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Section I
(50 Marks)
(Attempt all questions from this section.)
1. (a) State whether the following statements are True or False. Rewrite
the correct form of the false statements. [5]
(i) A virus can reproduce only when it enters in a living cell.
(ii) Breathing is a chemical process.
(iii) Pancreatic juice does not contain any enzyme.
(iv) All vertebrates have a skeleton.
(v) Cardiac muscles are voluntary muscles.
(50 Marks)
(Attempt any five questions from this section.)
2. (i) What is excretion? [10]
(ii) What is the main function of kidney?
(iii) What do you mean by multicellular organisms?
(iv) What is the main function of nucleus?
(v) How do cells increase in number?
3. (i) Name the highest level of organisation in the living world. [10]
(ii) What are the characteristic features of meristematic cells?
(iii) Why does the milk spoil quickly during summer?
(iv) What do you mean by protective foods?
(v) What is synthesized during photosynthesis?
4. (i) How is food material transported from the leaves to other plant
parts? [10]
(ii) Why is water essential for our bodies?
(iii) What do you mean by aerobic respiration?
(iv) How does air move in and out of lungs?
(v) What is the role of haemoglobin?
5. (i) What is transpiration? Name the factors affecting transpiration.
What is the significance of transpiration? [10]
(ii) Give a brief account of the various methods of locomotion in
animals.