CBSE Class 6 Science Sample Paper Set Z

SECTION A

Q1 Define the term Nutrient. 

Q2 Why is moon considered to be a non luminous body? 

Q3 Plaster of paris sets as a hard mass when water is added to it.identify the type of change involved in it. 

Q4 Give an example of an aquatic habitat .why does the plants belonging to this habitat have hollow stems? 

Q5 Differentiate between reversible and irreversible change. Give one example of each. 

Q6Renu and Sonam are suffering from deficiency diseases of Vitamin C and Vitamin D respectively. Name the diseases they are actually suffering from? 

Q7 Select the translucent materials from the following: 

Air, tracing paper, steel plate, plastic cover of a note book

Q8 a) Mention any two requirements for the formation of a shadow. 

b) What will be the shape of shadow of a circular disc?

Q9 (a) Write any one characteristics of the image formed by pin hole camera . 

(b) Give an example of pin hole camera found in nature.

(c)Mention any one use of pinhole camera.

Q10 a) what are the two types of motion shown by a moving bicycle. 

b) Mention the type of motion each of the following have?

i) A ball rolling on the ground

ii) Tabla being played

Q11a) Name the two edible parts of a mustard plant. 

b) Name a plant which reproduces through a part other than seeds.

Q12 a) Name two food items which provide roughage in our food. 

b) Write two ingredients of Kheer.

Q13 (a) Enlist any four characteristics of living things. 

(b)What will be the response of a wild animal when white light is flashed towards it.

Q14 Give reasons for the following:

a) An ironsmith heats the metal rim before fixing it on a wooden wheel.

b) Vegetables should not be washed after cutting them. 

c) Rolling of chapatti is different from baking it.

QI5 a) Compare the melting and burning of wax.

b) Mention whether the changes mentioned below be reversed or not.

i) Plucking of flowers from a plant 

Ii) Rusting of iron

Q16 Look at the picture and answer the following questions:

a) What kind of habitat is shown in the picture? 

b) Write two adaptive features of the animal shown in the picture.

c) Name two animals other than the animal shown in the picture which live in this habitat.

17 a) Write any two examples of abiotic components of a habitat.

b) Lions have eyes in the front while deer have on the side. How do these adaptations help lion and deer? 

Q18 a) Find the length of a rod if readings of a scale at the two ends of the rod when the scale is used to measure its length are 100 Cm and 60.5 Cm.

b) Which measuring device should be used to measure the size of your chest?

c) What is the term used for the length from the elbow to the finger tip?

Q19 a) Name a mineral essential for bones and teeth. 

b) What do you mean by a balanced diet?

c) Which vitamin is destroyed by heat during cooking?

Q20a) Name any two foods rich in proteins.

b) Identify the nutrients present in the following:

i) Rice ii) Oranges iii) Nuts iv) Butter 

c) Why should we include sufficient fruits and vegetables in our diet?

Q21Write the conclusions for the following observations:

a) A food sample turns blue black on adding Iodine solution to it.

b) Anuj has poor vision and cannot see in dark

c) Snow Leopard has thick fur on its body.

d) Wet clay can be remoulded while shaping a clay toy.

e) Plants produce their food during the daytime 

Q22 a)Why cannot we use a footstep as a standard unit of length?

b) Convert :

i) 2000m to Km.

ii) 10Cm to mm

c) How will you measure the length of the line AB given below?

d) Write SI unit of length. 

Q23 Give one word answer for the following:

a) Deficiency disease which can be cured by consuming required amount of iron.

b) The animals which eat only plants or plant products.

c) Kind of change exhibited when a balloon bursts.

d) This chemical is used to test protein.

e) The kind of motion in which the object moves along a straight line.

Q24 a) write any two features which help fish to survive in water.

b) Why do most of the trees have needle shaped leaves in mountain region?

c) Name the process which helps us to get rid of waste products from our body.

d) A person has a swollen gland in his neck. Name the disease he is suffering from. How can it be cured? 

SECTION B

Each question carries 1 mark

1. While measuring diameter of a thread, thickness of 50 turns is measured as 5 cm, The diameter of the thread should be

(a) 0.1cm (b) 2.50m (c) 0.55m (d) 10cm

2 A student while measuring the area of an irregular surface using millimeter graph paper found number of complete squares within the boundary of the surface to be 73 and number of incomplete squares to be 76.The area of the irregular surface is

(a) 149 cm² (b) 111cm² (c) 149 mm² (d) 111mm²

3 A student calculated the diameter of a thin thread to be 0.08 cm .He gave 10 turns to the thread on a pencil. The thickness of all the turns must be

(a) 8 cm (b) 0.8 cm (c) 0.08 cm (d) 8 m

4 To measure the average diameter of a thin thread , the thread should be wound around the pencil in such a manner that

(a) A little space is left between two successive turns

(b) no space is left between two successive turns

(c) the turns should be overlapping each other

5. A millimeter graph paper is used for measurement of area as:

a) It is easy to use

b) It gives more accurate measurements

c) Bigger units of measurement cannot be used

d) None of the above

6. Which of the following is a correct step for finding area of an irregular surface using a graph paper

(a) No. of complete squares + No. of incomplete squares

(b) No. of complete squares + ½ No. of incomplete squares

(c) ½ No. of complete squares + No. of incomplete squares

(d) ½ No. of complete squares + ½ No. of incomplete squares

7. The apparatus shown below is a

11 Chalk powder is

a) Soluble in water b) Insoluble in water c) Miscible in water d) Immiscible in water

12. The volume of a chemical in the apparatus is

a) 100 ml b) 250 ml c) 354 ml d) cannot find out from the picture

Q13. Which one of the following roots do not store food in them?

a. Banyan b. radish c. carrot d. turnip

Q14. Which part of flower transforms into a fruit?

a. Ovary b. ovule c. flower d. any one of them

Q15. Which one of the following is not a feature of tap root?

a. Long b. vertical c. network of fibres d. in dicots

Q16. Which part of plant is called food factory?

a. Leaf b. stem c. root d. branches

Q17. Which of the following plants, we eat food?

a. Spinach b. beetroot c. apple d. onion

Q18. Which is not the function of a stem?

a. Bearing branches

b. Conduction of water

c. Standing plant upright

d. Binding of soil

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