ASSET MOCK EXAMINATION SCIENCE SAMPLE PAPER GRADE -6

Pia walks a distance of 4 metres towards south. Then she turns to the left and walks 3 metres. After this she turns to the right and walks 4 metres. In which direction is she facing now?

• North-East

• South

• North

• South-West

Read the given statements and select the correct option. Statement 1 : The process of separation of lint and seeds from harvested cotton fibres is called ginning. Statement 2 : Process of forming slivers from ginned material is called combing.

• Both statements 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1.

• Both statements 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1.

• Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.

• Both statements 1 and 2 are false.

Two cars X and Y are travelling in opposite directions on a narrow road as shown here. Four possible positions for placing a mirror are labelled D, E, F and G. In order to avoid an accident, a mirror could be placed at position

• E

• D

• G

• F

Three glasses P, Q and R having equal amount of water were taken and equal amount of salt was added to each one of them. After that, P was cooled, Q was heated and R was left undisturbed. Water in which glass will now taste most salty?

• P

• Q

• R

• All will taste the same.

Rohit's father experienced a heart attack. Doctor told him that his blood vessels have become narrower. What could be the reason for this?

• His diet has an excess of roughage and water.

• His diet lacks proper amount of vitamins and minerals.

• His diet has an excess of fats and carbohydrates.

• His diet lacks proper amount of proteins and carbohydrates.

Read the given passage. Animals X, Y and Z are found in completely different habitats. Animal X is nocturnal and has developed many characters to conserve as much water as possible in the body. Animal Y has furry body with thick skin. It is large in size and has padded feet. Animal Z is adapted to live on trees, sticky pads on its feet help it to climb trees. Which of the following can you conclude regarding the habitats of these animals?

• Animal X lives in a place with annual rainfall of about 80-100 cm.

• Animal Y lives in a place where days may be extremely hot and nights can be very cold.

• Animal Z lives in an area with annual rainfall of about 20-25 cm.

• Animal Y lives in an area where temperature sometimes reach 0°C or fall below it

We use different parts of different plants as food source. Refer to the labelled figure of a typical plant and select the option that correctly matches an edible plant part with its example.

• P - Broccoli, Q - Cinnamon, R - Cabbage, S - Chilli, T - Cabbage, U - Spinach

• Q - Clove, T - Lettuce

Mohan went to a picnic spot. There was a little lake surrounded by trees. He found a lot of people boating around in diesel boats. After a joy ride, when he sat down to relax on the bank of the lake, he observed a lot of dead fish. The most likely reason for the dead fish is

• The fish were old and therefore died.

• Fish cannot live in places having too many visitors.

• Fish cannot live in polluted waters.

• There was not enough water in the lake for the fish.

Bhoomi looked up at the night sky for 30 minutes. She saw something moving slowly in the sky. At the end of 30 minutes, she could still see this object, but its position had changed. Which of the following could it be?

• only 1

• only 2 or 4

• only 2, 3 or 4

• all - 1, 2, 3 and 4