PRACTICAL SKILLS IN SCIENCE

2009 COMPTT.
(Test Booklet)
Time allowed : 11/2 hours Maximum marks : 20
General Instructions :
(i) Attempt all questions.
(ii) There are 30 multiple choice questions in total. Only one of the options in every
question is correct.
(iii) The Question Paper consists of two Sections — Section A and Section B. Each of
the 20 questions in Section A carries half mark and each of the 10 questions in
Section B carries one mark.
(iv) 15 minutes additional time will be given to you to read the questions.
(v) The Answer Sheet is inside this Test Booklet. When you are directed to open
the Test Booklet, take out the Answer Sheet and fill in the particulars on SIDE-2
carefully with blue/black ball point pen only. In no case pencil is to be used.
Read “General Instructions for Candidates” on SIDE-1 carefully.
(vi) Use Blue/Black Ball Point Pen only for writing particulars on this page and
writing particulars and marking responses on SIDE-2 of the Answer Sheet.
(vii) On completion of the test, the candidate must hand over the Answer Sheet to
the Invigilator in the Room/Hall. The candidate is allowed to take away this
Test Booklet with him/her.
(viii) The CODE for this Test Booklet is A/B/C. Make sure that the CODE printed on
SIDE-2 of the Answer Sheet is the same as that on this booklet. In case of
discrepancy, the candidate should immediately report the matter to the Invigilator
for replacement of both the Test Booklet and the Answer Sheet.
(ix) The candidate should ensure that the Answer Sheet is not folded. Do not make any
stray marks on the Answer Sheet. Do not write your Roll Number anywhere else
except in the specified space in the Test Booklet/Answer Sheet.
(x) Use of white fluid for correction is not permissible on the Answer Sheet.
Section A
Q.1. Three beakers A, B and C are half-filled with a solution, colloidal solution
or suspension of alum, soil and starch in water. A red cross mark ( ), put
on one side of each beaker is viewed from the opposite side and its
visibility is indicated in the diagrams given below:

(A) (B) (C)

(Clear visible) (Partially visible) (Invisible)
The ‘contents’ of beakers A, B and C are respectively,
(1) alum, starch, soil (2) starch, alum, soil
(3) soil, starch, alum (4) starch, soil, alum
Q.2. A student starts heating a mixture of sulphur powder and iron filings in
a test tube. He would observe that
(1) sulphur starts melting
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(2) iron filings start melting

(3) a gas, smelling like rotten eggs evolves
(4) the mixture evaporates
Q.3. Four students set up the following experimental set-up for studying the
cooling caused by evaporation of ether:

cotton dipped
in ether cotton dipped
cotton dipped
in ether
in ether
ether

ether

I II III IV
The correct set-up is that of student
(1) I (2) II (3) III (4) IV
Q.4. A china dish containing a mixture of ammonium chloride, common salt
and fine sand, is covered with an inverted glass funnel having a cotton
plug at its tube end. A student heats this dish strongly. He would observe
that on the inner sides of the funnel gets condensed
(1) a greenish yellow gas (2) a colourless gas
(3) dense white fumes (4) colourless fumes
Q.5. While performing an experiment on verifying the laws of reflection of
sound, the length of the tubes used in the ‘set-up’ are preferably taken to
be about
(1) 2 cm (2) 5 cm (3) 50 cm (4) 200 cm
Q.6. While doing an experiment on establishing the relation between the loss in
weight of a solid when immersed in tap water, with the weight of water
displaced by it, a student records the following observations:
Weight of solid in air = W1
Apparent weight of solid when fully immersed in tap water = W2
Weight of water displaced by the solid = W3
The student would observe that
(1) W1 ~ W3 (2) W2 ~ W3
(3) W1 = W2 + W3 (4) W2 = W3 + W1
Q.7. For performing the experiment on plotting the temperature—time graph
of hot water, as it cools, a student is to choose from
(A) a polished calorimeter (bright) without any lid
(B) a polished calorimeter (bright) having a lid with two holes
(C) a blackened calorimeter without lid
(D) a blackened calorimeter having a lid with two holes
The student would choose the calorimeter labelled
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
Q.8. In an experiment on determining the velocity of a pulse, as it propagates
through a stretched wire, a student uses four different lengths of the same
wire, in increasing order. The velocity of propagation of the pulse,
observed by him, would
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(1) show random variations depending on the strength of the jerk given
to the wire
(2) increasing with increase in length
(3) be (nearly) the same for all lengths of the wire
(4) decrease with increase in length
Q.9. A student makes a temporary preparation on an onion peel. He would
mount it on the slide in
(1) Water (2) Safranin (3) Glycerine (4) Alcohol
Q.10. In the following diagram of a cockroach,
the part marked X shows:
(1) anal cercus
(2) anal style
(3) abdominal hook
(4) ovipositor X
Q.11. A student identifies the given figure as a
sclerenchyma. The most characteristic
feature, used by him, in this identification
is its
(1) long fibre like shape
(2) large central vacuole
(3) thick cell wall with pits
(4) thin cell membrane
Q.12. A student dips pH papers in solutions A and B and observes that the pH
paper turns blue and orange respectively in them. He infers that
(1) A is acetic acid; B is sodium carbonate solution
(2) A is sodium carbonate solution; B is acetic acid
(3) A is HCl solution; B is NaOH solution
(4) A is oxalic acid solution; B is sodium carbonate solution
Q.13. A student is to prepare SO2 gas in the laboratory. For this, he would heat
(1) sodium sulphate with NaOH solution
(2) copper turnings with dilute H2SO4
(3) zinc metal with dilute H2SO4
(4) copper turnings with concentrated H2SO4
Q.14. Ram adds acetic acid solution to solid sodium hydrogen carbonate. He
would observe that
(1) a white precipitate is obtained
(2) a blue coloured solution is obtained
(3) a gas is evolved with brisk effervescence
(4) the mixture turns milky
Q.15. A student is to find the focal length of a (i) concave mirror, (ii) convex lens
by using a distant object. He will observe that the screen is on the same
side as the object
(1) in both the cases (2) in neither of the two cases
(3) in case (i) but not in case (ii) (4) in case (ii) but not in case (i)
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Q.16. A student performs an experiment on

P1
“tracing the path of a ray of light passing P2
through a rectangular glass slab” for A B
different values of angle of incidence. He
fixes pins P3 and P4, while looking
through the face DC, so that their feet are
in line with the images of the feet of the
D P3 C
pins P1 and P2 :
He now looks through the face AB. He is P4
likely to observe that the
(1) feet, as well as the heads of the images of pins P3 ad P4 are in line with
the feet and heads respectively of pins P1 and P2
(2) only the feet of the images of pins P3 and P4 are in line with the feet
of pins P1 and P2
(3) only the heads of the images of pins P3 and P4 are in the line with the
heads of pins P1 and P2
(4) neither the feet nor the heads of the images of pins P3 and P4 are in
line with the feet and heads, respectively, of pins P1 and P2

Q.17. A student sets up the circuit shown here + –

A
for finding the equivalent resistance of
two resistors, connected in series.
R1 R2
In this circuit, –
(1) the two resistors, the voltmeter and V
+
the ammeter have all been connected + –
correctly
(2) the two resistors and volvemeter have been connected correctly but
the ammeter has not been connected correctly
(3) the two resistors and the ammeter have been connected correctly, but
the voltmeter has not been connected correctly
(4) the two resistors have been connected correctly but both the voltmeter
and the ammeter have not been connected correctly
Rubber
cork
Q.18. The germinating seeds present in the
experimental set-up shown below : KOH
(1) take up O2 from the water
(2) take up CO2 from the atmosphere
(3) release O2 into the air
(4) release CO2 into the air in the flask
Germinating seeds Water

Q.19. The diagram, showing daughter amoeba formed after binary fission, is

I II III IV
(1) I (2) II (3) III (4) IV
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Q.20. Four beakers contain four different liquids as mentioned below:

I. Dilute sugar solution
II. Concentrated sugar solution
III. Concentrated salt solution
IV. Double distilled water
Five raisins are put in each of these four beakers and left there for a few
hours. The maximum percentage of water will be absorbed by raisins that
are put in beaker
(1) I (2) II (3) III (4) IV
Section B
Q.21. The figures of apparatus given below show different components of
apparatus to be chosen for determination of boiling point of water:

I II III IV V VI

VII VIII IX X XI XII

The set of components of apparatus not required for performing the
experiment is :
(1) IV, VI, X, VII (2) II, III, IX, XI (3) I, V, X, XI (4) II, V, X

Q.22. A student suspends a metallic solid sphere

from a spring balance, first in air and then
in water, contained in a measuring
cylinder as shown. He notes down the two
readings of the spring balance. From these
readings, one can say that the volume of
the solid and the density of the metal are
(1) 28 cm3 and 1·78 g cm–3 respectively
(2) 36 cm3 and 2·29 g cm–3 respectively
(3) 28 cm3 and 2·29 g cm–3 respectively
(4) 36 cm3 and 1·78 g cm–3 respectively
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Q.23. Students were asked to prepare

temporary mounts of the onion P
peel and human cheek cells. They
had also to draw and label the Q
parts visible under the microscope.
In the adjoining drawn diagram, S
the label not found to be common R
to both cells of onion peel and
human cheek cells was
(1) P (2) Q (3) R (4) S
Q.24. The given figure shows a slide as
observed through a microscope.
The tissue constituted by these cells is P
(1) muscular tissue because of the Q
labels P and Q S
(2) nervous tissue due to the R
presence of the part labelled R.
(3) parenchyma because of the
part labelled S
(4) sclerenchyma because of labels P, R and S
Q.25. Four students used the following four combinations of reactants to observe
the properties of HCl and NaOH :
I. Zn and dil. NaOH solution
II. Zn and dil. HCl solution
III. Na2CO3 and dil. NaOH solution
IV. Na2CO3 and dil. HCl solution
There would be a rapid evolution of a gas in cases stated by response
(1) I and II (2) I and III (3) II and IV (4) I and IV
Q.26. Aqueous solutions of Zinc sulphate and Iron sulphate were taken in test
tubes I and II by four students A, B, C and D. Metal pieces of iron and zinc
were dropped in the two solutions and observations made after several
hours were recorded in the form of table as given below :
Student Metal Solution Colour change of Deposit/Coating
solution obtained
A Fe ZnSO4 Turned green Silvery grey coating
Zn FeSO4 No change No change
B Fe ZnSO4 No change Black deposit
Zn FeSO4 Colour faded Grey coating
C Fe ZnSO4 No change No Change
Zn FeSO4 Turned colourless Black deposit
D Fe ZnSO4 No change Grey deposit
Zn FeSO4 No change Black deposit
The correct reporting has been made in observations reported by the student :
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
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Q.27. To study the dependence of

current (I) flowing on the applied +V –
potential difference (V) across a A B C
resistor, a student sets up his R J
apparatus as shown. He puts the –A
sliding contact J, in the positions +
A, B and C, one by one and notes
+ –
the three readings of the voltmeter
as VA, VB, VC and that of the
ammeter as IA, IB and IC.
He would observe that
(1) VA = VB = VC but IA ≠ IB ≠ IC (2) VA ≠ VB ≠ VC but IA = IB = IC
(3) VA < VB < VC and IA < IB < IC (4) VA > VB > VC and IA > IB > IC
Q.28. Different students set up their (corrected and checked) circuits for finding
the equivalent resistance of two resistors, R1 and R2, connected in parallel.
If the two terminals of the first resistor are labelled as (a, b) and that of the
second resistor as (c, d), it would be observed that in different circuits,
(1) ‘a’ is always connected to either (c) or (d) and to one terminal of the
voltmeter only
(2) ‘b’ is always connected to either (c) or (d) and to one terminal of the
voltmeter as well as one terminal of the ammeter or the key or the
battery
(3) ‘a’ is always connected to either (c) or (d) and ‘b’ to (d) or (c) but
neither the voltmeter nor the ammeter get connected to any of these
four terminals
(4) ‘a’ is always connected to either (c) or (d) and ‘b’ to (d) or (c) but it
is only one terminal of the voltmeter that gets connected to any of
these four terminals
Q.29. Oxygen gas
Cork sealing
Oxygen bubbles
Potted plant Water
Water droplets
Water having
sodium bicarbonate
Hydrilla plant
Bell Jar
Funnel
Beaker

I II

Delivery tube
Freshly Small Thread
plucked test KOH
leaf tube solution
Black Conical
flask Beaker
paper Initial level
Germinating Water
seeds
III IV
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Four students use the experimental set-ups shown above. The set-up that
would show that “carbon dioxide is given out during respiration” is
(1) I (2) II (3) III (4) IV
Q.30. Some raisins weighed 10 gm before they were placed in water for four
hours. The raisins were then removed, wiped and weighed again. Their
weight was now found to be 12·5 gm. The percentage of water absorbed by
them, is
(1) 2·5% (2) 5% (3) 12·5% (4) 25%
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ANSWER SHEET∗
Q.No. Response Q.No. Response
Q.1. 2 3 4 1 Q.16. 1 3 4 2
Q.2. 2 3 4 1 Q.17. 1 2 3 4
Q.3. 1 3 4 1 Q.18. 1 2 3 4
Q.4. 1 2 3 4 Q.19. 1 3 4 2
Q.5. 1 2 4 3 Q.20. 1 2 3 4
Q.6. 1 2 4 3 Q.21. 1 2 4 3
Q.7. 1 3 4 2 Q.22. 1 2 4 3
Q.8. 1 2 4 3 Q.23. 1 2 4 3
Q.9. 1 2 4 3 Q.24. 1 3 4 2
Q.10. 1 3 4 2 Q.25. 1 2 4 3
Q.11. 1 2 4 3 Q.26. 1 2 4 3
Q.12. 1 3 4 2 Q.27. 1 2 3 4
Q.13. 1 2 3 4 Q.28. 2 3 4 1
Q.14. 1 2 4 3 Q.29. 1 2 3 4
Q.15. 1 2 4 3 Q.30. 1 2 3 4

∗ Utmost care has been taken while answering the Questions. However, there may be different
answers to the questions due to difference of opinion.