Jubilee English High School

NRI Layout, Bangalore -36

Unit Test - III, Dec 2023
Sub: Science
Name : Date : 21/12/23
Class & Sec : Marks : 40

Section A (1 Mark each)

1. Colourless plastids are known as
(a) Chromoplasts. (b) Chloroplasts. (c) Leucoplasts. (d) Protoplast

2. Animal cell lacking nuclei would also lack in

(a) Ribosome. (b) Lysosome. (c) Endoplasmic reticulum. (d) Chromosome

3. The phenomenon by which protoplast of a cell shrinks from the wall is

(a) Osmosis. (b) Plasmolysis. (c) Diffusion. (d) Glycolysis

4. Which of the following are examples of prokaryotes?

(a) Algae. (b) Fungi. (c) Bacteria (d) Protozoa

5. The barrier between the protoplasm and the outer environment in an animal
cell is
(a) Cell wall. (b) Plasma membrane. (c) Nuclear membrane. (d) Cytoplasm

6. Ribosomes are the site of

(a) Photosynthesis. (b) Respiration. (c) Protein synthesis. (d) Absorption

7. Which is the largest cell organelle present in plant cell?

(a) Nucleus. (b) Chloroplast. (c) Endoplasmic reticulum. (d) Mitochondria

8. Vacuoles provide:
(a) Rigidity. (b) Turgidity. (c) Shape. (d) Both (a) and (b)

9. An undefined nuclear region of Prokaryotes is known as ______

(a) nucleus. (b) nucleoid. (c) nucleolus. (d) nucleic acid

10. Which structure is the gel-like substance present in a cell?

a) Nucleus. b) Cell wall. c) Cell membrane. d) Cytoplasm

Section B (2 Marks each)

11. Derive an expression for kinetic energy of an object having mass m and
moving with a velocity v.

12. A boat at anchor is rocked by waves whose consecutive crests are 100 m
apart. The velocity of the moving crests is 20m/s. What is the frequency of
rocking of the boat?

13. Predict the valency of the following elements

(i) A (Atomic number 5)
(ii) B (Atomic number 12)
(iii) C (Atomic number 14)
(iv) D (Atomic number 17)

14. An element ‘X’ contains 6 electrons in ‘M’ shell as valence electrons:

(a) What is the atomic number of ‘X’?
(b) Identify whether ‘X’ is a metal or non-metal.

Section C (3 Marks each)

15. State the laws of reflection with the help of a diagram
16. (i)Define power. Write its SI unit.
(ii)Briefly explain about the different types of work.
17. List any three distinguishing features between the models of an atom
proposed by J.J. Thomson and Ernest Rutherford.
18. Write the electronic configuration of sodium, silicon and phosphorus.

Section C (5 Marks each)

19. (i)What are infrasonic and ultrasonic waves? Give examples.

(ii)Explain some important medical applications of ultrasound.
20. What is the gold foil experiment? Name the scientist who performed this ex-
periment. Write the conclusions of this model of atom.