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19E & 20E
S.S.C. PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, APRIL-2023
GENERAL SCIENCE
PART-B : BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
PRINCIPLES OF VALUATION
General Instructions
1. Credit may be given to any relevant answer other than the one given here under.
2. The examiner is requested to go through the Text Book carefully.
3. Border cases may be looked into very carefully.
4. Please avoid awarding 1/4 or 3/4 mark.
SECTION - I
17. Vitamin K X 1M
18. Larynx 1M
19. Heart beat decreases with the increase of heart weight. 1M
20. Blood sugar level will be increased /
Glucose will not be converted into Glycogen /
Sugar Diabetes or Diabetes Mellitus Disease occurs. 1M
[Note : Any 1 relevant answer should be considered]
21. Stigma 1M
22. 1) Planting trees.
2) Reduce the usage of fossil fuels. 1M
[Note : Any 1 relevant answer should be considered]
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SECTION - II
23. 1) What are the major causes of kidney failure ? 1M
2) How do you diagnose and treat chronic kidney diseases ? 1 M
[Note : Any 2 relevant questions should be considered] 2M
24. Sensory neurons or afferent neurons carry messages from
sense organs to central nevous sytem. 2M
25. a) Incisors 1M
b) 4 1M
2M
26. 1) If primary consumers decrease, availability of food decreases for
carnivores.
2) It results they may die or migrate to another eco-system.
[Note : Any relevant answer should be considered] 2M
SECTION - III
27. Grass → Grasshopper → Frog → Snake. 1M
1) In above food chain 'Grass' is producer. 1M
2) Decomposers do not occupy a specific level in 1M
the food chain.
3) They decompose waste and dead matter of organisms. 1M
4) Usually 'Bacteria' and 'Fungi' are known as decomposers.
[Note : Any relevant answer should be considered] 4M
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28. 1) Reserpine 1M
2) Azadirachta indica 1M
3) Bark 1M
4) Sedative, Painkiller 1M
4M
29. 1) Auxins help in cell elongation and differentiation of shoots
and roots.
2) Cytokinins help in promotion of sprouting of lateral buds, delaying
the ageing in leaves, opening of stomata.
3) Gibberellins help in germination of seeds, sprouting of buds and
elongation of stems.
4) Gibberellins also help in stimulation of Flowering, development
of seedless fruit and breaking the dormancy in seeds and buds.
5) Abscissic acid help in closing of stomata, seed dormancy,
promoting ageing of leaves.
6) Ethylene helps in ripening of fruits.
[Note : Any 2 relevant points should be awarded four marks.]
4M
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30. Diagram 2M
Labelling any 4 parts. 2M
4M
Human Sperm Cell
31. 1) Plant a tree and save millions of lives. 2M
2) Save trees and save our planet. 2M
[Note : Any 2 relevant slogans should be awarded four marks.]
4M
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SECTION - IV
32. A) 8M
Arteries Veins
1. Walls of arterties are 1. Walls of veins are thin.
thick.
2. Valves are absent. 2. Valves are present.
3. Carry blood from the 3. Carry blood from body
heart to body organs. organs to the heart.
4. All arteries carry 4. All veins carry deoxygenated
oxygenated blood except blood except pulmonary vein.
pulmonary artery.
5. Arteries can reatain 5. Veins cann't retain their shape
shape when blood is absent. when blood is absent.
6. Blood pressure is high in 6. Blood pressure is low in veins.
arteries.
7. Arteries end with 7. Veins start with blood
capillaries, capillaries.
8. Arteries are reddish in 8. Veins are bluish in colour.
colour.
9. Arteries have small lumen. 9. Veins have large lumgen.
[Any 4 relevant differences should be considered.]
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(OR)
B) 1) There are 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans
2) Of these 23 pairs, 22 pairs are autosomes and these are common
both in male and females.
3) Remaining one pair is allosomes or sex chromosomes
4) The ova produced by females contain 'X' chromosome and the
sperm cells produced by the males contain either 'X' or 'Y'
chromosomes.
5) If the ovum fertilizes with the sperm cell which contains 'X'
chromosome, the resultant baby will be "Female".
6) If the ovum fertilizes with the sperm cell which contains 'Y'
chromosome, the resultant baby will be "Male".
Father Mother
44 + XY 44 + XX
Sperm Ovum
X Y X X
XX XX XY XY
Girl Girl Boy Boy
44 + XX 44 + XX 44 + XY 44 + XY
[Drawing flowchart is optional, if students draw only flowchart
4 marks can be awarded.] 8M
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33. A) Aim : To prove that heat is liberated during respiration.
Materials required : Germinating seeds, thermo's flask.
thermometer.
Procedure :
1) Take sprouts in a thermo's flask.
2) Close the flask with single hole cork.
3) Insert a thermometer through the hole of cork.
4) Take care that the bulb of the thermometer should be dipped
in the sprouts.
5) Record the temperature for every 2 hours.
Observation :
Temperature in the thermometer is increased.
Result : It is proved that during respiration of germinating seeds
heat is released.
[If student writes answer correctly in any manner marks should
be awarded. ] 8M
(OR)
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B) 1) To prove that carbondioxide is essential for
photosynthesis. 2M
2) Potassium hydroxide / KOH solution. 2M
3) Absence of carbondioxide. 2M
4) Plant has to be kept in dark. 2M
8M
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