(English Medium) ICSE Class 10 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions

People routinely working in noisy places are not much affected by noise.

Define the following term:

Noise

The kind of lens required to correct Myopia

The diagram given below represents a certain stage of mitosis: 

1. Identify the stage of cell division.
2. Name the parts labelled A and B.
3. What is the unique feature observed in this stage?
4. How many daughter cells are formed from this type of cell division?

the biological/technical terms for the lens of eye losing flexibility resulting in a kind of long-sightedness in middle aged people.

The diagram given below represents a stage during cell division.

Study the same and answer the questions that follow:

1. Identify whether it is a plant cell or an animal cell. Give a reason in support of your answer.
2. Name the stage depicted in the diagram. What is the unique feature observed in this stage?
3. Name the type of cell division that occurs during:
   1. Replacement of old leaves by new ones
   2. Formation of gametes
4. What is the stage that comes before the stage shown in the diagram?
5. Draw a neat, labelled diagram of the stage mentioned in (iv) above keeping the chromosome number constant.

Transpiration pull will be maximum under which set of the following conditions?

Transpiration helps in creating ______ force and in eliminating excess ______.

Given below is an example of a certain structure and its special functional activity:
Chloroplasts and Photosynthesis.
In a similar way, write the functional activity against each of the following: 

Thick cuticle and ……………………….. 

(a) State whether the following statement are True or False.

(b) Rewrite the false statement in (a) above in the correct form by changing either the first or the last word only.

Transpiration creates a pull for the upward movement of the sap.

(a) State whether the following statements are True Or False? 

(b) Rewrite the false statements,in the correct form by changing either the first or the last word only .

Voltmeter is an instrument used for measuring the rate of transpiration in green plants. 

Which of the following statements are true and which ones are false? Give reason in support of your answer. 

Hydathodes are similar to stomata in plant physiology. 

Which of the following statements are true and which ones are false? Give reason in support of your answer.

Atmospheric humidity promotes transpiration from a green plant.  

Which of the following statements are true and which ones are false? Give reason in support of your answer. 

Some desert plants have sunked stomata on their leaves. 

Which of the following statements are true and which ones are false? Give reason in support of your answer. 

Most transpiration occurs during midday.

Why are the stomata in most plants more numerous on the lower surface of a leaf instead of being on the upper surface? 

Suppose you have a small rose plant growing in a pot. How would you demonstrate transpiration in it? 

Briefly explain how the rate of transpiration is affected by 

Intensity of light 

The diagram below represents a stage during cell division. Study the same and then answer the questions that follow: 

1. Name the parts labelled 1, 2, and 3.
2. Identify the above stage and give a reason to support your answer.
3. Mention where in the body this type of cell division occurs.
4. Name the stage prior to this stage and draw a diagram to represent the same.

Given below is a diagram representing a stage during mitotic cell division in an animal cell Examine it carefully and answer the questions which follow.

1. Identify the stage. Give one reason in support of your answer.
2. Name the cell organelle that forms the ‘aster’.
3. Name the parts labelled 1, 2 and 3.
4. Name the stage that follows the one shown above; how is that stage identified?
5. Mention two differences between mitosis and meiosis with regards to:
   1. The number of daughter cells produced.
   2. The chromosome number in the daughter cells.