

• The first 15 minutes Is the Cool-off time.
• You may use the time to read the questions and plan your answers.
• Answer only on the basis of instructions and questions given.
• Consider score and time while answering.

Time: 1½ Hours
Total Score: 40 Marks

Section – A

Answer any five questions 1-6. One score each. (5 × 1 = 5)

Question 1.
Select the correct pair
a) Sympathetic system – Production of saliva increases
b) Sympathetic system – Pupil constricts
c) Para sympathetic system – Trachea constricts
d) Para sympathetic system – Production of hormone increases
Answer:
c

Question 2.
Analyse the statement and reason and select the right option from those given below.
Statement: Cerebrospinal fluid nourishes the brain tissue
Reason: Cerebrospinal fluid is formed from the blood
a) Statement is correct, reason is incorrect
b) Statement and reason are incorrect
c) Statement is incorrect and reason is correct
d) Statement and reason are correct
Answer:
d

Question 3.
Identify and write the name of the photoreceptor given blow. Name the pigment present in it.

Answer:
Cone cell, photopsin

Question 4.
Complete the illustration using the words give in the box

Answer:
A-Acromegaly
B-Gigantism

Question 5.
Identify the correct statement
a) Non functional genes are^called vectors.
b) The sum of the genetic material present in an organism is called its genome
c) The technology used to identify the location of a gene is called genetherapy.
Answer:
b

Question 6.
A person severly injured in an accident needs blood. Antigen A is detected in this blood on blood test. From the following persons, whose blood can be received by him
a) A-group
b) -0-group
c) B-G group
d) = AB group
Answer:
a

Section – B

Answer any 6 from questions 7-13. 2 Scores each (6 × 2 = 12)

Question 7.
Observe the illustration given below. These birds paved the way to formulate the theory of natural se-lection by Charles Darwin.

a) What are the peculiarities of these birds which help in the formulation of the theory?
b) How this peculiarity helps these birds in their survival?
Answer:
a) Similarity of finches except in their beak.
b) The finches had beaks adapted to their feeding habits. When scarcity of food occured in each island, only birds with adapted beaks survived there. Example: insectivorous finches have small . beaks, cactus feeding finches have long and sharp beaks, woodpecker have sharp beaks etc.

Question 8.
a) Analyse and complete the table showing plant hormones and their functions.

b) Name the artificial hormone which is used as a weedicide.
Answer:
a) i) Cell division / cell growth/cell differentiation
ii) Ethylene
iii) Gibberellins
v) Controls the dormancy of embryo in seed/ con-trols dropping of leaves and fruits /control wilt¬ing or flowering /helps to sustain plants in adverse condition.

b) 2,4-D

Question 9.
Write the role or use of those given below:
a) Dopamine
b) C.T. Scanner
Answer:
a) Dopamin act as a neurotransmitter.
b) CT scanner is used to get 3D visuals of internal organs with the help of computer, using x- rays.

Question 10.

a – Identify and write the name of this figure
b – Name the sense organ, related with this figure
Answer:
a – Taste bud/Chemoreceptors in the taste bud.
b- Tongue

Question 11.
Though antibiotics are most useful medicines, it has some other effect. Substantiate this statement with two examples.
Answer:

• Regular use develops immunity in pathogens
• Destroy useful bacteria in the body
• Reduces the quantity of certain vitamins in the body

Question 12.
Illustrate, using alphabets, the determination of male or female sex on the basis of sex chrornosomes.
Answer:

Question 13.
Name the following
a) The method of curing genetic diseases by removing the defect gene and inserting functional gene.
b) The category of anthropoidea in which the monkeys and baboon are included.
Answer:
a) Gene therapy
b) Ceropithecoidia

Section – C

Answer any five from questions 14-20. 3 score each (5 × 3 = 15)

Question 14.
(A) Observe the given figure and answer the following questions:

a) Which activity of the body is represented by the figure?
b) Prepare a flowchart showing the path of this activity.
OR
(B) Following are causes of 2 diseases in connection with nervous system: (3)

a) Name the diseases A and B.
b) Write 2 symptoms each for the diseases.,
Answer:
A) a) Reflex action
b) Receptor generates impulses → sensory neuron → interneuron generates quick re-sponses →  motor neuron → related muscles withdraw the hand.
B) a) A-Alzheimer’s
B – Parkinsons

b) Alzheimers

• Loss of memory
• Inability to recognize friends or relatives
• Inability to do routine works.

Parkinsons

• Loss of body balance
• Irregualr movements of muscles
• Shivering, Profuse salivation.

Question 15.
Phagocytosis is a process of engulfing and destroy-ing germs.
a) Prepare a flowchart showing the phagocytosis of a pathogen using the following hints:
Hints:
i) Engulf pathogen in membrane sac.
ii) The enzymes in lysosome destroys pathogen.
iii) Membrane sac combines with the lysosome.
iv) Phagocytes reach near pathogen.
v) Expels the remnants.
b) Name the two phagocytes seen in our blood.
Answer:
a) iv) Phagocytes reach near pathogen.
i) Engulf pathogen in membrane sac.
iii) Membrane sac combines with the lysosome.
ii) The enzymes in lysosome destroys pathogen. Expels the remnants.
b) Neutrophils and monocytes

Question 16.
During a discussion in a biology class, some stu-dents argued that it is not fair to critisize a mother for delivering female children only. Substantiate your an¬swer scientifically with the help of an illustration.
Answer:
The y ch romosome of the father decides the offspring as male and the x chromosomes of the father de¬cides the offspring of female.

Question 17.
(A) In all seasons Ramu drinks 10litres of water per day. Given below is an illustration of how the normal level of water is maintained in his blood during rainly season and summer season.
Analyse the illustration and answer the questions given below.

a) Identify ‘X’
b) Explain how ‘X’ acts to produce more urine during rainy season.
c) Explain how hypothalamus and pituitary glands are related to ‘X’.
OR
(B) The level of glocose in blood is maintained by the combined action of insulin and glucagon. The graph given below shows three conditions of glu¬cose level in blood.

a) Which condition shows the normal level of glucose in blood?
b) Which among the two hormones function in con-dition B and explain its action?
c) What is the role of insulin in liver and muscles?
Answer:
A. a) Vasopressin/ADH
b) During rainy season, the production of vaso-pressin decreases and therefore no reabsorp-tion of water in kidneys.
c) Hypothalamus secrets wasopressin and it is stored in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.

B. a) A
b) Glucagon acts in the condition B. It converts glycogen to glucose in liver and produce glu-cose from amino acids.
c) Insulin converts glucose into glycogen

Question 18.
Given below is the hybridisation between two pea plants-one with green colour and round seeds and the other with yellow colour and wrinkled seeds.

a) Write the alleles of the gametes formed while self pollinating the first generation
b) Identify the new combination of charaters that appear in the second generation
c) What reason did Mendel given for the appearance of new combination of characters in the second generation?
Answer:
a) (GW) (Gw) (gW) (gw)
b) Green coloured wrinkled seed and yellow coloured round seed.
c) Mendel explained that the appearance of new combination of characters is due to the indepen-dent assortment of each character in offsprings.

Question 19.
Complete the following word web using apt words.

Answer:
a) Maintains equilibrium of the body/Muscular coordination
b) Cerebrium
c) Medulla oblongata

Question 20.
Given below are Certain Communicable diseases. Dengue fever, Tuberculosis, Athletes foot, Filariasis,
Ringworm disease.
a) Identify the diseases that are caused by fungi.
b) Why does the lymph ducts in the legs get swol-len in perslons infected with-Filariasis?
c) Being a responsible citizen, suggest two mea-sures to prevent the spread of communicable dis¬eases.
Answer:
a) Athletes foot, Ringworm disease.
b) The filarial worms stay in the lymphducts and ob-struct the flow of lymp. This cause swelling in the lymph ducts.
c)

• Avoid circumstances leading to the multiplication of mosquitoes.
• Keep our surrounding neat and clean.

Section – D

Answer any two form questions 21-24. 4 score (2 × 4 = 8)

Question 21.
a) Find out the missing links in the given evolutionary tree.
b) How do the ‘a’ of the illustration differ form the categories labeled as b, c and d?

Answer:
a) a-cercopithecoidoa b-Gibbon c- Gorilla d- Chimpanzee.
b) Cercopithecoidea have small brain and long tail

Question 22.
bserve the figure and answer the following questions related with the pituitary.

a) What is the common name for the inducing hormones secreted from the anterior lobe of the pituitary?
b) Which part of brain is labeled as A?
c) Out of the hormones secreted from A
Which can be stored in the posterior lobe of pituitary?
Answer:
a) Tropic hormones
b) Hypothalamus
c) Oxvtosin, VasoDressin (ADH)

Question 23.
Copy the figure. Identify and label the parts based on the hints given and write one function of each.

a) Slightly projected transparent anterior part of Sclera.
b) Part of retina where plenty of photoreceptors are seen.
c) The aperature seen at the centre of Iris.

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सामान्य निर्देश:

• पहला पंद्रह मिनट कूल ऑफ़ टाईम है।
• इस समय प्रश्नों का वाचन करें और उत्तर लिखने की तैयारी करें।

Time: 2½ Hours
Total Score: 80 Marks

सूचना : ‘गुठली तो पराई है’ कहानी का अंश पढ़ें, प्रश्न 1 और 3 तक के प्रश्नों का उत्तर लिखें।

“अरे छोरी, लोग नाम तो तेरी माँ को ही रखेंगे। कहेंगे कुछ सिखाया ही नहीं। ऐसे ही करेगी क्या अपने घर जाकर?” गुठली बोली, “अपना घर? यही तो है मेरा घर, जहाँ मैं पैदा हुई।’ बुआ हँसके बोली, “अरी बेवकूफ यह घर तो पराया है। बाकी लडकियों की तरह तु भी किसी और की अमानत है।”

प्रश्न 1.
सही प्रस्ताव चुनकर लिखें।
बुआ की राय में लड़कियों के लिए… (1)
(क) पिता का घर ही अपना घर है।
(ख) पति का घर ही अपना घर है।
(ग) भाई का घर ही अपना घर है।
(घ) बहन का घर ही अपना घर है।
उत्तर:
(ख) पति का घर ही अपना घर है।

प्रश्न 2.
‘तेरी’ में निहित सर्वनाम कौन-सा है? (1)
(क) तुम
(ख) आप
(ग) तू
(घ) वह
उत्तर:
(ग) तू

प्रश्न 3.
कहानी के इस प्रसंग के आधार पर पटकथा का एक दृश्य तैयार करें। (4)
उत्तर:

• सीन संः 6
• स्थान: गुठली का घर
• समय: सुबह दस बजे
• पात्र: (1) बुआ (साठ साल)
  (2) गुठली (पंद्रह साल)
• वेशभूषा: बुआ साड़ी-ब्लाउज पहनी है।
• गुठली: सलवार-कमीज़ पहनी है।

संवाद:

• बुआ: (गुस्से में) ऐसे ही करेगी क्या अपने घर जाकर?
• गुठली: (आश्चर्य) अपना घर?
• बुआ: हाँ अपना घर।
• गुठली: यही तो है मेरा घर, जहाँ मैं पैदा हुई।
• बुआ: (हयते हुए) अरी बेवकूफ, यह घर तो पराया है।
• गुठली: (गुस्से में) मैं नहीं मानती।
• बुआ: (समझाते हुए) अरी, तू भी किसी ओर की अमानत है।
• गुठली: (गुस्से में) नहीं नहीं। (चली जाती है।)

सूचनाः ‘ऊँट बनाम रेलगाड़ी’ संस्मरण का यह अंश पढ़ें, प्रश्न 4 और 5 का उत्तर लिखें।

तीन बार लेने का फायदा यह हुआ कि सवारों को दम निकल जाने का अभिनय नहीं करना पड़ेगा। जटायु की हालत तो ऐसी थी कि किसी तरह जान छूटे। तीसरी बार दृश्य सही तरह से फिल्मा लिया गया।

प्रश्न 4.
यहाँ ‘दम निकल जाना’ का मतलब है (1)
(क) थक जाना
(ख) मर जाना
(ग) समय बीत जाना
(घ) साँस निकल जाना
उत्तर:
Out of Syllabus

प्रश्न 5.
जटायु डर-डरकर ऊँट पर सवार करता है। उस दिन के अनुभवों को जटायु अपना डायरी में लिखता है। जटायु की संभावित डायरी लिखें। (4)
उत्तर:
Out of Syllabus

सूचनाः ‘अकाल और उसके बाद’ कवितांश की पंक्तियाँ पदें. 6 से 8 तक के प्रश्नों का उत्तर लिखें।

दाने आए घर के अंदर कई दिनों के बाद
धुओं उठा आँगन से ऊपर कई दिनों के बाद
चमक उठीं घर भर की आँखें कई दिनों के बाद
कौए ने खुजलाई पाँखें कई दिनों के बाद।

प्रश्न 6.
‘आँखें चमक उठीं’ का तात्पर्य है – (1)
(क) घर के सभी बीमार हो गए।
(ख) घर के सभी बेसहारे हो गए।
(ग) घर के सभी दुखी हो गए।
(घ) घर के सभी संतुष्ट हो गए।
उत्तर:
(घ) घर के सभी संतुष्ट हो गए।

प्रश्न 7.
‘घर भर की आँखें’ – कवि के अनुसार यहाँ घर के सदस्य कौन-कौन हैं? (2)
उत्तर:
‘घर भर की आँखे से मतलब है कि घर के तथा घर के आसपास रहनेवाले जीव। जैसे कुतिया, चूहा, छिपकलियाँ, कौआ, आदि।

प्रश्न 8.
‘खेती नहीं तो खाना नहीं’ – खेती के विकास की आवश्यकता का संदेश देते हुए पोस्टर बनाएँ। (4)
अथवा
खाना जीवों की आधारभूत आवश्यकता है। खेती के महत्व पर लघु-लेख लिखें। (लेख 80 शब्दों का हो)
उत्तर:

लघु लेख
खाना जीवों की आधारभूत आवश्यकता है

खाना कोई भी जीवों की आधारभूत आवश्यकता है। खाना नहीं है तो कोई भी जीव अपनी जिंदगी को आगे नहीं ले जा सकती है। अकाल की वजह से केवल मनुष्य ही नहीं अन्य जीव भी मुसीबत में पड़ जाते हैं। अकाल के कई कारण होते हैं। आज की पीढ़ी खेती के महत्व को भूल जाते हैं। नई पीढ़ी खेती से मुंह मोड़ कर आ रही है। सब लोग सफ़ेदपोश नौकरी के पीछे पड़े रहे हैं। हमारे राज्य में खेत और खेती दिन व दिन कम होता जा रहा है। नई पीढ़ी का दायित्व है खेती के प्रति रुचि पैदा होना। सब लोग खेती के महत्व को समझें और खेती की उन्नति के लिए कार्य करना चाहिए।

सूचनाः ‘ठाकुर का कुआँ’ कहानी का यह अंश पढ़ें, पश्न 9 और 11 तक के प्रश्नों का उत्तर लिखें।

ठाकुर ‘कौन है, कौन है?’ पुकारते हुए कुएँ की तरफ आ रहे थे और गंगी जगत से कूदकर भागी जा रही थी। घर पहुँचकर देखा कि जोखू लोहा मुँह से लगाए वही मैला-गंदा पानी पी रहा है।

प्रश्न 9.
गंगी ठाकुर के कुएँ से पानी ले नहीं सकती थी। क्यों?
(क) ठाकुर के कुएँ का पानी गंदा था।
(ख) ठाकुर के कुएँ में जानवर मरा पड़ा था।
(ग) गंगी निम्न जाति की मानी जाती थी।
(घ) ठाकुर का कुओं गाँव के उस सिरे पर है। (1)
उत्तर:
(ग) गंगी निम्न जाति की मानी जाती थी।

प्रश्न 10.
‘जोखू’ के स्थान पर ‘गंगी’ का प्रयोग करके वाक्य का पुनर्लेखन करें।
जोखू गंदा पानी पी रहा है।
गंगी गंदा पानी पी _________। (1)
उत्तर:
गंगी गंदा पानी पी रही है।

प्रश्न 11.
गंगी पानी लिए बिना घर आती है। तब जोखू मैला-गंदा पानी पी रहा था। इस प्रसंग पर गंगी और जोखू के बीच की संभावित बातचीत लिखें। (बातचीत में पाँच विनिमय हों) (4).
अथवा
संकेतों की सहायता से गंगी की चरित्रगत विशेषताओं पर टिप्पणी लिखें। (टिप्पणी 80 शब्दों की हो)

• पति से प्यार रखनेवाली।
• रिवाजी पाबंदियों का विरोध करनेवाली।
• जातीय असमता के विरुद्ध सोचनेवाली।

उत्तर:

• गंगी: अरे…….. आप क्या कर रहे हैं?
• जोखू: क्या करूँ मैं?
• गंगी: गंदा पानी पी रहे हैं?
• जोखू: क्या तुम्हें पानी मिला?
• गंगी: नहीं। पानी लेनेवाली थी। तब तक ठाकुर आ गया।
• जोखु: हे भगवान! तुम्हें देख लिया क्या?
• गंगी: नहीं, नहीं देखा था।
• जोखू: चलो अंदर चलो।

चरित्र चित्रण
हिम्मतवाली गंगी

गंगी प्रेमचंद की कहानी ठाकुर का कुआ’ का मुख्य स्त्री पत्र है। वह जोखू की पत्नी है। वह निम्न वर्ग की नारी है। यह अपने पति से बहुत प्यार करती है। इसलिए रात के समय ठाकुर के कुएँ से पानी भरने निकल जाती है। वह एक हिम्मतवाली नारी है। वे ठाकुरों और साहुओं के अन्यायों के विरुद्ध आवाज उठानेवाली है। छुआछूत और अन्य अन्यायों के विरुद्ध सोचनेवाली है। वे स्वयं सामाजिक
असमानता का शिकार है।

सूचना: ‘बीरबहूटी’ का अंश पढ़ें और 12 से 15 तक के प्रश्नों का उत्तर लिखें।

पाँचवीं कक्षा का रिजल्ट आ गया। दोनो छठी में आ गए। यह स्कूल पाँचवीं तक ही था।
“साहिल अब तुम कहाँ पड़ोगे?” बोले ने पूछा।
“और तु कहाँ पढ़ोगी बेला?” साहिल ने पूण।
“मेरे पापा कह रहे थे कि तुझे राजकीय कन्या पाठशाला में पढ़ाएँगे और तुम?”
“मुझे अगले साल अजमेर भेज देंगे। वहीं एक होस्टल है, घर से दूर वहाँ अकेला रहूंगा।”

प्रश्न 12.
नमूने के अनुसार वाक्य का पुनर्लेखन करें। (1)

उत्तर:
साहिल पाठशाला में पड़ेगा।

प्रश्न 13.
बेला और साहिल अब फुलेरा के स्कूल में नहीं पढ़ सकते। क्यों? (1)
उत्तर:
क्योंकि फूलेरा के स्कूल से पाँचवीं तक ही कक्षाएँ थी।

प्रश्न 14.
मान लें, साहिल अजमेर से बेला के नाम पत्र लिखता है। संकेतों की सहायता से साहिल का संभावित पत्र लिखें। (पत्र का कलेवर 70 शब्दों का हो) (4)

• नया स्कूल और नए दोस्त
• होस्टल का अकेलापन
• फुलेरा के स्कूल की यादें

उत्तर:

अजमेर,
दिनांक

निय बेला,
नमस्ते।
तुम कैसी हो बेला? तुम्हारी स्कूल कैसी है? मैं यहाँ होस्टल में रहता हूँ। तुम्हारे घर में माँ-बाप सब ठीक हैं न? मुझे यहाँ कुछ नए मित्र मिल गया है। ये सब अच्छे हैं। लेकिन तुम्हारे जैसी कोई नहीं है। होस्टल में मैं अकेलापन महसूस कर रहा हूँ। होस्टल के खाने-वाने कुछ अच्छे नहीं है। सथ में हमारे पुराने स्कूल की यादें बहुत सता रही है। सुबह-सुबह निकलना, बीरबहूटियों को खोजना, गाँधी चौक में लंगड़ी टॉग खेलना, मस्ती करना, सब बहुत याद आ रहा है। सुरेंदर माटसाब से डरना आदि कभी कभी याद आता है। हमारे नए टीचर बहुत अच्छी है। राधा टीचर । तुम्हारी पढ़ाई कैसी चल रहीं है? बस अब इतना ही। बाकी अगले पत्र में। घर में सब को मेरा प्रणाम।

तुम्हारा प्रिय मित्र,
साहिल,
(हस्ताक्षर)

सूचनाः ‘बसंत मेरे गाँव का लेख का यह अंश पढ़ें, 15 से 17 तक के प्रश्नों का उत्तर लिखें।

बसंत फूलदेई का त्योहार लेकर आता है। देर शाम तक बध्ये फूल.चुनते हैं। इन फूलों को रिंगाल से बनी खास तरह की टोकरियों में रखा जाता है। टोकरियों को रात भर पानी से भरी गागरों के ऊपर रखा जाता है ताकि वो सुबह तक मुरझा न पाएँ। सुबह पौ फटते ही बच्चों की टोलियों गाँव भरे में घूमती हैं।

प्रश्न 15.
फूलदेई का त्योहार किस ऋतु में मनाया जाता है? (1)
(क) शिशिर ऋतु में.
(ख) बसंत ऋतु में
(ग) वर्षा ऋतु में
(घ) शरद ऋतु में
उत्तर:
(ख) बसंत ऋतु में

प्रश्न 16.
फूल न मुरझाएँ; इसके लिए बच्चे क्या करते है? (2)
उत्तर:
फूलों को रिंगाल से बनी खास तरह की टोकरियों में रखा जाता है। टोकरियों को रात भर पानी से भरी गागरों के ऊपर रखा जाता है।

प्रश्न 17.
आशय का विस्तार करके वाक्य पिरामिड की पूर्ति करें।(2)

उत्तर:
टोलियाँ गाँव भर में घूमती है।
बच्चों की टोलियाँ गाँव भर में घूमती है।

सूचनाः कहानी का यह अंश पढ़ें, प्रश्न 18 और 19 का उत्तर लिखें।

दिन के उजाले में मैं खाली बैठ रहा था। तभी मुझे एक चीख सुनाई दी। मैं फौरन नीचे दौड़ा। मैंने देखा कि एक छोटी सी चिड़िया मेरी माँ के पास गिरी हुई थी। वह घायल थी। मेरे पिताजी ने उसका उपचार किया। वह धीरे-धीरे ठीन होने लगी। एक दिन वह उड़ गई। मैं बहुत खुश हुआ।

प्रश्न 18.
बच्चा क्यों फौरन नीचे दौड़ा? (1)
उत्तर:
किसी की चीख सुनकर बच्चा फौरन नीचे दैड़।

प्रश्न 19.
आशय समझकर सही मिलान करें। (4)

उत्तर:

• खाली बैठते मुझे एक चीख सुनाई दी।
• नीचे जाकर देखा कि एक चिड़िया गिरी हुई थी।
• पिताजी ने चिड़िया का उपचार किया।
• ठीक होने के बाद चिड़िया उड़ गई।

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Kerala SSLC English Previous Year Question Paper March 2019

Instructions:

• The first fifteen minutes is cool-off time. You may use the time to read the questions and plan the answers.
• Read the questions carefully before answering.
• Certain Sections of the questions have choices. Follow the instructions.

Time: 2½  Hours
Maximum: 80 Scores

Questions 1 – 6. Read the excerpt from ‘The Best Investment I Ever Made’ and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries one score. (1 × 6 = 6)

Excuse me, Doctor, I wonder if I might introduce myself.’ He spoke almost breathlessly, offering me the visiting card he held in his hand and studying my face to see if the name meant anything to me. Then, as it plainly did not, he went on with the same awkwardness. ‘If you could spare a few minutes….. my wife and I would like to have a word with you.’

A moment later I was occupying the vacant chair beside them. Haltingly he told me that this had been theirfirstvisittoAmerica. It was not entirely a holiday trip. They had been making a tour of the New England states, inspecting many of the summer recreational camps for young people there. Afterwards, they had visited settlement houses in New York and other cities to study the methods employed in dealing with cases of backward, maladjusted and delinquent youth.

Question 1.
Pick out from the passage the expression that shows the nervousness of the man.
Answer:
spoke almost breathlessly

Question 2.
What did the man request the narrator?
Answer:
The man requested the narrator to spare him a few minutes so that his wife and he could have a word with him.

Question 3.
Why did the man visit the New England states?
Answer:
The man visited New England States to inspect many of the summer recreational camps for young people there. Afterwards they visited settlement houses in New York and other cities to study the methods used in dealing with cases of backward, maladjusted and delinquent youth.

Question 4.
What was the purpose of the man’s visit to settlement houses in New York?
Answer:
To study the methods used in dealing with cases of backward, maladjusted and delinquent youth.

Question 5.
Find out the word from the passage that means ‘having emotional problems’.
Answer:
maladjusted

Question 6.
Pick out the verb phrase from the following sentence. ‘They had been making a tour of the New England states.’
Answer:
had been making

Questions 7 to 10 (Not in the current syllabus)

Questions 7 to 10. Read the lines from ‘A Girl’s Garden’ and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries one score. (1 x 4 = 4)

One day she asked her father
To give her a garden plot
To plant and tend and reap herself,
And he said, ‘Why not’?
In casting about for a corner
He thought of an idle bit
of walled-off ground where a shop had stood,
And he said,‘Just it.’

Question 7. What does the girl want to get from her father?
Question 8. What was the father’s response to the girl’s request?
Question 9. Pick out the expression that describes the land.
Question 10. What do you think about the father in the poem?

Question 11.
Read the following lines from the poem ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ and attempt a brief appreciation focussing on the theme and poetic devices used. (5)

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’in the wind.

Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea?
Yes, and how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.
Answer:
Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” asks a series of rhetorical questions, some gentle, some very penetrating. Rhetorical questions are questions for which the answer is already known. They are actually meant to make us think.

In the first stanza itself the poet asks a number of questions. How many roads should a man walk before he can be called a man? How many seas should a white dove sail before she can rest? How many times should the cannon balls fly before they are banned? The answers are there but nobody wants to find them.

The 2M stanza has also three questions. How long the mountains can last, how long can people live without being free and how many times can a man turn his head and pretend that he just doesn’t see? The answers are blowing in the wind.

The third stanza also has 3 big questions. How many times’ must a man look up before he can see the sky? How many years must one have before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take for him to know that too many people have died?

The poem is aimed at our emotions in order to sensitize our consciences. The poet wants to say that enough evil has already occurred in the world and so let us stop it. The language is simple, direct and powerful. The poem reminds us the teaching of Jesus who said, “Let people with eyes see and people with ears hear.” The poem is actually a song and very melodious. There is fine imagery. There is repetition in the poem. Then poem is against war and also against racial discrimination.

Questions 12 to 16. Read the following passage and answer the questions given. Each question carries one score. (1 × 5 = 5)

When I was around four or five j was with mom at a store buying some Christmas gifts. As we were leaving I saw beautiful little dinosaurs that fit perfectly in my hands. I grabbed two of them and hid one in each of my pockets. My pockets were so small that they made me look like I had two turmours on each of my hips. I still remember the rush of energy I got from actually leaving the store undetected.

Well, when my mom and I got to the car, she found them and called the store keeper back and made me apologise. I had the absolute worst social anxiety when I was a kid so I was absolutely sobbing, telling this poor employee how horrible a person I was. I had a mental breakdown, when my.mom cried a while afterwards and bought me a nice milkshake!

Question 12.
Why did the narrator and his mother visit the store?
Answer:
To buy some Christmas gifts.

Question 13.
What did the narrator do when he was leaving the store?
Answer:
He stole two toy dinosaurs from the shop and hid them in his pockets.

Question 14.
‘I still remember the rush of energy I got’. Why do you think the narrator felt so?
Answer:
He felt so because he was able to leave the store without being caught.

Question 15.
What was the reaction of the mother when she found out the mistake made by her son?
Answer:
She called the store keeper and made her son apologize to him for stealing the dinosaurs.

Question 16.
Why did the narrator have a mental breakdown?
Answer:
He had a mental breakdown as he saw his mom crying because of his misconduct and later buying him a nice milkshake. He knew his mother loved him dearly.

Questions 17 to 21. The table given below shows the details of a few great personalities. Study the table and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries one score. (1 × 5 = 5)

Question 17.
Stephen Hawking was a ……………. by profession.
Answer:
Cosmologist

Question 18.
The only novelist in table given is ………………….
Answer:
R.K. Narayan

Question 19.
Who as per the list is the only person bom before 1900?
Answer:
Bertrand Russell

Question 20.
Find out the Indian poet enlisted in the table.
Answer:
K. Satchidanandan

Question 21.
A Japanese film maker in the list above is …………………
Answer:
Akira Kurosawa

Questions 22 – 23. Answer any ONE of the following in about 120 words. (7 × 1 = 7)

Question 22.
Satyajit Ray took pains to shoot the scene with a tiger for his film ‘Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne’. Prepare a write-up describing the difficulties Ray experienced in shooting the scene. (Hints: contacts Bharat Circus – meets the manager – brings the tiger to the location – tiger springs out – controls – calms down – shoots the scene – too dark – retake)
Answer:
As arranged with Mr. Thorat of Bharat Circus, a lorry arrived with two well-fed tigers. He brought two so that if one did not do things properly the other could be used. Atripod was placed facing the bamboo grove to mount the camera. The audience was instructed to get behind the camera. Goopy and Bagha were placed close to the bamboo grove so that they could be seen along with the tiger.

A five-foot iron rod was fixed to the ground, some 30 feet from the area where the tiger was to walk. A tiger-skin collar with a thin wire inside was placed in the neck of the tiger. The door of the cage was opened and the tiger jumped out. But instead of walking calmly it started running and jumping about. When it became calm some shots were taken. But the shots were later found to be dark owing to poor light.

The scenes had to be shot a second time. A bamboo grove near Calcutta in Boral was found. The lorry arrived with Thorat, the tiger, the steel wire, the special collar and the iron rod. The whole village came to watch the shooting. The villagers were told to keep at least 70 feet away from the scene of the shot. Without listening to the instructions, the entire crowd got as close to the camera as they could.

Thorat opened the cage. With a roar the tiger charged towards the crowd. The crowd disappeared as if my magic. Soon the tiger calmed down and the shots were taken as required. This time the tiger and the camera behaved well.

Question 23.
The doctor in the story The Best Investment I Ever Made’ was excited when he recognised Mr. John 31. after a long time. He narrates the whole incident to his friend after a while. Prepare the likely narrative. (Hints : meets Mr. John and his wife – introduce – visiting card – remembers the past – tries to commit suicide – saved – becomes a new man – helping maladjusted and delinquent youth)
Answer:
I met Mr John and his wife in a ship as I was returning home after a trip to New York. I noticed a young man was trying to talk to me. It was Mr. John’s wife who persuaded him to come and talk to me.

John lost his parents and so his uncle got him an employment in a London Lawyer’s office. As he was without friends and relatives, he soon fell into bad company and started living beyond his means. He bet on horses and lost all his savings.

He borrowed money which also he lost. He decided to steal some money from his office and make a final gamble. That also he lost. Now he would be caught and jailed and so he decided to commit suicide. He went to his room and left the gas on.

A policeman and the landlady called a doctor to help him. The doctor revived him. The policeman asked him why he decided to kill himself. He said he stole 7 pounds and 10 shillings from the office safe, If that is not returned, he would be caught and jailed.

In his helpless condition, the three present there – the doctor, the landlady and the policemah – decided to help him. The doctor gave him the money to be put back in the safe. The policeman agreed not to report the case. The landlady agreed to give John free board fora month.

All this helped John to become a good person. He worked hard and became a lawyer and later the director of an organization for the rehabilitation of delinquent youth. He and his wife work hard to help the maladjusted and delinquents. They help these youths to get training in some professions and thus help them to become useful members of the society.

Questions 24 – 26. Answer any TWO of the following. Each question carries five scores. (5 × 2 = 10)

Question 24.
Zahra was disappointed and became angry when she knew that she wouldn’t get her shoes back. Imagine that you meet Zahra and talk about it. Prepare the likely conversation between Zahra and you.
Answer:
I: Good Morning, Zahra!
Zahra: Good Morning, Ibrahim! But actually it is a bad morning for me!
I: Why? What happened?
Zahra: My brother Ali took my school shoes for . repair and he lost them.
I: Lost them! How?
Zahra: He says he left them outside a vegetable shop when he went in to buy some vegetable. When he came back the shoes were gone!
I: Why did you not ask your father to buy you another pair?
Zahra: If I ask my father to buy me another pair, from where will he find the money? And if he comes to know that Ali has lost my shoes, he will beat Ali badly. I don’t want my brother to be beaten. So I am wearing my slippers to school.
I: Won’t the teacher punish you for wearing slippers to school?
Zahra: I will explain to her why I am wearing slippers. She knows we are poor. She is sympathetic and she will understand.
I: Best of luck, Zahra!
Zahra: Thank you, Ibrahim!

Question 25.
Vanka’s Grandfather was sad after he had left the boy at Alyakhin’s work place. He writes his feelings in his diary. Prepare the likely diary entry of the Grandfather.
Answer:
Today is a sad day for me. I have left Vanka with the shoemaker Alyakhin, in Moscow. Vanka will be an apprentice to the shoemaker. I do hope that Alyakhin will treat Vanka properly. I am worried because Vanka is only a 9 year old boy. He is an orphan as his parents have died. In Alyakhin’s place there are other boys who are also apprentices. Those senior boys might rag Vanka and make him do unpleasant things. I have.heard that Alyakhin’s wife is a cruel woman. She also might mistreat Vanka. She has a small baby and maybe she will ask Vanka to take care of that baby.

I think I made a mistake in apprenticing Vanka to Alyakhin. If Vanka were with me he would help me in so many ways. He would help me in the kitchen and in the garden. He could buy things for me. He could take care of my dogs Ka’shtanka and Eel. Eel seemed to love Vanka.

Vanka could grind snuff for me. I remember how he helped me during the last Christmas when I went to the forest to bring a Christmas tree for Miss Olga Ignatevnya. She liked Vanka very much. She used to give him sweets and she taught him to write and read and to count. He too loved her.

I left him with Alyakhin in Moscow for his own welfare. I am 65 years old. I can’t teach Vanka any trade so ; that he can take care of himself when I am no more. It was with this intention I took him to Alyakhin. I only wish Vanka well. I hope he is happy there and will learn the trade of shoe-making so that he can be a successful man later in his life.

Question 26.
The English Club of your school has decided to stage a play based onthe story The Snake and the Mirror’. Draft a notice inviting all teachers and students to watch the play.
Answer:

St. George’S H.S.S.
Edappally

1 December 2019

Notice

The English Club of this School is staging a play titled “The Snake and the Mirror”. It is a hilarious comedy by the famous Malayalam writer Vaikom Muhammed Basheer.
Venue: School Auditorium
Date and Time: 10 December 2019, 3 p.m.

A poor doctor takes a room in a cheap hotel. The room is not electrified and it is infested with rats. He sits down on a chair near a table which has a, mirror on it. As he is sitting and thinking about his future, a cobra lands on his shoulders. What happens then? Come and watch the play!

All the teachers and students of the school are invited!

Raj Job
Secretary

Questions 27 – 31. Answer any THREE of the following. Each question carries six scores. (6 × 3 = 18)

Question 27.
Martha was extremely happy on the day she received the Scholarship Jacket. Imagine that she wrote a letter to her friend describing all the incidents that had happened in the school. Prepare the likely letter.
Answer:
St. Andrew’s School,
Texas, USA
10 May 1018

Dearest Ammini,
I received your letter and I am happy to note that you have done well in your studies.

Here in our school, I had a problem. The school had a tradition to award the Scholarship Jacket to the best Standard VIII student for outstanding performance. It is given during the Passing Out Day every year. I worked hard for it. For all the 8 years of my stay in the school I was on top. I was sure that I would get the Jacket.

But things were not as easy as I thought. I overheard a conversation between Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Boone, both my teachers. It made me sad. What I understood was that ttie Management was planning to give Joann, one of my classmates, the Jacket. Joann is the daughter of a member of the School Board.

With the support of some staff members, he wanted to manipulate things so that his daughter would get the scholarship jacket. She was next to me in performance. A new proposal was made to charge 15 dollars from the student eligible for the Award. He knew that my parents could not afford such a sum and naturally Joanne would get the jacket. The Principal had no choice but to agree with the Board’s decision. He asked me to bring 15 dollars.

I requested my grandfather to give me 15 dollars. But he refused to give me the money. He said that a scholarship jacket is not something to be bought. Fortunately for me, some teachers, especially my history teacher Mr. Schmidt supported my case and argued in the staff meeting that I should be given the jacket whether I pay or not.

The Principal had to reverse his earlier decision, and, to cut a long story short, I was given the Jacket. Oh, I am so happy! Ammini, I will visit you during this vacation. Convey my loving regards to your parents and your brother Jose.

Yours lovingly,
Martha

Question 28.
Prapare a profile of Rabindranath Tagore using the given details.
Born: 7 May, 1861
Place of birth: Calcutta, India
Famous as: Writer, Song Composer, Playwright, Essayist, Painter
Nationality: Indian
Notable works: Gitanjali, The Golden Boat, Chitrangada, The Post Office, Chandalika
Notable Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature
Died: 7 August, 1941
Answer:
Rabindranath Tagore was born in 1861. He was a versatile genius. He was famous as a poet, short story writer, musician, educationist and philosopher. He wrote in Bengali and also in English. He reshaped Bengali literature. He was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Some of his world – renowned works are “Gitanjali”, “The Golden Boat”, “Cabuliwalah”, “The Broken Nest” and his autobiographical work “My Boyhood Days”. He has the rare honour or being the author of the national anthems of India and Bangladesh. Tagore breathed his last in 1941.

Question 29.
Think-Tank believes himself to be the most powerful and intellectual creature in the whole Universe. Prepare a character sketch of Think-Tank.
Answer:
Not in the syllabus.

Question 30.
‘A man’s life is shaped by the surroundings in which he lives.’ Imagine you are asked to deliver a speech in the school assembly on this topic. Prepare the speech in the light of the story The Best Investment I Ever Made.’
Answer:
Respected Headmaster, teachers and my dear friends,

Good Morning to you all!

Today I am asked to talk to you on the topic, “A man’s life is shaped by the surroundings in which he lives.” There is no doubt that we are the products of the surroundings in which we live. I can make this very clear by telling you a story written by A. J. Cronin. The story is titled “The Best Investment I Ever Made”. The story is like this: There was a man named John. John lost his parents early in life and so his uncle got him an employment in a London Lawyer’s office.

As he was without friends and relatives, he soon fell into bad company and started living beyond his means. He bet on horses and lost all his savings. He borrowed money which also he lost. He decided to steal some money from his office and make a final gamble. That also he lost. Now he would be caught and jailed and so he decided to commit suicide. He went to his room and turned the gas on.

John was lucky. He did not die. The landlady and the sergeant called a doctor to help him. The doctor soon revived John. The sergeant asked him why he decided to kill himself. He said he stole 7 pounds and 10 shillings from the office safe. If that was not returned, he would be caught and jailed. In his helpless condition, the three present there – the doctor, the landlady and the sergeant – decided to help him.

The doctor gave him the money to be put back in the safe. The sergeant agreed not to report the case. The landlady agreed to give John freeboard for a month. These virtuous acts on the part of his benefactors transformed John. He studies hard and becomes a lawyer and then the director of a charitable organization working for the rehabilitation of maladjusted and delinquent youth.

We see John repaying generosity with generosity. Cronin, the doctor, had made the best investment he had ever made. It is such people that make this world a beautiful place to live in.

Question 31.
Adolf, the little rabbit creates a lot of problems in the narrator’s house. Write a paragraph describing the events that happened in the house.
Answer:
Not in the syllabus.

Question 32.
Complete the following conversation between Martha and Schmidt. (5)
Schmidt: You are getting the scholarship jacket this year, ………… (a) ………….. ?
Martha: Yes sir, I’m very happy to get it.
Schmidt: ……(b)……….?
Martha: Yes. The school board has changed the decision.
Schmidt: That’s good. If you had paid for the jacket, …………. (c) …………….
Marth: My grandpa also said so.
Schmidt: ……….. (d) …………?
Martha: Yes, I have informed this news to my grandpa. He was very happy to learn that.
Schmidt: You had better …………… (e) …………..
Marth: Sure. I’ll ask grandpa to come to the award ceremony.
Answer:
a) aren’t you?
b) Has the school board changed the decision?
c) it wouldn’t be a scholarship jacket.
d) Have you informed your grandpa this news?
e) invite him to the award ceremony.

Question 33.
Complete the following passage choosing the right words from those given in the bracket. (5)
We decided to carry Adolf back to / (a) wild woods. We were about / (b) cry when Father took Adolf / (c) his hands. But it didn’t show any feeling while going away J (d) home. Father told us / (e) it hopped away with utmost indifference. (to, from, the, with, in, that)
Answer:
a) the
b) to
c) in
d) from
e) that

Question 34.
Report the following dialogue.
Vanka: Where are we going?
Grandfather: We are going to Alyakhin, the shoemaker.
You may begin like this:
Vanka asked his grandfather ………….. (a) ……………
Grandfather replied that …………….. (b) ……………..
Answer:
a) where they were going.
b) they were going to Alyakhin, the shoemaker.

Question 35.
There are a few errors in the passage given below. They are underlined. Edit them.
Mr. Thorat had been worked
(a) in the company for many years. He was very strong and look
(b) like a Nepali. Ray tells
(c) him that he wanted a tiger. He was ready to providing
(d) a trained tiger for shooting the scene.
Answer:
a) had been working
b) looked
c) told
d) provide

Question 36.
Complete the following passage choosing appropriate phrasal verbs from the ones given below.
Vanka tried his level best to / (a) the torture his master had inflicted on him. But it was unbearable for him. He tried to / (b) this to other apprentices. But they made fun of him. Then he decided to write a letter to his grandfather hoping he would / (c) the letter and / (d) the troubles Vanka was facing. (go through, put up with, make out, put across)
Answer:
a) put up with
b) put across
c) go through
d) make out

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Instructions :

• The first 15 minutes Is the Cool-off time.
• You may use the time to read the questions and plan your answers.
• Answer only on the basis of instructions and questions given.
• Consider score and time while answering.

Time: 1½ Hours
Total Score: 40 Marks

Section – A

Answer any five questions 1-6. One score each. (5 × 1 = 5)

Question 1.
Analyse the illustration, identify and write the type of nerve indicated as ‘X’.

Answer:
x sensory nerve

Question 2.
Analyse the given situations, identify the part of the central nervious system that controls the situations in each.
a) Eyes are blinked when flies approach them.
b) Hands are withdrawn when touched on hot object
Answer:
a) Brain
b) Spinal chord

Question 3.
Identify the word relation and fill up the blanks.
i) Ethylene : Ripening of fruit
ii) Ethyphone :
Answer:
ii) Production of latex

Question 4.
From the given statements, Select the correct one that is related to cataract
a) Affect conjunctiva
b) can be rectified through LASER surgery
c) Eye lens becomes opaque
d) Lack of vitamin-A
Answer:
c) Eye lens becomes opaque

Question 5.
Correct mistakes if any, if the part underlined
a) The normal level of blood calcium is 9.11 ma/100ml
b) Pineal gland helps in the maturation of lymphocytes.
Answer:
Thymus gland helps in the maturation of lymphocytes

Question 6.
Choose the correct statements
a) Junk genes are non-functional genes
b) Mutations is the process of pairing and exchanging of genes during meiosis
c) XX sex chromosomes indicate male features
Answer:
a) Junk genes are non-functional gens

Section – B

Answer any 6 from questions 7-13. 2 Scores each (6 × 2 = 12)

Question 7.
Arrange sequentially the processes that are related to sense of smell.

1. Olfactory particles dissolve in the mucus present in the nasal cavity.
2. Impulses reach the cerebrum and feel sense of smell
3. Olfactory receptors are stimulated and impulses are formed.
4. Olfactory particles from the air enters the nasal cavity.

Answer:

1. Olfactory particles from the air enters the nasal cavity
2. Olfactory particles dissolve in the mucus present in the nasal cavity
3. Olfactory receptors are stimulated and impulses are formed.
4. Impulses reach the cerebrum and feel sense of smell

Question 8.
Analyse the given statements related to eye diseases. Arrange them in table by giving suitable titles.

• Reabsorption of aqueous humor does not occur.
• Defects in cone cells
• Laser treatments is the remedy
• Eye lens become opaque

Answer:

Question 9.
Observe the figure related to structure of ears and answer the questions.

i) Identify and name the part indicated as A
ii) How does this part influence the sense of hearing.
Answer:
i) Ear ossicles
iii) Amplify and transmit the vibrations of the tympanum to the internal ear.

Question 10.
Rearrange the flow charts in their right order.
a) Chimpanzee – Gibbon -man – Gorilla – orangutan
b) Stimulation in photoreceptors – Cerebrum – image on retina – vision made possible – impulse transmission through optic nerve
Answer:
a) Gibbon-Orangutan-Gorilla-chimpanzee-man
b) Image on retina – Stimulation of photoreceptors – impulse transmission through optic nerve – Cerebrum – vision made possible.

Question 11.
Construct any two logo sentences for the awareness on the importance of eye donation.
Answer:
Eye donation is a noble deed, lighten the eyes of blinds.
No magic to cure blindness unless to receive a healthy eye from a donor. Donate your eyes.

Question 12.
Though hormones reach almost all part of our body through blood stream, a hormone can only be act at its target tissues. How is this possible?
Answer:
Hormone act at its own target tissues where specific receptors for that hormone presented. The hormone – receptor complex activate the action of enzyme.

Question 13.
Illustrate, using alphabets, the determination of male or female sex on the basis of sex chromosomes.
Answer:

Section – C

Answer any five from questions 14-20. 3 score each (5 × 3 = 15)

Question 14.
Arrange the items of columns B and C with that of A.

Answer:
Ommatidia – Insect – Photoreceptors
Basilar membrane – Man-Auditory receptors
Jacobsons organ Snake – Olfactory receptors

Question 15.
(a) Mention one defect each, due to the habit of smoking, affect on the following organs
Heart
Lungs
b) Construct any two logo sentences for the anwareness against the habit of smoking.
Answer:
a) Lung cancer/Bronchitis/Emphysema
Decreased functioning of heart/ Hypertension
b) Quit smoking, it will cause lung cancer and heart diseases.
Smoking kills you, abandon1 this bad habit

Question 16.
Observe the figure given below and find answer to the questions. (You need not copy or redraw the figure)

a) Name the fluids seen in the chambers of A and B. Specify the function of each fluid.
b) Name the photoreceptors that can be stimulated when images form on retina.
Answer:
a) A-Aqueous humor-supply nutrients
B- Vitreous humor – Sustains the shape of eye ball
b) Rod cells and cone cells

Question 17.
“The increase or decrease in hormones adversely affects bodily activities.” Analyse and evaluate the above statement based on the following figures. (Hints-Causes, Symptoms)

Answer:
A – Cretinism due to hypothyrodism or decrease in the production of thyroxine.
Symptoms – Low metabolic rate, sluggishness, sleeplessness, increase in body weight, Hyper-tension, oedema etc.

B – Graves disease due to hyperthyroidism or in-creased production of thyroxine.
Symptoms – Bulging of the eyefalls , high meta-bolic rate, increased heart beat, rise in body tem-perature, sweating, sleeplessness, loss of weight, emotional imbalance.

Question 18.
Analyse the newspaper report and answer the questions.
Missing child found among
gypsies – real parents identified
Through DNA Fingerprinting
a) How can the real parents be identified through DNA Fingerprinting?
b) Who paved the way for DNA Testing?
Answer:
a) Through analysing the sequences of nucleotides in the DNA of the child with that of suspected parents.
b) Alec Jeffrey.

Question 19.
Substantiate the following statements by giving evidences:
a) Bacteria and man have extremely different appearance, but they show close resemblances in their cell structure and physiology. (any 4 evidences)
b) Plants also have defence mechanisms. (any 2 evidences)
Answer:
a) In bacteria and man enzymes control chemical reaction, energy is stored in ATP molecules, genes determine hereditary traits and the basic substances are carbohydrate, proteins and fats,
b) Bark protects the Inner cells,

Question 20.

Analyse the group
a) In which person can you find with normal calcium level in his blood?
b) What are the hormones that regulate normal calcium level in blood.
Name the glands from which these hormones are secreted.
Answer:
a) In person B
b) Calcitonin of thyroid gland and parathormone of parathyroid gland

• Cell wall is a resistant coat with lignin, cutin, suberin etc.
• Cuticle in leaves defends the attack of micororganisms.
• A polysaccharide, callose, prevents the entry of germs which have crossed the cell wall (Any two)

Section – D

Answer any two form questions 21-24. 4 score (2 × 4 = 8)

Question 21.
Observe the illustration and answer the questions. (3)

a) Name the process mentioned here
b) List down the steps involved in this process in correct sequence.
Answer:
a) protein synthesis / gene action
b)

Question 22.
a) Find out the missing links in the given evolutionary tree.
b) How do the ‘a’ of the illustration differ form the categories labeled as b, c and d?

Answer:
a) a-cercopithecoidea b-Gibbon c- Gorilla d- Chimpanzee
b) Cercopitheccridea have small brain and long tail

Question 23.
Draw the figure, and answer the questions given below:

a) Label the following parts in the figure:
(i) Cerebrum (ii) Thalamus (iii) Cerebellum
b) Write one function of each part.
Answer:
a)

b) i) Cerebrum – Feeling senses / Voluntary move-ments
ii) Thalamus – centre of retransmission of im-pulses.
iii) Cerebellum – Maintains body balance through muscular coordinatio.

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Instructions :

• The first 15 minutes Is the Cool-off time.
• You may use the time to read the questions and plan your answers.
• Answer only on the basis of instructions and questions given.
• Consider score and time while answering.

Time: 1½ Hours
Total Score: 40 Marks

Section – A

Answer any five questions 1-6. One score each. (5 x 1 = 5)

Question 1.
The doctor prescribed an injection for an allergy patient. Choose the component present in its.
a) Insulin
b) Oxytocin
c) Cortisol
d) Adrenaline
Answer:
c) Cortisol

Question 2.
Make word pairs from the words given in box as scientist – concept of evolution.

Answer:
Mutation – Devries Natural selection – Darwin

Question 3.
Select the correct statements regarding cerebrum.
a) Centre of thought, intelligence , memory and imagination
b) Maintains equilibrium of the body
c) Sensations
d) Maintenance of homeostasis.
Answer:
a) Centre of thought, intelligence, memory and imagination
c) Sensations

Question 4.
Correct the word underlined in the given statements if there is any mistake.
a) The different forms of a gene are called autosomes.
b) The sugar seen in RNA is ribose
c) the RNA that carries amino acids to ribosome is called mRNA.
Answer:
a) The different forms of gens are called alleles
c) The RNA that carries amino acids to ribosome is called tRNA

Question 5.
Complete the illustration using the words given in the box.

Answer:
A) Acromegaly
B) Gigantism

Question 6.
Identify the correct statement.
a) Non functional genes ard called vectors
b) The sum of the genetic material present in an organism is called its genome.;
c) The technology used to identify the location of a gene is called gene therapy.
Answer:
b) The sum of the genetic material present in an organism is called its genome

Question 7.
Some symptoms of a disease are given
Loss of memory
Inability to recognize friends and relatives
a) Identify the disease .
b) What ¡s the cause of this disease?
Answer:
a) Aalzheimers
b) Accumulation of insoluble proteins

Section – B

Answer any 6 from questions 7-13. 2 Scores each (6 x 2 = 12)

Question 8.
Fill the blanks in the illustration suitably.

Answer:
a) Bacteria
b) Mosaic
c) Fungus
d) Coconut tree

Question 9.
A person severely injured in an accident needs blood. Antigen A is detected in his blood on blood text.
a) Identify the blood group of this person.
b) From the following persons whose blood can be received by him
i) X – A group
ii) Y – B group
iii) Z-AB group
Answer:
i) A group
ii) – b X – A group

Question 10.
First generation raised from the hybridisation experiment of Mendel is given. Write the gametes formed from this generation.

Answer:

Question 11.
Make suitable pairs.

Answer:
Bacteria -Cholera
Virus – Foot and mouth disease
Fungus – Ringworm
Protozoa – Malaria

Question 12.
Observe the figure

a) Which disease is indicated by the structural change of RBC?
b) Explain the cause of this disease.
Answer:
a) Sickle cell anemia
b) Due to defects of gene RBC become sickle shape

Question 13.
a) Steps of the genetic engineering process through which new gene become the part of genetic constitution of target cell are given in disorder form. Write them in correct sequence.

b) Name the genetic glue used to join the new gene to the bacterial DNA
Answer:
a)

b) Ligase

Section – C

Answer any five from questions 14-20. 3 score each (5 x 3 = 15)

Question 14.
Rearrange columns B and C according to the column A
Table

Answer:
Hypothalamus – Vasopressin – Diabetes insipidus
Pancreas – Insulin – Diabetes mellitus
Thyroid – Thyroxine – Cretinism

Question 15.
Analyse the graph and answer the following questions.

a) Name the pathogen of disease that mostly affected.
b) Name the vector of the diseases shown in the graph
c) What measure to be adopted to prevent the spreading of these diseases.
Answer:
a) Dengue virus
b) Mosquito
c) Eradication of mosquito
Observing dry day

Question 16.
a) Identify the illustration given below:

b) Which nitrogen base, pairs with Thymine.
c) Name the nitrogen base and sugar seen only in RNA.
Answer:
a) Nucleotide
b) Adenine
c) Uracil

Question 17.
Observe the figure.

a) Which labeled part helps for hearing? Name it.
b) To which part of brain the vestibular nerve carry impulses?
c) Name the parts labelled as A, B, and C
Answer:
a) D-Cochlea
b) Towards cerebellum
c) A-Auditory nerve, B-Vestibule C- Semicircular canals

Question 18.

a) Out of these three persons, who is affected with communicable disease? In what way the disease spread?
b) Identify the diseases of others.
Answer:
a) Tuberculosis, which is the communicable disease, affected to Roy
b) Raju -Alzheimers, Rahim- Glaucoma

Question 19.
Give reason for the following:
a) Persons with colour blindness cannot distinguished Red and Green colour.
b) Deficiency of vitamin A causes night blindness.
c) Maximum visual clarity is there in yellow spot.
Answer:
a) Defect of cone cell
b) Vitamin A is necessary for production of retinal
c) More number of cone cells in yellow spot

Question 20.
Differences in the amino acids of the beta chain a particular molecule in man compared to other organisms are given in the table.
Analyse the table and answer the questions.

a) Which molecule was studied here?
b) Why amino acids carry in this molecule?
c) What is the inference drawn from this study?
Answer:
a) Protein molecules in heamoglobin –
b) Mutation
c) All organisms have a common ancessor. Man and chimpanzee are loosely related organisms.

Section – D

Answer any two form questions 21-24 4 score (2 x 4 = 8)

Question 21.
Analyse the indicators
Name the parts of ear indicated and write the functions they perform.
a) The tube that connects middle ear and pharynx
b) Coiled tube, like a snail shell.
c) The membrance separates external ear from the .middle ear.
d) The nerve that begins from the cochlea
Answer:
a) Eustachian tube
b) Cochlea
c) Tympanum
d) Aditory nerve

Question 22.
Observe the illustration showing, the maintenance of calcium level in blood and answer the following questions.

a) Name the hormones A and D
b) Name the glands C and B
c) How A and D maintain the level of calcium in blood.
Answer:
a) A) Parathormone
B) Parathyroid
b) C) Thyroid gland
D) Calcitonin
c) When the level of calcium in blood increases, the thyrod gland secretes calcitoxins. It lowers the level of calcium in blood. Parathormone increases the level of calcium in blood.

Question 23.
Re draw the diagram of cross section of the spinal cord. Name and label the following parts.

a) Part through which the sensory impulses reach the spinal cord.
b) Part through which the motor impulses go out of the spinal cord
c) Part filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
Answer:

a) Dorsal root
b) Ventral root
c) Central canal

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सामान्य निर्देश:

• पहला पंद्रह मिनट कूल ऑफ़ टाईम है।
• इस समय प्रश्नों का वाचन करें और उत्तर लिखने की तैयारी करें।

Time: 2½ Hours
Total Score: 80 Marks

सूचना : बीरबहूटी’ कहानी का अंश पढ़ें, प्रश्न 1 और 2 का उत्तर लिखें।

उन्हें बीरबहूटियों से मिलना होता था। सो वे स्कूल के लिए घर से कुछ समय पहले निकल आते थे। कस्बे से सटे इन खेतों में बीरबहुटियाँ खोजा करते थे। सुर्ख, मुलायम, गदबदी बीरबहूटियाँ | धरती पर चलती-फिरती खून की प्यारी-प्यारी बूंदें।

प्रश्न 1.
कौन-सा विशेषण बीरबहूटी का नहीं है? (1)
(क) मुलायम
(ख) गदबदी
(ग) बैंगनी
(घ) सुर्ख
उत्तर:
(ग) बैंगनी

प्रश्न 2.
बीरबहूटियों से मिलने की उत्सुकता से बेला और साहिल निकले। उनके बीच क्या-क्या बातें हुई होंगी। इस बातचीत को आगे बढ़ाएँ। (बातचीत में पाँच विनिमय हों) (4)
बेला : देखो साहिल, कितनी बीरबहूटियाँ हैं!
साहिल : ……………………
उत्तर:

• साहिल: हाँ, देखो इस बीरबहूटी का रंग लाल है।
• बेला: हाँ सही कहा तुमने।
• साहिल: तुम्हारे रिबन जैसे लाल।
• बेला: हाँ, कितने अच्छे हैं ये।
• साहिल: देखो कितना मुलायम है?
• बेला: हौं खून की प्यारी-प्यारी बूंदों की तरह।
• साहिल: साहिल, तुमने कुछ सुना?
• बेला: हाँ सुना, पहली घंटी लग गई है।
• साहिल: अच्छा, चलो।

सूचनाः ‘जैसलमेर’ यात्रावृत्त का यह अंश पढ़ें और प्रश्न 3 और 4 का उत्तर लिखें।

संसार किला एक मज़ेदार जगह है। किला होने के बावजूद इसके भीतर बड़ी संख्या में परिवार रहते हैं। इन परिवारों के लिए आनेवाले पर्यटक ही उनकी रोजी-रोटी हैं। किले के अंदर एक लाइन से दुकानें सजी हैं। इनमें सजावटी सामानों से लेकर खूबसूरत कपड़ों तक सब मिलता है।

प्रश्न 3.
वाक्य पूर्ति के लिए कौन-सा रूप सही है? (1)
किले में एक आदमी ………..।
(क) रहते हैं
(ख) रहता है
(ग) रहती है
(घ) रहती हैं.
उत्तर:
(ख) रहता है

प्रश्न 4.
सोनार किले के अंदर के मज़ेदार अनुभवों का जिक्र करते हुए मिहिर अपने मित्र के नाम पत्र लिखता है। मिहिर का संभावित पत्र लिखें। (पत्र का कलेवर 70 शब्दों का हो) (4)
उत्तर:
Out of syllabus

सूचनाः ‘अकाल और उसके बाद’ कवितांश की पंक्तियाँ प, 5 से 7 तक के प्रश्नों का उत्तर लिखें।

कई दिनों तक चूल्हा रोया, चक्की रही उदास कई दिनों तक कानी कुतिया सोई उनके पास कई दिनों तक लगी भीत पर छिपकलियों की गश्त कई दिनों तक चूहों की भी हालत रही शिकस्त।

प्रश्न 5.
कौन-सा प्रस्ताव सही है? (1)
(क) कुतिया बच्चे-बच्ची के पास सो रही है।
(ख) कुतिया पेड़-पौधों के पास सो रही है।
(ग) कुतिया माँ-बाप के पास सो रही है।
(घ) कुतिया चूल्हे-चक्की के पास सो रही है।
उत्तर:
(घ) कुतिया चूल्हे-चक्की के पास सो रही है।

प्रश्न 6.
चूल्हा और चक्की क्यों बहुत दुखी हैं? (1)
उत्तर:
कई दिनों से चूल्हा नहीं जला। चक्की में कुछ नहीं पीसा था।

प्रश्न 7.
‘पानी नहीं तो खाना नहीं – जल संरक्षण का संदेश देते हुए पोस्टर बनाएँ। (4)
अथवा
जीवों की आधारभूत आवश्यकता है जल| जल संरक्षण के महत्व पर लघु-लेख लिखें। (लेख 80 शब्दों का हो)
उत्तर:
(a)

(b) जलसंरक्षण जल जीवन का आधार है। यह जीवों की आधारभूत आवश्यकता है। ऐसा कहा जाता है कि दुनिया में धरती की तुलना में जल की मात्रा अधिक है। लेकिन पीने योग्य पानी की मात्रा बहुत कम है। कुओं, तालाब, नदी, नाले आदि हमारे मुख्य जलस्रोत होते हैं। स्वार्थ के वश में पड़कर मनुष्य हमारे जलस्रोतों का नष्ट करता जा रहा है।

प्रदूषण की वजह से जलस्रोतों का नाश होता जा रहा है। जलस्रोतों का संरक्षण हर मानव का कर्तव्य है। जलसंरक्षण से यदि हम मुँह मोड़ें तो हमारा भविष्य खतरे में पड़ जाएंगे। हमें यह याद रखना चाहिए कि आनेवाली पीढ़ी को इस धरती में जीना है तो जल संरक्षण का कार्य अपने कंधे पर उठाना ही चाहिए। “जल नहीं तो कल नहीं” – यह बिलकुल सही है।

सूचनाः ‘सबसे बड़ा शो मैन’ जीवनी का यह अंश पढ़ें, पश्न 8 और 9 का उत्तर लिखें।

अंत में माँ जब उसे लेने आई तो दर्शकों ने देर तक खड़े होकर तालियाँ बजाई। कई लोगों ने माँ से हाथ मिलाकर उसके छोटे बच्चे की तारीफ़ की। चार्ली स्टेज पर पहली बार आया और माँ आखिरी बार…….

प्रश्न 8.
वाक्य विस्तार करके पिरामिड की पूर्ति करें। (2)

उत्तर:
लोगों ने छोटे बच्चे की तारीफ की।
लोगों ने हाथ मिलाकर छोटे बच्चे की तारीफ की।

प्रश्न 9.
दर्शकों ने देर तक खड़े होकर तालियाँ बजाईं और चार्ली की तारीफ़ की। इसपर माँ बहुत खुश हुई। माँ की उस दिन की डायरी लिखें। (डायरी 80 शब्दों की हो) (4)
उत्तर:
दिन, दिनांक हे भगवान! न जाने आज कैसा दिन था! यह दिन मैं कैसे भूल पाऊँगी। मेरा चाली आज शोमैन बन गया। उसने लोगों का दिल जीत लिया। उसकी मासूमियत देखकर लोग एकदम खुश हो गए। पैसे भी बरसने लगे। उसका गाना ….. नाच …… दूसरों का नकल करना …… सब अजीब सा लगा था। खूब पैसे मिले। आदर भी। मैनेजर साहब की जिद के कारण ही उसे यह अवसर मिला था। लगती है मैं आगे गा नहीं पाऊँगी। तो क्या….. मेरा लाडला शो मैन बनकर नाम कमाएगा। बस….. आज इतना ही। गले में कुछ खराबी है। थक गई हूँ। सफल दिन की उम्मीद में…… शुभरात्री।

सूचना: ‘गुठली तो पराई है’ कहानी का अंश पढ़ें, प्रश्न 10 और 11 का उत्तर लिखें।

वह ताऊजी के पास जाकर बोली, “देखिए भइया मेरा .. नाम कार्ड में छरदाना भूल गया?” ताऊजी बोले, “भुला नहीं है रे……… अपने घर की छोरियों के नाम कार्ड पर नहीं छपते।” गुठली, “पर ताऊजी उसमें भइया के छोटे-से बेटे का भी नाम है जो अभी बोल भी नहीं सकता तो मेरा …..।

प्रश्न 10.
गुठली का नाम कार्ड पर नहीं था। कारण क्या था? (1)
(क) केवल परिवार के बड़ों का नाम कार्ड पर छपते थे।
(ख) कार्ड में गुठली का नाम छपने की जगह नहीं थी।
(ग) घर की छोरियों के नाम कार्ड पर नहीं छपते थे।
(घ) अपना नाम छपना गुठली को पसंद नहीं था।
उत्तर:
(ग) घर की छोरियों के नाम कार्ड पर नहीं छपते थे।

प्रश्न 11.
‘उसमें’ में निहित सर्वनाम कौन-सा है?
(क) वह
(ख) ये
(ग) वे
(घ) यह (1)
उत्तर:
(क) वह

प्रश्न 12.
प्रस्तुत प्रसंग पर पटकथा का एक दृश्य लिखें।
अथवा
गुठली की चरित्रगत विशेषताओं पर टिप्पणी लिखें। (4)
उत्तर:
(a)

• सीन सं: 5
• स्थान: ताऊजी का कमरा
• समय: शाम को 4 बजे
• पात्र: ताऊ (70 साल)
  गुठली (15 साल)
• वेश भूषा: (1) ताऊ धोती और कुरता पहने हैं।
  (2) गुठली सलवार कमीज पहनी है।

संवाद: 

• गुठली: (दौड़कर आती है) ताऊजी…..
• ताऊ: क्या है बेटी?
• गुठली: (उदास होकर)
• ताऊजी….. यह देखिए, मेरा नाम कार्ड पर छपवाना भूल गया।
• ताऊ: भूला नहीं है।
• गुठली: (आश्चर्य से) फिर…
• ताऊ: (हँसते हुए) अपने घर की छोरियों के नाम कार्ड पर छपते नहीं।
• गुठली: ताऊजी, मगर उसमें भइआ के छोटे-से बेटे का नाम है।
• ताऊ: तू जा….. जा……..

(b) गुठली बड़ी सयानी
गुठली कनक राशि द्वारा लिखी गई कहानी ‘गुठली तो पराई है’ का मुख्य पात्र है। वह चौदह साल की लड़की है। यह स्कूल में पढ़ती है। वह अन्याय को सहनेवाली नहीं है। वह अन्याय के विरुद्ध आवाज़ उठानेवाली है। वह लड़का और लड़की में कोई भेदभाव नहीं समझती और मानती नहीं है। यह बुओं से इस बात पर झगड़ती भी है। दीदी की शादी के कार्ड पर उसका नाम नहीं छपने पर ताऊजी से भी शिकायत करती है। अंत में वह घरवालों को सबक भी सिखाती है। जो काम यह हमेशा करती आती थी वह करने को तैयार नहीं होता है। वह कहती है घर, बगीचा, नानु आदि उसका नहीं है। इसलिए ये सब संभालना बाकी लोगों का काम है। गुठली हिम्मतवाली और सूझबूझवाली लड़की है।

सूचनाः ‘ठाकुर का कुऔं’ कहानी का यह अंश पढ़ें, 13 से 15 तक के प्रश्नों का उत्तर लिखें।

गंगी प्रतिदिन शाम पानी भर लिया करती थी। कुआँ दूर था, बार-बार जाना मुश्किल था। कल वह पानी लाई, तो उसमें बू बिलकुल न थी, आज पानी में बदबू कैसी! लोटा नाक से लगाया, तो सचमुच बदबू थी। ज़रूर कोई जानवर कुएँ में गिरकर मर गया होगा, मगर दूसरा पानी आवे कहाँ से?

प्रश्न 13.
सही प्रस्ताव चुनकर लिखें। (1)
(क) लोटे में गंदा जल भरा था।
(ख) लोटे में साफ जल भरा था।
(ग) लोटे में मीठा जल भरा था।
(घ) लोटे में गरम जल भरा था।
उत्तर:
(क) लोटे में गंदा जल भरा था।

प्रश्न 14.
‘मगर दूसरा पानी आवे कहाँ से?’ यहाँ जोखू की किस हालत की ओर संकेत है? (2)
उत्तर:
जोखू को मालुम था कि गाँव में उन लोगों को पानी लेने के लिए दूसरा कुआँ नहीं है। वह बीमारी और प्यास से परेशान था । उसको मालुम था कि ठाकुर और साहू के कुएँ से पानी भरने नहीं देंगे।

प्रश्न 15.
मान लें, ‘कोई जानवर गाँव के कुएँ में गिरकर मर गया है। – गाँववाले के लिए यह बड़ी मुसीबत की बात है। इसपर समाचार पत्र के लिए एक रपट लिखें। (लेख 80 शब्दों की हो)
उत्तर:
कुआँ गंदा हो गया, गाँववाले मुसीबत में
पिपलीः गाँव के सार्वजनिक कुएं में कोई जानवर गिरकर मर गया और पानी खराब हो गया। पिपली गाँव के 6 नंबर गली के लोग इस कुएँ का पानी पीता था। पिछले दो दिन से पानी खराब होने पर गाँववाले बहुत परेशान हो गए है। ये लोग पीने का पानी मिलने से वंचित हो रहे हैं। पंचायत की ओर से पानी दिलाने की कोई प्रयास अभी तक नहीं हुआ। गाँव के सौ से अधिक लोग इस समस्या के कारण बहुत दुविधा में पड़ गए है। यहाँ के निम्न जाति के लोगों को ठाकुरों और साहुओं के कुएँ से पानी भरने की अनुमति भी नहीं है।

सूचनाः ‘यह कहानी पढ़ें, प्रश्न 16 और 17 का उत्तर लिखें।

सोना को अपना बचपन बहुत ही अच्छा लगता था। एक बार सोना अपनी सहेली के साथ स्कूल जा रहे थी। रास्ते में बहुत सारे लोग खड़े थे। सोना अपनी सहेली से बोली “चलो देखें, क्या बात है?” सहेली बोली, “नहीं, हमें देर हो जाएगी। अभी तो बहुत समय हा चलो हम देखकर चलेंगे’ सोना ने कहा। वहाँ एक भालू नाच रहा था। वे दोनों नाच देखकर खड़ी रहीं। उन्हें स्कूल के लिए देर हो गई।

प्रश्न 16.
सोना और सहेली क्या देखकर सड़क के किनारे खड़ी रहीं? (1)
उत्तर:
वहाँ एक भालू नाच रहा था।

प्रश्न 17.
आशय समझें और सही मिलान करें। (4)

उत्तर:
• सोना को अपना बचपन बहुत पसंद था।
• सोना सहेली के साथ स्कूल जाती है।
• भालू की नाच देखने के लिए लोग इकट्ठे हुए थे।
• भालू की नाच देखने के कारण वे स्कूल देर से पहुंची।

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Instructions:

• The first 15 minutes is the cool-off time. You may use the time to read the questions and plan your answers.
• Answer all questions in PART – A. Answer any one from the questions given under each question number in PART – B.

Time: 2½ Hours
Total Score: 80 Marks

Question 1.
Which is the earliest regional struggle conducted by Gandhiji in India? (2)
Answer:
Champaran

Question 2.
“The goal of state is the maximum happiness of the maximum number”. Name the thinker who made this statement. (1)
Answer:
Jermi Bantham

Question 3.
Identify the northern mountain range where the major hill stations such as Shimla, Darjeeling, etc., are located: (1)
a) Karakoram
b)Himadri
c) Himachal
d) Siwaliks
Answer:
Himachal

Question 4.
‘Women empowerment is Indian empowerment’ is the slogan of: (1)
a) MUDRA Bank
c) Mahila Bank
c) EXIM Bank of India
d) Development Bank
Answer:
Mahila Bank

Question 5.
The Ganga-Brahmaputra delta region of West Bengal is known for:
a) Tea plantations
b) Wheat cultivation
c) Cotton cultivation
d) Jute cultivation.
Answer:
Jute cultivation

Question 6.
Link Column‘A’with appropriate items from column ‘B’. (4)

Answer:

Question 8.
Write a note on the north-east monsoon season in India. (3)
Answer:
By the end of September, as the sun is apparently shifts towards the southern hemisphere, intense high pressure develops over the northern plains. k Comparatively low pressure over the Indian Ocean causes wind to blow from the northern part of India towards the south. These winds are dry that do not generally cause any rain in India. This season is known as the retreating monsoon

What is citizenship? Mention the two types of Citizenships. (3)
Answer:
Total and complete membership of a country is called citizenship. Natural and acquired citizenship.

Question 9.
Interview and social survey are the two methods of study in sociology. Write a note byjcomparing them. (3)
Answer:
Survey is the most suitable method for the study of sociology. It helps to formulate a comprehensive point of view of the topic, based on the data collected from a group of selected people. Survey method is used when data is to be collected from a larger population.

Interview is a method by which information is collected orally. Interview is the talk between the interviewer and the interviewee. As a method of study interview helps to know and analyse the attitudes, views, beliefs, habits, etc., of the individuals.

Question 10.
Write down the geographical requirements for the cultivation of wheat in India. . . (3)
Answer:
Wheat, the second major food crop produced in India is a rabi crop.

• Well drained alluvial soil is ideal for wheat cultivation.
• The crop which is mainly cultivated in temperate . regions requires 10°C to 26°C temperature and 75 cm of rainfall.
• Wheat cultivation in India is mainly dependent on irrigation as it is a winter crop.

Question 11.
What are the purposes for which the commercial banks provide loans to the public? (3)
Answer:
Agricultural purposes

• Industrial purposes
• Constructing houses
• Purchasing vehicles
• Purchasing home appliances

Question 12.
Elucidate the features of permanent settlement introduced by the British in Bengal. (4)
Answer:
In the permanent land revenue settlement the tax was collected by zamindars.

• Zamindar was the owner of the entire land where he had the jurisdiction to collect tax.
• While the zamindars became the owners of the land, the actual farmers became tenants.
• Farmers were to pay up to 60% of the yield as tax.
• Tax was to be paid even at the time of poor yield.
• The tax was to be paid in cash strictly before the cut-off date. (Before introducing this system, tax could be paid in kind)

Question 13.
Explain the qualitative features of human resource. (4)
Answer:
Education

• Healthcare
• Training
• Social capital

Question 14.
Analyse the constructive programmes introduced by Gandhiji as a part of non-cooperation movement.(4)
Answer:
Gandhiji motivated the people to participate in constructive programmes. Inspired by this, people began to make indigenous products, spin khadi cloth using charka, establish national schools and popularise Hindi.

Question 15.
Mark and label the following geographical information in the provided outline map of India. (4)
a) River Narmada
b) East Coastal Plain
c) Tuticorin Port
d) Eastern High Lands
Answer:
For marking the places on the map.

Part – B

Question 16.
Who signed the Panchsheel principles with Jawaharlal Nehru? Write any two of the Panchsheel principles. (3)
OR
Prepare a note on Malabar Rebellion.
Answer:
Chou En-lai the then Prime Minister of China.

• Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
• Mutual non-aggression
• Mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs
• Equality and cooperation for mutual benefit
• Peaceful co-existence

OR

The Khilafat committee was formed with Kattilasseri Mohamed Moulavi and Mohammed Abdurahiman Sahib as the President and the Secretary respectively. The Khilafat Movement became strong in Malabar. Subsequently, there were direct fights with the British in several places in Malabar. The Mappila peasants of Malabar fought against the British in Eranad, Valluvanad. and Ponnani Taluks. These struggles, in general, are known as Malabar Rebellion (1921).

Question 17.
Why does the atmospheric pressure vary from place to place? (3)
OR
Complete the table appropriately.

Answer:
The atmospheric pressure varies from place to place depending on Altitude, Temperature and Humidity.

OR

Question 18.
What is instrument of Accession? Name the persons who prepared it. (3)
OR
Explain the resistance of Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja against the British in Malabar.
Answer:
Patel and V.P. Menon prepared an Instrument of Accession, which stipulated that the princely states had to transfer their control over defence, external affairs, and information and communication to the Government of India.

OR

The British promised Pazfiassi the right to collect tax from Kottayam region as a reward for helping them in the wars against Mysore. The British refused . to keep their promise after the triumph in the battle. Moreover, the British claimed their dominance over Wayanad. Pazhassi Raja organised the people and fought against the British. He unleashed guerilla war against the-British with the help of Chempan Pokker, Kaitheri Ambu Nair, Edachena Kunkan Nair and Thalakkal Chandu, the leader.of the Kurichias in Wayanad.

Question 19.
What do you mean by administrative reforms? Identify the administrative reforms implemented in India. (4)
OR
How can we overcome the challenges faced by Civic Consciousness?
Answer:
A number of steps are taken by the government for increasing the efficiency of the services and to provide service to people in a time bound manner. They are known as administrative reforms.

• E-governance
• Right to Information
• Right to service Act

OR

Each one should evaluate his activities critically.

• Should work for one’s interest without going against public interest.
• Be the change which you expect from others.
• Equal weight should be given to both rights and duties.
• Individuals should act democratically and tolerably.

Question 20.
Distinguish between direct taxes and indirect taxes. (4)
OR
Prepare a short note on different departments and institutions working for the protection of consumer’s interest.
Answer:
Here the burden of the tax is borne by the same person on whom tax is imposed. These types of taxes are called direct taxes. The unique feature of direct tax is that the tax payer undertakes the burden of the tax.

An important feature of indirect tax is that the tax burden can be shifted from the person on whom it is imposed to another person.

OR

• Legal Metrology : ensures the weights and Department measures standards
• Food Safety Department : ensures the quality of food products
• Central Drugs Price : controls price of medicines Control Committee
• Drugs Control Department : ensures the quality and safety of medicines.
• Food Safety and Standard : ensures the quality of food Authority of India products at various stages like production, distribution, storage, sale and import.

Question 21.
Explain Central Service with examples. . (4)
OR
Elucidate the role of family in the formation of Civic Consciousness.
Answer:
Recruits at national level
Appoints in central government departments only Eg: Indian Foreign Service, Indian Railway Service

OR

Family has an important role in fostering and maintaining sense of responsibility among its . members. Inspiration and encouragement from the family will develop civic consciousness. The concept that each individual is for the family and the family is for the society should be developed in the family atmosphere.

Question 22.
Why do you mean by Remote Sensing? Explain the types of Remote Sensing based on platform. (4)
OR
Identify the features represented by the given map . symbols and also mention the colours by which they are shown in topographical maps.

Answer:
A method of collecting information about an object, place or phenomenon without actual physical contact is remote sensing.

Terrestrial Photography: The method of obtaining the earth’s topography using cameras from the ground is known as terrestrial photography.

Aerial Remote Sensing: The method of obtaining photographs of the earth’s surface continuously from the sky by using cameras mounted on aircraft is known as aerial remote sensing.

Satellite Remote Sensing : The process of gathering information using the sensors installed in artificial satellites is known as satellite remote ‘sensing.

OR

Question 23.
Mention the situations when complaints about consumer disputes can be filed. – (4)
OR
What are the sources of non-tax revenue of the government of India?
Answer:

• When the purchased product is damaged or defective.
• Defective services received from government/ nongovernment/ private institutions.
• Appropriation of price over and above the amount legally fixed or marked on the outeq casing.
• Violation of the prevention of adulteration law.
• Sale of products which are harmful to life and safety.
• Loss due to trading methods which lead to unfair practices and limited consumer freedom.
• Giving misleading advertisement for increasing sales.

OR

• Fees Fines and penalties Grants
• Fees is the reward collected for the government’s services. License fees, registration fees, tuition fees, etc. are examples.
• Fines and penalties are punishments for violating the laws.
• Grants are the financial aid provided by one government of organisations for meeting a specific objective. For example, grants are provided by central and state governments to local self-governments:
• Interest Government receive interest for loans given to various enterprises, agencies and countries.
• Profit is the net income received from the enterprises operated by thes government. For example, profit from the Indian Railways.

Question 24.
Describe any two planetary wind systems. (5)
OR
Answer the following questions based on International Date Line.
i) What is International Date Line?
ii) Explain the peculiarity of this line with reason.
iii) Estimate the time at International Date Line when the Greenwich mean time is 12 noon.
Answer:
From subtropical high pressure belt winds blow continuously towards the equatorial low pressure belt. These are known as trade winds. As these winds blow from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere, they are known as northeast trade winds. The equatorial low pressure zone where the trade winds from both the hemispheres converge is known as the InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). Winds blow continuously from the sub tropical high pressure zones to these low pressure zones. As the direction of these winds is moslty from the west, they are known as the westerlies. The westerlies are stronger in the Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere. This is due to the vast expanse of oceans in the Southern Hemisphere.

The polar winds are the cold winds that blow from these high pressure areas towards the subpolar low pressure belts. These winds blow from the East in both the hemispheres due to the Coriolis Force. Hence these are known as polar easterlies. These winds play a significant role in determining the climate of North America, the eastern European countries, and Russia, (any two)

OR

i) 180° longitude is called International Date Line since there is 24 hour difference on either side of 180° longitude.
ii) To avoid practical difficulties of IDL passing through land it is passing through sea only.
iii) 12 midnight.

Question 25.
Explain the background of the Fresh revolution based on the following hints. (6)
French Society
Thinkers and their ideologies
OR
Explain the features of globalization and its impact on the world.
Answer:
French society was divided into three.
First estate : The Clergies held vast powers they held vast land, collected taxes ‘Tithe’ from the farmers. Exempted from all taxes. Controlled higher position administration and military services.

Second Estate : Nobility engaged in military service. Collected various taxes from farmers. Made farmers work without wages. Exempted from taxes. Led luxurious life. Held vast lands.

The third estate: The middle class they have no role in the administration paid land tax named ‘Tally’ to the government. Low social status. Paid taxes to the clergy and nobles.

Role of thinkers :Voltaire ridiculed the Clergy. Promoted rational * thinking, ideals of equality and humanism. Roussea spelled out the importance of freedom with the statement, “Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.’ Declared that the people are the sovereign.

Montesquieu encouraged democracy and the Republic. Suggested division of powers of the – government into legislature, executive andjudiciary.

OR

In globalisation Economic system of the country linked to global economy.

• The interests and motives of the multinational companies protected.
• Competition-driven market came into existence.
• Trans-border flow of products, services, raw materials, capital, latest technology and human resources facilitated.

Challenges of globalisation.
The intervention of multinational companies challenged the concept of nation state.

• Led to the destruction of indigenous culture.
• Price of agricultural products plunged
• Public sector undertakings were destroyed
• Government withdrew from social service sectors
• Natural resources were looted.

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Kerala SSLC Social Science Model Question Paper 3 English Medium

Instructions:

• The first 15 minutes is the cool-off time. You may use the time to read the questions and plan your answers.
• Answer all questions in PART – A. Answer any one from the questions given under each question number in PART – B.

Time: 2½ Hours
Total Score: 80 Marks

Part – A

Answer all the questions

Question 1.
Which session of the Indian National Congress declared that the ultimate aim of Indian freedom struggle was to attain compjete-freedom. (Poorna Swaraj? (1)
a) Nagpur session
b) Payyannur session
c) Lahore session
d) Bombay session.
Answer:
c) Lahore session

Question 2.
Which of the following was the first Iron and Steel Plant established in South India? (1)
a) Durg
b) Bhadravathi
c) Durgapur
d) Jamshedpur
Answer:
b) Bhadravathi

Question 3.
Which bank provides help to establish new small scale industries and to modernise existing industries? (1)
Answer:
SIDBI

Question 4.
Which of the following theory states that ‘State is the creation of God. (1)
a) Divine Right Ttheory
b) Evolutionary Theory
c) Social Contract Theory
d) Power Theory
Answer:
a) Divine Right Ttheory

Question 5.
From where does River Kaveri originate? (1)
Answer:
Brahamgiri hills

Question 6.
What are the discretionary functions of the State? (3)
Answer:
Protection of health Provide educational facilities Implement welfare programmes Provide transportation facilities

Question 7.
What is case study? What are its features? (3)
Answer:
In-depth study on rare and different social phenomena and problems. Exact and comprehensive. Used for colecting data.

Question 8.
What are the characteristics of Himadri ? (3)
Answer:
The highest mountain range average altitude is 6000 meters. Origin of the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra has a number of peaks above 8000 meters,

Question 9.
Electronic banking (E-Banking) has many merits. Explain. (3)
Answer:
Money can be sent and bills can be paid anywhere in the world from home. Save time. Low service charge.

Question 10.
The city of Mumbai is often termed as ‘Cottonopolis’. Elucidate. (3)
Answer:
Easy availability of raw materials cheap availability of power. Export and import possibilities of the Mumbai port. Fresh water availability. Huan resource availability.

Question 11.
Literary works produced during freedom struggle played a major role in creating nationalism. Substantiate. (4)
Answer:
Protest against the British rule as well as social evils. Writers illustrated the agonies and atrocities faced by the people, The readers in other parts experienced the sorrows as their own. People shared the sentiments. Developed the spirit of patriotism.

Question 12.
Textile industry was a leading village industry that declined due to the British interference. Substantiate. (4)
Answer:
Starting of Railways. Competition of mill clothes. Shortage of raw materials. Heavy tax imposed on Indian textiles.

Question 13.
List down the results of early struggles took up by Gandhiji in India. (4)
Answer:
Popularised his ideologies and method of protest his methods of protest attraced ten laymen to the movement. City centric national movement spread to rural areas Gandhiji became a national leader acceptable to all strata of the society.

Question 14.
Education helps in thfe development of a country. Substantiate. (4)
Answer:
Improves the skills of the individuals Betters the technological know-how helps to secure better job and income Improves the standard of living.

Question 15.
Mark and label the given Geo – information on the outline map of India provided. (4)
a) Narmada
b) Aravally Ranges
c) Visakhapatnam
d) Malabar coast
Answer:
For marking correctly.

Part – B

Question 16.
Prepare a short note on Panchasheel principles. (3)
OR
By the end of the 18th Century whole of Kerala came under the British rule. Elucidate.
Answer:
Signed between India and China Signed by Nehru and Chou En Lai. Signed in 1954.

OR

Sreerangapattanam Treaty of 1792 Mysore under British. Kochi Raja accepted supremacy in 1792. Treaty of 1795 Travancore care under the British.

Question 17.
Write a short note on the summer season ih the northern hemsiphere. (3)
OR
How do land breeze and sea breeze occur?
Answer:
For Explaining the features of summer season.

OR

For explaining land breeze and sea breeze.

Question 18.
Integration of Princely states was a major challenge faced by independent India. Elucidate. (3)
OR
Prepare a note on Vaikam Satyagraha.
Answer:
Sardar Patel, V P Menon. The Treaty of Accession. For explaining.

Question 19.
Some signs and symbols used on a toposheet are given below. Identify and write them in the corresponding column. (4)

OR
Some features of the synchronous satellite and Geostationary satellites are given. Arrange them accordingly.
a) Positioned at a height of 1000 km
b) Positioned at a height of 36000 km
c) Data colletion of a particular region is possible
d) Repetitive data collection is possible
e) Used for telecommunication
f) Used for the data collection of ground water, etc.
g) INSAT
h) IRS

Answer:
For explaining T K Madhavan, Mannam, Savarnajatha.
a) Metalled Road
b) Unmetalled Road
c) Footpath
d) Cart track

OR

Question 20.
Media plays an important role in fostering civic consciousness. Explain. (4)
OR
Compare the features of All India Service and State Service with one example each.
Answer:
Media influence the society. Information reach the masses through the media. Judicious and objective information lead to the formation of creative ideas. Should be independent. Information should be evaluvated critically.

OR

Recruits at national level. Appoints in state or central service IAS,IPS, etc. Recruits at state level. Appoints in state service. Sales tax officer.

Question 21.
Apart from, the Consumer Protection Act 1986, list down some of the important acts implemented for the protection of the interest of the consumer. (4)
OR
What is fiscal policy? List down the goals of the fiscal policy.
Answer:
Sale of Goods Act, 1930 It ensures that the prescribed conditions of sale are met while purchasing products. Agriculture Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 This Act is meant for determining the standard of agricultural products.

Essential Commodities Act, 1955 This Act protects the consumers from supernormal profit, hoarding, black marketing, etc.
Weights and Measures Act, 1976 This Act is helpful in preventing cheating in weights and measures.

OR

Governments policy regarding public revenue, public expenditure and public debt. Attain economic stability. Create employment opportunities. Control unnecessary expenditure.

Question 22.
Prepare a short note on Right to Service. (4)
OR
Social science learning can be utilised for the formulation of civic consciousness. Explain.
Answer:
Law which ensures service, to people. Determine the time limit for each services. If the service is not given within the specific period, the responsible employee should pay a fine. An officer is appointed to give guidence and proper help to the applicants.

[OR]

Equips the indviduals to respect diversity and to behave with tolerance. Helps to understand the different contexts of political social economic and environmental problems. Eqd’ps the individuals to suggest comprehensive solutions. Disseminate the message of peace and co-operation inihe society. Makes the individuals civic conscious.

Question 23.
What are the reasons for the increase in India’s public debt? (4)
OR
List down the ways in which consumers are empowered through consumer education.
Answer:
Increased defence expenditure. Increase in population, Social welfare activities. Developmental activities.

OR

Helps to consUyme sensibly. Helps to acquire information regarding products and šervices. Enable the consuer to make the right choice. Make the consumer aware of his rights. Makes them capable in intervening in consumer disputes.

Answer any 1 question (1 x 5 = 5)

Question 24.
Prepare notes on the following.
a) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
b) International Date Line
c) Standard Time
d) Indian standard time
OR
Prepare a note on the South west monsoon
Answer:
0° longitude is known as Greenwich meridian. Time is calculated world wide based on this. 180°longitude is called Inter National Date Line. There is 24 hour difference between either side of the IDL. The time observed at the standard meridian of a country is known as standard tie. The tie observed at 83 ‘A °E longitude is the standard time of India

OR

Sun’s rays fall vertically to the North of the Equator during certain months due to the tilt of the Earth’s axis. This leads to an increase in temperature along the region through which Tropic of Cancer passes. The pressure belts also shift slightly northwards in accordance with this. The southeast trade winds also cross the equator and moves towards the north as the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) moves northwards during the summer in the northern hemisphere. As the trade winds cross the Equator they get deflected and are transformed into southwest monsoon winds due to the Coriolis Effect. The low pressure formed over the land due to the intense day temperature attracts these sea winds and further contributes to the formation of the southwest ’ monsoon winds. Asa result of the formation of South West monsoon.

Answer any 1 question (1 x 6 = 6)

Question 25.
Racial discrimination towards the people was a common policy adopted by the Portuguese and the Spansih in Latin America. Substantiate.
OR
Examine the reasons for the disintegration of Soviet Union.
Answer:
The Spanish and Portuguese propagated their language, religions and customs. They build houses and Churches in Spanish style, several schools were established for imparting Spanish system of education. The Spanish farming methods and crops were introduced. New diseases spread from Europeans to the Latin Americans. Racial discrimination was enforced towards the natives in all walks of life. They looted the resources and wealth of the Latin American people. Enslaved the natives to work.

OR

• The administrative measures of Mikhail Gorbachev (Glasnostand Perestroika)
• Deviation from the basic principles of socialism
• Corruption and inefficiency of the bureaucracy.
• Failure in bringing about changes in economic sector
• With the resignation of Gorbachev as President in 1991, Soviet Union formally ceased to exist.
• Naturally, this ended cold war.

The disintegration of the Soviet Union had a wide impact on international relations.

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Kerala SSLC Social Science Model Question Paper 2 English Medium

Time: 2½ Hours
Total Score: 80 Marks

Instructions:

• The first 15 minutes is the cool-off time. You may use the time to read the questions and plan your answers.
• Answer all questions in PART – A. Answer any one from the questions given under each question number in PART – B.

Part – A

Answer all the questions

Question 1.
‘Who was the founder of the Indian National Army? (1)
Answer:
Rashbihari Bose

Question 2.
Which of the following Iron and Steel Plant was established in collaboration with Russia in 1959?
a) Bhadravathi
b) Sundargarh
c) Dung
d) Bokaro
Answer:
Durg

Question 3.
Which bank provides loans for exporting and importing products? (1)
Answer:
EXIMBank

Question 4.
Which of the following theory states that ‘State is the product of history.’ (1)
a) Divine Right Theory
b) Evolutionary theory
c) Social contract Theory
d) Power Theory
Answer:
Evolutionary theory

Question 5.
Write the name of the Himalayan river that originates from Chema-yung dung glacier in Tibet. (1)
Answer:
Brahmaputra

Question 6.
What are the obligatory functions of the government? (3)
Answer:
Protection of Boundary Protection of Boundary .

• Maintain internal peace
• Protection of rights
• Implementation of justice

Question 7.
How does study of sociology differ from creative writing? (3)
Answer:
Creative writing :

• Writing is based on imagination and creativity
• Social events are depicted on aesthetic realms
• The goal of creative writing is appreciation Study of sociology
• Social issues/subjects are analysed scientifically
• Social conditions are analysed on the basis of cause-effect relationship society is objectively analysed.

Question 8.
What are the characteristics of Himachal? (3)
Answer:
Situated to the south of the Himadri. Average altitude is 3000 mtrs. The hill stations like Shimla, Darjeeling, etc. are situated in the southern slopes of this range.

Question 9.
List any three precautions to be taken while using the ATM. (3)
Answer:
Make sure that no one is at the counter. Do not share the ATM PIN. Assure the balance amount on receiving the receipt of money withdrawal. Do not carelessly throw away the receipt.

Question 10.
What are the geographical requirement for the cultivation of Tea? (3)
Answer:
Hill slopes having an annual rainfall range of 200 to 250 cm and 25° to 30° Celsius of temperature are most favourable for tea plantations. Well drained soil rich in humus content is required for this plantation crop.

Question 11.
Newspapers functioned with the aims to create public awareness during the freedom struggle. Substantiate. (4)
Answer:
Disseminated information on massacres, repressive rule motivated the people to protest against British rules. Created public awareness on economic exploitation. Popularised reformative movements. Kept abreast of the global agitation. Reported calamities (any four)

Question 12.
What were the features Permanent Land Revenue settlement? (4)
Answer:
Zamindar collected tax. Zamindar was the owner. Actual farmers were tenants. 60% of the yield was paid as tax. tax was collected even during poor yield (any three)

Question 13.
Which was the last popular protest against the British under the leadership of Gandhiji? What were the factors that favoured that movement? (4)
Answer:
Quit India movement. British reluctance to implement constitutional reforms. Public disgust with price hike and famine. The assumption that the British would be defeated in the 2nd World War.

Question 14.
What are the objectives of the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan? (4)
Answer:
To ensure universal education to all up to higher secondary level

• To ensure quality and equity
• To promote the vocational education strengthen to the teacher training institutes like SCERT/DIET

Question 15.
Mark and label the given Geo – information on the outline map of India provided. (4)
a) Godavari
b) Chota nagpur Plateau
c) Kandla Port
d) Delhi
Answer:
For marking the places correctly.

Part – B

Question 16.
Examine the role of Sree Narayana Guru as a social reformer. (3)
OR
Write the name of the commission appointed in Independent India to study about higher education in India? What were the major recommendations?
Answer:
The consecration of the idol of lord Shiva at Aruvippuram by Sri Narayana Guru in 1888 caused the rise of new insights in the social sphere. Consequently, the lower caste people gained right to perform the poojas and temple rituals. In front of the Aruvippuram temple, Sri Narayana Guru inscribed: “ It is a model place where people live without caste disparity or religious aversion, but with fraternity”. Guru gave importance to education and started schools and libraries along with temples. He wished to “enlighten through education and strengthen by union”.

OR

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Commission :

• Start professional education educational institutions
• Give emphasis to women education
• Form the Univesity Grants Commission (UGC)

Question 17.
What is known as Utharayanam? (3)
OR
Explain the occurrence of mountain breeze and valley breeze.
Answer:
Following the winter solstice, the Sun sets its northward apparent movement from Tropic of Capricorn (231/2°S) and it culminates on Tropic of Cancer (231/2°N) on 21 June. This northward apparent movement of the Sun from Tropic of Capricorn to Tropic of Cancer is termed as ‘Utharayanam’. The duration of day in the northern hemisphere gradually, increases during this period.

OR

During the day time the air above the mountains gets heated and rises up. As a result, the wind blows upslope from the valley with relatively lower temperature. This is known as valley breeze.
During night the air in the mountainous regions cools due to the intense cold conditions in that region. As cool air is dense, it blows towards the valley. This is known as mountain breeze.

Question 18.
What is Malayali Memorial? (3)
OR
Prepare a note on the linguistic reorganisation of states.
Answer:
InTravancore, political agitations started in 1891 with the Malayan Memorial. Under the leadership of Barrister G.P. Pillai, a memorandum was submitted to the King signed by more than ten thousand people seeking proportionate representation for the people of Travancore in government jobs. This mass representation is known as the Malayan Memorial.

OR

There were demands from different parts of India for the formation of states on the basis of language. In ‘1920 the Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress resolved to form its state committees on the basis of language. After independence, people agitated for the formation of states along linguistic lines. The Government of India formed a Commission to reorganise Indian states on the basis of languages, with Fazl Ali as Chairman and H.N. Kunzru and K.M.Panikkar, a Keralite, as members.

Question 19.
Write the colours used to represent the following features on a toposheet. (4)

OR
Explain the drawback of aerial remote sensing.
Answer:

• Thd shaking of aircraft affects the quality of photos.
• It is not praptical to take photographs of regions that are vast and extensive.
• The aircraft require open space for take-off and landing.
• Landing the aircraft frequently for refuelling increases the cost.

Question 20.
Family plays a major role in fostering civic consciousness. Elucidate. (4)
OR
E-governance is the use of electronic technology in administration. List down its merits.
Answer:

• Learn to respect elders.
• Develops service mentality
• Maintains a sense of responsibility
• Inspiration and encouragement

OR

• Need not to wait in government offices.
• Can receive services with the help of information technology.
• Government Services offered speedily without less expenses.
• Efficiency of the offices and quality of the services getenhanced.

Question 21.
What are the rights of the consumer according to the Consumer Protection Act, 1986?
OR
What are the major responsibilities of the GST council?
Answer:
The right to be protected against the marketing of goods and services which are hazardous to life and property.

• The right to be informed about the quality related aspects of goods and services.
• The right to have access to goods and services at fair prices.
• The right to be heard and to seek redressal at appropriate forums.
• The right to consumer education.

OR

• Taxes, cess and surcharges that are to be merged into GST.
• The goods and services that are to be brought under GST.
• Determining GST rates.
• The time frame for including the excluded items into GST.
• Determining the tax exemption limit on the basis of total turnover.

Question 22.
Prepare a note on Lokpal and Lokayukta.
OR
How can we overcome the challenges faced by civic consciousness?
Answer:
Lokpal and Lokayukta are institutions constituted to prevent corruption at administrative, bureaucratic and political levels. The institution constituted at the national level to prevent corruption is Lokpal. Lokpal has the power to register cases on issues of corruption against employees and public workers and can suggest necessary actions. Lokayukta is the institution constituted at the state level to hear the corruption cases.

OR

• Eaph one should evaluate his activities critically.
• Should work for one’s interest without going against public interest.
• Be the change which you expect from others.
• Equal weight should be given to both rights and duties.
• Individuals should act democratically and tolerably.

Question 23.
List down and explain any four non- tax revenue of Jheigovemment.
OR
Explain the structure and functioning of the State Consumer Redressal Forum.
Answer:
Fees Fines and penalties Grants Fees is the reward collected for the government’s services. Fines and penalties are punishments for violating the laws. Grants are the financial aid provided by one government or organisations for meeting a specific objective. Interest Government receive interest for loans given to various enterprises, agencies and countries. Profit is the net income received from the enterprises operated by the government.

OR

Functions at state level – president and two members – at least one woman member – state government has the right to appoint more members. Verdicts are given on consumer disputes where compensation claimed is above Rs. 20 lakhs but upto rupees one crore.

Answer any question (1 x 5 = 5)

Question 24.
Prepare a note on the reasons for the occurrence of the seasons and the features of seasons experienced -in India.
0R
With the help of a diagram describe the global pressure belts.
Answer:
As a result of the apparent movement of the sun between Tropic of Cancer (23 1/2°N) and Tropic of Capricorn (23 1/2°S), the different seasons – Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter – get repeated in a cyclic manner.

The Northern Hemisphere generally experiences spring season between 21 March and 21 June. The southward apparent movement of the Sun begins from 21 June and again reaches vertically above the Equator on 23 September. Summer season is experienced in the Northern Hemisphere during this period. The Sun continues its southward apparent shift from the Equator from 23 September and reaches vertically above Tropic of Capricorn (231/2°S) on 22 December. It is autumn season in the Northern Hemisphere from 23 September to 22 December. The northward apparent shift of the Sun begins by 22 December and again reaches vertically above the Equator on 21 March. This period marks the winter season in the Northern Hemisphere.

OR

Equatorial low pressure belt: This is the zone where the sun’s rays fall vertically throughout the year. The equatorial low pressure belt is situated between 5° North and South latitudes.

Sub-tropical high pressure belt 30°N and S.
The hot air ascending from the equatorial low pressure belt cools gradually and subsides at the sub-tropical zone due to the rotation of the Earth.

Subpolar low pressure belt. As this zone is close to the Pole, the air is colder here. Though the cold air remains close to the Earthy the air is thrown away due to the rotation of the earth. As a result, low pressure is experienced all along the subpolar region.

Polar high pressure belt. This zone experiences severe cold throughout the year. As a result, the air remains chilled under the extreme cold that prevails over the Poles, and this contributes to the steady high pressure experienced here.

Answer any 1 question (1 x 6 = 6)

Question 25.
French Revolution had far-reaching impacts. Substantiate.
OR
With suitable examples, explain the movements based on aggressive nationalism which became an ‘ important cause of the First World War.
Answer:
Stimulated the later revolutions in the world.
Paved the way for the end of feudal system in Europe.
Proclaimed that nation is not merely a region.
Contributed the concept of people’s sovereignty.
Led to the emergence of nationalism.
Helped the growth of the middle class.
Threatened the autocratic rulers in Europe.

OR

For explaining: Pan-Slav Movement Russia wanted to unite the Slavic people of Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, etc. in Eastern Europe under her leadership. For this the Pan-Slav Movement was formed with the help of Russia. Pan-German Movement. To establish its dominance in Central Europe and Balkan Provinces, Germany planned to unite the Teutonic people. This Pan-German movement came into being under the leadership of Germany. Revenge Movement. In 1871, Germany occupied Alsace Lorraine, the territories that were under the control of France. To regain these territories, the Revenge Movement was formed under the leadership of France.