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Content Development (Physics/Chemistry/Biology) Selection Test

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At Gradeup, we believe that access to good content when combined with the power of online
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each other, help each other, access study material, & other resources relevant to them, and
seek guidance from experts.

About the work from home job/internship:

Selected intern's day-to-day responsibilities include:

1. Writing solutions to popular CBSE/State Board textbooks in subjects
(Physics/Chemistry/Biology) based on your subject expertise
2. Tagging & editing the already ready solutions
3. Creating question bank for classes 9th-12th in the subjects based on your subject
expertise

Guidelines for Selection Test:

1. This test contains 3 sections :

(A) Chemistry
(B) Physics
(C) Biology
You should attempt the test according to your subject expertise. If you are
comfortable in all three subjects i.e. physics/chemistry/biology, then you should
attempt the test for all three, otherwise as per your choice.
2. You should write easy to understand and comprehensive solutions to the given
questions; To create fresh solutions with complete concept clarity.
3. Provide answers to all the questions from one subject.
4. Use your creativity in writing detailed solutions.No word limits.
5. Submit your answers in MS-WORD file.
 (A)Chemistry
1. How many molecules of water are there in 36g water? Show the calculation. (10th level)
2. Which of the following separation methods is applied in both making coffee and tea?
(i) Adsorption
(ii) Distillation
(iii) Extraction
(iv) Evaporation
Explain the correct reason. (10th level)
3. The reaction of iron III oxide Fe​2​O​3 with
​ aluminium is used to join cracked iron parts of
machines. (10th level)
4. Why is a solution of potassium hydroxide used to absorb carbon dioxide evolved during
the estimation of carbon present in an organic compound? (12th level)
5. A solutions contains 9.1 g of HCl in 100g of water. Assuming the acid to be 90 %
ionized, calculate the freezing point of the solution.
[Given: Molar mass Br = 35g/mol, Kf water = 1.86 K kg / mol]
4. Write how to write the structure for a beginner level chemistry student:
2-Chloro-3-methylpentane. (12th level)

(B) Physics
1. Four students A, B, C and D carried out measurements of focal length of a concave
mirror as shown in the four diagrams.

Which is the correct method & why? (10th level)

2. The diagram below in Fig. shows three ways in which the string of length l in an
instrument can vibrate.

(a) Which of the diagram shows the principal note?

(b) Which vibration has the frequency four times that of the first ?
(c) Which vibration is of longest wavelength?
(d) What is the ratio of frequency of the vibrations in diagram (i) and (ii)? (10th level)
3. Draw a V-I graph for a conductor at two different temperatures. What conclusion do you
draw from your graph for the variation of resistance of conductor with temperature? (10th
level)

4. A network of resistors is connected to a 16 V battery with an internal resistance of 1 Ω as

shown in the following figure. Compute the equivalent resistance of the network. (12th
level)

5. a) What is the principle of transformer?

b) Explain how laminating the core of a transformer helps to reduce eddy current losses in it
c) Why the primary and secondary coils of a transformer are preferably wound on the same
core. (12th Level)

(C) Biology
1. Summarise all the events that take place during fertilization in a flowering plant. (10th
level)
2. A variegated leaf with green and yellow patches in used for an experiment to prove that
chlorophyll is required for photosynthesis. Before the experiment, the green portions
(A), and the pale-yellow portions (B) are observed. What will be the colour of ‘A’ just
before and after the starch test? Also write the equation of photosynthesis and mark, as
well as validate from which molecule the by-product is obtained. (10th level)
3. How many pollen grains and ovules are likely to be formed in the anther and the ovary of
an angiosperm bearing 30 microspore mother cells and 30 megaspore mother cells
respectively? (12th level)
4. How do automobiles fit with catalytic converters reduce air pollution? Suggest the best
fuel for such vehicles. (12th level)
5. ​The embryo sac in female gametophyte is seven-celled and eight nucleated structure.
Justify the statement with the help of a labelled diagram. (12th level).

6. a) Construct a complete transcription unit with promoter and terminator on the basis of
the hypothetical template strand given below:

(b) Write the RNA strand transcribed from the above transcription unit along with its
polarity.