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nios.ac.in Senior Secondary Exam Question Paper 2016 : National Institute of Open Schooling

Name of the Institute : National Institute of Open Schooling
Name of the Examination : Senior Secondary Exam
Subject : All Subjects
Document Type : Previous Question Paper
Year : 2016

Senior Secondary Exam Question Paper :

General Instructions :
1. Candidate must write his/her Roll Number on the first page of the Question Paper Booklet.
2. Please check the Question Paper Booklet to verify that the total pages of the Booklet and the total pages printed on the top of the first page tallies each other. Also check to see that the questions are in sequential order.

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3. Making any identification mark in the answer-book or writing roll number anywhere other than the specified places will lead to disqualification of the candidate.
4. Write your Question Paper Booklet Code No. 53/HIS/1, Set u on the answer-book.

5. (a) The Question Paper Booklet is in English/Hindi medium only. However, if you wish, you can answer in any one of the languages
listed below :
English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi,Oriya, Guja rati, Konkani, Manipuri, Assamese, Nepali, Kashmiri, San skrit and Sindhi. You are required to indicate the language you have chosen to answer in the box provided in the answer-book.

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(b) If you choose to write the answer in the language other than Hindi and English, the responsibility for any errors/mistakes in understanding the question will be yours only.

Subject : Physics
Time : 3 Hours
Maximum Marks : 80
Note :
(i) All questions are compulsory. There is no overall choice, however, alternative choices are given in some questions. In such questions, you have to attempt only one choice.
(ii) Marks allotted for each question are indicated against the question.
(iii) Each question from Question Nos. 1 to 10 has four alternatives (A), (B), (C) and (D), out of which one is most appropriate. Choose the correct answer among the four alternatives and write it in your answer-book against the number of the question. No extra time is allotted for attempting multiple choice questions.

1. A Carnot engine exhausting heat to sink at 27 ºC has an efficiency of 25%. It must be taking heat from the source at
(A) 673 ºC
(B) 327 ºC
(C) 227 ºC
(D) 127 ºC

2. The specific resistance of a conductor decreases with
(A) decrease in its cross-sectional area
(B) increase in its cross-sectional area
(C) decrease in its temperature
(D) increase in its temperature

3. For a thermodynamical process, if DW represents the work done by the system and DU represents the increase in internal energy, which one of the following is correct? 1
(A) DU = +DW in an isothermal process
(B) DU = -DW in an adiabatic process
(C) DU = -DW in an isothermal process
(D) DU = +DW in an adiabatic process

4. The resistances of an ideal voltmeter and an ideal ammeter respectively are
(A) zero and infinite
(B) infinite and infinite
(C) infinite and zero
(D) zero and zero

5. Which one of the following transitions in a hydrogen atom will emit the photon of shortest wavelength? 1
(A) n = 2 to n = 1
(B) n = 6 to n = 5
(C) n = 6 to n = 1
(D) n = 5 to n = 4

6. Alpha decay in radioactivity results in
(A) decrease in mass number by 2 and atomic number by 2
(B) decrease in mass number by 4 and atomic number by 2
(C) increase in mass number by 2 and atomic number by 4
(D) increase in mass number by 2 and atomic number by 2

7. Zener diode is
(A) always operated in forward bias
(B) lowly doped p-n junction diode
(C) moderately doped p-n junction diode
(D) heavily doped p-n junction diode

8. Which one of the following statements is not true? 1
(A) Resistance of an intrinsic semiconductor decreases with rise in temperature.
(B) A p-n junction can act as a semiconductor diode.
(C) Doping pure silicon crystal with trivalent impurity gives p-type extrinsic semiconductor.
(D) Majority carriers in n-type semiconductors are holes.

Subject : Chemistry
1. In an electro chemical cell
(A) chemical energy changes into electrical energy
(B) kinetic energy changes into electrical energy
(C) potential energy changes into kinetic energy
(D) kinetic energy changes into chemical energy

2. In the spectrum of hydrogen atoms, the series which falls in ultraviolet region is
(A) Lyman series
(B) Balmer series
(C) Paschen series
(D) Brackett series

3. Which of the following species is not paramagnetic? 1
(A) O2
(B) O2 +
(C) O2 –
(D) O2 2 –

4. 290 mL of a gas at 17 °C is cooled to –13 °C at constant pressure. The new volume of the gas will be
(A) 280 mL
(B) 260 mL
(C) 270 mL
(D) 290 mL

5. The concentration of Ag + ions in a given saturated solution of AgCl at 25 °C is 1× 06 ´ 10-5 g ion per litre. The solubility product of AgCl is
(A) 0× 353 ´ 10-10
(B) 0× 53 ´ 10-10
(C) 1×12 ´ 10-10
(D) 2×12 ´ 10-10 1

6. The size of colloidal particles is in between
(A) 10-7 cm and 10-9 cm
(B) 10-5 cm and 10-7 cm
(C) 10-9 cm and 10-11 cm
(D) 10-2 cm and 10-3 cm

7. Hydrogen peroxide is used as
(A) oxidizing agent
(B) reducing agent
(C) both oxidizing and reducing agent
(D) drying agent

8. The magnetic moment of Ni2+ ion is
(A) 3× 87 BM
(B) 1× 87 BM
(C) 3× 52 BM
(D) 2× 87 BM

Subject : Biology
1. Cretinism and myxoedema are caused due to undersecretion of
(A) parathormone
(B) thyroxine
(C) growth hormone
(D) calcitonin

2. The sea anemone gets attached to the shell of the hermit crab is an example of
(A) parasitism
(B) competition
(C) mutualism
(D) amensalism

3. Which of the following is a true fish? 1
(A) Jellyfish
(B) Silverfish
(C) Starfish
(D) Dogfish

4. The antibody present in colostrum that provides passive immunity to the newborn infant is 1
(A) IgM
(B) IgG
(C) IgE
(D) IgA

5. —— is a sex-linked disorder. 1
(A) Down syndrome
(B) Haemophilia
(C) Syphilis
(D) Transgender

Subject : English
SECTION–A :
1. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
(a) Whenever I went to my uncle’s house my favorite pastime used to be to take out his pullovers and caress them with a sense of longing. I was so attracted by the India test pullovers that once I even dared to ask him if I could take one, since he had so many. My uncle told me that one has to sweat and earn the India ‘colours’ and I too should work hard to earn the distinction. That is a lesson I have never forgotten.
(i) What used to be the writer’s favorite pastime whenever he went to his uncle’s house?
(ii) What did the writer ask his uncle?
(iii) What lesson did the writer’s uncle teach him?

(b) It was a long ride to the Sorley farm and the sight of a man walking alone along the country road, as seen just ahead by the lights of the car, was a welcome relief to the doctor. He slowed down and looked at the man walking along with difficulty against the wind, a little package under his arm. Coming alongside, Doctor Benson stopped and invited the man to ride. The man got in.
(i) What was a welcome relief to the doctor? Why? 1
(ii) Pick out the expressions which suggest that it was a windy night. 1
(iii) Why did Doctor Benson stop?

2. Answer any three of the following questions in about 30–40 words each : 2×3=6
(a) What kind of life did the writer’s grandfather lead when he was a small boy? ( Father, Dear Father )
(b) What unique place does India have in relation to wind energy? ( Fuel of the Future )
(c) What does Aradhana’s mother ask her to do to prove her love for her parents? ( I Must Know the Truth )
(d) What model of change does Gandhiji provide? What are its advantages? ( India—Her Past and Future )

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