ICSE Biology Specimen Paper 2024 for Class 10: The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE will conduct Science Paper 3, Biology on March 18 (Monday). This is one of the major subjects and requires a thorough understanding of concepts and regular practice for a good performance and high score. Last minute revision is extremely helpful to reinforce key concepts and boost confidence. The ICSE specimen paper is the best resource for revising the key concepts of Biology and assessing your preparedness for the exam day. The ICSE Biology sample paper is based on the board exam pattern and thus is a great reference to prepare for the ICSE Class 10 board exams in 2024.
In this article, the ICSE Class 10 Biology specimen paper is provided, which is in the language as published by CISCE on its official website. Students can refer to the specimen paper for class 10 ICSE Biology and download the freely available PDF.
Also Check ICSE Class 10 Biology Syllabus for Board Exam 2024
ICSE Class 10 Biology Sample Paper General Guidelines
According to CISCE the ICSE Class 10 Biology paper will follow the below-mentioned guidelines.
- Maximum Marks: 80
- Time allowed: Two hours
- Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
- You will not be allowed to write during first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
- The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
- Section A is compulsory. Attempt any four questions from Section B.
- The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]
ICSE Class 10 Biology Specimen Paper 2024
SECTION A (Attempt all questions from this Section.)
Question 1 Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the question, write the correct answers only.)
(i) Loss of water as droplets from the hydathodes is called:
(a) Transpiration
(b) Bleeding
(c) Guttation
(d) Evaporation
(ii) Synthesis phase in the cell cycle is called so, because of the synthesis of more:
(a) Glucose
(b) Proteins
(c) RNA
(d) DNA
(iii) While playing with his friends, Peter inserted a stick into his ear. He lost his hearing due to the rupture of:
(a) Ear drum
(b) Pericardium
(c) Cornea
(d) Pinna
(iv) The prime source of Chloro fluorocarbons is:
(a) Vehicular emissions
(b) Refrigeration equipment
(c) Sewage
(d) Effuents
(v) Oxygenated blood to heart is supplied by:
(a) Hepatic artery
(b) Coronary artery
(c) Renal artery
(d) Pulmonary artery
(vi) Assertion (A): There is frequent urination in summer than in winter.
Reason (R): In summer we lose a lot of water as sweat, so the kidneys reabsorb more water. Hence, urine formed is less in summer than in winter.
(a) Both A and R are True
(b) Both A and R are False
(c) A is True and R is False
(d) A is False and R is True
(vii) The age restrictions for marriage for boys and girls by law in India is:
(a) Boys 18 years, Girls 21 years
(b) Boys 17 years, Girls 16 years
(c) Boys 21 years, Girls 18 years
(d) Boys 20 years, Girls 17 years
(viii) Hari is fond of watching the fish in an aquarium. So, he set up an aquarium in his house. Along with a number of fresh water fish, he also placed a clown fish which is a salt water fish. After few hours, the clown fish was found dead and floating on water. This was due to:
(a) Endosmosis
(b) Exosmosis
(c) Osmoregulation
(d) Excretion
(ix) The solvent used for dissolving chlorophyll while testing a leaf for starch is:
(a) Sodium hydroxide
(b) Lime water
(c) Water
(d) Ethyl alcohol
(x) The structure related to storage and maturation of sperms in a human male is:
(a) Epididymis
(b) Epidermis
(c) Epithelium
(d) Endothelium
(xi) A sequence of DNA has 200 nitrogenous base pairs, of which 100 are ThymineAdenine pairs. What is the number of Cytosine-Guanine pairs in this sequence:
(a) 50
(b) 200
(c) 100
(d) 25
(xii) The stress hormone in plants which functions during a drought is:
(a) Auxins
(b) Abscisic acid
(c) Ethylene
(d) Cytokinins
(xiii) Compressed natural gas (CNG) is proposed to be a better alternative to fossil fuel Which of the following reasons makes it a better alternative? P. Combustion leaves little or no residue Q. Absence of Carbon in CNG R. Easily available.
(a) Only P
(b) Only Q
(c) Only P and R
(d) Only Q and R
(xiv) The ground substance present in chloroplast is:
(a) Stoma
(b) Stroma
(c) Grana
(d) Thylakoids
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(xv) Lata wanted to cross the road. She looked on either side of the road and then walked across to the other side of the road. Which of the following is/are involved in the process described above?
- Cerebrum
- Cerebellum
- Skeletal muscles
- Medulla Oblongata
(a) Only 3
(b) Only 1 and 3
(c) Only 1, 3 and 4
(d) Only 1, 2 and 3
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