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1. Diversity in living Organism
I. Match the following
1. Endoplasmic Reticulum a. sweat
2. Glandular Epithelium b. Streamlined body
3. Retina c. Porter
4. Kidney d. Cone cells
5. Fish e. nephron
Ans: 1-c,2-a,3-d,4-e,5-b
2.
1. Gland cells a. Round
2. Flame Cells b. Cuboidal in shape
3. Egg cells c. Star Shaped
4. RBC d. Oval in shape
5. Nerve cells e. Tubular in Shape
Ans: 1-b,2-e,3-d,4-a,5-c
3.
1. Bone cells a. Storing Fat
2. Gland cells b. Vision & Colour
3. Fat cells c. hearing
4. Rods and cones d. Secretory
5. Ear cochlear cells e. Rigidity
Ans: 1-e,2-d,3-a,4-b,5-c
4.
1. Endoplasmic reticulum a. Cristae
2. Ribosome b. Acrosome

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3. Golgi Apparatus c. Suicidal bags
4. Lysosomes d. Porter
5. Mitochondria e. Protein Synthesis
Ans: 1-d,2-e,3-b,4-c,5-a
II. Choose the correct answer.
1. Muscle fibres are branched in ________ muscle.(cardiac/skeletal)
Ans: Cardiac
2. Bone and cartilage are type of ________ tissues.(nerves/connective)
Ans: Connective
3. Ciliated epithelium is found in _______(trachea/Oesophagus)
Ans: Trachea
4. One of the following is an unicellular animal _______
a. Blue Whale b. Amoeba
5. _____ is the structural and functional unit of all living organism.
a. Tissue b. Cell
6. Cell was discovered by ________
a. Robert brown b. Robert Hooke
7. Cell was discovered in the year_______
a. 1965 b. 1665
8. Gland cells are ______ shaped.
a. Star b. cuboidal
9. Egg cells are _______ shaped.
a. Polygonal b. Oval
10. ________ cell is generally round in shape.
a. RBC b. Egg
11. One of the following cell is secretory in function ________
a. Muscle cell b. Fat cell

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12. The name endoplasmic reticulum was given by ____________
a. Dr. Samuel b. porter
13. The ribosomes are produced in the _________
a. Nucleus b. Nucleolus
14. _______ are the sites of protein synthesis.
a. Golgi complex b. Ribosomes
15. ______ helps in the formation of acrosome in sperm cells.
a. Golgi bodies b. Lysosome
16. _________ are known as suicidal bags of a cell.
a. Centrioles b. Lysosomes
17. The folds of inner mitochondrial membrane are known as ______
a. Matrices b. Cristae
18. _______ is an energy rich compound.
a. ATP b. CTP
19. One of the following decides the plane of cell division.
a. Nucleus b. Centriole
20. The wind pipe or trachea is internally lined by ________ Epithelium.
a. Ciliated b. Sensory
21. Chromatin Reticulum is present in the _______
a. Nucleus b. Nucleoplasm
22. The _____ is also known as nuclear sap.
a. Chromosomes b. Nucleoplasm
23. __________ tissues cover most organs and cavities with in the body.
a. Epithelial b. Cuboidal
24. Life span of RBC is _____ days.
a. 80-100 b. 100-120
25. _________ cells are composed of calcium and phosphorus compounds.

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a. Areolar b. Bone
26. __________ is a structural unit of the nervous system.
a. Cell b. Neuron
27. Striated muscles are also called ______ muscles.
a. Involuntary b. Voluntary
28. This is the outer coat of the eye.
a. Sclerotic coat b. Choroid
29. ________ is the sensitive part of the eye.
a. Cornea b. Retina
30. The structural and functional unit of kidneys are_______
a. Neurons b. nephrons
III. Fill in the blanks
a. ________ is the structural and functional unit of all living organisms.
Ans: Cell
2. Cell was discovered by Robert Hooke in _______
Ans: 1665
3. ________ and jacole schleiden postulated the cell theory in 1838.
Ans: Theodor Schwann
4. The cell organelles are present in the _______
Ans: cell cytoplasm matrix
5. It is assumed that the _________ originated by evagination of the nuclear membrane.
Ans: endoplasmic reticulum
6. The smooth endoplasmic reticulum takes part in the synthesis of _______
Ans: lipids
7. The ribosomes are produced in the ________
Ans: nucleolus
8. Each ribosome is composed of ____ structural units.

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Ans: two
9. The ______ also may occur freely in the cytoplasm.
Ans: ribosome
10. Ribosomes are the sites of _________ synthesis.
Ans: protein
11. Golgi complex forms the certain yolk substances in the developing _______
Ans: oocytes
12. _________ help to keep the cell clean by digesting any foreign material.
Ans: Lysosomes
13. Lysosomes are also known as ________ of a cell.
Ans: suicidal bags
14. The folds of inner mitochondrial membrane are known as _______
Ans: cristae
15. Mitochondria are considered to be the ________ of the cell.
Ans: power houses
16. Centrioles were first described by _______ and __________ in 1897.
Ans: Henneguy, Leuhossek
17. At the time of cell division, the ________ produce the spindle fibres and astral
bodies.
Ans:centrioles
18.The __________ is the protoplasmic substance of the nucleus.
Ans: nucleoplasm
19. At the time of the cell division, the __________ become clearly visible.
Ans: chromosomes
20. The nucleolus is generally present in the __________ of most of the cells.
Ans: nucleus
21. The nuclear membrane allows exchange of ions between ________ and cytoplasm.

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Ans: nucleoplasm
22. ___________ cover most organs and cavities with in body.
Ans: Epithelial tissues.
23. The wind pipe or trachea is internally lined by __________
Ans: ciliated epithelium
24. WBC are produced in the bone marrow and is the _________
Ans: lymph glands
25. The ________ are the smallest of the blood cells.
Ans: blood platelets
26. The supportive tissues are of __________ types.
Ans: three
27. _______ are composed of calcium and phosphorus compounds.
Ans: bone cells
28. The protoplasm of the cyton has a number of small dark granules reffered to as
________
Ans: nissel bodies
29. The cyton gives out numerous branches called __________
Ans: Dendron
30. There are _________ types of muscular tissues.
Ans: three
31. Two or more kinds of tissues is associated together to form an _________
Ans: organ
32. The sense organ eye is concerned with ________
Ans: vision
33. An opening called the _________ is present in the centre of the Iris.
Ans: pupil
34. Retina is the ______ part of an eye.

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Ans: sensitive
35. _______ are sensitive to different shades of light but not colour.
Ans: Rods
2. Conservation of plants and animals
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. Species with low population numbers that are in considerable danger of elimination is
termed as _________(endangered species/ extinct)
Ans: endangered species
2. All non-domesticated non-cultivated plants in the natural environment are termed as
________(wild life/ordinary life)
Ans: wild life
3. The natural vegetation in a particular area is termed as ________(flora/forest)
Ans: flora
4. All the micro-organisms to macro-organisms are termed as
________(fauna/protozoans)
Ans: fauna
5. The word dinosaur itself means ________(terrible lizard/ dragon lizard)
Ans: terrible lizard
6. One of the following is rich in biodiversity.
a. Chennai b. Topslip
7. One of the following is a tiger reserve.
a. Anamalai b. Ooty
8. Which is essential for ecological balance
a. forest b. wild life
9. Deciduous forest is present in this region
a. Penmsular b. Rajasthan
10. Tidal forest area is present in _________
a. Estuaries of Cauveri b. Estuaries of palare

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11. Removal of trees from the forest is called _______
a. aforestation b. deforestation
12. One of the following is the ill effects of deforestations.
a. soil erosion b. plenty of rainfall
13. In India social forestry project was started in the year
a. 1970 b. 1976
14. The ultimate aim of social forestry project was ____
a. promote natural forest b. deforestation
15. One of the following organization is a aforestation programmes
a. SGC b. NGC
16. How many species of plants are present in India.
a. 30,000 b. 45,000
17. _________ found in Himachal Pradesh is one of the most beautiful birds.
a. Monal b. parrot
18. Monal is found in _______ is one of the beautiful birds.
a. Delhi b. Himachal Pradesh
19. Endangered species are those whose population is _________ in number
a. low b. high
20. The Binomial name of tiger is ______
a. panther tigris b. panther lionis
21. At first the population of tiger is about
a. 20,000 b. 40,000
22. In 1972 the tiger population was ______
a. 1000 b. 1827
23. The project tiger was launched is the year __________
a. 1970 b. 1973
24. The ultimate aim of project tiger is ______

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a. to increase population of tiger
b. to save tiger from danger
c. to keep the habital of the tiger safe
d. all the above
25. One of the following animal is the symbol of our national heritage animal.
a. lion b. elephant
26. The binomial name of the Indian elephant is _______
a. elephas maximus b. elephas minimus
27. Gir sanctuary is connected with the protection of _______
a. shino b. lion
28. Which is our national animal?
a. lion b. tiger
29. Which is our national bird?
a. peacock b. parrot
30. Name the national flower
a. jasmine b. lotus
31.Name the national fruit
a. banana b. mango
32. Which is our national tree
a. Ashoka tree b. banyan tree
33. Cheetahs became extinct in the year
a. 1910 b. 1950
34. Which is our state tree?
a. teek b. palm tree
35. Which is our state animal?
a. Nilgiri tahr b. nilgiri deer
36. Which is our state bird?

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a. parrot b. emerald dove
37. Which is our state flower
a. rose b. glory lily
38. During migration the swallows may fly upto _______miles.
a. 6200 b. 6800
39. The _______ fish travel upto 1500 miles from the sea to fresh water for breeding.
a. salmon b. cat
40. _______ of north America is the longest migratory mammal.
a. bear b. caribou
41. ________ is known as the bird man of India.
a. Dr. Sundar b. Dr. Salim Ali
42. Mundanthurai and Kalakkadu sanctuary is located in __________
a. Chennai b. Thirunelveli
43. One horned Rhinoceros is present in this national park.
a. Kaziranga b. Corbett
II. Fill in the blanks.
1. ________one of the forest areas in the state rich in biodiversity.
Ans: Topslip
2. Anamalai is ______ reserve.
Ans: tiger
3. _________ provide our wealth and also they maintain our health.
Ans: forests
4. __________ is essential for ecological balance.
Ans: Wildlife
5. Wildlife is a big boost to _________
Ans: tourism
6. If trees are planted newly, it is a process of __________

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Ans: afforestation
7. In India _______ project was started in 1976.
Ans: social forestry
8. Planting of trees in and around agricultural boundaries with agricultural crops is known
as _________
Ans: agro-forestry
9. ________ is responsible for carrying out surveys of the faunal resources of the
country.
Ans: Zoological survey of India
10. _________ contains a record of animals which are identified as endangered species.
Ans: Red data book
11. _______ recognized the seasonal movements of animals 2000 years ago.
Ans: Aristotle
12. __________ bird sanctuary is one of the most spectacular breeding grounds in Idia.
Ans: Vedanthangal
13. The _________ of northern Europe, may fly 6800 miles (11,000km) or so to their
African wintering grounds.
Ans: swallows
14. When a swarm of desert locust is on the move (a single swarm is about 50,000
million) eats __________ tons of vegetation in one day.
Ans: 3000
15. The _________ travel up to 1500 miles (2400km ) from the sea to fresh water for
breeding.
Ans: salmon fish
16. The ________ travel up to 1250 miles (2000km) in eight weeks time for breeding.
Ans: Brazilian turtles
17. Barren grounds _________ of north America travel over 3700 miles (5000 km) the
longest annual migration of any mammal.
Ans: Caribon

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18. _________ are the places where the animals are well protected from any disturbance.
Ans: Sanctuaries
19. In our country there are about ______ sanctuaries.
Ans: 500
20. There are about ___________ national parks in India.
Ans: 89
21. Corbett national park is in ______
Ans: Uttar Pradesh
22. ________ national park is in Gujarat.
Ans: Gir
23. One horned Rhinoceroe is estimated at 10 to ______ million species.
Ans: 100
25. There are _______ mega diversity in the world.
Ans: 12
26. Diversity among the living organism is known as _________
Ans: biodiversity
27. ________ is an irreversible process.
Ans: extinction
28. The chipko movement was initiated by __________
Ans: sunderlal bahuguna
III. Match the following
1.
1. Algae a. 12480
2. Lichens b. 2843
3. Fungi c. 1676
4. Gymno sperms d. 64
5. Bryophytes e. 1940

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Ans: water
35. ______ is used as a reducing agent in steel manufacturing.
Ans: coke
III. Match the following
1.
1. Combustion a. fuel
2. fossil fuel b. Oxygen
3. Diesel c. Brown coal
4. Lignite d. Soft coal
5. Bituminous coal e. natural gas
Ans: 1-b,2-e,3-a,4-c,5-d
2.
1. Soft coal a. carbon electrodes
2. highest heat energy b. black gold
3. Gas Carbon c. paraffin wax
4. Candles d. Bituminous coal
5. Petroleum e. Anthracite coal
Ans: 1-d,2-e,3-a,4-c,5-b
4. Light and Sound
I. Choose the correct answer.
1. Reflection from a smooth surface is called ________ reflection.
a. Regular b. Irregular
c. Multiple d. Total internal
2. If the angle of incidence is 40 C, the angle of reflection is ________
a.!10 b. "## c. 20 d. 90
3. The angle between the incident ray and the normal is called ________
a. Angle of incidence b. Angle of reflection

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4. The bouncing of light from a surface of a body is known as
a. Refraction b. Total internal reflection
5. The path of light is known as ray it is represented by
a. a straight line b. Triangle mark
6. When the light rays meet at a point it is
a. Divergent beam b. Convergent beam
7. If the light rays move away from a point it is called
a. Divergent beam b. Convergent beam
8. The angle in between reflected ray and the normal drawn from the point of incidence is
called
a. Angle of incidence b. Angle of reflection
9. The principle applied in periscope is
a. Refraction b. Multiple reflection
10. In the periscope the two plane mirrors are fixed at an angle of
a. 30 b. !"#
11. A swimming pool appears more shallow than its actual depth because of
a. Reflection b. Refraction
12. When light ray passes from Air to glass it gets.
a. Deviated towards normal
b. Deviated away from normal
13. When light ray passes from glass to Air it gets.
a. Deviated towards normal
b. Deviated away from normal
14. The angle of incidence for which the angle of refraction becomes 90 is called
a. Angle of incidence b. Critical angle
15. The most comfortable distance the normal eye can read is about
a. 25 cm b. 25 mm

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16. Sound cannot travel through
a. Air b. Vacuum
17. The lower end of the tuning Fork is called
a. Scapula b. Stem
18. The upper end of the tuning Fork is called
a. Scapula b. Prong
19. The unit of Frequency is
a. Hertz b. Seconds
20. The unit of amplitude is
a. Hertz b. Seconds
21. The unit of period is
a. Hertz b. Seconds
22. Sounds of frequencies lesser than 20 Hz. and greater than 20,000 Hz. are called
a. Audible sounds b. Inaudible sounds
23. Ultrasonic waves have a frequency of
a. 20 Hz b. Above 20,00 Hz
24. The animal which can hear sound waves above 20,000 Hz is
a. Rat b. Dog
II. Fill in the blanks.
1. The working principle of a periscope is _________
Ans: Successive reflection from two mirrors
2. A fruit appears to be bigger in a glass of water due to _______
Ans: refraction
3. Sound cannot travel in ________
Ans: Vacuum
4. When we touch the rinsing bell we can feel the _________
Ans: vibrations

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5. An audible sound has the frequency range of ____
Ans: 20Hz-20,000 Hz
6. The ______ can be made to fall on the face of a person using a plane mirror.
7. The bouncing of light from a surface of a body is known as _________
Ans: reflection
8. We are able to see objects because of the phenomenon of _________ of light.
Ans: reflection
9. Light travels along a ________ line.
Ans: straight
10. Two or more rays of light form a_________
Ans: beam
11. If the rays of light meet at a point, they form a_______ beam.
Ans: convergent
12. The perpendicular line drawn to the surface at the point of incidence is called_______
Ans: normal
13. In a rough surface, light is __________ in all directions.
Ans: scattered
14. The reflection in a rough surface is _______
Ans: irregular
15. We need _________ mirrors to see the back of our own head.
Ans: two
16. __________ established thatwhite light consists of seven colours.
Ans: Newton
17. _________ is the main cause of the brilliance of diamond.
Ans: Total internal reflection
18. The most comfortable distance at which one can read with a normal eye is called
_______

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Ans: Least distance
19. The convex lens of an eye forms an image of the object on the screen called the
_______
Ans: Retina
20. Sound needs a _______ for propagation.
Ans: Medium
21. Sound cannot travel through ______
Ans: Vacuum
22. _________ helps us to communicate with one another.
Ans: Sound
23. A to and fro motion of an object is called ______
Ans: vibration
24. The lower end of the tuning fork is called the_______
Ans: stem
25. Human audible range of frequencies is from ________ to ________ Hz.
Ans: 20,20,00
26. Bats use _____ waves for their flight.
Ans: ultrasonic
27. Dogs have the ability to hear the sound of frequency higher than ______Hz.
Ans: 20,000
28. The ________ sound is called as noise.
Ans: unpleasant
29. An _________ is a device based on the principle of total internal reflection.
Ans: Optical fiber
III. Match the following
1.
1. Irregular reflection a. Glass slab

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2. Multiple refection b. Optic fibre
3. Refraction c. Periscope
4. Total internal reflection d. Wood
Ans: 1-d,2-c,3-a,4-b
2.
1. Path of light a. regular reflection
2. Rays meet at a point b. diverge
3. Rays move away from a point c. irregular reflection
4. Polished surface d. ray
5. rough surface e. converge
Ans: 1-d,2-e,3-b,4-a,5-c
3.
1. Multiple reflection a. vibration
2. Dispersion b. Hertz
3. Human eye c. Newton
4. Sound d. Kaleidoscope
5. Frequency e. convex lens
Ans: 1-d,2-c,3-e,4-a,5-b

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