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UDAAN 2025
Science
Board Subjective Test-01 02-06-2024

Section-A Section-C
1.(i) In which of the following groups of organisms, 7.(i) If salivary amylase is lacking in the saliva,
food material is broken down outside the body which of the following events in the mouth
and absorbed? [1] cavity will be affected? [1]
(A) Mushroom, green plants, Amoeba (A) Proteins breaking down into amino acids.
(B) Yeast, mushroom, bread mould (B) Starch breaking down into sugars.
(C) Paramecium, Amoeba, Cuscuta (C) Fats breaking down into fatty acids and
glycerol.
(D) Cuscuta, lice, tapeworm
(D) Absorption of vitamins.
(ii) Name the organisms that cannot prepare their
(ii) “All plants give out oxygen during the day and
own food. [1]
carbon dioxide during the night”. Do you agree
with this statement? Give a reason. [2]
2. What are polyatomic ions? Give two examples
[2] (iii) Briefly differentiate between an autotroph and a
heterotroph. [2]
3. State the laws of reflection. [2]
8. (i) Give the chemical name of the reactants as well
Section-B as the products of the following chemical
4. Name the following: equation: [5]
(i) The process in plants that links light energy with HNO3 + Ca(OH)2 → Ca(NO3)2 + H2O
chemical energy. [1]
(ii) The cell organelle where photosynthesis occurs (ii) What is a skeleton equation?
[1] (iii) Translate the following statement into a
(iii) An enzyme secreted from gastric glands in the balanced chemical equation:
stomach that acts on proteins. [1]
“Barium chloride reacts with aluminium
sulphate to barium sulphate.”
5.(i) what is an atom? How do atoms exist?
(ii) Why is magnesium ribbon cleaned with 9.(i) An object 4 cm high is placed at a distance of 10
sandpaper before burning it in the air? [3] cm from a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm.
Using the mirror formula, calculate the position,
6.(i) State two uses of concave mirrors [1] nature, and size of the image formed. [3]
(ii) Write down the properties of the image formed (ii) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of an
by a plane mirror. [2] image by a concave mirror when the object is
placed beyond the center of curvature (C) [2]
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Hints & Solutions

1.(i) (B) Saprophytes are organisms that break down 7.(i) (B) Salivary amylase, a digestive enzyme,
food outside of their bodies and consume breaks down starch into simpler sugars and
it. Yeast, mushrooms, and bread mould are aids digestion. As a result, if salivary
examples of saprophytes. amylase is deficient, starch breakdown will
(ii) A heterotroph is an organism that cannot make be affected.
its own food and must rely on other organic (ii) The statement is incorrect since plants respire
carbon sources, mostly plant or animal and expel carbon dioxide at all times, but they
materials, for nourishment. only give out oxygen during the day because
photosynthesis can only occur in the presence of
2. A polyatomic ion is a group of atoms carrying a sunlight.
positive or negative charge. For example: NH4+ (iii)
(ammonium ion), SO42–(sulphate ion) etc. Serial. Autotrophs Heterotrophs
No.
3.(a) The incident ray, the reflected ray and the 1. Some organisms such Organisms that depend on
normal at the point of incidence are always in as plants make their plants or autotrophs for
the same plane. own food from food are called
(b) Angle of incidence is always equals to the angle simple substances. heterotrophs and the mode
of reflection They are called of nutrition is known as
autotrophs and the heterotrophic nutrition.
4.(i) Photosynthesis is the conversion of light energy mode of nutrition is
into chemical energy by plants and other known as autotrophic
organisms, which is subsequently released to nutrition.
fuel the organism's activities through cellular 2. Autotrophs are called Heterotrophs are called
respiration. producers as they consumers as they
make food required consume food prepared by
(ii) Chloroplasts are plant cell organelles that use by all other autotrophs.
the photosynthetic process to transform organisms.
light energy into relatively stable chemical
energy. 8.(i) Reactants: Nitric acid, Calcium Hydroxide
(slaked lime).
(iii) Pepsin is a stomach enzyme that aids in the Products: Calcium Nitrate, Water.
digestion of proteins in diet. Pepsin is (ii) Skeleton equations are the equations in which
secreted by gastric chief cells as pepsinogen, an there is the only chemical formula of reactants
inactive zymogen. and products are present. No state is mentioned
and no atom balancing on either side of the
5.(i) an atom is defined as the smallest particle of an equation is done. It is known as the Skeleton
element which may or may not be capable of equation.
free existence. Atoms of some elements can (iii) 3BaCl2 + Al2(SO4)3 → 2AlCl3 + 3BaSO4
exist freely in nature, for example, helium and 1 1 1
9.(i) = +
neon etc atoms of most elements exist in the f v u
combined state, for example, H2, O2, and H2O 1 1 1
etc. = +
−15 v −10
(ii) Magnesium ribbon is cleaned with sandpaper
1 1 1
before burning to remove the layer of = +
magnesium oxide. Magnesium, we know is a v −15 10
very reactive metal. It combines with the oxygen 1 −2 + 3
=
present in the atmosphere to form a layer of v 30
magnesium oxide (MgO). This layer interferes 1 1
with the further reaction of metal. =
v 30
v = 30cm
6.(i) (a) Shaving mirrors The image is formed at a distance of 30 cm on
(b) Reflectors in headlights the opposite side of the mirror from the object.
(ii) (a) The image is of the same size as the object.
h v
(b) The image is laterally inverted. m= i =−
(c) The image is virtual and erect. ho u
(d) The distance of the image from the mirror 30
m=− =3
is equal to the distance of the object from −10
the mirror.
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h i = m  h o = 3  4 = 12 cm (ii)
The image height is 12 cm.
The image is virtual, erect and enlarged.

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